Battle of the Atlantic Feb. 1 to Aug 1, 2006

Jules the U-Boat looks awesome .  I can't wait to see it with some of those AM goodies on it!!!
By the way is that a Cabbage Patch Kids DVD that I can spy down in the bottom corner of the shot?

I'm all ready to start on this build, the only thing I need to order is some decent 60lb rockets from Ultracast.

Cheers

I'll see what I can do Chris.  Things have been kinda crazy/busy lately but I'll give it a shot!

TWO WEEKS TO GO!!!

And I'm still wainting on my Canso...

Jules, you are right, I can't wait. If it is a little boy, I'm going to brainwash-er... raise him right and get him building models.  If it is a little girl (which I have had several dreams about already), I'll raise her right too.  Anyone who says girls should only play with dolls is crazy, I've seen some very nice models done by girls on this forum!

Badge still looks the same to me Dave...

BTW - got my PBY-5a today! It is a really nice kit and I think I'll basically do it OOTB. Now I gotta order some Decals.  Also got me a Hasegawa Spitfire Mk.IX for the Aces GB.

jboutin wrote:

Jules, you are right, I can't wait. If it is a little boy, I'm going to brainwash-er... raise him right and get him building models.  If it is a little girl (which I have had several dreams about already), I'll raise her right too.  Anyone who says girls should only play with dolls is crazy, I've seen some very nice models done by girls on this forum!

Jay just to let you know that you're right and that girls do like to build models.  The oldest daughter and I built an Airfix 1/72 Skyhawk together and while back and that was great fun.  Although she did get to choose the paint scheme which of coarse had to be hot pink, and for decals she found a bunch of butterfly stickers to put on it .

Cheers

razordws wrote:

TWO WEEKS TO GO!!!

And I am a build and a half behind schedule. I always knew I would not make the start date but I will be in before the deadline.  I am considering changing my build to an SB2C-4 Helldiver stationed at NAS Atlantic City, NJ.  Hmmm Atlantic City...Battle of the Atlantic... think it will qualify?

Tom it is the Academy 1:72 "Black Cat" PBY-5a.  For 1:72 it is freaking huge!  it totaly dwarfs my Fw-190D for the BoG build!  Though Dave will probably say that it isn't as big as the Sunderland he is doing for the Canadian GB.  BTW Dave, where are you with that one?

Darson, Cool! you should show us some pics of the sky hawk!   I can only hope my child will be interested in modeling.

PanzerWulff wrote:

thats cool jay i'm building the same kit in RAF coastal command colors U-Boats had better beware you and I will be hitting them from bolth sides of the atlantic now we just need a CVE to cover the Gap

Gap 'double-covered'-I'm doing the AM Atlantic scheme Avenger-made the mistake of looking at the instructions last night and feeling overwhelmed .  However, I did download the AM website on-line build for additional reference.....

Well not much to report on other than the fact that I've ordered the Vallejo paints that I'll need for the build.  They should be here by the end of the week, so I'll be in plenty of time for kick-off.

The rockets and replacement exhausts I won't need for a while yet so I'm not in a huge hurry to order them.

Cheers

So I taped some of the Canso together to get an idea on how big the PBY was.  Holy cow!  it is huge!

The two blue models are my Bbolingbroke(Blenheim) and a Fw190 D9, both in 1:72.  Have a look.

That is a bigun Jay.  Hope you have lots of shelf space .

Regards,  Rick

Hey Panzer, there is a bunch of good stuff coming out from Revell AG this year including the re-boxed Hasegawa Heinkel He 111 H-6.

Cheers

We haven't actually started building anything yet Scot so I don't think you're too late to join up at all, but Dave is running this build so I'm sure he'll pop in soon and do the formalities.

Btw I'm doing the Tamiya Beaufighter TF.Mk.X, what scheme are you planning on using for yours?

Cheers

darson wrote:

Btw I'm doing the Tamiya Beaufighter TF.Mk.X, what scheme are you planning on using for yours? Cheers

I had the kit in the truck, so I just went out to drool on it for a couple minutes.  At first glance, I really like the gray and green camo pattern of the option supplied in the kit for a Mk. VI serving with the 96th Squadron, Scotland 1943.  I have a bunch of homework to do still (that's half the fun of modelling), so I may become suddenly inspired after I do some research and might change my mind and look for aftermarket decals... need to see what my options are.  Hopefully I'll stumble across a photo or something that will inspire me.  

Sounds like we'll be comparing some notes on this build.  What scheme are you going to build yours in?

Dave, please pardon the faux pas, if you can forgive me, my eyes shall not gaze upon the offending plastic until thy appointed time! (I was weak, you can understand can't you?)

Chris I believe the Beaufighter was developed with the intent of being a fast, long range fighter and not a bomber...

JAY from what i have read the beaufighter had a lot of components handed down from the bristol beaufort medium bomber/patroll aircraft but i may be wrong they have very similar lines though.and Jules i had the mosquito in mind as well and even the Ju-88C

According to my references on the Beaufighter the original concept is described as:

"As Bristol prepared to test flight the first Beaufort, chief designer Leslie Frise and his colleague Roy Fadden, undertook a design study of the new torpedo bomber to see where the airframe could be adopted into a stop-gap fighter.  The RAF would, it was estimated, be critically short of fighters in the event of war.

The idea of producing a fighter with minimum cost and without the long timescale needed for an entirely new, off the drawing board, aircraft was enthusiastically taken up by the Air Ministry Staff.  A few days after the first Beaufort flew, Bristol was asked to build four prototypes of the Beaufort Fighter."

Scott (espins1), the Beaufighter I'm doing is the TFX Beaufighter UB-E (pictured below) from 455 Sqdn RAAF which was attached to RAF Coastal Command.  The color scheme is extra dark sea grey over sky with invasion stripes.

Cheers