♠ Allied Aces GB (WW1 -WW2) April 2006 Start - Sept 2006 Finish

Only 5 1/2 hours left!!! till the puck drops that is...2006 Stanley cup Playoffs are upon us!

GO Oilers GO

I suppose our friends down under, those accross the big pond and probably most of the southern US residents could care less but here in the land where Ice was born, HOCKEY RULES!  and my team, the Edmonton Oilers are in the Playoffs!  Let the second season begin!

I shall change my avatar until they are eliminated! which I hope isn't too soon!

BTW this is post 1111! just a totaly random and useless but never the less interesting factoid (to me anyways).

Scott, I haven't heard of any specific problems with the CE cockpit for the P-40B and if it is like any of the other CE resin pits it should be great.  I used their Spitfire Mk.V cockpit and it was flawless.  Here is a link to a review:

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Rev1/801-900/Rev805_CEC32137/rev805.htm

Cheers

JoeRugby wrote:

all of the GB's going on would it be possible to merge some of them?  Like for the Eastern Front GB & The Axis Aces GB do Hartmann's 109?  I have not had the chance to read all the specs yet but it may be worth the ask.

Fine with me, I know a lot of us are buried in GBs so I'm ok with you using the same kit for both.  Having the build start in September should give most of us a chance to get our plate relatively clean by then.

Has anyone used the Cutting Edge resin cockpit for the 1/32 Trumpeter P-40B?  Are there any "gotchas" with this set or is it pretty easy to put it in? 

The Trmn8tor has finished!  Photos will be posted this weekend, I have to finish off his display base in the interim.

My D model is moving a bit faster now, should be able to post up some progress pics soon...

With all of the GB's going on would it be possible to merge some of them?  Like for the Eastern Front GB & The Axis Aces GB do Hartmann's 109?  I have not had the chance to read all the specs yet but it may be worth the ask.

I know the feeling Jboutin.  There are so many great GBs going on, it's impossible to resist!    At least the Axis build is almost 6 months away. 

Anyway, I've got all the parts washed for my P-40 and am in the process of cleaning up all the resin cockpit bits.  This is my first time working with Resin, so I'm trying to be extra careful so I don't mess anything up.

Jay Add to that are'nt you close to starting your life long GB

Cheers

Bear

Hey guys, is it just me or are there way to many good GBs and just too little time.  A new Midway GB was posted and so was an Axis Aces GB and Tanky's CBI GB.  I also remember someone talking about an Eastern Front GB too!

I want to do all of them but I just don't know if I'll have time.  escpecially since I haven't got much done on this GB and I still haven't closed the fuselage on my Canso for the BoA GB.  Plus the BoB 2006 GB is starting in a couple weeks.  sheesh, my time is stretched pretty thin these days.  I know I'm not the only one but I still feel like venting. 

ahh, that feels a little better, thanks for your ears guys.

Dave I sympathise with you three years ago when we moved in to the new place the lawn was in terrible shape weeds, bald spots, bugs now it's starting to look pretty good just regular maintenance.

Darren No worry's my wife has had me in her sights for a few months now preparing me for the big renovation plans it's just the timing with your comment on your job lists that was to funny.

As for the fuselage bands I did a bit more digging and your right the bands did vary somewhat.  I just picked up a revell Spit Mk Vb with decals for 402 sqn RCAF and the band is sky so I'll do mine in sky also.  Thanks again for the feed back guys.

Cheers

Bear

Bear sorry to here the old job list is getting longer, I hope I didn't drop you in it.

As to the Spitfire fuselage band issue, Rick is correct that the majority of the bands were painted Sky but not all.  Check your references for the kit you are doing as I have seen them painted Sky Blue, Yellow and yes Duck Egg Blue.

Nice work on the Spit so far.

Joe thanks for the heads up on the paint/future mix ratio.  I'm going to give that a whirl next cockpit I do.

Cheers

Temperature's have been pretty nice here for awhile but as I inherited a weed infested mess of a lawn and garden from the previous owner I have my work cut out for me.   I'm still trying to finish up some painting inside too.

Progress is looking good bear!

Thanks for the feed back guy's and the Band Ref info. The various sources had the bands as egg shell, duck egg even khaki so it's enough to drive me crazy.

Jay Bummer lawn work sucks. I got most of mine done last weekend just a few more odd's & end's and I can enjoy the yard.

Cheers

Bear

Good progress Marc.  The tail bands were Sky.

Regards,  Rick

Good job Marc, as for the tail band I thought they were sky. 

Well my "to do" list is getting longer what with spring here and yard work needing to get done. I have a feeling my modeling time will get pushed to the back burner.

I return from 2 weeks of insanity at work and WOW all this catching up to do, Jay & Karl I saw your builds for the BoG GB SUPER work both of you.

Trmn8tor nice work looking forward to seeing the finished product & Joe nice finish on the corsair.

I did get some work done on my builds despite work & Mrs Bear realising that if Darren has a long todo list Bear should have a long todo list

Here are some progress shots of my Spit. I hope you can see the pe detail on the side walls. 

Since those pics were taken the wings and fuselage have been assembled and the seems closed and sanded.  I should be ready to start painting this weekend Mrs Bear permitting

A question to all, what color was the tail band on the spifires circa 41-42 my references are confusing and I'm confused a paint ref would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Bear

Hey Darren!

I did not use Tamiya, actually Testors Acryll, and added Future to it.  Works real nice!  Check out my Kiwi Corsair for the ANZAC GB. 

The ratio was about 70/30 paint to Future.  The Acryll paint is not nearly as thick as the Tamiya so you may have to tweek the ratio somehwhat.

Jay glad to hear that things are going well on the Spit.  I must admit I'm looking forward to some pics of that one because the image in your sig looks extremely cool.

Progress wise on the P-47 I actually had a great long weekend for modeling with lots of progress made on all my current builds.  I have scraped and sanded all the detail I need to from the Thunderbolt pit and painted it Tamiya Deep Green which I think is a good match for the interior color of the P-47.  Now I'll leave it for about 24 hours to cure and then Future the wheels wells and the pit in preparation for a wash.

Question for the group, I was reading online last night about a guy who adds Future to Tamiya paints to give them a glossy finish which allows a wash to go on without having to add a separate clear coat.  Great idea I thought, I'll have to remember that for next time, but can someone tell me what ratio of Future/Paint I should use to get a nice glossy finish?

Cheers

Darren, those Ultracast seats are really nice!  I know I am going to be using more resin seats in the future! 

I have the interior green on my cockpit pieces but I'm on a roll with my Canso so until I get the Canso's fuslegae closed up, I'll probably not do more on the Spitfire until then.   Looking forward to seeing the finished pics Termn8tor. 

Jay I'm glad to hear you picked up some Ultracast goodies (even if you didn't mean to), as far as I am concerned they are the best AM resin around for the Spitfire.

My Eduard set for the P-47 arrived yesterday and for once I don't have to remove 90% of the detail from the existing cockpit in order to attach the PE bits and pieces.  About the only major thing that needs to go is the detail on the IP which is this evening’s job.

Cheers

My son's build is almost finished!  Noit bad at all for a 7 year old (insert proud father sticking out his chest here)

Saturday morning at 0800 US EST I will begin my D model! 

Hobby shops are evil! evil I say, just pure evil! either that or I am just weak...

I stopped in during lunch at the LHS I go to most often and I found out he is moving next month to a bigger place not any further than where he is now (sweet!).  Right now he has a ton of Hasegawa kits on sale, 1:48 Spitfires on for $21, Mustangs for $24, BF-109s for $20, all great deals! and I promised the wife I wouldn't buy anymore until my B-day (in July).

Anyway, I only went in there needing ocean gray and medium sea gray for my Spitfire.  Then I thought to myself "what else do I need"... big mistake...

Oh yeah, a resin seat might look nice, anything else?...

Deep in the box of resin goodies I also saw a pack of pilot access doors. Hey, I want to open it so that would be good. 

Needless to say I could have kept going.  I had to stop, pull out the cash and leave before anything else caught my eye!  I was able to get away with a set of two ultracast seats and two access doors (and my paint).  I also almost bought a vacuform canopy but I thought I've already bought too much.  Besides I didn't by another kit, right?  I made a promise to my wife but that doesn't include the extra details right....

Did I mention, I think I may be addicted to resin seats and vacuform canopies? ( I love this hobby!)

...and so ends this installment of the adventures of Jay and has trips to Uncle Bills Hobby Shop.  Be sure to tune in next week when Jay goes looking for an elusive BoB decal set at a different LHS!

JoeRugby, So I checked out your progress pics from, home, looking great Termn8tor, keep up the good work!