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

Finally some progress on Mr. Thach's Wildcat-- should be done within the week...

I thought I'd bring this one back to the first page. I'm on going on vacation next week and my painting area is set up in the garage so I should be able to start painting my Spit provided Mrs Bear has not filled up my to do list to much Have a good weekend all.

Cheers

Bear

Thanks guys for your comments.  Much appreciated.

Regards,  Rick

Rick Great job on the pit.

Cheers

Bear

Bob, you did a great job on the 'stang.

Don't worry about the little things, the model as a whole looks very good.

Rick, stunning job on the pit. The IP is amazing.

Karl

Marc, Bob, Thanks guys.  The IP instruments are the film with the back painted white, PE front panels & Future in the instrument bezels.

Regards,  Rick

Thanks all

Rick-the cockpit looks great!

Finished up the pit for my Jug. Mostly OOTB except for PE seat belts & Instrument panel.

Regards,  Rick 

Bob The Mustang looks great , you did a super job on it.

Cheers

Bear

Karl, very nice work.  Great looking little Bipe.

Bob, the Stang looks real good.  Nice work.

Regards,  Rick

Joe-nice job on the Wildcat cockpit.  Looking forward to seeing more pics as the build progresses.

Karl-another impressive build!

The P-51A is finished.  I had some fit problems that I believe orginiated with the cockpit component fit.  I should have spent more time getting that fit correct and I think the canopy would have fit better.  Also, I made the mistake of attaching the wing tanks before the landing gear.  Lesson learned!  Still a great kit.

A little too much epoxy around the canopy and some seam issues.  However, I'm happy with the weathering techinque I tried.  I had purchased a vacuum formed canpony but decided not to use it.  Just another reason to buy another Accurate Miniatures P-51!

Jay-thanks for hosting-how's your boy doing?

Karl The Nieuport looks great you did a super job on it

Cheers

Bear

Been pretty quiet here lately.  Everyone's busy with their builds, right ?  Actually I have been working on the pit for my Jug & it's almost ready to show the world.  Pics in a day or two.

Regards,  Rick

Yikes, 2 months to go ?  I'd better get off my duff & spend more time on the bench !

Regards,  Rick

No prob ga.modelmaker.  I may not even be able to finish on time either. 

Two months to go folks!!

Greets All back from vacation and playing catch up

Joe That's one good looking Mustang you did a great job on it

Dave23, Jay, Bob, Mike & Ygmodler4  Great progress on your builds.

Progress report on the back up build it's assembled & the seems are filled, sanded ready for paint.  No if they can deliver & install my new garage door(next week I hope) then I'll be able to set up a paint shop area and get operational I can't wait.

Cheers

Bear

I thought about it and tried but it just didn't turn out the way I wanted so no.

Looks good so far Joe.  Do you plan on adding seat belts ?

Regards,  Rick

Well here's the pics as I promised. There's lots of pics b/c if anything happens to this one I want to have lots of pics.

Hope you like it.

Joe

Looking forward to the pics Joe.

Regards,  Rick

What's this, 2nd page? We cannot stand for this. In other words bump.

Well forthe first time on this build I have progress. I've dryfitted the office on the Wildcat but still need to get some detail painting done and then will post pics.

Joe