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

Hey there Jay, no problems with the PM I received your reply but I haven't had a chance to read through chapters two & three just yet

Cheers

Jay, sounds like a great sheet.  I'll have to try & track one down.

Regards,  Rick

Darren, if I reply to your pm, can you see my response?

EVERYBODY, now if I was really ambitious and had the time I would want to enter a P-38 ace.  I just picked up the Skymodels P-38 Lighhtning Part I set.  It is totally amazing! 

I bought it for Jandina III flown by Maj. Jay T. Robbins (22 victories) but it also has marking for 15 other P-38 F, G, H, J, and L's! many of them aces, like Bongs P-38L (without the picture of Marge), Richard West's P-38J and even a couple European aces like Maj Rob Rogers' P-38J and Paul Sabo's P-38J.  It also has a Captured P-38G in German markings and one for an Italian pilot!  If you're a fan of P-38's you should get this decal set.

Derkerderkerderker........Well, I found a pic of Stanislaw Skalski's P.11c (7 1/2 victories more or less, fogot the link), and I want to know if anyone has heard of a company that makes decals for his machine, as none of the decals supplied are any good for his machine....... any help would be highly appreciated!!

Rudy, in order to put an image into your sig first off all, you need to make sure that your image is being hosted online, http://www.photobucket.com/ is a good service to use for this. Then, go into Update Profile and take the URL of the aforementioned image, and paste it between the image tags where it says signature. ([ img ][ /img ] minus the spaces obviously). And of course, preview the message to make sure that you have actually posted the image."  Oh and don't forget to save your changes once you're done.

Cheers

Well, it's certain I'm doing Tadeusz Sawicz's P.11c as I got the bombs version that comes with decals for Sawicz's mount and Aleksander Gabszewicz's too! It'll start as soon as I get back from Poland (the upcoming Wednesday)!!!!!!

P.S. I'ld like to know how to paste a badge into my signature, as I am totally clueless on this matter...........

Chris I've done the cracked ribs thing a few years back so I feel for you.  Like Rick I'm glad to hear you're on the mend .

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Oops sorry Mike I forgot to make mention of your Wildcat, she's looking good, I'll look forward to seeing your bird with some paint on.

Cheers Darren

Glad to hear you're on the mend.

Regards,  Rick

Thanks all...

Lots to go still...and I think I may have to lighten up the underneath of this one as my gray seems too dark...

Looks like the Wildcat is progressing nicely Mike.  Keep up the good work.

Regards,  Rick

JoeRugby wrote:

Bob, ...... What method did you use for the faded look?  I have tried the one with an artist stump and pastels, need practice though.  I am certainly putting an Allison engined 'Stang on my wish list.

JoeRugby-I used the method outlined in the May 2005 FSM (I think)-only I used MM acrylic (they used Tamiya).  First step is a 50/50 mix of Olive Drab & Dark Yellow (Insigna Yellow).  I may have cheated on the ratio though.  Then a straight yellow to the panels you want faded (again, I toned down the yellow with a bit of OD), then a straight shot of OD for the darkened areas.  Lastly, (hopefully, you don't do like I did and not mix enough of step 1 & save it or write down the ratio ) and overspray the entire plane.  This is more of a trail & error for me-I have a P-38 & a B-25 that I'm considering building (one of the two) for your South Pacific GB and I'm wanting to get the heavy weathered look.  I think that with some practice, I'll be happy with this method.

Mike-The Wildcat looks good-that kit is one of my favorites.

I finally have something to post on this one...it's Tamiya's Wildcat.  I have a little gap in the wing roots to fill but otherwise it's going together like a dream.  I did paint the undersides yesterday...

I can only seem to find photos of Thach's Wildcat around the time of Midway though-- before he was an ace.  I need to figure out what I am doing for his markings....

Bob,

Looks good. What method did you use for the faded look?  I have tried the one with an artist stump and pastels, need practice though.  I am certainly putting an Allison engined 'Stang on my wish list.

Jay, Dave & Bob excellent looking builds from all of you so far.

Bob I think the faded effect turned out quite nicely, I think subtle is a lot better than overdone.

Cheers

Bob, looks good from here.  Keep up the good work.

Regards,  Rick

Dave & Jay-Nice work.

I managed to get the P-51A painted yesterday.  Tried the faded paint technique from an old FSM.  Didn't turn out as well as I had hoped, but still I'm happy with it.  I just need more practice with my airbrush skills.

Dave, Jay,  Nice progress guys.  Looking good.

Regards,  Rick

Karl, nice nieuport 11, I forgot to say that.  JoeRugby, excellent work on Yeager's P-51 and great start on your P-47 Dave23.

I am piddling around on the 'puter at home so I thought I'd take a moment to check everybodies stuff out since work has blocked a lot of stuff.  So here's my spitfire as of two weeks ago, I've been going steady on my canso for the BofA GB lately so no progress on this one.

Darson, neither, I went for braile scale! 

The 1:72 T-34 76 Mod 1942 is a very nice 1:72 kit, I bought it then went looking for some reviews and two I read on Armorama were very favouable.  As, I said I am so stoked about it as I've never done a tank before and I just love the white paint schemes of the Russian tanks (guess which one I want to do?).

Joe, I should update the front page for you, good job!. While I'm at it, has anyone else finished that I haven't seen yet?

rudy_102 Iv'e done some checking as well on Wladyslaw Gnys and have come up with 5 victories for him.  Check out http://users.accesscomm.ca/magnusfamily/ww2pol.htm and see what you think.

Jay happy birthday .  Did you get that giant 1/16 T-34 or the more respectable sized 1/35?

Joe lovely looking job on the P-51 and the invasion stripes look great, nice job .

Progress on the P-47 has picked up again while I'm taking a little break from my Hurricane, P-40 & Do 335.  I know this is taking a while but the cockpit is nearly done now so I shouldn't be that far away from the paint shop.

A belated Happy Birthday Jay.  Sounds like a great haul !

Regards,  Rick