Out of the Box -- First Jets!!!

JoeRugby

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November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Monday, April 3, 2006 11:13 PM

Sounds good Jerry, whatcha git?

Still no Vampire, I will be calling Squadron tomorrow...

Hey Rick you out there? How was the show in Detroit?

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dragonfly

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September 2003
From: N.E. Ohio

Posted by dragonfly on Monday, April 3, 2006 5:30 PM

Well Joe...went to the LHS....no Mig 15's, no P80's, no 707's, so I picked up another 262 so I guess I'm back to plan A. I don't have any markings yet, but looking for something interesting. At least I can get started. I haven't built one of these yet, but it looks like a gem in the box. There's some pretty sweet Luftwaffe camo schemes available.

Cheers.....Jerry

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Quagmyre

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December 2003
From: and just won't go away.

Posted by Quagmyre on Monday, April 3, 2006 4:49 PM

Ditto on the start of my FR-1. The N-1M is still occupying the workbench and I'll probably get it done this coming weekend. Just the props, pitot tube, and a nice glossy Future finish to seal the N-1M up and the Fireball is on stage. There's yellow everywhere... it ain't a pretty sight.

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1/48 scale Tamiya P-47 "Razorback" - Complete
1/48 scale Testors/Lone Star Models PT-22 Recruit - 20% Complete
1/48 scale Monogram C-47 Skytrain - Not Started

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JoeRugby

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November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Monday, April 3, 2006 8:46 AM

Looking good Osher...I am in a holding pattern until my kit comes in and my son finishes his P51B, should be starting at the weekend...

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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Saturday, April 1, 2006 10:59 PM

Well the fuselage went together well as did the major wing assembely including the "Slug" nose weight, I got started on the landing gear bay/ cockpit but i want to paint and "Spruce up" the pilots office before getting too far ahead thats all for me today TTFN !

ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray

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osher

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April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Saturday, April 1, 2006 11:04 AM

rjkplasticmod wrote:
Good start Osher.Regards, Rick

Thanks Rick. This old FROG kit is strange. It actually fits fairly well, with no filler for the top of the fuselage, and just a smidgen on the bottom. The thing is, the plastic used is really tough, making sanding a wee bit difficult. Naturally, being raised panel lines, I'm losing some detail here and there. As re-scribing an entire aircraft is not my thing, there are some blank bits. Oh well, can't be helped. Interior is...a seat! The base is from two inserts, which means a gap, and not one to get into easily. The clear bit is the usual USSR way, that is, cloudy. I don't think even Klear will improve that.

Picked up a cheap 2nd hand Condor He 178 V1. Now that really really is a first jet! As I'm moving house in the next fortnight or so, not sure if can include in this GB

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rjkplasticmod

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February 2003
From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State

Posted by rjkplasticmod on Saturday, April 1, 2006 9:49 AM

Good start Osher.

Regards, Rick

RICK

At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...

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JoeRugby

Member since
November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Saturday, April 1, 2006 8:21 AM

Osher,

Looking good, the flash was on the kit, the kit in the box, then it is okay!

Desdinova,

Welcome to you and the F84E. This was a great example of why GB are cool. I never knew the first Jet to Korea was the Thunderjet...

Still no Vampire for me...I am holding on till my son (7yrs. old) is finshed with his first build I am helping him with...should be starting on Monday night.

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wing_nut

Member since
April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Saturday, April 1, 2006 7:36 AM

April 1, 2006 and once again officially 2 GB's behind shedule. I may push the BoA build back a bit and push this one up.

Have been spending time playing with my new website and I come back to find that i am not just a few posts behind in my reading... but a few PAGES in some thread. I may never get to build a model again Boohoo [BH]

Marc

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osher

Member since
April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Friday, March 31, 2006 8:21 PM

Advantages of a 1970's FROG kit, and being 5 hours ahead of New York, is that you can be half finished in a model, before others have started. I know it's not a race, or a mad GB, but anyway, here are some progress pics. Next step is plenty of lovely sanding... (one small change I made was to use the masses of flash to block up the fuselage, to seeing right through it. I mean, it's still OOB, no?)

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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Friday, March 31, 2006 7:30 PM

Desdinova & Joe I do believe that the F84 was the First jet produced by Republic aircraft as well as one of the first jets sent to Korea

Hey Joe if I finnish my Meteor before the deadline I may do a F-100 Super Sabre if I remember it was the first american jet to fly a sustained airspeed of MACH 1 in level flight

ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray

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JoeRugby

Member since
November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Friday, March 31, 2006 6:27 PM

Yahoo! Ready or not kick off is almost upon us! No kit in the post today, no problem though! Looking forward to seeing everyones work!

Hey there Desdinova...love to have you join our merry bunch...F84E. Was one of the "Firsts" but forgive me, I am not sure what made it a specific first. My early jet history is a bot weak, hence the Group Build.

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PanzerWulff

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November 2004
From: Salisbury Massachucetts USA

Posted by PanzerWulff on Friday, March 31, 2006 5:42 PM

Brigadier Rugby Sir Flt Leftenant Gray reporting that my meteor has been parked on the tarmac ready for tomorrows launch 5&1/2 hours to go Sir ! $Headphones [{(-_-)}]$

ACE??? you were NEVER an ace AN ace HOLE maybe! (Lister to Rimmer on BBC's RED DWARF) Chris"Hey GRAVITY still works"Gray

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 31, 2006 4:52 PM

Count me in. I've got a 1/48 Revellogram F-84E stashed away that I'd like to build.

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osher

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April 2003
From: Edgware, London

Posted by osher on Friday, March 31, 2006 2:45 PM

Just over 2 hours for me until start time (London, England). Thought I'd show the kit I'm preparing to build. As you can see, not much to it! It's the ex-FROG kit, now built in Russia. Or rather, USSR, as it says on the little plastic plaque projection.

It's not the most accurate kit either, but there is no accurate kit of this aircraft, the first allied jet. Loads of flash of course, but one guesses that that moulds haven't been kept in the best condition either.

Here's the box. Seems that this kit is now being marketed by Chematic of Poland

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JoeRugby

Member since
November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Friday, March 31, 2006 6:53 AM

Fiber optics in a P61---interesting, should be cool.

The start date is tomorrow, or anytime after tomorrow...looking forward to getting going.

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Quagmyre

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December 2003
From: and just won't go away.

Posted by Quagmyre on Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:39 PM

As soon as I finish my Beaufighter and N1-M, the 1/48 PBM Mariner will be on my Current and Subsequent Projects list. The timing will be interesting for the resin group build... I'm planning on incorporating fiber optics on my P-61B... that'll be a challenge of a build.

Current and Subsequent Projects:
1/48 scale Tamiya P-47 "Razorback" - Complete
1/48 scale Testors/Lone Star Models PT-22 Recruit - 20% Complete
1/48 scale Monogram C-47 Skytrain - Not Started

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JoeRugby

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November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:02 AM

Quagmyre wrote:
JoeRugby wrote:

...Next Group Build I moderate will be an all out, have-at-it, resin 'til ya' puke event...in fact stayed tuned I plan to roll her on out in August...

Finally an excuse to build one of my Collect-Aire kits or other resin kits. The 1/48 scale PBM Mariner from Pend Orielle Models is looking like a strong candidate.

Interesting you mention a Mariner, I think it qualifies! Hint: "Thin Red Line". 2nd Hint: Start date will be August 7. This one is going to go for a year, so get the "extras" out!

Enough of that...back to this one...hey Jerry, have you got something yet? Whatever it is I am sure it will be A grade work!

My Vampire has not yet shown up...bit disappointing...everyone else is set and ready...now hours away from the start...

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Quagmyre

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December 2003
From: and just won't go away.

Posted by Quagmyre on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:24 PM

JoeRugby wrote:

...Next Group Build I moderate will be an all out, have-at-it, resin 'til ya' puke event...in fact stayed tuned I plan to roll her on out in August...

Finally an excuse to build one of my Collect-Aire kits or other resin kits. The 1/48 scale PBM Mariner from Pend Orielle Models is looking like a strong candidate.

Current and Subsequent Projects:
1/48 scale Tamiya P-47 "Razorback" - Complete
1/48 scale Testors/Lone Star Models PT-22 Recruit - 20% Complete
1/48 scale Monogram C-47 Skytrain - Not Started

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JoeRugby

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November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 11:17 AM

Okay try this out...

http://www.squadron.com/ItemDetails.asp?item=MI14457

I have no idea on kit quality...there are AM decals for AF1, only problem is I can not get into the site to give you the link...

Next Group Build I moderate will be an all out, have-at-it, resin 'til ya' puke event...in fact stayed tuned I plan to roll her on out in August...

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dragonfly

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September 2003
From: N.E. Ohio

Posted by dragonfly on Tuesday, March 28, 2006 9:33 AM

MMMmmmm.....Air Force One. I'll have to think about that one. At least that would be different. I wonder who makes a decent 707 kit? It's too bad I've already completed my A37. I could have used VNAF markings. I'm pretty sure the Dragonfly was their first jet. The Mig sounds interesting. Aaaaaaahhhhhh......I'll come up with something.

Jerry

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JoeRugby

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November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Monday, March 27, 2006 10:16 PM

Okay...it is First Jets...I know this may go against your grain, but...how about

the first Air Force One jet...I think it was a 707. There are some AM decals sets out there, check out www.modelingmadness.com on decals review.

The other suggestion is a P80. With a MiG or P80 and the right application of national specific decals I don't think you could go wrong. How about a Mexican Air Force bird, I think they first used the Shooting Star.

How about everyone else? What suggestions do you have for Jerry? Any thing he does will be great so don't hesitate to jumpo in with a suggestion!

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dragonfly

Member since
September 2003
From: N.E. Ohio

Posted by dragonfly on Monday, March 27, 2006 6:12 PM

Joe.....I've been flying under the radar lately, but checking in on the chatter from time to time. Here's my problem. I wanted to build a 262, which I have in my stash, but I remembered I purchased a $20. resin detail set to go with it. OOOOPPs!! I could always buy duplicate kit, but I was wondering if you would have any suggestions for an alternate subject that would fit this catagorie. I need decals as well. Any thoughts.

Still brown and orange in Ahiya,

Jerry

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JoeRugby

Member since
November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:26 AM

HEY !

One week to go...well more or less any way...alot of you, myself included have committed to other builds, work, births of first children and just living beyond the work bench. No worries on the start dates..in fact there may be more people jumping in, heck they did last year as well...

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wing_nut

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April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Friday, March 17, 2006 5:42 PM

Oh thank you Lord High Most Opulent Masterfulness of Highness Bow [bow]

AKA...Joe Wink [;)]

Marc

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jboutin

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December 2004
From: 288921 E, 5659868 N UTMz12, NAD83

Posted by jboutin on Friday, March 17, 2006 4:47 PM

Well, I'm not really into jets but I really like that bat face Tongue [:P]

. Also I also kind of have a soft spot for the early jets, like the vampire, sabre, mig-15, shooting star. They seem to have a bit of a throwback to the props where you still had to get on the tail of your enemy and use your guns to take him down. None of that sitting 25 kms away and pressng a button and off goes your missle, and you don't even have to see your enemy!

JAY - fighting evil since 2:15pm, July 8,1976 -

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razordws

Member since
September 2004
From: Vernon, BC, Canada

Posted by razordws on Friday, March 17, 2006 4:37 PM

Cool looking project Jay, didn't know you were into stovepipes.

I am in the same predicament as everyone else as far as a start date goes. I have this scheduled in for the month of May I believe but I am behind schedule by at least a month so June/July be more likely. Looking forward to it though.

Dave

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jboutin

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December 2004
From: 288921 E, 5659868 N UTMz12, NAD83

Posted by jboutin on Friday, March 17, 2006 4:30 PM

I checked and Arrowgraphics makes one for 1:48. I found a couple pics of the Hobbycraft vampire with those decals and it looks pretty neat. Smile [:)]

JAY - fighting evil since 2:15pm, July 8,1976 -

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JoeRugby

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November 2003
From: Virginia

Posted by JoeRugby on Friday, March 17, 2006 12:32 PM

Marc,

SIR ?!? Hell I work for a living...call me His Emminence Smile [:)]

No problem, markings are very subjective considering the nature of the build as well as the rules. I am doing a Vampire in RNZAF markings..Vampire is Brit, markings are not...no worries.

Jay,

No worries on July...Deadlines, uh more of a guideline any way...the Bat would be awesome! Could it be masked and painted?

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wing_nut

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April 2005
From: Piscataway, NJ!

Posted by wing_nut on Friday, March 17, 2006 12:22 PM

I need a ruling from the moderator. So… Mr. Rugby, SIR!

I am, as you know, going to build a P-59 as it qualifies for this GB as being the 1^st US jet. And I am building straight OOB, according to the rule. My question is about markings.

Since I will use markings that do not match the very first ever flying example of the P-59, it could be described as a P-59 in markings other than the original aircraft BUT is a P-59… the 1^st US jet. So…. Will it be such a stretch if I did this in Brit markings since the description will be the same really… a P-59 in markings other than the original aircraft BUT is a P-59… the 1^st US jet.

And Happy St. P'Day to all as well. I heard on the raido today... a local bar is planning on giving everyone green hats, scarves, ties etc... and a shillelagh. Can you imagine what that will turn into...have everyone drinking green beer til they barf.... and hand them sticks.

Marc

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