Battle of Britain GB 2006 - 1 May to 31 Oct 06

Karl outstanding job it looks great, enjoy Normandy.

My Hurricane is 1/72

Cheers

Bear

Very nice work Karl.  Enjoy Normandy.  I was there a few years ago & enjoyed it very much.

Regards,  Rick

Karl-very nice work.  Looking forwarding to seeing the engines attached.

Enjoy Normandy.  I'm almost finished reading Stephen Ambrose's 'D-Day'-very good read.  Humbles me when I read & think of what those young men did that day for the rest of the world.

Wow lots happening, the Bf-110 is still sitting patiently in it's box.  I do plan on starting it at least before the GB is done that way I can say I at least started...we have until the end of October right?  As for next years BoB GB, (I need to finish this one first) I have lots of stuff to choose from as Dave and I split a Bob decal sheet.. I was thinking actually of doing two maybe?  A Fiat G-50 and BF-109 (Helmut Wicks).  I know I have a lot on my plate right now but I can dream and plan things right?

Marc and Sean, I can' take any credit for the foam in the CP trick, I saw Master Rick using it long ago and so I tried it too and found it works fabulous!!   So thanks Master Builder Rick!

Thanks Marc, I hope so This is usualy the stage were I kill my builds & so far so good the paint gods are smilling

Cheers

Bear 

Bob nice work on the pit

Bear, coming along nicely. Gonna look good when finished.

Sean & Rick  Thanks

It was Jay that put me on to the foam for the c/p it works great.

Cheers

Bear

Good stuff Marc.

Will have to try the fomaed c/p some time, at present I still put tape over the opening.

Nice work so far Bear.  Looking good.

Regards,  Rick

Thanks Dave & Bob

Dave those plastic pans are  were used to put instrument parts in when we would O/Haul them.  I use to O/haul A/C instruments before I went over to flight operations.  I foud a couple in the bottom of my tool box when I was looking for my dental & other tools that could be usefull when I started modeling again.

Cheers

Bear

Thanks all-I feel like I've finally gotten started. Somewhat disappointing that the cockpit on the 109 is so small that a lot of the sidewall detail isn't visible.  Primed and painted the PE parts today.  Decided on a 'yellow nose' 109-leaves open options if I can't get the sponge camo to my liking.

Bear-looking good.

Darren-glad I could provide some comic relief.  I should start documenting more of my 'learning & growing' experiences.  There was a time when something like that would really frustrate me.  Now it's just a slight sigh and figuring out a 'Plan B'...

Thanks for the look and kind words guys!

Darren another fantastic group build! 

1/72 is what my modelling budget allows as well as my display space...however there are some 1/48's in the stash...

The Tamiya kit needed exactly two drop of CA to fasten the wings to the fuselage!  In fact, the is no glue at all along the wing roots!

Dave & David Great progress on your builds.

Joe your Emil looks fantastique  Next Year!!! lets finish this one first

Bob your cockpit looks nice

Here is my progress.  The bottom has been painted & masked and I've put the Dk Earth on. 

I installed the horizontal stab this morning when it's dry enough I'll fill the seem and hopefully tomorrow I'll give it a touch up.  By mid week I'm hopeing to put the mask on the upper surface and apply a coat of Dk Green.

Here is a pic of where I'm at so far.

Cheers

Bear

Joe congrats on another lovely build .  I must admit I'm with the others, 72nd scale single seaters are not my thing so double congrats for patience and nimble fingers.

Bob, sorry but I just about lost a mouthful of red wine on the keyboard when I read you post about the IP color .  I know it's not funny but I'm in a weird mood at the moment.  Regardless the end result has turned out great.

The amount of great progress at the moment has actually shamed me to crack the Hurricane's box open and shake away the cob webs.  I have finished the IP but when I flat coated it I wasn't happy with the look so I'm going to give a light sheen of 50/50 flat satin cot tomorrow night and see how it looks then.

Cheers

Tom- What Kremps doesn't know can't hurt US!!

At least thats the way I'm playing this one, even though we both know it's only a matter of time till she catches up with us

Just like that time that instead of eating the Borsche you kept stuffing it in your mattress, every time she walked past your bed SHE masked the smell of it.

Till she got a munchie attack.

Your a braver man than I.

Razordws- I actually got lucky.

I don't have a display cabinet, most of my kits reside in custom made perspex boxes, and they take up alot of room so I finally conned the missus into letting me make one under the premise that if it turns out alright, I'll make her a display case for all her stuff

Unfortunately I am ok with woodwork, so finishing the case means I'll lose inportant modelling time whilst I make hers

Bummer!

Bob- Nice looking pit.

Joe, Nicely done Emil.  Looks good.

Bob, Nice work on the pit.

Regards,  Rick

Dave, Marc & Joe-fantastic work guys!

Back from vacation. I made a little progress on the 109 today.  I had the decal on the IP before I left and discovered that I had painted the IP the wrong color!.  After a few minutes soaking in Simple Green, a little paint took care of the problem.  Still not as nice as the decal instruments though. I am happy with the Ultracast seat.  The Hasegawa kit seat leaves a little to be desired. Now I have to decide whether to do Wick's plane as a white nose or yellow nose.  Decisions, decisions....

Joe - looking good!  Very nice paint/weathering job on her!!! 

Tweets - you???  a fantatic???    I'd like to hear what Kremps would say about that one...

Nice Joe, very nice.

There is no way on earth I could do a 1/72 109, not patient enough. Hats off to ya.

Well, the 1/48 109 is in a holding pattern but it WILL be done for this GB.

And if a BoB '07 happens I'll have to do an Allied craft, got to many Axis models, starting to look like a fanatic the missus reckons

Well I am all set for BoB 2007...BoB is complete (for me at least)

1/72 Tamiya Bf109E-3.  Straight out of the box.  Brilliant kit!  Great fit...no filler what so ever.  Finished with a mix of Testors and Poly Scale paint.  I hope I have done it justice.  Canopy came off a bit shoddy though.  My wash came off okay for the very first time to try it...

For a personal comparison I have included BoB 2005 {1/72 Airfix Hurricane with Sky Model Decals and Poly Scale paint)...I figure I am improving...

Well leasons learned, fun had...on to the next one!

Same here.  I'm way behind on the 06 GB, but I'll be done in time for the 07 .

Regards,  Rick

wing_nut wrote:

JoeRugby wrote: ... I am already thinking on what to do for next year...maybe a Spitfire... BoB '07 ?  I'M IN!!!

Of course I need to finsh BoB '06 first!  I might switch builds as the Ju 290 for the BoA is taking way longer to complete than I thought, or rather, life is getting in the way more than I anticipated.  Anyway, I'll keep you posted if I do in which case I'd save the Fiat Br 20 for next year.  I do have a Heller Spitfire I in the stash which may be a suitable tribute to the recent passing of Heller.

JoeRugby wrote:

... I am already thinking on what to do for next year...maybe a Spitfire...

BoB '07 ?  I'M IN!!!