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

rjkplasticmod wrote:

Looks good Dave.  PE is a learning experience aint it . Regards,  Rick

Boy, is it ever! Thanks Rick

-dave

Looks good Dave.  PE is a learning experience aint it .

Regards,  Rick

Darren,

my skills sets are such that the Aries at this point is not insurmountable, it is just not fun.  The detail is crisp and the instructions are pretty straight forward.  The chopping of the kit and getting it to fit are just beyond me at this time.

The kit is the Tamiya, so I fure why take a Cadillac and turn it into a Yugo?  I will probably do the engine as a sort of mini-kit may even scratch up a dolly for it.

Now for the funny bit, for the South Pacific build I got the P47 Razorback from Academy, with a full resin/PE set...yes you guessed it...Aries!

Joe & Tanky, I'm not an expert with Aires resin sets but I was thinking of getting their cockpit for the Do-335.  Is the fit that bad that they are unusable?

Dave your PE work looks just fine from where I'm sitting and as for the glue, a small dab with a flat coat should hide that.

Cheers

More progress pics. Fuselage buttoned up and cockpit inserted on my Spitfire MKI. Wings are not attached yet, just dry fitting, and the seams have also yet to be dressed. The glue visible in the bottom on the seat is not as noticable as the shot would lead you to believe. Yes, I know I need to improve my PE skills; the seat belts are a mess. But it was my first time, so please have mercy

-dave

Nice Pit Dave...

I have not even looked at the Emil in a month...I figure to get cracking next month.  I am dropping the Aires engine ( Tanky you were right......ugh the "fit" )

I did pick up the Eagle Strike sheet...if any one wants some 1/72 109-E let me know...I certainly will not be using the entire sheet.

Il Leone wrote:

Dave:  In a word, SWEET!

Thanks Hal, Josh!

-dave

 Nice work Dave

Il Leone wrote:

On a slightly different note, has anyone out there done the Revell-o-gram 1/48 He 111?  The Big Ed PE set for that is oh so tempting.  Can you do the bomber version or are you stuck with the torpedo version? Thanks all Hal

One of my favorite kits. It includes parts for torpedoes, exteral bombs and the regular bomb doors. Although no interior detail is included for the bomb bay. A pe set would be a must if you want to display the doors open.

Looks great Dave, that PE certainly makes a huge difference to the instrument panel doesn't it.  Oh and what exactly did happen to the Mk.II to make you end up binning it?

Cheers

Looking good Dave.  Nice work.

Regards,  Rick

Welcome to the build Harold (Il Leone) & Scott (LimoDriver), it's good to have you both on board.

Scott, to enter the build all you need to do is nominate your build (already done) and then just start building and blabbing.  As you go along take some digital shots and post them so that we can all admire your handiwork. 

Harold, if you are using Polly S paints then you will need the following colors:

Dark Earth P:PCE76, Dark Green P:PCE75 and usually Sky P:PCE72 for the lower surfaces.  However Polly S don't make Duck Egg Blue so you'll have to go with Model Master (I'm assuming acrylic here) 4748.  Just check your references to see if the Hurricane should have Sky Type S, Duck Egg Blue, Sky Blue or Pale Blue undersides.  Oh and remember you will need some RAF Interior Green as well which is Model Master 4850.

Cheers

Well made some progress tonight... the cockpit is almost done and I am ready to close the fuselage....  My aging eyes had a bit of trouble with the 1/72nd PE but I finally finished up 99% of it... interesting is I can only pick out some of the obvious pieces like the rudder "shoes" and compass etc... the nice part is the overhead console that wasn't a part of the original kit... It really did add something to it... I think if I did naother I would opt for the vac form canopy though as the canopy is sufficiently thick OOB to not make it as visible as I would like.

I'll take some pics in the AM and let yall see... after dryfitting the fuselage it looks like little putty will be needed... the worst part is it looks like the area under the fuselage with several small antennas (I am guessing that's what they were) is the part needing it the worst... maybe a shim would work better....

Fine with me Dave.  What went wrong with the paint job?

Regards,  Rick

TryintoModel wrote:

tho9900 wrote: I found an impressive pic of a Japanese destroyer caught right at the moment a 500lb bomb slammed into the bow AND frozen mid frame is a 500lb'r that caught a wave and got enough height to be coming down right on top of the AA gun crew.   Hey Tom, Any way you can post that picture, I would love to see it! Dave

Dave - check out the South Pacific GB.. I just posted it in there, it's about 15 different pictures of the 5th AAF and 13th AAF B-25's doing what they do best!!!  12 fixed, forward mounted .50 cal machine guns.. imagine the rain of lead!!!  And if that isn't bad enough imagine the parting gift of para-frags left on your doorstep as it zooms over!

Count me in to my first group build! I'll be building a Mess. BF-109e in 1/72. Smaller than I normally work with, but pulled it off eBay for under $4 (and that included shipping!!).

Please let me know how exactly I "enter" my model. Do I post pictures of the project as I build it, or... And what are the steps as far as "entering" my submission?

Sorry for my ignorance, but this IS my frist build and want to enjoy it as much as possible.

I'm gonna try and add the GB patch to my signature, but if anyone could give me a quick run-down on how exactly to do that it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much.   - Scott

ghettochild wrote:

Congrats Jay! Tom I looked in every He111 book I own and could not find any good pics of the bomb bay. Sorry it took so long I really havent done any model in the past couple weeks

Josh - it's ok.. I decided against the sky blue as I became this was the color of bombs carried under the wings/fuselage.  I went with the field grey.  It shows them off nicely against the RLM02 for the bomb supports.

CONGRATS JAY!!!!

-dave

tho9900 wrote:

I found an impressive pic of a Japanese destroyer caught right at the moment a 500lb bomb slammed into the bow AND frozen mid frame is a 500lb'r that caught a wave and got enough height to be coming down right on top of the AA gun crew.

Bob & Tom, I haven't forgotten about the B-25 info I am going to send, it's just that there is 125MB of stuff so it's a CD that'll be heading to each of you.  Bob can you shoot me a PM with your mailing address please as I don't think I have it.

Cheers

Cheers

Congrats Jay!

Tom I looked in every He111 book I own and could not find any good pics of the bomb bay. Sorry it took so long I really havent done any model in the past couple weeks