South Pacific Group Build 7 August 2006 to 7 August 2007

Silentmodeler-not a problem.  The decals are aftermarket, SuperScale, I believe.  I'll gather the info when I get home and update.  I think Hasegawa may make a 1/48 P-40 kit with the white tail, maybe an RAAF version?

edit-here is the link for the decals that I used.  My only issue is that the side light/dark color scheme doesn't match the top view.  Always good to check multiple resources..which I couldn't find any for Kinsley's plane. Therefore, I've got a 50/50 chance of being accurate  

http://www.modelingmadness.com/scotts/decals/super/ss48961.htm

Joe

   thank for fix my mistake smiles   my mind must be off today in due of the heat argh 

sorry abt that bob   forgiven me 

Hey Silent,

The P40 is actually Bob's...if it is the P47 you are interested in it is the Academy in 1/72 scale.  The decals are more or less "stock". 

NucMedTech

Outstanding build you got!  where do u get those little guys and the stand by the engine?  i dont mind try to do diamoa (sp) someday. Can you give me some suggest of how to do diamoa (again sp)

Joe- beautiful P40 you got   i never got tired of P40s.  I did try to look at HAS for it couldnt find white tail P40.   could ya help me out   thanks

Winston- awesome zero you got there.  Need to get those since i got val and kate in Pearl Harbor version.  is it 32 or 48 scale? since i have hard time to find in 48 scale. 

Thanks Joe, Bob and Espins for the nice comments. This has been a challenge to build, but I think it helped to improve my skills. Anyway here is the finished project.

Bob- Nice job on your P-40, it really came out well.

Winson- I like your Zero. You did a good job.

Joe- Thanks for hosting a fun GB.

And I appreciate everyone's help during this build.

Bob - Great job on the P-40, it turned out really nice!    I'm also glad my tips on the kit were helpful, what a great community we have here eh?    The Hasegawa kit really is nice, but it does require some seam filling skills and you did great Bob! 

Nucmedtec - very nice job on your Black Widow, and what a cool diorama!  Nicely done! 

Winson - nice job on the Zero!  Hope to see more of your work. 

I'll be starting up work again on my P-38F this week as I'm finally getting some of the projects finished and off my bench. 

Winston-very nice build on the Tamiya Zero-nice weathered look

Stephen-very nice job on the P-61 & the diorama-the effort you put into is shows.

Well, the P-40E is finished...well, it still needs some more weathering and touch-ups, but....before I post the pics, I must thank Scott (Espin) for the tips he posted-a real life saver.  And although the kit has great detail, it is a bit of a bear filling all of the seams.  And I managed to loose the canopy mirror and one of the gun sights to the carpet monster...well, not carpet, but linolium...RAF Dark Earth, to be exact...and I didn't do a great job of masking the canopy.  I think I need to start spraying a coat of Future AFTER the Eduard mask is applied.  Well, anyway, here it is, worts & all....

Joe-thanks for hosting this Group Build.  This is an excellent subject with lots of appropriate builds-hopefully we can do it again sometime.

Hi, I would like to contribute my build to this GB. My entry will be the Taimiya 1/48 Zero done some months back for our local GB. If you might notice that some of the red zero's is not a perfect round shape, reason being 98% of the decals either cracked and badly yellowed. But the lucky thing is the kit is still great.

Here is some of my pics of the kit:

Under the plane:

the cockpit:

Feedback and comments is welcome and appreciated!!!

Thanks!

Well here is a trial set up for my display, please let me know what you think.

I still have a few pieces left to put on the Widow, but it is almost done. I'd like to get a few more accessories to fill in the base, that may come later.

JoeRugby wrote:

Looks great!  I would not worry about the paint chipping.   Note to everyone participating...We are just short of 30 days.  The finished builds have been excellent and we are all certainly enthusiatic about seeing more!

My first one!  You guys are doing such a great job with the builds here I'm glad to be a part of this GB. Sorry I didn't participate a whole lot

ollie wrote:

Id better get my act together and finish my P38 then.

 ....or we extend this build to "Indefinate" status and I can work on the other three kits in my stash that fit this theater...just kidding....kinda...maybe....

I got a good amount of work done on the 1/48 Hasegawa kit over the holiday.  Got the bird about 90% built, now for the putty/sanding work.  My wife and daughter let me go sit down at the bench, have the History Channel on, and work for almost 8 TOTAL HOURS!!!!   I did take a two hour break for lunch and to take my daughter swimming.  The only thing that would have made the day better would have been if I hadn't had to stop to go to a family barbeque/fireworks.

I will post a photo or two tonights howing how far I got.

Looks great!  I would not worry about the paint chipping.

Note to everyone participating...We are just short of 30 days.  The finished builds have been excellent and we are all certainly enthusiatic about seeing more!

Hi everyone,

Got through the majority of  my repairs on the Goose without too many dramas.

Had to use the spare canopy from the kit as I broke the other one removing it.

I got the colour matched ok but am going to have a hard time trying to match the paint chipping to the remainder of the plane.

Still a little way off though but plugging on a little at a time.

The props are only stuck on with blue tac.

ww2modeler wrote:

Here it is all finished. Look for all the pictures in the a/c forum. Comments and crits welcome. The two medals are a Asiatic Campaign and a World War II one. David

Nice work David.

I'd love to see some more pics.

Would make a good dio with the campaign ribons.

Cheers

Mark

JerrynFrog wrote:

I have been having difficulty getting the decals to settle into the recesses (Including those not place into a future pool). I have been using Solvaset, the strongest brew that I have although a very old bottle, and there is a small amount of settling into the panel lines, but I want more.  I think I have gotten to five applications of the Solvaset.  I think I may have to live with them as-is. I have considered slitting the decals with a new X-acto blade in the panel lines, but they are so tiny in 1/72........hmmmmm...any ideas guys?

Hi Jerry,

I believe that solvaset is for the 'setting of' and or helping with decal adhesion. I don't believe that it is of much help with helping decals conform to panel shapes/lines/rivets etc.

For this I use 'Mr Mark Softer' It's a Gunze Sangyo product and I have found it very good for this application.

I have also heard of people using white vinegar but haven't tried it myself.

Hope this helps.

Cheers

Mark 

Front page has been updated!

David,

From what I can make out in the photo it looks as if you have a fine build.  I like the special touch with the campaign ribbons.

Here it is all finished. Look for all the pictures in the a/c forum. Comments and crits welcome. The two medals are a Asiatic Campaign and a World War II one.

David

A progress report- sprayed a clear coat using Tamiya clear gloss.  It was old and quite thick so I added much Tamiya thinner and it turned cloudy in the mixing container.  I sprayed it anyway and it turned out just fine.

I added the thick Academy decals and had some adhesion problems with a few of the tiny ones, so I placed those onto a thin pool of future, which seemed to work fine.

I have been having difficulty getting the decals to settle into the recesses (Including those not place into a future pool). I have been using Solvaset, the strongest brew that I have although a very old bottle, and there is a small amount of settling into the panel lines, but I want more.  I think I have gotten to five applications of the Solvaset.  I think I may have to live with them as-is. I have considered slitting the decals with a new X-acto blade in the panel lines, but they are so tiny in 1/72........hmmmmm...any ideas guys?

Thanks for the comments guys, I should have it done sometime this week.

David

Hey David,

The P38 looks great!  Looking forward to posting the completed bird on the first page.