Down Memory Lane Group Build

Looking good dj and jwb, both cockpits look like they were fun.

Gee never knew how much I missed the PC, I was lost for three days with out it. Now I have the fun task of fixing every thing back on here.

Here's proof of my progress:

The fuselage has been thinned down around the area of the 'office'; the office itself is a mix of plastic, metal wire, foil, and bits and bobs from the spare parts (PE and plastic); the instrument panel is scratch, plastic.  I'm opening up one engine 'door', not really because I want to show an engine (more work!) but because that will be the only way to get the radiator intake, on the underside of the fuselage, to look all right: it needs to be patched up from the inside, and re-modelled a little.  Another job for the near future is re-modelling the 'bumps' on the top of the fuselage, just before the canopy, as Airfix got them really wrong...

djmodels1999 wrote:

Yes, pity about the crooked seat.  Can't you snap it (just the seat) off and glue it back to a more normal position?

You know, I hadn't thought of that. I'll give that a shot. The office is a "tub" so I know the seat won't go rattling off in the fuselage.

djmodels1999 wrote:

Is there a problem with the wings in relation to the tailplanes?  From your pics, it looks as if there is..

I'd tried and tried and tried to get the horizontal stabilizers lined up right, but they never looked right to me. It does show up more clearly in the pic. I think if I adjust the left one (looking aft) a bit that should do the trick.

By "adjust" I mean snap off and re-glue. LOL

Jon,

I think you must be a saint just to be building that kit...  I think you're right when you say it was easier back then.  Ny Airfix 109 has many problems that I want to solve but I'm sometimes asking myself if it is realy realistic to attempt to..! Yes, pity about the crooked seat.  Can't you snap it (just the seat) off and glue it back to a more normal position?   Is there a problem with the wings in relation to the tailplanes?  From your pics, it looks as if there is..

Looking good TAdan cant wait to see it painted.

Only three hours to go till I loose the PC for three days. Hope HLJ does not ask for my money this week.

What a coincidence, my PC is giving me trouble too, hehe. I am posting this from school.

Here is the latest on my Mustang. She is ready for paint!

FrogFoot wrote:

To the dowm memory lane goup build! First thanks to djmodels1999 letting me handle this group build for him. This GB is about trying to find the first kit you built or the first one you can remember. And building it again the right way. Start April 15 2006, Ends can be planned later Join any time you wish Rules no rules Here is the badge made by jwb so thank him for it and please save the badge to your PC so my photobucket bandwith just not get eaten up.

First off, I like the GB badge.

Now, to earn the badge; a Monogram 1/48 scale WWII plane.  Need to go down to the hobby shop to see what they have that I remember getting during the summer that I turned 10.  As a reward for "working my butt off" helping my dad re-landscape the backyard, he and I went down to the hobby shop and he let me "load up" on about 18 airplanes.  Greatest memory I have of my dad and I doing something together. 

Will let everyone know what I find after I go to the shop (same one that I went to that summer 27 years ago - same owners!)

Scott, there is a 99.9% chance this one will not be sitting on an M-80.

I got the wings attached wednesday night. It actually looks like a P-51 now!

scottrc wrote:

FrogFoot wrote: Looks good TAdan, see you even get a pilot. I have a kinda grousome memory of that kit.  My buddy, if you could call him that since he always had a knack to get me into trouble, talked me into blowing up my P-51 (That same kit as above) with a large firecracker.  Well, just strapping an M-80 to the bottom of the fuse didn't cut it, he wanted to have some blood shed to spice up this event so he pops off the canopy and prop hub, and fills the inside of the fuselage with ketchup, and glues the canopy and prop back on. When the M-80 exploded, it blew the fuse in half and blasted ketchup everywhere.  We, and everything around us, was spackled with ketchup. I wanted to puke, and he wanted to do it agian, but this time with a battleship.  That was when I think I told him I had to go home for dinner and that he could'nt come.  I also had to wear my "blood" stained clothing into the house and face a possible inquiry into my appearance. Ah, pleasures of being 10 and peer presure. Scott

hehehe! I know the feeling...

FrogFoot wrote:

Looks good TAdan, see you even get a pilot.

Ok...here is an awful pic I snapped w/ my cell phone, hehe. As you can see the fuselage is together (seams still need to be sanded/cleaned up), and I have most of the smaller bits painted. I set a few out just to give you an idea. Sorry the picture is so crummy.

Yes, that office looks good!  Well done!

I've ordered the Revell 109 G-10 because I really need a decent propeller to replace the skinny thingy that Airfix gave me...   Felt bad, kind of cheating in a way, but I guess adding PE or resin bits would be kind of similar in a way, and way more expensive.  After all, we are re-building a very early kit of ours WITH the experience we've acquired since our debut..

Your lucky TAdun no filling, I am never that lucky. Look forward to the pics.

As for my build I cant get in the mood to paint, odd I have painted figures this week and a few other models.

JWB, nice work with the cockpit. My mustang dosent really have one to speak of, aside from the pilots seat and the control yoke.

I got the fuselage glued together last night, and the pilots seat installed. I was pleasantly suprised with the fit of the fuselage halves. No filling required, just a bit of flash removal. Ill try and get a pic up tonight.

FrogFoot wrote:

Ha that happends every time I use super glue even if I am super carefull with it. The office looks great, alot better then what I can turn out

Thanks!

I left out the throttle levers- just couldn't get them on there. The IP panel looked OK, but it's hidden.

And after all the dry fitting and testing and so forth- the office is now sitting at a slight angle in the fuselage. LOL Oh well.

Makes me have even greater respect fo rhte folks I see who do such amazing resin/PE work that I see on these forums. That stuff ain't easy.

jwb wrote:

I ended up with parts glued to tweezers, my fingers, all over the place

Ha that happends every time I use super glue even if I am super carefull with it. The office looks great, alot better then what I can turn out

jwb you keep going and there wont be any plastic left to the kit

No updates for me I am trying to get eight kits done. And also sorting out built models and cleaning out the stash time to ebay some models 400 getting to be a little much. Also I have nine figures that I have to paint or die