Down Memory Lane Group Build

Looks great TAdan, you really got those white strips on great.

Now I know what I got that Aurora Fokker D - VII for. I will be a part of this as time permits, my wife just gave birth to our daughter last month.

Cheers,

Eric

Welcome Eric thanks for joining, got you updated.

David

Yeah, welcome aboard, Eric; belated confgrats for the newborn too.  Looking forward to seeing your kit...

Well...Im finished! What do I win? I'll try and get some pics up soon. I am very happy with how my Mustang turned out. It is light-years ahead of my last one.

Great to hear you that your Mustang turned out to your liking.

I started drillng portholes in the hull and cains last night.  Just a few left and then I will add some doors and rails to this little model.

Scott

Finished!!!?  TAdan, that was FAST, man.  I still haven't closed the fuselage on my 109...  Try to get us some pics at some stage.

Here is a teaser pic for you. Ill try and get better pics (from a digi cam) Asap. I am very happy with the way this kit turned out.

It does look very neat and nice.  Congrats!

Presenting....my latest...1/72 Monogram P-51B. Finished straight OOB. I wanted to make it as close as possible to the box art...I think I pulled it off I had alot of fun on this build.

 

I need to see if I can find my original build of this kit.

And what I started with...

Great looking P-51 TAdan!

How are everyone elses builds coming along? I am taking a bit of a break before I get back into my KC-135A kit. It is about half way there. Technically my KC-135 is also a "Memory lane" build too, but my last one was more recent than the Mustang.

 

If I get the mood I may be back to this GB with another Revell or Monogram oldie. (Ive got a 1/48 Wildcat, a 1/72 Uhu, and a 1/144 B-52 sitting in my stash...I built all of them ages ago...)

Well- I'm done.

More like "I can't see this 1/72nd stuff anymore, so we're calling this done."

I've still got to get a display case. This was the first I built when I was 8. I have a still wrapped kit in the box, and another vintage kit out of the box. I'm going to do a display case showing the boxed kit, the unbuilt sprues from the the opened vintage kit, and then this completed re-issue.

I started to get crazy with it- I put in a resin office- then decided to just build it more like a kid would- out of the box, no changing of parts, etc.

So here it is. Admittedly, it could've had a few more hours put into it. But with the braille scale my eyes, and 3 Accurate Miniatures 1/48 kits standing by- I said good enough. It was fun.

I'll be getting a display case later this week- I'll put up the final pics then.

Looks great jwb better then my P-47 that I tried awhile back. Oh and got you and TAdan builds updated on the front page.

As for me I am going to paint my kit tommorow for sure, since I am on the armor kick again. Which makes it easier to paint for me.

Great work JWB! That cockpit looks good hiding in there. I really like the paintscheme on the P-47.

What is with the landing gear doors? (I'm assuming it's just because it is a lindbergh kit, lol!)

Ok I got my kit painted today, now to figure out if I want to camo or not to camo.

Great work everyone.  I'm about done. just need to do a final paint and decals.

Scott

TAdan wrote:

Great work JWB! That cockpit looks good hiding in there. I really like the paintscheme on the P-47. What is with the landing gear doors? (I'm assuming it's just because it is a lindbergh kit, lol!)

Yeah- I always add the legs and pants last. I test fitted the struts, then the doors. The struts are waaaaaaay to long. The mounting post for them is really deep- I could've just cut it off. But when I test fitted, it reminded me of when I was in elementary school, and at the years end kids would be walking around in jeans that were way to short- spindly ankles sticking out.

Honestly, the more I looked at it, the funnier it seemed. So I decided instead of fixing it up-leave it! Maybe I'm just lazy, but part of the appeal of it was just how much I loved it as a kid- warts and all. I've nicknamed it "Shorty", since the "pants" are so short.

So now it sits on my shelf, the other planes snickering about it's "high-waters"......

It's got a few other warts. I placed the roundels forward of the side vents instead of aft.... I literally looked at the pic on the computer, and by the time I got to the model desk, I'd got it wrong. (They say memory is the second thig to go..... can't recall the first). And I tried to print the correct tail number, but I couldn't get it to show up clearly when applied to the plane, so I used one from a set I had. The stripes are a bit too far forward, also.

But the wife saw it and said "Oh, sweety, it looks just like that airplane on your wallpaper!" so that was good enough. LOL

It's not exactly like the real bird, but it's close enough to sit on the shelf. Main thing is I had fun!

Thanks for the kind words!

By the way TAdan- that -51 you built looks great. That was the first kit my little brother built!

FrogFoot, I would vote for Camo.

Camo it is then will paint it later.

TAdan wrote:

FrogFoot, I would vote for Camo.

Don't be one of those people who paints it a solid color, like OD Green...



Seriously- camo would look cool.

Camo it is then, out of forty tanks I have in the stash only three are one color

Okay, I FINALLY found my first "glue together" kit, the Revell B-17F, so I will probably be starting it soon. sorry I haven't been involved in this thread (I just got the kit last Saturday, and I have had kits that are already started from a while back to attend to...) I'll probablt start the build sometime within the month though.

Welcome JayPack55. I presume this is the famous 1/48 kit?

 

I built it a few years back, and was very happy with it. Not much interior detail, but the outside looks great. I look forward to seeing it.

How are the builds going?

 

I took a 1/48 Monogram Wildcat out of the box and started to play with that. I still have my KC-135 waiting patiently to be finished...

No update for me, hard to go out in the garage and paint in close to 100 degree weather.

Got you updated Jaypack and TAdan.

FrogFoot. I am just poking at the Wildcat right now. Not sure if I am going to build it just yet.

 

I look forward to seeing your build completed.

Got all the portholes drilled, now putting on on a few doors and other little PE details and getting ready to paint.

Been pretty busy with other things so this GB has really slowed down for me.

Scott

Rob Gronovius wrote:

I think I may build the old Revell 1/40th (the box listed scale) M4 Sherman. A real conglomeration of Sherman variants: an M4A1 hybrid hull, horizontal volute suspension system, early 75mm turret with a 76mm gun. Real strange version of a tank that probably never existed. I believe the actual scale of this kit measures out to 1/36. Since there are no rules, I may replace some of the undetailed or omitted parts with some parts that are more detailed.

I was doing some cleaning of my basement model storage space and discovered a box of an even older tank model. The kit I will build is going to be the old Lindberg JS 3 Stalin tank. The old  Lindberg kits had one piece track/suspension sets and underneath was powered by a small rubberband. If you turned the rear wheels backwards, it wound up the rubberband and the tank would roll forward on the floor.

So, anyone still working?  I'm hoping to get a few hours in the morning and finish up.  Hopefully get some pics of my build in the forum this weekend.

Cheers,
Scott