Jolly Rogers GB...2006-2007

OK, here's some pics...almost ready for decals:

Hey all,

   I'm stuck in the Lone Star state this week for work and am really feeling the urge to build.  Figures.  Before I flew out I managed to lay down a few decals on my F-4 and have really got the bug to keep going.  I should have figured a way to cram it into the overhead compartment.  I should have the kit ready to go by this weekend, The only thing I haven't really tackled yet is the canopy.  Never been my favorite part so I always save them until the end.  So good modeling this week, gentlemen.

I still need to do the weathering...

 Pics:

Well, I'm done with the first one:

Okay, here is my F-4 in post-wash, pre-dullcoat phase.  Canopies (The bane of my modeling) are drying from a dip in Future and the horizontal stabilizers are drying.  Should have a completed kit soon.

Drew and all,

I am still here, I just have not been able to get working on my F-14 with the outage still going, and going, and going (well, you get the idea), and the work that I need to take care of at home (such as taking down the Halloween decorations on my night off last week).  Anyway, things are beginning to slow down, which should allow me the time to pick back up on my project.  I am debating what to use for weight in the front of the cockpit section before I glue it together, unless I can find a good weight that will actually fit in the nose cone as Hasegawa recommends.  I will attempt to stay in better contact going forward, and perhaps I will send an update this weekend as I have two nights off, and that should allow me to get something assembled.

Scott

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Well, progress is slow here. I have primed the tomcat and have more work ahead of me before painting. I thought I would have a couple of things to address after a primer, but there is much more than I imagined. I mostly finished the cockpit on the super hornet. It's progress is slowed also.

Don't feel your the only one going no where in this Scotty, I'm not gettting any work done either.It's been almost a month since I was able to work on mine. Every time I think I have time to work on them, something else comes up.

Lots to do, just need the time to do it. Keep it all. I'm watching

Frank Steffens wrote:

I snagged a Hasegawa 1/72 F9F Cougar off ebay not too long ago for 8 bucks there was a small pic, so I couldn't see the decal sheet, when it arrived, I found out one of the decal options is a VF-61 Jolly Rogers plane! Score!

hey frank you didnt happen to get this cougar did you?

It was this one:

I have a couple of the one you posted, they're really good kits considering how old they are.

 Haven't been able to do much of anything model-wise lately...I had to go in for surgery to remove a kidney stone....lots of pain! Hopefully I'll be back at it soon. I was working on a Skyhawk for another GB on ARC, but until I'm in less pain, I can;t go down and work on it.

oh well...i just go back to what i was originally going to do. paint all the markings and use spares to make it a jolly rogers bird..

 update. i just got back from the lhs and i picked up some squadron white putty, micromask, bmf, and some proweld liguqid cement....now i can get back to my santa cat. 

I must first say that I am very impressed with the photos of the finished and nearly finished projects.  You guys are doing some fantastic work.  The outage finally ended just in time for me to spend a week as a chaperone with our marching band in Florida.  Unfortunately, it was a cold week there, and I did not pack for the weather I would have expected at home.  Anyway, I am back to my regular job and have made some headway on my tomcat. 

I wound up using an adhesive backed weight in the front of the cockpit for my counterweight (1/4 ounce), but I appreciate the suggestion I was given.  I will try to add the actual link this weekend, but there is a site that does a nice job of describing how to build the Hasegawa 1/72 kit.  Some of the advice is very useful. So far the cockpit, fuselage halves, engine underhangs, and wings are assembeld. 

My next move will be to ensure that my joints are as clean as I can get them and then to paint what I have built as well as the parts that I will add later such as the tail fins and assundrious small parts.  No promises, but I will try to get back to downloading some photos soon.

 Scott

well i finally got around to borrowing my gf's digital camera...next up for the cat is a primer coat, sanding and some more primer...here ya go hope yas like:

the blue thing on the tcs pod is masking tape that has been glued down... im totally covering up

everything so that i can replicate the cat on almansur's jolly roger page. heres the link:

http://www.almansur.com/jollyrogers/walkarounds.htm