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Nice work there Kenny.

Did you paint the cammo on the soldiers too?

If so you must have the patience of a saint!

I can't wsit to see the finished product, and that joes for John and RCman too.

Keep those pics rollin.

Mark.

P.s. Kenny, does your camera have a button with a little flower on it?

If so, that is the 'macro' button (don't ask me what it means). Turn that on and you should be able to take crystal clear pics up to about 1 inch from the model. It doesn't work over distances greater than about 6 inches though.

Way to go Kenny. Thats a lot of nice progress you have there. It's comming together very well. Looks good.

Steve

well i finally got the interior finished so i will post some not so good pics lol tomorrow off to the camo on her and she will be almost finished with me attempting to weather her a bit. so i should finally be done this week pending no interuptions :)

kenny

nnice to hear you are almost done john not too far behind got caught up with some stuff this weekend but hoping to finish soon .

kenny

Got mine all painted, decaled, etc. Just have to install the clear parts to finish. Hope to get it done this weekend and post some photo's them.

P.S. mine Cobra isn't far behind

hey guys took a modeling day today :)

trying to get her done by tonight but even if i am not i will post some pics of where she is up to.

see you all later .

kenny

R-CMan, nice progress you have there, looking ready for some major component assembly. Cant wait to see it put together.

Steve

rc nice build cant wait to see her come together. hopig to get somethingon mine done tonight :(

kenny

Here are some progress pix of the E-3

The Radom

The engines

The Trucks

The tail

The underside of the wing

The top side

And the office

I hope that you like them I know that the pix are fuzy for this cam is not the best.

Many Congrats on a wonderful build Mark. The Vark turned out amazing and I am sure your Dad just loved it. Very nice display for it also, I like that.

Hey Rats, jump on in and enjoy yourself. Heck, we aint going nowhere.

Alright Kenny, your next partner. Cant wait to see the finished Hummer. By the way, gret to see another generation of Modelers comming. Absolutely great photos of the family enjoying the hobby. JR is doing a nice job on the Tiger, almost better than his old man!!!!. P.S. did ya have to give him the Tamiya paints!!!!!!. Just kidding.

Steve

dont worry about rushing at all to meet the deadline :) just enjoy the build and have fun :)

kenny

dont worry about it , what vehichle did you use in the military just pick something you used let us know and i will be checking the build till everyone is done meeting the deadline or not.

i may be building a blackhawk or chinook after this and still be posting on the build so you are more than welcome.

kenny

Thanks Kenny!

I don't even have anything at the moment that i could get done by the deadline. I'm still waiting on the tools of the trade to arrive.

hey desert it is never to late for a fellow veteran to join in . we would never exclude you if you want to join let me know.

kenny

Rats!!!!!!

I waited too long to get back into modelling to get in on this one. Guess i'll have to wait for the next veterans build....

mark amazing build . she looks incredible ty for sharing the pics and being part of this build. now hoepfully i will be all finsihed tonight if not we still have a little time before the end of the build :)

kenny

Very nice Vark ther Mark.  THe detail is amazing.  DId you build the display case also?  I really need to get some of those myself as my chidren have the same problem with looking with their hands.  That build is something to be proud of

Jim 

Hi Guys.

Here are the pics of dad's finished F-111.

I'd like to thank you all for your words of encouragement through this build and thank you for letting me participate even though I didn't quite fit the criteria. It's the sort of encouragement that I've recieved here that has helped me to push myself and create something that is well above my usual standard of modeling.

As I said before, my dad was seriously rapt with the present. It made me feel really good and made all the effort worth it.

I've included pics of the display case as people in my family need to learn to look with their eyes and not woth their hands. Beside the practical aspect of it, I think it looks pretty cool.

This is my model of the Mirage that Dad had his name painted on whilst serving in 3 Squadron in the mid 70's.
Dad's two fast movers together again.

Can't wait to see how everyone's builds turn out.

Cheers
Mark

Great work there Mist.

A very colorful scheme you chose.

It looks great.

I realy like your weathering too. Very realistic as far as the pics of the F-14 that I've seen.

One tip that works for me, when painting your canopy, when it's all masked up. paint it black first. this way when seen from underneath it looks like the canopy frame has been painted inside.

other than that, I think you really kicked a goal.

Hey Kenny.

Good to see you've got an up and comming modeler on the way.

It looks like a great way to spend quality time with your kids.

I've just got home from camping with my Mum and Dad. I got the F-111 finished in tima and the timber stain was still tacky on the display case when I gave it to him.

He loved it! I felt really good with his response. He thinks it's just the greatest model of the F-111 he's ever seen. He was looking at a few things and saying that he couldn't believe that I's even included this and that. It feels really good to give him something that meant so much to him.

I'll post the photo's tomorrow as it's pretty late now.

Have a good day all.

Mark

well i was gonna work some tonight but the boy wanted to model. i went in the closet and pulled out the first tiger i ever built when i was about 10 or 11 years old. so since i dont have any progress pics of my build here is what kenny jr. (2 1/2 yrs. old) accomplished tonight. i must say watching him was much more fun then trying to finish my build tonight. he was so ecited to paint he called his mommy in to watch. so here he is on his first paint job.

kenny 

Hey Mist, great job, it really looks excellent. Thats a piece of work to be proud of, congrats. Just have one question for ya, should there be two national insignias on the tops of the wings?. Normally there is only one on the port wing and the other is blank. However, there are numerious cases where they made mistakes and put one on each wing. There was a thread here just about the same situation a month or so ago and it seems to have happened quite a few times.

Great job my friend.

Steve

got some more progress done on the hummer tonight all should be completed by monday night if all goes well this weekend. i will be posting some pics then. hope you all have a great weekend.

kenny