Secret Santa- WWII Aviation GB

cj95 wrote:

The story of the "Chop-Chop" plane. My wife....bless her heart.....is somewhat naive in the art and science of world war II aircraft.  (or aircraft in general.) She does however have one particular plane that she likes, and whenever I happen to drag her to the airshow, she is alwyas on the lookout for what she refers to as the "Chop-Chop" plane. Whats a Chop-Chop plane?  Well acording to her explanation, "its the plane with the chop-chop teeth on the front." That is to say the P-40 in its Flying Tiger regalia.   Now i have forced her to watch documentaries on the P-40 and shows on the exploits of the AVG in China........but I have never....ever.....been able to get her to remember the real name of the P-40...Its always the "Chop-Chop" plane. Well imagine both of our surpirse when I tore open my Secret Santa's wrapper and out fell.......  A CHOP-CHOP PLANE!!!! We both had a great laugh and I know it'll be the first plane I build that she's actually interested in.   Thanks SANTA. Its the perfect gift!!

I was afraid that I may have choosen too generic of a plane.   But, it looks like I did good.  Still not sure how/why your wife calls it a "Chop-Chop" plane, unless she is thinking that the plane is hungry (for enemy planes that is).  Have fun with the build.

What! You guys are already assembling and priming?!
I still have to order the photoetched set fom my "Panzerknacker".

wing_nut got it those are the decals I was talking about.

The decals Avus is referring to are from Mike Grant.  I have used them and they're great.  Here is the link to my site...

http://wingnutmodels.com/Mc-205%20Veltro.html

Any progress yet???  I have all the interior fuel tanks glued up and ready to paint.  I am doing the racer that Roscoe Turner flew in the mid '30s, so the passenger seats are removed for 8 extra fuel cells.  Since not much will be visible I am not going to go nuts with detailing so I can concentrate on the exterior.  I think there will be a fair amount of filling.  Have not decided whether to rescribe all the raise panel lines or try what Swanny suggest... make a line with a sharp blade and let the paint fill the thin grove.

OK.  I promised better pics and here is the best this camera can do.  After the 1st of the year i'm getting a better camera so i won't have to worry about it.  Thanks again Klaus.  I'm excited to try to paint a camo pattern.  Should be interesting. As you can see, it's already primered and ready to go

wing_nut & Mist086, glad you both got the cards. I was afraid they wouldn't make it in time.

wing_nut wrote:

Avus... sorry for not letting you know but I did get your card a couple of days ago.  So how come you live in Italy and your English is better than mine?

Thanks for both, your appretiation for my english and above all for the aircraft. As I said I didn't know that particular plane, but I'm looking forward to start working on it.

Mist086 wrote:

I want shout out a big THANK YOU to my SS Klaus.  This Italian bird is gonna test my building prowess.  Also i want to thank you for the X-Mas card that you sent.  That was really nice of you.  Hope every one had a great x-mas and hope to see what the builds will look like in the coming weeks.  I already got my bird primered and ready for tonight.  Klaus, didn't even know that the Italians had ww2 birds.  I learned something already.

You are welcome. I'm really happy you like what I picked for you.
These aircraft were not bad in aeordynamic design, but were no match in speed and armament for german or allied planes, this is why they are not as famous, I guess.
Should you have a hard time painting the "smoke ring" camouflage there ia a set of decals representing this particular pattern. I don't remember the company, but I'll have a look and get back to you.

Flipperdad.......

The reason you may not remember who sent you your gift is probably because I very stupidly forgot to include your card, and to this day its sitting on my desk at home.

oops.   Im glad you like the plane, I wanted to do something a bit different that the regular prop planes.

If it makes you feel any better.....

I HAVE ALSO LOST MY SANTA's NAME! 

I spent all evening digging through the piles or crumpled up wrapping paper to no avail.  I love my Chop-Chop and want to give proper thanks.....sorry sorry sorry!

The story of the "Chop-Chop" plane.

My wife....bless her heart.....is somewhat naive in the art and science of world war II aircraft.  (or aircraft in general.)

She does however have one particular plane that she likes, and whenever I happen to drag her to the airshow, she is alwyas on the lookout for what she refers to as the "Chop-Chop" plane.

Whats a Chop-Chop plane?  Well acording to her explanation, "its the plane with the chop-chop teeth on the front."

That is to say the P-40 in its Flying Tiger regalia.  

Now i have forced her to watch documentaries on the P-40 and shows on the exploits of the AVG in China........but I have never....ever.....been able to get her to remember the real name of the P-40...Its always the "Chop-Chop" plane.

Well imagine both of our surpirse when I tore open my Secret Santa's wrapper and out fell.......

 A CHOP-CHOP PLANE!!!!

We both had a great laugh and I know it'll be the first plane I build that she's actually interested in. 

 Thanks SANTA. Its the perfect gift!!

rudy_102 wrote:

*This post is coming from my new laptop* I must be a mind reader. When I woke up last morning, I thought "I know it's Tamiya". Guess what? 1/48 TAMIYA A6M2 Zero. The tent will open when I get of my butt and set it up. Thanks Zedoc (I think that's your name)!

Close enough Adam.  Glad it made it there ok. Hope you enjoyed the festive paper i wrapped it with .  Enjoy the Zero.

well. i have to thanks jon for two things. first, for hosting this GB and second, for give me this wonderful Eduard Russian WWII Yak-3 Fighter.

*This post is coming from my new laptop*

I must be a mind reader. When I woke up last morning, I thought "I know it's Tamiya". Guess what? 1/48 TAMIYA A6M2 Zero. The tent will open when I get of my butt and set it up. Thanks Zedoc (I think that's your name)!

I just wanted to post a proper thank you to my Santa as the chaos around here has died down a bit! I have a soft spot in my affections for German aircraft, it may be due to the fact that I am part German, so it was a perfect gift! I really like Tamiya kits, they are sort of a Cadilac of kits. My apologies for not thanking you by name Santa, but in the travels and the demands of 2 small kids I lost that information, but my thank you is no less real. Have a great build everyone!

Cheers ,

Eric

Well, it seems I goofed in my post last night. Thanks again Drew for this!!

I don't recall ever doing a P-51 & the only Tamiya I've done is the 1/48 Moto Tug that Bud sent me awhile back. This is goin' to be an interesting & Fun build!! Thanks Friend!!

I want shout out a big THANK YOU to my SS Klaus.  This Italian bird is gonna test my building prowess.  Also i want to thank you for the X-Mas card that you sent.  That was really nice of you.  Hope every one had a great x-mas and hope to see what the builds will look like in the coming weeks.  I already got my bird primered and ready for tonight.  Klaus, didn't even know that the Italians had ww2 birds.  I learned something already.  Sorry for the pic but my wife is a little technologicly impared.  I knew i should've checked the camera, but i was a little rushed to get to this bird.  I update tomorrow what the specs are.

Let the building begin

Jim 

Hello all, I hope everyone had a very good Christmas. Thank you to my Santa for the Tamiya Me 262A-1a. Here is the link. http://www.msnusers.com/EricsModelAirplanes/secretsantagb.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=36

Cheers ,

Eric

LoL... Got a big white box from DrewH!! Thanks Drew! This will be an interesting build!!

Thanks Jon for setting this up & inviting me into the G/B Great Christmas joy!! Oh Boy!!

Oh, the only thing in the box was this:

Sidure (Steve) hooked me up with a couple of nice kits and here they are! Both of which my display case needs! Fantastic! Now, which to build first?

He also sent a very nice book called "Castles in the Sky" about the B-17 in the 8th AAF. Very cool to hear the stories of the actual air crew over Germany!

 Hey guys,                                    

 Mery Christmas Everyone!!

 WoW, Take a look at what my buddy Radmax did for me. The Tamiya Me262 and..AND he wanted to make sure my decals went on ok so he sent me Mr. Mark Softer and Mr Mark Setter! I tell you what Max went all out for this GB. I don't know how or if you knew this but I have a soft spot for German aircraft and especially this plane in peticular. When I recieved my gift it came with a letter. In this he told me all about himself and he sent a disc with photos of him and his family. What a guy. My wife Mrs. Zip as you all know her by fell in love with him. This kid has a great head on his shoulders. As I told Jon what a great Christmas gift..I got a new buddy! Thanks Max

Oh ya..no kitbashing this baby! This will be a full fledge Me 262!

Zip

I want to thank me Secret Santa... Brain44.  I got a Williams Bros Boeing 247.  Very cool as it will be the first civilian plane I have ever built.  I am already thinking wheels up on a cool base of some sort... all spit polish shiny.

Avus... sorry for not letting you know but I did get your card a couple of days ago.  So how come you live in Italy and your English is better than mine?

mph34 wrote:

THANK YOU Scott! Got to open the presents this morning; a 22 degree, clear-blue sky; 32" of snow on the ground Christmas morning here in Denver. Scott, the Hasegawa P-400 Airacobra that you sent me is one that I have not built.  But I fully look forward to building it.  Need to start some research and looking at my options on this under-apreciated plane. My daughter was as excited as I was; she thought it was great that I had a Secret Santa! My wife I think was a bit jealous......  That's ok, I went and got her some scrapbooking supplies to keep her in her hobby corner today.

Oh yeah, the P-400 airacobra is Under-appreciated & I'm sure you'll do it Justice Just like putting the wife in her place... her corner!!

Thanks for the heads up but I have something VERY SPECIAL for this kit and I think only Ed, Drew and Rob know what I am going to be doing on this Build, Sooooo Shhhhhhhhhh.

Ed asked who I got the kit from, I thought I said so, O well I will speek his name again.......

JON

And as someone said here aready, lets do this EVERY YEAR ! Hay my Birthday is coming up Hmmm HINT HINT  hehehhe

Hope everyone is having a GREAT day so for

Bud

Rob, you sure were right!

Ed, I'm building the sam e kitthat Bud got and I'm putting all the verlinden bells and whistles on it and i'm having some fit issues, and the flaps are too short Just thought I'd give Mr. Bud the heads up!