Secret Santa- WWII Aviation GB

jwb wrote:

Check back later this weekend.....

 Is it just me - or is it not starting yet

Hey, I am ready to go for a second go around. This was blast to participate in and looking forward to the nnext one.

Steve

Just to give you guys an update.

Painted my corsair over the weekend.  All thats left do do is some minor painting on the weapons load, canopy and then add decals.  Hope to be done real soon.

jwb wrote:

Guess what! It's about that time! SS2 is almost here! Look for another thread to start soon!

I'm SO in, Jon!  Same as last year, if you need any help, let me know! 

Brian 

on that.  I can't wait to get in on the next round of this!  This was a great idea that focuses on building friendships and making others happy, well done JWB!

JWB,

I've been watching for the startup of SS2 - After picking up on this thread sometime in the summer I was sorry I missed out on the first one.  Sounds like a blast - count me in.

Chris

jwb wrote:

Guess what! It's about that time! SS2 is almost here! Look for another thread to start soon!

YAY!!!!!!!!  Sign me up again w00t it was FUN!!!!! 

jwb wrote:

Guess what! It's about that time! SS2 is almost here! Look for another thread to start soon!

What! Already there?!

I still have to complete my current aircraft ... it's only a few pieces left but I can't seem to find the time to do it.

Anyhow I'm able (more or less) and ready for the next round of the SS-GB ... 

jwb wrote:

Guess what! It's about that time! SS2 is almost here! Look for another thread to start soon!   I was reminded the other day by my daughter that Christmas is 3 months, 2 weeks, and 3 days away! And then, I go into Target yesterday, and next to the Halloween stuff, they already have some Christmas stuff out.  After that, I stop by my local HobbyTown store, and the owner is telling me that he sent his big Christmas order in that week! Then your email comes in!

Guess what!

It's about that time!

SS2 is almost here! Look for another thread to start soon!

Thanks guy's. I have finished it up but have found a few adjustments and corrections to make. Boy the photos really show some flaws that the eye cannot. I have also decided to build a display for this one and use the figures it comes with and maybe a few extra bits thrown in.

Troy, good to see ya again, hope all is well with you. Cant wait to see your Spit.

Steve

Great progress Steve; now let's see some 101 jumping out! 

Me, no progress ... me, moving to new apartment!

Thanks Scott, I can see the light at the end of the tunnell now. I put some of the detail fiddly bits and landing gear on this weekend and a little wash to the panels, but there was not many to do. Should be finished up this week and will post final photos.

Steve

Hey Guy's, I am still plugging away on my build and I think the end is nearly in sight. I have gloss coated and decaled it and might get some stains and weathering tonight. So now for the difficulties, while putting the front window in I pushed too hard and it went in too far. All my fault. Second was the decals. To my horror, they all shattered to hundreds of pieces so I spent hours pushing pieces around with a toothpick. The yellow decals I had to make myself to properly represent a D-Day mission bird so that was fun.

Here is the mess I made of the windshield.

Another dissapointment was that the decals over the invasion stripes are translusent. Thanks for looking and all comments welcome.

Steve

wing_nut wrote:

Avus, the nice thing about those 1:1 projects is the scrath built detail are easier to handle

... actually I did use my Dremel to fix some detail
... just like with one of my models
... one could say I was "big-scale-modelling"!

Looks nice Steve.

Avus, the nice thing about those 1:1 projects is the scrath built detail are easier to handle

Nice work Steve!

As for weathering I'd go for the standard paneling, smoke on the exhausts and paint chipping. Latter concentrated onthe cargo door frame where the jump ropes scrubbed the paint away.

I made no progress on my "Panzerknacker" since I was busy with a 1:1 scale livingroom!

The invasion stripes are finally on now. The wings were simple and the fuselage was a bear to deal with. I ended up eyeballing some of it to get them to look uniformed. I still have some touch up to do on the fuselage to straighten them up but overall I am pleased with the result. Next up is decals and weathering. Any advise on weathering would be appreciated. I bought some yellow decal sheet for the aircraft numbers as the kit decals were for after D-Day and they are grey. I will probably paint the controle surfaces a lighter shade to show fading.

Thanks for looking and any comments welcome

Steve

Thanks Avus.  I got a little lazy towards the end and didn't feel like dealing with the gaps on around the gun bay doors.

You know, it's funny.  Looking at my display case from the couch in the family room.... from that distance the P-38J is the most stunning thing in my case!     I'm sure that's due to the BMF and the contrast as most of the other aircraft have dark camo schemes.  It really stands out and looks great! 

Very nice work Scott!
All the trouble you encoutered during the assembly can no longer be seen.

I made some progress but no pictures !
All I need are the final assemblies: rear gear, bombs and some other details.

Will post pics in the next days.

Way to go Espins1.  She looks great.  Hope my 1/32 scale looks just a good as yours. 

Way to go Scott. She is a beauty that you should be proud of. I know of the diffucelties of this kit and you overcame and turned out a great model. You did it justice. Great work.

Steve