Secret Santa- WWII Aviation GB

DrewH wrote:

Hey CJ, not bad at all. Yea, maybe a bit wide in the belt, but nothing wrong with not wanting the pilot to fall out. A bit of silver paint on the ends replicated the buckel ends very well. As for the wing root, I have used .005 (5 thou) card with great results. 10 thou looks like it may be a bit thick, but give some a try. If it fits in, superglue it and sand smooth. Looking very good. Can't wait to see it painted.

Thanks for steppin' in Drew knew someone would  clarify things

Hey CJ, not bad at all. Yea, maybe a bit wide in the belt, but nothing wrong with not wanting the pilot to fall out. A bit of silver paint on the ends replicated the buckel ends very well.

As for the wing root, I have used .005 (5 thou) card with great results. 10 thou looks like it may be a bit thick, but give some a try. If it fits in, superglue it and sand smooth.

Looking very good. Can't wait to see it painted.

Now 25% off  is a good reason to go to the Hobby shop I see what ya mean about that gap in the wing root. Looks like some shims are in order thin strips of styrene tucked in there.

andto be honest with ya, those belts look abit thick for that scale.

Not bad for your first go around

Yes, I am satisfied for the moment Doin' good so far & that I.P stands out nicely!

Hippy-Ed wrote:

Glad ta see yer still here... NOw Git 'er Done!!!

Aye aye capt.

 Spent most of the day on the Chop Chop.  (with one break to Hobby Lobby for the 25% off sale)

I'm about 90% pleased so far, but there are some minor fit issues.  Note the killer gap at the wing root.

Not sure about Hasegawa's decision to seperate the fuselage into two halves, but some more putty work should work out okay.

As mentioned in my last post, I tried making some masking-tape seatbelts with mixed results.  I think I need to add some sort of buckles or something, they also look a bit stiff, but then again this is my first effort in belts.  Ideas?

(Satisfied for the moment Hippy?) 

Howdy from Texas.

I know its been two months since Santa visited, so I figured I better get a move-on with my P-40 Chop-Chop plane.

Not too much done at this point and its kinda a bad photo, but progress is being made on the pit.

Trying to make my own belts from masking tape for the first time, but could not get a good photo.

Just proving Im still here.....

WOW!!!!, Drew you have your work cut out for yourself there with that warpage, I am sure you will solve the problem though. I think cutting the fuselage is the best way to go. I am looking forward to seeing how it works out. Good luck with it.

Steve

Sounds good Drew! I know when I worked in a woodshop doin' spiral  staircasings we steamed the railings & had "peg boards"  we set them in as they cooled. Have you thought of something like that with this twist?

Lookin' foreward to some pics of your Cockpit color

Well, here is the fun part

This fus has a nasty warp in it that I could not correct. I tried every trick in my book to fix it, but that is the best I could get it.

So, the solution is to cut the fusalage at the twist point. I thought about forcing the two together, but that twists the whole plane to where the wings are not level and the tail has a noticable bend in it.

It's not going to be without comprimise mind you, I won't be able to open up the detailed gun bay. The shim I will need after I won't be able to hide inside. It's the worst warped piece I have ever seen.

I'll post pics of the completed interior when I finish it. For now, it's off to cut this beautiful thing in half

I spoke to soon .........

Shellback wrote:

Hippy-Ed wrote:  DrewH wrote: WTG Jon. Looking mighty fine. I think I'm going to pull in last on this one. I have started, and I will post pics when I take them. I just don't get too much time for modeling during the week. I get Friday am's and an hour or two the rest of the weekend. Oh well, best for last.....  *CRRRAAAACK*    -thanks Ed. I needed that     SHMMMMAAACK! CRRRAAAACCCKK!!!! Yer   Now... Git 'Er Done!!!  Great ! Ed's finally off of my back and smackin someone elses around !!!

CRRAAAACKK!!!!   Turte-tippin' Time!!! Who says I ever got off yer Back Shell!!?!?

Hippy-Ed wrote:

DrewH wrote: WTG Jon. Looking mighty fine. I think I'm going to pull in last on this one. I have started, and I will post pics when I take them. I just don't get too much time for modeling during the week. I get Friday am's and an hour or two the rest of the weekend. Oh well, best for last.....  *CRRRAAAACK*    -thanks Ed. I needed that     SHMMMMAAACK! CRRRAAAACCCKK!!!! Yer   Now... Git 'Er Done!!!

Great ! Ed's finally off of my back and smackin someone elses around !!!

jwb wrote:

sidure wrote: Cant believe Jon beat me with progress pics. That's me- Sir Speedy! LOL

sidure wrote:

Cant believe Jon beat me with progress pics.

That's me- Sir Speedy! LOL

OK guy's, another build is getting started or at least progress pics. I do have all the sub-assemblies done and just finished the interior fiddly bits. I did a little more detail work on the inside after the photos and plan on buttoning the fuselage up tonight and then on to the exterior parts.

I think I broke the back on this build and now it's on with the big stuff. Cant believe Jon beat me with progress pics.

Steve

DrewH wrote:

WTG Jon. Looking mighty fine. I think I'm going to pull in last on this one. I have started, and I will post pics when I take them. I just don't get too much time for modeling during the week. I get Friday am's and an hour or two the rest of the weekend. Oh well, best for last.....  *CRRRAAAACK*    -thanks Ed. I needed that

SHMMMMAAACK! CRRRAAAACCCKK!!!!

Yer

Now... Git 'Er Done!!! 

WTG Jon. Looking mighty fine.

I think I'm going to pull in last on this one. I have started, and I will post pics when I take them. I just don't get too much time for modeling during the week. I get Friday am's and an hour or two the rest of the weekend. Oh well, best for last.....

 *CRRRAAAACK*    -thanks Ed. I needed that

brain44 wrote:

YAAAAYYYY!  JWB is hot on the job!      Brian

Yeah, he needs to git the lead out as them snails done left him in the dust!!

Oh and Jon, Lookin' good there pard

YAAAAYYYY!  JWB is hot on the job! 

Lookin' fine there, Jon!  That is gonna be a great lookin' bird!

Brian 

Hippy-Ed wrote:

jwb wrote: Progress! And pics to prove it! I finally got back to some serious building. My stash is getting a bit big, so I decided to build the next few 100% OOB, just have fun with them and not sweat the small stuff. So here is my work so far on the Airfix 1/48 SPitfire Mk. IXc: I honestly don't Believe this!!! I... uhmmm..... Bout Time!!

LOL- It is about time..... sorry to be so late to the party! After I posted that stuff, I glued the fuselage together, and the wings. So I'm working. And I'm taking a vacation day Friday just to build! Woo-hoo! 

jwb wrote:

Progress! And pics to prove it! I finally got back to some serious building. My stash is getting a bit big, so I decided to build the next few 100% OOB, just have fun with them and not sweat the small stuff. So here is my work so far on the Airfix 1/48 SPitfire Mk. IXc:

I honestly don't Believe this!!! I... uhmmm..... Bout Time!!

Progress! And pics to prove it!

I finally got back to some serious building. My stash is getting a bit big, so I decided to build the next few 100% OOB, just have fun with them and not sweat the small stuff.

So here is my work so far on the Airfix 1/48 SPitfire Mk. IXc: