Once Were Warriors-7/1/07-7/31/08

wing_nut wrote:

"Kelly's Heroes" and what a cast... Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalis (sp?) Donald Sutherland, Don Rickels, Carroll O/Connor, The capt. of the Love Boat(can't think of his name LOL) and a buch of peopl woill; will definatey know from a million other things.

Been away for awhile (work and life).  Not sure how this with "Kelly's Heroes" got going....

I agree, a great movie.  No, it is not "historical" and the writers took plenty of liberty with the story.  But it is still a great movie.  And for the time that it was made, during the Vietnam War, and the attitudes in our culture at that time.  I think I remember on film critic saying this is WWII history on Flower Power Drugs.

Can't thik of the actor's name, but the guy that played the ever absent (both pysically & mentally) Luetenant.  He was a great minor character.  I still get a chuckle when I think of the character.

If you get a chance to buy the movie, you need to (about $10 at best Buy if they have it).

Progress on the P-51.  The overall shine that I was hoping for will be somewhat lacking in the end I think.  I have never used the chrome Alclad before and the first coat looked like the bumper of a brand new 55 Chevy.  The tape mask for the tail left some dark marks and the respray of the fuselage between the pit and tail was somewhat duller than the 1st coat.  But it will be what it will be.

OK, I am half way there.  Got the plane just about finished... a couple of decals to print and add along with the antenna wire.

On the "5 most pleased-0 least pleased" am I happy how it turned out scale... I am at about a 2-2.5.  The pics don't show the myriad of issues, most due to the 1st experiment with the chrome Alclad... but there are some bone head painting mistakes I made too.  But even with the problems... man this sucker is shiny.  And hard to get take pics of

Looks REALLY shiny Marc!  Hard to believe it gave you any grief, as it looks like a 10 outta 10 to me!

Actually, I DO think it would look better with drop tanks hanging under 'dem wings.

Daywalker wrote:

Actually, I DO think it would look better with drop tanks hanging under 'dem wings.

Hmmm? Drops tanks?  Now what did I do with them???  

Just waiting for the balck to cure.

Thanks Marc!  Here is my revised entry for this GB, a Tamiya 1/48 Do-335A as featured in the NASM.  I plan to build it OOB with just some simple seatbelts.

Very nice choice.  Wait til your nealry done and you realize..

NO WEATHERING 

wing_nut wrote:

Very nice choice.  Wait til your nealry done and you realize.. NO WEATHERING

Funny you should mention that, I was just thinking it this morning!

wing_nut wrote:

Very nice choice.  Wait til your nealry done and you realize.. NO WEATHERING

Does grafitti count? I think there was some that was painted out on my subject.

I finally got to start on my Do-335a today!  Nothing worth taking photos of, just cleaned up the office parts and gear bay parts and sprayed them with some Gunze RLM 02.  Also sprayed the rear radiator area underside blue, and am waiting for the RLM 02 to dry so I can do some masking and finish spraying the cockpit parts.

Here is another photo of the aircraft I am modeling. 

Luckily, the kit decals include the markings for werk no. 240102.  The only thing I have to change is the swastikas on the tail.  The kit decals are the black with white outline and I raided my spares to come up with the white outline only version.

hey guys im changing my entry from the fury and voodoo to this

its an f-4c from Niagara Falls NY...so ill post some progress when i get to it 

Daywalker wrote:

Thanks Marc!  I rented Kelly's Heroes a couple of weeks ago, but just couldn't get into the movie.  Sorry...

How about 'The Dirty Dozen'  (the original, not all of those sequels )  Or another great movie from that 60's bunch would be 'The Devil's Brigade'

Marc-

I found some photos of a Kettenkrad in a museum, think I may have to add a 1/48 version to my list of builds for this GB.

id like to change my entry in this GB from a fury and a voodoo...to an F-4C it looks like this:

well i wasnt able to get either one of the models. and i was at the Niagara Falls Air Base this past sunday so i decided that this would be cool to model...its on a concrete pillar in the air and some of the markings are a little cracked and missing...so yeah i think i have a better chance of doing this one than any other

I finished up the office this evening, and can start gluing the fuse soon.  I must admit, it feels strange not to do the regular chipping, stains and grime usually found on one of these!  I used a very thin raw umber and black wash just to make the detail more noticeable, then a little drybrushing.  I was going to use the kit decal for the 'belts to keep it OOB, but went with making tape belts with a little buckle hardware painted on.  Not the best looking, but I really wanted a quick build as opposed to super-detailed.  I started working on the L.G. parts today too, and what a project!  Lots of parts, ejector pin marks and mountain ranges for seam lines!  Not the usual Tamiya quality, but very detailed so should look nice when finished.  More to come!