Allied Aircraft in Vietnam GB 1st of Feb 07 till 1st of Feb 08

The box has been opened!

Raised panel lines. Ugh! If anyone has ideas about elegant ways to deal with them, I'm all ears. And no, I don't particularly want to rescribe them. There are lots  

I'll be doing the same scheme as the box art.

Hi Will, I was wondering if I could join in on this GB. If so I have an !/48 Monogram F-8 Cruisader that has been in my stash for ever waiting to be built.

Steve

U-96 wrote:

Raised panel lines. Ugh! If anyone has ideas about elegant ways to deal with them, I'm all ears. And no, I don't particularly want to rescribe them. There are lots

My solution to the raised panel lines is to leave them alone until after all the painting is done.  Then take a soft grafite pencil and holding is sideways, lightly drag it down the length of the line.  This leaves the line darker than the surrounding area and creates the same effect as dark paint in a recessed line.  If you sand off part of a line when fixing a seam, just run an X-Acto blade along where the line was before.  This will create a ridge that will show up the same as the original line.

Darwin, O.F. 

Like to join you guy's but I have toooooooooooo many projects going right now. For a little inspuration(pardon my spelling), though I would through this in

and let's not forget the reason all those aircraft were there

to support those guy's on the ground

I'm doing the 1/32 Testor's HH-43 with the Cobra company detail set. I got the box open last night, got the resin into the blech wite and started cleaning up a few pieces. I've built this kit once before OOB, the detail kit is going to be a big improvement since the kit interior is pretty minimal. 

The HH-43 is not nearly as well known as the HH-3 Jolly Green but it was the first SAR helo in Vietnam, had the most rescues during the war, had the record for the fastest rescue (1 minute, 30 seconds) and was the last SAR helo to leave.

Well this is what I've got done so far.   Actually I have at least cleaned up some of the parts and futured the glass.

Will

I would like to join your build with a 1-48 hasegawa a7e corsair.

I'd like to join with a VNAF F-8F Bearcat.

This:

Wow, this is a silent GB!Hope Will answers soon.

Hi Guys,

I just checked Will's details and he hasn't been on this site since the 13th.

I know Will is a School student and therefore maybe tied up with the new school year.

I'm sure you'll be added to the title page in no time at all and from what I can see your build all seem to fit the bill.

I'm running a little behind time as the model I was suposed to have done for Christmas only just got finished. I'm now working on another build for he south pacific group build. I think it'll be about a month before I start work on my F-105. I have ordered my cockpit and I'll have to wait for that to turn up.

Cheers

Mark

Here is the cockpit for my HH-43, the cobra company kit offers a huge improvement in detail here as the kit cockpit was pretty minimal. Still needs a touch more detailing but almost done here.

Nice work on the Huskie! I got some done on the BearCat. I'm using a basic P.E. set to spruce it up a little. Some pics:

It's good to see some people making decent progress so early in the build.

Keep up the good work guys.

Mark

Hey will you mind if i change my build to the tamiya 1/32 McDonnell F-4 J Phantom II - Marine Version. if it is a problem let me know :)

thanks

kenny

I've just started building a 1/32 Revell UH-1H il be adding crew and cobra company seats and guns, if that breaks the rules let me know

I got the pit painted up - I really need the pratice in this area but it turned out OK. Some shots:

 I still need to give it a wash & do some highlighting.

Skypirate, I love this in your sig

"While the rest of the crew may be in the same predicament, it's almost always the pilot's job to arrive at the crash site first."

It reminds me of a helicopter pilot's helmet that flew me into a fire. On the back of his helmet he had a broken helicopter inside a red circle with a line through it and in block letters below that Crashing Sucks. I wasn't sure if I should feel comfortable that he was against crashing or be concerned that he might have more experience with aerial mishaps than most.

Wiccan nice job on the cockpit, I can't believe how much the seat belts add to it.

Aaronw thats funny, we should start a thread on things you dont want to see on the back of the pilots helmet lol.

"living sucks"

"Tap my helmet if you hear snoring"

"DO NOT DISTURB THE PILOT as he tends to wake up crying"

"my wife just left me"

"If you cant see this message, tap me, as i may have my helmet on the wrong way round again"

Anyway lol can someone tell me if its ok to join this group with my 1/32 revell UH-1H il be using cobra Co. seats and guns, and dont know if thats ok?

Andy

havent seen Will on this thread since january waiting to see if my build is okay to be updated. hope will is alright and hasnt forgotten about this build.

what to do what to do

Kenny, I  don't think Will will mind.

He'll have a bit to catch up on when he does remember though.

Have a good day all.

Mark