Fleet Air Arm Group Build

sfcmac wrote:

be wary of the officers!  Bondo has cast Nam adrift in a dingy whilst he was passed out. I can only hope his provisions hold out! Rumor has it he was last seen dressed in a Kilt and being beaten by native women!

Especially on fridays when the rum is passed around! No telling what might happen then....

Though being beaten my native women while wearing a kilt- it kinda sounds like fun!

 JUmp in Evil Herc! Welcome to the ship! Mind the rules and be wary of the officers! Some of the finest people to be found are aboard and tis never a dull moment!

 Bondo has cast Nam adrift in a dingy whilst he was passed out. I can only hope his provisions hold out! Rumor has it he was last seen dressed in a Kilt and being beaten by native women!

Pearl Harbor Day fellows! Always remember that Freedom has a very high price!

Evil Herc wrote:

Hello all, Just wondering if I could join the group build.

Hiya, Evil! And to the GB! Looking forward to the progress on the Tomcat.

Semper Fi!

Daniel- I'll be looking forward to those pics!

Greg- Great to see you again!  A Sea Lightning?  Now THIS I cannot wait to see!

Evil- to the GB!  Darren (Tango1) has been quite busy of late, but he should be along soon to officially welcome you aboard.  In the meantime, feel free to get started and post pics when you can.

Hello all,

Just wondering if I could join the group build.

I am currently in Okinawa, Japan and stopped by the LHS and found a Hasegawa F-14a Low Vis kit in 1/72. I haven't done an aircraft model in years, have been painting 40K figs. But I need to teach myself how to model & paint again. I recently destroyed my elbow on my writing hand, and am going to use this as therapy. This kit will basically be OOB with a few mods to the poor cockpit.

Thanks, Evil 

Well, now we have Telford out of the way and I seem to have recovered almost intact I can get to some modeling for relaxation. I have made a small bit of progress on the P38 SeaLightning. namely doing the drawings for the conversion and sanding all the rivets off this Airfix oldie (iirc the P38 was flush riveted anyway???) I have drawn the lines for the wing fold on and the next job will be to search my spares for the arrestor hook. Piccies will follow when there's something interesting to report.

All the best.

Greg

razordws wrote:

And yes... we have fish... big fish...  Fish that are thiiiiiiisssss big.

Really?!?!?!?

I'm coming to see YOU this summer!

Got it.

Signal inbound.

Darren,

PM inbound.

Roy,

If you run and swim as well, they run a pretty nice triathlon in Penticton (Ironman length, though they may do shorter support races).  Thought about doing it when I was in college, realized two things wasn't in shape enough at the time and it was about a three week trip if I drove from Dallas.  Couldn't afford to miss work for three weeks either then or now.

I use both cast and fly fishing.  I love monster trout  or just a nice good looking fish.  I pay $1.41 per gal. here in Cheyenne. 

I've been checking out the P-47 and I have to say that the Tamiya is a step up from the Academy kit to include price  For 1/72 there is a lot in it.

No worries Roy.  I lived in the States (Detroit and Chicago) for a couple of years and was amazed at how many people had a) never heard of Winnipeg (which is where I am from originally) and b) had no idea where it was.  Considering it is a city of 700,000 people I was shocked.

The Canadian dollar has really tanked along with the falling oil prices so if it stays that way Canada will definitely give you more bang for your buck on the holidays.  And yes... we have fish... big fish...  Fish that are thiiiiiiisssss big.

Dave, my fault.  I looked at the map and it does read British Columbia/Alberta  wasn't thinking.

Bike trip, anything is possible  Plus my wife wants to go camping more next summer, perhaps Canada.  I need to fish also

Hello Chaps!

I have had a hellish week whilst on Her Majesty's Service, so it was good to hear of good news for our crew members-congratulations lads!

To those who need updates for the front page-I will get around to it, I promise!

I have been fortified with good food and good wine and I will now enter my workshop to engage in the Weekend GB- wish me luck!!!

CHEERS!!

wyoroy wrote:

I'm holding you to that.  So what part of Canada?  I've spent some time in Kingston, Ontario and Calgary, British Columbia.  Kingston reminds me of Europe.

Uhhh... Calgary is in the province of Alberta but that's okay, I know your American and the fact that you actually know of Cities in Canada besides Toronto is a major acheivement!!!

I live in Vernon, which "IS" in the province British Columbia.  Kinda South central part of the province and at the northern end of the Okanagan valley which is well known for it's wines and fruit orchards.  Anytime you feel like going for a drive just let me know. Maybe you could time a spring/summer visit with Sean and we can all go Mtn. biking! 

kilo1-1 wrote:

Hi all. Looooong time since I last posted, I've been insanely busy with work these last few months with reduced staff and increased responsibilities.  Anyway, I hope everyone has been well. Over the past couple of months I've still been plugging away at the F-14, unfortunately I'm not writing to post pics of a finnished product. I'm declaring a failed build, final straw that broke the camel's back was the black ink wash pooling and drying before I could get it mopped up.  In truth I'd been getting less and less happy with how the model was going to turn out due to errors that I had made, so when I saw ugly rings of black all over the white undersides I decided it truly was time to put the old girl out of her misery.  So I'll start looking to move onto my next build with a number of valuable lessons learned, and will search out another 1/72 Tomcat to add to the stash once the bitter memories fade.  :)  Sorry for the negative post ... I hope everyone else's builds have worked out better.

Sorry to here that.  Your not the first or the last to convert a build into spare parts.  As long as you learned something, it's all good.

Hi all.

Looooong time since I last posted, I've been insanely busy with work these last few months with reduced staff and increased responsibilities.  Anyway, I hope everyone has been well.

Over the past couple of months I've still been plugging away at the F-14, unfortunately I'm not writing to post pics of a finnished product. I'm declaring a failed build, final straw that broke the camel's back was the black ink wash pooling and drying before I could get it mopped up.  In truth I'd been getting less and less happy with how the model was going to turn out due to errors that I had made, so when I saw ugly rings of black all over the white undersides I decided it truly was time to put the old girl out of her misery.  So I'll start looking to move onto my next build with a number of valuable lessons learned, and will search out another 1/72 Tomcat to add to the stash once the bitter memories fade.  :) 

Sorry for the negative post ... I hope everyone else's builds have worked out better.

wyoroy wrote:

razordws wrote: Thanks guys for our comments on the promotion. Dave, congrats on the promotion.  So when's the party?

Actually, I'm holding off on any parties until after the Holidays.  I'll explain more at that time.

razordws wrote:

Thanks guys for our comments on the promotion.

Dave, congrats on the promotion.  So when's the party? 

Thanks guys for our comments on the promotion.

Roy, that's awesome that your wife would give you a kit when it's not your birthday or Christmas.  She's a keeper!!!  ...but I guess you figured that out already!

Now... about that P-40!!!  Sure hope you don't crack open that P-47 before the P-40 is done... Right!?!

That's awesome! Congratulations!

I'm curious, was there a reason for the gift?

Thanks Roger, we've been together for 19 years. 

It's a sweet little kit

wyoroy wrote:

I would like to announce a new addition to the Roy family, my wife gave me a Tamiya 1/72 P-47D "Bubbletop" this I think calls for drinks as it's not Christmas or my birthday

That's great news! A kit for no apparant reason???? If you weren't already, I'd be telling you to marry her now!

I've always loved the bubbletops....