Fleet Air Arm Group Build

Thanks Rog on the 3 K.

No worries, we all have things that allow us to procrastinate.....you have more on your plate than most. I'm late for various reasons myself.

Ughhhh! Whadda day at work!!!!!

Congratulations on 3,000, David!!!!

I should probably confess that I am one of those who have not had  chance to ship my Secret Santa gift, and I apoligize about that! Everything going on, I've been playing beat the clock on alotta things. But I give you my word that it will most definately be there before Christmas!

Great added detail Frank!

(Hope to see it in final pics!)

Corsair update!

I was looking at the inside of the cowl flaps, and trying to decide whether to add some detail to them as they are plain on the inside or just use the closed flaps.  First, I marked in pencil where the inside grooves between each flap was located, using the outer grooves as a guide.  Scribed those in, then sanded them and cleaned them out.  I took some .010" strip styrene, cut them into tiny triangles, then drilled a .2mm hole in each one.  Threaded a length of thread through them to replicate the actuator cable.  Overall, I am quite happy with them.  Now, just have to decide if I wanna do it all over again for the other one!

wyoroy wrote:

wyoroy wrote: Just want to remind you guys that if you have not sent off your gift exchange please try and it in time for it to make it in time for Christmas.  Some of you have already PMed me about sending the gift. Others have PMed me that they have recieved the package.  Please don't reveal how you got your gift from until you open it on Christmas Don't forget guys, the clock is ticking.  Make sure the gift is in the mail to get to the person in time.

Mine is in the sleigh, being farted upon by reindeer......with Pri Mail stickers! My Goodness! Xmas is a month away! Is this some kind of veiled GB or something?

Remember it's not how you get your gift from but whom.

wyoroy wrote:

Just want to remind you guys that if you have not sent off your gift exchange please try and it in time for it to make it in time for Christmas.  Some of you have already PMed me about sending the gift. Others have PMed me that they have recieved the package.  Please don't reveal how you got your gift from until you open it on Christmas

Don't forget guys, the clock is ticking.  Make sure the gift is in the mail to get to the person in time.

sfcmac wrote:

Seriously I think I have seen similar matt cutters for scrap booking in your Hobby Lobby and Michaels type stores.

Now you all know where I will be Friday  Have both of them here in Cheyenne.

 I was doing some research for my halftrack on lifestyles of the DAK in the desert. Specifically on personnal hygeine stuff. I think I found Frank? What is he doing there? You can tell it's him. Same shirt!

Looks like him to me? Anyways Frank I had a question about the PBY-5 to ask Nam and or anyone who may know. I have seen the PBY as the type of search ac that spotted the Bismark in British markings of course. Not sure what type it was a -5 ? If not did the British fellows use any -5's

Heck, that's okay......admire Frankie's industriousness! Always pushing the envelope to make us all better!

One day I may toss all my scale bottle caps and scissors and get modern!

.....nevermind.....

 I am stunned! Where is lewbud hiding at? Must be chasing waitresses. I think I have seen that contraption in the store next to the hobby store on I-45.  The one with the wigs and lingerie?

Seriously I think I have seen similar matt cutters for scrap booking in your Hobby Lobby and Michaels type stores.

wyoroy wrote:

And where does one get such a thing?  Or is it some kind of top secret gold smith ninja thing

Similar but not the same brand

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXHEA0&P=0

Here's another image of it...

Don't remember where I got mine from unfortunately.

Bill- Here's how I do it.  Fist, I stick a piece of Tamiya tape larger than the finished circle to a piece of aluminum foil.  Then, I cut the circle.  Use some fine-point tweezers to gently pull the tape from the foil, and presto!  Don't forget to put a tiny piece of tape over the tine center hole left by the cutter if you are using the male portion of the mask.   HTH!

wyoroy wrote:

Daywalker wrote:   And where does one get such a thing?  Or is it some kind of top secret gold smith ninja thing Oh heck.....it's a dressed up trammel compass.....Frankie likes circles.....he scribes 'em and I go 'round in 'em!

Daywalker wrote:

Roy- That's another of the 109 family I do NOT have! Must...not...order... AAARRRGGGHHH... May have to break down and buy one.  Thanks a lot, my credit card hates you! LOL... For the circles, I use this: I used it to cut the masks for my Zero... HTH!

Daywalker wrote:

Roy- That's another of the 109 family I do NOT have! Must...not...order... AAARRRGGGHHH... May have to break down and buy one.  Thanks a lot, my credit card hates you! LOL... For the circles, I use this: I used it to cut the masks for my Zero... HTH!

And where does one get such a thing?  Or is it some kind of top secret gold smith ninja thing

namrednef wrote:

wyoroy wrote: So Nam, what about joining the Weekend GB?  Do I need to make it an order  After all I did say please. I have been assimilated.....you may not be in my evening prayers tonight Roy. Sign me up as per your homepage................UUGGGGHHHHHHHH! I was gonna drink that weekend......I may anyway!

Have to wait until Dave signs on since he's the one running the GB, I just look for volunteers

Frankie, I don't even want to know what you paid for that contraption........two steel points connected by plastic.....hmmmmmmmmmm. Are you pressing bootleg CD's in the basement? Need some blanks?

namrednef wrote:

wyoroy wrote: So Nam, what about joining the Weekend GB?  Do I need to make it an order  After all I did say please. I have been assimilated.....you may not be in my evening prayers tonight Roy. Sign me up as per your homepage................UUGGGGHHHHHHHH! I was gonna drink that weekend......I may anyway!

 Awesome!!!!! Talk about being assimulated Frank!!!!! This is just getting better and better! Man you know I wonder now what took me so long to give in. Come on Nam I'll buy the booze you supply the basement!

namrednef wrote:

I was gonna drink that weekend......I may anyway!

Good man! 

Alright fellas, I am heading belowdeck to my bench for some Corsair time.  If I'm gonna build an entire squadron, I better get crackin!

wyoroy wrote:

So Nam, what about joining the Weekend GB?  Do I need to make it an order  After all I did say please.

I have been assimilated.....you may not be in my evening prayers tonight Roy.

Sign me up as per your homepage................UUGGGGHHHHHHHH! I was gonna drink that weekend......I may anyway!

Roy- That's another of the 109 family I do NOT have!

Must...not...order...

AAARRRGGGHHH...

May have to break down and buy one.  Thanks a lot, my credit card hates you! LOL...

For the circles, I use this:

I used it to cut the masks for my Zero...

HTH!

sfcmac wrote:

I forsee him doing the whole Black Sheep Squadron soon.

ACK!!!

How did you know about that? 

sfcmac wrote:

...now my passions are outpacing my capabilities ya know?

Ah, yes...

You have been assimilated.

Roy- Forgot to mention this before!  Outstanding stuff you got going there!  Love that P-40, now I wish I had a set of those markings.   That '109B is really cool too, tell us more!

Aaron- Yikes!  That's a lot of Vals!  YOU are a modeling machine!

 I think Manny is covering those girls in his Courtyard dio. The halftrack will be a /10 version with the 3.7cm Pak on it. North African theatre. Not a lot of room you are right. Recently  I also did a mass production build for the Pearl Harbor GB. The fellows there have seen these and I think I told Frank about it as he mass produces Corsairs. I forsee him doing the whole Black Sheep Squadron soon. I wanted to make one representation for each of the attacking carriers but got sidetracked with markings I liked better. I got like 12 Vals now.

Climb Mount Nataka! Right now my passions are outpacing my capabilities ya know?

That's a halftrack?

I thought it was a field lunchbox full of ancient MRE's! (plus a mini coffeepot!) Where do the troops fit in?

Oh! I get it....it's a lunchwagen! You must add Teri Garr or Jane Russell to loll in hay in ze back!

"What knockers!"

.....it may seem otherwise, but I'm formulating my response by BUILDING!

(and drinking!)