Fleet Air Arm Group Build

sfcmac wrote:

........ my the crew be looking fine as ever must be the rum goggles!  Now that I got me sea legs I finally understand what the CAG means by a FINE crew!  AAARG! and shivers in me timbers!

I SAY! VERY FINE INDEED!

HELLO LADIES!!!

OH YES........I'M THE CAG.

OF COURSE YOU CAN VISIT MY CABIN................

Okay!

I's been rousted...............called on the XO for a secret meeting....(layoffs ye deck scum)

I comes up and finds HMS Nevermore laying to the the winds! 'Tis a bad thing!
Headin' into these shallows!

Bondoman! gets yer scurvy arse up 'ere!

Take the blinkin' wheel whiles I haves a tot .....I means climbs the tops and get the canvass right!

Dammit! No tots tonight should we broach!

having a bad day myself.... but that ladder...........never saw in plane colors

educate me.

Beeeyoutifull build!

OUTSTANDING!!!

Seriously, that has got to be one of the finest Tomkittys I have ever seen.  The weathering looks spot-on to me, with it's dingy- touched up look.  I am quite envious, as your skills are most impressive!  I humbly bestow upon this build the Order of the Three Thumbs (O.T.T.)

Nam- Glad you liked my post!   All the more reason to watch more football.

  Now that is what it be about! ( Playing , "Ride into the Danger Zone " Very loudly!)  The paint job is extremely convincing! Felix the cat is cool! I may have missed it but did you put any history of the AC up prior? Such a fine jet now settling into it's place in history.

  Yer work be good....... maybe too good as the CAG shall expect all the more from us swabs! I especially like der fact that there be an extra seat for a pirate lass to tag along! Their beauty being almost as equal to yer fine creation!

Time to Party I'm calling my Tomcat done. The kit fought me every step of the way and while I am still not completely happy with it, but then again are we ever completely happy with a finished project if we were there would never be any more room for improvement. It is presentable.  I didn't use all the aftermarket stuff or all the PE stuff with the kit but IT IS DONE!

It has taken me a couple minutes to get my eyes dry! ROTFLMFAO!!!!!

I guess we all aspire to be stand-up comics!

Frankie.....you don't let go often.....but when you do!

But we must give kudos to the scurvy conscript sfc! He seems a worthy stand-in for his mentor....(oops!....just dropped an ash in me tot!)......anyway....his mentor the absent and despicible LCdr. Bondobutt!

It has taken me a half an hour to write this log.....wipin' me eyes (I wears the patch to trap the wimmin!)

Changing genres: Ya'll ain't right!

Arrrg! No wonder the Xo is such a hard mistempered fellow if it be that cold in Wisconsin in July! Imagine the weather come January? Me thinks we should take the ship on a southward carribean cruise to thaw him out and warm up the cheerleaders. Here's hoping he ne'er lets the rum keg run dry as he may freeze solid! Come to think of it a passage to somewhere exotic may be in order. It be told there are lands full of wenches and rum to be had for the asking and with the price of gas sailing a pirate ship be the way to go! Thank ye much Xo for the rations and the scenery!

 Conspicuous in his absense is Long John Bondoman. Hmmmm LtCdr Nam is building and posting pics and me supervisory peer has disappeared! The smell of foul play reeks thru the flatulence! How many souls have ye sent to Davy Jones LtCdr Nam? How much horror are we to face? More build pics I fear! The thought be as unseemly as the cause. Another tot and then another still. Al right one more if ye insist......... my the crew be looking fine as ever must be the rum goggles!

 Now that I got me sea legs I finally understand what the CAG means by a FINE crew!

 AAARG! and shivers in me timbers!

Nam is that 1/72? That looks fine mate! Don't complain about it, you're building again!!!! Build, Build, Build!!!!!

Cheers, Richie

sfcmac wrote:

namrednef wrote:   Wot in the Great Blue sea is this! (aside from awful modeling!?)    Isn't that the little yard gnome from travelocity?

LMAO!!!  Good one Aaron!

XO, thanks for the rations tho I be in a right foul mood as my weekend is going to be late gettin started and a tad shorter than I expected.  If I'm a little tipsy tomorrow while on duty then so be it. 

namrednef wrote:

Now.....the XO.....me beloved superior Mr. Daywalker......he of the strange rotating workshifts (which I has a skedule of, but lose track of the weeks).....seems to be in a weekend rotation. Well, he be landlocked anyways.....but not far from the Great Lakes!

LOL, aye- working the weekend shift ashore!  Looks like the ship is in proper order, and I happened across a hidden barrel o' rum so there be plenty!  Also managed to find some good, aged root beer for the younguns so nobody shall feel left out.  Cheers to you all, I salute everyone of you!  The friendly banter found upon these pages makes for great laughs, and some interesting dialog.  Where the heck do you fellas come up with it?  You lads are a hoot!

Speaking of Wisconsin, where else can you find girls in bikinis at a football game in sub-zero temperatures in the middle of December?  Gotta love it!

namrednef wrote:

Wot in the Great Blue sea is this! (aside from awful modeling!?)

Why, it looks like Devastator parts!  WOOHOO!!!  Glad to hear you are able to build again, and sharing pics- bloody outstanding!

Gents,

'tis the weekend so I believe rum rats are in order!  Here's to those we haven't heard from in a while, Roy and Roger- hopefully all is well with you both.  Cheers lads!

YAYYYYYYY I finally got my VMA-214 Harrier decals!!! In an Airfix GR.7 that I got on ebay. Now I almost have the history of the Blacksheep. Does anyone know what they used after the F4U-4, before they got skyhawks???? Still waiting on my PE set for the 'bag'. Whilst I wait, I think I might just start on the Italeri 1/72 F4U-4 in VMA-214 Blacksheep markings during the Korean conflict. I have started on a DC-6 for the Firebomber GB, so now will officially join the Corsair GB as well.

Cheers, Richie

My feeling exactly sfc!

Your pic of the gnome appears in better shape than this worthless TBD throne!

.....tots all around! I mayn't be happy with the result (but I never is).....this inoccuous piece will benefit from from being tucked into it's pit!

I still be cursing the piece! (Pieces!)

Have some rum Mates! I'll finish this bleedin' office yet!

namrednef wrote:

Wot in the Great Blue sea is this! (aside from awful modeling!?)

 Isn't that the little yard gnome from travelocity?

Wot in the Great Blue sea is this! (aside from awful modeling!?)

Beeeeyutiful posts Ye lubbers! AArrrggghhh! I be inna foul mood!

The rum locker be open.....mind yerselves! Must last a couple days!

Since I saw fit to murder the sawbones.....if ye be feelin' bad.......come see me!

 Ah then forget the rum dollup then, I'll trade ye it for a scoop of vanilla ice cream in yer root beer!

 simpilot? Whisky? How uncivilized. To the modeling bench with ye!

NIGHT NIGHT!!!! PLOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wakes up next morning with aching head and ...........aching head!!!!!!!! yes its my weekend too !!!! LOLBourbon does what rum Can't and vice versa!I'm outta here!

Cheers, Richie

 Aye Raider ! My 4 teenage kids keep me in the musical mainstream but I have to escape aboard this fine ship in order to find some Hard tac and a spot o rum for me own belly. Never seen a bunch that could eat rations so fast and complete. Not even crumbs left for the bilge rats.

 Ltcdr Namrednef gald to hear ye are constructing and creating once again! Look forward to seeing some of ye fine work. Seems we are left under ye supervision this day perhaps you can play us a tune when you be up to the task again. Sorry bout yer rum. ( Burp)  The good CAG wouldn't let me have it all. A man wise well beyond his station he is.

As far as me superviser officier he was up late we were, discussing the finer points O molasis and sugarcane. He shall be around after a brief recovery. A curse to ye for assigning me such a fine officer with a kin to train in the old proven if not politically correct ways. Not one to spare the rod should he be awakened to early I fear. A fine fellow but his geographical location makes me a kin to watch me backside. Thanks be to Neptune that his one good eye be to busy for that task.

Enough jabbor for me back to the task!

I believe I knows where Captain Wyoroy be!

They be havin' that hugest of American rodeos in Wyoming this weekend! Prolly there!

Whether as Carrier or A/C.....I am unsure! 

Cursory inspection shows all is well in the foc'sle....(No thanks to the absent LCdr Bondoman!)

Let yerself ashore Sir with me blessin'......If they serve ye......put a dollop in yer root beer!

I'm walkin' the bridge.....but lettin' the ship have her head.

Destination Unknown!

Lt. Cmdr Nam, do I get a bit o' rum with me root beer tonight?

As for progress, Me cockpit is being assembled and weathered, but thar be a lot o' green stuff in that plane! Nice and detailed though.  Won't have too many in progress pics because I don't have a digital camera. ARRRRRRRRRRRR.

Ahoy fellow landlubber sfcmac, a band called Cake has covered War Pigs recently and its a playin on the FM! Rather good I think.

alls shipshape here for the officers inspection!

Now.....the the whereabouts of the conficated RUM KEYS!?!

Mine weekend is underway!

Tango 1! Good to see you back with a vengeance!

sfc! Keep yer bloody meathooks off'n me rum, ye dog ye!

I turns into the bunk a bit early and awakes for a head call an' find 20 new posts overnight! I approves! Keeps interest alive for those that love the smell of the plastic, Tenax, CA and paints!

LCdr Bondoman! Ye be turnin' into somethin' of a decent Ossifer!.....(what up w/ dat?).....Yer organization skills be bloomin'! But I knows now I was correct in assigning the scurvy sfc to be under yer then questionable judgement!

lewbud, red an' the rest are a rum lot.....worthy of the CAG's attention!

Now.....the XO.....me beloved superior Mr. Daywalker......he of the strange rotating workshifts (which I has a skedule of, but lose track of the weeks).....seems to be in a weekend rotation. Well, he be landlocked anyways.....but not far from the Great Lakes!

I be sittin' 'ere on the correct coast on the Sound of Longuyland....so's until we gets a conscript from Baffin Bay.....we has this hemisphere covered. Lest we forget the occasional OZer 'ere........thems and the Brits are worthy Allies. Anys I ferget.....bedamned! Remind me, dogs!

Me gots the SeaGlad lookin' like an airframe finally. More Rum!......The often stripped Sev P-35 testbed is becoming a real model that I re-test every technique on. Dauntless is getting close to fuse zip-up.......and Tex Gay's Devastator has the cockpit mostly colored.

Havin' two good arms be helpful to buildin'

So don't Ye be aslackin'!

Aye! Fergot to acknowledge the servicable pictures fron the dog sfc! Very good.......overall!

The Nam

Sfcmac,

many thanks for those pictures! Looks like a very cool place to visit.

Well lads, to reward ye excellent aircraft recognition results I be serving up the weekly rum ration myself.......

Be upstanding for a toast!

To our new officers, we wish you well on this voyage-Good Luck!

To our Crew! May they be steady and true!

To Roger, our absent friend-we will keep his grog safe, for his return.

CHEERS!