Fleet Air Arm Group Build

namrednef wrote:

'Tis been WAAAAAAAY too quiet here! I unnerstan' that I be out of uniform having dragged me gut across the deck too many times this watch! Wescot is tore.....britches rubbed raw....Tie! Me tie has Bondoman  and simpilot lashed t the mast! Gettin' outta hand they were! I may cut 'em loose and let them have the chow..................then orders 'em up to the quarterdeck to stand watch and have a tot! Yah-Haaaaaaaaaaa!

Aye, the price of a tot is 'pproachin' an arm and a leg it is!

Should be right to help with the watch, I can see double of everything! HIC!

Cheers Mates!

Richie

Hi again Red! Our topic has been a little quiet lately.....everyone busy building or working........

Our Commander Tango1 should be along soon.....or the XO Daywalker......each can set you up officially in this Group. Be patient! And

Now I must don my duds and have a tot!

'Tis been WAAAAAAAY too quiet here! I unnerstan' that I be out of uniform having dragged me gut across the deck too many times this watch! Wescot is tore.....britches rubbed raw....Tie! Me tie has Bondoman  and simpilot lashed t the mast! Gettin' outta hand they were! I may cut 'em loose and let them have the chow..................then orders 'em up to the quarterdeck to stand watch and have a tot! Yah-Haaaaaaaaaaa!

Hello all, Red here.

Might I join?  I was thinking about doing an F-14 or something. 

-later

Red

Glad to see the DUKW's able to help out! Man, it's terrible there at the moment.

They have Duck rides in Hot Springs, Arkansas as well. Remember one time, there was an accident with a DUKW and a bus. They cleaned up the glass from the bus, towed it off, called in another. After all the legalities the people on the DUKW got back on and finished the tour. LOL Tough old things they are.

Aye Frank, and I 'magine she was lying amongst empty bottles as well? If she be stealin' the rations she be a walkin' the plank. The planks to me cabin

Cheers, Richie

simpilot34 wrote:

Where'd that fine rum lass go? Drink up me hearties!!!!

Found 'er hiding in Nam's cabin!

Thanks Richie!  Looks like more storms coming tonight and tomorrow.  You probably heard about one of our lakes disappearing!  The levy broke and the lake completely drained in one afternoon. (Lake Delton) It's about 45 minutes from here.  I also have heard numerous stories about people's houses being moved off of the foundation from the floods, drowning cattle, towns being cut off from all roads (only accessible by boat or DUKW).  The tourist industry in nearby Wisconsin Dells (Lake Delton) has "Duck rides" available to the public.  Since the lake they operated on drained, they have been using the DUKW's for rescuing people cut off from the flooding.

Was tryin' to avoid bringing up the obvious.............sorry if I was too flip.

Prayers for all 

Here, Here! To all! Hope all stays well Day!

Nam, Thank ye kindly for the warm tot. Went down very nicely.....Arrrgghhh!

Cheers, Richie

Gents-

Though it be Saturday night, I feel some rum rations are in order!  I have been very busy lately both at work and here at home.  The monsoon-like rains we have had has caused horrible flooding around these parts.  The stories other people tell me are tragic, and I am VERY fortunate that I have not had any trouble YET at my home.  Tomorrow, I am heading to Oshkosh to help my girlfriend's parents as their basement is filled with water two days ago, burning out their new furnace and soaking everything they had stored there.  Sounds like a few days coming of cleaning it all out and throwing most of it away.

Lads- I propose a toast tonight to all those less fortunate than us.  To the ones lost and the ones who have lost everything.  May God have mercy on them and make tomorrow a better day for them.  Here here!

Arrrrrggghhhhh! I be tired mates Things is very quiet here.............came up to use the head and found the deck unmanned. The compass makes no sense and me sextant is below, so I'm aimin' 'er toward where I think the sun be comin' up!

When I finds the scurvy Bo'sun Bondoman I'll lash 'im ta the wheel to guide us to Glory!

Mebbe 'ave a tot too.....or two

Aye! Found a loose key........have a tot Simpilot! We shall hold the watch together!

Ayeeeeeee, tis a wee bit on the chilly side downunder! Need some warm rum tots 'ere please! An' I know just how'd it should be done too. Where'd that fine rum lass go?

Drink up me hearties!!!!

Cheers, Richie

Yah-Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I know there be a spare key or two floatin' about in here! Scare 'em up! It's time for tots!

Hot day up in the yardarms directin' some scurvy mates! I be ready!

"I have captured UBL and I'm getting ready to bomb the heck (edit) out of him!" .........?????????????? 

Okay Bondoman.....ye slimey bilge rat! I'll tumble to your post! What is the meaning of the pics in your last post?

Love your stuff though!

Lewbud, can't help you there with the decals........lots of folks here print there own.....maybe you could hook up? Nice looking A/C the F9F......I'd love to see that build!

It's 0315 and Bridges of Toko-Ri is just about over.  Might have to do a F9F after the Corsair.  Anybody know of decals for VF-192 in 1/72?

Buddy

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It's a lonnelly place  up there on the bridge in the lee of a wanin' moon, me hearty, and no mistake abuut it. I'll be joinin' ya shortly w' yor nightly tot, but there's a noise on the deck and I gotta go see...

Aye........'tis lonely on the bridge tanight!.....lookin' for a likely target, but them tanks doesn't float! Drop like a stone they do!

yer scurvy junior officer has been guiding this vessel for many hours now....and havin' some tots in the interim ! Me Quartermaster is equally disabled.....but we're keeepin' her head up and have run no one over yet! But we belookin'!

I be waiting Saturday and Holiday Routine.........me liver wants to abandon ship! 

G'day ye lazy scums! 'Tis a dreary day when I can't get a response from Bondoman!.....eh.....I'll hold the deck.......one hand firmly on the wheel.......the other hand holdin' me supper......must be in a bottle!

XO......I be horribly disappointed! Done me own cookin' out......cleaned the galley.....and am headin' back to the bilge!

and XO Frankie........yer query about the sleek spy plane has been acknowledged.......they be lookin' (and I get great discounts from them swabs!)

Working working working! Keep hitting roadblocks due to paint shortage! The stuff is more precious than gasoline!

Here is a slight problem I ran into with the Accu-Mini 1/48 SBD (which showed up with canopy masks!! YAY!)

This was what I was doing......just so I was doing something! It may be a defect on only my kit......but this thin tailed SBD is living up to the name! 

Bondoman!!!!! Call the surgeon if he he bein't' drunk!  Stabbed me self with a #11 blade......sunk a quarter inch into me right index.....me bein' left handed....good venous blood though! Two paper towels worth! Patch me up!

Ona worst note.....went back to work on the SeaGlad IP......drilling out the dials.......phone rings.......tink tink tink.....I heared it the concrete........invisible clear plastic......do ya think I can find it?....Hafta grab a flashlight methinks......at least I didn't roll over it with the desk chair.....(Checked that first!) 

Aye sir..and the light is mighty bright taday. I'll be bustin' ya a couple o' chunks w'me 'ook!

The little Seagull came today and she's a cuty. Original Hasegawa box, probably from the '70s. One interesting thing, which if you like old kits brings back memories, is that the translated marking sheet lists the decals and paints for an SOC-3 "aboard of Battleship Penshirubania".

I thought that was sweet.

Bill

It's ten 'til ten AM......90/95......degrees and humidity...........no work again today.....I am slowly going broke! But having a tot!

If that makes me a bad person..........so be it

I found the scurvy dog Bondoman head in the scuppers ralphing his rotten guts out to the fish! Up with ye lad! I'm on holiday routine and be needin' ice for me tot!

lewbud wrote:

simpilot34 wrote:  lewbud wrote: Anybody here ever use white glue as a filler?  Was thinking it would be easier to use than putty on the fuselage/intake joint.   Buddy Lewbud if you look at some of the pics of my swordfish I posted awhile back of the exhaust pipe and collector ring closeup you will see how I faired in the collector ring to the pipe with white glue. Its not genuinely a great filler as it does not have the sandability that putty has if you putit on a bit thick. It also shrinks really bad. It is also useful to fill the gaps around canopies that don't fit the greatest. Just experiment and you may find it better for you as a filler. I strongly suggest not sanding it, it never sets hard enough for that. Hope that helps some. Cheers, Richie  Thanks Richie.  Looks like I'll stick with my old standby thinned Squadron White. Buddy

Anytime Buddy!

Cheers, Richie

simpilot34 wrote:

lewbud wrote: Anybody here ever use white glue as a filler?  Was thinking it would be easier to use than putty on the fuselage/intake joint.   Buddy Lewbud if you look at some of the pics of my swordfish I posted awhile back of the exhaust pipe and collector ring closeup you will see how I faired in the collector ring to the pipe with white glue. Its not genuinely a great filler as it does not have the sandability that putty has if you putit on a bit thick. It also shrinks really bad. It is also useful to fill the gaps around canopies that don't fit the greatest. Just experiment and you may find it better for you as a filler. I strongly suggest not sanding it, it never sets hard enough for that. Hope that helps some. Cheers, Richie

Thanks Richie.  Looks like I'll stick with my old standby thinned Squadron White.

Buddy