Fleet Air Arm Group Build

And anyone else diving into this 1/48 RODEN kit....have some putty handy! The fuse is fragile and there are sink-holes in the thicker parts. (Landing gear).....cockpit sparse so get a ref book. They give you parts......but very tiny! 

namrednef wrote:

You b**ch! Hah! Yes.....getting more comfy here! Love ya Frankie! You Bas***d!  OOPS......I said Heller.....but it's Roden.......sorry

LOL, what are friends for?

You b**ch! Hah! Yes.....getting more comfy here!

Love ya Frankie! You Bas***d! 

OOPS......I said Heller.....but it's Roden.......sorry 

HEY LOOK EVERYBODY!!!  NAM'S POSTING PICS!!!

Bummer about that cowl and those exhaust stubs, sounds like an exercise in frustration.  Sounds like perfect modelling weather you have there!  Model on my friend!

Heh!..............posting an old pic............not too old....just a P/O pic......darn, I'm way ahead of this game.....but the seal has now been broken!

That was the written instructions for the Heller 1/48 Sea Gladiator. Step ONE!

This is the SeaGlad 3 piece cowling alongside a 1/48 Sev P-35 cowl. NOTE: With the SeaGlad there is no necessity to build around the engine! Why must they challenge me like this?

Yeah............see those short, tiny, infinitesmal exhaust thingies? Yep.....they want those to be cut off and glued into place! This IS 1/48 mind you! This is my second try at this build and I'm still looking for exhaust pipes!

No real progress here.....but at least I've posted a pic!

Daywalker wrote:

Geoff- Looks like you're off and running!  Which kit is this?  Some pretty good sized gaps inside the intakes but you appear to have squared them away.

Hi Frank, it's the Revell kit.

Hey Frankie and all!

No work today........or tomorrow. Things are very slow. But the temp in the basement stays around 70-75.....even when it's near 100 degrees as it will be today. So building is on the agenda. It is almost a blessing!

Schools are all letting out early..........??????? Yep........we've all experienced snow days......but hot days? Come on! I attended this high school before it was air conditioned.

Geoff-

Looks like you're off and running!  Which kit is this?  Some pretty good sized gaps inside the intakes but you appear to have squared them away.

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 

Hi guys just some progress on the Hornet. Unlike most, I usually start on all the fiddly things such as weapons, under carriage and so on - because I find them so tedious, I try and get them out the way early. The intakes on this plane are terrible and some work is needed to get rid of this huge step.

So out comes the files and Milliput...

Other than that and the ejector marks in impossible places on the oleos...

 The rest is coming together OK..

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

Hang in there Nam!  YOU CAN DO IT!!!

Yep....the man is OUT there!............Frankie.....on SeaGlad II, but not on the order of instructions...........I mean come on! 3 piece cowl.........grumble.......mumble

bondoman wrote:

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH me' mates; I've been chain'd t'the taft rail, lashed to the Rudd'r, keel hauled , transomed, pintled and gudgeoned!!! XO he's a bit of a pudknocker. M'Lass is in a lov'n mood, whot we crawled out'a the Rum locker like a pair o'scurvy rats, tumbled inta the bunk and R now watchin' that great film o' manliness; "Somethings Gotta Give" werein the once great Pirate Nicholson hands his musketballs on a plate to a Virago, a Haridan, a wench, a rounded heel denizen O' the Port, an Atropos, a clipper o" things import'nt. Love is in the air an' it ain't in Penzanze!! Hawkins- up ta' tha f'ocsle- we 'a you sleepin' w' the Occifers cause they all are a lily lot, but the men needs to teach you the way to keep y'self alive up in the tops! Knife in the teeth, m'lad. Time to clean the Dolphin Striker m'boy. And a chug o' Ginger Beer i'fn you succeed. Rum for all, rations for a few, hoist one to Roger, and remember; beware the Black Spot!!   The XO has the secret key, the cask is birked, its a Friday night and I'm to you navvies,

*shakes head and stares blankly*

errrrrr, yes exactly what he said.  ;)  LOL 

Frankie......that post was about Sea Glad my build II .

Just a dumb engineering mistake

LOL, yes sometimes the pirate talk confuses me too.  Don't get me wrong though, I like it!  Just don't understand it sometimes.  Sure is fun to read though!

Geoff- Yes, please do post some pics!  We love seeing WIP photos.

Nam- Which kit are you working on?  Sounds like a challenging way to start.

I have made a little bit o' progress on the Skyhawk this weekend.  The resin seat is primed and ready for some paint.  I also filed off the detail on the IP and the consoles in preparation for some Eduard replacements.  I have never done this before so filing off crucial detail was quite foreign to me!  I like the look of the PE consoles/IP parts that others have used, so I decided to have a go at them on this build.  So far, so good.

namrednef wrote:

Can anyone tell me why a kit manufacturer would mold an engine cowling in three pieces when the first step in the instructions is to assemble the cowling!!??!!

Nam the only reason I can come up with is that being a military aircraft it takes on some of the military thinking, 'common sense and logic will not be tolerated'.

Cheers, Richie

Can anyone tell me why a kit manufacturer would mold an engine cowling in three pieces when the first step in the instructions is to assemble the cowling!!??!!

JugJunkie.....yes this thread seems like a barroom brawl at times.....and when bondoman posts it's nearly unintelligible ......but post your pics here. This is the site. You can ask for (and will be granted) membership here with your kit choice by the CAG.......Tango 1, if you haven't already.

aboard!

Just want to find out where we post the GB progress pics? Sorry but i'm new here.

Geoff

namrednef wrote:

I move that Bondoman be thrust into the well of XO steward. Good luck Frankie!

Pray'n I hav' an advance on m'scrip, your Knightliness? There's an item ah been fancin' which ain't tuh do w'horin'.

An Hawkins mind ya we'll need a Cabin Boy cuz I ain't draggin no drunken officers ta the rail.

I move that Bondoman be thrust into the well of XO steward. Good luck Frankie!

namrednef wrote:

Absolutely amazing!

Absolutely amazing!

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH me' mates; I've been chain'd t'the taft rail, lashed to the Rudd'r, keel hauled , transomed, pintled and gudgeoned!!! XO he's a bit of a pudknocker.

M'Lass is in a lov'n mood, whot we crawled out'a the Rum locker like a pair o'scurvy rats, tumbled inta the bunk and R now watchin' that great film o' manliness; "Somethings Gotta Give" werein the once great Pirate Nicholson hands his musketballs on a plate to a Virago, a Haridan, a wench, a rounded heel denizen O' the Port, an Atropos, a clipper o" things import'nt.

Love is in the air an' it ain't in Penzanze!!

Hawkins- up ta' tha f'ocsle- we 'a you sleepin' w' the Occifers cause they all are a lily lot, but the men needs to teach you the way to keep y'self alive up in the tops! Knife in the teeth, m'lad.

Time to clean the Dolphin Striker m'boy. And a chug o' Ginger Beer i'fn you succeed.

Rum for all, rations for a few, hoist one to Roger, and remember; beware the Black Spot!!

The XO has the secret key, the cask is birked, its a Friday night and I'm to you navvies,

Here here!  Well said gentlemen, to those who gave all, and to those willing to do the same.  I salute you!

Easy on the rum gents, same some for those of us still on duty!

Bondoman! Ye scurvy dog!.....Up from the foc'sle with that hidden key of yours! CAG has ordered rum tots!

AAAAArrrrrrrrgggggghhh! Hafta do it meself! Tots all around on Cag's order....wait....let me taste this......she's good!

Here ye be!

Salutes to those the CAG has shown the pics of.............and all the rest. Who rest

Be up standing, and charge your glasses for veterans past and present. A moment's silence please ... We will remember them. 

Now someone get the steward to issue out the Rum.

'tis the weekend again all, let us rejoice in the moment won by those that have gone before us.

My friends,

We will raise our glasses to those who went before us...............

Enjoy your weekend.

In Memory............

6th June 1944 

Normandy today.

I'm sure all of us here will remember our fallen and our veterans with the greatest thanks and deepest respect.