Fleet Air Arm Group Build

New Hampshire wrote:

I picked up a 1/72 F-89J Scorpion I may fiddle with before the Sea Harrier.  The Scorpion is an Academy kit, and I was surprised at the detailed cockpit!

Noticed this fair young maiden t'other day. wondered have any of you matlots know of her?. she said she's sister to a sailor called Seaman Stains. never heard of im personally.

seems like Mr Bondo's kind of girl if you ask me.

all the best.

Greg

simpilot34 wrote:

Boba do you mean F4U-4?

Say there, some prankster must have slipped *hic* some of that there rum *hic* into me root beer mug! *hic* Mom was wondering why I *hic* stumbled out of bed last morn...

 Whoops! My bad...

bondoman wrote:

New Hampshire wrote:  I picked up a 1/72 F-89J Scorpion I may fiddle with before the Sea Harrier.  The Scorpion is an Academy kit, and I was surprised at the detailed cockpit!  Brian- see my pm since it's OT and there's 'ell ta pay if the Officers go Air Force.

Yargh, the Air Force serves 'o purpose from time t' time....like when the Navy been needing target drones

Brian

gregers wrote:

Noticed this fair young maiden t'other day. wondered have any of you matlots know of her?. she said she's sister to a sailor called Seaman Stains. never heard of im personally. all the best. Greg

That chap etched on her fair hide, esp. where 'es napping on them pillows, looks mighty familiar to me

Invited her up to the Officers mess, didja Roy! Wait'll the CAG catches yer wind!

Roy, can't wait to see her!!!!! Mine still languishes on the bench with the 'bag. One day they will be finished.

Dang right - If your going to go through all the Hassle of moving , you need to at the least get a Decent Hobby Room out of the Deal.  (or maybe a stage with a pole in the Master Bedroom )

Happy House Hunting John

Richie, I have taken a load of pictures of the build.  I'll post them when the build is finished.  Unless the GB demands different

Yup! good luck!

Yesterday, I started on the cockpit for my F4U-4 Corsair. The detail there is basic at best, but I might spruce it up a bit with stryene scraps. Not much progress, but I'm working on it. One note of disgust, the canopy and framing are seperate. It's nice that I can install the glass AFTER painting, but the plastic molded frame looks waaaaaay too thick. I'm contemplating making a new frame for the parts from some stryene. Any thoughts on this?

Any chance you could thin the framing by sanding it down?

Otherwise some thin styrene strips would probably work, but might be a bit of a chore to get it all straight.

Well I'm calling this done.  All of the glass required quite a bit of reshaping to fit, and there is a bit of a gap along the top of the canopy that I may come back to with a strip of plastic. This kit definately turned out to be a bit of a chore but I'm happy with the way it turned out.

As a recap since its been awhile since my last post, this is AModels 1/72 HUP-1. It was one of the USN's first rescue helicopters.

She looks SPECTACULAR Aaron, WELL done!!!!!! She is a nice change of pace from winged craft.

Brian

wyoroy wrote:

Richie, I have taken a load of pictures of the build.  I'll post them when the build is finished.  Unless the GB demands different

Pictures! Post them or no rum for you!

Aaron,

The Hup looks great.  Now all you need is a 1/72 Mickey Rooney in a green top hat!

Well it's 11:30pm here on the west coast and I'm ready for some .  I know this doesn't look like much progress since te last update but she's all buttoned up and ready for the paint shop.  You can see the putty around the radiators in the wings but other than that it has been pretty straight forward.

That oughta put a smile on Frank's face when he wakes up.

lewbud wrote:

Aaron, The Hup looks great.  Now all you need is a 1/72 Mickey Rooney in a green top hat!

http://www.modelingmadness.com/reviews/korean/cleaverh03s.htm

bondoman wrote:

lewbud wrote: Aaron, The Hup looks great.  Now all you need is a 1/72 Mickey Rooney in a green top hat! The helo in that movie was an H-5 Dragonfly, and the model would satisfy your question. I hate helos myself, but it's a great model, Aaron http://www.modelingmadness.com/reviews/korean/cleaverh03s.htm

You're right.  Had a brain fart at work when I typed it. Thanks for the link, the guy did a good job on a pos kit.

razordws wrote:

That oughta put a smile on Frank's face when he wakes up.

Geez Dave, you're really cruising through this build!  Looking very nice my friend.

Aaron- Excellent build!  Nice to see one of those whirly birds, don't see too many of those around here.  Well done!

razordws wrote:

Well it's 11:30pm here on the west coast and I'm ready for some .  I know this doesn't look like much progress since te last update but she's all buttoned up and ready for the paint shop.  You can see the putty around the radiators in the wings but other than that it has been pretty straight forward. That oughta put a smile on Frank's face when he wakes up.

Isee tons and tons of Corsairs built all the time and I never tire or them....damn they be mighty pretty craft!  Looking good so far!

Brian

AaronW that looks great!!!! WELL DONE!!!! I plan or planned on doing a whirly thing for the next FAA GB. Dunno at the moment. I just purchased Airfix's 1/48 Buccaneer!!!!! I couldn't pass it up!!! The detail is very good but kit reviews say there are fit issues (go figure), but overall a nice kit and I totally agree!!!! So, I must ask the question to the boss. CAG, IF I can prove a Buccaneer was an ex-FAA bird drafted into the RAF after dismissal from the FAA, would that still be permissable????????????? Because I sure want to share this beast with the crew so I can do it in the green and grey camo that I so love seeing these things in!!!!!

razor That is great progress!!!!!! Hope it all goes well till the end!!!!!