Fleet Air Arm Group Build

In honor of our Captain and his Top Secret Workshop out there, i decided to bring a few English girls to the party this weekend!

Oh, and i'm told they can sing too. Guess we will find out

Oh, and i concur with the Phantom...

Darren,

Where are you ordering the Sea Fury parts from?  I just checked over at Meteor Productions, and they appear to be in stock.

rjkplasticmod wrote:

How about the Phantom ?  Regards,  Rick

Roy

Just spent another evening in front of the fire, with a large drink watching my new DVD, "Jets of the fleet Air Arm" it featured a lot of footage of Attackers, Scimitar's, Vampire's, Buccaner's, Phantom's and Sea Harriers.............superb stuff!!

Well worth a look if you come across it.

Thanks mate!

bobbaily wrote:

Darren-it's always good to have the Zoo Keeper back at the zoo....and thanks for the comments.

On behalf of those of us in the monkeys cage, Welcome back, Cap'n!

You're welcome Bob.

Darren-it's always good to have the Zoo Keeper back at the zoo....and thanks for the comments.

How about the Phantom ? 

Regards,  Rick

Thanks Rick.

I am still waiting to start my Sea Fury.........the Cutting Edge detail set is still out of stock. Its a real shame as I am desperate to get stuck into that kit while I have a little time off work. I think I'll have to crack open another kit to stave off my FAA build cravings!!

As to which one, I'll see what I feel like when I get into the workshop.

Welcome back Darren & thanks for the comments.

Regards,  Rick

Woohoo!  Thanks Darren, I'll have one (or two) with ya before I head off to work.  Just don't tell the boss you saw me here at the bar before work...

Cheers everyone!

Daywalker wrote:

CAPTAIN ON DECK!!! Welcome back Darren, it's good to have you back aboard.

Thanks Frank.

Also thanks for looking after the ship in my absence-you did good.

Cheers mate!

Well in case you didn't know................

I'm back!

and its Friday!

Do you know what that means?

Yes! Tomorrow its Saturday!

Gentlemen,

its been a long week. I'm Thirsty. The bar is open.................

CHEERS!

CAPTAIN ON DECK!!!

Welcome back Darren, it's good to have you back aboard.

rjkplasticmod wrote:

We interrupt this Commercial for a short Program break.... Well, the box of styrene I started with is starting to look sorta like a Wyvern.  Got the wing sections together with minimal difficulty, although I had a gap at the leading edge of the starboard wing that I couldn't get rid of.  Finally just glued it & filled the gap with CA.  I'll rescribe the fold line after primer is applied.  The tail plane fit looked good until I realized that the built in dihedral was excessive.  I didn't have a good reference to set the actual dihedral, so I eye-balled it based on reference pics.  Fixing the dihedral made the good fit bad, so a lot of filler was required at the join to the fin.  Worst fit of the whole kit were the forward air intakes.  The front sections were too small in cross section for the mating areas on the fuselage, thus creating a very noticeable step.  Lots of filler & tricky filing/sanding required.  Suspect more will be needed after I see it primed.  Anyways, here she is ready for first stage primer. We now return you to the normally scheduled Commercial messages. Regards,  Rick

Rick,

lovely work my friend, many thanks for all the build tips on this one. As always, you make it look so easy.

Daywalker wrote:

Good score Alain!  I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out.  My girlfriend and I enjoyed crumpets and tea for the first time this afternoon.  Wow, they are really quite delicious!  I highly recommend them slathered in butter with a drop or two of honey on top.  Mmm, mmm good!

Frank,

great work on the Spitfire-very nice indeed. Great to hear you and your lady enjoyed your crumpets!

Dave,

great work on the interior-loking forward to seeing more.

rjkplasticmod wrote:

Daywalker wrote: I was finally able to locate some crumpets at the grocery store!  Congratulations Frank .  Just don't eat too many or you might develop a Limey accent . Regards,  Rick

Frank! Welcome to the civilized world.

You'll be speaking perfect English in no time old boy!

razordws wrote:

Frank, it's not every woman that will wear an optivisor and let her boyfriend post pics on the internet.  I think she's a keeper!!!

Frank,

you're a lucky guy.

bobbaily wrote:

Frank-great job on the pilot.  Very nice. Rick-We've seen your work..I've got all the confidence in the world that it will turn out great. I'm finished....kinda-still need some touch-up decals, but this one is done.  The project started as a Pacific Theater FAA Hellcat, standard camo scheme.  However, the paint job was terrible.  Almost appeared like the Krylon primer 'crazed' some of the plastic.  And my skills (or lack of) didn't help any.  Time for Plan B-the solid gloss black Hellcat of S/Lt. C. Campbell on board the HMS Ruler.  He convinced somebody (probably for his share of the weekly rum ration...) to paint his standard issue camo scheme Hellcat gloss black.  Increased the speed & performance of the plane & made him instantly recognizable....at least that's what the AeroMaster decal sheet says... The Hasegawa kit itself was a bit of a bear-a lot of seam issues.  And the next time I build a Pacific Theater kit, I'll attach the landing gear components before painting the underside.  And I'm looking forward to the Eduard Hellcat due this winter/spring. Any, comments & suggestions for improvement are always welcome. The last photo is for comparison between the Hellcat & the Zero. Darren-Thanks for hosting.  It's been a blast watching a group of top quality guys build some top quality kits. Cheers

Bob,

I've just logged on and Wow! What can I say? Beautiful paint job! Your Hellcat looks amazing-well worth the wait my friend. Well done!

Bob, Dave, Frank...Thanks guys.  I'll start painting tomorrow.

Frank, I usually don't put pilots in my builds, but with most kits the pilot has to be in the seat before you install.  I know I tried to retrofit a couple in built up pits & they wouldn.t go in even with a shoehorn.

Regards,  Rick

Looking good Rick!  Can't wait to see her all dressed up.

Thanks Dave!  Unfortunately, I was trying to fit the office parts tonight and realized the Tamiya kit figures NEVER seem to fit.  I scratched a lot of paint off of his pants, jacket, left hand, and right shoulder and he still wouldn't fit!  Looks like he will not be seated in the cockpit after all...

And, I had already glued all of the bits together (mental note: test fit a lot before glueing, you'd think I had done this model thing before!) thinking "Hey, it's a Tamiya kit so I don't have to test fit!".  WRONG!  I ended up breaking the rear bulkhead, the seat, and a couple of other little bits so I'll be needing some replacement parts from my recently scrapped Mk.Vb Trop kit (needed the rear canopy part and the wing bottom).  Think I may take a little break from this one and sulk for a bit...

Frank, the spit is looking superb.  Nice job on the figure.

Rick, I like the lines on that aircraft but I know nothing about it.  I'll have to google it when I get home.  Looking forward to seeing some paint on it.

Nice work Rick.  You make it look easy.

We interrupt this Commercial for a short Program break....

Well, the box of styrene I started with is starting to look sorta like a Wyvern.  Got the wing sections together with minimal difficulty, although I had a gap at the leading edge of the starboard wing that I couldn't get rid of.  Finally just glued it & filled the gap with CA.  I'll rescribe the fold line after primer is applied.  The tail plane fit looked good until I realized that the built in dihedral was excessive.  I didn't have a good reference to set the actual dihedral, so I eye-balled it based on reference pics.  Fixing the dihedral made the good fit bad, so a lot of filler was required at the join to the fin.  Worst fit of the whole kit were the forward air intakes.  The front sections were too small in cross section for the mating areas on the fuselage, thus creating a very noticeable step.  Lots of filler & tricky filing/sanding required.  Suspect more will be needed after I see it primed.  Anyways, here she is ready for first stage primer.

We now return you to the normally scheduled Commercial messages.

Regards,  Rick

Good score Alain!  I am looking forward to seeing how it turns out. 

My girlfriend and I enjoyed crumpets and tea for the first time this afternoon.  Wow, they are really quite delicious!  I highly recommend them slathered in butter with a drop or two of honey on top.  Mmm, mmm good!