Fleet Air Arm Group Build

Roger-

That's good news!  Glad you were able to locate your wandering aircrew, would hate for the pilot to have to go out on a mission w/o someone to keep an eye on his six.  Those dive brakes should keep you busy for quite a while- lots of holes to drill!  I have an AM Dauntless that is about 50% finished, but it's a slow project due to poor fit around the wing/fuse, and the the cowl parts.

Roy- Now THAT'S a good deal! 

I remember that kit when I was a kid ....those were the days  I have never really tried my hand at painting crew members.  After you finish that SBD you should try the Accurate Miniatures SBD.  Get an idea of how things changed over the years.  I saw that kit in Hobby Lobby last night, picked it up and all most got it.  Instead I found Hasegawa's 1/72 Ju88A-4 on clearance for $12.40, marked down from $44.99.  It was a find I could not pass up on.

Anyway look forward to seeing your progress on the SBD.

Roy

I do have some good news here! I found that AWOL gunner! But sufficed to say, the guy will be on KP till the end of this build! I've learned that when you have a carpet the same color as your flight crew, you want to take extra caution to make sure you have accoutibility of all your parts. I feel silly......

   Anyways, This is the first time i've actually posted pictures on my WIP here:

As you can see, i have the cockpit installed and the fuselage halves together. Also got the lower halves of the wings and the stabilizer on there as well. I'll admit, it's not the nicest kit of the Dauntless ever. This one had alot of flash to cut and i can already tell that i'll have alot of seams to fill. Also with this kit, the air brakes are solid (as you know, the real thing had vented flaps). To fix this, i'll be taking the time to drill out each individual hole on this thing, so i expect that to take some time before i'm ready for paint. But that wont be for awhile.

   But i have to say that the flight crew was the most hair ripping venture thus far. Pretty poorly moulded, in my opinion. That, and the fact that i'm no good at painting figures, i've had to repaint them 3 times. After my best efforts, they still look like men from outer space! Maybe the pilots will come easier in other kits here...

   Anyways, i know i've still got alot ahead of me here, but i welcome any comments and suggestions! Thanks!

Roy-

Novemmber 1st sounds good to me!

Roger your on the list

How's this idea guys, run the signup till 1 Nov ? 

Roy

Daylight savings is happening late for me this year, so i'm gonna have to wait for my hour!

PM inbound!

DesertRat wrote:

wyoroy wrote: Officers and Crew of FAA GB, I'm set up at home and am willing to do the FAA Christmas exchange.  I need all of you that want to join PM me your mailing address with the kit era, scale, category you preferred and I will exchange the names.  I will get your exchange name by next week, and we should have the gift in the mail by mid November or sooner for Christmas.  This is a separate exchange than the Secret Santa GB.  This one if for FAA members only, since we are a close group  So, lets all get into the giving mood.  Any recommendations are welcomed. Roy   Well i feel stupid! I missed this post entirely! I'm in! What are the guidelines for the gift exchange?

Roger,

Just PM me your mailing address and the era and scale kit you would like and that's it.  This is just a simple Christmas gift exchange among friends of the FAA GB.

Roy

TANGO 1 wrote:

Glad you're in mate. I guess I'm the only one who gets an extra hour in my rack tomorrow morning then!

No worries mate!  Some of us over here across the pond observe daylight savings time (me included!) next weekend, so it's an extra hour in the bunk next weekend.

Glad you're in mate. Fire a PM Roys way and he will work his magic.

BTW......British Summer Time ends at 02.00hrs on 28.10.07 so don't forget to set your clocks back by one hour.

What?

I'm the only Brit here? I guess I'm the only one who gets an extra hour in my rack tomorrow morning then!

wyoroy wrote:

Officers and Crew of FAA GB, I'm set up at home and am willing to do the FAA Christmas exchange.  I need all of you that want to join PM me your mailing address with the kit era, scale, category you preferred and I will exchange the names.  I will get your exchange name by next week, and we should have the gift in the mail by mid November or sooner for Christmas.  This is a separate exchange than the Secret Santa GB.  This one if for FAA members only, since we are a close group  So, lets all get into the giving mood.  Any recommendations are welcomed. Roy

Well i feel stupid! I missed this post entirely! I'm in! What are the guidelines for the gift exchange?

Frank,  updated your info

Roy

Roy-

PM inbound, sorry for the delay!

Including myself we have 6 FAA members on the gift exchange

Roy

TANGO 1 wrote:

Roger, I'll send some lads out to shore to look for your AWOL gunner, and when we find him he'll be getting the cat o'nine tails for his punishment!

Yeah, if that guy ever shows up, he'll be WALKING THE PLANK!!!!!!

But first, we drink!

Officers and Crew of FAA GB,

I'm set up at home and am willing to do the FAA Christmas exchange.  I need all of you that want to join PM me your mailing address with the kit era, scale, category you preferred and I will exchange the names.  I will get your exchange name by next week, and we should have the gift in the mail by mid November or sooner for Christmas.  This is a separate exchange than the Secret Santa GB.  This one if for FAA members only, since we are a close group  So, lets all get into the giving mood.  Any recommendations are welcomed.

Roy

TANGO 1 wrote:

Now hear  this............... gentlemen, its Friday. We will honour tradition in the usual way........ Let us all take time to relax, eat, drink and be merry. Cheers!!

Oh boy... it's only 7:45 am here and I am just having my morning coffee.  Guess I had better put a lil' rum in it, though I fear they will not understand at work.  So be it!

Roger- Bummer about your gunner!  Glad to hear that Darren has sent out a shore party to deal with his actions approriately.  Flog him I say!

TANGO 1 wrote:

Now hear  this............... gentlemen, its Friday. We will honour tradition in the usual way........ Let us all take time to relax, eat, drink and be merry. Cheers!!

Lemme see....it's 8:15am and I'm at work.....sounds like time for a drink!

Cheers!

Now hear  this...............

gentlemen, its Friday. We will honour tradition in the usual way........

Let us all take time to relax, eat, drink and be merry.

Cheers!!

A quick update from me.......

Even though I have been on leave all week, I haven't been in the workshop too much,been doing a lot of family stuff, so the the rest of the tribe have gone out for the day so that I can have some workshop time. My B-25 is all glossed up, so today I will be putting the decals on this bird and adding a little more to the base.

Hopefully, I wil be able to share some pics later. I really want to get this one finished so I can get stuck into some of the other nice things in my stash................. 

Roger,

I'll send some lads out to shore to look for your AWOL gunner, and when we find him he'll be getting the cat o'nine tails for his punishment! 

Well, i know i am waaaaaay behind the power curve here, but here is a bit of an update on my build. Spent some time working with the inards, and i'm hoping to at least have a completed cockpit by the end of saturday. But, i gotta problem here.

I LOST THE FRIGGIN GUNNER!!!!!!!!!!

I'm looking and looking, but it seems this lazy swabbie here went AWOL on me! Rats! Not sure yet, but my pilot may just be flying solo here......

Great looking work Dave, it's a pity you didn't have them finished for the Eagles Day comp, they would have been sure fire winners.

Cheers

Looking good Dave.

Roy

Looking really good Dave.  Nice work .

Regards,  Rick

Dave,

beautiful work-I can't wait to see more!

Just thought I would post some images of the two models in the 'close to completed' stage.

The canopies require cleaning and the small parts need to be put on but they are definately getting closer to finished!