Fleet Air Arm Group Build

Darren- You're welcome!  The compliment is well-deserved.

I was playing around with the Corsair tonight, and decided that I am just not happy with the paint job on it.  Way too many coats + no primer + got in a hurry = .

Well, guess I'm gonna have another go at it.  In the past, she would have ended up in the round file.  But, after the 1/48 Tamiya Zero debacle, I started stripping it tonight to see if I could get down through all of the layers of bad paint.  Looks like it's gonna take a lot longer to finish, but I know it's gonna look better the second time around!  Maybe I should write an article about stripping models and doing them over...

Frank-

it great to hear you American chaps use the English language so effectively!!!

Seriously, thats a great compliment you made about my Mk.47-thank you!

triumf wrote:

huulo Frank...What a beast you`ve got yourself;)...Hmmmm. I do wonder....How many kegs is there room for on it...of rum though:):) And I see that GOd is on his way downunder,Spesifically to Sydney FC:) He will be missed   "you`ll never walk alone" http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22055674-5003460,00.html     And GOD is of course Robbie Fowler for you who would bee ignorant not to know of course:D:D

huulo Frank...What a beast you`ve got yourself;)...Hmmmm. I do wonder....How many kegs is there room for on it...of rum though:):)

And I see that GOd is on his way downunder,Spesifically to Sydney FC:)

He will be missed   "you`ll never walk alone"

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,22055674-5003460,00.html

TANGO 1 wrote:

Hey Frank- Check this out!

Holy camolie.....thats pure and shear beuty....pure porn and soforth:):)

Thanks for all the regards during my benchmark...never thougt I would make it,but as iy is with these GBs...there is no end to the postinfs:)

Seems like the AB problems are to be solved...I`ll have to mail the body of my defect one to Testors,and will have it replaced,,,,Thats costumerservice if you ask me;)...Cheers ya`ll

TANGO 1 wrote:

Good heaven's Frank-you sound more and more like an Englishman every day!! Many thanks mate! I think I've found a nice'n easy way of dropping those flaps too-I have found if you scribe along the underside of the elevator slowly but surely, the elevator will drop without having been cut away....plus it looks alot better than my previous efforts of cutting away and re-glueing. have you decided if you are going to sling anything under the wing yet? If you choose the rockets, be careful when yo cut them from the sprue.....they break quite easily!

Darren-

Thanks for the tip on the elevators and rockets!  I am definately going to have a go at the elevators, and I'm not going to use the rockets on this one so I lucked out there!

I learned the correct meaning of "the dog's bollocks" on a comedy show by an English comedian named Eddie Izzard the other night.  After I heard that, I wanted to use it and thought your Spitfire was perfect for it! 

Looking good Darren.

Regards,  Rick

A lot of very nice work being done here.

Finally got a hole in my schedule and started on the Hellcat.  I filed away all of the interior detail (and there was a fair amount) on the Hasegawa kit in prep for the PE.  This will be the first time that I've done the full PE interior (only belts in the past).  Also painted the interior bits interior green (yeah, I know that I should have tried to create some 'Grumman Green' but Interior Green is close enough...I hope..).  Also primed and painted the resin seat-the kit seat has the belts molded in and is a bit of a bear to sand them out.  With some luck and a good tail wind, I might have the interior in place and buttoned up by the weekend.

Good heaven's Frank-you sound more and more like an Englishman every day!!

Many thanks mate! I think I've found a nice'n easy way of dropping those flaps too-I have found if you scribe along the underside of the elevator slowly but surely, the elevator will drop without having been cut away....plus it looks alot better than my previous efforts of cutting away and re-glueing.

have you decided if you are going to sling anything under the wing yet? If you choose the rockets, be careful when yo cut them from the sprue.....they break quite easily!

That's the dog's bollocks!  She is really looking like a Spit now.  Very nice on the dropped elevators, me thinks I may have to do that to mine.

Hello Chaps!

I've been in the workshop for most of the day and here is how things have been shaping up with my Mk.47 Seafire. All the white bands have been glossed and masked up, so the airframe has had its sky coloured parts re-touched and I'v done a bit more on the assembly front:

1. Added dropped wing flaps.

2. Added the radiators.

3. Attatched the rudder/tail hook.

4. Inserted some "internals" for the fuselage camera bay.

5. Dropped the elevators.

6. I've also started painting up the rockets for the underwing stores and glued/sanded the center line fuel tank.

Here's some pics....... 

TANGO 1 wrote:

Just think how many cases of rum we could get in the back of that thing!

I say Frank-thats a mighty impressive beast you have there!

Just think how many cases of rum we could get in the back of that thing!

ruddratt wrote:

razordws wrote: NIIIIICCCEE!!!! (... about being able to haul more models that is ) If it gets really good mileage, you can even drive 'em up here to BC!

or better yet, down to Florida

Roy

razordws wrote:

NIIIIICCCEE!!!! (... about being able to haul more models that is )

If it gets really good mileage, you can even drive 'em up here to BC!

NIIIIICCCEE!!!!

(... about being able to haul more models that is )

Sorry everyone, I know this is , but I just wanted to share a pic of my new toy I bought today!  Best part is, I can haul more models home than on my motorcycles.

TANGO 1 wrote:

Mmmm...........maybe I could get another Mk.47.

Why not?  One can NEVER have too many Spits.

Roy-

let me know when your heading this way and I'll get some Spitfire beer in for us.

DURR wrote:

check out parts for the american version  aka chevy malibu the grille is totally diff but the boot and clips etc should fit ,they share many common parts in canada some fords were mercury some chevy were pontiac etc only 600 converts made but what about the hardtop/sedans

Thanks Durr! We'll check that out. It's only the boot, the clips, and the rear window that are still missing. Ours is definitely Pontiac.

TANGO 1 wrote:

Roy- great to hear from you! Hope it all goes smoothly.

Thanks Darren, We will be taking a trip to Germany in two years and England is on the trip also  We want to make it over to Ireland, I have family in Donegal.  So who knows maybe we will get to have that pint yet  because English Ale rates very high in my book

Roy

Leon-

good to hear form you! I had no idea there was a resin detail set for the Airfix Mk.46/47.....I'm gutted. I would have like to have had a go with that!

Many thanks for the link- I'll know better next time!

razordws wrote:

Mike, NICE RIDE!!!!!  The closest I ever got to having a cool car was a 1973 Mustang that my Brother-in-law "gave" to me because it was a rust bucket with a straight six. Roy, keep your head up.  The craziness of moving does end at some point.  Then the renovations to make the house work for you starts

I've done the renovation thing twice now  This time the wife and I have decided to build.

Roy

Roy-

great to hear from you! Hope it all goes smoothly.

check out parts for the american version  aka chevy malibu the grille is totally diff but the boot and clips etc should fit ,they share many common parts

in canada some fords were mercury some chevy were pontiac etc

only 600 converts made but what about the hardtop/sedans

Leon, glad you stopped in!

Thanks much Dave! You should see the 'before' pics though! Aaaack! Talk about rust! They're all pre-digital camera, so I'll ask the wife to dig some out so I can scan a few. I have no idea where she hides anything! LOL!

Hey guys. Finally checking in after awhile away. It is actually 1:53 am (can't sleep, but am going to go try again). I will try to get through the many pages I have missed tomorrow (pages go by fast in this GB - it's so popular ).

Anyway, Frank noticed you are going to do a Seafire 46 and wondered if you saw the review of the what looks to be really, really nice aires detail set for it on hyperscale? Seeing it almost tempted me to try one...

http://www.hyperscale.com/reviews/accessories/aires4338reviewbg_1.htm 

Well, goodnight for now.

Leon