Fleet Air Arm Group Build

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

Gee, I had to read 3 pages to get up to speed.  I have been very busy getting ready for the move; I will be leaving on the 21^st of July so there's a ton of details to take care of.

Frank, the blue Corsair will be great and the IP and seat, well...Marvelous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Outstanding work.

Konrad congrats on the 100 post and great to hear from you.

Darren, this is my first build and I have to say that it has been great.  Even though I have not done any real work on my Corsair.  I do count you guys among my friends.

Dave the Barracuda is looking great!  Thanks for the packing tip for my models; I have them packed away in bags.

Mike very sweet ride.  I used to have a 68 Mustang California edition, sold it after college.  Man was that I bad move.

Roy

Darren- Awesome pics!  Wish I coulda' been there to see it.  Now that I think of it, I have NEVER seen a Spitfire in the air in person.   And thanks you guys for tip on the colors, Sky it is!  I like that color better anyway.

Mike- SWEET RIDE!!!  If I had a car like that, I would drive it every chance I get.

Frank, I hate to admit that Darren is right, but Sky it was & should be .

Regards,  Rick

Hey Frank-

Check this out!

Thanks much Bob!...and yep, that's correct.

GM/Pontiac Acadian Beaumont. We still have the original owners manual. She's even let me drive it.....once!

ruddratt wrote:

triumf - nice job on the 100! Congrats!     Pedal-power here only, guys. ....but, when the wife & I feel the need to tour in style and feel the wind in our face, we just put the top down. '65 Acadian Beaumont, V-8 power, almost fully restored. Only 600 made....

Mike-nice ride-what is the US equivlent to an Acadian-Pontiac?

ruddratt wrote:

triumf - nice job on the 100! Congrats!     Pedal-power here only, guys. ....but, when the wife & I feel the need to tour in style and feel the wind in our face, we just put the top down. '65 Acadian Beaumont, V-8 power, almost fully restored. Only 600 made....

Mmmmm............very nice wheels Mike! She's a real head turner!

Daywalker wrote:

Triumf- Congrats on 100 posts!  Sounds like a good reason for a toast! I ride a Honda 919 and a Honda XR650L.

By Thunder! Lt. Daywalker is right! Step forward Konrad and fill your glass!

CONGRATULATIONS KONRAD ON YOUR 100TH POST!

CHEERS!

Frank-

thats definately Sky undersides you need there old chap-and if anyone argues, send them to the mad Englishman `And I will sort them out for you. (I have photo's of the restored one that flew over RAF Duxford this weekend.)

BTW, that was a superb job on the I/P panel and seat!-wish I could do mine over again!

Konrad,

good to hear from you! The article is to explain what a group build is, what happens and I will use ours as a shining example of how it should be. Glad the bike is riding well Its still raining in the middle of British summertime here!

triumf - nice job on the 100! Congrats!  

Pedal-power here only, guys.

....but, when the wife & I feel the need to tour in style and feel the wind in our face, we just put the top down.

'65 Acadian Beaumont, V-8 power, almost fully restored. Only 600 made....

Triumf- Congrats on 100 posts!  Sounds like a good reason for a toast!

I ride a Honda 919 and a Honda XR650L.

Daywalker wrote:

Triumf- Good to hear from you!  I have been out riding almost everyday too, what kind of motorcycle do you have?

Frank...Nice:) I`ve got a Triumph TT600 which I`ve had since spring 2000. What kind of a bike do you have though??

Wow folks...my 100th post...this calls for a celebration:D

Can anyone help me with a color question?

I am building Airfix's Seafire Mk.46 here and over at the Spitfire GB.  The decals call out for Sky as the underside color, but the Ministry called for a change over to Med. Sky Grey as a bottom color mid-war.  Another source says the FAA went back to Sky as a bottom color.  So now, I don't know whether to paint the bottom Sky, or Med. Sky Grey.  The one I am doing is the bottom profile.  Does anyone know for sure?

Dave- LOL!  I already had the "squint" before I started using that gear!

Triumf- Good to hear from you!  I have been out riding almost everyday too, what kind of motorcycle do you have?

Hey all ya people

Been a while since my last post here. No excuse friends, but the weather have been to nice to sit inside instead of driving my mototrcycle. tempratures in the mid 20s are just perfect. So it has been little or none building at all.

Article? what kind of article is that?I haven`t heard a bit of that;) please tell me....

And of course as I`M finished with my projects would you please mark me as so in page 1? so that I can brag about my first GB that sure made me jump into a couple of others with this nice bunch of people:)

Apprecite ya all, and hope life smiles at ya each and every day

Konrad

Frank - Thats cheating!!!! How are you supposed to get the modelling squint if you use that sort of gear????? LOL

An unpdate on the Barracuda. I have finally masked it and painted it whilst my wife was off for a 'girls weekend'. I used Xtra colour for the Extra Dark Sea Grey but used Dark Sea Gray to get a more scale effect. So I have used three different manufacturers paints of which one was matt enamel, one gloss enamel and the other mattt acrylic.

Daywalker wrote:

darson wrote: That’s simply awesome work on the harness Frank, I am in awe of your mirco skills .  I also want to say that I love the weathering on the back of the seat, nice touch. Thanks Darren!  I must admit, working as a jeweler has it's advantages when it comes to micro work!  I have a 50 power microscope in the shop, and a laser welder for welding small pieces such as the buckles.  As a matter of fact, the "buckles" are made of 14 karat white gold scrap I had laying around, and the microscope and laser really helped!  Here's me at my bench at work with my visor and the laser welder in the background: For the seat, I first painted it aluminum with SNJ metallics, then a gloss clear, then the black.  It was simply a matter of taking a scalpel and scraping off the paint to reveal the aluminum underneath!

aaaaaah  an alien

darson wrote:

That’s simply awesome work on the harness Frank, I am in awe of your mirco skills .  I also want to say that I love the weathering on the back of the seat, nice touch.

Thanks Darren!  I must admit, working as a jeweler has it's advantages when it comes to micro work!  I have a 50 power microscope in the shop, and a laser welder for welding small pieces such as the buckles.  As a matter of fact, the "buckles" are made of 14 karat white gold scrap I had laying around, and the microscope and laser really helped!  Here's me at my bench at work with my visor and the laser welder in the background:

For the seat, I first painted it aluminum with SNJ metallics, then a gloss clear, then the black.  It was simply a matter of taking a scalpel and scraping off the paint to reveal the aluminum underneath!

That’s simply awesome work on the harness Frank, I am in awe of your mirco skills .  I also want to say that I love the weathering on the back of the seat, nice touch.

Darren I couldn't agree more on the modeling is not a solitary pastime anymore.  Long gone are the days of Shep Paine's books being my only modeling "how do I do this" references.  It still amazes me that with a few key strokes you can get an answer to questions from modelers all across the globe

Cheers 

ruddratt wrote:

Holy cow! That looks amazing, buddy! ....and very innovative!   ....but malt scotch? I thought this was a rum-only thread.

Thanks Mike!  Actually, the malt scotch was a Christmas present to my Father.  My request was that he open it on the spot so I could "acquire" the foil top!  I am a rum guy, through and through.

Holy cow! That looks amazing, buddy! ....and very innovative!

....but malt scotch? I thought this was a rum-only thread.

darren-

Would you mind adding my Mk.46 Seafire to the list here?  I figure I'll post pics here and over at the Spitfire Gb.  Here's the I.P. and seat, I made the belts from lead foil from the top of a single malt scotch and the buckles are made from fine wire.  They actually function even though they are not 100% accurate.  But, I like 'em and they were a lot cheaper than the photoetch!

TANGO 1 wrote:

our thread definately something special and I hope it continues on these pages well beyond 2008.

I'm sure it will, Darren. 27 entries with two completed, which means that we still have 25 entries to go and we're already well over 1400 posts and a zillion views! That's just amazing!