Fleet Air Arm Group Build

 Well I am taking this day as a sign that FRank is having a great B-day!  I was out Christmas shopping for the gift exchange.

Then on the way home a Big B-24 Buzzed me and landed at the airfield for the Airshow! To see that in flight really moved me. Either that or it was the chinese food I had for lunch. I wished I had had my camera for the B-24 but when I got home a B-17 was flying circles over my house. So I snapped a few.

Nasty weather tody here but a great tempature of the low 70's. I mean how many days to you get to see a B-17 and a B-24 flying around fro the comfort of home!  Kinda like Frank is sharing the good times all the way from up north!  What a fine fellow!

simpilot34 wrote:

Aaron those are some nice piccies!!!! No it is not often "anyone anywhere" can view such a sight from home!!!!! You lucky man!!

 I doubt the people on the recieving end of a bomb run during WWII felt lucky!!! 

Aaron - Its good to see you out and about shopping for fun stuff Wow, nice pics - I would love to see something like that fly over just to hear the engines...  Every so often I get to see a Dehaviland Beaver with floats buzz over my place. Man - the radial has souch a unique sound..

Dave - They are classics now, no one appreciates anything new off the assembly line

Frank.  You got me by 3 months.

Sorry I haven't been around gents.  2 weeks ago my nephew was in an accident.  He swerved to avoid a deer and rolled is F250 3 times.  Yesterday they had to amputate his right leg at the knee.  He is a tough kid I know he'll be OK, but he's only 19.  Heading up to Dartmouth Hospital to see him later today.  JOHN

tempestjohnny wrote:

Frank.  You got me by 3 months.   Sorry I haven't been around gents.  2 weeks ago my nephew was in an accident.  He swerved to avoid a deer and rolled is F250 3 times.  Yesterday they had to amputate his right leg at the knee.  He is a tough kid I know he'll be OK, but he's only 19.  Heading up to Dartmouth Hospital to see him later today.  JOHN

bondoman wrote:

tempestjohnny wrote: Frank.  You got me by 3 months.   Sorry I haven't been around gents.  2 weeks ago my nephew was in an accident.  He swerved to avoid a deer and rolled is F250 3 times.  Yesterday they had to amputate his right leg at the knee.  He is a tough kid I know he'll be OK, but he's only 19.  Heading up to Dartmouth Hospital to see him later today.  JOHN Awful, awful John. We all wish him a speedy recovery. My prayers are with him, you and your family.

John, sorry to hear that.  Hope he pulls out of it okay.  

 Wow John that has got to be a shock and emotional stress for everyone.  Sounded like a terrible  accident and he is lucky to have survived!  Have to focus on that he is still with you thank goodness. 

 I bet you will be surprised on how quick he will bounce back.  After the pain bruises and rehabilitation runs it's span. At 19  there is still too much live to live to let that slow him down. That has been my experience when I see young men that have similar circumstances. He is in my thoughts and prayers as is your family.

 so  it is the weekend.  Frank is MIA captured and held captive by hostile amazons no doubt. Oh I warned him about such follies at his age!

 Halloween Night  here in the States. Not a real holiday but fun if kept with the eyes of the kids. Besides I like the costumes!

Darren and Frank, a belated Happy Birthday to the both of you!

Johnny,

Sorry to hear about your nephew.  Here's hoping for a speedy and active recovery.

Mac,

Did you get over to Wings over Houston today?  That's on the list of shows to get to someday.  Finally got most of the aerial stuff developed from last Sunday's show at Alliance in Fort Worth.  For those that are interested http://public.fotki.com/lewbud/alliance-airshow-2009/ 

Johnny my thoughts and prayers are with you and yours as well!!!! I know all about deer and cars, they don't mix!!!!!!! Hope for a speedy recovery!!!

Aaron, I like what goes into some of the costumes better than the costumes!!!

simpilot34 wrote:

Aaron, I like what goes into some of the costumes better than the costumes!!!

John,

so sorry to hear of your nephew's accident, I will keep him in my thoughts and prayers. 

OK gents, its taken a long time but here it is. This is my first completed build for this years GB. Its the 1/48 Airfix Hawk T.1A in the markings of XX159 which was painted in special livery to celebrate 100 years of the Fleet Air Arm.

Hope you like her.

Picture taken by me of XX159 at the Royal International Air Tattoo this summer.

My build.

John- Sorry to hear about your nephew, I will keep him in my prayers.

Darren- WOOHOO!   Excellent work on that Hawk, and the paint scheme is the coolest I have ever seen on one of those.  Very, very well done mate!

sfcmac wrote:

Darren ! You always come up with the most appropriate and remarkable builds for this GB!  Just wonderful and one would never realize the pains it gave you!  You make it look so easy when I know it isn't!   Again a frantastikcalaculous build!

WOW That looks great Darren!!!!!!!!!! Love the base as well!!!! EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!

Many thanks lads!

And for my next build........................................................

simpilot34 wrote:

sfcmac wrote:  Darren ! You always come up with the most appropriate and remarkable builds for this GB!  Just wonderful and one would never realize the pains it gave you!  You make it look so easy when I know it isn't!   Again a frantastikcalaculous build! WOW That looks great Darren!!!!!!!!!! Lose the base as well!!!! EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!

  frantastikcaliclous!!!  (I like that word Aaron )  Beautiful build Darren!  Me likes it a lot. 

Thanks Dave!

I'm really glad you fella's like this one-Cheers!

Supergroovy, Dude! Very tight little build!

Did you see the article about the Scimitar? There was a short discussion abt a FAA specification for gearless a/c that landed on a flexible carrier deck(!?!?) Like to see that.

Finally!  A bit of progress to show on the FAA Corsair.  During the last couple of days, I gave her a coat of Future and added the decals.  The roundels and fin flash are from Techmod, while the code letter/number and serials are from Sky Models.  The Techmod decals performed very well, laying down smoothly and pulling themselves down into the panel lines with a bit of solvent.  The Sky Models decals were not so nice, with horrible silvering under the serials.  Many episodes of swearing, pricking with a sharp blade, and solvaset got most of silvering to go away.  There is still a couple of tiny sposts, but I can live with it.  Here's how she looks:

Richie, Aaron- Many thanks fellas!  Glad you are enjoying it.  An FAA Corsair has eluded me for a couple of years now... In fact- it was the first build I was doing here 2 and a hlaf years ago in the opening days of the FAAGB!

So Sean likes those Corsairs now, eh?  I shall be certain to bombard him with Corsair photos from this day forth!

Daywalker wrote:

Finally!  A bit of progress to show on the FAA Corsair.  During the last couple of days, I gave her a coat of Future and added the decals.  The roundels and fin flash are from Techmod, while the code letter/number and serials are from Sky Models.  The Techmod decals performed very well, laying down smoothly and pulling themselves down into the panel lines with a bit of solvent.  The Sky Models decals were not so nice, with horrible silvering under the serials.  Many episodes of swearing, pricking with a sharp blade, and solvaset got most of silvering to go away.  There is still a couple of tiny sposts, but I can live with it.  Here's how she looks:

Oh yes..............very nice, mmmmmmmmm............................................

You have done well young Daywalker!