Fleet Air Arm Group Build

Here comes the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, half baked on the half shell, and damn yer eyes. FROG in 1/72.

Pics followed by explannies because yer nibs the Cap'n needs a pic to "speak to"

Extra Dark Sea Grey over Dark Slate Grey, over white. All Humbrol.

 

Interior RAF green exceppie the turrets which'll be black.Had to drill out all those little windows, plus the radiator intakes. Added the pitots on the tails, plus the landing lite recess and eventual lens.

 

Nammie is in place, drop that charge!

 

Bits and parts mostly gray. 

 

ASV Mark II radar PE from Paragon. The FROG cast bits looked good, but they're about 1/120!!

Scratched up the two turrets. Fraser Nash in the rear and I made another one (not shown) for a future build.

 

The old ale can doors, with interior bracing. Nice.

Time to go pet "Dragon":

 CPt Bondo! Where do I start at? The Doors turned out fantastic! The Resin guns in 1/72 are very sharp looking and the paint job top notch!  Makes me wanna get a Fresca!

 Nam in place I wondered whee he'd ran off too again!

Cpt. Bondo sir! Your Whitley is looking very very nice my friend!!!!!! Love the CC colors on everyrthing they had!!! Striking color schemes!!! Looking forward to more updates!!!!

Darren - I always look forward to seeing your completed projects.  I really am envious of your builds due to the passion you put in each one to make them show stoppers .

Frank - What a fantastic looking crosair. I really like the paintwork and the colors. Tamiya Acrylics ?  I think a spiral on the prop hub would really add to it.

Bondo - You have been building some really nice models here lately and in a Very Quick Manner. You need to share your secrets....  Question - What type of thinner are you using with your Humbrol paints ?  I sprayed some humbrol a few weeks back thinned with MM Universal Enamel Thinner # 8824 . The paint sprayed very nice and smooth but took almost 2 1/2 days to dry enough for handling.. Also where do you find all those nice resin bits / guns you use ? LHS or Mail order

bondoman wrote:

Here comes the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, half baked on the half shell, and damn yer eyes. FROG in 1/72.

Bill, you must have kissed that frog just right because it's starting to look like a, er, Princess!  And those pitot things on the tail are probably balance weights for the rudders to raise the flutter speed.

Bondo, that is looking awesome my friend!!!   Especially considering it's a Frog.

Frank, what can I say, your the King of the Corsair in all it's many colour coats!!! 

jeaton01 wrote:

bondoman wrote: Here comes the Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, half baked on the half shell, and damn yer eyes. FROG in 1/72. Bill, you must have kissed that frog just right because it's starting to look like a, er, Princess!  And those pitot things on the tail are probably balance weights for the rudders to raise the flutter speed.

That makes sense. They are a rod with a big blob on the end. One was intact but too short, one was short shot. I'm looking forward to installing the ASV arrays- the big slab sides on the Whit are a good platform for side looking arrays.

Summit wrote:

Bondo - You have been building some really nice models here lately and in a Very Quick Manner. You need to share your secrets....  Question - What type of thinner are you using with your Humbrol paints ?  I sprayed some humbrol a few weeks back thinned with MM Universal Enamel Thinner # 8824 . The paint sprayed very nice and smooth but took almost 2 1/2 days to dry enough for handling.. Also where do you find all those nice resin bits / guns you use ? LHS or Mail order

The secret is that Miss Bondo and Ms. Bondo are both in college degree programs and dissappear every night after dinner into books and homework. Clean up the dishes, clear the table and get to work.

I have settled on Lacquer thinner for Humbrol. It dries fast, if flat. Mineral spirits stay gloss, but like you say take a while to dry. Humbrol doesn't need much thinner, either. I'm just a huge fan of their British greens- they have that look just right.

Gun barrels from Quickboost, per a tip from Aaron, canopies from Falcon and the Mk2 radar from Paragon. Thats a funny one- the Frog ones looked better because they're round, but they're also way too small.

One minor miracle is that the decals are really good still. That Shackleton looks more promising by the minute.

Bondo - Thanks for the quick reply's I will try the laquer thinner next time... Oh dont forget to post some pics from Halloween. The ones from last year was Magnifficiant..

An extra rum ration for the Master Chief to be sure!  Sounding the alert that this Gb had slipped to page 2.  Gents, THIS WILL NOT DO!!! 

It's been quite a while since the last roll call, so I think it proper to do a head count.  I understand that life and work schedules may prohibit most from attending roll call at the same time, but hopefully everyone here will be able to check in at some point in the next 24 hours.

XO, sounding off.

Lt. Cdr. Razordws reporting from sickbay Sir!  The wing is on the mend and hope to get some bench time in on the Blackburn Skua while recuperating at home today. 

 Cpt McNeal 

 Reporting from waking up from work sir!

 Cpt Bondo will be about shortly he took ill from a pic over at the 262 forum!

bondoman wrote:

I am getting seriously ill.... I'm up for putting another lap on Frank, searching for a subject. EDIT: going to search around for this one. may take a little while. http://www.hiplanes.com/new/1_72_kits/7238.htm

 Need to twist the CAG's arm haven't seen him about over there?

 

MCPO Davis

Present and will take an extra ration of Britney... or was that rum

Daywalker wrote:

An extra rum ration for the Master Chief to be sure!  Sounding the alert that this Gb had slipped to page 2.  Gents, THIS WILL NOT DO!!!  It's been quite a while since the last roll call, so I think it proper to do a head count.  I understand that life and work schedules may prohibit most from attending roll call at the same time, but hopefully everyone here will be able to check in at some point in the next 24 hours. XO, sounding off.

The Admiral reports, I'll start the Beaufighter some time soon.

Ooooohhhhhhhhh my hay-ed!!! There was this shreiking....

Captain Bondo reportin' fer roll call, XO.

Excellent!  Glad to see so many still aboard.  I recieved a signal two days ago from the CAG that he would be away the end of this week and the weekend to attend the UK Nats.  With him, that makes seven! 

Cap'n bondo, as you are the man currently building would you mind terribly breaking out a keg for a pre-weekend kickoff party?  As the CAG is ashore, I don't think he would mind.  I could murder a cup of rum!

Reporting for duty. I swear I must be one of the slowest builders on this site.

Kannichiwa, Jason

Aye Aye XO, it will be a pleasure sir!

Gar, me arties, aforin' I get ta thu piratical, let's review the Agenda fer th' Frankinwaster's party on the poop.

Call to order at 4 bells of the second dog watch tommorrow:

 

Senior Officer of the Deck at mast:

 

Cocktails:

 

Followed by dinner, a pig:

And then we get to the dancin', and the kissin', and the drinkin, and the lovin':

 

Followed by unfortunate marriages:

 

But it's a Rum ship, and well run, despite the crew.

 

Afterwards, these who look like this:

'U'll be treated to these:

 

And where in the Hell is Nam?

Ordinary Seaman -Neu- reporting in.

Its been awhile, I know I missed some big events; Cag's and Franks' birthday, some milestone posts and some great builds... like the XO's fantastic looking Whitney. So its time I come back. I've been sailing in some other group builds but I think its time I get my sea legs back. I'll probably clear out my other GBs by next year and concentrate on a this GB and one or two others.

Right now, I've decided to build Hampton Gray's FAA F4U corsair in 1/72. This isn't going to be a normal model; if its done right I'm mounting it and giving it as a christmas gift to close friend for her cubicle at work. So if I need to do this right, what does an enterprising sailor do? Practice. I had an old Hasegawa Corsair that was made by me like 8 years ago. I decided to strip it down, repaint it, try some different things and bring it back into line. I tried giving it a sun faded look which is what you see here...



And this is it drying after its gloss coat.



Tonight I cracked open a tamiya 1/72 Corsair kit and looked it over. I used its decals for the older Hasegawa build and bought some aftermarket ones for Hammy's plane. So yeah... Ordinary Seaman -neu-, permission to come aboard... once again.

Lt. spike190 reporting for duty Sir!

 

 

LCDR Lewbud reporting in.  Been chasing bilgerats lately.  I have the duty this evening so no rum for me.  Bondo, she's coming along rather nicely, keep at it.  CAG, the Hawk looks great.  Evil Herc, don't worry about being slow, I still have last year's A-7 to finish.

Gather round young whippersnappy pudwackin rum drinkin' good fer nuttin yung bos'ns an seamen and let me purr ye a dram o Torpedo Juice!

It's Friday of the night watch. The occifers are either ashore or out in th' gig wit' the wimmen, th' XO's tryin' on is' plaid knickies, an the admirals asleep wit' a glass o' warm milk, least thats wot I tol' im' twas.

Acturly dipd it outa the channels wit the bilge pump cup.

The Whitley: (hic, a moment of sobreity): FROG 1/72 in an old box. Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk. VII No. 502 Squadron, RAF Aldergrove 1942. The first ASV Radar equipped Whitley squadron to sink a U-Boat (U-206) 30th November 1942.

 

 

 

Humbrol enamels, Falcon transies, PE radar but mostly OOB. Challenging but fun.

Drink up me 'earties, and have a good sleep!

Capt. Bondo Sir, You've truly turned that Frog into a legitimate Prince.  I hope there was no kissing of amphibious butocks involved.    Seriously, the antenae array looks awesome! 

Bravo Bravo Capt Bondo !  I have reall taken an Interest towards your modeling subjects. 

# 1 the kits are vintage brands that most modelers snub * except for a few of us diehards.. 

# 2  Your Workmanship and Painting Skills are Amazing   

Excellent work Cap'n Bondo sir!!!!!!!!!!!! Absolutely beautiful CC work!!!!!!!!!! Sean if anyone deserves the slowest builders award i think it would be between myself and Frank LOL.!!!!!

Well done Cap'n, love seeing such a fine example of a CC bird in the morning.  Smells like... oh never mind.

Very well done, I can imagine that masking and painting such high-contrasting colors can be tricky as any paint bleed will show.  Well done Sir.

Richie- LOL, It pays to be slow, doesn't it?   Wouldn't want to rush into anything.

"Now hear this-now hear this!"

All crew are to be upstanding for Capt. Bondoman, he has shown courage, resourcefulness and determination in completing a bugger of a model kit. And what a bloody fantastic job he has done!

As CAG, I bestow upon him the honour of the Order Of Three Thumbs. (O.O.T.T.)

.........and the honour of buying the crew a round of drinks!

 

Bondo, you did good.

 Well corn blume me with an iron maiden! That is one fine (burp) Whitely of the Coastal Command U-boat killers!  I am impressed and stunned and well just a mixture of emotional sooup!

The Likes of such an Aircraft be rare and the skill to make it look like that  with one eye is very incredible.

Now if you 'll excuse me I think I may have soiled meself or Bondoeo switched me underwear out again!

 Great job Bill and a very keen thing to see!  Didn't take it with you for a walk on the oier dis time? What happened did they arrest you for public indecsncy and proposiniting the ladies again?

Gentlemen,

Tomorrow is Remembrance Sunday in the UK and Commonwealth, we give thanks to those who have served our country in all conflicts. We remember the fallen and give thanks to those who have served and who still in the service of our country. 

To show our support and respect we wear the British legion poppy. Each one bought raises money for veterans in need. This Sunday our nation will be led by Her Majesty the Queen in London at the Cenotaph and British Forces around the world will also stand shoulder to shoulder in a minute's silence for the fallen.

"When you go home Tell them of us and say: For your tomorrow We gave our today... "

Please take a moment to remember them.

Thank you.

Thank you for the reminder Darren, I shall remember them. 

Glad to see so many smiling faces (or close anyway) gathered round the rum keg!  Cap'n bondo will be the man o' the hour, ladies- get the poor man a mug!

That's better!  Make sure his mug is ne'er empty.

So far we have 

TANGO1

Razordws

sfcmac

Summit

jeaton1

bondoman

Evil Herc

-Neu-

Spike190

lewbud

simpilot34

Daywalker

That's a full dozen!  Anyone else?