Fleet Air Arm Group Build

Darren

I got a nice ocean grey over the airframe and thought I'd be a clever *** and spray the dark green freehand. Well it was not very good, the edge was waaay too feathered and did'nt look "in scale" So, to fix it, I have added some more green, then put a liquid mask over over the green so that when I spray the grey again, I should end up with a neater demarcation line between the colours. I hope so......

As for the Lynx, when I have the interior done, I will post some pics. So far it only has the base colour on. I'm not going to dress it up as I will be building the model with doors closed. 

But don't worry-I'll have something to show soon.

Well I have finally managed to make up my mind with what to make - I will be doing the Special Hobby 1/48 Barracuda Mk II. As a semi backup I have a 1/72 RAN Firefly Mk V that I have half done.

I really want to make an FAA or RNZAF Avenger but unfortunately I only have 2 x TBM-3 Avengers in 1/48 from Accurate Miniatures. I also have some Kiwi markings and the Aeromaster declas for the FAA but they need the TBF-1C to use them.

Frank I know the feeling, I've pulled out the Spitfire about a dozen times so far and have examined the instructions six ways from Sunday, and so far I'm holding strong

The one thing that worries me with the kit is that I have to cut the lower wing section of the Tamiya Mk.Vb Spitfire into three sections so that I can toss the old wings and add the resin "C" wing.  I can see the whole thing going very well or ending in complete disaster

Cheers

Darren-

Sorry to hear about your Spitfire woes.  I think I can relate with you on that one.  As for starting on your Lynx, I have to be honest- I clipped and sanded a couple of parts on my Corsair yesterday.  Just couldn't wait.  I'm so ashamed... 

Ahoy there mates, just returning from a spot of emergency shore leave

Darren, I agree with Bob post some pics of the Spit and the Lynx.  That way we have something to keep us in the mood so to speak.  I'll try and do a bit more on my 1/72 Sea Fury as well so I can post some snaps of that. 

Btw what has actually happened to the Spit to cause you so many problems?  You mentioned the camo, but what exactly is wrong with it.

Roger has your Dauntless shown up from evilBay yet?

Cheers

Still waiting for paint to dry on my Spitfire.........

So........I opened up my Royal Navy Lynx Mk.8  !!!

I looked at the parts.......read instructions......then all of a sudden I was overwhelmed by the urge to start removing parts from their sprues and started to clean, sand and assemble them. 

It was good!

Before I knew it, I had the interior and rotor assembly built and painted

Time flies when you're having fun!! 

I'll call this my "Warm up" entry to the G/B.

I'll post pics when I get some drybrushing out of the way. 

Hi all,

I've been in the workshop today trying to salvage the poor paint job I did on my Spitfire. I have had a crack at doing the camo freehand and I'm not happy with it so I think some masking will be called for. 

In the meantime, I think I will have a peek at the 1/72 Lynx that I have in the stash, just to keep  me occupied.

Those Eduard kits are nice! I have their Tempest kit in my stash. I am planning to do my Hellcat mostly OOB, as I want to start with something easy/fun to do.

My Corsair will quite likely have its office upgraded as its such a nice kit, I will probably use the Eduard set foir that. 

Ok, here's an update from me. I won the bid on the Dauntless almost 2 weeks ago, and it still hasn't shown up yet! In contacting the guy, he had just sent it out 2 days ago.

I wonder what the holdup was, but he didn't elaborate. Maybe casting me a new kit fresh from the mould? Hmmmm.....

Thats good news Bob, I'm doing an Airfix Hellcat myself so it will be interesting to compare the two  kits together.

News updates will resume when I've had more rum..........

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend, I've had a couple of hours in the workshop this afternoon, trying some new painting techniques on my Spitfire.........I don't think this will turn out how I imagined

I will try and put it right tomorrow.

Darren-thanks for the news updates until the build starts.

Well, my LHS was able to find the Hasegawa F6F-3 (1/48) so that's what I'll be building.  Now to find some decals....hmmmm

NEWSFLASH:

"Police at the scene at Finescale Modeler Magazines earlier toilet theft have also discovered a giant hole in the staff car park..........Detectives are still looking into it." 

Here is the news from the BBC...

"Staff at Finescale Modeler Magazine were stunned to find that all the toilets in the building had been stolen........Detectives at the scene say they have nothing to go on."

And the Captains award for good memory goes to........DAVE!

Congratulations! (wild applause)

Well done! Here be ye Rum!

Cheers!

TANGO 1 wrote:

There is only one Buccaneer in 1/48 scale, and thats the Airfix kit......it will fight you at every turn, so you were warned....... There is a new tool kit out in 1/72, but I cannot recall who makes it. It looks very nice. I'll go away and try to find the magazine I saw it it in. .........in the meantime first member of the crew to get the answer, wins a bottle of rum!

 That would be CMR's resin kit of the S.1!  Now where's me Rum?

 Airfix and Matchbox both made a 1/72 kit of the S.2

There are now 22 of us!

Its the weekend! Its Rum Ration Time!

Now, form an orderly queue......the Captain is watching you!

Cheers!

That is all.

Welcome JFB!

There is only one Buccaneer in 1/48 scale, and thats the Airfix kit......it will fight you at every turn, so you were warned.......

There is a new tool kit out in 1/72, but I cannot recall who makes it. It looks very nice. I'll go away and try to find the magazine I saw it it in.

.........in the meantime first member of the crew to get the answer, wins a bottle of rum!

G'day Darren,

right now, I'm playing with Airfix's 1/48 Mk.IX Spitfire, I have done the interior and after a struggle got the fuselage together. I am now in the process of cleaning up all the seams.

I dropped the elevators too, they are the cranked ones so they were a pain to cut, never mind I  did a half decent job!

I'll hopefully get the clean up finished soon. Did you see Brett Green's recent build article on Hyperscale for this kit? Its well worth a look. I want to try his paint/weathering method for the grey/green camo pattern. It looks very good! 

Good news!

My mate has seen his Tomcat and he's very happy.

Just as well......I'll be if I'm gonna build him another one!

No......I don't care how much rum you buy me..........

Right, after all that......I need a drink

Cheers Everybody!