Fleet Air Arm Group Build

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?

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!

Hey Frank-

Check this out!

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

Regards,  Rick

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.

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

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

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 

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!

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

Roy-

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

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

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!

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

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.

Roy-

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

TANGO 1 wrote:

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

Why not?  One can NEVER have too many Spits.

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.

NIIIIICCCEE!!!!

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

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!

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

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!

TANGO 1 wrote:

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