Fleet Air Arm Group Build

Sorry for the double post.

The Tomcat I am working on is in 1/72. Why the hell do ya'll call it divine scale. as i was trying to paint the bottom shade on the cat i realized that this thing is to small to paint. I know i need alot more practice & more practice with my airbrush but i can see no managable way to paint all these little panels.

Engines to stop, Props Feathered, ECBs pulled, put her to bed, Time to go Home,
Jason

Aaron great job... she is ready to fly after a lil weathering.

XO... Grats on 10,000 post!!! I do not right or post enough to ever hit that goal.After a night with the ladies and the good rum stock being used, we may need to post this in Officers country.

I was working on my Tomcat taday & ran into a few snags. I thinned my tamiya acrylic with windex to preshade and it went on great. I then grabbed my Mr.Color grey #308 for the underside of the aircraft. I mixed it with windex and watched as it seperated. I continued mixing and thought it was good. poured into my airbrush and began shooting on a piece of test board. the gun started spitting & sputtering. I looked into the well and had seperated paint, congelling paint also that was clogging the bottom of the well. I dumped the paint, tried cleaning the brush with windex but with no luck. I then grabbed my bottle of paint and realized it was enamel!!! hurried and grabbed my thinner cleaned the gun as best i could. Had to disassemble it and use acetone. all clean, ready to go, i thinned my paint with thinner, Sprayed the test board & started getting these strange spider web things wisping away from the paint. Poured this paint out cleaned the brush again, mixed a new batch. I tested it , all seemed well. started painting the underside of the cat, found out i need more control of the brush but I also started getting the spider webs again. Anyone have any ideas of what happened & how to fix it???

Engines to stop, Props Feathered, ECBs pulled, put her to bed, Time to go Home,
Jason

Thanks Richie!   Looks like the three of us are gonna have to take one for the team and entertain all of these lovely ladies by ourselves.  The things we do for this GB!

Aaron- Well done, that's what a Hurricane should look like!  Looks like she has been to sea for some time, I love it!  Glad you enjoyed that kit my friend!

 Well looks like just You, Ritchie and I tonight XO!  All those nurses and rum.... so little time,

 Well Here is the latest on the 1/48 Hasegawa Sea Hurricane. There were two options in this kit. One Merchant ship protector without the arrester detail (easy) and the 1st single seat FAA monoplane fighter to serve on a British Carrier! ( a bit more work) I chose the latter and here it is.

I weathered it rather harshly to try and match photos of Hurricanes at sea.  Like Frank sez aggressive weathering!

Well once again I would like to thank the XO , Frank, without who this little build would not have happened.

I had a really great time with it and it was a nice break from the stringbag trio while I waited for parts!  Thank you Ritchie!

 Going to wake up tomorrow and get back to business on them. Hopefully the 1/48 parts will show tomorrow afternoon.

Thanks everyone  and goodnight!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

FRANK YOU DA MAN!!!!

Always a pleasure to see you and your wealth of info that is shared with us all!!!!!!! Yes, genuinely a pleasure to have around!!!!!!!! WELL DONE!!!!!!!!

10,000 POST

 and a big congrats to ya XO!!! You have taught us much and graced these pages with some of the finest work I have seen!

Break out the Nurses! These have been sent to me by many well wishers here!

and don't you think I don't appreciate it gentlemen!

Now Susan will you intro our man of the hour... XO the Daywalker extradanair!  Frankazoony!!!!

Now there is a man who has seen some action!

I know I know!  You are required a 1000 post for every model built!

Never a better XO! heres to FRAnk!!!

sfcmac wrote:

OK FRank is killing me here! Sitting at 9.999 post! When will the big 10,000 happen?

LOL, sorry mate!  I was trying to think of something profound, whimsical, entertaining at least for post number 10,000 but alas- nothing came to mind!  All I can say it has been a pleasure building, socializing, and sharing life's trials and tribulations with all of you gents here at the FAAGB.  You are some of the best people I have ever run into, and I am so glad to call all of you My Friends.  Thank you everyone for some of the best times ever on this forum!

This calls for the good stuff.  Cap'n bondo- would you be so kind as to break out that bottle we stashed away so long ago?  It's time to drink and be merry.  Cheers everyone!

 OK FRank is killing me here! Sitting at 9.999 post! When will the big 10,000 happen?

 A couple of last in progress pics of the Hurricane as it has to dry before the final finishing and weathering.

Who started this anyways?!!! Drilling out light bulbs?  Oh jeeze! Looks good though I think?

Pretty happy with the paint job. Made the lines just a wee bit harder edged and then took pics on the cardboard and it shows up better. The colors really are close enough the camera has a hard time with them.  Let her dry weather , few metal chips. Blacken that intake and add some exhaust staining and the antenna then it will be Back to the stringbag trio!

Frank must gonna waut until midnight! Party time!

New Hampshire wrote:

Daywalker wrote: Brian- Love that Harrier, sure looks like it means business.  What was it you were saying about memory loss?  I forgot already.   I was going to say something....but now I can't remember what! Everyone here is doing a great job.  This is one squeaky clean running ship!  That there Captain Bondo and our beloved CAG sure know how to steer a true course, even when sopped up on a gallon o' rum!  Now THAT is talent!!!! Brian

Daywalker wrote:

Brian- Love that Harrier, sure looks like it means business.  What was it you were saying about memory loss?  I forgot already.

I was going to say something....but now I can't remember what!

Everyone here is doing a great job.  This is one squeaky clean running ship!  That there Captain Bondo and our beloved CAG sure know how to steer a true course, even when sopped up on a gallon o' rum!  Now THAT is talent!!!!

Brian

lewbud wrote:

Oops!  How'd that last one get in there?  Them bent wing birds are sneaky!

Great photo, nothing quite like images of Corsairs.

Aaron,

Sorry to hear about that.  Hope you get to feeling better soon.  To help the Nurse would like to see you ASAP!

To aid in your recovery or just ward off general boredom, here's some pics of the Hurricane at Lone Star in Galveston.  Hope they got her out before Ike hit because she was in no condition to fly at the time.

Oops!  How'd that last one get in there?  Them bent wing birds are sneaky!

Neu, Mike, Brian, great stuff guys!!!   Keep the pics coming. 

Aaron, sorry to hear about the mishap.  Hope everything heals quickly. Been through some back problems myself lately, over the last year actually, and it is nothng to mess around with.  Take good care of it.

Man o Man.... I take a quick nap and there are post of 3 crazy terriffic looking builds posted. Neu that looks like some great work. Really adds to the look doesn't it?

Mike that  paint scheme on that Hellcat is looking great! Haen't seen that done before but it looks freaky fine!

Brian  that Harrier and all the itty bitty PE!  Really makes me cringe cuz I know what you went through to get it to look that good.

Kudos to the three of you!

Ritchie I got the PE today and it is perfect! Just what I needed. I'll wrap up the hurricane and catch that Revell kit right up!  You are right it will make the diff between night and day with that kit!  You da man! The parts aren't quite as scary as I had expected so I think I can use about 95 %  of what you sent!

Still waiting on the 1/48 Tamiya stuff though. Tracking # sez Weds delivery.

 Seaking of that divine scale stuff. Lewbud!  I do actually work. Really too much and my back is paying the price today. Had a breakdown last night that caused a sudden and violent stop that tossed me hard enough to break the seat and split the soul of my steel toe in half.  Not bouncing back from it as fast as I'd like to so I took the night off. Going to the doc tomorrow AM and see what the verdict is.

Evil Herc- Glad you are enjoying your stand as well!   Boy, these things are selling like hot cakes now.  Especially with so many great testimonials.

-Neu- Your Seahawk is coming along very well, keep those pics coming.

Mike- That Hellcat looks so smoooooth, well done!  Can't wait to see her done up.

Brian- Love that Harrier, sure looks like it means business.  What was it you were saying about memory loss?  I forgot already.

Neu,

Two words for the intakes FOD Covers.  If you plan on sticking with divine scale the Toko/Frog kit is it, it seems. 

Mike,

Nice work on the Hellcat.  Here's hoping everything goes right when you attach the wings.

Mac,

You sure you go to work?  The way you're knocking them out leads me to believe otherwise.  Got some of the pics back I took at Lone Star Flight Musuem last year and the Hurricane pics (the plane, not Ike) got me wondering if ya'll would like to see them.  Not much FAA stuff, but a lot of USN stuff.  Won't mention the partially naked F4U-5N, Frank wouldn't want to see them anyway.

Mike your cat is looking good mate!!!!! Very smooth paint job!!!!! Looking forward to more pics!!!

Brian looking forward to your grey ghost becoming a technicolor wonder!!!!!! Good job!!!!

Your 'Cat is looking good Mike!

Brian

Ok, I know I promised these a while ago, but you know how it goes.  Ya sit there in front of your computer and remind yourself "oh yeah, need to take pics the next time I am at the bench."  Then when you get around to the bench you go "what was it I was supposed to remember?"  Right?  Please tell me I am not the only one with a horrible memory!

I have a couple more pieces of Photo Etch to add, but will wait until the last minute before painting because they are some of the smallest and most fragile of the exterior pieces.  Besides that it is just maskign the canopy and the ordenance left before the big paint job!

Brian

Looking good Neu, gonna look very busy down below.

Aaron, nice work on the Hurricane. You do make me feel terribly slow though

Well I've almost finished, oh except for the wings etc.

some pictures for you fellows.....

Still a few little bits to touch up on here. Wings etc are all together and hope to get painting them this week.

Cheers everyone...

bondoman wrote:

One interesting thing you can see from the cutaway here: http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/photos/militaryaviation1946-2006cutaways/images/11504/hawker-seahawk-cutaway.jpg is that the intake for the engine (Nene) which is a centrifugal compressor type, is only slightly behind those two inlets at the wing roots, although centered in the fuse, so the air does a "90" inboard to the engine. Might be hard to breath standing still. Another unusual feature are the twin jet pipes for one engine.

jeaton01 wrote:

The doors are probably blow in doors to get more air to the engine at low airspeed, often seen on 50's jets, and the MiG 29 too.  Spring loaded, closed on the ground.

http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/photos/militaryaviation1946-2006cutaways/images/11504/hawker-seahawk-cutaway.jpg

is that the intake for the engine (Nene) which is a centrifugal compressor type, is only slightly behind those two inlets at the wing roots, although centered in the fuse, so the air does a "90" inboard to the engine. Might be hard to breath standing still. Another unusual feature are the twin jet pipes for one engine.

Aaron looking really good.

I recently purchased the XOs slightly smaller paint stand for $599.00. It is a small styrafoam brick. I had to pay extra ($28.37) for the high speed low drag modeling sticks.

As soon as i get a chance to use it I will post pics.

Engines to stop, Props Feathered, ECBs pulled, put her to bed, Time to go Home,
Jason

sfcmac wrote:

One of Frank's favorite schemes of the Dark sea Gray and Dark Slate Gray over Sky.

AAAAACK!!!  The next time I have to paint something in that scheme, I'm sending it to Texas!

sfcmac wrote:

Getting my $$$'s worth outta the MkIII point 7 paint stand. Pat Pending by the XO. Best $627.37 I ever spent Frank.

So glad to hear you are enjoying your new paint stand!  Remember kids, these are on sale right now so the $627.37 price will not last long!

You make it look easy Aaron, well done!  That Hurri is coming along beautifully.