Fleet Air Arm Group Build

Dave,

its done! I've not heard of that kit before, it will be interesting to see that one.

TANGO 1 wrote:

its done! I've not heard of that kit before, it will be interesting to see that one.

I had not heard of it either but I found a couple of reviews of it on the web.  It has a few flaws but it also has engraved panel lines and the build ups look pretty good so I thought it would be worth a try.

Dave I've just done a few searches on the web and have read the reviews of your kit and it actually doesn't look half bad at all.  I must admit that when you posted you were doing a Vista (never heard of them by the way) kit I had all these thoughts of barley formed eastern European styrene and a vac formed canopy.

Looking forward to seeing it built up.

Cheers

Hi folks,

I finished my mates F-14 today, I have posted some pics over on the A/C forum, here is a pic of how she ended up....

I just hope he likes it!
 

Darren-

Your Tomcat looks AWESOME!!!  You did a great job on the plane and on the deck.  I'd be proud to display that plane in my case, I'm sure your mate will love it!  Love the jolly roger markings, always were my favorite for the F-14.  More rum! 

Thanks Frank!

.......and Cheers!

What's not to like ?  Very nice work Darren.  If your mate doesn't like it, you can ship it to me .

Regards,  Rick

Thanks Rick,

Heck, if he does'nt want it-I'll keep it for myself!

Darren that Tomcat looks absolutely awesome , your mate should be well pleased with it that's for sure.

Cheers

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!

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! 

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!

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.

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

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

Congratulations! (wild applause)

Well done! Here be ye Rum!

Cheers!

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."

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." 

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

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.

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.....