Fleet Air Arm Group Build

 Good Gravy! I missed Frank's Corsair!!!!!!  Wonderful Pre shading!  Has that burdcage look fer sure!  Didn't they have a little diff exhaust. Not much diff just stuck out more and had a wee bend?  

Mail lady and Dee are out front wrestling! Wonder what showed up? Could it be another FAA build? 

Thank you Ritchie! I am very happy that an old $10 kit can kinda jump out with a little love and help from my friends here.

 I actually watched that little movie again. It is so cool. Sorry I couldn't post the whole thing here but if you take the time to download it is is worth the effort!

http://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads&file=details&id=2601

 Actually Just got to pick up a bit of blue paint as the prop packaging is also almost done!

 The Dingy pack was removed on the Malta Gladiators and wasn't really too common on the ones in combat action.  Weight saving I reckon. I think the Arrester hook was removed as well but wanted one on to show it was a Sea Gladiator! I even went to the trouble of converting an old Nate droptank to make the Dingy compartment just to find it wasn't there! Whatcha gonna do? Give and take I reckon. Did you download and watch that little 1 hour show on the Malta birds. Pretty cool both my boys sat through it and enjoyed it very much as well.

Aaron -Wow ~wee that Gladiator looks nice. Wanna finish up mine ? Only about another hundred or so bits of P/E left..

The prop looks perfect, it looks exactly like all the reference pics I have. What a great fit for it to be different kits.  What no pictures of the "Little something extra" in the packing ? Or did you misplace it somewhere ?  

I really like the Gladiator, I think when I get ready to add a few extras to the flight line I will pick up the Lindberg kit.  You did forget to add the "Dinghy Pack" though...

Superglue? That explains the hair then!

Here are a few pics of the Gladiator!  Just cuz!

 I like it! Mucho fun!

 I need to mow the yard. Poor dog!

sfcmac wrote:

Bring on that little tube steak Dee; we are ready!   Uh huh? Bartender I'll have what he is having! Holy cow I think we have a replacement for the king of pop!  I can just hear him singing oooooo Whooo wooooo! and moonwalking cross the decks! Sure hope that is paint on them paints! Anyways been working too much to keep up lately. Caught areak tonight happily. I have been working on some figures for the swordfish and have the tubular pits assembled.  I added the Wonderful Prop to the Gladiator andit really was what it needed to shine in my view! Thanks Sean!  Strange way you packed it though? What a demented sense of humor you all have? I am all flustered that I have been married 21 years you all are a bunch of rookies but concrats to all! Drinks all round! Think that is bad Dee just informed me tonight that her birthday this year will mark the point to where she has been married to me for half her life!  ACK! More drinks!  Ritchie those are great drawings! Nice curves and color!  The best part is ITS ONLY MONDAY!!! IT"S ONLY MONDAY!!!!! WOO ! HOO!

Contest; we are waiting dear. Momentum is the issue, otherwise I'll have your husband shot.

Bring on that little tube steak Dee; we are ready!

Uh huh? Bartender I'll have what he is having!

Holy cow I think we have a replacement for the king of pop!  I can just hear him singing oooooo

Whooo wooooo! and moonwalking cross the decks!

Sure hope that is paint on them paints!

Anyways been working too much to keep up lately. Caught areak tonight happily. I have been working on some figures for the swordfish and have the tubular pits assembled.

 I added the Wonderful Prop to the Gladiator andit really was what it needed to shine in my view! Thanks Sean!  Strange way you packed it though? What a demented sense of humor you all have?

I am all flustered that I have been married 21 years you all are a bunch of rookies but concrats to all! Drinks all round!

Think that is bad Dee just informed me tonight that her birthday this year will mark the point to where she has been married to me for half her life!  ACK! More drinks!

 Ritchie those are great drawings! Nice curves and color!

 The best part is ITS ONLY MONDAY!!! IT"S ONLY MONDAY!!!!! WOO ! HOO! 

Frank, very very clean airframe. That's the key to a great build.

Bring on that little tube steak Dee; we are ready!

Congratulations Sean and Dave, and the other halves!!!!! Well done!!!!!

Sean, Bill, and Dave thank you for your comments fellas!!!! They are framed and hanging in my hallway right now. More to come eventually. Sean, no I have not ever really had a formal art class at all, other than art in 8th grade. But it was too general as most are!!! I wanted to draw airplanes!!!!!!! Nothing else!!!!! Mechanical things that have beauty and aesthetics all their own that only fans and mechanics can appreciate!!!! I put as much reserch into them as I do the plastic. The Zero I made a bit too dark a gray and the tail codes are supposed to be red not black, didn't know that until long after I had finished because I was going from a b&w pic. lol oops! I have alot of books with th 3-views in them and scale them up to what I'm drawing by measuring with a 100ths incremented ruler and calculator to convert the scale. No skimping or shortcuts!!!  I have a collection of drawings I started in '85 and has grown over the years that i have done in the railroad scale of Z, which is 1/220!!!! A Sopwith Camel and GeeBee R-1 is about 1" long!!! I do 1/72 now LOL!!! I'm not getting younger!!! Thinking of doing drawings of my models I complete, someting to think about anyways lol.

Frank, that is going to look stunning I can already tell!!!!! REALLY looking forward to seeing more pics!!!!!!!

Sean, Happy Anniversary!!!   I just passed the 19th mark myself earlier this month.  If it is not too much trouble I would like a copy of those directions at some point.  No rush though.

Frank, even your preshading is top notch perfect. 

Ritchie, stellar drawings amigo.  I agree that they should be framed and put up in your work space.

Started the paint on the FAA Corsair today.  This one is gonna be dirty so I decided to go with a pre-shade on this one.  Mixture is Tamiya brown and black.

Sean- congratulations to the two of you! That's great, I'm very happy for you. We just passed 20 last Fall.

Ritchie- very nice drawings. I'm glad someone still picks up a pencil now and then.

Richie -  Those pics are Fabulous. Been more the just a little while back... 03 & 05 I cant even remember where I was without asking the Wife.

Speaking of which today is out 19'th Anniversary.. oops getting off track..

Richie did you take art classes during school or are you one of thos naturally multi talented persons ? Those pictures sure would look good framed near your work bench if you do not already have them there.

Thanks for "finially" Sharing them.

Hey guys and gal!!!! Been meaning to take some shots of a couple drawings I done awhile back to share with ya! They are both 1/72!! Enjoy!!

Just another hobby in the hobby of aviation.

Luftwoller wrote:

My wingus and dingus just wind them up by sniffing under the fence, without barking a note.   ...Guy

Thats funny Guy

We use to live at this one house where the neighbors to the right of us had a Cat that would walk the fence daily to the neighbors to the left of us.  The neighbors on the left had these yapper type dogs that would go nuts barking. The cat would sit there and look at the dogs with a very smug look like he/she had accomplised someting for the day..

Congratulations Bruno. You da man. Youd love it where i live. My neighbour breeds Daschunds and has about 20 of the yappy Bas###ds. My wingus and dingus just wind them up by sniffing under the fence, without barking a note.

Sean, that pit is looking great. The PE is great.

Congrats on the Eagle Scout stuff. I was a Cub, then a Scout when i was younger. The best times where had back then. If only kids today (Geez, you know your getting old when those words come out). would get into the scouts or cubs. They would love it im sure. As long as the Health and safety lobby hasnt burgered it for everyone. Top man for giving the time to do it.

...Guy

Dave - Thanks  Office work in 1/72 for a Gladiator .....Thats Crazy man... 1/48 is small enough on this plane for me  Ican copy the direction diagrams if that will help you out.

Ok - Here is a Picture of me in Official Uniform. Tonight we held the "Eagle Scout Court of Honor" had two boys recieve their  "Eagle Scout" award.

Speaking in front of a crowd takes a lot out of you, I need to go work on a model to chil~ax now.

Congradulations Bruno!!!  Only man on these forums that still looks good in his birthday suit!

Sorry I didn't contribute, but the only outfit I have that looks remotely appropriate would be my cycling jersey and you don't want to see me in the matching spandes bottoms.   We'll wee what the next contest has in store for us.

Sean, nice looking cockpit.  I'm stowing away the images for when I get around to my Airfix Glad as it has no pit details so keep the pics coming!

Hmmm looks good enough to eat Sean. You sure have put loads of work int it.  I Got the prop in the mail today! Thank you! Now I can finally finalize the Gladiator!.

Hmmm interesting result! I have been beat out by that dern dog again!

DeeYankeeinTexas wrote:

BRUNO ANNOUNCES HE WILL ACCEPT DA CHALLENGE TO RUN THE NEXT CONTESTY BARK BARK.....

Go Bruno!!!

Capt Bondo -  I believe I need another cup of coffee after reading the contest judges replys. I sure dont remember "Paula" and I would be more the welcome to show her the hidden Tat's..

Aaron  & Richie -  Thanks for dropping in and commenting. Here is a better view of the office with the I/P. The instructions call for it to mounted in front of the bracing - but when placed there it covered up the compass. So I placed it behing. You will never notice when the other half is joined as it tucks back under a little bit.

I still need to paint and install the sight . 

Ahhhh, @#$#$, I have to do the next contest?  Mumble mumble....

Came in last I did, but like Cap'n Jack, you have heard of me then..

And from all of my kids, grandkids, (all here today for that picture), and wife, when they saw the old fart up the tree, saying in unison ARE YOU NUTS???!!

Well, yes, why do you ask?

Congratulations to the winner, who should bloody well have to host the next drag-down.

Sean that office is looking great!!!! Looking forward to more pics!!!!!

Sorry I missed the deadline Cap'n!!!! I looked high and low and nothing that would come close to the other entrants!!!!!

CONGRATULATIONS BRUNO!!!!!!

6 Bells on the second dog watch, Mr. Simpilot. The Chronometer has been wound. Paula has returned from the head after that really inexplicable incident with the rum, but she's good to go.

The judging begins. Results may vary.

Transcript from the Captains Log, June 27^th, 2009.

The Captains mast will come to order, and would someone please pick Ms. Abdul up and prop her in the berth. Stop that, Mr.(muttering, laughter and giggling, the tape breaks here)

Randy: I really like the boxers over the pants, looks like he thought about his bum, wish we had a good back shot. Oh there we go!

Paula: I give him a point for the shirt, my other point for the pants, hat a point and the accessory is nice too, but it might hurt.

Simon: what a swine, the look is very Jimmy Buffett, but I give it three points, and a merit for the LAWS rocket. Paula, I wish I had one now and then.

Listener response: 4 points.

Captain Bondo: And the answer is " three points plus a good effort. That pair of knickers need a closeup for the detail.

Randy: now that helmet is nice, very Kosovo I'd say, but a little bold.

Paula.: what a nice tattoo, and hope there's more I can find elsewhere.

Simon: what a sot! But the legs make a statement, and the facial hair is a welcome addition. As for the shirt, indistinct but the shorts are original.

Captain Bondo: And the answer is " a point for being first, a point for the shirt, a point for the pot, even +/- on the shorts, and get a cigar. Plus a point for the art, total of four.

Listener response: AAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Randy: good god whats that up in that tree? And old to boot. Well an A for effort, and very nice rendition of that old song by Dan Watson "Last possum up a tree". The shirt is on topic for sure, easily the best of the bunch, but the presentation is a little, conservative.

Paula: "Daddy!!"

Simon: I am truly frightened!

Captain Bondo: and the answer is "a solid two, but the best shirt prize."

Listener response: YES SIR!!!

Randy: I really love this, I mean that's a nice looking companion for sure, and they seem so comfortable together.

Paula: I wish I could be held like that.

Simon; well if we were to even consider this, get plastic bags out. I think the performers mother needs to shave his legs next time.

Captain Bondo: and the winner is "Bruno the Datsun" for baring all and fearing none.

First runner up with mass points, Mr. Summit and Mr. SfMac each get a prize.

Thank you Admiral and as presenter of the best shirt, the next competition is yours to choose how and when.

A fine time men, women and animals. The XO and the CAG  no doubt are impressed with your spirit.

Yers, Captain Bondoman, USN whatever he can whenever he can.

 Hmmm looks like the Admiral is going out on a limb for the men!

Sean that pit looks like it could really be used to fly that thing! Very sharp indeed!

 Hmmm off to work with me again such is life. Grand ain't it?

Excellent entry, your Admiralty! And an extra point for the powdered wig. Fine lot of a/c too; got the Mustang. Is that a B-17 or your hernia?

Mr. Lt. Simpilot, the gig is muttering steam and coal fumes, and wishes to cast off, tho I've nailed Mr. Bos'un Summits left gun powder room sandal to the deck and he hasn't figured it out yet. Listen, man this has been held over one day for you antipodeans, but damn yer eyes there'll be a final judging at 8 bells of the second dog watch this eve, if Paula ever wakes up.

Anything up down there?

Is this scary enough?

Waiting in a dark backyard near YOU:

ADMIRALMAN!

Why yes, those are my flying shoes and nvg's, why do you ask?