The In My Stash GB : Redux

I finally have more progress to report. I figured out what the problem with the camera was and back to taking normal photos again. If I had more time I would probably be finished by now as this AM Stormovik is going together very well and the fit is outstanding, only one small are that needed filler. I did break off some small cockpit detail items while sanding and never to be seen again because of the carpet monster.

Prgress should fly along now that the main assemblies are done.

Steve

OOPPPSSS,  sorry for the double post guys.

Steve

Dupes, oops, yes I meant in Celcius!  ...and yes it is a good thing

Il2, I believe it is up to the individual club holding the contest but don't take my word for it.  I have heard of people entering contests who were not members but it would be best to check the rules before heading out.  Best of luck if you do enter.

Good progress, Steve!

Good progress, Steve!

HAHAHAHA, good one Arki

Steve

Nice progress, Steve! Nice looking pit!

Cheers,

Azgaron

That Sturmovik looks cool as hell.

Someday i will build one of those kits.

arki30 wrote:

Dupes, sucks to be you.  Actually, you do have one of the more scenic driveways I've seen, although that's small comfort given the state of cabin fever us northerners have at the moment.  Jeez, that's still a lot of snow!

Amazingly enough, it's almost all from one storm. If we hadn't gotten a few "lucky" patches of rain over the last couple of months, my house would be buried! We haven't had this much snow up here in one winter for many many years. Ouch! Bike season will start sometime in May at this pace. Ugh.

I have to remember, Canada = Celcius.

Sidure - pit looks good!

well i started , i dont wantto be rushing this time around lol

here are a few pictures i added evergreen 1.0 mm styrene to every slat to raise the height of the tie downs a bit. i did this because the molded on ballast looks like bubbled up styrene to me. so instead of painting something i dont like i am going to add model rr ballast. both ends were capped off which i didnt like either so i chopped the ends and capped them with a flat piece of styrene which will be painted black to give the impression th etrack goes on.

i also added a pic of the base i am going to huge oh sorry i ment to say use :)

hope you fellas enjoy the pics once i am done posting back to working on her

Kenny, just for a sense of scale here, how big are we talking about measurement wise for your base?

Also, are you planning on building up the areas around the track? Say for figures, stuff like that? Or just sticking with the railroad bed?

hey dupes, well to answer your questions the bas itself is 4 1/2 ft. x 12 in. pretty darn big. and once she is done i am going to build a lexon glass case for her to keep that nasty dust away.

as for the railroad bed i am going to do some ground work but because i only have 12 in. to play with it only leave me about 2 1/2 in. on both sides to do some minimal ground work. i dont think i will be able to add any extra men but as time goes on we shall see.

FOUR AND A HALF FEET???

What cruel cruel souls stuck you with this build...? Oh...wait, it was us.

That's amazing. Really can't wait to see this thing get built up! The box must be ENORMOUS! 

yup dupes you guys did it to me again lol

here is the box

all the rr ties are down and the rails are almost all on now what a bugger to do very hard to pull the tracks through without breaking pieces off of the ties. more pics to come soon as the wife gets home so she can watch kenny jr

Thaks for the comments guy's. This is a fun build so far.

Kenny, WOW that thing is going to be hugh. Wish I had display space for a Carrier and now a Gun that big????.  Nice progress shots.

Steve

thanks raptor , look 2 sets of pics in one day hoping for a 3rd :) here she is with here ties and rails down.

not any easy task on the rails at all but they are done and after dinner hope to prime them tonight

kenny_conklin wrote:

oh steve no one ever siad i had room to display them lol

Ah, that made me laugh out loud.  You need to stop buying big kits, or at the very least putting them up for voting!

Steve Very nice progress on the sturmovik

Kenny The tracks look good, nice to see you've started your next beast

As for progress on my part, Absolutly none!!!!  still digging out sections of the house from our latest storm  OH!!! my acheing back

Cheers

Bear

rmv definately optical illusion

arki i dont think i have nay big kits left i have to go and buy some lol

thanks bear its your turn for the turtle :)

superbear wrote:

...still digging out sections of the house from our latest storm  OH!!! my acheing back

So did you find your car yet or is it buried under the snow too?   Had a snow storm back in winnipeg when I lived there that completely buried  my neighbours car.   I was fortunate, mine was only buried up to the bottom of the windows.

Kenny, the tracks are looking nice.  Now where's the big pop gun!!!

Kenny,

Nice work with the tracks to your big gun! Love to see how they turns out painted too!

I've been working with the wings on my Tiffie. I started out with the wings glued to the mid section, but the fit was a bit too tight, so I had to break it up. Then I fit the mid section to the body and tried to make it look somewhat Ok. Somehow the right side ended up about 1mm too short, making the right wing overlap a bit where it meets the fuselage. The left side on the other hand, fit very well. After some work I finally got both wings in place!

It still left me with a slight gap on the underside where the mid section meets the wing.

A little filling will sort that out, I think!

Stupidly, I've earlier glued the stabs together without noticing which one goes where!

I haven't found any good pic that shows how it should look yet!

Cheers,

Azgaron

az great work she is coming along nicely

i wont get to the big gun until the tracks and ground work are done hopefully that will be by this weekend

Kenny It will be done in no time

Azgaron nice progress.

Thanks Kenny and Andrew!

Now I've started the tedious work of filling and sanding!

Cheers,

Azgaron