The Forgotten War GB (6/25/08 - 2/28/09) - Deadline Extended Yet Again!

carsanab wrote:

Charles...tell you what..put me down for a F9F...at least I know there wont be an crazy camo jobs on this build!!!!   Carlos

 Carlos: You're not going to build a ...<gulp>...JET are you?!?!?! You know a Bearcat would be perfectly fine, propeller and all...

Do you have the Monogram (my guess) or the Trumpeter/Hobbycraft version?

Charles....

 Just went online and bought the Hobbycraft kit and of course the PE set..actually looking forward to it...reminds me of the Bridges of Toko-Ri movie....now all I have to do is paint the figure to look like William Holden....hahahaha.

CS

  Awfully quiet around here!! Quick update. Started on the pit.A few little PE added, will paint base color soon.Also I picked this "cabinett" up at Target for $20. REAL handy.....Harv

Nice work, Harv.

Those cabinets do look handy...I need to upgrade my storage area, as well.

I'll have some pics to post in the next few days...I'm making good time on the Mig-15 so far. Tamiya kits are soooo smooth and nice fitting.

An update on my Academy/Revell F-86E,  I have spent a lot of time working on seams, mostly on the Academy parts.  Not that bad but it is for what I hope is a good nmf.  I have been working on more ground equipment to control my impatience.  A little like the old buzzard.  Wait? He**, I'm gonna go kill something!  The join between the Revell wings and the Academy parts has not been too hard.  Recontouring the fuselage at the leading edge of the wings took a little superglue, almost no fillet is needed for the E wing.  I keep thinking I should open up the magazine door now, to make it more apparent that this in not a 6-3 wing, and because many photos of E's show this door open and being used as the first step into the cockpit.

On to the pictures:

Harv:

 Great buy on that cabinet....I got one a while back too..easy to clean up if you get a spill too...only one question....are't you a little big for the horsey??

And by looking at the box for the F-105 it must be a monster!

CS

Jeaton...nice looking office there...would mind seeing some close up pics....

CS

   John, my friend, you make it look easy!. Its comming along just GREAT! The ground equip. looks fantastic. Keep it up!

 CS, yes I love the cabinet. Very usefull. And the 105 is a monster!! I have pics posted in aircraft under various headings, usualy under F105 pics. Th horse? Well we ARE just big kids, Right? 

  Keep up the good work all, and post pics, even if you dont think its worth it.........Harv
 

Harv, I use that style of cabinet in my workshop too,  I think I got mine at Target.

Carlos, good thing you asked, I had forgotten to take any cockpit photos.  Never mind the ejector pin mark on the seat back, it will leave soon.  This isn't the best cockpit I've ever done, it's sort of taking a back seat to the wing work on this one.  The fit of the tub to the fuselage and my doubts about the panel being as large as it should be have not helped.  Also, I goofed on the color.  Just after I finished painting it I read that it should be interior green or black on an A thru E Sabre.  I do like the dark gull grey, though.  My F-86E would have had a grey interior, I'm sure of that.  My CC might have hated me, but he would paint it grey for me, wouldn't he? 

Holy cow, John...that IS impressive. I admire both your courage and skill. And the tractor looks awesome... 

well its a modeling day today rain all day long and tomrrow too. the jeep is headed to the paint booth and i should have this one done by the weekend. rest of the builds are looking great.

by the way jon how do i get the images to roate. i hosted it on photobucket but it still wont roate thanks again for doing it for me.

Robert:

Your address is wrong for the gif file in your signature.  If you didn't change the file name it should be "http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v308/robs1563/reid.gif".

I've started the major surgery on the Banshee. Note those molded on markings! I've separated the fuselage halves and test fitted with the styrene attachments. I've got to cut open the cockpit area to put in a basic cockpit.

http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r450/tautog_ss199/FW/003.jpg

http://i355.photobucket.com/albums/r450/tautog_ss199/FW/006.jpg

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John, the F-86 is coming along great.

Looking good, Mike. I like the molded on markings!!!! That must be an old kit.

I admire what you're doing...and am terrified by it at the same time. I cringe at the though of cutting through a perfectly good (that's arguable!) piece of plastic!! Although you have to start somewhere. One of these days I'll find a cheap kit and perform some surgery.  

To tell you the truth, I'm a little spooked myself but I figure I gotta try sometime. I'm mostly worried about doing a good job on scribing new panel lines when I sand down the whole fueslage.

Cockpit will be really basic since the canopy will be closed and I'm going to see if I can use the kit included pilot. 

   Good day all. Well a little progress on the86 pit. Far from done but this is a start. All comments welcome.........Harv

I woke up at 4 am today and the eyes were just not going to shut again, so I went out and started scratching on plastic.  I cut out the ammunition door on the left side, and boxed it in with thin sheet plastic.  while I was doing that I made a master out of plastic and balsa of one of the magazines.  The silicone mold cured rather quickly, or else I got away with using it sooner than I should have because I cast three resin magazines, and glued them in the box.  I added some plastic strip to replicate the framing and step on the ammunition door, and when I looked up from the bench it was all done.  What happened?  It came out better than I thought I could do it.  A Good Day!!  But, will I still love it tomorrow?  You bet.  I've been dreading this job, but now I dood it.

Excellent stuff, John. My kids still wake up at 6-ish (on the weekends only!) so if by some chance I woke up at 4:00, I'd be asleep again in record time. I'll take all the sleep I can get!

That's tremendous work you're doing there. It really adds to  the overall build. I'm learning a lot from your build, so please keep posting the progress pics. 

nice work Jeaton!!!  at 4 in the morning I would have cut off a few finger tips!

I agree with Charles....tough to do work on the weekends...kids are up early...maybe late at night you get some time in...

By the way...got my Panther kit in the mail yesterday....of course my 3 year old already laid claim to it..."it's mine right daddy!!??"....no defense against that..

Its the Hobbycraft kit...anybody build it??Pointer, "heads up" or advice?? I also got the PE set for it...

Carlos

Excellent, Carlos! I've not built one but heard it's a nice kit (same molds as the Trumpeter)

Hey, there's no rules against a "Father/Son" entry for this GB....<hint, hint>. It's a good age to get them involved. On a rainy weekend a few months back I assembled the Testors Spad XIIIC in the white plastic stage and let my 3 year old go at it with the paint.

It's displayed in the case along with mine and whenever anyone visits he beams with pride announcing that he "built this one".

dirtball wrote:

I`ve seen pics of the ammo door down; and yes they used it as a step; But thedoor was accualy part of the wing root. So a part of the wing by the fussalage(sp) came down also. Dont know what model it was though. But keep us posted. This will be one sweet bird!..............Harv

Harv, an F-86F built with or modified to the 6-3 wing, with or without slats, has a modified amumunition door with a glove fairing for the wing.  The wing has a triangular section at the leading edge root that was held to the wing with one bolt through its leading edge, and had to be removed separately before the door could be opened.  The early wing ended aft of the door and faired nicely with the shape of the fuselage at the leading edge root.  Here are some photos of the F-86F-20 at McClellan that has the 6-3 hard wing modification.  It was originally built as a slatted original chord wing at the Columbus, Ohio plant.