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

  Hello fellow modelers. No update, but do have pics of my endless work on flaps & stabelisers. I really want feedback on this, so be brutaly onest. I`m using Hawkeyes Alum powder and his alum paint Some pieces have been sprayed with future then polished. I`ll let you all be the judges,OK?.......Harv   ( the pics were taken outside with some overcast)

Thanks for having me aboard, Mucker. I made a start today with masking for the parts to receive pre-assembly painting. Hopefully I'll be able to shoot some interior green tomorrow.

Cheers,

Mike/TB379

Mike:

Welcome aboard! A Korean War Mustang would be most welcome! Which scale will you be building?

You may have noticed that the deadline has been extended to the end of January 2009, so hopefully you'll have plenty of time. Feel free to post progress as you make it.

Charles

Hi Mucker,

Could I join this build? I notice on Page 1 that cross-entries are fine so I'd like to ofer a P-51D as a crossover with the Mustang GB. (I also notice on the leaderboard that nobody is doing a Mustang at this point, so it would be a neat addition to the group's repertoir.)

I'm proposing the Tamiya P-51D, Korean edition, markings for Col. W. Clarke, CO 18th FBG, serial 474651, on a buzz-number of FF-651. Scheme is natural metal with multi-color fuselage band, black AG panel and yellow tip to all flying surfaces. I recently got my first example of this kit and she looks a very nice build, so nice I decided I would like to build one OOB before going for a more complicated/ambitious example for the Mustang GB.

Hoping to come aboard,

Mike/TB379

Alright, Harv! Progress is good. Now I need to make some!

Dupes, I'm hoping you can squeeze in that Sabre.

I managed to get all of the tracks cut from the spruce & sides cleaned.  There are two nasty sink marks on each tread-not sure if I'm going to address it by sanding or by applying some mud to the finished product.

Mucker-have you decided on an extension finish date or are we sticking with the orginal 12/31 date?

Thanks

Thanks Mucker.

It's the Dragon M4A3E8 Korean War series.  Old kit, probably not the least bit accurate, requires much cutting and has the dreaded individual links that have to be removed from the spruce & filed/sanded.  However, this will be a good mindless activity while my son has control of the remote on Friday nights.....

Will do, Bob. Which kit and scale will you be building?

Also, I think I am with you on an extension. Fall Cleaning and work have really set me back with my T-33.

Mucker-please change my build.  I'm going to submit the Sheman tank for this one.  I'm looking forward to painting the face one it rather than using the kit decals.  I'm going to submit the    F-51D for the Mud Movers GB but I'll post a couple of pics over here when it's finished.

Thanks 

To my dismay...no modelling over the weekend.

I've been doing some major overhauling in the basement and made such a mess i couldn't get  to my work bench!

some assembly required wrote:

im so disgusted with the fit and detail on tamiys mig that i put everything back into the box and will try to find something else this weekend for the GB.

Which areas did you have the fit problems with? Maybe you got a lemon of a kit. Mine went together very well, at least from a fit standpoint.

Harv: Hanks for keping this  moving...work has been hectic, as in a lot of travel lately. I'm itching to get some bench time. The True Details cockpit set is reallt nice for the T-33.

Its all cool, I understand I am going for Gloss Blue paint job.

raptordriver wrote:

Hey Mucker, are what-ifs allowed? I have a 1/48 Monogram Helldiver I was going to build in korean markings. If so I'm in!

Andy, unfortunately I'm trying to keep this as a historic GB. I do apoligize.

It is quite a neat idea, though and I'll be looking for it on the Aircraft forums. Are you going with the gloss dark navy blue color?

Harv, you don;t look a day over 57!

Happy early birthday.

A slight case of bronchitis has had me away from the bench, but I'm slowly but surely detailing the True Details cockpit of the T-33. With any luck I'll take pictures over the weekend.