US Army Air Corps GB - Deadline extended again to June 30, 2009

well, Ithough I was done until I saw the pictures...I have a few more peices to add, but here are the photos:

I have to say the Hasegawa kit is a nice one. The errors, poor dealing and orange peel in the Alclad are not Hasegawa's fault. The nice detail and great fit is classis Hasegawa.

Again, Steven, sorry to be tardy. I fought myself the entire way on this kit.

Parcel delays, long work hours and numerous mistakes requiring repairs have set me back. I'm going to chalk this one up as "incomplete" (Although it will be another day or two), and as a consequence, I owe a better showing at a future Aggieman run GB.

On the bright side, I could have rushed this one through and left the numerous gaffs and sloppy detail, but to my credit I took the patience to get it right. I'm actualy gaining patience!

Steven, my apologies for being tardy once again.

Charles,

I've never done that.  In fact I haven't built a kit in D-Day stripes.  Kinda makes me think I should rectify that ...

Slight setback...still waiting on paint to arrive. Here's where SPrue Brothers would have come in handy but they didn't have the Gunze stuff I needed. Oh well, another few days. I have tim to think about "repairing" the invasion stripe mishaps.

I have to find a way to paint over some of the striped areas. Any of you guys ever do this?

The P-26 is actually starting to look like an aircraft now.  Still got some seams on the bottom to fill and sand and then she'll be ready for the paint shop.  Hope the 40+ year old decals are still good.  Steven, check the Squadron flyer or website, they're having another open house at the end of the month.  Will post pics soon.

Aggieman wrote:

With all these "not gonna make it"s what say I extend the deadline to June 30?  (I won't actually be around on that date as I'll be touring this State on vacation with my family)

Would say your call, but it looks like you've already made it.  You gonna try to make Scalefest Saturday?

Lewbud: Wave  to me as you get clos eto the Ohio border and you pass the "Florence Y'all" water tower I-75. That's 10 minutes fom my house.

Steven: I won't miss it by long. I'm happy with being past the deadline...I'll still "git er done"

mucker wrote:

Lewbud: I'm envious of you Texans. Not only do yo have nice weather and beautiful women down there, but you have Squadron in your state!

Mucker,

I will definitely agree with you about the women.  Weather is nice right now, but will be hating it August when there's been no rain for over a month and the daily highs run about 100F.  Now I know the guys in the desert will say that's nothing but remember it's a DRY heat.  Gonna be in your fine state towards the end of next month.  Hitting the Corvette Factory and Museum on the way to the Bloomington Gold Corvette meet near Chi-town.

darth_trader wrote:

Mucker, let's keep in touch, when I get this thing finished, I'll shoot you a PM.  Although I'm realitively inexperienced, I haven't had any issues with this kit.  Everything has gone together pretty well & the details look great.

Aboslutely, Darth. THat's good to hear that no major issues have happened. Personally, I like the Academy kits I've built.

Lewbud: I'm envious of you Texans. Not only do yo have nice weather and beautiful women down there, but you have Squadron in your state!

Steven: I'll be pushing the limit. I got my masks in yesterday and need to spray the gloss black undercoat tonight. I usually let this cure for 48 hours, so I'll have the 30th and 31st to get busy!

So far it's going along very nicely, though. I don't remember any major issues with the Tamiya P-51D, and this Hasegawa kit hasn't given me much trouble either (knock on wood).

Not gonna make it either.  Airbrush crapped out on me.  Gonna see what they've got at Squadron on Fri.  If ya'll ain't doing anything this weekend, Scalefest is going on in Grapevine TX, just north of DFW airport.  In addition to the contest, Squadron is having an open house.

Doesn't look like I'll be able to make the deadline

I was able to lay down the primer coat of gloss black & get a nice shiny coat of Alclad2 polished aluminum on my P47N.  I masked off the cowling & empannage for yellow, but need to hit it again.  I want to make sure it has cured.  Once the 2nd shot cures, I'm just going to leave the masks on & hit the yellow with future, then decal & dullcote it.  I'm not planning on putting any kind of cote on the NMF.  Once the yellow is done, I need to spray the anti-glare.  I won't be able to finish by 5/31.

Mucker, let's keep in touch, when I get this thing finished, I'll shoot you a PM.  Although I'm realitively inexperienced, I haven't had any issues with this kit.  Everything has gone together pretty well & the details look great.

Looking forward to it, Darth...I'm also interested in your comments on the kit as I have one in my stash.

 As for me I will come down to the wire, as well. Work and family vacation has slowed my down a bit but it's still possible by month's end. I am almost ready to spray the black undercoat for my NMF (Hasegawa P-51D).

Fellow Army AC/AF builders,

I'm trying to squeeze in my 3rd bird for this GB.  Its coming down to the wire.

I am working on Academy's P-47N, which I hope will have a NMF when I'm done.  I shot a coat of Krylon gloss black the other night & I did have some very slight orange peel.  This is my first time using Krylon.  I think my problem was, I was shooting too far away.  The stuff dried very quickly.  Luckily, I was able to wet sand the peel after 48hrs.  After washing up the model, I shot some more Krylon from my AB.  This time I stayed a little closer & got a much nicer sheen.  The minor peel that remained seemed to diminish as the paint leveled.

I'm hoping I'll make the deadline

Well I'm making some great progress on the cockpit and interior pieces...almost done with this part. For some reason  the radio compartment looking rather "lacking". Ad minimum, I'd like to add some wiring. I'm also going to flat cote the "wood" floor and add a few spots of red to the interior. I need to Future the gauges as well.

Would any of the goos folks out there have any reference pics of the radio compartment?

The good news is that the bulf of the work is almost done.

I actually like it when the wife heads out for a night or two with our daughter but I find that if I don't have anything on the modeling bench, I don't know what to do with myself.  Since it's not football season and there aren't any movies these days worthy of my hard-earned dollars.

Looking forward to the 'Stang.