Guest PetrolGator Posted January 29, 2014 Report Share Posted January 29, 2014 All, I uh, may have had ulterior motives with my Great Build group build outside of an excuse to build the HMS Tiger. For the 50th Anniversary, we will be having FOUR group builds on the server to help celebrate our organization. Items that qualify for this build will be British in origin. Beyond that, we have no qualifications. The main thread will be updated as people sign up for it. Expected start date: Feb 14, 2014 because we all LOVED the British Invasion. Expected end date is May 14, 2014 or somewhere around there. 1) Gil Hodges - Tamiya 1/48 MKV Spitfire 2) Ron Bell - Brengun 1/72 /Typhoon Mk Ib cardoor kit 3) John Ratzenberger - Revell 1/72 S.E.5a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted January 30, 2014 Report Share Posted January 30, 2014 Yeah, yeah, yeah... Like you're old enough to remember it! <_< At least I actually watched the Beatles on Ed Sullivan! Something British, eh what? Believe I'll be able to accommodate you old bean! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 I have a Tamiya 1/48 MKV Spitfire trop that I can build for this group. I even have an old KMC detailing set to enhance it with too, as well as American desert markings for it! Now, just gotta finish those biplanes.... GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Bell Posted February 6, 2014 Report Share Posted February 6, 2014 I've been wanting to do my Brengun 1/72 /Typhoon Mk Ib cardoor kit I got at the Nationals. I'll be doing it actually as a MkIA as they give you the parts for it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRatzenberger Posted February 7, 2014 Report Share Posted February 7, 2014 Keeping to the British 1964 theme .... or as close as I can ... I'll bring the Revell(GB) 1963 release of the 1/72 S.E.5a. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRatzenberger Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 Well, someone needs to kick this one off, so here I go -- and there's a bonus, somehow another kit joined my SE on the workbench .... Note both kits are British, the aircraft are British, their release dates straddle the 1964 "invasion", and they also tie to the Great War theme GB ... The Revell(GB) S.E.5a and the Revell(GB) Sopwith Triplane I have cleaned them up. There are a few unfortunate ejector pins, some flash, but otherwise not too bad. The ribs are overstated and the "fabric texture" even more so, especially on the SE5a. I sanded the fabric texture down a bit and then took about half off the ribs ... will be close enough. I'll relook them once I get some paint on them ... And I've started the painting. I'll be using Mister Kit PC-10 and CDL - acrylics. As a base/primer I use a thin coat of Humbrol 155 and 74. All brushed. Here's the undersides with the Hu74 & Mister Kit CDL on. I did the Hu 155 primer coat this evening, no pix, and will do the CDL later. Once I get a decent coat on both sides, I'll do all my rigging hole drilling and such. I have started the pilots, and will get on the engine, props, struts, etc. A bit of a break from the bench as I must go out of town for a meeting this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PetrolGator Posted February 24, 2014 Report Share Posted February 24, 2014 All, Consider this extended out to Jun 14th. Let's get some more people involved!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I have started on the Spitfire, but no pics yet. All I've done is paint some interior colors and glue the wings together...but I am on the way! I've also switched the planned markings as I found a set for Don Gentile's "Buckeye Don" of the American Eagle Squadron. It'll look nice on the shelf beside his Mustang "Shangri La"! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PetrolGator Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 I'm REAL tempted to grab WEM's PE set and jump in with my HMS Belfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted February 25, 2014 Report Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) Proof of my progress! Really looking forward to this one as it will be a breeze compared to the two in the WWI build! GIL Edited February 25, 2014 by ghodges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Got the Spitfire interior finished.... It's OOTB except for Eduard pe pre-colored belts and individual instrument dials (from the spares box) punched out and added to the main panel, on otherwise featureless raised bezels. The fuselage has also since been glued together as the interior can be added through the bottom before attaching the wings. Questions and comments welcome, as always! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRatzenberger Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Did you change kits or cameras ? I wonder where the yellow went :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted March 4, 2014 Report Share Posted March 4, 2014 Nope, just better pics with better lighting. My white balance doesn't always function under all settings. GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 5, 2014 Report Share Posted March 5, 2014 I can do this. I have an Airfix model of a British Harrier Jet. A British jet from a British company should fit this bill nicely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted March 11, 2014 Report Share Posted March 11, 2014 (edited) No pic, but the Spit is assembled. What's REALLY cool is NO filler has been needed anywhere! GIL Edited March 11, 2014 by ghodges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRatzenberger Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Well, with the 1st GB done, I can get back on this one. Today is the first I've had in several to even look at them. No pix today, I'll do some tomorrow. The SE5a fuselage is together, the lower wing and stabs are on, all the rigging holes are drilled, and I have got the wing struts being glued into the bottom wing. I have a problem with the cabane struts. The instructions show a particular shape for the cabanes with a pin on the bottom to go into a hole in the fuselage. The struts don't match that at all. A test fit indicates the front strut might fit, but the rear one isn't close. Sigh .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PetrolGator Posted March 20, 2014 Report Share Posted March 20, 2014 Once we move, I think I'm going to jump in this. I have a 1/700 Nelson I really want to build. I'll do that or a 1/350 HMS Warspite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRatzenberger Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Here's a couple pix .... All 4 struts seem to be the same length, instructions and fit would imply they should not be. This is not the only molding oddity with this kit. I'll try again tomorrow. I think I'll fit/glue the front struts, then when dry tackle (making) the rear ones. It's stable-mate, the Sopwith Triplane, is going to wait until I get further with the SE5 .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Deliduka Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Wow, I remember building both of those 1/72 scale aircraft when I was a kid! What memories you're bringing back! Looking good; I can't wait to see more. I'll be pulling out my Harrier soon; I just have a few projects to complete first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted March 24, 2014 Report Share Posted March 24, 2014 (edited) Got some paint on my Spit.... Primed it with the bottom color- Medium Sea Gray, and then came back and added black lines for pre-shading. Here, you can see I've re-applied a slightly lightened Med. Sea Gray over the pre-shading, so the bottom is done for all practical purposes. What a pleasure to assemble something with NO putty and little sanding! More pics when the camo is done! GIL Edited March 24, 2014 by ghodges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRatzenberger Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 Haven't had much time recently, but I did get the cabane struts "figured out" ... Well, "figured out" means two of them fit on the rear and the other two were too long for the front but became short enough to fit well enough. Tomorrow I hope to clean up around both the cabane and main struts and get ready to run some thread .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted March 25, 2014 Report Share Posted March 25, 2014 I feel your pain John! Meanwhile, my Spit is camo-ed! As usual for this type, 1 and 1/2 hours of masking for less than 10 minutes of spraying the green! Still need to paint the yellow on the wing leading edges as well as the Sky fuselage band, but making progress! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Finished painting the Spitfire, but won't post more pics until the markings are on! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montgomery Posted March 28, 2014 Report Share Posted March 28, 2014 Spit's looking good so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnRatzenberger Posted March 29, 2014 Report Share Posted March 29, 2014 Trying to keep mine alive .... the struts are painted .... Trying to find time to get some rigging started .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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