Carlos-Looks great so far. I have never built a Mosquito. Seeing yours makes me want to go ahead and order one.

I knew it was surfacer!
Now my primer problem is solved, one fellow modeler helped me out by ordering some spray mr. surfacer 1000 from HLJ.
Some time ago I bought a small can of it from one LHS to test it out (much more I couldn't even do with those prices, 10€ per can (100ml) is pretty salty). It turned out to be really good stuff.
Of course I could thin the regular bottled stuff and airbrush that (it's more reasonably priced here), but I prefer spray cans when priming (especially when I would have to deal with harsh thinners), they're just so convenient.

Btw, now when I'm posting in the pacific campaign thread, I've got to say I've been mentally preparing for the British Brewster I'm going to build. A brewster without a Finnish warpaint? That's going to be really weird project!

Hi Eetu:

The one I use is 1200 not the 1000. Mr. Surfacer 1200 Spray Can is thin enough to apply over aircraft surfaces without need of sanding after applying it. Some practice is important before applying it directly over your model. It´s a little tricky.

Hi Carl:

Don´t doubt. Build one or more than one of this fantastic aircraft.
See them doing one of their jobs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZ-a8U1QWUw&feature=PlayList&p=D3A023606BBC8398&index=3

Carlos, looks very good with your Mossie. Thanks for the update

Eetu, great to hear you are mentally gearing up and moving your buffalos to the East Asian sky

You know, it was true, preparing yourself mentally isn't that overrated. Especially when dealing with limited-run kits.
I made a carefull start on my Brewster yesterday, mostly cleaning up resin parts and the largest plastic parts and doing some dryfitting.

The resin interior is just gorgeus. I hope it'll fit between the fuselage halves as well. The fit of the styrene bulkheads in the frontal fuselage on the other hand looks, well, interesting...

Also, some more fit problems are looming ahead. While the most of the kit pretty much free of flash, the little there is apparently just had to accumulate to the ends of the lower wing halves, where they attach to the fuselage. (It's another modeling-related Murphy's law: the probability of flash occurring to a part is directly related to the difficulty of fitting the given part if flash is present)
This calls for careful sanding to retain the correct hidedral of the wings. Unfortunately, adding wing spars from tubing or something is nearly impossible because of the cockpit's position. Another, altough smaller, problem area seems to be the separate front of the engine cowling, it's shape doesn't match that of the fuselage 100%.

Strangely, there's some strange omissions and inaccuracies in the kit, although they're minor and quite easily fixed.
First, there's no PE parts. A small fret with seatbelts and the instrument panels would have been nice. (out of the box, there's no seatbelts, and instrument panels are all resin with blank gauges.
No gunsight is provided either, and the canopy's sliding portion is missing the oval flat view panel, and there's only one landing light in the wing. Hasegawa's kit had two. Filling and sanding one away is much more pleasant than making one. Then the instructions point out to use the glass panel for the belly, while only Dutch B-339's had them, according to my references.
And another thing that I can't really figure out, is that why are the main landing gears moulded in two parts, while hasegawa's kit had single-part legs.

But let's not nit-pick, let's build it!
This is third on my to-do list at the moment, so progress might be a little slow at first. (got an La-7 and a T-34 to finish)

Hi,
Well, here we go.
I'm introducing my subject for this campain. A Pearl Harbor P-40B.
So much effort and the engine will be hidden.











Ramao

Hi Eetu,

It surely sounds like a kit with a lot of potential, but also a lot of work. I am looking forward to seeing it getting started. Also I am looking forward to see that Finnish T-34 get into shape, but that is a story for the armorama forum.

I am taking a small brake from the Eduard aircraft kits after the YAK-3 1000 PE part cockpit (well, maybe a little exaggerated). After that I will start on my Eduard KI-115. Now I am just finishing up a couple of campaigns on Armorama.

Ramao, what a lovely engine. To bad to hidde it away. Isn't possible to have the engine cowlings open? Looking forward to see more.

Yes, to put it shortly, the kit seems as detailed as Hasegawa's (which I highly suspect special hobby's kit is based on), with a stunning interior, but lacking in locating pins and ease of assembly.

I'll finish my La-7 for the VVS campaign, then I'll tackle that Finnish T-34 (and write that feature about the project. Conveniently, there's this feature competition at armorama with the deadline being 30th of September) After that, it's time I concentrate on this campaign.
I'll probably be working on the Brewster along the T-34, but at a slower pace because of the feature competition deadline.

Carlos-Thanks, great film. I guess you dont want to be firing that cannon when you are near your stall speed.

I am building a gun nose B-25 for this campaign. I am close to closing up the fuselage. I will post some pics of the interior soon. After spending over a week working on the interior, I want to be sure somebody sees it.

Hi Carl:
Did you see what a firing power !!! I love the Mossie !!!
Good idea posting some pics of the interior because after closing the fuselage I guess it will be imposible to see somthing through the windows. Is your B 25 in 1/72 ? I got the one from Revell that´s a reboxing of the Hasegawa in 1/72.

Carlos,

Good progress on the FB VI Mossie, doing the cam version will look good in SEAC markings. I intend one day to do the BOAC version in the same cam scheme.

Ramao,

Excellent detail on the P 40b, pity the kit is missing the clear cowlings as supplied in some of their 24 scale kits.

I'll post pix of my progress on the Val soon.

If my memory serves me right, some 1:32 scale kits have clear cowls as well, at least the corsairs.
That engine indeed looks gorgeus. Wouldn't it be possible to display it separately, since it the whole assembly won't be visible in the finished model? But then, if only one set of exhaust pipes are provided, it makes thing more complicated.

It is Accurate Miniatures 1/48 B-25 Gun Nose. It has a lot of detail that will never be seen. So far the build is progressing without any problems, at least no problems with the kit. I blew out my knees again so it is uncomfortable to sit for too long. But that is a personal problem, and we are here for the kit. The interior has been enhanced with Eduard PE. It is not pre-painted, so I spent 3 days painting the dashboard and othe interior details under a microscope. It really works. Doesn't that 105mm gun look menacing under the cockpit floor?


The port side fuselage interior. The stowage box for the 105 shells is jst aft of the pilots seat.


Everything dryfitted in place. The chemical Toilet is at the far right side of the picture. At least you have some nice windows to look out.

The starbord side with the bomb bay in place. Everything is in its assigned spot (except the dorsal gun turret which was removed for the picture) so it is about time to close up the fuselage.

BTW. I am really enjoying this kit. I just ordered its sister kit "Red Wrath" I don't know how long it will sit in the closet, but I will build it again. I can't give higher praise than that.

Nice job, Carl. Your instrument panel is really good.

Well, i'm finally getting around to starting my entry, Accurate Miniature's SBD-3 Dauntless. I'll try to post some in-progress pics.

Hi Carl:

Very good and fine job done in that interior. It´s a pitty that when closed not all that details would be appreciated, but you know they are there and that´s what counts
keep on posting the fine job

Well i've started Kit No 1 - Tamiya's 48 Scale Brewster Buffalo.




Andy

Andy,

Good progress on your Buffalo, are you doing the version depicted on the boxart with the dragon motif ?.

Rob

G'day mate. Yes i'm slavishly following the easy option on this one - straight out of the box, in the box art finish. I also plan on a 72 scale helldiver for the campaign if time allows.

Andy

I m submitting in a P-40 Warhawk. From the RAAF

Great to have you onboard. What manufacturer and scale is it?

Welcome to the campaign

@Carl: good to see you are making good progress on your "guns with wings" B25 The interior looks very good. Too bad it will be hidden. It will be the aircraft equivalent of the Golden heart campaign at armorama.
Hope your knees get well quickly.

@Andy: good to see your build is coming along.The cockpit looks fine.

Looking forward to see more

Yesterday, I started my Dauntless. It is very well detailed and all the parts fit together very nicely. Here are some pics.

Eerie,

The RAAF flew the P40's in E, K, M and N versions, is your kit the Italeri P40N [old AMT tooled kit] as 'Cleopatra III' flown by Geof Atherton or is it something else ?.


The P 40N 'Cleopatra III'

Hope the pic helps.

Andy-That Buf is looking good. I almost did one for this campaign myself. Ther is just something about this airplane that evokes strong emotions in people. A faithful mount that was old before its time.

Sam-Nice start on the Dauntless.

Thanks Jesper. Yes I have put a HoG in it. The fuselage is sealed up. The wings are glued together. I am working on the nacelles and rescribing now. I might be ready for the prepaint assembly by the weekend and final assembly by the end of the weekend. Then I can go back to work on my, dare I say it, Tank.