Heres my finished entry for Twin Spinners.
The 1:72 Dragon P-38 Droop Snoot kit built as a standard P-38J.









When the sun decides to show itself I'll take some better pictures for the gallery.

Nige

Looks great Nige. The yellow really came out good.

sweet NMF Nigel!

too bad it isn't in 1/48th scale...

Excellent build, Nige. The NMF looks very convincing and goes together well with the yellow to make a striking look of the aircraft.




Dont you live in England? Do You ever see the sun? I thought there were only two types of weather in England - rainy, and pouring down.

Jesper.
In England we dont have a "climate",,we have WEATHER!!!
Today so far,,,,heavy rain at about 8.30 ( poked head out from under quilt and swiftly put it back again)
Mid morning- about 2pm..cloudy with sunny periods.
2pm-2.15PM,,heavy rain with hailstones!
Last hour and a half,,sunshine

Happy days

Nige

Hello everyone,

I'm in the final stretch with my I-16 so while waiting on the flat coat to dry here is my project for the Twin Spinners. It's a Williams brothers 1/72 Martin B-10. I will make it as one of three B-12's (No real external difference) stationed at Wheeler Field, December 7th, 1941.



I will start a build blog in the Pre-Flight forum for this project.
https://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/forums/117997&page=1

Sincerely,
Brian

Nige, glad to hear you see the sun sometimes

Nice choice of kit, Brian. Will this a very colourful versions with yellow wings etc? I have seen that for other early war US aircraft, but do not know if B-10/12 were painted like that.

Hi all,

Time for a small update with the Dornier..

Tail unit fitted to fuselage. Fit nor the best here so a fair amount of filler required.



Wings and lower part of cockpit tub added. Instructions call for the whole cockpit to be completed before attaching to fuselage and wings, but no manner of fitting will get it to go together so it will be done bit by bit



Engines painted and nacelles assembled. Wiring next and then the support structures for the engines will be done once the glue is cured.



Close up of cockpit, wing, fuselage joint. All three parts join here so have put these together and will let glue dry for a few days before getting the files out to make the rest of the cockpit fit. At the moment its not pretty but with a bit of time a patience it will be.




Thats all for now, still to cold to shoot paint, but hope to get the small bits undercarridge, props etc painted so it will just be a quick final assembly. Apologies for poor quality of photos, my digital camera has died so had to use phone camera. As always, comments,
good bad or indifferent welcome.

Thanks

Steve

Hello Jesper,

The picture I looked at (from Air Force Museum) and a Wheeler Field website is in black and white but it clearly is not unpainted aluminum or blue/green with Yellow wings. I'm fairly certain it is Olive Drab over Neutral Grey. From what I read B-12's were used as ASW Aircraft and target tugs. Which would make sence since that was an Army responsibility at the time. For ASW they were stationed along the coast lines, Hawaii and likely the Panama Canal Zone.

Sincerely,
Brian

Twin Spinner Campaign Frag Order
We have 41 enlisted in this campaign, 8 completed. Here are the current standings.

05Sultan, building a 1/32 Mossie.
AIRGUNNER, building a Classic Airframes Dornier Do 17z. Started.
alpha_tango
*atoplu, building a 1/48 Revell/Hasegawa Hs-129. Finished.
backstop13
*betheyn, building a 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter Mk VI. Finished. Check out his blog.
bf443 building a Williams brothers 1/72 Martin B-10. Started
Bigskip, building 3 Beaufighters. Two almost finished.
Blackwulf, building a Me 410. Started.
butchm
*CaptainA, building an Eduard Me 110C Wespe. Finished.
*CMOT70, building a 1/72 Revell He 115. Finished.
eerie
ejclide, 1/48th AMT/ERTL A-20G Little Joe. Started.
Emeritus, building a 1:72 MPM Blenheim. Started.
gbyrnsie, building Accurate Miniatures 1/48 "Dirty Dora" B-25. Started and progressing well.
HeyLoad, building an Eduard Me 110 C. Started
Hinchman
Holdfast, building a Promodeller 1/48 Do 217E-5. Check out his blog.
*jaypee, building a 1:72 Do-17. Started. Check out his blog. Finished
JMartine
*lampie, building a 1:72 Dragon P38 Droop Snoot. Check out his blog. Finished
Littorio
magnusf, building a 1/72 Smer boxing of an ancient Heller Breguet 693
Merlin
*mj, building a 1/72 Fine Molds Q1W Tokai Lorna. Finished.
Murdo,
oraora, building a 1/72 Airfix Handley Page Hampden
orcada
Percheron
Phantom2, building a Northrop N-9MA. Started.
Philippus
*SGTJKJ, building a 1/48 Italeri Chinook. Finished.
tculotta
Tigerbait
vanize, building aTamiya 1/48 Mitsubishi Ki46-III (Dinah)
Victor
wolfpack6, building a 1/32 Bf-110C
wombatq
Yeti123, building a Monogram P 61,
_H_Dori, building a Revell 1/48 Do 217 E5. Started.

* shows a completed mission.

Hi all! Great work going on.

I've been slowly but steadily working on Dora but I just realised this weekend that I haven't been taking pictures! So this is where I'm at - the main painting is done, the wings and stablizers are not attached (only placed together for the photo), shot a coat of Future and started the decals. As you can see in the last pic, I have a bit of a problem on the left wing that I have to fix. I think the Future wasn't fully set and the Micro Sol ruined the finish. I've never had that happen before.





GB

Hi Gary.
Its hard to tell exactly from the photos if its the same thing, but Ive had white marks like that before,
A coat of Future/Klear over the top and it dissapeared.
Well worth a try.........good luck!
Nige

Great progress, Gary. A really attractive colour scheme. Hope Nige trick will solve your little problem on the wing.

Looking forward to see more

Gary)- Ditto what Nige said. It worked for me also. Looks great. That is a fantastic kit. I built the "Cannon Nose" variant. I liked it so much I got two more, Dirty Dora, and a Doolittle Raider. Got the Dolittle for $12.00 at Hobby Lobby.

The first one is finished, just two to go now






If the weekend works out i'll have both of the remaining ones finished, but if the weather is good i have some 1:1 painting to do.

Andy

Andy)- Another great build. I will add you to the next Frag Order. You will probably have the others finished by then.

Great build, Andy! You will end up with an excellent trio.

Thanks for sharing

Thank you Nigel, Carl and Brian for your great advice.

Now you see it.

Now you don't.


What a relief. Thanks guys.

GB

Nige

Great to see the problem solved, Gary. That is what Aeroscale is for: sharing and learning.

Looking forward to see it finished

Time for a Frag list update!! - 2 out of 3 finished.

Dominican Air Force






Latest on the RAAF




Decaling tonight!!

Stick a fork in me - I'm done!!!





I'll take decent photos one night this week, if the weather is good, and load into the gallery.

I've really enjoyed this campaign, and doing a multiple build. They look quite impressive all together, and take up a fair amount of space.

Andy

Excellent builds, Andy. I am sure they will look stunning on the shelve next to each other.

Thanks for sharing - and great work!

That's an awesome trio, Bigskip! Beatiful and inspiring builds! Thanks!

Who knows, I might just go for that Israeli Beaufighter that I've been looking at for a while...

Cheers! // PolarBear

I am fully recovered from my vacation. So, let me catch up on this.

Andy)- Most impressive trio. One would have been enough, but I wont complain about the two bonus builds. We are moving right along with 9 completed. We still have 41 enlisted in this campaign. Here are the current standings.

05Sultan, building a 1/32 Mossie.
AIRGUNNER, building a Classic Airframes Dornier Do 17z. Started.
alpha_tango
*atoplu, building a 1/48 Revell/Hasegawa Hs-129. Finished.
backstop13
*betheyn, building a 1/48 Tamiya Bristol Beaufighter Mk VI. Finished. Check out his blog.
bf443 building a Williams brothers 1/72 Martin B-10. Started
*Bigskip, building 3 Beaufighters. All 3 finished.
Blackwulf, building a Me 410. Started.
butchm
*CaptainA, building an Eduard Me 110C Wespe. Finished.
*CMOT70, building a 1/72 Revell He 115. Finished.
eerie
ejclide, 1/48th AMT/ERTL A-20G Little Joe. Started.
Emeritus, building a 1:72 MPM Blenheim. Started.
gbyrnsie, building Accurate Miniatures 1/48 "Dirty Dora" B-25. Started and progressing well.
HeyLoad, building an Eduard Me 110 C. Started
Hinchman
Holdfast, building a Promodeller 1/48 Do 217E-5. Check out his blog.
*jaypee, building a 1:72 Do-17. Started. Check out his blog. Finished
JMartine
*lampie, building a 1:72 Dragon P38 Droop Snoot. Check out his blog. Finished
Littorio
magnusf, building a 1/72 Smer boxing of an ancient Heller Breguet 693
Merlin
*mj, building a 1/72 Fine Molds Q1W Tokai Lorna. Finished.
Murdo,
oraora, building a 1/72 Airfix Handley Page Hampden
orcada
Percheron
Phantom2, building a Northrop N-9MA. Started.
Philippus
*SGTJKJ, building a 1/48 Italeri Chinook. Finished.
tculotta
Tigerbait
vanize, building aTamiya 1/48 Mitsubishi Ki46-III (Dinah)
Victor
wolfpack6, building a 1/32 Bf-110C
wombatq
Yeti123, building a Monogram P 61,
_H_Dori, building a Revell 1/48 Do 217 E5. Started.

* shows a completed mission.