Making headway



My first time manipulating photo-etch and it went much smoother then expected.

I know, I know--that console looks like a throttle quad for a twin engine aircraft and it is on the wrong side. But it is what came with the kit and that is where it best fit the outside contour of the fuselage so that is where I stuck it. Besides as this is gonna be a 'mirror mount' the reflection will be on the correct side of the cockpit.

Enlisted, but which a/c is allowed.

1. Otaki P-47D


2. AMT P-36A


3. Airfix Bf 109F


4. Otaki P-40E


5. Monogram P-38M no photo.

Bob

Hello Bob,
All of them with the photo's.
Cheers,
Bruce

Haven't forgotten, I am making progress, but with both of my cameras Tango Uniform, I can't prove it..

Gut the stabs glued on and cleaned up the seams on my SBD. Stuck on the canopy and sent it for primer. Highlited a couple of seams I was sure I had fixed. Then as I cleaned that up, I realzed that the paint hadn't cured (48 hrs later) and a lot of it came off on my fingers as I filled the old cracks. back to the shop soon for a new coat of primer...

Grabbed the Airfix A4D-1 and sanded sown some of the failed white paint from 4 years ago. Polished out the canopy where overspray had damaged it...

Hey! Mark, why dont you drop by this weekend and I will take those photos for you how ya doin bud

Bob

Well unless you get the transporter working, there's no way I'm getting to Cali this weekend... Sinuses would XPLODE if I tried to get airborne.

Ok Mark, then overnight the build and I will shoot it then get it back to ya and I have settled on the Otaki P-47 since it has been sitting in the box since started back in 1997.

Bob

Nice start on the jug. Is that the "Penrod and Sam" markings? I think I have that one in the stash somewhere

Mark, I do not remember the box has been long gone. The kit was transferred to a plastic shoe box for storage and at the moment I do not see the decals. It is not a bad kit, but not up to todays $40.00 USD standards of shake and bake. I like a little challange (not a lot) to give it some of me in it.

Bob

Hi everyone!
I have two entries for this operation, both already preseted on Aeroscale in my buildblog - Operation "Salvage". These are P-51B and Me-262 from Revell, 1:72 scale.

When I started in January 2010 they looked like this:





After some time we could see some improvement:











Me-262 even got some cammo...




...but only to be removed soon right to the plastic due to absolutely unaceptable painting quality.

Till today the situation has once again changed and the one who is camouflaged is Mustang:









and Me-262 waits patiently for final painting





The last pictures shows how these models looks today. None of them is finished yet so I hope they qualify and I can finish them in this operation.

And here we have another quick update from the workbench.

Mustangs stands on its own legs. Few other minor details have been added. I also removed the canopy masking. I hope to finish this model in the next modeling session.



Schalbe got some paint, though there's still a lot to be done.

Here is my sad sack submission for the campaign, my old DML 1/48 Fw 190A-8/R-11. My parents gave me this kit for christmas in 1993 or 94. I have to admit it was abit much for me at the time and along with a DML Ho-229 ruined DML/dragons aircraft kits for me. I found their fit to be quite difficult and discouraging. So this kit has been staring at me for years and Ive carted it all over the country. I've pirated a few small parts and a decal from it. One of the 20mm cannon barrels is busted off and the decals are yellowed and aged. Not sure what im going to do about those yet, but whatever happens it deserves a better fate than the airbrushing mule it was going to be.

Wow, builds are really progressing. Nice work everyone.

I’ve found myself in the same boat that led me to this ‘half finished’ campaign to begin with. After a week on business in sunny San Diego and then making preparations for the impending holiday I have gotten behind in not just one campaign, but three! Hopefully with this 4 day weekend I can catch up and post some progress pics. That is if I’m not enlisted to slice and dice in the kitchen or am whisked off in search of bargains while fighting the throngs in the stores. Ah, when life gets in the way of our hobbies.

Now just where did I put that panic button...

Got a little done, mainly the bare wood paneling on the fuselage and cockpit interior.

Well, I've got a camera working, wish the primer had. Here's my SBD





The dark panel lines are not pre-shading, it's the primer after I cleaned the rest of it off.

Hey Merk, is that an old Hawk kit, it really looks good and the shading worked out how ever you accomplished it

Bob

You are correct sir. it is indeed the old Hawk kit. Reboxed and 10X more expensive than the kit we built as kids.

I had to chisel the "Hawk" legends off the sidewalls when I built the cockpit. The kit comes with bogus markings for an SBD-3 at Coral Sea ( the plastic is an SBD-5) and markings for an Atlantic anti-sub patrol. the paint is gull gray over flat white, so I hope the primer helps.

Mark I put my glasses on to read your post and noticed that I misspelled your name, sorry about that

Bob

Greetings fellow Hanger-Queen-ists!

Here is my entry. It might look almost finished, and it is, but it has been siyying in that condition for more than 2 years now.. Sad I know but other events have overtaken the little Sea King.

As you may be able to tell from the box it is Fujimi's 1/72 offering with special Tiger decals, or something like that anyway! It has been so long since I built it I couldn't tell you how it went together or anything as I don't remember.







I think I remember I glued the rotor together and put it aside to dry. Then I painted it and that was it for 30 months or so..

Good luck one and all and hope you all have a very merry Christmas. May Santa bring you lots of injection moulded plastic..

I'm in.
Sometime between now and September 15, I'll finally finish a USCG HH52 that I've been banging away at for 10 or more years. It started life as an MPC Sea King kit and was just starting to look like something when I put it away again the last time. I'll get a photo up here soon.
thanks,
Sean.

Here I am.
I started a million years ago as a young high-schooler, if I remember right. A year or two ago, I detailed an interior for it. I put it away when I didn't have any good ideas to make the engine housing (much different than the kit's twin-engine design).

I even made a nifty little rescue basket from wire and bits, superglued together. There are plenty of reference photos that I'm going by, and the paint scheme is straightforward, and I own a set of decals from MicroScale. Just waiting on sculpting a putty shape. Balsa and vacuform didn't go well for me.
thanks,
Sean.

Howdy Y'all,

I'm in! I just opted out of the CAS campaign because I didn't think I'd get my Harrier completed. I will be finishing an old 1/48 Monogram P-47D. It was orginally started for the Thunderbolt campaign a couple of years ago but...

Here's a photo.



Y'all have a Merrry Christmas!
Don "Lakota"

All is not lost, a new coat of primer.


Testors rattle can primer, takes at least 2 days to cure. Now that I've learned that lesson, things might move a little faster.......

Just a quick update. I have primed and painted the basic camo scheme.

Tom

Hello All,
I have told Rowan (Merlin) that I am resigning as Campaign Leader of Hanger Queen Campaign for the following reasons:
On the 10th of Jan, I am having Heart Valve Replacement Surgery and I will be in Hospital for 7 to 21 days. Then I will be at a Rehab Hospital for 1 to 3 months. So with being out of action for 2 to 4 months and not being there for you I think it is better for someone else to be the Campaign Leader who will be there for you. I will still be around till Sunday Morning if you have any questions for me.
I hope both You and Your Family will have a Peaceful and Safe New Year,
Cheers,
Bruce