For those of you that may not be sure what to build up, I found a US Navy WWII Grumman TBF Avenger on eBay. This one does not come up often and the price is exceptional. If I didn't have one, I'd snatch it up:

TBF Avenger

Mike

The IPMS/ National Convention at WDW in the Contemporary Convention Hall. I'll be dragging about 20 models with me to this one.

Hi all
got my pc back from the menders so I can now post some pics
my little eggs done..



Like frazer said the fuslage was in three parts with the join lines running in two directions
but these soon disappeared with a bit of light sanding
Hope you like
Andy

Very nice work , It looks as 'smooth as an egg'. I can only hope mine turns out half as good.

Very nice Andy; turned out great. I'm more a prop-egger vs the jets, but....that'll change.

Mike

Im calling this one finished Has been a change of pace doing this just wish the decals would have conformed easier rather than having to resort to some rather strong setting solution oh well had fun with this one





Will get a proper pic in the photobay for the campaign gallery pic though

Hi all,

my work so far,







thanks for looking.

well I managed to get some quick bench time in.Next update will be the completed model

the eggs are coming out super.good job on the bf and torch that A6 is awesome

Very nice Sam! I like it.

And just so you know I'm still going strong here:

Most of the paint is done:



Decal on the console. Also, the dowels to represent the missles:



One more:



I have some cleaning and clean up on the "canopy" to do, and I need to wire the search light underneath. The light came from a Maquette T-34 (1-35th scale) with an MV lense.

Mike

Great work every one, I'm in a holding pattern as my folks are on holiday at the moment, but I'm hoping to get some work done on Tuesday and wednsday.

I'm jumping into this campaign now.
I had a bad start with styrofoam craft eggs, but couldn't get them as smooth as I wanted. New start with standard plastic Easter eggs...






The kids each get a Boeing 747 to paint. (I don't trust them yet with CA superglue-- which works much better than tacky craft glue holding wood to soft plastic, I've discovered on this project-- and I certainly won't let them cut the wood with an X-acto knife.)
I'm secretly doing these as practice for my own glorious creation-- ha ha ha ha. Okay, we'll see if there's anything left in the tank after I complete the Jumbo Jets.
Mine won't have the detail of the kit egg planes, although, I really love all the work that's been going on here ahead of mine. Excellent group of modelers here!!
Mike, that helicopter is especially nice-- little details and stripey camouflage.
cheers,
Sean H.

Very cool Sean. Easter Egg eggs seem like a pretty good basis. Hmmmm....remember L'eggs?

Also, do I spy a B-17?

Mike

Mike, yes, that was my very first sketch. I think one was shown at the very beginning of this thread, and it really caught my eye. I'm shooting for a big biplane like the one on the Finescale table of contents in that picture.
-Sean.

If anyone needs a kit for the campaign - I've got some for sale.

Scott,

PM with the list. I have a lot...but always looking for more (especially if I don't have 'em!).

Sean,

My most favorite plane in the world; the B-17G. My second most favorite? The B-17G.

Mike

Spruce up your F-16 eggie with these

http://www.twobobs.net/index1.html

TFG-- an excellent, clean build! Are decals coming, or does it remain a mystery ship? Anyway, well done!
thanks for posting.
-Sean H.

Sean,

The decals that came with it are....uh, lacking. Not sure that I want to add anything more to it...

And, thank you for the compliments.

I should mention the base is NOT done. I'm still contemplating how I'm going to finish that. Probably some heavily diluted acrylics in the globe and something different, color wise (jet black?) for the base.

Mike

My entry is finished.
I'll post a photo ASAP

Nige

Here you go


First finished campaign for a couple of years

Nige

Very nice Lampie. I like the colors.

Mike

Hello to everyone, realy nice work around here.

i've been away from the modelling during about 3 years, and im trying to comeback, so i decided that an easy build would be perfect for a start.

here the progress so far in my egg f-16








best regards.