@chris: it's 72nd scale. I'm not sure about the fittings as I haven't really started but it looks acceptable.

With that I have seen there are many wonderful builds. AS for my wing alignment it mainly has to do with the kit. Firstly the two wings are a butt joint which there within is a problem. The ventral(belly) has an arch which has a spring to it. I could flatten it out too make the wings mate though that would ruin the profile. Trolling through the web there have been a few that stated this flaw. Werner's solution was to join the wings together before attaching them to the fuselage. This left a wing root gap which I believe is easier to fix. Was thinking to placing spacers to widen the wing chord though that may interfere with the flaps. I have several more kits to build and will find a plausible solution. This kit will be no show stopper.

I agree with Trevor about the fine builds going forward here, congrats to all! Just for fun, I want to point out that as of today (Feb. 13) we have 10 photos of three completed builds in the gallery (well done to Sal, Torsten and Chris!) None of the galleries for any of the other 2013 AeroScale campaigns have any other photos posted at all yet. Go Devils in the Dark, we are #1, all others are #2 or less!

Michael

Well Michael with that being said we do appear to have some speed builders amongst us. Although I would say in the Case of Torsten and Myself the kit we chose helped immensely! No major flaws in the kit, fit was excellent and the detail pretty good given the age of the kit. The decals performed as advertised and when completed they look ... well .... purposefully deadly! I'd like to extend my thanks to you for the idea for this group build and to the admin staff for working to get us off the mark smartly and for working so hard on our behalf! Now I can't wait to see what else this campaign will offer as completed builds!

@Michael: Just as an after thought Michael should I remove a few of my pics from the gallery? I must admit to not realizing I'd posted so many. my apologies if they are taking up valuable space.

Chris,

I'm not aware of any size limit on galleries and you certainly built a beautiful model, so I'd hate to see less of it. Maybe Sam will chime in on this.

Michael

Hello,

I have just enlisted for this campaign.
This is my pick:



Starting pics in a few days

Greet
Tony

I am thinking of also building a Swiss flagged Bf 110G. What is holding me back is figuring out how wide to make the red and white stripes. Anyone have the formula or such so that I can determine the width for the wings and fuselage? Thanks.

Some sub-assemblies. The wings:


The cockpit:



Just a little touching up needed and then I can close up the fuselage. But first, a test fit. Getting the wings on is a bit tricky, because the tolerances are so tight. I almost won't need glue when the time comes.



Among other things, I have to finish the equipment shelf which lives behind the cockpit:

Very shortly, however, I'm going to have an airplane.

There's been a whole lot going on here.
Having finally finished the latest AFV project, it is time to join the fray. Being a bit limited in time due to other pending projects, I decided to build a small project.



I have started already and now I wonder, if anyone has built this kit. The instructions ask for 20gr as nose weight. I have a 20gr lead piece and seems to require more room than available even, if I chip it into smaller pieces.

TIA for your advise!

Cheers,
Guido

Chip it up and stuff it into every available corner, not neglecting the drop tanks and engines?

Try Gold and, failing that, uranium.

Well I am getting some where, finally.

Cockpit done, ready to go in.







And I even got the fuselage together.

Look's Good Kevin!

Cheers Rob.

The missus gave me all kinds of hell last time I used Uranium, I think I'll try chipped lead, as Jessie said.

Cheers,
Guido

Guido,

Doesn't uranium eventually melt the plastic? It always has mine (but it makes a cool glow for a while first!)

OK, I'm calling this one done. The Tamiya 1/48 Mosquito NF.XIII, out of the box with 409 Sqn. markings.





That's four completed models in our gallery so far. Way to go everyone!

Michael

Wow, Michael, great looking Mossie there!! Really like it. Thanks for sharing it with us all. Russell

Glow-in-the-dark night-figther? NOT good! Seems to defy the purpose..
Guido

Well the pilot has to see somehow...

Michael, that's a nice Mossie! Well done! I think I have to get that kit also .....
Chris, compared with the guys in my club I'm really a speed builder, but really I'm not, at least I don't think I am. A friend of mine builds 4 models in a month (1/48). That's what would I call speed building .... He has done the AMT Tigercat within 6 days (after seeing mine ....)
@all, some nice progress going on here. Keep this thread rocking.

Torsten

Here is a little update

@Torsten: Lol the speed builder part as aimed squarely at the group in this current campaign and in this august company we both turned out fairly quick builds and as Michael pointed out that we were the first of the campaigns this year to get pics in the campaign gallery. So well done to all of us!

@Jon: Loving the Corsair Jon! A question if I might? I notice that the Corsair only has Two gun ports on the side with the radar is this a weight saving measure to keep the aircraft from being heavier on one side?

@one and all: Great builds so far! The builds are coming along great and they are a diverse bunch of kits! Can't wait to see the finished gallery! All that fantastic plastic and resin for those of us building resin kits!

All of a sudden I have an airplane!



Once the glue is dry I can set about polishing up the seams and getting ready for paint.

Hi Jon,

Although there is nothing explicitly written in the rules there is an un-written rule that the same model cannot be built for more than one campaign as this is unfair for other members if you were to get 2 ribbons for one model while other members would get the same 2 ribbons for building two different kits. (the exception to this is the current diorama campaign where you can use an aircraft from another campaign as long as its not the main subject).

Can you please choose which campaign (this one or Anything Goes) you would like to use the Corsair for and select another kit for the other campaign.

Thanks

Allen

@Chris...they removed one gun and reduced the amount of ammo of the remaining guns for balance, because of the added weight of the radar.

@Allen....I am aware of the one build per campaign rule...it was posted in the wrong thread by mistake....if you hadn't noticed I am building an F-14A in the anything goes campaign.....

Decals on, after another coat of future and the weathering begins

Here is a update on my entry.