[Hobbyboss 1/72 Wildcat easy kit.XXXXXFinishedXXXXXXXX]

On 23/02/2023 at 09:09, Grandboof said:

Nice choice on the Atlantic Scheme 

Martin H

Best laid plans Martin,once again that awful join just looked terrible under the white primer so cutting my lossed after a second lot of filler and sanding I went for the Sea Blue

scheme which is OK as I've never modelled a Wildcat in this later scheme and it fits nicely with the finished Corsair and upcoming Hellcat.Anyway she was brushed in Sea Blue

and later some breaking up of the solid colour with medium blue both Tamiya colours.

 

A coat of Humbrol gloss brushed and an hour later yet more hairy moments with HB's decals,the 6's both cracked up so spares were sought.HB would have you leave of

the fuselage stars and even had me checking photo's of this unit's aircraft but they were painted on the real thing as was the small 6 on the cowling which are not supplied

so again came from spares.

 

 

[Hasegawa 1/72 Beechcraft T-34A Mentor (first release - 1973)]

Great start Dave cockpit looks the business.

[Yamaha XV1000 (Tamiya 1:12)]

Nice to see this one Nigel just started it myself a couple of weeks ago.

[Hasegawa F-4E - Cat No E5]

Great progress Enzo.

[Tumpeter 1/72 RA-5C Vigilante]

Great subject Dave one of my all time favourite aircraft.

[1/72 Clear Prop Models Grumman JOV-1A Mohawk]

Cracking job all round!

[Special Hobby 1/32 IAR81]

Great build and finish Derek,like the love child of a Corsair and an FW 190.

[Bell's eye in the Sky.1/35 Kiowa.XXXGroundedXXXX]

3 hours ago, Col. said:

Interesting subject choice Steve and hopefully a decent kit of the type.

Looks great on the sprue Col and just the right scale for the subject.

[*done* Hasegawa P-51D from 1980]

Exactly what these classic GB's are about VP,great builds like this of long forgotten kit's!

[Hasegawa/Hales Grumman F9F-8 Cougar - with guest appearances of a Grumman F9F-2 Panther. ++FINISHED++]

Nice one John one of my favourite Hasegawa oldie's.

[Academy Mirage lllR 1/48.]

Hi folk's,well it won't win any prizes but with a seat base scratch built,decals and masking tape harness a dry run with the glazing on and it can just about  pass as a cockpit!

 

[hobbyboss 1/72 F-18D Hornet.]

Evening folk's.got a session in today and fitted and painted the U/C doors etc painted the blue tail tips and tried the decals all fine so far.

 

[Esci 1/48 Fury.XXXFinishedXXXX]

9 hours ago, CaracalModels said:

It looks great!

Many thank's decal's are superb and considering they were not intended for this kit needed no adjusting round the nose.I will in future seek out another for those other options too.

[hobbyboss 1/72 F-18D Hornet.]

Hi folk's,with the Fury done and the Mosquito only a few jobs away from completion time to restart the Hornet so after a touch of filler here and there I primed in white then

masked the wheel well's.

 

I then criss crossed  fine lines of black with the airbrush before a few coats of thinned light Gray.

 

After the darker gray upper surface was sprayed I oversprayed in lighter gray then oversprayed one light coat of a third shade to blend it all in.

 

[Hobbyboss 1/72 Wildcat easy kit.XXXXXFinishedXXXXXXXX]

45 minutes ago, PeterB said:

Hi Steve,

 

I did one of their F4F-4 versions a while back and it went together well - the only problem I recall was that the decs stuck too well and don't like being manoeuvred into position without tearing so use plenty of water/Microsol etc. I guess yours is the later General Motors produced FM-2? The Atlantic finish will make a nice change.

 

Pete

Hi Pete yes I've built the other two boxing's but not this version with the taller tail.I find the wing to fuselage join can be troublesome at the under fuselage to tailwheel join

if it looks poor I can swing over to the Sea Blue scheme which will hide it better.

[Hobbyboss Mitsubishi Zero XXXXFinishedXXXXXX]

Hi folk's,last entry for this GB is the Zero easy kit which I have never seen or built before,one of the two options included is a naval subject.

 

[Hobbyboss 1/72 Wildcat easy kit.XXXXXFinishedXXXXXXXX]

Afternoon folk's another kit which shouldn't take much time to build is this version of the Wildcat.Planning to do the Atlantic scheme for this one.

 

[Hobbyboss 1/72 Hellcat easy kit.]

Hi folk's,loved the Corsair build so as I wanted to do a few more three Naval subjects in this easy kit format,number one is the Hellcat.

 

[An Esci golden oldie, N.A Fury 1/48.]

Hi folk's finally with the release of Carracal's superb decal sheet's to build this oldie which has sat a good few years due to it's original decals being unusable.

The Carracal decal's are superb with not only Sea Blue and Gray/White schemes but a couple of special schemes too they behaved beautifully too.Thank's for 

looking in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Esci 1/48 Fury.XXXFinishedXXXX]

Hi folk's in the gallery,borrowed my sons display cards for a nicer photo.

 

[The Salty Sea Dog Gallery]

Afternoon folk's as promised some Gallery shot's.Esci 1/48 Fury.

 

 

 

 

 

[1/72 Hobbyboss Ocean Hawk SH60F and SH60B Sea Hawk.]

5 hours ago, Dermo245 said:

Great stuff and it's a lovely kit - I won't hijack your thread with the two I've built.

 

One mod I did do was to shorten the main gear by a few mm; otherwise, it has a 'nose up' attitude when built out-of-box.

 

Look forward to seeing these!

All the best,
Dermot

Thanks Dermo.Pop a couple of photos on never seen these built.

[Academy Mirage lllR 1/48.]

On 16/02/2023 at 11:17, Biggles87 said:

So you like a challenge then?

I’ll be interested to see the ‘ highly detailed ‘ cockpit.  

 

John

As requested John,the highly detailed cockpit.

 

Anf for good measure the highly detailed wheel bay.Some work needed on both me thinks.

 

[The Salty Sea Dog GB Chat Part 2]

Really enjoyed the Hobbyboss easy kit builds in this and the FW 190 GB so if all goes well with the two left to do here and there being plenty of time left I have a Hellcat,Wildcat

and Zero winging their way here all eligible for the GB we'll see.

[Triumph and Glory !! or Brits in Korea 2.0....]

Outstanding finish an all of them CC,beautiful work.