trickyrich Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Yes please! Count me in... I have a lot of resin kits waiting to see the light!!! An Airmodell Yak-6 instantly springs to mind cool no probs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Electric Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Gosh, you're up early! Yes, I have quite a few resin kits in my stash, including one I really really want to get right (Heinkel 114), so any kind of GB/tutorial would be brilliant. I think two things make me nervous - something I've mentioned in the help section on BM actually - resin puddles and removing parts, and reshaping bent parts without knackering the model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 Gosh, you're up early! Well actually I'm away with work at the moment in central Australia so it's actually in the middle of the arvo, plus am a bit bored. The He114 looks nice! I think two things make me nervous - something I've mentioned in the help section on BM actually - resin puddles and removing parts, and reshaping bent parts without knackering the model. Removing parts.......always a fun part, this is where we all realise that you are actually hopeless with a knife!! Reshaping Bent parts.......resin is brittle, time to go looking in the spares parts box! Resin Puddles........where the models ends up are the above happen too many times!!!! plus you forgot: CA glue blobs Resin air bubbles fingers stuck together resin dust CA glue drys too quick as you find the wings are the wrong way around! fingers stuck to model more resin dust nothing fits first go.....more sanding, or second more sanding, or third go sanded too much!!!!!! even more resin dust no finger prints left, contemplate life of crime as a burglar half a ton of filler resin dust now at chest height Orange peel paint finish........forgot to wash model now coloured resin dust 6 months later finish model, find out Tamigawa now produce same model that can be completed in a day and is accurate!! Skin grafts finished on fingers Have a strange desire to sniff or lick resin Lay down and do angel shapes in resin dust Go find a quiet corner amongst the resin dust and look lustily at a catalogue of resin models while muttering to yourself...... gee almost forgot how much I love the stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English Electric Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 (edited) You are bored aren't you!! The problem with the Yak is that the tailplanes are already moulded on, but slightly bent downwards - they may have got hot with a previous owner. Not me, no sir! So it's a case of frottering them back onto the straight and level. They other exciting thing about this kit, is that you have to cut your own side windows out. Which should be fun. Plus vacform canopy, odd resin puddles, general oddness and a nice injection Alfa Yak-6 looking at me and saying 'why'? It was either that or the 0-47, which has a beautifully bent fuselage or a Yak-3 which is just... enough said. The He 114 is, however, lovely, and not to be touched until I'm 100% sure I can undertake the job to my satisfaction. Review on another forum by me here... http://z9.invisionfree.com/Classic_British_Kits/index.php?showtopic=541 Chris Edited August 20, 2013 by English Electric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 20, 2013 Author Share Posted August 20, 2013 they all sound wonderful!!!! If the bend is too bad just as easy to cut off and scratch build replacements, else careful use of hot water and clamps should work. Someone on here is bound to have the trick to sort it out. Cutting out windows isn't too bad, but vacform canopies..yuck!! But join the fun, there'll be heaps of members with the experance to help you out and that'll be half the fun of this GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Hm, I have 3 resin kits in my stash, and this could be a good opportunity to start (AW FK.10, a Venom and the MB.5). I think I could start with the MB.5. After all, it's the easiest of these three.... Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Hi Rich Thanks for the inspirational notes on the delights of Resin building, I take it you don't have a career in counselling, or it you do they don't live for very long Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 I thought I was sharing all the goods points of resin models! If you want the real truth of building resin models..................................... Buggy on iPad, don't have access to wee faces!,, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorgio N Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 You are right it doesn't come with decals so it's the spares box or unless someone reading this can help Cheers Pat This decal sheet can help: http://www.tauromodel.it/inglese/72522.htm Does not come with national markings, but these are not hard to get and at worst I can help with these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted August 21, 2013 Share Posted August 21, 2013 Thanks Giorgio Really appreciated Regards Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 arr Mish??? If F-14 GB II gets the go ahead for a March GB with 17 registered how do we go with 19? Or do we have to go with a vote??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 arr Mish??? If F-14 GB II gets the go ahead for a March GB with 17 registered how do we go with 19? Or do we have to go with a vote??? That's a STGB this one will be a full GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 3, 2013 Author Share Posted September 3, 2013 Arr ok, was getting a bit excited for a moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Did I sign up for this yet? What should it be...either an XF-108 or an XF-103? It has to be something weird, since that's what resin is for. If you want mainstream then go injection moulded, right? Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzio Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 (edited) I've got a reason to buy a Foxone 1/144 Saab340AEW now. \o/ provided I can find one, coubt me in Kind Regards Dazz Edited September 4, 2013 by Dazzio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wkennerley Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 If this goes ahead please count me in I have a Planet Models Siai Machetti SF260 to build up as a Rhodesian Air Force machine Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noeyedears Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Sorry for the noob question but how long would the gb last? I have never done a gb here and build things slooooow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Sorry for the noob question but how long would the gb last? I have never done a gb here and build things slooooow. Presuming that this one gets the support and is one of the six that gets through voting it will run for four months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noeyedears Posted September 4, 2013 Share Posted September 4, 2013 Ouch. Its a full resin and pe tank and i dont think i could complete it in that time. I assume it would be against the rules if i started it early and came in with it part done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousDFB1 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 At the host discretion up to 25% started is normally acceptable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noeyedears Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 i think id be ok if i was allowed to remove the pour plugs and clean the pieces up before hand as there are quite a few parts this would take forever. if so then i'd be in. its a Legend Centurion MK5 1/35 LF1092 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 i think id be ok if i was allowed to remove the pour plugs and clean the pieces up before hand as there are quite a few parts this would take forever. if so then i'd be in. its a Legend Centurion MK5 1/35 LF1092 I don't think anyone will get upset at all it you start to clean up the parts and remove them from the plugs. As long as all the major assemblies still need to be done and painting as well I think we could even let some of the minor assemblies be started. As this build was thought up as a great chance for modellers to "break their cherries" as you say on resin, plus for closet resin fiends to "come out" .....again as they say. . This is to be a bit of a light hearted build where expert advice (????) is available to anyone silly enough to ask. Plus to show off some of the more unusual models that are around in resin. I for one would love to see some resin AFV's in the build, invite any others you know to come and join the fun. PS: the drinking of red wine is not required......but it does make the pain go away when you CA glue something backwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickyrich Posted September 5, 2013 Author Share Posted September 5, 2013 Did I sign up for this yet? What should it be...either an XF-108 or an XF-103? It has to be something weird, since that's what resin is for. If you want mainstream then go injection moulded, right? Cheers, Bill See resin has gotten into your blood.... I'm almost finished a Anigrand XF-103, wasn't an easy build, left the weapons bays open, not a goo idea! But still the 103 or 108 would be nice to see! Got you Dazz and Wayne. we're now at 23, can we make the 30?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kallisti Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 (edited) Well I have two choices here, one is I build the resin Firefly Serenity model I posted earlier in the thread, but the other and slightly more ambitious project would be to finally get round to building that Scimitar 2 I've been wanting to build for a couple of years. This would involve chopping two Accurate Armour resin kits (the Samson and the Spartan) in half and rejoining the back of the Samson to the front of the Spartan (Its all down to the location of the turret in the newer Samsons - they are now the same as the Spartan rather than being in the middle as the AA Samson kit depicts. Doing this surgery will allow me to at some later date build an updated Samson!) Then I'd need to add the Scimitar turret then a whole load of bar armour plus the anti-IED electronics and sundry other items to bring it up to date... Edited September 5, 2013 by Kallisti Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Hi All I'll be in with my first full resin kit. WSW Models Renault UE with Hauler Werfer rockets to make one of Rommel's finest. Err..... Maybe.... in 48th. First aircraft, now resin where will BM take me next?? Hospital by the sound of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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