Fatboydim Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Hello gentlemen, The Airfix Walrus was what I intended to build for this group build. But as it looked a long way off I decided to build a Aichi Seiran instead. With the Walrus now available, I had a chat with Jaime and decided to put the Seiran on hold and start the Walrus now. I'll take a few photos of the kit sprues and post them tomorrow. Thank you, Joe. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Cool! Airfix timed the release quite well. Look forward to seeing how this progresses. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 26 minutes ago, Paul J said: Cool! Airfix timed the release quite well. Look forward to seeing how this progresses. Thank you Paul. I'm going to use one of the colour schemes from the decal sheet below. I think I will go for the Australian yellow Walrus. I'm slow builder, so want to keep it simple. But, the Argentinian one looks tempting. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I’m in for this one Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Great, really pleased we have got one of these in the Group Build Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 Hi Joe, Welcome again to the GB Great choice going for the Airfix Walrus first! As I said elsewhere, the GB dates where delayed as much as possible in order to cope with Airfix's release date for this kit, so we'll all be interested in following your build. I think any of the two schemes you mentioned (Australian or Argentinian) will look great. Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted September 29, 2017 Author Share Posted September 29, 2017 21 hours ago, CedB said: I’m in for this one Joe Thank you Ced. Are you going on the 7th to the Bovington Show. 19 hours ago, JOCKNEY said: Great, really pleased we have got one of these in the Group Build Cheers Pat Thanks Pat. 18 hours ago, jrlx said: Hi Joe, Welcome again to the GB Great choice going for the Airfix Walrus first! As I said elsewhere, the GB dates where delayed as much as possible in order to cope with Airfix's release date for this kit, so we'll all be interested in following your build. I think any of the two schemes you mentioned (Australian or Argentinian) will look great. Cheers Jaime Thank you Jaime. Here are the sprue photos of the Walrus. I've put a few of the instructions as well. Sorry about the quality of some of the photos. Joe 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Hi Joe - I probably won’t make Bovington this time. Two hour drive for me Some great detail on the kit eh? Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Thanks for the pictures, Joe. Excellent detail OOB. Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zebra Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 As I've said in the other Walrus thread - great to see this kit, really looking forward to mine. if you're doing the Australian one, it's in the RAAF Museum- I have some photos of it here and Here 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted September 29, 2017 Share Posted September 29, 2017 Thanks for all these pictures. It looks even better than what I hoped. May it cross the Channel soonest! Got the 1/48 P-40 almost finished, a joy to build. These new Airfix kits are just great. With the P-51, Fury and Stuka on approach i'll get broke before the end of the year. Thanks again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave22014 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Ooh goody. Another Walrus! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted September 30, 2017 Author Share Posted September 30, 2017 On 29/09/2017 at 5:35 PM, CedB said: Hi Joe - I probably won’t make Bovington this time. Two hour drive for me Some great detail on the kit eh? Looking forward to seeing what you do with it. That's a shame Ced, but I understand. If your running short of you know what, PM me 😉 On 29/09/2017 at 7:28 PM, jrlx said: Thanks for the pictures, Joe. Excellent detail OOB. Cheers Jaime Your welcome Jaime, sorry they are not up to much. The more I look at this kit, the more I like it. 21 hours ago, zebra said: As I've said in the other Walrus thread - great to see this kit, really looking forward to mine. if you're doing the Australian one, it's in the RAAF Museum- I have some photos of it here and Here That's a great couple of links zebra, thanks a lot. 19 hours ago, PattheCat said: Thanks for all these pictures. It looks even better than what I hoped. May it cross the Channel soonest! Got the 1/48 P-40 almost finished, a joy to build. These new Airfix kits are just great. With the P-51, Fury and Stuka on approach i'll get broke before the end of the year. Thanks again. Your welcome Pat, and thank you. I'm sure you won't be disappointed. I'm looking forward to the Fury 😛 3 hours ago, Bigdave22014 said: Ooh goody. Another Walrus! Glad you like them Bigdave. I intend to just do a dry run with the first assembly phase tomorrow. Hopefully if I get it done, I'll post a photo. Thanks again gentlemen, regards Joe . Some Eduard sets below if you wish to see them. http://www.hyperscale.com/2017/reviews/accessories/eduard48929reviewlp_1.htm 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Spadgent Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Excellent! I saw this in the LMS on Friday. I didn't dare make the stash any bigger, maybe Christmas. The yellow scheme looks wonderful. I'll tag along if you don't mind. Johnny. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey Beema Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Hopefully mine is going in the Post on Monday, along with a Skua and a Firefly... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 5 minutes ago, The Spadgent said: Excellent! I saw this in the LMS on Friday. I didn't dare make the stash any bigger, maybe Christmas. The yellow scheme looks wonderful. I'll tag along if you don't mind. Johnny. Hello Johnny, thank you. Your more than welcome. It's a lovely model, I just need to get my finger out and finish it. That's why I'll probably go for the yellow scheme. I'm thinking about painting the fuselage in four sections, then glue it together. It will depend on the fit, but that way, I can put the transparencies in after painting. Also, a lot less masking when it comes to the cockpit. It's just a thought while sitting here looking at the instructions. But with no centre line seam to clean up, I think it can be done. The wings will be painted with the decals on for sure before they go on the fuselage/ hull. I normally build my models in sub assemblies, then stick them together. It's a lazy way of doing it ,but it works for me. I'm off now to give your Catalina a coat of looking at. Joe. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 5 minutes ago, Grey Beema said: Hopefully mine is going in the Post on Monday, along with a Skua and a Firefly... Nice collection of Fleet Air Arm aircraft. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmas Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Following the precedent that was set on Spadget's Black Cat thread which linked the subject matter to songs, I couldn't resist adding this: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 2 hours ago, Timmas said: Following the precedent that was set on Spadget's Black Cat thread which linked the subject matter to songs, I couldn't resist adding this: What a great track. Released 50 years ago! I've glued some parts together, and just held other parts with tape. I intend to glue a few more parts together before I start painting the interior as I'm waiting for some harnesses from Eduard. Thanks for looking, Joe. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrlx Posted October 1, 2017 Share Posted October 1, 2017 Good start, Joe! The interior looks beautiful with all that detail. So, you're set on the Australian yellow scheme? Cheers Jaime 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted October 1, 2017 Author Share Posted October 1, 2017 26 minutes ago, jrlx said: Good start, Joe! The interior looks beautiful with all that detail. So, you're set on the Australian yellow scheme? Cheers Jaime Thank you Jaime. I think so, but I'll keep the Argentinian scheme in mind as I do like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomerJ_757 Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 On 29/09/2017 at 22:05, zebra said: As I've said in the other Walrus thread - great to see this kit, really looking forward to mine. if you're doing the Australian one, it's in the RAAF Museum- I have some photos of it here and Here Fantastic photos, Zeb, on the yellow one I love the fact that you can see the structure in the wing! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Stuart Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Great to see this is out, it's a great looking kit, and I'll follow your build with interest. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatboydim Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 5 hours ago, Robert Stuart said: Great to see this is out, it's a great looking kit, and I'll follow your build with interest. Thank you Robert. I don't have time for painting at the moment, but do have time for some gluing some more parts together. Building out of sequence, I'm going to assemble the top wing next. I'm going to build my Walrus with the wings extended. The plans above show which parts have to be trimmed to accommodate the main spar. I intend to assemble the above parts tomorrow (Tuesday), and clean up the seams the next day all being well. Thanks for looking, Joe. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Very nice Joe, lovely details for you to apply your skills to! (Just caught up after the man cave reorg - still plenty of 'you know what' here, thanks!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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