JOCKNEY Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 I seem to be favouring French Air Force Air at the moment. Having recently built a Dewoitine D510, I found this one lurking in the stash. I think the glue has seen better days ! I am toying with the idea of doing this one in Vichy colours. This will be a test bed for the Loire flying boat I have on the go in this GB cheers Pat 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 All quiet in the Jockney household this morning. Mrs Jockney is down in Glasgow, with older twins, Im at home with the younger twins both of whom are still zzzzzzzzzz. So a bit of progress, plus try to mask the Barracuda canopy ! cheers Pat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Hi Pat, blooody hell, this takes me back to when I was forbidden to wear trousers, because my knees were always scratched and dripping with blood... Even the small glue thingy brings a tear to my eyes. Do not bother to try and sniff it, it is sure past its sell by date! The decals look fine and the roundels even look centered! Am I dreaming? The blue in the center is thank goodness way too dark! At least something that is going as planned!!! If I remember right, the engine is microscopic, but the rest does end up looking like a Curtiss. You should have a lot of fun with it! As a matter of interest, how many more sets of twins do you have between the oldest set and the youngest set? Just curious, and not a little in awe! Cheers JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Good evening Pat I am very happy to see a Curtiss H75 in this Gb ... Good luck with the heller kit and Happy Modelling .. Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 1 hour ago, jean said: Hi Pat, blooody hell, this takes me back to when I was forbidden to wear trousers, because my knees were always scratched and dripping with blood... Even the small glue thingy brings a tear to my eyes. Do not bother to try and sniff it, it is sure past its sell by date! The decals look fine and the roundels even look centered! Am I dreaming? The blue in the center is thank goodness way too dark! At least something that is going as planned!!! If I remember right, the engine is microscopic, but the rest does end up looking like a Curtiss. You should have a lot of fun with it! As a matter of interest, how many more sets of twins do you have between the oldest set and the youngest set? Just curious, and not a little in awe! Cheers JR Hi Jean Just the 2 sets I'm afraid, we had 4 kids under 4 so as you can imagine things were a little hectic to say the least. Strangely enough Mrs Jockney was reluctant to add to this, although my daughter did ask for a pair of sisters for Christmas once, obviously assuming any additions would come in pairs ! cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 5, 2018 Author Share Posted May 5, 2018 2 hours ago, TEMPESTMK5 said: Good evening Pat I am very happy to see a Curtiss H75 in this Gb ... Good luck with the heller kit and Happy Modelling .. Patrice Hi Patrice Thanks very much for your kind words. cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 Oh dear long overdue an update Apologies I thought I had taken more photos between now and when I last posted. The wings were an absolute sod, they were pointing downwards when I first fitted them to the fuselage. I had to file the wing ends and the fuselage to create the space to get them to sit properly. I could have sworn I took a photo, but for those of a nervous disposition it's probably better I didn't ! cheers Pat 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jean Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 Gee Pat, this is a fast moving build! I see that you are building it with rivets, warts and the kitchen sink! Good on you! The thickness of the cross sight outside the cockpit is a sight to behold. Made in France, no doubt, and bullet-proof!!! Keep having fun! JR 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 19, 2018 Author Share Posted May 19, 2018 Mrs Jockney out today in a posh frock watching the Royal Wedding, chance taken to move the build along. Thats 2 coats of yellow over a primer of white, still looks patchy but might look better when dry. Looks like rest will need a second coat as well. I haven't painted the grey yet, hoping that will be one coat. Now to get back to installing the new Koi pond and decking, whilst the suns out ! cheers Pat 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 It's great to see another relic being brought to life Pat (I love the state of that box). Cliff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franz75 Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Real vintage one, I have tried ones to do old Heller. Wow it was very unique experience, and took me a five months to finish it. Good luck with this one, I will be watching it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share Posted June 3, 2018 Long overdue update. I treated myself to some new masking tape, strange colour but the width looks right for my Vichy stripes. For those of you that can; a) Do masking, b) Enjoy masking or c) are good at it look away now ! Now to find out if the red, does indeed paint over the yellow ! cheers Pat 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Glad to see progress Pat.Idid this kit for the French fancy GB a few years ago it's a dog but worth sticking with. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 On 5/20/2018 at 8:24 PM, Franz75 said: Real vintage one, I have tried ones to do old Heller. Wow it was very unique experience, and took me a five months to finish it. Good luck with this one, I will be watching it. Thanks very much Franz. Despite having a number of Heller / Smer kits I've only recently got round to building any. I built a Dewoitine D510 recently which also had issues, perhaps third time lucky ! cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted June 4, 2018 Author Share Posted June 4, 2018 11 hours ago, stevej60 said: Glad to see progress Pat.Idid this kit for the French fancy GB a few years ago it's a dog but worth sticking with. Thanks as always for the encouragement Steve. I have a lot of unfinished GB projects at the moment not helped by the temptation to join the Classic Airfix GB cheers Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 21 minutes ago, JOCKNEY said: Thanks as always for the encouragement Steve. I have a lot of unfinished GB projects at the moment not helped by the temptation to join the Classic Airfix GB cheers Pat Go one dig something out for the Airfix GB Pat I'm doing a Stirling if you didn't know! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 Great to see a Vichy Curtiss on the go and looking forward to seeing it finished,..... love the red and yellow trim! Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted June 5, 2018 Author Share Posted June 5, 2018 21 hours ago, stevej60 said: Go one dig something out for the Airfix GB Pat I'm doing a Stirling if you didn't know! Hi Steve I would love to build the Stirling but seriously doubt I would finish it in time, I do have a "red stripe" Hampden I could build For goodness sake, you're no help at all ! I'm trying to finish this one not start another, although it's only one more..... cheers Pat 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 5, 2018 Share Posted June 5, 2018 No Hampden's in the GB yet Pat...............Just saying! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted June 6, 2018 Author Share Posted June 6, 2018 On 6/4/2018 at 11:35 PM, tonyot said: Great to see a Vichy Curtiss on the go and looking forward to seeing it finished,..... love the red and yellow trim! Cheers Tony Hi Tony Thanks very much for the encouragement, I'll try not to let you down ! cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted June 7, 2018 Author Share Posted June 7, 2018 On 6/5/2018 at 11:17 PM, stevej60 said: No Hampden's in the GB yet Pat...............Just saying! Now look what you've done..... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Excellent,now there's a future new release I'd like to see from Airfix! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted June 8, 2018 Author Share Posted June 8, 2018 Getting back to the original build ! Mrs Jockney away at a conference in Stirling tonight, So a chance to try to drag some of these builds over the finish line. Red stripes applied, masking canopy. Hoping to get finished this weekend If you were wondering what's in the background it's, the stalled Hunter from the Hawker GB and the Barracuda from the Carrier GB. And I allow Steve to talk me into a Hampden for the Airfix GB ! cheers Pat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Nice one Pat almost there with this one,,For a moment I thought you'd said the missus was out in a Stirling tonight,I won't even let mine drive the car! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 For those of you with a weak stomach look away now... The recently bought masking tape is a load of rubbish This is going to take ages to recover, gutted 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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