LDSModeller Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 (edited) Hi All, I would like to post this place holder, waiting for the start of the Group Build this coming Saturday Photo of box I started this kit some years ago for a Viet Nam Conflict GB here on Britmodeller, but it didn't go very far....... My favourite movie scene regarding Puff, is from the movie "Green Berets", when John Wayne aka Col. Mike Kirby calls in "Puff" to remove the NVA/VC troops who had taken over his camp - "Those People have it - we don't" Puff the Dragon - Green Berets Look forward to seeing you all on the 9th Regards Alan Edited February 4, 2019 by LDSModeller typo's 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 Good afternoon Alan The "Green Berets" is one of my favourite movie I will follow you build ... Cheers Patrice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Looking forward to seeing this old classic being built! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSModeller Posted April 15, 2019 Author Share Posted April 15, 2019 Hi All. Apologies for being this late into the GB, but family medical issues have caused Model bench time to take a back seat. However, I have managed to get some time in and would like to post a progress update So what the sprues look like along with decals ( I'll use those) kit Instructions - pretty basic To the kit build I have sanded off the rivets, in this scale they would be the size of dinner plates at least, I have also decided to build in a cabin deck Built a flight deck bulkhead with radio station and rear cabin bulkhead, along with some internal ribbing, Yes, I know the ribbing looks like I was under the influence.................. I didn't like the Crew man/seat combo, (from the airline version I believe), and extended the flight deck floor So I made new seats Some paint I added some seat cushions in a gull grey colour Some internal colour - my paint was a little too thin me thinks - the white marks on cabin deck are to attach the Mini Gun stands Flight deck attached Thanks for looking in, hope you enjoy, more soon Regards Alan 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TEMPESTMK5 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Good evening Alan Very good job so far .. All the best Patrice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted April 15, 2019 Share Posted April 15, 2019 Love what you are doing with this old kit👍 cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philp Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 Nice progress. I had that kit for a while, mine was prepainted at least with one shade of green and a tan. Not quite accurate but would have been a good start for a kid. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSModeller Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 Hi All, Thank you all for your comments and support Another update - thus far I really didn't like the way the other two mini guns were simply two barrels sticking through the open windows as per kit instructions. So I decided to build two mini gun pods. First off the main gun pod bodies, from spare sprue. You can see the "barrels" which attached to the inside of the fuselage I built some stands to attach the gun pod bodies to I drilled holes for locating pins, and using a metal pin and epoxy, I glued the barrels to the gun pod bodies. The whole thing is a little longer but that's fine, you won't see it. I just have to wait for the epoxy to dry, and I can shape the rear part of the green section to match to the pod body shape Finally I wet sanded the rivets off the wings, and filled in ejection pin marks on the horizontal stabilizers. Thanks for looking in, I hope you enjoy. More soon to come soon. Regards Alan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDSModeller Posted May 4, 2019 Author Share Posted May 4, 2019 Hi All, With a week to go a quick update. The Mini guns painted and ready (the two scratch built ones firstly) for installation The fuselage closed up, note the amount of putty........ The upper and lower wing halves joined, dry fitting showed some big gaps between wing and fuselage, so some shims added Wings and fuselage mated, you can see the shims and some need for extra putty Tail feathers and nose cone added, plus you guessed it more putty......... After some wet sanding with fine grit paper, everything was cleaned up (as well as could be) Cockpit glazing and Astrodome added, and it's ready for the paint shop Hopefully in the next few days I'll have it painted and decaled ready for inspection Thanks for looking in Regards Alan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted May 4, 2019 Share Posted May 4, 2019 Hi, Alan. You are doing some great work on a truely vintage kit. You have a lot more patience that I would ever have on this type of kit. Legend has it that captured VC documents forbade communist troops from firing on the "dragon" because doing so would only make it angrier and more likely to breath fire down on its aggressors! I don't know if there's any truth to the tale, but it's a great story... Thanks for sharing with us. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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