giemme Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 You're not too bad at weathering aircraft, Bill - you should do that more often.... Seriously, impressive job already Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted October 26, 2021 Share Posted October 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Navy Bird said: My grandson received some VR headset doodad (Oculus maybe?) as a gift. I'm afraid he may lose interest in my airbrush. Some of my kids (and I don't mean the grandchildren) actually have "meets" on Oculus. We are talking about adults in their 30's. I tried it once, and my daughter (she is just 40 and still can outsmart her many siblings, all brothers) suggested the first thing I should try was the roller coaster module, but she said, with such sincerity, "do it standing dad, you don't need to sit, I promise you won't lose balance". Of course, being a wise old thing, I ignored her advice and sat firmly in a chair with my ankles locked around the front legs. It was an amazing experience, and being a wise old thing, I did not fall over! She forgets her dad is both a) smart and b) very smart! Terry 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted October 27, 2021 Author Share Posted October 27, 2021 On 26/10/2021 at 13:56, giemme said: You're not too bad at weathering aircraft, Bill - you should do that more often.... One of these days I'm going to try all natural weathering - just leave the model outside for a few years. After the rain, snow, hail, and squirrels are done, it should look great. On 26/10/2021 at 14:02, Terry1954 said: It was an amazing experience, and being a wise old thing, I did not fall over! I tried my son-in-law's VR set-up and I have to admit it was indeed amazing. One program had me floating through space on a tour of the solar system. Immersion doesn't begin to describe it, the views were amazing. The other was some King Arthur storm the castle thing, and I got to be an archer picking off the silly sods trying to scale the wall. I must have looked like an idiot to other people in the room. ***** OK, the stickers are on (not that there are many of them). The White Dog decal sheet was kinda old (I think) and each decal needed several minutes in the water to separate from the paper backing. The nose art is three decals - the first was a white silhouette background, the second the interior red of the letters, and the third was the dwarfs and the gun. That last one was made by Archer Fine Transfers with some "Photo-Flex" process that I've never heard of. Since I only had one chance to not screw it up, I made a high resolution scan of it first so I could print out a spare if necessary. But it went on with no problems. I'm going to poke around and see if I have any remaining B-24 or PB4Y-1 stencils, etc. as I think she could use some more. Cheers, Bill 33 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted October 27, 2021 Share Posted October 27, 2021 This is going to look sooooo nice😃 Keep on the good work Bill! cheers, Jan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Superb work Bill, shows what can be done with the old Matchbox kit, to get those rear fuselage flanks that seamless takes some doing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
81-er Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 That's looking fantastic Bill James 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 That looks very smart! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanmi Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 It is fantastic, I enjoy following your build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 4 hours ago, 71chally said: ...to get those rear fuselage flanks that seamless takes some doing! Just a lot of elbow grease and a kilo of putty. 2 hours ago, phildagreek said: That looks very smart! Unlike its builder... That said, I think she's looking better than I expected. Maybe I can salvage this kit after all. ***** Hopefully I'll get some flat varnish on today so I can get the masking off the windows. I don't like leaving it on so long. Since I'll be sitting in the sunshine all next week (sipping a piña colada and incubating some melanoma) I really want to get that done before I leave. And I've got that promiscuous feline to finish up for the group build. Ugh, I need more time! Cheers, Bill 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Learstang Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Great job on the Privateer, Bill! Mine is still in the store room, no doubt issuing forth another generation of spiders who by now probably think of it as the mothership. Best Regards, Jason 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ad-4N Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Why is this B-24 painted blue? 😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Bill, I have added a link to a 1/48 build, using the Koster conversion; wrong scale, to be sure, but I thought the builder did a very nice job on the weathered paint. I had saved it for a reference to refer to when/if I ever get the nerve up to dig into my Cobra conversion and Matchbox kit. Looking forward to seeing yours finished! Such a beautiful airplane that was the scourge of Japanese shipping and even aircraft! Mike http://hsfeatures.com/features04/pb4y2mc_1.htm 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 18 hours ago, Ad-4N said: Why is this B-24 painted blue? 😁 Headed to Malta, and all we had was deck paint. Cheers, Bill 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelglue Posted November 7, 2021 Share Posted November 7, 2021 Glad you mentioned it in your reply to me, otherwise I may have missed this build altogether! Glad you're doing well, catching up after 7 or so years can be wonderful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 Carter is building more models than me...his latest is the space shuttle. The kit was a bribe to get him on Space Mountain at Disney last week. This was some no-name, pre-painted kit that snapped and screwed together. It came with its own screwdriver, presumably to help fix the optics in the Hubble space telescope that is about to be popped out of the equipment bay into orbit. I asked Carter if he knew what that was and he replied "a satellite" which I was surprised he knew about. I then asked him what is a satellite and he said "where we get internet from." Five-year olds, I don't know... Painting up the R-2800s on the Privateer now. Cheers, Bill PS. He loved Space Mountain. I told him if he kept riding it he'd end up with a bad back like me. He got back in line instead. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 Some detail painting on the loud smelly things: Little by little...I think we need to get some tyres on this puppy pretty soon. Lots of other picayune stuff to do as well. Cheers, Bill 19 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 I dunno Bill the "low rider look" looks good. Just need the little dog to put in the rear turret with head that goes up and down to set it off right. Maybe a string of little fuzzy turquoise balls around the windshield. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted November 8, 2021 Author Share Posted November 8, 2021 12 minutes ago, LorenSharp said: I dunno Bill the "low rider look" looks good. Maybe I can make her jump up and down at a traffic light. Cheers, Bill 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 There ya go! Perfect! Scare the heck out of the hot rod punks on Saturday night. But only if you could get Cheech and Chong as the pilot and co-pilot. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Russell Posted November 8, 2021 Share Posted November 8, 2021 23 minutes ago, Navy Bird said: Lots of other picayune stuff to do as well. But it is the details that make it excellent. According to my lists I have two kits somewhere..... after the Tigercats maybe? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Looking good Bill, the engines have come up really well, who needs more than that? Steve. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Screech Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 Hi NavyBird/Bill, I've been watching your build here and am really impressed with it. I have the KOSTER Conversion and the donor B-24 kit so I'm watching some of your ideas and trouble areas closely. I know my kit is in 48scale but your build does show a lot of similarities that it's going to help. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LorenSharp Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 16 minutes ago, Screech said: Hi NavyBird/Bill, I've been watching your build here and am really impressed with it. I have the KOSTER Conversion and the donor B-24 kit so I'm watching some of your ideas and trouble areas closely. I know my kit is in 48scale but your build does show a lot of similarities that it's going to help. Be prepared for some work with the Koster conversion. This will give you an idea of what to expect. This was a restoration of the original build done a long time ago. I hope the vac plastic is in better shape than mine was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 3 hours ago, Navy Bird said: the loud smelly things: How'd you learn my wife's rude nickname for me? Chris 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted November 9, 2021 Share Posted November 9, 2021 8 hours ago, Navy Bird said: Painting up the R-2800s on the Privateer now. You must be getting tired from all that sanding and masking, Bill- those are R-1830's. Bet the guys in the VPB squadrons would have loved R-2800's in their Privateers! Mike Keep going- she's looking very, very good! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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