Group Builds.

[Landlubber Mike]

7 hours ago, belugawhaleman said:

I haven't seen that kit for sale-anywhere- for a long time......I didn't know there was a

problem with the tail.. Too fat? What exactly?

It's too fat and doesn't have the pinched in profile.  Here is a picture from Britmodeller showing the difference:

 

[CANicoll]

10 hours ago, Clunkmeister said:

Guys,

Call me liberal minded here, but to me, the whole idea of a group build is to actually build.  The first hurdle being to get people to actually build, and the second hurdle is getting people to actually complete their builds.

I’m the WORST of the bunch here.  My Mig-29 is literally a canopy and static discharge RS away from completion….

So, even though we all make noises about scale, etc, I’m MUCH more interested in having people build, mingle, a d above all, have fun with little to no stress. 
All we (as is all of us on this thread have decided), is that it is water themed.  A T-2 Buckeye is cool, as is a fictional submersible, or an ocean liner. 
I’m going to break out the Lukgraph resin, but NOT till my Helldiver is complete, which should be by the end of November, God willing. 

I'll second this!  🍺

[CANicoll]

1 minute ago, Landlubber Mike said:

It's too fat and doesn't have the pinched in profile.  Here is a picture from Britmodeller showing the difference:

 

If only it was that easy for me to lose MY extra circumference!  

[Landlubber Mike]

I'm sure the model doesn't think it's that easy when the last 15% is lopped off!

I didn't realize that the floats on the plane actually folded down from the wingtips.  That's pretty cool!

[belugawhaleman]

5 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

It's too fat and doesn't have the pinched in profile.  Here is a picture from Britmodeller showing the difference:

 

Wow! That's a huge difference!

[Landlubber Mike]

22 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said:

Wow! That's a huge difference!

Yeah, pretty big if you know what the plane actually look like.  Some also say the side bubbles aren't spaced apart correctly (one person thought it was because the bubbles are too big and thus look too close together), and also something about the orientation of the engines.

[HubertB]

17 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

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 I've got the Scale Aircraft Conversions landing gear, but wonder if that is even strong enough to support the plane.

Well I think the answer to this question is a flat « NO ». Any SAC stuff is actually weaker than the plastic part it’s molded on …

Hubert

[Landlubber Mike]

Just now, HubertB said:

Well I think the answer to this question is a flat « NO ». Any SAC stuff is actually weaker than the plastic part it’s molded on …

Hubert

Thanks Hubert, I haven't used SAC landing gear yet.  Isn't it marketed as being stronger than kit plastic??  That's disappointing to know...

[HubertB]

2 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Thanks Hubert, I haven't used SAC landing gear yet.  Isn't it marketed as being stronger than kit plastic??  That's disappointing to know...

SAC use an alloy made of (French scientific name to follow) merdium, which is softer than the original plastic, unfortunately, and will bow and flex. As a general rule, you can save money in AM stuff by avoiding SAC, especially in 1/32 …

Hubert

[ScottsGT]

Somewhere years ago I found brass landing gear for my Catalina kit.  Not the usual suspects of G-Factor or Aerocraft models. 

[BlrwestSiR]

5 hours ago, HubertB said:

SAC use an alloy made of (French scientific name to follow) merdium, which is softer than the original plastic, unfortunately, and will bow and flex. As a general rule, you can save money in AM stuff by avoiding SAC, especially in 1/32 …

Hubert

Actually, I think it also depends on the gear design. I have a couple of the Tamiya Spitfires on SAC legs and they're still standing just fine. Close to 10 years for one of them. But the Spitfire leg is straight, not that long and doesn't have any weird bends or angles in it. 

 

[belugawhaleman]

7 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Yeah, pretty big if you know what the plane actually look like.  Some also say the side bubbles aren't spaced apart correctly (one person thought it was because the bubbles are too big and thus look too close together), and also something about the orientation of the engines.

That's a shame, the Catalina's a cool aircraft. It deserves an accurate representation

in scale form...I doesn't seem that'll ever happen in large-scale injection model form..... I'll be watching youre efforts.

Thanks;

Paul

 

[ScottsGT]

Oh boy.  I’m in trouble when the cc bill rolls in… I’ve dropped around $250 on AM and a major “enhancement” for the diorama I’m going to build around the Seaview.  And I still need supplies…..

[BlrwestSiR]

39 minutes ago, ScottsGT said:

Oh boy.  I’m in trouble when the cc bill rolls in… I’ve dropped around $250 on AM and a major “enhancement” for the diorama I’m going to build around the Seaview.  And I still need supplies…..

Can you hide it and say the dog ate it?

[ScottsGT]

Well, she came home hot about the total of the monthly cc bills and was asking what have we bought lately.  I did spill the beans and told her I bought some modeling supplies that added up to just over $200.  Didn’t bat an eye.  If I told her those supplies included another kit I wouldn’t be alive to post this now. 

[KevinM]

Gotten real quite in here I found a Hase 1/72  Emily in the stash

[HubertB]

Well, just saw on LSP a new opportunity for the GB: Halberd Models will release in January 23 a 1/32 Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk !

Hubert

[BradG]

Is this going ahead? I will dig out my Verlinden 1/35 midget submarine if so.

[mark31]

17 minutes ago, BradG said:

Is this going ahead? I will dig out my Verlinden 1/35 midget submarine if so.

yes start on 1 jan

 

Mark

[KevinM]

On 9/28/2022 at 11:39 PM, Clunkmeister said:

Dec 1 start, right?  I’m an old man with a great, but short, memory 

That's why I thought 12/1 no bigee keep working some WWI subjects.

[Clunkmeister]

Yes, we’re gonna start on the first day of 2023, Jan 1.  We pushed the start date back 1 month.  Get Christmas out of the way first, and bring in the New Year with some fun. 
I’ll be doing a Lukgraph floatplane. 

[Peterpools]

Most likely I'll be going with the Revell. Momogram 1/48 Kingfisher.

  

[ScottsGT]

7 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Most likely I'll be going with the Revell. Momogram 1/48 Kingfisher.

  

I almost chose my Kitty Hawk Kingfisher, but I’ve been jonesing to build a syfy kit for a few years now.  

[BlrwestSiR]

29 minutes ago, ScottsGT said:

I almost chose my Kitty Hawk Kingfisher, but I’ve been jonesing to build a syfy kit for a few years now.  

Seaview, Seaview, Seaview, Seaview, Seaview, Seaview, Nautilus, wait I mean Seaview, Seaview....

[BlrwestSiR]

Here's my short list of options. 

The front runner:

A couple of WNW kits. 

Would the Camel count? The W.12 certainly does. 

Gotta love a big torpedo boat. 

Last one is a long shot as I'm currently building the Falcon and will most likely want to mix things up a bit.