Almost there.

Flaps painted and on.



Canopy and landing lights in place.



Aerials on, and she is finished.



will post some pics in the Gallery shortly.

Cheers.

Si

Very nice Simon

Very nice Simon. The skill comes through no matter what you build. Will you join a group build in armor soon?

The underside of my fury with the necessary doors closed and primed with Mr. Surfacer 1000. There has been a bibit of sanding and touching up since.

Tom

Thanks Tom,

The fury is coming on very nicely.

Almost an out of the box job, but I enjoyed it.

Got a few AFV's in the stash, might find time and room on the workbench for something in the not too distant.

Cheers.

Si

I'm experimenting with marker on the seams of another kit, the Tamiya F4D Skyray if it works out I'll try it on the Fury. I have 3 tanks on the bench as well. I went from not building to an assembly line.

Tom

I have been watching this campaign now for a few weeks and even thou its a bit late I decided to join. Went to the LHS today and saw the new 1/48 P-80C from Hobby Boss and decided to take it home. I know about the shape issues with the air intakes, but who cares ? The kit is 18 bucks, has nice details and there isnt going to be a better Shooting Star anyway for atleast another decade. This will be out of the box with no extras, only thing which I will replace are the decals. They dont have the right colours and Im not confident they would behave nicely once in water. Hopefully I will finish this one on time (have another two 1/48 birds, three 1/35 Armour and one 1/350 Cruiser on the bench right now )

Welcome. Join the fun, and I know what you mean having a full bench.
Tom

So as usual I started with the cockpit. The ejection seat is made from multiple parts and looks preaty decent. The harness is actualy provided in the kit as a PE and looks nice. Im planning to close the canopy so I put more emphasis on colour highlighting of part.

Hey,

A bit of progress to report.

The Revell Mig 21 primed and ready for paint..





And now with paint



Cheers

Matthew

Hey guys,

I've finished my Hellenic Air Force Mirage and here are some first pictures. Will put some more in the gallery.

- Simon
Well done Seahawk
- Matthew
Your MiG starts to look really cool





Sorry for the little pictures, don't know yet what is wrong. Having trouble since last week to upload photos...

Well,
the problem seems to be over and here are bigger pictures of my Mirage.

Good luck for all other builders here!

Hi mates,
just wanted to put pictures into the gallery, but encountered another problem

/home/gallery3/public_html/uploads/53454: Error creating directory (check permissions).

Please notify the System Administrator.

Maybe someone knows it?

Cheers Peter

Great Mirage Peter, maybe You could make some closeup pictures ?

It's not just the Fighter-Bombers gallery having the problem. The big shots have been notified. They usually get these issues fixed pretty quickly, so hopefully it'll be back up soon.

Michael

A short update on the P/F-80. The fuselage sides are made up of two parts - fore and aft in oder to be able to show of the engine, which is included in the kit. Since I will not be doing it, I have glued the parts together. I was concerned about the strengh of the link, so additional stripes of plastic were added. Since I will not be using the engine I cut off the sealing part of the exhaust from the engine. I will only be using this, because if the whole engine would be installed in the fuselage, more counterweight would be needed in the nose sections.

OK, apparently the galleries are fixed. A big thanks to Jim at Admin! Post away everyone!

Michael

Nice patch on the F80. Looking good guys.

Tom

Hi mates,
I call this one done! Pictures are in the gallery. Built OOB, borrowed the decals from the Italeri kit, put a resin seat in, handpainted the whole thing with the hairy stick and at last added a metal pitot tube from Master.
Thanks for the campaign, much fun as always.

Very nice work Peter, especialy for a handpainted kit.

I try to keep a steady pace on the P/F-80 but its difficult since I also have a 1/48 Skyhawk on the bench right now. The guns were installed and drilled out, air intakes are closed up, but needed a small piece of plastic to be shut up completely. I also installed the cockpit in the fuselage and added a screw for weight to ensure the plane will be balanced properly.

@Naseby Thank you!

You're also doing a great job so far with your F/P-80
I like the guns, go on!

P.S. As for the close-ups of my Mirage, I just finished the "photo-shooting" then. Maybe I take some when I got another kit built...

Blue 66 - finished!











I learned a lot in this campaign:

1) aluminium silver is not at all forgiving - every spec of dust and minute scratch become a mountain and a deep valley.

2) the Revell Contacta glue, which is supposed to be fume-free, fogged up the inside of the canopy . I discovered however that oven cleaner which contains micro granules will clean it up with patient polishing .

3) In future I’ll attach the delicate landing gear after all painting and weathering is finished. I must have snapped the gear on one side off at least three times towards the end of the build.

Still, enjoyed this campaign a lot!

Cheers

Matthew

Matthew, take a look at this side, they are producing odourless superglue, its not cheap, but worth it :

https://www.deluxematerials.co.uk/gb/

I often use this for clear parts as well as photoetch. Strong, odorless, and acrylic. Not as fast as superglue, but safer.

http://www.ipmsusa3.org/reviews/Products/gator-hobby_glue/gator-hobby_glue.htm

Michael

The work on the Shooting Star is coming slowly forward. Here are two pictures of the wheel bays. Im very happy with the fit of this parts. For a moment there one can forget that this is a Hobby Boss kit, not Tamiya.