“Computer log, Stardate…”
Hunter I have to echo the earlier comments. You show great skill in what you have done so far.
The one tip that I was given is to have fun. I pass that along to everyone I can.
Joe
Man, she’s looking great dude! That is a really nice model. I look forward to seing the finished product![Y]
Gary
Joe,
Thank you for the wise words and I will make sure to always enjoy and have fun.
Gary,
Thank you sir for the kind words and for looking back in on my build. I appreciate the support. I hope to have it complete by Friday late afternoon.
Mike? PM me please I really lost touch with the crowd.
Hunter,
There have been some really great Fire Eater aircraft posts here, if you are interested.
The size of this site makes them harder to find, but there is a lot out there.
Here’s my own contribution, and I’d show you the rest in another thread to not hijack this one. No way among the “greats”.
LOL…very good 7474. That was perfect quote to my reply.
Hey GM -
Nice find. We call those “Scoopers” or “Fire Birds”. I’d love to build one, I’ll start surfing the online stores to find one. I know my LHS nor Hobby Lobby will not have one. Thank you for the info and I’ll search the Aircraft forum to find a past GB so I can look them over.
I worked on a Hotshot crew and as a dispatcher during the summer from 88 to 92 and been on the receiving end a few times from drops done from the Privateer, A26 and the CL 415. Saw the PBYs at both Kalispell and Lewistown a few times but never saw them drop. I was glad I got to work the fire line back when the old bombers were still being used.
Youve really good some great skills Hunter! Impressive first plane!
Love that stand too!
Allen -
Thank you so much for the compliment. I can’t wait until I have a decent level of skill.
Again, thank you for looking back in on my build.
Wow…Finally back in after that little issue.
As you can see I am at the finally leg of my build. Tonight I should have the decals on and be finished. This has been a great build and I look forward too many more. As always, thank you for looking in on my build.
Any and all suggestions, tips and techniques are greatly welcomed
Very nice Hunter, great AB work, very smooth. How are you planning on painting the canopy?
Hello Steve -
Wow…I just got my login issue resolved. Man I was going through withdrawls and the shakes(lol).
Yes friend I am going to paint the canopy and decal tonight. I planned on painting the canopy by hand. I should have done what Fermis suggested…applied the canopy, masked it off and painted all at one time. Lesson learned.
I opened the “Albatross” box today…all I can say is OMG! [:O] LOL…I hope you are well friend.
Very nice for a first build. The only two nits I see are the rear wing/fuselage seam on the bottom and the lack of panel lines on the top of the fuselage behind the cockpit, after you filled the seam and sanded. No biggie on either, but might look at re-scribing those on future projects.
Overall, me are impressed!![H]
Goldhammer -
Thank you for the insight and I will make sure to do that. The seam lines on top of the wings were very faint, so maybe next build I can highlight them with a soft black under coat. Thank you for looking back in on my build and for the helpful suggestion.
Oh yea nice build
Thank you TJ, thank you very much
She came out beautiful Hunter. I continue to have seam issues on my aircraft builds, haven’t even thought of re -scribing yet, trying to be judicious about filler and sanding. But I just blame the kit and go on to next one.