I’m definitely in. Haven’t been here for a while, it’s been one of those years. Can I build on a different weekend, as I’m getting a huge load of instant turf delivered to my house that weekend. Put me down for an Airfix 1/72 Josef Stalin III tank please.
Well, I think I’m going to go with the Tamiya SAS Jeep, this will be a crossover with the “Off to the Theater” GB. I don’t know yet when I’ll be able to start it, but I’ll try not to leave it too late[:D]!
Thanks again, Bill.
Hutch.
Ive finally decided on a kit…I think…
Its been a toss up between several kits, but now that the game is afoot, I’m pulling the trigger.
The kit I’ve decided on is a strange one…it is Victory 356 Hawk Ekranoplan: and I am planning a little twist on it as well… I’ve been sitting on this one for a while now. The time for this kit has come!
I going to be starting tomorrow morning with the 1/72 Hasegawa Ki-84
What’s the story with this fish-bird?
honestly…I have no idea! I saw it somewhere, and instantly had an idea for a build, and had to have it!
If it’s not too late would like to join in on the fun with an M26 Toon tank
Bill it’s awesome you’re keeping this going! I’m in with 2 builds this year 
No leftovers for me though…I always chose something small, like a 1/144 Revell Bakurat.
This year a GeeBee Racer and a Sea Flanker. Challenges for sure I think…the GeeBee because this kit is flash central, definitely old molds.
This weekend I’m planning to start the GeeBee Racer. Open to opinions on the kit red and white of Doolitle or going with the alternate black and yellow Victory Girl?
Justinryan I am diggin that Ekranoplan. Looking forward to the Gee-Bee too!
Jump right in Thedobber92. Looks like afun build.
I have chosen to go with a naval theme this year. I will be atempting the Revell Seahund. No holiday here in Canada tomorrow but I have some time off coming up starting next week so maybe a Sunday afternoon start for me.
OK things are quiet in the house and my turkey duties are done for now so I’m gonna go ahead and get this build started!
Quik update before I start potatoe peeling [O] [sn]
check out these sprue gates haha
wings and fuse cemented together and drying for a bit. I put some tracing paper over the raised “panel lines” they used for the scolloped paint and made a pattern for them. Will sand them off and paint the final red color on the wings.
The clock is ticking here, just after 10am Friday morning. I’m making a start.
Cheers
Tony
After about 90 minutes, I’ve cleaned up the ejection pin marks and part numbers from the hull side pieces, cleaned up and drilled out the main gun and built the turret.
Cheers
Tony
Tony that looks like some nasty pin marks on the barrel. Nice job cleaning THAT up!
Oh man Tony, that’s some work.
Chris good luck, especially on the paint scheme.
OK, I started this morning at 9:01.
I love these double kits. I think I’ll build the left one.
Typical aircraft build, starting with the cockpit.
While the paint was drying I sprayed Alclad for a base for chipping.
I’ve had my Alclad for a few years, what is it’s shelf life? This is what happed after spraying it. Has anyone seen this before? It started crating webs. Easy to remove but odd.
Now 10:00 and have the fuse together.
11:00 and I have the canopy masked, on and silver touched up.
After I completed that we went to family for Thanksgiving. We returned around 9:30 pm and I installed the engine and sprayed chipping fluid. Now I have time to catch up the pictures. Tomorrow comes the camo, decals and hopefully finish.
Hey I know what that is [8-|] !
Your paint is drying in the air, before it hits The model. In your case most likely due to the thinners that are in the paint for spraying evaporating over time. My solution is to add mr color leveling thinner to the paint, then respray. Usually about 25% at this point but experiment a little to find out what you need. It goes away right off the bat so it’ll be easy to tell. Brush the dusty dry paint off first of course. for me it usually brushes right off. If you don’t have that but have another thinner of your choice give it a try.
Okay…here we go!!!
Building began for me at 7:25 AM Friday morning, EST!
Amp’s Victory 357 Hawk has begun…
and, the What if- aspect of my build:
assoon as I first saw this kit, I envisioned a dieselpunk-esq Santa Fe ‘Big Chief’ Livery on this thing, so…lets see if I can negotiate this!
It seems like a fairly simple kit, with only a few sprues to work from.
Two hoursin, here is my first update!
while this is a simple kit, there is A LOT of clean up, with misaligned molds and flash, and all on some flat out TINY parts!
I have also been bringing this adventure to the facebook on my modeling page, Ryan’s Random Modelwerks, and using the hashtag #weekendslammerbuild, so if you are on the facebook and Instagram, post your stuff with that hashtag so everyone can see!!!
Justin I love the Big Chief theme! Looking forward to seeing this come together. sounds like more flash than my old Lindberg Gee Bee lol
I’ve got one of those (the Coca-Cola version sometimes available at Ollies), and, not too far off!
thank you!