Well, it's June and wow, where does the time go? Time for another tour again so let's all board the trams and get ready for a long but hopefully interesting tour. I know these long tours can be trying, but I do have so much to show.
First stop is the Hangar, where we have a few interesting things happening. In the first bay we started a German Glider of Eben Emael fame:
This thing had a bunch of photo etch and resin parts for the interior but since so very little could be seen of it, I left it out. This later got painted.
In the next bay, I started a kit I'd wanted in my collection for a very long time, and Israeli Vatour fighter bomber. This was a tough kit to work on, but I kept going because I wanted this plane. First all the fuselage and wings were assembled, sanded, filled, sanded and sanded:
Later, paint was applied, I chose the scheme for the one that shot down an Iraqi Hunter:
Decals were applied and the landing gear finally installed. This bird is practically done:
Moving on to the next bay, I finally got started on my "secret Santa" build, the Italian CH-47 Chinook. Got it built, assembled and started painting before I realized I hadn't documented anything before. Oh well, here it is sporting it's camouflage pattern:
In the next bay I found another started kit of a special Forces Chinook that I'd gotten in a Distressed Kit Auction, so I decided to move on with that one, adding the engines and other details:
Later this got a base coat of paint, a Testor's Model Master color called Helo Drab that I found in my paint stash:
These two are moving along well so far.
That concludes this tour of the Hangar, now on to the Motor Pool....
In the Motor Pool here, there's not much actually happening, all that got done so far was the start of the new German KF-51 Panther tank they started recently. The basic hull and suspension with tracks are all finished so far:
So, since there's nothing else to see, let's move on to the Shipyards where things have been real busy. There were a number of empty slips so we started laying keels down for a good number of destroyers and a light cruiser.
This first slip has the German Z-28 destroyer who's keel went down first:
Later all the details and weapons were added, bringing this to the paint stage:
Paint went on and this is ready for the final touch-up and details:
The next slip here has another German destroyer, the Z-31. Keel was laid and the superstructure then started:
Final superstructure was completed, along with a few detail parts and paint was applied:
Just a few more details and touch-ups to go on this.
Thee next slip has another German destroyer, the Z-43, whose keel went down fast:
The superstructure went up pretty well on this:
Finally paint and a few other details added before moving on to other ships:
While clearing out the Hobby Room and re-organizing the stash, I found an Airfix box labeled Famous Destroyers of WWII. It contained four complete kits of famous destroyers: The HMS Cambletown, HMS Cossack, HMS Hotspur, and a German Narvik-class destroyer, all in 1/600 scale. Well, I just had to start that set, so all four keels were laid down in the next four slips, starting with the HMS Cambletown, which I've wanted in my collection forever:
Later she got a base coat of paint on her decks, superstructure and hull:
While that was drying, the HMS Cossack went down in the next slip:
This too got the base coat on decks, superstructure and hull:
The next slip saw the HMS Hotspur go down:
Which also got the same base painting:
Finally in the last slip, the German Narvik destroyer went down:
Once again, base painting was done:
Finally in this last slip, the keel was laid down on another old kit I'd been wanting to build, the USS Springfield guided missile cruiser. This is an old Renwal re-popped by Revel and I couldn't wait to get started:
I kept the superstructure parts, the deck and the hull separate for painting and I'm happy with the results so far:
Finally in this last slip, the Japanese Shimokita Assault carrier was started, as it is a Distressed kit that had no box:
Later the island was done:
This was then installed on the carrier and additional details were added:
This is another fast model so it should be done fairly soon.
Well that concludes this tour, although I feel I'm forgetting some projects. I guess we'll see them in a later tour. Until then, thanks for all who stop in, comments are welcome always.