CCG Challenger

[Captain Canada]

A super-sexy aeroplane in one of the world's sweetest paint schemes ? Gotta be a winner !

Got my glass of water and the kit......



And if any of you have seen this little gem before, you'd know it doesn't have a 'pit. Here's my ten minute rendition of styrene bits....

[Captain Canada]

I'd love to ! Not for another week and a half, tho.......

[B777LR]

I'd love to ! Not for another week and a half, tho.......

HAHAHAHAHA hahahah!

Now, im off to get myself a nice cold german weissbier from the fridge

[Captain Canada]

Hey come on...it's not that funny ! It's the hardest thing I've had to do in years !



Here's my little cockpit all painted up. Looks pretty neat, eh ? The men are little bits of sprue from the Dragon 144th scale Harrier, the little pegs on the Brimstone sprue.

[noxioux]

Looking good, Captain.  But please, please tell me you don't use that awful stuff in the red tube!!!

[Captain Canada]

Awful stuff ? What ? I've been huffing it since I was 13 ! It can't be that bad !

But yes, I do use it. That and the liquid Tamiya stuff. I find they work great together !

[cthulhu77]

very interesting. hmmm....where is this going to go, I wonder?

[BlackOps]

Love the peg people Captain! Looks to be a nice kit, lookin' forward to seeing it progress. 

[Captain Canada]

Greg, it's gonna hang from the ceiling like the rest of my 'flyers' !



Thanks for the comments, guys. The peg people are pretty cool, eh ? I'll be using them agian for other 144th scale flyers.....

Here's tonites update : I had hockey tonite, so only a few minutes of modelling to wind down before bedtime. Adding some styrene rod to the u/c bays to bring the wheels level to where they'd be in flight.

[B777LR]

Looking great! Love the pilots

I like watching the RDAF Challenger doing flying displays. The sonarbuoy drop is cool, looks like a bird dropping

[GTX]

I wish someone would make a kit of the Challenger in 1/48 (or at least 1/72 scale).

Regards,

Greg

[B777LR]

I wish someone would make a kit of the Challenger in 1/48 (or at least 1/72 scale).

Regards,

Greg

I beleive it is available in 1/72, albeit as a vacform

[Brian da Basher]

Your "post pilots" are true genius, Cap'n! You're got some outstanding detailing going on!

I can't wait to see how the rest of this goes together!

Brian da Basher

[Captain Canada]

Leading Edge used to do one in resin in 72nd scale. I heard it was a real gem of a kit. I had also heard rumors that it was going to be released again......

Thanks again for the comments, guys. I like that name, Brian...'post pilots'. I think I'll use it !

[nev]

So, you on meds or something then?

Oh, and I thought you were finishing all your part-started builds before starting any new ones?