Zenrat's Flying Circus

[zenrat]

I'm slightly irritated that Trumpeter moulded it with all the rocket mounting holes under the wings open.
As I will be building this sans rockets (I have used them elsewhere) I have just had to spend time glueing bits of styrene rod into each hole.
I can'r decide whether to fit the drop tanks. I suspect without them range would be severely limited.

[Old Wombat]

Could be worse, they might have moulded the pylons on the wings.


Actually, I had the reverse problem on my Hellcat build. There were drill-out points on the inside of the wing for the rockets which I, in typical fashion, forgot to drill out; so there was considerable swearing studying of the instructions & photo's of the real thing before I could drill my own holes at least close to right (as it is they are either all a smidge too close to each other or the rockets are slightly over-scale ).

[zenrat]

Well that's another family/neighbours barbecue survived.  Avoided the trap of drinking too much, managed not to burn the meat too badly and no-one started a feud.
I am jealous of the ability of unrelated children who have never met before to "click" instantly over Lego and invent running round the garden games.  If only adults got on so easilly.

As a result the only modelling done was a very short stint this morning when I managed to slip down to the shed and give a pilot figure a rapid weight loss programme so he would fit into the Wyvern seat.

[NARSES2]

I am jealous of the ability of unrelated children who have never met before to "click" instantly over Lego and invent running round the garden games.  If only adults got on so easilly.

Yup and when you see them abroad even different languages are no barrier  What is it ? 8 or 9 and life starts to get more cautious ?

[zenrat]

Put some paint on the hull of the Turbocat today.  It's going to be NMF with "go faster" stripes so I put on a couple of coats of silver car paint.
I also broke a drill bit drilling a prop shaft hole in one of the resin nacelles.  It snapped off below the surface so there's no way to get it out without making a mess.  This is a PiTA and means I will have to glue at least one prop on instead of having them removable for easy angling as I my usual way of doing things.
It's missing a heck of a lot of panel lines due to all the PSR but I am going to try drawing them on when the paints done.

I'm also painting the weapons load out for the Su 22 - air to ground missiles, a telemetry pod and a pair of tanks.

Gunboat is awaiting decals.

And at last i've picked up the D9 Dozer and have started scrubbing at the paint (I hairsprayed it) prior to more hairspray and a second colour over the top.

Sunbeam Tiger has been back into the brake fluid bath for a second time.  The second paint job was good but the clear cracked so off it all came prior to another repaint.  This time i'll use paint and clear I know are compatible instead of some clear I founding a jar at the back of the cupboard.  Today I glued back the front valance which the brake fluid caused to fall off.

I also got a coat of clear on a Lemmy tribute car (Monogram 1/24 '66 Chevy Malibu).

[zenrat]

I thought i'd posted these.  Taken last week.

[Old Wombat]

Looking good!

Will love to see them completed!

[NARSES2]

Looking good!

Agreed

[TheChronicOne]

Sweet. They both look cool.  That camo is wild and like the colors.   

[ericr]

Sweet. They both look cool.  That camo is wild and like the colors. 

wild patterns indeed ! 

[Captain Canada]

Nice ! I like the look of them both but especially the Cat 

[zenrat]

Thanks blokes.  The Fitter is almost done.  Just the undercarriage parts and the canopy to finish painting and then I have to decide whether to go with Kriptons or Kazoos.

[zenrat]

I've been down the shed wiv me camra.
Trumpeter Wyvern.  To be given a Magpie colour scheme.


Turbo Cat.  Some blue go faster stripes to be added when I get my Tamiya bendy tape.


ABC Warriors Dodge Van.  Currently undergoing decalling.

[DogfighterZen]

Cool stuff! 

[Librarian]

Really looking forward to the Wyvern...looking so clean . I've spent a long time trying to work out how to remove the exhausts ports from the kit so as to put a DB610ish engine up front Wish Trumpeter would have produced the TF.Mk1.