Any modeler pics

Sailor Steve · 12-11-06, 12:27 PM

I'm unable to access my museum-piece Boeing 299 prototype model currently, but here are a couple of my WWI gaming pieces:

Caudron G.4

Caudron being escorted by Morane 'L' parasol and Nieuport N.10 two-seat fighters

Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter blowing his attack on a Rumpler C.1 and C.IV

tedhealy · 12-11-06, 02:02 PM

Working on the 1/72 revell VIIC got me into building models. It's a very easy and fun build and after completing it I couldn't get rid of the modeling bug. Here's just a sample from the past year and a half.

I like jugs

And last but not least

I really want to build the new 1/72 revell gato, but I have no where to put it.

U-snafu · 12-11-06, 04:47 PM

Nice pics & excellent detail

SailorSteve,
What scale is that and what game do those belong to? I take it their a little more than static models.

Sailor Steve · 12-11-06, 05:58 PM

We've been playing the system for more than thirty years. The basic WWII system is called Mustangs & Messerschmitts. The ground scale is 1/800 for WWII and 1/200 for WWI, but we use 1/72 scale models because we all like to build as much as we like to play. Ground movement is governed by a stand, vertical movement is done with a six-foot wooden dowel marked in inches. The system is slow, but that's because it allows for full 3-D movement, so each plane actually flies through maneuvers rather than just saying "I'm doing a chandelle to the right".

Flight Stand

I actually have more than 100 WWII models all stored in a suitcase with cardboard walls with slots for the wings. The WWI ones are packed in foam, as they are more delicate.

Gaggle of Albatroses. I didn't post this earlier because the thread is about models and only one of those is mine.

Sailor Steve · 12-11-06, 05:59 PM

@tedhealy: I see a nice variety (and nice work) but I also see that like any real man you prefer jugs.:rotfl:

Sailor Steve · 12-11-06, 06:13 PM

Okay, sorry to tie this up with three posts in a row, but I finally found my pride and joy.

In 1935 Boeing built the model 299 for a fly-off competition. It soundly defeated the other two entries, but during the tests the pilot took off with the controls still locked. This incedent led to the first pilot checklists, but it destroyed the plane and killed three of the five men aboard. The army service acceptance pilot was a major named Ployer P. Hill. In 1940 the new airbase in Ogden, Utah was named Hill Field in his honor.

In 1990 the base was celebrating its 50th anniversary, and I 'kit-bashed' a model of the 299, which was of course the very first B-17. These pictures were taken in June 1990 on a friends dining room table (and a fake grass mat) just before we took it up there, where it resides at the entrance to the Hill Air Force Base Museum. The pictures aren't too good, but it's one of my favorite models.

tedhealy · 12-12-06, 11:30 AM

That's a great looking build, what's the scale? It looks ultra tiny.

Sounds like it's got a great home too

U-533 · 12-30-06, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tedhealy

Nice work

A question.

The 3 tubes under the Machine guns on each wing... are they 150mm or 175mm recoilless rifels or rocket launchers?

Sailor Steve · 12-31-06, 06:45 PM

They're rocket launchers. T-bolts and Mustangs carried them toward the end of the war.

Bill Nichols · 12-31-06, 09:28 PM

I don't build models as often as I once did. Here's my most recent, an F-100D Supersabre I made for my father-in-law (former F-100 pilot with the 79th TFS).

Linton · 01-01-07, 04:47 AM

Some superb models here.Where do you get the time to make them.I have a wooden ship kit in my loft that I haven't been able to do any work on for over two years.

mookiemookie · 01-01-07, 06:18 PM

I'm building the Academy Type IXB right now (kind of a crummy kit...only 1 propeller!? U-boats had 2 screws!

). If it turns out well, I'll post pics.

I'm getting back into modelling for the first in about 15 years, and so I figured that'd be a nice inexpensive kit to get my feet wet with before I try tackling the Revell Type VII.

I've got the book "Type VII U-Boats: Shipcraft" by Roger Chesneau on order from Amazon and it's yet to arrive. Does anyone else have this one? If so, how is it?

12-11-06, 12:27 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'm unable to access my museum-piece Boeing 299 prototype model currently, but here are a couple of my WWI gaming pieces: Caudron G.4 Caudron being escorted by Morane 'L' parasol and Nieuport N.10 two-seat fighters Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter blowing his attack on a Rumpler C.1 and C.IV __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-11-06, 04:47 PM	#3
U-snafu XO Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 405 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Nice pics & excellent detail SailorSteve, What scale is that and what game do those belong to? I take it their a little more than static models. __________________ .."Some men are born mediocre, some men acheive mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them"...

12-11-06, 05:58 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	We've been playing the system for more than thirty years. The basic WWII system is called Mustangs & Messerschmitts. The ground scale is 1/800 for WWII and 1/200 for WWI, but we use 1/72 scale models because we all like to build as much as we like to play. Ground movement is governed by a stand, vertical movement is done with a six-foot wooden dowel marked in inches. The system is slow, but that's because it allows for full 3-D movement, so each plane actually flies through maneuvers rather than just saying "I'm doing a chandelle to the right". Flight Stand I actually have more than 100 WWII models all stored in a suitcase with cardboard walls with slots for the wings. The WWI ones are packed in foam, as they are more delicate. Gaggle of Albatroses. I didn't post this earlier because the thread is about models and only one of those is mine. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-11-06, 05:59 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	@tedhealy: I see a nice variety (and nice work) but I also see that like any real man you prefer jugs.:rotfl: __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-11-06, 06:13 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Okay, sorry to tie this up with three posts in a row, but I finally found my pride and joy. In 1935 Boeing built the model 299 for a fly-off competition. It soundly defeated the other two entries, but during the tests the pilot took off with the controls still locked. This incedent led to the first pilot checklists, but it destroyed the plane and killed three of the five men aboard. The army service acceptance pilot was a major named Ployer P. Hill. In 1940 the new airbase in Ogden, Utah was named Hill Field in his honor. In 1990 the base was celebrating its 50th anniversary, and I 'kit-bashed' a model of the 299, which was of course the very first B-17. These pictures were taken in June 1990 on a friends dining room table (and a fake grass mat) just before we took it up there, where it resides at the entrance to the Hill Air Force Base Museum. The pictures aren't too good, but it's one of my favorite models. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-11-06, 02:02 PM	#2
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Working on the 1/72 revell VIIC got me into building models. It's a very easy and fun build and after completing it I couldn't get rid of the modeling bug. Here's just a sample from the past year and a half. I like jugs And last but not least I really want to build the new 1/72 revell gato, but I have no where to put it.

12-12-06, 11:30 AM	#7
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	That's a great looking build, what's the scale? It looks ultra tiny. Sounds like it's got a great home too

12-31-06, 06:45 PM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	They're rocket launchers. T-bolts and Mustangs carried them toward the end of the war. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-31-06, 09:28 PM	#10
Bill Nichols Master of Defense Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,502 Downloads: 125 Uploads: 0	I don't build models as often as I once did. Here's my most recent, an F-100D Supersabre I made for my father-in-law (former F-100 pilot with the 79th TFS). __________________ My Dangerous Waters website:

01-01-07, 04:47 AM	#11
Linton Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,898 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Some superb models here.Where do you get the time to make them.I have a wooden ship kit in my loft that I haven't been able to do any work on for over two years. __________________ http://lintonsview.blogspot.com/

01-01-07, 06:18 PM	#12
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I'm building the Academy Type IXB right now (kind of a crummy kit...only 1 propeller!? U-boats had 2 screws! ). If it turns out well, I'll post pics. I'm getting back into modelling for the first in about 15 years, and so I figured that'd be a nice inexpensive kit to get my feet wet with before I try tackling the Revell Type VII. I've got the book "Type VII U-Boats: Shipcraft" by Roger Chesneau on order from Amazon and it's yet to arrive. Does anyone else have this one? If so, how is it? __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here. Last edited by mookiemookie; 01-01-07 at 07:53 PM.