Steve's Models - Page 71

em2nought · 06-26-16, 05:41 PM

You know we're waiting to see the rigging, and the crew.

Sailor Steve · 06-26-16, 06:13 PM

Sorry. I spent two whole days filling and sanding around the cockpit area, and I'm still not satisfied with the finish there. The last two days were spent mounting some things on the lower engine housing and trying to adjust the wholes so I can put in the oversized control horns. Today I experimented with the leather cockpit combing. All of these things are giving me fits, and slowing the progress. Add to that the frustration of not making the 100th anniversary deadline and I'm having real problems keeping my interest up.

There won't be any crew, as this will be a display model, and not for gaming. I'm also at odds with myself over what rigging material I'm going to use. I bought some new stuff called EZ-Line, which stretches and is almost unbreakable, but I'm still kind of favoring the nylon line I've been using all along. We'll see how it goes.

Sailor Steve · 01-17-17, 12:06 AM

After eleven months of not finishing anything, and seven months of not even touching a model except for a couple of game repairs, I decided I was ready to start something new.

It took awhile to recognize, but after missing the June 15th deadline on the Boeing I became horribly depressed. I didn't do anything for more than a month, and then I saw the ad at Guitar Center for the band looking for a bass player. They liked me, and that got me moving again, but in a different direction. I spent all my creative time re-learning old skills and learning new ones - not easy at my age, or with my personality. Every few days I would look at the Boeing and decide I just couldn't touch it.

Recently the music started to stabilize, and I found myself with more free time. I still can't bring myself to finish the Boeing, but I've begun to think more about all the game models I still don't have, especially since I've still been buying a new one every month.

I finally realized that if I'm not going to finish the Boeing I need to start something new. Rather than continue from where I left off I've backtracked a little, as I've acquired some newer models of old aircraft. Early on I showed a rather beat-up old vac kit of the Royal Aircraft Factory's BE.2c, which I didn't want to tear apart and rebuild, so I just rigged it as it was, which was pretty bad. At the end of 2015 Airfix released new kits of the BE.2c - the first one done in injection-molded plastic, and the Fokker E.II. I've decided to build the BE.2c, and got the kit out and ready to start.

Catfish · 01-18-17, 04:47 AM

Looking forward to your building 'reports'

If you are building a BE2(c) do you intend to build a special version like Leefe Robinson's 'Zeppelin' killer? The box in the background seems to indicate such a version..
(Was not a Zeppelin in strict sense, but.. http://www.worcestershireregiment.co...robinson_page6)

Sailor Steve · 01-21-17, 05:51 PM

It will be a standard version, but a whole lot nicer than the vac kit I built 30 years ago or more. The night-fighters had only the pilot, with a gun mounted above the wing. We need more recon planes for the game.

06-26-16, 05:41 PM	#1051
em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,260 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	You know we're waiting to see the rigging, and the crew. __________________ Looks like we need a Lemon Law for Presidents now! DNC sold us a dud, and they knew it.

06-26-16, 06:13 PM	#1052
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Sorry. I spent two whole days filling and sanding around the cockpit area, and I'm still not satisfied with the finish there. The last two days were spent mounting some things on the lower engine housing and trying to adjust the wholes so I can put in the oversized control horns. Today I experimented with the leather cockpit combing. All of these things are giving me fits, and slowing the progress. Add to that the frustration of not making the 100th anniversary deadline and I'm having real problems keeping my interest up. There won't be any crew, as this will be a display model, and not for gaming. I'm also at odds with myself over what rigging material I'm going to use. I bought some new stuff called EZ-Line, which stretches and is almost unbreakable, but I'm still kind of favoring the nylon line I've been using all along. We'll see how it goes. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-17-17, 12:06 AM	#1053
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	After eleven months of not finishing anything, and seven months of not even touching a model except for a couple of game repairs, I decided I was ready to start something new. It took awhile to recognize, but after missing the June 15th deadline on the Boeing I became horribly depressed. I didn't do anything for more than a month, and then I saw the ad at Guitar Center for the band looking for a bass player. They liked me, and that got me moving again, but in a different direction. I spent all my creative time re-learning old skills and learning new ones - not easy at my age, or with my personality. Every few days I would look at the Boeing and decide I just couldn't touch it. Recently the music started to stabilize, and I found myself with more free time. I still can't bring myself to finish the Boeing, but I've begun to think more about all the game models I still don't have, especially since I've still been buying a new one every month. I finally realized that if I'm not going to finish the Boeing I need to start something new. Rather than continue from where I left off I've backtracked a little, as I've acquired some newer models of old aircraft. Early on I showed a rather beat-up old vac kit of the Royal Aircraft Factory's BE.2c, which I didn't want to tear apart and rebuild, so I just rigged it as it was, which was pretty bad. At the end of 2015 Airfix released new kits of the BE.2c - the first one done in injection-molded plastic, and the Fokker E.II. I've decided to build the BE.2c, and got the kit out and ready to start. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

01-18-17, 04:47 AM	#1054
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,893 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	Looking forward to your building 'reports' If you are building a BE2(c) do you intend to build a special version like Leefe Robinson's 'Zeppelin' killer? The box in the background seems to indicate such a version.. (Was not a Zeppelin in strict sense, but.. http://www.worcestershireregiment.co...robinson_page6) __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

01-21-17, 05:51 PM	#1055
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	It will be a standard version, but a whole lot nicer than the vac kit I built 30 years ago or more. The night-fighters had only the pilot, with a gun mounted above the wing. We need more recon planes for the game. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo