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Post by 30sqnatc on Sept 6, 2018 23:49:52 GMT 12
A week overseas attending a conference so evenings with little to do in hotel room so I brought a small bag of cut wire, masking tape and a pair of scissors. You guessed it.  |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Sept 17, 2018 19:23:44 GMT 12
Another Jeep is nearing completion. This one will be fitted with an after market canopy which fitted perfectly after I added 1mm in the back and 2mm to the top.  Under the baseboards progress has been made adding electric spaghetti to get the railway running while the tracks are being covered to allow aircraft to taxi over them. |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Sept 27, 2018 21:00:34 GMT 12
Progress in a whole range of areas.   |
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Post by johnnyfalcon on Sept 28, 2018 6:38:42 GMT 12
That is looking great! Well done!
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Post by 30sqnatc on Oct 29, 2018 17:32:47 GMT 12
Not much progress due to overseas work travel but I was able to pick up this kit for just $34-00.  It will be finished in a what if RNZAF colour scheme as NZ was hoping to acquire B-25 but received Ventura instead. |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Oct 30, 2018 19:04:24 GMT 12
Its amazing what you can find on the internet if you search long enough. The winch is for the front of the International tractor unit.  |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Nov 6, 2018 18:23:59 GMT 12
I was lucky enough to score a second hand Hudson 1 with just a damaged prop on Ebay for very reasonable price so now I will be able to build both bomber recon and transport versions.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 6, 2018 18:49:12 GMT 12
You probably know this but the RNZAF's C-63 transport Hudsons were all converted from Mk. III's
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Post by 30sqnatc on Nov 6, 2018 20:36:59 GMT 12
You probably know this but the RNZAF's C-63 transport Hudsons were all converted from Mk. III's Yeah but Classic Airframes Hudson kits at reasonable price (less than 50% of Mk III) are so rare I had to grab the Mk 1. I just did a quick comparison of the kits and only obvious difference so far is the engine exhausts and air scoop. I'm sure there will be more. |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Nov 6, 2018 20:53:30 GMT 12
Yes certainly worth grabbing.
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Post by Mustang51 on Nov 7, 2018 6:56:13 GMT 12
No.1 Sqn Hudson..........too small for the Awazisan Maru
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Post by 30sqnatc on Nov 10, 2018 21:10:40 GMT 12
Two evenings to put this Japanese plane killer together. I think the photo shows one that was found at the unfinished Japanese airfield on Guadalcanal.  I spent an hour working on the below baseboard wiring for the model railway part of the diorama today. Nearly ready to run a loco around both sections of the baseboard. |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Nov 11, 2018 19:39:41 GMT 12
I've finished the railway wiring and trains can now run right around the complete loop so I got the baseboards back on the table and trying a few options for locations with my phone camera. Duty vehicles at the tower.  Watching refuelling from the control tower  I'm collecting lots of parts to fill up the scrap dump. So far parts from Dauntless, Avenger, Dakota and Hudson along with a couple of Japanese construction vehilces.  |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Dec 5, 2018 19:10:25 GMT 12
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Post by 30sqnatc on Dec 5, 2018 20:30:11 GMT 12
Fabulous thanks for the link. As it was colour it was especially helpful. I've just started 'planting' coconut trees on one baseboard and the film confirmed what typical ground cover under coconut trees was like. A quick photo just using a flash.  Paul |
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Post by 30sqnatc on May 30, 2019 22:02:28 GMT 12
For the last five months I have been working on a few different 1/48 scratchbuilt vehicles like these WW2 RAF airfield defence Armadillo and Beaverette. The white vehicle on the right is an armoured Fordson tractor built for the Home Guard. Anyway enough with this Pommy stuff.  IMG_3180 by tankienz, on Flickr The reason I stopped on the Pacific layout was because I was unable to purchase the Japanese Kato IJN loco and hopper wagons I needed. Last week they came back into stock in Japan so an order was sent off. Today the brass etch kits arrived.  IMG_3182 by tankienz, on Flickr Brass etch is not something I've built before and just to complicate things, the instructions are in Japanese so they will be fun. So I'm now ready to start back on vehicles for the Pacific layout, the first is a Ford GT Bomb Service truck.  MT062 by tankienz, on Flickr The chassis is under way using a Tamiya GMC kit. The front chassis rails have been straightened, the front axle diff reversed to the other side, the engine moved to the right and the transfer case will be flipped right over. All this on a much shorter chassis.  IMG_3183 by tankienz, on Flickr |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jun 2, 2019 22:42:08 GMT 12
Darn the much chopped up chassis didn't work so today it was scrapped and replaced with a new scratch built chassis. Also made a start on the cab structure.  IMG_3187 by tankienz, on Flickr Lots of filing to shape the offset engine cover.  IMG_3188 by tankienz, on Flickr |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jun 6, 2019 20:23:23 GMT 12
Getting closer to delivering bombs.  |
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Post by pjw4118 on Jun 8, 2019 11:45:12 GMT 12
That looks great , its a shame that MOTAT cant do something like this but on a 1:1 scale , they have all the right aircraft . P 40 , Hudson , Ventura , Avenger . Just a dash of sand and a few of your palm trees , now theres a diorama .
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jun 8, 2019 12:23:36 GMT 12
 All the main structure is in place now the details to add. |
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