The dope linen has be resprayed and with great results ! no cracking this time .
later tonight I will respay the black and should be able to do the brown rib tapes as well
My fingures are crossed .

good luck
If you want to see someone slowed down... wow!!! I am doing a mini for Wendy's campaign and so far have restarted 4 times and now I screwed the face up so had to restart that.. These things are so little I need to buy a microscope to see it.. But I'm having a blast doing it
Kelly

Glad to hear the good news Terri and looking forward to seeing the next set of photos. My paints have arrived (hurrah!) so I hope to start with the cockpit on Sunday once my current set of four night shifts are finished.

And I admire your determination Kelly as demonstarted by restarting the wee figure 4 times! I've just started on Alpine's 1/16 Panzer Officer "Groþdeutschland" and I too have decided to re-paint the face. Have just signed up to the maximize campaign so need to choose a new figure soon too.

Okay Ladies we don't have much time left here and haven't heard anything for some of you yet . Can you please post a up date on where you are in your builds . If you need more time do to life's interference let me know .

I'm waiting for paint to dry so the gloss coat can go on and then the decals followed by the weathering . I hope to have this wrap up by end of the week with pic's posted .

I'm sure if any of us need help Kelly can lend us her crew to help finish the build !

I just have the lower brown taping to paint and then final assembly can begin .

I've got three sets of four down days in my shift rota until the deadline of 29th Dec so that gives me a total of 12 days; so in theory I should be ok to finish in time. However I do also have an essay to write for the part time course I've started recently at Uni in WWII Studies and this also has to be in by the end of the year so the timeline for both is a wee bit tight. I hold up my hands to the fact that I should have ordered up my kit and paints earlier than I did and I should have started my essay last month so my great scheduling plan turned out not to be so great after all ... oh the benefits of hindsight.

Anyhow enough waffle ... the bottom line is I wouldn't say no to a wee extension as I am only working two nights between 23rd Dec and 6th Jan and once Christmas out the way, I would have plenty of time over the festive period to finish the build without rushing. However, I wouldn't want to put anyone out and if the deadline stayed as 29th Dec I'd pull out all the stops to meet it.

Im okay with an extension.
Kelly

Hi Emma and Kelly ! For a while their I was thinking I was the only one still doing this . Haven't heard anything from the other Ladies on their builds . So maybe they gived up and no longer want to be involved . I will send them a PM and find out if they need more time . I will grant it if more are in agreement , then again I feel that I need more time as well . So I will set the cut off date to the 15 of Jan / 09 and Voting will start on the 17 Jan / 09 .

Emma I know all to well on trying to stay with with a schedule , never work out in the end and end up doing some things at the last minute . so for that I give a glass of wine or two to you !!!!!

Wine!!!!!! I want one too... 15th sounds good to me...

Okay , you can have some as well !


Cheers

Thanks for the extension and the wine Will look forward to a glass or two once I've finished tonight's shift. I'm working tomorrow night (Mon) and then I'm off for four nights so should be able to report some progress by start of next week. And lets hope the other ladies can be encouraged back into the fold by the extension. Cheers

I will get Danielle’s progress uploaded with her this weekend coming (13th/14th), I am afraid I have been neglecting my fatherly duties due to my work schedule (I work 12 hour nightshifts), and Danielle’s schedule (Teenage girl fitting in Air Cadets and travelling the globe). So we don’t get a lot of time together, I will make a point of spending an hour or two each evening with her getting her build completed and uploaded.

No worries at all Darren , rest of the Ladies like having the extension . So you don't have to rush to have the project finished around the 13/14 or so . Time is something I wish i had more of it's just these little things like work and friends which seem to throw everything out the window along with the clock !

I will have some more pic's up of my latest progress this afternoon .

Hey there gals,
Sorry that I haven't posting lately. I took a bad fall and screwed up my right shoulder, and it's taken me almost 3 months to get into a bone doctor. I went to my family doctor, and he tried to tell me that my injury was a result of my Tae Kwan Do classes and not the fall. I had to argue with him and explain how I fell countless times before he finally got it! No wonder I hate doctors.

Anyway, here is what little progress that I have made. I will finish this kit even if I miss our deadline.

Looking really geart so far penny ! Can't wait to see more of the build


Here is some more pic's of what else has been done on what is turning out to be very frustrating project !

Started the decaling , pic's up when they are dried . so in the mean time have a beer

or two
cant wait to see the pic's.
Kelly

Terri and Penny your builds are looking good!

Penny. Its looking great. sorry I missed the pic;s first time around.
Kelly
probably was the wine

Thanks Emma and Kelly . Decaling is almost done now , I'll have pic's up in a few days .

Greetings,
Here's a pic of my (lack of) progress. Between getting a bunch of commissions and getting sick, I haven't gotten near as much done on him as I'd like. The face is the most important part of a figure though, so there's no rushing it. I'm not happy with the eyes and it needs some more blending, but it's a start. The barely visible parts in the pic which are painted black are all the chain mail parts on the fig. The black is prep for metallic paint which will be dry brushed on.

I'll keep plugging away on him between the commission stuff. Hopefully I can do this fig justice. I appreciate the extra time, by the way.

looks great the way you have it now... plenty of time left so dont rush.
Kelly

Wow , looking excellent Wendy , now I can't wait to see the rest of it ! How did you do the blending of the colours , or what colours did you use ?

Decals are nice and dry now for handling . Few spots to touch up and the weather can begin after a coat of dull coat . Rest of the tail plane will be add after all the weathering and rigging is done . I have broken them off two times now !












More to come in the next few days .

Wendy I think the face looks fantastic as is ... you must be a perfectionist! And Terri the plane's going to be a cracker ... I just love the wood effect on the propeller.

I have finally started my build (hooray!) and have made up various sub assemblies. Ran out of time before returning to work for my next set of night shifts so haven't been able to break open any paint yet but hoping to get cockpit painted and the fuselage put together on my next set of down days after which I'll get some photos up loaded.