August 2008 PING!

[Oceaneer99]

trying to fix the table...

[Oceaneer99]

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[lastvautour]

Busy as usual

HMCS Bonaventure 1/144 Scale:
      Mast structure being fashioned 30%complete
      Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System approx 50% complete
      Banshee (qty eight) 50% complete
      Tracker (qty 4) 60% complete
      Hull & Flight Deck 20% complete
Lockheed Hudson Mk IIIA 1/32 Scale:
      Tail assembly 90% complete
      Fuselage 50% complete
      Wings & Nacelles 75% complete
      Engines 100% complete
Canadair Tutor CT114
      Model fully carved and sanded with base colour applied
      Final colour scheme 50% complete (stalled)
Other non solid projects - www.flickr.com search word lastvautour

Photo will added to individual projects on forum.

[Oceaneer99]

Summer slowdown, but trying to finish up old projects.  He's what I have in progress:

PT-9 using Comet Plans:
     2 of 4 torpedo tubes finished
     hull and cabin finished
     turrets rough shaped
     need to work on other parts

Bristol Spaceplanes Ascender:
     fuselage/wing finished
     need to make turbojet engine nacelles and rocket nozzle

Supermarine Spitfire 1/72 (PRU version)
     painting complete, decals printed and ready for application
     need to make a tail wheel

Supermarine Speed Spitfire 1/48
     fuselage complete
     wing rough-cut

Tool projects:
     two gouges shaped and heat-treated; need tempering
     wider (3/16") chisel needs final shaping, heat-treatment, tempering

Hobby workbench:
     purchased green Douglas fir timbers (4x4), which are stacked and drying

Non-model projects:
     child's skin-on-frame kayak frame complete except for bow, stern, and cockpit combing

[teddon61]

Thought I would add my summer projects to the impressive lists I see on the site, I work at my summer place in Wisconsin Dells during the summer months, but don't paint or assemble difficult planes up there, I have the winter months for that.
   My summer project wrap up (ping is a word that I don't fully understand)
Republic Lancer    in the paint shop
Petlyakov P.E. 8   final sanding needed
I.M.A.M  Ro 43    being assembled
Beriev Kor-1       Being assemble
Dewoitine D720   In the paint shop awaiting national insignias
Arado Ar 231      awaiting assembly
Fairey Seafox      awaiting assembly

You will note that most of my projects now are on somewhat obscure float planes, after some 420  WWII airplanes it becomes hard to find well known projects.  Ted Billings