The Captain's Cabin- December Dealings

[Captain Canada]

:banghead:Hey why not !

I was just thinking....mental notes fade away. Writing stuff on paper gets lost. Etc, etc !



And it is almost " the winter of our discount tent " and I'll be back at the 'table' more often than not.....

[Rheged]

And it is almost " the winter of our discount tent " 

Amazing bloke, Bill Shakespeare, a phrase for every eventualty.

Just wait until the sun returns and it's "Once more to the beach dear friends.....!"  as he had Henry say.

[Captain Canada]

LOL....

For today, I'm going to try and work on the Devastator, a pair of Boomerangs, and a Spitfire F.22. All in Australian service during WWII. I'm thinking some kind of attack scenario, with the group of them going after  Japanese airfields or something.

[The Rat]

And it is almost " the winter of our discount tent " 

Amazing bloke, Bill Shakespeare, a phrase for every eventualty.

Just wait until the sun returns and it's "Once more to the beach dear friends.....!"  as he had Henry say.

An adequate wordsmith. 

[Captain Canada]

Absolutely zero progress last night. I tripped over a beer in the parking lot of the boys game......and then another. I found some of that maple Crown Royal helped ease the pain tho....



I did manage to dig the Valiant kit out of the stash. What a beauty....

[The Rat]

I did manage to dig the Valiant kit out of the stash. What a beauty....

Fondled mine a few times, wondering if my meagre skills can do it justice.

[Captain Canada]

Yes...I think the same thing.

Finished up the last bits of the Dauntless today. Now decaling the 2 Boomerangs and the Spit. I seem to have 3x decal sheets for the Airfix Boomerang kit, but only one set of landing gear/ wheels, and a single canopy and prop ! Oh well, sure I can come up with something !

These little beasts have been holding me up on my bench for far too long....need to finish them and then get on with something else. Hopefully finish off a bunch more half-starts.

Cheers !

[Captain Canada]

Still no luck on that canopy...did a bunch of searching. Found myself quite frustrated looking through box after box of half built kits. I had composed a list of all my unfinished threads from the site, but of course have lost that amongst the wreckage....

[Captain Canada]

The Spit and the Boomerangs are pretty much ready to go.....if I get a chance to 'chill' tonite, they will be finished and posted.....

[Captain Canada]

Decided to add some armament to one of the Boomerangs, in the form of some underwing rockets and a centreline bomb. I noticed a big screw up in the way that I had built the pair of them as well....but more on that when I post the pics.

[Father Ennis]

THE WORLD HAS COME TO AN END !!!!!!   You made a mistake !!!  Say it isn't true ...

[Captain Canada]

LOL...no doubt ! 

I added the underwing rockets to the Boomerang. Think it kinda ruins the look,  as in the Harvard wing. But oh well, she's gonna stay that way !

No updates this weekend. Boy is in a hockey tourney out of town. Go Sting !

[Captain Canada]

Lots of progress tonite.....I take sooo long to finish a kit. I have to admit, once I get it to a certain stage, I spend too much time looking, thinking, flying, touch-and-goes.....I just need to finish !

Got one Boomerang completed, and the other almost. The second was a lot of work : no gear, no canopy, no prop...but all that is remedied now. Ended up with a Malcolm hood and a winscdreen from the spares box. Prop looks kind wide, like a FW190 maybe. Hopefully get some pics up on Wednesday.

[Captain Canada]

Just a tailhook to sort out, a few fiddly bits and all done with the prop jobs for now. I was going to go all-in with Harriers, but figure I'll try and finish a few half-starts in the meantime, like my Iranian J-? Flying Leopard. I'll wait til I get my paws on the GR.1 and 3 before doing the Harrier bit.

[Army of One]

Hope to see a pic of the malcolm hood boomerang.........