CeeBee's Occasional Fixed Wing Ramblings (Update 23/03...)

[Paul P.]

Cee Bee sorry mate i havnt had a lot of time to get on site. the raider looks superb plenty of detail in there


Paul

[bullardino]

Three builds ongoing at the same time and all the three are delicious mate

[Deleted]

Try spad looks to be a fun build Cee Bee   Plenty of detail there  to brush paint 

[Deleted]

Sorry gentlemen for the very late reply .Gets bad when you can't even keep track of yer own thread!!!

OJ,your right there mate,those guns shouldn't take too long to sort.Might even beef up the barrels with some Albion Alloys tube..I've got some,somewhere!

Bill,Paul,thanks for looking in fellas,and dead right there Bill,I made best use of my free time off sick ,but back to normal now,not so much bench time.....

Chris,good to see you're keeping an eye on me mate. ..Yer right,that donk has some great detail,that's all going to get hidden,when it gets mounted finally.I'm getting good at these big radials,I've got a couple of other builds off forum,that have near on the same power unit.

Lui,these three here now,are just the tip of the build 'iceberg' mate!!

Steve,brush paint will be the way to go on the engine,because most of it won't be seen

Nowt more to say right now,apart from the fact I HAVE had a bit of time at the bench,but nothing worth reporting at the mo.

[wbill76]

Isn't it funny how you have less time when you're well and more when you're sick? I think you may have stumbled on the magic formula CB! Although being sick all the time might be detrimental to your health in the long run.

[Deleted]

Jan 12, 2014 16:25:34 GMT -5 wbill76 said:

Isn't it funny how you have less time when you're well and more when you're sick? I think you may have stumbled on the magic formula CB! Although being sick all the time might be detrimental to your health in the long run.

Bill,silly thing is I wasn't 'Sick' sick,It was just that because of the meds,my Doc didn't want me driving any distance,IF at all!!!Agreed,I got outta breath VERY quickly,but I could function pretty well,if I took it steady. ...And as my mate Neems has already said,building ain't my problem..

[danb.]

Some nice ramblings going on here CB the Javelin is a corker bet ya enjoyed building that bad boy ey keep up the hard work on the raider she looks a stunner too

Dan B

[wing_nut]

I like the build so far. I like those gun barrels. I like that figure choice. I think... I just... like it!

[armorguy]

This kit has loads of smoking hot details Ceebee, the wing detail is absolutely stunning.

[Deleted]

Dan,you know me by now mate,.....I can ramble on about nowt for ages On Wednesday,I'm hoping to get the OK to start ABing again,with the masks that Steve M kindly supplied. I want to try and get the 2 CW whooshies sorted,paint wise,before the 300+ decs have to go on!!!!.It would be nice to have something of mine on the MSC tables this year!!!...I've only got the UHU so far!!(And that needs repairs!)

Marc,nice to see ya fella,although I am a bit confused??.....You mentioned nice choice on the figs?..that for the Javelin,eh?....and then the gun barrels.....Spad?....Just wanna get things clear in my mind,afore I do what you 'Colonials' do,and plead 'The Fifth'!!!

[wing_nut]

Now I'm confused but I thought it because of the soup bowl sized Margaritas... several... I just guzzled. Gun barrels def the Spad. I went back a few more pages and I now realize there is more than one bird in the nest in this thread. Sure glad I had some tequila to straighten myself out. But Shhhhh... don't tell anyone it took me 20 minutes just to type this.

I am not the only one a bit buzzed here. the forum just tried to spell check Shhhhh into Chihuahua

[wbill76]

Jan 13, 2014 20:10:38 GMT -5 wing_nut said:

I am not the only one a bit buzzed here. the forum just tried to spell check Shhhhh into Chihuahua

That's what happens on a Monday!

[Deleted]

As some of you are well aware,I have ongoing problems with the ole CeeBee chesticles,so although there are a vast choice of builds ready for ABing,at the moment that is a no,no...AGAIN....As a consequence,the ole building moje kicked in,and over the last week or so I've had a bit of bench time with a wingie,and a Target ..
The wingy is an old ICM kit of a MiG 3,AND I was pleasantly surprised by what I've seen so far...




For 1/48,some nice basic detail,that will all get covered up....and a couple of shots of the pit,just tacked in place for the piccy opportunity


Just got to pick out the details in the pit,and add a couple of decs,then on to the next stage....

[Paul P.]

Whoop another great Cee Bee build, hope yer chesticles gets better soon me little REME mucka, and ill have a front row to this

[Deleted]

Thanks chaps,for popping yer heads in for a look see,on what must be one of the most boring threads on the forum..
Like you said jackwagon,I've heard good and bad about these ICM kits,but for the price(These were freebies!),a little bit of fettling,and maybe a bit of extra detailing,hopefully they'll turn out ok. ( This is a 15 year old model,after all!)

[deafpanzer]

I am happy you are back at it... engine looks sharp which surprised me considering coming from ICM.

[Deleted]

To be honest Andy,like I said,it WAS a very pleasant surprise.Don't get me wrong,it ain't Tammy by any means,no locating pins,and vague destructions,but the quality of the plastic mouldings is pretty,darn good!! Just remains to see what sort of a Pigs ear i'll make of it,eh?

[ogrejohn]

Engine and pit looks very nice CeeBee! Hope you get to feeling better.

[bullardino]

That's not a pig's ear, that's a smooooth silk purse, CeeBee

Love it, the engine looks great. It just needs some detail and wash and it'll pop out

[deafpanzer]

Mar 18, 2014 17:47:53 GMT -5 @chrisb said:

Just remains to see what sort of a Pigs ear i'll make of it,eh?

Well, as long as it tastes like bacon I will be OK with that!

[wbill76]

At least you're making good use of the time available to work on stuff, nice little MiG you've got going here CB!

[Paul P.]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Bacon

[Deleted]

OK chaps,sorry for the late reply......
OJ,thanks for popping in,and the well wishes.It's an ongoing situation I'm afraid,won't get better,but hopefully it'll get more manageable ,given time..

Lui,Andy,Bill..believe me,if anyone can make a sows ear out of a silk purse,it'd be me..

Sapper,,when I looked here earlier this morning,I determined I was gonna have the full English,and I DID!!! (Won't need a nosebag on fer 2 days now!!! )

Anyway,reason I'm her this time of day...bit more on the MiG,kicked off a Yak 9dd,and laid a bit of 'P' stuff on a third wingy
First up is the MiG....mostly together,just got to sand and rescribe a few bits,and when I've picked up some more primer,she'll be going outside for a bit of grey...









About the only other things I've done here,was open up the gun apertures in the top engine cowl,and drill out the zorsts,Oh,and split the aelerons into 2 parts,as per my refs
Next is the Yak 9dd,this is a LOT more like the ICM we've heard about...soft detail,poor moulds..yadda,yadda..won't go on,this is just for the building therapy...





and these were more like kitchen sinks,than plastic sinks....


No more on that one for a while,methinks!!!

And finally,in this thread,is the main item,the Javelin......









Yesterday morning,a bit of bright stuff in the sky,a light breeze,and the old girl got a dose of primer,and then she got a shiny bottom!!!,so that's where she sits at the moment.Primer was Model Mates grey,and the shiny was Halfords brand 'Chrome'

Off now to have a lie down in a darkened room,to get meself fit for updates elsewhere...

See you soon!!

[Leon]

Cee Bee the Mig is coming along nicely and the Javelin looks stunning in chrome. :)Take it easy mate.

[deafpanzer]

Those sinks look nasty on Yak! Don't let it win... filling 'em with bacon grease should take care of it.

Javelin looks AWESOME! Made me realize wings are way too BIG!

[danb.]

Shame about the poor quality on them ICM kits buddy but WOW that Javelin looks the absolute nuts keep it coming ya doing a mighty fine job sir

Dan B

[TRM]

WOW, loving that burst of Mojo from the CB Camp!! Nicely done my friend!! All these on the bench...beginning to look a lot like my bench!! LOL!! Keep up the great work!!!

[Deleted]

Javelin is looking superb  the others are real nice too but it has my vote 

[bullardino]

I like them all

[Deleted]

Mar 23, 2014 16:19:59 GMT -5 @dickyf said:

Jeez yer cud shave in the bottom of that Javelin mush - Gleamy!!! It's very nice paintwork - none of the detail is dulled at all - very cool fella - yer've had a full day there matey - great progress across the board fella!

Only gone and used a ferkin enamel paint for the shiny bits,ain't I??? ......Went to mask it up tonite,and all I'm getting is fingermeprints all over tha paintjob!!! Gotta strip it right back with some Fairy Power,and do it all aferkingain