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Author:  BattleRabbit [ Mon Nov 19, 2007 4:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Desert War Campaign(Group Build)
Alright, this seems to be the first group build here, so these are the ground rules:

1. The aircraft you build must be built while this campaign takes place, basically from now until sometime early next year so we can get the maximum number of participants involved. The end-date should be around the first week of February, so we can be sure EVERYONE that may want to get in has time.

2. Before you begin building, declare what you will build so I can add you to the master list in this post. If the aircraft is offbeat and its use in this theater is questionable, provide documentation proving its accuracy in being put in this campaign.

3. Put your build pictures in this thread, although separate threads are fine for questions and the like, so this one doesn't get too cluttered with one person's specific questions, as that can be hard to follow.

So, ready, set, GO!

Master List:
Second Air Force: A-20 havoc/ P-38
Rogue: Long tail P-40F/ Me-110
Mazda P5: P-40
Shay: P-40 Tomahawk/ Bf-109E
Author:  Second Air Force [ Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:17 pm ]
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B.R.

Put me down for either an early A-20/Havoc or possibly a P-38. I have to throw in a caveat here--my contribution will depend on available time, depending on how much we're working on a certain 1/1 scale bird! (My wife is going to tell me I'm crazy to even THINK I have time to build a model! :shock: )

Scott
Author:  Rogue [ Tue Nov 20, 2007 1:50 pm ]
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Rogue wrote:
Count me in for a P-40F longtail from the 33rd FG.

My Father-in-Law was in North Africa with the 33rd.

I may also to do a Me-110 Wespen that i have photos he left me.
Author:  mazdaP5 [ Tue Nov 20, 2007 5:40 pm ]
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I'll be doing a p-40, but that's all for now.
Author:  Shay [ Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:24 pm ]
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Alright to start off I'll be modeling:

1/72 Academy P-40 Tomahawk in No. 112 Squadron colors

And also:

1/72 Heller Bf 109-E in the colors of Jagdgeschwader 27

And if I get these knock out here hopefully before the end of Dec I'll add some more subjects.

Shay
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Semper Fortis
Author:  Second Air Force [ Sat Nov 24, 2007 4:43 pm ]
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Well, since our weekend plans changed around, I decided to dig out my first (probably only) project for the Group Build. It's a 1/48 Hasegawa P-38F. I paid $5.00 for this complete kit back in the '90s because someone returned it to our hobby shop with a warped wing. In all honesty, I started to assemble the booms way back then and taped the wing together to straighten them and then put the whole thing back in the box. Ellen told me I'd never get it done by February, and she's probably right. :wink: And yes, this is as clean as my workbench ever gets. :roll:
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Scott
Author:  Rogue [ Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:53 pm ]
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Second Air Force wrote:
Ellen told me I'd never get it done by February, and she's probably right. :wink: Scott


From the looks of all the Razorbacks, she is. :wink:


I'd feel right a home there! :twisted:
Author:  BattleRabbit [ Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:18 pm ]
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I have not had time to go out and pick up a kit for this build yet, though I was given a Hawker Hurricane that is partially completed(painted silver?) and missing the cockpit, so that could be nice to finish and bury in a sand dune :).

I am looking forward to going out and picking up a Gloster Gladiator to do up in the colors of Rhoald Dahl's plane, or possibly a P-38... there are a lot of options.
Author:  mazdaP5 [ Mon Nov 26, 2007 7:17 pm ]
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I would love to do a gladiator if I could find one. None of te shops around seem to have one.
Author:  Second Air Force [ Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:57 am ]
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Rogue,

Those P-47s have looked like that for around two years, give or take a couple of months. :roll: There's a B-29B, B-24H, and a 1/48th scale Mooney in a similar state somewhere under other piles of refuse on the bench. I love to start projects but never seem to get them finished!

Scott
Author:  Rogue [ Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:12 am ]
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:lol:

Not only does my model desk look like that, so does my hanger! :wink:
Author:  Second Air Force [ Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:56 am ]
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I wish I had that luxury, Rogue! Our money pit is in a large hangar with four other aircraft, so I have to keep my little corner clean. :? I make up for it by keeping the garage in a state of confusion. 8)

Scott
Author:  Second Air Force [ Sat Jan 12, 2008 10:09 pm ]
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Surprisingly, this thread has slipped down the page a good bit, so I decided to post a progress update on my P-38. Here is how it looked in November:
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And here is what I have gotten accomplished since then:
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Can anyone beat that? :shock:

Scott
Author:  mazdaP5 [ Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:04 pm ]
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ha! that's great.
I've not really done much on my P-40. Winter has pretty much kept me from painting :?
Author:  Second Air Force [ Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:18 am ]
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Gosh, it's been half a year since we updated one another on the Desert Project. I just happened to take a photo of my desk the other night for another thread. Here is what I've accomplished on the P-38 since the first of the year:
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:D

That right-hand boom will turn up someday,
Scott
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