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farmroad38 · Last edited by farmroad38 on Fri 13 Jun 2008 12:28 pm; edited 1 time in total

Progress of Nick's build can be followed here.
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Cheers,

Adrian

ginger75 · Posted: Fri 13 Jun 2008 11:51 am Post subject:

I will be building the Grumman Duck J2F6.

The decals don't look to healthy and I'm sure all the parts are there!!

Cheers

Nick

farmroad38 · Posted: Thu 24 Jul 2008 20:55 pm Post subject:

Any progress on putting together what parts you do have Nick?
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Adrian

ginger75 · Posted: Thu 24 Jul 2008 22:20 pm Post subject:

Sorry I've only just started to put it together, my father died the other week so it was 3 weeks off, with me by his bedside.

Anyway things are back on track now, a few bits are missing from the kit but it's going together. I'll post some pics as soon as.

Cheers

Richard M · Posted: Thu 24 Jul 2008 22:44 pm Post subject:

Sorry to hear about your father, my condolences.
Best
Rich
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Rich
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farmroad38 · Posted: Fri 25 Jul 2008 07:26 am Post subject:

Oh Nick, I am sorry. My best wishes to you and your family.
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Adrian

ginger75 · Posted: Fri 25 Jul 2008 07:51 am Post subject:

Thank you, both.

Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Fri 25 Jul 2008 15:38 pm Post subject:

Please accept my condolences.

All the best
Andy Smith

ginger75 · Posted: Sat 26 Jul 2008 15:55 pm Post subject:

Thank you Sgt.

Here are the shots of the kit and contents.

The decal options are for an all over silver WW2 plane or a post war red & silver. As the last one has been covered I'm going for the WW2 bird. If the decals fail then it might be a what if bird instead.

Cheers

Nick

Richard M · Posted: Sat 26 Jul 2008 17:56 pm Post subject:

I've got the WW2 style decals left over from my build if you want them as a back up.
Best
Rich
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Rich
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"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die."

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ginger75 · Posted: Sat 26 Jul 2008 21:08 pm Post subject:

Yes please Rich, that would be great. Great build by the way.

Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Sat 26 Jul 2008 23:25 pm Post subject:

I have a full decal sheet spare too.....My grubby Duck has been commandeered by the Brits!**

PM me if you need them.

All the best
**Or an angry drunk Irishman to be more accurate!

ginger75 · Posted: Mon 28 Jul 2008 11:25 am Post subject:

Cheers Sgt.

ginger75 · Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008 19:30 pm Post subject:

Here are some more shots.

I had a few problems getting the wing to connect to the struts, but as you can see I over came it!!

ginger75 · Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008 19:44 pm Post subject:

This is how she stands at the moment. One coat of Oxford blue on but I've had to order a new tin of intermediate blue from Vince as mine had dried up. So I should be finished this weekend.

Richard M · Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008 20:54 pm Post subject:

She's coming along nicely, Airfix really made an amazing amount of dihedral on those lower wings, no wonder I had to cut so much off the struts of mine to get the top wing on!
Best
Rich
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Rich
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"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die."

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ginger75 · Posted: Wed 06 Aug 2008 08:41 am Post subject:

I would have done the same as you. I couldn't believe it myself when I put the lower wings on. Wouldn't have liked to have a ride in that on the sea!!!

Anyone know what colour the bombs would have been?

ginger75 · Posted: Mon 11 Aug 2008 18:01 pm Post subject:

Paint on just need to apply the decals and touch up.

ginger75 · Posted: Fri 15 Aug 2008 19:51 pm Post subject:

All finished. I took a few photos but when I put them on the computer they were mostly out of focus even with macro on.

Anyway here are the better photos.

Grumman Duck J2F-6, U.S. Navy, NAS Patuxent River, U.S.A., 1943.

Would just like to say thanks to everyone's kind words after my dads death, also thanks to Rich for the decals and the tip on putting the top wings on first and to Sgt for the offer of back up decals.

Cheers everyone.

Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Fri 15 Aug 2008 19:54 pm Post subject:

Great result on your Duck there Nick!

All the best