Its Easter .....Egg Planes

[steve149c]

So I'm late to the party due to being on ship as usual.....up at 0430 GMT this morning, flight back from Denmark, 200 km drive and what do I do when first in the house? Simples - EGG Planes

So which Egg to build??



I settled on the T-4 Ashiya Special as I fancied something completely different from previous years.



3 sprues in a white plastic, and a clear cockpit



Decals - so gloss white it is plus these babies!



And off to a flying start

Pilot was easy enough, and the body goes together well



but some gentle use of tape to seal the cockpit in.



Cheers

Steve

[paddyboy]

Hi Steve

An 'eggcellent' start there

I know, I know; i'll get me coat

Best regards

Patrick

[deerhunter]

How much did you have to "shell" out for those kits

OK OK I`m with Paddy

[steve149c]

Thanks Patrick and Deerhunter, let the jokes crack on!

Thanks Mike,

Slow progress but steady! Filler was applied to body and left dry, then sanded off. Wings on, and filler applied again.



Cheers

Steve

[deerhunter]

Thanks Patrick and Deerhunter, let the jokes crack on!

All white, all white, I`ll stop telling yolks

[eagle1]

Good luck with the models Steve

As for the egg jokes, good job it is "FRYday" today !!!!! Us Reapers are all the same !!!

[stevep22]

Shouldn't these egg gags really be posted on the 'Scramble' forum? I'm quite 'hard-boiled' when it comes to this sort of humour but I haven't 'poached' anyone else's jokes............

[paddyboy]

Stevep22: I will excuse you

Eagle 1 and Deerhunter: you should know better

Get on with it, buddy, before we all run out of yolks

Sorry, that has been done

Cheers

Patrick

[Dan D'Air]

W.. hens it going to be finished?

[fencer]

Well after the 'cock'pit is finished.I'm looking forward to seeing it fly the coop!

(Am I too far off topic?)

[opsjockey]

Thats a lot of models, you must be eggs-austed..... (runs for the eggs-it)


Sorry, bit of a 'cheep' shot...

[aviationcafe]

Lets hope there is no double yolkers in this one or they'll be fried!

They do look like a lot of fun though to build!

[deerhunter]

Squadron........... SCRAMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dan D'Air]

They're not pilots in them planes, they're SOLDIERS...................(I'm going to duck now)............cupping my head in shame

[MarkL]

I'm sure they've poached these off someone else, they look very familiar.

[eagle1]

Well I want to congratulate you all as I think you are all egg cellent Comedi-hens & have made me smile

[TeeJay]

I think this post is turning out quite EGGciting...............

I'll get my coat too, and join the rest of the 'Reapers

Trev

[Dan D'Air]

I think this post is turning out quite EGGciting...............

Trevf

Yes, quite pheasant really....

[G4UMW]

All these eggsasperating puns - I'm shell-shocked!

[steve149c]

Oh dear oh dear, two days off with flu and you have all gone cracking bonkers!!!

So all the filling and smoothing is done, cockpit masked up and pushed into place. As you will note, the canopy frame must be red, but no decals, so I shall spray the body white, then spray the canopy red after. This gives me the option of working on the pilot seperate to the plane, then insert after.



So the pilot looked a little blank, no problem, so thin wire and a 0.4mm drill bit



Then a 1mm hole, and the compressed wire was pushed and glued in place. Once painted should come up trumps.



The pilots visor needs more coats of Klear to smooth it over and get that shiny finish, but we have good progress!

Cheers for looking, and bring on the smashing jokes

Steve