Landlubber Mike

This is looking really great, the vegetation really adds character to the whole composition. Looking forward to seeing the figures!

Thanks Craig and Elmer, looking forward to getting started on it! I had been itching to work on it for a while now but wanted to wait to see if I could find the discontinued CMK set. Took a while, but it fortunately turned up on eBay. The aftermarket control surfaces make it so much easier to show them in various positions, rather than cutting them out and then trying to rebuild them because of the saw's kerf, etc.

Thanks guys! I've always had a thing for seaplanes - or are they flying boats? Should be a fun build anyway.

I decided to join the current "twins" (as in two propulsion units) group build on LSM, so thought I'd post a parallel log here. Not like I don't have enough projects going at the moment, but this one shouldn't be too bad. The Sikorsky S-43 or "Baby Clipper" was a smaller version of the S-42 Clipper and first flew in 1935. The US Navy began buying the plane beginning in 1937, and redesignated the military version as the JRS-1. I'm building the Eduard kit, which is a limited edition repop that came out in 2016 of an older Sword kit from 2003. Special Hobby had also re-released the same kit in 2005. Nice thing about the Eduard release is the addition of PE and resin improvements to the old kit. In addition, Eduard released a separate PE aftermarket set, and I luckily somehow managed to find the old discontinued CMK set which has a lot of helpful improvements like wheels, control surfaces, etc. Kit contents: The kit has a large color instruction manual, as well as a really nice color pamphlet with lots of info on and pictures of the JRS-1 to help build the model: Last night I gave the sprues and resin parts a bath. Here you can see all the resin parts between the kit (in gray) and the CMK set (in yellow). A blade from each prop was broken off, so I'll need to reattach them. Lots of color schemes are included in this kit. I'll probably do the kit as one of the multi-colored yellow wings. I'm leaning towards the blue-banded 1193, but the red-banded 1063 is probably the more famous plane as I believe it is at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum (near me, I'll have to see if it's on exhibition). Thanks for looking in!

Good to know. Sounds like I was overthinking things

Looks fantastic Craig! Did you foil the bumpers and wheels, or did you paint them? I'm sorta at a standstill on a car build because I was thinking of foiling one set of parts because it would be easier than painting, but then didn't want the chrome to look different from other places that were chromed. So, I've always wondered what people that foiled certain chrome parts did with other chrome parts.

Have you tried something like these? https://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?cPath=21_225&products_id=2979&osCsid=681b510273022f061ca64a8ad6eb7195 https://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?cPath=21_225&products_id=6597&osCsid=681b510273022f061ca64a8ad6eb7195 Some of the photo etch benders also have squared off wire bending functions: https://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?cPath=21_225&products_id=7142&osCsid=681b510273022f061ca64a8ad6eb7195

Sweet work on the foiling!! Amazing job!

Looks great Kevin!! That's an insane level of detail - looks like a fantastic kit!

Mr Surfacer makes a pink primer. I haven't used it yet, but did use a Tamiya pink rattle can primer to prime a bright red Triumph build that I've been working on here and there. I didn't test the red on a white prime coat so can't tell you what the difference was, but the red with the pink primer was nice and vibrant.

No worries Steve. I'm really enjoying following your build. It's looking really great.

I'm not just saying this because I am a bit of a Star Wars nerd, but this project is epic! I can't wait to see the finished result!

That's what I was wondering also - seems easier to clean up any smears too.

That makes sense - a better approach than CA for sure!

Great start on a great subject Craig! Love the Riviera! How did you end up attaching the PE name badges? I have a couple of car kits with the MCG aftermarket, and couldn't quite figure out how to glue the badges on without glue smearing. Did you end up using CA or white glue?

Alan, this is spectacular! I just caught up with your log and had missed all the recent progress. Really nice job! Can I ask what the overall dimensions of the project are?

Wow, I missed this build John. Really nice job! Hope you are doing well.

Nice job! What a cool unique project!

Nice job Kevin!! Looks great!

Very cool! Nice job!

Making nice work of these kits Patrick. That flash on the first kit, yikes!

I've tried Vallejo Metal Colors Chrome over their gloss black primer and it looks pretty good. Not that mirror chrome type look, but more of a scaled look. I'll have to try some of the other options out there you mentioned, thanks for sharing!

Nice job Craig! Another beauty! Can I ask what you did for the chrome? Did you use foil? Molotow? Whatever you did looks great! I'm in the middle of a few car builds and stuck on what to do for the chrome. I painted some parts using Vallejo Metal, but was thinking about foiling other parts. Just not sure that the chrome would look the same across different sources.

Wow, those are really cool Andy! Nice job! Happy new year to you!

That came out great! Nice job!