Guys,

After poison by Mr B's "Venom", he went on and sold me this pontianak..oh man.. now I have to build this for MGB..


This is what I plan to build, No 60 squadron, RAF Tengah, Operation Firedog...
Man.. look at the serial #, WG 888 woun't you love it..

The Kit: 1/48 Hobbycraft
The review around that net said that this is not accurate kit, But I don't care and I am going for a quick build...

Progress so far..
Cockpit painted black..


Sub assembly done


Next remove seam lines and join those sub assembly together..

akan datang..

Excellent man! Love the serial number FATT FATT FATT :D

Look forward to seeing this, quickie builds are real fun - accuracy is less important than FUN!

wah!
pontianak!

because of you I will do another Merdeka project. 2 weeks to go!

Good one, Thomas. My dad was a civilian Meteorological Observer with the RAAF in Butterworth and they were flying Vampires back in the 50's and perhaps early 60's. I just asked him where RAF Tengah is and he sez it's in Singapore. That correct? He has seen Spits and Beaufighters. The Vampire was the first jet to be sent to Butterworth. By the time I was old enough to take notice French Mirages with Australian markings were in service. The Vamp's a good choice for Merdeka and when you post pics of the completed model I bet he'll be intersted to have a look.

Guys... thanks.. I got only 2 weeks to get this pontianak complete, not my usual building pace..

Shah..
Yup, Fun build it is.. :D

bro Loo.
Ha..ha.. build more ..build More...

Patrick,
Wow..can you check any photos of Butterworth your dad ould had taken during his sevice, this could be great referance for all of us..

i'm so envy with u guys....got so many times

i'm got none at the moment.....

anyway, i'm not aware of the vamp until i read this thread

good luck Tom.....

No pics of aircraft unfortunately. It's a workplace like any other and they are so used to seeing planes that no one bothered to take photos of them. He does have some taken with the towering kwai loh though. Funny..... :D

I came across a site put up by those who used to serve with the Butterworth base. Corresponded with one of them briefly. They described the Tanjong Tokong stretch as the 'mad mile'. No wonder, as I recall come New Year's or Christmas eve there'd be accidents. Drunk.....Perhaps you can try asking for pics from the site. The nice thing when they were here was that even the local Chinese medicine shop carried model kits! Airfix mostly. One can get no frills fish and chips ( wrapped in brown paper ) in Tanjong Bungah and imported foodstuff were plenty not to mention the dairy truck which made its rounds in my area. Dad smuggled some very biiiig weather baloons out of the base for me and my most treasured item was a jet's oxygen mask. Gone already. What I have left is a squadron coat of arms similar to your avatar. Memories.......

Patrick

Lets see it done up

Nice............

Mr B

Master

You are a man after my heart.....can't wait to see the Vampire with your usual superskills.

B and Shamsul, thanks.... no superskills lah, just a quick build saja... :D


anyway...more update..



Major assembly done, the twin tail booms alinement is very tricky, took me some time to do the proper alinement, I hope i get it right.. but somehow still look a bit sengnet to me..

another mod done on the wing, I just found out that the version I wanna do have the chips wing.. so I saw it off and cover with miliput, I should get all the sanding done and start painting on the weekend..



BTW.. it gonna be silver. Scary..

Gangs...

Kautim.... in about a week or so..very fast build for me..

Decals are taken from various sources, serial and lightning self printed.




Hope you like it and see you in MGB...and MGB Visa approved.. :D

Nice work

That was fast..........looks good

Mr B

Thomas..

glad that you manage to get the MGB Visa approved.. :lol:

awesome and fast build from you
good job

kuman

MasterQQ,

A quick and nicely done built! Salute!
A quickie in modelling is fine other than that, is a no no. :D :D

Regards!
TS. :D :lol: :D