GREAT BIG HOWDY DOODY! :)

This one on the wall was dedicated to the rangers of D-Day of Point du Hoc... The vertical surfaces of the concrete were left unfinished in order to replicate german bunkers.

The water pool in front of the beach has compressed air tubes that simulate bullets hitting the surface in unison.

Here's a pic of a couple of my Marshalls...I have more but have to take pics.

Here is an older Tamiya Tiger I that I have been working on in the last couple of weeks putting zimmerit on....I know I'm WAY out of practice with it but I'm using it to get my feet wet again modeling. Please tell me what you think. ... and be honest...I can use the help.

Thank you kindly.

TJ.

BTW... I think that you can click on any of these pics to enlarge.

Welcome to the Forums TJ .

Regards,  Rick

Welcome TJ. Good to see another guitar player on board.

Enjoy. 

Tanks for the warm welcome guys!

Hey chopperfan...how long have you been playing guitar and what kind of gear do you have?

TJ.

9 Toe Tanker wrote:

Tanks for the warm welcome guys! Hey chopperfan...how long have you been playing guitar and what kind of gear do you have? TJ.

43 years.

Currently I own 5 guitars and a mandolin.

My electrics are both Washburns. A 2002 WI64 in antique white and a 2003 WI64DL in tabacco sunburst. I have a 130 watt Peavey Heritage VTX and a Digitech RP50 effects pedal. Both of these guitars are made in Korea and the only reason I would get rid of either of them would be if someone offered me my old 1972 Gibson ES335 back. Both of them have the easiest action I have ever played except for that Gibson.

My other 3 are a 1998 Washburn J28SCEDL "Cumberland" jumbo acoustic/electric, a 1999 Fender SJ65S jumbo acoustic and a 1977 Goya G380 jumbo acaoustic. I'm looking to buy a Takamine EG523SC-12 jumbo acoustic/electric in the near future. I've got this thing about jumbo's, in case you didn't notice.

The mandolin is an Asheville, a little cheapy, I picked up at a guitar show in Tulsa, OK about 2 months ago. Been wanting to learn for a long time and, for $59.00, I figured then was as good a time as any.  

All this to praise the Lord. Not that I haven't seen some wilder days! I tell new people at church that if that old Goya could talk and it wasn't for "once forgiven, always forgiven"? They'd run both of us out on a rail.

Great modeling and God bless. 

Welcome to the Forums, TJ. I'm mostly into WWII stuff too but , I've enjoyed other aspects many years ago. I just finished a P-38, beginning a B-17 and plan to attack the P-38 again, soon. First builds since '79.

I play guitar, bass and harmonica. I can fake it on keys if I have to. Been pickin' since I was 7 yrs old. 41 now. You do the math! I've had 'Pauls, Explorers, V's, Tele's and Mustangs but, I always gravitate back to hardtail Strats. I like Peavey amps. Everything from Grandpa Jones to Judas Priest.

Chopperfan? If we get a band together, will we have to get 'small' to call ourselves the Finescale Band??  I vote 1:48. Any smaller and I may fall off of the stage. At least I won't have far to fall!

Back to my Tom Waits album, now.... 

LOL! Tanks guys....we should collectively do a tune.

"I Got The FineScale Modeling Blues" I can see it now.....

"You know the group build is 1/48 and thats a scale that I just hate - I got the FineScale Modeling Blues"

LOL!

OH and BTW...The reason for my Handle 9 Toe Tanker....well obviously I like building models of WW II armor ...the 9 Toe part? ...Well I tangled with a lawn mower in 1999 and lost the battle.

See for your self. Not for the squemish:

9 Toe Tanker wrote:

"I Got The FineScale Modeling Blues" I can see it now..... "You know the group build is 1/48 and thats a scale that I just hate - I got the FineScale Modeling Blues"

May I? ...in 4/4 time...

Ol' Nine Toe Tanker got a cancker sore from a post he'd made the night before.

Somethin' 'bout a hooligan buildin' in 1:48. Upset Ol' Nine Toe and it filled 'im full'a hate.

There won't be no presents come Christmas Eve. Ain't got no fireworks up his July sleeve.

Just a swig of warm beer and a sniff of stale glue.

Thanks to you, he got them FineScale Modelin' blues.

(spoken) Done went and stuck his foot in a mower blade...  

Carry on!

Hit me with another verse, baby! Or gimme some chord changes! I'm hearing it in the key of E with an A at the turnaround.

'There Goes The Neighborhood'. Joe Walsh.  

Preston wrote:

9 Toe Tanker wrote: "I Got The FineScale Modeling Blues" I can see it now..... "You know the group build is 1/48 and thats a scale that I just hate - I got the FineScale Modeling Blues" May I? ...in 4/4 time... Ol' Nine Toe Tanker got a cancker sore from a post he'd made the night before. Somethin' 'bout a hooligan buildin' in 1:48. Upset Ol' Nine Toe and it filled 'im full'a hate. There won't be no presents come Christmas Eve. Ain't got no fireworks up his July sleeve. Just a swig of warm beer and a sniff of stale glue. Thanks to you, he got them FineScale Modelin' blues. (spoken) Done went and stuck his foot in a mower blade...

And there sits Randie in a rocking chair, tugging on strings and silver hair.

Which is which, he don't really know. He's wound up tight and ready to go.

Randie. Write for us, buddy!!!