IDF Group Build Mk. II 2010-2011

hi john. thank you.

finished this one up. some fiddling with the chassis but probably a paint issue with me. broke a number of fiddly things but all were found and repaired. towel in lap caught at least 3 pieces. idf recon unit '67 war. a lot of idf was still od then. windshield is folded down and wrapped in a tarp. was going to add some water cans and ration boxes but there is really no room.

tried artist pastels to weather the dust, ochre and medium gray mix. undercarraige is base coat and my new favorite for that, raw umber wash. for some reason i tend to weather standing up at my big workbench. fo figure.

i am giving a weathering demo to my wood ahip club this saturday so i think i will camo my JGPZ-IV and LVT(A)-4 and use them for demos. may even get the mask for the black camo on my GRIZZLY

Your jeep looks great Wayne

The Gun and stand look great too .

John .

This is sort of transforming from a group build to a "special interest group"!

Great work updating the badge Wayne

Here's my three next  IDF Sherman builds using the Cpl Overby resin conversion hulls and turrets along with Dragons bogies and tracks

I have made a tentative start on the M51 by gluing all the small bogie parts together . I still need to file some more on the underside of the resin hull , there's still a small part of the pour block showing .

i updated the badge. working on an M-38 jeep w/ 106mm RR used by idf recon folks in '67.

Someone recently made a new badge for 2013 , so I was hoping it would continue on . I have some Cpl Overby M4 shermans I would like to complete .

John .

White_R34

Here's the starting day and ending date. I want to start this thing on May first 2010 and run till the end on December 31 2011.

isn't this GB kinda past its prime?!  I mean, it's 3-yrs old, for cripes sake!

is this now the 2013 GB or is that another newly formed GB from the folks that brought you this one. i am soooooo confused

White, glad to see you back.

Funny to see this one still "alive", kind of like the bad guy in a B movie.

Yep and will keep it going! Here's some of the projects that I will finish for 2013.

The IDF Doher SPH

An the Achzarit IFV 2012 version.

IDF GB is still ALIIIIIVE!!!!

Cool and thank's for thinking of me guys. I'll post new progress photos in a day or two for you all to view. An I like the updated pach!

Well you didn't say hand painted "lol". I can't wate to see that M38c jeep w/ 106mm RR!

Thunder if you have finished a build post your build pach or badge from the time you built said project!

hey white

sorry to here about your illness. glad you can pick up building again. here is the 2013 badge.

thanks for the complement. it's brush painted (don't ask). also, along with my dozen or so in progress i stated aan M38c jeep w/ 106mm RR that will be israeli so that fits with the 2013 GB if in fact this is a new GB. if not i will just build it anyway

Hi there, White -- sorry to hear of your illnesses, they are most certainly serious and I'm sure you have the sympathy of everyone on the list.

We basically kept on building for the fun of it -- I completed an old Tamiya Merk 1. I am in fact finally finishing the Merk II I started for IDF 1 a looong time ago, with Isradecals and woven metal tow cables.

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Wow stunning work on the Shot man!!

Sorry every one for not getting back on here the finish the rounds I started so may years ago. I'm am now a type 1 diabetic and I have had some problems with getting of my super low blood suger and my stays at the hospital. I'm now getting back to work on commission projects and my own projects. An now looking over that GB pach, I like it an "waynec" if the ending date were to be moved up to 2013. I thing it would be or can be re-used.

Oh and I to have an AFV SHO'T KAL, but I'l looking at a full year of work building it in to a Nagmachon used in Lebanon and Gaza in 1996. The type with the large armor housing. But for this GB I'd like to finish one of my on-going builds If that's ok with your all?

SHO'T KAL BARAK (lightening) BDE IDF golan heights '73.

the barak bde did not have the side skirts attached which gives a whole different look to a CENTURION.

PS i modified the GB graphic.

hi vance

me too. i started "competing" last year and i forgot to factor in the contest season this fall so i have been building all over the place outside of GBs and finishing up some shelf queens quite successfully. and NATs is up the road next year so i will be doing some larger kits for that.

hi mike

printed out the page. thanks. looks like MMA dirt may be a tad dark compared w/ MMA idf armor sand gray out of the bottle so i may be mixing. given i have every MMA and polyS paint labeled "sand" or light tan i may get something close. weathering powders will lighten or darken to some extent. and a DIRTY WHITE wash on all upper surfaces makes a nice effect. (see zvezda T-34/85 in armor).

ordered AM mantlet covers for both SHO'Ts. boy are they hard to find. luckymodel had the best price but didn't want to wait that long onn this order. usually it isn't a problem.

lol, Well, I've got another kit to throw at this "GB that never dies" later in the winter, will keep watching to see how everyone is doing but won't have anything to really show at this point. (Yes, I'm eyeballs-deep in GBs right now!)

Wayne -- Great to have you aboard! On colours, this is the mixing guide I use:

idfmodelling.free.fr/article01.html

I used MM Acryl "Israeli Sand" on the M-51 I did a while back -- check back in the thread and you'll find it. It was a glossy mustard yellow and absolutely nothing like it should be. I used the 1973 mixing guide from that site and resprayed the model, and was very happy with the result. I also used their recommendation for the 1982 shade on the Merkava 1 I did earlier this year and am again very happy with the result.

Would love to do that Tiran kit -- when I find a T-54/55 replacement wheel set, I will!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

it is the trumpeter Ti-67 ( which, as you know, is not an officail or unofficiak IDF designation)

thanks guys. that explains no response from him. i am coming off a local contest and did well so i am ready to start some new kits. i finished the ACADEMY 1/48 MERKAVA. ok kit more like a snap together but someone gave it to be and i figured it would be a quick build for a contest category.

just started the AFV CLUB IDF SHO'T KAL for this and force of nature GBs (wull be from barak (lightening) bde.

in my idf stash i have an M-50, 2 M-51s, SHO'T, M-38 JEEP , JEEP w/ 106mm RR, OH-13 HELO  TIRAN-6 and some ww2 british and some idf tank crews and infantry. my arab/soviet stash is twice as big.

but i digress. decided to start with the turret to be different. got the 2 halves, bottom, and gun mantlet done but it was weird and i had to pull it apart and redo it with cya. waiting for putty to dry on the seams.

WHAT COOLOR DO YOU USE FOR IF '67 AND '73. i understand '56 was still od. i have every color acrylic MM and POLYS around. my MERKAVA is MMA idf armor sand gray but i herad it's discontinued. i don't want to mix paints as yet.

hree is the MERKAVA. it looks better in the pics than in real life. the "decals" are actually stickers.

thanks guys. that explains no response from him. i am coming off a local contest and did well so i am ready to start some new kits. i finished the ACADEMY 1/48 MERKAVA. ok kit more like a snap together but someone gave it to be and i figured it would be a quick build for a contest category.

just started the AFV CLUB IDF SHO'T KAL for this and force of nature GBs (wull be from barak (lightening) bde.

in my idf stash i have an M-50, 2 M-51s, SHO'T, M-38 JEEP , JEEP w/ 106mm RR, OH-13 HELO  TIRAN-6 and some ww2 british and some idf tank crews and infantry. my arab/soviet stash is twice as big.

but i digress. decided to start with the turret to be different. got the 2 halves, bottom, and gun mantlet done but it was weird and i had to pull it apart and redo it with cya. waiting for putty to dry on the seams.

WHAT COOLOR DO YOU USE FOR IF '67 AND '73. i understand '56 was still od. i have every color acrylic MM and POLYS around. my MERKAVA is MMA idf armor sand gray but i herad it's discontinued. i don't want to mix paints as yet.

here is the MERKAVA. it looks better in the pics than in real life. the "decals" are actually stickers.

Thunderbolt379

waynec, I recommend you jump right in -- the original host dropped off the radar quite a while ago but we have just carried on building!

On my own front, LuckyModel have finally shipped the sheet of IsraDecals I ordered in May (they sure took some time sourcing stock!) so I'll be able to finish off the Merk II I started for IDF 1 over three years ago!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Come on in waynec, love to have you involved.

waynec, I recommend you jump right in -- the original host dropped off the radar quite a while ago but we have just carried on building!

On my own front, LuckyModel have finally shipped the sheet of IsraDecals I ordered in May (they sure took some time sourcing stock!) so I'll be able to finish off the Merk II I started for IDF 1 over three years ago!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

i would like to join. i have an academy 1-48 MERKAVA

hmmm, I think I have the "2010" version here as well.  Maybe it's time I performed a re-fit anyway, as it seems like we'll be carrying on for awhile yet!