I am back from a year of working on a house, and back at the bench. I have the Potez about 75% and the Amiot about % 50. Man, the canopy masking has been a chore.

The Potez 540:

The Amiot 143:

That's a good looking set with the water-cooler 30 cal.

I wish Dragon would release a British North Africa set to go along with the Bishop I got in the stash.

I brought this thread back to life to let anyone whom might care, that Dragon is releasing a new BEF figure set. However, I don't recall much Brit armor built for this, but nonetheless, it's coming.

There was a picture of a Universal Carrier in the artwork and if Dragon does like I've seen so many times before, maybe they might just release a newly tooled one! If they do, I pray that they have DS tracks.

Even with the build ended I'm still chugging along on my little Hotchkiss. Will post the photos to the Armour forum when I'm done.

She's not much bigger than a German Peeperkampfwagen I....

Took a few better photos of my Char B1 but didn't really like how any came out.

Very nice build Tim.....Well Done!

Thanks, Cliff for the nce words.

Eric, I signed up for the Have Gun will Travel GB and will be building the Bronco Bishop. I won this kit from Doogs website last year. Looks like a great kit with lots of parts.

Tim,

Great job on the commander, not only nice paint job but the pose is perfect.

Cliff

What's your next project Tim?

Thanks, guys. I am glad to pick this little tank on the shelf and start on another Group Build project.

Very cool Tim. Well worth the extra time to finish him up.

Excellent job on the figure Tim!!  I really love the facial features...fantastic!  I'm not one to include figures with my builds, but your's looks so good with the commander that I'm rethinking my stance on that!!

Great finish, Tim...the commander really is a great final touch...great job  he looks perfect! 

tread

I finally got the figure done and slapped a flat coat on everything. Here are some photos:

bobbaily

Thanks Tread & Eric.

So Eric, are you thinking of starting another GB after your Italian GB finishes up?

It's possible, but I might play follow the leader next time around. I do have a Tiger I'm itching to start.

Terry - I'm really starting to like French armor and their amazingly complex camo patterns and your Char B1 is a splendid representation!  She came out beautiful...top notch camo painting and weathering it up!  I was watching "Greatest Tank Battles" on the Military Channel this morning and the episode was about...you guessed it, the Battle of France!!  They showed footage of many French tanks, but most were destroyed!!  oops...

Bob - hey, glad you popped back in!  You missed out on some fun stuff, but it looks like you've been doing your own fun stuff!!  The 109 looks great!   Awesome work sir!  Nice to see another AC completed....now your 109 can battle Theuns's Hurricane!!

Thanks Tread & Eric.

So Eric, are you thinking of starting another GB after your Italian GB finishes up?

Bob, I'm glad you landed your 109. I thought you might. A job well done and worth the wait.

I extended the badge for people that were far enough along to still receive it, so please grab yours. 

I'll add this to the finished GB photos in the armor forum.

She looks great ,Bob

tread

Hey all-first off, I want to comment on everyone's work since my last post-you guys completed some outstanding builds.  Actually, I'm humbled and honored to even hang out with this group-you guys really did some fantastic builds.

On that note, I finally finished up the 109-I'm not completely happy with it-I fought with the canopy before finally deciding to pose it canopy open.....it's funny, because I had the canopy dry fitted in the closed position for the last two weeks...must be the weather...

Overall, the Airfix kit is a good kit especially for the price.  Care needs to be taken in removing parts from the spruce (I broke the antenna) and a lot of the smaller parts need clean up.  The decals are questionable also-heavy silvering.  However, for the price, it's a good deal.

Anyway, stick a fork in this one....it's done.

Eric-thanks for running a great GB-I loved the theme and it was fun seeing a lot of armor (build very well, I might add) that doesn't get the attention deserved.  Also, I enjoyed seeing all of the builds-great group of guys.

On that note, hopefully we can do it again soon.

Tim: Wow, she looks great! Super nice job on the weathering. Love the rain streaks.

Terry: Great job there too! Love the chipping!

That's just top-notch Terry. Well worth the wait. I really like the exhaust and rear deck work. The red diamonds are a nice touch too. 

I extended the badge to those who were almost done, so please pick it up on your way out the door.

Wow time flies when your having fun, hello to everybody and my deepest apologies for being so late finishing, as I said in my last post I had a dose of influenza and it knocked me for six, i could just not face the bench.

i wont bore anybody with too much description as it has already been covered by other participants of the GB.

Here we go with my Char B 1 bis.

Thanks for looking and again apologies for been so late.

Terry.

Tim, I thought your first finished build was great, but now it looks even better!  The dust addition definitely gives it a more realistic look! 

That turned out great Tim. Well worth the wait. Thanks for participating.

Well I quess I lied in my last post. I was thinking this panzer II looked to clean so I used some Lifecolor liquid pigments and pastels to dirty it up some. What do you think?

I am thinking that after a light dull coat with Vallejo matt varnish, the base color will show through some more. It's is really raining today, so I am going to waiting to do this.

I am going to add the antenna and put this aside until a sunny day. It is time to start on my Bronco Bishop for the "Have gun will travel" artillery group build.

Enjoy the weekend.

Finish photos

Thanks for having this GB and it was lot of fun watching all these great builds.

Hey guys :  ) nice going everyone !!!   If you first save the badge to 'my pictures', and then go back and open it with the 'paint' program the badge can very easily be re sized so that it take up less data. for my badge, I chose to keep the badge proportional to itself with a size of 120 x 87 pixels. you can see how it looks...

tread

I know Ernest, I don't get it either. You might have to resize them.