Semper Fi War in the Pacific

Thats the kit Rob .............i looked today and saw it was $23.99 . I thought "what the heck the price went up already ?" Then i looked at the price i had written down yesterday ..................$23.99 . sorry bout that .................... 

We're here to spread the joy "G" .

Dirty little four banger L 134 engine . About to be slid into the engine compartment .

Thanks G

G - Nice kits!

CARL - Very NICE engine.  The colors are right on

We here had an early Christmas, last night.  Just got back from the airport from dropping off the girls   Going to be me and the guard dog to hold down the fort for a while.

My daughter got me this for Christmas

Thats a great kit PW You'll enjoy that build

Carl,,   very nice. I am toying with doing an engine for my Jeep as well. You certainly have set the bar high pal.     Great job.

Rob,,   nice kit.....   tons of possibilities.      Just you and the guard dog?     Are you in a security zone?

Rob and Bill thanks for the feed back guys

Bill , i never looked to see if there is a A.M. upgrade for this kit . a A.M. upgrade for this old kit with a resin engine and some P.e. would be great . Course , the price might be rediculouse , which would keep me from getting it .

Rob , sweet that kit your daughter got you . Wow ! Who'd of thunk it , how did she know ? Your going to be alone ? well except for your guard dog . You should have plenty of time to work on models then . Did you get your Sprue Bros . order yet ? I still havent ordered , one of the kits i want is out of stock .

STIK - Sounds as if you had some experience with that LVT (A) 1.  I look forward to building it.

BILL - Do you plan AM possibilities for your engine / jeep or scratch built?

CARL - Alone Yes.  The girls went to check and help out family.  They have not been doing well, not horrible just not good.  Going to try to take advantage of this time and wrap other projects up and get into this one.  My Sprue Bros. order should be here tomorrow   What are you ordering?

Carl- Great work on the engine!   Wish my car engine looked like that...

Rob- Nice gift from your daugther!  Enjoy your freedom...

Guys- Universal Stuido has been GREAT!  We were able to get on most rides and saw all of shows except for kids shows.  They provided sign language interpreters.  I am so beat after spending few days at the park so I will be chilling out for the rest of the trip.

Yep, Bart Simpson told me to get that Dragon M4A3 Sherman PTO kit.   Had to get it  for only $24 after seeing the email promotion from Sprue Brothers. 

Yes I built one about 2-3 years back... A very simple enjoyable build! I love Amtracks Did it up as an early model seen during the Marshall Islands Campaign- painted Polly Scale 5-O Ocean Gray

Ah! I want to start on mine, I need to do something different than aircraft, it kind of gets boring doing the same subject all the time.

PANZERWAFFE

STIK - Sounds as if you had some experience with that LVT (A) 1.  I look forward to building it.

BILL - Do you plan AM possibilities for your engine / jeep or scratch built?

CARL - Alone Yes.  The girls went to check and help out family.  They have not been doing well, not horrible just not good.  Going to try to take advantage of this time and wrap other projects up and get into this one.  My Sprue Bros. order should be here tomorrow   What are you ordering?

Rob i was waiting for the Hobby Boss Super Pershing w/extra armor on the front mantlet , #82436 . looks like Sprue Bros . is out of stock on the M4A2 PTO also . No problem , i like to fret about my orders anyway ................

Wounder how they celebrate Christmas in England ? Must be a lot less glitzy than we do it here in the colonies .

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Carl- Great work on the engine!   Wish my car engine looked like that...

Rob- Nice gift from your daugther!  Enjoy your freedom...

Guys- Universal Stuido has been GREAT!  We were able to get on most rides and saw all of shows except for kids shows.  They provided sign language interpreters.  I am so beat after spending few days at the park so I will be chilling out for the rest of the trip.

Yep, Bart Simpson told me to get that Dragon M4A3 Sherman PTO kit.   Had to get it  for only $24 after seeing the email promotion from Sprue Brothers. 

 

 

Andy , i didnt see that M4A3 PTO ..............darn , i'll look again . Hey man your in Florida for a vacation right ? Not to be on the internet ordering models !

Is that the blue haired gal from Utah ?

So your home for Christmas ?

Carl,, Rob,,    not really thinking about AM for the engine / kit          my plan is to echo Carl's engine efforts (echo sounds much better than copy or steal......)

Andy,,,  those blue shoes look great on you!         Oh wait,, you are on the other side of the pic...    Glad you had fun!        (how was dueling dragons?)

Engine installed .

Damn Carl,,,  that is awesome,,,,    excellent !!

ANDY - Glad you are having good time on vacation.  Nice snag on that M4A3.

STIK - That looks Great   Love that early gray color.  Now I want to really get started on mine.

WW2PSYCHO - Why don't ya go ahead and start?  Give Carl some building company

CARL - The jeep is looking GREAT   Really nice work  

I have never built a Hobby Boss kit.  Keep checking with Sprue Bros. because they may restock before the sale is over.

From what I understand, England, Christmas is more getting together with family / friends.  Now Boxing Day is more like what were use too, gifts, parties, etc..

Bill and Rob thanks you guys ! Glad to read your comments . This is my first attempt at this much scratch detail on an engine .

Bill the getting things aligned is the biggest part of building this model . I still see things that arent straight with each other but i'm not going back to fix them now .

Rob  i've never built Hobby Boss either but i looked up a review on the net and the Pershing looks good . I've been checking by the way . I couldnt find those MM figure paints at Sprue Bros. I'm thinking of looking at Valejo paints .

Well guys my youngest son and his daughter will be here thru the holidays and my oldest son will be here for Christmas sothis'll be a good Christmas . I'll be sneaking away and working on the jeep so i'll be checking in on the g.b. at least daily . When my youngest son leaves he'll be leaving his border collie and cat with us until Feb. of 2013 , 3 dogs and a cat . Thats a lot of fur and poop to clean up !

Affirmative on the allignment Carl,, thanks

And enjoy the time with your family....   that's the best!        And, agreed - - lots of fur and poop.

Long day Bill ....... nothing done on the model today though .

Carl,,   I hear that. I am getting small dinks completed on the Jeep..  no leaps and bounds for sure. Mulling over a few different ideas for it.

Hope you all have a great Christmas!

Thanks Bill and a Merry Christmas to you and our fellow modelers ,

BILL - Nice to here you are starting with the foreplay with your jeep.  Looking forward too it.

CARL - That does sound like a great Christmas.  Great that all of you can spend the time together

Hope all of you guys have a Merry Christmas

Hey guys!!!  Merry Christmas everybody!  Hope you are having a great day. My family and I are at the airport now returning home just in time to open some presents.  One thing I am going to miss... The warmer weather here. :-(

Merry Christmas to all!

Started the sherman, after looking through the instructions and the photo I found plus the model that was shown on page 3, Im going to have to do some guessing on whats correct and what isnt. The picture of the model doesnt show any extra armor and I cant tell in the origonal picture because its the wrong side of the tank. Not sure where the guy that built the model found his references but I couldnt find any.

ANDY - Gad you and the family had a good time on vacation and that you are back in time for Christmas   Hope you have a good one.

PSYCHO - Merry Christmas.

Good to hear that you have started up   I would guess the modeler used some imagination to fill in any empty gaps for that one on page 3.  Look forward to your updates.

Im trying to match the instruction options with the picture. From the little that is visible I can tell that there is no extra armor on the sides or turret, no .50 machine gun. The road wheels dont match the option with the same turret as in the instructions, did this vary a lot?

Im going with this tank hasent seen action before as its being off loaded so some things will be on my tank that arent on the one on the 3rd page. I just dont see why some of them arent on here to begin with.

Here,s a small update . Weathering the underside of this jeep is all i accomplished in the last week . Been busy with the family but everyone headed home today . I gained a couple more pets............ my sons dog and cat so now we have 3 dogs and a cat . As long as the cat stays out of my hobby stuff on my workbench he and i can co - habbitate . 

Carl- Jeep looking good!  Just set up booby traps on your workbench... it should keep the cat off for a very long time.