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                        ARMOR - Small AFV Group Build, all scales done

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 10:51 PM
                        Looks good feldgrau23 to be honest, I wasnt sure how that method was going to turn out, but it really does look good>Big Smile [:D]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, April 6, 2004 11:10 PM
                        Niether was I edog niether was I,,, but I haven't finished with it yet but I figure with a little putty and some dark yellow paint it should look really good. Thanks
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 2:43 AM
                        Andytee,

                        Nothing boring about that at all. I love halftracks, and winter whitewash looks great. There are plenty of little ways to make a model different and interesting. I am interested to see how it turns out, so you aren't boring me!

                        Nice work with the turret Rich. Worked out well!

                        Chassis is looking the goods there, Joe. What theatre are you planning for your Quad?

                        Matt


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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 4:27 AM
                        That is good news Andy.

                        I bought my first Dragon kit not long ago, an old one, and it is really good as well.
                        I may have to buy one of their halftracks in the future.

                        Does the interior look detailed? How about the gun?

                        Matt
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                        jkeller
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Grand Blanc, MI USA
                        Posted by jkeller on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 11:16 AM
                        phroosh, Thanks. I think I'll build mine with markings from the African Theather. The Desert Rats, Montgomery's 8th Army. The ones that come with the kit.

                        feldgrau23, I see the pictures now good stuff.

                        Joe

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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 12:27 PM
                        Updated the site today with builds mentioned sice the last one. No progress to mention from my end. Pretty much set every thing aside so I can finish a rather big fire truck I'm building. Hopefully be back on the little stuff soon though.
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        cplchilly
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: SO CAL
                        Posted by cplchilly on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 2:15 PM
                        I just finished Italerei's Commando car (jeep) Imjust finishing the base and hopefully post some pics soon.
                        [img]http://members.fcc.net/ice9/badge.jpg
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                        Scorn
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Sarepta, LA
                        Posted by Scorn on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 5:14 PM
                        I might have to make a change to what model I am going to build .... sorry.

                        Could't find a decent half-track at my LHS.... Will post soon with what I am doing, but I AM STILL IN!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 6:26 PM
                        Beav

                        Sorry, been trying to finish the Panther and Achilles for their respective builds and had to see how I was going for this one. Was going to cheat and build the Pak 36 3.7mm AT for the towed gun build and say the Krupp Protze was for this one Mischief [:-,] but I might build the old Tamiya Daimler Mk 2 Scout car (The Dingo) for this one as something different. (Have a heap of jeeps, but every man and his dog is doing a jeep or kubel). Hmm....I do have the old Tamiya Russkie Gaz jeep.......

                        Even with my bad habit of wanting to superdetail everything, I should get this and the towed gun builds finished in time.

                        So can I be allowed in? huh, can I ? Huh. Please, Huh ?.....
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 7:28 PM
                        Hey Peter If you do that Russian Jeep I will deffinatly love to here your report on it. I have been debating buying it now for quite some time, and have always ended up buying something else like a Panther one time,,,,,, A King Tiger another,,, I even think I baught the sd.kfz 222 that I am building for this build and spurned that russian jeep as well. I think I see a trend building here. I dont know maybe.

                        Progress report. Finished filling and sanding the turret and have the first coat of paint on it. Have also painted the base coat on the rest of it. Pictures of the finished turret to follow soon.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 7:51 PM
                        I cant beleave ive missed this
                        i thought it was 1/72nd small
                        Dunce [D)]
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                        beav
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 8:35 PM
                        Alright, you guys STOP IT! You are all seemingly gonna outclass my poor OOB skills-lol, alright you won-wow, I had no idea you guys are so in love with rectifying problems--lol, I might have to get some of those skills soon. Petbat, we don't want you to miss out on any other GB's, but sure, if you wanna WELCOME! Captain Caveman, You are in too, if you want to-or you can just look on.

                        This is shaping up into an awesome build, thanks everyone(for my ego at having gotten a chance of getting a green star by the end of the build(maybe(probably not))) lol
                        Thanks, and oh yeah, by the way,
                        The M20, well, it's undercarriage has been painted a nice shade of green, and I am planning to weather it tomorrow, then add rust to the undercarriage parts like the exhaust, and the transmission.

                        I also snuck in some work on my T34/76mod.40

                        "First to Fire!"

                        Steven

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 9:55 PM
                        I wont be building my models over spring break Disapprove [V] but I will be in Disney World Big Smile [:D]
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                        beav
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 9:58 PM
                        lol!, the only thing I get for spring break, is this: a four day Easter Weekend Break-Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. My school doesn't believe in spring break anymore(much to my dismay) I wish I could get it back...

                        "First to Fire!"

                        Steven

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 10:11 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by beav

                        lol!, the only thing I get for spring break, is this: a four day Easter Weekend Break-Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. My school doesn't believe in spring break anymore(much to my dismay) I wish I could get it back...


                        My school just adds five days to Easter Vacation
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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 10:19 PM

                        ok heres the problem, it;s not about my halftrack, that's going good-so far-, its about the group badge i tried to put it on my signature but it didn't show up. How do i get it on my signiture?Confused [%-)]Confused [%-)]

                        john
                        John
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 10:37 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelreenactor


                        ok heres the problem, it;s not about my halftrack, that's going good-so far-, its about the group badge i tried to put it on my signature but it didn't show up. How do i get it on my signiture?Confused [%-)]Confused [%-)]

                        john


                        john, what you do is:

                        right click on the pic
                        go to properties
                        highlight the URL address
                        copy it
                        go into update profile
                        go into signature
                        put this [ img ] in there (no spaces though)
                        paste the URL after it (no spaces)
                        then put [ /img ] after it (no spaces)

                        This should do it for you

                        But make sure you click update profile before you leave
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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Wednesday, April 7, 2004 10:53 PM
                        Hey it worked great, thanxs Will!!!Bow [bow]Bow [bow]Bow [bow]Cool [8D]Big Smile [:D]
                        John
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 8, 2004 12:34 AM
                        Is it to late to join in on the festivies beav? I have a few I could choose from M26 ,Willy, or sd.kfv.221 or hummer. though I will have to wait a few dys to start still gotta finish mt towed GB.
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                        Awasoda
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by Awasoda on Thursday, April 8, 2004 3:16 PM
                        I hope its not too talke to join the build, if its not too late i would build the 1/35 scale tamiya jeep with a verlinden M*A*S*H conversion set.
                        IF you can't beat them then they are not tied down properly
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                        beav
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Thursday, April 8, 2004 4:52 PM
                        Awasoda, and Thundergod, if you want in, your in, and I will add you to the list on the front-also, ask Lizard about adding you, and your model to the wesite-just click on my hompage(you have to go to my profile first though)
                        And if you don't want to read everything, the Sd.222/223 and the M8/20 have very large followings here, so do kubels, and a few jeeps.

                        "First to Fire!"

                        Steven

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 8, 2004 9:18 PM
                        Well Gang here is the completed turret for the 222. The right side is kinda straight up(no pic of that) but the left side and the inside turned out better than I had figured it would. This is the first time I have attempted to take out part of a model and put in a replacement part. I started the drive train assembly and it has gone smooth except for my little blunder of leaving a part out that I missread the instructions on. Oh well that was easy to fix.


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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Thursday, April 8, 2004 10:03 PM
                        I am going to express my anger. Angry [:(!]Angry [:(!] I bought Dragons German halftrack crew to go with my Tamiya SdKfz 251/1. I was finished with the interior and was test fitting the driver, He did not fit, Not by a long shotAngry [:(!]Angry [:(!]Censored [censored]Banged Head [banghead]Banged Head [banghead]

                        ERRRRRR!!! I was going to put my halftrack in a diorama but now i might not be able to because of this. Angry [:(!]Angry [:(!]
                        I'm thinking that the problem lies in the seats, they are to close to the dashboard and too low to the floor.
                        Or maybe it's becuasei bought dragon figs for a tamiya model. O wellSad [:(]
                        is there any other halftrack crews out there?

                        So far my halftrack is good though, I am very happy about it because it is my first 1/35 model.
                        John
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 8, 2004 10:30 PM
                        John,,, For what its worth, the Figure that came with the 251/D Half track that I just Finished didn't fit that well either, and It was a tamiya figure in a Tamiya Model. As far as fixing the figure to work, depends on whats in the way. If the legs are holding you up you might considor takinging them off. If the Dragon model is anything like the Tamiya one, it will be very hard to see the legs anyhow. Well thats just my suggestion maybe someone else has a better one.
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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Friday, April 9, 2004 1:36 AM
                        That was a good suggestion. before i even read it i had tried it. I Cut the poor guys legs off a little above his kneens (spelling) and heis missing his left arm but he fitsBig Smile [:D]
                        You can't even tell.
                        I'll try to get some pics of my interior soon.
                        John
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                        Mourningstar
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        Posted by Mourningstar on Friday, April 9, 2004 6:50 AM
                        Hey beav, do you have any referance pics on the M20? I'm thinking about doing 2 in a dio, but i can't find any picks of them.

                        btw good luck on the green star lol
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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Friday, April 9, 2004 4:52 PM
                        I'm on my tracks right now and i am wondering what color to paint them.
                        all the pics i got are black and white. Some of the museums have black tracks on their sdkfz's but that black paint is most likley to chip off. So what i was wondering is should i paint the gunmetal or rust eitherone with steel drybrush. let me know what you think.

                        thanxs
                        John
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                        lizardqing
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Dahlonega, Georgia
                        Posted by lizardqing on Friday, April 9, 2004 7:17 PM
                        Awasoda, and Thundergod you are on the site. Welcome to the build.

                        Mourningstar- Can't find any pics, then I imagine about 50 of them would be rather appealing then huh Big Smile [:D]
                        http://www.amps-armor.org/Preservation/Greyhound.asp?F=01
                        Chris The Scale Firehouse The Lizard's Workshop
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 9, 2004 8:43 PM
                        Thanks lizardqing2 now I just have to finish my other 2.hehe this one wont take long though I am gonna do taimyas willy, heres my chance to try the mud trick.
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                        Mourningstar
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        Posted by Mourningstar on Saturday, April 10, 2004 1:23 AM
                        man Lizard you are a god amoung the lizards. thanks for the link, now i have to go and get another M20 and detail the crud out of it.
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