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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 Saturday, May 1, 2004 9:43 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by beav

                        Hey all, you never know what you can do with an old CD-R case bottom-turn it into a mini model stand! I covered mine with white glue, and dirt, viola! a dirt scape for the M20!


                        wow! great idea. speaking of cd cases, i am using one to build a solar pannel for a school project.
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                        beav
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                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Saturday, May 1, 2004 8:54 PM
                        Hey all, you never know what you can do with an old CD-R case bottom-turn it into a mini model stand! I covered mine with white glue, and dirt, viola! a dirt scape for the M20!

                        "First to Fire!"

                        Steven

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 8:01 PM
                        yah, the pic is from http://www.royalmodel.com/ but the site is so screwy that i didn't bother posting it. The new sets do look nice though. At $45, and $55, they had better be nice!!!
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 7:00 PM
                        Sure,,,,, I am nearly finished with mine and now you find that edog. Oh well next time. Thanks for the Info tho. Is the website for that just Royalmodels.com????
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                        beav
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                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Saturday, May 1, 2004 5:51 PM
                        Alright, my next post, I promise, will have the completed model pics, and If I do another picture post afterwards, it will have the model on it's vingette base-thing.
                        The decals, the MG, and it's brand new paint brush bristle antennas are all on, and so are many other little goodies.

                        "First to Fire!"

                        Steven

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                        beav
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                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Saturday, May 1, 2004 12:25 PM
                        Holy Cow, that is amazing-I can't believe that you can fix a model up that much!
                        My M20 is nearing completion, I only need to place the MG on the ring, and give it some decals. I placed some antennas on it-old paintbrush bristles, and they looks semi decent. I need to fix some of the white spots on them though.

                        Oh yeah, there is gonna be a suprise in this build for all you out there! Guess what it is?
                        Ha, I won't tell you. You will have to inspect the finished pics...whenever I get them taken.
                        HINT: I have to rumage for the weaponry and new decals for it-as the kit ones aren't good enough for me.

                        "First to Fire!"

                        Steven

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 7:24 AM
                        Damn I wish I could afford the detail set for my 223, I hate being poor ;-)
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, May 1, 2004 2:07 AM
                        LOL, look what I just spotted!!! New detail sets for the 222 from Royal models. They are sure to be pricey though.



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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 9:59 PM
                        Forgotten Hope is great, and the best part is that it's as realistic as you can get rght now, try getting azureus and downloading the bittorrent version. Sorry for going OT.

                        But are there any other simple methods of thinning down acrylics?
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 8:43 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by ManiK_Impressive

                        Do you guys play Forgotten Hope or just regular BF?


                        we play mostly bf1942, some have forgotten hope, i am trying to dl it but my internet keeps crashing. you can see the discussion in the off topic fsm forum.
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                        Scorn
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                          March 2004
                        • From: Sarepta, LA
                        Posted by Scorn on Friday, April 30, 2004 7:11 PM
                        I prefer DC (bf1942 mod).
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 1:57 PM
                        Do you guys play Forgotten Hope or just regular BF?
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 1:57 PM
                        wow thanks, that seems easier than i thought it would be. I just painted the tracks and road wheels the same color as the ground, and to my surprise it came out just like the pic of it in my display pic. here it ther pic of what i am talking about, this is a work in progress, forget about the unpainted jeep, it will be painted some time. the jeep in not for the GB i buit it a month before when this started.

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 10:38 AM
                        t3488g

                        I put mud on by mixing 50/50 of white glue (Elmers glue) and water then mix in real dirt and then an acrylic earthy color, I used earth brown (suit to your color) do not use enamels they will not work, remember oil and water dont mixSmile [:)] mix it all really good then apply with a brush, tooth pic ir what ever you want really. when the mud is dry, drybrush it with your earthy brown and thats it.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 9:13 AM
                        ManiK_Impressive!!! i see in your sig you have a pic from forgotten hope. in the off topic descussions we have started a bf1942 clan if you want to join.

                        also for some on topic stuff: how are you all putting mud on your vehicles? i'm kinda new to armour.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 30, 2004 6:06 AM
                        Sure petbat some pictures of the Afrika Korps uniform would be great, sorry I didn't respond right away, my internet was acting up ;)

                        IS there another way besides windex? I don't think my mom would like me using it all up :D
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                        jkeller
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Grand Blanc, MI USA
                        Posted by jkeller on Thursday, April 29, 2004 9:42 PM
                        Looking good beav, feldgrau23, claymore68 & thundergod. Sorry i'm a little behind, had to read through a few pages haven't read the post lately.

                        Haven't made too much progress on the Quad. Finished the undercarriage and wheels. Working on wheathering and touching up the engine.

                        Joe

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                        beav
                        • Member since
                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Thursday, April 29, 2004 9:08 PM
                        I don't think I would like to be the first guy in the regiment who taught everyone else the importance of a piece of scrap metal welded to the bumper! OW-well-probably instant death-but you know OW. That is a particularly nasty one

                        "First to Fire!"

                        Steven

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 29, 2004 8:54 PM
                        Indeed it is, came across a few pics awhile ago that showed the piano string strung across a road luckily they had stopped a few meters before it. off with da heads.owch!!
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                        beav
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                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Thursday, April 29, 2004 8:42 PM
                        OH hey, that is a piano wire cutter-I would know that any day-so that you don't get decapitated while driving. I had one on my jeep-but since it broke, the story is that they didn't see the pole coming-it just jumped in front of the jeep horizontally....

                        My M20, is nearly done-weather, headlight painting, and the MG mount/MG still need to go on. i will post pics later this evening. Then, I will regretfully be out of the build-I will still check up on it-but I do have to get goin on that M1A1 I got. And I have a MRC helo that I want to build-my first sortie into the sky. sorry....


                        I am so psyched about it being finished.

                        "First to Fire!"

                        Steven

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 29, 2004 8:27 PM
                        Looks good thundergod!

                        I wonder...How many here know the purpose of the device mounted to the front bumper? It was implemented due to a rather underhanded and nasty tactic.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 29, 2004 8:00 PM
                        TG, jeep looks nice.

                        Manik.....do you want pics of the Afrika Corp Uniform?
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 29, 2004 7:32 PM
                        Thundergod,,,,,, The Jeep looks awesome. I take it that it is going into a diorama???
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 29, 2004 6:44 PM
                        Well everyone the pics are not the best once again my cam is acting up so here they are.









                        I will once again try to get less fuzz in the pics .
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                        beav
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                          May 2003
                        • From: Ft. Sill, OK
                        Posted by beav on Thursday, April 29, 2004 6:05 PM
                        Almost done, I have most of the upper hull detail on, and the wheels need to get painted up pretty, then the side skirts, and the MG ring. Lots a painting left to do yet though.

                        "First to Fire!"

                        Steven

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:37 PM
                        Well she is all done I apllied the mud and will post pics tomorrow if my cam will quit takin fuzzy picsDead [xx(]
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                        Scorn
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                          March 2004
                        • From: Sarepta, LA
                        Posted by Scorn on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 7:14 PM
                        I am having a terrible time with motivation on this kit folks. I gave it a wash today....
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                        rebelreenactor
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                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 6:39 PM
                        To thin acrylics i use plain windex.
                        John
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 5:35 PM
                        Beav, Derek Feldgrau, nice work guys.

                        Beav, look at your post for the address for the pics. See where you typed [html] and [/html] substitute img for html and you will get direct linked pics.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 5:03 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by ManiK_Impressive

                        Nice beav!

                        Yes, ANOTHER quick question. How do you thin down an acrylic for a wash, just water?


                        I would use thinner for the particular paint or methylated spirits/water. (I think that might be denatured alchohol or something everywhere else, not sure.) I use Tamiya paints and water doesn't work very well.

                        Nice work Beav! Looks pretty detailed, it is the Tamiya, right?

                        Edog and Feldgrau and all the other 222/223 people, I solved the screen problem on my 223; it isn't perfect, but it was cheap and fun. I'll try and post pics soon.

                        Matt
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