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75th Anniversary of 1943 (World at War)

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  • Member since
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  • From: AandF in the Badger State
Posted by checkmateking02 on Monday, December 4, 2017 9:37 PM

It is great to have you join up.  I will add you to the build roster--the first to volunteer!  Welcome to the GB.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by docidle on Monday, December 4, 2017 9:09 PM

I have a Merit 1/48 80’ Elco MTB Early that I need to finish. Would you mind if I join in?

Doc (Steve)

       

 

 

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Posted by checkmateking02 on Monday, December 4, 2017 7:52 PM

1943 Group Build Finished Projects

Griffin25:  Royal Models 1/35 Italian infantry (Alpini Tridentina division in Russia) FIRST TO FINISH!

Bish:  AFV Club 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251/4 Ausf C with 10.5cm leFH18/40 Howitzer (Greece; Operation Mincemeat)

modelcrazy:  Tamiya 1/700 Scharnhorst

checkmateking02:  WEM 1/700 "PT 109" boats

EBergerud:   ICM 1/35 T-34/76 at Kursk

aeroplanegripper:  1/72 Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair, Bouganville, 1943; 1st Lt Ed Olander of Marine VMF 214

crown r n7:  Minicraft 1/72 B-24D

 scottrc:  Dragon 1/700 USS Lexington CV-16

Tomcat:  AMT 1/48 Henschel Hs129B Tank Hunter

tempestjohnny:  1/48 Accurate Miniatures Airacobra,Algeria 1943

Theun:  1/35 ICM BM13 Katusia

 68GT:  1/72 Fujimi Ju87D December 1943 Rusian front 

Tomcat:  Hasegawa 1/48 Junkers Ju-87B Stuka

 docidle:  Merit 1/48 80’ Elco MTB Early

 

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  • From: AandF in the Badger State
Posted by checkmateking02 on Monday, December 4, 2017 7:52 PM

1943 Group Build Roster

checkmateking02:  WEM 1/700 "PT 109" boats

docidle:  Merit 1/48 80’ Elco MTB Early

jgeratic:  AFV Club  1/35 Valentine MK.III

aeroplanegripper:  1/72 Tamiya F4U-1 Birdcage Corsair (USMC, Bougainville)

Bish:  AFV Club 1/35th Sd.Kfz 251/4 Ausf C with 10.5cm leFH18/40 Howitzer (Greece; Operation Mincemeat)

ManCityFan:  Tamiya 1/35 SU-85

Griffin25:  Royal Models 1/35 Italian infantry (Alpini Tridentina division in Russia)

stikpusher:  HS-129 (Summer 1943 Kursk)

taxtp:  Tamiya 1/72 FW-190A-3 (Turkish Air Force in 1942-43) 

modelcrazy:  Tamiya 1/700 Scharnhorst;  Hasegawa 1/72 Pz IV ausf.F2; Sdkfz 7; Flak 88...and 1/32 Rommel

scottrc:  Dragon 1/700 USS Lexington CV-16

crown r n7:  Minicraft 1/72 B-24D 

EBergerud:   ICM 1/35 T-34/76 at Kursk

rooster513:  Eduard 1/48 FW-190 A-5

tempestjohnny:  1/48 Accurate Miniatures Airacobra,Algeria 1943; Revellogram 1/48 Bf110G-2 

Tomcat:  AMT 1/48 Henschel Hs129B Tank Hunter; Hasegawa 1/48 Junkers Ju-87B Stuka

68GT:  1/72 Fujimi Ju87D December 1943 Rusian front 

Theun:  1/35 ICM BM13 Katusia

 

 

 

 

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75th Anniversary of 1943 (World at War)
Posted by checkmateking02 on Monday, December 4, 2017 7:50 PM
It's less than thirty days until we reach 2018, and that brings the 75th anniversary of the year 1943. Like the earlier World at War group builds, this one is for the purpose of memorializing with models the events and participation of the many nations engaged in WWII.
The object is to build a model of anything that existed in 1943, the way it appeared in 1943.  You can select any subject from any nation, using any scale.
The year 1943 provides quite a range of subject matter:  Stalingrad was still hotly contested; the North African conflict was reaching its conclusion; Guadalcanal was still dragging on; there were actions in Sicily, Kursk, invasion of the Gilberts--to name a few.  There were probably things going on in civilian life that would make suitable subject. 
As before, the GB will run from 1 January, 2018 until 31 December, 2020--the 75th anniversary of the year the war ended.  That way, new participants can join up any time, and can build a representative model from each year of the war, from start to finish.
The events of each year during the war are too momentous to forget or neglect.
Here's the badge for the 1943 anniversary build.
 
The previous GB's have been well received, so I appreciate everyone who has taken part.

 

 

 

 

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