75th Anniversary of 1944 Group Build (World at War)

1944 Group Build Roster

checkmateking02:  Tamiya 1/700 USS Iowa BB-61

EBergerud:  Tamiya 1/35 Panther D; 1/35 Tamiya SU-76; Tamiya 1/48 Ki-61d Tony;      Tamiya 1/700 USS Bogue

Bish:  Fine Molds 1/72 Me 410B-1; Revell 1/72nd Fw 200C-8

Zvezda1980:   Italeri 1/48 IL-2 Shturmovik 

scottrc:  Dragon 1/700 USS Lexington CV-16

stikpusher:  Dragon 1/35 M4A4 (Grenadier Guards at Nijmegen)

Glamdring:  Dragon 1/72 LVT A1

modelcrazy:  1/48 Tamiya Fieseler Fi103

bobbaily:  TBD

Jacknewbill:  Hasegawa 1/72 P-38 Lightning ("Virginia Marie,"433rd fighter squadron Boroka Airstrip Blak Island, Geevlink Bay, Dutch New Guinea October 1944 flown by Robert Anderson) 

Est. 1961:  Special Hobby 1/48 Brewster Buffalo (Finnish air force)

crown r n7:  1/35 Tamiya King Tiger

DRUMS01:  Tamiya 1/16 Kublewagen Type 82 

Nuckss:  Trumpeter 1:700 scale tribal class destroyer HMCS Huron 

tempestjohnny:  Hasegawa 1.48 P-51D 

John 3:16 KJV:  Smer 1/48 Piper L4 Cub

Tomcat:  Monogram 1/72 F7 Tigercat; Monogram 1/48 F6 Hellcat

Armor_Aficionado:  Tamiya 1/35 scale M8 Greyhound

Galatians 2:16:  1/48 Revell Monogram P-47 Razorback “Touch of Texas”

Tal Afar Dave:  Airfix 1/72nd scale Avro Lancaster B.II

68GT:  Revell 1/48 P-51D 

minitanker:  1/87 scale dio of a 12th Panzer "C" Type light armored recon company trying to make it's way to Normandy;  1/87 Wespe Hummel dio

MEGAHERTZ:  TBD

Niko:  Tamiya 1:48 Focke Wulf, Fw190 D-9

Reserved for finished builds

Jacknewbill:  Hasegawa 1/72 P-38 Lightning ("Virginia Marie,"433rd fighter squadron Boroka Airstrip Blak Island, Geevlink Bay, Dutch New Guinea October 1944 flown by Robert Anderson)   FIRST FINISH!

Bish:  Fine Molds 1/72 Me 410B-1

DRUMS01:  Tamiya 1/16 Kublewagen Type 82

EBergerud:  Tamiya 1/35 Panther 

crown r n7:  1/35 Tamiya King Tiger

 EBergerud:  1/35 Tamiya SU-76

Nuckss:  Trumpeter 1:700 scale tribal class destroyer HMCS Huron 

John 3:16 KJV:  Smer 1/48 Piper L4 Cub

EBergerud:  Tamiya 1/48 Ki-61d Tony

Bish:  Revell 1/72nd Fw 200C-8

scottrc:  Dragon 1/700 USS Lexington CV-16

Glamdring:  Dragon 1/72 LVT A1

minitanker:  1/87 scale dio of a 12th Panzer "C" Type light armored recon company trying to make it's way to Normandy

68GT:  Revell 1/48 P-51D

 Armor_Aficionado:  Tamiya 1/35 scale M8 Greyhound

EBergerud: Tamiya 1/700 USS Bogue

Zvezda1980:   Italeri 1/48 IL-2 Shturmovik 

 checkmateking02:  Tamiya 1/700 USS Iowa BB-61

minitanker:  1/87 Wespe Hummel dio

Tomcat:  Monogram 1/48 P-47 Thunderbolt

Tomcat:  Monogram 1/48 F6 Hellcat

tempestjohnny:  Hasegawa 1.48 P-51D

minitanker: 1/87 Hvy. Flak unit in retreat past PAK43 with JagdpzrIV pltn

modelcrazy:  1/48 Tamiya Fieseler Fi103

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I'll be in for some kind of tank and plane: probably a Tamiya SU-76. And some kind of plane - or maybe that 1/700 USS Bogue I've got?

Eric

How did i miss this post over the weekend. Start me off with the Fine Molds 1/72nd Me 410B-1. I am sure i will add at least one more later in the year.

Thanks, Eric and Bish.  I've added you to the build roster.  Good to have you participating again.  

I'll update when you finalize your selection, EB.  I like the idea of the Bogue.  It appears she was in a Measure 32 scheme in '44.  That ought to look good.

Nice choice, Bish.  It's a plane I'm not very familiar with, but it looks pretty impressive and dangerous.

For myself, I'm kind of undecided between some 1/700 Dragon destroyers I've had for a few years; or maybe USS Iowa in late 1944 measure 32.

No way I'll miss this! Count me in for sure. Subject will probably be an IL-2 Sturmovik, scale and company I will decide later.

One remark: if I'm not mistaken the Soviets first entered Polish territory on July 1944, with the Lvov-Sandomierz (southern) stage of operation Bagration (another very juicy modelling subject).

Welcome to the GB, Zvezda!  Very good to have you join us.  I will update the roster, and when you decide on the maker and scale, I'll add that.

As for the historical information, I think I got the January date from wikipedia, which claims that the 1st Ukrainian Front entered Poland on 4 January, 1944.  They include a map showing where.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1944)

Whether it's accurate, I can't say.

Thanks for joining the GB!

checkmateking02

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_(1944)

Whether it's accurate, I can't say.

You are right and it IS accurate, because these were indeed the pre-war borders of Poland. I was judging by today's map (e.g Pinsk nowdays is part of Belarus). So  anybody who wants to build a subject of the first Soviet incursion into Polish territory, they should add a lot of snow, winter camo's, heavy clothing, etc.

Funny you should bring up January 44. Tis true that Poland got moved around a lot after refoundation in 1918. When drawing up frontiers - always sketchy because events on the ground often intervened - the Brits warned against putting a lot of Russians or Germans inside Poland, a pretty hard task. FM Lord Curzon advocated a border with Russia pretty close to the WWII postwar boundary. Stalin agreed. In 1939 Soviet troops in September moved up to roughly that border. As I recall, on paper the Germans had actually allocated more territory to the Rooskies, but the German armies moved so fast that the original stab in the back was rendered a little dicey. So Stalin did not make an issue of it, and kept the territory the Red Army had taken - more or less on the "Curzon Line" which later became "more or less" today's Polish border with the Beloruss.

Which is making me think that I might want to do my new Tamiya Panther D. I had intended this for 1943 (Kursk natch) but events intervened. The kit doesn't have Zimmerit but I'm not sure that matters. After Citadel, the Germans spent the rest of 1943 running toward the Dnieper. There were 840 Panther Ds built, and I'm guessing that any sent East weren't taken out of the line for a field application of Zimmerit in a Russian winter with the Reds on their heels. And the Reds were on their heels - the fighting in January set-up the Korsun Pocket - another snow-bound debacle for the Wehrmacht.

So plans now are to spend the year in this GB. We'll do the Panther with winter camo and dress up the SU-76 for Bagration (so I can use my static grass gadget which is great fun.) Then I need to do a PTO subject. So I'm thinking the terrific more or less new Tamiya A6M5 "Zeke." And the Bogue for sure - I've got to see if I have another ship in me. 1/700 scale isn't always good news, but the Bogue is really good history. That means four Tamiya kits...not bad. Anyway, I'll start on one of these (I'm thinking the Panther) as soon as I get done with a C47 I'm doing for the C47 GB and let you know for sure.

I've got a twin pack of 1/700 Dragon DDs (Benson class maybe?) and they're very neat. I picked up a 1/350 Dragon Z38 German DD. It beckons me because it became ice bound in 1944 and had to be dug out by tugs. I'm a big fan of Krycell snow made by Precision Ice and Snow in the UK. They make ice sheets. An ice bound DD dio could be very sweet - but I'd have to know I had a ship in me. A new year coming and so little time.

Eric

Zvezda:  I hadn't thought about the borders of Poland changing, so that's a good reminder.  Winter themes are always intriguing.

Eric:  That's a wide-range of subject matter, so your build should be entertaining and educational.  I have a couple of the Dragon two-ship destroyer kits, too, so I'll be very interested if you do that route.

Hi Check,

You can add me and my Lexington to this GB as well.  I have it in the 1943 GB but not much changed between late 43 and early 44 other than the conversion from the SBD to the SB2.

Good to see you back, I didn't know if you had been locked out of the website.

Scott

Good to have you join up with this GB, Scott.  I've updated the build roster with the Lexington.

I haven't been locked out of the site yet--but then, I haven't had to re-sign in either.  

Thanks for your participation again!

Thanks for the suggestions, Eric.  I hope they work for the people having trouble.

The only trouble I've had is not being able to log in on my computer at work.  But I can log in using my secretary's computer.  It's strange.  

Sign me up for something... 

so many possibilities in my stash...

stik:  I've added you to the build roster.  Glad to have you sign up.  I always look forward to seeing your projects.

checkmateking02

stik:  I've added you to the build roster.  Glad to have you sign up.  I always look forward to seeing your projects.

 

CMK, thanks for adding me and your kind words. Now to pick something that won’t bog me down by being too involved... decisions, decisions....

Some great info and pics there Check, thank you. Look forward to seeing what every one produces this coming year. I'll be starting mine hopfully before the end of Feb.

Hi Check,Nice into into this GB. Happy New Year!

scottrc

Hi Check,Nice into into this GB. Happy New Year!

 

Agreed... but I think that he info on Patton has a goof. Clark already was commanding 5th Army in Italy, and would continue to do so until the end of the war. Alexander Patch took over 7th Army, and would command them into France and Germany.

Thanks, Bish and Scott.

Stik:  Once again, an internet source is wrong.  I think I'll just delete that part.  Thanks for the correction.  Who wants to enter a new year in error? 

As a substitute, here's Esther Williams, ringing in the New Year of 1944.

Here's the Tamiya box are for Iowa.

Started by washing the parts.  While they were drying, Lon the cat took an interest.

Check, I dont know what I'll do yet but I know have something.

Thanks for joining up with the GB, Robert and Steve.  I've updated the build roster.

Great screen name, Robert:  Glamdring "the Foe-hammer."  The family just watched "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings" films over Christmas and New Year.  Also, fits in pretty well with the invasion of Saipan.

Well, i had a certain project in mind for my 1944 build. Then the other day I finally watched an old English WWII film, “They Were Not Divided”. A tale of the Guards Armoured Division in WWII. Not the best war movie, but a different perspective of Allied armor. And I've sure seen worse. Typical of a war movie  made of that era, and in this case, a tale of the Welsh Guards.

So ill do a M4A4 from the Guards. A Dragon 1/35 kit. But from the Grenadier Guards at Nijmegen...

stikpusher

Well, i had a certain project in mind for my 1944 build. Then the other day I finally watched an old English WWII film, “They Were Not Divided”. A tale of the Guards Armoured Division in WWII. Not the best war movie, but a different perspective of Allied armor. And I've sure seen worse. Typical of a war movie  made of that era, and in this case, a tale of the Welsh Guards.

So ill do a M4A4 from the Guards. A Dragon 1/35 kit. But from the Grenadier Guards at Nijmegen...

 

 

One good thing about those movies from the early 50's is that the kit they use is the real thing, and tehre are still plenty of people around with fresh memories.