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ARMOR - Battle of Normandy, 6 June to 24 July 1944 (build ends 9/11/04)

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  • Member since
    October 2003
  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 10:11 PM
Cant wait to see pics of that!!!Thumbs Up [tup]
John
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 10:13 PM
cool!
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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 2, 2004 10:17 PM
Oh yeah, remember everybody, we are starting this GB this weekend! Scubaboy, thats fine if you need to start later, the finish date is sept 11. Anybody want to change any of the rules? I don't want to change any of the rules after June 6, so if you want to change something, tell us now... Thanks
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 3, 2004 3:16 PM
My build for this coincides with the D-day build, a Schimminwagen, and possibly an M10 and a firefly VC.
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 3, 2004 4:52 PM
Whoa, All GB's are unstickyfied! What happened?
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 3, 2004 7:11 PM
QUOTE: Originally posted by ArmorMaster

Whoa, All GB's are unstickyfied! What happened?

New section just for Group Builds!
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=29
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, June 3, 2004 9:44 PM
Thanks, just discovered it!
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 1:05 AM
One day till build time, man this is gonna be a busy one for me 2 on the same day and still havent cemented in what I want to dofor this build. most likely german since Im doing allied in the D-day GB
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 5:55 AM
hi im what you guys would call a rookie. at the moment im in the planning stages of setting out my dio of a normandy themed dio,it in 1/35th scale of a sherman tank in a sunken lane being stalked by panzer grenadier tank hunters i'll hope to have it finished in a week or so and i'll post some pics for you guys comments
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 12:53 PM
cool, and Sign - Welcome [#welcome]
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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, June 5, 2004 10:17 PM
Just reminding everyone, we start tommorow, yeah! I keep eyeballing that tiger 1 which will be opened tommorow! It's like Christmas! But yes, we start tomorrow! Good luck and I'll keep checking in!
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 6, 2004 2:16 AM
Hey everyone, I'm typing this post at about 12:07 on June 6th, 2004. The build is up and ready to go! Let the building begin!
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Sunday, June 6, 2004 2:18 AM
Good luck on the builds guys. The D-Day GB is also under way. 12:16 A.M. good night.
John
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 6, 2004 2:20 AM
Yeah, good night everyone...Everyone's going to see what we posted in your GB tommorow rebel, but hey it was fun!Smile [:)]
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Sunday, June 6, 2004 2:21 AM
it will be hillarious. such a waste of time!!!
John
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 6, 2004 2:31 AM
Yeah, but we were the only ones who became temporary sleep depervation cases to witness the event on FSM. What an idea...
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 6, 2004 5:18 AM
Enjoy the building every1. Hav fun.

Keep well.
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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 6, 2004 9:23 AM
Sign - Ditto [#ditto]Sign - Ditto [#ditto]Sign - Ditto [#ditto]
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Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 7, 2004 1:05 AM
Boy you guys I tell ya...Big Smile [:D]
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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Monday, June 7, 2004 1:13 AM
QUOTE: Originally posted by panzer_grenadier

hi im what you guys would call a rookie. at the moment im in the planning stages of setting out my dio of a normandy themed dio,it in 1/35th scale of a sherman tank in a sunken lane being stalked by panzer grenadier tank hunters i'll hope to have it finished in a week or so and i'll post some pics for you guys comments


Sign - Welcome [#welcome] Finished in a week? [:0] I'd be lucky to finish in three months! Disapprove [V]

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 2:55 PM
I am well into the Academy Duckbill and I gotta say I love this kit. I have the lower hull interior together and painted. I used the Ammo tubes from the AFV Club kit as the have a better texture. I also have the suspension together. There was little flashing and injection marks were very easy to remove. I am really starting to like these Academy Kits. The funny thing is, if I hadn't been stationed in Korea, I would have probably never tried any of thier kits Big Smile [:D]
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  • From: St Helens, England
Posted by Daveash on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 5:20 PM
A bit late I know (family holiday), but I would like to join this GB. I have The Academy Tiger with interior ready for starting and this build will provide the inspiration to get on with it.
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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 8, 2004 10:31 PM
I figured I'd reply just to get the GB back on the first page. But here's my progress pics, they've been in my signature for a little bit... So how's everyone's builds going?
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  • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, June 9, 2004 9:55 AM
Ugh, too much stuff not finished. I didn't find anything that piqued my interest, so I'm afraid that I'm out of this one. Sorry guys.
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  • From: St Helens, England
Posted by Daveash on Thursday, June 17, 2004 5:54 PM
I have started my build of the Academy mid Tiger with interior. I have looked for references all over to achieve an accurate build, but there is that much conflicting information that I will do it my way.
Anyway, here are a few pics of my progress to date




I am also applying milliput zimmerit and have completed the front and back of the hull but not took photos yet.
BTY, I prefered the old way that group builds were posted, don`t like jumping between forums.
As always, comments and advice welcome
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  • From: Clovis, Calif
Posted by rebelreenactor on Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:42 PM
Looks great so far! keep it up
John
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  • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posted by tigerman on Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:38 PM
Whoa Dave, that is awesome! CAn't wait to see the exterior.

ArmorMaster, you're building my favorite build of "so far". Hope you are enjoying it.

   http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

 Eric 

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    January 2004
  • From: SO CAL
Posted by cplchilly on Thursday, June 17, 2004 11:35 PM
Well mines nots going to be anywhere near as nice as daves but my late model Italeri Tiger1 is in the painting stages just waiting for my bro in law to send the cd with the pics so I can down load it to my photo site. That is a great kit dave and a great job Im going to have to get that one! Hey AM how a small scale pic of a map of the Normandie battlefields up until the deadline of our build?
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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, June 18, 2004 12:26 AM
Wow that interior looks awsome! I've been out of town for a while and havn't been able to see this, but looks like were getting up to speed! cplchilly, I didn't quit get your question, but I'll be glad to help. Sorry to hear your leaving us zokissima, but I know everybody's got a lot on their plates with all these GB's and whatnot. Good luck with your builds everyone!
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  • From: SO CAL
Posted by cplchilly on Friday, June 18, 2004 10:29 AM
You were asking about a badge design earlier and I thought well were modeling both sides of the normandie battlefield why not a badge that would cover both groups, you know like it being a map of Normandie in the time period we are modeling (in badge size of course)
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