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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, July 14, 2005 8:16 AM

Salut Franck,

non ce n'est pas une blague.Depuis que l'un des designer de Tam est français nous avons vu arriver le Leclerc. suel mauvaise nouvelle mais je ne tiens l'info que depuis 3 jours le B1 ne devrait sortir qu'au.......48° !!!!!!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 9, 2005 1:49 AM

Pierre, I suppose you know our french TV spot, remember... "...and the marmotte (sorry I don't know the english word !) pack up the chocolate..."
:-)))

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, July 6, 2005 6:23 AM

NEWS !!!

Tamiya's team is working on a B1 Bis ! sorry Guy i can't tell you ( for the moment ! ) how I know it, it absolutly not official !!!!!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, July 5, 2005 2:10 AM

Almost completed, an amr33 and my Panhard 178. Just some figures to paint... I don't really like that... :-)

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 1, 2005 1:47 PM

No more news ! My Lorraine is finished ! just wating for the boss now !

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 26, 2005 2:12 AM

hello:

when is the end of this group, i dont see more posts, the deathline is flexible for this group?
actually working in a panhard 178 and consider i finish in 10 days
is accepted the model

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 8, 2005 12:26 PM

I'm impatient to see that !

Some rumours say that Tamyia would produced a B1 bis sooner ! Any news ??????

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Spamicus

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April 2003
From: Central Wisconsin

Posted by Spamicus on Friday, May 6, 2005 4:25 PM

Well, the B1bis is complete and the paint is done. All I've got left is to paint the markings and weather it. Put a clear coat on it today. Will start markings tomorrow. Smile [:)]

Steve

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Spamicus

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April 2003
From: Central Wisconsin

Posted by Spamicus on Monday, April 11, 2005 8:45 PM

Okay, that's going to send me back to the paint booth. Not a problem, olive and brown. Can do easy. Thatnks again.

Steve

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 2:21 PM

:-)))

37th BCC, of course !

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 1:51 PM

Aïe !
I think I made an error, with the word "ochre" !
The 37 th BCC b1bis were olive green, with irregular DARK BROWN spots, like this one :

http://www.chars-francais.net/images/illlustrations/b1_bis_388_arlay_03.jpg

You can read that in the Pascal Danjou's book, Trackstory n°3.

It's a "poor" scheme (not many colors !) but the markings are a real challenge ;-)

By the way, the n°4 will deal with the R35/R40.

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Spamicus

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April 2003
From: Central Wisconsin

Posted by Spamicus on Sunday, April 10, 2005 12:26 PM

Thanks, Model35, but I've already been looking at the link you're suggesting. It's hard to tell in those photos. If you found 37th BCC was done mostly in ochre and olive, that's good enough for me. I'll do it up in ochre and olive. Thanks again.

Steve

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 10, 2005 11:38 AM

Many photos of the Nivernais II here:
http://www.chars-francais.net/archives/b_1bis/archive-b1bis_nivernais2.htm
It's in french, sorry.

I'm looking for a color drawing, but I'm not sure to find one. I found another profile of a 37th BCC tank, the colors are ochre and olive, without brown line. It's the "FCM" scheme, FCM is the factory which paint this color scheme. Renault had another scheme.
But if you read the 15th BCC book, you can see that in a BCC (tank Batalion) you can find both sheme...

;-)

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Spamicus

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April 2003
From: Central Wisconsin

Posted by Spamicus on Friday, April 8, 2005 7:07 PM

Okay, I'm ready to paint my B1bis. I want to do it as Nivernais II, #467. The question I have is; what paint scheme was this tank in? The black and white photos I've got and the ones Chris lead me to are inconclusive. One looks like it's done in a two tone of ochre and green, but I'm not sure. Any of you folks have any better photos of this tank? Smile [:)]

Steve

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Spamicus

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April 2003
From: Central Wisconsin

Posted by Spamicus on Sunday, April 3, 2005 10:34 AM

Well Gents, the construction of my B1bis is now complete. I took several photos of it, none of which are very good, however I don't have a host site yet so I'll post some pics when I get that up and working. I painted the primer coat last Thursday and fixed a couple of glaring belmishes it revealed. Later today I'll be putting on the base coat. Hopefully I'll have a few pics up in the next couple of weeks. Smile [:)]

Steve

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biker_fou

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October 2003
From: Brittany Farwest of France

Posted by biker_fou on Friday, March 25, 2005 5:32 PM

Hi ,more new picts
It's not AFV or motocycles, but AAA
It's a Anti-Aircraft Twin MG 13.2mm Model 30 on R4B base

Sorry but it's 1/48th scale, not 1/35th

your opinion is welcome

Marc

Marc Le Bayon P.K. Owner & Sculptor

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, March 18, 2005 12:28 AM

The 3 holes are EACH sides.
Here on the right :

And here on the left :

I'm glad to see you'll able to find a solution !
;-)

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 17, 2005 6:51 AM

thanks Model35.... I was able to get the turret off and the gun removed easier than I thought..... hopefully it'll turn out okay.... is that 3 holes on EACH side of the MG or just the inner side?

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 17, 2005 5:34 AM

Geoff, here the correct positionnig:

You can repare it easily, but you will certainly had to re paint the turret...

You can put 3 little holes on each side of the Reibel machine gun, too.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 17, 2005 4:14 AM

yeah, there is.... need to add some more decals, but if i cant fix the gun it wont be worth it

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, March 17, 2005 2:37 AM

Hi all,
BTW I wonder something ! Isn't there another french mark on the rear of the turret ?
Else the color seems to be nice !

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 8:49 PM

great...........

well, if i can't fix it, i'll just chalk it up to experience and call it a build....

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 1:46 PM

Geoff, I'm sorry to say that, but ther is something wrong with the gun. You glued the two triangular pieces on the exterior, whereas they must be glued on the interior. These pieces are only used for correctly positionning the gun in the kit, they don't really exist on the 1/1 Panhard...

Blush [:I]

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Spamicus

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April 2003
From: Central Wisconsin

Posted by Spamicus on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 4:28 PM

Looking good Geoff!

Steve

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 15, 2005 8:30 AM

coming along

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Spamicus

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April 2003
From: Central Wisconsin

Posted by Spamicus on Saturday, March 12, 2005 10:08 AM

Well folks, I now have the hull of my B1bis basically finished. I'll be moving on to the turret. I've had to fall back on my old music teacher's advice some what. He always said "Even if you make a mistake keep going, otherwise the song will never get finished." Keeping that in mind I'm moving on mistakes and all. As this is my first resin and white metal kit, I'll use it for the learning curve and someday buy another and do it better. I hope to have some pix up in the next couple of weeks so you folks can check it out, blemishes and all. Big Smile [:D]

Thanks to T.Geoff I think I've figured out how to get a decent digital photo with my cheap camera. Chris was trying to get his put together so the turret would turn, that seems too daunting a task for me so I'll just be glueing the turret on when I get to that. Clown [:o)]

Steve

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Spamicus

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April 2003
From: Central Wisconsin

Posted by Spamicus on Thursday, March 3, 2005 5:13 PM

I think I'll try that, thanks.

Steve

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 6:46 PM

i don't use a flash, just let it focus and snap..... it is my coworkers, who lets me borrow it from time to time.

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Spamicus

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April 2003
From: Central Wisconsin

Posted by Spamicus on Wednesday, March 2, 2005 6:25 PM

I've got an HP Photosmart 320. I can't get a photo that clear. How do you do it?

Steve

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