Service&Supply GB 6/15/08-1/15/09

Nice job SteveM!! i like how you weathered the wood cargo area it looks realy good!

This was a fun build I hope there will be a second one some time....

  Stickman, Steve congratulations you two.

     Nice touch with the base stickman.  Steve those RSO's are so ugly thier cool. You have definitely earned your badge.

    Thanks to everyone for contributing such great builds to this GB.

   Later  Panzerguy/ Steve 

Looks great stickman, I can't even see where your repair was. A great looking little build, congrats on getting her in on time.

Cheers

 Nice save stickman and a good finish in the nick of time. This one looks to have seen alot of action. Nicely done and thanks for posting.

 M0

All right here are my finished pix!!!! I gothe the suspention glued back on afrer it broke and I think it looks pretty good....

In this pic you can kinda see the chunks of resin under the tarp but thats been fixed....

The base still needs a bit of work....

All coments welcome!

 Hey Steve, the schlepper looks good. The warts add character! at least that's what they tell me. Just kidding. One thing, the track on the port side looks like it may need a link removed, and fit a little tighter around the drive socket. The windshield can be repaired. I've done the same thing on a GPA I built. Use the original as a pattern to cut a new one from .005" clear. IMO they look better than the kit glass does. Any way, Glad to see you made it under the wire and came up with a nice looking finish. Mission accomplished, soldier!

 Mobious

Luftwoller wrote:

Oh man, you come on just to tell us its finished LOL. I need the pics of the RSO. It looks awesome in bits. Man, your killing me LOL. ...Guy

HAHA!

OK, well... I hope this is enough to call "finished"; award winner NO but, I do hope it is badge-earning. Ain't got one of those, yet. I am going to weather her a bit more, especially the Friuls. A few breaks here and there along the way. Also, I managed to frost out the driver's side windshield, like a complete moron. One of things you do, then instantly go, "you dumbsh****!!". And working with the Friuls nearly killed the poor little bugger, while trying to get them on there. So, warts and all, here's my RSO/01 that I like to call "The Little Aneurysm That Could":

I'll slather some mud on her, put her on a base, and post something in the Dio forum soon, if anyone is interested. Hopefully, with enough weathering, I can hide the sore spots. Doesn't mean I'm coming anywhere CLOSE to the Armor forum with it, tho.

Thanks for looking, and to the GB for forcing me to finally build one of my beloved Raupenschleppers. I have 4 more in the stash, so this was a good test for me.

Steve

Oh man, you come on just to tell us its finished LOL. I need the pics of the RSO. It looks awesome in bits. Man, your killing me LOL.

...Guy

SteveM - That RSO looks great...I'm gonna have to 'back-pedal' through the previous posts to learn more about your kit and such, that looks like something I'd like to add to my own shelves. Good luck with the final touches!

panzerguy - Thanks for the comments and for hosting this gig. It was a lot of fun and a great GB to 'cut my teeth on'...my only regret was getting so busy at the day-job that my building was delayed.  That and not participating/posting more here in the Forum.

Mobius - Thanks again for more kind words and encouragement

But now for the bummer part; after being stricken with the flu last Sunday, and the subsequent overtime I'm gonna have at work for the rest of the week (to catch-up for my absence on Monday & Tuesday), it has become clear that I am not going to be able to meet the GB deadline, as I won't be able to do the final assembly and start weathering until Friday evening. So, sadly this is where it ends for me.

If I don't completely FUBAR the weathering stages I may post the completed build in the Armor Forum sometime in the next week or two...(that'll give you a chance to see this Fitter with it's crane attached panzerguy...lol)...we'll see, my skills aren't up to the standard of the usual posts there.

Cheers

 Hey SteveM, Ive been waiting to see some of the RSO progress. The wait was worth it. It's looking great. those fruils have got to be tiny! Keep up the good work and keep posting.

 Nice looking paint on the Fitter, cassius. Getting close to the home stretch now! A great looking OOB build.

 Looking forward to updates,

 Mobious

  Man I've been so caught up in other things that I almost forgot about my own GB.

    CaSSius the fitter s moving right along. Cant wait to see her with the crane attached.

    Mobious your LWS is just outstanding!

    Stick sorry to hear about your misshape. Hope to see some pics soon.

    Steve no losers here man. Hope to see that RSO in the near future.

    Guy thanks for sticking around and cheering the rest of us on.

    *Edit  Steve just saw the progress on the RSO and its looking great.  

caSSius, she's looking great.

I have shot some pix, as proof that I AM building, and will throw them up as an update. Bear in mind, this little RSO/01 still has plenty of work left, such as detail paint touch-ups, lint and dust removal (), before I can carry on with decaling, weathering. Heavy weathering will make up for the in-progress breakage, poor building technique (as we musicians say, we'll "fix it in the mix").

Built 95% OOB, small PE detail here and there. Friuls] tracks still in-progress.

Steve

Thanks for the support Guy! The pep talk is just what I needed......and yeah Stickman, what did happen to yer model? I hope it was recoverable and you'll be able to put up pics.

As far as my Fitter goes, the IDF Sand is pretty much done now...I found a piece or two that I forgot to add (see pic #4) that will be given a spray shortly, but now what's mostly left is to tackle the tracks (it's gonna be my first attempt at indy-links) and then start the weathering.

Here's where I'm sittin' with 5 days left in the GB...

I utilized a draftsman's circle template to aid in painting the wheels (thanks wbill for that tip) and was relatively pleased with the outcome...the only places where it didn't work perfectly, it was my own fault, and I'll touch those up later.

There's a few final parts to paint Sand and/or attach to the hull before I commence weathering, and of course there is a plethora of little items such as the lights, vision ports, etc. that need detail painting...and finally a few pieces of stowage (like the oxy-acetalene tanks, fire extinguisher, etc.) that will be added last.

My materials have been very basic with this strictly OOB build...Tamiya acrylic paints were used with the sole exception of using Model Master's Gunmetal Metallizer #1423 on the MG (strangely enough, MM makes two Metallizers called Gunmetal, differing in shade and part number) sprayed from an Aztek A470M (Metal) airbrush with the beige (fine - 0.30mm) tip.

A few areas will be getting drybrushed prior to laying down a few washes using Winsor & Newton artist oils thinned with turpenoid. My references indicate that Isreali weathering (mostly dust instead of mud) leans toward lightening details rather than darkening them...although there are some areas that will require the more conventional darker washes. I pre-shaded the rims (it's hard not to when spraying the tires first and then painting the rims afterwards with a template) and I'm fairly happy with their appearance already...the pictures don't show very clearly the depth that's already apparent, but it's a good start.

Well...things should be dry enough to return to the paint booth...more to come

Cheers

Stickman, come on, do tell. How come you model was broken? Was it down to that demon looking rabbit in your Avitar?

Brad, come on man (Massages shoulders) you can do it fella. Do it for the team Big boy.

...Guy

Progress is slow but sure...the M113 made it into the paint booth yesterday for priming

Apologies for the quality of the pic, my usual light blue background was too similar to the light grey primer to provide enough contrast to see the build...this black background ended up being semi-reflective but was a bit better.

I'll be shooting the first coat of "IDF Sand" later tonight. I did a brief search to find what paint (or mix) I should use to represent that colour and made the discovery that there was a different "recipe" from each person that had documented their preference. Therefore, due to time constraints I'm going to use one of the simplier suggestions...Tamiya XF-57 Buff lightened with a dash of white or light grey. If all goes well, that will be completed before Friday and final assembly & weathering will commence by the weekend...I dunno why I've gotta leave things until the last minute all the time!......working to a deadline reminds me of my consulting days; I've always worked better under pressure...

I'll post more as soon as there's something to show

Cheers

It's gonna be close SteveM...but I should still be able to make the deadline on the 15th...*fingers crossed*...a myriad of delays arose since my last post, but plugging away "a little bit here and a little bit there" has me finally at the point of starting to paint my M113 Fitter. (geez, coming from cars and A/C building, I'm continually amazed at the sheer number of parts this kit has; heck the 144 indy links alone represents more parts than I'm used to......the primer is going on tomorrow...*fingers and toes crossed*

Sorry, no pics tonight...the sofa in my hobby room has been commandeered by a little fella that needed a nap, and I am not gonna risk waking his cranky little butt by lighting up the photo-box...but I'll try and get some pics up this weekend.

stickman - sorry to hear about your bad break (sorry for the pun)...looking forward to seeing pics when you get them up

Well I finished my build this morrning but since I got home 10 minunts ago I found it brokin but not that badly so I should have pix up soon.

panzerguy wrote:

Steve please don't rush. If you need an extension I have no problem stretching this till the end of January, after all it's my GB. I've seen some of your other work and I'd rather see it done right than just done.

That's a nice thing to offer, Steve, and thanks for the encouragement. I'm still gonna try for the deadline next week... the build is built, now the paint just needs paintin'. I'll charge up my dead camera and post my build shots shortly, to prove that I've been working

 Hello,

 I would like to thank all that helped with suggestions, feedback, and viewing the LWS build. Also, want to thank everyone for posting all of the unusual and spectacular builds. For me many were also inspirational. This has been a great GB and glad that I could join. Looking forward to seeing more updates!

 Luftwoller, IMHO the Techweave bumpers are a top notch product that I will be using for the DUKW also. The Archer Transfers flag was a snap to fashion. Thanks again for all the help with the build.

 Have a Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year everyone,

 Mobious

Excellent Mobious. The finished article looks the bomb. I love the fenders and the flags drape looks spot on. Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff.

...Guy

 Thanks caSSius,

 It was a fun build and large. When I showed the family what I was working on I always got this "WTF" look. Overall it went together well. The cabin seam where it attaches to the lower hull I'm not at all pleased with, which was my own doing though. Everytime I began working on one of the smaller subassemblies, I'd find myself moving it off the bench to some precarious spot. Luftwoller was right about the tears after mashing the cabin. I'd just recieved the bumpers and was looking forward to installing them when fate struck! That was truely a down point in the build. All the seams I'd worked on were split. I was so mad at myself. I took a couple weeks off just to cool down. That's when the idea to add the green again brightened my entire outlook. And yes, I caught myself moving the LWS off the bench to the same dumb locations as before. I now have a reserved parking location for in progress items. Lesson learned.

 Thanks for checking in. Will be looking for update pics of the IDF M113.

 Mobious

Great work Mobious, the base looks great.  Everytime I see your build it puts a smile on my face...it was such an outlandish idea, it's hard to believe. I love it!   Good luck with your next Floater, I'm lookin' forward to seeing it. (Heck, I may have to track down some of these floating monsters for myself...you've got my interest piqued...lol)

Some forgotten Holiday activities kept me away from the bench Sunday, but I should have some progess pics up for the M113-Fitter late tonight or tomorrow

Cheers

 Hello,

 Built a quick base for the Floaters,snapped a couple of pics..

 Pass the fork this one is done. Next project up, a DUKW 353 in Soviet service to accompany the Soviet GPA. Planning on having a bowl full of Floaters...

 Comments Suggestions are always welcome,

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

 Hello Cassius,

 Glad to see ya at the bench. Looks like positive progress. Looking forward to seeing some Israeli Armor built. Post progress updates.

 Thanks stickman, Loftwoller, dupes, white, and cassius for the kind words. I apologize for taking so long to post anything. I did replace the flag pole with a piece of .032 brass rod, the weight of the lead foil was just to much for the plastic. Finished the life preserver and attached a rope to it as well. Will be adding a coiled moring line to the bow.  An additional fuel drum or two to the rear deck, along with another moring line. Should have it wrapped up Sunday evening.

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

Great looking builds White and Mobius! You fella's have been much more productive than I. But I hope to catch-up. After working my tail off for the last couple of months I have rewarded myself with taking the next couple of weeks off work, so it looks like I'll be able to finish this GB on time after all...

Today was the first productive day I've had on my M113-Fitter. I've decided to finish it in the IDF markings provided in the kit. There are alternate decals for an Australian unit if a person desired. Earlier work saw the assembly of the hull, suspension and interior. I have opted to seal this bucket up, so no detailing was done on the interior at all. Today the top of the hull was secured along with the side cabinets and a plethora of goodies on top.

This being my first armour model of any significance (the only other being a Kettenkrad that met an unfortunate end a few months ago when the turpenoid I used in my oil wash ate through the kit's paint)...but I must say that I'm astounded at the quantity of "fiddly bits"...lol.

It's also been very humbling; my skills at glueing the aforementioned very tiny bits are not as advanced as I wish they were, and I'm frustrated with the outcome in some areas. That being said, I'm not getting discouraged and am still having fun while I "pay my dues" in this new-to-me genre. (I've decided to take my own advice that I give to my son about his model building: "You can not expect to do something perfectly the first time...so take your time, enjoy yourself and learn from any mistakes you make along the way"). It is now a 3-foot model: most displays that our club puts on won't allow the spectators any closer than 3 feet...and from 3 feet, this model will look fine...lol

Anyways, I thought I'd best get something WIP-related up here so you could see that I hadn't just faded away. More progress pics to come...I hope to hit the paint booth late Sunday or Monday.

Cheers

Man...great builds, both of you!

Certainly don't see those built up in the armor forum every day.