Turetless AFV....Jan 1st 2010....now open!

The participants:

1. M1 Carbine.....Tamiya 1/35 Sturmgeschtz IV Sd.Kfz.163

2. Satch_ip........Flynn with a Dragon/Malan Su 76.

3. Catelnuovo... .Jadgpanther 1/35 by Dragon

                               Hetzer 1/35 by Dragon

4. Patch Katz. ...Dragon StuG III Ausf. G

5. Deafpanzer....Stug III B from Tamiya

6. Hellcat Man....M113A1 ACAV by Academy

7. Thunderbolt379.....Trumpeter's 1:35 STRV 103B MBT and Jagdpanzer IV L/70

8. Dogman.....Dragon Marder II

9. Detailfreak....Stug III G-early

10.M1 A1 A2....M40-75

11. gygax.....Brumbar sdkfz IV  1/35

12. oddmanrush.....Italeri Jagdtiger 1/72

13. Jmart........Tamiya Stug IV

14.Dioramator....1/35 Dragon StuG III Ausf. A, Michael Wittmann 'LAH' Barbarossa 1941

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NOTE: This is post is driving me a bit crazy. I have no idea why some words appear big and some very small, like in the 13th and 14th line. I tried the "paragraph"function to change the size but nothing happens. So it is as it is.

Im in, put me down for:

Tamiya 1/35 Sturmgeschtz IV Sd.Kfz.163

Bob

Are M113's or morter/AT/command LAV's OK?

If so count me in, I'll just have to think which.

Andrew

I'll see if I can dust-off my Dragon StuG III Ausf. G... I'll do what I can :3

Also, I think I can make a badge for this, at least ^.^

Edit:

 I just made a quick badge here :3

Two options:

And:

Of course, they have to be resized :3

Count me in... Stug III B from Tamiya (just like Bob is building right now)!  Will join you guys in time as soon as I am done with my 234/1 for the 8X8 GB hopefully. 

Great job Parch Katz!! I love the first badge. Thanks a lot.

Satch-ip....lol, lol, lol....

Gents, thanks for your input. So M113s are OK then, after some debate... If somebody thinks that we should tweek the name so it is not "unpure" (Hans ) I am for it. I have updated the list, if I forgot somebody please let me know. Have a good evening.

Love the badges Satch.

Bob

Is it January 1 yet...................................no dang it...............Oh poo.

Bob

It is January 1st and  the Turetless GB is now officialy open. Go for it.

GREAT!  I will jump in as soon as I am done with 8X8 GB.  Perhaps you should post a friendly reminder in Armor forum to let others know about this. 

For anybody who knows AM tracks stuff, my Tamiya kit Stug IIIB came with a PE barrell and grills but it also came with vinyl/rubber tracks.  I would like to build it with better tracks if possible so is there one you can recommend for me to order?  It will be my first time attempt... LOL  Thanks!

Try MagicTracks.They usualy come with Dragon's models. I don't know if they can be purchased separatly. Ask  Squadron's shop, I always have good experience with them.

Cheres...

Not much is going on on this tread so here are  two photos of my work so far

Some simple PE work

Wheels and bars

BTW, why are my photos so HUGE? They were smaller on some of my previous posts. Any way to make them smaller again?

Cheers...

This is an intriguing idea for a GB -- if I get a breathing space in my hectic schedule of builds in the nxt six months I might field a Trumpeter 1:35 Stridsvagn 103B, the famous Swedish "S-Tank," turretless MBT. I won't make that official at this time though, as I have more current build commitments than any sane builder should ever take on!

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Well... I seem to have been bitten by the AFV bug. I pulled out the S tank to have a look and Trumpeter seem to have done a pretty good job. I looked up some references online, chased what colours the Swedish Army has used, and the 103B looks like a quick, interesting build.

Please put me down for Trumpeter's 1:35 STRV 103B MBT -- I'm not sure when I'll make a start but it looks possible I might be doing an hour's building in the evenings while paint dries on other things.

Cheers, Mike/TB379

 I have added you to the list.

Put me down for Dragons Marder II please. Also, I am new to group builds, what do you do when youre done? Thanks,

dogman

Thanks, Castelnuovo!

Well, I made some progress already, two sessions of work. here's the kit:

I started with the lower hull, here it is done but for the return rollers (twenty parts used so far), which will take a bit of fiddling and of course some paint:

My second session was on the upper hull, the first two rounds of parts have gone on, I'll do another session then post a pic of the top hull.

I must say, Trumpeter lifted their game -- parts fit is generally fine and this kit is moulded in a plastic which responds readily to glue, unlike their earlier materials. It looks like the tracks will actually fit as well!

Cheers, thanks for having me aboard,

Mike/TB379

Wow Mike, an S tank.  I l;ove these little things as strange as the are.  I love the air suspension usede to align the gun.  Cant wait to see more.  Im almost ready to start.  Im putting the final details on my F4F-3.

Bob

This is a cool one to build!  I remember watching Military Channel about this tank that it can climb mountains and shoot from any angles.  Is this the one that I saw in the show? 

Ok,I'll bite.Put me down with a Stug III G-early,smart kit.Just brushed the dust off so I'll sart when I take a break from ten other builds that are clustered around.

Thanks Bob and Andy! I've had another couple of building sessions and she's coming along nicely -- pic soon.

If I have one area to quibble about, it's the barrel. The halves could join up finer, and after a session of adzing, filling and sanding it could be better. I checked around for Eduard's turned replacement, but it's not available in Australia and the cost of getting one sent from the US, despite it's own very reasonable price, would be nearly double what I gave for the kit (through a dealer in China a year or two back -- okay, I got a great deal!) So after a brief delay in which I considered the AM, I think I'll go ahead and fit the kit barrel. If it doesn't look too good I can wrap it in a Verlinden camo net...

The stowage bins needed some filler as well, I'll rub those down tonight.

Cheers, Mike/TB379

Hey Thunderbolt are you going homemade or aftermarket with the zimmerit?

Yo, DF! Ain't no zim on a Stridsvagn! Think you got me confoozled, there, man!

TB379

Dogman, Detailfrean...wellcome to the GB.

 Dogman, once you are done with the build you put a photo here for all to see. Then you download a badge, they are on page 1 of this tread, and post it under your signature. Just download in into your computer, then to a photo hosting site such as photobucket.com, then go to "edit my profile" and put the photo there. Then, if you like, you can build another model.

Cheers...

OOOPPS,Well zim it anyway. That would be the bossmans Jagdpanther I was thinking of.