Lend-Lease GB (1/1/09-7/1/09)

Hey all....progress in very small steps.  P-40 is full of putty-ended up having to do a lot of work around the wheel flaring.  I haven't sanded it out yet-tomorrow am hopefully.  Hope to have a coat of primer on it by end of the day tomorrow.

I didn't realize that Revell/Monogram had put their 'stamp' into the wheel well until I had it painted and assembled......  One of these days I hope to take this same kit and do it up right.

I did not get to take pics last weekend of my P-39 but here is where it's at now. I had applied another coat of Micro Sol shortly before these pics were taken, so hopefully any decal issues you see in these pics regarding fit will be gone shortly. I do have to do a few touch ups of red on the stars. As things are now, I may have it done by Sunday evening...

Now for painting the wheels, exhausts, a wash, topcoat, some soot staining and the final touches...

bobbaily- Your making some great progress! Sorry to hear about the Revell marking in the wheel-well......though not that many folks will look in there.

stikpusher- Ouuuu, it's so close to being finished and it looks amazing. Thus I can't wait to see it all weathered up!

Hey all.  Paint is on....hopefully a coat of Future tomorrow, decals Thursday, more Future and then some weathering.  I think I'm going to try the oil dot method that is very popular with the armour folks. 

 OT- Mg-When do you start college?

bobbaily wrote:

Hey all.  Paint is on....hopefully a coat of Future tomorrow, decals Thursday, more Future and then some weathering.  I think I'm going to try the oil dot method that is very popular with the armour folks.   OT- Mg-When do you start college?

Lookin' forward to seeing the plane finished, which looks like it could be very soon.

I'll be starting college on August 24th.

****I just learned I'll be going to the WWII Victory Musuem in Auburn either Friday or Saturday, if nothing comes up. Mmmm........tons of armor. Can't wait to take tons of pics!!*****

mg.mikael wrote:

Mikael - GREAT finish! Your M3 really came out well.

Stikpusher and Bob - keep up the good work. You guys are looking great as well.

Sadly for me, summer has hit hard, and I've had zero time for the forum OR building...went in my modeling room yesterday - the calendar is still on June. Ugh. Also the first time I've been on the forum in almost three weeks. By far my longest hiatus ever. Not something I was looking forward to! I will indeed finish up my Sov Sherman at some point, but don't hold your breath. I'm quite disappointed, I'm really interested in the whole Lend/Lease idea and wanted to contribute. Promise I'll fire up some pics when it is indeed finished.

dupes wrote:

mg.mikael wrote: Mikael - GREAT finish! Your M3 really came out well. Stikpusher and Bob - keep up the good work. You guys are looking great as well. Sadly for me, summer has hit hard, and I've had zero time for the forum OR building...went in my modeling room yesterday - the calendar is still on June. Ugh. Also the first time I've been on the forum in almost three weeks. By far my longest hiatus ever. Not something I was looking forward to! I will indeed finish up my Sov Sherman at some point, but don't hold your breath. I'm quite disappointed, I'm really interested in the whole Lend/Lease idea and wanted to contribute. Promise I'll fire up some pics when it is indeed finished.

Thanks for checkin' in and for the kind comments dupes! Hope to see your Lend-Lease Sherman(finished) some time in the near future. But alas, no worries this thread isn't going anywhere(will be starting a new GB with 'feeler' threads out in the fall, but that's another story.)

stikpusher wrote:

I am oh so close now.. the weathing wash is done so now all that is left is final top coat, removing the canopy masks, painting the navagation lights, adding the soot stains for exhaust, the antenna wire, and the exhausts. Not gonna say when to jinx myself, but real soon...

Ouuuu, I'm really lookin' forward to seeing your Airacobra all finished up!

I'm also lookin' forward to going to the WWII Victory Musuem tommorrow! I can't wait, I can't wait!! All those restored vehicles........man my camera is gonna be used well tommorrow.......I think I better re-charge my batteries tonight. (gonna leave at 7:00 or so in the morning so I can get there at opening time)

OK, I am calling this one done.... (well as far as this GB is concerned. I have a dio idea brewing but that is for later...)

I hope you guys like it. The antenna wire did not turn out as I had intended, but I am still new to that technique.

Your Lend-Lease Airacobra looks fantastic, stikpusher!! I love the look of the propeller and exhausts, they have a great rough and used look to them. Your cockpit control panel also looks amazing, good thing you left the door open.

I've already updated the first page. Feel free to claim the badge, you've certainly earned it.

Guess what......I just got the September issue of FSM and to my suprise another one of my tips was published(Fun with Hot Beverages 2)!!!!! Now the only question is why didn't FSM tell me or pay me.....hmmm. Either way, that suprise really made my day!

Mg-congrats on making the Tips sections of FSM.  Usually the check comes after the magazine.  Go figure.

Saw your post over in the armour section regarding your road trip-glad to hear that you had a great time.

The P-40 is painted & decaled.  Canopy has been Futured and is drying. The Chinese insignia was from the old Academy kit-some silvering.  The openings for the kit gun sights are big...but not as big as the sights themselves.  I think I'll fill them in and touch-up the paint.  May use some leftover PE sights.  Also, the paint is a bit darker than most other P-40 models that I have seen.  However, since this plane was orginially an RAF plane, I thought the colors may have been closer to RAF spec.  Also, the few B&W pics that I have seen of the early AVG P-40's are very dark.  I may either try some lighter pastel chalk weathering or the oil dot technique that is popular with the armour folks.

So..............remember a while back I mentioned I was hoping to start another GB in the coming months(not sure of the start date yet) and I left that teaser saying if you like post-WWII Soviet armor & aircraft you'll like this GB? Well, if you do remember good for you, and if you don't then here's the big moment(a treat for those following the Lend-Lease GB.)

Without further ado, I hope to start a GB on the Soviet-Afghan War......look for the 'feeler/interest' threads out in early September. I hope this topic spikes some interest and gets folks talking, that way this GB will get off the ground.

Ah...updates...yes.....err...no.  No progress-busy looking for employment.  Hope to get the canopy masked and painted by the end of the weekend.  Probably only an hour's total work left, just hard to get started.

Your GB idea is pretty cool & unique.  Hope you get a lot of interest/participation.  Unfortunatly, I'm limited to building only what is in the stash and there is nothing there that fits.

As for an update, not much is going on other than work.  My last minute rush to get stuff done for the club builds going to Nationals was a bust as none of the group builds are going (good thing as none of kits were close to being done, but would've been).  Got the model building blues as I know I need to get stuff done, but don't have the gumption.  Tried to do some painting on a SU-100 that was going to the Nats and now my airbrush is on the fritz.  On the good side of things, I found a Hobby Boss P-40 to take the place of a totally horrendous Zvezda P-40 in Russian winter camo and have it mostly together.  Just some sanding, filling and possibly some rescribing and she'll be ready for some paint.  Haven't started the P-51 yet.  Soviet-Afghan War GB?  Looks like a Hind is on the horizon.

Bob,

Good luck on the job search, hopefully it'll end soon.

Stik and Bob - nice stuff, fellas!

As for the Soviet/Afghan war...had to google it to get an accurate time period. Heh. So 79-89, basically? Are you thinking just armor, or an all-arounder again? Would love to bang out some modern Sov stuff...or find an excuse for that Hind...

Will keep my eyes peeled for this one.

bobbaily- Sorry to hear about the job search, but I wish you the best of luck.(You're in the same boat as my dad.)

Glad you like the GB idea, I was going for something never done before and unique.

lewbud- Thanks for checking in! I'm happy the Soviet-Afghan War GB has gotten your interest.

stikpusher- Sweet! I hope to have you aboard when I start this GB.(start date=soon)

dupes- Hind......now that's some pure Soviet firepower. But anyways, this GB would consist of everything. That means Armor/Missile Launchers, Artillery/Anti-Air, and Aircraft/Helicopters. Started my research into getting vehicle lists a few months ago(the info was hard to find, but I think I have pretty much 99% accurate lists.)

dupes wrote:

Hmmmm...I'd like to see that list! Is the ZSU-23 on there? Not that the Afghans had much in the way of aircraft I would expect, but just kind of hoping.

I'll send you the list in few minutes, soooo go check your PM.

I was just on a short vacation the past two days(this explains my absence from the forums for those who noticed.)

I took a vacation to Wisconsin(near Steven's Point) up to my relatives summer house on some 60 acres or so. The trip was pretty nice, but got oh so much better, when I learned their were quite a few military surplus stores up there. Luckily I had time to stop in one,(sadly I didn't have time to stop at another one nearby.) Nevertheless, I did pick up some stuff......a German Pile Cap(less then $5.00) and a US 2qt. Canteen w/sling(less then $10.00.) I would have bought some used Austrian jackets(used, as in worn by somebody in the Austrian military) but I was rushed and didn't have time to look. Their were also some sweet Czech gas masks, german pioneer shovels, and US Alice packs w/frames.......wish I bought those goodies too, but I'm happy with what I got.

bobbaily wrote:

Nice score on the purchases.  Always fun to find neat things at a reasonable price.  And now you know to schedule more time on vacation in Wisconsin to check out the other surplus stores.

Definately! I just wish I was headed up there again this year, but chances are I won't be there untill next year. Thus that's sort-of a disapointment, because the surplus stores around here sell cheap chinese knock-off junk. Oh well, I got something to look forward to.

mg: Sorry I couldn't finish my Sherman on time, I was relatively close too. My summer was just very busy and I found very little time for building. I guess I didn't realize how much work you have to put into a 1/35 Dragon kit; this being my first one. I may finish by the end of the year and will post pics here if I do, but I am trying to focus on other GBs that I have a shot at completing on time as I am kind of swamped right now with GBs. I am glad to see so many great builds that came out of this GB though.

Good luck with the Soviet-Afghan War GB. I you make it run through most of next year, I may join later on; after I get out from under these GBs and get my next GB (I am thinking Sherman) going next year. I am trying to be very selective in my GBs for next year. I have always been interested in the Soviet-Afghan War and I have a 1/72 Trumpeter Tu-16 that I could build as being from that conflict. To my knowledge, the Russian's used the Tu-16 to carpet bomb the cave complexes of Afghanistan. Hope to see you get as good of a turn out for that GB as you did this one.

WarHammer25 wrote:

mg: Sorry I couldn't finish my Sherman on time, I was relatively close too. My summer was just very busy and I found very little time for building. I guess I didn't realize how much work you have to put into a 1/35 Dragon kit; this being my first one. I may finish by the end of the year and will post pics here if I do, but I am trying to focus on other GBs that I have a shot at completing on time as I am kind of swamped right now with GBs. I am glad to see so many great builds that came out of this GB though. Good luck with the Soviet-Afghan War GB. I you make it run through most of next year, I may join later on; after I get out from under these GBs and get my next GB (I am thinking Sherman) going next year. I am trying to be very selective in my GBs for next year. I have always been interested in the Soviet-Afghan War and I have a 1/72 Trumpeter Tu-16 that I could build as being from that conflict. To my knowledge, the Russian's used the Tu-16 to carpet bomb the cave complexes of Afghanistan. Hope to see you get as good of a turn out for that GB as you did this one.

That's okay WarHammer25, lately I've barely had time to do any modeling work(I blame my architectural studies.) Anyways, remember your always welcome to continue posting pics here in the thread and I'd like to thank you for joining the GB.

As for the Tu-16, I would love to see that build and see you join my next GB with it. As for the time length, it will probably run a bit longer then this GB. (PS: Be on the lookout for feeler/interest threads I'll be starting very soon(maybe end of this week) and leave a shoutout, since these 'feeler' threads will see if their's enough interest in this GB to get it off the ground in the first place.)