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

Hey MG the scout is looking good!!! Looking foward to the updates and the finishig.

Bushi

Thanks for the comments stick man! Now here's that update I said I'd get up.

Been doing alot of work in the front, back, and inside the scout car. In the back I've started putting in the handles and support truss for a step plate. The pieces fit in quite nicely, but a seam does have to be removed on every truss piece.

The doors have also been fixed and painted up. Eash door has three major pin marks on the interior, so those have to filled in, no doubt about that. On the exterior their aren't pin marks, but theirs some shallow marks that could use a bit of putty.

As for the dash, I painted the dials and then filled them with a little Testor's clear parts cement & window maker. The engine wall behind the dash needs just a base coat and nothing more. Thank goodness. When the hood goes on, the engine wall completley vanishes from view(since the dash is in front.)

Finally here's all the work done so far. The hood is on, the window frame is on(clear part to go in later), and the round frame going around the top is finished.

Looks great MG!!

Mobious wrote:

mg.mikael wrote: Sorry about not getting up any updates, sorta been playing around with my new mp3 player. Rippin' music, testing different sound setups, and playin' with all the different things it does.  The Soviet M3 is looking pretty good, and you've made substantial progress, considering all the ejector marks that have plagued the Zvesda kit so far. I'm staying tuned in on this build.  Looking forward to seeing updates of the M3 not the MP3,

LOL No worries, I'll get an update on the M3 up today.

mg.mikael wrote:

Sorry about not getting up any updates, sorta been playing around with my new mp3 player. Rippin' music, testing different sound setups, and playin' with all the different things it does.

 The Soviet M3 is looking pretty good, and you've made substantial progress, considering all the ejector marks that have plagued the Zvesda kit so far. I'm staying tuned in on this build.

 Looking forward to seeing updates of the M3 not the MP3,

Well I had some time today, so I finally got around to attaching most of the hull together. The fighting compartment was attached to the frame. The frontal hull was put together(the top of the engine compartment can't go in, untill I fix some marks and holes.) The radiator was also put in.

The radiator of which you see below had a major opening between two parts. I'm not sure if it was supposed to be there, but I felt it looked better filled in. So I filled it with putty and slightly sanded it out. It's not nice and smooth, but their will be some armor slats that will end up covering it from view.

Mobious- Thanks for the comments and for lookin' in!

Bushi- I'd also like to thank you for the comments and for checkin' in.

Mobious wrote:

Hey Bushi, the Wolverine looks great, The airbrushed insignia is really a nice touch.

Thanks Mobious for the comments. The insignia took me four trys to get it right. I must have thrown away a foot and a half of tape trying to make the stencil for each side.

white, mg the builds are looking sweet can't wait to see them finished.

Will check back often to see how everyone is comiong along. Well need to work on my 1000 Roadwheels.

Bushi

 Hey Bushi, the Wolverine looks great, The airbrushed insignia is really a nice touch.

 White, Awesome and inspiring work, my freind, really amazing. Whenever I run across a problem, I find myself asking the question WWWD? What Would White Do! Seriously, that is inspiring work there and it's looking good too.

 mg.mikael, I see what you mean about the jerry cans. I haven't seen the one handled gas cans in along time. The Tamiya cans look much better and with the scratchbuilt rack, they'll look even better yet.

 Keep up the great builds going on here. Looking forward to seeing progress updates.

Yep, it's been awhile since my last update.....probably because I got lazy with fixing all the things on this kit, so it's been sittin' to the side for awhile. However, I finally got around to doing some work on the scout car.

I was pretty dissapointed with the kit supplied jerry cans that were pre-attached to the holder(poor detail & bad molding), plus they would be a prominent piece on the hull, thus they had to be replaced. So I scrapped those pieces, only after using one of them as a guide to scratching my own. Used some Tamiya jerry cans, then scratched the holder out of some stryene and alot of putty. Not to worried abot the interior of the holder, since the jerry can will hide any imperfections when it's glued on.(the jerry can straps will be scratched at a later time)

 I also started the weathering process on the bottom of the passenger compartment. First had to apply a coat of Future to protect the enamel paint dry-brushed on. Then two washes went on, first was a burnt umber/burnt sienna, over that went another burnt umber wash.

stickpusher, white, warhammer - Thanks guys, I am glad you liked the work I did. The stars were a little hard to do. I am a little nervous about the 1000 roadwheel gb after the accident at the bench, but i think I have figured out a solution.

And to all the recent post the bulds look great.

Bushi

Sorry for the little hiatus there guys.

Bushi: Nice job on the M-10. Your skills are improving fast! The airbrushed stars are a nice touch. Looking forward to seeing work Pz IV in the 1000 GB.

White: Great job with the rockets. That is going to be one nice model when it is done.

Mg: You are making some good progress on the M-3 it seems. I like the looks of the interior.

stikpusher: Nice work on the P-39.

Glamdring: For being your first plane in four years, that is looking great!

Sorry if I missed anyone since my last visit. As for me, the Sherman is on hold while I am finishing up two other GB entries. Hope to start work again soon though.

:Bushi: that's some outstanding work there man. I got all my rock fins done and ready for paint, I'm also working on the grill's for the head light protetors.

Now all I need is to cut and shape them to fit.

Nice job Bushi looks great!

Almost forgot, Bushi you've earned your badge so feel free to claim it whenever you wish! I'll be updating the first page shortly, but first I gotta go do a three-mile ride on my mountain bike, when I get back then I'll update.

Bushi wrote:

MG Thanks for the comments and you are right I need to highlight those areas. Well the decals are not decals. I made my own stencil and used my airbrush as I had ruined my decals. Wanted it to look well worn, but I see what you mean. Thanks again. Bushi

Dang, those decals are in fact not decals, but are airbrushed! I gotta give you thumb's up for that, because you had me fooled into thinking they were decals.

MG Thanks for the comments and you are right I need to highlight those areas. Well the decals are not decals. I made my own stencil and used my airbrush as I had ruined my decals. Wanted it to look well worn, but I see what you mean. Thanks again.

Bushi

Hey Guys Here is my update on my M10 Wolverine. It was a very fun buld to do but had a few fit issues or it was just me. I did have some problems with the tracks which I made the best of. Tried to do a dot filter but not really sure how it turned out. Will I build another one, sure will but may try some PE next time. So I call this one finished. Time to grab a badge. So guys tell me what you think all comment welcomed.

Bushi

White_R34 wrote:

I will have all that I will need once the two rocks are Combined. As seen in this real photo in 1943.

Now I see, that pic just explained it perfectly to me. Because for a while their I was thinking, what are you gonna do for the lower half of rockets, but now it's cleared up.

I will have all that I will need once the two rocks are Combined. As seen in this real photo in 1943.

I still fell that I need to go over some parts of the hood.

I made my rocks into long range ones as I don't like the look of the shorter ones.

Oh an I also made my own brass fins.

An "Mobious" the handels had bean made using a moto-tool an some brass sheet cut and sanded to the right shape.