Norway WWII Group Build 2009

Mein gott! Mein gott!!! Wow!

Excellent!

Love it!

I won't say much more!

By the way, lads!!!

9th April is coming rapidly.  Then the invasion of Norway started. So in two months, Norway will be totally occupied. If we were in 1940, that is.

As said, it was the first military operation German had where all branches were included.

Big day for military history, bigger day for this GB!

Well after a long day of masking and painting here some pics the bottom is just blue so I didn't take the tape off.  I am very pleased with the way it came out

Jason

I've got paint on and now starting the masking of the splinter camo.

Jason

Jmart glad to hear that nothin got wet

I started to put paint on the condor but have to get the other colors

Jason

Mobious wrote:

Jmart, Glad to hear that operations will begin shortly from the "Mancave". LOL Hope the water heater trouble didn't cause any problems with the supply depot(stash).

Best investment I ever did: buy some heavy duty plastic garage shelves at home depot... but used them as "pallets" for the stash (and other stuff), bringing everything 2-3 inches off the floor... saved almost everything from getting wet  :)

 Hello Jay, The Condor is impressive. A large aircraft with a good range if I'm not mistaken. Nice job on the interior and the exterior is looking good as well.

 Jmart, Glad to hear that operations will begin shortly from the "Mancave". LOL Hope the water heater trouble didn't cause any problems with the supply depot(stash).

 Hope to get a start on the FW by the weekend. I think I have all the colors in stock. The Tamiya color guide calls out XF-22 RLM grey mixed with XF27 Black green at a ratio of 3:2, Is this supposed to be RLM74 Grey green?

 Mo

Mobious can't wait to that started

Here are some pics

Jason

Stikpusher - very nicely done; like the markings and paint job.

And what a  sweet Condor so far.... Have to wait a bit to see Huxe's pics photobucket is full ;)

I finally cleaned up my basement (mancave) new water tank and workbench is back in business

 Hey Jason, I just got the kit yesterday, It's the Tamiya 1/48 FW190 A8. Here's a pic. I plan on getting started soon. I still need to get a few more Luftwaffe colors.

 Mobious.

Mobious What kit did you get?  I got my computer back and will pput up pics tomorrow.

Jason

Hey guys sorry for no updates lately, but my computer crashed. I'm in the process of getting it fixed. but I have the plane assembled, and will get pics up asap.

Jason

Glad to hear that, Mobious! Can't wait to see another plane from the occupationforce..

I myself have only done two planes.. I have two WIPs now. This and an IL2. Really, I have only 4 planes that are built/WIP.. Except some others that I built as a little kid tough... But ya, I'm sure you've built more than me!

Anyways.. A little update from the hoster himself.

A little profile picture I got in a book. You can see it's depicted with a silver drab. But I'm so afraid of metallics on such a big surface that it has to wait I say my light grey looks good.. 

You can also see the nose depicted gold. But the other picture I posted once, No. 423, has a black nose..

And I painted the nose brass.

Well, I started striping. Also note the metalic on the nose. Masked and fixed!

I found a nice position of the striping, which was the RNoAF 1937-40 markings. Masking the position and start painting..

And then cutting the maskingtape into smaller stripes. No idea why, as it's unesecery. But good practise !

Then the white:

Then the finished..  The maskingtape "leaks" a little, so I had to touch up with the brush. All in all, 2 hours of work. I have also done the underside, Went a little quicker. Do note aswell, I have made the blue stripe slightly thicker, so it looks better.

[EDIT] Ahh.. Forgot to mention.. I have painted the plane in a light grey overall, as you see!!  

That was it from me! Some steps closer to the badge!

-Lasse 

 Hey huxy, I plan on getting the FW 190 under way soon. Going to be crossing my fingers with this one. I've only done a couple of the WWII aircraft. Looking forward to getting started.

 Mobious

 Hey Jay, The condor is looking great. Love the interior shots, very nice.

 Huxy, IMO I would go with the silver, and shade with either gray, or a blue/grey. Dullcoat, then use thinned future lightly applied on the metal surfaces (just to get a semi gloss).

 Looking forward to updates.

Thanks I've got my masks today and the fuselage halves together. so I'll try to get some more pics theis week

Jason

Huxy wrote:

Sorry for being late! First of, jay, that is one excellent condor so far! Get on with updates!   Dostacos and Bakken, roster uploaded. Welcome to the gang! Dostacos: How are those Black Dog AM parts? Spiralcity: Awfully sorry, but no Suomi mopeds allowed here!  Sure you can't find anything else? very nice, minor clean up and they fit fantastic, pictures soon   And as said, lads! Roster updated!   -Lasse

Sorry for being late! First of, jay, that is one excellent condor so far! Get on with updates!

Dostacos and Bakken, roster uploaded. Welcome to the gang!

Dostacos: How are those Black Dog AM parts?

Spiralcity: Awfully sorry, but no Suomi mopeds allowed here!  Sure you can't find anything else?

And as said, lads! Roster updated!

-Lasse 

Huxy wrote:

4 replies already.. Well, I can gladly say this GB has not been canceled at all, and more members are always welcome...  And as I said in the main post, there is no deadline for joining   mg.miakel, Bufflehead, Mobious, Quickly, dig in the stash and find something! Ollie: Want me to sign you up with the Roden kit?   -Huxy

Would a Finnish plane make the cut.. 

I had to ask, I have a few on the shelf...

dostacos Welcome to the build

Jason

Huxy wrote:

Dostacos, please, scale and manufacturer? -Lasse

oops! Tamiya 1/48 scale and Black Dog after market goodies

dan

Huxy I think the grey looks fine.

Here are some more pics of my condor

I've got the wings together and start the landing gear

Jason

Hello i will enter with a Tamiya 1:48 Messerschmitt Bf-109 E3

Dostacos, please, scale and manufacturer?

And people!!!  

Does that look OK? I don't want to do the metallic drab on mine.. I don't know why, I just don't feel for it.. So this light grey look OK to me.. What do you guys think?

-Lasse 

I would like to be added to the list. a Krupp Protze with a pile of junk in the truck and maybe towing some flak gun all in 1/48 will be using the Black Dog resin AM parts.

Dan

I'm glad you like her guys. This was a good build for restoration of model building morale and motivation.

GB Badge obtained Huxy. AIRBORNE!