Military Veterans GB II

Veterans.

Just a friendly reminder that we are still good to go on July 1st.  Let me know if you have a confirmed subject.  I'm going camping for 2 weeks in the outback, so I'll be a long way from a computer.  See you when I get back !!

Wirraway wrote:

Veterans. Just a friendly reminder that we are still good to go on July 1st.  Let me know if you have a confirmed subject.

Just the excuse I'm looking for to do up my old gun section (the first one I chiefed, that is) in a diorama... Put me down for an Italeri M109A2 plus AFV M548 diorama from Charlie Battery- 3/3 FA, 2AD, circa 1984...  My freshly-sewn Staff Sergeant insignia still damp from the Wetting-Down a few days earlier, lol.. Never tried doing a figure of m'self... I can even use m' avatar as reference photo, lol...

I now have the required wherewithall...

C'mon calendar...

Hi guys, I would like to join with a 1/72 RoG Transall C-160. Only one problem....I already started to glue a few pcs together a while back before I shelved it due to move and havent touched it since.

As far as service goes 12 years German Air Force Lufttransportgeschwader 62 ( Air Transport Wing 62 for all of you out of towners). 6 years equipment shop and 6 years C/C.

Joe

Hans,

I thought that AFV Club also had a single-piece track set for the M-113, but I can not find anything in doing a quick search.  The AFV Club individual link tracks really are not that bad to put together, as I have had pretty good success with them in the past.

Hooray, it's July!  Time to start clipping sprue, guys.  gonna set my Cessna 172 aside and get after that F-89J.  Happy building, everyone! 

Ken

Wirraway wrote:

Thats great.  Guys, get back to me with your confirmed builds when you can.  And the branch of service and your length of service too would be great.  I'll put it all on Page 1.

Ok.. Kit's are cracked open and I'm in the research phase (means I'm digging through 30 years of junk boxes looking for photos of my tracks) and will probably start putting glue to plastic by Momday the 6th..

First things first & all that, plus I'm gathering figure parts as well, since I need 8 1980's-era cannon-cockers... I should have bought a few more "modern" figures.  Means I'll be casting K-pots and M-17/M-25 pro-mask carriers too..  Doing 8 figures in Woodland camo too.. Gonna be fun, that is..

I served in the US Army and the Texas Army National Guard for just shy of 30 years and retired as a Master Sergeant.

Thats great guys- we are away !

Heres my Italeri Land Rover with the extra resin bits to make it into an Australian Army version, plus the resin General Service trailer that I used to tow with all my company clerk consumables for the CP.

So now that the second season of Veteran GB is on the air I might as well get slowly started too (well I actually did a while back but dont tell nobody). Here she is the "Angel of the Skies" as we called her. Never lost a plane through mechanical failure in over 40 years and more than 500,000 flying hours. Unfortunately RoG shows the "new" 3-color camo on the box, but decals and instructions are only for the old camo and I havent been able to locate decals for the new camo yet. Anyway I will build her OOB since she is a pretty nice kit from the start and I will post pics of my progress as I go along.

Ok, here are the first shots of the plastic. These are just some pics to show the detail on this kit. The decal sheet has well in excess of 200 stencils which makes it a life long project in itself.

Inside starboard Cargobay A/C Unit

Nose Gear well

Cockpit Floor w/ Bulkhead

Part of the decal sheet (its about 8"x14")

Joe,

Can I see some insignia from your unit LTG 62 on that decal sheet ?  It would be cool to have the markings from your unit.  I'm going to have to either handpaint/stencil mine, as decals dont exist.  200 stencils for that C-160 !!  Hope you have an optivisor.

Wirraway, I do plan on using my old units markings. But it wont be any on the colorful anniversary Markings. I think Peddinghouse In Germany makes  a decal sheet celebrating the 500,000 flight hours and I think  it was celebrated in  my unit ( I was already in the States by then). And no I am not in the possession of an optivisor, still working with the squared eyesight tool.

Joe

Hans,

Congratulations on having lasted thirty years in the service.  That really is quite a feat!   Personally, I had my fill at six and a half and headed off to the private sector.

All,

I have one project to clear from my bench (it is about 90% complete), and then I will commence the building of the USS Tullibee.  I was fondling through the parts a couple of days before the scheduled start date, and this looks to be relatively simple, as it is a mostly resin kit.  Now that I have written that last comment, I have probably doomed myself to poorly fitting pieces and air voids.

 OK, fellow vets, I'm finally underway with the Revell 1:48 F-89J.  Below are some pics of the pit.

 Ken

ken, thats beautiful work there.

Joe

Thanks, guys.  I hope the rest of the build is as enjoyable.  Seems that fixing up the cockpit is a fun part of the build for me, although it shouldn't be since these parts are so tiny - don't know how you guys do it in 1:72!! 

Ken

Ken.

Like what they said !!  Nice work !!

Build on!

I just wrapped up my Pfalz D.IIIa and Hansa Brandenburg W.29 for another build, so the USS Tullibee is up next on the bench.  I will keep you posted as I progress and will post photos as I make the time to take them.

Hello - anybody home?!  It's awfully quiet in here.  Don't have anything outstanding to show, just wanted to wake up the thread.

Temps are in the high 90's and low 100's here now, and my shop is in the garage, so won't be much activity here for awhile. 

Ken

Ken.

That F89 is coming along nicely. You may be the first to finish at this rate.  I really dont want to break my own rule of "one build at a time"  so I need to finish my stratofortress for the SAC group build before I start on that Land Rover.