~The Bear Trap GB~ December '09 to August '10

No worries, the pics came out great and you didn't get the "red x."

Dang, that kit comes with a metal barrel too.......now I'm even more jealous of your kit.

mg.mikael wrote:

Yesterday at the 27th Butch O'Hare IPMS open meet, I picked up a Tamiya 1/35 T-72M1 for the fantastic price of $10.00. So I'm gonna be building that for the Bear Trap GB......unfortunatley the rubberband tracks look pretty bad. Anyone know where I can get a pair of ModelKasten T-72 tracks very cheap?

I've built the Tamiya T-72 before and if you're modeling the tank with the side skirts on then to be honest I think AM tracks are a bit of overkill.  Different story altogether if your tank doesn't have skirts though.

If you really want a set of Kasten's have a look at these stores 

http://depothobbies.com/modelkasten.htm

http://www.dragonusaonline.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=UMLZMKSK11

darson wrote:

mg.mikael wrote: Yesterday at the 27th Butch O'Hare IPMS open meet, I picked up a Tamiya 1/35 T-72M1 for the fantastic price of $10.00. So I'm gonna be building that for the Bear Trap GB......unfortunatley the rubberband tracks look pretty bad. Anyone know where I can get a pair of ModelKasten T-72 tracks very cheap?   I've built the Tamiya T-72 before and if you're modeling the tank with the side skirts on then to be honest I think AM tracks are a bit of overkill.  Different story altogether if your tank doesn't have skirts though. If you really want a set of Kasten's have a look at these stores  http://depothobbies.com/modelkasten.htm http://www.dragonusaonline.com/item_detail.aspx?ItemCode=UMLZMKSK11

Thanks for the links, darson. I guess your right, if the side skirts are on then you won't be seeing all that much. I guess I better go do some researching to see if the majority of T-72's had side skirts in Afghanistan or not.

RZM has some good prices on Kastens

http://www.rzm.com/main/main.cfm

scroll down on the page for the link

Bob

M1Carbine wrote:

RZM has some good prices on Kastens http://www.rzm.com/main/main.cfm scroll down on the page for the link   Bob

Thanks for the link, M1Carbine. Unfortunately it seems both modelkastens workable and non-workable tracks are pretty much the same price......was sorta hoping one would be much cheaper then the other.

Less then two weeks to go unitll the start of the Bear Trap GB!!! Hope you guys are getting your kits together for the big day.

On a related note, their has been quite a few new resource links added to the first page. Hope you guys check them out, because theirs things ranging from an interview with a SPETsNAZ vet to superb pics of the war from the soliders view.

mg.mikael wrote:

Less then two weeks to go unitll the start of the Bear Trap GB!!!

People always tell me I am "special". Can i start early?

Cant wait.  I can already see the horrors of the marquette kit......................LOL

I really hope it is not as bad as the first one, it looks cool and hopefully will be semi glitch free.

Bob

Coldsteel6d- Special? What's so special about you....

M1Carbine- Here's hoping it will be "semi-glitch" free for you.

  Ok, as long as it is ok for me not to rely get started until January, I would like to join the other Trappers. I will build a 1/72 Hobby Craft MiG-25 in green, brown, and grey camo from the last year of the war.

   Sorry for poor photo quality.

                                                    Andrew

Great to have you aboard Got Hinomaru?!! No worries, start whenever you can.

-Roster updated.-

Happy Thanksgiving fellow Bear Trappers!! Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving, no matter where they may be celebrating it.

Oh, and by the way don't eat too much turkey or have too much too drink......this GB starts in less then five days!! Plus, you wouldn't want to end up like this Ruskie.

Tuesday BABY! Wooooooooooo Hoooooooooo.  Cant wait

Bob

-Neu- wrote:

Hi Mg. Can you add a Italeri 1/72 T-62 to my list? Thanks.

Sure, no problem.

Tommorrow the GB starts guys!! Hope you got your sprues ready and Soviet accent ready to go.

Badges......some of you guys probably wonder why I don't have any up yet. Well I do have a reason for that, college finals. However I may find some time later this week to make some since I found some amazing artwork done by a soviet-afghan soldier. So just be patient and I don't think they'll dissapoint.

Yep, today's December 1st and you what that means.....The Bear Trap GB begins!!! So let's go out and have a blast!(kitten not included.)

Ok its December and ready to go My entyry is  a 1/35 Tank Mania SA-4"Ganif" resin kit I plan on setting it up in launch mode, so here are a few pictures before I start

ok here we go

Komrad Sherman1111,

  What a great subject! Russian rocketry is always visually unique, and the Ganef is no exception. I too will be watching your build with interest. Good luck Komrad! Have fun.

                                               Andrew

Just finished these two badges......all comments and/or questions are welcome. This is the chance to voice your opinion and vote! Do you want to keep one badge over the other, both badges, or maybe none of these badges? (note: I included two sizes of each badge, LARGE size and badge size)

Badge #1:

Badge #2:

Both are reall nice, tough vote but I will say badge 2.  I am OK with whatever is decided.

Bob

I vote for #2

jd

That's zero votes for badge #1 and three votes for badge #2.  Though let's wait a bit and get some more votes in from other fellow 'Bear Trappers' before I make the final call.

PS: You can only vote once, so none of that voting early and voting often stuff.

mg.mikael wrote:

PS: You can only vote once, so none of that voting early and voting often stuff.

That's UN-AMERICAN!

Sorry for not posting lately, my computer had a major heart attack, but all is well now - after a new graphics card and a bigger fan...

My kits haven't arrived yet,  but I'm ready to get started...

Have the paint, just need to get the kits...

HSteve wrote:

mg.mikael wrote: PS: You can only vote once, so none of that voting early and voting often stuff. That's UN-AMERICAN! Sorry for not posting lately, my computer had a major heart attack, but all is well now - after a new graphics card and a bigger fan... My kits haven't arrived yet,  but I'm ready to get started... Have the paint, just need to get the kits...

Glad to hear you computer troubles have been solved.

By the way, do you have a vote for which GB badge?

OOps..

Both are great, but I'm Going with the others - #2...