M26 pershing GB

humphhhf!! a broken torsion arm has slowed my pace.. I did work on the turret photo etch stuff.. and the resin engine compartment is done.. I hope to post pics soon..!

anyone got a spare torsion arm??..

Armornut, if you look closely at the stack of kit boxes on the left, there's the M26 I'm "working" on....

Chuggin' right along!

Unofficially, I just realized (I saw someone else's done right) that I have an error on the Tiran5 I "thought" I had finished. That correction may set me back even further, but that's an unofficial rumor only.

just a post to let everyone know i'm still "unofficially" in this build,work and my wifes on-line computer class have kept me away from both modeling and the computer.should be trying to paint in the next week or so,gotta be in the right mood (correct lunar orbit,no sun spots, and i have to run around the house three times backwards .....naked ) or my airbrush just sputters and i end up painted and my models laughs at me smugglie . i'm thinking of titty pink with purple polka dots,however with my wife gaining knowledge on how to post pix  OD green may be more appropriate ...... we'll see .  rbaer all i got was a nice picture of your workbench, my computer didn't downsize the photo to fit in the box,sounds like it's coming along great though. like the badge too . i will update more later but for now i must deny any knowledge of this thread or the exsistance of ,or participation in any M-26/ t-26 group build ..... unofficially of course  LOL   catch ya'll later. 

Josh: Glad your enjoying it.. so are we.. ! fun is name of the game..

Total Am Patriot : Can u post pics of your build? , try this link, you may need to resize it.<a href="http://s736.photobucket.com/albums/xx7/pthrtyeghtpic/?action=view&current=m26badge1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i736.photobucket.com/albums/xx7/pthrtyeghtpic/m26badge1.jpg" border="0" alt="Pershing badge 2a"></a>

SMJ: Keep us in the loop, on how your build is coming.. "unofficialy" of course..

My Pershing is coming along... painted the interior last night.. pics soon..!

This thread is actually quite lol ... lol. I like it.

Josh

By the way ,  I'll have to take back the "80 % done". I have a little problem with the tracks.But it'll be okay!

Hey guys can you give me a direct link to the badges? I can't find them.

p38jl: Yes I did.  I actually needed to do a OBO to get me out of a build funk I was in.  The GB idea was floating around at the time and I hoped it would materialize before I started but no such luck. 

Ps.. remember.. this GB is running very "unofficialy"...   

SMJ: hey.. no prob.. I was just checking...

did you start your Pershing before the thread started?

p38jl:  Sorry for any misleading info or misunderstanding about running a GB.  I'm not really wanting to MC a Pershing GB I was just posting the "unofficial" guidelines that we use to get one going.

My Pershing is 75% done..and would disqualify me anyway...

lol.. I see it!!

My Pershing is coming along.. suspension is done, waiting on Roadwheels..

Interior resin Engine is coming along pretty good.. I had the day off yesterday so I took advantage..

My progress so far......

SMJmodeler: a few post back you mentioned you might take the riegns on this and organise it? You still interested?  I don't have enought experience yet to do.. and I did participate in Dupes 1000 Roadwheels and I'm doing the Winter Warriors.

I suggested a badge, and then a version 2.. I liked DUPES idea of the participation badge, then earning stripes for completion...

No one eles seems to be able to, and we have some building going on..Unofficialy of course..lol..

I also want to mention I'm not loooking to hijack the build from anyone or take it over.. No toes stepped on on purpose..!!

Just looking for some more "officialness.."...

anyone esles thoughts?

RBaer: lolol.. ok... we'll see if anyone else has a suggestion or thought...

you must open that box.. sniff the styrene... kinda like Napalm in morning...

My Pershing is gaining.. some running gear attached.. a few PE parts on the rear plate..

I can see it, and I like it. I also think it's especially appropriate, since that particulat tank has the tracks mounted backwards, unofficially, of course.

I looked at the box mine's in again this morning.

ok,, here is another badge.. I made it in a differant program.. Let's see how it looks here.. ( fingers crossed)[View:/themes/fsm/utility/:550:0]

humm.. it appears ok now... lol.. who'da thunk...

well. ..crap.. now its huge again....grrr...

I can resize it.. at first it was huge.. then I adjusted it and it seemed a bit small... so...

Unofficially, I think I like it, but it's kinda small....

Am I missing something?

I moved the box my Pershing is in....

And, yes, I do a pretty good bandito accent.

ok,, my first time making a badge.. Let me know what you guys think...[View:/themes/fsm/utility/:550:0]

update on my Pershing,

It is officially 80% done with the wheels, engine, suspension, and lower hull painted and assembled

lol.. RBaer, was that in your best Hispanic accent..?.. lol..

Unofficialy, my Pershing is on the bench... suspension started.. Turned metal barrel put together..

also, I am working on a badge, again, as long as no one has an issue.. I'm not trying to step on any toes.. officialy.. or un officially..lol...

I could say: "Badges? We don' need no stinking badges!"

But I think an unofficial badge would be cool, unofficially, of course.

do we officially have an unofficial badge yet??? I can try my hand if no one else has?? unofficially.. of course..

"unofficially", my Tamiya Pershing will come down off the shelf and maybe get opened...

This gb may be off to a slow start but it's the best reading so far......

I've done absolutely nothing on my Tamiya Pershing, unofficially of course.

update on construction of my t-26,i've got the lowwer hull and upper hull mated as stated before.yesterday i managed to get all the "fiddily" patrs attached whithout losing one(big accomplishment for me),the handles for the storage boxes were the worst,more glue on my fingers than on the model but they 're there. put the fenders and skirts together as sub assemblies then went on to the turret,lots of strange fiddily stuff there also and the dragon instructions were vauge on placement of some of them none the less no missing parts here either.the turret has awesome texture to capture the cast look of the real thing,the seam where the ring and upper turret meet is well hidden by this texture and some creative "painting" of liquid cement,should turn out ok when painted.next part is the indy tracks(out of box) and paint.at least it don't have a hundred road wheels like some of the german stuff i insist on building. more later      all this is unofficial and i will deny any knowledge of this group build or any model if captured LOL.

I guess that this GB has officially started. Alright everyone, lets go to work!