Thanks guys, the Mig is done except the decals. I was supposed to send the ones that came with the kit back to get new ones since they are old and shattered when I tried taking them off the backing. That was like 2 months ago though, should really email tamiya back about doing that.

Andy (DP), that looks awesome!  Very realistic!  I took your advice, and I went and bought some oil paint and thinner like you showed.  I did go armed with coupons though!

I'm glad to see ships being brought up.  I haven't built one since I was a kid, although I have some carriers in the stash.  I was hoping when some of the new kits of CVL carriers came out, that at least one would be of the later type as used in Korea.  No luck there!  I think the Chinese companies just find out what the others are going to make, and make one too!  I would like to have the Badoeng Strait, as she always carried Marine Corsairs.  The Dragon kits look nice, but waaaay too few aircraft.  What fun is an aircraft carrier with hardly any aircraft?  I thought at first that they might be going to release seperate aircraft sets, but they haven't.  As far as I can tell, nobody mainstream makes US aircraft of that era in 1/700.  I know Fujimi made some RN sets awhile back though.

Along those lines, I picked up a book at Half Price Books the other day called "Such Men As These".  It is about the Naval aviators of the Korean War.  I've only been able to read two chapters so far(I have to hide in the bathroom to be able to read in my house), but it is really good.

Has anybody seen the new Squadron F4U Walkaround yet?  I was curious about how much is devoted to the later marks.  I am going to end up buying it anyways, but still curious none-the-less.

I hope all have a safe Memorial Day.  And though they can't read this,  I salute all those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, so that I can live the life I do. 

Cheers,

Greg

Looking beautiful DP!!! One quick critique though... the E-tool (folding shovel) is issued with an OD painted handle, not natural wood....  But absoulately gorgeous work!

WWIIpyscho- Your MIG is looking great especially its base coat... smooth finish.  That's why I do armors because it will be impossible for me to do a very smooth finish.

Guys- The tools are DONE!  Applied Raw Umber oil paint to the wood handles then dry brushed the metal edges using MM enamel Steel. 

Closer shot...

The tracks were dry brushed with MM Steel too...

It is ALMOST DONE!  Applied MIG pigments to the tank especially its tracks and wheels.  Will post more pictures tonight when they are completely dry.  Can't wait to call it done...

A sneak peek at the tank commander... hope you can see how happy he is?

More tonight...

Draken, that Dragon Wagon looks great. I cant wait to see the final look!!!

Psycho, the MiG is coming along quite nicely! More please (when you can)

Doc, thank you for the great list. I am pretty sure that between Heller and Airfix several of those ships are available in 1/400 and or 1/600!

Draken - as follows is the list (to the best of my knowledge) of all the RN & Commonwealthships used in the Korean Conflict . I know Airfix do HMS Belfast in 1/600 or was it 1/700, but in her WW2 guise. You can get injection moulded 'tribal' class destroyers (the Canadians used a couple ) too. Mach 2 do a 72nd LST as well. Anyways here's the list - 

ROYAL NAVY

Carriers

HMS OCEAN (my uncles ship!), HMS TRIUMPH, HMS THESEUS, HMS GLORY  - all  'Colossus' class light fleet carriers roughly 13,500 ton standard displacement, 700' long, 48 aircraft embarked

HMS UNICORN - aircraft maintenance vessel/light fleet carrier, 20,600ton full load, 640' long, 35 aircraft. Usually RN depot ship at Sasebo.

Cruisers

HMS Belfast (now museum ship in pool of London), HMS NEWCASTLE, HMS BIRMINGHAM - 'Town' class light cruisers 11,500 tons, 12 x 6" guns, 613 feet long

HMS JAMAICA (the galloping ghost of the Korean coast), HMS CEYLON, HMS KENYA - 'Crown Colony' class light cruisers 10, 725 tons, 12 x 6" guns, 555 feet long (visually similar to 'town' class but shorter and lighter)

Destroyers

HMS COCKADE, HMS CHARITY, HMS COMUS, HMS CONCORD, HMS CONSORT, HMS CONSTANCE, HMS COSSACK - 'C' class destroyers 362 ft long, 2500 tons, 4 x 4.5" guns, 10x 21" torpedoes.

Sloops/Frigates

HMS ALACRITY, HMS ALERT, HMS AMEYTHST, HMS BLACK SWAN, HMS CARDIGAN BAY, HMS CRANE, HMS HART, HMS MODESTE, HMS MORECAMBE BAY, HMS MOUNTS BAY, HMS OPOSSUM, HMS ST BRIDES BAY, HMS SPARROW, HMS WHITESAND BAY. 

These were either 'Black Swan/modified Black Swan' class or 'Bay' class frigates.

Black swan - 1250/1350 tons, 299 ft long, 6 x 4", 4x 2 pdr pom-pom, 12x 20mm.

Bay - 1600 tons, 286 foot long, 4x 4", 4x 40mm, 4x 20mm.

Support ships

RFA MAINE - Hospital ship 7432 grt, ex Leonardo da vinci (1924) war prize

RFA FORT CHARLOTTE, RFA FORT ROSALIE, RFA FORT LANGLEY, RFA FORT SANDUSKY, RFA CHOYSANG

oilers

RFA ECHODALE, GREEN RANGER, BROWN RANGER, WAVE CHIEF, WAVE CONQUEROR, WAVE KNIGHT, WAVE LAIRD, WAVE PREMIER, WAVE PRINCE, WAVE REGENT, WAVE SOVEREIGN.

ROYAL AUSTRALIAN NAVY

HMAS SYDNEY - as 'Colossus' class

Destroyers

HMAS ARUNT, HMAS WARRAMUNGA, HMAS BATAAN - 'Tribal' class destroyers 2520 t (full), 377ft, 8 x 4.7" 4x 21" torpedo tubes.

HMAS ANZAC, HMAS TOBRUK 'Battle' class destroyers 3290t (full) 379ft, 4 x 4.5" 1 x 4", 8-10 40mm,  8 x 21" torpedoes.

Frigates 

HMAS CONDAMINE, HMAS CULOGA, HMAS MURCHISON, HMAS SHOALHAVEN - 'River' class frigates - details as 'Bay' class.

Royal Canadian Navy

Destroyers

HMCS CAYURA, HMCS ATHABASKAN, HMCS HAIDA (museum ship, now the only surviving 'tribal'), HMCS IROQUIOS, HMCS HURON, HMCS NOOTKA - as 'Tribal' class destroyers.

HMCS CRUSADER - as 'C' class

HMCS SIOUX 'V' class destroyer - 2091t (full), 363' long, 4 x 4.7", 2 x 40mm, 6 x 20mm, 8 x 21" torpedoes.

Royal New Zealand Navy

HMNZS TUTIRI, HMNZS PUKAKI, HMNZS ROTOITI, HMNZS HAWEA, HMNZS KANIERE - all 'Loch' class frigates 1435 t, 307 ft, 1x 4", 4 x 2pdr, up to 12 x 20mm, 2 x 'squid' A/S mortars, 1 x depth charge thrower.

I think that covers most of the RN & Commonwealth Navy ships that served in Korea, I may have missed some of the supply ships that the above is most if not all of the combatants! Hope it helps

Doc.

WW2 thats a right purty Mig you have there!!!

Draken thats a great looking drakenwagen n accompanying heavy metal!!

John you're a machine mate!!! Looking great!!!

OK so Im way over due on this GB. Heres the Mig right now. still need to get new decals but other than that its done. Sorry only one picture for now.

Nice job on the M26 and M27 Draken, dang but it's a big friggin' vehicle even in 1/72nd. Great job on detailing all the little gadgets on the back deck of the tractor.

That's funny that you would mention ships of that era. One of my other long term projects is a waterline diorama of the ship that my father served on from 1956-57, the USS Hancock (CVA-19). "Long-hull" Essex class carrier. Carried Panthers, Banshees, Furies, and Cutlasses on board. The diorama will include a shelf underneath to store his cruise book properly.

Hey Doc!

Would be awesome of you, if you would post that OOB.  ISTR the Dutch, or Danes maybe, sent a hospital ship as well.  Isn't there an Old Revell kit of the Hospital ship Mercy?

Stik, RN ships were fairly limited in designs that served out there and even more limited in kits representing them - The RN ships usually consisted of a 'Colossus class' light fleet carrier, 'Town' class light cruiser and escort vessels, destroyers usually being of the WW2 'C' class, Frigates were of the 'Bay' class and sloops of the 'Black swan' class. 

The Australians also had two destroyers, an aircraft carrier and a frigate, the Canadians sent three destroyers and New Zealand two frigates all usually attached to the RN task force for the duration of their tour. I can get a full order of battle up later if anyone is interested? 

Doc.

Well the choices for USN ships are pretty broad... Battleships and carriers down to small craft. Many of the older Revell kits would do. The choices are smaller for the RN: I think their task Force was smaller and centered around carriers. The only proper USN carrier kits I am aware of are the newer 1/700 ones from Dragon. Modified Essex Class before the angle flight deck was introduced.

Just a thought...  Someone recently mentioned that no one's done any of the ships from the war.  I can't believe that I don't have them on Photobucket, but I've got the Airfix LCM III, the Airfix LCVP, and the SHQ LCI-1 done and sitting on my shelves in the classroom.  I've also go tthe Pegasus LCVP in the stash to be built.  I know that Lindberg has an LSU that is sometimes marked as 1/72, but works out more to around 1/100 and the M-47 included is more like around 1/87 scale.  I've got that at home and might bring it back in August.  What other ships are there?  I'm only going to stick with (at least MARKED as) 1/72, but didn't Monogram and Revell have some of the carriers for that era?  I think that Lindberg also did a DDE or DD that was motorized that would work.  What other ships would be out there?

Holy #^%$!

Some little weasel stole the ATG that comes with the Airfix Bren Gun Carrier!  Dangit, that's the second freaking time!  It was there this morning, now it's f'ing gone.  The worst thing is, it's always the gun from the Universal Carrier kit.  GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

Well, I'm not gonna build a third, I've got pics of it, that's good enough for me!

Such is life in an Elementary school.

John, you're building more birds at one time right now than the Douglas (now Boeing) plant up the road in Long Beach here.

Good grief, John !! ...

Do you ever sleep ?? ... :-)

pepper

Another awesome armor build Andy , great stuff buddy

I'm having a pretty good weekend so far , with progress on a few builds ;

A little more interior airbrushing on the C-119C Flying Boxcar ;

Some interior painting on the SA-16B Albatross and the AD-4N USMC Skyraider ;

I'm a litttle disappointed with Monogram for not including a cockpit consol and control sticks , so I had to scrounge in the spares box and found a consol and control sticks from a scrapped Nord Noratlas ;

I also finally got some paint on a USMC 0-1E , USAF H-5 and Yak-9P ;

Some glueing on three USMC aircraft , F2H-2P Banshee and F9F-2 Panther and also a AD-3 Skyraider ;

Tomorrow I'll airbrush a Yak-18 and another S-51 and some more interior painting on the C-119C .

Having a great weekend so far , I hope everyone else is making good progress on their builds .

                                                  John .

OK, "for the duration" extension is a GO... a sort of GB "Stop Loss"

or as the Eagles put it, you can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.

Draken thanks for the info on earth color in Korea. Now I know what to use on my Centurion. I was gonna use a lighter color, more long the lines of MM Armor Sand 30277. I presume you mean FS 30219, the tan used in the SEA camo when you say MM Vietnam Brown. One tip you may wanna try is to get the dirt/mud in the resessed treads of your wheels. Thin the suff out as a heavy wash and get it in the recessed tread area. Apply to the rest of the framevehicle as your doing with dry brush. Then do a final dry brush of a dirty gray black on the raised tread area of the tires that contacts the road. The closest that I have been to Korea is Hokkaido in Japan.

Andy the Draken... is that Andy number one or two?  I think I am fourth Andy to join this GB.  Outstanding work on your kit especially the paint job on the Pershing.  Nice details too as I liked how you painted the canisters behind the truck. 

You have answered my question... I was going to ask everybody here what color of sand it is in Korea.  It is very red in Vietnam so I figured maybe lighter red or not.  I haven't had the chance to look at more color pictures taken during Korea War.

Again, beautiful work!

Yo Helo_34, I'll see your C-119C and raise you an M-26 Dragon Wagon and M-47 Paton...  BEEEYYAUWTCH!

Just kidding!  I've not done the details, but i really wanted to post these pics to keep everyone interested. 

Someone asked, i can't remember, I've been drunk since then, what do I do for the mud on the drive wheels, etc.?

Uh, this is going to be insultingly easy, Testors' Model Master Vietnam Brown.  Yep, I crap you not, it's the PERFECT colour for the local dirt.  I even used it to copy the road for my diorama.  i live here, I work here, I love living in Korea, and I love the fact that the local earth is the colour for the FS# for Vietnam Brown.  I just dry brush it on, the best that I can.  I keep in ind the spray and splatter patterns, as well as how turning vehicles can throw poopie where it isn't expected.

Hope that this helps!

I opened up Italeri's 1/72 C-119C Flying Boxcar

A little interior airbrushing to the fuselage insides and wheel well boxings .

Tomorrow I'll do the same with Monograms SA-16B Albatross , I also have the Yak-9P , O-1E Bird dog and Mach 2's S-51 back in the spraybooth , so I'm finally getting paint on a few builds as well .

Should be a good weekend for getting stuff painted .

                               John .

jeaton01

I'm building a 1/72 Monogram F-82G, I'd like to put it up here.  I'm doing a pretty quick build on it.

J. bring it on! Always a pleasure to see more of those here! Such a unique bird.

Deaf, your Chaffee looks beautiful! I'd say its done now, but if you have one more step to add, cool!

Sounds like we need a field trip to Hobby Lobby!

I like the place.  A lot of my home decor has come from there too.  When I was single, I redecorated most of my house from there!  Since then, I now have a LHS.  I try to buy from him, but he doesnt' carry everything.  Like the aforementioned Windsor and Newton Oils.  That and the old standby, Testor's square bottles!

Cheers,

Greg

Thanks Gamera!  Steal?  Nah, just send me a and we will call it even.  My pleasure to help... I learned all of the techniques from everybody else here in the forums at the same time trying some new techniques.  That's what I enjoy about doing GBs.

SP: I've developed a bad habit in that I can't sit down and watch TV without a bad case of the 'fidgets'. I have to do something with my hands So when I go on vacation I take an AFV kit or two with me and clean up road wheels. The wheels and suspension system on the M46 are done even though I still haven't 'officially' started on the kit yet. 

The vehicle I'm doing didn't have the tiger markings applied so she'll be just plain jane GI olive drab

Still I'm intending to steal um borrow some of deafpanzer's techniques for spiffing up a OD AFV.

Still other than the K1A1 I've done nothing but planes for the last two years or so and I'm getting back into a tread-head sorta mood.

BTW: WOW DP she looks fantastic!!!!!!

I'm building a 1/72 Monogram F-82G, I'd like to put it up here.  I'm doing a pretty quick build on it.

Helo- I am going to watch your WIP on C-47 with interest.  My dad served in Air National Guard during the Vietnam War and he told me he rode in this plane often.  I will ask him for more details...

Guys- Here's an update on my Chaffee... I think it is almost completed.  Little more dirt then I am going to call it DONE!  I applied heavily thinned Raw Umber oil paint on the tank. 

It helps bring out the details.  Here's an example... BEFORE:

AFTER:

I am going to try different posters... last time I used darker blue poster and it didn't work out.  Now I am using lighter blue poster and I don't think it is any better.  I think I will try either black or white poster tomorrow.  What do you use? 

 I am going to add burnt umber oil paint to the wood handles and drybrush the tracks using MM Steel next.

Comments and feedback are always welcome!  Thanks again for looking and have a great Memorial Day weekend.  Salute to our veterans

I'll sign up for an extension. Classes start June 1 and I'm nowhere near done on the MiG. Fit issues abound with this crappy Trumpeter kit. Wings are glued together after I cut the locator pins so they would fit up right, does anybody at Trumpeter know anything about Quality Control? It doesn't help that I've mislaid my filler putty, need to go by Hobby Lobby to see if they have some. Need some for the "Old Dog" B-52 "India" that I'm doing for the Stealth GB. We won't mention anything about the "Doublebolt" P-47 I'm building for the 8th AF GB. Nothing at all.

stikpusher

ok, that makes three in for the duration so far, including myself...

Hey Stik - count me in for sure ... now that I think I've my health issues behind me, i can really get participating ... as I said earlier today, the Sabre Jet will post tomorrow as DONE and I've a Sherman to start on right after ...

pepper