Hi stik:

Did you see the photo of my completed Sabre Jet in SAAF colors ? (I posted it here a few days ago) ... it's ready to post up to the front page ...

Some progress being made on my double action airbrush problem - anyone have a good reference book on how to use one - take it apart - clean it - spray with it ?? ... I've looked at the various on-line references but haven't found quite what I need ...

I got ready to shoot some paint onto my WIP Sherman, but my regulator crapped out and I can only get 10 lbs of pressure to the Paasche H1 - not enough :-( ... then, I noticed the O-ring at the tip of the brush was crapped out, so have to find one of those today as well ... it's always something, yes ?? ... if i can't replace the regulator and O-ring today, I'm gonna use a rattle can of OD to start painting ...

Gonna be another scorcher today ... saw 107.3 on our thermometer yesterday but to be cooler today - maybe just 103 - 105 ... whew !! ...makes it tough to paint ...  how I miss those sea breezes back home in San Diego ...

Thanks to one and all for this terrific GB ... the quality of the work is surpassed only by the variety of the models and the willingness to share ... this one is ACES !! ...

pepper

Aplogies on my dealy on posting Pepper and Helo's latest creations to the front page roster. I have spent most of this weekend partaking in sun, swimming, Food and Drink rather than my duties here

The pics are now up front! And yes Pepper, this has beena  great GB! I am loving it. Now if I can tear myself away from the new pool and get back to the workbench....

Hey Ho stik:

Thanks for taking care of that ...

I've a pool as well and love to get in it, but with the onset of our typical Texas summer, I don't do that until close to midnight - too darned hot ... 105.3 as I type right now ... usually down to the low 90's by 11'ish PM or so ...

I hope to get some paint on my Sherman yet sometime today and will post WIP photos later if I haven't collapsed from heat exhaustion :-) ...

pepper

Yes, I do recall the heat of this time of year from my time spent at Ft Polk... Not quite as hot, but still, hot.... here in So Cal is much more agreeable Gonna go swim my laps (a great PT program btw) shortly then gotta get ready for work..should be an interesting shift tonite

Hey have fun guys, it was nice here till about 2 pm and now it's raining cats and dogs - over two inches in less than two hours. It's the most rain we're had in months. Plus thunder and lightning.  I hope no one around here was planning a cook-out this evening

Pepper: good luck with the airbrush. I'm not sure what to tell you, maybe the guys over in the airbrushing section can help you out.  Looking forward to the Sherman, I did some more work on the Patton- I like to work on something American over the Fourth of July weekend.

Happy birthday USA!

Pepper, have you tried http://airbrushtips.110mb.com/ ?  I don't know if he (Don Wheeler) covers your particular one, but great info nontheless.  Yes, hot as crap here in Tx.  No fireworks here this year due to drought,so I picked up the shift for today.  As long as people behave, I should get lots of studying done. 

Happy 4th,

Greg

Gregbbear

Happy birthday USA!

Pepper, have you tried http://airbrushtips.110mb.com/ ? . 

Happy 4th,

Greg

Hi All:

News on the airbrush front !! ... thank goodness for my LHS ... I stopped in today, bemoaning my fate of having this wonderful brush that I couldn't use and the guy behind the counter asked me to explain the problem ...

Better yet, sez me and I whipped the brush out of my pocket ... he took a look, then reached back to his rack behind the airbrush counter and pulled off an Iwata to Paasche adapter and screwed it right in ... then, hooked that up to a Paasche hose and 'done deal' ... I now can use it !! ...

However, before so doing, I'll follow all the links, tips, suggestions provided here over the past several days before i put paint in the cup and give it a whirl ... I still have yet to learn how to take it down for cleaning, so no paint until that's done ...

Thank you everybody for all that you've done ... now, tomorrow, the regulator and I should be back in business ... we've a cold front coming in and the temps are to drop down to the 100 - 102 range over the next few days ... maybe I'll get some paining in then ...

pepper

PS  Food for thought - we've had more than 3 million acres burn in wildfires - we're in a Stage 2 drought situation, the temps are over 100+ everywhere around and shooting fireworks have been banned everywhere in North Texas this year ...  BUT ... all the fireworks stores are still open and selling the stuff as fast as they can put it on the shelf ...

What's wrong with this picture ? ... :-) ...

Sometimes things just don't make sense here in the Lone Star state!  Luckily, they banned the sale of fireworks here in Bexar county.  That will at least slow it down a little!  Even then, the smokers are intent on scorching the earth around every freeway here too.  Soap box, sorry.

Glad you got the Airbrush worked out Pepper.  Nothing stinks like having a shiny new toy and not being able to use it!

Cheers,

Greg

Pepper: Glad to see you've got your airbrush up and running. Just grab some cheap paint and an old model and give her a whirl! Nice thing about painting is if you should screw up on a good model you can just paint over it.

Yeah dry weather and fireworks go together like... well fire and gasoline. I think it's a universal human thing- 'Sorry, I burned down my neighbor's house but it seemed like a good idea at the time.....'

Gamera

Pepper: Glad to see you've got your airbrush up and running. Just grab some cheap paint and an old model and give her a whirl! Nice thing about painting is if you should screw up on a good model you can just paint over it.

Yeah dry weather and fireworks go together like... well fire and gasoline. I think it's a universal human thing- 'Sorry, I burned down my neighbor's house but it seemed like a good idea at the time.....'  

Thanks ... gonna try some spraying later today on the Sherman ... I figger if I don't get that satin smooth finish, it'll look just fine on a tank :-) ...

Heard a guy interviewed Saturday at a fireworks store - when asked why he was buying, knowing there was a ban in effect on shooting them off, he said " doesn't matter to me ... I've only burned up my own front yard the past 10 years ... My neighbors have been lucky" ... well duh, sez me !! ...

pepper

Hi Guys:

First off ---Thaks for all the great advice, comments  and suggestions about my airbrush adventures ... got ready to paint and the regulator has stopped working on my compressor, so guess it's back to the LHS tomorrow to replace that ... for the life of me, I can't figure what the problem is ... oh well ...

Sherman news ... for all you who have been giggling at the thought of my struggling with an armor project, cease and desist ... I have photographic proof that progress is being made ... bear in mind that I had to use a rattle can for the paint, so it's not evened out as yet, but - progress is being made ...

Instructions for the Mentally Challenged ...

Here's the way I 'mark up' all my build projects ... most of the time, I find that I've used all the parts where they're s'posed to be :-)

And in the beginning ...

Movin' right along now ...

[And here we are as of a couplea hours ago

pepper

PS I hope all the above makes sense ... been at the hospital most of the past 3 days with a very sick youngest brother and I'm draggin' my fanny ...

SABRE JET REVISITED ...

pepper kay

SABRE JET REVISITED ...

Now I know I'm tired ...

You remember the old saw that if a plane looked good, it would fly good ? ... the P-51 Mustang was such and so is the Sabre Jet ... impressive when you think that the same folks who were instrumental in bringing the P-51 to the forefront as the top fighter of WW !!, were for the most part, the same folks who then put the Sabre Jjet together ...

Anyhoo, I wanted all to see one more picture (actually, I want to see one more) of the airplane, this time from it's left and much more colorful side ...

pepper

Pepper , my thoughts and best wishes go out to your brother ;

Your Sabre Jet is certainly cool , I particulary like the port side markings

You also seem to be making good progress on your M4 Sherman , which is good to see .

As for me here are some finished pic's of the M-16 Halftrack and DUKW ;

1/76 Revell M-16 Halftrack ...

1/72 Airfix GMC DUKW 353 ...

Group pic of both ;

                                        John .

Pepper-  Your Shermie is looking real good so far!

Helo- I am afraid I have to surrender... there is no way my army can defeat yours because of the size of your army now.  Nice work on those 1/76 kits. 

Hi All:

Thank you for the good words on the F-86 and the kind words on the Sherman ... I'm pleased that my efforts at giving the turret a 'cast' look to it (subtle) worked out well - see the 'painted' picture from last night ...

I'll have it completed this afternoon, then sprayed with clear gloss in preparation for decals and washes ...

I'm posting now a photo I forgot last night ... it has an evocative feel about it because of the (unintentional) lighting effects ...

Also, many thanks for your thoughts re my brother ... this morning, there was a large QUARANTINE sign on the door and i wasn't allowed to enter, so I have no idea what's happening now and the nurses wouldn't tell me ... gonna have to wait to speak with the doctor ...

OK guys, that's it from here - already way too hot to be outside and to be hotter yet today - 104 - 108 ... whew !! ... Greg, down San Antonio way is sweltering as well ... sure do miss those sea breezes from home, San Diego :-) ...

pepper

havent been able to do much on my f 86. i did shoot some tamiya TS 76 mica silver and some testors metalizers to give some diff. tones. the finish isnt that great because of a failed previous attempt at NMF.but im going to finish and try out some new techniques. here are some pics to prove my pain!

Pepper: Quarantine?!? That doesn't sound good. Best wishes and prayers for your brothers swift recovery.

On a less seroius note another great photo of your sharp looking F-86 and the Sherman looks really good. Nice thing about American armour is if you have some OD green you're good to go. Just spray the whole thing the single colour and then pick out the tires, tools and stuff with a brush.

Helo John: Nice! You've got two more winners there. I think I said before that between you and Draken Andy you two have built more models for this GB than I think I've done in total in 30 years of modeling.

SAR: Sharp job on the sabre. I think all the extra work on masking off the different NM shades was worth it. It really sets off the model.

Gamera

Pepper: Quarantine?!? That doesn't sound good. Best wishes and prayers for your brothers swift recovery.

On a less seroius note another great photo of your sharp looking F-86 and the Sherman looks really good. Nice thing about American armour is if you have some OD green you're good to go. Just spray the whole thing the single colour and then pick out the tires, tools and stuff with a brush.

QUARANTINE - Yikes sez me ... still no word yet ...

The tank is painted with a rattle can ... love your comments re American armor ... such is the case with this build :-) ...

pepper

A little more work on the Academy 1/72 Ambulance , with the cab and rear compartment ready to glue to the chassie ...

I mentioned the other day about pre-airbrushing some olive green on the Airfix 1/76 Churchill MK VII and Revell 1/76 M-24 Chaffee ;

The Airfix Churchill MK VII tank is a lot easier to build than the Revell Churchill bridge-layer , especially the lower assembly and the side skirts/top track covers which are molded as one piece , unlike the Revell Churchill kit which had the side and top track cover pieces seperatly and nothing fitted at all with the Revell kit .

Airfix have lots of seperate wheels and suspension , it's a little time consuming to put together but everything fits quite well , which was nice ;

The Revell M-24 Chaffee is quite basic and went together very easily , I have dry fitted the side skirts but will leave them off untill I paint the tracks ;

So both the Chaffee and Churchill are ready for a bit of paint touch-up , then some clear gloss for the decals ;

I'll mask the windows on both the Ambulance and Cargo Truck for a few light coats of clear gloss as well and hopfully I'll have the bridge span hooked up to the Chrchill bridge-layer some time in the next couple of days as well .

I have some bullet hole decals I was thinking of using , perhaps on the Churchill MK VII and I can sit her on the Dragon Wagon , which I will start next !

Everyone else is making great progress and I agree with Cliff , that the different NM shades on SAR's F-86 looks great

                              John .

@Helo:

ARGH!  I've been sitting her with this Commando ready to get decals for several days.  Between cleaning, laundry and tae kwan do, there's not been much tie do do anything with it.  You're making me look bad!  I'm gonna have to do some more armour to catch up with you!  Ha ha ha!  BTW, great job on everything so far!  Love how the bambuhlamps is coming along, and the Churchills make me want to do some more of my own.  You'll love the Airfix AVBL when you get around to it, the same hull as the Mk VII, but with the different turret base and bridging gear.  I noticed that your bambuhlamps has a much nicer fit to the front and rear sections.  Mine had about a .8mm ridge between the two!  Lemme tell ya, that was a beeyauwtch to fill and sand.  Considering that it's already 10:30 and me and the boys went out for a social evening together imbibing a small quantity of adult beverages, it would most likely have a negative outcome if I started in on the C-46 at this time.  BTW, I have to be at work tomorrow at 0800hrs.  I've had worse...

So, anyway...  Great job all! 

thanks all for the kind words, last night i put a sludge wash of burnt umber on the panel lines and hopefully soon ill get to those decals!!

the_draken

  Considering that it's already 10:30 and me and the boys went out for a social evening together imbibing a small quantity of adult beverages, it would most likely have a negative outcome if I started in on the C-46 at this time.  BTW, I have to be at work tomorrow at 0800hrs.  I've had worse...

So, anyway...  Great job all! 

 

Hey Andy , does this mean you will be sitting in the classroom with sunnies on .........

Untill you just mentioned the Airfix Bridge-layer , I had forgoten about her sittin in the armor stash .

So I'll get that one out today for some pre-airbrushing of the parts .

I have another Ambulance and Cargo truck on order and I'll do the same as you and cut open the cab doors and bonnet on both .

                             John .

Here's a sprue pic of the 1/76 Airfix Bridge Layer ;

Also a sprue pic of the 1/72 Italeri Morris Quad Tractor and 25 pound gun ;

I really like the Morris Quad Tractor , so I'll make a start on both today .

                                  John .

Good grief, John:

Do you ever eat or sleep ??? ...

Herman the Sherman now has gloss coat and decals on ... later tonight I'll start dirtying it up while I'm eating ... since I  miss my mouth so frequently, anything that lands on it is fair game for a hosing down with clear gloss ...:-)

pepper

GREAT work everybody!!! Looking forward to everyone's progress shots!!!

Hey all!

Found this link courtesy of a friend.  It's not wartime photos, but 1961 era post-war photos.  I currently live in Yangu-si, which is in between Uijeongbu and Dongducheon.  The nearest posts are Cp Casey in Dongducheon and Camp Red Cloud in Uijeongu.  Both of which are mentioned in the photos.  The area that I live in is HIGHLY built up, and it all occurred in pretty much the last decade.  Even during the Olympics, the area that I live in was incredibly rural.  In fact, I look out my living room window at a 'stump' of granite and a bunch of farms, one of which is being developed into an apartment complex.  And there are still farms that use human waste for fertilizer on their rice fields.  It's amazing what has happened in the last ten or twenty years.

OH!  and "Gate 2 of Cp Casey" is where the site of the MASH unit that the TV show was based on really sat.  There's no monument, but everyone knows it.  And Cp Casey is a wonderful place!  It's going to be growing soon now that they have families coming with troops, and they're closing down other minor posts.

Anyway, enjoy the link to 'old' Korea!

http://www.qsl.net/wd4ngb/17thpics6.htm

Wow, draken ...

Great photos of days gone by ... the newer generations have no clue the way things were or what the Greatest Generation is/was ... and, of course, in most schools these days, thee is very little history taught and if so,m it's been corrected politically to represent a different point of view ...

I digress and don't want to get into politics here ...

The Sherman is coming right along ... now decaled and washed, ready to clean up and flat coat - then, add the tools, gear and stowage and it will be DONE ... photos tonight ...

Don't have a clue for my next project ... made a visit yesterday to my LHS, saw a ton of delectables, but came home only with 2 bottles of paint ... guess I'll spend the weekend working around the house and think on what's next for this great GB ...

Again, many thanks for the great pictures,

pepper

Cool stuff!  I finally ordered the Squadron Armor in Korea book.  All the great pictures that John (Helo) keep showing are very inspiring.  I also picked up the Amtracs in Action book from the LHS.  It doesn't have hardly anything from Korea, unfortunately.  It does have good info on differentiating between the LVT models.  Darn armor bug!  I don't think I can resist the LVT-(a)4 at my LHS much longer.  Only fear of the wife keeps it from coming home.

Cheers,

Greg

Gregbbear

Cool stuff!  I finally ordered the Squadron Armor in Korea book.  All the great pictures that John (Helo) keep showing are very inspiring.  I also picked up the Amtracs in Action book from the LHS.  It doesn't have hardly anything from Korea, unfortunately.  It does have good info on differentiating between the LVT models.  Darn armor bug!  I don't think I can resist the LVT-(a)4 at my LHS much longer.  Only fear of the wife keeps it from coming home.

Cheers,

Greg

It's probably the best reference book I have in my collection ;

Unfortunatly it's slowly sending me broke ........ After looking at the great in action war photo's , I can't help but go in search on the net for another 1/72 Armor build to add to my already ridiculous large stash of kits .

I must confess , " I'm not normal "

                                Anonymous .