John and Draken Andy: Great stuff as always! Gee, maybe I should switch over to 1/72-76 I might actually get something built.

Really awesome stuff John!  Great additions to your personal collection and the GB front page.  The Centurion came out great.  Like it was factory made!

The Austin Scale Model show wasn't very big vendor wise, but the constest material was excellent.  I, of course, forgot my camera since I was busy trying to hurd the family out the door.  There was an excellent Matchbox Skyknight.  It wasn't in war paint, but a USMC training squadron in Sea Blue.  If you didn't know the kit, you'd swear it was some kind of Tamigawa product.  There was also a nice USMC flamethrower Sherm, but it had the old T-66 tracks on it, so I assume it was a WWII piece.

As for booty, I went out of my scale and bought an Academy USMC Sherman with a dozer blade for $15.  When I got home, I opened the box, and found that there was also a Jordi Rubio metal barrel and mantlet too!  In small scale, I picked up a couple of Italeri dodge WC's, a Fujimi Priest, and some resin jerry cans.  The guy I bought the Priest from, gave me a partial Esci M12.  It is missing the body/hull, but it has some figures, and some howitzer shells that will most definetly come in handy.  Real nice of that guy! 

Hopefully, the October Armor show will have more small scale stuff (that isn't german, anyways).

Cheers,

Greg

Hi Greg ;

Thank's for the compliments on the Centurion build and other vehicles , I was quite happy with the end results on all of them .

Nice score on the booty by the way , particulary the Italeri dodge trucks and M7B1 priest .

Speaking of trucks the Squadron Signal GMC CCKW 2.5 Ton Truck Walk Around book arrived today and its chock full of great color photos ; In fact out of the 80 pages in total only two pages are B&W , the rest are color .

There is an interesting version of the GMC 353 with a LeRoi 105 GA compressor fitted onto the chassie ;

According to Squadrons book these compressor trucks were used during the Korean War .

Hannants have a 1/72 CMK Le Roi compressor conversion set for the GMC 353 and I have ordered one ;

Should make an interesting trio of GMC 353 Trucks , Searchlight , Clubmobile and now Compressor truck .

Something I spotted on the net was a pic of a Scammell Explorer Heavy Recovery Vehicle ...

According to the web site at least one of these Scammell Recovery Trucks operated during the Korean War ;

Although no mention of exactly where abouts ?

So I started looking around the net and ebay for 1/76 Scammell Recovery Trucks and saw lot's of Matchbox / Linsay die cast Scammells and bought this one for $8 bucks ;

I was thinking of using the chassie and axle's and wheels from the 1/76 Airfix Scammell Tank Transporter kit to kitbash with the die cast model and a new paint job .

I did see a 1/76 White Metal Scammell Recovery truck kit on the net by a company in Scotland called BW Models ; http://www.bwmodels.co.uk  ; they had a lot of interesting vehicle and truck kits in white metal , however there is currently no method of ordering items via their website but they will take orders by telephone ..................I wonder if it's expensive to call the UK from Sydney ???

The kit looks okay ; Although it's a little pricey at 21 pounds , which is about $33 Aus .

I guess I will think about it some more ...

Anyway I've made a start on the 1/72 Academy Dragon Wagon , I've glued the cab front , side and back pieces together and added the seats to the front floor section ; It's been slow going as my neck and upper back are still causing me some grief . Luckly I'm home and can lay flat on the floor when I need too , my hat's off to you Greg with your bad back and you still manage to go off to work each day at the Fire Dept.

Anyway , I think that Compressor GMC 353 truck might look quite good climbing the hill on my styrofoam display base with the searchlight truck , the foam base is 350mm x 200mm x 60mm high and the Searchlight truck looks a little small and lonely all by itself , perhaps I'll add another Hasegawa Jeep and Trailer as well !

                                   John .

Gregbbear

Really awesome stuff John!  Great additions to your personal collection and the GB front page.  The Centurion came out great.  Like it was factory made!

 

I could not have said it better, I got your Sherman and RF-51 added as well.

Well, I just went thru the past month of postings and updated the front page gallery as best I could. If I missed something let me know. Between work and family life this past month I have not been able to properly keep up with running this show. Too much going on in here and in real life... But it's all good.

Hi Stik ;

Thanks for updating the front page

I'm not sure if the 1/72 Hasegawa GMC CCKW 353 Gasoline Tank Truck were used in Korea ....

There is a small photo in Squadrons Air War over Korea book of a similar small refueller with some F-51D Mustangs ;

Would Hasegawa's Gasoline Tank Truck be suitable ?

Another interesting pic in Squadrons GMC 353 Walk Around book is how the 2.5 Ton truck could be disassembled for transport ....

Makes for an interesting build sitting next to a cargo / transport aircraft .

                                     John .

Helo, I will say yes on the tanker truck Deuce 1/2. It sure looks like the same vehicle to me in that pic- two dual wheel axles in the rear, single wheels in the front, canvas top cab, and of course the fueling tank.

I have read about vehicles being disassembled for air transport. I wonder if the C-119 could carry one in one piece?

Well here is my F9F as of this afternoon. White vertical and horizontal stabilizer tips applied and Aluminum and Sea Blue touched up where needed. In the morning I will apply a coat of Future and in the evening I will apply the decals.

Heya Helo,

That tanker truck is a quick and easy build.  The decals were nice, the only thing that I'd add to it is stains from filling it and use some smaller black insulated wire for the hoses.  The one dude is supposed to be filling something, but he doesn't have a nozzle in his hand.  Easy enough to make a simple one with plastic chunks.  I've already got this in my collection, and I was going to add it to the F-84 diorama I'm going to make with the Verlinden base.  Lots and lots of .50 cal ammo cans laying around, the nose panel for the .50's on the Thunder chicken up, and the tanker truck filling the a/c.Would look nice and sweet I'm thinking!

Hi Andy ,

Thanks for the tip on adding fuel stains and some hoses , great idea

Perhaps I'll do something similar with Italeri's F-51D which comes with the Sharks mouth decal like in Squadrons book .

There is a web site on the GMC CCKW ; http://www.cckw.org and I saw this pic of a C-119 Flying Boxcar unloading a CCKW Truck ...

I'm not sure because it's a little dificult to tell but I think the CCKW in the photo above might be the shorter wheel base GMC 352 ???

Like this one ...

I suppose the slightly longer 353 would have also fitted inside the C-119 .

                                   John .

I had a feeling the old Boxcar could handle a Deuce I don't think the length of the long wheelbase truck would be the issue, but rather the weight. According to Wiki, the cargo capacity of the 119 was 10,000 lbs and the CCKW weighed in at 10,100. Add crew and any other cargo and you're gonna be grossly overweight. Not a good idea, even on a short hop with less than full fuel load.

I do have a personal memory of coming back from a distant airborrne training Op with our detachment and a Deuce in a C-130. Upon touch down at home station, the tie downs were released by the loadmaster, the ramp  half lowered for air, and the Deuce's engine started as we taxied to the ramp. Once we got there, the tail was swung in the right direction, the Herc stopped, the ramp lowered fully and and off we went with all our gear in a rapid manner. Then the Herky bird left us and went home. Kinda gave me feeling of "Raid on Entebbe" stuff except for being late afternoon rather than middle of the night. Good times.

Helo, I'm looking forward to seeing that fuel truck with what you add on.

Good stuff!  I am so very jealous.  I can't seem to find a spare minute to work on anything.

Stik, thanks for updating the front page.  Not to be a pain, but the F-51 and F-82 were from this GB too.  I can't seem to post from my phone, but I can read the posts.  Even on the small screen, I have to marvel at the front page!  The ground side of things has grown a lot lately.  Pretty cool!

Gotta get back to studying.

Cheers,

Greg

Greg, do you remember when you finished those kits and posted the completed build shots so I know where to look for the pics? You're not being a pain at all. With all the work and messages in here, and all that life has thrown my way this  year, I know I have missed stuff. That's why I ask if I have missed anything.

This morning I airbrushed on a gloss coat of Future on the F9F, this evening it was the decals...

Stik, your F6 is looking real good.  Hope you are not kidding me... those decals are HUGE!  They look great too. 

Gregbbear

Stik, thanks for updating the front page.  Not to be a pain, but the F-51 and F-82 were from this GB too.  I can't seem to post from my phone, but I can read the posts.  Even on the small screen, I have to marvel at the front page!  The ground side of things has grown a lot lately.  Pretty cool!

OK, I just went thru all your posts in this GB until I found your first F-51 and the F-82 from January. They are on page 84... Now I know why I did not post their pics... you said there were not done yet. If you can take a pic of each one solo I will get them on the front page ASAP.

DP, the markings on the Panther are pretty striking. I like 'em! Simple but effective. I think it took me all of 20-30 minutes to get all the decals on.

Great work on the Panther Stik

She's going to look awesome when she is up on her wheels .

I started to clean up the pieces on the Hasegawa Refueller and Italeri's F-51D ;

There's something else I noticed regarding trucks that were used in the Korean war , I posted this pic a couple of weeks ago of a HU-16B Albatross with a truck and tow vehicle parked along side ...

I only just realized that the truck only has one rear axle not the dual axle type on the GMC 353 .

So does anyone know what type of truck is in the pic above ?

                                John .

Helo, it appears to be a 1 1/2 ton cargo truck, either the GMC G-506

http://www.olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_chevrolet_g506.php

or the International Harvester M-3L

http://www.olive-drab.com/images/id_ih_m3-l4_full.jpg

stikpusher

Helo, it appears to be a 1 1/2 ton cargo truck, either the GMC G-506

http://www.olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_chevrolet_g506.php

or the International Harvester M-3L

http://www.olive-drab.com/images/id_ih_m3-l4_full.jpg

 

Not a good photo to go from, but I was thinking it was a Ford.

http://www.aviapress.com/viewonekit.htm?PST-72051

I've got the PST kit of the tractor trailer version.

I don't think so. The grill and headlights are different on the Ford than on the 1 1/2 ton in the picture. But it's reasonable to presume those Ford 1 1/2 tons were still in service and sent to Korea during the War.

Uh, Stik...  While yer at it...

Her's a coupla shots of the Fr.47 Seafire that Id' finished a bit back.  I've finally gotten around to taking a few pics of it in my new office!

it was an absolute BEAST to assemble, everything was warped and kept breaking.  And my fumble fingers and crappy masking didn't do any bit of help for the situation.

Hope that this is okay. 

No worries Draken. That's what I am here for. I saw it the other day as I was going thru all the posts looking for any I had missed and was wondering about it. Who makes this kit?

The Seafire that I did is by CMR, Czech Master Resin in 1/72 scale.  I'm really disappointed that no one's done a full run PS injection molded version yet.  It'd be nice to see what a newer Airfix or Italeri might look like in this scale.  As it is, Jays in NZ do one, but I wasn't able to find that until I'd already ordered the CMR.

Andy , nice work on getting the Seafire together and I think it looks quite good ; You get 10 out 10 from me for persevering with an awefull kit and still getting her built ....

Thank's also for the links to those kits on ebay , a couple of weeks ago I saw that ground crew set for the milicast M32 recovery tank and I bought a set , so they should look good with the M32 and H-19 dio .

That Extratech Amphibious Weasel Carrier looked very tempting but like you said $50 + postage did seem a little steep , instead I bought from Tracks-n-Troops the No.7 Wrecker set for the GMC 353 ...

Tracks-n-Troops have a few conversion sets for the CCKW , here's a link of a review I found on the net ....

http://henk.fox3000.com/tnt.htm

There is a GMC 353 Pontoon Transporter which looks really tempting , I might buy that one next time .

Again Great work on completing the Seafire, Andy  

                             John .

From Andy to another Andy... real good looking Seafire! 

John: Really cool wrecker truck (should I say lorry- I don't know what the difference is). She'll look great in a dio with a plane or vehicle.

Stikpusher, one more for the front page - after much trials and tribulations the Albatross is finally done! Thanks for all the advice and offers of assistance guys. Much appreciated. The stash has had several new additions lately - couple of Armourfast Achilles, a sword F-80, Academy SB-17 and I've seen an Academy C-97 in my local model shop in the reduced bit that Im very tempted to go and buy if its still there tomorrow. When I get round to building them is another matter! But my next build is going to be something much smaller and going into an area I haven't seen much of so far in this GB, I'm going to do the Italeri 72nd scale Bell 47. 

Doc.

My pleasure Doc! She has been added. I have fond memories of building that one as a young boy. One of the few  of many forgotten builds that stands out after all the years. Although I can see now that it is quite dated as a kit. I really like what you did with her Doc!

This GB has really gone beyond my wildest ideas as far as participation and builds go. You guys are fantastic!

I've just built her out of the box Stik, even with the kit decals which hunkered down very nicely with a couple of coats of Microset. She does look quite nice on my shelf though. The SB-17 should compliment her nicely in time.

Doc.

Awesome finished SA-16B Albatross , Doc  

I've made a little more progress on the GMC Fuel Truck ;

Everything about ready for a few coats of olive drab and I found a pic of a hose reel that hopfully I can scratch build something similar ...

A little interior painting done on the F-51D ;

Italeri molded the flaps up on the wings of their Mustang , I'm tempted to cut them a have them lowered ,

I think it would look a lot better .

                               John .

Cool stuff as always John.  When you are done with the Italeri F-51, I would appreciate a build report.  I am interested in getting one, since it has a different scheme than the Tamiya (and I am NOT going the Academy route again).  Oh yea, the dots on my RF-51 were paint.  I painted the pieces white, then put dots of Microscale liquid mask, then painted the blue.  The theory was better than the application.  The dots didn't want to come off after being over sprayed.

I was in Hobby Lobby with the wife the other day.  Candles were on sale, so it gave me an excuse to be in there.  Diorama supplies were on sale too, and I found a set of Billy V 72nd scale Korean War figures.  It comes with several water cooled .30's on tripods.  Years ago, I read a great book about a Marine machine gunner in Korea (Once Upon a Lifetime), and he used one.

I meant to clear flat the LVT, but I caught on sleep this morning instead.  Weather is getting better here in Texas, so hopefully the painting weather will hold.

Cheers,

Greg

Hi Greg ;

The Tamiya P-51D is a little more detailed than the Italeri P-51D , especially in the cockpit ;

Tamiya ...

Italeri's ...

Italeri forgot to add some side wall detail to each fuselage half , which was a little disappointing , although Italeri include some nice under wing rockets for a Korean War bird .

I cut the wing flaps by scoring with a hobby scalpel ;

So a little more progress made today , I'll glue the fuselage halves together next ;

The Tamiya P-51D on the left is for the Mighty 8th GB and the Italeri on the right is for the Korean War GB .

                       John .

Some more GMC CCKW 353 kits arrived today for the Korean War GB ...

Unfortunatly the 1/35 Heller GMC 353 kit is missing the instruction sheet ...

The kit appears to be a lot more detailed than the 1/72 version , so I kindly ask if anyone had a copy of the instructions could they scan them for me and post them .

TIA

              John .