That kid... well he needs a good whack or two across the tush. Don't know if the Korean school system allows that or not....

Gamera

That kid... well he needs a good whack or two across the tush. Don't know if the Korean school system allows that or not....

I'm sure the traditional Korean parents do not view thievery well and will physically apply discipline accordingly if caught.

Dang it!  That stinks Draken.  Sorry to hear about that.

But, thanks for the cool link.  It took me awhile to look through them, as I was at work.  Very interesting stuff.

Cheers,

Greg

Andy , I'm sorry to hear about those vehicle / armor models going missing ; I can only guess how upset you must be feeling , I do hope you can get them returned in one piece .

There's been no progress on my two dozen on-going Korean War builds ; Both my parents have had hospital stays of late , so there has been quite limited bench time .

To cheer me up a little the Milicast Centaur Dozer arrived yesterday

Lokking at the instructions it appears to be a fairly straight forward build

Hopfully before too long I can make a start on the Centaur Dozer along with the M19 and M39 resin armor vehicles

John .

John, I'm sorry to hear about your parents. I hope they are doing better.

That Centaur dozer is really cool looking! After following Shellback's Sherman dozer I'm beginning to want to build something like that myself.

Working on a Thunderjet diorama.  I've got the Tamiya "Thunderbirds" kit, it was the only one of their brand available at the LHS.  I'm putting it on a Verlinden WWII a/c revetment base and using some spare figures and some Airfix WWII aircrew figures as well as adding the Hasegawa fuel tank truck and the Academy tug with bomb cart.  Also included are some milicast fuel drums and ammo cans.  The a/c is to the point of getting the decals (rainbow chevrons on the tail and wing tanks) and the base is essentially complete.  Now it's on to the support vehicles and ground crew.

And that's where it stands so far.  I'm going to work on the tug which kersploded when my cat went spastic and knocked it off of y desk, then the fuel tanker, then the figures, and finally, an all night decaling session!

I hope that you guys are happy with the progress so far.  The Tamiya kit has some really nice things going for it; the open machine gun compartment, nice seat, good interior, excellent detailing.  The downside is that you can only make a G version and there are some fit problems with the fuselage and wings.  Another downside is that it only offers two options for underwing stores:  Fuel tanks and 2000# bombs.  I really prefer the Academy kit as it offers a deployable speed brake of two types, the option of making an E or G, and a plethora of underwing stores.  I also find that the Academy kit has better fit in general.  But that open machine gun compartment, WOOHOO!

Thats looking great so far Draken! What did you do for the NMF?

Great WIP Andy .

I really like the dio base , I think I will try and pick up one of those as well , your dio is going to look awesome .

Stik , the Tamiya kit  comes already NMF

John .

That's almost cheating! Almost...

Reminds me of those old Hawk kits I used to build that were plated so beautifully..

Nice dio Draken, the F-84 looks good and great work on the 'clutter' and ground crew.

PS: Picked up Squadron's 'Armor in Korea'- thanks for the recommendation guys, some great ideas in there.  

Gamera

Nice dio Draken, the F-84 looks good and great work on the 'clutter' and ground crew.

 

PS: Picked up Squadron's 'Armor in Korea'- thanks for the recommendation guys, some great ideas in there.  

Hi Cliff ;

Squadrons Armor in Korea is an awesome book and I'm sure you will enjoy it greatly .

With lot's of awesome pic's , I spent a small fortune buying 1.72-76 scale armor kits ...

I'm sure you will find something interesting in the book that will have you heading off to the LHS ...

John .

One little update on the models that were stolen from my office; I've been going over what I have trying to figure out what's gone and noticed that my Matchbox/Revell Ger. M-7 and my Milicast M-32 are both gone.  The M-7 isn't so big of a deal since it was incorrect, but the M-32 and the broken mostly disappeared 90mm AA gun were the two most expensive kits I've got on display. 

I'm going to talk to the teacher again and ask him to see if he can't find the recovery vehicle for me.  Stranger things have happened.

Helo H-34

 

Gamera:

 

Nice dio Draken, the F-84 looks good and great work on the 'clutter' and ground crew.

 

PS: Picked up Squadron's 'Armor in Korea'- thanks for the recommendation guys, some great ideas in there.  

 

 

Hi Cliff ;

Squadrons Armor in Korea is an awesome book and I'm sure you will enjoy it greatly .

With lot's of awesome pic's , I spent a small fortune buying 1.72-76 scale armor kits ...

I'm sure you will find something interesting in the book that will have you heading off to the LHS ...

John .

Definitely!

I fell in love with the M40 'Big Shot' with the oriental dragon on the side and found out that the AFV Club kit of the SPG has decals for that vehicle. I'm hoping I'll be able to find one at a good price from a vender at our show in about two months from now.

And that South Korean M36 Jackson with the OD green and tan camo caught my eye too.  Not to mention all the awesome Cromwells and Centurians!

Draken: Again, good luck, hopefully the principle can do something. Gee it's friggin' frustrating when people have no respect.

Yes it is a great book. My copy is nearly 30 years old now and very well worn from all the reading usage it has given me.

Gotta love those Squadron books!  Concord's Armor in Korea is also very good.  Off topic, but I finally got a copy of Squadron's Wild Weasel, another great find!

Draken, very cool dio!

Cheers,

Greg

Greg: Thanks! I'll have to keep an eye out for the Concord book now.

Awful quiet in here lately... and I know I am more guilty than most in not keeping this place moving along...

I feel just as guilty Stik in that I have 10 builds which have been 95% finished for over two months and they really should have been completed by now . The Panther , Skyraider and Dragonfly's are still waiting for decals and the only recent progress was some silver on the C-54 Skymaster

I stuffed-up a little on the canopy masking with one of the two front windsceen panels not in line with the other

She looks like she has a 'lazy eye'

John .

John: Yeah a little off but I wouldn't have noticed if you didn't point it out!

The 'Armor in Korea' book tempted me to put the M46 back out again and look things over. I'm going to try to get back to her when I clean some more stuff off the bench. I've been working on a few models without any PE so I think I'm back in the mood to get back to the stuff.

PS: Your opinions here guys? I still want to do the diorama with a knocked out N. Korean T34 but I keep looking at the cool tiger face schemes in the Squadron book and really want to do one. Big problem when the US Army/Marine Corps started applying the tiger faces there weren't any T34s left. So I'm stuck with:

1). T34 and plain jane M46.

2). Tiger face M46 and ditch the T34.

3). Screw around with history and show both even though it's inaccurate....

How about an obviously long derelict T-34 hulk on the roadside being passed by a "Tiger" tank?

stikpusher

How about an obviously long derelict T-34 hulk on the roadside being passed by a "Tiger" tank?

You know that is a possibility, I shall keep that in mind!

Thanks SP!

Still trying to get the hang of the new fourm but thought I'd point this out for those who get Turner Classic Movies- they're running 'MacArthur' tonight (June 26) at 8:00 EST. Starring Gregory Peck as the general it's not quite as good as 'Patton' but still a pretty good movie.

I did enjoy that movie. Saw it last year thru Netflix. You could just tell that it had a smaller budget than Patton. But certainly worth the watch. Supposedly some sequences were filmed in Korea and the PI for it. And at least the M48s in the Korea sequences are not too far removed from the M26s/M46s that they are supposed to represent. Same suspension and main gun somewhat

Yeah after watching it again I can tell it did have a bit smaller budget than 'Patton'. Not much in the way of battle scenes but I think they did pretty well with what they had. Peck I think nailed MacArthur and most of the rest of cast did quite well. 

And the M48s did work pretty well. I don't think any of the HVSS Shermans served in the Pacific during the Second World War but hey at least they were Shermans! Couldn't tell if the landing craft were there or stock footage but they looked really good too.

Lazy eye?  No, she is winking! ;)

Here are a few vacation pics, Korea themed.

These last two are for you John.

Cheers,

Greg

Thank's for the pic's Greg ;

I hope and your family are enjoying your Vacation (Holidays) .

With all that studying and the like you have done over the past 12 months , you definitly deserve to be able to kick back , relax and throw done a few brew's .

The pic of the Sikorsky H05S-1 is great as well as the H-19 . Sure would be nice if someone gets around to manufacting a H05S-1 kit . Unicraft do a nice resin S-62 / HH-52 and they have plans for a S-52 as a future release but I've heard nothing more recently . It would also be nice if someone did a resin engine for the H-19/H04S-3 helo  and add the H-34 in as well .....

Cliff , amazon books have a T-34 v M-26 book listed , I just thought I would mention it as I think the M-46 was an updated version of the M-26 but I'm not really an armour guy so I should be carefull about speaking on things I don't know much about . In any case I don't know if there would be any Korean  War reference pic's in the fore mention book , I was tempted to buy one but I'm not sure .

John .

Helo H-34

amazon books have a T-34 v M-26 book listed

I've got it, and it's VERY nice!  Lots of detail, and even comments on initial engagements.  I'd suggest it if you're really a tread head.

Greg: Those are great photos! Is the first one from the National Korean War Memorial?

John & Draken Andy: Thanks guys, I've looked at the book on several sites but never got around to ordering it. I really should pick it up, sounds like a winner.  

PS: I posted a question on the M35 Prime Mover on the armour forum, if anyone knows if this AFV was used in Korea please drop me a post - thanks!

Greg, nice pics there I have not seen that Saber since my trip to the Smithsonian in '76. I still have a poor photo of it here somewhere. Thank you for the better pic. And nice view of the Korean War memorial.

Gamera, yes I do think that Peck nailed the MacArthur persona. And the actors who played Roosevelt and Truman shined as well, especially the one who played Truman. The conflict between the two over the Korean War was very well depicted.

Helo, the M46 is indeed and evolution of the M26. The M26 was underpowered using the same engine as the M4A3 on an obviously heavier armored and armed tank. The M46 was basically a re engined M26A1. US tank design between the M4 and the M1 was essentially an evolution and improvement of the M26 series. M26, M46, M47, M48, M60 are that series.

Hi Stik,

CanI enter this group build too please ?

I've bought this kit for it:

Cheers

Tony