OFFICAL NO AFTERMARKET Group Build

Railfan I'm sure if you really need an M-16 and would rather save that K98 for when you really need it, some one on this forum may be willing to send you one. Otherwise, I believe there are several companies that make modern weapons and accessories that are easily purchased online. I don't think that would count as aftermarket, but I don't make the rules

Thanks, Oddman.

I'm convinced that the pedals are too big, but I'm going to try my best to hide them.

I have a WWII German soldier, posed to look like he is leaving a vehicle (he's the driver of Tamiya's Kubelwagen) I think I may modify him to look more like a modern American soldier, and I'll place him as the driver, if there is enough time left. I would like to do it both to make the cab look more interesting, and to hide the pedals (somewhat) more.

I'm still on the hunt for that ever-elusive M-16. I don't know, but I may be able to modify that K-98K I mentioned earlier to look more like an M-14 or an M-21. All I would need to do is scratchbuid a magazine for it, and re-paint it, since it will be in the rack anyway, so the top shouldn't be visible.

A couple of good starts here!

Railfan, I don't think those pedals look too big. Even if they are, they'll be disguised a little inside the cabin.

Trabi, well done on those antennas! They certainly are a vast improvement over the kit option.

Vetteman, glad you like the badges. If some one can come up with something better, by all means go for it. Those were just a little something I came up with in my free time at work.

Keep up the good work, hopefully we'll see some more action from others soon!

Railfan, Trabi and, Oddmanrush your starts are looking great and a bunch of scratch building going on with them too

Oddmanrush thanks for the badge idea I will resize it to badge size and post it on the front page to see how it works. Anyone else have an idea to share for a badge ?

I'm going to check the stash tonight, see if I can come up with something suitable. This one looks fun.

Ok, so I started today. Good times so far.

Here's the kit:

The cockpit is terribly void of any detail, so I did my best in adding some...

So I shaved down the top of the ejection seat. It looked too high compared to all the reference photos I could find. I also removed a nub on the right hand side of the pit, which didn't seem to belong and its where I am going to place the d-ring ejection handle. You can also see I've added seat cushions....

Here you can see I've added the ejection handles, one over head, one between the knees and the one on the right of the cockpit....

Here I added some wear to the seat cushions, you can also see the wire I added to the seat...not sure what its for but I saw it in pictures!....

The last picture for today, you can see I added some harnesses...

Thanks for looking! Don't know when I'll get back to it. Comments and criticism is certainly welcome!

Here we go!

AMT 1:? Star Wars Corporate Alliance Droid:

Parts, bit started.

Side tracks.

I didn´t like the antennas...

More to come.

Well, here's what I got so far (I didn't start early. I swear) It is kind of creeping me out. the M-35, dispite the fact that it's an older kit, is almost literaly putting itself together. I got a feeling something's going to happen, soon...

Here are the photos (sorry about the poor quality. I only have a Kodak E-Z share C-430.It's not the best, but it's the only one I can afford to have)

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This should be an overview of all the sub-assemblies in their current stages. (I perfer to work on multiple assemblies at one time, so I don't have a lot of down-time. Mabe that's why it already looks too good...)

[P.S., ignore that red/yellow caboose in the background. It's a kitbashing project that has stalled for now.]

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Here's the chassis and drive-system for the truck, after I super-glued the brake lines to the brake system areas on the wheel hubs (It turned out better than I thought)

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Here's the finnished product for the brake lines. The super glue was an older tube, and didn't cure fast, but it sure did come out fast I hope the brake lines are still visible after paint...

For the brake lines, it's nothing special. It's just strands of copper filiment taken from an old lamp-cord. I cut it longer than I thought I would need, and then I drilled a fairly deep hole into the mounting area behind the round disc on the axel (the brake hub?) After that, I just super-glue it into the hole, and then I thred it along the chassis, applying a drop of glue at turns and in the mid-point of long strait runs.

(Note, I didn't have refrences when running the lines, so accuracy is not garunteed. I just did it as I thought the lines were done on the real M-35s. I'll just claim artistic lisence, if it turns out to be wrong)

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  Here's the last photo for this update: the cab. I did some scratchbuilding to place some details that (I think) were fairly common in the M-35s. I shaved off the molded gas/brake/clutch pedals, and made new ones with styrene I got from a $0.98 for sale sign from the hardware store. (Admittedly, I think it was a bad call. the new pedals look bigger than the original)

   The channel-like thing next to the driver's seat is a scratchbuilt rifle rack (more or less accurate) that sort of follows a photo of a rack that Hans von hammer showed me, back in the Real or Model. Episode 2 thred. He said it was used vertically in the M-35 behind the driver's left shoulder, which was what I tried to replicate. 

    I don't have any spare wepons laying around (other than a WWII German K-98) so I'll have to leave it empty for now. If I get a modern U.S. infantry kit set one day, I'll salvage one of the M-16s for the rack. It's not the best, but I have not scratch-built with styrene before. Man I have a lot to learn with that.

The thumb-print on the floor of the cab was sort of a mess-up on my part. When I went to glue the side of the cab/hood into place, I didn't realize that glue came up through the seam, and onto my thumb. I'll need to buff that out before painting.

Those look good,oddmanrush.

I've never seen Brad Pitt before.

 It's kind of funny, especially considering my 5th grade english/social studies teacher was a big fan of Brad Pitt. (I mean really, really, really big fan)

Hey, saw you needed help with the Badges. I was at work, with some free time, so I thought I'd play around a little bit and here is what I came up with.

Both share the same theme, the movie Seven, starring Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman. Since we're doing a no aftermarket group build, essentially an out of the box build, there was but one line I thought of from the movie that seemed to fit. (I know scratch building technically isn't OOB but I couldn't resist)

First one:

Second one, and my personal favorite...

If you haven't seen the movie, this is all probably irrelevant, haha.

Hey, by any chance, does anyone know how to fade dark olive drab green paint to look more like a truck in OD green that has been used extensively?

I was working on the M-35 I have for the build (which is being built too (alarmingly) easily for a kit of it's age) and I realized, I don't have any Testors OD Green paint in the small "rattle-can" spray paint cans, but I think I could get some Krylon OD green paint.

    The only problem with it is that the Krylon paint dries very dark, and makes the truck look extremely brand new. The Testors paint worked good, but I don't have any, and I doubt I could get a trip to any hobby shop for a while (I was there yesterday, but I forgot about the paint)

Also, does anyone know if the chassis and underside of an M-35 is the same color as the rest of the body, or is it flat black?

Any sugestions are open.

I'll have photos of what I have done so far up later on this evening (hopefully). [No, I didn't start early. I just made enough progress today to warrent a few in-progress photos]

I have sort of a unique idea. The only thing is that everyone will have a different badge.

Just have everyone take a photo of their finnished build, and post them here, and you can edit it to have the offitial lettering and dates. Just my on the matter, but, you got to admit, it's unique.

Ruhrow there goes the neighborhood Fermis has joined the group  Welcome to you Sir, you are on the roster

Hey guys tomorrow is the official start date so thought I would ask if anyone has an idea for the group badge, I just cant seem to come up with one.

Ah, my good man!!!

Glad you took this one on.

I'm in, I'll let you know what subject, just as soon as I figure it out!

68GT your build is in and welcome to the group

I have a few different kits so I'll start with Frank Iaconio's Budweiser-Motorcraft Pro-Stock 1985 Thunderbird.  Monogram kit 2727 and it's in 1/24 scale. 

Heck, maybe if I get into a rhythm I'll crank a few of these kits out.  I'm also eye balling Bob Glidden's 87 T-Bird Pro-Stock, Kenny Bernstein's 85 Tempo Funny Car and Billy Meyer's 7-11 Mustang Funny Car (1984?) in the back of my stash.   

Raptordriver you are in and thanks for joining us. I have that same kit in the closet so I will be keeping an eye on your build.

68GT you are in and welcome, just let me know what you will be building when you decide.

Not sure what yet but I have a few Monogram Pro Stocks I would like to get into.

sorry wrong post, pls. delete, I tried but couldn't.

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Hey Randy, I would like to join the fun. I will build an Accurate Mini P-51A with scratch build seat belts.

Railfan 223 got ya covered your build is listed

Aaronw after doing some rigging on a few golden age racers I think personally  that  would qualify as scratch building, as long as it is not PE rigging  I do find it much harder to do than say building an ejection seat for an F-104.

Would you consider adding rigging wires on biplanes scratchbuilding? If so I can probably find something appropriate. I have some Pegasus kits too, several of them require scratchbuilding simple parts like wing spars.

Vetteman42, here's the basics of my kit:

It's the 1/35 scale Revell M*A*S*H medical (triogue) scene M-35 (truck only)

Vetteman42, sign me in with AMT Star Wars Corporate Alliance Droid. I´m just finishing my former "no aftermarket" building

Railfan 223 sounds good to me, can you give me the base kit details so I can list it, scale manufacturer and such.

O.K., Thanks for the quick responce.

  Just place me down with the M-35 for now, because I know for a fact I can get it done in 1 year's time, and I have most of what I need for it (trips to the hobbyshop are rare for me, so I almost never have any supplies on hand. Not true for what I'll need for the M-35, for a change)

If I can get everything I need for the van, and if there's enough time left in the build, I'll build it. But, I'm just going to stick with the M-35 for now, with the van pending completion of the M-35.

I figure, it's better to be safe, and just commit with 1 kit I know that I can do, insted of jumping in and getting to many things to work on with multiple kits.

I'm looking foward to this. I just hope (for the how-to scratchbuild part) I can remember to take the nesisarry photos, and have them come out good. I can't wait for the start.

Railfan 223 I would say both builds would fit in just fine Just let me know which you wish to go with first or you can enter both builds as they both sound interesting.

Well, I have 2 possible kits for this.

 First is the old Revell M*A*S*H diorama set with the M-35. Since the M-35 wasn't used in Korea, I'm going to swap the M-35 for a WW II duca-and-a-half, and build the M-35 seprately.   If I do it, I'll scratchbuild brake- lines and electrical wires for the lights, as well as a canvas bed cover. I'll also need to scratchbuild crates and other stuff for a load

 (Speeking of which, does scratchbuilding a seprate load for the truck, like wepons crates and bags, be appropriate for this build?)

My seccond kit I'm thinking about is an old Revell Ford van/ambulance. I may modify it to look more like the A-TEAM van, or I may just make it into a rusting work vehicle. Eather way, I'll need to scratchbuild an interior, since the kit only has the front seats and a console and dashboard for the passenger compartment.

If I have time, I may do both. But (if it's O.K. to build a load for it for this build) I will start with the M-35, so I can be garunteed something to show for the finnished product.

Oddmanrush you are in and thanks for joining up

I'm in with Fujimi's A-4E Skyhawk in 1/48. Cockpit is bare so this is a good kit for some scratch building.