The group build to end all group builds - THE GREAT WAR

Thanks dude.There wasn't much to this one.Just a whole lotta fun!

TD, nice looking tank.  You are FAST!  Finished a whole kit before I opened my box.

WOW Jack!  This must be a special GB to pull you back to the boards after a year and half.  Welcome back and on board.

hello everyone,

Marc, can you put me down for a couple 1/35 Austrian figures by Zebrano.  One is an infantryman and the other is a lieutenant.

If there is enough time left will also tackle a 1/35 Model T Ford from RPM.  For those interested Resicast also make's a resin version, albeit more expensive.  Both companies make various versions of this car, such as an ambulance, etc.

For an interesting article about the Ford's use  in the the desert during WW1, I've linked the bottom pic.

regards,

Jack

Thanks.I do believe I'll build this kit again and go ballistic with mud.If I had another in the stash,I'd be doing it now!

WOW TD!!  That is an exceptional build, especially for one so small!  It looks fantastic and has gotten me charged up for the start of this GB!!

Thanks.I have little interest in WWI,but I had a blast with this kit.

The paint job is a mix of features I found on numerous pics of models and surviving vehicles.

There seems to be little agreement on how these were painted,so I just ran with whatever I found appealing.

I am particularly happy with the tracks.

TD that is really great.  Way to take the early start option in kick out a doozy to set the bar high for the GB.

I think I'm done with this one.A gem of a kit.

Sharp dude.... very sharp.

Current progress.

Tracks installed.The track ends looked a bit cheesy.I don't think melting them together would have held.

Liquid Nails to the rescue.

More vehicle markings along with some weathering added using Tamiya weathering powders.

Thanks Marc. I've had this one in the stash since it was first released, and I'm looking forward to finally starting it.

Nate

Outstanding Nate.  Welcome.

Marc,

Sign me up for a Wingnut Wings LVG C.VI.

Nate

Eric you're in.  And we know you finished the Iron duke last week.  I have your place bugged.  How else would I have known to start when i did.

I'll be in for an Emhar Mk IV tank. (Finished Iron Duke the week before you announced the build. A conscpiracy.)

Eric

Thanks guys.I read somewhere that this kit has been around since 1967.It is definately a well produced kit.

It's probably not the last time I'll build it.

Looking good TD4438!  Just how old IS that Airfix kit??

Wow, I cannot believe that is the ancient Airfix kit. What a job! That kit is as old as WW1 itself, I think.

Cheers

Tony

Looking nice TD.

I like that one Ernest... make more money but not time.

Not much time for the bench today,but I did get the base color for the exhaust and the air recognition marking done.

The DESkit website lists it at 53 euros, which equates to about $79-$80 USD!!  And that doesn't include international shipping!  Expensive but well worth it if it means not having to spend so much time correcting a poor plastic kit!   I can always make more $$,...but I can't make more time!

Good luck in your search.  I am looking forward to the build..curios about the kit.  Is it relay $85 as it is listed, but not available, at Great Model?

wing_nut

TD, there should be at least 1 WIP pic between the i the box shot and the finished build shot

Ernest.. glad to have you.  Is the DES kit available?  Any reviews of it out there?

wing_nut, I can't find any US or UK distributor of DESkit  that has FT-17s available.  Looks like I may have to order from them directly: not an easy thing because their website is difficult to figure out and ordering looks to be by fax!   The only "review" I've come across is in another magazine where Mike Rinaldi mentions that its a pretty straitforward build. He just corrected a couple of hatches and replaced the tracks with Friuls. 

Thanks guys.This kit is nicely detailed and went together quite well.Parts fit is spot on.

Ruddratt - Thanks for that link.  Real nice stuff in there.  Thank I will be getting a few things from here.

TD4438 - Nice, fast, like what you've done

TD, that is a cool little kit, and it's shaping up into a fine build!

Marc, maybe that guy has a fetish for pre-ogled WWI kits?

I really like the way the paint looks.

I am sad to report that some one broke into my garage.  I went to get MY Albatros from storage and it was gone!  It was replaced with the same kit in a box still with the original tape seal.  Surely that can be the only explanation.  There is no way I didn't rip that box open to ogle and fondle the plastic as soon as it arrived.  Right?

Current Progress

Basecoat

Highlited

Markings and some metallic

It's called magic!