Official Odd Animal Group Build *Extended until MAY 31*

vetteman42

Medicman71 this site may help you find that excact F-14 from Desert Storm, I found it invaluable for my Tomcat builds

http://www.anft.net/f-14/f14-serial.htm

You can search by Buno and find what you are looking for I think. I shink you can search by squadron also

Thanks Vetteman. I found what I was looking for last night and I don't have the correct "Wolfpack" decals for a DS bird. So i'll just stick with what I have. Thanks for the link though.

CallSignOWL

Scorpiomikey: Mom said I had enough at 12, too. But I really need to start reducing my stash....if only to get new kits later! 

MAJ Mike: I only have one final left--the German one tomorrow evening. That gives me all day today and most of tomorrow to pack my room. Which is too much, actually. I might have to break out a kit in that time.... And this is what the top shelf in my closet looks like. And I have even more stacked on the other side of the closet too!

 

Medicman: I will have to be careful at the IPMS nationals this year and make sure I don't get too many things! I have a little piggy bank that Ive been saving my loose change in all year. and that is all I'm gonna spend! (or so I tell myself!)

I have more than enough to last a while at the rate I build. Here's a pic of my stash. There's an A-10 and another F-15E Strike Eagle in the stash that's not in the pic.

Progress thus far with the Maus.

 Using after-market cannon barrels.  Will add a coax MG-34 by drilling out one of the mantlet bolts.  I want to make this paper Panzer look more like a limited production operational vehicle.

 The MG-34's too long.  I'll shorten it.  The turret goes together quite easily with no issues.

 Added a cleaning rod cannister for the 75mm and puttyed over the pistol ports.  Pioneer tools and the cleaning rod carrier are from a DML Panther II that I gave up on.  The pistol ports serve no good purpose and only complicate production,

 Turret was a very quick and painless build.  Used a red rattle-can primer to replicate the factory base coat primer.  Next step is to try pre-shading for the 1st time followed by a coat of MM dunklegelb mixed 50/50 with MM light grey.  All paints are enamel.  All are either Model Master or Testor's square bottle.

Be gentle in your comments, I cry easily.

Well there's no seam in the barrel but it needs more rust. Sorry, I couldn't resist.

The world wonders.

The maus is shaping up well so far MAJ Mike. (Two cannons on the same mantlet??? )

Like your Maus Mike! Never liked it in real life though...its a little portly for my tastes.

At last!!!  Proof that I do build model kits!!!!!

Vance -- yep, 128mm main gun with a coax 75mm.  I added the coax MG34 because it seemed to make sense.

Oddmanrush -- I understand.  However, this was the only model I had that met the perimeters of the GB.

Thanks for looking guys.

Looks good so far MAJ Mike. Did all German tanks have that reddish primer on them?

CallSignOWL

Looks good so far MAJ Mike. Did all German tanks have that reddish primer on them?

lol

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CallSignOWL:

 

Looks good so far MAJ Mike. Did all German tanks have that reddish primer on them?

 

 

lol

why was that funny?

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CallSignOWL:

Looks good so far MAJ Mike. Did all German tanks have that reddish primer on them?

 

lol

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CallSignOWL

Looks good so far MAJ Mike. Did all German tanks have that reddish primer on them?

Probably. Regulations for the painting of armored vehicles, by late 1944, dictated a reddish brown (primer color) as the base color for newly manufactured armored vehicles. 

I prime my models before painting them anyway.  In this case, I want to leave some of the running gear unpainted primer.  Over the majority of the vehicle, I'll go with a more conventional Model Master enamel base coat of MM dunkelgelb mixed 50/50 with MM light grey.  I will then overspray that with irregular lines of MM olivgrun and MM schokoladenbraun.

This is a fictional panzer.  Rumors aside, the Maus was never operational and the 2 partially completed prototypes never saw combat.  In researching this subject, this is the color scheme that has been described as being very likely for the Maus if it would have been put into production.

Did your German exam go okay?

speaking of Germans...haha. I don't have the German final until tomorrow night, so I don't know yet!

and I'm not a tank person, my fixation is on the wingy-things!

Seasoned?  You were asked a question.   

I'm glad you find my efforts worthy of comment.  I look forward to seeing your's.

CallSignOWL

speaking of Germans...haha. I don't have the German final until tomorrow night, so I don't know yet!

 

and I'm not a tank person, my fixation is the wingy-things!

Didn't mean to nag.  Just being socialable.  Hope my response wasn't too much of a History lesson.  Hard habit to break.  I taught high school World and American History for 15 years.

Thanks again for setting up this GB.

oh no, not at all. I like the detailed responses. How else will I learn? 

liking!

CallSignOWL

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CallSignOWL:

 

Looks good so far MAJ Mike. Did all German tanks have that reddish primer on them?

 

 

lol

 

 

why was that funny?

Sorry, since I don't know jack squat about WWII armor (let alone German WWII armor) the "reddish primer" struck me as funny.  Heck, I thought it looked like rust!

I hope my explanation of the paint scheme was sufficient.  I make no promises regarding the ultimate result in that my skills are still in the development stage.

hey Owl, well i finally had time to comment agian here

here is my p39 airacobra so far........

 and a picture of my curent stash, the stack on the far left is empty boxes full of instructions the rest are models still in boxes so i have 6 in the stash including my p39

Looking nice!  Judging by the color, I guess it'll be a Red Air Force version?  1/72nd scale?

Regarding the stash -- didn't know anyone made a PE-2.

glad to see you start RRB!   That's a lot of rivets to avoid when sanding, good luck!

MAJ Mike

I hope my explanation of the paint scheme was sufficient.  I make no promises regarding the ultimate result in that my skills are still in the development stage.

I'm certain it will look great, at least you know what you're talking about!

yes a lot of rivets owl, airfix seem to like rivets.

yes its 1:72 scale, im doing the U.S airforce no the red airforce but it did come with decals for it,

well airfix do and after opening it up to have a look i have to say im looking forward to the PE-2

I'm officially home for the summer, so I will have some building time now!

CallSignOWL

I'm officially home for the summer, so I will have some building time now!

YEAH!!!

rock on!    <--head banging

Great.  Decompress.