Tonights Tread special , Pz. 1 parts served on corn tortillas .  Brittle gray styrene layed over zero cholestrol tortillas . Enjoy .

treadwell

For Shell :  )

I guess it is a bit smaller

                 

Whood ahh thunk it ! Just like them smart Germans to replace the turret of a French tanky  with a superior Fatherland made piece ..................

tigerman

So Grandpa's going to be holding the shotgun? Have to go through YOU! That won't be an easy chore.

Hey all, looks like everybody is making good progress, that armored carrier is looking good stikpusher. Its a kit thats in my wishlist.

It looks like my earlier questions got lost in the shuffle but, This is the first time I've seen Magic Track, how are they? They look pretty amazing. Any special glue I should use or anything?

I took a look at the decals and they are all for units in Russia in '42  So does anyone know where I could find the right markings and where I could find decals to match?

For Shell :  )

I guess it is a bit smaller

So Grandpa's going to be holding the shotgun? Have to go through YOU! That won't be an easy chore.

treadwell

Hey Shell... :  )

At least I got ya to look .... Off Topic..... I like the wall your building there and the grand daughter is a cutie.... mine is 13 and just started HS..... just shoot me now..... LOL  ... 

Sounds like a good topic .She's my youngest sons daughter and she is 5 . I know what you mean . Bang bang bang ! Wall is done now .

Hi guys,,,  I hope to actually get into building sometime next week....  I've not put glue-to-sprue as of yet  (tis a sad thing, I know)       I have a friend  requested working gig that is going to last two frikkin days, and it is a five hour drive both ways...  grrr         But, it is for a friend...  so you have to be       a friend.           Anyhow, enough of my dreary story - - -

Stik,,    I'm not sure why, but I do have a penchant for many of the early war petite armor pieces,,  great subject.

AndyT,,  Nice start on the bird,,  well done with the pit too..

Tread,,   You've got that bad boy moving along too,,,  amazing progress and it is looking awesome.

Hope to get some pics up when I get my butt moving on the build....

Bill

Sorry I don't live out East, otherwise I'd say hello. Have a good time at the show and bring back a bounty of kits.

Tiger, I printed up a list of kits and the participants. I want a kit that is out of my comfort zone. My skills are average. I'm hoping for help from the participants whose skill levels are excellent (It's the same with the Panzer III GB)!! I can't wait for the IPMS AMPSEAST 2011. I hope to meet some of you. Two whole days of modeling fun! My lovely wife won't be able to attend since she has no interest in the hobby whatsoever.  I guess I might do a bit of imbibing.

Hey Shell... :  )

At least I got ya to look .... Off Topic..... I like the wall your building there and the grand daughter is a cutie.... mine is 13 and just started HS..... just shoot me now..... LOL  ... 

Stik that llittle fellow is small alright . Interesting how small the vehicles were at the outbreak of the war .

AndyT , good start .

Tread ,those were good tacos, made with corn tortillas , mmm mmm ! Thats some cool deatailing your putting into this one ! By the way , it says Treadplate , or did you say the bottom ?

Tread, your rolling along buddy. I would have thought those numbers were incorrect from looking at them.

AndyT, nice ad-lib on the pit.

Rob, I was wondering if I could get a pic of the rear and front of your H-39. I need to know if i should sand a seam on the rear and putty up the front, which seems the way to go.

I have the lower hull completed. I decided to sans the interior (sorry guys). This has been a little test of patience so far. I did find that the guy on the other site used 107 links. Apparently he had to sand down some of the sprocket teeth, because the tracks wouldn't wrap properly.

Andy T, Stickpusher ,Eric,Darren ,Cliff,Bill and the guy spending my social security earninings...( at least it's on beer & tacos )    (hope I didn't foget anyone)

WOW !.... everybody is really getting into their builds...I am enjoying the vibe here :  )

I have only doodled around a bit since my last post.  I added casting  numbers on the turret, the machine gun mantlet and engine covers . and added the casting seam to the turret. tomorrow I will cover and seal the casting numbers with Mr Surfacer and give a coat on each cast panel. I got the casting numbers from Archer 3D  casting numbers intended for 1/16 Tiger II  .http://www.archertransfers.com/AR88027.html. check out the bottom of the sheet where it says who researched it for production..

If you look closley at the machine gun mantlet the numbers are upside down.... no worries... it is correct

anyhoo.. a couple of pics...

tread

Ok here is where I am so far. I have put the interior color in the fuselage. Done the seat, control stick and instrument. I modified an instrument panel from an Eduard F4U-1D Corsair I had lying around.

I was just about to toss my little H-39 against the wall, because the drive housing didn't fit and i couldn't see how to make it so. so i checked out a WIP on Military Modeller and found out that I installed them incorrectly. So......I'm back in the game.

I'm a little disappointed in Bronco for leaving sprue taps and joins on the necessary part of a piece, requiring filing and the such, while it would have made more sense to put it on the other end.

I hope they learned a little from this kit, which was their first release of an armored subject.

deafpanzer

Trend- Your Char is looking GREAT!!!  I have been taking notes...

Carl- Looking real good... I built my Pz I last year and I never forget how tiny everything was especially the tracks... [color=red]  You are a grandpa?  I thought you were 25 years old sailor drinking a pack of on daily basis... kidding!

Eric- Nice avatar!  Hang in there my friend.

Darren- When I saw your WIP, I assumed your kit was Tamiya because of the color but realized it is really a Dragon.  Usually all of my Dragon kits are in grey color... I plan to build Pz III Ausf E early next year so I will be following your work with interest. 

Guys- I thought about you guys... no it is not because I love you guys!  I was at a special event and there was a French tank with its crazy camo.  I know it was used during WWI but few of them saw action during the invasion.  I took few pictures... thought you'd be interested to see.  I really dig those French camo schemes now...

Believe it or not it is still running!  Not sure if it has an original engine... I can post more pictures especially the interior if you guys are interested. 

Andy no . I am a 66 yr old retired telecomunications  man (not person !) and i am using up all of your social security funds so i can live high on the hog eating tacos and drinking Bud !

Thank me , goodbye !

Well last nite I sat down at my workbench and began work on my UE Armored Carrier.

In less than two hours I had the basic hull and suspension done. And that was taking my time...

This thing is actyully pretty dang small. Here it is next to a same scale modern jeep, M151 1/4 ton for comparison...

Mind you it still need the cargo shelf and trailer, but you have an idea of how small this thing is now...

Jc- I believe its Renault FT-17... there was no sign and I couldn't find somebody to talk with me about this.  I plan to go back there again to learn more about this tank. 

Hello All ,

deafpanzer  this char is a renault ft-17 ?

Jc

I am making progress. I will try to post some pics later tonight. I have discovered that the kit does not include the markings for the 615th squadron, so I will have to make my own decals.

Anyone have a reccomendation on decal paper?

Trend- Your Char is looking GREAT!!!  I have been taking notes...

Carl- Looking real good... I built my Pz I last year and I never forget how tiny everything was especially the tracks...   You are a grandpa?  I thought you were 25 years old sailor drinking a pack of on daily basis... kidding! 

Eric- Nice avatar!  Hang in there my friend.

Darren- When I saw your WIP, I assumed your kit was Tamiya because of the color but realized it is really a Dragon.  Usually all of my Dragon kits are in grey color... I plan to build Pz III Ausf E early next year so I will be following your work with interest. 

Guys- I thought about you guys... no it is not because I love you guys!  I was at a special event and there was a French tank with its crazy camo.  I know it was used during WWI but few of them saw action during the invasion.  I took few pictures... thought you'd be interested to see.  I really dig those French camo schemes now...

Believe it or not it is still running!  Not sure if it has an original engine... I can post more pictures especially the interior if you guys are interested. 

Gamera

Oops! My apologies Shellback. Yes, the quotes messed me up. Going back to edit my earlier post.

Sorry

Naw , not a problem something is different about the quote set up me thinks and its confusing . Either that or Tread did something and made it Cornfusing .

Chazzer

Hey Tigerman, I'm going to Armorcon this weekend and I will pick up a kit or two or three or four! LOL. It will be my first anything related to modeling. I am really looking forward to it. I'm sure there will be a kit for this GB as well as some other goodies.

Scott

Cool Scott. If you'd like, refer to page 1 for some armor ideas for the GB. I'd hate for you to get back only to have something that won't qualify.

Oops! My apologies Shellback. Yes, the quotes messed me up. Going back to edit my earlier post.

Sorry

Hey guys i noticed there is some confusion about who is building this kit with the little turret . lts from the Pz. 1 i'm building . Some how it mixed up with in the quotes

Hey Tigerman, I'm going to Armorcon this weekend and I will pick up a kit or two or three or four! LOL. It will be my first anything related to modeling. I am really looking forward to it. I'm sure there will be a kit for this GB as well as some other goodies.

Scott

Darren: Really sharp! Looks like she's coming together without any problems.

Shellback: Gee that is tiny. I'd almost guess it was 1/72-76 if I didn't know better.

tigerman

Real cutie there Carl. How along until you get your grand-daughter building.

Yes she is Eric. Time will tell if she has any interest in our hobby .

Real cutie there Carl. How along until you get your grand-daughter building.