Semper Fi War in the Pacific

PANZERWAFFE

BEN - Thats no good, at least yall will get a new computer out of it

Nah its just the power supply I guess, shouldnt be too hard to fix. But I think Im going to take $1000 of my profit sharing this check and build my own computer. Much better for playing my games on.

TONKA - Thanks.  Yes, break out those LVT's along with your 120mm fig

Work has a way of getting in the way with the important things...modeling

BEN - Good luck building your computer.  Good news your old computer is not a complete loss.

LVT-4 update.

Added the cleats, two fore and two aft.  Put on all the grab handles.  There were two extra and there were suppose to be 4 more on the forward top section of the cargo bay, so I added the two extras and took two more handles out of the LVT (A) 1 kit and added them.  The handles were extra in the LVT (A) 1 kit so it worked out good.  Made the domes, they are only sitting in place and are still removable for painting.  Looking at the pictures, looks like a little more work is needed on the starboard one so that it will match the port.

Bow

Aft

Nice details Rob . The domes came out looking pretty good imo .

Deat,,  the LVT is looking great,,  I like the shield idea,,,,,  

Tonka,,  cool figure,,,  comes with the monkey and the tree stump, right?  You plan on doing a full scene with it?

WW2,,,   Yeah,, a good power supply is not all that pricey.   I've always wanted to build a home PC,,,    let me know how that goes.   What kind of games do you like?

Rob,,  holy crapoly,,,, you have been busy - - lid, headlights, guards, handles, brackets, and the domes...  they look awesome!        Wonderful work pal

BaBill212

WW2,,,   Yeah,, a good power supply is not all that pricey.   I've always wanted to build a home PC,,,    let me know how that goes.   What kind of games do you like?

I dont play too many right now because my parents computer cant handle them.  Right now I mostly play World Of Tanks. I have Aces High downloaded to fly around offline though. Id probably get Battle Field 3 if I do build my own.

I've thought about checking World of Tanks out,,  heard it was pretty good,,  but haven't had time to give it a go.....

You building your own, and being into gaming, I would bet you're going to juice it up....   this Asus I am currently running is pretty hot,,,   tons or ram,  beefed up add-on power supply and a replacement kick azz graphics card,,,  it can handle any game out there.

Good luck with the new unit..........

But I digress,,,,,,      back to work on the jeep and figs...................

I finished the turret . Added some of this and that . .

Carl,,,   you added a LOT of this, that    and the other.....    it looks great!

Carl- They look great!  Upgrade set or all scratch built? 

Glad you likey guys

Scratch Andy .

Scratch,,      =            

BaBill212

Scratch,,      =            

Only one?  No way!    And one for the road...   Scratch building is something I am haven't mastered at but you guys have made me to do more of scratch building since my fourth build Marder II.  `

Thanks to the research on the internet i do more scratch building now than i used to . I'd probably use a p.e. set but i cant figure out which one to get . There's a lot of motivation from fellow builders here also .

Rob, your LVT looks amazing, can you post a little "how to" on your Iwo sand when you get the chance?

Carl, digging the progress on your M4, interested to see how it turns out, keep up the good work!

On vacation right now, but I'll get hot on my 4th Tank Bn Iwo Sherman when I get home.  Keep up the good work, fellas!

Semper,  Ski

Thanks ski

So is everyone ok with white numbers? If so Im going to get a sheet of decals from ebay. its the only thing really holding me up right now.

I say go with the white letters / numbers .

Nice looking pieces! The Sherman turret is great! 

I got started on my 120MM fig. It has some nice detail, but the cleanup was like 1st day of qual week!...in the rain!

I don't plan on a scene with it, the base is pretty detailed and it tells a story by itself..I'll have to add a M1 Carbine,, it didnt come with a long gun and I'm thinking this guys is LT Schmuckatilly,,so he needs a carbine!

Anyway he is cleaned up and pieces are primed,, didn't attach his right arm yet,, way it is mounted will interfere with painting the face,,so I see a challenge here with skin tones being consisitent,,but I'll give it a shot... trying to decide on oils or acrylics for the skin,, I normally use oils as they blend so much nicer,,but may try the glazing technique,,,time will tell..

Anyway here is the WIP pics...

Semper Gumby all!!   That's always flexible guys!!

Tonka , glad you like the turret .  Lt  S c h m u c k  must have been out in the jungle for a long time . Even has a pet guide monkey now .

CARL - Beautiful turret details  That extra scratch work really dresses things up and it looks great.  Agree with you about trying to figure which PE to get for a kit???!!

I'm pretty happy with the domes myself.  Using the boiling water did not work.  Instead I cut over sized squares of the clear plastic, heated until soft and flexible over a candle then had an end of a paintbrush in a vise and used that to pull the soft plastic sheet over the end of the paint brush.  After making the shape, cut the end off with a #11 blade then carefully sanded the bottom flat and even.  Took a few hours per dome.

Love the Semper Gumby....could have made a good badge

BILL - Thanks buddy.

SKI - Good to hear from you.  Will put something together about the Iwo sand for you.  Will post it up soon.  There really was not much to it.  The main ingredient was some ground material made by Arizona Rock & Mineral Co., All Scales Scenery.  #1030 ASPHALT.

Look forward to more on your Sherman

BEN - Believe the white would be fine  If you want to wait I MAY be able to send some yellow numbers to you?  Not sure how long you will have to wait or if they will be the right size for you?  I ordered a large sheet of several different sizes of numbers and letters in yellow.  Been waiting over 2 weeks for them to arrive and still have no idea when they will get here?

TONKA - The fig has some nice clean detail  Nice job with putting him together, no seams or imperfections at all.  Had to go back to your original post pic's to see the individual parts.  You smoothed him out so well he looks like it was a one piece mold

interesting you say you like oils to do your figures.  Lately I've heard many figure painters say they like acrylic.  Really looking forward to how you paint him.

OK guys, this may be a premature update but thought would show what I have been up to.  Still much work to do on these pieces though.

Was looking over the armament for the LVT.  It has two .50 cal and two .30 cals.  The kit supplied ones I thought needed some help.  This is what the kit supplied looked like.

Not happy with this started to try to improve the .50cals.  Used a .50 gun from another dragon kit, thinned down the kit gun pintel (you can see the thinned one on the left and the original piece on the right, in the pic below), and then scratch made an earlier style ammo box.

After doing this I decided to go all out and I ordered some metal barrels and PE update set for the receivers.  Will have to wait for that to get here before completing.  Here is how the modifications I have done look when dry fitted.

Have also been working on some belted ammo so that there would be ammo from the box to the gun.  Plan on having one gun with the feed cover open and the ammo box empty as if it had run out of ammo.  Will have to see how it comes out.

The .30 cals were in poor shape also, they were just to stiff looking and had the wrong mount and no ammo tray.  Went digging through the parts box and come up with these.

Much better I think and has the correct mount.  Have also ordered some metal replacement barrels for these also.  The ammo cans on these were originally molded solid with a lid on top.  It took me about 3 hours per can to drill and carefully carve out and open the cans up.  Also am working on belted ammo to load into these cans and into the guns.  The bottom gun in the picture was the original kit gun, it will not be used.

Have the other .50 cal to work on and then will be waiting for the arrival of the MG parts to be able to finish.

Have also started working on other small details to add.  Here is the fire extinguisher.

PANZERWAFFE

BEN - Believe the white would be fine  If you want to wait I MAY be able to send some yellow numbers to you?  Not sure how long you will have to wait or if they will be the right size for you?  I ordered a large sheet of several different sizes of numbers and letters in yellow.  Been waiting over 2 weeks for them to arrive and still have no idea when they will get here?

That would be cool, yellow numbers would look good. Theres a decal sheet on ebay ive had saved in my watch list for awhile, different sizes for different scales.

PANZERWAFFE,  the LVT is looking good.  I have been on the edge about buying replacement weapons for my 1/35 kits, looking forward to see how your finished .50’s look.  If needed, I can snap a couple pictures of some "Ma Deuces" for weather/wear referencing.

I have made limited progress on my LVT4 and LVT(A)4 as I have been devoting time to my unOFFICIAL Veteran’s GB AAVP7A1.  Word of caution – do not waste your money on the MiniHobbyModels kit.  I don’t think there is a joint or part that has not needed plastic and putty.  I am building it as my tractor back in ’97-’99 while at the Amphibious Vehicle Test Branch.

Beautiful detailing Rob . Should look great with the metal barrels . I see a diff in the 2 .50's . The receivers look different and one has the carrying handle and the barrel looks like it has a flash supressor . Were they both from the same kit ?The fire extinguisher is nicely done , looks like a resin part ?

Great work guys! T

Rob -The guns are looking great ! Nice detail on the extinguisher also.

 I have a bunch of older brass 30s amd M2s picked up years ago when stationed in Austin (yes Marines were there, I & I duty) ,,Kings Hobby had a closeout and got them cheap,, they are over 20 yrs old and still look way better than any kit guns. Saving them for the right project,,maybe an LVT is it!

Shellback --Cool Pic of Semper Gumby!  That was our motto in one of my Battalions 'back in the day' !

WW2 Psycho - If you need yellow lettering Marine lettering,, look in Model Railroad section of hobby store. They have many dry transfers from woodland scenics in yellow and some very very close to font used.

Deatillo -Good luck on the P7 for the Vets build... I started in P5s then P7s,,actually wrote the manual,,seriously, on USMC mech warfare tactics when I was Infantry rep at 29 Palms in early 80s/late 70s.... YAT YAS 

Guys- Great process everybody!  I have been so busy working on my Huey... build is 99% completed so it will be primed and painted soon...

AgentG- Outstanding work!  Nice camo yet not too radical.  Dig the extra tracks!!!

Guys again- Thought you might like to see this... Master Box is going to release this.  I haven't tried one of those MB kits.

FSM acting up again.  It would not allow me to edit my last post since the picture didn't appear.

Here it is again...

Tonka ............ " I started in P5s then P7s,,actually wrote the manual,,seriously, on USMC mech warfare tactics when I was Infantry rep at 29 Palms in early 80s/late 70s.... YAT YAS "

Thats great

Here's a goofy laugh  ......................

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=GgnLv3cEfSA&feature=endscreen

G, good looking build , i should go to Armorama and check it out .

Andy , those figures look good , well , at least the pic does .