Semper Fi War in the Pacific

Long day Bill ....... nothing done on the model today though .

Affirmative on the allignment Carl,, thanks

And enjoy the time with your family....   that's the best!        And, agreed - - lots of fur and poop.

Bill and Rob thanks you guys ! Glad to read your comments . This is my first attempt at this much scratch detail on an engine .

Bill the getting things aligned is the biggest part of building this model . I still see things that arent straight with each other but i'm not going back to fix them now .

Rob  i've never built Hobby Boss either but i looked up a review on the net and the Pershing looks good . I've been checking by the way . I couldnt find those MM figure paints at Sprue Bros. I'm thinking of looking at Valejo paints .

Well guys my youngest son and his daughter will be here thru the holidays and my oldest son will be here for Christmas sothis'll be a good Christmas . I'll be sneaking away and working on the jeep so i'll be checking in on the g.b. at least daily . When my youngest son leaves he'll be leaving his border collie and cat with us until Feb. of 2013 , 3 dogs and a cat . Thats a lot of fur and poop to clean up !

ANDY - Glad you are having good time on vacation.  Nice snag on that M4A3.

STIK - That looks Great   Love that early gray color.  Now I want to really get started on mine.

WW2PSYCHO - Why don't ya go ahead and start?  Give Carl some building company

CARL - The jeep is looking GREAT   Really nice work  

I have never built a Hobby Boss kit.  Keep checking with Sprue Bros. because they may restock before the sale is over.

From what I understand, England, Christmas is more getting together with family / friends.  Now Boxing Day is more like what were use too, gifts, parties, etc..

Damn Carl,,,  that is awesome,,,,    excellent !!

Engine installed .

Carl,, Rob,,    not really thinking about AM for the engine / kit          my plan is to echo Carl's engine efforts (echo sounds much better than copy or steal......)

Andy,,,  those blue shoes look great on you!         Oh wait,, you are on the other side of the pic...    Glad you had fun!        (how was dueling dragons?)

deafpanzer

Carl- Great work on the engine!   Wish my car engine looked like that...

Rob- Nice gift from your daugther!  Enjoy your freedom...

Guys- Universal Stuido has been GREAT!  We were able to get on most rides and saw all of shows except for kids shows.  They provided sign language interpreters.  I am so beat after spending few days at the park so I will be chilling out for the rest of the trip.

Yep, Bart Simpson told me to get that Dragon M4A3 Sherman PTO kit.   Had to get it  for only $24 after seeing the email promotion from Sprue Brothers. 

 

 

Andy , i didnt see that M4A3 PTO ..............darn , i'll look again . Hey man your in Florida for a vacation right ? Not to be on the internet ordering models !

Is that the blue haired gal from Utah ?

So your home for Christmas ?

PANZERWAFFE

STIK - Sounds as if you had some experience with that LVT (A) 1.  I look forward to building it.

BILL - Do you plan AM possibilities for your engine / jeep or scratch built?

CARL - Alone Yes.  The girls went to check and help out family.  They have not been doing well, not horrible just not good.  Going to try to take advantage of this time and wrap other projects up and get into this one.  My Sprue Bros. order should be here tomorrow   What are you ordering?

Rob i was waiting for the Hobby Boss Super Pershing w/extra armor on the front mantlet , #82436 . looks like Sprue Bros . is out of stock on the M4A2 PTO also . No problem , i like to fret about my orders anyway ................

Wounder how they celebrate Christmas in England ? Must be a lot less glitzy than we do it here in the colonies .

Ah! I want to start on mine, I need to do something different than aircraft, it kind of gets boring doing the same subject all the time.

Yes I built one about 2-3 years back... A very simple enjoyable build! I love Amtracks Did it up as an early model seen during the Marshall Islands Campaign- painted Polly Scale 5-O Ocean Gray

Carl- Great work on the engine!   Wish my car engine looked like that...

Rob- Nice gift from your daugther!  Enjoy your freedom...

Guys- Universal Stuido has been GREAT!  We were able to get on most rides and saw all of shows except for kids shows.  They provided sign language interpreters.  I am so beat after spending few days at the park so I will be chilling out for the rest of the trip.

Yep, Bart Simpson told me to get that Dragon M4A3 Sherman PTO kit.   Had to get it  for only $24 after seeing the email promotion from Sprue Brothers. 

STIK - Sounds as if you had some experience with that LVT (A) 1.  I look forward to building it.

BILL - Do you plan AM possibilities for your engine / jeep or scratch built?

CARL - Alone Yes.  The girls went to check and help out family.  They have not been doing well, not horrible just not good.  Going to try to take advantage of this time and wrap other projects up and get into this one.  My Sprue Bros. order should be here tomorrow   What are you ordering?

Rob and Bill thanks for the feed back guys

Bill , i never looked to see if there is a A.M. upgrade for this kit . a A.M. upgrade for this old kit with a resin engine and some P.e. would be great . Course , the price might be rediculouse , which would keep me from getting it .

Rob , sweet that kit your daughter got you . Wow ! Who'd of thunk it , how did she know ? Your going to be alone ? well except for your guard dog . You should have plenty of time to work on models then . Did you get your Sprue Bros . order yet ? I still havent ordered , one of the kits i want is out of stock .

Carl,,   very nice. I am toying with doing an engine for my Jeep as well. You certainly have set the bar high pal.     Great job.

Rob,,   nice kit.....   tons of possibilities.      Just you and the guard dog?     Are you in a security zone?

Thats a great kit PW You'll enjoy that build

G - Nice kits!

CARL - Very NICE engine.  The colors are right on

We here had an early Christmas, last night.  Just got back from the airport from dropping off the girls   Going to be me and the guard dog to hold down the fort for a while.

My daughter got me this for Christmas

Thanks G

Dirty little four banger L 134 engine . About to be slid into the engine compartment .

We're here to spread the joy "G" .

Thats the kit Rob .............i looked today and saw it was $23.99 . I thought "what the heck the price went up already ?" Then i looked at the price i had written down yesterday ..................$23.99 . sorry bout that .................... 

Rob         hats off to your wife for taking that much interest,,,  a good woman indeed.    

Sounds good with lightening the color of engine.

Ensure we are talking of the same kit.  Just ordered kit # 6462, MARINES Sherman M4A2(W), Pacific Theater of Operation.  It had it listed for $23.99 for me, still real good price.  Yes was reading and looking at this one for about a month.  All the extras on it should make a really cool vehicle.

My wife does not look on here much but she does enjoy it once in awhile.  No need to clean up anything.  Think thats half the fun for her to see the crap everyone comes up with

Thanks Rob

Carl,,,,     we've had this discussion about fretting,               now,   I agree with Rob ,,,  NO frets.....   grab that baby and no frets...............

Rob , i think i'll paint the engine a lighter shade of that color so the weathering shows up better . Mix some white with or light gray with that color .

Did you look at the discription of the M4A2 kit ? It looks like a nice kit .

You said your wife looks at these post ?????? I think thats great but i better clean up my verbage .................

Now about ordering  that kit ..............fret fret fret ..........

STIK - The invitation will be there for you.  I do understand, all ready having commitments (thats the only reason for not joining your Veteran's GB ) but am just happy that you have contributed here with your great info and enjoy having you here, Thanks

BILL - SWEET buys

CARL - First things first.  That is some FINE work on the engine   Hard to believe and huge improvement over the kit supplied piece!  Think the color looks good but depending on what colors used for weathering, may darken things more?  If the right colors are used though it may show off more of the detail.

OK second........was reading through and wife was looking with me (she likes to look at all of the builds from time to time) and we came across........M4A2 PTO for $19.99!!!!  That was on my Christmas list so wife went in and bought it for me (even though I told her no).  Also got the Dragon Bison II #6440 on sale.  She said she was unable to find them until now so have to tell you thanks for helping with my list  Such a bad influence.

Have to finish up my Bren Carrier so that I can fully get in and ready for this build.  The first is coming fast.

NO FRETTING....When was the last time you bought yourself a new kit?  I say get it, can't beat the price.

Bill . cool . those were some good buys . I'm still looking at Sprue Bros. and thinking ...............fretting ?

Figured i should post a pic of the jeep L134 engine . I'm not sure on the color , might to dark to show detail . But i plan on weathering the heck out of it like it looks in one of those video's on youtube so maybe it wont matter .

Carl,, SUPER,,,,,, thanks again!

Dragon recently had a sale too,,  I picked up a Bronco 1937 Saloon Coach (cool looking two-door town car) and a Dragon 250/1 NEU halftrack       $19.99 each.....     couldn't pass up the sale

I say, go for the M4A2             $19.99,,,,    can't beat that

Sprue bros . has a DML 1/35th M4A2 PTO for $19.99.................................very tempting .

Stik and Rob , That was my second attempt at making the weapon holder .

Rob, didnt know you were into the reinactment , cool . Looks like some really nice WW II vehicles in the background . Good looking jeeps . Thanks for the offer on the referrence pics . I'm ok so far since i found a couple a couple of good references on youtube .

Bill , Here's a couple of really good referrence video's for the jeep on youtube . Their walk around under the hood , interior and exterior .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=vYLQ5B8LmRw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVwK0I7sULQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRAXTxxypaE&feature=related