The Official 1943 70th Anniversary Group Build

Tony, that is a real beauty. Great paint scheme.

I am not keen on crossovers either. I have done a couple, but to me it feels like I am cheating, 2 badges for the price of one, so I am determined not to do any more.

I know what you mean, a lot of GB's going on at the moment. But I do think its calming down a bit. Maybe if we wait till the end of Nov, and if he isn't back, do a feeler thread on his behalf, at least then we can get a feel if theres enough interest.

My problem is I'm in too many GBs now, and I don't do crossovers cause I think it dulls the excitement for me, so I'm not sure if I could partake. If I did, it wouldn't be til the later half of the build(assuming it goes a full year), and if other people couldn't participate til the later half also, it would make for a slow start. I'd say wait and see If Bud can come back the first part of Jan...

Sub did say earlier this year he was planning on doing it, but he also said he might be away for a bit at the end of the year.

Is anyone in touch with him. Failing that maybe we could do a feeler in lieu of his return.

I'd like to see it continue on, someone would have to take over for Bud. But I think a feeler needs to go out first, as participation is hard to gauge with all the new gb's out there or starting up Jan. 1st.

I'm not sure if this is where I should put this or not, but It seems the most logical place for it.

I was just thinking about what I'm going to do for my 1944 GB. then I thoiught Is there going to be a 1944 GB?

At  the present time, I am unable to host another GB. So, If anyone wants to host it, they should be thinking about it, 1944 oops I mean 2014 is coming up real soon. Even though, I am unable to host, I will however help out when ever and where ever I can.

taxtp - good looking build there, and excellent job with those camou lines.  It's a bit surprising these types of vehicles were still soldiering on at this point.

regards,

Jack

Love the Scharnhorst. I built that kit in the 80s, it's nowhere near as good as yours.

Strangely, I don't think I've ever managed to build a P-39. Keep it going Clemens, I getting into your build.

I finished my Sd Kfz 232, as it fought in the Battle of Kursk in 1943. I hope you like it.

Cheers

Tony

Hey  SchattenSpartan, can you take a picture of the bottom of the plane? Under the nose where the wings attach to the fusalge, I have that kit and I think it had a molding problem.

Eric, that Scharnhorst looks great, and I like your confidence regarding rails and rigging on these small scale ships.

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The P-39 is looking good too.  Maybe a gradual build up of future would help the canopy issue?  You can always sand it flush afterwards, and bring back the clear look.

Hers' a comparison between Eduard and Hasegawa:

http://www.cybermodeler.com/special/airacobra.shtml

regards,

Jack

I have some flex-i-file sanding sticks (the thin ones), so I'll try to use those...

Thanks for the pics Clemens. Not sure if filler would work so well. It would take a fair amount to cover the step, but also to blend everything into the fuselage again. You'd have to sand the step down some being careful to not scratch the clear parts. I think those skinny sanding sponge sticks would work ok for this. Maybe with a thicker primer coat it might not even look as bad. You could just leave it alone.

The Hasegawa kit is diff. from the Eduard kit. Seperate tooling and everything. I haven't built either kit before, but Hasegawa seems to be my preference in most things. Online reviews don't seem to shed much light on which kit is superior. So I guess its left up to the builder who's built both of them...?

Nathan: Here are some pics of the canopy. The step goes all the way around and is kinda big in some areas:

The spinner is really nice indeed with a chioce of 4 gun barrels: 3 37mm barrels (one with a barrel shroud, one with a cover for the gap between the barrel and the spinner and one is just the plain barrel) as well as a Hispano barrel for Cobras armed wih a 20mm gun.

It also eliminates the problem I had with the kit-supplied spinner: That one was a bit too small, while the resin spinner seems to have the correct diameter to fit the nose.

I think the Hasegawa kit uses the same molds, but I'm not sure on that one...

Eric, your Scharnhorst looks outstanding! That camo scheme really looks killer!

Clemens, your P-39 is coming along quite nicely. I look forward to seeing what you will do to the OD for the war worn look on it.

Nice Airacobra Clemens! I like that resin prop and spinner. I gotta build me a P-39 soon, but will go with the Hasegawa kit. Not sure on the canopy, can you post a pic? What I have done is take some Mr. Surfacer 1000 and apply it with a toothpick around the canopy, then let it dry an hour, and take a q-tip dipped in Mr. color thinner and blend in the surfacer with the canopy and fuselage.

Thanks, mate!

The fit of the canopy was horrible. There is a step all the way around where it attaches to the fuselage. Should I try to even it out? If yes, any tips on how to do so?

Eric, she is looking really nice.

SS, looking good there. I haven't read through that OD article yet, but it looks interesting. I will certainly be having a proper read of that.

I finally got my prop yesterday:

Everything looks nice and the molding is really crisp!

My Cobra is ready for some primer, but I will wait untill I get my December issue of Finescale. There is a tutorial in it on how to achieve a well weathered OD finish and I want to have a look at that article first before spraying some paint on her.

Here's how she looks right now:

I will finish this Cobra, but I won't have the time for the secon one...

Cheers, Clemens

She looks fantastic, Eric! Outstanding work!

Tamiya 1/700 Scharnhorst is all done. Except for weathering, railing and rigging - minor details when building a ship. Should be done before December.

Eric

Ouch, don't need that WW2.

I put the Me 109 to one side for a couple of weeks. But I have the undersides painted and getting the top camo done this weekend. So should have some pics in a couple of days.

Well my tiger took a dive off the table last week so I've been repairing it, shouldn't take all but tonight to be back where I was plus a little bit. Need to do some touch up airburshing, finish the tracks then decals.

All the best Sub.

Come back soon Sub!

Yes, Sub, very good to see you here, even if only briefly. I hope that things settle down for you quickly and that life smooths out to give you no more troubles or hassles at home.

Good to hear from you sub. Hope you are able to get things sorted soon.

I want to apologize, as I have greatly neglected this thread, and the website in particular. It started with computer problems, and now I am having very serious problems at home. As soon as I can get my computer working, I will update the front page for this group, and other than that, I am officially taking a hiatus from the forums. I will be back someday when I get everything sorted back out and some sense of normalcy again at home. Thank you all for understanding, and enjoy the rest of the group build!

-budd

Thanks for the tip WW2psycho, I have a few more of those Tamiya Tigers in my future, especially the new one.

I laid some camo down on my 8 Rad. I've since decided that the real vehicle had a heavier, thicker green pattern, so I've reloaded the airbrush and beefed it up, but haven't got around to photograph it. I never anticipated that I'd be able to airbrush lines that are too thin :) Here it is with the thin pattern, anyway.

Cheers

Tony

Well working with the tracks today, I decided to just paint them a plain metallic grey. I might airbrush some browns on to try things but I just want to get things moving. Maybe for the D-Day GB I can try some weather of tracks. Also to anyone every planning on building a Tamiya 1:48 TIger, I used the sprue tree as a guide to make the tracks as the instructions said to, but the shape for the sag didn't turn out right. I have a small way of fixing it somewhat, and most people that see it wont notice. We'll see if you you guys do when I get pictures up.

I've painted my 1/48 Sd Kfz 232 using the Vallejo Air set for Dunkelgelb. First time I'ev used Vallejo Air, and didn't mind it. The pencil lines that you can see are guides for the camo pattern.

Cheers

Tony