Weekend Madness 2012

Really nice Tony!  Beautifully painted and weathered!   I couldn't do that in a month, let alone a week! . Hope to see your next weekend build, if you can join in.

BTW when is our next "main" weekend for the GB?  Any thoughts Kugai?  I can do any weekend except this weekend (I'm out of town) and the weekend before Xmas.  I'm trying to decide what the next build will be.....

Tony: your George is outstanding!

Looks like I need to try this Weekend Madness a second time.....despite not completing last weekends Puma.

Here's this weekend's subject.....[drum roll].....

 Box art, obviously

 Sprue A

Sprue  E

Construction will commence once I get to Hobbyland for the usual friday evening get together.

Tony, that's a great looking george!  What colors did you use?  I really like the paint chips!

Hi Scorpr2,

The upper surface is Tamiya acrylic XF-11 J.N. Green with a panel line wash of Raw Umber and Lamp Black oil paint thinned heavily with Humbrol enamel thinners. The lower surface is XF-12 J.N Grey, with the same panel line wash, but thinned even more heavily so as not to be too stark against the paler grey. The chips are done with a Metallic Silver Prismacolor pencil, which is a really easy way to go.

I did start to do some panel shading with a ground up chalk pastel, but this time I just didnt like the look so I washed it off. Maybe it wasn't quite the right colour.

Ernest and Greg - thanks for the comments. Good luck this weekend, I'll be watching you all the way. I'm not quite ready to reload yet, and next weekend is already busy, so I'm thinking the one after that. Gives me a chance to finsh off some of these pesky unfinished builds beforehand too. For some reason, this speed building really appeals to me, maybe it pleases my short attention span :)

Cheers

Tony

bufflehead

BTW when is our next "main" weekend for the GB?  Any thoughts Kugai?  I can do any weekend except this weekend (I'm out of town) and the weekend before Xmas.  I'm trying to decide what the next build will be.....

I've been waiting for a little more feedback on when people are expecting to have a weekend available to avoid seeming "bossy" or some such, but I'll go ahead and make a suggestion and you guys let me know if it looks good.

How many think they'd be good for December 14-16?

I've managed to complete the trailer...ermmm, I mean the Sd.Ah.52.

I even closed off the opening under each fender box, with Evergreen strip (.015x.125)

Looking good Greg!  I'm eager to see it complete!

Kugai, turns out I didn't actually finish the M5A1 Stuart within 48 hrs!   As I was cleaning everything up I found the decal sheet for the kit...it got lost in the frenzy to finish!  Turns out I only put one decal on to see how it looked and never got around to the rest!  OOPS!   So I definitely need to do another build to see if I can really complete one in time. 

The weekend of 12/15-12/16 works great for me as it will give me time to prepare better for the weekend.  Also I don't know if I have anything in the stash that might work for the weekend.... I might need to buy a small, simple kit.  I'll let you know what I decide. 

That's good Greg.

As it turns out, I think the Christmas period will make my December weekends busy, so any weekend is just as good as another. Let's do 14-16 Dec.

I'm thinking about the new Airfix 1/72 P-40B at this stage, but I'll confirm later.

Cheers

Tony

bufflehead

Kugai, turns out I didn't actually finish the M5A1 Stuart within 48 hrs!   As I was cleaning everything up I found the decal sheet for the kit...it got lost in the frenzy to finish!  Turns out I only put one decal on to see how it looked and never got around to the rest!  OOPS!   So I definitely need to do another build to see if I can really complete one in time. 

The shading and details you had on there were impressive enough that I didn't even notice the lack of markings!  If I had, I guess I'd have figured it was something that had just been "delivered" and wan't given markings yet.

But, hey, far be it from me to discourage a second pass!

So we're up to 3 so far for that weekend.  I'm going to have to come up with a ready-to-go backup if the Saab I have in mind doesn't arrive at the LHS in time.

Bad news for me, truck day got pushed back to the 20th so it's gonna be a stretch to get the basics unpacked by year end. Worse comes to worst there's always 2014. I'd do something now but my kits are in a big oven box buried under a heap of other smaller boxes along with my tools and solvents that are spread between 2 big rubbermaid tubs and ??? smaller boxes.

Mike, sorry to hear about your moving woes.   Hopefully some time will become available by the end of the year for you to build something. 

Well, since I had some free time I decided to complete the markings for the Tamiya M5A1 Stuart.  Total time is well into 60 hrs as I decided to give it a gloss coat first, then followed with a coat of Vallejo Matte Varnish.  The matte coat killed the dark wash so I hit it again with the Flory wash.  Here it is:

Well, now that the Stuart is finally done I think I've decided what my next attempt will be for the weekend of 12/15:  Dragon's older 1:35 BMP-1, a 60's era Soviet infantry fighting vehicle. 

The kit seems relatively simple and the parts count is on the low side.  However it does have indy track links so I hope assembling them doesn't slow the build down too much.  I'll mull it over a bit more, so there's a chance I'll change my mind and do something different, but for now the BMP-1 is my choice.

Indy track links ? Thats a gutsy move Ernest.

I'm going for he 1/350 AFV Club Gato Class Sub from '42.. No canopy msking on that baby :)

Cheers

Tony

Ernest: Great looking Stuart!   Did you use MV lenses for the headlights?  Good luck getting that BMP done in a weekend.

My next Weekend Madness project is going to be something more simple....like Dragon's kleiner Floßsack, Tamiya Sd.kfz.223 or Kübel.

Tony - Yeah, I was hoping for vinyl tracks since there's no sag to worry about on the BMP-1, but alas it came with indies!!  Nice choice on the Gato sub, looking forward to seeing it built!

Greg - Yes, those are MV Lenses, # L116.  I have a few of them for some Shermans I was planning on building, but since they were just sitting around I figured it was easy enough to hollow out the headlights and pop those in!  and what the heck is a kleiner Floßsack?

Hmmmmm....seems maybe the indy links on the BMP-1 may be more than I'm bargaining for!  I have a few more smaller kits in the stash, like a Tamiya Japanese Type 95 light tank with even fewer parts and nice, simple vinyl tracks, but the camo paint job needed for it is a game killer!!  I figure the time gained with the easy build won't compensate for that camo!   I'll keep checking and if anything looks appealing for the 48 hr build I'll make the switch!

bufflehead

Greg - Yes, those are MV Lenses, # L116 .....and what the heck is a kleiner Floßsack

Ernest: yeah, I have quite a few of L116, seems to fit all US headlights.  The kleiner Floßsack is a small inflatable raft

Hey guys!  Having fun without me eh!!!  Haha!

Thank you Kugai for picking up the slack in my absence.  My work schedule over October/November sucked the life right out of me and I had no energy/desire to pick this up again.  I work as a landscaper and normally our season wraps up in mid-November (which is why I used to hold it at this time) but the weather is so nice this year that we are still going.  Should wrap up at the end of this week though so if it is alright with you guys I'd like to jump in on your second weekend on the 14-16.  Put me down for a 1/72 Dragon Sherman firefly V.

Love the badge by the way!  

Hey!! Look who's arrived!  Welcome back Dave!  We wondered what had happened to you as some of us were expecting to see you fire up the GB back in October.  Sorry to hear that your bench time took a hit due to your workload, but at least you're here and with a nice Dragon Sherman to boot!  Can't wait to start the madness again in a couple of weeks!  

Very glad to see you on board Dave.  I remember well the previous madness.

Cheers

Tony

Good to see you, razordws!

One week to go for round 2.  I'll probably be building something along the lines of 1 or 2 mini-kits, like the Nichimo 1:200 scale Macross kits or the little "Star Blazers" box-scale ships.

Thanks guys, I'm really looking forward to this!

Hey guys, I think I am going to go ahead and get started on this tomorrow morning.  I have some time off work right now and I want to avoid conflicts with the family on the weekend.

Go for it Dave.

BTW, my home PC has failed. I'm not sure if it will impact my ability to post pictures this weekend. I might use my work laptop so that I can keep going.

Cheers

Tony

No problem on the early start.  I left the flexibility that whatever individual "weekend" work allows for each of us is okay.

Sorry to hear about the PC, Tony.  Hope you can get it up and running.

Still haven't made it to the LHS to see if the kit I ordered arrived or if I'll be able to use it for a crossover build, so my contribution this weekend is still TBD.

All right Dave!  Looks like we'll get to see your's first with the early start!  Good luck buddy!

Kugai, I'm changing my 2nd entry.  Turns out the indy links on the BMP-1 have pin marks and the periscopes on the hull need major work...way too much work for a weekend frenzy project!  So I dug around in the stash and decided instead on another Tamiya classic!

1/35 M41 Walker Bulldog!  Low parts count, simple construction and vinyl tracks!  The only downside are the motorization holes in the lower hull....

I've got a couple of AM parts that might help out....an aluminum barrel from Barrel Depot and some AFV Club vinyl tracks.  Don't know if either will fit this kit, but it shouldn't take long to figure that out when building! 

Plus I have some generic dry transfers and spray templates I can use to eliminate the gloss coat application that slows down the build! 

YEAH!  Lets git er done!

Okay here's my obligatory start up photo.  Got pretty much a free day ahead of me today so I should be able to make some good progress.

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Looks like they've changed things up a bit.  Lets try that photo again.

Oooh!  Looks good Dave!  I love those Dragon 1/72 Armor Pro kits!  I've got a few of those myself.... hmmmmm........

Thanks Ernest.  Looking forward to your Bulldog as well.

I have gotten a good head start.  The lower hull assembly is ready for paint minus the running gear.  Looks like that will have to be painted before assembly.  I also have the top hull about half done.  My goal is to get all the major sub assemblies together and ready for paint today.  If I'm really lucky I might even get to the paint too.  Pictures once the assembly is done.

Good progress Dave.

razordws

I have gotten a good head start.