Wayne: Base looks good too, and I've started doing small bases- I agree it's better than letting people handle the model itself.

Jack: Wow that is some rough resin casting. I've had resin parts warped but never anything that poorly done but you seem to have things under control.

Looking very nice, Wayne!

continuing, i used model clay to create a surface. it isn't as sloppy as liquidtex. next is painting it with some cheap artist acrylic that is a dirt looking color. if the groundwould be snow i would paint white, gravel and rr tracks gray. this keeps pink clay from showing through the grass. put it under a 100w buld to dry and i think some of the gray clay sttarted "melting".

ously it doesn't have to be a great paint job, just cover everuthing. next i added some grass and ground texture. threw in sonme rocks and, voila, i don't like it. going to work on it today as i have some ideas to salvage it. if not i will scrape off everything and start anew.

Bah!! I finally got the chance to take pics of my P-47 Thunderbolt build progress of the cockpit and various parts weathered with MM Black Detail Wash. Darn media card won't load directly to my CPU slot. So i went to my standby - the media card flash thingy. Come to find out the dang thing's too wide for me to fully fit into the CPU media card slot. Now I gotta find one with a slimmer neck.

Wayne, nice base....When I seen the wood blocks I was wondering on how you were going to finish it. Really nice.

BS214: Looking forward to the photos when you get a chance to post them.

Jibber: Looks good, nice work!

Wayne: Looks great! Amazing how even a simple small dio makes a great model even better!

Hmm...I'm not getting email notices from this (or any other) thread anymore. 

jibber, nice start on the Marder, that's looking good.

wayne, that's an awesome looking build and I love the base. Thanks for bringing this to the GB.

fun little build and i'm glad i worked through the bad parrt of the base instead of starting over. while building other big stuff, pulled out and italeri 37mm FLAK 43 for multiple GBs.

No posts in here since the 24th?  Where is everyone?

Hopefully building. I have been trying to spend more time at the bench which means less on line.

Well, I'm close to the finish line... hope to finish the Churchill this weekend.

Looking forward to having it on the front page.

Working on this Marder means theres a lot of small pieces and its time consuming getting alignment and fit correct. I think next week I should be close. I'm getting up a few more pics.  

Waiting on paint I ordered for my T'Bolt. Then it's off to finish the race. :))

Hey, sorry I've been absent for awhile. Due to an unfortunate problem I am able to work on some models now. I broke a bone in my foot playing football on my birthday Sunday. I'm out for work for at least another 5 weeks. I will try to get some work done on the models I am doing for this GB. Due to my limited mobility with crutches and a cast on my foot for now I'm not doing too much moving around so I may not get many pictures of the work being done.

Sorry to hear about the foot. But you have to look on the plus side, more bench time. Look forward to seeing your builds when your able.

Ouch, I hope you're feeling better soon. As Bish said if you're stuck not able to get around you might as well build something!

That sucks, psycho.  I've been off work myself since late April.  It is conducive to being able to build more.

Who is THAT handsome young man?  

Best President since TR...

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Best President since TR...

Well, I would have said since Ike but I can't really disagree otherwise