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  • From: Denver, Colorado
Posted by waynec on Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:55 AM

hey bish

where do you want to put the JGPZ-IV as we discussed?

Никто не Забыт    (No one is Forgotten)
Ничто не Забыто  (Nothing is Forgotten)

 

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:12 AM

You can either post it here, but then it might get lost in the thread. Or if you want to put it in a PM, I can then put it in the first post.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by pyrman64 on Thursday, June 6, 2013 6:16 PM

Well, I worked on the Kanonenwagen this morning.  This is what I completed in an hour.

the undercarriage

and the interior floor

 

More to follow after dinner Eats

Greg H

"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell." Gen. Wm T. Sherman (11 April 1880, Columbus, Ohio)

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Posted by shivinigh on Thursday, June 6, 2013 6:45 PM

wow everyone has hit the beach runningBig Smile

just a post to show the sprues from my kit and the decals

waiting for a cockpit set to come in before I start any building.

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by greentracker98 on Thursday, June 6, 2013 6:59 PM

I started on the cockpit last night. I have most of it painted, now i just have to put it together. Pics of assembled cockpit will be  posted tonight; barring any unforseen circumstances that is.

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

GAF
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Posted by GAF on Thursday, June 6, 2013 10:27 PM

Not much to report here.  I put the Italeri C-47 and Waco glider parts in to soak tonight, and they are drying.  I plan to do both pretty much out of the box (except perhaps a change in the codes on the C-47).  Good thing we've got a year to complete these builds. Surprise

And I watched the 2nd part of "The Longest Day" tonight (having watched the 1st part last night).

Gary

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Posted by greentracker98 on Thursday, June 6, 2013 11:36 PM

Here are the promised pics of the Jug *** pit. Oops it should say cockpit. I wasn't trying to be obscene; Honest Embarrassed Now its time to switch gears and get the Halftrack out.

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

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Posted by Bish on Friday, June 7, 2013 2:22 AM

Front page has been updated, please let me know if I have missed anything.

Off to a great start. Ken, the pit is looking good.

Greg, not bad for an hours work. What marking's are you putting this in.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by Dogfish_7 on Friday, June 7, 2013 4:03 AM

Well, I spent yesterday evening brushing up on History, by watching the Movie "The Longest Day". It's fairly accurate in most events and depicted the Invasion of Normandie quite well. So an M-3 "CKAYT" will be quite appropriate and probably a GMC 2 1/2 ton 6X6 as well, for me.

Bruce

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Posted by greentracker98 on Friday, June 7, 2013 10:27 AM

John, That would scare the bejeesus out of me. I noticed the pitot tube last night for my "Jug" and how tiny it is. I stayed from it. as for cutting the parts of the sprue. like you do; with my luck, I'd probably catch the corner of that box with hand, and it would go flying end over end. Just thinking it gives me a cold chill up my spine.

Good Luck

Bish - Thanks I actually did it without losing any parts

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

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Posted by pyrman64 on Friday, June 7, 2013 5:58 PM

Bish
Greg, not bad for an hours work. What marking's are you putting this in.

Bish: my options seem to be pretty limited. 

From my limited research, my options are:

  • 12.SS-PzDiv "HJ"
  • 21.PzDiv
  • Pz-Lehr-Div
  • 2.SS-PzDiv "Das Reich"
  • 9.SS-PzDiv "Hohenstaufen"
  • 10.SS-PzDiv "Frundsberg"
  • 17.SS-PzGrenDiv "GvB"
  • 116.PzDiv "Windhund"

I have all the listed division markings, so I may go with 12.SS-HJ.

Greg H

"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell." Gen. Wm T. Sherman (11 April 1880, Columbus, Ohio)

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Posted by Bish on Friday, June 7, 2013 6:35 PM

Good choice. It will go nicely with my Pz IV.

Ken, well that deserves an award by itself. One of these days, I might just achieve that.

John, that's some achievement as well, only breaking 4 of those pieces. If anything gives me the sweats, its removing thin parts from sprues.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by greentracker98 on Friday, June 7, 2013 6:50 PM

For those interested, A buddy of mine Dad, went ashore on Omaha Beach today in 1944. He almost had his thumb shot off. They wanted to give him a purple heart for that, but he refused it

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

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Posted by checkmateking02 on Friday, June 7, 2013 7:55 PM

Nice to see the work going on.  I'm afraid I'm a day late.  Here's my contribution, "Aries" in the box:

and a sprue shot; it'll take me a while to detach and clean up all these parts, but in the meantime, I'll enjoy seeing the progress of everyone else's builds.

The 486th Bomb Group flew three missions on D-Day.  "Aries" apparently went on only one of them, and not with her assigned crew at the time, which was commanded by Earl McCabe (the decal sheet in the kit has his name under the pilot's window). 

On 6 June, "Aries" was flown by Norman McIntire's crew on the first mission of the day--to Caen.  McIntire's crew had flown "Aries" fairly consistently for the first few missions of the 486th, from May, 1944.  The 486th also flew to Thury Harcourt and Lisieux on D-Day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Bish on Saturday, June 8, 2013 5:09 AM

Ken, did your dads mate get evacuated or did he carry on.

Check, from what I can see there, that kit looks very similar to the hase kit. And its an H as well, which Hase don't have. Looks like I could have saved myself a bit of cash there. I'll been keen to see how that builds up.

John, off to a good start there.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by checkmateking02 on Saturday, June 8, 2013 5:59 AM

Bish:  I've built a couple of Academy's B-24's years ago.  They are (or were at the time) pretty inexpensive, at least compared to Hasegawa's when they came out.

I seem to remember that many of the interior pieces were too wide, and had to be filed/sanded down in order to close the fuselage.

Anyway, looking forward to getting started on this--but I'm kind of overloaded with GB's at the moment.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by SchattenSpartan on Saturday, June 8, 2013 12:26 PM

That's some really nice stuff here, guys!

I'm still looking for a nice subject, but I'll tell ya as soon as I find one...

Cheers, Clemens

GAF
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Posted by GAF on Saturday, June 8, 2013 1:04 PM

Looks like some nice builds going on.  Guess I had better at least post some previews.  Smile

This is the Italeri C-47 and Waco glider I will be putting together.

Plus, some research material.

I'm hoping to do both in take-off position.  Since I'm probably going to be one of the last to finish this GB, I intend to have them represent the last glider assault of Operation Neptune, "Mission Hackensack".  Hackensack took place on the morning of June 7th and consisted of 70 Waco and 30 Horsa gliders.

You hear a lot about the paratroopers of the various airborne forces on D-Day, but more airborne troops arrived by glider than parachute.  This is a build for them.

Gary

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Posted by greentracker98 on Saturday, June 8, 2013 10:41 PM

Bish

Ken, did your dads mate get evacuated or did he carry on.

 

I'm told he went back to his unit, which was like the man i knew. he would never talk about it when i was around.

A.K.A. Ken                Making Modeling Great Again

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Posted by Bish on Sunday, June 9, 2013 2:55 PM

Gary, your very right there. The para's get all the glory, but you do hear some much about the glider troops. I guess its because the para's jumped out of a plane, not that I imagine glider landings were much safer.

I did build that WACO years ago, I had a nice dio even if I do say so myself. Unfortunately its one of mine that didn't survive, I just wish I had taken pics back then.

Its a nice kit from what I remember. Are you doing a scene with the C-47 towing the glider, or will they be displayed separately.

Ken, that sound typical of a lot of the guys from that war, you often hear that many didn't like to talk about it. Which is very understandable.

Joun, could you not put some styrene under the gap at the font and then fill it.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by Bish on Monday, June 10, 2013 2:09 PM

Glad to hear that fixed up nice. That's looking really nice. I have never heard of using Bi-card to do that. Neat trick.

Just going off topic for a second. I took possession of my first Mach 2 kit today, the B-45 Tornado. I had read about this kit and its flaws. But it fits a nice slot in a long term personal project of mine, even if its not what I would usually build. And yep, it looks as bad as the reviews say, lumps and bumps along the top of the wings and a few sink marks. But I think I have been building models long enough now to set myself some challengers to get the builds I want. So should be fun.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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Posted by checkmateking02 on Monday, June 10, 2013 3:15 PM

Nice going on the LCT, John.  It's a neat looking vessel.

 

 

 

 

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Posted by Dogfish_7 on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 1:49 AM

http://www.micromark.com/metal-forming-pliers-set-of-4,7068.html

John, I know this won't help you right now, but Micro Mark sells a set witch would help speed things up a bit. Your Landing Craft is looking excellent! Never thought about all the logistics for such a large model.

 

 

Bruce

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Posted by Helo H-34 on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 6:06 AM

WOW , thanks for the link Bruce .

Those pliers would be an excellent addition to my tool set . I'm seriously thinking about getting that set .

Thanks again buddy .

John .

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  • From: SW Virginia
Posted by Gamera on Tuesday, June 11, 2013 7:11 AM

John: Nice work! Funny, I've got a set of those blue Testor's clamps too, I've never seen anyone else with them till now, funny it should be on the other side of the world! Good luck with the ladder rungs, not so hard but so friggin' tedious!

Bish: Is this your first limited run kit? I've only built the relatively high grade ones like Classic Airframes but they're an entirely different experience. Just be ready to put the thing back in the box and walk away a few times.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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