Thanks Gamera. I hardly think my work on this perfection... just more of a mild obsession to get it really busy in there.

Check, I have never tried it on painted surfaces. I started out using it on its own to mask canopies, and that was a real pain. Once I started using Eduard masks, there are some where you have to fill in gaps with liquid mask, and then I found it ok as it went on top of the mask around the edges. I would never dare use it for masking a paint scheme.

Eric, looking really good. I think it will be ready in time from the looks of it.

Eagle, really nice work on both builds there. Don't worry, we will make sure you get plenty of more armour practice

Gentlemen, just before we enter our last 24 hours, I would like to thank you all for talking part in the GB and for the awesome build, both finished and yet to come, and having some fun and giggles along the way.

But while we are all having fun putting together these pieces of plastic, I would ask you all to reflect and think about the serious side of the models we build. 00.16 CEST, 23.59 BST tonight, marks exactly 70 years since the first Allied troops landed in Normandy when 3 gliders from the British 6th Airborne Div landed close to Pegasus Bridge. At 06.30, 05.30 BST, the first troops hit the benches when US forces landed at Omaha.

I would ask you all at some point in the next 24 hours to give a few moments thought to those from both sides who lost there lives on 6th June and in the days after.

And to honour those veterans now gathering in Normandy and elsewhere to remember there fallen comrades and friends.

Thank you.

checkmateking02

Progress looks good, stik.  You're not the only one who won't be finishing by 6 June.  The longest day just got longer.

I'm glad to come accross your post Check. I thought maybe I was the lone one who wasn't going to be finished. As it turns out, I think I will finish the P 47 in a week or so. I have the landing gear ordered from SAC, and the undercarriage covers ordered from my LHS. I should have both Saturday

Every year for the last 10 years D-Day is always on my mind to those who fought in this Great Crusade. They're not too far from my mind to those who fought and died for our freedom. Thank you to all our WW2 vets.

Just so you know, I am unable to complete my P-47 Thunderbolt :( for this group build due to life taking away the free time I had - my son's Little League, family obligations, etc... Well you get the picture. When I do get the chance to finish it, I will post it.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

Every year for the last 10 years D-Day is always on my mind to those who fought in this Great Crusade. They're not too far from my mind to those who fought and died for our freedom. Thank you to all our WW2 vets.

Just so you know, I am unable to complete my P-47 Thunderbolt :( for this group build due to life taking away the free time I had - my son's Little League, family obligations, etc... Well you get the picture. When I do get the chance to finish it, I will post it.

I too, have had D-Day on my mind at this time of the year for as long as I can remember. My prayers go out to all veterans, Living and Deseased and their loved ones. I belong to one group of ww2 vets in which we have uncles, or other relations who we never had the chance to know. I have 2 uncles 1 who died in WW2 and 1 who died in Korea.

Thank you for the great GB. It makes me want to watch "Band of Brothers" again.

I apologize for not feeling up to par and not being in latley . I'm trying to get things back on track here.

Thanks

Thanks for hosting this GB Bish.  For as long as I can remember I've always held June 6 in a special place.  My dad and I always sat down to watch the Longest Day, and it always reminds me of my great-grandfather who came ashore Utah Beach on D-Day +3

Bish, I also tried MicroMask on its own to mask canopies; ya know--apply it, then trim it with a knife.  Never got that to work either.  The way you're using it is the only thing it's good for, IM(experienced)O!

Here's some things I ran across today, to assist in remembering:

www.telegraph.co.uk/.../D-Day-Prince-Charles-pays-tribute-as-Spitfires-lead-D-Day-commemorations-at-Pegasus-Bridge.html

www.itn.co.uk/.../service-at-pegasus-bridge

And, truly, thanks, Bish, for hosting the GB.  As usual, you've done a great job; you stick with it and don't bug out--never to be heard from again. 

Nice work on the Puma, Eagle.  Your painting skills are outstanding!

Nope, Ken, you aren't the only one lagging.  I've had more stalls and delays with this Liberator than I want to think about.  Something must be disturbing the time-space continuum.

checkmateking02

Nice work on the Puma, Eagle.  Your painting skills are outstanding!

WOW!  Thank you!  Never had outstanding and paint skills in the same sentence before!  Thank you so much!

Should have pics soon!

Eagle90

Today I had a few uninterrupted hours at the bench so far. And I think that I made good use of them to this point. During the week when I assmbled the nacelles and checked them against reference photos, I saw that there should be a firewall at the front of the wheel wells. I also saw that while the area of the upper wing directly above the wheel well was properly detailed, the rear portion was not. So I tackled both of thos issues this afternoon with the help of the internet and sheet & strip styrene. First I traced the outline of the nacelle front onto shome sheet plastic and cut it out. Then I added various details using a couple of internet photos as reference. Fortunately I was able to find a photo of the two different side wells and saw that there was some detail difference in the boxes on the firewall so I created that appropriately.
the first completed firewall

glued into its' nacelle

then using half round styrene rod I added the detail to the upper rear wing area visible thru the wheel well opening
Here is a shot with the undetailed side for comparison

a close up

and once both wings were done

both completed nacelle firewalls- note the slight different set ups between the two

placed onto their respective wings

lower left wing & nacelle

lower right wing & nacelle

after dinner I will try to get a bit more work done...

Everything is looking awesome in here guys but let's not forget the true significance of June 6 . . .

MY BIRTHDAY!!!! SEND PRESENTS!!!  

bitbite

Everything is looking awesome in here guys but let's not forget the true significance of June 6 . . .

MY BIRTHDAY!!!! SEND PRESENTS!!!  

Some shoes... from Paris. 

Gary

bitbite

Everything is looking awesome in here guys but let's not forget the true significance of June 6 . . .

MY BIRTHDAY!!!! SEND PRESENTS!!!  

Frau Rommel? Is that you?

WOW!!!!!  Such invredible work done by everyone.

Happy Birthday Bitbite. For your present we are all going to do a beach landing invasion in your back yard. UMMMM........ You do have a swimming pool for us to come ashore I hope.

shivinigh

WOW!!!!!  Such invredible work done by everyone.

Happy Birthday Bitbite. For your present we are all going to do a beach landing invasion in your back yard. UMMMM........ You do have a swimming pool for us to come ashore I hope.

I'll be jumping in, thank you very much... I get seasick about 50% of the time in small craft... but never airsick... hopefully the flyboys can find the DZ...

B17pilot will just have to aim that really nice c-47 at the bar b que

"Frau Rommel?"  "Swimming pool?"

Hey guys - make sure to check out the D-Day - Then and Now thread I posted in the FSM Ready Room.

I did it!!!!!!!!!  My first armor kits!  And I had a BLAST!!!!!!!  I finished them last night at around 2315hrs!  Was too tired to do pics then, but here they are!  A little over a day early...kinda. 

So, the first pic was after I finished decaling and hit them with a couple of coats of dull.  Well, they just didn't look right to me.....decals too bright!  So, I went old school, grabbed my charcoal pencil, tiny piece of sandpaper, and my "instant dirty up your model" brush.  Presto, old, beat up paint on the vehicles!  Oh, the "chipping" of the paint was done before the dull coat with my hobby knife.  I know, you guys probably already knew how to do that, but I had to ask Bish about it!  Thanks mate!  I think the camo netting looks a little off, but hey, it's Verlinden Camouflage Netting (#0042), it has to be right!  Yes?

So, enough talk and on to the pics!

See what I mean....too shiny and new.  Now, after some combat time!

And now for the extra bonus vehicle!

Now don't these two bad boys look cool together!  I love these 234's!  I have the /3 in my stash now and am looking to get the /4!  Stop laughing.  They are my first armor kits and I'm lovin it! 

O.K., I'll stop now.  Again, thank you Bish for a wonderful GB and being a great friend with all the help you gave me!  Thanks everyone for the encouraging words during the build, and thanks for checking them out!

Eagle90

Eagle90 - very passionate builds you have presented here.

I really like some of the chipping you got going on the decals, comes across very convincingly. There are one or two sections that appear the decal has broken and is still in 'play'?

The netting does looks kind of stiff, not sure what to suggest how to correct.  Maybe sightly wet it down with a water/white glue mixture and pat it down a bit?

regards,

Jack

hey eagle very nice. and warwheels too not those nasty tracked thingies (though i am building one of those right now). i suspect the red brown isn't as red in real life. photos tend to do that. now you need to go crazy and build a truck.

what did you use for the net? it looks stiff and i don't see any straps indicating how it is secured to the vehicle. they don't have to be fancy; some really thin painted masking tape or aluminum foil or ship rigging thread. you might try airbrushing some camo colors followed by a thing white glue wash and sprinkled with oregano. to get it to "bend" more for sag try a piece of solder on the inside.

i have yet to find good material for deployed camo nets. my rolled ones like on my BEDFORD PORTEE are bridal veil. i want something that will look like its ganging loose the way the british and germans drape nets over the turret of their vehicles.

jgeratic

Eagle90 - very passionate builds you have presented here.

I really like some of the chipping you got going on the decals, comes across very convincingly. There are one or two sections that appear the decal has broken and is still in 'play'?

The netting does looks kind of stiff, not sure what to suggest how to correct.  Maybe sightly wet it down with a water/white glue mixture and pat it down a bit?

regards,

Jack

Thank you sir!

It was basically first time for every trick and tip I got!  Definitely not as good as most others I've sen on here, but it can only get better from here!

I have heard of the glue tip before, but did not remember it.  Will have to try it out.

Thanks again!

Eagle90

waynec

hey eagle very nice. and warwheels too not those nasty tracked thingies (though i am building one of those right now). i suspect the red brown isn't as red in real life. photos tend to do that. now you need to go crazy and build a truck.

what did you use for the net? it looks stiff and i don't see any straps indicating how it is secured to the vehicle. they don't have to be fancy; some really thin painted masking tape or aluminum foil or ship rigging thread. you might try airbrushing some camo colors followed by a thing white glue wash and sprinkled with oregano. to get it to "bend" more for sag try a piece of solder on the inside.

i have yet to find good material for deployed camo nets. my rolled ones like on my BEDFORD PORTEE are bridal veil. i want something that will look like its ganging loose the way the british and germans drape nets over the turret of their vehicles.

Thank you sir!

LOL!  I'm a little apprehensive about the tracked thingies myself!  But there is one on the way!

The netting is Verlinden Camo Netting.  Got it from a local guy who was selling off all his kits and it was inside one of the kit boxes....brand new!  I didn't think about spraying the netting!  Great idea.  I think I will work on the netting a little to get it looking more "real".  And you are the second person to mention the watered down white glue!  I think that is going to be a given for me to try...maybe tonight!

As for tie downs, I had thought about grabbing some of the wife's sewing thread, but wasn't sure if that would be to scale or not.  But the tape and/or foil idea is great too!  I'm still getting great tips!  Thank you so much!

Eagle90

Eagle those came out nice! A good pair of results for your first armor builds. Welcome to the dark side!

stikpusher

Eagle those came out nice! A good pair of results for your first armor builds. Welcome to the dark side!

Thank you sir!

They may not be perfect, but man did I have a blast doing them!  I'm really looking forward to doing some more armor now!  Even the tracked ones! 

Thank you again!

Eagle90

They look great Eagle, kudos sir!!!

If you go with the dilute white glue it's pretty easy. Just thin the glue down and soak the net. Then push it down how you want it and it will dry stiff.

And as SP said Welcome to the Dark Side- armour modeling is awesome, no canopies and a lot less complex schemes to mask! 

Gamera

They look great Eagle, kudos sir!!!

If you go with the dilute white glue it's pretty easy. Just thin the glue down and soak the net. Then push it down how you want it and it will dry stiff.

And as SP said Welcome to the Dark Side- armour modeling is awesome, no canopies and a lot less complex schemes to mask! 

I'm thinking I'll be trying it out tonight or tomorrow for sure!  I'll post pics of how it turns out!

The dark side is looking pretty good to me!

Eagle90