So we can expect some progress pics this time tomorrow.

It's 6.50pm , 5th of June here right now in Sydney . With just over five hours to wait .

I'm ready with my sanding sticks , sandpaper , course files and dust buster stareing at the LCT-6 instructions

I'm ready !!! 

John .

March is a long time to wait Bish. I will start with the tank though. I've always liked the Panzer IV tanks.

Yeah I know what you mean, half the stuff in my garage was either blueprints or prototype only:

M7 US Medium (handful of prototypes built, falling between the Stuart and Sherman was canceled)

T1 US Heavy (prototype only)

M25/2 US Tank Destroyer (based on T23 heavy, never built so the TD version canceled)

Matilda Black Prince UK Medium (Matilda with Cromwell turret prototype)

Type 58 PLA Medium (canceled Chinese domestic version of T-34/85, cheaper to import Soviet version)

Real vehicles:

M18 Hellcat US Tank Destroyer (but with 90mm gun in M36 turret - prototype only)

M3 Lee US/UK Medium

M24 Chaffee US Light

Cromwell UK Medium

Funny when over half my tanks/TDs never saw service!!!

WoT is a lot of fun IMO, but some vehicle upgrades are really wierd... I just got me a Tiger 2 and you can mount 105mm cannons on that thing! (I don't know of any king tiger having one of those...)

Not at all, its nice to get a grasp of what other people, maybe none modellers and probably not that much into the history, think of these sort of things. I will wager a large number of people playing those games have no idea about how they really worked. I get annoyed at people complaining about campers when they may simply be using their tank to the best of its advantages.

You only have to look at some of the tech trees for individual vehicles to see how far from reality the game is, but then it would be a lot less fun.

I don't play a Churchill but I apparently it can mount a 3 or 3.7 inch howitzer depending on the version. I tried some of the howitzers on some of the other tanks and couldn't hit jack with them, I think you're supposed to close to point blank range.

Yeah just seems odd that the programmers would add them at all since they weren't designed for tank to tank combat and there aren't any soft targets in the game. I wonder at times what people learn from video and computer games along with movies etc about history.

I do think it's funny though to say DERP GUN, it came up on the forums and no one seemed to know where the term came from other than that it's supposed to be easy to use so people started saying it's for DERP! players- darned if I know!  

Sorry, getting waaaaaaayyyyyyy off subject here!!! 

I have never come across it in WoT, I take it it is one of the options for the Churchill. I have only just got a Churchill I, so not got that far yet. I guess some people just like the idea of the weapon, and as there's no bunkers to hit, tanks have to do. But I do wonder why you would even add it in the first place.

Bish: Yeah, it's one of Hobert's funnies. And yes it was designed to blow up bunkers and pill boxes- I can't see hitting a tank with that thing except by accident. I just find it funny in the WoT game some people actually use them as AT weapons!

Greg, I think they were designed to be used against bunkers and strong points. I believe these were one of the designs that Hobart came up with, along with the DD tanks, flail tanks and others.

ww2, let me know once you decide, I will add you to the roster in the meantime. You could always save the 251 for the halftrack GB in march and do it in both.

Just a thought.

I may do both! I'm currently working on an LCM 3 1/48 from Hobby Boss so I might pick up another Sherman tank to put in it as well.

Yay! Looking forward to all the Panzer IVs and halftracks so I can shoot them with my GIANT DERP GUN!!! *

* World of Tanks term- derp gun is a big honkin' howitzer type weapon that hits with a gigantic HE charge instead of AP. I don't think they were very effective against armour in real life! 

Greg, Clemens, welcome aboard. I know what you mean about being in lots of GB's. I work on the GB's which are ending next and just hope I can complete them all. But I do find it helps give me more incentive. Though I think I am pushing things a bit far at the minute.

ww2psycho, lets be flexible and say a definite yes to both. I am doing the Tamiya 35th Pz IV Ausf J, so will be nice to compare the two. Though I am a sucker for the 251, you might say I have a bit of a fetish.

I was looking through my stash last night and I found two possibles for this GB.

www.tamiyausa.com/.../mtl-spw-sd-kfz-251-1-ausf-d-32564

One of the decal options is for an unknown unit in Normandy 1944. Will this count?

www.tamiyausa.com/.../ger-pzkw-iv-ausf-j-32518

One of the decals options is for an unknown unit in France 1944. would this be ok?

me too with the too many GBs. looking at the completion dates and other committrd projects all my GBs are on hold except gift since it needs to be done for IPMS NATIONALS. the good news is 2 GBs are ready to camo, one is ready to prime, and one is a pair of modern subs though they are DML and need serious hull seam work.

Bish

We now only have 4 days until the off. I know most of us are involved in other GB's, so i don't imagine we will have lots of building going on straight away. Just make sure you have the GB on your to do list.

The Puma is ready to strike!  Well, at least ready to be ready to strike!

Bish: please add me to the roster...I haven't decided what to build, but it"ll most likely be on the Gerry's side of things.

I have way too many GBs running atm, but count me in, Bish! I'm not sure on my subject yet, but it will probably be another Thunderbolt... I really don't know though.

Clemens

Bish

Blairy, thanks, I have that added.

John, those Hase B-24's are very nice, I have 6 of them, but your right, they are pricey. One thing I liked was the clear nose piece. This meant to was easy to convert a J to an H. I think the version used during this time would have been these later 2. But it just depends which units took part. I have a lot of sites on the 8th AAF in my favourites. Let me see what I can dig up over the weekend.

There was the 486th BG that took part, CMK is doing one of there's and I posted a link to their missions on the first page. But I will see what else I can find.

Seems like it's taking forever. What am I building again 

I wanted to make a start on the 1/72 LCT-6 Landing Craft Boat bang on the 6th . There will be lots of cleaning up on the Mach 2 pieces , so I'll be picking up a fist load of sanding sticks and sand paper tomorrow . I did end up buying two more large posters for the D-Day display cabinet , one with General Eisenhower addressing some para-troopers and another picture of troops making their way along the Normandy coast .

Thanks for the link on the B-24 markings Bish , It's always nice to have accurate info to go along with the decal markings , I'll just keep an eye out for a 1/72 Minicraft or Hasegawa B-24 kit on sale .

looking forward to this coming Thursday.....

John .

We now only have 4 days until the off. I know most of us are involved in other GB's, so i don't imagine we will have lots of building going on straight away. Just make sure you have the GB on your to do list.

John, I managed to dig up some info. As this is a Norfolk based aircraft, I have the BG website saved. 990 flew on the BG's 100th mission on June 6th against St Laurent Sur Mer

www.b24.net/.../MM060644.htm

Bish

Blairy, thanks, I have that added.

John, those Hase B-24's are very nice, I have 6 of them, but your right, they are pricey. One thing I liked was the clear nose piece. This meant to was easy to convert a J to an H. I think the version used during this time would have been these later 2. But it just depends which units took part. I have a lot of sites on the 8th AAF in my favourites. Let me see what I can dig up over the weekend.

There was the 486th BG that took part, CMK is doing one of there's and I posted a link to their missions on the first page. But I will see what else I can find.

Thanks for the help Bish

I did find some Extradecal B-24J decals in my stash I forgot I had

I'm not sure if the "Short Snorter" was one B-24 that was used during the D-Day Campaign along with Kentucky Belle ?

Blairy, thanks, I have that added.

John, those Hase B-24's are very nice, I have 6 of them, but your right, they are pricey. One thing I liked was the clear nose piece. This meant to was easy to convert a J to an H. I think the version used during this time would have been these later 2. But it just depends which units took part. I have a lot of sites on the 8th AAF in my favourites. Let me see what I can dig up over the weekend.

There was the 486th BG that took part, CMK is doing one of there's and I posted a link to their missions on the first page. But I will see what else I can find.

I've been thinking about getting a 1/72 B-24 Liberator but I'm not sure which version was used on D-day

The Minicraft B-24 kits look to be reasonably priced , Hasegawa's are quite expensive although I did like their RAF version for the Costal Command but it was $80 not including shipping . I recently picked up a Frog Whitley and Airfix  Halifax and some Airframe decals for the Coastal command . I was thinking about doing a fleet of those Sub hunters too .

A B-24 with RAF markings would be a nice addition to my ever growing fleet .

John .

Sorry, will be a 1/48 Tamiya Avro Lancaster B Mk.I/III

Ok guys, added your builds. Blairy, which kit and scale.

Update: Upon doing more research I noticed that I made a mistake, 'G for George' was retired from duty in Apr 1944. 2 months before D-day. Therefore I will not be Marking it with AR-G, instead I will mark it with a random marking from the 460th SQN flown by RAAF crew.

Thanks

Bish - I have found one. I will enter in with a 460 SQN RAF Lancaster Mk 1, flown by RAAF pilots during the bombings on the 5th/6th June 1944. They named it 'G for George'.

History:

The squadron made its first raid, against the German city of Emden, on 12 March 1942 with the Wellington Mk IV. In august 1942 the sqn began to be converted to Hellifax Mk II's, but in october the sqn was then converted again to the Lancaster MkI and III's. In May 1943 the sqn then moved to RAF Base Binbrook where it took part in extensive bombing of Berlin. During late 1943 and early 1944 460 sqn took part in many sorties in the Battle of Berlin. All through June and July the sqn flew many missions in support of D-Day. The last sortie flown by the Aussies in the 460 sqn was the bombing of Hitlers mountain retreat in burchtesgaden on ANZAC day, 1945.

'G for George' was a Mk I Lancaster, sqn code AR-G, ser. W4783. 'G for George flew 96 sorties over europe, where most Lancaster bombers never made it past 20. 'G for George' also has the distinction of bring every crew member home alive who flew aboard it.  'G for George' now resides at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.

The build wont start for a while. 

Hope you enjoyed my blurb.

Eli