Duck Hunter GB

Sorry.. Yes Bish the first picture please

Great work there shiv, the SA-2 has come out great. Will be nice to se both of these on the front page. I am guessing you would like the first pic.

Thanks for the idea Waynec. The wash helped alot.

Them pesky ducks better watch out cause we have guided weaponry ready. Here is my SA-2 launcher and truck complete.

And also another pic of my USS Momsen guided missile destroyer

Thanks Waynec I'll give that a shot

i always paint my tires with a heavy engine gray wash, vinyl or plastic doesn't matter.

well I got the decals (all2 of them) on the truck and the camo done. I went to doa flat clear coat and the tires just became really shiny and tacky. They are the vinyl tires that came with the kit. The after market ones I bought didn't fit even with some sanding and drilling. Anything I can do to get rid of the shine?

Look forward to it.

She's looking really nice!

I didn't get any bench time this week, but I should be able to get the M16 ready for paint next week...

That's looking really nice shiv, like it.

not sure what Pics I last posted but did some more work on the cab and just have the camo decals and a bit of weathering left to do

Well, still got 2 months for that one. But I know the feeling, I am going to be pushed to complete all my GB builds this year, I really need to get off here and cracking on with the Panther.

and I still have my FW-190 to finish for the longest day GB as well. Still going to be busy

Nice to hear shiv, looking forward to seeing that.

Now that I finished my spiderman I can get back to my SA-2 and get that finished

Ok guys, now in the last month of the GB. I know Eagle has been working on his 88 but has had a few internet issues, so hopefully he can catch up.

Josiah, no worries, hopefully you can find a bit of time this month to finish off.

Look forward to seeing a rush of completed builds this month.

You don't need a degree for that... ;-)

stikpusher

What do you want? A college degree or a GB badge? ;-)

I want a full time job to buy models for GB's of course! 

What do you want? A college degree or a GB badge? ;-)

I have a couple research papers due soon...hopefully I'll be able to get to the bench after those are done

That's their regular Russian Green color. Model Color line, color # 894. I shook the heck out of for quite some (while sipping on a cool refreshing beverage) and then hand brushed it with a red sable brush. It was still glossy last nite when I went to bed, but flat as can be this morning. Just the way that I like it. For handbrushing on a flat black primed surface I am very happy with the results.

is that regular Vallejo Russian Green or tyhe AV version? what do you thin it with to airbrush?

i too am way overcommitted in GBs nit to mention the other stuff i just want to build. this may be the spring of serious stash thinning and topic focus.one of my friends calls me WHEELS because i do warwheels and trucks.

my club annual contest doesn't allow anything that has won in any other contest which means i best finish the 6 models in progress since evrything else has won something somewhere. and 5 of those fit in GBs.

as of now i have only 2 kits on order at LHS 1/24 UNIMOG RALLY and 1/72 SS-25 TOPOL ICBM. the EUROPEAN TRAM finally made it across the pacific  that just begs for a T-34/85 sitting next to it.

haven't been active the past 8 weeks; combination of some minor annoying health things and a general building slump.

I know, that's why I am cutting down, at least to how many I am committed to. I won't commit now until I am ready to start building.

Well, that's the plan.

That's looking really good. Defiantly needs some kit on those guys.

I think you are right Bish. But with all these dang Group Builds going that I want to partake in, and their timespans... temptation, temptation...

Well last night after my last posts I started base color painting on this project.

Vallejo Russian Green on the tripod and ammo can

and the figures Humbrol 84 Mid Stone pants, 187 Dark Stone jacket, 72 Khaki Drill shoes and cap, 62 Leather belt, Field Drab cap lining, and 32 Dark Grey shoe soles

I think that I need to raid my spares bin to hang some gear off the straps on their torsos that have nothing there...

stikpusher

LOL! Discipline? I feel like I am all over the place sometimes... ;-) On the one hand I feel that I am making the most of my bench time. On the other hand I feel that having several projects going at once does not let me really concentrate on any one of them.

That's why I stopped even trying. I found I was just doing one build and the others were just left. When I did get to them, it means clearing one lot off the bench and getting the rest out. I think it takes longer to do several builds at once than one at a time.

LOL! Discipline? I feel like I am all over the place sometimes... ;-) On the one hand I feel that I am making the most of my bench time. On the other hand I feel that having several projects going at once does not let me really concentrate on any one of them.

I wish I had your discipline, Stik

Yes, I am juggling several projects for GBs at once right now.... put one thing aside to dry and pull out another to work on.

Seems like you got a lot on your hands at the minute stik, nice work there.

Oh I remember building that 88 kit when I was a kid. 

Well I went thru a bunch of this thread late last nite and seeing that the deadline is nearing I pulled out my Chicoms and their Dshk to get back to work- airbrushing today.

I added a few more pieces of stretched sprue into the sight rings and then airbrushed on a coat of Tamiya NATO Black for the base color

then I airbrushed Gunze Flesh where needed on the crew

so of course I had to take a photo of them in place with the gun so far

I will start on the brush painting tomorrow.

Good to see this one, more 88's than we can shake a stick at.