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1939-40 Europe. What stands out in my mind is Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain. Leading the fight for the Germans is the infamous He-111.
Here is my classic Linberg model ready for battle...
And now onto the 1941 and 1942 World at war builds. I'll post my entries on those respective threads.
Mark aka Tomcat
On the workbench: Monogram 1/24 '69 Pontiac GTO and a Monogram 1/67 (box scale) B-26 Invader
Nice work, Mark! Great smooth finish. Should take decals pretty well when you find the right ones.
I have the 111 painted and glossed, ready for decals. The kit didn't come with the tail swastikas and this being a 1/64 scale kit, aftermarket decals are virtually impossible to find. So I'll have to improvise here...
Looks very good, Mark. Funny how they chose more detail in the engines than in the cockpit. Nice work with the landing gear.
July 30 update on the 111...
Being an early Lindberg model, the details are pretty sparse. Not much in the cockpit...
I decided to model the Heinkel with the engine cowlings glued in place, so no need to paint the engines. HereI just painted the exhaust...
I then proceeded to the landing gear. I first paint the interior of the wheel wells...
With the wheels and gear complete, the wing halves can now be glued together...
Tomcat: I've added your Heinkel to the build roster on the front page. It's a appealing choice, since it's probably pretty rare. I used to build Lindberg kits way back when, but I haven't seen any in a while, and wasn't aware their kits were still being produced. The 1/64 scale makes it out of the ordinary, too.
Thanks for signing up. I appreciate your participation in the GB.
Ok, throwing my hat into the ring. Starting with this thread and progressing thru each subsequent year thru 1945.
My subject for this build is this classic:
An oldy but a goody (I hope)
A model boat is much cheaper than a real one and won't sink with you in it.
Looks good, Josiah. You've done very well with the shading and all.
Eric: I think you meant to post the Panther in the 1944 GB; '39-/40 is a little early for this behemoth! Still, it's coming along nicely, and looks quite formidable.
Good looking GB. Great to see the finished Revell Ju-52 - I made one and it was a very neat kit.
Didn't bother to submit any photos of the Tamiya Panther build, but it's basically done. (Beautiful kit as expected.) Tools etc missing and much unglued - got to paint in sections.
build2 by Eric Bergerud, on Flickr
Now we start the hard stuff. I've been looking into festivites along the Dnieper in late 43-early 44 leading up to the Korsun slugfest, and there was a lot of armor. By this time most of the Panther Ds were dead - but not all. So we'll get a winter build going - make a vignette. Something desolate and ugly: nothing finer than the Eastern Front in January.
Eric
Commenced with weathering today. Got the "dot filtering" done
I stopped halfway to take a Compare and contrast...it definitely helped and I don't think the color is too light now.
-Josiah
That's remarkable! You got good results. I'll have to try that on some pilot figures I have.
Nice paint work, Josiah. Looks very fierce!
What paint did you use?
I've finally found some time and motivation to get back to the bench yesterday. Finished assembling and painting the Japanese officer. Posed on the tank...next steps will be putting the finishing steps on the tank and weathering.
Thank you CMK. I'm starting it soon.
Cheers
Tony
I'm just taking it one GB at a time.
No problem, Tony. I've updated the build roster to reflect you switch.
Your plan sounds like a good one. Looking forward to seeing it unfold!
Hi CMK,
Having done the Matchbox Panzer II for the 1941 GB, and being a bit keen on Matchbox at the moment, I have a thought that I'd do each of these yearly GBs with a different Matchbox armor kit. If it's ok with you, I'll withdraw my Spitfire from this GB, and enter this kit instead.
Thanks for that info, psycho.
checkmateking02 Work can certainly interfere with modeling. That's great, having a B-25 in the EAA museum! Congratulations! It's been a couple of years since I've been over there, but next time I'll make a point to look for it.
Work can certainly interfere with modeling.
That's great, having a B-25 in the EAA museum! Congratulations! It's been a couple of years since I've been over there, but next time I'll make a point to look for it.
If you go and remember, its in one of the cases under the big map on the wall. It's Barbie III.
checkmateking02 Yes, very good to see you back around, ww2psycho. It's been too long! How's the job going? I hope it gives you some time to build things.
Yes, very good to see you back around, ww2psycho. It's been too long!
How's the job going? I hope it gives you some time to build things.
My last job went to 12 hour rotating shifts so I had no motivation to build. Last year I got a new job and its all 8 hours unless covering for vacation. Since being there in September I've finished a Hasegawa Kate, Tamiya P-47, and I did a Monogram B-25H that's now in the EAA Museum in Oshkosh, WI. All are 1/48.
ww2psychoI haven't been on finescale in a few years due to work. I got a new job and completely forgot about this group build and I'm going to start back on my build.
I really like the action poses you're building into the figures. Very appealing!
Started the Japanese Officer today. Here it is from the box And what it'd look like as is.
Untitled by Josiah McDonald, on Flickr
So I modified it:
Here he is...used craft acrylics. Vallejo (with some white red and black mixed in) for the face.
And tentative positioning in the turret.
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