World at War 1939-1940 Group Build

taxtp

 

 

checkmateking02

 

 

taxtp

Great idea Steve, I wish I'd thought of that.

Cheers

Tony

 

 

 

 

It's not too late, Tony!

 

 

 

 

I'll check the stash !

 

Sounds good!

checkmateking02

 

 

taxtp

Great idea Steve, I wish I'd thought of that.

Cheers

Tony

 

 

 

 

It's not too late, Tony!

 

I'll check the stash !

It should be a beautiful example, Steve.  Looking forward to seeing it come together.  

Thanks!

A little story behind it.  My grandparents bought a '36 Chevy 4 door sedan in 1936.  Must have been doing pretty well.  It's the first car my dad remembers.  There is no kit for a '36, but I found this in the LHS a while ago.  I'm not going to try to convert it to a sedan, but will do it as close as possible to what he remembers, color and interior wise.

taxtp

Great idea Steve, I wish I'd thought of that.

Cheers

Tony

 

Great idea Steve, I wish I'd thought of that.

Cheers

Tony

Welcome to the GB, SteveCB!  Yes, your entry is fine.  I'm sure a '37 Chevy would be around in '39.  Slick looking car!  Good to have you with us!

I've updated the build roster.

The way I read the rules, this should be ok, an AMT 1937 Coupe. 

I am building the stock version.

Just barely started on the engine.

If it's a no go, I can put it in the autos section.  Thanks

Looking fine, tj!  Parts fit looks really good!

Here is the start of my Bf109E-3. Used a True Details seat but OOB otherwise

Nick, good looking progress on that Junkers.

Yes, the 70/71 scheme is a pretty low contrast one.  I'd say  the Tamiya paints are likely off in terms of both colour and darkness - as a whole the Tamiya colours are not a direct match to RLM chips. 

Interesting story here of a Luftwaffe vet showing a couple models he built usuaing actual war time paint.

http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2002/11/stuff_eng_profile_luftwaffe_bomber_camo.htm

regards,

Jack

Looks good Nick. I think the Tamiya colours seem to similar, I've had that problem on one of my models too. I little more distinction between the colours looks a lot better so good on you for remasking over those corrugations.

I've got it in my plan to do an Italeri Ju 52 sometime soonish, as part of my collection of German types in French colours. That's an old kit too.

I think you've done about as well as anyone could with that old kit.

Cheers

Tony

thank you checkmate it wasnt as bad as it seems 

Nick, I think what you did enhances the contrast between the colors.  They are more noticeably distinct.  Looks good!

And how in the world did you deal with all those corrugations on the wings!?  That must have been a job and a half!

thank you checkmateking02 but I didnt like the tamiya dark green so I remasked and sprayed tamiya deep green then clear coat some drying time then decals

Nice work, crown.  Looks like the paint went on well.

my lastest pics using tamiya paints Im working with it so far ok

Welcome to the GB, crown.  I've added your -52 to the build roster.  Glad to have you sign up!

Hi checkmateking02 I would like to inter my airfix ju-52 in 1/72. my wip is on the aircraft forum under ju-52 thanks and merry christmas

I've been attempting to restore everyone's finished build photos, but have been unable to do so with some.

I had to buy a new computer when the old one unexpectedly died, and apparently the Geek Squad was unable to move all the photos from the old laptop to the new one.  I have restored the photos that did come over from the old computer.

PhotoBucket will not now allow me to copy photos from there, so I cannot restore them here.  Won't even let me copy back to my laptop.

If any participants whose photos I've lost will repost, I will then add them to the finished GB roster.

Sorry for the inconvenience; PB is obviously much more deplorable than I thought.

Thanks.

Wayne:  I agree about PB.  Fortunately I had the badges on the computer, but then that died; but Geek Squad retrieved them for the new one.

I'll add you to the build roster, but what's a BA-10? 

Please let me know the scale, too, and I'll include that too.

Good to have you with us.  Looking forward to seeing your build.

i had to go dig out an old 1/72 GB badge from my files and update it to 2017. PB screwed up a lot of things. since this is still open i just started a HobbyBoss BA-10.

If that's what it takes, stik!

I can't say that my own production rate has been real good this year. 

Check, at my current completion rate, I’ll need all three years... lol!

It's a nice kit, Tony.  I'm very fond of Spitfires, and the Airfix recent-mold builds up very well.  I'll add you to the roster, and look forward to seeing your progress.

stik:  don't worry; you've got three years yet to start--and finish! 

I never got my early War builds started, let alone completed...

But at least I did complete my 1942 build...

I see that the Photobucket fiasco eliminated the GB badge.  I will get onto reposting it as soon as I can, as well as the '41 badge--which I imagine has also fallen off the twig.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yes, it's still open, Tony.  I plan to add builds myself when I can.  You are more than welcome to come in.