Terry,

It might help if I was a little more on the ball here. I got the front page updated. Sorry July was a nightmare of distractions.

I am pretty much back now. We will have home internet probably Friday or Monday and I'm PLANNING on working on the hobby room this weekend, if it's OK with the boss.

Terry: Looking forward to seeing some paint on the monster.

Bruce: That Tomahawk is cool, I'd love to see more work on her.

Bruce sorry I didn't update my entry but it is in 1/35. I have some issue with my hands and the 1/72 stuff is just to small right now so I went for the Trumpeter kit. I think its about 33 inches overall.

Guys thanks, I haven't followed along very much this past month and I really need to catch up on your builds. I'll assemble the carriages tomorrow and start spraying some German Grey.

Terry

Gamera, Steve, thanks for the comments!

Gamera, the B-4 is looking great! Very interested to see how you weather with the rust!

Terry, that Morser looks huge, even in 1/72 scale. looking forward to seeing it together.

Well, Like Steve, I'm moving and I have my modeling supplies packed. But, to my surprise, I did not realize just how many models I have purchased. I knew I had many, but, I, think I crossed over into ridiculous. lol 

Nice Terry, I can imagine it's a load of work but you're making great progress.

The superstructure is ready for paint. I needed a little cleanup on the brackets, and I also assembled the four articulating winches that'll be installed later. Finally, its nice to see a few stripped sprue's after starting with 1200 parts but the cars are ready for assembly and paint. 

Terry

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Bruce,

Sorry, I didn't mean for this to get away. A Tomahawk is such an interesting entry, I'm excited to see it in its warpaint. I had no idea they were so large.

Gamera

now to the fun of trying to figure our what's in what box...

Boy ain't that the truth.

Your B-4 is looking great Gam. Man what a beast.

Looks great Terry, I love the wheels and the rest seems to be coming right together.

Steve: Glad to hear the move is out of the way, now to the fun of trying to figure our what's in what box...

I put the tracks on the b-4 over the weekend after finishing the pin wash to the detail, I think I may have missed a few of the zillion or so rivets all over the thing. Now I need to decide on how much rust and where...

Terry, That's looking great as usual.

We have finally moved into our new home and are getting settled in. The boxes are scattered around so it will take a little while to get things sorted out.  

Thanks for your patience and understanding and I will be back soon.

Steve

A couple photos of the superstructures. A mistake in the booklet almost cost me to install the sides backwards, but I found that a side brace with slats must face outwards so I added a closeup.

I think i'm close to adding my base coat on the cars and im waiting on all the smaller parts till final assembly.

The first photo is most of the main superstructure parts.

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Terry

Hey thanks guys!

Bruce: That's cool, always nice to see something a little different around here.

Steve: Good luck with the move, and no worries. I expect you and the family will want to take it easy for a week or so after all this work!

Gentleman,

As promised, here are some pictures of the WIP on the Tomahawk.

Here are several pictures of the pieces as they came from the box. Like any resin kit, the parts had to be removed and cleaned. The parts were molded very well. And a very low part count. This is my first all resin kit, and it was a great one to start with.

So, i cut a very small piece of Styrene and attempted to fix. Turned out ok. I apologize, one of the pictures is fuzzy.

These are pictures of the model complete with wings and rear stabilizers. There is a booster to put on, that will wait until after it has been painted.

This last picture is to give the model some scale. It's pictured with a die-cast 1/48 scale '69 Pontiac Firebird.

Steve,

Hope all goes well with the move!

I have to vacate my house for an open house today, but, when I get back, I hope to post some progress pics of the tomahawk.

have a good move Steve!

To the Artillery GB members,

I will be moving  out of my house on Wednesday, and moving into the new one on Friday. I will be very busy for several days, so I apologize in advance for any inattentiveness to the GB. It would only be because I did not get to my computer or I'm so pooped that I couldn't. I will be watching via my phone, so if anyone completes a build I'll be sure to make the time to post it. I should be back in the saddle next week.

Steve

Loving that big Gun's progress Gam...keep at 'er!

What an interesting idea. I did a little reading on that unit. I say "a little" as I could only fins a little. However, while that would be a unique build, aren't the missiles which it carried meant for anti tank purposes?

Steve

I did a bit more reading on the ASU-57 and its successor, ASU-85 "assault guns". Seems their primary function was AT>>Arty. I think that may not fit the "spirit" of the GB. I do have a Soviet IT-1 Missile Tank in my stash (1:35 Trumpeter). I think I will chose that one; we recently moved and I have yet to set up my workshop and need to re-start my modelling with easy builds to get my *** back. Maybe down the road I can also build a proper stand-alone arty piece.

Gamera - Looking good! And ditto on the pictures! One of my goals setting up my new workspace is to figure out and setup a way to take proper pics without too much fuss.

<edit ; not sure why the word m-o-j-o got edited out..... 

JMart: Would love to have you along!

Well, the B-4 howitzer is painted. I wish I knew how to take decent photos though...

Steve - Let me dig into my stash today and see if I have something better available.

JMart,

Those are a fine line due to their limited AT abilities, however since they are technically considered light assault guns, either one should fit. I'm not an artillery man but I guess most artillery pieces would have limited AT capabilities if push came to shove.

Should I put you down for one or both?

Steve

Cheers all - been awhile since I built/posted anything, moved to NJ, new job, setting up new work area/mancave.  Will airborne assault vehicles qualify for this GB? Most of my stash still in long term storage, but I had pulled an ASU-57 (Maquette) and ASU-85 (Trumpeter) off my shelves a few years ago but never started them (or barely, cant even remember.... )

Wayne I sort of did the same thing by mixing Mig Standard Rust and Mig Old Rust. The Standard is oil based and when mixed with the pigment makes a nice wash. I used my finger to take some of it off and tone it down.

The K5 is the one i'm looking forward too.

Terry

Yes, yes Wayne, the K5. I can't wait to see that behemoth.

wheels turned out nicely. i use red brown for the old rust and than take either Tamiya dark rust powder or "make my own: pastel and scrub it in with a stubby stiff brush. tones down any shine.

i need to get back on my K-5. been a while and i have a local contest in October

Terry,

Looks very good!

That looks really good!

Just one photo to show the cool detail on the oilers with a wheel in place.

Terry