Weekend GB 2017-Closed for the season

DB,

Looking forward to pics of the Ki-27.

Bufflehead,

Those Tamiya jeeps build up quick. Looking forward to seeing yours in paint.

I'm still banging away on the Hellcat.  Got all the decals on, but forgot to paint the white ring that goes around the front of the cowling. Just the prop and canopy to go.

Not sure yet what I'm doing for Round Three.

Hey everyone!  I missed Rounds 1 & 2, but I'm ready for Round 3!  Got a late start today - after work I had to have dinner with family and friends, so I didn't start until past 8 PM here in California. 

My offering for the 2017 Weekend Madness GB is Tamiya's venerable 1/35 Ford G.P.A. Jeep.  First time building one of these, but it looks pretty simple and hopefully I can knock this one out in less than 48 hrs!

Let the madness begin!

*UPDATE* 

Its almost midnight and I've put close to 4 hrs into the build.  Most of it is complete, just need to start adding the fiddly bits. 

If all goes well it should have a coat of paint on her by late afternoon!  Time for bed!

I look forward to seeing the final result on Sunday! 

First off, fabulous work everyone! Supposed to have the first snow this weekend...Xmas shopping is mostly done, so this should be a perfect weekend to do this Weekend Build GB. It will be tough for me, with my ADD, procrastination tendencies, and my complete lack of skills. I bought this kit, used, off of Ebay and have already notice damage to the pushrods. Also the decals look sketchy, at best. And we are off...!!!

Round Three is now open for business. Got to finish the Hellcat first. Probably won't start until Saturday.

Thanks Lew.  And thanks again for letting me participate with all my puter issues.  Either of the last two pics. would be fine. 

Till Friday

lewbud

Steve, Health comes first, don't worry about Round Two.  When you get situated and feel up to it let me know, I look forward to meeting you.

Thanks, I should be able to attend the Jan 14th meeting as long as I haven't been called to the hospital yet. The list may be that short.

Tim,

The Hetzer and Chevelle look great!  Which pic of the Hetzer would you like for the front page?

Bill,

That Scooter is the bee's knees.  I hope mine comes out as nice.  Good luck with the doc.

Thewaggish,

Welcome aboard! This build usually goes until Christmas or New Years, so you've got time.

Steve,

Health comes first, don't worry about Round Two.  When you get situated and feel up to it let me know, I look forward to meeting you.

Holy cow Caveman, 

You are ripping through them and doing a great job!

GM sweet little Scooter there, top work

Steve,

That sounds like a tough time coming up for you and yours. Wishing you a good outcome from the transplant

Piers

Yeah, pics tend to emphasize everything I miss!  But, your Hetzer looks fantastic! 

Thanks for the kind words all. 

Still playing a bit of catch up.  As promised, here is Round 2 in the form of an Academy 1/35 Hetzer.  Although the kit came with some fancy camo masks, I wanted to mimic the Hetz that I had in World of Tanks that is a rather plain grey.  I thought the tracks would be the end of me but they worked out OK.  I really could have used a bit more time to get the wheels a bit more muddy but this is what I ended up with after the 48 had elapsed.

Hetzer 1 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Hetzer 2 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Hetzer 3 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Off and running!

Hetzer 4 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Hetzer 5 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Suspension and Hull together as fast as I could.  The rear deck is comprised of many panels that could be posed open but Academy didn't give me anything to put inside.  I'm glad that I was able to get them closed up reasonably well.

Hetzer 6 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Hetzer 7 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Basecoated everything in black and pre shaded with a light grey.  Tracks were painted black and then washed with some Flory washes and drybrushed with a few random colors.

Hetzer 8 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Hetzer 9 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Got the top coat on with the decals and added some chipping.  I put the tracks on at this point as well while I could still have easy access to them.

Hetzer 10 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Hetzer 11 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Got some streaking going on and fitted the fiddly little parts.  The machine gun was a pain to get together in a hurry.  Nine parts in that little gun.

Hetzer 12 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Hetzer 13 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Hetzer 14 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Hetzer 15 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Hetzer 16 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Hetzer 17 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Calling her done with two min. left on the clock.  Would have liked to do more but that is all Father time would allow.  Funny how pictures always show you more than you would normally see.  I hope this happens to everyone and it's just not me going insane.

Well, computer still seems to be holding on so with some luck I will join everyone this weekend for round 3.  Not sure what yet, but I think it's time for some wings.......

Till Friday.

I love that Chevelle! Great detail on the engine!

Excellent finish on that A4!

Nice work all!

Caveman

Hey Guys.  Great work so far!  I love this group build.

A quick explanation.  My computer blew up a few days before the start of Weekend Madness, so I was unable to post any pics.  I think things are up and running for the time being.  Fingers crossed.

I did however still manage to get a two builds done over the past two weekends.  Rain nor sleet nor smoking motherboard can keep me from my bench.  So without further adieu....Round One.

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aStart by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

bStart 2 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

A bit of a late start, but off and running.

Body in Primer by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Interior2 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Body in primer right away, and start on the interior.

Engine in by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Chassis 1 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Engine assembled and chassis well on it's way.

cRolling Chassis 2 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

d interior by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Rolling chassis and Dashboard installed.

Body in Paint by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Graphics on by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Body in paint and some graphics applied.

Finish 1 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Finish 2 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Finish 3 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Front Page Photo by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Done deal with a little time to spare.  I was lucky that this kits design easily allowed it to be built as a few sub assemblies which sped up the process.

I hope this post works.  I am still trying to figure out Flickr.  If the pics. don't work, I will try again tomorrow.  If they do, I will post my second build. 

Keep at it gents!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holy mackerel. Did you sleep at all in the 48 hours??? That looks awesome! 

Lewbud,

I guess I will not be doing a round 2 this year. The University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas wants to put me on the lung transplant list as soon as I can relocate. I will be relocating to Dallas on Dec 23rd so building another kit and packing is out of the question. I need to complete the two I'm almost finished with as it is.

Hopefully I'll get to meet you at the North Central Texas chapter sometime soon.

Steve

Caveman, GMorrison... Man, AWESOME work in 48 hrs or less! 

This looks like a lot of fun! I definently want to particpate... I guess I'll have to swing by my LHS soon, and pick something out. I probably won't be able to actually DO the challenge until closer to Christmas, though.

Finished this morning.

This was a well fitting kit, and like Stik said, because the plastic is soft, sanding the sprue gates wasn't difficult. No putty!

I need to go for a lab test, so I'll take some better photos this afternoon.

Hey Guys.  Great work so far!  I love this group build.

A quick explanation.  My computer blew up a few days before the start of Weekend Madness, so I was unable to post any pics.  I think things are up and running for the time being.  Fingers crossed.

I did however still manage to get a two builds done over the past two weekends.  Rain nor sleet nor smoking motherboard can keep me from my bench.  So without further adieu....Round One.

aStart by Tim Bowers, on Flickr" alt="" />

aStart by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

bStart 2 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

A bit of a late start, but off and running.

Body in Primer by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Interior2 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Body in primer right away, and start on the interior.

Engine in by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Chassis 1 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Engine assembled and chassis well on it's way.

cRolling Chassis 2 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

d interior by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Rolling chassis and Dashboard installed.

Body in Paint by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Graphics on by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Body in paint and some graphics applied.

Finish 1 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Finish 2 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Finish 3 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Front Page Photo by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Done deal with a little time to spare.  I was lucky that this kits design easily allowed it to be built as a few sub assemblies which sped up the process.

I hope this post works.  I am still trying to figure out Flickr.  If the pics. don't work, I will try again tomorrow.  If they do, I will post my second build. 

Keep at it gents!

Lewbud, I'd like to give this a shot! Put me in with an ARII 1/48 Nakajima Ki44 Shoki. Might be able to start tomorrow or the next day... I'll make sure to show time and date in pic when I start... This will be interesting! Thanks, 

Doug

Mopar

Sweet finish on the 190, looks great!

Stik,

Like to see that Mirage finished regardless, it's looking good there.

GM,

Need a scale chainsaw to get through those sprues! Coming along nicely.

Bobb,

Great work on the Chaparral, hard to get a car done in 48 hours

lewbud

 

Stik, 

Looking forward to seeing the Mirage finished.   I've been looking for a Mirage blue formula so I can do the ancient Hasegawa F.1.  If you're looking for something interesting, Syhart just came out with decals for the 100th anniversary of the Lafayette Squadron and it is a stunning aircraft.

 

It'll be done by the end of the week. I only have a few minutes here and there before work now to finish up. And I am also addressing a few fine tuning issues that I could not before due to time constraints. 

If you are referring to the Blue Gray solid upper color used on the interceptors in the late 70’s/early 80’s, I would suggest either Tamiya Medium Blue XF-18 with a little Dark Gray XF-24, or Field Blue XF-50 with a little Neutral Gray XF-53, depending upon how weathered you want the scheme to look.

I bet you need that big mog o' coffee!  I like the idea of using a bolt for nose weight.  Ive neve thought of that!

Major sub assemblies done. Weight in the nose. Will glue the halves together this morning.

Round two builds look great!!!!!  

Mopar, 

The 190 is awesome! Congratulations on your build!

Bob,

Your Chaparral is beautiful.  Great job on a classic kit.

Bill,

Looking forward to your Scooter!

Stik, 

Looking forward to seeing the Mirage finished.   I've been looking for a Mirage blue formula so I can do the ancient Hasegawa F.1.  If you're looking for something interesting, Syhart just came out with decals for the 100th anniversary of the Lafayette Squadron and it is a stunning aircraft.

Work on the Hellcat continues, thanks for the kind words.

Wow, that really is a great looking car!  Well done.  

Bob, to be honest, that is just a great effort to get a 1/24 car done in a weekend. It looks pretty good too.

Cheers

Tony

Stick & Chad-great builds-would never know that they were done in a compressed time frame-high quality builds

Lew-your Hellcat is looking good

GM-welcome to the madness.  I'm anxious to see your build-I need to add an A-4 to my stash

Ok-got the camera sorted out-and finished the Chaparral. After stripping the paint, I primed using Tamiya White Primer (Spray Can) last night and found a can of Model Master Ford White-sprayed it on this am and it was better than the first pass-not great but it passes.

Saw the Monogram stamp on the inner body and the year-1966...the directions were very simple but so was the part count.  I didn't spend as much time working on sink marks, some part fit, driver really could have used a lot more attention but I'm ok with it.  One issue I didn't think about was the condition of the decals-after the first one tore and I used one of the spare number meatballs, I realized that the decals were yellowed-really to the point I shouldn't have used them...but I did anyway.  I've put some Solveaset on the meatballs so hopefully they will settle over the door handles but we'll see.  I will probably put some Future on the decals tomorrow-that may help.

Anyway, there are the pics-

As always, thanks LewBud for organizing and running this GB-I enjoy watching everyone put together great builds.  Right now I'm about 50/50 on pulling out a Monogram bf109G for next weekend....