AIRCRAFT, ARMOR, FIGURES, SHIPS - D-Day Group Build, 5-8 June 1944

QUOTE: Originally posted by Kennethc Come on Frosty.... Just close your eyes and pick one! ... Just remember The little German locomotive that could!!....chant! I think I can, I think I can, I think......ahhhhh THUNDERBOLTS!!!!

Kennethc:
i keep coming back 2 the scene in The Longest Day where Beach Master Colin Maud
gets a stuck Universal Carrier going again by thumping it with a cane... but i'm not sure
if this means i need a thump 2 get going myself, or if it's the scene itself i should be
recreating ?
THUNDERBOLTS??... or maybe a Hellcat, it's on the FSM D-Day list & i know there's already at least 1 Jug in the GB, LOL.... a plane, ohmigosh... get the filler !
how about a German gun emplacement w/ either a 20mm Flakvierling or a huge 88 ?
or a Panzer IV waiting 4 orders 2 move up ?
my head is spinning....
if i do the Universal Carrier scene, i can scratchbuild a few hedgehogs & maybe some
barbed wire 4 a dio base, maybe even do up a fig 2 represent the Beach Master & his cane... but where am i going 2 find a 1/72 bulldog (he had his dog Winston on the beach with him, apparently) ? LOL...

frosty

Frosty: ....Indeed... That "Jug" is mine... I am doing a Tamiya Razorback...(Whooo Pig Sooieee)!! Oh the horror...... No filler in this one.. The fit is unbelievable!!

I like the gun emplacement idea. Nice scene maybe an hour before it all started with some soldiers clamly sitting around breakfast...

Good luck anyway...

Rebel & gang: Should be done with my Typhoon in a couple of days & will have a pic or two for you by the end of the week.

Joe: when you've finished your P-38 it would be interesting to hear from you on the
pros & cons of the foil method vs. conventional mettalic paint. Was it worth it? Did the foil give you results that were a quantum leap beyond paint?

will do. so far the results are good but compared to some of the other nmf builds i have seen this build is sloppy. i made some big mistakes, such as the sections of foil were much too large, i spread the glue much too thick, i was too impatient. painting would have been easier but the effect would have been lost i believe. i think that with this experience if i do this type of thing again i could improve the finish. but then i went into this saying it would be a learning experience.

joe

Joe, looking forward to seeing pics of your rework on the foil. Learning experience, yeah I've had a few of those .

QUOTE: Originally posted by Kennethc Frosty: ....Indeed... That "Jug" is mine... I am doing a Tamiya Razorback...(Whooo Pig Sooieee)!! Oh the horror...... No filler in this one.. The fit is unbelievable!! I like the gun emplacement idea. Nice scene maybe an hour before it all started with some soldiers clamly sitting around breakfast... Good luck anyway...

Kennethc:
being as ur location is Arkansas, the Razorback is quite appropriate !
glad 2 hear the kit goes together well... so far my choices in plane kits
have been, shall we say, questionable...
thanx 4 the feedback on what 2 do, it mite b nice 2 show the 'calm before the storm'...

frosty

Ive painted most of the interior and then i will move to the cockpit and the exterior.
looking foreward to seeing that typhoon.
keep up the builindg guys.

Hey guys I'm back!

I've finished the paint on my DUKW but I'm still working on the cargo. I havent started on my schwimminwagen and I just bought dragon's firefly Vc.

ok, for the people that are finishing, here is the GB badge once again.


still no m4 at the HS!! gonna have to check the other LHS in the area...........

Dday, glad to see you back. Did You still need a picture of a DUKW in water. I found one in my books and will post it if you want me too.

M1- Are you doing your sherman in 1/35 or 1/72?

Nope I think I'm set with the pics posted earlier rebelreenactor unless its a side or back shot.

When is the end date on this one again?

Hi Phillip, thanks for the links, not only will they help with my build i am also trying to trace my grandfathers military career.
all your builds are looking great, thanks for sharing.
Greg

QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeeves When is the end date on this one again?

August 6th

No progress made

not much progress here either, i will try one get the glider finished with no serial or chalk number on the nose if i can't find the ino before then. at least i have the correct camo patern now.
Greg

I am glad to know tha i am not alone. And go figure, the two people building gliders?!

Dayday I almost forgot, the picture i haveis like a side and front view. It shows the front and the vehicles right side.

just a quickie question, was the hotspur glider used on d-day?
cheers.
Greg

Well time for me to get off my duff & post some progress. My build is a P-51C from the 363rd Fighter Squadron, 357th Fighter Group, 8th AF. Using Tamiya's excellent P-51B kit as the base, with some AM goodies to spice it up a tad.

Here's the basic cockpit tub glued into the left fuselage half. Mix of kit, resin & PE parts. Sprayed with ModelMaster Interior Green, Green Zinc Chromate, Olive Drab & Dark Tan. Detail painting brush painted with Vallejo acrylics. Weathering done with Burnt Sienna water color & Prismacolor Silver & Light Grey pencils.



And here's another pic showing the Ultracast resin seat with brush painted seat belts.



Here's a pic showing the Eduard PE Instrument Panel.



And here's a pic of the right fuselage half.



Now have to glue the halves together & start moving on to the end game.

I was making good progress on my dio and Priest model, but the last two weeks have been uber busy so I haven't gotten anything done lately. The dio base is finished, as is the basic Priest, but I've still got to add extra gear, weather it and get the crew finished up. Still got a month though, here's hoping....

I don't have a digital camera so it's hard to post progress pictures, but when it's all done I'll post pictures for everyone to comment on.

Good luck to everyone else on their builds

rjk. that looks awesome. you show great talent to get such crisp detail.

joe

Mostly done with Typhoon. Still have a little touch up to do on it but it's at least presentable. To see it click on the "web" icon at the botton of my signature & then go to
"Group Build One". It's in Photobucket.
Re the Typhoon: this is a 1/32 Revell kit. Fit was a major issue in only 2 spots: on the
bottom of the fusalage where it joins with the wing assembly, and then the canopy, the
fit of which I can describe only as excrable. Because the curvature of the canopy did not
match the curvature of the fusalage the two made contact at only two tiny points, which made anchoring the canopy very problematic. I had to pack putty mixed with liquid cement under the front part of the gap. The back part I left as is. Also, the rockets I borrowed from a 1/32 Hasegawa Hellcat kit (the same one that you see now on my signature pic). I don't think that these are really historically accurate since the Brits (I believe) used rockets that launched off wooden rails. Some of you might know more about this. Anyway, it is what it is. Thankfully the camera hides a multitude of sins.

Thanks Joe. The build has progressed and the wing is now assembled to the fuselage. Just about ready to prime & paint. Will post some more progress pics in a day or two.

QUOTE: Originally posted by fightnjoe will do. so far the results are good but compared to some of the other nmf builds i have seen this build is sloppy. i made some big mistakes, such as the sections of foil were much too large, i spread the glue much too thick, i was too impatient. painting would have been easier but the effect would have been lost i believe. i think that with this experience if i do this type of thing again i could improve the finish. but then i went into this saying it would be a learning experience. joe

When I did my first household foil finish (f100), I made the same mistakes and had the same problems - wonderful learning experience tho and I am going to try it again, the finish is worth it.

Just started my piper l4 - looks like this is going to be an easy build OOB.

would you believe i am wanting to start my second. cant believe it. but that is for a different thread.

joe

Rjk that P51 is looking Awesome. Well I have started my Pz IV J but it is a slow progress especially since I am adding the interior but am plodding along.

ok all. as this p-38 of mine is also for the nmf gb i am going to stop posting the pics as it is very close to the end for me. one of the guidrules in that build was we would not post until the end date, oct 31,2004. in fact i have about thirty decals to do. future to seal, weathering and done. i will however post a link so that you can see the finished build.

i thank you all for the kind words and the helpful comments.

joe

lookin foreward to seein it.

RJK, That interior is looking really good. lots of detail!

Saw the typhoon, looks very fine.

Rich, John, Thanks guys. Model was primed this morning. Have some minor seam clean up to do & then on to the fun parts.

Regards, Rick

rjk:
great work on the p-51 interior,
now i know what it should look like...
started building the airfix 1/72 p-51 over the weekend,
so ur pix were posted in time 4 me 2 paint the inside of mine correctly !
thanx,

frosty

Rick, Great Job... AC interiors are a pain... I just painted my first one in years with the Razorback...

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