The First Gulf War 30th Anniversary Build

Hello!

I have painted the boots for the captain. Added the ankle reinforcement straps - made them out of a tea bag:

Thanks for lookin' and have a nice day

Paweł

First coat of paint on:

Justin - looking at those seams reminds me of why my F15 is on a 15 year hiatus.   Looking good so far!

I was able to get a little more finished on my F-15C this weekend!  Took care of the seam where the cockpit assembly mounts to the fueslage, and found that the speed brake panel had the mount tabs (?) broken off, so I started to fill them in with sprue goo...

I am at sort of a standstill until the resin exhaust cans and pilot/ejection seat get delivered by the ultimate USPS....

I also ordered the markings, a decal set from Ebay as well.  I hope they dont take too long to get here!

Nice progress AA on the M60!

Well done on the cockpit O!

Hey gang, I decided to get started on my AH-1J. My plan is to build it in the 3 gray camo scheme used during Desert Storm.  I want to eventually build every version of the Cobra that served with the Marines. This will be the second of the series. I finished a kit-bashed -1G in '19 and the 4-bladed demstrator last year. I purchased the Cobra Company resin cockpits for the the J, T, and W for my project. I decided to go ahead and use the resin for this build. 

I have never used a resin cockpit before. My experience with resin hadn't extended beyond an ejection seat here or a set of wheels there. Overall, I'm happy with the way it turned out. There are a few little mistakes, but they really won't be noticeable under the canopy. The only addition I made was a pair of scratch built ECS hoses.

I'm ready to move on to the airframe. I'll be sharing my progress as I make it. Comments, questions and criticisms welcome. Thanks for looking!

-O

Hello everybody!

Justin - nice lookin' F-15. Long time ago I have built a similar (or maybe even the same) kit, by Monogram.

Whitey - That S-3 (Hoover) is very interesting and you don't see it built too often. The new cockpit is looking very good.

Armor_Aficionado - Good to see a classic tank here. Did you see we had a thread here where we were trying to 3D-design an interior for it?

http://cs.finescale.com/fsm/modeling_subjects/f/3/t/180795.aspx

And I have managed to paint up the PASGT (kevlar) vest and it's woodland camo pattern:

In the other build thread we've had a discussion about how Verlinden made some errors in regard to the things that should from the pistol belt like the pistol holster or the canteen(s). I'll try to correct those errors, but first I want to paint up the boots.

Thanks for lookin' and have a nice day!

Paweł

First WIP pics on the M-60A1; so far so good, everything's going together well:

Sure, Dan.  I have you down and thanks for joining!

Nice work so far all!

Continuing on...Using the KMC (True Details) cockpit in this one. It paints up pretty nice, I'm also adding the ECS duct in the tail...a sore spot of this kit for sure. Just some Evergreen tube, bent. The excess will be cut off and everyhting shaped into place.

Looks good Justin. I hate those seams.

I finally got a little bench time...I had a Cubscouts counsel meeting via zoom, so I was able to get some work done on some of the seams, and continue a few assembly steps.

I used a two step process (where necessary) of home made 'sprue goo' and Perfect Plastic Putty to fill the seams on the intake sides that are virtually invisible once the cockpit assembly is installed, and totally forgot to take a photo before priming and then installing the cockpit!

I was also able to get the upper wings installed last night too...

I am still waiting for my resin pilot in the ejection seat, which is somewhere between here and Scottsdale Arizona, and a set of resin exhaust cans, which are somewhere between here and Maryland.  (Here is the suburbs of Philly....)

Looks like you are off to a good start Justin.

Finally got a start on my entry for the GB today. The plan is to modify tamiya's m1a2 kit and turn it into a m1a1 from the 3rd armored cavalry regiment during Desert Storm. 

I ended up getting the running gears assembled and the tracks painted. As always, it was the most tedious part of an armor build and I am glad it is over with.


With a lack of am tracks in 1/48 scale, I am stuck with the tracks provided in the kit. Although the tracks for this kit are the t158 style and not the t156 style commonly used in the gulf war era, I ended up finding a photo of a desert storm Abrams with t158 track.
 

I also tried a quick mock-up of the anti reflect optics using a piece of the present wrapping bow pictured.

Hello everyone, Glamdring I would like to enter in my Tamiya 1/48 F-117 Nighthawk & Haseaga 1/48 F-15C Eagle.

IMG_0882-1 by Daniel Smith, on Flickr

IMG_0884-1 by Daniel Smith, on Flickr

Whitey, I have you down and welcome!

Jusin, looks good to me so far!

I have made my own decision, will be working on Takom's T-55A in Iraqi markings, though I may change my mind between now and when I can get to it.  

So, I've finally gotten started with my first offering, the Revell 1/48th scale F15C.

I have not picked up the markings for it yet, but I figure I have a little time...

I started with the cockpit,as usual, leaving out the seat temporarily, as I have a resin fighterpilot and ejection seat on order, and I am hoping to make that fit...

The detail is pretty sparse, so I hope to hide that with the resin seat and pilot...

and before hitting the sack last night, I got the upper and lower fuselage halves assembled and most of the seam work filled

Whitey

Sounds good! Not too late to jump in is it? My personal plan for 2021 is to build Desert Storm only subjects. I just finished up the first of them, a 1/48 F-117A (so I won't put that in the GB), and my next will be an S-3B Viking from VS-22. Pics to follow.

 

You joined us!  AWESOME!

OK...kicking off. AMT 1/48 S-3A. Will be an early S-3B (still with MAD boom and all sono buoy tubes). I'll add a KMC cockpit, and fold the wings . I might detail up the weapons bay and MLG bay.

My kit arrived today, still got to get the decals and some AM before i start.

Thats coming together nicely Pawel nice camo.

Robert - thanks a lot!

I have the camo painted on the coat as well. Maybe I'll lighten it a little more, though:

Next I have to paint the kevlar PASGT vest - this will also be in woodland camo.

Thanks for lookin' and have a nice day

Paweł

Paweł, great work on that camo.  The Captain is sure coming along nicely.

Mark - I have you down and welcome!

Can't wait to see the Challenger come together.  Bish's British GB last year opened a spot in my heart.  

Hello!

Thanks a lot for your kind words, GreySnake! Looking forward to your Chally build!

Tomcat - your Nighthawk and Cobra are classics, too!

Have a nice day

Paweł

I'd like to join in with two builds. First is a 1/48 scale F-117A stealth fighter by Testors/Italeri and Second a 1/35 AH1W super Cobra by MRC.

This is awesome, Pawel!  I have always loved that camo pattern!  Its looking good so far!

Justin

Hello!

Today is 6th of January - in Poland we have a holiday called "The Three Kings" - gives me some extra bench time!

Maybe it would be a good day to watch the movie of the same name, just to get in the right mood for this GB!

And I tried to lighten up the camo I already painted. Calling the trousers done now:

Movin on to the BDU bluse and the boots now.

Looking forward to this F-15 - it's a classic of the nineties!

Thanks for reading and have a nice day

Paweł

I have added you, Justin!

I think I tried one of Revell's releases of that kit years ago when I was in college, never made it to the finish line though.  Dorm life was not comducive to modeling.  It is hanging around somewhere though, half built, in my model closet.

So, I have decided on a build for this one....I am going to build the 1/48th scale F15 C from Revell.  Ths kit markings are the ones with the decorative eagles wings and such for the Oregon National Guard, but I am working on replacements to represent a Desert Storm squadron.  I am also working on an A/M pilot, and possibly some details seat,  but I dont know what is out there and available....