Hi Gamera. If you'll have me I would like to join with a crossover from the SSGB. The subject will be my 1\48th Eduard Zero.

Dodgy

Dodgy

Hi Gamera. If you'll have me I would like to join with a crossover from the SSGB. The subject will be my 1\48th Eduard Zero.

Dodgy

 

Sure! Glad to have you, welcome aboard!!! 

Happy New Year gents.

I started with these big turbo fan GE's and yes the fans spin.

Those engines look pretty sweet crownrn7!

Gam, put me down TBA please

cbaltrin. Many thanks, they are a lot of fun painting but test fit is a must.

Steve. How are you doing , I've been slacking for awhile I haven't been on here either well happy new year. I started off with an airliner lets see how it goes.

I applied spinner decal and painted fan blades,exhaust and cowling.

Nick,you are off to a quick start. Those engines look great, and they spin? Wow!

BK

BK. I'm making up Some time. I do need to slow down  keeps mistakes down thanks.

modelcrazy

Gam, put me down TBA please

 

Sure Steve, just put you down. The GB wouldn't be the same without you! 

Nick: Superb work! Great job there with all those tiny delicate fan blades! 

Hey Nick, awesome work, but don't get sucked in, (to the blades, they look so realistic!!!). 

Dodgy

Dodgy. Thank you it was strange putting them together lol.

finished clearing them, primed fuseage, tail planes andd wings pics to follow. this p/c is hung over time for a replacement.

started painting and placed wing flairings on the wings.

Making good progress Crown r n7!

I hope to start on my KI-61 before end of month...

Holy crap!! Dude, slow down and let the rest of us catch up. That thing will be flying anytime. No pun intended, but you are flying though this one. Great work.

BK

Brandon. There isn't much to this kit.. but decals are extentive some weathering lots more to do and a 2.5ft sq work space. I need to make more room.

cbaltrin. Thank you.

Yeah that looks amazing Nick! Barely a week into the new year and you've already made a serious dent in getting her done! 

Looking forward to your Ki-61 Cbaltrin!

I've been moving forward on the O-I, nothing like Nick though! 

Lots of parts to the suspension. But everything went together like a silk glove. I need to finish a bunch of GBs from 2022 but this thing fits so well, it's what I needed- a really nice break from struggling with problems of all stripes. 

I didn't have a Imperial Japanese figure handy so I threw in a Vietnam era G.I. for scale. Dang this thing is BIG...

crown r n7

started painting and placed wing flairings on the wings.

 

Wow, that is quite a project, well done so far!

Gamera

I've been moving forward on the O-I, nothing like Nick though! 

Lots of parts to the suspension. But everything went together like a silk glove. I need to finish a bunch of GBs from 2022 but this thing fits so well, it's what I needed- a really nice break from struggling with problems of all stripes. 

I didn't have a Imperial Japanese figure handy so I threw in a Vietnam era G.I. for scale. Dang this thing is BIG...

 

That looks like is a biggun' too.  Is the figure 1/72, or is it just that big of a tank?  Looks good so far though Gam!

Gamera

I've been moving forward on the O-I, nothing like Nick though! 

Lots of parts to the suspension. But everything went together like a silk glove. I need to finish a bunch of GBs from 2022 but this thing fits so well, it's what I needed- a really nice break from struggling with problems of all stripes. 

I didn't have a Imperial Japanese figure handy so I threw in a Vietnam era G.I. for scale. Dang this thing is BIG...

 

BK

Thanks guys, and nope the figure is 1/35th. It's an O-I or Ooki-I-Gou type 1. Which apparently translates to 'BIG'. It was a 150 ton vehicle with a crew of 11. 

One prototype was built and not suprisingly had a great deal of technical problems. Seems it was canciled mainly though because the Imperial Navy wouldn't give the army enough steel to build more than the first one. 

More information here: 

https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/jap/O-I.php

It was so friggin' wierd I had to have the kit once it came out... 

I'm surprised how big the O-I is that's going to take while to paint. 

I am almost ready to start painting my Type 10. I found out I somehow damaged my airbrush needle and lost the two spares also. Now I'm waiting for the post to deliver replacements. 

150 tons?! OOFTA !!!

I watched a documentary regarding German super heavy tanks during WWII and they had ideas of building stuff this size but ultimately gave up realizing that no bridge in Europe could handle that much weight. I'm sure the Japanese had to have also realized this scale just isn't all that mobile in the big scheme of things. 

Can't wait to see more.

BK

Thanks guys! 

Yeah, some of the Axis leaders were on serious drugs...

A 70 ton tank like a Royal Tiger was a mechanical nightmare- 150 tons is just downright insane. 

If you guys read the site I linked they commented on how the Japanese got the thing about 2/3 finished- lacking the main turret and some of the armour- it weighed in at about 100 tons and tried to test it. The driver veered off the hard packed earth and got the blasted thing stuck in about a metre/yard of mud. Dragging it out they damaged the suspension. After that it went into storage and sat there till scrapped. 

brillant idea..... 

Greysnake: Good luck! I used to damage so many needles I was buying them left and right. Ended up switching to a more robust airbrush and thankfully haven't had much of that problem anymore... 

I have the German Ratte in the stash in 1/144 scale, it was their paper panzer that used a battleship turret.  I really don't understand what they were thinking when they drew that one up....Someday I hope to get to it.

Would love to see you build her Robert! 

I built a E-100 in 1/35th a few years ago, big brute of a tank. 

Gamera,

Those super tanks make for fun models, but their designers never address the most important question of all - where the heck can you find a parking stall?  

I am seriously shocked that the Japanese actually started building that thing, considering their lack of emphasis on armor development during the war.

GreySnake,

No, some super heavy tank history is always fun to read about!

That the Japanese also got into the game is intriguing.