ARMOR - British/Commonwealth Group Build (9/17/04 to 12/31/04)

QUOTE: Originally posted by Build22 Don't know when I'll finish it - maybe when I'm shooting the paint on the bigger one. I still have a track problem - way to tight - broke the sprocket off from the pressure Thanks for the pics as well

Bummer on the tracks. Keep at it fella.

Offer of more pics is open to you too, if you want them. Just email me.

QUOTE: Originally posted by petbat Build....I think Erica's has tracks

Hysterical !

I bet it does. Probably done a little better as well

Don't know when I'll finish it - maybe when I'm shooting the paint on the bigger one. I still have a track problem - way to tight - broke the sprocket off from the pressure


Thanks for the pics as well

Build....I think Erica's has tracks

When are you going to finish the itty bitty one?

Frosty does it look kinda like this ?




This Dragon's 1/72 Challenger 2 - which I believe is re-boxed by Revell

If your kit is like this one - I say

What a great little kit - great detail, great fit

Anytime Erica.

QUOTE: Originally posted by petbat Erica, does your kit have the add on armour or not? Here is a couple, if you want more email me. These are colour shots, but I have a few B&W as well.

Peter:
nope, no add-on armor, just the basic side skirts...
thanx 4 the pix so far, they will b most helpful.
when i figure out excatly what i need, i'll definitely shoot u an e-mail !
thanx 4 ur kind offer !

frosty

Erica, does your kit have the add on armour or not? There were some subtle differences tank to tank, even in the same units, some with different Jerrycan racks, etc. Unfortunately I have no pics where you can see a vehicle from all sides, and only a couple of Uparmoured ones where you can see side and rear.

Here is a couple, if you want more email me. These are colour shots, but I have a few B&W as well.

This is Churchill the 7th Armoured Division's, Queens Royal Irish Hussars' Commanding Officer's vehicle; the vehicle the Bovington Chally on Tanxheaven has been painted as. This is the pre-war (ie Desert Shield time frame) scheme, Churchill got up-armoured later. If you refer to the www.tanxheaven.com site you can get the right markings:


You could leave off the "B" and change the name to ARKLOW for another QRIH tank.

This is the up armoured 'Hades' (you can just make out the name on the first rectangular armour plate), unfortunately that is all I have for that one.

hiya, folks !
i actually did a bit more work on my revell 1/72 chally,
added a bunch of details 2 the stern...
this is really one of the finest 1/72 kits i've built so far,
incredilble detail... i will probably not add anything scratchbuilt
because it would look crude in comparison 2 the kit itself !
well, maybe some tarps 4 the baskets, they r the weakest part of the kit...
i'm just about at the point where i could use some ref pix of GW1 vehicles,
the kit only provides for KFOR/SFOR type markings but i would like 2 do a
Granby version .
i am really hoping 2 make the deadline 4 this build...

frosty

QUOTE: Originally posted by Build22 Peter, As I stated elsewhere - Looks great !

Jim

Buff
As I stated elsewhere - Looks great ! Anytime you want to ask a question about the base, just email me

Julian, get a water trap for your compressor and you shouldn't have problems on rainy days or in our summer humidity. It is still warm enough to dry the paint now, just don't touch it for a while.

QUOTE: Originally posted by petbat Julian. Will be bringing it for the February Comp, as I will probably be in Wollongong for the January meeting (it's the 2nd Saturday 'cause of new years eve hangovers). More rain expected tomorrow sorry. Hope to see the pics of the Matilda soon. By the way, forgot to compliment you on the Wirblewind (and the wingy thingies) you brought in on Saturday. Very nicely done indeed.

Yeah mate it's still rainingthanks for the compliments on the Wirblewind all i need to do is to paint and fit the tools and it's all done
I might have to bite the bullet and Airbrush in the rain, hopefuuly the airconditioner will dry the air out a little.......
BTW can you send me an email before the Jan meeting cause i have a tendency to forget when the dates change..........Jules.......

John, that is some outstanding work!
Peter, the Centaur looks great. And thanks for posting how you built the base. It's a great little tutorial.
Here are a couple of updated pics of my Churchill. It's been basecoated with Tamiya Dark Green, Futured, decaled and flat coated with Polly Scale Flat. The other pic is of one of the tracks. It's been basecoated with Tamiya gunmetal, and washed with artist oil burnt sienna. To me, the tracks look more like copper than rust. I'm hoping dry-brushing with gunmetal and then rubbing in some graphite will tone it down . Otherwise I'll have to start over. Sorry about the poor quality of the pics. I'm having a hard time taking decent pics indoors. They never seem to turn out well.

Rebel, Diggeraone, nice job guys Looks great !


Buff and jratz - nice progress so far


Peter,
As I stated elsewhere - Looks great !



Here' progress on the Challenger 2





In the background is my study model. It's Dragon's 1/72 Challenger ( nice little unit, eventhough I'm not usually a fan of 1/72 )

Julian. Will be bringing it for the February Comp, as I will probably be in Wollongong for the January meeting (it's the 2nd Saturday 'cause of new years eve hangovers). More rain expected tomorrow sorry. Hope to see the pics of the Matilda soon.

By the way, forgot to compliment you on the Wirblewind (and the wingy thingies) you brought in on Saturday. Very nicely done indeed.

Exellent work Petbattup]Are you going to bring it to the next AMMS meeting so we can have a closeup look

I was hopeing to get some preshading done on the Matilda this week but the three days of rain we've had has prevented any airbrushinghopefully it will clear up and i can get some work done

John don't worry about the end date. This is the first GB I've been in and finished on time (seeing as I kinda started it, I thought I better set an example). Even money, you won't be alone on the unfinished side of the table when New Years Eve blows by.

Just have fun and take note of my new sig quote.

I think I have a problem -- I just realized the end date for this is 31 Dec !!!! Somehow I thought it was end of January -- I'm way behind !!!!!.

Anyway, if you remember my last post (30 Nov) where I figured out the cab sat too high, well I decided to fix it and that has occupied my modelling week. Of course, just fixing one thing just wishful thinking. I fixed the cab height but that made the fenders & wheels look wrong, so I had to also move the cab about 1/16" forward & that meant redoing the engine mounts and radiator. The steps, fuel tanks, and spare tire carrier had to come off & that meant frame repairs. Then I noted the cab didn't sit quite right on the frame so I had to kludge in some fill parts to make it all look better.

One other result of moving the cab forward is I now have a gap in the rear beds -- this is a good thing as I need a bit more space on the middle deck to de-conflict the gun legs & the winch handle. But I think I'll just fill the gap with something simple & not rebuild the decks themselves -- I think I can make the fill look like part of the chock assembly.

Anyway, bulk of hack & whack work is done, now I can start to put things back together. And start on the storage boxes & fuel-can holders. I better get the cab washed down & primed, at least underneath so I can get it cleaned up.

I have also been working on the ammo box, bending brass for the seat railing & etc.

None of which solves my biggest problem -- the end date for this is 31 Dec !!!! I'm way behind !!!!!.

I do not know how some of you can turn out such GREAT work in what (to me) is a short time !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Very Nice petbat! great build!

Your Centaur looks excellent Petbat. Its given me extra motivation to get my Matilda finished, been tossing up what scheme to finish it in and have finally decided to go with the 3 colour Caunter scheme. I am also using this model as a trial for using Vallejo acrylics on armour models, if it works out I may convert to Vallejo acrylics for all my modelling interests.

hey digger:
i seen your sig you have that centrion, i cant remember if you did it for this gb, but i'm sure if you realized this but you tracks are on wrong, one track is facing the other way from the other one.

QUOTE: Originally posted by petbat More like hides the screams of the neighbours

It's winter on the Outer Banks, the tourists are gone; it is peaceful & quiet.
In South Nags Head where I live, there are few if any neighbors, except maybe these folks ...

Petbat now that looks good,very good.Digger

More like hides the screams of the neighbours

Okay, Centaur pics finally. After taking these shots I noticed a couple of things that need touching up, which I will do shortly. Quick Re-cap:
Tamiya 1/35th scale Centaur CS Mk IV
Fenders and skirts all scratchbuilt from brass and styrene.
Added details also from brass and styrene.
Engine grill from brass mesh stock
Kit Tracks, decals and figures.
Painted in Revell enamels, gloss base of Future for the decals, then Dull coat to seal. Artist oil and white spirit wash then dry brushed with a mix of Revell and Humbrol Enamels and final light dust with pastels.

Figures painted with base coat of Tamiya Dark Yellow followed by artists oils for flesh and Vallejo acrylics for uniforms.









Let me know if you see something I missed.

Quick update. I added the skirt supports and cleaned up some leftover bits for the lower hull of the Centurion. Everything is broken down into subassemblies with the wheels still left on the sprue for ease of painting. No time this weekend, but sometime next week I'll be looking at finally throwing some paint on the kit.

QUOTE: hides the screams when my knife goes astray ....

QUOTE: Originally posted by petbat QUOTE: Originally posted by jratz fiddle with some other stuff, and maybe get away with it. John New way to model...play the violin at the same time Good luck with the fudging.

See signature for "Bluegrass" fiddle !!!!!!!!!!!!! The music is always on when modelling .... makes me feel good & hides the screams when my knife goes astray ....

Well i still havn't touched the Matilda but if i can put some sort of closure to the P51 i'm building in the next week or so i may just sneak it in by the finish date,if not i'll certainly finish in Jan.........

jratz that wood looks fantastic mate can't wait to see it finished.....
Jules.......

QUOTE: Originally posted by jratz fiddle with some other stuff, and maybe get away with it. John

New way to model...play the violin at the same time Good luck with the fudging.

Careful with the "Wow's: guys, I've got a couple problems -- back to decisions & in this case I made the wrong one. Way back when I was hacking the Tamiya cab I left the "frame rails" on figuring it wouldn't look too bad sitting up on the Italeri frame.

Well, now it sits about 1/8 too high off the frame & that makes the vertical position of the fuel tanks vs the steps vs the fenders wrong. It is pretty obvious from a side view.

I do not want to try & fix this properly -- I'll probably break too many things. I shall make one attempt at kludging things & see if I can live with it. I took the fuel tanks & steps off again and after careful study, think I can take off about 1/16"-5/64" from the cab frames, fiddle with some other stuff, and maybe get away with it.

John

John....wow, that's all I can really say.

QUOTE: That is one sweet build there John. Looks fantastic.

Looks great!