(HISTORIC BATTLES) Battle of the Bulge 60th anniversary Group Build--starts Nov. 1

Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:03 PM

oh, i'm letting it completely dry up before setting it on the model

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JWest21

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December 2002
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Posted by JWest21 on Sunday, November 14, 2004 2:14 PM

make sure the alcohol doesn't affect the paint

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 2:07 PM

I have some white alchohol pads i'm going to dry out and try...... they are perfect when cut in half.......

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JWest21

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Posted by JWest21 on Sunday, November 14, 2004 2:05 PM

I have seen people make sheets from tissue paper and white glue, but I have not tried that myself. I would think the T-shirt fabric look would look out of scale, but that os without looking at it. You can try it out and see how it looks and then try the tissue paper way

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 2:00 PM

well, my 105 is finished and painted and winterized and i'll post it in a while for feedback (always looking for critisism from the pros) but I have a question. I want to put a white sheet over part of it for camo effect, but is fabric from an old tee shirt too thick for 1/35 and if so, what's the best way to make one.

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JWest21

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Posted by JWest21 on Sunday, November 14, 2004 11:46 AM

Sounds like it. mine works as well.

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:48 AM

i know, i went to their website and tried to open it and my pc spazzed and opened up about 57 "cannot find server" pages before i had to hard boot my pc and bring it back.............. seems to be back to normal, but i think fotopic had a brainfart.

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JWest21

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Posted by JWest21 on Sunday, November 14, 2004 8:29 AM

I think fotopic is experiencing technical difficulty. Both my stuff and yours has been replaced by the dreaded red X. Oh well. Motivation is on AMC- the Battle of the Bulge is on AMC. The American tanks seem to be Chaffees, which although not used in that big of numbers is close. Now the German M-47's....

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 5:44 AM

....meanwhile, the 105 waits for a paint job and finishing touches......

http://gallery114781.fotopic.net/p9116082.html

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, November 14, 2004 4:46 AM

are you doing the AFV or the Academy?

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rebelreenactor

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From: Clovis, Calif

Posted by rebelreenactor on Sunday, November 14, 2004 12:31 AM

well i picked up my m-10. Man this thing is SWEET! I started putting together the turret tonigh and the main gun. There has been some cleaning up but I am just left in aw at the amount of pieces. This is the first armor kitin 1/35 thats not an ancient tamiya or Italeri. I am very excited for this one and I can not wait to finish!

John

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 9:46 PM

that bad, huh? hahaha......... well, i actually am almost done the 105 building part......... suprised how quick it went together....... (for Italeri, that is)

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JWest21

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Posted by JWest21 on Saturday, November 13, 2004 9:28 PM

Don't try Dragon's Pz I then or you will go completely blind!!

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 8:33 PM

while waiting on my "replacement" M-16 instructions, I've started on my Italeri 105................. I had to take a break 'cause those little pieces are making me go crosseyed.......... Dead [xx(]

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rebelreenactor

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Posted by rebelreenactor on Saturday, November 13, 2004 5:33 PM

Well I just picked up my M-10 today. Ooooh, it looks so nice. But I am forcing myself to finish up some things first.

John

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fiasco

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April 2003
From: East Midlands UK

Posted by fiasco on Saturday, November 13, 2004 1:49 PM

I keep looking at my half finished Bulge dio featuring King Tiger and Schwimmwagen with fallschirmjagers. My first thought on joining this GB was to finish it for the GB. Then I changed my mind and went for the C-47. I'm really struggling with reference photos for that to do the markings. So I'm thinking of going back to plan A.
There's still plenty to do, although it was started before the GB date. Anyone got any objections?

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fiasco

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From: East Midlands UK

Posted by fiasco on Saturday, November 13, 2004 1:35 PM

Glenn, don't worry about reading backwards! The first thing I do is jump to the last page! I'm glad you like the whitewash effect. By now you've probably worked back to how I did it LOL
I don't know if anyone noticed but the 88 is in it's 'recoiling' position as if just fired. I built it for a Bulge dio about 18months ago maybe more. I was inspired by the Foy scene in Band of Brothers, where Spiers does his heroic run. However as always I am so slow at modelling I never finished it. Maybe one day.

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 12:03 PM

the frame was one main part, but i guess about half a sprue or so for the fixins.......... it wasn't too bad.

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rebelreenactor

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From: Clovis, Calif

Posted by rebelreenactor on Saturday, November 13, 2004 11:44 AM

Thanks for the help guys. It was norton that was giving me the trouble.
you builds looking good. How many pieces was the chassis?

John

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 10:58 AM

jwest, i was one of the first models i tried when i got back into modeling, so it could have just been me, but i didn't have fun with it...........

rebel...... if you are running norton internet security, its ad blocking sees the thumbs on fotopic as ads and blocks them..... try this link to help, it worked for me.

http://fotopic.net/help/kb/article.php?id=56

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, November 13, 2004 9:22 AM

I hope I'm not taking this out of context because I'm reading this thread backwards. I like the whitewash on this 88!

Glenn
(doing a Nashorn and a Tiger II for the BoB GB)

QUOTE: Originally posted by fiasco

I've finally got some new batteries for my camera. Here's the whitewash effect I was talking about the other day

Geoff,
I'd like to klnow too!
I have been able to put my own pictures on but not the GB badges I've signed up for

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JWest21

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Posted by JWest21 on Saturday, November 13, 2004 8:19 AM

tankergeoff- is the fit that bad??

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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JWest21

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December 2002
From: PA

Posted by JWest21 on Saturday, November 13, 2004 8:10 AM

rebel- it's got to be a compatibility issue. You probably are lacking the program that reads the type of files that fotopic uses.. It is one of the photoreaders, but I just don't know which

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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rebelreenactor

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From: Clovis, Calif

Posted by rebelreenactor on Friday, November 12, 2004 9:42 PM

huh? wonder why I can never see pics from fotopic???

John

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 12, 2004 8:52 PM

oh, i know. that's cool..... and the day they show up in the mail, i'll find the other ones stowed away by one of my kids and colored on somewhere..... hahahaha.

i built that chaffee kit and got disgusted 1/3 through and never picked it back up. i have told myself i'm boycotting italeria, but I love the M7 and wish there was another maker of the kit out there.

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JWest21

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December 2002
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Posted by JWest21 on Friday, November 12, 2004 8:49 PM

I don't know how their armor is, but from a former aircraft guy, their kits aren't the easiest. Poor fit, spartan detail. I did just buy a Chaffee the other day (had 2 "c" sprues and no "b" sprue). their tracks are really really stiff. By the way, whats the odds of Spamicus having duplicate instructions??

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 12, 2004 8:42 PM

i still cannot decided what other vehicle i want to include in the diorama...... I have a Priest I just got off eBay and I know they were at the Bulge..... I heard the Italeria M7 is a tough build.

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JWest21

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December 2002
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Posted by JWest21 on Friday, November 12, 2004 8:34 PM

no problem. There is always someone who can help. That's what I like best about this forum. Let me know if you ever need anything else

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 12, 2004 8:31 PM

i found someone in the armor forum with the M16 kit and he's going to get the directions to me..... thanks for the advice jason

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JWest21

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Posted by JWest21 on Friday, November 12, 2004 8:23 PM

Looking good! You are ahead of me. I am stuck at the same place I was 4 days ago! No time. hopefully this weekend I can jumpstart it.

Jason "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness." -D. Barry

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