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

bobbaily

Member since
November 2003
From: Nashville, TN area

Posted by bobbaily on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 6:53 AM

fiasco-thx for the tip on the 'white-wash'. that's a bit of info that will come in handy soon.

Picked up the Sherman M4A3 with the 105mm-now waiting for reference material from the local library-so old tech!

Bob

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JWest21

Member since
December 2002
From: PA

Posted by JWest21 on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 10:58 AM

Nothing wrong with old tech- easier on the wallet than buying them and less tedious than trying to sort through the 500 useless Google repsonses for that one helpful one

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

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:18 AM

was going to try and get some PE for the M16 but cannot seem to find any available..........

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 2:35 PM

and forgive me for being ignorant, but as i am fairly new to the forums, how do i display the GB icons on my posts?

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fiasco

Member since
April 2003
From: East Midlands UK

Posted by fiasco on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 5:19 PM

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

Member since
December 2002
From: PA

Posted by JWest21 on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 7:55 PM

Tankergeoff- you need to host it online somewhere. I use www.fotopic.com. Free and easy. Check this out
http://www.finescale.com/fsm/community/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=11095

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 Wednesday, November 10, 2004 8:53 PM

Two days off! I might never finish this in the 6 months required Zzz [zzz]

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

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JWest21

Member since
December 2002
From: PA

Posted by JWest21 on Wednesday, November 10, 2004 8:54 PM

I like that white wash by the way. Looks very convincing.

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

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rebelreenactor

Member since
October 2003
From: Clovis, Calif

Posted by rebelreenactor on Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:50 AM

I agree, that white was came out pretty darn good.

John

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, November 11, 2004 2:28 PM

I'd like to jump in with a Tamiya King Tiger.
Hopefully it will turn out okay and not make the GB look bad. Shy [8)]

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fiasco

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April 2003
From: East Midlands UK

Posted by fiasco on Thursday, November 11, 2004 3:35 PM

Thanks for the comments re the whitewash.
I decided to try this method because of the temporary nature of it. i.e. if I got it wrong I could start again.
I built a skyraider, made a lovely job of it too, painted it in a combination of enamels and acrylics. I read somewhere you could spray laquer as a top coat prior to decals going on. Ooops big mistake. It made the paint ripple and peel. Sad [:(]

so I had to strip it and then I lost the motivation to finish it. So its consigned to mothballs until I decide to have another go. So now I try to use what I know or trial on a disused kit.

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JWest21

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December 2002
From: PA

Posted by JWest21 on Thursday, November 11, 2004 4:49 PM

I definitely ask alot of questions here before I try anything new. I have ruined a couple of really nice paint jobs by trying new techniques.

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

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 12, 2004 12:49 PM

i'm going to post pics of my progress on my M16 this weekend...... My 2-year old got hold of my instructions, so I'm in a hiatus until I can find them or get another set......... anyone know if tamiya has downloads anywhere for instruction sheets?

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JWest21

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December 2002
From: PA

Posted by JWest21 on Friday, November 12, 2004 1:05 PM

I had a 3 year old put decals in the toilet once because she saw me put them in water. Aren't kids fun?? As far as downloads go, I don't believe you can get them from Tamiya. My suggestion is to post a request on the main board and if someone has them, they can either scan them or copy them for you

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

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 12, 2004 1:10 PM

thanx...... she did that with my jumbo sheet and i found it with her coloring books........... the M16 is still MIA.........

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JWest21

Member since
December 2002
From: PA

Posted by JWest21 on Friday, November 12, 2004 1:14 PM

Wished I could help you myself, but I do not have that kit. Wait until she brings you pieces of one of your models complete model. Mine brought me the tailfins from my Academy Su-27 to show me the pretty pictures. Hard to get mad at them, but luckily that was the only one broken (although I have another at 15 months who is very very bad)

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

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, November 12, 2004 8:18 PM

yeah, i remember when i found my 5-year old out on the deck pulling pieces from the sprues of my 88 because she "wanted to make a bad-guy car for daddy"......

anyways, kids are kids. here are a few pics of my now stalled progress of my M-16. While I try and figger out my predicament, I'll start my figures.

http://gallery114781.fotopic.net/c339759.html

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JWest21

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December 2002
From: PA

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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Anonymous

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November 2005

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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December 2002
From: PA

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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November 2005

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
From: PA

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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November 2005

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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rebelreenactor

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October 2003
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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JWest21

Member since
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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JWest21

Member since
December 2002
From: PA

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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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

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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Anonymous

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November 2005

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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rebelreenactor

Member since
October 2003
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

Member since
November 2005

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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