Old Guns Build. 30+ an older.... Lets show these Young bucks a thing or two!

Kolja94

Member since
December 2002
From: Oak Harbor, WA

Posted by Kolja94 on Monday, July 18, 2005 1:28 AM

Hopefully all will be relatively quiet for the next month (when the next air wing rolls through and I'm sure to spend at least one week on the night page...)

if it DOES stay quiet I can hopefully get the workbench set up!!

Karl

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yardbird78

Member since
January 2003
From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway

Posted by yardbird78 on Monday, July 18, 2005 12:04 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Kolja94

QUOTE: Originally posted by yardbird78

35 and under= too young to know what it is all about.

Feel free to keep mentioning that for, oh, the next 5 years - because it sure don't feel that way when you have a week of working till 3AM

I know what you mean. I used to do a lot of that a number of years ago. I could do it once, now, maybe twice and then my body would be telling me all kinds of VERY unpleasant things.
Hang in there and my thanks for doing your part in defense of our great country. I spent 12 years a hundred or so miles down the road from you at Beale AFB, CA with the Blackbird.

Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

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The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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Kolja94

Member since
December 2002
From: Oak Harbor, WA

Posted by Kolja94 on Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:40 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by yardbird78

35 and under= too young to know what it is all about.

Feel free to keep mentioning that for, oh, the next 5 years - because it sure don't feel that way when you have a week of working till 3AM Dead [xx(]

Karl

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yardbird78

Member since
January 2003
From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway

Posted by yardbird78 on Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:33 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Zouave146

Old Guns Build. 30+ and older ? I thought the old guns were over 80 !!!!!!!

100 and older = Grand Master Old Fart (for Yoda and others of similar age)
80 and older = Master Old Fart
70 and older = Senior Old Fart
60 and older = Old Fart
50 and older = Honorary Old Fart
40 and older = Apprentice Old Fart (35+ for the OG-II build)
35 and under= too young to know what it is all about.

Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

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The B-52 and me, we have grown old, gray and overweight together.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 16, 2005 12:09 PM

Old Guns Build. 30+ and older ? I thought the old guns were over 80 !!!!!!!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 5:22 AM

avus, the old man with the walking stick is really appropriate for this GB Wink [;)]

hee hee hee !

seriously though, its a fantastic looking figure Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Friday, February 4, 2005 2:39 PM

so, do we start Old Guns II in July?

will we get an update on the placements? just wondering.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 12:32 PM

avus, that's a nice job on Gandalf! very very nice!

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Avus

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June 2003
From: Caput Mundi

Posted by Avus on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 4:31 AM

Wow! What a dio tankergeoff!
I haven't made any updates since september because I quit all the GBs (except one), but since I finished one of the models I wanted to make for this GB I decided to post a pic. So here is my finished Gandalf:

Actually it's almost done, the base needs a little touch up!

Klaus

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 4:09 AM

thanks, guys. appreciate it.

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nicholma

Member since
September 2003
From: New Zealand

Posted by nicholma on Tuesday, February 1, 2005 2:11 AM

is right! That is very nice

Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 31, 2005 11:45 PM

Tanker that looks great Thumbs Up [tup]

Sweet builds mate...............

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 31, 2005 1:11 PM

js, yes it is... great build. Here is my FINAL submission.... German Soldiers dig in at a Russian Farmyard early Spring 1942. ENJOY!!!!

The farm is a Verlinden kit, figures are various Dragon, Tamiya, Kirin, and Warriors.
I should add that the BMW was done for my insane build last weekend, and it worked perfectly into the dio..........

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 31, 2005 8:10 AM

Nice looking BMW Tanker Thumbs Up [tup]

Is it the old Tamiya kit Question [?]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Monday, January 31, 2005 7:49 AM

it's finally done!!!!! the early spring 1942 diorama of germans and the marder taking up position at a farm in russia... will post pics later in the early evening.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 7:43 AM

the problem with a marder is that it will just leave a smoking pile. for real traffic clearance, you need a Nicholma Logger Wink [;)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:58 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by tankergeoff

nicholma.... get me a 1/1 of that beast and i can take it downtown dc to fight the gridlock.... looks great!

Just take the Marder out Tanker Wink [;)]

That'll move em Tongue [:P]

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Anonymous

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Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 3:45 AM

nicholma.... get me a 1/1 of that beast and i can take it downtown dc to fight the gridlock.... looks great!

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 2:17 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by reggiethedorf

nicholma, i believe i may have said it before, but i will say it again, that is a very cool logging machine !

Reggie

Cool logging machine Mark Thumbs Up [tup]

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nicholma

Member since
September 2003
From: New Zealand

Posted by nicholma on Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:19 AM

Thanks reggie much appreciated.

tankergeoff, I can't see why not. If it hadn't been wet or windy or both I would have concocted a bit of a logging skid in the flower garden!!

Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 4:39 PM

nicholma, i believe i may have said it before, but i will say it again, that is a very cool logging machine !

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, January 25, 2005 8:36 AM

what i am wondering is if my final pics can be a total diorama that i am completing or just my vehicle.... i'm working feverishly to get it done by the weekend, i just want to make sure the WHOLE thing can be part of my final submission or if it can only entail my marder II. thanks

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nicholma

Member since
September 2003
From: New Zealand

Posted by nicholma on Sunday, January 23, 2005 8:25 PM

Ok finally got time to take some pictures and present my "final submission" Big Smile [:D]

I must admit that after more years modelling than I care to think about this is my first serious attempt at weathering. Anyway I hope you find it interesting as something slightly different.

And just to show that the tracks on the logging arch rotate

The strops around the "logs" also work in the same way they do on the real thing ie the loop slips down itself and tightens around the log using its weight to remain tight. Also the strops slide along the main line, again as they do on the 1:1. Maybe I should try a full diaroma sometime.

Oh in case you were wondering the dozer model is 4.5 cm long. Maybe I'll do the logging truck in the same scale for this years Old Gun's GB??

Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas"