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                        CLOSED Cold War Group Build- All Groups-May 1st-Dec 31st CLOSED

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 20, 2005 8:51 AM
                        QUOTE: I've given this some thought about the time frame. Let's go ahead and start this one and end it on 12-31. Is this alright with everyone??? That way I can go ahead and start the next GB on 1-1-06.


                        works for me, just got the SU-152 in as well.....
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                        Tankmaster7
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                          August 2004
                        • From: Nowhere. (Long Island)
                        Posted by Tankmaster7 on Sunday, March 20, 2005 11:45 AM
                        so we can offcially start? Excellent. I can start taking care of this GB then.
                        -Tanky Welcome to the United States of America, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, in partnership with Halliburton. Security for your constitutional rights provided by Blackwater International.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 20, 2005 3:51 PM
                        guess i'll start the SU-152 first, going to be straight OOB. The M48 tracks are wrong, need to get an AFV set and am looking in to order a barrel for it as well.... I cut sprue tonight....
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 20, 2005 3:58 PM
                        WE CAN START!!!
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 20, 2005 5:50 PM
                        IT"S ON!!! Ok cool.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 20, 2005 9:10 PM
                        been at it for about 2 hours now, lower hull and roadwheels are 95% done, very very nice older DML kit, the SU-152. Not too many problems, a very straightforward build... i'll get pics up in the morning.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 20, 2005 9:24 PM
                        I've already have completed assembly of the lower hull and primed it.



                        I am also a 1/4 into completeing the top hull. I will proberly not be able to work during the week due to school, sucks! but models NO - school comes first.

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, March 20, 2005 10:09 PM
                        anthony, you are off to a helluva start! looks good.

                        Here's a couple shots of the SU-152 lower hull

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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 21, 2005 1:23 AM
                        Start NOW??? YEPPY!!!Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Tongue [:P] Works for me.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 21, 2005 6:15 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by tankergeoff

                        anthony, you are off to a helluva start! looks good.

                        Here's a couple shots of the SU-152 lower hull




                        As well as you, looking good!
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                        wroper11
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                          February 2003
                        • From: Back home in Blanchard
                        Posted by wroper11 on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:31 AM
                        Roadkill, I have to change my project. The USS Dallas could not be gotten so I have ordered a 1/350 USS Ohio from DML. Thanks, Wade
                        USAF PRIME BEEF ENGINEERING READY...ANYTIME...ANYWHERE! HOORAH!</font id="blue">
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                        overkillphil
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                          October 2004
                        • From: Northern Indiana
                        Posted by overkillphil on Monday, March 21, 2005 9:04 AM
                        Ordered PE for my F-102 so I am ready to rock.
                        my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35 "I love the fact that dumb people don't know who they are. I hope I'm not one of them" -Scott Adams
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                        cdclukey
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                          November 2004
                        • From: Freeport, IL USA
                        Posted by cdclukey on Monday, March 21, 2005 2:28 PM
                        Awesome! Can't start yet, but I'll move my Aegis up to next in line!
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 21, 2005 7:02 PM
                        Dose anyone know of a filler ( to fill gaps ) that can be found in a Wal-mart, etc. The LHS is too far to go just for that.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:00 PM
                        Here is the top primed...





                        PS. I work really fast...
                        If anyone EVER wants to do this Trump. kit... DON'T! This has so far been the worst fitting kit I have EVER done, and to top it off, I have no filler! So this is a warning... If planning to do this kit, have filler! Or do NOT do it! I hope that it will turn out good.
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                        Tankmaster7
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                          August 2004
                        • From: Nowhere. (Long Island)
                        Posted by Tankmaster7 on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:33 PM
                        hehe, anthony, you will remember I warned you... looks good. I myself don't bother with priming. I'll post a few pics of the Tamiya T-55 I did a while back, not for the GB, bt it's on topic.
                        -Tanky Welcome to the United States of America, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, in partnership with Halliburton. Security for your constitutional rights provided by Blackwater International.
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                        Tankmaster7
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                          August 2004
                        • From: Nowhere. (Long Island)
                        Posted by Tankmaster7 on Monday, March 21, 2005 8:46 PM




                        Here's my T-55
                        -Tanky Welcome to the United States of America, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, in partnership with Halliburton. Security for your constitutional rights provided by Blackwater International.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:41 AM
                        Tamiya T-55 GOOD... Trump BAD!
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                        zokissima
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:15 AM
                        Lol, yeah, those Trumpeter series of the T-54/55 tanks aren't the greatest. I built one a while ago, and I think I'll use it as a basis for a AT-T scratchbuild.
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                        overkillphil
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                          October 2004
                        • From: Northern Indiana
                        Posted by overkillphil on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 4:55 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Anthony14

                        Dose anyone know of a filler ( to fill gaps ) that can be found in a Wal-mart, etc. The LHS is too far to go just for that.

                        Never tried it myself, but I've heard some guys saying that they use bondo/body filler, which may be available at Wal-Mart but would certainly be available at a local auto parts store.
                        my favorite headache/current project: 1/48 Panda F-35 "I love the fact that dumb people don't know who they are. I hope I'm not one of them" -Scott Adams
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 6:53 PM
                        Like Overkillphill said Bondo is a good choice. It doesn't dry as hard as granite like squadron putty does though. You can still scratch it with your fingernail after it's dried. Can't do that with squadron putty. Here is my half track with bondo in all the gaps and ejector pin marks.
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                        Tankmaster7
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                          August 2004
                        • From: Nowhere. (Long Island)
                        Posted by Tankmaster7 on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:59 PM
                        roadkill, I'll be building a 1/700 scale soviet sierra class sub as well for this build.
                        -Tanky Welcome to the United States of America, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, in partnership with Halliburton. Security for your constitutional rights provided by Blackwater International.
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                        yardbird78
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        • From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway
                        Posted by yardbird78 on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:19 PM
                        Anthony14 Go to the automotive section of Wal Mart. They have quart and gallon cans of Bondo, but that would be way too much for a modeler. They also have some in what looks like a large toothpast tube for about $3.00. Be stingy when you apply it because the acetone in it sometimes attacks the styrene and could leave worse marks than you are trying to cover up. It does sand easily, but has a softer, more porous texture than the plastic, so it takes paint differenty. At least one coat of a good primer is a necessity.

                        Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

                        ,,

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

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                        yardbird78
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                          January 2003
                        • From: 40 klicks east of the Gateway
                        Posted by yardbird78 on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:31 PM
                        I would like to joing this Group Build, if I may. I just got a sheet of decals on ebay for the Douglas F4D Skyray that has markings for VF-213 and VFAW-3. I have two 1/72 Airfix kits in the closet warehouse that have been gathering dust for a whole bunch of years. They need to see the light of day and the smell of styrene glue.

                        Darwin, O.F. Alien [alien]

                        ,,

                        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 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:22 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Tankmaster7





                        Here's my T-55


                        Hey, Tankmaster7 is there any chance you still have the directions for the T-55; I need the gun assembly part above the hatch, in Trumps. directions they don't include the steps but give the pieces. My e-mail is stobs5@rogers.com Thanks
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                        Tankmaster7
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                          August 2004
                        • From: Nowhere. (Long Island)
                        Posted by Tankmaster7 on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:30 PM
                        what do you mean by gun assembly? which parts exactly? I'll see what I can do about that.
                        -Tanky Welcome to the United States of America, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, in partnership with Halliburton. Security for your constitutional rights provided by Blackwater International.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 5:38 PM
                        The whole gun that's on top of the hatch
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 6:36 PM
                        Am I even suppost to have a gun on top? I see that the T-55A has but the one I have, on the box it justs said T-55 1958
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                        Tankmaster7
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                          August 2004
                        • From: Nowhere. (Long Island)
                        Posted by Tankmaster7 on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 8:01 PM
                        It depends. Early T-55's did NOT have the gun on top. They were retrofitted in the late 60's and 70's I believe.
                        -Tanky Welcome to the United States of America, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation, in partnership with Halliburton. Security for your constitutional rights provided by Blackwater International.
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                        Anonymous
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                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 8:09 PM
                        So mine does not... ok then thanks anyway.
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