Young Guns GB #2

ok, here's some progress pics. the stuff I'm working on is kinda small I know, but its interim stuff while I get ready for a bigger project. these are pics of the monitor/virginia and the pz III tank turret bunker:











I have since begun painting the monitor/virginia, but Im wondering what to paint the turret on the bunker. a dark grey/green, or dark metal? I'm thinking of doing a dark green wavy camo on the roof of the bunker, so that may be incorporated into the camo on the turret. what do you guys think?

Looks nice so far. Mind telling us what your "bigger project" is gonna be?

rebel, isnt the tasca kit like 50$?

The Karaya tow cables came today. I am disappointed with the quality of the resin casting of the eyeletts. All will need some cleanup and one of them is actually a bit broken! That's bullsh*t!! I payed 9 bucks for this and I expect it to be in good friggin condition! Unbelievable. I will be able to salvage all of them though, and it will look immeasurably better than the kit supplied string.

OK, I had a go with my Mig Pigments on my 109 and boy are they great. I covered the whole plane with one color (Gulf war sand) for a sunfade and dusty look, and then I went over each panel individually with a different color pigment, which gave me nice but subtle tonal variation. I really like the effect a lot.

QUOTE: Originally posted by scer16 rebel, isnt the tasca kit like 50$?

ya, but I got mine for Christmas

Gringe, Want a detailing project for accuracy?

Also the Pz III turett Would be either German Gray, or Dark yello camo scheme. I think they used to salvage them off of ruind tanks

Hey Tanky - post up some pics if you can as It would be great to see your Bf109, it sounds awsome.
Hey Gringe what is that "big project" going to be??

Y'all know what my next big project is. As soon as that damn conversion gets here. Anyway, I'll post pics of my 109 when it is finished which should be very soon.

Hi, dorry I'm late. DSL was down yestarday and I just got home from upstate NY. A freind got hurt prtyy bad in a climbing accident. So basically my compressor is the last thing on my mind.

hope yer friend is ok comrade. where in upstate did ya go?

the "big project" is one Ive talked for a while. its my flakpanzer dio. even though ive got the alan kit of the flakpanzer 38(t) with a single barrel 20mm flak 38, im gonna convert my tamiya marder III M to one. its gonna be in a dio in Normandy of a vehicle that served with the 12SS (hence the GB). detail sets and work to be done include:
Tamiya Marder III M
italeri flak 38
eduard detail set for flak 38
turned aluminum barrel for flak 38 (cant remember from whom)
eduard grille 38(t) M fenders and details, friul tracks
warriors wheels
scratchbuild fighting compartment basing a lot off of details ive found online, in books, and on stuff in the alan kit
(not sure if ill try scratching the drivers compartment, as it won't really be visible once the whole thing is built)
tamiya kubelwagen type 82
tiger werke radio conversion set to make type 821 for tamiya kubel
verlinden detail set for kubel
(maybe) tamiya engine for kubel
dragon/tamiya/esci/verlinden/warriors/scracthbuilt fig will be included
(maybe a tamiya bicyle with ader detail)
ill try my hand at scratchbuilding trees
stowage and road litter will come from sctrachbuilding, verlinden, custom dioramics, hudson & allen, miscellaneous

so yeah thats it. exact figure and vechile placemnet hasnt been determined ill figure things out once the vehicles are built and i can see them on the base i got. basically, i hope the scene will show the flakpanzer in action as unseen allied aircraft roar overhead attacking the convoy its in. a guy on a bike will be dead in the road (depending, hes the one i have to scratchbuild if i have him). the esci/verlinden crew will be shooting at the ac, while dragon grenadiers and verlinden wounded tankers run for cover in the ditch where the kubel has been knocked out/gotten stuck, next to a hedgerow. thats the idea. like i said, exact details will be worked out as i go. i would have started this thing earlier, but i didnt have the time, and i was still working on getting all the details i wanted (ive been stocking up for like a year).

......BTW- did i mention i am nuts?

oh, and rebel, what was that detail project you were talkin'bout?

gringe, that is truly a sweet project! I have wanted to build the Alan kit but I have heard it is awful, this conversion will be sweet. Be sure to post your progress somewhere!
Couple of things, if you can, Try and stay away from the Esci figs, Trust me. I have their flak crew, I can post a pic if you want. They are WAY out of scale and lack good detail.
Another thing, The italeri Flak 38 is not bad, but if you want the nicest, most accurate around go for the tristar kit.
It sounds like a sweet dio in the making!

Detail project, well Put hundreds of dents in the two ironclads, nock off the wooden boats on the Virginia, and make the Smoke stack scrap metal. That would be alot of work though.

I am almost done scratching the interior for my 1/72 T-90. I'll post pics of that when I get it all painted.

Sounds like a big project gringe.

ok, guess I'll post my "big" project.

Normanady Dioram conataining:
Tamiya Tiger 1 final production W/ lots of other crap (completed)
Italeri Opel blitz W/ Eduard PE, ADV wheels, and Scratchbuilt bed from balsa wood.
Italer BMW z 71 (Or something like that, its a motorcycle) possibly with crew. (halfway done)
DML- german infantry, hedgrows
Possibly sdkfz 222 if I can repaint the scheme on it.
DML- LSSAH tank crew (assembled and puttied)
Tamiya - Otto Carius and 2 crew (assembled and puttied)
Tamiys- Tank crew reloading set. (assembled and puttied)

All i really need to do is Paint all the figs and finishe the Opel and BMW.

The story i am going for is going to be a Tiger of SSpzAbt. 101 is reloading in the hedgerows of Normandy. While she is being reloaded, the Tank commander and some of his crew along with a scout talk over information about the coming battle.

Scenery, Dirt road, partial field, ditch and Hedgerow. Heres basically how it will look. It will probably change some though.

Cool. I'm going to mount my T-90 on a base. I'll post pics of that when I'm done. Nothing complicated, snow covered field with a river running through it with ice floating down the river.

I have yet to do a dio with a sufficient amount of water. I really want to try it out too, well, project for the future.

reb, i considered doing just that! unfortunately both ships are made of a metal alloy that i can't use my grinder bits on. i have no way of adding dents without destroying the parts. besides, the things are so small few people will notice. on the boats- i did leave one off, partly for the reason you were thinking of, and partly because when i first tried soldering it on, the thing damn near melted. i left one of the boat holders on that side missing the boat partially broken, representing the loss of the boat. lastly, they were such nice looking kits to begin with, that messing them up a lot didnt seem right. so...

BTW- thats a pretty cool dio you got planned reb. id try and keep it more compact though than what youve got. people wont be drawn away from things. you got shep paine's how to build diorams right? reread the section on dio layout, thats probably one of the best chapters in it. its helped me a lot on planning my own dio. ill see if i can get a pic layout for ya.

tanky- nice idea for groundwork. where would it be though? i dont recall hearing if the T-90s were in operation already. or maybe im thinking of a different tank....

I dont have that book, yet...

I know exactly what you mean about the layout. I am tihnking about Cutting of the top left corner and moving those figs. I hate those big empty spots. These are the 2 possible spots for cutting.


The part I find funny is, The builds are not the things that have killed me. It was/is trying to find the best layout and research. To much of that for my little head to handle

What is the red part? Is it part of the dio or not?

She's better now. She can understand people and move a little bit. We were climbing up near New Patlz in the Gunks.

Glad to hear she is doing better comrad.

Red is no part of the dio.

Yeah... Matt, T-90's are indeed in service. Couple hundred with Russia and approximatelky 350 with India. Im doing the 3 tone camo so that makes it a russkie vehicle, and the groundwork would depict it as somewhere in Siberia during the beginning of the spring thaw.

HOLY SH*T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Trumpeter 1/35 Mi-24 Hind is 65$ from Greatmodels!!!!!!!!!! 65$!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT'S STILL 117$ AT SQUADRON!!!!! WOOHOOOO!!! IM GETTING ME A HIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes!! I just ordered it! Sweet! And in exchange for a couple things my parents even agreed to pay for it! Score!

Went to a HS today,got a corsair and a phantom and this baby:





It shoots little orange ball things
Pretty good for $40.00$ I would say,but I would know nothing about this

Im bad at Camo,sorry for the gray cutoff...again

Looks like mebbe an airsoft gun. For less than 40 buck it';s not an AEG so you have to pull back this thing every time you want it to fire right? Spring action m16 looks like. Actually on ebay you can get and mp5 AEG for around 30 bucks. And an AK-47 aeg for abour the same.

DYT!!! and DY PakNick! But I bet tanky put you up to it! So DYT!!!!

A hind! grr....I continue to lack a compressor!

in the mean time: Soviet Military might movie: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=186PD2H9

Hehehe...Yes it is the kind where you pull the thing back,but thats all they had.: (

The box said CSI,thats the brand,right?

CSI, sounds like a TV show to me. OK in airsoft AEG stands for Automatic Electric Gun i believe. They can shoot semi auto and full auto at up to 450 fps. Spring actions typically shoot around 130 fps in my experience.

OK, I finshed the base for the 109. Very simple. Celluclay to give it some substance, then airbrushed with Tamiya desert yellow. Coffe filtered sand to give it the correct texture, and then I overcoated the whole thing with one of my Mig pigments to get the correct look and pull everything together.