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                        North African GB "All Subjects" (Start NOW - Finish 31st of Oct)

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                        KJ200
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Bicester, England
                        Posted by KJ200 on Monday, August 15, 2005 2:40 PM
                        Dave Great work on the P51, especially in 1/72.

                        I know what you mean abour Academy decals, I did their Komet a couple of years back, and they were like leather. This was before I had discovered the wonder of Gunze decal setting solution!

                        I can thoroughly recommend gloss white as a primer Wink [;)]

                        I'll probably end up going with a slightly simpler camo scheme for this build, same aircraft just a few weeks earlier, as I'm conscious that the clock is running on this GB. It'll now look more like my sig pic.

                        Karl

                        Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Monday, August 15, 2005 6:50 PM
                        Dave - looks fabulous!!! nice smooth paint and looks like the decals snuggled right in!

                        Karl - no rush!!! Kremps understand if you're a little late, what with you building all those playhouses for her day care center she is starting up! Wink [;)] (now THAT's a scary thought!!)
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        Tankmaster7
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                          August 2004
                        • From: Nowhere. (Long Island)
                        Posted by Tankmaster7 on Monday, August 15, 2005 8:22 PM
                        im back. been in hawaii. catch up later. head screwey from 11 hour plane flight... right. bye 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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                        KJ200
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Bicester, England
                        Posted by KJ200 on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:05 AM
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                        Karl - no rush!!! Kremps understand if you're a little late, what with you building all those playhouses for her day care center she is starting up! Wink [;)] (now THAT's a scary thought!!)


                        Tom This is one build I want to see the back of! The earlier colour scheme is a straight Armee de'l Air, and arguably much prettier than the scheme I was going to go with.

                        It doesn't help I've now got the Hasa 109G10 sitting their waiting to be built!

                        Karl

                        Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:10 PM
                        well, a few weeks short of when I said I'd have them, but here they are. Italeri 1/35 demag sdkfz 10/4 w/ flak 30. Deffinetly not a fun kit to build, to say the least.
                        The only things I added were the air recognition flag, rolled up tarps and camo netting, and tamiya jerrycans.













                        lots more at http://photobucket.com/albums/a93/rebelreenactor2/
                        John
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                        razordws
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                          September 2004
                        • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
                        Posted by razordws on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 2:46 PM
                        Alll I can say is WOW!!!! Shock [:O] Nice build John and congrats on the award as well. The weathering on the paint is superb. I would love to know what technique you used to get that nice scratched up paint look.

                        Dave

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                        bobbaily
                        • Member since
                          November 2003
                        • From: Nashville, TN area
                        Posted by bobbaily on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 3:13 PM
                        Truly impressive work John-very nice build.

                        Would like to know your weathering techiniques also.

                        Bob

                         

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:24 PM
                        Me Three!! Big Smile [:D]

                        Outstanding work and I really like the area around the fenders where the paint scraped off and it shows rust, you did the same thing around the gun mount...

                        AWESOME!!! and congrats on the award, you deserve it!
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 6:29 PM
                        wow, thanks guys!
                        the wear was done by first painting the vehicle panzer grey (as they arrived in africa) then I used the salt technique (thank you swanny!) and for the larger stuff I used rubber cement. Painted Dark yellow, and removed the salt and rubber cement. While removeing the salt with a toothpick I scratched the surface of the yellow paint. It looked like a perfect scratch, so i made some more, and eventually got WAY over carried and had a scratch everywhere on the vehicle ohwell, live and learn.
                        The rust was just a (i think) burnt sienna wash that wasnt completely removed.

                        thanks again guys.
                        John
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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 7:53 PM
                        hmmm.. you've given me a diabolical plan in the making John... I want to try the salt technique with paint, then the in same rough area with future over salt... I WANT the burnt sienna to stick to the paint like on those fenders... would be a nice contrast and *maybe* make some realistic weathering...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        rjkplasticmod
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Tuesday, August 16, 2005 7:57 PM
                        Very nice work John. Great looking model.

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        KJ200
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Bicester, England
                        Posted by KJ200 on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 2:00 AM
                        Great looking build John.

                        Congrats on the award as well.

                        Karl

                        Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 10:17 AM
                        Nicely done John!!
                        That glass award looks pretty spiffy!!
                        All we get here are some tacky pieces of card (we do it tough in OzSad [:(] whinge cry sook)

                        Anyways, got the 129 in the paint shop!
                        Waiting for the under belly to dry, then onto the top base coat, ass'y, then the squiggle camo!!!!!!!!!!!!
                        Wish my new airbrush was hereBoohoo [BH]
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 12:00 PM
                        thanks guys.
                        Sean, I know kinda know what you mean. This was my first non-hobbytown or really small contest. It was pretty big, with nice awards a raffle prizesCool [8D]

                        Tom, iyou want the burnt sienna to stick, apply it as you would a wash, then, just leave off the q-tip part and seal it with a flat coat.
                        John
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                        tho9900
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                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Wednesday, August 17, 2005 7:45 PM
                        Thanks John, I am also thinking of leaving off the future so it sticks to the paint well.. (just on that one spot, maybe liquid masking like you said) I have a Canadian Quad Tractor with 25 pounder I want to build one day soon and your scheme would go nicely with it...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Thursday, August 18, 2005 5:49 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelreenactor

                        thanks guys.
                        Sean, I know kinda know what you mean. This was my first non-hobbytown or really small contest. It was pretty big, with nice awards a raffle prizesCool [8D]


                        Ours isn't small by any means, but I can't figure out where all the competition isConfused [%-)]

                        Our largest newsagent gets Tamiya (can I type that hereEvil [}:)]) and Finescale magazine, and a few other modeling mags in every month.
                        They all sell inside the first week, and if your not on the ball you miss out.

                        But for some stupid reason there is very little competition.

                        I am very confused.

                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Thursday, August 18, 2005 12:30 PM
                        thats wierd sean. Too bad too.

                        tom, sounds like a good plan. And armor would be something different yes? I got Myself a b-26 and He 111 in 1/48, thing I am going to build one of them soon. I'm getting tired of straight armor.
                        John
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                        KJ200
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Bicester, England
                        Posted by KJ200 on Thursday, August 18, 2005 4:04 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelreenactor

                        I'm getting tired of straight armor.


                        Does this mean that there is gay armour?Wink [;)]

                        Would that then be the Pink Panther?

                        Karl

                        Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Thursday, August 18, 2005 5:53 PM
                        Karl - I did think I saw a "desert pink" at the LHS the other day in the paint section.... maybe it's a side to modeling we were unaware of? Wink [;)]
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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                        rjkplasticmod
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Thursday, August 18, 2005 7:21 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by KJ200

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelreenactor

                        I'm getting tired of straight armor.


                        Does this mean that there is gay armour?Wink [;)]

                        Would that then be the Pink Panther?

                        Karl


                        Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D]Big Smile [:D] LOL.

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        darson
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Melbourne, Australia
                        Posted by darson on Friday, August 19, 2005 6:15 AM
                        Good news guys!!!!

                        I just had a long chat on the phone with Jules and he is alive and well but still suffering from severe computer problems. To add to his problems some Censored [censored] head stole the bike that he uses for his work forcing him to buy a replacement and in the process soaking up a load of his spare cash.

                        He said to say a big hi to all the usual suspects and was desperate to know what Kremps has been up to.

                        He hopes to get to a working computer on Sunday night and read through some of the 300 odd new posts in this build and then add some new ones of his own.

                        Cheers
                        Darren
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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Friday, August 19, 2005 6:28 AM
                        Thats good to hear he is still aroundBig Smile [:D]
                        Kinda sucky about his bike thoughSad [:(]

                        Some people have no respect.
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        rjkplasticmod
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
                        Posted by rjkplasticmod on Friday, August 19, 2005 10:25 AM
                        Sorry to hear about Jules' Bike, but glad to hear he's still with us. Was beginning to wonder if he had bailed out on us.

                        Regards, Rick
                        RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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                        KJ200
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Bicester, England
                        Posted by KJ200 on Friday, August 19, 2005 1:32 PM
                        Darren I hope Jules gets a computer sorted soon.

                        I also hope the muppet who stole his bike has an embarrassing acident.

                        Karl

                        Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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                        rebelreenactor
                        • Member since
                          October 2003
                        • From: Clovis, Calif
                        Posted by rebelreenactor on Friday, August 19, 2005 2:44 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by KJ200

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelreenactor

                        I'm getting tired of straight armor.


                        Does this mean that there is gay armour?Wink [;)]

                        Would that then be the Pink Panther?

                        Karl


                        good god what have i doneBig Smile [:D]Black Eye [B)]
                        John
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 19, 2005 2:45 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by KJ200

                        QUOTE: Originally posted by rebelreenactor

                        I'm getting tired of straight armor.

                        Does this mean that there is gay armour?Wink [;)]
                        Would that then be the Pink Panther?
                        Karl


                        LOL.....
                        here's a pic of my very own Pink Panther 4 u :

                        a camo scheme 4 the Libyan desert ... Wink [;)]Big Smile [:D]Smile [:)]

                        i'll probably have some updated pix of the bf-109 trop next week...
                        i decided 2 do a little extra work here & there after all.

                        rebelreenactor:
                        very nice build & finish work !

                        sorry 2 hear about Jules' bike..hope he got a better one as a replacement...
                        or at least a better lock !

                        frostySmile [:)]

                        frosty

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                        razordws
                        • Member since
                          September 2004
                        • From: Vernon, BC, Canada
                        Posted by razordws on Friday, August 19, 2005 3:14 PM
                        I don't believe it!!!! Shock [:O] An actual Pink Panther!!!! Shock [:O]Shock [:O] I almost lost my lunch I was laughing so hard. Leave it to Frosty to pull something like that.

                        P.S. Knew you wouldn't be able to build that 109 OOTB! Smile [:)]

                        Dave

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, August 19, 2005 3:33 PM
                        razordws:
                        glad u liked the PP, i thought it mite b good 4 a couple of smiles !
                        & i guess u know me better than i know myself....
                        i was really thinking i could build the 109 w/o any extras.
                        i was pretty close 2 having it done, but then
                        i started looking at the kit's potential & well... (sigh)
                        have i contracted AMS (advanced modeler syndrome ) ?

                        frostySmile [:)]
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                        KJ200
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Bicester, England
                        Posted by KJ200 on Friday, August 19, 2005 5:04 PM
                        FrostyI was thinking of your pink Panther when I posted that comment.

                        It seemed somehow apt.

                        Karl

                        Currently on the bench: AZ Models 1/72 Mig 17PF

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                        tho9900
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: SETX. USA
                        Posted by tho9900 on Friday, August 19, 2005 6:47 PM
                        ::shaking head:: what's the world coming to... Pink Panthers... next will be Lace Trimmed Tigers or Art Deco Abrams...
                        ---Tom--- O' brave new world, That has such people in it!
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