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

Hope it's a nice paintbrush Tweets

Qph1029 I dont know much about figure modeling, but that one does it for me!
Looking good mate

Rick Resist the urge!!!!!!!
Once the Kremps has gotcha, there is no escape
And I'm talking gravitational pull mate, she is large enough to have her own moons y'know.

Jules I dont have the chumps to handle the sceptre mate, my stumpy fingers could not do it justice, sadly I'll never be a contender
But at least Kremps and me will always have Burma.......and that yak thing

Tom They weren't gonna arrest you for the endangered species mate, it was for that 'other' thing.

Guess I'd better say something about modeling too............................................


I bought a paint brush today.............

Well..... she did get mistaken for a manatee when we went on vacation to Florida together.... I almost ended up in jail for caturing an endangered species on that one...

QUOTE: Jules - somehow I don't quite see that in the Arthurian sense.. First Kremps jumping in the lake would immediately empty it of all water and flood the surrounding area.. and the idea of Kremps floating around under water waiting to thrust that sceptre up at me gives me a case of the shivers! It's bad enough I have nightmares of her, might less chancing her flinging something sharp at me while I casually pass by.

And it's a wonder greenpeace didn't come along and try to push her back in the water. They're always looking for beached whales nurses to help.

Daniel - he has it carefully planned out... he's only going to do it until he needs glasses... smart guy, that Jules!

Qp - not a figure modeler but it looks good! even has that sun exposed look you would expect being out in the desert and all!

Tanker - welcome aboard!!!

Rick - I too must congratulate you on almost an entire group build without letting us drag you down to our level... but now that you are here... welcome!!!

Jules - somehow I don't quite see that in the Arthurian sense.. First Kremps jumping in the lake would immediately empty it of all water and flood the surrounding area.. and the idea of Kremps floating around under water waiting to thrust that sceptre up at me gives me a case of the shivers! It's bad enough I have nightmares of her, might less chancing her flinging something sharp at me while I casually pass by.

Bugger me.....Gone for a day and you go and fill up a page. All this talk of scepters and some actual modeling going on (Good work stipp).

And Jules, if you play with that sceptre of yours too much, you might go blind......

Hey guys

This is mainly aimed at the figure modeling buffs. I started with my 1/16 Rommel a few days back, and I would just like to get some feedback on my progress.

Keep in mind that this is my first stab at figure modeling, so please don't hold back the constructive criticism.

Here's what I did so far:

Primed with flat grey, two coats of MM Light Skin, followed by 50/50 MM Warm Skin/Thinner wash. I then painted some Tamiya Red Brown in the recesses and blended it with thinner.

TIA
Quintin

dday- to aswer your question-
Yes, there were
Pz II's in dark grey in Africa. But they didnt stay like that for long, the crew usually covered them in mud wich dried and became a crued "paint" job. I believe most, if not all dark gray vehicles had red numbers outlined in white.

stipp, looks good! Does that kit happen to come with an engine?

Wow, 11 posts went up while i was typing out the last one.......
Stipp Your build is Looking great keep the pics coming...........

Tankergeoff no worries i'll add you to the list build undecided

Tom OK Ok i'll wave my scepter and put the Stuka back

Tweets Thanks for standing up for meYou know in time maybe you will earn the right to carry a scepter as well


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QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900 Quintin, Sharp - welcome to the GB!!! Jules will be along shortly to welcome you to the GB formally, and with his magic sceptre grant or deny you access to the build... (ok, it's just a stick with some foil wrapped around it but don't tell him, he hasn't realized it yet - he gets a little insecure when you talk about his sceptre) ---edit--- typos

Tom Please don't make fun of my scepter you know it holds magical powers

Rick yeah "Kemps" loves the Scepter she was with me when i saw it in the lake during one of our afternoon walks around the grounds at Happy Acres, She saw that it was special so she threw all of her 300 pounds into the lake to retrieve it for me and i have to tell you she looked like the "lady of the lake" handing me Excalibur that afternoon
And BTW Rick Loved the pic of "kremps" you posted up and i have to say congratulations for managing to stay sane for so longbut now i see that you have gone down the same road as the rest of us so Welcome to "Happy acres"

QpH1029 and Sharpspade to the build guys i've updated page one with you details

go ahead and add me on, i'll let you know what kit i pick up for it....

decisions, decisions

Were there gray Pz II's in Africa, if so can I join the build?

Tanky - reread your message and wanna say... dont worry!! I am just starting my secondary build! the Martlet is yet to come... plently of time to finish it with the guidelines...

Rick - thanks!!! that makes things easier.. and a little bit more interesting... might try that in a paint job although its a lot more time than I was willing to give this kit... but it definitely would be interesting.,. (splinter with a mist of RLM79 on top)

Tweets - yeah he has to be careful where he is waving that thing though... Actually I thought I heard him singing "My friends they call me Speedo, but my real name is Mr. Earl" not sure what the "Speedo" thing was about...

Stipp - looking good! I see you pefectly crafted Kremps limo... (ok you're fairly new to all this but read back, you;ll see the Kremps connection) Actually she has followed us over 4 GB's so far... talk about looking for love in all the right places!!!

Tanky - just drop out of school and become a "professional" modeler... I know on career day most kids at the public school near me write they want to play video games professionally... why not you???

Quintin & sharpspade welcome to the group build guys.

stipp cool looking kit you've got going there. Nice progress

Darren

QUOTE: Damn straight Karl, never confuse the land of Aus with the land of the sheep annoyers. A common expression you will hear at a family lamb roast around our house will be "pass the New Zealand aftershave (mint sauce) will you?"

Never heard that one before Darren

Stipp Nice build you got going on there!

Rick & Tom C'mon guys, Jules' sceptre is his pride and joy, he really hates people raggin' on it.
Brings Kremps alot of joy too, the way he waves it around singing 'I am the King'
If we're not careful, he may point it at us and smite us

Tanky, either give up school or tennis. Maybe give up both. Then you would have lots of modeling time .

Regards, Rick

I still have not started the bf-109. This blasted "school" thing gets in my way mon-friday and I get no time to work. Thrwo in tennis and pop- all my time vanishes.

Stipp, Looks like good progress from here. Keep us posted.

Tom, the NA Stukas all started with the European Splinter scheme & were field painted in many variations of the RLM 79/80 scheme. Many just had a sort of random overspray of either RLM 79 Sand or Italian Sand Yellow with part of the splinter still showing.

Regards, Rick

Hey people, here are some progress pics of my sdkfz 7troop carrier, all comments are welcome and hope you enjoy!

Oh yeah Jules - I noticed you took my Ju87 off... I am still doing it as well as the Martlet!

Ok I forgot to update yall... today was the first of 3 days vacation... I got the fuselage closed on the Ju87... after painting I was really happy with the way the interior looked... an Ultracast seat would have set it off (if they make one) but like I said this is a 'keep me busy while the black primer on my P-47 cures' build... so stricly OOB.

In retrospect I take back my maligning of this kit as a "ProModeler" Monogram kit... it is every bit as detailed as the Ju88 kit they put out. which also suffered from a promising cockpit with very plain seats...

Tonight I hope to have the wings on and reprime it and a base coat of Vallejo in the morning...

Trouble is the scheme called out for the Ju87 from the N Africa campaign has the same splinter camo as the European Stukas of the time. I did a little digging and found one from the same StG with a RLM79 fuselage and RLM65 lowers...



This is a Stuka of II/StG, Libya 1941. May be the scheme I pick.. there were some more elaborate ones I found but I haven't got my HP-CS in yet.... need something more detail suited for that... hopefully by the weekend though!!

Kremps thinks his sceptre is quite lovely, actually

Regards, Rick

Don't worry, I'll be sure not to mention the sceptre in converstion.

Quintin, Sharp - welcome to the GB!!! Jules will be along shortly to welcome you to the GB formally, and with his magic sceptre grant or deny you access to the build... (ok, it's just a stick with some foil wrapped around it but don't tell him, he hasn't realized it yet - he gets a little insecure when you talk about his sceptre)

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Bob I ditto the 2 gal tank idea... it also allows you a little more reserve for those "quiet moments" when the compressor would bug somoene... I can usually get about 15 to 30 min of spraying out of my 2 gal tank with the compressor off, which is enough to do all the interior pieces in one color, the interior of the fuselage done, and still have a little left over for touch up...

Hi. I've got an ME-109 that I really want to build in an african camo pattern. Could I join your build?

Bob, you definitely need a regulator so the 2 gal. sounds like the better deal.

Regards, Rick

Hey guys!

I'd like to join in, if possible!

I just started with a 1/16 Erwin Rommel figure (must maiden venture into figure modeling). Time permitting, I might pick me up a nice piece of armour for the GB as well.

Cheers
Quintin

QUOTE: Originally posted by pingtang Karl Ahhhhh....You're getting us confused with New Zealand. So you've got a nation of sheep shaggers next door to you too eh?

Damn straight Karl, never confuse the land of Aus with the land of the sheep annoyers. A common expression you will hear at a family lamb roast around our house will be "pass the New Zealand aftershave (mint sauce) will you?"

Darren

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