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

hi guys,

oh my giddy Aunt!! this is a GB that i have been waiting round for soooooo long!

i would love to join if i may?

i have a ton of stuff on the bench right now, and a ton more queueing impatiently to get on it, but what the...if i'm allowed, i'll join.

i have tam's panzer III, verlinden interior, friul tracks, eduard PE and tristar crew all lined up, but i'm still not sure that's what i'll actually do.

if anyone can find me some good pics of the Pz III L in this conflict, then i might go for it; the scheme in the kit has really boring markings

i also have Italeri's Crusader, Revell's Hs129 (no winter camo guys unless some sneaked past me), Hassy Bf109 E4 Trop, Hassy Bf 109 F, DML's M4A1, Trump's P-40B, Hassy's Desert Hurricane and Tam's Desert Spit (last two i have Malta decals for)....they all want to be built!!!

the armour i'd really like to do would be a British Sherman at El-Alamein, but that requires a lot of aftermarket purchases, and She Who Must Be Obeyed might just pull the plug on that one![:0]

finally, for those of you doing a Matlida, or wanting a decent kit of one, take a look at TIger Models, they have one out real soon i think!

http://www.tigermodels.com/tigermodels.htm

http://www.tigermodels.com/joes_corner.htm

these guys are good - if you email them you get a reply from the boss! can't ask for more than that.

Enjoy the GB...

Nicholas

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison Hey i have an Idea, It's been mentioned here that the Usual Subjects have shown up for the GB............. Towards the end of thr year why don't we have a "The Usual Subjects Gb The idea would be to grab that kit that you've been wanting to do but can't because of other Gb commitments, you fellas must have a kit in the stash that you've been wanting to build, for me it's the Tamiya FW 190 D9 with the Eduard PE set thst i've been sitting on for a year or so...............

Jules-love the idea. I'll need something to hold me over between 30 Sept and the start of the Battle of Britian, Pt.II in Dec/Jan. Happen to have a Revell bf109G that is in need of a reason to be built.....

theres 3 of them, the one I went to is in Fairfax
actually the other two are in Maryland, sorry for saying they were in N VA) and theyre in Laurel and Rockville

QUOTE: Originally posted by scer16 I just went to the Semi-LHS and got a Dragon Pz III 1/35th with a 30% discount. (Hobby Works is the shop, everyone in Northern VA should go, week by week they increase the discounts on pretty many models, up to 60%!)

Where in Northern VA is it? Might have to go check it out.

Daniel...

Oh- I will still be doing Torch markings for the -4 ....I do want to try out one of those Atlantic schemes.... Just didn't want to build them all at once!

Jules, The Usual Subjects GB sounds like fun.

Regards, Rick

j.s. I'll be doing a Dragon Panzer III Ausf H from Rommels early campaigns in Libya

Hey i have an Idea, It's been mentioned here that the Usual Subjects have shown up for the GB.............
Towards the end of thr year why don't we have a "The Usual Subjects Gb
The idea would be to grab that kit that you've been wanting to do but can't because of other Gb commitments, you fellas must have a kit in the stash that you've been wanting to build, for me it's the Tamiya FW 190 D9 with the Eduard PE set thst i've been sitting on for a year or so...............

Tanky I'm with Rick on this one,I've already done some research on Marsielle cause i'm making his F4-trop for this GB, anyways the Osprey book i have tells me that all the A'C he flew from the E model to the G's were yellow 14

Rebel got it mate, A Tiger Tank from Tunisia, Good choice

I believe I will be the first to post a progress report for this GB. I painted the cockpit of my Tamiya 109 yesterday, gave it a wash and a dry-brush. Now I'm just about ready to close the fuselage. These shake-n-bake kits are good fun aren't they?

Tom & Jeeves Probably a good idea. Those dauntless's should be left in their proper state. With pacific markings that is. Any other paint scheme is just sacrilege.

Tanky That trumpeter P-40 is a very nice kit. The cockpit isn't too bad aside from being too shallow, and that stupid instrument panel. Fit of parts is good, and the decals are excellent. They are actually decals for an Australian pilots aircraft, but flown under the control of the RAF. That's why it has the small kangaroo on the side. It would be perfect for this GB.

I just realized, the Trumpeter p-40b i have comes with marking for N. Africa. I doubt I can enter it for this build though.

True Mike... this is my last SBD in the stash until the dash-3a comes out... so I wanna relish every moment of it... I think I wanna try Chris' (Saltydog) weathering technique on that one as it looked pretty sharp! Don't wanna feel rushed by a GB...

Hmmmm.... I was planning on doing my -4 in Torch markings anyways....I bought the AM SBD-3/4 kit off ebay that allows you to build one or the other.... Nah--- I will stick with the Hurricane....got to build the AM Dauntlesses slowly so I can relish them hehehehe

QUOTE: Originally posted by pingtang That is very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, interseting Bob. Any group build you can build an SBD for can't be too bad. Hmmmm.....can I afford another AM kit? I'll have to wait and see.

hmmm... I do happen to have an extra SBD in the closet... it's a dash-2 though... but WAIT!!!! I have a set of SBD decals for operation torch!!! hmmm... maybe once again I will have to change my build!! This is getting confusing!!!

Tanky, he flew a lot of aircraft, but his personal marking was Yellow 14. If I were doing one of his, it would have to be Yellow 14.

Regards, Rick

I know it;s computer generated but...

only pic i could find of it

rick, yeah that's what I thought. However, the revell kit has marseille flying yello 13. Is that inaccurate? I swear that's what the instructions say!

I just went to the Semi-LHS and got a Dragon Pz III 1/35th with a 30% discount. (Hobby Works is the shop, everyone in Northern VA should go, week by week they increase the discounts on pretty many models, up to 60%!)

Tanky, Yellow 14, there were several of them actually , but all would have the RLM 66 interior.

Regards, Rick

Wow!!! I go away for a day and when I come back I have to wade through a couple of pages on this thread. Reminds me of another GB I was in not too long ago!!

So many possibilities for this build. Italian aircraft eh? Just might have to explore that possibility. I was thinking a 1/32 Bf 109 but I may be taking on a contract in another province so I will be away from home for a few months and a big model might not be such a good idea. I'll have to see how things pan out in the next couple of weeks.

Jules I won't get started on the MS406 till early May, after all I still have that Hurricane to finish for the BoB GB!! as well as a Ju287 & a Do217K.

The Dewoitine sounds interesting, now we just need some Italian aircraft, especially with Italeri releasing the CR42 Falco in 1/48 this month.

Tom I was beginning to think you've got a Martlet fixation...............

.......and then you go all ground pounder on us!

Karl

QUOTE: Originally posted by tweety1 QUOTE: Originally posted by Tankmaster7 what color interior did marseille's plane have? Depends on which plane your doing Tanky. He flew a couple of them, would need to know which model number in particular your doing to represent his craft. Serial number would be better, but are almost always incomplete or incorrect.

oOps, sorry. I'm doing Yellow 13.

That is very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, interseting Bob. Any group build you can build an SBD for can't be too bad. Hmmmm.....can I afford another AM kit? I'll have to wait and see.

Under the heading of 'Fun Facts"...doing research in"The War in the Desert" by Richard Collier, (a Time-Life book) and on page 154, there is a picture of a U.S. Navy SBD with a 1,000 pound bomb getting ready to launch from the U.S.S Ranger supporting the Operation Torch landing. The possibilities are endless....

QUOTE: Originally posted by ygmodeler4 Good job tho9900 glad to see turning to the other side. Ground things aren't that bad actually.

Oh dont get me wrong, I think ground things are great

Now if they could fly, they'd be perfect!!!

Ok, Put me down for a 1/35 Italeri Tiger I Ausf E/H itt'll be from Tunisia.

QUOTE: Originally posted by Tankmaster7 what color interior did marseille's plane have?

Depends on which plane your doing Tanky.
He flew a couple of them, would need to know which model number in particular your doing to represent his craft.
Serial number would be better, but are almost always incomplete or incorrect.

Good job tho9900 glad to see turning to the other side. Ground things aren't that bad actually.

QUOTE: Originally posted by tho9900 Ok... here's the part where you start worrying about me Sean... I bought a ::cough cough:: today... towing a 20 pounder field atillery piece... ohhh ok I may as well say it... I bought some wheeled thing for this GB today... It's a Canadian made Ford Quad tractor towing a 25 pounder... done in a nice desert tan scheme... In British Markings from N Africa...

Well....................um........................planes have wheels, so it's not that different

Who am I kidding[:0]

SHAME SHAME SHAME on you Tom!!
pffft, heretics everywhere nowadays, when will it end!!