IDF GB April 15-October 1,2006

looks great so far man! you actually get some of an interior on this one eh? Cool. Duke is right with it though silver would be too bright, take a pencil and rub it lightly over the grating, you'll get a nicely worn down metal. Just think about the money bars on the play ground at the park! I'll post some pics of my Merkava IV. It's taking forever, but I just got my first commission to build two kits for someone! I haven't started them yet (merk IV and M109 doher) but the planning a pricing has distracted me from building, plus it's such a complex kit it isn't funny! All I have left is the one run of side skirts and the ball and chains!

Osher it was a mix of IDF sand and Green drab from Model Master Acrylics, with a wash of raw umber. I couldn't tell you the mix ratios to save my life as I like all my IDF stuff to look realistic, meaning different for each one. Each model gets a different mix!

I finally got the Legend turret for the Merk III D, the AEF one was not much different other than the fact that it fell off the hull and just flew into pieces when it hit the tile! so much for a free kit! Once I get the Merk IV done (alot of inspiration on TV lately!) I'll start up on that one!

Anything Israeli.

My condolences to you and your family.

I have a new book on the Mirage.

"Mirage III: Mirage 5, 50 and derivatives From 1955 to 2000"

As far as I can tell it's a very good book w/ plenty of information and drwings and pictures and whatnots. Publishe in July 2004 so its pretty recent if you have any questions please dont hesitate to ask.

Hey its good to be back.  My brother passed away a few months ago.  Now I am back and it looks like the build is extended.  Nice.  My mirage is done,  the canopy damage was minimized to some degree.  I bought another mirage lllCJ.  Not sure if that is what I am going build next.  Since we have until Oct I may convert another model.  If that is permitted?

Well Guys I'm going to extend this build til October 1st what with personal issues and I figured Maybe there's other people that need time so... October 1st.

Great work on the Merkava CDN!  What paint did you use?  It looks perfect!

Yeah that did get a bit too dirty. Instead of washing with water, maybe you can drybrush with white to cover some of that. Remember to also think of where this is usually used. Desert type landscapew unless this was stationed on the Golan Heights. The dirt part on the floor should be a light sand to reflect guys tracking in sand as they enter and exit.. Also, you can lightly drybrush a bit of silver to show where paint had been scuffed off the floor by boots.

YG, you are doing very well. You definitely have what it takes to be a better modeler than me. Keep up the great work and I'll be looking forward to seeing more pics of this getting built.

Well here are some progress pics finally. lol

I tried giving it a wash and dirtied it up some after I put a Flat coat on. I think I overdid it so Im going to wash it with water to take it off. I don't think I added enough water. But anyways here are the pics.

have fun at camp bro, and nope if you close the hatches there's no need to show the interior!  It's all up to you though!

Good luck at camp guy! Have fun. I'll be looking forward to seeing the pics when you can get them posted.

Well Ive actually started. and am taking a break right now. Just a question. I dont need to do the interior if I close all the hatches do I? Im going to try to do it but if it ticks me off to much I mught well you get the picture.....

So hopefully I get along far enough tonight so I can get some pics up tomorrow but I might not. I start Basketball camp tomorrow. wohoo. no im not being sarcastic.

Wow absolutely beuatiful tanker, duke and mph34. guysihavent donesquat on my fitter yet imcurrently trying to finish other progects first.

Here's the finished product... incase you haven't seen it in the armour section...

 

 

Fantastic Job! I wish I could get my Wash to look that smooth. I love it.

Here's a couple of pics from the first of my Five Merkavas that I'm building.  I am working on the Merkava I (Tamiya) Merkava II with MRCS (academy/Legend), Merkava II Batash (Academy/AEF Designs)  Merkava III Baz Dor Dalet (Academy/AEF Designs) and Legend Productions Merkava IV.  I am also working on a Magach 6 Batash.  Yup addicted to IDF stuff am I LOL.. here's a couple of quick snaps of my Merk with it's paint/wash on it.  I still need to finish painting the tracks and wheels and slap on the side skirts and dirty it up ALOT.  Hope you like what I have so far!

 

Sorry guys ive been grounded for awhile. my vote makes 5 and counts the most. ExtensionAugust for now.

Some really really nice looking stuff here guys.

I cant wait until yall start IDF 2007 since I just picked up a nice Merkeva. 

(as we all know....its impossible to build a kit unless theres a GB for it.)

Mph, excellent job! That is a fine looking aircraft, and well worthy of the Group Build badge. This is one to be proud of.

One suggestion: If you'd like "Commando" to be carrying warshots, paint your Sidewinders all white. Blue shafted 'winders are practice dummies.
Still, you did en excellent job of painting those missiles too. Congrats on completing this Group Build!

Looks good MPH.
Thanks for sharing that with us.

It is finished!   But in my hurry to get it done, I didn't get all of the data stencils on.  That, and my photos were rushed (the white glue for the winsheild is still not dry in the photos)

 

I modeled "Commando" of 106 Squadron, based @ Tel Nov, Israel.  This plane has 6 Syrian MiG kills to it's credit.

Cool! Glad to see you're almost there. I just finished my Israeli Tiran 6 a day ago. Here it is:



This pic shows a more accurate paint color to what is actually on the model.

I hope you all like it. Thanks for looking.

A..L..M..O..S..T..there!  Got slowed down by Mother's Day and my birthday this past weekend.

The F-15C has come out pretty good.  I had some trouble with the small details since the kit didn't have instructions.  The cutting Edge decals for the IDF F-15 were of great quality.  I have remaining to do about half of the data stencils, finish the "office", and finish some of the missles.  Hope to be able to post photos by the end of the week.

That's two calls for an extension. I'll make it three myself. I still need to finish my Tiran 6 and won't have it done my the finish date. Besides, if it is extended long enough, I can start and finish another project for this Build!

is it too late to get into this?  hahah tomorrow's the last day but I have been away for some time!  :(  I am working on four Merkavas right now, a Merkava III Baz Dor Dalet (academy kit with AEF Designs conversion set), a Merkava II Batash(Academy kit with AEF Designs resin conversion set), Merkava II with mine roller (legend turret to correct the unsightly blemishes that academy provides as a turret) and Tamyia's Merkava I.  I hope it's not too late, maybe you can extend the GB as I'm seeing some people have been kinda busy anyway?  I'll enter my Merkava I by Tamyia (OOB) and my Merkava III Baz Dor Dalet.

I wouldn't mind having an extension as well. I am almost finished with my latest project for this Group Build.

Here is my Israeli Tiran 6. It is a 1/72 scale ACE kit that I have finally gotten basecoated. All it needs now is some detail painting, clearcoat and decals before I weather it.



Comments are welcome.

I've been busy too and won't be done by the 14th.
How about an extension?

Sorry guys, I doubt I'm going to finish before the end of the GB.  For the past fortnight, all I've done is pack, pack, and, er, pack.  I move home tomorrow (the 9th May), so a wee bit occupied.  Still, nice to see others doing well!

ygmodeler4 wrote:

I dont know Ive just been so busy with stuff. Im probably not going to be able to finish this build in time. Mike Hows your build going

Well, speaking for myself, I managed to get most all of my Israeli Tiran 6 built. I just need to put on the tracks. She's already basecoated in an Israeli Sand color and just needs to be finished with the tracks, then clearcoated, washed, dullcoated, and drybrushed. I wish I could show pics, but my camera was lost by DHL when my friend tried to send it back to me. Until I can afford another camera, there'll be no more pics from me unless I pull them off my IPMS website when my models are shot at the meetings and the pics are posted there.

Tho, that sounds great! What a learning experience that must have been! I'm glad to hear that you got to go through that!

ua0124 wrote:

Well...where do I begin.  I used a dremel tool with a soft polishing pad to smooth out the smudge.  Big mistake on my part.  I thought the rpm would be slow enough for the plastic but I was wrong. It did more damaged.  I ended up having to sand more using 600 then to 3200 and 4000.  When it comes to canopies I seem to goof.  This has been a learning experience.  I'll post a pic tomorrow.   It does not look too bad from far away.

Sorry to butt into the GB, but saw someone who had a problem I recently had...

Ernie - if you go to Wal Mart or a beauty supply place they have these nail sticks with three grades of grit (three separate sticks).. one's called a shaping stick, it's about 2500ish grit by my reckoning... the second one is a Condition stick - probably about 3000 - 3500grit.  the final one is called "shine" and it's well over 5000 I am sure.. when I messed up the canopy on my P-47 recently, I started with 2000 grit paper, and went through all three sticks... by time I was finished the canopy looked like it had oils on it as it had a shine with the rainbow effect..  after a dip in future it looked just as good as when I pulled it from the box if not better! 

I wish I had seen this GB earlier.  I spent about 3 months in Israel (combined) while deployed with 2nd MarDiv and have nothing but fine things to say about their fighting forces there.. in fact we did an operation in tandem with them right before Desert Storm that garnered quite a bit of respect for them from me...

MikeV wrote:

There doesn't seem to much going on in this GB, what's up? Only 7 days left and I see no posts.

 

I am working on the Tamiya 1/48 F-15C.  I have never had so much putty and sanding work on a tamiya plane as I have had on this one!   Almost as much as you do on a Revell/Monogram plane!     That, and I was hampered by the fact that NO insutructions or decals came with the kit; as I got the kit off of eBay.  But, for only $15 after shipping, I am not complaining.   Hope to start painting the plane this evening.....  Just finished the first painting of the missles.

ygmodeler4 wrote:

I dont know Ive just been so busy with stuff. Im probably not going to be able to finish this build in time. Mike Hows your build going

I have painted my F-16A in Israeli camo and need to do some more touch-up and then I can cover it in Future, highlight the panel lines, paint the weapons and landing gear and get this thing ready.