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                        "Just Not Right" Group Build 6/1/05-12/01/05

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                        ygmodeler4
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Northern Virginia
                        Posted by ygmodeler4 on Tuesday, May 3, 2005 4:26 PM
                        Ok I've figured out my build. PAtton with a missile on the top and another such contraption some where. Name?

                        -Josiah

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28, 2005 9:48 PM
                        I'm in.......I am all for just goofing off and having fun with building. I'm gonna kick around some ideas and get back to you on what I may be building.
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                        cplchilly
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: SO CAL
                        Posted by cplchilly on Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:42 PM
                        Well count me in something helacopterish you know kind of a chinook mates with a tiger kinda thing or so the fable goes. This is definatly my cup of tea (no offence to our cousins accross the pond!)
                        [img]http://members.fcc.net/ice9/badge.jpg
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                        Scorn
                        • Member since
                          March 2004
                        • From: Sarepta, LA
                        Posted by Scorn on Thursday, April 28, 2005 12:07 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Larry_Dunn
                        Didn't the Germans already do this GB though? I think they called it their WWII armor development plan ....



                        HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAAA!!!

                        That's what I'm talking about !
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 28, 2005 11:47 AM
                        You are all sick! Count me in, too! Tongue [:P] I will have to have a couple of pitches of Mango Margtritas to relax after I finish my Bergepanzer(P) and think about what to do!
                        A BMW with a sidecar mounted 88? A Sturmkugelwagen? A Luftwaffe air droppable Maus? The famous German Tiger ace, The Red Baron's Tiger II?
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                        gjek
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tacoma WA
                        Posted by gjek on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 10:16 PM
                        If I had not seen a picture of one I know of a vehicle that would definantly be Not quite Right. That T 34 chassis with two jet engines mounted on top to blow out the burning oil wells after Desert Storm. Talk about a 1:1 kitbash!
                        Msgt USMC Ret M48, M60A1, M1A1
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                        Jeff Herne
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:54 PM
                        OK gang, we have a badge and a name...and we start officially on June 1, but I'm not holding anyone to it.

                        I do have a simple rule...since this GB requires a certain level of imagination and clever ideas, I would like to request that if someone is doing a Kubelwagen with an 88 on it, not to steal his idea and do a Jeep with a 105mm just because you couldn't think of anything on your own. That sound fair and reasonable??

                        I'll start updating the first post to reflect the members and projects they sign up for. The sooner you announce your subject, the less likely you are to get a copycat.

                        Jeff
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Wednesday, April 27, 2005 1:31 PM
                        hehe, I definitely like the sound of the "Just-not-right" GB. So, when's a good time to start? Big Smile [:D]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 25, 2005 5:11 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff Herne
                        No rivet counting, color police, or mechanical engineering lessons...if you can figure out a way to mount an 88 on a Kubelwagen, go for it. Who cares if the suspension can't support it, or the fact that it would disassemble itself the first time it was fired...


                        Actually, if you mounted an 88 on a Kubelwagen, you wouldn't even need a motor for the thing to rocket itself across the battlefield .... Tongue [:P]

                        Didn't the Germans already do this GB though? I think they called it their WWII armor development plan ....
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                        ygmodeler4
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Northern Virginia
                        Posted by ygmodeler4 on Monday, April 25, 2005 4:28 PM

                        -Josiah

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                        ygmodeler4
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Northern Virginia
                        Posted by ygmodeler4 on Monday, April 25, 2005 4:18 PM
                        Yeah I agree with falcon on the name. Love the just not right one.

                        -Josiah

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, April 25, 2005 12:00 PM
                        I like either the spare parts gb or the just-not-right gb. I might have to jump in on this one just for the fun of it.
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                        Jeff Herne
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Monday, April 25, 2005 8:47 AM
                        I guess we need a name don't we?

                        What-if GB?
                        Spare Parts GB
                        KitBash GB
                        Just-not-right GB

                        You guys decide...

                        Jeff
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                        ygmodeler4
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Northern Virginia
                        Posted by ygmodeler4 on Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:06 PM

                        -Josiah

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 24, 2005 5:40 PM
                        call it the chimera GB.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 24, 2005 4:25 PM


                        a real quick session with some pics from the net in photoshop now i see what i think real good
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                        ygmodeler4
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Northern Virginia
                        Posted by ygmodeler4 on Sunday, April 24, 2005 3:11 PM
                        I have some more but they arent showing up.

                        -Josiah

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                        ygmodeler4
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Northern Virginia
                        Posted by ygmodeler4 on Sunday, April 24, 2005 3:08 PM
                        Here we go.

                        -Josiah

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                        ygmodeler4
                        • Member since
                          October 2004
                        • From: Northern Virginia
                        Posted by ygmodeler4 on Sunday, April 24, 2005 2:53 PM
                        Jeff I got some great badges I just need to know the name of the GB.

                        -Josiah

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 24, 2005 2:39 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff Herne

                        Goatmonkey, I oughta slap you. The whole point of the group build is to do something ridiculous!!!! Banged Head [banghead]

                        How impractical is a T-34 turreted M3 than a V1 Pz IV, or a MausV2 launcher?

                        Just for that, you're going to build a Long Tom mounted on the back of a DUKW.

                        Jeff


                        i said that because the idea had a backstory to it and it sounded like a serioius one. I'm not too interested in the DUKW, how about an E-100 turret on an ME-262 instead? Smile [:)]
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                        tigerman
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        • From: Rain USA, Vancouver WA
                        Posted by tigerman on Sunday, April 24, 2005 1:01 PM
                        I was experimenting yesterday and I found something that is practical (possible experimental), therefore could validly pass as a whatif. Of course I'm not going to say what it is, but it will take some major modifications to pull it off. My boy already has grasped this build and he's all in. I think we have destoyed about 6-7 kits for this build.

                        http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y269/wing_nut_5o/PANZERJAGERGB.jpg

                         Eric 

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 24, 2005 12:34 PM
                        Okay How bout a Patton/panther/spare parts mix? Or do we have to stick to WW 2
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 24, 2005 11:39 AM
                        i might add one tire to the front and make it a tracked trike(sp?) the possibilities are endless this is a great gb idea lots of crazy things are going to come out of this Yeah!! [yeah]Thumbs Up [tup]
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                        Jeff Herne
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Sunday, April 24, 2005 11:33 AM
                        There ya go!!!

                        It'll look whacky with no front wheels,that's for sure. I had thought about a series of tow-behind trailered weapons, was thinking about a quad on trailer towed by a CCKW that would act as the ammo carrier...

                        Lots of ideas, keep 'em comin'. Now, who wants to do the badge?

                        Jeff
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 24, 2005 11:28 AM
                        i was thinking i could put a quad 50cal on a 251 hull with the m16 track suspension and no front wheels it could be a story of cut off germans building a vehicle a-team style in a time of need
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                        Jeff Herne
                        • Member since
                          January 2003
                        Posted by Jeff Herne on Sunday, April 24, 2005 11:21 AM
                        Goatmonkey, I oughta slap you. The whole point of the group build is to do something ridiculous!!!! Banged Head [banghead]

                        How impractical is a T-34 turreted M3 than a V1 Pz IV, or a MausV2 launcher?

                        Just for that, you're going to build a Long Tom mounted on the back of a DUKW.

                        Jeff

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                        roowalker
                        • Member since
                          April 2004
                        • From: S.C. Beach
                        Posted by roowalker on Sunday, April 24, 2005 8:20 AM
                        Great idea !!! Perhaps take the concept of your " very own " Tiger,T-34,etc. ....
                        How would YOU modify it given the technology of the time,available parts,
                        captured materials,& of course,finish to taste. Think,win the lottery,buy
                        a WWII "hulk",& go wild!!! Just the thing to putter around in on your new
                        estate????
                        Roowalker
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 22, 2005 4:54 PM
                        I'm am defintely in on this one!
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 22, 2005 4:51 PM
                        I still like my idea of the big Bertha gun mounted to a tank.....Big Smile [:D] Not sure how thats gonna look but it will happen. Hey and I think this is my 100th post!!!!!! Yeah for me Party [party]Party [party]Big Smile [:D]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, April 22, 2005 4:09 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Jeff Herne

                        The US provided the Russians with Lend-Lease M3 halftracks. Since their BA series of armored cars was a bit long in the tooth by 1942, they decided to mount a T-34/76 turret on top of a modified halftrack body....so there's my concept...


                        sounds like a cool idea and it'd be a great build but i have doubts about practicality of such a design in real life. the 34/76 turrets were never all that comfortable. they were also well protected and required more resources than just the same gun in field artillery form. since the half track would not be well protected i don't really see an advantage of having a well protected gun mounted on a vulnerable chassis. the turrets were mounted on armored trains but those actually had armor.

                        on the other hand, the turrets were mounted on gun ships and i guess a halftrack with a turret would be just as good as a tank when dug in hull-down.

                        not criticising or anything, just got me thinking. any opinions?
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