Battle For Germany 45 GB Starts Now - 08 May 06

Tanky, You're building Kozehdub's  La-7 right?  what scale?  I've been thinking about getting a La-7 or La-5. How is the Academy offering?

Rick and Karl, okay, okay so it really isn't me, I can dream a bit can't I? and no, Karl I look nothing like Danny Devito! I'm taller, much better looking and with a lot less money in the bank...

I was just at the LHS and I almost bought two more Fw-190-D9s, Rick (the LHS owner) had the Hasegawa 1:72 for $14.00 and the Academy 1:72 for $11.00. I just was afraid of what the wife would say, especially with Christmas around the corner.  So alas, I left the LHS with only my vacform Boly canopy...

12 days to go and I have a decision to make.  Do I stay with the build that I am planning to do?  As mentioned I am going to make the Fw190D-9 that I made for that GB in 1/48 but in 1/24 with the Trumpeter kit.  There a very big inaccuracy in the kit that I have been pondering for a while and it may well be beyond my skills to correct… at the point anyway.  The engine cowl has a curve in it that is not supposed to be there.  What make it so noticeable is the hinges for the cowl are curved.  Curved hinges don’t work very well and there aren’t any resin corrections available.  If I said that I was building OOB then it would be easy, in my mind anyway, to simply acknowledge that the problems exist but it is an OOB build and that’s just the way it has to be.  But I am planning on doing some detailing to this build and many of the other documented problems I should be able to correct.

I was hoping that by the end of typing this out it would have helped me decide but nuts if it didn’t.  I know that nobody can tell me what to do so I will ask… what would you do?  Build with that one problem and let that be that or wait?  If nothing else… it’s something else to fill the time for the 12 days to KICK OFF.

Tanky-some nice looking stuff from Legends.  The detail on the 1/48 figures is pretty good.  Would a 109 pilot look or be uniformed different than a 190 pilot?  I am thinking about it since there is one in 1/24.

hey guys i cannot get my avatar to work i guess im doing something wrong lol

and i cant wait until the start date so Kremps can unchain me from the wall and remove mt straightjacket so i can POUNCE on my 1/2 track

Might have to delay the start of my build for this one by a few weeks. I want to finish my Avenger before I start the 410. Don't wanna have two super-detail jobs going on at the same time......

Marc - I'd say, if it doesn't bother you too much, I wouldn't worry about it. Don't worry about what anyone else thinks. The 190D-13 I'm building has alot of in-accuracies, but I'm not gonna fix them because it doen't matter too much to me. I'd rather have a nice looking in-accurate model sitting on my shelf than one sitting in the bin because I tried to correct it. That's my anyway, others might feel differently.

Marc - I say let it go... if that is the only inaccuracy the kit has that is that noticable I wouldn't worry... none of us are rivet counters here an d we enjoy building for the fun of it... (re: the Black "K" Martlet with noseart I made up just for the fun of it in the N. Africa GB)  How do you mean curved though?  I have a Hasegawa 190 and I was just curious if this one is inaccurate as well..

---edit---  actually this may be a moot point as I was having a disagreement with the missus the other day and made a great show of telling her I would just stop modeling and lost the cowl from mine I believe... 

Yeah I have pretty much decided to fix what I can and leave the rest.  I don't consider myslef a rivet counter but if I could fix it I would.   But like you said Daniel,,, better on the shelf than in the bin.

And Tom... quit modeling??? Surely that was something you said for show... in the heat of the moment!

Or, there may be a "No Tell Motel" in your area .

Regards,  Rick

Actually over in Houston there are lots of "No Tell Motels" ...right next to "therapeutic massage parlors"

I should open one next to the LHS just for modelers, pay by the hour with a coin operated compressor and spray booth in each room...

Hi there everybody, well I'm back on board after a very nice and relaxing weekend break.  I hope you all are either had a nice weekend as well.

Now I know this is going back a bit but,

Jay, my avatar is Nurse Charlotte Diesel from the Mel Brooks movie High Anxiety. It's not Brooke's best work but it's still a great laugh.  My favourite Mel Brooke's movie is Young Frankenstein btw.

Tanky, any chance of a couple of shots of that Legend La-7 cockpit and also have you checked out what the fit is like?

Marc I have to agree with the others, just fix what you can and don't worry about the rest.  Know body is going to know except you.

Tom you seem to know an aweful lot about the locations of these "therapeutic massage" establishments there in Houston.  Btw, isn't Thanksgiving coming up soon for you guys in the states?

Oh yeah, only 9 days to go

Cheers all

I think we should celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK too.

After all we did manage to offload a boat load of religious zealots onto the New World!

You guys were happy they turned up, we were just happy that they left!

Favourite Mel Brookes film has to be Blazing Saddles.

BTW, I'm only posting from work at the moment as the forum is just plain useless from home, whichever browser I use!

Karl

Thanksgiving in the US is this Thursday, the 24th.  I second Blazing Saddles as the favorite MB flick, with Young Frankenstein a very close second.

Regards,  Rick

Since cooking is a second hobby of mine, I really ahve a good time on this holiday... very realxing....Hmmm?? maybe that's from the wine I drink while I cook!!!

Space Balls is my fav.

KJ200 wrote:

BTW, I'm only posting from work at the moment as the forum is just plain useless from home, whichever browser I use! Karl

I know exactly how you feel Karl

Blazing Saddles,  mmm good show, but I'll have to say Space balls for my fav though. 

For the first time I'll have three models on the go.  I just started my 1:48 Hasegawa Ki-43-I for the Japanese Aircraft GB. I also have a Bolingbroke for the Canadian GB.  Soon this one!  I think the FW190-D9 should be a quick build.

Dave - me too (pimple-faced, geeky teenager memory)  I think I still have several of the paperback novels in a box somewhere deep under the stairs.

Karl I don't think anybody has given specific technical feedback to the forum admins about the problems you are having.  What you might want to consider is posting a thread in Odds & Ends as David Voss hangs out there quite often.

I'm glad to hear that all the bits for the Panther have arrived, I'm looking forward to lots of progress pics on that one.  Tell me how does the Jordio Rubio barrel compare length and detail wise to the kit supplied item?

Cheers

3x+772=1672

  good god man!  are you insane??????  if 3x+772=1672, then x/3+40 = about the most I have spent on one kit plus goodies so far!  I guess we could blow this off to youth and high spirits but I worry about you younger guys... what if you can't get that monkey off your back??? 

Tanky, by your equation, X=300.  That's an insane amount of moola for one build.

Regards,  Rick

darson wrote:

Tom you seem to know an aweful lot about the locations of these "therapeutic massage" establishments there in Houston.  Btw, isn't Thanksgiving coming up soon for you guys in the states? Cheers all

Welllllll...  the cat's away so the saying goes... haha.. no there was a huge police sting recently (one of the job hazards of being a policeman in Houston... you have to recieve erotic massages to accomplish your job) and that's how I knew about it...    that's my story and I am sticking to it!!! 

darson wrote:

Karl I don't think anybody has given specific technical feedback to the forum admins about the problems you are having.  What you might want to consider is posting a thread in Odds & Ends as David Voss hangs out there quite often. I'm glad to hear that all the bits for the Panther have arrived, I'm looking forward to lots of progress pics on that one.  Tell me how does the Jordio Rubio barrel compare length and detail wise to the kit supplied item? Cheers

Darren  I'll probably add a note to the thread that Dave started, as the browser changes required at the Kalmbach end should be minor, and certainly do not require an upgrade! I know it shouldn't bother me but I just find it annoying that anyone could roll out such a poorly developed application, hazard of my job!

I haven't compared the JR barrel for length with the Tamiya item, but detail wise it is way ahead, especially the cast muzzle brake. Still don't have all the bits though, next month I'm going to have to order the Friul tracks and the Schurtzen required for the tank I'm building. The schurtzen in the kit are just way too thick.

Tanky I've seen the Aber PE set for the Panther. Couldn't face that, just too much PE for me. The Eduard set is pretty good, and not too pricey either.

And that is an awful lot of money to spend on a single build. Having said that the Panther will probably come in at around the £90-100 ($170-185) mark!!!! I don't think I've ever spent more than £40 on an A/C build even with AM!

Dave I'll look up that thread and add my for what it's worth.

Karl

Marc what I find relaxing is the wine that I drink while I'm enjoying other peoples cooking

Tanky three words for you my friend, Oh My God .  If ever contemplated spending that much on modeling... well let's say that that I would be talking in a very high voice after SWMBO got through with me.
I know what you mean about those Aber PE sets as well.  I've got one for the M4A3 Sherman which I have never had the courage to use, some of the things they expect you to do with a 2mm piece of PE are just insane.
Good luck with your T-34 btw.

Karl I sure hope they get the issues sorted out soon because you can guarantee if it's effecting you and Dave then it's got to be impacting other users as well.  But you've gotta love the old "it'll be fixed in the next release" line, boy if I had $1 for every time I heard that from a vendor I'd have almost enough money to buy Tanky's T-34 and all it's bits

Cheers

---edit---
Not enough emotion/shock about Tanky's T-34

darson wrote:

Karl I sure hope they get the issues sorted out soon because you can guarantee if it's effecting you and Dave then it's got to be impacting other users as well.  But you've gotta love the old "it'll be fixed in the next release" line, boy if I had $1 for every time I heard that from a vendor I'd have almost enough money to buy Tanky's T-34 and all it's bits Cheers ---edit--- Not enough emotion/shock about Tanky's T-34

That's what worries me!

The forum has certainly seemed a lot quieter since the switch over. I'm not sure if that's due to the re-registration process, or frustration with the new format.

You'd need an awful lot of vendors before you could pay for Tanky's T34.

And I know exactly what you mean about some of the Aber PE. The working hinges are just too much, even in 1/35!

The Panther is my first Tamiya kit in 20 years, and only my second ever. It's certainly a very impressive package from the glossy box to the clear concise instructions. Really looking forward to this build.

OMG I can't believe I'm looking forward to building a target. Worse than that, I've asked Santa for more.

Karl

EDIT: Speeeeeling!

Karl-two quick questions-first-is this the 1/35th scale?

Second-does it come with instructions that show paint schemes/decals that fit the criteria of this GB?

Saw one at Hobby Lobby last time and almost purchased it....and they are about due for a 50% off sale.  Of course, there is the 40% off coupon in this weeks ad.

thanks