Battle For Germany 45 GB Starts Now - 08 May 06

rjkplasticmod wrote:

Tom, why not paint the circles with your AB ?  Regards,  Rick

Rick I thought of that... it's too simple to do that way, it would take some of the joy out of this build! 

Armor and some aircraft.

Im thinking maybe the new halftrack from dragon... It's going tobe a part of a new diorama. Hmmm decisions decicions.

Wingnut- That engine and pit looks fantastic!!

I got the Humbrol Ocean Grey, and am in the tedious process of masking the Type A camo on the Spit..................no wonder I like Luftwaffe a/c so much

Got a question for ya's, what kind of finish did RAAF Spits have on them?

Gloss, semi-gloss or flat????

I got a tad gipped on the modeling goodies.

Guess I didn't sacrifice enough gnomes to the God of Styrene

I got a DVD on the BF 109

A 4 piece toaster (been whinging about having to toast twice for a decent feed for a while)

A box set of Enterprise DVDs (Hi, my name is Sean, and I'm a Trekky)

And an Ice Smoothie maker

Got a sick fetish for ice cream headaches y'see, had it for a while now, doctors say there's nothing they can do, but I'm in therapy, and I'm getting better.

And thats it really.

But my boss gave me a $1000 bonus in folding fun tickets, so I'm gonna do a small shop online for some stuff.

I have to admit aside from the pressie thing, I'm really chuffed about seeing alot of people this weekend, had some good laughs, and forgot about the troubles for a while.

And today I get to lay the foundation for my BBQ!!!!!!

It's all good

hi guys i'm back from a week with the family now i can get back to work on my halftrack with the pak 40 i got a few goodies from "OL St Nick" i guess the jolly ol feller thought i was running out of model space and got me 3 1/72 dml tanks a nice lil panther.G ,PzBeobWg V Ausf.G (a panther command tank ) and last but not least a Maus. rounding out the modeling gear is a set of panzergrenadiers in 1/35 and some nice brass Pak40 ammo.BTW does anyone know if the MAUS actually saw any action in WWII maybe at the verry end? I'm really curious on this if it did maybe i could work up the lil beastie if i finish my track early

It's great to hear that everyone had a good Christmas even if you did come up sans any modeling stuff like me.  Still the kids had a blast and were spoilt rotten by all their relatives, we adults consumed waaaay to much of the amber fluid and had a ball playing a couple of huge backyard cricket matches in the heat.  It's exhausting but still great fun.

Sean, on your Spitfire question Jules is probably best person to give a proper answer but I think Karl is right in that whatever color they started soon faded to matt in tropical conditions.  I can only go by the photos that I have but this looks pretty matt to me.
 


Karl, nice pickup with the IPod .

 
PanzerWulff from what I can gather most of the life of the working Maus prototypes was in testing around Kummersdorf at the proving grounds in Boblingen, but the V1 and V2 versions were possibly involved in one mission in a combat area that ended in both tanks being over-run and captured by Soviet forces. One fully operational design and one with a dummy turret were ordered to flee the factory development complex at Kummersdorf to avoid advancing Soviet forces. A prototype with a dummy turret broke down several miles away from the factory and was abandoned. The second continued further and was reported to have also broken down, and then scuttled by the crew. Some sources state the second prototype was destroyed by enemy fire and not scuttled.  Who really knows, but the photo is supposed to show the destroyed operational hull.

KJ200 wrote:

Sean, sounds like a good haul, especially the bonus! Which season of Enterprise did you get? I think I saw most until the last series when it seemed to disapeared from the schedules over here. Best of luck with the BBQ. Karl

I got Season 1 of Enterprise.

Wasn't to keen on the show in the beginning, but it got alot better so now I watch.

Australias a fair way behind compared to most places, but at least the DVD's are regulararly on sale.

Got the BBQ slab down today, and I have to say it shows I don't make my living laying concrete!

On the upside it will all be hidden by brick work, so it should look good providing I don't stuff up the bricks

tweety1 wrote:

Got the BBQ slab down today, and I have to say it shows I don't make my living laying concrete! On the upside it will all be hidden by brick work, so it should look good providing I don't stuff up the bricks

Dave the maus looks like it will be a nice easy little build it comes with a small fret of PE for the engine grilles with some nice detail for the size of the kit . it looks like it might be a nice little weekend project to give me a break fron Indie link tracks lol. Oh btw all STUFF politically correct so MerryChristmas,Happy Haunakah,Quanza or whatever and have a happy new year

Sounds like everyone had a good Christmas.  Glad to hear it.

Opened up the Tamiya Late Panther yesterday and reviewed the instructions again today.  I have a deeper respect for the armour guys!  This one is going to be time consuming.  Ordered Tamiya indy tracks, Eduard metal barrel & a small PE set for said Panther.  Karl, I think I'll be quizzing you quite often on how you are approaching certain steps in the process.  And any other armour experts in the group.  Time to start pulling out the old FSM's for research on techniques.....Not planning on starting until I get the Me-262 finished (or at least closer to being complete.)

No progress on the Me-262-interior & guns are painted-still need to assemble & dry-brush. Hopefully  I can get that much done by weekend and get the fuselage buttoned up Since I only use acrylics, I'm thinking of moving the air brush operation from the garage to the spare bedroom.  Temps are below freezing here, dropping into the low 20's F at night.  Not sure if it effects the paint-I know that I get cold out there!

Cheers and Sean-throw one on the barbie for me!  The BBQ project sounds like it is progressing-and seeing your modeling skills, I'm sure it will not only be functional, but look great.

Bob - knowing Sean it will be done in mottle or squiggle!! 

OK Next group build is we actually build as a group at Sean's while he cooks

Had a great Christmas with the family.  My head finally cleared from all teh wine and got soem nice build time today.

Decidied to add some plumbing to the engine, gonna take a stab at opening up at least one side, and to the back where it will be seen in the wheel wells.  Got the guns on and the engine and pit in the fuselage.  The tail wheel yoke is done and I made new access panels that are taped in place for painting, form the inside, for painting.  Then I will remove the panels and pull out the tape.

Between all the resina nd solder...I need to figure a way to beef up the gear... this thing already weighs a ton.

Thanks for the BBQ humour guys

Strangely enough I was commenting to the missus about how my concreteing was rather average, and she told me to "Chill, it's not a model"

Tom I was actually thinking of giving it a mottled render finish.

I'll post a pic when I'm done with the mmain part, still have to add the side bits, but thats later.

The first cook up will be in honour of you guys that can't be here for the christening

In about 5 minutes I'm spraying the underside of the Spit, then tomorrow it will be Futured for the decals, then onto weathering.

Almost done!!!

Now where's those recipe posts you guys did???????

KJ200 wrote:

Sean, how about going for a, Atlantic wall bunker type look for the BBQ?

Thats a champion idea!!!

Now all I have to do is get one of the mine workers to pop by for a coldie, and bring some 'work' home with him

No bunker looks complete without a dirty great hole blasted in the side of it!!

Eduard supply a load of handes in PE, but I opted to use wire instead, that and I can't find evidence for some of them. Karl

I found the same thing with the Eduard PE kit when I did my Panther.

I also had to make the handles from wire, cause the PE bits just look odd in 1/35 scale.

Sean-I figured an automotive type 'flame' paint scheme would be approate for the barbie...

Karl-Your Panther is looking great! I really think the PE adds a lot to the kit.  However, at this stage, I'm trying to minimize my cash inventment plus I'm not that comfortable with that much PE....baby steps....I have the small set coming (grills only).  However, we are going out shopping today so my 12 yr. old can spend some of his ill-gotten Christmas gains....planning on stoping by the craft store and procuring some lead foil.  Interesting article in the FSM a couple of months ago regarding the Panther build with metal tracks & foil fenders/storage bins.  Might give that a try.  Other drawback to PE for me is TIME.  Just doesn't seem to be enough.  Maybe next year, the USUAL SUSPECTS will launch a year long armour build...or maybe a decade long GB.....

The Panther is looking great so far Karl.  Keep up the good work.

Regards,  Rick

Awful quiet in here

Spent the night carving, filing and sanding the milliput I used for the big tail conversion.  WOW that was work.  First time using the stuff and that stuff is hard as nails and it doesn’t stick t plastic all that well… OK not well at all. 

Also did some work on the LG doors.