Battle For Germany 45 GB Starts Now - 08 May 06

tho9900 wrote:

Rick - looks great!  I've really enjoyed the last few Academy 1/72 kits I have done.. decent detail at such a small size!!  I imagine that Komet is about the size of a finger!  The FW-190 wasn't much bigger!

Tom:  The Academy 1/72 Komet is a great kit with decent internal detail and pretty good fit.  As an added bonus it has the parts to build either the B or the S two seater trainer version (only two ever made, very high fringe factor ) and it even has the tractor used to tow them to and from the hanger.

Tom, Smokingun,  Thanks guys, appreciate the comments.

Tom, the Komet is actually the DML/Dragon 1/48 kit.  A little larger than the Academy 1/72 kit .

Regards,  Rick

Rick - wierd I could have swore someone mentioned it being 1/72... either scale it still looks good!!!

Blackcat - this is a nice one, simple but easy to see the invasion points:

http://www.ausa.org/dday/mappage.htm

Thought my Canadian friends would like this one:

http://www.warchronicle.com/canadian_armoured/regimentals_wwii/canadianddaybw.jpg

no progress as of yet tonight, and probably none at all for the evening... I am wasted from work and think I am going to vegetate tonight... if I model I will probably mess something up!

Wow Tanky, that sounds like your going to make a real winner, make sure you post some pics so we may shower you with shameless praise and adoration!

Tom I was just perusing the latest FSM mag and thught of you.  I was wondering, since you are going to be re-doing your model room, what did you thinkof Keith Hudson's awesome shop!  WOW! My wife threatened to rip out those pages so I would stop drooling and getting the couch all gross!  Ha ha!

Anyway here are some progress pics

The build on the left is for the Langnanse GB (Red 1 of JV44) and the one on the right is for this GB, Michalski's Fw190-D9 of Jg4  You can see I still need to do the mottling, it's a bit cold right now, hopefully this weekend.  With it being winter here and I airbrush in the garage, I have to wait for a chinook.  Luckily at this time of year they happen quite often (one day a week or so).

Both are looking good Jay.  Should be a nice pairing on your shelf.

Regards,  Rick

jboutin wrote:

Wow Tanky, that sounds like your going to make a real winner, make sure you post some pics so we may shower you with shameless praise and adoration! Tom I was just perusing the latest FSM mag and thught of you.  I was wondering, since you are going to be re-doing your model room, what did you thinkof Keith Hudson's awesome shop!  WOW! My wife threatened to rip out those pages so I would stop drooling and getting the couch all gross!  Ha ha! Anyway here are some progress pics The build on the left is for the Langnanse GB (Red 1 of JV44) and the one on the right is for this GB, Michalski's Fw190-D9 of Jg4  You can see I still need to do the mottling, it's a bit cold right now, hopefully this weekend.  With it being winter here and I airbrush in the garage, I have to wait for a chinook.  Luckily at this time of year they happen quite often (one day a week or so).

Thanks Karl.

Looking forward to progress picks on yours.  Sorry to hear about the problems with the Airwaves AM set.  I have the kit & the Aires detail set, but haven't started either yet.  Hopefully less problems, but with Aires you never know until you start.

Regards,  Rick

Hey all!  Feel like I've been out of touch forever.  A lot of great work presented so far. Rick-love the 162 and the P-47 is giving Tom a run for the "Fringe Award"  Tom-the Anteater looks great and I think you might have the "Fringe Award" wrapped up at this point.  Karl-the Panther is awesom!  Hope mine turns out half that nice.  Darren-the 190 looks great.  And Solid-love your work.  I was never able to make anything out of wood other than sawdust. edit- Solid's work was over in the Battle of the Atlantic GB. Sorry, but they all seem to run together after awhile.....

The Me-262 is done..and has been for a while.  Lost my blue backdrop to a Science Fair project and it took me a while to make a new backdrop.  Had a lot of "learning & growing opportunities" with this one-questionable fit (my fault), peeling paint (again, mine) along with a little decal silvering.  The pictures I'm presenting 'hide' the repair of the paint problems.  One of these days, I might do a little sand and touch-up with the airbrush, but I just wanted to finish this one.  Hope the pictures look better than they do at Photobucket-don't know if I'm having bandwidth issues (on a phone line here at home) but the pics are better on my hard drive that they show at Photobucket:

All suggestions for improving future projects are welcome.

Worked a little on the Panther today-ready for the primer tomorrow (hopefully)

Thanks Bob.

Your Me-262 looks real good.  The pics are a little dark, but not bad.  Looking forward to your progress on the Target.

Regards,  Rick

Rick & Karl-Thanks

Karl-I went with the Eduard-a little more cost effective, i.e. cheaper and I read a favorable review.  Fit was real good.  Now if only Eduard would do metal tracks....

Bob - good looking 262 ans nice process on the armor!  Those metal barrels really set the kit off well.  Way more convincing than the plastic ones..

Well I have found some more fringe laying around the web.. evidently this was a real project on the drawing board.  An anteater Zwilling model.  It would have been the Do-635.  Here are pics of my entry for the next Luft '46 Gb haha..

Definitely odd looking!  Imagine if they were both two seaters?  That would look cool too...

tho9900 wrote:

Well I have found some more fringe laying around the web.. evidently this was a real project on the drawing board.  An anteater Zwilling model.  It would have been the Do-635.  Here are pics of my entry for the next Luft '46 Gb haha.. Definitely odd looking!  Imagine if they were both two seaters?  That would look cool too...

Wow, that double anteater is out there!  Now that's fringe!   It's also very cool looking,  but I can't imagine that thing being practical in any way. 

Bob, your ME 262 looks fantastic!   

p.s. photobucket will automatically reduce the file sizes if they're too big, which can decrease image size and quality, but it's usually not too bad.  Your pictures like fine. 

Bob great looking 262, nice job .  I'll update you and Rick on page 1 tonight when I get home from work as well as adding your pics to the Group Photobucket page.

JB I think you're right with the post count on this build and we've still got a while to go on this one.

Tom, saw this article this morning and instantly thought of you

http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/wildcatfaaba_1.htm

All, I was watching the Battle of Britain on TV on the weekend so I was inspired to create the GB badge for this years effort as well as some other bits and pieces I'm going to use for the build. 

I was planning on posting the tread on 1 April with a start date of 1 May and concluding at the end of Oct, is this OK with everyone?.  As all of the key players from last years BoB build are in this one I thought that I would make sure and see if there is still enough interest in the BoB GB 2006.

Cheers

darson wrote:

All, I was watching the Battle of Britain on TV on the weekend so I was inspired to create the GB badge for this years effort as well as some other bits and pieces I'm going to use for the build.  I was planning on posting the tread on 1 April with a start date of 1 May and concluding at the end of Oct, is this OK with everyone?.  As all of the key players from last years BoB build are in this one I thought that I would make sure and see if there is still enough interest in the BoB GB 2006. Cheers

Count me in for that one!

Also, my Focke Wulf 190 is in the final stages of painting.  I'm hoping to be able to spray a coat of future within the next day or two.

OH NO, Not another BoB GB.  Must resist, must be strong, must not sign up.... Oh what the Heck, I'm IN !!  .  Need an excuse to do that white nosed Emil .

Regards,  Rick