The In My Stash GB

my first post in ages... Things in life have gotten in the way, including a distraction from the modeling craze caused by my RC heli... I have gotten working on the Abrams once more. The chassis is nearly complete and just need decals and a few fiddly bits. After that, its mounting the MGs weathering and stowage.

I'm sure I'm leaving out something... something that will complicate things beyond description and will kick back the estimated time of completion about 2 weeks...

I'm not sure of which to do first, the stowage or the weathering. The weathering i suppose. Im going to have a hell of a time making 852 ammo cans. Hopefully I will have time to finish this and my M997 Ambulance HMMWV and the Sherman. grrr so many things i wanna do so little time

southern dragon wrote:

here's the 251/1 and the paK that can be hooked to the back of the 251/1

If my matter any........  My vote is for you to build this as part of the "Russian Front" winter '42.  Have fun with the kits! The 251/1 provides lots of opportunity to add details (some of it is required). 

here's the 251/1

and the paK

that can be hooked to the back of the 251/1

yup arki wing got his award i think back on page 57

no i dont think we would turn anyone away at all

mph i dont know what the sickness could be but we need to come up with one :)

a little over 6 months to go i am getting scared now :( but i will finish

kenny_conklin wrote:

southern welcome aboard to the build :) mph i am with you i am very very late on the f16 GB myself before the year is out i want to finish all my GB's guess i am gonna have to call out sick lol

We need to come up with a good name for the "sickness" that we will have when we call in sick!   It needs to sound serious; maybe a bit contagious; and we need to have a 'doctor' say that the 'sickness' takes 5 - 7 days (at least) to run it's course.  No skin type stuff (unless you don't mind painting your face while you paint the current project). 

I don't think you would like the taste or the smell of me.

Too tough and old and gamey.

    Hey guys, I started my build! I started Friday after I completed my A-10... and I'm almost done. Who knew I wouldn't want to spend much time on a HobbyCraft Humvee? I already painted it and am halfway through piecing it together. I really did not want to mask the windows after I glued it. I guess after this I will have to go to my #2 which happens to be the Crusader... which I'm not sure if I still own... eek. Well then the Tiger I! I will have some progress/finished pictures tomorrow or the next day. Today was riddled with painting the few detail parts of the kit. But hey, it's a Humvee, I'm not complaining!

    Welcome to the build, southern. Kenny, I'm not sure it's necessary to ask, I'm pretty sure we'd never turn anyone away. The more the marrier! (or less food, one of the two. We could always eat TGregory if need be)  

southern dragon wrote:

if i under stand correcly, the turtle award goes to the slowest, or the fastest builder.

Slowest.  The fastest builder award has already been given to Wingnut.  Or at least I think Kenny gave him an award.  I'm too lazy to flip back through the thread pages. 

Edit: Dang! Kenny, you beat me to it.  I typed tooooo slooooowwww.

southern welcome aboard to the build :)

mph i am with you i am very very late on the f16 GB myself before the year is out i want to finish all my GB's guess i am gonna have to call out sick lol

the turtle award goes to the slowest builder within the deadline southern and a bunch of us are in the running :)

arki30 wrote:

razordws wrote:  TGregory wrote: 1. He must build both 2 Hook up the Pak 40/L46 for all to see 3. Be ineligible for MY turtle award. Tony I concour on all of the above (okay, okay... the third point is optional) Although this is a little unorthodox for this particular GB...sure, why not!  I'm agreeable to a new participant.  I dunno about claiming the Turtle award just yet, Tony.  Kenny is very much in the running just by the nature of what he is building.  A 1/350th carrier in 6 months or less?  Plus all the others who haven't checked in awhile?  If I was a betting man (and I'm not), this is still too close to call.

I say that 'late commers' to this GB as NOT in the running for the Turtle award.  Maybe we need to add some 'shame' to the Turtle award.   Any ideas?

I haven't tried the glue & tissue idea yet on the rear gun station of my B-25G.  I have been trying to get my F-16 (long over due for that GB) completed.

razordws wrote:

TGregory wrote: 1. He must build both 2 Hook up the Pak 40/L46 for all to see 3. Be ineligible for MY turtle award. Tony I concour on all of the above (okay, okay... the third point is optional)

Although this is a little unorthodox for this particular GB...sure, why not!  I'm agreeable to a new participant. 

I dunno about claiming the Turtle award just yet, Tony.  Kenny is very much in the running just by the nature of what he is building.  A 1/350th carrier in 6 months or less?  Plus all the others who haven't checked in awhile?  If I was a betting man (and I'm not), this is still too close to call.

TGregory wrote:

1. He must build both 2 Hook up the Pak 40/L46 for all to see 3. Be ineligible for MY turtle award. Tony

I concour on all of the above (okay, okay... the third point is optional)

frog look good and yes if you finish it that quick out of the running for the turtle award :)

TG i have no problem with that at all lets hear from more of the crew and if all goes well southern you are in , if not enough votes come in i will have to make a royal proclomation of what shall be done:)

got a 1/35 german Sdkfz251/1 Hanomag and a Pak 40/L46 that can be hooked to the back of the 251. will that pass?

Hey m'lord  I say if he must build:

1. He must build both

2 Hook up the Pak 40/L46 for all to see

3. Be ineligible for MY turtle award.

Just my

Time heals all ills, time and a half heals them quicker and holiday pay performs miracles. (more norhtwest IN wisdom)

Tony

kenny_conklin wrote:

whats in your stash southern dragon. if we get enough people to vote for your stash welcome aboard. otherwise if all goes well we will be posting stashes again between november 15th til december 31st and have a new vote for the 2008 campaign.

i got a 1/35 german Sdkfz251/1 Hanomag and a Pak 40/L46 that can be hooked to the back of the 251. will that pass?

Made some major progress on my Abrams the past two days. Here are a few pictures of it.

I need to add and paint a few things yet, but if I am lucky I might be done in two days.

i hear you arki cant wait till it is done.

i am going to the house monday to start working on my workshop . i cant wait to get that done will be able to fit my work bench, power tool bench, computer desk, and a photo bench i am a happy camper. and room for storage for the stash :)

whats in your stash southern dragon.

if we get enough people to vote for your stash welcome aboard. otherwise if all goes well we will be posting stashes again between november 15th til december 31st and have a new vote for the 2008 campaign.

once i move i will be getting on that big e and trying to get the site up i promised you all awhile ago

tis a shame we dropped to page two we shall not have this again !

anyway no progress here but getting closer to that moving day :)

A TRAVESTY!!!  An INDIGNITY!!!  Pushed to the GB page 2!!!!!  This will not STAND, I DEMAND satisfaction!!!!

OK, we should be back on page one now...

Oh, and, uh.... I have no progress to report...

hey tg coming along nicely

sorry my posts have been few and far between still doing all this moving stuff only another month and all will be settled and off to the races on the Big E

The Fireball, she's a commin'. The fuselage halves (without locating pins) went together like a good dream. Only a little putty around the stabilizers (?). The twenty-five cent piece size motor was 21 pieces and another 18 scratch built pushrods.On the web I found photos with the canopy interior green and also flat black and also sea blue What's a guy goona do with so many options?