War in the Desert - African campaign GB - 12/9/07 to 5/13/08

Been there done that.  Frustrating aint it .

Regards,  Rick

Scott - Great job as usual, looks gorgeous, very nice weathering, chippings looks "on scale". Also, thank you very much for taking the time to explain your techniques, really REALLY helpful! Cheers!

Hermesminiatures - Is the GB deadline, you know, REALLY a "hard" deadline? I was planning on doing the Tamiya 1:48 Bf 109 E4/7 TROP, but dont think have the time... may switch to the 'old" Tamiya PzIV,Ausf D kit.

It's painful, Rick.  I'm so stinkin close! 

some assembly required wrote:

arki30 what flat do you use? im looking to build a ac in the future so any help would be greatly appreciated.

Pollyscale Flat.  I swear by it.  Nothing better in my humble opinion.

Scott:  Outstanding job on the PzKpfw II Ausf. F.  It really looks like a desert warrior!

Steve:  Nice looking diorama you have there!

Mark

JMart wrote:

Hermesminiatures - Is the GB deadline, you know, REALLY a "hard" deadline? I was planning on doing the Tamiya 1:48 Bf 109 E4/7 TROP, but dont think have the time... may switch to the 'old" Tamiya PzIV,Ausf D kit.

As with most of my GB's I prefer if you finish by the deadline, but if you showed good participation and just ran out of time, it's okay if you're a month late.

Finishing in September or something would be a bit much, though

Is it to late to join this build. I just picked up Tamiya's 1:35  M4 sherman  early and would love to finally build somthing from the N.A. campain. Let me know

cheers

Cliff

thanks, i'm looking at building a british sherman at the moment. i'll let you know for sure by tonight

cheers

alright i'm going to try and build a british sherman. looking right now at being part of the 9th Queens Royal Lancers, cira Oct 42 around El Alamein. here's what i found as a reference so far:

one at the top, wish i had a better pic

here'es the part i have to figure out, where could i find this because i know i don't have the skill to make it lol

I believe I already asked this question on this forum but I can't remember. Besides this seems like the perfect place to ask. Does anyone know where I can find this Chevy truck that belonged to the Long Range Desert Group?

 http://www.lrdg.org/images/LRDG%202.JPG

Also this or a similar jeep would be kewl to.

http://www.lrdg.org/images/Jesper%20Pedersen%20%20-%20SAS%2031[1].jpg

Dirkpitt289 wrote:

Does anyone know where I can find this Chevy truck that belonged to the Long Range Desert Group?  http://www.lrdg.org/images/LRDG%202.JPG Also this or a similar jeep would be kewl to. http://www.lrdg.org/images/Jesper%20Pedersen%20%20-%20SAS%2031[1].jpg

Tamiya did the truck in 1:35, and Matchbox did the truck and jeep in 1:76 

Cruzr, the first Sherman you have pictured there is the cast hull with direct vision slots, it also uses the very early grant type suspension.  The second diagram is a welded hull but also has the very early grant type suspension. To make either of these kits you are going to have to do some major kit bashing or be prepared to lash on some expensive AM bits.

The other Sherman (in the photo) is a Sherman III I think and this is much easier to build OOB.  Dragon does this kit in 1/35 & 1/72.

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/dragon/dr6313.htm

Dirk the Tamiya LRDG Chevy is currently OOP but you can find them on eBay fairly regularly.  The Tamiya SAS jeep is still available and can be found at most online stores.

Cheers

The Spitfire is declared complete .

The model represents the mount of British Ace, Wg. Cdr. Ian R. Gleed, North Africa 1943.  Gleed was KIA flying this bird on April 16, 1943.

Regards,  Rick

Thanks Dave & Bob,  glad you like her.

Dave, you're right about the codes, but references show it is correct.  I really don't know the story.  Standard was white, so its possible Gleed had the dark blue centers of the codes painted as his personal ID, same as the cartoon cat on the starboard fuselage.  Quite rare on RAF aircraft.  It also seemed to me that the G script was non standard.

Regards,  Rick

Well done Rick!  The desert schemes just hold something for me, and you executed it well as always.

I will say I'm not convinced the exhausts stains look quite....right?  I'm nitpicking. 

Thanks Guys. 

arki:   The exhaust stains are based on reference pics, although I agree they don't conform to what you see on most models.

Dupes:  No, it's the Hasegawa kit.

Regards,  Rick

if its not to late I would like to participate 

i've got a spitfire and bf-109 at home i have'nt started

just one question....when youre done, do you have to post a picture of it?

just wondering because i don't have a digital camera(or any cameras come to mention it)at my house, and can't afford one at the moment considering i'm a junior in high school

rjkplasticmod wrote:

arki:   The exhaust stains are based on reference pics, although I agree they don't conform to what you see on most models.

Which just goes to show you what the heck I know.    I'll go back in my corner now.

Hi Christopher, no you're not too late to join as long as you can finish your 109 or Spit somewhere around the finish date.  Not having a camera is going to be a bit of a disadvantage as the idea of an on-line group build is that you post pics as your build comes together.  Is there anyone you know who has a digital camera that could help you with the pics?

Rick that's a great looking Spitfire which is well and truly up to your usual high standard.  It's funny isn't it how we as modelers tend to base our builds on the look of other modelers builds and then over time except this as "reality".

Arki I'm not having a go at you mate, I just making an observation and I know I have fallen for this as well.

Cheers

With regards to Spitfire exhaust stains:

• How well is the a/c maintained?
• What is the type of exhaust manifold?

Here is one pic that varies from that shown of the model. It is not to say that Rick's reference pics were censored, but it may be more of what Arkie expected:

Then again, there's this Sov Spitfire .. surely less-well maintained, but with an exhaust stain closer to Rick's!:

I give up

Yep, that's exactly what I was expecting.  But, due to exhaust stub design, location in reference to the fuselage, even the fuel mixture, exhaust stains can and do take many shapes, forms and hues. 

My goof.

Rick:  Excellent work as always.  That's one nice Spitfire!  I'm not familiar with Gleed.  How was he KIA; shot down by a fighter, flak,..?

Mark

Thanks Mark.  Gleed was attacking a flight of German transport aircraft when he was jumped by several Bf-109G's from I./JG 77 flying high level escort & was shot down.  At the time of his death, he had scored 13 confirmed victories & 3 probables.

Regards,  Rick