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

congrats Rick, well deserved

Well i can now call the Sherman Done. Finished it up last night and heres the pics for you guys

cheers

Cliff

Nicely done Cliff.  Good looking Sherman.

Regards,  Rick

Nice job on the Sherman Cruzr! 

Congrats Rick on your 2nd place win! 

Thanks for the congrats Guys, appreciate them.

Regards,  Rick

Dave - very nice start, look forward to the rest!

Cruzr - Very nice Sherman!

Rick - congrats and well deserved!

Thanks Jmart.

Regards,  Rick

Ahh! 13 days left and I havn't even started my BMW yet! Thank god it's small! I really need to stop putting these things off...

I'm hopin to try and finish it by next week, I'll keep you all posted.

Chris,

EEEEEKK!!! 

Did somone say 13 days left?  I thought we had to the end of May.   I've been putting in overtime at work and there's been little time for the bench lately.  I'll try to get cracking this weekend though.

it looks like the campaign is speeding up

Here is a little update on my Spitfire from 145 RAF flown by Stanislaw Skalski  

Good looking Spit, Greg.  Nice work.

Regards,  Rick

After a very productive weekend, I've got all the assembly and painting done on the BMW R75, and it now awaits weathering. Here she is:

And a shot for size comparison, next to a jar of MM paint:

Chris,

And just for the fun of it, a comparison shot of the BMW next to my Challenger 2:

Cheers

Excellent work Chris.  That's a lot of detail in such a small model.

Regards,  Rick

Oooh, nifty bike! That shot next to the MM jar is pretty interesting. Is that a standalone kit, or did it come with something else?

Amazing flurry of activity here as the deadline nears...

Holy Cow Chris!  That motorbike is tiny!!! 

Nice job! 

Having done this kit as part of my final diorama for this GB (to be posted soon), I can tell you that the paint detail you put on this piece is amazing.  GJ!

Quick question on the Sherman as I have a kit I plan to build in the near future...

Should the road wheels be black rather than the base color?  Are they hard rubber (which would be black) or metal (thesame color as the base color of the tank)?  Either way, nice job on the Sherman.

The road wheels on the Sherman were hard rubber.  I use a very dark grey rather than black.

Regards,  Rick

Thanks alot Darson, Rick, Brews, Dupes & Scott!

Dupes: The kit is an ancient Tamiya one from the 70's. In the box was just the bike, the sidecar and four figures (all of which in winter parkas so I couldn't use them!)

but she's not done yet guys! I still havta weather 'er!

Chris,

OK...still need some gear on the tank, including a parachute wrapping the turret, and one more British Desert Rat figure, but this is a done as it is going to get by the end of this GB

Tamiya vintage Lee kit (eBay purchase) with bad decals that silvered (tips appreciated) immediately upon placement.  Another American tanker leftover from a Stuart kit and Brit officer from an Italieri (?) kit.

Obviously I do not live anywhere near a desert, as you can see the trees in my yard in some of the shots.

Comments and criticism appreciated on this scene from the film "Sahara."

 "Guns for Water"

I have pretty much finished my Semovente L6/45. Here are pictures of it and the base that I am working on to display it. The figures and vehicle are not attached to it as of yet and I might be adding another figure to complete the Semovente's crew of 3. This scene would be in Tunisia. As this type of Semovente didn't have machine guns the crew carried small arms for close defense. The crew here is chatting with an infantry Lt while awaiting orders with a Breda 20mm positioned on the other side of the stone wall. As you can see I have alot of work to go on the base and getting everything weathered properly. The two armor figures are from Model Victoria (tank crew at rest), the infantry officer from Hornet, both the Semovente and Breda 20mm are from Criel Models.

Mike T.

Hermes, regretfully I will not be able to submit anything for this GB.   I've barely started the M4A1.  I was thinking of switching and doing a quick build of the Academy M3A1 Stuart, but I'm booked this weekend with family stuff.   It was fun participating when I could and seeing all the great builds that have been posted!  I'll probably save that M4A1 for the upcoming War in the Desert II! hehe...wishful thinking?

That's okay...heck, it's my GB and I didn't even have time to finish anything.

Hopefully we can do a War in the Desert II next year, there have been lots of great builds here!

WitDII, eh? Count me in! Lots of kits still in my stash that are crying out to be built...

Great GB, Hermes. Man, that 5-months-and-4-days sure went by fast!

Spitfire Mk IXc "ZX-6" of Polish Fighting Team known as "Skalski's Circus" attached to the 145th RAF Squadron. A dozen of Polish Fighter pilots established a small unit with a highest score level  within RAF and US squadrons in Africa during this time. They flew 6 aircrafts Mk IXc while the rest of 145 use Vb. Their role was to cover other activities from German fighters. After this campaing Skalski became Squadron Leader of 601 and took action in Malta and later in Italy.

This is a Hasegawa 1/48with some modifications including:

- cawling changes

- small air inlet

- cannon buldges

- wing root buldges