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M-113 group build:dec 15,07 to dec 15,08

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  • From: savannah ga.
Posted by GA.modelmaker on Saturday, November 8, 2008 11:59 AM
was wondering did we ever decide on a gb badge for this?
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Posted by diggeraone on Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:13 AM

I am sorry for not paying more attention on this.I have started my U.S.S. San Francisco and has taken a lot of my time......with scratch bluiding and other stuff involed.As far as a group badge,I really have no ideal how to make one.I also try the person who said they would at the top of the group build forum but never heard back from him.If you know how to make one be my guest and have at it.As far as the builds go I have to say we have a lot of good ones going on,Digger.

Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton
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Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, September 7, 2008 7:02 PM
Hmmmm, now I gotta track down service dates. Laugh [(-D] There is a photobucket account I found by yahoo image search that has a LOT of great photos of FSVs in Vietnam. Thanks for the info!

 

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  • From: Melbourne, Australia
Posted by darson on Sunday, September 7, 2008 7:28 AM

 stikpusher wrote:
Is that the color they were painted in Vietnam? I had asked that question here many months back and was told they were painted in a 34087 shade during Vietnam service. I have access to all those paint lines, so a new shade is not a problem

Carlos Australian Army vehicles were painted in OD (Aus) from 1967 onwards so yes the Gunze H303 color is most definitely what was used in Vietnam for all Aussie tanks, APCs and soft skins.

34087 was the deep bronze green used on Australian vehicles from the 1950s through to May 67.

Cheers

 

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Posted by stikpusher on Friday, September 5, 2008 6:44 PM
Thank you GA. It's the old Tamiya kit origianlly released in the early 80s, based off their old     M113A1 kit. A quick easy build so far. I am gonna replace the kit's Browning .30 cal. with an Academy one.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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Posted by GA.modelmaker on Friday, September 5, 2008 6:30 PM
dang that looks good. whos kit is it? i have the afv m113a1 and i will be doing it over the winter.
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Posted by stikpusher on Friday, September 5, 2008 6:17 PM
Is that the color they were painted in Vietnam? I had asked that question here many months back and was told they were painted in a 34087 shade during Vietnam service. I have access to all those paint lines, so a new shade is not a problem

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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  • From: Melbourne, Australia
Posted by darson on Friday, September 5, 2008 6:04 PM

Carlos the FSV is looking really good, I'll be looking forward to seeing the final product.

By the way the best color match for Aussie OD that you can get is Gunze H303 Light Green as a base coat and then fade appropriatley. If you can't get Gunze then either Humbrol 117 or Tamiya XF-58 will do the job.

Cheers

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Posted by stikpusher on Friday, September 5, 2008 5:33 PM

Yes indeed! I realized the same thing last year when I overcommited to too many GBs.

I started painting on my FSV. Just a base coat of MM Olive Drab.

I will be tackling the suspension and tracks over the next week or so.

 

F is for FIRE, That burns down the whole town!

U is for URANIUM... BOMBS!

N is for NO SURVIVORS...

       - Plankton

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  • From: Katy, TX
Posted by jthurston on Thursday, September 4, 2008 11:12 AM

I just realized that I need to get busy on this one.

So the idea is, Academy kit #1388, IDF Fitter, augmented with Verlinden's #765 M113 dozer blade, and PE from Eduard (#35882 "Fitter Exterior").

Possibly parts of Legend #1078 Sandbag Armor, if there's room.

 

"sigh" a GB addict's work is never done Whistling [:-^]

~J

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Posted by GA.modelmaker on Sunday, August 31, 2008 10:12 PM
good question tier _jacob_ they were making or were talking about doing one but ihavent seen any thing
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Posted by _jacob_ on Sunday, August 31, 2008 4:17 PM
so what's the badge for this GB?
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Posted by diggeraone on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 3:05 AM

G.A. you did a good job with that m-557.I like the weathered look of it also the way your tracks came out are good.I think that all of us here on this group build have the bug to build more.I know i will before dec comes around.Digger

 

Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton
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Posted by stikpusher on Wednesday, August 20, 2008 1:11 AM
The rubber sideskirts, when mouted, usually faded and got scuffed up pretty quickly. Think of off road tires. 

 

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N is for NO SURVIVORS...

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Posted by GA.modelmaker on Tuesday, August 19, 2008 9:19 PM

my m577 is 99% done. all i have to do is paint the powerplant and add that and put the flat coat on. this is one of my best builds since i started back building armor a few months agao. but i need to ask you should i weather up the sideskirts?  but other than those 2 things she is done. but whats really bad i have been bitten by the m113 bug i want to build more of these over the winter. so here are just a few pics of my m577.

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  • From: League City, Texas
Posted by sfcmac on Thursday, August 14, 2008 11:38 AM

 Great Progess GaModel Maker!

Digger that is just too cool for words. I think it is incredible!.Thumbs Up [tup]

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Posted by _jacob_ on Thursday, August 14, 2008 10:52 AM
diggeraone, your build looks GREAT!  Thumbs Up [tup] awesome finish!
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Posted by diggeraone on Thursday, August 14, 2008 9:55 AM

Well G.A. I see you have got a good build started and can't wait to see the rest of it when done.As for me I am done with mine so here are the pics........................

 

I know these are a lot of pics but I am happy with the job I did and will also post on the armor forum too,Digger.

Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton
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Posted by GA.modelmaker on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 9:05 PM

all right the rain finally moved out late this afternoon and so did the tornado watch that expired at 600pm. so i was able to get the m77 painted. all i have to do now is paint the roadwheels an do the tracks and its done. all the other addons have all ready have been painted. they just need to be put in place. as for weathering i dont know yet how dirty i am going. so here are just a few pics of the m577. 

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Posted by White_R34 on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 7:03 PM
Hey guys I'm not out as some of you have seen I have othere projects going on and the closer I get to paint time the more time I will have to get back to work on my M113 project. Every one here that has built and are still working every this loos realy good.Thumbs Up [tup]
Building the Impossible Is my main goal!!
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Posted by _jacob_ on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 11:06 AM
thanks for the comments!  I really loved building it, I might build another.
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Posted by sfcmac on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:49 AM

 Jacob tat is a very detailed kit for 1/72. I was expecting more of a matchbox car look to it. You did a fine job. Paint still looks a little wet but it could be the flash from the camera.  I like the photo of it in the palm of your hand. It really shows the scale. Very cool.

GA modelmaker, nice 577 The Army is calling them ten sixty-eights right now. Not a lot of change from the old 577 except for internal equipment being modernized.  So many new gadgets and gizmo's it;s hard to keep up with them. I was stationed at Fort Stewart twice.

Still waiting on some parts the store has kept me waiting for over a month now. Hard to be patient. Says they will be in stock on the 23rd now. Good Gravy.

Great stuff guys!

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Posted by GA.modelmaker on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 10:25 AM
wow that thing is tiny and a great job on it. all i have to do on the m577 is paint it. i hope to get it done today. but the last 2 days we have had rain and more on the way. if i can i will try and get out to the shop and get it painted along with 2 others that i am working on for other gb.
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Posted by diggeraone on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 3:49 AM
Jacob,not bad for 72nd scale.You did great job on it,Digger.
Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton
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  • From: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posted by _jacob_ on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 11:00 PM

I'm done my M113.  I picked the ACAV version.  It is easily the smallest model I've ever built! 

please comment!

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Posted by diggeraone on Thursday, August 7, 2008 7:07 PM

sfcmac great work and at least you can have yours open from the back to show all that great work you are putting into it.G.A. it will be a great build when you get done with it and can't wait to see it when done.I myself am about near done with my build and should be done by next week during my days off,Digger

 

Put all your trust in the Lord,do not put confidence in man.PSALM 118:8 We are in the buisness to do the impossible..G.S.Patton
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Posted by White_R34 on Thursday, August 7, 2008 6:24 PM

Hello all I'll be back to work on my project real soon sorry for not doing more.

sfcmac Your work has a lot of detail in a small place GRATE.Thumbs Up [tup]

GA.modelmaker Your project got off the a realy good start keep it up man.Thumbs Up [tup]

Sorry I did not post that badge images I should have been working on yet.

Building the Impossible Is my main goal!!
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Posted by GA.modelmaker on Thursday, August 7, 2008 4:16 PM

wow thats looking great thier sfcmac. i have gotten most of the m577 command post car done. i was a modeling crazy man yesterday. since it was so hot out side and the wx man said stay inside if you can so i did. this has been a very easy build and gone together without any trouble. i wish all kits would go together like this one did. so here are some pics of the m577cpc.

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  • From: League City, Texas
Posted by sfcmac on Thursday, August 7, 2008 3:05 PM

 Well been pulling out my hair but finished the 1st 2 steps which makes up the lower turret. The feed chutes and some more top to bottom cables are further down the instructions.

 I have to yell about this kit again as it has to be the most accurate resin kit ever done. It's details are amazing and parts I thought were not there are in fact just not in the instructions. So far there is not a thing missing on this turret. The smallest detail is there down to the rubber insulators. Downside is it is very delicate.

 This kit will probably never get the fame it deserves because the instructions really kill it. Terrible to say but with parts not shown or ommitted and zero painting instructions the most expert modeler probably couldn't get this together 100 % accurately. They are just too busy and the parts too many for just 1 page. The picture on the kit box is even wrong but the kit is as complete as I ever could imagine.

 You can see it is resting on a small bottle of testers paint to get an idea of the size. Have a little touch ups to to paint wise but a lot of the marks on the cables and turrent are intentional as that is how it looked.

Still waiting on chassis parts so taking a break for a couple days until then and on to step 3. Cool [8D]

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