**Official** junior modeller group build thread!

ahh, i see now what your saying.  The bit of plastic in the middle that keeps the vinyl tracks together is wrong.  Thanks, didn't know that.  The spare tracks are from Academy's m3 honey stuart (told you i love 'em).  Yeah the tracks are bent a little, i fixed that right after i took the pic...doh.  Do you guys think i should dirty it up with chalk dust, etc?

And hellcat man, the m996 is gonna look great, i can feel it!

TacoBuff wrote:

Townsy: I am using the Tamiya tracks, i disagree with your statement, i found dozens of reference photos for this project, and most had the same, if not similar, tracks.

Hey TacoBuff,

It's not the tread pattern per say that's incorrect, it's Tamiya's interpretation of how the track blocks are connected. I drew a diagram to try to illustrate my point, but photobucket isn't letting me access my account right now for some reason. Anyway Tamiya molded the track connectors in the centre of each link, but on a real Stuart the connectors are actually conecting the links. (look carefully at the difference between your tracks you're using for stowage and the ones on the running gear.)

The reason I thought you were using AM tracks was because I saw the spare tracks you have mounted as stowage on the Hull, (perhaps leftovers from a AFV Club kit?) and assumed you had purchased an AM set. Sorry, my mistake.

Also, there seems to be something wrong with the front left portion of the tracks where they come in contact with the ground? Like it's twisted to the side or something. But all that aside good work on your Stuart, and awesome for being done in only 3 days!.

And the M996 looks good so far Hellcat man.

Chris,

Some ordering problem here. Won't get my plane before next week going to be my first plane

Nice stuart! really like the colour.

Very nice stuart and the humvee is doing good.

As for me, I'm done my model but it nothing special or big, its just a tamiya 1/35 scale, its the first model with oil wash and a little friend for my quad truck.

 I will post the photos next post.

Where the badge? it will need to be made on photobucket or get a picture of a kid on a tank enjoying the ride.

all those builds are looking sweet! tacobuff, your stuart would look sick if you bought some mig pigments from internethobbies.

no real progress on the firefly today. drummed for too long. i also cleaned my workbench

Okay, add me to the list of flip-floppers. I'd like to change my build to USS Aludra AK-72, same kit, different ship. This will allow me make some changes to the basic kit...I have a tendency to make all my builds unique. Why stop now??

I have a feeling that most of this GB is going to be over real quick....I'm also on oddity (amongst younger modelers that is) in that most of my builds proceed at absolutely glacial paces. I have more than a dozen half-built kits, yet the last time I put one on the display shelf was February!

TADA!  Final pics are in!  I finished this bad boy in 3 (count 'em!) THREE DAYS!

Sorry the pics are blurry, my camera's battery died.  Townsy: I am using the Tamiya tracks, i disagree with your statement, i found dozens of reference photos for this project, and most had the same, if not similar, tracks.  Thanks for the feed back though (if i had the cash, i'd get some AM tracks) 

As Usual, all comments welcome.  And tell me how to make a badge please!

raider83 wrote:

Townsy, that is a hilarious pic! I agree it is not really junior modeller though.

Lol yeah.. those Palestinian kids really need to look both ways before they cross the street.

and Tacobuff:

Great scratchbuilding work on your Stuart so far! It looks awesome. I'm assuming it's going to be one used in Normandy? Also from the pics I'm assuming your not using Tamiya's kit tracks? Which is a good thing as they are improperly rendered and wouldn't function on a full sized tank.

Chrs,

Huzzah! first pics up! I love stuarts (this is my fifth one i've built if that tells you anything).

this was my first work with extensive scratch building or just plain modifications.  The basket i added will be filled with stuff.  I've got three figures in the works for the dio i'm planing.total, there's probably three stuarts worth of parts in the one in the pics HA. what do you think? The last pic is my fav, it shows off the removed front fenders, and everything in general, really well.

jadgpanther302 wrote:

May 29 to august first

We only get 2 months! Gee considering I havta order Friul's for my Challenger I don't even know if they'd get here that quick (Canadian postal service sucks) let alone give me enough time to save the $$ for em, build em, and then build the model! but oh well...

raider83 wrote:

I can't see it townsy...

That's weird, it shows up fine on my computer...one sec, ok Here's the link for the pictures so you get the idea:

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/idfvpal.jpg

or

http://i.pbase.com/u36/pvtnum3/large/23486869.kidvstank.jpg

but once again, I don't get the whole 'Junior Modeler' feel from them eh? But it's an idea.

Jagdpanther has an interesting idea though, everybody uses a finished picture of their build as a badge. It's quite easy to add font overtop of it and shrink it down.(in Microsoft Paint etc.) it would make the badges and this GB unique in comparison to all the 'grown up' ones.

 Thoughts?

Chris,

y.i stated my firefly the other day and i have completed the lower hull.

no ideas for a badge so why not just put a models srue and have young gun group buil '08. 

My O'Brien's hull was badly warped, so she'll be full hull. The fit is pretty bad, so she's needing alot of sanding. This is gonna be a long week.

Never mind my dozen or so other projects on the bench. 

I'll change kit to the Academy F4F-4 Wildcat in 1/72 scale, which I ordered yesterday and should have it this week. Ordered the Panzer I from DML (Smart kit) as well, but I'm saving that one... Might build two, but.. one at a time!

so please change the list :)

Huxy

My daughter is 7 so she isn't online herself....but she has been looking for a new model to do since she finished her Fire Pumper.

Maybe it's time to take her down to the LHS and find a new project for the build....

raider83 wrote:

I can't see it townsy...

I've done quit a bit of work on my build turet and lower hull are done just 4 more pices on the lower hull and then the uper hull and paint and I'm done should be soon.

This is the closest I've came, but I still don't get the whole "junior Modeler" feel from it. Opinions?

(of course text would be added later.)

Well I've been going crazy the last couple days trying to think of a badge idea but alas, I've came up with nothing. I just can't seem to think of something that says "Junior Modelers", you know? If anybody's got any ideas that would be great!

On a side note, I'll be building Tamiya's Challenger 1 Mk.3 (in 1/35 scale).

Chris,

Oh! if it's not to late I'd like to change my build... I opened up that stug box and my heart almost stoped seeing all thougs parts.

so if I could I'd like to change to a Tam King Tiger Porsche turet.