**Official** junior modeller group build thread!

Bwahahahaha! Welcome to the armor side!

I've probably built as many planes as you have tanks.

you can join.

just too let everyone know ill be awy this weekend so i will not be able to check in till sunday 

I'm going away from Monday to Friday so no updates from me  for that week

Zero tanks!?!?  hmmm... I've built at least ten planes...

Anyway, #12Wings, How far have you come on the build you want to submit?  If it's less than 25% done like the rules say, then you're set!

12 wings:nope, you have to do another build.

sorry 

-School out for summer-

Finish school today and done my willy jeep, it was originaly going to be wreck for the fankpanzer dio, but it was a nice kit, and the figure looks good, tamiya was one of the only kits that didn't hade a wagon and was very detail.

I wanted to make it look really muddy, and pastel chalk work great. Originaly I wanted to submit Dragon T-34, but it was too hard and can't start until the end of the mounth.

What do you think?

T-rex your jeep is WWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY to clean!... It looks GGRREEAATT I like the rifels liying around looks great.

I ges I should post some progres pics soon.

Ok I just started yesterday, got the fusalage, and wings(not shown) Glued together. Most seams filled. If you want a quick way to fill seams use super thin CA glue and sand it down with 600 grit sandpaper. Well here it is.

nice job on the jeep t rex. alright here is some advice. buy yourself a bottle of MIG pigments and it will look amazing when done and used properly.

again nice job.

Before I never weatehr, but after discovering pastle pigments.

I don't think it looks too unrealistique (jeep do go throught alot of muddy terrain) mine may have gone throught a shallow swam but if there too much it can be wipe off.

I choose tow version cause it mine work with my quad in a dio.

Good luck on your build.

It looks nice, T-rex.

If you want to, check out a movie I made on youtube about "mud". It includes a homemade mud taht sure looks good! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkLgb9ZxpLE

Hope that might help...

Well, finished exams today. It went well and I might get the kit tomorrow.. More details to come :)

-Huxy 

T-rex great work on the jeep and other thing where did you get thous great pastel pigments?

I've got my last exam to day then a summer of modeling my mom says I might even get a kit if I do well on the exams

Hey guys, great looking builds/progress!  Sorry i've dropped off the map for a few days.  I'm gonna go ahead and start another build for the GB.  Put me on the list for Tamiya's 1/35 panther A.  an oldie but goodie.  Progress pics will be up in a few days after it's confirmed.

Any suggestions as to modifications I can do on this one?  (i'm on a scratchbuilding kick, the stuart came out so well after all)

TacoBuff wrote:

Any suggestions as to modifications I can do on this one?  (i'm on a scratchbuilding kick, the stuart came out so well after all)

Side skirts and fenders are allweas fun and You could make looted armour from extra bits.

TacoBuff wrote:

Hey guys, great looking builds/progress!  Sorry i've dropped off the map for a few days.  I'm gonna go ahead and start another build for the GB.  Put me on the list for Tamiya's 1/35 panther A.  an oldie but goodie.  Progress pics will be up in a few days after it's confirmed. Any suggestions as to modifications I can do on this one?  (i'm on a scratchbuilding kick, the stuart came out so well after all)

Here are a couple of good pics for Panthers:
Spare tracks is a must:

Foliage?

Find out what on earth is sticking out on the left side...

Tracks without sag, and almost no tools?

Heres a feature that would be nice to see. Barrel cleaning rod case is open with some of the rod sticking out:

Do the road wheel on the turret! And notice the position of the cleaning rod, as well the two jerrycans at the exhausts.

Paint the ID on all the spare tracks on the turret!

So add some of all of these, and you will get one nice awsome Panther I'm sure! :)

And for my progress, Norwegian Mail Service is very slow. 

wow!  The response to that post was lightning fast!  Huxy, i'm liking the look of the last pic, the Numbers on the treads, if the kit includes enough, i'll do that.  And stick man, yeah, i'll add some skirts to this pretty kitty.  Those are easy.

Thanks guys!

p.s. huxy, thru rain or sleat or snow, the norweigan postal service will deliver it's mail no matter what.  just give it time, it'll make the build all the better.