**Official** junior modeller group build thread!

done!!!

http://s341.photobucket.com/albums/o374/jacobc123/

sorry, I couldn't figure out how to post pics in the message(I tried and instead of the pics there were just pages with X on them) so just follow that link to see the stuka.

Nice Work Jacob

I am done with my 109 just got to put the decals on.

Nice work Jacob! cool paint pattern........for posting pix you copy the IMG code undernith the pic by clicking on the begining of the code and it should atoumaticaly copy it and then you paste it on your post here hope that helps!...again nice work.

Good now I know how to make a bage too not that I'm enywhere close to done yet but I did paint my KT's turet erlyer but I ran out of dark yellow so the hulls still need paint and then theres weathering and tools and the comander fig but hopefully it will be done soon.

Ok I finished the 109 (finally ) and will post pics later but I have to go out of town so I'll be back in a couple of days.

Hellcat man wrote:

Any chance of getting an extension

Yeah i can do an extension but not a 3 month one.

The build has been extended to September 1st 2008.

howdy howdy fellas.

sorry i dropped off the map for a week, i was at band camp.

Anywho, awsome work on the Jacob.

And i'm lookin' forward to seein' those pics raptor.

jadgpanther302 wrote:

The build has been extended to September 1st 2008.

For everyone?

 I still need to buy paint!  

Well I've been at the Cottage the last 2 weeks and got a TON of work done on my Chally, In fact, it's done!

*BEWARE DIAL-UP USERS**LOTS O' PICS!*

These are also the first three figures I've ever done, the Loader and TC I 'borrowed' from my Challenger 2 kit that I built last year, and the driver is one I just did, sorta gives a little bit of a snapshot of the progress I've made in figures since reading HermesMiniatures' excellent tutorial over in the "Figures" forum:

Without figures:

And one without the upper hull to showoff the Friul's:

Boy did alot of work go into this one! I cut off over 80 solid plastic grab handles and replaced them all with wire substitutes. I coated all horizontal surfaces in Krylon "textured" spray paint to simulate the anti-slip surface. I assembled around 180 Friul links and painted those anoying  rubber pads along with adding a couple hundred little "knicks". Hand painted the all the signs that are numbered "42". Drilled out the solid plastic headlights then painted them silver and filled them with white glue. I used a bunch of stowage from Tamiya's modern stowage set, and I made all of the tarps from Kleenex's soaked in white glue and water.

I'll be making another thread for it over in Armor.

Thanks for looking!

WoW Townsy thats fantastic I realy like the non skid serfice grit stuff GREAT work!

very impressive townsy.  You put a lot of effort into this build and it shows.

Those are really the first figures you've done?  my first figures looked like they'd been kicked in the face, and then painted one brownish skin color.

Good on ya

Ok heres a picless update I got more paint! I've painted the hulls and the turet I may start on the camo later but I'm not shure I at least don't have to rush eny more because the GB extention.

Again Great work Townsy!!!!

Hey thanks alot guys! Glad you like it.

Tacobuff, yep those are my first figures, technically the loader was my first figure, and it shows as he really didn't turn out that well, and the Commander was my second, he improved a bit, but the driver is I feel my best and he's one I painted last weekend, (the other two were 'borrowed' from one of my older Challenger 2 kits) What helped me alot in the figure painting was HermesMiniatures' EXCELLENT figure tutorial over in the figures forum, that's what really motivated me to try figures in the first place, you should check it out, it helped me a ton!

Here's a link:

/forums/3/950807/ShowPost.aspx#950807

and Jagdpanther, thanks for pushing the deadline back (When does it go to now???) cuz if there's enough time, I might try and get in with another build

Townsy, your build looks fantastic! 

Kyokuto Maru is progressing fairly well. The build has been fairly straight forward, except for the bridge which is being massively rebuilt. The bridge face was molded solid and looks horrible so I am replacing it entirely. Not too hard, except the bridge itself was engineered for the solid piece and not my new open part. So I have to do alot of chopping, sanding and scratchbuilding in order to make it presentable. I'll see what progress I can make today and post some pics this evening to show you what I mean about the bridge.

The rest of the build is very easy, detail is nice and the photoetch set included is fantastic, very well engineered and easy to install. It's just that stupid bridge!

Thanks for the extension, by the way, it looks like I might need it.

Well heres my 109 everyone.

Thanks for Looking

Nice work raider! the dot camo by the nose is SWEEEET! 

EDIT: Nice work Raptor! the dot camo by the nose is SWEEEET!