**Official** junior modeller group build thread!

Ok, just came back from airbrushing. need to do some post-airbrush fixes with my brush.. Please give constructive comments. My first plane. I say it turns out pretty good :)

Colours may be a bit off in pictures... Bad picture time now :) 

A small idea, Jagdpanther. for the list where it says what everyone is building, have it, for example with Tacobuff, like this.

Tacobuff: Stuart (Finished), Panther

So we also know that he have built that Stuart for this GB.

And I'm airbrushing my plane :D  Pictures to come.

did you ever get me down for the tamiya panther A?  I hope you did, cause it's almost finished! ha

anyway, great progress hellcat man, but *gulp* are you aware your soldier has been de-armed and decapitated?!?!  How's he gonna drive that humvee without a brain and arms!?!?!

ha, i kid

Okay Raider i can't wait to see pics and jagdpanther can i enter another model

raider83 wrote:

sorry Huxy, but what plane is it?

Academy's F4F-4 Wildcat in 1/72 scale. Just got back from graduation after my first 10 year on school, so will start it pretty soon. :)

And nice HMWVEE, hellcat man :)

Nice work! Hellcat Man that will look great all painted and weathered up!

Raider83,

i was not going to push it as it is someone elses kit.. And besides no one has rally offered anything yet.

Hellcat man wrote:

I'm back guy's and hopefully there will be some more progress photos tommorow cause I've got tons done just no time for pics

I usually got no time painting, as I'm taking pictures all the time

And Hellcat, can't wait to see that JEEP :) 

Hey jadgpanther, when the GB started, you mentioned something about us possibly perhaps getting a kit from an older builder when we finished. Have you followed up on that at all? Just wondering

And an update on my Jeep. The red check decals are actually cooperating. I'm about half done with those, and the other bits and pieces are coming along nicely.

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.

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. 

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.

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)

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

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 

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.