Service&Supply GB 6/15/08-1/15/09

Wow, 2 world class builds. White. You schlepped the hell out of that little beauty. The weathering is just amazing. And the figure . Awesome.

Mobious. Great save with the LWS. I bet you almost cried when you dropped her. Looking at it now youd never know. Its looking fantastic. I love the fenders. An absolute must for the build. I love it all.

...Guy

Great job White it looks realy good! the chiping is superbe.

Mobious that looks realy nice I can't wait for more pics!

 White,

 That schlepper is sooo cool. The paint and weathering is great. I will try that salt technique. I really like how easy it looks and the effects. I've done something similar with a latex mask, but wow that's alot of work getting all the masking agent off and it didn't look nearly as good. The ammo that's being schlepped looks like the real deal Neal.

 Stayed up late trying to get this one finished. Got the decals on. All six of them. Attached the Techweave bumpers. Added an Archer Transfers flag. Here are a couple of pics...

 This one is ready for the bathtub.

 Mobious

Hay now that came out realy well. I see on the list I'm finished so here my "Sd.Kfz 11 Munitionsschlepper I Ausf B.!"

First let's do a Recap the start of the tank, in all it's PE.

An now just the tank.

 Hello,

 Put Humpty Dumpty back together again after a nasty fall off the wall. All the seams on the cabin had to be repaired along with location of a zillion small pieces traveling in several different trajectories. Some have found a new home in the unknown wilds of the pit, others were more fortunate and were reintroduced to the remaining pieces. Touched up on the paint, added massive light green stripes. Free handed them with the airbrush, then tidied up with a small liner brush. Tried to follow the box art somewhat. Close to finishing this up. Need to apply decals, blend the weathering with the newly added green camo, attach the bumpers, add the anchor/moring lines, and lastly attach the flag. Don't think this one will ever float again, but here's where she's setting now.

 White, the figure looks fantastic. Very nice work. The little schlepper turned out really well and there was some very nice scratchbuilding done on it. Two Thumbs Up! Think I'll try that salt painting technique on an DAK PzIV I'm planning. 

 Steve, Looking forward to seeing pics of the RSO.

 Best Regards,

 Mo

Man I've been so busy I almost forgot about my own GB!

  White, great job. The fig looks great and adds a nice touch. Now grab that badge.

   Stick man sorry to hear about the track problem for what companies are charging for these newer kits problems like this should be non-existent.

 Mg. sorry to hear that. I know were your coming from I wont be making he deadline on the half track GB.

 Steve please don't rush. If you need an extension I have no problem stretching this till the end of January, after all it's my GB. I've seen some of your other work and I'd rather see it done right than just done.  

 Hello Steve,

 I can relate. Had a major problem with the LWS and had lost a few of the pieces. Thought I'd never find them and was about to shelve the whole project. Decided to make one more monumental effort in order to find the missing pieces. I located the missing parts with a thorough sector by sector grid search of the entire room. Will be restarting the stalled project and expect to be finished before the deadline.

 Looking forward to seeing the RSO. Think they are cool tractors. One of my personal favorites. The WWII Victory Museum in Auburn, IN has a couple of them on display. I believe they have one of the late model RSO/PAK40 and an early rounded cab version.

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

WoW nice work White!!!!

I'm almost finished my build all thats left is to glue one one more side of the tracks but that'll be hard probably on the trailer ech side was missing about 3 or 4 likns and one the one side of the UE itself 2 links where missing. I've also started the stowage and base.

Wow White, the figure is awesome fella. Looks like a bloke i work with. LOL.

...Guy

Mobious: Man your work is stunning man

Ok you guys as for my project I'm realy done with it so far as the building. All i need to do now is place the numbers,cross and add some stane to some of the tools. My figure is done and the base needs a thine layer of sand and that will be that. Here's some of my on going work.

Every thing has bean glued in place.

Mobius,

Got any pics of her on her tracks yet?  You're doing a superb build.  I did some work on my Renault UE yesterday.  Got some of the running gear on, don't remember them being this fiddly or the road wheels being that problematic the last time I did one.  I was working on this at a friend's house yesterday and he asked me why I was torturing myself so, I didn't (and still don't) have a good answer for him.  If you want a standard UE the Tamiya looks to be the way to go.  Mirage makes some cool/weird variants, but they're rough.  If you wanted those maybe a kit bash.  I am so not looking forward to those tracks.  Anyways, heres the link

http://public.fotki.com/lewbud/renault-ue/

Mobious wrote:

  Now that is cool   This is turning out to be one spectacular build Mobious.

 Hello, Thanks for the comments on the camo, I decided to drop the light green. It looks more like a salamander without the green spots. The tracks worked out pretty good. They're nicely detailed with no pin marks or flash. It would have been a shame to replace them, not to mention a bit pricey.

  Did manage to get the floor and interior walls dirtied up a bit with a pastel dirt wash used on the exterior. Tried to keep the weathering in the same tonal colors on the interior as those on the exterior. Will be installing the little round windows later tonite.

 Thanks again for your comments and suggestions,

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

That camo scheme is just sweet as, Mobious. This is shaping up into a seriously impressive build, my friend.

...Guy

Great job Mobious! the camo looks realy nice.

Hey Dupes, thanks for checking in. I took a consensus here at the homestead and decided to drop the light green. I would have kept it if I would have had enough silly putty to begin with, as it worked out I had to do the stripes in 2 parts. I could have used about 4-6 eggs on this one. Have most of the weathering done just need to seal it up. The bumpers haven't arrived yet, those will probably be best installed last anyway. Right now, I'm in the pit, working on the tracks. The soft compound plastic has me a bit worried though. The instructions call out for no adhessives they are engineered to be workable. The engineering part is what has me worried. The tracks are small, I think PzII type. They fit together nicely but I'm thinking of maybe hitting them with laquer thinner to help set them in place once they're fitted to the vehicle. The tracks look like they will give me trouble after they are installed. If all else fails, may have to go with Fruils. 2 sets, YIKES!

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

 Hello,

 FINALLY paint is on the LWS

 Comments and Suggestions welcome,

 Mo

 Hello,

 finished up step 18 and moved onto 19: OMG...The track insallation and grab rail (IMO looks like a mini-van luggage rack). The front railing has the smallest plastic pices I've ever seen. There are 6 short risers that connect to the railing, then get attached to the roof. I decided an alternate route was in order at this point, I choose to attach the risers to the roof then the railing to the risers. Makes for less hit and miss than the other way. The aft port and starboard railings are both one piece each. Close trimming with cutters and sanding with 1000 paper shaped them up. Ran into a small problem with the cargo hatches and the location of the shovel/grappling hook on the aft port railing. The hatches would have been better installed in this step after the railings are installed. The equipment on the port side need moved forward in order to clear the railing. The tracks look like PzII tracks. They are nicely molded with no pin marks and are labeled L & R. All 294 of them. 147 for the port and 147 for the starboard. The tracks will be assembled after paint.

 Here is where the LWS is at...

  did manage to get the fuel spills, but haven't added the dirt to the floor, yet. 

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

 Hey lewbud, that's interesting considering the 109 I thought was critiqued for it's landing gear. The stuka I kinda figured would be there. but the 109 is surprising. I thought it would be cool to add a couple of catapults to the flight deck of the Graf Zepplin load her up with ME 262 and WOW!

 Was working on the tool layout of the LWS. Most of tools on the roof are pretty standard on German equipment. Griffon Models tool latches replaced the molded on clasp.

 Everything went well, but the grappling hook had me stumped. The kit details on the hook and extensions were above average in detail but the mounts were just plain lacking any detail.

 I thought of the Tiger I cleaning rod and tow cable hold downs as an alternative, and almost busted open a set to get them. The only problem was the size of holder vs. the size of the grappling hook. I've tried making the hold downs with plastic before on a Tiger and they just didn't work. The holes need to be drilled close together and the plastic is just not strong enough to accomplish this. I was puzzled, until I remembered a discussion here on FSM Scratchbuilding forum about building with aluminum. Aluminum was the answer for the hold downs. I started by drilling the 3 holes needed in .016" sheet aluminum...

 Next using my most favored tool of all, My trusty Snap-on true flush cuts I trimmed them to the needed width, then in half. I further trimmed them down to the desired size, then sanded them with 400 grit and finished with 1000.

 Attached them to the roof with CA. I still have to clean the grappling hook, drill holes for the extensions and add straps and buckles. Overall, I'm happy with how they turned out. Thanks FSM Forums!

 Loftwoller, still haven't added the fuel spills, or accumulated dirt to the floor. 

 Thanks for the comments, suggestions and for the time spent viewing.

 Best Regards,

 Mobious 

Mobious wrote:

Hello,  Panzerguy, I believe the LWS was issued to engineering assault companies. The kit has painting options for 3 camo schemes 1) Afrika Korp (Sand Yellow) 2) Eastern Front (Dark Grey) and 3) Eastern Front Repaint (Hard Edged 3-Tone: Light Grey, Blue Grey, Light Green). I seen one painted in a 2-tone camo that looked really neat over on another website. Was looking for pics of camo for the LWS and ran across this one. Thought it was pretty cool. Never knew the Kriegsmarine had launched this one in 1938. Wonder what type of aircraft were planned to fly of her decks?  The hatches look like they could be made to open and close if I would have planned ahead.    Thanks for the comments and suggestions and will be looking forward to the JS2 update.  Best Regards,  Mobious

Mobius,

There were plans for a navalized version of the 109 (the T model if memory serves) and the Stuka.  As far as I know, only the 109T made it into production.

 Hello,

 Panzerguy, I believe the LWS was issued to engineering assault companies. The kit has painting options for 3 camo schemes 1) Afrika Korp (Sand Yellow) 2) Eastern Front (Dark Grey) and 3) Eastern Front Repaint (Hard Edged 3-Tone: Light Grey, Blue Grey, Light Green). I seen one painted in a 2-tone camo that looked really neat over on another website. Was looking for pics of camo for the LWS and ran across this one. Thought it was pretty cool. Never knew the Kriegsmarine had launched this one in 1938. Wonder what type of aircraft were planned to fly of her decks?

 The hatches look like they could be made to open and close if I would have planned ahead.  


 Thanks for the comments and suggestions and will be looking forward to the JS2 update.

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

   Mobious your LWS is looking fantastic. The work and detail that your putting into this is above and beyond. Nice to see that all the hatches can be opened. It gives a great view into the cabin.

    I was wondering if any of these ever had a camo type pattern applied? Like the dazzle scheme on the E-boats.

   See you later got to get back to the bench and finish my JS2.

  Luftwoller, I sincerely appreciate the suggestions, the suggestion for the spills led to adding the Gerry cans, and they fit right in. I just haven't managed the spills yet. Still working on the rope thing. I started on more of the tools & holders on the roof of the LWS. 

 I'll keep throwing pics at ya if you keep throwing suggestion back! 

 Mobious