Red Storm on the Reich GB - Sept. 8, 2008 - May 9, 2009

dupes wrote:

Tigerman - the RSotR charter states that all participants must finish any and all builds that they start for said GB. Don't want you to violate any rules.

LOL, then I've violated a few over the years. Whooooooo whoooooooo........here come the froum police. Hahaha

Mobious, I'll try to get some pics before I paint anything, if I get that far.

Well guys I got some work done on my build this weekend.

There where some very big egector pin marks on the bottom of the fenders that needed to be filled.

And test fitting shows a realy big gap where the hulls meet.

I realy don't like the kit fenders so I'm probably going to modify theme a a bit tomarow.

stick man  You are off to a great start.  Lookin good

Here is some pictures of my kitty in faded dunkelgab.  I fixed a few booboo's.  Namely CA glue strings and filling holes.  I think I finalily got the side of the turret basket done.  I think

I will blend the new spray into the older color when I apply the redbrown and dark green.  Man do these tigers have a ton of road wheels.  I feel sorry for the poor dude that had to work on these animals.

any and all compliments and critisim is welcome.

Just spotted a mistake.  I have a glue line on the front armor plate to the side of the bow machine gun mount.

 Hello,

 Thanks moose and stickman for the positive comments.

 Tigerman, I'll be looking for a post of a pic painted or not! hehe

 stickman, that's a big gap? Are you sure everything is lined up and not hanging up somewhere? Might be a bulkhead needing attention. The PE looks good, was that in the DML kit?

 Moose, not sure if the PI (Plump Ivan) is going to work out, appears he's seated for the taller seat of a Jeep/Gaz not that of the low profile racing seats that the Seeps were equipped with! Have a few other options open for a driver. Haven't given up yet. Looking forward to seeing the BBerg Tiger under colors. (I see you've painted her) Looks good too. The stowage bin turned out great. Really nice looking color of DG. Nice job on the paint.

 Thanks again guys for the comments and taking a look, keep posting! Looking forward to more progress pics from all, That includes you TIGERMAN!

 Best Regards,

 Mo

Nice work Moose! your turet basket looks good. Hope you can get to the mext coat soon.

Mobious... I'm pretty shure every thing is lined up I cheked like 5 or 6 times and the fronts of the hulls fit great. And yes the PE was in the kit but I'm not useing it all there are 2 sprues of it and lots of it is tiny wich I'm not very good with yet but hopefully I'll be able to get better with it.

 Hello,

 stickman, When the top and lower hull are together does the side profile look correct? May have to fill the gap with styrene.

 shot some dullcoat on the GPA, didn't mask the windshield. Thought I could get by without. Guess what? it frosted like a witches mamilliary glands! Spent the next couple of hours building a frame from styrene. Originally was going to build a windshield for this but decided against it, at least I'd thought I did. Must be Freudian thing.

 Here is how it turned out...

 Just about lost both of the windshield slides. I had set them down in a safe place for keeping while I reconstructed the frame. Took the pictures and realized that I had forgotten to install them, AGAIN! Turns out the safe place wasn't so safe, found both lying on the desk, under my keyboard. Whew that was a close one. reattached the slides.

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

 Hello,

 Thanks espins1,

 I think this ones going on a base before I fudge anything else up Well I couldn't leave it alone! Finally got the PPI behind the wheel.

 Moose, that B-berg kitty has got me wanting to build some armor. It really looks good. Looking forward to seeing the camo.

 Comments and suggestions welcome

 Best Regards,

 Mo

Stickman, hang in there. Make it fit. LOL

Moose, coming along ever so nicely.

Mobious, neat subject and you're getting oh-so-close. Bummer on the windshield. As for pics of mine.....when I have something worthy to shoot, I'll look into it. So far, construction is quite slow.

Mobious - very nice job on the GPA. The dullcoate makes a huge difference, looks great. Good recovery on the windshield.

stick man - great start! nice job on the PE and fillers.

moose421 - like the color so far; and you are right, pics have a way of discovering oopsies!

Great work everyone, cheers!

 Hello,

 Jmart, thanks for the comments. Wish I'd planned it out at the beginning of the build rather than having to fix it near the end.

 Dupes, wingnuts 8 wheeler suspension is something else! Lots of good stuff going on here. Be looking forward to more progress pics.

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

 Hello,

 I guess I'll be first to update...

 Canned the original driver and decided to go with a DML figure from the same set as the standing figure. After several fittings with several sets of leg and torso combinations decided on one and began the "Seating of Ivan"

 First the pelvic area and his @$$ were shaved? To narrow his stance and get him lower in the seat. Next his feet were thinned to give additional clearance, then his back was filed to fit into the seat. There were Bits-o-Ivan everywhere!

 The arms were chosen for reach and angle from the shoulder. Hands were added from the spares box, then the steering wheel was removed after the arms and hands were set. The head was attached and turned slightly in the same direction as Anitov. Then the crown, the cool fuzzy russian hat.

 Still have lots of gaps to fill and detail to rebuild, but I'm happy with this driver.

 Just noticed the windshield needs attention, AGAIN

 Comments and Suggestions welcome!

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

 Hello,

 Thanks for the positive comment espins1. The gaps are filled and should have the driver primed shortly. In the meantime, making a few folded tarps to help fill the rear seat.

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

Mobious your Ivans are looking good.  One of these days I am going to have to jump on the grenade and start working on them. 

Here is the current look of my b-berg Tiger.  I got both the green and brown laid out.  I tried to match the pictures and the card from Bison as close as I could.  On the right side I had to get creative along with the rear and top.  I know it is shinny.  It's a by product of using semi-gloss paint.  I had to use them due to the colors that I wanted.  The red brown was mixed with white and dark grey.  As for the green it was just mixed with white.

Next up are the tracks.  Not going to be fun.  The AFV indy tracks are not the best.  Each has 4 pin marks that have to be filled.  In addition to the filling, there is flash in the open areas and along the mold seam.  This is going to take a while.

Just a question about the tracks.  Is there a right and left track or are they the same?

Here is a couple of pictures.

any and all complements and critisim welcome.

Thanks to all.

 Hello,

 Moose, thanks for the encouraging comments. did get most of the stuff primed, lots of seam lines were missed. Had to go back over the hands mainly.

 The colors are spot on, and the B-Berg Tiger looks great, even shiny it looks great. Sorry to hear about the tracks and all the pin marks. Not sure about track direction, I don't believe there was on the Tiger, Don't quote me! Believe it fits only one way. Keep posting progress!

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

 Hello,

 wing_nut, Thanks for checking in and taking a look.

 Here is a progress update. Have most of the gear and the both figures in paint.

 A few pics...

 The faces were done in oils and the rest in Valejo acrylics. Still need to finish up the gear and then plant everthing on a base.

 Comments and Suggestions welcome...

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

 Hello,

  SMJmodeler, Must be karma or something cause I thought the same thing after looking at the pics a little closer. Must have been thinking L. Breshnev's eyebrows Trimmed the eyebrows a bit...

 Thanks for the suggestion, Hope it helped. I just seen the Nasty @$$ed seam line that's been pestering me!

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

Mobious - very nice job with the figures, much better than anything I could have done! I cant tell, but is the MG business end bored? as in "hole" not like my students are in my classes lol

moose421 -camo looks sweet, probably will blend in nicely after a wash

 Hello,

 JMart, Thank you for the gracious comments, Don't sell yourself short though. I'm far from being good at painting figures. It was an area of the hobby that I wanted to focus on and improve what abilities I have. Most of the credit is to FSM Forums and the people here who have helped me improve. The MG barrel is "bored", but the pics don't show it well.

 Thanks again for your comments, suggestions, and viewing.

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

Mobious wrote:

...Trimmed the eyebrows a bit...

MUCH BETTER eyebrows!

In this picture, I notice a bit of gloss finish too...might want to flatten the hands and stowage a bit...don't you just HATE it when we notice stuff this late in the game..sorry about that.

Mobious and Moose - great stuff!

Really digging that camo scheme Moose - I'm sure it'll blend right in once you start weathering. Did you freehand that? 

 Hello,

 Dupes, Thanks for the comments. Your right about the "B-Berg Tiger" the camo looks great. Looks like a great starting point for weathering.

 smjmodeler, thank you for the comments. The gear in the back is shiny. I hadn't drybrushed them yet. I did later but they still have a gloss to them. I'll try a little dullcoat to tone'em down after MASKING THE WINDSHIELD!  The hand on the standing guy had a nasty seam line I had missed. I have touch up to do on that too. Should look the pics over a bit more before I post, see if I can catch'em before you call'em I do appreciate and respect your honest and fair critisism. Thanks!

 Still need to paint the figures 3B's (Belts,Boots,and Buckles), maybe see if it would be possible to fit another 4 Russians in as a crew.

 Thanks again for the comments, suggestions, and for viewing.

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

Thanks for all the complements guys.  dupes, yes it is free hand over a couple of hours.  I did manage to get the numbers on her and give her a dull coat.  The shinyness is gone.  Looking much better.  Will try to give it a wash or two yet tonight.

Mobious,  I feel your pain on spotting thing a miss after painting.  I noticed last night that I was missing the spare track holders.  Luckily I noticed before I sprayed the dull coat.  Out came the plastic card.  Score one for lessons learned.  Mine was to mix up enough of the colors to have some extra just in case.  Also nice save on the eye brows.

Amazing what the camera picks up that the eye doesn't.

 Hello,

 moose, It's either the MkI Eyeball is getting weaker with age or the camera are gettin better. I like to think the newer camera's are getting better.

 Looking forward to pics of the B-Berg Kitty!

 Best Regards,

 Mobious

Finally finished the Gaz, just need to add some stowage.

The Italeri JS-2 is 80% complete constructionwise now. Dragon kits are so much sweeter to build!

Pics soon.

Cheers

Mike Johnson