Both of them look really good!

Good model and great weathering.

Thanks so much for your kind compliments, Gamera!

..(duplicated)

In general they are nice. Some comments on the M151.

Let Art Instructor know...before he sprays dull or flat coat to COVER THE WIDOWS. They can be weathered to show the windshield wiper mark but do not paint the windoow flat. 

With two radios in the jeep you should put an antenna on the antenna mount. .020 wire about2.5 inches long would do.

Rounds Complete!!

Redleg, aren't we extra pissy on the models Model Maniac posts on the group? We definitely definitely are. But dang, almost everytime he posts it's like that exercise: find 20 differences between this and a good looking model. And almost every time they ARE there, it's just a matter of looking hard enough. So we do. Additional bonus: nobody gets hurt. MM didn't build it, so no emotional investment (sorry for being so rough Model Maniac) and AI doesn't seem to read any of our writing.

My shot on the M151A1, and I did some research on it. I'm letting the inaccuracies of the kit aside, but the markings look like a "what if the USA had the M151 in 1945". The serial number looks WWII style, with USA instead of US ARMY and so on. And the star on the hood - the regulations changed somwhere in the fifties and during the WWII the star was supposed to point to the rear, and during Vietnam the star was supposed to point to front. Of course there were some mistakes,, but was this intentional on the model here?

So to all the people who care about their models - please do some research *before* you build. Happy modelling to all, have a nice day

Pawel

PS. Nice Sherman, by the way. Maybe I could get more pissy on it, if I only knew more about israeli Shermans

There is a bit of "extra pissy" going on isn't there? All in all though i think these are very nice builds of rarely done subjects that are very interesting.

Pawel

Redleg, aren't we extra pissy on the models Model Maniac posts on the group? We definitely definitely are. But dang, almost everytime he posts it's like that exercise: find 20 differences between this and a good looking model. And almost every time they ARE there, it's just a matter of looking hard enough. So we do. Additional bonus: nobody gets hurt. MM didn't build it, so no emotional investment (sorry for being so rough Model Maniac) and AI doesn't seem to read any of our writing.

My shot on the M151A1, and I did some research on it. I'm letting the inaccuracies of the kit aside, but the markings look like a "what if the USA had the M151 in 1945". The serial number looks WWII style, with USA instead of US ARMY and so on. And the star on the hood - the regulations changed somwhere in the fifties and during the WWII the star was supposed to point to the rear, and during Vietnam the star was supposed to point to front. Of course there were some mistakes,, but was this intentional on the model here?

So to all the people who care about their models - please do some research *before* you build. Happy modelling to all, have a nice day

Pawel

PS. Nice Sherman, by the way. Maybe I could get more pissy on it, if I only knew more about israeli Shermans

Pawel

Hold on.....I am not being "pissy"....If MM or AI were a newbie or a junior....hey great build...but...AI has been building for years and MM posts all his builds here looking for feedback.

If you are even somewhat of an intermediate or advanced builder, if you make mistakes and post them, you should hear about them. I would do the same to heavy arty, doog, wbill, panzerguy and so on. I would expect if I make a mistake....I want them to point them out so I can fix it and improve next time.

For the intermediate and advanced modeler, if you are posting on any site and expecting a "participation trophy", you should not be posting.

If he were to post these on missing lynx......it would be ripped and not just pissy.

I pointed out one or two "glaring" errors. There are many more but it did not create a list. It was a push to AI to look a little more at the details. He builds a great model when seen from a distance but up close there are numerous poor basic work like seams, painting and weathering.

Giving a "pass" on him allows newbies and juniors to look in and think this is the right way to build.....its not

The man has tremendous talent.....he is just sloppy with the basics and does not pay attention to details.

There is no attempt on my part to be nasty....just pointing out errors that MM and AI could fix or as he has many times in the past just repeated.

If you are going to open Pandoras box (posting on a web site and asking for comments) then beware of Pandora ( accept the good with the bad, learn and improve)

Rounds Complete!!

Redleg, I really didn't mean to criticise you, and I agree with what you wrote. I pointed out some mistakes in the M151 I know a bit too, as you surely recall. It wouldn't be fair to criticise something I do myself. And, as has been written in my previous post I didn't really intend MM or AI to read it - I know they don't care. All our writing is in my opinion only of use to somebody who is just building something similar and is about to spray a coat on a jeep with unmasked windows, or put a white star on a topside of a vehicle upside-down. If you care about what you do, you'll pay attention. If you just let it slide and are happy with it - my best wishes. I don't intend to take care about people who don't care. I won't fight with then neither - what for?

'Nuff said, I wish you all happy modelling and a nice day

Pawel

Same sh!t, different post.  They never improve.  I am actually beginning to believe it is pointless to respond to these mediocre builds.  Maybe if we stopped posting and replying to ol' MM, he would just go away.  This site will never ban him like other respectable modeling sites have.  Guess we are just stuck with his silliness and self-righteous, crappy attitude.

Why woulld we want him to go away? He posts pictures of models that he has built for him on commission. Not contest winners, but normally decent, middle of the road OOB builds. It's not like he's selling knock off sneakers or pirated copies of resin figures.

Comment if you'd like, comment how you'd like, but he has as much right to be here as anyone else in this thread.

Yeah Rob, it's a free internet, you can post what you want. He makes, for example, me, feel better, because I think I built better M151 than he BOUGHT. Plus we all can see what mistakes NOT to make. But the phrase "same shit, different post" appeals to me very strongly...

Oh what, y'all have a nice day

Pawel

I guess I need to look at things with a more critical eye. I like the paint and the weathering. I just assumed the windsheild was supposed to look dirty and I didn't know about the hood star and the gunstocks.

And now if you build your own jeep with all theese little details right, then this thread will NOT be just writing for nothing. Happy modelling!

Pawel

Fine models.....:)