Nice save on the tracks.

This is so cool! I love this build!

Coming along great.

Thanks..!

. working on Slim and Arch tonight...

Usually when I miss a thread entirety i go back a few page to what's up.  Went to the beginning on this one for some reason and glad I did.    Never heard of that comic series before.  It did however remind me of my fiends and I playing "WAR" in the early 60's running around with my dad's .45 (welded shut barrel) then back in the house to watch "Combat" and "The Gallant Men"

Cool project and being very well done.

And thanks for the memory jog.  I remembered a drawing my dad made on the garage wall of a boat davit he ended up building.  

Thanks Wingnut.. !

here's the Crew... in order.. Jeb, Rick, Slim, and Arch... ( students of the GI COMBAT might ask where Gus is,, in the time frame I'm shooting for, is the issues just up to when Arch is killed.. Gus took Arch;s place.. )

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All the figures are mix n matches from Apline, Verlinden, the kit figs,.,, and a few other brands that escape my memory...  Rick and Arch will have shoulders added, and Arch will get a cigar..

Scene start to being populated!

The Figs are done.. started painting them last night.. I'm also working on an idea to hold Slim and Arch in their hatches. With their shoulders attached, the only way I can get them in thier hatches, is to feed them up from below. Then they would need to be glued in place,, the problem.. how to hold them while the glue dries..I came up with the idea of attaching a spring to their midsections( both crew members are cut off at the waist ),,, that way I can feed them up thru the turret hole, thru their hatches.. the springs will keep them in the hatch holes,  I can position them how they should be,, and then add a touch of superglue to premantly mount them..

pics soon..

Nice work P38, things are really coming together.

Thanks Gamera !

Worked on the figs some more last night.. and also messed with the tracks.. somehow after I removed them to paint them, I got the the sections screwed up and I could not get 1 side to go back on.. so.. I removed some sections,, added some more Testors liquid glue to soften the hinged parts, and reapplied.. its looking better now..

sorry Folks.. not much lately.. built a mind clearing Esci 1/48 Skyraider AD-4W outabox to clear my head... I posted pics in the aircraft section..

also, been puttering on my Odd Animals Build XF-85,, so Miss Owl will think better of me..

Hope to be back on this one soon... getting the itch..

plus... I'm hearing ghostly wails from the Mancave late in the night...

been puttering on the figs.. started painting them a bit more last night...

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Jeb's got a lil' Kirk Douglas chin thing going on.. gota fix that... lol:550:0]

well. the weather is not cooperating for yard work today,, sooo... Mancave time is at a premium..

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well. the weather is not cooperating for yard work today,, sooo... Mancave time is at a premium..

Nice. I hate yardwork.

Well Mother Nature decided to play nice.. so I did yard work afterall... got the snowmobiles understorage.. and some other stuff done..

back in the mancave now..

Trying this new format posting ?? where are the smileys ?? how do we insert pics ?? .. ok,, clicked Rich Format and now it shows ?? wierd??

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Ok,, some bench time since sunday and Rick is looking not to bad.. I fixed Jeb's chin to..

ok,, gotta say.. the new way.... mmmmm,,, no... and you can't change the title of the post to reflect updates

puttered some more tonight on Rick, Slim, and Arch,, their coming slowly...

they still need some more work,,, dull coats,, pastels. etc..

Those figures are looking good. Really like the face on the bottom left dude...sorry I forget which one is which.

Bottom left= Rick

Top Left = Slim

Top Right = Arch

Bottom Right = Jeb

thanks for the compliments..! their coming slowly...working with oils on them now...its slow going..

Yup, needs some dull coat.  Or they will get shot in the head by a sniper drawing a bead on the reflection.

Nice faces though.

Thanks Wing... I'll dull coat them when I get closer to having all their features done.. and more shadows/weathering on their clothes.

weeeeellll.. somemore last night.. Rick is very close to being done.. Slim is coming along very nicely.. got his goatee done and it looked good... Pics soon..

took the night off from Modeling last night.. but I did do some painting... lol.  I am painting a Ford Bronco tailgate for a friend..  

Nice shiny crew!! :)

Did some more work tonight... little pastel work... dull coated.. to see what I have so far...

Gus,, so far..

Rick.. so far....

Slim....

all,,,

You are getting there... good looking crew!  

thanks.. still going to work on them,.. smooth them out a bit.. Jeb is next for details...

You really did good close ups !!

nice paints on 

FYI. the dots on Rick's face are supposed to be there,, he has freckles..