biffa, SMJ, espins1......Where O Where Have Some of Our Armor Buddies Gone??

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Good catch up thread - I've been out of the hobby for a year or two and I'm itching to get back in.  

thanks disastermaster,seems alot less donting with all those emo-coms on the screen LOL  will try to apply but no promises,kinda like just lurking about in the shadows. happy modeling

Here's how it works.

1. Read

2. Learn

Pick a subject..........

3. Build

4. Post

REPEAT as needed...........

hi all,just passing thru the forums and this thread got my attention because i remember most of the folks mentioned above.i'm still struggling with my computer literacy and posting pix so i became a browser and left the active conversations to those who can "put thier money where thier mouth is" so to speak. i really enjoy seeing and reading the work that everyone posts here IMHO the cornerstones of this forum (and you know who you are) really do a great job of posting creative and helpful topics.thanks for helping me stay up to date and interested in an otherwise solitary,forgotten,and whoafully underenjoyed (life is in the way)hobby.      P.S. call me what ya want so long as it's not late for dinner LOL

Manstein's revenge

 

About freakin' time...post pics...

. And good to see you back.

Shellback

Ben and Bish , Good to be here with you lads from England .

Somone has to provide some sanity.

But that won't be me.

Shellback

Manstein's revenge:

Well, well---isn't this thread turning sweet...

 

Playing the grump card ?

Manstein's revenge

Well, well---isn't this thread turning sweet...

Playing the grump card ?

Well, well---isn't this thread turning sweet...

dupes

SMJ! Glad you made it back. And you NEEEED to share some of those RR building pics you sent me...they're too good not to.

DONE!, thanks for the prodding/encouragement.

Re: your Tiger I barrel - you have a lot of options, just depends whether you're more interested in cost or speed in getting it to you. Keep in mind you're looking for a KwK36 L/56.

Definately cost, thanks for the resources dupes I'll go search away!

 

Ernest , i'm glad you started this thread man ! Good waves man !!!

Arf Arf !!!

SMJ! Glad you made it back. And you NEEEED to share some of those RR building pics you sent me...they're too good not to.

Re: your Tiger I barrel - you have a lot of options, just depends whether you're more interested in cost or speed in getting it to you. Keep in mind you're looking for a KwK36 L/56.

RB Model #35B01 - just look for this guy on ebay. Lots of options. Should be had for $10 or less.
Aber #35L-26 - I don't have a cheap source for Aber stuff. Google away.
Armorscale #B35-008 - same deal.
LionRoar #LB3501 - same deal.
Voyager #VBS0105 - same deal.

I'm sure there are more options (Jordi Rubio, Panzer Art, Etc.) but that should give you a good start. Shoot, just go to ebay and enter "1/35 Tiger barrel". I've found that the RB Model barrels are top shelf items, but tend to be MUCH cheaper than the other options.

bufflehead

DM - Where or where do you get all those fancy emoticons????  Gotta luv em!!!

They're all around you.... just look.

Photobucket is loaded with 'em.

Andy and Shell you were both missed, it's that sometimes we don't want get all sappy on you.

Another member I wish we could see more of is Moses. He did great armor and was a master of homemade zimmert. I know he's busy with his young family, so hopefully hell come back as the kids age.

DM - Where or where do you get all those fancy emoticons????  Gotta luv em!!!

Steve/SMJ - What the he!!?  Its like a long lost brother has just returned!!  Welcome back and, yes many of us noticed your absence!  I'm eager to see what modeling madness you have planned for the Tiger!

hmmmmm......I wonder if Steve's return heralds a reappearane of others??  Anyone else out there? 

All, thanks to everyone for all your responses.  My intent upon posting this was simply to lament the fact that some of the guys I "grew up" with on this forum are gone, but not to figure out what happened to them.  We all know that life takes all of us in different directions and sometimes people need to move on, but I still feel lucky to have shared this hobby with so many great members, past & present. 

Hats off to all you treadheads (and other modelers!) that keep this hobby so alive!

    YAY!!....

He's back......

   He's back........ 

             Don't you go do that again.

Bodge

Shelback i dont think it would have been the same guy from what i knew about Edd,but hey i may be wrong, who knows

Karl i retract the phrase bullying as i dont know the whole facts and only saw the last parts of it and what i was told on private emails, trouble is you hear one story and tend to think it is gospel without hearing all sides. As it had nothing to do with me i take back my earlier statement. All i know is he was a good modeller ,a brilliant poster on tutorials on his work and to me a nice bloke. He may have been a complete ar*e hole to others  i dont know.

HOLY EXCREMENT.....Steve is back.....great to have you drop in....I will fire a gun salute to your return......now get to work.....lets see some armor!!

Rounds Complete!!

Bodge

Hi Steve, glad you came back just as i did. No one missed me though

Ive seen some of your rail modeling and its super stuff, Cheers mate, Andy.

Bodge , dont feel bad i got the same thing , no one missed me ........or maybe they didnt want to see mw back .

Steve , looking forward to seeing the pics of the model R.R. My dad was a Model R.R. er and i never get tired of looking at it .

Bodge

Hi Steve, glad you came back just as i did. No one missed me though

Ive seen some of your rail modeling and its super stuff, Cheers mate, Andy.

Andy, nope I didn't miss you because I knew where to find you...  But it is always great having you post your work here.  I always admire your work especially the figures.  Things haven't been the same in Figures forum for over a year... 

Yay, another lost sheep has returned to the fold.

SMJmodeler

 

 If you'll endulge me before getting to the Tiger I also plan to start a thread letting everyone know what I've been up to lately, with some pictures...different genre (model railroading) but I think you'll like them. 

Glad to be back!

 

I'm waiting

Hi Steve, glad you came back just as i did. No one missed me though

Ive seen some of your rail modeling and its super stuff, Cheers mate, Andy.

SMJmodeler

Hey Guys!!!, PRETTY AMAZING!!!,

Check this out....

After MONTHS away from armor I get the hankerin' this past weekend...remembering the modeling vets advice:  "to get back into the swing of things, keep it simple", I decide to dig out the Tamiya Tiger I-Initial, nice kit, no zim', a good "jump starter", so to speak. 

 I start rummaging through the box, and the warm fuzzy juices start flowin'... I yell for my wife (Oooops wrong forum )...for old-time-sake I familiarize myself with the instructions and proceed to clip off the "not needed" parts...then I notice the two piece barrel!!! and NO PE screens for the intake covers!!!  OK vets, simple is one thing, but sanity is another!!!  After some internal debate I decide I better go find an AM barrel and grilles.  Grilles, ebay, no problem...barrel, problem!  then...WAIT...I think... no problem, the guys on the forum will have the info on the barrel!!!

No sooner do I get to the forum do I find this thread...after a good cry here I am.  True story, with some comedic relief...and the added tears.  Seriously though, I do have the Tiger in mind and will be starting an intro/ info thread real soon.  

 If you'll endulge me before getting to the Tiger I also plan to start a thread letting everyone know what I've been up to lately, with some pictures...different genre (model railroading) but I think you'll like them. 

Glad to be back!

-SMJmodeler-

Hey Guys!!!, PRETTY AMAZING!!!,

Check this out....

After MONTHS away from armor I get the hankerin' this past weekend...remembering the modeling vets advice:  "to get back into the swing of things, keep it simple", I decide to dig out the Tamiya Tiger I-Initial, nice kit, no zim', a good "jump starter", so to speak. 

 I start rummaging through the box, and the warm fuzzy juices start flowin'... I yell for my wife (Oooops wrong forum )...for old-time-sake I familiarize myself with the instructions and proceed to clip off the "not needed" parts...then I notice the two piece barrel!!! and NO PE screens for the intake covers!!!  OK vets, simple is one thing, but sanity is another!!!  After some internal debate I decide I better go find an AM barrel and grilles.  Grilles, ebay, no problem...barrel, problem!  then...WAIT...I think... no problem, the guys on the forum will have the info on the barrel!!!

No sooner do I get to the forum do I find this thread...after a good cry here I am.  True story, with some comedic relief...and the added tears.  Seriously though, I do have the Tiger in mind and will be starting an intro/ info thread real soon.  

 If you'll endulge me before getting to the Tiger I also plan to start a thread letting everyone know what I've been up to lately, with some pictures...different genre (model railroading) but I think you'll like them. 

Glad to be back!

-SMJmodeler-

If Bill left that is indeed a loss to the community. I PM'd him long after another blowout on the forums and hopefully convinced him to return, which he did for some time. 

What about Rick rjkmodelplastics? He vanished without so much as a peep. Some of the A/C guys must know what happened.  

I didnt say that ..................