"The Hunters GB" (2/1/08 to 6/1/08)

Mansteins revenge wrote:

I have a pic of a captured and salvaged Firefly turret on a Jagdpanzer chassis....would that hybrid qualify?

You're yanking my chain. That would be crazy.

Ernest......do I have to send you to the corner too? j/k

Hey Guys, I just noticed that for this GB there are 5 Jagdpanzers, 4 StuGs, 3 Jagdpanthers and 3 Hellcats!  I think I'll change mine from a Jagdpanzer to a Firefly just to add some variety.....

............................................................... JK!!

jthurston wrote:

Hermesminiatures wrote: It slows down when there's nothing to argue about... Quick, someone say something about field-applied Zimmerit!

Field-applied zimmerit was the norm! The debate continues.

Okay, now let's shake this thread out of its doldrums.

Thank you Dupes, got your ambitious builds down. Hah, you'll probably finish before me. LOL

dupes wrote:

Want to do something for the axis side as well, but can't make my mind up yet...StuG's certainly have been all the rage lately, though.

Try one of them Tamiya 1/48 kits.  Quarter scale rules!!  =P   As far as number and breakdown of parts, they are just as good as their large size brothers. 

The only thing I do not like at all is the die-cast hull actually.  I don't really break out my CA much since I solder up PE parts instead.  The last time when I was working on my KV1 in a hotel room, the CA overflew and went everywhere on the side of the hull.  I can say that's because I am just no good at it, but it could've been avoided if I just had plastic hulls like a normal 1/35 kit since I otherwise use Tamiya cement and extra-thin cement.  I guess they figured it went well when they put some diecast bottom plate for their 1/24 racecars, they'd put it in everything else like the 1/35 JGSDF light infantry vehicle's diecast hull, n those wheels of the leclerc.  The later was more or less of a WTH gimmick.  At least it shows that they are still innovative, n of course also coming up with new ways to justify charging a huge premium on the new kits.  Hopefully one day they will realize the market has grown a lot from the days of their r/c tanks and a real step we want them to take is that instead of more fun features while you push the model across the desk (the T26E3 comes to mind), they should include more extra detail pieces for the same extra cost.  Then we just might one day get a fret of PE that's more than a bare pair of engine grilles, and no longer having to buy a set of mesh from tamiya separately that apparently HAS to be used to finish the model.

Opinions?! 

Hermesminiatures wrote:

It slows down when there's nothing to argue about...

Quick, someone say something about field-applied Zimmerit!

Oh, hey Tigerman, made up my mind on a couple of builds you can put me down for:

1/35 Zvezda ISU-152

1/35 AFV Club M-18 Hellcat

Want to do something for the axis side as well, but can't make my mind up yet...StuG's certainly have been all the rage lately, though.

Thanks!

frangkly wrote:

Tigerman, can you sign me up, this time I will go either dragon's jadgtiger, or ISU 152 (zvezda's turret and hull from trumpeter) both are 1:35 scale.

Yes sir and welcome. I'm obviously back. Wow, only 2 post in the last 2 days. Apparently I'm doing all the talking here. LOL

Brews wrote:

Global warming? Of course it's warming. We're still coming out of the last ice age. The glaciers will come back, but not in our lifetimes. I found a 1:76 Fujimi PzJg 1! I'm going to include that one for sure.

Probably the size of a thumbtack.

Global warming? Of course it's warming. We're still coming out of the last ice age. The glaciers will come back, but not in our lifetimes.

I found a 1:76 Fujimi PzJg 1! I'm going to include that one for sure. 

Jester75 wrote:

Seriously Eric, I read today that it was snowing in downtown Baghdad this morning!!

Missed that one. Must be some truth to this global warming thing.

ygmodeler, very good, you have a few weeks to prepare.

Hi all. I'm off to the Coast for a few days, so this thread might quiet down some. LOL

In case anyone heard about it on the news, my city was hit by an EF1 Tornado yesterday. Did some damage, but nobody was hurt. Occured about 4 miles from my house and ran from Lake Vancouver east for about 2 miles. My mother-in-law lives only 1/2 mile from it's course.

Vancouver/Portland is known for rain, not Tornados. Back in 1972, we had another. Killed 6 people. Deadliest on the West Coast to this day.

Less than a month ago we had hurricane winds at our Coast. What's up with this? Somebody get Al Gore on the line. LOL

Take care.

Ohhh, I guess I will have to join this one.

Put me down Eric, don't know what, but put me down.

archangel571 wrote:

MarkDunck wrote:  I rember seeing one though it seems to have gone AWOL LOL. k, that's when you know you got TOO many kits.  i at least know i have 18 Tiger Is...

I'm cringing at the thought of all those road wheels that need trimming, sanding and painting. 

archangel571 wrote:

MarkDunck wrote:  I rember seeing one though it seems to have gone AWOL LOL. k, that's when you know you got TOO many kits.  i at least know i have 18 Tiger Is...

That explains why the secondary market has taken off. Supply and demand. LOL 

MarkDunck wrote:

I rember seeing one though it seems to have gone AWOL LOL.

k, that's when you know you got TOO many kits.  i at least know i have 18 Tiger Is... 

Sorry to have stirred up an ant hill with my last post about the PaK 40 VS the Firefly. My intention was NOT to ban the Firefly out right. (Lack of sleep and too much coffee ) I have  a JagdPanther that is barely started, or the Sd.Kfz. 251/22 still in the box, and maybee a JagdTiger in the stash. I rember seeing one though it seems to have gone AWOL LOL.

 Best Regards,

                Mark

boy am i glad gmail bundles up emails with the same topic.  i got 70+ emails on this thread alone in just two days.  at this rate we can get to at least 13 to 15 pages before the build even starts!

 Eric I am gonna try for an Academy M36 out of box to fill up the void there.  A 1/48 Tamiya late version jagdpanther's tracks and wheels are being trimmed these days as well (AT WORK!).  I think that might get done before the jackson.  I won't be assembling anything until the GB starts.  Still have several other 1/48 kits to play with.  =P

Mansteins revenge wrote:

dupes wrote: Crikey Manny, you aren't supposed to make me feel inadequate about my A/C builds over here in the armor forum...that's what the A/C Forum is for. Cut it out! That 110 is pretty spectacular, btw. ...sorry.... ...110?  You mean, Henschel 129, right?

That's exactly what I meant. You know, the funny part is I knew it was a 129, but I clicked on the image properties to confirm, and it has 110 in the id line. Figured you knew better than me, so I didn't even question it...despite the fact I have one staring me in the face on the top half of the stash.

Wow, what a lame excuse.

Tigerman, I have a Jagdpanzer IV A-0 that I'd like to do for this GB in place of the IV/70(A), but I already started it...or sort of. I cut out the 2 exhaust halves and used them as refs to scratchbuild a brass version...so techincally I haven't started constuction of the kit yet. Would it be okay to build this? I can even substitute another Panzer IV rear panel sprue if unbroken plastic is a must.

I just found the kit today in a pile, which is why I didn't ask about it to begin with.

Looks like this will be nearly as popular as Kursk...