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Miniatures Adventure => The Second World War => Topic started by: Gunbird on May 29, 2017, 01:55:03 AM
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To make a dent in my 1/72 and 1/76 kit collection and to push myself to get stuff done for the painting table, I've started a 30 day challenge. And in this case it's a Build 1 kit per day - challenge (the goal is not to paint them or fully upgrade them with extras, just to build kits and salvage scrapped kits and put them back into action).
The focus is on WW2, but some of the items will be civillian or used in later conflicts as well. Just ignore the modern stuff you see, ok? :D
22 may, Day #1 (Ace 52-K Early 85mm AA gun). Gun is built, based and magnetised so I can use it on a guntruck as well for future conflicts. Needs some filler on the magnetic mount and make 4 wheelhubs to copy the photograph of a 1945 German one.
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23 may, Day #2 (S-Models BMP-1) 2nd hand model, partially idssasembled and put together again, magnetised the turret, and need to build a new hatch.
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24 may, Day #3 (First to Fight Polski Fiat). 2 models at once, very nice kit but weak wheel mounts, so used plasticcard to make em better. 1 done, 1 halfway.
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25 may, Day #4 (Airfix Rescue Vehicle set - firetruck). 2nd hand incomplete model, partially built. Incomplete fire installations removed en replaced by a Plastic Soldier Company rear end, cab dissaembled, rooftop filled in and rebuilt. Ready for paint.
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26 may, Day #5 (Dapol Watertower). Arrived this morning, built straight away with modifications to enhance its usefulness. Also very suitable for 28mm due to its size.
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27 may, Day #6 (Matchbox Monty's Caravan). Arrived this morning, made a mockup with cardboard for the Bison, enjoyed a free evening and spent most of evening #7 on it. Just needs a base, concrete texture and a tarp, and some clean up.
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7 kits started in 7 days, 3 of them finished. Now to keep this up for the other 3 weeks :D
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Wow I can barely manage a kit in 30 days.
Inspiring.
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go on will watch it closely
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Awesome! I'd like to be able to shift my backlog one day...
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Johan this is a really worthwhile idea...I salute you..but I wonder if you can truly make it to the end ;)
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If I told my Mrs I was spending the next thirty days making models,I'd be on the side of a milk carton in no time. So for that reason alone I salute your minerals !
I'm glad you posted the water tower ,as I'd toyed with the idea of one for 28mm, but chickened out . Now ones on the way to me(popped on to eBay before I posted)
Will keep an eye on this thread.
Good luck.
Mark.
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excellent, a different and valuable challenge. Also for me, it is like an Advent Calendar (for December) -as I can wake up each day, open the thread and there is a new kit to look at :-)
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Good luck and good building.
Been stuck on the same model for a week now.
Just can not finish it.
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Good luck with the project :), you've got some interesting subjects there.
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I have been fighting with a sloppily moulded Hydra APC for the last two days (note to self, rebuilding track is not part of my skill set...).
Completing a model a day would be amazing.
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Wishing you all the best.
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Thx guys. My wife is kind enough to leave me be after 19:00, and I can work till about 0:00. I tend to keep the PC turned off now so I'm not too distracted and just go at it till I get fed up with it, and then work some more on finshing the previous models. If I would sit here all day I too would end up on a milk carton.
Todays update (day #8, May 29th).
- Salvaged a broken 1/72 ZIL-157, repaired the axles and bed, gave it new headlights and a new base. This one is finished (as in ready for paint) as a battered civillian one.
- Finished off the second Polski Fiat, so that too is now done.
- Based the Bison, next step is to concrete it up.
- Grabbed a new kit from the loft (PST T-55) and scratchbuilt a engine bay interior for it (sand engine) for a scrapped(yard) tank.
So, 5 items done, and 4 WIP's.
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NOT MY WORK - this and other pictures is what I used to copy it by eye.
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I love it when you get busy! Always inspires me to do the same. 8) 8) 8)
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Keep it up.
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I've started 2 Flak 88 for the Desert and Early War
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Finished a MG FT-17 for my Partisans
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Finished 2 Panhards for my Germans
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Started a BTR-152 conversion for the Build
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15 days into the build, 15 kits started or refurbished, and of those 8 are now done.
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I so need to do this.....but I would need a month off work :-[
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I so need to do this.....but I would need a month off work :-[
Turn off the pc and phone in the evening, grab a cuppa and do a Dory (just keep building, just keep building....)
Another update, this time I delved deep into my boxes of resins, set aside quite a few that can be sold off and started work on the rest. Also based a ton of miniatures. 20 days in, 10 more days to go!
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Partially built and painted Airfix Spitfire I I got for free in a lot of cheap kits, ripped it apart, magnetised the prop, inserted a flight plug and reglued it. Only to find it is not in the BEF list :bye: Well, Counts-as-Hurricane it is then!
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2 SandS Renaults (finally built and based, need GS work)
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3 SandS Toyota Hi Ace vans (finally built and in need of GS work)
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Sgts Mess green and Outhouses. Superb castings, highly reccomended. Undecided if I will base these or not.
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Sgts Mess WW1 French memorial. I like it so much I will get the WW1 British memorial as well for Sea Lion.
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Sgts Mess 1393 Generic Bus. How I wish all casts could be this good from other manufacturers.....Perfect for UK Home Guard, Sea Lion and VBCW. Just mind the front wheels, those need some work to get right. Minor GS work needed.
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Frontline Delivery Van. Well, yeah, Frontline, cheap, but always needs a lot of work to get right. Not sure what it is hauling as the rear axle seems very overloaded. Needs GS work. Perfect as generic civillian truck.
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Red Star (?) M47 tank. Trackwork isn't that good, magetised the turret and drilled the barrel. Is going straight into my Yugoslavia box, after some minor GS work.
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ICM Zil-157 shelter truck I built ages ago for my since sold Iraqi army. The base had melted due to contact to bad resin, so rebased it. Need to find some headlights and a pair or stairs for the back, and make a new antenna for it. Not sure yet if for TW:2K or for Iran-Iraq.
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Steady progress on the T-55 turret and T-54 wreck. need to fill in the holes on the 55 turret and built a (mobile) bunker box for it, then build another one so I have one for TW:2K and modern day Iraq. How I wish PSC did 20mm T-55's....that would be a godsend!
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Ignore the 28mm stuff, but a nice Police phone booth from Sgts Mess as well as a cold case.
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A gift from Taylor, these RH Models Africans will go right into my Mogadishu lot.
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A Foundry Partisan group. The model repetition is a shame, but the LMG team is great, I could use a few more to convert to a Bren, MG-42 and DP LMG team for various locations and dates and for Volkssturm use as well. Might pick up 2 more sets at Crisis this year, if I can find the funds.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tDuzZZB9Bbo/WTyESlKB-iI/AAAAAAAAD6w/Ek5VhoRXg-ohLS3AVr3yOA_qwj5ThFELACLcB/s1600/2017-06-10%2B22.28.17.jpg)
I found a bag of Britannia Taliban I had traded with a friend a while back and based the lot of them. I now have enough Taliban to do a Northern Alliance vs Taliban game. Just need to paint the lot.....
Ripped the large magnet from the Bison and replaced it with a new, smaller, but stronger one, and now the bunker sits down properly, also concreted it and tarped the front.
None of the resin vehicles count atm as they all need GS work. When that is done, they count for the grand total. Busy busy busy :)
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And I'm done. 31 kits (resin or plastic, new or ressurected) ready for painting in 30 days plus over 200 figures based up. Plus 8 kits more or less close to finishing.
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22nd of May 2017 - 52-K 85mm AA gun - needs wheelhubs - UNFINISHED
23rd of May 2017 - BMP-1 - needs hatch - UNFINISHED
24th of May 2017 - 2x Polski Fiat - FINISHED x2
25th of May 2017 - Salvaged truck - FINISHED
26th of May 2017 - Dapol Water Tower - FINISHED
27th of May 2017 - BISON - needs concrete and tarp - FINISHED
28th of May 2017 - Salvaged ZIL-157 - FINISHED
29th of May 2017 - T-55 wreck - plenty of work to do..... - UNFINISHED
30th of May 2017 - nothing
31st of May 2017 - Flak 88 #1 - plenty of work to do.... - UNFINISHED
1st of June 2017 - Flak 88 #2 - plenty of work to do.... - UNFINISHED
2nd of June 2017 - FT-17 (MG) - FINISHED
3rd of June 2017 - Panhard 178 #1- FINISHED
4th of June 2017 - Panhard 178 #2 - FINISHED
5th of June 2017 - BTR-152 conversion - coming along nicely.. - UNFINISHED
6th of June 2017 - Bus and |Delivery Van - FINISHED
7th of June 2017 - 2x Greenhouse and 2x Outhouse and French WW1 Memorial - FINISHED
8th of June 2017 - Spitfire Mk 1 - FINISHED
9th of June 2017 - 2x AHN truck - FINISHED
10th of June 2017 - 3x Toyota Hi Ace - FINISHED
11th of June 2017 - M47 - FINISHED and SalvagedZil Command - UNFINISHED
12th of June 2017 - T55/54 wreck - UNFINISHED
13th of June 2017 - nothing
14th of June 2017 - nothing
15th of June 2017 - 2x M4A3 105mm - FINISHED
16th of June 2017 - TIME OUT
17th of June 2017 - TIME OUT
18th of June 2017 - TIME OUT
19th of June 2017 - TIME OUT
20th of June 2017 - TIME OUT
21st of June 2017 - Restored and fixed US Armoured truck - FINISHED
22nd of June 2017 - Chinese MLRS - FINISHED
23rd of June 2017 - Chi Ha - FINISHED
24th of June 2017 - BMP-1 sans turret and Zis-3 gun - FINSIHED
25th of June 2017 - Matilda 2 - FINISHED
And my 2nd Dapol Windmill to Kursk windmill conversion that fell off my cabineta nd snapped a sail, I fixed that so it is ready to paint now. So that is 31.
Now I need some rest, quite the emotional rollercoaster and I'm studiyng hard to take a exam 2 months ahead of time, while looking for work and planning the summer holiday with the girls. Already planning new stuff as well as time to paint stuff though, so don't worry :)
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Well done!
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Very well done.
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Can I ship my backlog to you for next month?
Cracking work!
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Bravo sir, bravo! 8)
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After a week messing about with a new-ish PC, I'm back in the building saddle:
Just built my first unit for my 8th Army for Afrika, a Italian truck for use as a Comms Relay Truck. Just need to build the antenna set up and a generator.
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Also built 2 HäT Skoda 75mm Mountain guns with the intention for my Partisans, only to find out the Gebirgsjagers used them as well. So the ones with gunshield will now be German and the ones without (that I still need to build) will become Partisan.
Also lucked out with a few lot purchases. FInally found me a Lysander for my Brits, plus a Auster and 2 Pipers for Normandy but those are still in the mail.
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Now back to my studies, I have an exam coming up.
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All that modelling and exams!
Amazing.
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Yeah, sadly had to pass on the one today as the kids were pretty sick. Will try again tomorrow.
Ready for paint; Daimler Dingo from the Monty's Caravan Matchbox/Revell set:
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And we carry on.....some stuff to fight the Partisans with. Well, one tank. 2nd owner.
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My first time using Photo etch and it wasn't hard at all. Very nice S-Model kit this.
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Love Somuas! FYI PSC has the T55 planned in 1/72 now because the 15mm one is proving popular....I read it in one of their Mailing list updates
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Great idea for a project 8)
Some lovely little pieces :)
cheers
James
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Love Somuas! FYI PSC has the T55 planned in 1/72 now because the 15mm one is proving popular....I read it in one of their Mailing list updates
I know, I've been pushing the idea with Will since the Crisis show in 2016 as everybody and their dog has T-55's. It's currently on pre order and if it gets 200 pre orders it is a go.
Thx Vodkafan and James :)
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Small update on what I have been building lately....
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ldmUmJ72INE/WY5TBZf3h6I/AAAAAAAAEHQ/XZJOGA8KgXI6_d80XZGS_bU0yYI5H8G9gCLcBGAs/s1600/20821146_10156725955940620_556551465_o.jpg) Working on a S&S Hi Ace van using some parts from other kits. I now need to find and make boxes, bedrolls, suitcases and 1-2 goats so this will work for the Middle East, Afrika and TW:2K
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UZ68cBfWc8c/WYzwXzwyAUI/AAAAAAAAEG4/D0BYQFfcdGs8FCqVm5BO-TiZC0tpjyYOACLcBGAs/s1600/20170811_013142.jpg) Dinged up the Somua and gave it a steel barrel.
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I've did the same for the 7Tp and the L3/33. Banged up the L3/33 a bit more and added some stowage and details. Now needs a German commander and a bucket.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FWPzR2S744U/WYpHa09RFQI/AAAAAAAAEGI/-s-YhxCOb9c2bDwDbzUM5jEzgNKU1uNmgCLcBGAs/s1600/20747028_10156711308230620_1177006256_o.jpg) The T-40 needs some PE and a commander, preferably one with binos.
(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zCMy6nErju4/WYpHdp2GD4I/AAAAAAAAEGM/TzfwvCOAxJIjn1XMchGAqbx-q_NckHbegCLcBGAs/s1600/20707092_10156714218270620_1928622958_o.jpg) Started to build this kit. Tbh, it is way overpriced for the quality you get, but it does come with complete engines that I can use to add to wrecks and I got it at half price anyway so no loss there.
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wIN218c07lc/WYpIgnh1HXI/AAAAAAAAEGc/9PD-1mRvB6wC9bpkGHnucnAfMbwuCIJewCLcBGAs/s1600/20170807_034207.jpg) These guys are for the PLO, but on the backburner right now, no rush to get them ready plus they need tuned brass barrels anyway and I cannot afford those right now.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lu3iC7IbOm4/WYpJlSShhII/AAAAAAAAEGo/jcBC8k4o6j0LaItygI7TH8AQEJyuGQGLQCLcBGAs/s1600/20170808_150956.jpg) And I removed the big whiteboard and sold itas I wasn't really using it, and the funds will pay for a new (secondhand) Billy cabinet and some shelving.
And I really, really need to make a bunch of these.....
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Great update Johan. 8)
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Received a box of H0 junk today, and started salvaging. Repurposed a Diesel tank as a tank for a used and abused Water tanker.
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Once all of the glue has set I will rough it up properly and add a tap to the back. Bit of a fantasy model, but will work fine in a UN convoy, Afghanistan, Afrika, or Post Apoc I guess....once painted.
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The anti Partisan L3/33 is almost ready for paint, just need to find the bloody bucket. Cut a AB fig in half for a commnander. The fig cost me more then the tank!
Also based up my entire YW-531 collection for the Iraqi army (that is what you see in the back of the pic)
Received in the mail, with a considerable detour, 2 boxes of S-Models R35 light tanks. I now have 5 of those in total, 2 will be grey, 2 will be in Dunkelgelb and one a burnt out wreck, and all of these will fight the US Paratroops in Normandy.
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Still impressive.
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Still not feeling like painting anything, but did invite the guys over today for hobby and dinner, and at the end of the day I have my first 95cm's of metal sheet fencing.
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Just scraps of plasticcard, matches and cardboard. Need to sand the bases, grit them, and a file a small groove in the top of the poles so I can glue on some barbed wire for good measure. Seeing how little 95cm's is on the table, I've decided to spend the rest of the weeks evenings with the radio on and just churning out fence and writing down a tutorial as well. After that I'll get cracking on producing a variety of gates for various purposes so this will fit in afrikca, the Middle East, Vietnam, Russia and everywhere else I want to pick a fight.
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Hot damn (makes me realise Middle East walls are easy as hell to knock up - but I'm tempted to try something for my European terrain).
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That looks really good
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Thx guys. Another 70 cm added.
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Just cut a few corners tonight :) +29cm
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Some minor warping issues this week but that just adds character lol
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Almost 4 metres now. The goal is 6 metres but I'm pretty sure I'm going to top that. Want to do some more corners etc this week
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I can see this really useful for the backyard chase scenes games. Only movie coming to mind that does this is 'Shaun of the Dead' though lol
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I can see this really useful for the backyard chase scenes games. Only movie coming to mind that does this is 'Shaun of the Dead' though lol
And Ferris Beuller's Day Off.
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Shitty week became Hell week, but I still pressed on, almost at the 5 metre mark now.
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I have just had hell week too Johan! Got hardly any painting or modelling done. Hey your fencing looks really useful.
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Thx Vodkafan :)
Added 8 T sections to the lot, adding another 120cm of fence, which brings the total up to just shy of 6 metres.
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And it all fits nicely into one of my designated 20mm scenery drawers... Mind you, 6 metres of the stuff doesn't look like much.
(https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4zVGTBSuWNQ/WdD6RmN3WbI/AAAAAAAAEX8/h6MloV2-g-0u_uxoCdJcfkRwlr3LOsJSACLcBGAs/s1600/22199375_10156907009785620_1259963793_o.jpg)
Next up, doors, big doors, signs and more 10cm short straight sections.
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Wasn't very succesful with finding gate photographs, so gave up, grabbed a project box and based all my Dragons Teeth that I have for D-Day and the Siegfried line, did some tests to see what worked best for me, and made 40 inches plus some corners.
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When and if I can afford it, I will invest in 4 more boxes for a additional 40 inches, and make 2 gates, 2 end pieces, 1 destroyed section and 1 bulldozed section. Well, maybe double the last 2. And maybe 4 end pieces. And....
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Fan-tastic.
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Based up the supercrappy Hasegawa tent, gave it a new front and some cosmetic updates, and it is now ready for a nice faded Khaki paintjob so it fits quite a few timeframes.
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Doubling my pleasure, or my opponants annoyance.....the Siegfried Line has been expanded to 90 inches.
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Also started work on a StuG III C Lang for my 1945 Germans. Cause everyone loves an old banger.
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Nicely done; you can even play a modern game with that too: "Bad neighbours" (thinking about how Germans like to build walls and those nutters who built WWII tanks, etc in their basements from parts).
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20mm armoured tractor done:
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...and started work on a German Propaganda car that has to be finished in 10 days....
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Started something new (of course) which is a American army for Tunisea and Scicily.
Started work on making 2x T30 halftracks
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The trailer didn't fit quite as well as I had wanted....
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So I trimmed the base down for a better fit.
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2nd one is planned for tomorrow, then do both gunmounts at the sam time and then both gunshields at the same time, and detailing after that.
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Still impressed with your production rate.
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Production rate to rival the Soviets! :-*
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And to go off on a completely different tangent, I've started work cutting down 3 X-Wings into Z-95 Vismods for my own 20mm Sci-Fi collection. Yes, that is actually a (very niche) thing.
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After a deplorable first quarter of the year....time to get back to modelling.
I received a care package from Germany which included a slightly beat up Zvesda FlaK 36. I did not bother fixing it but made it....better.
(https://i62.servimg.com/u/f62/19/85/82/17/20180510.jpg)
Based on this photograph
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Montebourgh, Normandy, 1944
2 spare UM kits of the Ba-3. I absolutely hate vinyl tires....but these kits make perfect wrecks due to the seperate hub and wheel...
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excellent wrecks!
And good to see you're back in the saddle
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I think the 88' is probably my favourite build so far.
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I hate those UM models... especially in 1:48 here they just upscale them!
Nice work as ever :D
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I made a new friend...
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HaT FT-17 with MG converted into MG-34 Luftwaffe version for airfield protection.
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Nice.
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Trying out my hand at a slum, as a base suitable for anything modern to sci-fi to post apoc....by changing a thing or 2. Plenty left to do. Simple foam core clad wth paper and cardboard.
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Nice wrinkly tin.
How did you make it?
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The wrinkly tin? Paper craft stuff, just get the cardboard labelled as Fine instead of Medium. Works great for 20 and 15mm, pretty cheap as well.
The entire thing? Just ran some free styrofoam through a foamcutter for the shapes, pinned and glued a few of those together and just let my imagination run wild (after a very sobering Google search for "slums"). Now just trying what works, what not, how much time it takes etc. One coat of slightly watered down Mod Podge is doing a fine job at toughening everything up.
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Very organic - looks liek ti was a lot of fun to make.
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Doing a bit of modding. S-Model T-26 as T-26 and OT-130. Spot the error I made.
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There's three versions of the flamethrower tank (one of the great things about the T-26 series) - you need to shift the flamer to its left and add an MG? I had to check that (and I don't know if I'm right), as it looks completely fine.
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I'm used to tanks having a turret basically centred. Took me a bit to see it, but the regular T-26 has the turret on the left side, and the OT series has the turret on the right side. Oh well, lesson learned, I doubt the OT-130 will see a lot of action anyway, but at least I have it.
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I know this s a secondary source at best but these work in progress shots do show some left handed flamethrowers.
http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=604.msg8404#msg8404 (http://forum.rubiconmodels.com/index.php?topic=604.msg8404#msg8404)
(http://i1373.photobucket.com/albums/ag377/RubiconModels/T26/FB%20Cover%20T26%20Flammer%20180501-3_zpsiwft3k6b.jpg)
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Thanks, but sadly the real OT-134 has the flame projector in the hull and a normal 45mm gun turret. Oh well, one day I will build another correct hull and it will all be ok :)
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the Finns used some right hand turret mounts with 45mm gun turrets and added a Soumi SMG to the hull.
Also some of the vickers 6 tonners were right hand turrets.
The turret was shifted to the right to make room for the fuel tanks also they are one man turrets.
The 45mm was a two man turret.
I think the Left hand OT on the Rubicon site is a mistake... there is a LH OT-130 at Kubinka but it's probably a mashup of bits or a teletank.
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Ah, yes. There are some labeling issues on the original post. Sorry.
Note to self: do own research ^__^.
The TT26 teletank had a left hand turret and a flamethrower in the 45mm Mantlet. (Zaloga T26 page 27).
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Starting with a incomplete Matchbox Panzer 2C, which now has a new lease of life as a MG Bunker.
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And more progress on my S-Model German H38 for anti Partisan duty - stowage box from the PSC Honey sprue and a Trench skid from the S-Model French H38. Needs some chain and a commander.
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Great work- the dug in tank looks great.
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Nice work.
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Dragged a older conversion from the WIP box and started uparmouring it with sandbags. Will need a ton of work before it is done....Zimmerit, 2 crew, personal weapons, large cargo space on the back with munitions, and a towed fueltrailer
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Campervan WWII-style.
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Last thing before my holiday.....Panzerturm IV - converting the PSC Panzer IV into a J.
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Cool!
I 3d printed a turret for mine but I'm not that happy with it.
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Ok, this is model production lol!
Very inspirational, I will follow with interest
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Loving this especially the wrecks and conversion/restorations. Would like to see more of your shacks also those corrugated walls are inspired. Keep it up.
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When the holiday is further along I will crack out the airbrush for a few sessions to basecoat as much as possible so I can start painting again in the evenings....as the pile of ready for basecoat is getting a tad large :)
Another last thing before we leave in the morning...WIP dug in KV-1E for Kursk.
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Back home again and way too hot to use the airbrush, back to building it is..... For a smallish toruney in October I need some new bits of kit, so here I go again.
WIP of course.
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Fahrschulpanzer.....due to the dire lack of pictures my solution is as good as I can make it. A bit of fantasy perhgaps, but a interesting model none the less....
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Interesting piece of kit.
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Nice conversion. (And thanks for showing me something new about WWII!)
Lots more ideas here:
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/gas-powered-fahrschulwanne-tanks.php
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Nice conversion. (And thanks for showing me something new about WWII!)
Lots more ideas here:
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/nazi_germany/gas-powered-fahrschulwanne-tanks.php
And thanks Von Lucky. Him, I wonder about using that in Twilight 2000...
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So tonight I did something a bit different.
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One of the worst models I had the pleasure of assembling. Flash, excess metal between the tracks, mould lines, incomplete cast rack covering the engine. Rmoved the armour plates from the drivers area, sanded it down and replaced with flat plates from plasticcard. Britannia car passenger trimmed and modded as a driver (just needs some goggles). Added the missing horn next to the headlight.
Final details, then paint, and I have a new Barbarossa 37mm/50mm AT gun tractor.
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It sounds like a lot of effort, but you have made a cute vehicle.
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Sprayed a lot of rustbase this week so I can get washing them all in browns, oranges and blacks.
(https://i13.servimg.com/u/f13/19/85/82/17/43747810.jpg) (https://servimg.com/view/19858217/74)
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Very nice - you have a diverse range of models in your pile!
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Very nice - you have a diverse range of models in your pile!
Oh, a bit of everything. And a massive pile of WIP's :D
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Love it, you’re an endless source of inspiration.
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Picked up some VC MMG teams for Vietnam to convert into M-60 teams, only to realize I should have been looking at LMG teams for that. Oops.
Well,when life gives you lemon, I make Partisans.
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New head, some greenstuff, condensor can....just needs some cloth belt and a upright sight. Now I only have to convert a MG-34 for them.
Also got the Vietnam Command Bunker and removed 1/3rd of the resin from it.
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So I can rework it to my liking. For starters, it will be lined with oil drums, and get a blastwall in front on the door. The radio antenna will be on a slot on base.
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great work mate
cheers
Matt
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In a attempt to fight the urge to buy new stuff, I just grabbed some stuff from the WIP drawer.
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In the end, I selected the speakers, made some final changes to this 2015 model, and went to town.
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Speakers and most of the pole done, cables, and concrete is next as well as the plate covering the hole in the floor.
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Nice one.
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Nice simple looking piece, excellently done.
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nice one mate, I ave been meaning to make myself a aircraft listening post for some time, your post reminded me that I need to do it!
cheers
Matt
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And it is done.
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Tomorrow I will grab another old WIP from the drawers
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I should really follow your example! I have tons of WIP stuff to finish.
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Very nice painting on this!
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With my thumb surgically removed from my butt, I'm getting more done even with a constant pain in my hands. As long as I don't have to lift, or clamp down on anything with my hands it's quite manageable (unless the exam at the hospital this afternoon tells me otherwise, it feels ok-ish)
Made 3 rows of toilets.
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Grabbed a box of Desert Buildings that have been sitting there for 3-4 years now and airbrushed a basecoat and did a test with zenithal lighting (?) a wall to see if I like it. Want to get them done and move on to the rest.
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Let me carry on then...
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WIP of the first 2 of 4 Guard towers for generic purposes.
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Generic guard towers are a great idea!
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And today, we multiply by 2.
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Nice.
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And now that my greenstuff order has arrived, we start filling sandbags.....lots and lots of sandbags....
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Biding my time for a day without the wife and kids so I can airbrush a lot of stuff at once, and for now I'll just sculpt and sculpt and sculpt.....
Working on a 4 man Panzerjäger team on bicycles for Fall of the Reich, using the same model but more and more cut up (as Britannia never made more than 1 German on a bike)
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New head with helmet cover and headlight for the bike.
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Original bike, but with coatprotectors and his helmet slung across the handlebars.
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New head, coatprotector and collar folded down, plus a weaved basket with an additional Panzerfaust.
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New head, changed arm and hand, coatprotector and helmet across the handlebar
And rebuilt a Vietnam NVA gunner into a WW2 longcoat Russian for my Russians.
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Some dedicated conversions there! Some neat (tidy) work on the basket.
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Pulled out the old Munitionspanzer from the stash and added crew, more sandbags and started with Zimmeritt, my first ever.
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The Zimmerit looks very good - both uniform and yet worn if that makes sense. Hope to see it painted soon.
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I agree that zimmerit looks good.
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Hands no good today, so impossible to paint. Only did minor work on the Panzerturm for Berlin.
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Sorry to hear - but I've also never seen you so productive :)
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Looks good :D
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Very nice work on the Zim :)
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An endless source of inspiration and all in 20mm too....perfect!