Love that rocket transporter Duke…very cool build indeed.
Suomi, very nice cam job on the M.S. [Y]
Thanks for the compliments guys! I appreciate it.
Suomi, you did far better with the second round of camouiflage painting. Way to go! That does look tremendously better, I agree! As for my painting this trailer, I’ll be twisting and turning that bad boy seven ways to Sunday as I mist the color on so that it doesn’t build up outside the recesses. What I can’t hit with the airbrush, I’ll touch up with a hair brush.
Looking forward to seeing more guys! It’s great to see such extensive activity!
i also think the repaint looks better. as for doing vehicles trucks and trailers like this can be tricky. i suspect the tires aren’t attached yet. i paint all my tires and road wheels and tracks off the vehicle. a chassis vehicle or an armored wheel with a complex suspension takes some thought. i do the opposite of Duke. i prome than paint the hard to reach areas with a brush and then airbrush. i may have to pull out the PATRIOT.
here is the MCV. suspension isn’t as complicated to build as it looks compared to a Revell OTS BdW FUCHS 6x6. the front wheels can steer but mine are locked. 3 piece tires were nice, just sand a bit on the middle and drop the treads in. i will probably do my blend the cam onto the hubs so some will be brown and others green. it’s primed now too.
Helo all!
I’m sort of searching for a new home as the group build I was in seems to have been mostly abandoned. I have always been a 1/72 scale builder, (with a few smaller scale thrown in when I could still see them!). I do have several WIP projects going, and often find myself jumping around. Currently my “main” focus is Trumpeter’s 1/72 scale CH-47D Chinook, which at this point, I have just sealed the fuselage this week and currently am at the stage of seam mitigation. There are several other projects on the desk that I pick up and work on here and there but the Chinook is my focus right now. Could I fit this GB?
Jim
Looks great Wayne…3 piece tires? That’s new to me!!
Thanks for the suggestion Wayne. I got so caught up with building that easy trailer that I didn’t think about how I was going to paint it.
That Japanese armored car is looking fantastic! Man, I hope I get some birthday money so I can pick up one of those and a couple Patriots…
Jimbot, I love watchign you build and I believe that wayne has said that even started models are welocme here. I’ll let him tell you for sure, but I think he’ll let you build it here.
Thanks for replying! That’s very interesting. As you can see from my pics I think I go overboard with masking. I have to remember how precise one can be with an airbrush, and that it’s not the same as a rattlecan.
Jimbot, I started this MS406 in mid-January, before the official start of the GB, and they let me in the door. It’s my first group build, but I don’t think it’s supposed to be a race, so a head start isn’t really an advantage. [;)]
Got the clearcoat on last night and a few decals on today. Here’s the only pic I took – the French serial number which will be mostly obscured by the Finnish national insignia roundel. Gotta let it dry overnight first.
EDIT to add: Also a little touchup is necessary around the tail, both underside and above the horizontal stabilizer. [:$]
I’ve got to say there are some subjects I’ve never seen before in this GB. Looking forward to reading up on some of them. I’m especially digging the MS406. I thought the softer cameo looked great, but the redo is fantastic!
Had a busy weekend at work but had a bit of time to start on my Skyhawk’s pit. This is my first Airfix kit and was happy to find a pilot figure![<:o)] The pit itself is pretty basic and includes decals for the IP, not a big fan, so thought I’d paint him up and give him his own plane. 
This is going to be a simple OOB build, though I did scratch an ejection seat handle out of a twisty tie wire.
Sorry about the picture quality. Limited to a camera phone atm and I just can’t get those close in detail shots. [:(]
I’m off work Tue and Wed so hopefully will be able to get down and dirty.
Thanks for looking!
Krusty, he’s looking good. I think he’ll really add to the aircraft. Nice work!
Suomi, good job on those decals so far. You’re coming along well.
wayne, those three-piece wheels are very interesting. Seems like a good way to get treads like that to look right on a molded part.
krusty, pilot looks good. 1/72 pilots can’t be easy.
OK Wayne,
I found a new startup hobby shop here in Boise and although he has just a few plastics (mostly trains) I wanted to help him out a purchased there two kits. Hopefully I’ll find the time to toss these in between mad maddening schedule.
Also I need to build something for my Boeing Build and will be working on this shortly. It will be OOB since I don’t want to spend upwards of $25 plus on AM decals. I may change my mind on the decals though, especially since Minicraft decals are so bad.
The B-47 will be a crossover while the P-40 and Dauntless will be for this GB alone…if I get to the last 2.
These are the first photos of my Dragon Rad 8. For such a small vehicle it has fantastic detail and the fits are perfect so far. I finished all this work today, the lower hull with its complicated suspension, wheel wells, tires and I was able to get them primed.
Dragon’s new series of 1/72 kits are awesome and very reasonable in price. I’m very thankful that the fits are so good because I swore off braile kits a while back because of trouble with my hands, but this has been a pleasure so far.
More to come, Terry
Wow Jibber, that’s 1/72…incredible detail for sure…well done thus far.
Ooh! Ooh! The Hasegawa B-47! I built one of those while I was at the Radioman ‘A’ school at USNTC San Diego…in 1970!
Can’t wait to see it happen!
Sorry for all the exclamation points, but I got a bit excited.
P.S. I haven’t forgotten my own plans - it’s just taken a couple of days longer than I anticipated to finish my last project and clear the bench.
Well here is my current project:
Trumpeter’s CH-47 Chinook in 1/72 scale. There are added PE parts:
I just buttoned up the fuselage halves a few days ago, so seams are the thing right now.
Also to night, I cemented in the roof of the cabin (another PE part) You can see it hanging down here, and also some of the other PE parts inside:
There is a sheet of styrene epoxyed (spelling??) to the back of the roof panel to make it more rigid. It tended to want to curl.
Jim
Wow, nice pit Jim [Y]
Some very tedious parts. One came in broke, another when I tried to remove it from the sprue and I just snapped one. They are so small and brittle, almost impossible to work so I’ll be glad when this antenna array is in place and primed.
Terry
Jibber, that little 8-rad is looking good! Well done so far! I haven’t done any of Dragon’s 8-wheeled vehicles yet; I might just have to pick one up.
Modelcrazy, I’ll be watching that B-47, I like the big small-scale planes! Also, does that Dauntless have markings for a French aircraft? I just might have to pick one of those up for that.
Jimbot, that is a tremendous job on that Chinook. Way to go man, the photo-etch really makes that pop!
Yes it does. Looks like a nice little kit.
Duke,
Here is a picture of the instruction and decal sheet for the Dauntless.
