(HISTORIC BATTLES) Battle of the Bulge 60th anniversary Group Build--starts Nov. 1

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The d-day build inspired me to start this one. This group builds subject is the battle of the Bulge Ther was interest in this build in the armor forum but I put it as Historic battles instead of listin tanks planes etc.

GUIDELINES

Axis or Aliied vehicles that were used in the Battle of the Bulge
Any scale
Armor, aircraft, figures,and dioramas are acceptable
Aftermarket and PE can be used

DATES

This build will start on November 1st and end sometime in late febuary or march

MEMBERS
ddayomaha…Academy M-18 Hellcat, Tamiya King Tiger
rebelreenactor…Academy M-36 Jackson, vignette
ewc2003…Tamiya M-20 (Patton’s)
Tigerman…Academy M-18 Hellcat
wbill76…Dragon Panther Late
ModelGrandpa…Hasewaga 1/24 Willys Jeep
wibhi2… diorama
DanCooper…diorama of Sherman memorial
Jwest21…King Tiger
Tediam…Band of Brothers diorama
Thumper___3…Tamiya 2 1/2 ton truck, DML Jeep and trailer.
Thumper’s Daughter…Italeri jeep
Andy89…Tamiya Hanomag
charlesw…
fiasco…Italeri C-47 “Eightball Charlie”
erich von…Kampfgruppe Peiper diorama with King Tiger
balta1…M10 ersatz panther, Tamiya tank and CMK conversion set.

Maybe…
MurderDogg

I hope this build is a success and if you have suggestions or comments on the guidelines please share.

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Could one of the administrators put this in GB the Armor GB topic please

Thanks in advance,

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I put it in the Armor GB sticky post and in Aircraft, Figures, and Dioramas as well. Good subject. We’re planning on having some Battle of the Bulge coverage in the January 2005 issue, which hits the streets ca. Dec. 1–right around the time BoB anniversary news coverage and specials on PBS, The History Channel, etc. should be coming on. Have fun!

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Cool. thanks a lot, I’m hoping this build will gain some more momentum before November first!

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I think I’ll throw my helmet into the ring on this one. I will be building Dragon-Hasagwa’s 1/24th scale jeep kit. Just ordered the kit, said it was in stock, hope it’s the right vintage.

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Okay, I’ll put you on the list.

What do you mean by vintage?

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The jeep was used for years…I hope that this is a WWII vintage and not say a Korean War vintage jeep.

Note: I have now researched the kit and it is a WWII version of the Jeep so it will work for the build.[:)]

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I’d like to be in on this…undecided if I want to do a small section of 101st AB frontage ( fox holes and/or bunkers diorama) or say an M16 half track.

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Okay I’ll put you on the list but I wont put down a kit until you decide, unless you’re doing both

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okay…thanks.

I’ve firmly decided to do something I have never done before. I’ll do the diorama. 1/35 scale using DML and Verliden figures and Accessories, I suspect.

Time for research

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Okay I’ll put you down for that

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ddayomaha,
You’ll have a wonderful time with Academy’s M-18. I’ve built that kit and thouroghly enjoyed it. My only word of caution is: be patient and take your time with the suspension, it can be a bit of a bear (especially when you mix up right and left assemblies.)

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OK, gonna do the M20 as Patton’s Command Car. Just have to make a windshield, command plates for the car, and, oh, yeah, gotta get a Patton fig…anyone have an extra “Famous Generals” set from Tamiya [:D]

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how’s about the trumpet horn?

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Hi, normally I’m not really an armor-guy, but since this GB is about something that happened in my country, would like to give it a try.
No I have an idea, but I don’t know if you would accept it as Battle of the Bulge (we actually call it the Battle for the Ardennes) GB :

Eversince the end of the war, one of the Shermans that were left behind is placed on a pedestal in the center of Bastogne, I was thinking, of making a diorama, not of the actual battle, but of people visiting this monument, remembering the people who have given their lives for our freedom.

But offcourse, if you don’t accept this, I could be doing the battle-thing instead…

BTW, unfortunately the crew of this tank didn’t make it, it was hit anti-tank weapon

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Sounds cool Dan, good luck. I think it would me a rememberance to the brave crew who served on her.

I’m going O.D with the Academy Hellcat.

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Thanks tigerman, I’m going to need all the luck I can get, since it’s about 20 years ago since my last tank.
Normally I do civilian (motorcycles) and military aircraft…

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Oh, yeah, forgot about the horn… thanks! Squadron’s Armored Cars In Action has some good shots of Patton in his car, so I’m gonna give it a shot.

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Dan Cooper, that would definately qualify!

Sorry i was gone yesterday, my dad was instaliing a new computer

I just started a vignette of The Bulge today but that wont count for the build.

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Well, in that case count me in for it…[:)]

I may drive up to Bastogne (Bastenaken in Flemish) to take some more pics before I start building, but since only start by Nov 1st I’ve still got time to do so (it’s still about 200 miles away)

Hey ewc2003, are you still in for our UH60 groupbuild as well ? Voting about the GB-icon be held by end of August, and your first design is still in the running [:D]

Anyway, as soon as get a Sherman-kit I’ll tell you guys about it, one more thing, I know that there are a lot of M4’s out there, could somebody tell me exactly what make this one is on the picture ??? Thanks a lot.