One more and you’d have an entire Platoon! [:)]
Museum of the American GI, up HWY 21 in College Station is having an open house weekend after this. Their Living History Weekend is 27-28 March.
What I can’t remember is whether they have an M-20 or an M-8 (they had several back when they were at “the farm” off Cherokee Lane, back in the day).
They are offering, though “Ride in a Halftrack” to go wother “Ride in a Tank” on LHW.
I’ve got a neighbor that wants to go…
Russ you are a modeling machine! Great work mate.
I’m envious of how much bench time you get.
Exactly how many kits does one have to build to have enough spare parts to just whip another kit together? Wow, this is pretty cool to watch.
BK
Well, I’m “retired”, working part time and take advantage of every minute I can to model, something I’ve always had to put on the back burner. I’ve always enjoyed shopping the vendor stands at shows, and pick up a lot of older kits, sometimes missing parts, sometimes started, even sometimes intact. With all t he new releases going on recently, the old stuff is coming down in price, and I’m not afraid to jump on something I have no real interest in building as boxed. Looking at my stash, it’s easily two thirds partial kits, sometimes just boxes of parts loosely related. It makes me happy.
I do have a little more progress on all three, just small bits mostly, but some “enhancement” on the two M50 turrets. I’ll post up soon, and I’m also going to separate the M51 from the other two, it’s getting cluttered in here.
Just the M51 here now, nothing major to show but I am plugging along. Every time I think I know which bit to stick on I have to go back and find a pic, but it’s still fun.
IMG_4856 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
IMG_4857 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
I’m realizing that I have enough stuff to also do a very late M51 on the cast hull…
‘I had a bunch of extra Sherman parts so I built a couple tanks!’
Somehow that makes me giggle…
As usual you’re doing a great job on them!
You’re making me twitch, Russ. That itch is coming back, and I’m needing that itch.
Excellent!
Gigglin’ an’ scratchin’… sounds like a Hee Haw line. [:D]
Rear deck and stowage rack done, almost time to start on the turret, but I think I need another book.
IMG_5320 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
The Lion and Lioness of the Line book I got is great, now I need the next volume that covers the late M50 and M51 tanks.
Looks good! Great job there bringing all the different parts and fusing them into a complete whole- I’m thinking Doctor Tankenstein again!
‘IT’S ALIVE!!!’
(Drooling contently)
I like it. [Y][H]
Looking good.
T’anks all! I have a Legends set on the way for the M51 final version, that will probably be started soon. That way I can paint them all at once (yeah, sure).
Scratching my head now… this tank probably should have the bix stowage bin at the hull rear instead of the folding tray like the M50’s and earlier M51’s, so I dug an old Academy bin out, cleaned it up and quickly saw that it’s narrow, narrower than the PE and resin part in the Legends M51 Dalem Gimel set which showed up the other day. I think I need to either find pics or wait until my budget allows the purchase of another couple of the SabingaMartin books. In the meantime, I’m keeping my Sherman craving satisfied.
Some turret and hull fittings and bits found their way on, stuff that’s the same whatever I end up with.
I’m thinking now I’ll go ahead and scratch up the last style rear bin, and the turret box as well and save the Legends “gimel” set for another model.
IMG_6140 by Russel Baer, on Flickr
I like it.
No idea about the storage bins but she’s lookin’ good for sure!