Daywalker Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 On 5/17/2019 at 1:54 PM, Mikester said: I'm kind of burned out on aircraft so I think I will delve into ground bound subjects. I picked up the new tool Academy 1/35 Pz IVH and the Dragon "Stummel": Expand Same here Mike! I'm planning to do some Allied armor for this GB, just ordered a Tamiya M4 Sherman "early" and M-10 Wolverine with some goodies, looking forward to building these two! 6
Members Mikester Posted May 17, 2019 Author Members Posted May 17, 2019 On 5/17/2019 at 2:00 PM, Daywalker said: Same here Mike! I'm planning to do some Allied armor for this GB, just ordered a Tamiya M4 Sherman "early" and M-10 Wolverine with some goodies, looking forward to building these two! Expand Sounds great, Frank! Glad I'm not the only one! 5
Jeff Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 On 5/16/2019 at 5:34 PM, Clunkmeister said: I've settled on an easy one to start, but it'll be breaking new ground for me. The White 6 ton, 6X6 hardtop cab cargo truck. Not special, not fancy, not super powerful or whiz-bang, instead, just workaday and everyday common. IF I have time, I might find a trailer or a gun I can attach to the pintle hook. Maybe a "borrowed" 88" And just so you know, I'm already looking at resin wheels.... Expand I am sure you guys are more than well aware of this site, but just in case, they have lots of details... including the wheels you may be looking for Ernie... http://www.lzmodels.com 3 2
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted May 17, 2019 Administrators Posted May 17, 2019 On 5/17/2019 at 1:54 PM, Mikester said: I'm kind of burned out on aircraft so I think I will delve into ground bound subjects. I picked up the new tool Academy 1/35 Pz IVH and the Dragon "Stummel": I won't be using the those figures but I have a couple sets of HJ grenadiers. I'd like to do a diorama of 12th SS during the fighting around Caen in July of '44. Probably no way I can finish at the speed I build but it's something I've wanted to do for a while. Expand Mike, you're not the only one. This looks like it might be a serious breakout for some of us. I'm actually really looking forward to this. And somewhere in my stash I have a German halftrack with a resin IR nightlight conversion of some kind. I might, A. see if the timeline is right, and B. Give it a shot. Who knows, I might even start to like these things 5
Bill_S Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 Hmmm... I have an 88 mm Flak gun somewhere. That Uhu has been sitting in the stash for a while, too. 5
Bomber_County Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 Mike, those elements would make one cool diorama ...... 4
Administrators JeroenPeters Posted May 17, 2019 Administrators Posted May 17, 2019 I'd be in with a Sherman! Fury Sherman. 6
smitty44 Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 On 5/17/2019 at 1:40 PM, Clunkmeister said: Guard your Hobbycraft P-51A's. It doesn't look like we'll get any more for quite a few years. I expect they'll get to be like hen's teeth. Expand They have been oop for quite a while now. Saw one on ebay yesterday. 4
1to1scale Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 On 5/17/2019 at 8:03 PM, smitty44 said: They have been oop for quite a while now. Saw one on ebay yesterday. Expand That’s mine, the very last Hobbycraft P-51A I had. I had a huge stash a couple years ago, I think I had over a dozen, sold them off or traded them slowly, I’m keeping my MK.1a for the group build. 3
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted May 17, 2019 Administrators Posted May 17, 2019 And last night I found the Mirror Models Caterpillar D7 7M armored bulldozer that was hiding out in a drawer. THIS should make a VERY interesting model of some D-Day equipment. 5
Jeff Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 I see Sprue Brothers have an extra 20% off this weekend on Mini-Art kits eh? just in the nick of time... 2
Jeff Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 On 5/17/2019 at 11:40 PM, GazzaS said: Miniart *SHUDDER* Expand 2
Jeff Posted May 17, 2019 Posted May 17, 2019 https://www.elmcityhobbies.com/shop/index.php?main_page=mylink&zenid=085e0930f63cee319864be161e682cfb Some interesting things this week at Elm City Hobbies...... 3
SapperSix Posted May 18, 2019 Posted May 18, 2019 I found this colorized photo of a B-52 initial production. I believe this is a raid over the Clunkmeisters house in order to stop the production of crazy ideas. In light of this unique historical picture I will be making a B-52 build to celebrate the raid.......which failed.......horribly. 6
Members Mikester Posted May 22, 2019 Author Members Posted May 22, 2019 Here's one that might be interesting: Can't find a kit of the 25 mm Hotchkiss but the Japanese Type 96 AA gun was a license built copy of the Hotchkiss gun. Shapeways does one in 3D print that could be adapted to a single mount. Would definitely be unique! 6
Administrators Clunkmeister Posted May 22, 2019 Administrators Posted May 22, 2019 I’m finding some cool stuff in my stash.... These, of course, were widely distributed throughout Normandy and all throughout the Reich. 9
Wumm Posted May 22, 2019 Posted May 22, 2019 On 5/22/2019 at 12:19 AM, Mikester said: Would definitely be unique! Expand That it would! Illustration shows the gun mounted a little too far forward; period shot has the Commander between the gun and the bulkhead, to achieve the same positions he would be standing on top of the Driver in the drawing. But repositioning the gun is easy compared to actually sourcing one in the first place. The Sonder 10 I'm considering doing is from the 21st Panzer Division, they had 3 in Normandy compared against hundreds of captured French Sd.Kfz. 304/307's all pressed into service... 1/35th scale versions of these are rare as Hen's teeth. 5
Members Mikester Posted May 30, 2019 Author Members Posted May 30, 2019 GB starts this Saturday, be there or be square! 4
Wumm Posted May 30, 2019 Posted May 30, 2019 On 5/22/2019 at 3:11 AM, Wumm said: The Sonder 10 I'm considering doing is from the 21st Panzer Division, they had 3 in Normandy compared against hundreds of captured French Sd.Kfz. 304/307's all pressed into service... 1/35th scale versions of these are rare as Hen's teeth. Expand Found one! http://www.brachmodel.it/cataloghi.html?page=shop.product_details&flypage=garden_flypage.tpl&product_id=183&category_id=1 Wondering if I can source a 20mm Breda now... 4
Martinnfb Posted May 30, 2019 Posted May 30, 2019 I have a Breda for you. The Italeri one , that comes with Tamiya LRDG chevy. 1
Bomber_County Posted May 30, 2019 Posted May 30, 2019 On 5/30/2019 at 12:30 AM, Mikester said: GB starts this Saturday, be there or be square! Expand Are we there yet............ 4
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