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Tracking Halfway: Halftracks Campaign
jimz66
Joined: December 15, 2006
KitMaker: 1,165 posts
Armorama: 1,105 posts
Posted: Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 01:20 PM UTC
Very nicely done everyone. I wish I had time to join this GB but right now it is not possible. Great work by all involved.
jaypee
Joined: February 07, 2008
KitMaker: 1,699 posts
Armorama: 168 posts
Posted: Sunday, March 22, 2009 - 11:00 PM UTC
Finally got a less "orangey" picture for the airfix sdkfz.7 shows up my messy wash unfortunately. I think I'll try to blend it all in a little before I put it in a dio. Also forgot to paint the rubber rims on the road and drive wheels. Must do better!
tread_geek
Joined: March 23, 2008
KitMaker: 2,847 posts
Armorama: 2,667 posts
Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 03:17 AM UTC
Greetings all! Some very inspiring builds happening during this campaign (and a hint of jealousy on my part 
). I haven't exactly had a smooth build with this old kit. Some warping of parts has required some ingenuity and time to circumvent. Here are some progress shots.
Excuse the lopsided front wheel. I just tried to dry fit it for the pictures and didn't notice they ended up askew.
In this shot you can see that I carved out the drivers vision ports and positioned their covers in the open position.
Interior painted and modestly weathered.
While the tracks aren't too bad, they did require some ingenuity to glue them in a more realistic sagging position. Being 1/76 scale made most of my clamps and such too gargantuan to use. Note: tires are now properly glued in place.
I am hoping to pretty much finish the building part today and at least get an overall base coat on the beast.
Best to all,
Jan
). I haven't exactly had a smooth build with this old kit. Some warping of parts has required some ingenuity and time to circumvent. Here are some progress shots.Excuse the lopsided front wheel. I just tried to dry fit it for the pictures and didn't notice they ended up askew.
In this shot you can see that I carved out the drivers vision ports and positioned their covers in the open position.
Interior painted and modestly weathered.
While the tracks aren't too bad, they did require some ingenuity to glue them in a more realistic sagging position. Being 1/76 scale made most of my clamps and such too gargantuan to use. Note: tires are now properly glued in place.
I am hoping to pretty much finish the building part today and at least get an overall base coat on the beast.
Best to all,
Jan
tread_geek
Joined: March 23, 2008
KitMaker: 2,847 posts
Armorama: 2,667 posts
Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 - 07:45 AM UTC
WOW...what a day! I didn't expect to post anymore progress shots this fast but things just rolled along.
Front right 3/4 view. I need to clean up the right headlight bottom (darn digital photos
)
Front left 3/4
Rear 3/4
Internal view of ammo storage.
Base coat later this evening, main painting, detailing and hopefully weathering tomorrow.
Cheers,
Jan
Front right 3/4 view. I need to clean up the right headlight bottom (darn digital photos
) Front left 3/4
Rear 3/4
Internal view of ammo storage.
Base coat later this evening, main painting, detailing and hopefully weathering tomorrow.
Cheers,
Jan
TuomasH
Joined: September 10, 2008
KitMaker: 470 posts
Armorama: 175 posts
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 04:05 AM UTC
Finally managed to get a camera, you can see my entry here: Sdkfz 251/22
Where is our campaign gallery and how many pictures should I upload there?
Cheers,
Tuomas
Where is our campaign gallery and how many pictures should I upload there?
Cheers,
Tuomas
tread_geek
Joined: March 23, 2008
KitMaker: 2,847 posts
Armorama: 2,667 posts
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 05:21 AM UTC
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Where is our campaign gallery and how many pictures should I upload there?
Tuomas, very nice build you have there.
You can find the campaign gallery HERE
Cheers,
Jan
Nito74
Joined: March 04, 2008
KitMaker: 5,386 posts
Armorama: 4,727 posts
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 05:49 AM UTC
Thanks Emre for a great campaign !!
I wished I had more time to get another build for this campaign, maybe next time !!
I wished I had more time to get another build for this campaign, maybe next time !!
TuomasH
Joined: September 10, 2008
KitMaker: 470 posts
Armorama: 175 posts
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 06:11 AM UTC
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Tuomas, very nice build you have there.
You can find the campaign gallery HERE
Cheers,
Jan
Thanks mate !
[EDIT]
Ah, I am having technical problems.. It says following when I try to upload a photo:
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Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 33554432 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 311296 bytes) in /home/kitmaker/gallery/languages/english.php on line 346
Emre you mentioned ealier you can upload photos if one is having problems, would you mind?
http://img209.imageshack.us/img209/6449/dsc00288i.jpg
http://img259.imageshack.us/img259/7450/dsc00297i.jpg
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/4025/dsc00293k.jpg
emroglan
Joined: December 16, 2004
KitMaker: 1,163 posts
Armorama: 842 posts
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 07:31 AM UTC
Tuomas, I guess the problem is your photos are too large, they are over 2.5MBs each! I can downsize them to 800*600 resolution (which Kitmaker generally uses) and send them to you or upload them for you. Basically when you tried to upload that large sized files the system couldn't cope with it and rejected them.
In 800*600 resolution they are down to 131Kbs in total all the way from 7.5MBs (7680Kbs) Whatever you prefer, I can easily send them to you if you PM me your e-mail adress or upload them, no problem.
In 800*600 resolution they are down to 131Kbs in total all the way from 7.5MBs (7680Kbs)
Whatever you prefer, I can easily send them to you if you PM me your e-mail adress or upload them, no problem.
DaGreatQueeg
Joined: August 01, 2005
KitMaker: 1,049 posts
Armorama: 841 posts
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 12:45 PM UTC
Finished Group shot ......... still gotta get a few pics into the campaign gallery,
cheers
Brent
cheers
Brent
TuomasH
Joined: September 10, 2008
KitMaker: 470 posts
Armorama: 175 posts
Posted: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 - 05:42 PM UTC
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Tuomas, I guess the problem is your photos are too large, they are over 2.5MBs each! I can downsize them to 800*600 resolution (which Kitmaker generally uses) and send them to you or upload them for you. Basically when you tried to upload that large sized files the system couldn't cope with it and rejected them.
In 800*600 resolution they are down to 131Kbs in total all the way from 7.5MBs (7680Kbs)
Oh that was the problem. I can downside and upload them then by myself. Thanks anyways!
tread_geek
Joined: March 23, 2008
KitMaker: 2,847 posts
Armorama: 2,667 posts
Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 07:36 AM UTC
This thread has been quiet for a bit. Guess everyone is rushing to get done by the deadline. I've finished the old 1/72 ESCI 250 and put a couple of pictures in the campaign gallery. I found an old diorama kit and started toying with that as a backdrop. It's not complete by any stretch but I hope that it adds interest to the shots. I'm not all that happy with the camo on the half-track but in my defence, it's my first attempt at camouflage with the new airbrush. Everything up to this point has been pretty much sprayed a solid colour.
Here's the SdKfz 250/9
The SdKfz 251/10 was base coated and had some initial weathering done.
I took a break from the 251 to write this as I'm waiting for the latest coat of weathering to dry. The camouflage is done and the suspension is weathered but it's still needs further work. Should be ready in time (fingers crossed). 
Good luck to all,
Jan
I've finished the old 1/72 ESCI 250 and put a couple of pictures in the campaign gallery. I found an old diorama kit and started toying with that as a backdrop. It's not complete by any stretch but I hope that it adds interest to the shots. I'm not all that happy with the camo on the half-track but in my defence, it's my first attempt at camouflage with the new airbrush. Everything up to this point has been pretty much sprayed a solid colour.Here's the SdKfz 250/9
The SdKfz 251/10 was base coated and had some initial weathering done.
I took a break from the 251 to write this as I'm waiting for the latest coat of weathering to dry.
The camouflage is done and the suspension is weathered but it's still needs further work. Should be ready in time (fingers crossed). Good luck to all,
Jan
mimeda
Joined: August 10, 2008
KitMaker: 204 posts
Armorama: 191 posts
Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 08:06 AM UTC
Hello Emre, I was triying to upload pictures but was unable to do so. You mentioned you can upload them from photobucket??? Can you do that for me? What info do you need??
Thanks man
mirko
Thanks man
mirko
emroglan
Joined: December 16, 2004
KitMaker: 1,163 posts
Armorama: 842 posts
Posted: Saturday, March 28, 2009 - 08:49 AM UTC
Mirko, I'll need the photobucket links or the photos themselves, so that I can download them to my own computer and then upload them to campaign pages.
The most common problem is file sizes, if you upload small sized files with 800*600 resolution, it generally works okay. Other times, Kitmaker network can go crazy or your anti-virus or firewall can prevent your upload.
The most common problem is file sizes, if you upload small sized files with 800*600 resolution, it generally works okay. Other times, Kitmaker network can go crazy or your anti-virus or firewall can prevent your upload.
endrju007
Joined: December 05, 2007
KitMaker: 2,435 posts
Armorama: 1,256 posts
Posted: Sunday, March 29, 2009 - 08:28 PM UTC
Hi, I've almost missed this one...
My Kettenkrad is ready since about a 2 weeks or so but I've totally forgot to make pics and post them here
I'll do it today...
@ Emre - you had great idea with this campaign - simple subject effected with gargantuan variety of vehicles depicted!
Andrzej
My Kettenkrad is ready since about a 2 weeks or so but I've totally forgot to make pics and post them here
I'll do it today...
@ Emre - you had great idea with this campaign - simple subject effected with gargantuan variety of vehicles depicted!
Andrzej
endrju007
Joined: December 05, 2007
KitMaker: 2,435 posts
Armorama: 1,256 posts
Posted: Monday, March 30, 2009 - 10:13 AM UTC
Ok, as prommised: I've finally made some pictures of my finished Kettenkrad:
I hope you like it.
Since this campaign has very nice ribbon I'd like to say something about it: gimme gimme gimme!!! .
Emre, thank you very much for very interesting campaign! It was fun! BTW, I tried to place these pictures in a campaign gallery but I can't for some reason: strange error message appears.
Andrzej
I hope you like it.
Since this campaign has very nice ribbon I'd like to say something about it: gimme gimme gimme!!!
.Emre, thank you very much for very interesting campaign! It was fun! BTW, I tried to place these pictures in a campaign gallery but I can't for some reason: strange error message appears.
Andrzej
tread_geek
Joined: March 23, 2008
KitMaker: 2,847 posts
Armorama: 2,667 posts
Posted: Monday, March 30, 2009 - 11:16 AM UTC
Well I finally got the 251 finished and the photos of it up in the gallery. I took a lot of different pictures so I'll post some different ones in the Braille Scale forum later. Here's a teaser:
Emre, I would like to join the others in thanking you for tis most enjoyable and fun campaign. The 251 was sitting in my stash since the early nineties and the SWMBO is so delighted that there are two fewer boxes to take up space.
Andrzej, I just uploaded my pictures not ten minutes ago and had no problems. Perhaps the image size is too large for the gallery?
Cheers to all.
Jan
I took a lot of different pictures so I'll post some different ones in the Braille Scale forum later. Here's a teaser: Emre, I would like to join the others in thanking you for tis most enjoyable and fun campaign. The 251 was sitting in my stash since the early nineties and the SWMBO is so delighted that there are two fewer boxes to take up space.
Andrzej, I just uploaded my pictures not ten minutes ago and had no problems. Perhaps the image size is too large for the gallery?
Cheers to all.
Jan
endrju007
Joined: December 05, 2007
KitMaker: 2,435 posts
Armorama: 1,256 posts
Posted: Monday, March 30, 2009 - 08:53 PM UTC
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Andrzej, I just uploaded my pictures not ten minutes ago and had no problems. Perhaps the image size is too large for the gallery?
That's not the size of pics... it something with logging in I think... I've managed to go around the problem and I've uploaded a picture today, but the similiar problem with the gallery appeared before (about a two-three months ago).
Andrzej.
thomokiwi
Joined: January 11, 2006
KitMaker: 438 posts
Armorama: 359 posts
Posted: Monday, March 30, 2009 - 09:51 PM UTC
Well hopefully I'm still in time. according to my calender its still the 31 march down here in New Zealand. I had another kit I wanted to finish for this one but could only complete the smaller one.
[url=http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo11/thomokiwi/Models/Craft1.jpg]
I can't for the life of me work out how to place photo's in here from photobucket. So I have placed the above link and placed a photo in the campaign folder. Thanks for the Campaign and the extension.
[url=http://i357.photobucket.com/albums/oo11/thomokiwi/Models/Craft1.jpg]
I can't for the life of me work out how to place photo's in here from photobucket. So I have placed the above link and placed a photo in the campaign folder. Thanks for the Campaign and the extension.
endrju007
Joined: December 05, 2007
KitMaker: 2,435 posts
Armorama: 1,256 posts
Posted: Monday, March 30, 2009 - 10:58 PM UTC
Here you go!
thomokiwi
Joined: January 11, 2006
KitMaker: 438 posts
Armorama: 359 posts
Posted: Monday, March 30, 2009 - 11:08 PM UTC
Cheers for that, I like to think I am not that computer stupid. However this process has baffled me.
Thanks for putting that up for me.
Thanks for putting that up for me.
endrju007
Joined: December 05, 2007
KitMaker: 2,435 posts
Armorama: 1,256 posts
Posted: Monday, March 30, 2009 - 11:20 PM UTC
You're welcome mate!
All you have to do is to put [ i m g ] in front of url adress and [ / i m g ] at the end (just remove the spaces, I've placed them to make the code visible).
A.
All you have to do is to put [ i m g ] in front of url adress and [ / i m g ] at the end (just remove the spaces, I've placed them to make the code visible).
A.
Pyromaniac
Joined: January 10, 2009
KitMaker: 375 posts
Armorama: 362 posts
Posted: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 - 04:58 AM UTC
I was really pressed for time with this build and would never have finished without the extension, but i've finally finished and uploaded the photos. i would have liked to have completed the figures and diorama but unfortunately that wasn't possible. i will make a new post in the diorama section to keep anyone who is interested updated. for now though, you'll have to make do with these pics. i'm quite pleased with the outcome as this is my 7th ever build and my first heavily weathered vehicle with so much mud. it looks a bit out of place now but the diorama will depict it driving down a muddy road after a snowfall so hopefully it will not look like i overdid it too much.
Nightstrike
Joined: January 24, 2009
KitMaker: 114 posts
Armorama: 107 posts
Posted: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 06:56 AM UTC
When do we get our ribbons and where will we find them ???????? 
endrju007
Joined: December 05, 2007
KitMaker: 2,435 posts
Armorama: 1,256 posts
Posted: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 - 07:04 AM UTC
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When do we get our ribbons and where will we find them ????????
Give Emre some time, mate. He has to check all builds and add the ribbon's to each profile and believe me - it takes a lot of time... I've done that three times or so...
You will find your ribbon in your profile.
Andrzej
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