Targets Shoot Back: Self-propelled flak/ AA
New York, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 01, 2010 - 12:49 AM UTC
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No problem, I look forward to seeing more pics 
Regarding the figures, I meant it in a good way. They are supposed to be quite white, and most modelers have a hard time keeping that look during the weathering process ending up instead with a muddy gray finish.
Thanks again for the complement. I figured out what happened to the photos. If you post Photos from Photobucket and then move them into an album in Photobucket the URL changes and this sight don't recognizes the new 1
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Texas, United States
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Posted: Monday, November 01, 2010 - 01:37 PM UTC
Yeah, that's easy to do Sal. I've run into that problem before myself
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Posted: Tuesday, November 02, 2010 - 05:54 AM UTC
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#041
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Posted: Thursday, November 04, 2010 - 11:27 PM UTC
I have finally decided what to do for this campaign. I will build the Italeri SWS with 37 mm AA gun. I will be using some Eduard PE in places were it makes sense to substitute the kit parts.
It will still be a few weeks until I get started - more to follow then.
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Posted: Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 08:10 AM UTC
I'll be recieving Tamiya's 88mm Flak 36L in a few days. This will give me something to work on till the Tiger campaign starts.
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Posted: Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 08:12 AM UTC
Looks great Sal. Did you used a diluted white for the whitewash effect?
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Posted: Sunday, November 07, 2010 - 12:21 PM UTC
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Looks great Sal. Did you used a diluted white for the whitewash effect?
Thanks Matt, Yes, it is diluted white craft store acrylic with a brown acrylic wash and some black pin wash over it.
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#009
England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 01:31 AM UTC
Sal, I can't believe you've already finished yours and mine is still sealed in it's box....
was it an out of the box build?, I've got etch, new wheels and tracks etc for mine, probably why I haven't started it yet, that and I'm finishing off another campaign.
Jason
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Posted: Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 04:30 AM UTC
Yes, It was a OOB build no AM or PE, the only thing that was added was the gear that I have hanging off of the sides came from the spare parts box
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#009
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Posted: Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 09:43 AM UTC
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#009
England - South East, United Kingdom
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Posted: Monday, November 22, 2010 - 01:52 AM UTC
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Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 03:05 AM UTC
Jason, thats a lot of AM stuff. I never used any, but I have a KV-1 that came with some so that will be my 1st go at it. Looking forward to seeing you build, what type of paint job you gonna go with
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#009
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Posted: Wednesday, November 24, 2010 - 09:24 AM UTC
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New York, United States
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Posted: Thursday, November 25, 2010 - 08:34 PM UTC
Ok guys here is the big question, I uploaded my photos into photo bucket, but how do i get them from there into the Campaign Gallery
I already deleted them from the camera and the computer
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Posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 - 02:07 PM UTC
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Ok guys here is the big question, I uploaded my photos into photo bucket, but how do i get them from there into the Campaign Gallery I already deleted them from the camera and the computer
This thread contains information on how to do that;
https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/160011&page=1
Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Saturday, December 04, 2010 - 08:00 PM UTC
G'day guys !
My Tamiya Gepard lower hull is assembled and I've started on the upper hull.
Its time to paint the tracks and wheels, and put a base coat on the lower hull before attaching it to the upper
Pics in a couple of days..
I love these straight forward Tamiya kits
Cheers
Paul
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Posted: Sunday, December 05, 2010 - 07:51 PM UTC
Here is where I'm at.
I painted the engine fan / plate with Alcad Chome (a bit of practice for Natural Metal that I'll be doing on a P47D soon). The metallic finish has worked REALLY well - Alcad is great stuff !!
Next step painting of the lower hull, wheels, and tracks ....
Cheers
Paul
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KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
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Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010 - 01:55 AM UTC
Paul, Sal, Jason,
Great start and nice work on all of you! Ive finaly dug out my M16 MGMC (dragon) kit and will hopefully have some room on the workbench to get started on that.
Im also working on the campaign ribbon, so stay tuned!
Andy
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Posted: Monday, December 06, 2010 - 02:12 PM UTC
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Posted: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 - 05:36 PM UTC
Lower hull done (I still need to paint the track pads). It'll also get a lot of weathering later
The next step is to finish the upper hull, and paint that, prior to putting the "flak turret" together.
Cheers
paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
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Posted: Thursday, December 09, 2010 - 09:20 PM UTC
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Posted: Friday, December 10, 2010 - 09:02 PM UTC
Hey guys !!
The hull base coat done.
The next step is the assembley of the Turret.
I'll detail paint the hull and "highlight" it later.
Cheers
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
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Posted: Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 03:44 PM UTC
Paul: Awesome! I was thinking of building that kit for this campaign too. Have you been building it box stock, or are you correcting the inaccuracies?
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Posted: Saturday, December 11, 2010 - 06:59 PM UTC
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Paul: Awesome! I was thinking of building that kit for this campaign too. Have you been building it box stock, or are you correcting the inaccuracies?
Hey Jeremy !
This one is strictly a fast OOTB build.
Low cost, low stress, fun build
Cheers
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
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Posted: Sunday, December 12, 2010 - 03:35 PM UTC
Very cool Paul, if I can find another kit then I will build one for this campaign as a testbed for painting that awesome camo scheme on it
