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The Next Generation Campaign
HipKitty
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Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 01:51 AM UTC
Mason is now working on the cables. He struggled getting the wire into the cable ends and is wrapping up the painting before he attaches them.

He finished the tracks and put them on and had to re-touch the rust work he did.



HipKitty
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Posted: Friday, May 13, 2011 - 04:16 AM UTC
Mason got the top tow cables on...after much frustration on his part. However, once on, he felt like he conquered the impossible.

While taking the pics, I saw glue spots that need some paint touch up...thinking of how to deliver that to him when he gets home from school.....







The lighting looks so different, yet they are the same lights and flash as always...maybe I'm losing my vision with my aging...
CMOT
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ARMORAMA
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Posted: Friday, May 13, 2011 - 05:44 AM UTC
He can hide the glue spots with some storage or the weathering will help hide them. Very well done Mason.
stansmith
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Posted: Friday, May 13, 2011 - 07:08 AM UTC
FINISHED!!!!! just finished the last thing i needed to do and it's all done photos will be up soon, just letting them download
the one photo i forget to do was the one with me, i'll see if my mum will do it now.
great job mason
cheers stan
stansmith
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Posted: Friday, May 13, 2011 - 09:07 AM UTC
what do i need to do with the photo of me with the model darren?
And here it is:









cheers stan
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ARMORAMA
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Posted: Friday, May 13, 2011 - 10:14 AM UTC
Stan bearing in mind that I will be doing a campaign round up of this campaign please send a picture of yourself with your model and by all means a few of your model on its own (with a plan background). Please include your name as you wish it to appear on your certificate, the pictures of your model, your postage address if you are selected as a winner. All of this information needs to be sent to [email protected].
Thank you in advance.
stansmith
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Posted: Friday, May 13, 2011 - 10:31 AM UTC
here's a photo i forgot to put up, i was the first time i had ever used pigments


stan
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Posted: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 - 05:46 AM UTC
darren, did you get all the photos that i re-sent?
stan
HipKitty
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Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 06:30 AM UTC
Here's the latest pics of Mason's Tiger. The lighting and camera angle really shows the wash he did by hand...doesn't show up like that in person though. The photography side really is an education for me as much as the modeling is for him.







stansmith
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Posted: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 - 06:54 AM UTC
mason that tiger looks great!
stan
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Posted: Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 09:37 AM UTC
Mason your Tiger 1 really has come along very well.
HipKitty
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Posted: Friday, May 20, 2011 - 12:43 AM UTC
Thank you Sirs. I should be done with the crew by Monday.

Mason
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Posted: Monday, May 23, 2011 - 11:36 PM UTC
Here is Emmet's hurricane. Finished and flying and machine-gunning.

During a lull in combat I captured these shots in the mess hall. I couldn't prise it off him without a fight

Emmets Hurricane

Emmets Hurricane

Good ol Chocolate spread!!!


Great idea for a campaign. Really enjoyed seeing the new talent on show here. My stash will never be safe again!!!
HipKitty
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Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 01:18 AM UTC
Here's Mason with his Tiger 1 completed



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Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 02:01 AM UTC
Very good work by everyone here and Mason you look rightfully proud and pleased with your Tiger 1.
HipKitty
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Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 04:40 PM UTC
Nice job Emmet!
HipKitty
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Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 04:44 PM UTC
A few shots of the finalized Tiger...






I have to add that Mason really was bitten by the bug...so much so that he has been giving me pointers and suggestions on my own build...gotta love it!
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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 08:17 AM UTC
Well we have nearly come to the end of the Next Generation Campaign with only 2 days left until the big announcement on who has been awarded what. I request that those entrants who have not yet E-mailed me the requested pictures and their postal details do so as soon as possible in order that I can get their prize to them. To the best of my knowledge Brian Brown is the only one who has not answered my request in this thread or the PM I have sent him. I would like to add that it has been a joy to watch your builds progress with some excellent work having been done, and it is good to know that this hobby is safe in your hands for the future.
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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 08:26 AM UTC
Great work guys, we are all very impressed with your finished projects and hope to see more in the future

And Emmet may have come up with the latest fad in weathering...chocolate sauce wash
stansmith
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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 08:27 AM UTC
hi darren, i just finished my diorama that has the panzer IV in abou two minutes ago! is it alright with me changing the entry from just the panzer IV, to the dio? i took some pictures just then, but it's chucking it down outside so its really dark and thats made the pictures look abit off, i'll take some more tommorow morning and post them up here and e-mail them to you.
once again thanks for this campaign
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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 08:44 AM UTC
Stan that is fine but please wait until you can take your pictures in better light.
stansmith
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Posted: Sunday, May 29, 2011 - 11:31 AM UTC
will do
stansmith
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Posted: Monday, May 30, 2011 - 04:32 AM UTC
just downloading the photos on to photobucket now, won't be long till i post thyem.
stan
stansmith
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Posted: Monday, May 30, 2011 - 05:49 AM UTC
here it is, my first diorama








a kubelwagen with souvenirs in




a turret of a destroyed kv-1








i'll e-mail the photos to you now darren
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Posted: Monday, May 30, 2011 - 09:31 AM UTC
Congratulations to all of you who have completed the Next Generation Campaign. Out of eleven entries eight of you completed your builds, and now for some unexpected news as the campaign is now finished.

Each and every one of you who completed this campaign will be getting;
• A certificate signed by Mig Jimenez.
• A DVD from AK interactive (Washes, Fading, and Oils) provided by Mig Jimenez of AK interactive and Iain Hamilton of AK interactive USA.
• And every one of you will be getting a model kit from either a manufacturer, KitMaker staff member, and in one case from a very generous site member Milvehfan.

We will clarify who is getting which prize as soon as we can best determine a suitable model for each member who has completed the campaign.
Well done to each of you, you have all earned your reward.
Darren