Military Railroad Campaign
New York, United States
Joined: March 08, 2010
KitMaker: 3,662 posts
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Posted: Monday, December 26, 2011 - 10:05 AM UTC
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Sal: do I need a newspaper? Let me know and I can reshoot, as I know I won't build more for at least another week. The photo was taken 12-23-11.
No, Zon, That shot is good
Hope everyone had a good Christmas now lets see some progress
Active Campaigns on the bench:
Operation Fall Gelb - Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. C
Engineering the Future - M-26 Recovery Vehicle
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Louisiana, United States
Joined: November 28, 2006
KitMaker: 303 posts
Armorama: 251 posts
Posted: Monday, December 26, 2011 - 01:22 PM UTC
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Fred: Can I borrow your photos and email them around? That is just too good not to share!! F-104 is a favorite of mine and a few of my friends. I'll give you credit for the pics.
I briefly started but didn't get very far and probably won't get back to it until after the Holidays. Anway, this is my start shot.
Sal: do I need a newspaper? Let me know and I can reshoot, as I know I won't build more for at least another week. The photo was taken 12-23-11.
Hay Zon go ahead and send them to whoever you want to.
Happy Modelling, -zon
"Remember man as you pass by, as you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you shall be. Prepare for death and follow me."
Wolf
Hawaii, United States
Joined: August 27, 2006
KitMaker: 1,646 posts
Armorama: 1,557 posts
Posted: Monday, December 26, 2011 - 01:30 PM UTC
Sal: cool, thanks. Progress will commence as soon as I can finish my Command Panzer, which will be this week.
Fred: thanks!!
Happy Modelling, -zon
"Certainty of death.
Small chance of sucess.
What are we waiting for?"
-Gimli, Return of the King.
Texas, United States
Joined: October 26, 2011
KitMaker: 9 posts
Armorama: 7 posts
Posted: Monday, December 26, 2011 - 04:53 PM UTC
Making some progress, almost finished with teh assembly of the locomotive, at least as far as I want to go before painting. Had to replace the main piston on one side with a brass rod and left off some piping on the underside where no one will see. I am liking this model.
I will be finishing it with a more wartime paint scheme, overall gray and black underside, no smoke deflectors, no fancy camo, just a basic working train.
The tender will be assembled next, then the Morser carrier.
The biggest downside to these kits are the track. Not the ties and rail itself, but the track bed itself. The ballast is way oversized, grossly out of scale. The rails, ties, and rail joiners are nice, but geeze, they did not ballast the rail bed with boulders! I will need to figure out some way to rectify this. Placing a decent model on the Hobby Boss track bed would be terrible.
More pics:
Scott Head
Friendswood, TX
Luzon, Philippines
Joined: May 15, 2004
KitMaker: 1,086 posts
Armorama: 783 posts
Posted: Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 11:47 PM UTC
where i'am now..
thanks for viewing.
Indiana, United States
Joined: August 19, 2007
KitMaker: 2,184 posts
Armorama: 1,468 posts
Posted: Friday, December 30, 2011 - 02:16 AM UTC
Hey Scott, I had the same problem with the ballast on Trumps R/R bed. I don't know if the bed and ties are seperate on yours, but I didn't use the bed for mine. Just layed down some wood runners the length of the track and filled in with smaller ballast. Works out fine and more in scale.
Hey Ed, looks real fine, nice job so far.
Sal, camera's back and pics are being printed today. Will be sending them to Gary so he can scan them for me and get them posted for the campaign.
So far, it looks as if the campaign is full steam ahead except mine. Train's stuck in the freight yard with blown track and being interupted by a bunch of those peskey American grunts
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#144
Alberta, Canada
Joined: February 18, 2005
KitMaker: 268 posts
Armorama: 111 posts
Posted: Friday, December 30, 2011 - 07:38 AM UTC
hi out there
I Finally got some time to start building,
I got the rail bed finished , as you can see it needs a lot of filling and sanding to hide the joints , once i have finished sanding it i will spray it,
I completed the bottom of the train ???, you really have to pay attention to the
instructions and/or google build logs for this unit, as there are a few little issues that are not explained in the instructions
when I get around to doing the turret I have decided to use voyager resin/metal barrel replacement kit...
well off to try and get the top glued on...
New York, United States
Joined: March 08, 2010
KitMaker: 3,662 posts
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Posted: Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 04:57 AM UTC
Active Campaigns on the bench:
Operation Fall Gelb - Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. C
Engineering the Future - M-26 Recovery Vehicle
115 Campaigns completed
Hawaii, United States
Joined: August 27, 2006
KitMaker: 1,646 posts
Armorama: 1,557 posts
Posted: Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 07:09 AM UTC
Aloha All:
Some great builds going on here. Nice to see some trains.
I've managed some small progress on my Schwerer Plattformwagen Typ. SSy:
So far the build is very straight forward and rather simple. However, there are pretty noticeable mold-seams on all the parts for the two trucks which need a lot of cleaning.
Happy Modelling, -zon
"Certainty of death.
Small chance of sucess.
What are we waiting for?"
-Gimli, Return of the King.
Hawaii, United States
Joined: August 27, 2006
KitMaker: 1,646 posts
Armorama: 1,557 posts
Posted: Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 06:03 PM UTC
Got trucks now. Probably no more progress until next weekend.
Happy Modelling, -zon
"Certainty of death.
Small chance of sucess.
What are we waiting for?"
-Gimli, Return of the King.
#144
Alberta, Canada
Joined: February 18, 2005
KitMaker: 268 posts
Armorama: 111 posts
Posted: Monday, January 02, 2012 - 06:10 AM UTC
hi chaps
happy new years to every one...
well a little bit more done, wow they did not make this model easy to put together, i don't think i ever have used so much filler on one kit.. hopefully i have not removed too much detail around the edges (i know i have lost some) but its either that or great gaps... also glued all the bits and bobs to the body and then onto the turret....
Alberta, Canada
Joined: July 23, 2010
KitMaker: 786 posts
Armorama: 753 posts
Posted: Monday, January 02, 2012 - 01:23 PM UTC
great work on everyone's entries for this campaign. some serious skills being employed.
i was wondering which model i was going to build and got the idea for a modern freight car. with a bit of research, borrowing parts from available kits and some pretty basic scratchbuilding i think i'm going to put together a modern russian box car.
i'd like to paint it all up to look out of service. just have to get some of the current projects finished but the ideas are starting to come together.
look forward to all the updates. cheers, bd
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Nova Scotia, Canada
Joined: September 13, 2005
KitMaker: 96 posts
Armorama: 96 posts
Posted: Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 05:07 AM UTC
Hi Folks,
I just wanted to confirm before I join that the vehicle I listed below is suitable for this campaign.
Italeri 6456 Autoblinda AB-40 Ferroviaria
Thanks,
Eric
New York, United States
Joined: March 08, 2010
KitMaker: 3,662 posts
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Posted: Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 06:48 AM UTC
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Hi Folks,
I just wanted to confirm before I join that the vehicle I listed below is suitable for this campaign.
Italeri 6456 Autoblinda AB-40 Ferroviaria
Thanks,
Eric
Yup that's good here it rolls on tracks, mission approved looking forward to your build
Active Campaigns on the bench:
Operation Fall Gelb - Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. C
Engineering the Future - M-26 Recovery Vehicle
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Indiana, United States
Joined: August 19, 2007
KitMaker: 2,184 posts
Armorama: 1,468 posts
Posted: Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 07:44 AM UTC
Hey Sal, I got Gary to post pics in my profile, but am not sure where to post them for the campaign or how to. Anyone out there that can help me with this, would greatly appriciate it.
There is no return policy on time spent
New York, United States
Joined: March 08, 2010
KitMaker: 3,662 posts
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Posted: Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 08:28 AM UTC
I think this works
Yeah it does, and nice work Bob. Just click on your photo scroll down to the bottom you will see a bunch of buttons to click on, click on the 1 to the far right that is even with all the letter then the http thing will appear under that. Highlight it and cut and paste into your post.
Hope that helps I'm not to technical when it comes to computers
Active Campaigns on the bench:
Operation Fall Gelb - Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. C
Engineering the Future - M-26 Recovery Vehicle
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California, United States
Joined: December 06, 2004
KitMaker: 3,694 posts
Armorama: 2,693 posts
Posted: Thursday, January 12, 2012 - 10:36 AM UTC
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Hey Sal, I got Gary to post pics in my profile, but am not sure where to post them for the campaign or how to. Anyone out there that can help me with this, would greatly appriciate it.
That should be covered in the
TUTORIAL: Armorama CampaignsNelson, New Zealand
Joined: August 01, 2005
KitMaker: 395 posts
Armorama: 173 posts
Posted: Sunday, January 15, 2012 - 10:26 PM UTC
All,
Had a slight change of plans and have changed the build project to a Dn2t "Brigadelok" - still in 24th scale and 100% scratch. Have just finished the boring task of marking out all the main components and will start the cutting and gluing tomorrow.
Anywho this is the 1:1
and heres a couple of bits (main chassis) marked out ready for the knife,
Hope everyone's projects are going well
"THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE SELF MADE"
Sua Tela Tonanti
Indiana, United States
Joined: August 19, 2007
KitMaker: 2,184 posts
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Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 01:42 AM UTC
Thanks Gary and Sal. Will try latter this afternoon to get the pics up. My daughters computer is back and hopefully working right, so far so good, but you know how these things are. Not much of a computer professional so I'll probably have a heck of a time trying, never cut and pasted before, but I have to try sometime. Locos almost done so I'll try to get new pics of that also.
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New York, United States
Joined: March 08, 2010
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Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 02:13 AM UTC
@ Rodger Nice photos and progress looking forward to seeing more
@ Bob hope it all works out for you looking forward to seeing your progress as well
Here is where I'm at. I thought the road bed that came with the kit was cheesey looking so I cut away the sides and will mount it on some Styrofoam
Anain this build is sucking up the Tamiya XF-60 and I added the 1st camo color
My A/B started to clog up so now it is soaking in cleaner I will hope to get the 2nd camo color on later today
The 38-T is being built for the Light Tank Campaign
Active Campaigns on the bench:
Operation Fall Gelb - Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. C
Engineering the Future - M-26 Recovery Vehicle
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Hawaii, United States
Joined: August 27, 2006
KitMaker: 1,646 posts
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Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 12:17 PM UTC
Roger: interesting loco. Can't wait to see it come together.
Sal: Looking good! Too bad Tamiya doesn't sell quarts!
Happy Modelling, -zon
"Certainty of death.
Small chance of sucess.
What are we waiting for?"
-Gimli, Return of the King.
Nova Scotia, Canada
Joined: September 13, 2005
KitMaker: 96 posts
Armorama: 96 posts
Posted: Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 03:03 AM UTC
Hi Folks,
I am joining this campaign with a 1/35 Autoblinda AB40.
Regards
Eric
Louisiana, United States
Joined: November 28, 2006
KitMaker: 303 posts
Armorama: 251 posts
Posted: Sunday, January 22, 2012 - 10:00 PM UTC
I changed my mind on what I am going to do for the campaign. I was going to do a Panther Panzerjagerwagen. I will keep it for later in the year.
I’m going do a modified Kanonen und Flakwagen. The base kit comes from Trumpeter in 1/35 scale. I am changing the Quad 20mm Flak Gun with a single 37mm Flak 45 and I am replacing the Russian artillery piece with a 10.5-cm light F.H.18 M Cannon.
"Remember man as you pass by, as you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you shall be. Prepare for death and follow me."
Wolf
New York, United States
Joined: March 08, 2010
KitMaker: 3,662 posts
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Posted: Monday, January 23, 2012 - 02:47 AM UTC
Active Campaigns on the bench:
Operation Fall Gelb - Pz.Kpfw. IV Ausf. C
Engineering the Future - M-26 Recovery Vehicle
115 Campaigns completed
Louisiana, United States
Joined: November 28, 2006
KitMaker: 303 posts
Armorama: 251 posts
Posted: Saturday, January 28, 2012 - 09:17 PM UTC
I changed my mind on what I am going to do for the campaign. I was going to do a Panther Panzerjagerwagen. I will keep it for later in the year.
I’m going do a modified Kanonen und Flakwagen. The base kit comes from Trumpeter in 1/35 scale. I am changing the Quad 20mm Flak Gun with a single 37mm Flak 45 and I am replacing the Russian artillery piece with a 10.5-cm light F.H.18 M Cannon.
"Remember man as you pass by, as you are now, so once was I. As I am now, so you shall be. Prepare for death and follow me."
Wolf
