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Light Tank campaign
Vonflak
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Posted: Friday, October 05, 2012 - 08:07 AM UTC
Thanks Jesper. I do like that pattern. It's good to know that it would be acceptable.
GaryKato
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Posted: Saturday, October 06, 2012 - 10:07 AM UTC

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How do I get the "Light Tanks Campaign" banner to show up in my signature area?


This thread (somewhere in the middle) shows how to add a banner to your signature.
Campaign Banners and Ribbons
Vonflak
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Posted: Saturday, October 06, 2012 - 03:58 PM UTC
Thanks Gary!
Joel_W
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Posted: Sunday, October 07, 2012 - 04:34 AM UTC
Gary, thanks for the link to that thread. I've been thinking about how to add my ribbons to my signature, but just couldn't figure it out.

Joel
robw_uk
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Posted: Sunday, October 07, 2012 - 08:50 PM UTC
some great builds coming in at the end... look forward to seieng all finished
Bigrip74
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Posted: Monday, October 08, 2012 - 09:37 AM UTC
@ Greg: I apologize for not answering you post re: the camo. I do thank you for your comments, I have finished applying the decals and some future now to let it all dry then some detail paint and then to dirty it all up till it is nasty

Photos soon.

Bob
Vonflak
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Posted: Monday, October 08, 2012 - 03:28 PM UTC
TKW II build update:



My hole filling method: Put small amount of super glue in hole. Jam tapered portion of stretched sprue into hole. When dry, snip off and sand flush.




RPM supplies a few indiviual tracks to fit around the sprocket and idler. I kinda wish they had just supplied a vinyl set.


That's all for now.
DazzaD
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Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 01:26 PM UTC
@ David Waters, Awesome job on the Honey mate. Fantastic paint job + weathering.

I have only attempted the desert cammo like that and it looked terrible! I could never get the seems between colors to look realistic. Always looked like my 4yr son had gotten lose with the paint brush

D_J_W
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Posted: Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 02:45 PM UTC
DazzaD, many thanks for the comments. The bulk of the painting was done with Tamiya colours, using an airbrush. The camouflage colour was done freehand with a brush and it looked like my 4 year old grandson had been into poppa's paints I was not happy with all the brush marks, so I fired up the old airbrush and very carefully filled in the area covering the brush marks As for the weathering just many coats of very thin pigment washes sprayed on along with the ubiquitous Tamiya Deck Tan again very thin to finish it off.

cheers
David
Joel_W
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Posted: Friday, October 12, 2012 - 08:29 AM UTC
Well, it's been a great campaign, with one great build after another. I've continued to learn from all of you, and for that a sincere thanks to all.

I've finally finished my AFV Club M5A1 Stuart Late ver. This was my 1st AFV Club kit, but it won't be my last. For such a small company, they sure produced a great kit.

Here's a few pictures of my M5A1 Stuart

Joel







Bigrip74
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Posted: Friday, October 12, 2012 - 10:54 AM UTC
@ BryanJ: nice clean build going on there, even the nut.

@ Joel: I like it, one of my favorites.

I applied the decals and some Pledge, now to fine detail or painting.



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Bob
Shuftie
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Posted: Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 03:38 PM UTC
Hi All

Progress on my M3 Stuart Honey







jerem25
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Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 01:40 AM UTC
Some progress after a few weeks.














Im sorry guys for the poor quality pictures. And i forgot to remove the masking tapes on one of window or whatever you call it.

Joel_W
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Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 04:44 AM UTC
stephen, looks like you're making solid progress. I built the Academy M3 Honey a while ago, and corrected all the issues with the bogies, and added more detailing to the interior. It builds up to a really nice replica. Looking forward to your progress.

Joel
Shuftie
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Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 11:03 AM UTC

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stephen, looks like you're making solid progress. I built the Academy M3 Honey a while ago, and corrected all the issues with the bogies, and added more detailing to the interior. It builds up to a really nice replica. Looking forward to your progress.

Joel


Hi Joel

Thanks. I am a ways off being confident enough to start correcting errors on models! But look foward to learning more.

Stephen
Joel_W
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Posted: Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 11:51 AM UTC

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stephen, looks like you're making solid progress. I built the Academy M3 Honey a while ago, and corrected all the issues with the bogies, and added more detailing to the interior. It builds up to a really nice replica. Looking forward to your progress.

Joel


Hi Joel

Thanks. I am a ways off being confident enough to start correcting errors on models! But look foward to learning more.

Stephen


Stephen, I'm no pro at it either. I just take it one step at a time.

Joel
Bigrip74
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Posted: Tuesday, October 16, 2012 - 10:42 AM UTC
@ jeremiah: I like the paint job and your interior, keep up the good work.

@ Stephen: I have never seen the turret basket for the M3 Stuart Honey, I will watch to see your progress.

Well I finally got off my big fat rear and did some detail painting, this will take me some time and I thought this would be an easy build .

Pkfw. 1A Breda, Master Box 1/35
Pkfw. 1A Breda, Master Box 1/35

Bob
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Posted: Friday, October 19, 2012 - 04:58 AM UTC
Nice progress, Bob. The camouflage and markings create a nice contrast. Looking forward to see more.

I have made a little more progress on my Wiking SS division Pz.II. The main details are on. Next is the weathering. The Wiking Pz. IIs seemed very pristine in the pictures I have seen, so I will not using chipping, but some dirt and dust weathering.

More to follow soon.








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Posted: Saturday, October 27, 2012 - 06:16 AM UTC
I have now finished the Tamiya 1/35 Panzer II for this campaign. A cool little kit, but it needs an upgrade of especially tools and weapons.

Comments welcome





Joel_W
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Posted: Saturday, October 27, 2012 - 10:05 AM UTC
Jesper, congrats on finishing up the Panzer II and completing yet another campaign.
Joel
jerem25
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Posted: Saturday, October 27, 2012 - 04:04 PM UTC
thanks Bob and A very nice tank you got one ther Jesper. Here's my honey at some 80% complete..

D_J_W
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Posted: Saturday, October 27, 2012 - 05:21 PM UTC
Hi Jeremiah,
the Bellman is looking very nice, keep up the good work.

cheers
David
Joel_W
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Posted: Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 04:28 AM UTC
jeremiah, You Honey is sure looking good. Looking forward to see your completion pictures.
Joel
GregCloseCombat
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Posted: Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 07:38 AM UTC
Joel - love the stuart. congrats on another good looking model

Jesper - The panzer II went through some kind of dramatic change at the end there. What was your last steps? It came out great!


Jeremiah - that is a sweet paintjob!
Joel_W
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Posted: Sunday, October 28, 2012 - 11:48 AM UTC

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Joel - love the stuart. congrats on another good looking model

Jesper - The panzer II went through some kind of dramatic change at the end there. What was your last steps? It came out great!


Jeremiah - that is a sweet paintjob!


Greg, thanks for the kind words.
Joel
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