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Rapid Reconnaissance Campaign
scaleyback
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Louth, Ireland
Joined: March 06, 2013
KitMaker: 29 posts
Armorama: 25 posts
Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 10:11 AM UTC
Hello chaps,
Quite late to the fray. Some superb models here, very inspirational. I'm a novice modeller and I thought I'd give this campaign a go to test what I've learned in the last 8 months or so.
After seeing some of the more exotic models (to me anyway) I'm almost embarrassed to present to you the Airfix Reconnaissance Set
As it's 2 vehicles, if time allows, I'll probably try to make this into some kind of vignette.

SHAKY962
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Joined: May 21, 2012
KitMaker: 765 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 12:27 PM UTC
Beautiful Rolls Cam!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love it
GregCloseCombat
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California, United States
Joined: June 30, 2008
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Posted: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 04:51 PM UTC
I agree! That thing is nice
Lonewolf7usa
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Michigan, United States
Joined: March 24, 2009
KitMaker: 312 posts
Armorama: 296 posts
Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 12:40 AM UTC

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Hello chaps,
Quite late to the fray. Some superb models here, very inspirational. I'm a novice modeller and I thought I'd give this campaign a go to test what I've learned in the last 8 months or so.
After seeing some of the more exotic models (to me anyway) I'm almost embarrassed to present to you the Airfix Reconnaissance Set
As it's 2 vehicles, if time allows, I'll probably try to make this into some kind of vignette.




Novice or pro makes no difference, just go for it and if you need help or want to try something new just ask. All of us here will be glad to help. But remember Have Fun with it!!!!!
exer
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Dublin, Ireland
Joined: November 27, 2004
KitMaker: 6,048 posts
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Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 01:49 AM UTC

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Hello chaps,
Quite late to the fray. Some superb models here, very inspirational. I'm a novice modeller and I thought I'd give this campaign a go to test what I've learned in the last 8 months or so.
After seeing some of the more exotic models (to me anyway) I'm almost embarrassed to present to you the Airfix Reconnaissance Set
As it's 2 vehicles, if time allows, I'll probably try to make this into some kind of vignette.




Novice or pro makes no difference, just go for it and if you need help or want to try something new just ask. All of us here will be glad to help. But remember Have Fun with it!!!!!




Yeah go on Kevin, go for it
1721Lancers
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England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: March 21, 2012
KitMaker: 1,673 posts
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Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 02:35 AM UTC

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Hello chaps,
Quite late to the fray. Some superb models here, very inspirational. I'm a novice modeller and I thought I'd give this campaign a go to test what I've learned in the last 8 months or so.
After seeing some of the more exotic models (to me anyway) I'm almost embarrassed to present to you the Airfix Reconnaissance Set
As it's 2 vehicles, if time allows, I'll probably try to make this into some kind of vignette.




Novice or pro makes no difference, just go for it and if you need help or want to try something new just ask. All of us here will be glad to help. But remember Have Fun with it!!!!!




Yeah go on Kevin, go for it



Hi Kevin,
this is the last place where you can get embarrassed. Just get cutting and gluing, everything will be fine I am sure

Cam, cool Rolls you have there, nice job

Chris, beautiful camo job, that looks just excellent

Jose, a stunning Striker there

Marcos a sweet little kit there, she will look just great

Cal. Greg, looks like there some fab detail on that 1/48, it's almost the same as the 1/35 scale

Viktor, watch out when attaching the running gear, it's a pigs ear and likes to break or get deformed.
(Auf Deutsch- es ist unter alle Sau)



Paul
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Joined: May 21, 2012
KitMaker: 765 posts
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Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 04:13 AM UTC
Thanks for your comment Paul!!!!!!!
35th-scale
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Kildare, Ireland
Joined: November 21, 2007
KitMaker: 3,212 posts
Armorama: 2,807 posts
Posted: Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 09:49 AM UTC
Some great stuff here alright. I definitely have to start my RSOV this weekend....
kruppw
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Texas, United States
Joined: March 17, 2006
KitMaker: 1,117 posts
Armorama: 1,115 posts
Posted: Saturday, August 24, 2013 - 01:24 PM UTC
Cam your Rolls turned out perfectly. I would love to add one of these to my collection some day.

Jose the stryker turned out nicely.

Viktor how does the details and build compare to the older AFV Club’s weasel 1?

Well progress has been slow with my crazy work schedule, I have managed to nock out my figures and some gear for the build. The figures are Bravo 6, blackdog and verlinden. The gear is a mixture of verlinden, legends and blackdog. I working on a simple diorama base for the AML to sit on.




v1kt0r
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Bayern, Germany
Joined: January 11, 2013
KitMaker: 43 posts
Armorama: 43 posts
Posted: Saturday, August 24, 2013 - 09:36 PM UTC

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Viktor how does the details and build compare to the older AFV Club’s weasel 1?




I have all four Wiesel at home, but didn`t build the AFV Wiesel.
The Revell Wiesel didn`t include interior.
Details are good, if you now Revell details of alderly models.
My both builded Wiesel 2 you can find here:
http://karopka.ru/community/user/10847/

Viktor
Cam
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Alberta, Canada
Joined: March 01, 2006
KitMaker: 174 posts
Armorama: 141 posts
Posted: Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 07:20 AM UTC
Nice job on the figures Christopher. I look forward to following the rest of your build.

I put my Rolls in a simple diorama and will now call it done. This was one of those projects that kept crying out for attention and time on the bench. Now I have to ask forgiveness in the "Only Sherman Tanks" campaign.





I hope that everyone enjoys the end phase of this campain as much as I did.
35th-scale
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Kildare, Ireland
Joined: November 21, 2007
KitMaker: 3,212 posts
Armorama: 2,807 posts
Posted: Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 09:59 AM UTC
Fantastic job on the Rolls and lovely little dio to set it off....
GregCloseCombat
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California, United States
Joined: June 30, 2008
KitMaker: 2,408 posts
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Posted: Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 02:57 PM UTC
Christopher really nice dio planned there. Figure colors are great

Cam. Those are some beautiful palm trees. Don't feel bad about the Sherman campaign as I've neglected that one and this one

Paul. I bet the part count is close on the 48 and 35 bronco stag
subin2006
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Joined: January 17, 2011
KitMaker: 60 posts
Armorama: 60 posts
Posted: Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 03:15 PM UTC
Hello bro!
I've just enlisted, may be late but I will try more to catch the time....

Here some pix of my 1/35 Academy M3 Stuart Honey











Your comments are welcome! thanks you
exer
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Dublin, Ireland
Joined: November 27, 2004
KitMaker: 6,048 posts
Armorama: 4,619 posts
Posted: Sunday, August 25, 2013 - 10:21 PM UTC
Great work everyone. I really like the dio elements people are including.

Welcome aboard Subinbuoi. Your Honey looks great so far
Lonewolf7usa
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Michigan, United States
Joined: March 24, 2009
KitMaker: 312 posts
Armorama: 296 posts
Posted: Monday, August 26, 2013 - 01:07 AM UTC
Nice Honey with all the scratch built parts! sometimes think that scratch building is a lost skill due to all the aftermarket stuff! It's nice to see people till trying o do it the old fashion way!! Have Fun!!
kruppw
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Texas, United States
Joined: March 17, 2006
KitMaker: 1,117 posts
Armorama: 1,115 posts
Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:35 AM UTC
Cam great job on the Rolls. I see that we both will have palm trees in our dio’s.

Subin that some hell of work on the honey stuart, nice bit of extra detail to a somewhat okay model.

Thanks guys for the comments so far. I’m about 90% complete with the aml build; still have some last minute tweaks to make. I’ve started my final layouts for the diorama as I’m going to use an older base that I started for another to save on time. I’ve also added two new figures to the group from Ant Miniatures. Not 100% correct but have that anti-riot look to them. One reason why I like building Lebanese is the simple fact they have mixed gear from US, Israel, and other suppliers.





andromeda673
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Wisconsin, United States
Joined: July 30, 2013
KitMaker: 584 posts
Armorama: 525 posts
Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 01:05 PM UTC
Hey guys, I thought I'd get going on my build for this campaign, I decided to do this radio truck, I choose it because I have never done any vechicle armor modeling and figured why not give it a shot.



































thanks for looking, and thanks for letting be part of this campaign.
andromeda673
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Wisconsin, United States
Joined: July 30, 2013
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Armorama: 525 posts
Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 06:56 AM UTC
made more progress today, and actually finished up the long range radio truck.



































thanks for looking, and thank you for letting me take part in this campaign and build!
35th-scale
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Kildare, Ireland
Joined: November 21, 2007
KitMaker: 3,212 posts
Armorama: 2,807 posts
Posted: Thursday, August 29, 2013 - 10:11 AM UTC
Well it's been a busy week but I managed to get the chassis of my Hobbyboss Landrover RSOV done:





Fit of all the parts is excellent. It's unusual frm my experience on a kit of this size to have the main chassis as so many parts with 2 parts for each side and all the cross beams separate, but they went together no problem and it seems to be sitting square on all 4 wheel hubs. Now, on to the body....
35th-scale
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Kildare, Ireland
Joined: November 21, 2007
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Posted: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - 12:00 AM UTC
The engine all ready to be closed up....


The body colour is a bit too black but it does have a nice texture not visable in the picture. It's Revell enamel No 9 applied by brush. It's an all black vehicle but I'm trying to add some interest with different shades and textures before I even get to the weathering


And this is some of the accessories that come with the kit:


The paint guide would have all these the smae colour as the body but I'll use the normal green for ammo and tan for the water cans
jugjunkie
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South Africa
Joined: January 20, 2009
KitMaker: 140 posts
Armorama: 50 posts
Posted: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 - 05:39 AM UTC
Well at last I can start my build. I'll be doing this kit...



...this subject...



...and here is my starting shot...




It looks like a good kit, some fine flash but nothing too excessive so i start as per the instructions with the chassis..

kruppw
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Texas, United States
Joined: March 17, 2006
KitMaker: 1,117 posts
Armorama: 1,115 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 11:10 AM UTC
Just a small update on the build. Been doing some work on the base, I’ve added some vegetation to one corner using kamizukuri paper and grass products and the palm tree is from joefix studios.


mmeier
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Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Joined: October 22, 2008
KitMaker: 1,280 posts
Armorama: 1,015 posts
Posted: Saturday, September 07, 2013 - 11:40 AM UTC
Started on a kit (finally) of a Brit Reece:



Assembly progresses extremly fast, it is a nice little kit



subin2006
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Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Joined: January 17, 2011
KitMaker: 60 posts
Armorama: 60 posts
Posted: Sunday, September 08, 2013 - 02:59 PM UTC
New pix: