Napier, New Zealand
Joined: August 01, 2005
KitMaker: 1,049 posts
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Posted: Sunday, August 10, 2014 - 06:29 PM UTC
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Good morning all,
I hereby declare that this T-62 is DONE!!
Chris
Very nice looking '62. There's nothing more off putting than pulling out a part built and them realising something's broken off in storage or missing altogether, not to mention breaking bits after making the effort to try an finish it ....... the result looks well worth it!
And .... I've finished my M-ATVs.
cheers
Brent
Available for commissions,visit my Flickr Albums and modelling/painting blog to discuss .......
http://houseofqueeg.wordpress.com/
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: October 28, 2006
KitMaker: 491 posts
Armorama: 462 posts
Posted: Sunday, August 10, 2014 - 11:49 PM UTC
Nice job, Brent. I spent a LOT of time inside those things...yours really look the part. Well done, sir!
Chris
On the workbench:
Mk II Male, Takom Conversion
Hobby Boss T-18
Napier, New Zealand
Joined: August 01, 2005
KitMaker: 1,049 posts
Armorama: 841 posts
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2014 - 12:11 AM UTC
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Nice job, Brent. I spent a LOT of time inside those things...yours really look the part. Well done, sir!
Chris
Thanks Chris - really appreciate the comment!
I'm going to make another pair at some stage, SOCOM trucks with the different ECM and comms suite plus CROWs instead of the OGPK ......
Brent
ps this is what I started with .......
Available for commissions,visit my Flickr Albums and modelling/painting blog to discuss .......
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New Jersey, United States
Joined: October 28, 2006
KitMaker: 491 posts
Armorama: 462 posts
Posted: Monday, August 11, 2014 - 12:38 AM UTC
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Thanks Chris - really appreciate the comment!
I'm going to make another pair at some stage, SOCOM trucks with the different ECM and comms suite plus CROWs instead of the OGPK
Did you ever think of doing one with the RPG net?
On the workbench:
Mk II Male, Takom Conversion
Hobby Boss T-18
#041
Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: July 20, 2006
KitMaker: 10,069 posts
Armorama: 4,677 posts
Posted: Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - 07:30 PM UTC
Beautiful builds, Brent. Looks great!
I have decided to join this campaign. I have 9 old scifi figures that needs to be finished. pictures to follow.
Campaign'oholic - 252+ campaigns completed
Napier, New Zealand
Joined: August 01, 2005
KitMaker: 1,049 posts
Armorama: 841 posts
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 10:24 AM UTC
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Did you ever think of doing one with the RPG net?
Yeah lol - very tricky though in this scale, even in 1/35th I reckon. I have some ideas of things to try though, maybe fishing line or wire with styrene blocks threaded through. If I get most done (a representation) I think in this scale it would look the part ......
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Beautiful builds, Brent. Looks great!
I have decided to join this campaign. I have 9 old scifi figures that needs to be finished. pictures to follow.
Thnx, look fwd to seeing some scifi builds!
And I got the other gaming Battlegroup vehicles finished late (very) last night and now I'm off to the convention for the weekend. There's the 2 M-ATVs, a Bradley, Abrams, Warrior, Land Rover, Coyote and Jackal ....
cheers
Brent
Available for commissions,visit my Flickr Albums and modelling/painting blog to discuss .......
http://houseofqueeg.wordpress.com/
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Vietnam
Joined: May 07, 2006
KitMaker: 416 posts
Armorama: 312 posts
Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 01:11 PM UTC
What an on-road fleet! I like Coyote, Jackal...
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: July 20, 2006
KitMaker: 10,069 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, August 13, 2014 - 06:45 PM UTC
Thanks for the welcome, Brent.
I will share some pictures soon.
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Vermont, United States
Joined: July 21, 2002
KitMaker: 3,569 posts
Armorama: 2,070 posts
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 12:29 AM UTC
Hard to believe they are 'gaming scale'..
Beautiful work..
It is always fun to see these shelf queens come back to life and get finished. I know I finish more kits for these campaigns than any others.
Mike
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs,
perhaps you've misunderstood the situation.
Hame, Finland
Joined: February 04, 2009
KitMaker: 702 posts
Armorama: 665 posts
Posted: Thursday, August 14, 2014 - 11:13 PM UTC
Ok, I should start ASAP if I mean to finish something during this campaign..
I have waayyy too many kits unfinished: KV-1, T-24, DAK Tiger, beute T-34, beute BA-64, beute T-70, Schwimmwagen and Triebwagen BP51. So I figured out, that maybe I should start with those, which are painted but missing final touches and weathering. Like these:
Maybe I start with this MiniArt BA-64 built as beutevehicle. Let's see what happens....
An anti-modulation modelist.
Virginia, United States
Joined: July 17, 2006
KitMaker: 1,558 posts
Armorama: 1,159 posts
Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 02:12 AM UTC
I'm joining this late in the game, but I've got a couple of shelf queens that need to be finished. The short deadline will help motivate me. The build I'll submit is Trumpeter's 1/35 LAV-R. I started this kit a couple of years ago and ground to a halt after a few months when other projects took precedence.
Here's what it looked like as of a couple of days ago.
Kildare, Ireland
Joined: November 21, 2007
KitMaker: 3,212 posts
Armorama: 2,807 posts
Posted: Thursday, August 21, 2014 - 08:59 PM UTC
Welcome on board Jasper, Kimmo & Lucas. It's never too late!
#298
Hong Kong S.A.R. / 繁體
Joined: August 08, 2002
KitMaker: 1,182 posts
Armorama: 665 posts
Posted: Friday, August 22, 2014 - 01:41 AM UTC
This is the status of my entry, Bandai 1/35 E.F.G.F. M61A5.
Vermont, United States
Joined: July 21, 2002
KitMaker: 3,569 posts
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Posted: Friday, August 22, 2014 - 02:17 AM UTC
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This is the status of my entry, Bandai 1/35 E.F.G.F. M61A5.
I have this kit in the stash, unstarted. It is in line behind a LOT of other builds, but I am easily distracted by shiny new things..A builder on Facebook is doing one in the Berlin Brigade cammo scheme and it also looks amazing.
How is the build?
Is it like other Bandai kits in that many seam lines/joints are hidden with other overlapping plates?
Keep up the build and keep us posted.
Mike
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs,
perhaps you've misunderstood the situation.
Ontario, Canada
Joined: August 05, 2003
KitMaker: 1,698 posts
Armorama: 1,563 posts
Posted: Friday, August 22, 2014 - 03:24 AM UTC
Mike, mine's finsihed to the same degree. It fits as you have guessed...practically snap together. Possibly the best fitting / engineered kit I've built. After I got halfway through mine, I immediately ordered a second.
Why plan when you can react?
Kildare, Ireland
Joined: November 21, 2007
KitMaker: 3,212 posts
Armorama: 2,807 posts
Posted: Friday, August 22, 2014 - 04:58 AM UTC
Oh I love the Hard Graph Semovente. Always wanted one but they are just too expensive on eBay now. Will watch with mixed interest and envy
Bayern, Germany
Joined: September 30, 2013
KitMaker: 1,615 posts
Armorama: 1,500 posts
Posted: Saturday, August 23, 2014 - 05:49 AM UTC
Hey,
Decided to jump in with my Italeri M60 Blazer which was sitting on the shelf for the last year or so...
This is where I am at right now...
Building logs: http://armored76.wordpress.com/
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Slovakia
Joined: July 20, 2004
KitMaker: 99 posts
Armorama: 95 posts
Posted: Sunday, August 24, 2014 - 09:17 PM UTC
my "unifished model"
Land Rover with Dshk - Somalian militia Kogadishu
#226
British Columbia, Canada
Joined: February 20, 2012
KitMaker: 1,909 posts
Armorama: 1,066 posts
Posted: Sunday, August 24, 2014 - 09:32 PM UTC
Well,
I finally got started back on my Marder, did a fair amount of cleanup on the rear basket. I wasn't as fastidious about the seams when I first started this.
Cheers Rob.
Anything without guns is a target!
27 completed campaigns and counting :)
Kildare, Ireland
Joined: November 21, 2007
KitMaker: 3,212 posts
Armorama: 2,807 posts
Posted: Sunday, August 24, 2014 - 11:32 PM UTC
Nice work Rob. Looks like there were a lot of sink marks to be filled?
Welcome Christian: you blaze away there and finish it this time
Nice "Technical" Roman. Where did you get the Dshk? I'd like to add one to a Meng pick-up
Vermont, United States
Joined: July 21, 2002
KitMaker: 3,569 posts
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Posted: Sunday, August 24, 2014 - 11:59 PM UTC
Roman,
Did you sculpt the arms for the figure or are they sourced from a kit?
I know about the DML Chinese volunteer figures and the Zvezda winter Russians, but I do not know of any shirt sleeve figures in firing poses.
Mike
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs,
perhaps you've misunderstood the situation.
Bayern, Germany
Joined: September 30, 2013
KitMaker: 1,615 posts
Armorama: 1,500 posts
Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 06:29 AM UTC
...the show goes on. Had some progress on the M60 today, putting down a first layer of Revel 89 Beige (75%) + Revell 39 Green (25%). This is supposedly the heatedly-discussed IDF desert yellow.
Building logs: http://armored76.wordpress.com/
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Kildare, Ireland
Joined: November 21, 2007
KitMaker: 3,212 posts
Armorama: 2,807 posts
Posted: Tuesday, August 26, 2014 - 09:49 PM UTC
I'm no IDF expert but the colour does look good. Nice clean build so far too.....
United Kingdom
Joined: September 17, 2012
KitMaker: 462 posts
Armorama: 417 posts
Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - 03:46 AM UTC
@Christian
I like your M60 Blazer and the IDF desert yellow you have there. How did you apply it? It looks like you used an airbrush (but with enamel?).
Anyhow I have one of these kits in the stash and yours gives me inspiration to nudge mine further to the top of the pile.
Cheers
Matthew
Bayern, Germany
Joined: September 30, 2013
KitMaker: 1,615 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - 05:03 AM UTC
Thanks Sean and Matthew!
The colors are Revell aqua color applied with an airbrush.
The kit itself is great. Fit is beautiful with next to no filling except for two large gaps on the underside specially made so you can fit the top in.
What made this land on the shelf of shame is my apparent inability to follow instructions as the armor plates on the turret front simply doesn't seem to have enough place to line up as they should. This left me with three pieces which I wasn't able to place. So this is one thing to look out for when you start building.
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