Fresh out of the paint shop, the camouflage is on using Ammo British Brown. I masked with BlueTac, and am happy with how it came out, just need a few touch ups, then I can "string" the canvas sides, then finish detail painting.

Great paint job, Kevin. It came out really great.

Indeed a nice camo job 👍

Interesting subject.
You are doing a great job on it as well.

Good looking camo, Kevin.

I've made a little bit more progress on my Stryker.
This thing has tons of parts.

Received my Centurion Mk5/1 of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps

I don't see your name as enlisted in the campaign. If you don't enlist, I can't award you a ribbon at the end of the campaign.

Enlist here.

Hey Gary, any problem with me switching kits to a M548A1 Cargo Carrier? I just got a steal of a deal on one...;-)Plus, my dog ate my howitzer..........

Switching is no problem. Just remember to post a new start up picture.

It's been tempting for me to switch. I am thinking it would be easier on me to switch to a more modern AFV Club kit.

AFV: IJN I-58

Hi Everyone, Im getting into the campaign with the AFV Japanese Navy I-58 Type B submarine with Kaiten Suicide Torpedoes. I received this model boxed with the USS Indianapolis from Academy, this is the infamous submarine that would catch that Cruiser on an unescorted speed run back to Pearl Harbor... Farewell and Adu to you fair Spanish Ladies...



Because the submarine is relatively simple compared to a 1/35 AFV, I thought I would try my hand at a Diorama. Picture a warm summer day, 1945, the newly refitted and resupplied I-58 is heading out of port for a final and lucky patrol. Here is the plan:



Since I'd never tried a diorama or water base I started with a lot of research. This turns out to be an incredibly rich and well discussed subject on Model Shipwrights. I chose the easiest possible solution which involves using silicon. Its pretty fun and easy, the special tool necessary is a simple plastic spoon, very hi-tech. Here is my practice piece:



With this new skill I started scratch building the extra parts necessary for the scene:

Palm Tree Construction (dont forget this is 1/350, my eyes hurt),


Objects (all scratch built): Hut on stilts, guard tower with antenna, traditional fishing boat, dock,


The next step I suppose is to actually build the model. I haven't really looked at it yet, Im sure it will be fine.
Thanks For Looking

Bryan

What's left: Decals (very little), reels and their parts, some minor paint tune-ups (may respray the barrel forward of the lock-down to get a better surface for the decal bands). Weathering? Hard to say yet...I'd rather have the prime mover ready for that too. We'll see.



Mike

Bryan, my eyes hurt just looking at that tiny stuff! You are a braver man than I.

With My Leopard and Wolverine builds down to some detail painting & weathering, time to start on my build for this campaign! It is AFV's Nashorn, with Eduard PE and Masterclub Tracks:

First order of business: Cleaning up all those road wheels with separate rubber!

ok, Folks, I'm going to jump into this campaign with the Husky Mk III. I'll be adding the Legend resin VMMD and Def model resin wheel sets.



Will be posting first build shots this weekend.

Joe - looking forward to seeing this one built.

A perfect combo, Joe.
Cheers,
K.

And that makes 20 people building! That's 1/3 of the total enlisted!

Blespooky - 1/350 I-58
brekinapez - SdKfz 251/20 Uhu
ClaytonFromEllijay - M548A1
colinEdm - Nashorn
ComradeMP - Churchill Mk. VI (75mm QF)
Dukie99 - Churchill MK.III
easyco69 - SdKfz 251/22
GaryKato - Wiesel MK20A1
Ironclaw - M1128 Stryker MGS
JoeOsborne - Husky Mk.III
LinusB - Centurion Mk 5/1 RAAC Vietnam
Northern_Lad - M36
Pave-Hawk - Valentine Mk.II or T-34/85
PRH001 - M3A3 Stuart V
Ranger74 - YPR765-PRI
SgtRam - AEC Matador
TacFireGuru - 88mm Flak 18 *Done*
Templario - leFH 18M
Thirian - M1130 Stryker CV
tommedic - Shot Kal Gimel

Ok, this is my (re)start photo for the M548A1 Carrier...


No "Dog ate my homework" stories this time ;-)

@Clayton - nice choice, I have that kit in my stash, hoping to do a Canadian variant some day.

There are some great looking new projects starting here, very exciting.

@Colin - Ill take scratch building in 1/350 over all the millions of road wheels on that Nashorn any day.

@Kevin - I really like that Matador, there is something slightly adorable about it even though its a military vehicle. The camo came out very well.

AFV: IJN I-58

Latest progress, I have secured a board big enough for the I-58. The Type Bs were huge submarines and the foam base had to be bigger than I would have liked. In any case we will have to assume that the sea bed really drops in depth from the beach to the straight quickly in order to allow such a big boat passage.

I also spent some time working on the wave/wake pattern from the ship. It is moving at low speed but after watching movies (Run Silent, Run Deep) and looking at pictures, these subs had a pretty interesting X-mas tree effect in the water even when moving slowly. Other elements are the rocks on the left of the land outcropping that will have to be sunk convincingly into the foam board.



Next step - sanding down the board to add wave action and making the land higher than the sea, im purposefully holding off on the sub itself because it is going to be handled alot during the base/water building phase.

Cheers,
Bryan

I really need to find me a kit and get cracking on this...just have three other active campaign builds to get through first.

Come on Mark, elections over, no more excuses, time to focus on whats really important...

AFV: IJN I-58

Hello everyone,

This weekend I worked on sanding the base for the sea diorama. The idea is to make the land and beech as well as high points in the wake made by the ship higher than the flat sea everywhere else. The silicon used for the water also takes care of this but I have seen many models take advantage of the good effects of hi and low points in the base itself.

I had to make a number of decisions at this point (i hate decisions, so scary):
a) how fast the ship is going [slow],
b) how high are the waves [very mild],
c) how high does the ship ride out of the water [the red of the lower hull is often visible where water is being displaced by the ship

I wrapped sand paper around a deodorant stick to make the sanding smooth and even. It worked very well, I would draw with a marker where to sand, sand off the marker and repeat, each time adding a bit less marker.

In addition I used a fixed blade to cut down the lower hull, I didn't want to deal with the full hull but needed more than the upper piece because the lower would be visible.

Box art of the I-58, note that bow planes are retracted and the red hull is visible:


Steps of working on the hull of the ship and the highs and lows of the foam board:


Next steps will be adding the rocks to the beach and then painting the base.

Thanks for looking,
Bryan

Looking great, Bryan, I love the guard tower!

Calling my Flak 18 done until I build it's prime mover. That will actually determine decaling and weathering.





Mike

That looks great. Very well done.