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The Official Amphibs campaign thread
eerie
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Posted: Sunday, December 04, 2005 - 04:32 PM UTC
Guys i m submitting by tomorrow morning.. my digicam giving me a headache again
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Tekirdag, Turkey / Türkçe
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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2005 - 12:38 PM UTC
Here is my entry. Tamiya's 1/35 schwimwagen.
Thanks Martin for the campaign. It was fun to participate..




Martinnnn
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Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Posted: Friday, December 09, 2005 - 07:54 PM UTC
Nice entry my friend! Just one little thing I noticed: some of the decals are a bit silvering.

Here's an update on my amphib:



Time to add decals, weathering etc.

Looks a bit darker on the pic than in reality..

Martin

lol guess what's that in the background
Martinnnn
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Posted: Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 07:24 PM UTC
And another update....



Trying to give it a "wet look" as if it just came out of the water

Martin
TedMamere
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Moselle, France
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Posted: Saturday, December 10, 2005 - 07:46 PM UTC

Quoted Text

Trying to give it a "wet look" as if it just came out of the water



Succeeded!
Ripster
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Wien, Austria
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Posted: Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 02:04 AM UTC
Finally got started on mine over the last few days - tamiya's 1/35 Schwimmwagen with Eduard PE set. Other than that I'm trying not to fiddle with her and add too much extra!




Top of hull isn't fitted yet, I'm going to paint the inside first. Quick and dirty pics without tripod and under artificial light, just to prove I've actually made a start! :-)
Martinnnn
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Posted: Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 05:18 PM UTC
Looks sweet!

My Amphibs entry:











LVT-4 Buffalo
79th Armoured Division
Operation Infatuate II
Westkapelle, Walcheren
Holland, November 1st 1944

Future plans are a 20mm polsten cannon which I haven't been able to buy yet and some mud (with which I'll wait till I've made some more progress on the diorama). So, for now it's finished and my entry for Amphibs!

Martin
Martinnnn
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Posted: Sunday, December 11, 2005 - 05:22 PM UTC
Amphibs

Don't forget to post pics of your entry in the campaign gallery!

http://photos.kitmaker.net/showgallery.php/cat/15033/page/1/perpage/10/what/allfields

I'd swear I've seen more entries than those in the campaign gallery

Martin
Ripster
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Wien, Austria
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 04:02 AM UTC
Posted an update of my Schwimmwagen in the wrong place - doh!

Here it is!
dexter059
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Region de Valparaiso, Chile
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 04:49 AM UTC
my entry it´s located in the gallery
cheers
mauserman
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Maryland, United States
Joined: September 27, 2004
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Posted: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 06:02 AM UTC
Well, I posted this in a thread a while back, but figured I'd also place it in the official thread. This is my Italeri DUKW w/105 mm howitzer. This is pretty much the same kit as their original DUKW, but with wheel skirts and, of course, the howitzer. It went together pretty easily and the fit was actually better on this one than the original in a few areas. Sorry for the poor pics. It really does look better in person than it does here.



bf443
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Idaho, United States
Joined: May 16, 2003
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Posted: Friday, December 23, 2005 - 01:50 AM UTC
Getting close to completion!

Hi everyone here is my entry for the group build. Tamiya G.P.A. Jeep out of the box. The kit is good despite its age. The decals were stubborn I should have got some dry transfers instead. I still need to fix the stowage and weather the model as well.




Sincerely,

Brian
007
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Posted: Friday, December 23, 2005 - 06:03 PM UTC
Finished my T38 amphib tank!!

(Just had to squeez some pictures out of my camera because the batteries run flat and the charger doesn't work anymore after it had a shower of limonade by my youngest son...)



The tanker is a figure from Tamiya.
The turret hatch was scratchbuild to have an open hatch (the original one was molded in closed position).





To show you how small these tanks were I made a picture with a GPA to compare; both 1:35 scale!



BYE!!!!
Pedro
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Wojewodztwo Pomorskie, Poland
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Posted: Saturday, December 24, 2005 - 05:14 AM UTC
Here are some pics of my entry for this undoubtedly wet campaign. Sorry for joining this late guys. I hope to have it finished by the deadline. It went together OK, just required some more filling and sanding on the hull than usual. It is to be primed and painted tomorrow
Zvezda's BTR 70 Afghan War version:







Cheers
Pedro
Simon
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Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Posted: Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 03:49 PM UTC
Hello amphibians

Here is my entry:



It's Italeri's kit, build straight out of the box, with no extra details besides the camonetting. No major problems, no major comments. Anyway, enjoy.

Happy holidays

Simon
007
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Posted: Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 08:32 PM UTC
Hey Simon, looks nice!
I like the detail of the covered windshield window.
Very nice picture BTW, the black let the model come out great!

Pedro, very nice BTR monster!
Besides my T38 (few posts above) I had build this (below) BRDM amphib vehicle for the SIK FOR 'ya campaign. I had the Dragon/Revell kit, but looking at the detail level on simular parts (like the gun and turret) of your model, I would say Zvezda did a bether job than Dragon!
Looking forward to see your model finished!

Pedro
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Wojewodztwo Pomorskie, Poland
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Posted: Sunday, December 25, 2005 - 09:30 PM UTC
Thanks Paul!
Zvezda's BTR 70 is the reboxed dragon kit AFAIK, but for the afghan war version it has diferent turret (from the BTR 80?) also from dragon I assume.

I like your BRDM, especially that it is based on actual photo, besides it is nice to see a polish subject

Cheers
Pedro
bf443
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Idaho, United States
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Posted: Monday, December 26, 2005 - 12:32 AM UTC
Hi everyone,

Here is my completed GPA Jeep. I built it OOB and used Tamiya and Model Master paints.




Thanks for looking

Brian
Martinnnn
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Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Posted: Monday, December 26, 2005 - 03:30 PM UTC
I can't get the ribbon working

It has the right size in both pixel and kb but I get a red cross
JimF
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Posted: Monday, December 26, 2005 - 08:30 PM UTC
I did the Italeria DUKW with 105 OOTB in the Marine 3-color camo scheme. I still need to replace the mirrors and do some more weathering.
007
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Posted: Monday, December 26, 2005 - 09:09 PM UTC

Quoted Text

I can't get the ribbon working

It has the right size in both pixel and kb but I get a red cross



I think it has to do with the recent changes and work on the site.

I've got the same problem with my Berlin '45 ribbon (yes, I'm early with it...) and TreeCat suffered the same problem for the Bombs Away ribbon.
Staffmember Dexter059 mentioned that StaffJim was still working on it. So we have to be a little patient I guess

Paul

PS; further it's important it is a GIF file and named after the number given (in your case: 96.gif)
Martinnnn
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Posted: Monday, December 26, 2005 - 09:36 PM UTC
I know, but everything is ok...file name, file size, file dimensions, file type etc

I hope it will work december 31st, the end of this campaign!

Martin
Pedro
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Wojewodztwo Pomorskie, Poland
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Posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 03:15 AM UTC
Here are some progress shots of my BTR.
The camo needs some final touch-ups and will be ready for weathering. And dang, I've lost the spare whel somwhere







Now back to work ...

Cheers
Pedro
Tiger101
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Posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 10:14 AM UTC
Here is the last of my 3 entries for the campaign. It is a SA 9 Gaskin






The Trio

Rigger
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Posted: Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - 11:37 AM UTC
Hello all , I droped out of the Campaign but now I think I can finish my LVT (A)-1. So I well join again , I hope I can get it done.

Rigger ............