_GOTOBOTTOM
Campaigns
Where Armorama group builds can be discussed, organized, and updates posted.
Hosted by Darren Baker, Richard S.
Self Propelled Indirect Fire
muchachos
Visit this Community
Ontario, Canada
Joined: May 21, 2008
KitMaker: 537 posts
Armorama: 439 posts
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 08:30 AM UTC
Alright, here's my build. An Italeri M-107 OOB except for the cheesecloth camo net. It has British markings, and a huge gun!







muchachos
Visit this Community
Ontario, Canada
Joined: May 21, 2008
KitMaker: 537 posts
Armorama: 439 posts
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 08:31 AM UTC
Yes! It worked!!
SGTJKJ
#041
Visit this Community
Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: July 20, 2006
KitMaker: 10,069 posts
Armorama: 4,677 posts
Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 - 10:38 AM UTC
Great build, Sean. I have never seen those antigranade screens before on a Hummel. Is it artistic license or made based on a reference picture?

John, your SU-122 looks good. Nice heavy weathering - It has certainly been through some heavy use over the winter

Nice M107, Scott. It is a truly indirect fire AFV with a massive gun! Looks mean in the good way
Nito74
Visit this Community
Lisboa, Portugal
Joined: March 04, 2008
KitMaker: 5,386 posts
Armorama: 4,727 posts
Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 12:04 AM UTC
Thanks Jesper,

I like those Tamyia powder sets, used the lots of mud for the lower chassis, wheels and tracks, soot for the engine and grille parts and the white for the winter wash.
The oils gave the used look.
vindicare_assassin
Visit this Community
England - South West, United Kingdom
Joined: August 28, 2008
KitMaker: 31 posts
Armorama: 25 posts
Posted: Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 08:06 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Great build, Sean. I have never seen those antigranade screens before on a Hummel. Is it artistic license or made based on a reference picture?


Thanks for the compliment .They are based on a couple of photos in a book I have on Panzer IVs and its variants. The vehicles looks to be on either the eastern front or possibly the ardennes, as there is snow on the ground. Interestingly though the vehicle itself has none at all, perhaps it was covered during the fall by a large tarp
Nito74
Visit this Community
Lisboa, Portugal
Joined: March 04, 2008
KitMaker: 5,386 posts
Armorama: 4,727 posts
Posted: Friday, October 31, 2008 - 01:09 AM UTC
This weekend I plan to mount the tracks and the chassis / hull of the brummbar, also start the washing.

-- update..







gamodelmaker
Visit this Community
Georgia, United States
Joined: May 07, 2008
KitMaker: 186 posts
Armorama: 129 posts
Posted: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 06:39 AM UTC
great looking build thier guys. as for mine this is were i am atwith it. i have diryted up the bottom useing a lite coating of the celluclay stuff along with mig productions dark mud and have sealed it with testors lustress falt. now the only problem i am having is its changed the darkness of the color form a real dark color mud to a light gray. other than that its been a smooth build so far. so here are just a few pics of whats been done.



SGTJKJ
#041
Visit this Community
Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: July 20, 2006
KitMaker: 10,069 posts
Armorama: 4,677 posts
Posted: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 10:38 AM UTC

Quoted Text


Quoted Text

Great build, Sean. I have never seen those antigranade screens before on a Hummel. Is it artistic license or made based on a reference picture?


Thanks for the compliment .They are based on a couple of photos in a book I have on Panzer IVs and its variants. The vehicles looks to be on either the eastern front or possibly the ardennes, as there is snow on the ground. Interestingly though the vehicle itself has none at all, perhaps it was covered during the fall by a large tarp


Any chance of sharing a few of the photos. It sounds very interesting. I have never seen such a vehicle before.
The anti grenade screens indicate that the vehicle would be used as close support for the infantry close to the enemy. Could form a basis for a good diorama
vanize
Visit this Community
Texas, United States
Joined: January 30, 2006
KitMaker: 1,954 posts
Armorama: 629 posts
Posted: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 10:53 AM UTC
lots of great builds coming together here - this is starting to look like a successful campaign!

good work people! I especially like the grenade screens on the Hummel.

as for my progress... well, work has been kicking my butt.

I have decided to go with a less challenging kit. Insteadof doing the RPM 15cm sFH 13/1, I guess I'll pull the Tamiya Wespe out of my stash and hope that build goes faster (which it is likely to do).



Hopefully I can get started on it this week
Nito74
Visit this Community
Lisboa, Portugal
Joined: March 04, 2008
KitMaker: 5,386 posts
Armorama: 4,727 posts
Posted: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 10:27 PM UTC
Nice, I like the Wespe, was hoping to build mine after the brummbar but I'll wait for a metal gun barrel..
vindicare_assassin
Visit this Community
England - South West, United Kingdom
Joined: August 28, 2008
KitMaker: 31 posts
Armorama: 25 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 07:26 AM UTC

Quoted Text


Quoted Text


Quoted Text

Great build, Sean. I have never seen those antigranade screens before on a Hummel. Is it artistic license or made based on a reference picture?


Thanks for the compliment .They are based on a couple of photos in a book I have on Panzer IVs and its variants. The vehicles looks to be on either the eastern front or possibly the ardennes, as there is snow on the ground. Interestingly though the vehicle itself has none at all, perhaps it was covered during the fall by a large tarp


Any chance of sharing a few of the photos. It sounds very interesting. I have never seen such a vehicle before.
The anti grenade screens indicate that the vehicle would be used as close support for the infantry close to the enemy. Could form a basis for a good diorama




Plus finished model










gamodelmaker
Visit this Community
Georgia, United States
Joined: May 07, 2008
KitMaker: 186 posts
Armorama: 129 posts
Posted: Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 10:11 AM UTC
well its all most all done my m108. all i have to do is put on the hub caps on the wheels after the tracks dry. if you guys have had a chance to us this gators grip acrylic hobby glue you better get some. i am impressed with this stuff. as most of you know how hard it is to get those old testors tracks to stay put in the right place. well so far no problems. the only thing i am disappointed in is my flat coat. its turned the model into a dusty type of apperance. so a few pics to come tomrrow after work. and yeahoo this is my frist completed gb on this site now i might be able to get my stryyker done in time.
Panzerbeschwoehrer
Visit this Community
Bremen, Germany
Joined: November 04, 2007
KitMaker: 22 posts
Armorama: 21 posts
Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 12:24 AM UTC
After seeing quite a few of the models I can say that this is going to be a very successful campaign! As for my Grille I can't really do anything right now, progress=0. So far I've primed all the parts for the driver's compartment but I'm having problems hooking up my new AB to the compressor. I ordered a hose which will fit last week but it hasn't arrived yet. This little dilemma has delayed further progress but I'm confident the part will arrive first thing tomorrow. If not I shall be plenty pissed.

Other than that the Grille pretty much builds itself.
~sebastian~
gamodelmaker
Visit this Community
Georgia, United States
Joined: May 07, 2008
KitMaker: 186 posts
Armorama: 129 posts
Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 04:21 AM UTC
all right guys here is my m-108 it finally all done. i am not really thrilled with the flat coat i may redo it later in the year. so here it is all done and my frist gb done on this site. how do yo post pictures in the kit maker site?










vindicare_assassin
Visit this Community
England - South West, United Kingdom
Joined: August 28, 2008
KitMaker: 31 posts
Armorama: 25 posts
Posted: Sunday, November 09, 2008 - 05:29 AM UTC
Theres a link posted by Vance about a 3/4 down page 8 mate its the 1 I used so I know it works
gamodelmaker
Visit this Community
Georgia, United States
Joined: May 07, 2008
KitMaker: 186 posts
Armorama: 129 posts
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008 - 01:33 AM UTC
still having problems with the kit maker site its tell me the server is busy but it cant be like that all day long can it?
muddyfields
Visit this Community
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined: February 04, 2006
KitMaker: 884 posts
Armorama: 622 posts
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008 - 02:00 AM UTC
Hi
have managed to finish priming & have given my truck a couple of light coats of Olive Drab all I now need to do is assemble all the subsections ready for the final stages of the painting. have to weather , chip , stain & then Muddy the whole vehicle up ready for a diorama later in the year.
Link to my build .
http://s377.photobucket.com/albums/oo218/muddyfields/Gmc%20Rocket%20Truck/
Vermont6
Visit this Community
New York, United States
Joined: July 16, 2006
KitMaker: 155 posts
Armorama: 127 posts
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008 - 04:31 AM UTC
Put the finishing touches on my M7 over the weekend, will be publishing to the campaign photo site later today. Still can't figure out how to attach photos in the forums....
muddyfields
Visit this Community
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined: February 04, 2006
KitMaker: 884 posts
Armorama: 622 posts
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008 - 04:54 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Put the finishing touches on my M7 over the weekend, will be publishing to the campaign photo site later today. Still can't figure out how to attach photos in the forums....

Hi to put images in your posts youv'e 2 options that I use. 1 you use an photo site to store your pictures on like photobucket or 2 you add them to your gallery on this site.
If using a photo site all you need to do is pull up the reply link on here as if your going to write something, you will then see under where you type little white boxes if you click on the {url] button it pulls up a url link all you do is paste in the link from your photo site inbetween the 2 sets of url .
if you save pic's on your gallery on this site all you do is when your done your writing is click the [img] . I always pull up your gallery on a seperate web page saves going backwards & forwards with pages , pull up the picture that you want , right click on it the click properites & copy the http link that comes up, you then paste that inbetween the 2 sets of [img].
hope this helps.
If you go to the main forum I'm sure there is a forum post about adding pic's
Removed by original poster on 11/10/08 - 19:23:11 (GMT).
Vermont6
Visit this Community
New York, United States
Joined: July 16, 2006
KitMaker: 155 posts
Armorama: 127 posts
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008 - 07:24 AM UTC
Lets give it a try


Vermont6
Visit this Community
New York, United States
Joined: July 16, 2006
KitMaker: 155 posts
Armorama: 127 posts
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008 - 07:25 AM UTC
Vermont6
Visit this Community
New York, United States
Joined: July 16, 2006
KitMaker: 155 posts
Armorama: 127 posts
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008 - 07:31 AM UTC
Tried it a couple of times but all I see is the little ? box, when I click on it I can see the picture in another window.
vanize
Visit this Community
Texas, United States
Joined: January 30, 2006
KitMaker: 1,954 posts
Armorama: 629 posts
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008 - 07:38 AM UTC

Quoted Text

Tried it a couple of times but all I see is the little ? box, when I click on it I can see the picture in another window.


your url is not pointing at a picture. By right clicking on the broken icon and selecting "properties", I can see it currently says:
http://gallery.kitmaker.net/showphoto.php/photo/288307/ppuser/19636

a picture will have something like a ".jpg" at the end.

so your image script is pointing at a webpage that contains the picture. If I go to that page and then right click on the picture there and select "properties", then I see the URL of the picture is actually:
http://gallery.kitmaker.net/data/22562/IMG_06804.JPG

inserting that into the image brackets instead yields:


which is quite a good looking build actually. good work!

The machine gun looks a little off though. You might try giving the .50 cal a wash of black to make the details pop out, or even painting it gunmetal then either lightly drybrushing it with silver or gently rubbing it with graphite powder.
vindicare_assassin
Visit this Community
England - South West, United Kingdom
Joined: August 28, 2008
KitMaker: 31 posts
Armorama: 25 posts
Posted: Monday, November 10, 2008 - 08:31 AM UTC
Games workshop Boltgun metal with wash of Tamiya Smoke works quite well to
 _GOTOTOP