Now my question is how do you get the campaign ribbion to appear at the bottom of all your posts? I have figured most of the rest out, just wondering about this. My page is kind of empty. Any help will be appreciated.
Tom

Andrzej, thank you for filling my addiction with a fun campaign and the pretty ribbon was appreciated.



Robert

Andrzej,thanks for picking up after Emre had to fulfill his obligations,nice campaign,see you all on the next one.

for me its the Humming Along Campaign

I decided to make a previous thread sticky as it's a question often asked with a difficult explanation.
http://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/138001&page=1

I have the ribbion on my profile page now. How to I get it to the page when I write posts? My page is kind of empty and I have been able to get everything else done with everybody's help. Any help with this will be appreicated. Thanks
Tom

My fault. I thought that was a thread on how to add a ribbon display to your signature but it was about designing campaign ribbons and banners. I know this is explained somewhere - I just need to find the right thread.

You need to use a graphics program to create a file showing your ribbon. You then need to upload that file somewhere on the Web (for example to your Kitmaker member gallery). You then need to paste the URL of that image into your profile (the box labelled "URL for Signature Image:"). The size of the image should be 468 pixels wide by 60 pixels high.

Hi Andrzej
Thanks for an Interesting & well supported campaign.
Thanks also for my ribbon.

Shaun

an advanced!!

My build has experienced a couple of accidents over the last two days. While trying to sand a couple of the longer plastic hand rails they broke almost exactly in the middle and as the plastic is barely .5 mm in diameter you can imagine trying to repair them. In the picture below you can see the long grab rails attached and one of the broken ones that needed mending .



All the plastic pieces were finished the other evening but first thing the next day as I sat at the work bench I accidentally hit the edge and shook the table. The BTR was sitting on top of it's box, the box tipped from the shake and the vehicle fell off the table, bounced off a chair and landed on the tile floor. The damage was mainly to small pieces and I managed to find them all. The worst part was the the rear engine compartment plate seam cracked where it attaches to the upper body as well as seems where the body attaches to the hull. This is requiring me to re-glue the joints and use putty and sanding to correct the damaged area. Here's the more or less restored model.



Here's the BTR with a new base coat and I started applying Mak-Tak to start the camouflage.



On second thought, I may not start the camo as the Russian green seems a bit dark. This even with adding some desert yellow to it to lighten it up.

Cheers,
Jan

Jan have you had your eyes checked lately? Working in braile scale has a tendency to move the cornea to the back of the head for a vaction after an hour of trying to focus on that small stuff, at least in my case. Anyway nice work so far, good luck with the rest.



Robert

First of all - it is Emre who should be thanked for this campaign - I'm just a usual gap-filler trying to live his life in the world of madness... ok what the h$#k I'm writing about?

@ Art - feature is a good idea though I'm really struggling with myself. It takes some time to prepare the pictures etc, and my Airborne Campaign (do you even remember that one? it ended MONTHS ago) feature has not been added yet - it's like I've lost my motivation ... Anyway... think positive Andrzej... OK. I'll do it .

@ Gary - thank you very much for your support and answering many questions asked here!

I'm back here soon (today I hope) with my Humvee which is already finished and just needs final touch and gun assembly.

A.

My heartfelt thanks to Emri & Andrzej for such a great campaign! And for those still finishing up, nice work so far!

As for me, it's off to the Bitter Taste of Defeat campaign for a few weeks and then Tank Killers... See y'all there!

Tom

Hi, I've just added pictures of my entry to the gallery.
It is M1025 from Military Police unit, Operation Desert Storm. I hope you like it.







As Apu Nahasapeemapetilon used to say: Thank you! Come again!

Andrzej.

Work is progessing well on my AB 41. Initial weathing is on. Next is some minor use of pastels and a flat coat of varnish.

More to follow soon......

Keep on this excellent work Jesper, you still have a big week to go !

Keep on this excellent work Jesper, you still have a big week to go to the finish line !

Thanks for the comment, Olivier.

My AB 41 is now finished. I gave it a little extra dusting and a flat coat and thats it. Kept weathering moderate assuming this vehicle would have stayed mostly to the roads and "easy" terrain.

Overall it was a reeally good kit that went together very well despite the many different armour plates and odd angles. The only thing is that one of the wheels does not sit at an angle as the others. Well, that is probably my fault.
This kit is recommended.

Thanks for running the campaign and giving an extension, Andrzej. Well done

Thanks for posting and participating Jesper!
Very nice vehicle - I really like the weathering.
Ribbon is already on your profile page.

See you around!

A.

Nice job on the AB, Jesper. I am particularly impressed by how nice your camo turned out. In my case things just aren't working out. I had wanted to try my hand at a camouflaged version of my BTR but my airbrush and compressor have not co-operated. After experimenting with various pressure settings and paint/thinner mixtures I just cannot get it to spray consistently at the thickness required. For those that are interested you can find a more detailed description of these issues in the BTR-80 blog in the Russo/Soviet forum. At this point I believe a major part of my problems may be the 25+ year old compressor I am using. I'd get a new one but they have to be ordered and that will take at least a week and a half. So at least for this campaign I'll have to settle for a stock Russian green colour.

The fouled up attempt at the camo.



I had to take a step backward so after stripping off the old paint I mixed up a more proper Russian green. The one straight out of the bottle was too dark.



Here's the BTR more or less done. Today I will do the detailing (tools, periscopes etc).



This has been a very interesting campaign and I have learned a lot from the difficulties I've run into. I am very appreciative of the extension as this has turned out to be the second longest time taken to do a 1/72 vehicle in my last dozen or so builds .

Cheers,
Jan

Finally done, 1/35 Skif BTE-152E w/ Eduard PE set, hope you like it.

Jan, thanks for the comments. I appreciate it. Sorry to hear about your compressor problems. Sounds like a new compressor might be the solution. Looking forward to see the BTR finished.

Lap Man, nice entry. I especially like your dusty weathering.

Andrzej, thanks for the ribbon and for running a great campaign.

A lot of time and work but it seems so little to show for it. Despite numerous attempts to get my airbrush to co-operate I find that I can't do the camo version at this time. My airbrush is only a few months old but it is appearing that my 20+ year old compressor may be the culprit. They don't stock the one I want at the LHS so it is on back order.

In the mean time I've decided to go with the standard green look and started the detail painting. Here's some pictures.



There are only four decals for this beast but after looking at dozens of pictures on the Internet it appears that a large number of the all green ones can be seen with no markings. For the time being I'll leave mine that way. With the details done I started the tedious process of shading and highlighting to give the vehicle more "depth." I've also decided to "dirty" it up just a touch as most of the one's I've seen pictures of seem quite well cared for. Here's the results of that effort.





I am currently doing more shading and the like and hopefully I'll get it finished enough to post pictures in the campaign gallery.

Cheers,
Jan

Well, here is the BTR-80 pretty much done. The pictures are not the best as I am experimenting with some new flash/softbox photo equipment that I got for Christmas. As we still have a couple of days left I will try to take some better pictures to put in the official campaign gallery.

Cheers,
Jan

Okay, I've finally uploaded to the campaign gallery. Talk about cutting it close. It was a great campaign and as I said in an earlier post, a real learning experience. My deepest thanks to the two campaign leaders (Emre and Andrzej) for a great campaign and their wonderful leadership. A few extra pictures:









Cheers,
Jan

Hey Jan,
That was a close finish, nice build I like the weathering and the lenses on the periscopes. I still cannot see good enough to build 1/72, my hats off to you.



Robert