Targets Shoot Back: Self-propelled flak/ AA
Victoria, Australia
Joined: March 14, 2006
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Posted: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 - 11:02 PM UTC
This Gepard was supposed to be a quick build when I last posted in this campaign - it seems like ages ago now
Anyway, I've assembled the turret and put some semi gloss black on it for a primer.
Next will be the Olive drab base coat followed by some post shading.
Decals will follow, then a clear coat and weathering..
Here's where I'm at :
Not long to go now ..
Cheers
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Victoria, Australia
Joined: March 14, 2006
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Posted: Friday, July 01, 2011 - 05:34 PM UTC
More pic's. Just weathering to go now
Cheers
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Attica, Greece / Ελλάδα
Joined: February 17, 2010
KitMaker: 625 posts
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Posted: Friday, July 01, 2011 - 11:42 PM UTC
Hi Paul,
Your shading is excellent.
P.A.
I used to be a scale modeler like you. Then I took an arrow in the knee.
Hawaii, United States
Joined: August 27, 2006
KitMaker: 1,646 posts
Armorama: 1,557 posts
Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 07:50 AM UTC
Paul: That looks really good. I wouldn't have expected that over gloss black, but it seems to work well for you.
Happy Modelling, -zon
"Certainty of death.
Small chance of sucess.
What are we waiting for?"
-Gimli, Return of the King.
Victoria, Australia
Joined: March 14, 2006
KitMaker: 1,973 posts
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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 01:18 PM UTC
Thanks guys, looking at the photos, I don't think I'll do much weathering.
I'll dust up the skirts and tracks and that'll be it.
Using black allows you to do some pretty neat post shading.
Cheers
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Victoria, Australia
Joined: March 14, 2006
KitMaker: 1,973 posts
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Posted: Saturday, July 02, 2011 - 05:57 PM UTC
A little weathering, not much.
I'm done, time to move on to the next project
Pics uploaded to the Gallery also .
Cheers
Paul
OddBall: "It's a wasted trip baby. Nobody said nothing about locking horns with no Tigers"
KIlgore: " I love the smell of napalm in the morning. ...The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like... victory."
Minnesota, United States
Joined: March 04, 2003
KitMaker: 4,630 posts
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Posted: Wednesday, July 06, 2011 - 04:41 PM UTC
Just to show progress is being made, even if i am hobbled by weddings and vacation strategies...
Ex-34th ID MNANG - 13F and 63D
"Fire For Effect."
Hawaii, United States
Joined: August 27, 2006
KitMaker: 1,646 posts
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Posted: Thursday, July 14, 2011 - 11:07 AM UTC
"Certainty of death.
Small chance of sucess.
What are we waiting for?"
-Gimli, Return of the King.
#298
Hong Kong S.A.R. / 繁體
Joined: August 08, 2002
KitMaker: 1,182 posts
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Posted: Saturday, July 16, 2011 - 07:06 PM UTC
Cork, Ireland
Joined: April 30, 2010
KitMaker: 232 posts
Armorama: 134 posts
Posted: Sunday, July 17, 2011 - 04:09 AM UTC
Hey folks,
I've been away for a while..
@Paul- Your Gepard came out great- especially the shading! I chickened out of giving my Gepard a monotone finish simply because I didn't think that I could make the model look vibrant- yours looks amazing. The Gepard is a great kit and a great build.
@ Lapman- I've been trying to keep my eyes open for a Shilka kit for ages. WHo makes it? It looks excellent.
Eoin
You don't learn nothing unless you make mistakes
Hawaii, United States
Joined: August 27, 2006
KitMaker: 1,646 posts
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Posted: Monday, July 18, 2011 - 09:36 AM UTC
Aloha all:
I'm calling this one done for the campaign. Trumpeters Sam-6 in 1/35th scale, in an Iraqi color scheme.
Happy Modelling, -zon
"Certainty of death.
Small chance of sucess.
What are we waiting for?"
-Gimli, Return of the King.
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#152
Texas, United States
Joined: December 07, 2002
KitMaker: 487 posts
Armorama: 441 posts
Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 06:54 AM UTC
Here is my entry into the gampaign. More photos in the Campaign Gallery.
Tom Moon
Long time modeller. Starting when I was a teenager, then I found out about girls and college and work and kids. But now that I have one girl, no school, no work and the kids are grown, I'm back to full time modelling. My prime area of interest is armor, b
#041
Kobenhavn, Denmark
Joined: July 20, 2006
KitMaker: 10,069 posts
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Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 08:15 AM UTC
Very nice SA-6, Zon. A very clean build. Ready for a parade
Beautiful whirlwind, Tom. Is this the Trumpeter or Tamiya kit? Did you use brass 2cm flak gunbarrels?
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barkingdigger
Associate Editor#013
England - East Anglia, United Kingdom
Joined: June 20, 2008
KitMaker: 3,981 posts
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Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 08:57 AM UTC
Hi all,
Apologies for not getting anything done for the campaign as I had hoped - my build time has been full up with late-running stuff. So, instead of offering a BW Gepard I'm going to raise the white flag and withdraw.
There are some cracking builds here. (Paul, your Gepard is stunning!)
Over & out,
Tom
"Glue, or Glue Not - there is no Dry-Fit" - Yoda (original script from Return of the Jedi...)
New York, United States
Joined: March 08, 2010
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Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 10:55 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Very nice SA-6, Zon. A very clean build. Ready for a parade
Beautiful whirlwind, Tom. Is this the Trumpeter or Tamiya kit? Did you use brass 2cm flak gunbarrels?
I would have to agree here as well 2 great looking builds in addition to Pauls build excellent stuff guys
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#152
Texas, United States
Joined: December 07, 2002
KitMaker: 487 posts
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Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 11:28 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Very nice SA-6, Zon. A very clean build. Ready for a parade
Beautiful whirlwind, Tom. Is this the Trumpeter or Tamiya kit? Did you use brass 2cm flak gunbarrels?
Jesper,
This is the new Dragon 6342 Kit. I built this out of the box. I used Testors buffing gunmetal for the barrels.
Tom M.
Long time modeller. Starting when I was a teenager, then I found out about girls and college and work and kids. But now that I have one girl, no school, no work and the kids are grown, I'm back to full time modelling. My prime area of interest is armor, b
Hawaii, United States
Joined: August 27, 2006
KitMaker: 1,646 posts
Armorama: 1,557 posts
Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 02:41 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Very nice SA-6, Zon. A very clean build. Ready for a parade
Beautiful whirlwind, Tom. Is this the Trumpeter or Tamiya kit? Did you use brass 2cm flak gunbarrels?
Jesper: Thanks for the comment! Yes, it is too clean. I plan to put it in a dio, so will muck it up then. The references I have show them fairly "unused" but slightly muddy on the tracks, which will fit my urban dio pretty well.
Tom: Very nice build on the Whirlwind. Nice camo.
Happy Modelling, -zon
"Certainty of death.
Small chance of sucess.
What are we waiting for?"
-Gimli, Return of the King.
Kerry, Ireland
Joined: March 03, 2003
KitMaker: 201 posts
Armorama: 189 posts
Posted: Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 07:26 PM UTC
Sadly like Tom I am not going to be finished anywhere near the deadline so I must also do the decent thing and withdraw also.My apologies.
There has been some fine craftsmanship and imagination on display during this campaign.
Thanks for a very well run thread.
Regards
Minnesota, United States
Joined: March 04, 2003
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Posted: Monday, July 25, 2011 - 05:13 AM UTC
Still plugging away on the SA-4. Hope to be done Friday, bathroom remodeling allowing.
Ex-34th ID MNANG - 13F and 63D
"Fire For Effect."
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Joined: October 22, 2008
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Posted: Monday, July 25, 2011 - 07:50 AM UTC
My guess is I won't finish the Duster either. Combination of "building block" and "no time" due to conventions and relocation (But man will I get a HUGE hobby room - 25+ m2)
So unless we can talk the operator of this interesting, well run campaign with the beautiful logo into an extension I sadly have to drop this as well.
Free men are their own masters. If you are not - you are a slave.
#144
Alberta, Canada
Joined: February 18, 2005
KitMaker: 268 posts
Armorama: 111 posts
Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 11:37 AM UTC
i feel all your pain, i have been so busy the last few month's i have had no time to model, i managed to get a layer of brown onto my model. (pictures to follow) if things work out i may even get the green done tonight
Akershus, Norway
Joined: July 20, 2010
KitMaker: 1,709 posts
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Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 10:57 PM UTC
Hi folks, what is the timiplan here? Me and Steven Davies are planning to start building Flakpanzer I with superdetail sets from LionRoar in September. Should we build here or we need a new groupbuild for that?
California, United States
Joined: December 06, 2004
KitMaker: 3,694 posts
Armorama: 2,693 posts
Posted: Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 11:10 PM UTC
Quoted Text
Hi folks, what is the timiplan here? Me and Steven Davies are planning to start building Flakpanzer I with superdetail sets from LionRoar in September. Should we build here or we need a new groupbuild for that?
The campaign ends at the end of the month (unless there is an extension).
