OK, sigh, I'm in.

I have a week off and should be working on my 1/32 F2A for the Midway campaign, but I want to do something different. SO...



here's what I'll be doing for this campaign! Started the pre-painting already, planning on doing the removable engine pod and everything but we'll see how that goes.

Michael

Some progress on the He162:




I'm doing this one out of the box, including the decal seat belts and instruments. Not bad though, I'd say!

Michael

My 'Old' Leopard 1 has been assembled, and it is time for some primer after I get the seam out of that barrel

The Verlinden Tank Crew is done







Cheers

Paul

About ready for painting on the He162. Here's where I'll depart from the instructions and use non-Tamiya paints for the finish, RLM 76, 81 and 82.



The wings and stabilizers fit so well I won't have to glue them in place until after I paint, making that job a lot easier, especially given the kind of odd way the airplane is painted! Thanks Tamiya!

Michael

Good job on those figures, Paul.

Tamiya-philes,
Trying to get started while building a couple other models for other campaigns.

Here are my 'Sprueshots' for the venerable 1/35 SU-85 :





The items that will probably be used include the SU-85 kit as the base, Eduard metal barrel, Eduard photoetch grills, On The Mark photoetch and ModelKasten track links. I currently have the suspension built and will start on the upper hull soon.

thanks,
Stephen

I really like the Verlinden figures Chris, there should be more NATO AFV figures available

I've now painted the lower hull and the road wheels

Next will be the painting of the 'vinyl' tracks and the base coat on the hull & turret.

Highlighting will follow that

Cheers

Paul

hi guys so heres my update on the tiger tank
ive not been able to get pictures done and uploaded for a while as of work, but here we go







as you can see with the exhaust pipes theres abit off corection going on
id stuck the wrong exhaust pipes on and dint realise till a couple of days later when i was reading through the instructions, so getting the little haxsaw out i cut away and made the adjustments. luckily enough the covers for the exhausts will cover the mistake!

the important thing really as all the instructions state '' read the instructions carefully before assembly ''

ill try and get an update again this week if can
any comment welcome
tony

some updates.
Interior seats are done.The floor were given some chipping.

The tracks are done too.

Need to clean up that fender and rescribe the line a little. Got a 3-day weekend so should get some time with this. Going to try tissue paper for the 50cal still. I figure I'll do a small mini street with rubble and a wall for a small dio.

Nice campaign so far

Nice-looking fender damage, Greg. Like the texture.

Going to actually smooth it out more to look more like this pic






video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkUnMhD2qTY&feature=player_detailpage#t=353s

Finis! Tamiya 1/48 He 162A-2 Oberleutnant Emil Demuth, Staffelkapitan of 3./JG1 at Leck in May, 1945



I actually made it so I can swap out the engine, open or closed, and it really works if you're careful! I posted a couple of pics in the gallery to show how it looks:

Total Tamiya! gallery

Thanks for the great campaign, some excellent models out there and I look forward to seeing how the rest come out! Have a look at the Osprey Duel campaign, now enlisting members!

Michael

Very nice Michael - Congrats! It's one I haven't seen before. What did you do to mask the top/bottom?

Greg,

Thanks! I didn't mask except between the stabilizers, everything else is free-hand (which explains why the demarcation line is too low ).

Appreciate the appreciation!

Michael

@Michael - that's good free hand work!

Got the tissue paper initiated on the 50cal but I'll be adding 1 strap and some more touch up to it. I was lucky I found one last bottle of Tamiya Olive Drab and mixed it with Dark Yellow to have enough paint to spray. I'm thinking I'll use the Verlinden mask to add a Star to the rear deck. Decals and detail painting next.

Small update -

Greg,

nice progress so far - looking forward to the result.

"I'm thinking I'll use the Verlinden mask to add a Star to the rear deck"

Ja, try to avoid the Tamiya decals wherever you can...and the Star is only monocolor. You should go this extra mile

Thanks Marco, I'm waiting on some Tamiya paint on order since my LHS is all out. Should get back on this in a couple weeks

A little advance with some scratch, first the aim gun, i perforated it because was a solid piece and agregated a aim cross with the mesh of the model.



And later the handles of the motor, are solid also, i cutted and made it with wire.

Nice additions Jose. That alligator clip holding the kit scares me...

Hay gang great work going on here. I have a 1/12 scale Tamiya Kawasaki ZX12-R in my stash that is part started can I enter it in to this campaign??

Hi All:

I´m finally starting my build.




Cockpit progress

Hey guys !!

Great work by all

I've finished off my OOTB Leopard 1. Not accurate by any means, but a fun simple build. The tracks look a bit dodgy, but this was a good relaxing build

Here are some finished pics





Pics uploaded to the Gallery also

Cheers

Paul