Hey guys ... as of today here in NZ its start day ..still one day to go for pretty much all the rest of you blokes
But to make it fair i will wait for the rest of you to catch up


Phill

Hello,

Here in Europe, were also good to go on this campaign.
I used Phill 's post to show you my pile of plastic that will transform in the M16.



See you all later

Tony

OK let's make this official: 0705 here in Switzerland! Gogogo!



Cheers!
Stefan

Hello,

Here is my first small update for now.
As I only had a bit time i decided to assemble the ammo containers first.

Here r the pics:

In progress:



Detail shot of the containers:



And all 12 done:



I know it is not much, but hey, we gotta start somewhere.

Greetz
Tony

Hi,

I am back with another small uptate, the engine

Parts:



And assembled:





Thats all for now

Tony

Okay, my first campaign and I just ordered the plastic. I work in Braille so this is gonna be fun!!!!

Ok Guys as I said with my 2nd cup of coffee I started cutting and gluing here is my start photo

Gonna go do some more building now but I have a small bore rifle shoot/biergarden night to night so more photos tomorrow
It suppose to rain all day tomorrow so good building weather

Well I’ve begun to construct on my M3A1 around 1 this morning while waiting for my wife to get home from work. I plan to build this mostly straight from the box with the only aftermarket parts will be Verlinden’s radio set. I have the chassis and engine completed today and the only real let done is the lack of a radiator for the engine. Both kits from hobby boss have this important part missing from the kit. I’m still debating if I want to display the engine or not. Either way here is my progress so far.

Chris

Righto then guys ,,well you know what i am building but to make it all proper and legal here's pics of my starting date stuff



So i will probably make a start tonight on it ,,wn't be anything flashy tho ..just the chassis and engine

Phill

Here is a link to the campaign gallery.

US Halftracks Gallery

Ok guys I made some small progress yesterday Step 1 had 8 sub assembly

Step 2 was the assembly of the boogies, HOLY CONFUSION BATMAN does anybody at Dragon assemble these its based on there instructions before they get put on the market

Wife is now hounding me to do things so hopefully I'll get some more bench time later

Ok here we go


And here is what i got so far

Off to work i go

Hello,

Here is my update for today.
I dont know why, but it seems i have seen these sub assemblies somewhere else




greetz
Tony

Well... I have the Dragon M3 Halftrack and seriously want to do Motta Gur's halftrack from the 1967 battle for Jerusalem



Do I really need one more thing to do?

Michael

Well Gentlemen! Looks like we're off to a great start on this campaign! Great starts guys!

Cheers!
Stefan

Okay, here's mine:





I didn't know this had an aluminum barrel? And some of their Panthers don't? Weird.

Oh well, now to get started!









~ Jeff

Glad to everyone is off to a great start so far. Keep the builds coming.

Jeff Dragon is notorious for some kits having metal barrels and other do not. Some kits will even have DS tracks and some will have indy tracks. Good example being their early tiger kits with all the extra goodies that came with it and now the newer ones don’t seem to have any.

Here is just a small update so far. Manage to start some of the interior and have notice a lot of injector pin marks that need to be dealt with. I’ve also started to construct a base for a simple diorama for the model.

More to follow soon and have fun everyone.
Cheers

I'll be making this kit for this campaign. I will be using some of PE set.

So here is a little update on my progress....spent about 3 hours this morning...while sanding the flash off one of the small bogey wheels(D28) i broke the pin of the back of the wheel got some sprue and its good as new

Christopher, great start. It's good to see a Dio coming along for the campaign. What tank's the wedgie from?

Andrew welcome with your oldie but goodie!

Here's my start pic:



The date on the phone's supposed to be June 3rd...

Cheers!
Stefan

Oh yes you do, Michael... So far we don't have any Israeli halftracks so please do join! Don't forget to sign up!

Cheers!
Stefan

Ah now what would one of my campaigns be without the campaign chart... Don't worry, nothing fix here, just a useful tool to keep track who's enlisted and who's posted all the photos... Let's see if the resolution is good enough...



Cheers!
Stefan

Hello Everyone.

I like Halftracks, in fact they occupy a goodly portion of my stash.

For this build I'd like to submit the following,

M-3 Scout Car by Zvezda in 1/35th scale, In my research I've read the main visible difference between the M3 and M3A1 is that the M3A1 had the ditching roller.

As this kit has the roller and at least one review that I have found calls the reboxing of this kit a M3A1, i'm assuming it is correctly a M3A1, and hope its allowed in this build.

This is a kit I've been wanting to build for several years now, but never had the excuse. A few years ago I received the decals from a reboxing and a PE fret for it. The photo etch directions are in Russian, so I have no idea who made it, so it will be interesting.

anyways here is the start photo.



thanks
Delbert

Hi Guys, I have made some progress on my M-4 and for those of you that are building a Dragon kit there are some things to be aware of
1st is the fan shroud that needs to be trimmed to fit over the fan or the radiator wouldn't fit into the slots provided
2nd is the front drums/tires, the nub that is used on theses needs to be positioned properly because the tires have a flat spot on the bottom

The tracks were easier then Magic Tracks but they have no real give so be carefull
This is what my kit looked like this morning body component are just dry fit on the chassis

Sal, looking good. Man! You work fast! What markings are you planning to put on this one?