Something different. Due to be released this month by Resicast -Popski's WASP









Al

Awesome guys! Great updates!

Alan, what is that equipment used for?

I'll crack open my JEEP box tomorrow after I vote.










~ Jeff

Flame thrower Jeff.


Al

http://nevingtonwarmuseum.weebly.com/popskis-wasp-jeep.html

http://www.warwheels.net/JeepPopskiINDEX.html

http://users.telenet.be/ppa/vehicles-wasp.htm

I was leaning that way but wasn't sure.











~ Jeff

Hi Guy,
Well almost 6 full days with no power thanks to Sandy but i was able to get my Jeep started, my start up photo

and some progress

I added a scratch jerry can rack

most of the stuff was try fit for the photo

its all primed up now as well as some additional storage that I will add.
@ Alan nice looking flame thrower Jeep

Here is my entry.

Hi all,

Well I've done it now I signed up. Took me a little while as I could not make up my mind!

But I have decided to Itallieri's 1/24th Fire Jeep! Should make a nice and little different subject.



Paul

Nice start and selections too guys!

I made my start this morning as the "honey-do list" caught up with me yesterday. LOL









Assembly starts with the engine so a few steps 'till the fun parts begin. This is how far I am before I had to get going.












~ Jeff

Sorry about the delay, been busy on the range this week. Here is my initial pics, more will surely follow. Waiting on pay day to order some of the resin pieces that I will be using...

Tamiya 1:35 Willys -



Box opened and everything laid out -



Here is the main section of the engine assembled -



Frame with motor mounted in place along with rear axle -



Ready for some primer -




All I've got for now, the camera battery died on me....

Far too neat & tidy!

I always clean up between builds, and the cleanliness doesn't last long...trust me!

I concur that!

I try to keep things tidy between builds and during builds but soon new parts are always rolling in.











~ Jeff

Here's what I'm starting with



I hope to cross kit them into an accurate SAS Jeep

Hey Pat, not that it matters... but what is being used from what kit?

I have no idea what is good on any of these kits?











~ Jeff

Some nice stuff here already!

I started on my Academy M151A1. I'm thinking of mounting a .50 on the stand and the M60 in front of the passenger seat. And lots of gear from the spares box. Anyway, here it is after one night at the bench:



It's a very crisp little kit. Going together very well and so far no fit issues

I'll bring my spares box Saturday week Pat: see if there's anything that will help although you've a lot there to get one Jeep out of it.

Assembly started. My pictures seem to be a bit blurry though

To be honest I didn't even know I had the Italeri jeep til I found it in the stash but it looks like an okay kit so I think I'll use it as the base kit as it already has the cutaway grill, I'll use the gun mounts and condenser from the tamiya sas jeep and the Vickers K guns from the Bronco accessories set. If I have time Ill build the tamiya jeep too

Hello Pat,
what´s the no. of that Bronco set?
I also need some Vickers K guns, and can´t find any.
Paul

Here you go Paul
kit no. AB-3509- WW2 British/Commonwealth AFV Equipment set.

The detail on some of the webbing items such as pouches and packs is weak but the weapons are first rate

Cheers Pat,
have a pint of guiness on me.
Paul

Cool guys! We're moving right along and remember... this is only a 6 month Campaign and I know most of you will be finished in 30 days!

Made a push forward this morning:



Found a fan blade was broken off, but remained in the bag so I didn't lose the piece, which was easily cemented back on.





Starting to look like a JEEP engine, huh.

I moved past a few steps to get the power package firmly in the frame as it will be completely dry when I return.




That's it for now. Yesterday I blew my budget on an impulse purchase. A glow in the dark USS Enterprise Starship to sit next to the Klingon Battle Cruiser.

Yes, I am bit of a Sci-Fi geek. Can't wait to see it built but man, it came with a decal sheet larger than I've ever seen before... it was as large as the box!










~ Jeff

Hello everyone,
cute things happening here, I have started my build this eveneing. This kit looks nice enough but if you get one
then be prepared for a lot of flash clean up. Some parts don´t seem to be effected until you take them from the sprue
But what the hell, who needs a perfect fitting, flash free,
no contest, shake the box kit anyway .
I´m going to up gun this jeep to an LRDG jeep. I have no
proof that a Bantam was in this "band of desert pirates", but it is feasible .
So here we go:

Start picture Miniart Bantam Academy accesories + others


Resicast lewis MG and Academy 50.cal, there´s some Vickers
K´s in the post, thanks to Pat.



oh, some flash:



after a 20 minute clean up:



later:



Test fit of the Body:



that´s all for today, hopefully I´ll get at the mashine guns tomorrow and of coarse the ca. 15 jerry cans.
Keep it up fellas!


Paul

Good start there Paul! And you are not kidding about the flash!

Even the sprue has it!










~ Jeff

Great start guys! I cracked open the box this week and started cleaning up the engine and frame.

@ Sal: looks like you had a fun time throwing a tube of glue into the box, shaking and then a pearl came out Seriously nice bulld.

@ Paul: WOW! That was a lot of flash to clean off, but it looks worth it though.

@ Jeff: I would love to get my hands on that engine, it looks lika real motor (look at my photo following to see the hunk of junk engine I have).





Bob