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Blitz 5: Normandy

Snorri23

Ontario, Canada
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Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2014 - 12:38 PM UTC

I had to pull out of the Blitz just could never find the time to finish my projekt. The next blitz sounds interesting. Will try and finish my projekt for that one.

Nito74

Lisboa, Portugal
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Posted: Sunday, May 04, 2014 - 03:20 PM UTC

I'm way behind on my HalfTrack too.
I will try, but there's too much to be done...

HARV

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Wyoming, United States
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Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2014 - 12:12 PM UTC

Well I am calling my Tamiya M8 HMC finished. He are my final pictures for this campaign. Sorry for the dark pictures......Man Cave lighting.

Thank you for the campaign everyone. Another nice one Bruce.

Randy

eMan

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Hong Kong S.A.R. / 繁體
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Posted: Thursday, May 08, 2014 - 03:16 PM UTC

Some progress pics of my Pz.Kpfw.IV

grayghost666

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Posted: Friday, May 09, 2014 - 01:20 PM UTC

hello all,
got home this afternoon. the docs did a 5x heart bypass. some great builds going on here, keep up the great work.
@Harv,
Thank You,Randy. I hope you will be here for the next one.

I think that the blitz campaigns are what are keeping me alive. you modelers like them so much. so i have to think about the next one and forget about the cancer or my heart or what is wrong with my body today,LOL.

Cheers,
Bruce

Nito74

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Posted: Friday, May 09, 2014 - 01:55 PM UTC

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hello all,
got home this afternoon. the docs did a 5x heart bypass. some great builds going on here, keep up the great work.
@Harv,
Thank You,Randy. I hope you will be here for the next one.

I think that the blitz campaigns are what are keeping me alive. you modelers like them so much. so i have to think about the next one and forget about the cancer or my heart or what is wrong with my body today,LOL.
Cheers,
Bruce

Great to have you back Bruce !!!!
That's the spirit, now that you have a boosted heart, Blitz over that cancer..

I didn't make it to the deadline, but I'll be here for the next one

This weelend I can sort out the ribbons if Jeremy's busy, no problem.

Glad to have you back Bruce !!

panzerbob01

Louisiana, United States
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Posted: Friday, May 09, 2014 - 04:24 PM UTC

Wow!

Guess I must really have been day-dreaming - maybe off on another planet!

It's OVER and here I thought somehow that this was good until June 06 or such, being about Normandy and all that

Saw some good and interesting stuff here. Congrats and a Good Job, Guys, to all who got their stuff done!

Having spaced things and gotten distracted,

, I suppose I'll complete that Pz 1-C post this one!

Hmmmmm.

Bob

eMan

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Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 04:37 AM UTC

More update photos.

Nito74

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Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 10:08 AM UTC

Hi guys,

Checked the Gallery & thread, send the ribbons already.
Just waiting for LapMan and his finished photos

Speedy recovery Bruce !!!

Bluestab

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Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 10:49 AM UTC

Thanks for the campaign and the ribbon guys. I hope you have a speedy recover Bruce.

Tojo72

North Carolina, United States
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Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 11:06 AM UTC

26 signed up,I only count 5 completed in the gallery.Not a good percentage.Certainly some quality builds have been posted,but not a lot of participation.Where did everyone go ? Well maybe next time.

Bluestab

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Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 12:01 PM UTC

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26 signed up,I only count 5 completed in the gallery.Not a good percentage.Certainly some quality builds have been posted,but not a lot of participation.Where did everyone go ? Well maybe next time.

I've checked a few previous campaigns and 20-25% is about the norm for most campaigns. Plus, this one was running alongside the D-Day Armor 2 Campaign. That probably hurt numbers a bit.

Bluestab

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Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 01:29 PM UTC

sorry for the extra post but the edit timer ran out on me. That was suppose to be "20-35%" not "20-25%".

grayghost666

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Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 02:39 PM UTC

Hello Alex & Anthony,
You are right about the numbers, both of you. Unless you offer prizes, you will get about 25% complete range.
If i get more i am thankful for them, also this is blitz 5 so there has been 4 other blitz campaigns before this so you have a burn out.
you also have the " i am new here , I am signing up on every campaign because I can build 2 a weekend" till they figure it out.
thanks for the % numbers,
Cheers,
Bruce

Nito74

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Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 02:47 PM UTC

I started mine, but didn't make it, started too late I'm afraid.
Some Campaigns are crowded but don't have many finishers, last year I got a Campaign with just 1 member finishing it..

Anyway, I'm going for the next Blitz for sure

Bluestab

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Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 04:50 PM UTC

It's easy to get too enthusiastic about campaigns. I'm bad about it.

I had checked a few campaigns and the funny thing was that the two with the lowest finish percentage were also the two with the highest numbers of enlistees.

Anyway, I've been tempted to propose a new End of Days styled Campaign but given the finish numbers of the last one I'm probably not.

HARV

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Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 05:44 PM UTC

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@Harv,
Thank You,Randy. I hope you will be here for the next one.

You're welcome Bruce. I am sure I will be there for the Blitz 6 campaign. I have taken part in all five so far. I figure I will just keep on riding along.

Hope you get to feeling better quickly. Been down the cancer road myself. 15 year survivor.

Thank you for this series of campaigns.

Thanks,
Randy

HARV

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Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 05:56 PM UTC

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Thanks for the campaign and the ribbon guys. I hope you have a speedy recover Bruce.

My words exactly. Thank you and best wishes Bruce.

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26 signed up,I only count 5 completed in the gallery.Not a good percentage.

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I've checked a few previous campaigns and 20-25% is about the norm for most campaigns.

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Unless you offer prizes, you will get about 25% complete range.

Sad but true. It tends to happen a lot. I myself have signed up for campaigns and had to drop out for one reason or another. The bad thing is that there are a lot of cool campaign ideas and it easy to want to sign up and then before you know it you are enlisted in 10 to 12 campaigns all running about the same time frame. Easy to get overwhelmed. That is why I am selective now on which ones I join. Like the upcoming Blitz 6 campaign....

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Some Campaigns are crowded but don't have many finishers, last year I got a Campaign with just 1 member finishing it.

I was in one before where I was one of the two people that completed it.

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Anyway, I've been tempted to propose a new End of Days styled Campaign but given the finish numbers of the last one I'm probably not.

Don't give up the thought Alex. I enjoy those types of campaigns. Post-Apocalypse themes are pretty popular these days.

Thanks everyone.
Randy

ltb073

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Posted: Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 11:04 PM UTC

I got my Blitz 5 ribbon to go with my Blitz 3 and 4, wasn't around for the first two

Thanks Bruce, nice to see ya back and I'm ready forBlitz 6

grayghost666

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Posted: Sunday, May 11, 2014 - 09:18 AM UTC

hello sal,
prob next year for blitz 6. i have to do my rehab on the heart 6-12 wks, then i have to figure out what i am going to do about the cancer.
see all of you next year and remember i am the campaign manager at msw,
cheers,
bruce

eMan

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Posted: Monday, May 12, 2014 - 02:37 AM UTC

Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.H Finished.