Marcus, Thanks for the heads up on the tracks! Even the instruction says you might have to stretch or cut a lil to make them fit.

Here is my progress report on my Panther D.
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Almost finished with the build process. Then it's off to the paint shop. Been thinking about a lil Dio for the Panther. Maybe strolling through a field in high grass. It will be my first attempt at a Dio.

@Cristian, I really like paint scheme you did on your flying egg, You improvised!

Happy New Years!!

JohnA

Thank you, John!

I like how your Panther is shaping up. The details are really nice for a kit in this sale. Looking forward to seeing it painted.

This is my official entry.

Nice one, Dustin!

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Mike

Yep, that's one strange-looking airplane...

Started my m151a2 Mutt. Making this one straight out of the box with only the addition of a handset and coiled cord for the radio, and a few wires for the antenna.

Great progress guys! Keep it coming

Hello all

This will be my entry to this GB and only my 4th. It will also be my first 1/72 kit and my 1st Helicopter. It is the Italeri As-532 Puma I will make in Royal Netherlands Airforce Colors.


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Welcome Eugene!

The first image is not showing. Could you please double-check? I guess it is the one with the box content and date proof.

I forgot to say it has 95 parts.


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Thanks for the update Eugene! This is going to be nice! Are you going for the three-color camo scheme?

I'm going to build this for the campaign, Hasegawa 1/72 Space Wolf SW-190.

Wow, cool, Lap Man! Now that's something different here on armorama Looking forward to seeing this one done.

Christian

I hope to try, I saw them in Afghanistan. But the new scheme is nice too.

You mean the gray/gray scheme used by the French/Spanish? That one's nice, too.

Wow, that is something different Lap Man. I love it! Looking forward to follow that one.

Finally got round to doing some more work on the Steyr yesterday. Hoping to get it finished off in the next few days as there's not a lot of building left to do. Here's where I'm up to so far...







I've weathered the inside before I finish putting it together otherwise there'd be areas that I couldn't reach properly. I always paint as I go along as there's no way I could paint it well when it's all together. Hats off to the guys who can do that but I'd make a mess if I did that.



I've not decided on it's role yet as it's destined for a dio I'm working on. I need to do a bit more research on which division to have it marked up as for the location. Hopefully I should manage to finish putting it together later today.

Those seats look excellent! Have you modified them in any way or do these come like this in the box?

I agree, your interior looks great!

Hi, I{m going to begin this campaign with a Miniart T-70, a very simply kit.

Thanks guys, comments much appreciated.

Cristian- They're straight out of the box. They're quite nicely detailed considering the age of the kit (1998) with the lumpiness of the cushions and the bracing on the back of the seats. Took a very steady hand and a magnifier to get those right but I'm quite pleased with them. I'm going to give the seat surfaces a light drybrush before I put the sides on to show a bit of wear to the cushions.Photos I've seen of restored vehicles have the vinyl coating of the cushion worn away in some places from usage. I've only done it once before but it came out okay so I thought I'd try it on here as well.

Clayton- I tried a new technique doing the weathering this time. I've been watching a guy on YouTubes videos and tried one of his techniques. I'd got some cheap make up sponges I usually use for oil washes on brickwork. I ripped off a small corner so one edge was all uneven, put it between some spring loaded tweezers and blotted it in some Vallejo German Cam Black Brown(VJ70822). I wiped the bulk of the paint off, blotted it a couple of times on paper to make sure most of it had gone then dabbed it gently on areas where kit and hobnails would take paint off the floor and walls(not shown yet). I changed the lump a few times when doing the walls so I didn't repeat the scratch pattern. I have to admit I'm quite pleased with it as it's a simple technique (I like simple lol) and you can vary the wear by adding more pressure or using less. I'll see if I can find the link for the You Tube guy as he's got some interesting "How To" videos and they're all straightforward and well demonstrated. I like doing open topped vehicles as I get the opportunity to make them look lived in and a bit more unique. It's surprising how effective a few bits of kit thrown into a vehicle lifts it up a bit. From my own experience I know just how much kit gets chucked under seats,down the back of seats or just dumped as squaddies, no matter which army, will always try to get away with carrying as little as possible. Glad you like it so far.

Clayton, this is the video I was on about. Some of his videos are really useful so I've saved them in my You Tube favourites. This is the chipping one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsceaIRCFyU&index=12&list=PLuis5ijgTqFLOhYajEKdxdf1Hdw2AaQb1

Thanks for sharing!

Hello everyone, I'm pretty happy to see this campaign, not all kits have to be 500+ parts!

Here is my entry, a PanzerKampfAnzug Ausf M (Melusine) from the Maschinen Krieger universe created by Kow Yokoyama. This is a conversion based on a Nitto PanzerKampfAnzug Ausf G (Gustav) with Modelkasten conversion from 2001, long out-of-production but I still had one in my stash. Time to build it!

First, the required picture with the date on it...

And then, the innards of the boxes...



Cheers,

Chris