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Crusader to Gazala Campaign

zontar

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Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 - 08:24 AM UTC

Peter and Gaz: thanks for the encouragement, although I must confess the idea for the straps was not original to me, but I can’t remember where I heard it.

Robin: good idea for the mold. Thanks.

Happy Modeling,
Zon

McRunty

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Posted: Tuesday, May 15, 2018 - 07:45 PM UTC

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Worked up some of the stowage on the SAS Jeep with some strapping. For the straps I made a sandwich of two layers of Tamiya tape with aluminum foil in between. In the future, I think I will use a more adhesive tape, as I had some de-lamination as I bent it around.

Happy Modeling!
Zon

This is starting to come along really nicely! I look forward to the finished result.

zontar

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Posted: Friday, May 18, 2018 - 08:29 AM UTC

Thanks Rory. Hopefully I can get some bench time this weekend.

-Zon

Hangelafette

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Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2018 - 05:06 AM UTC

Zon - Nice work on the straps, definitely making a note of that technique.

I managed to add most of the decals and some exterior details to the ACV.

-Nate

d6mst0

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Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2018 - 06:35 AM UTC

Nathan,

Nice work. Really like the paint work. I hope you don't weather it to heavy.

Mark

GazzaS

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Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2018 - 10:35 AM UTC

Holy Cow, Nathan! That looks fantastic!

Now I want one!

Gaz

petbat

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Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2018 - 01:21 PM UTC

Love the Caunter job on the Dorchester Nathan. Very Nice.

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Now I want one!

Gaz

Heh, Heh, I already have one... unbuilt.

Missed you on Saturday Gaz. Hope you picked up some bargains.

justsendit

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Posted: Sunday, May 20, 2018 - 06:51 PM UTC

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Now I want one!

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Heh, Heh, I already have one... unbuilt.

And thanks to Nathan, I have one vicariously now. Lol! Very nice work!🍺

—mike

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69mudbone

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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2018 - 04:30 AM UTC

Nathan. Great paint job. What kind of masking tape did you use?

Hangelafette

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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2018 - 07:18 AM UTC

Thanks guys, but the camera phone does a nice job of hiding the silvering decals. I used Tamiya masking tape. It is a great kit. At least one of these captured vehicles made it to Tunisia. If Gary does a sequel, that would be another opportunity to build it.

-Nate

petbat

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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2018 - 08:38 AM UTC

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Thanks guys, but the camera phone does a nice job of hiding the silvering decals. I used Tamiya masking tape. It is a great kit. At least one of these captured vehicles made it to Tunisia. If Gary does a sequel, that would be another opportunity to build it.

-Nate

Rommel's Afrika Korp captured and used three. Two were named Max and Moritz. Over on PMMS Terry Ashley reviewed a decals sheet for both, with some additional info

https://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/passionmodels/pm_p35d-003.html

I posted some colour pics of Max earlier in the thread

https://armorama.kitmaker.net/forums/258000&ord=&page=6

Here are some others

justsendit

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Posted: Monday, May 21, 2018 - 09:06 AM UTC

Nate, In the future, and if you’re so inclined, Dragon’s (6723) ‘Rommel and Staff, North Africa 1942’ (4 figures) would be an excellent addition to your beauty of a build.

Cheers!🍺
—mike

petbat

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Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - 03:48 PM UTC

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Heh, Heh, I already have one... unbuilt.

Hmm... Just looked in the box and discovered there are no instructions in it!!! Looks like the joke was on me!

Pave-Hawk

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Posted: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 - 03:57 PM UTC

That's looking really nice Nathan.

GazzaS

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Posted: Wednesday, May 23, 2018 - 01:53 PM UTC

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Missed you on Saturday Gaz. Hope you picked up some bargains.

How did you miss me, I was the largest one there??

Looked for ya, cuz I heard you were there, but never saw ya.

Didn't buy any armor, but did get a couple of OOP Wingnut Wings kits.

Gaz

petbat

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Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 12:20 AM UTC

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Missed you on Saturday Gaz. Hope you picked up some bargains.

How did you miss me, I was the largest one there??

Looked for ya, cuz I heard you were there, but never saw ya.

Didn't buy any armor, but did get a couple of OOP Wingnut Wings kits.

Gaz

I kept an eye out for you, but a lot of people there. Remember I'm only 5.5 foot tall, so everyone is taller than me and it is like looking through a forest.

No armour? Okay, I just won't tell anyone from the club

Glad you picked up something that interested you. A lot of older kits for sale, as usual, but I picked up some more recent ones at bargain prices.

Catch you next Saturday

GazzaS

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Posted: Thursday, May 24, 2018 - 11:30 AM UTC

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Missed you on Saturday Gaz. Hope you picked up some bargains.

How did you miss me, I was the largest one there??

Looked for ya, cuz I heard you were there, but never saw ya.

Didn't buy any armor, but did get a couple of OOP Wingnut Wings kits.

Gaz

I kept an eye out for you, but a lot of people there. Remember I'm only 5.5 foot tall, so everyone is taller than me and it is like looking through a forest.

No armour? Okay, I just won't tell anyone from the club

Glad you picked up something that interested you. A lot of older kits for sale, as usual, but I picked up some more recent ones at bargain prices.

Catch you next Saturday

I have plenty of armor... just not plenty of time.

See ya then.

Gaz

zontar

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Posted: Friday, May 25, 2018 - 08:28 AM UTC

Nate: Really nice job, and an interesting subject. Makes me think Zombie Apocalypse vehicle.

Happy Modeling,
-Zon

Mrclark7

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Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2018 - 09:06 AM UTC

After some thought, and that I have 5 German tanks to build next. Going to scrap the captured idea and go with British.

weathering and decals next.

GazzaS

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Posted: Sunday, May 27, 2018 - 11:01 AM UTC

Nice, MrClark!

Gaz

zontar

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Posted: Monday, May 28, 2018 - 11:16 AM UTC

Aloha All,

MrClark: very nice paint job.

Put on a bit more stowage and started the figures, which needed a lot of clean up work. I'm hesitant to go further with the figures as their hands interact with parts of the car. Otherwise, I think I'm finally ready to start painting.

Scratched the line from the condenser to the radiator with the wire from a twistee tie.

Happy Modeling,
-Zon

GazzaS

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Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 01:29 PM UTC

Zon,
Looking good! Bring on the paint!

Gaz

GazzaS

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Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 01:32 PM UTC

Hey everyone,
Big heads-up! Only 21 days left in this campaign. Tobruk falls in only 20 days.

Gaz

petbat

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Posted: Tuesday, May 29, 2018 - 03:54 PM UTC

Looking good Kelly and Zon

I have all but finished the main paint work and just need to finish the figures so I can add them. I have to work out how to upload pics to my son's laptop. My PC has the dread Microsoft windows update issue - auto updated and now can do nothing from the desktop screen!

Wish me luck. I leave for OS Saturday night and will need to update pics to make sure I meet the deadline before I leave.

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