Progress screenshots: FGM Competition "1944" (Finished)2010

Minor in progress shot of the Crusader III AA. Ended up putting on the idler and drive sprocket....will leave the wheels off until the base coat is on later.

A fair bit of bitsy work has been done here to the front section of the model....lights, guard rails, four towing eyes, additional plate armour (with a nice weld bead around it) on both surfaces of the front hull (you can't properly see the bit on the front), and also two aerial receptacles. The front mudguards have been added, and so have a bunch of tool and equipment lockers on both front and back of the tank.

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Next we will make up the drivers "turret", when the rectangular gap in the hull presently is.
 
Looks to be progressing very well. Is the base coat going to be applied when the turrets are put on?
 
Italy 44 AirborneBob's build....

Lets see...surely there is something in there I can put together for "44....

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I had those wall models too... in my original pics they did look like they were straight out of the box but since then... this evening actually I have been hacking them up with snips and scalpel... tough little bugger to cut through too but Im pleased with the result.
 
I'll finish it apart from the road wheels, then base coat the lot, probably with the wheels still on the sprue. Interior colour will be the first thing that gets done...the interior of the turret is allegedly gloss white, although by my reading off-white/cream (which could easily have been gloss white after a bit of use) or silver "aluminium" was standard interior paint for British tanks.

One thing I would like to get - without breaking the bank - is a crew member. Have been keeping an eye on the auction trading sites and the local shop, so far without success. Lots of German figures, the occasional US figures, but stuff all British.
 
I've managed to make some progress over the last few days. I've found the milliput much easier to work with than expected. As long as you use water it's very workable, and I'm pleased with the results.

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I'm not going to apply much detail yet, I'm going to get a base coat applied.

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I'll be interested to see how you approach this. Further down the line I'd like to have a go at some scenary so I'm keen to watch and learn.
 
McIvan said:
One thing I would like to get - without breaking the bank - is a crew member. Have been keeping an eye on the auction trading sites and the local shop, so far without success. Lots of German figures, the occasional US figures, but stuff all British.
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Try Squadron, they have a huge selection of figures and the price isn't as bad as you might expect.

www.squadron.com
 
ohh my mind is working..got to find a base and start that too...
 
Willard's entry in the Group Build

I have always wanted to build the Tamiya Wirbelwind, but couldn't justify the cost considering I've a huge back log of unbuilt kits. I couldn't believe it, but a discount store nearby had some on for $20.00 - I couldn't pass it up! Now I have some motivation to actually build it....

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I'll post pictures as I progress...
 
Good job Willard l'm looking forward to regular updates.
 
Nice choice Willard .... "Willard, are you an assasin?" .... "No Sir, I'm a soldier." .................. "You're neither, you're an errand boy, sent by grocery clerks to collect a bill ..." Sorry WIllard, I couldn't resist that ... It's without a doubt, one of my favorite movies of all time!
Good luck!
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Getting Busy

After a brief lull, it's great to see activity in this section of the forum picking up again. Group builds are moving along nicely and we now have Willard throwing his lot in with his Whirblewind build. The judges for the build are going to have their work cut out for them.

As one of the guys who petitioned the management to add this section to the forum, I'm very happy to see that it is a popular place for many FGM'er

And I almost forgot......Many Thanks to our great Commander, Bootie, for recognizing all the participants in the group build with a great looking ribbon. As always boss, we are thankful for all you do around here.
 
McIvan said:
Should we actually have been posting all our builds in here, rather than in our own separate threads?
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I think that was the original intent. A few of us, me included, had actually started posting pics of our builds before the contest was proposed. Since those threads were seperate from this one, I think everyone else followed suit.

Perhaps we can talk to Bootie to see if there is some way to group all the individual threads under the Group Build thread.
 
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