RobMorales

Oh you missed your chance...paint the tank Panzer Gray, the figures in black and the first guy could have been singing Panzerlied as in the Battle of the Bulge movie! Actually nice figure painting technique!

Great likeness...too bad I gotta miss AMPS!

Tom, that's great! Thanks for the quick reply!

Knowing that decal specifics are not released until the Convention itself, can I at least hope that non-aviation (read Armor and/or Automotive) subjects might be included along with the ever present 1/48 scale military aircraft subject?

This is a really nice build Federico!

Great use of modulation! Love it!

Very nice!

Thanks guys! I am sure when I build my Tamiya G I'll wonder "What was I thinking?!?"

Hi all, Here's Italeri's Panther A in 1/35th scale. The kit zimmerit panels were used. Would be OOB except that I added periscopes from Fine Molds as the kit had nothing but gaping holes there. Not a bad build at all. I used decals from Third Group which are sadly now out-of-print.

From the experience of having a my son attend school there, I can attest that transportation from Norfolk to the Peninsula is very pricey. Rental cars, on the other hand, tend to be relatively inexpensive.

MiG the company is working with a new distributor here in the US, Jose Rodriguez who also owns Tiger Productions/Tiger Dio and vends at alot of shows. Here is the web link: http://migproductions-usa.com/index.php

Very nice Freddy! Thanks!

Nice work on the Jumbo!

Or this...which I already have...http://www.jsworkmodel.com/products/ppa4002nr/images/PPA4002nr_4.gif

Interesting. I guess their assumption is once you use it to slat one Stryker, you're going to get sucked in and build a bunch more...if you don't go insane first!

Looks like a winner!

Cool, this is falling in line with our club project "Silk Purse from Sow's Ear". And my pick is giving me fits now...LOL

Great stuff Freddie!

Just had a business trip to the Tokyo area earlier September and managed to side-trip into the Akihabara district and a few of it's hobby shops. I did a little shopping for me, a Fine Molds Type 1 Chi-He medium tank (3300 yen) and a Hasegawa B787-8 (on sale for 1500 yen). I also picked up a Pit-Road JMSDF DD-162 Teruzuki for my Dad, who remembers (and has photos of) this ship and three other Japanese tin cans when they made their first port visit to New York in 1966. He has a few of the other ships of the series and was looking forward to this. If I remember to, I will scan and post one of the photos he took of the ships...

The multicam is a relatively new pattern for line troops, say the last 3 years or so. Specops guys had them longer. USMC units still use their tan MARPAT (my nephew just got home a few months ago, so I asked. He knows his Godfather's a geek). Thanks for posting the link. It reminded me to order some...

Phil, thanks for those of us who couldn't go!

Very nice Mark!

Excellent tip, Federico! Gracias!

John, Thanks for the link. I just shot off an email to Jack and will contribute forthwith.

Great build, finish and base. Home run!