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John Eary

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  1. Thanks, Gennady. The turret is a Tank Workshop piece (as is the final drive housing) which I didn't reshape, but I did add some of the small parts. Made most from K&S brass 1/16" strip. A real time, and blade, saver. Also added the extended sand shield mounts but they are probably a bit oversize. If I rebuild this one yet again there are some revisions to do. Jacques: OK, I can take a hint LOL. Seriously, I WILL benefit from your photo tips. PS- Glad you liked the hotrod, but you'd better keep it quiet. My reputation is gone but you still have a chance.
  2. Thanks for that Jacques! I snapped those pics before getting the flash turned off, hence the shine. In reality this is one dull tank! The base was thrown together quickly and my lichen discolored from the dullcoat. Still gotta fix that. After fighting with crap quality car kits, I am missing my tanks. Thanks again, John
  3. Yep, me too. Got back into cars a few months ago. Would rather be building a full size street rod but due to other projects, that will have to wait. My plastic substitute rod is a '27 T modified which is almost identical to THIS: http://www.zippermotors.com/page2.html I started with the Revell Buttera T touring and shortened/narrowed the body (just like the real thing). Used the Buttera chassis virtually unchanged. Made a "track" nose, although the kit grill would have been cool too. I am in the process of choosing a paint scheme. Like EW, I am surprised at the lack of on-line auto discussion. There are some very good sites but I've yet to find any active discussion. Quality in Revell and AMT auto models seems to be hit and miss. Some are very good and others...not so much. One that you might enjoy is the Revell 1/16 Mickey Thompson AA/FC. Just grabbed one today and while it probably won't fall together like a Tamiya, it looked very good in the box. Almost no flash, nice detail and good, if not great, chrome. It should be available on-line somewhere. Now, if they would reissue the front engine rails... Happy Motorin' John
  4. Hi guys, I haven't done a lot of salvage but did accidentally disassemble a tube-glued model in normal bath water (it was quite some time ago). If you're lucky, your Duster is tube glued. A friend turned me onto Castrol Super Clean for stripping. It is a cleaner/degreaser available at auto part stores and Wal-Mart etc. It will remove chrome right now and enamel paint in a few minutes-hours. I did try it on Metalizer Titanium laquer. The paint would not budge. The part deformed after 8 hours but the paint stayed. Apparently it's imbedded in the plastic. Have fun with that Duster! John
  5. I think that I mentioned earlier that I would be building an addition to the house and this Spring project is finally begun. Plans are drawn and I'm up to my pecker in dirt as I hand dig the footers. I left a DML Panther II languishing to do THIS. It will be worth it though. My own 12 X 24' "man room" and two more for my wife. Oh yes, I did take time out for this... http://www.iplayoutside.com/images/Events/...84/pic-0015.jpg
  6. Hey Jacques, I see from the club site that you have made solid progress on your Jumbo, and that was a couple of months ago. So how's it going? I suppose you are pretty busy with baby preperations but maybe you've snuck in some modeling? Any more progress? John
  7. Yes, congratulations indeed! You'll have to get some pics ASAP of the little "work in progress" (Kids are NEVER finished) Hope you get him home quickly. Regards, John
  8. "Wonder what happened to you?" Well, I have a theory. My fellow Shermanites walked in, saw my model, crapped their pants and left their models in the car. There is a competing theory that they did not want their models near my dungball. Overall turnout seemed about average - probably 200 entries in this local show. And it's also the only one which I go to. The AMPS show is in a few weeks. Maybe the serious guys are saving their energies for that. It was nice to meet Brock Hopkins who posts on Missing Links. He won his class as well as one of the special awards. He does very nice figures.
  9. Hammer: I heard that. I was looking through an old copy of MMiR the other day and saw an announcement for the Academy M36. They really do like to tease us. Jacques: It sounds like your Jumbo will be great. Have you thought about new tracks? The Tamiyas are ok. I used Afv Club which look pretty good but are not that fun to build. I've heard that RHPS tracks take less clean up, but would cost more with the extended ECs. With two etch sets you should be really well covered. Only etch I used was DML tail light guards plus a bunch of stuff I cut from sheet brass. My model won it's class, but incredibly there were only two entries in Allied tracked WWII. Don't know whether to be happy or embarressed. It's the worst turn out I have seen.
  10. Here ya go: http://www.militarymodelling.com/features/...l#turretdetails Zaloga really did a job on his TD. I recall seeing different muzzle brakes on Korean war (or was that Vietnam) M36s. Off topic, I've been slaving on "Jumbo" for a few weeks. It has actually cut into my 'puter time. It's nearly done. Contest is Sunday. I've tried some things on it that I hadn't done before. It's no "Zaloga" but decent. Jacques, I'll mail you a couple of pics. Back to the salt mines...
  11. Hi Gennady, I do not usually do dioramas or even scenic displays but have used Celluclay once for a good sized diorama (high school fair project...Hedgerow fighting scene. Placed well ). It is very workable and makes a convincing reproduction of earth. One caveat: My piece was about 18X24" and when the Celluclay dried, it pulled up from the Masonite base around the edges. Was a bugger to fasten down. If I did it again, I would imbed screws, wires or something in the base for the Celluclay to grip and stay in place. Might not have been a problem on a smaller piece or with thinner applications. Good luck!
  12. Nice work Jacques! It's almost enough to draw me into the ebay madness. Resistance is futile. Something special would be a model of the AFV you crewed. Was it M110?
  13. Hi Jacques! Coincidentaly, my first thought was that the Academy M12 would make a swell upgrade for many parts of the Roo. Nice early suspension (but not INITIAL production), early nose, a much better drivers area and good flex tracks (but, again, not exactly the type Geoff wanted). I've got one to build myself and will probably backdate it using either the M3 or the all-out version using an M12.
  14. Gennady: The fact that you are building this rather involved kit while studying for a law degree speaks volumes of your energy and span of concentration. I would definitely include this on future resumes. I recall that someone makes both interior and exterior PE sets for the kit. Are you using either? Geoff: Getting the parts you want won't be too simple or dirt cheap but it will make a more interesting vehicle than what the kit does. You COULD get a Tamiya M3 Lee/Grant for the nose and bogies. They are not state of art quality but would give the effect. Just don't use the road wheels. They are wrong. Tracks could come from Tamiya M4A3 (cut off the duckbills) or RHPS. About the same cost for either but the RHPS tracks would look GREAT (with a lot more work). Must be other sources but I can't name them...
  15. Could be! And since it involves computer use, it will still be a challenge for me. Oh joy! Besides the rapid replicator, how about a laser jet painting device by HP? Weathering options on the toolbar and high resolution settings for your "competition" models. Not long ago, I built the "Lost in space" robot for my older brother. It was a kick. Now he has his eye on the Jupiter II. We'll see. [Edited by John Eary (08 Feb 2002).]
  16. That sounds familiar, Mike. My pals and I drooled over Aurora, Monogram, Airfix 1/72...basically anything we could get ahold of. Then the Tamiyas appeared followed by some nice Italeri stuff (like Pz IV). The old stuff looked pretty shabby after those. Now, looking back at the 70s Tamiya stuff there's some real stinkers (although some are still pretty sharp). Makes me wonder what a state of the art kit will look like in another 30 years.
  17. Well, I've just about finished the AFV Club tracks for "Jumbo". After a rocky start with a crude jig, I built 2 better jigs and they worked much better. Still an awful lot of parts, though. I will let the glue dry for a day or so before painting and PRAY that the paint doesn't make them fall apart. That would just be too much. And now, the tank does not look good enough to wear these fine tracks. So I will work on some details. It's a vicious cycle.
  18. Yep, I'm building a new fighting compartment floor. I trimmed the half basket out of the kit basket and found some Plastruct diamond plate for the wet stowage ammo deck. Here's a Zaloga article on his M36B1 http://www.militarymodelling.com/features/...l#turretdetails Amazing! Wish I could build like that.
  19. Was building the Italeri M36B1 with some added interior but it got a little tiresome so I've doubled back to redo my Tamiya/TTW Jumbo. It's repainted and drybrushed, improved the travel lock and now I'm making AFV club tracks to replace the Tamiya duckbills. The AFV Club tracks are workable?! My butt! I will put the Tamiya tracks on the M36B1. Next...Well, I have a real pile of stuff for an M5A1. Don't know if I want to start anything big, though. In the Spring I plan to add on to house and part of that will be a hobby room.
  20. Beauty, man. Thank you. I hope it is useful or interesting to some folks. BTW, while looking for info on the subjects I came across a cool site: http://www.unlimitedexcitement.com/Miss%20...10%20Engine.htm This link goes to a page on the Allison AC engine and there is a similar page on the RR Merlin. Have fun, John
  21. Through extensive "Googling", I've made a few discoveries. 1 GM formed Detroit Diesel in 1938 and their main product was the 6-71 engine. Two 6-71s were joined to make the 6046 (M10 engine). 2 Detroit Diesel and Allison were not formally consolidated till 1970...so any affiliation during WWII is unclear. 3 Although Detroit is now owned by Daimler Chrysler, the engines still seem to be the same color: http://www.detroitdiesel.com/images/ddc_im...s/Series60G.gif The GMC diesel SEEMS to be the same color as the Allison AC engine, but I have not found the direct linkage which I expected, what with both engines being heavy duty specialty units. Nonetheless, I can now assemble and paint my tank engine with confidence.
  22. Check out the following two pics. The first is from Claus Bonnesen's site which I had a time tracking down at it's new location. The second is a set that I took at Wright Patterson AFB some time ago. Is there a point to this? Maybe. A number of modelers have wondered what color the GMC diesel engine should be in the M4A2 and M10 TD. http://www.mobilixnet.dk/~mob75281/pic/pro...10/gm6046-1.jpg http://members.tripod.com/mmfs0/Photos/jeary/index.htm That should be better. Thank you Jacques! Claus's pics help here but interpretting just what color that is, is a little iffy what with aging, photo variables, etc. I have speculated that the color pictured is the same blue-green used on Detroit Diesel Allison engines as late as the 70's(don't know about newer stuff). Then I find my old pics of the Allison AC engine which seems like a very close match at least. But there are nagging questions: As I understand it, Allison was a GM division as was GMC (of course). Were the GMC diesels made by Allison? Are the two engines pictured wearing their original colors? Was this, in fact, the same color? Anal modelers want to know!!! Any clarification would be appreciated. <font size=1>[Edited by John Eary (22 Jan 2002).] [Edited by John Eary (23 Jan 2002).]
  23. I feel your pain. During the years when I was not modeling, I left all the old stuff at the folks place. When the bug bit me again, I went to dig them up. About half were simply gone including my 1/25 Centurian with interior. I still haven't got a straight answer as to where they went. Luckily the Cent is still available and I replaced it (to be built at a later date). Sorry about the employment problem and modeling or not, I hope that it is quickly resolved.
  24. Manic, you have done some cool stuff. Even the winged thingies are kinda pretty. Are you still building?
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