Mike Mcellaney

I am now calling this one finished The rest of the photos are in the gallery

After looking at the link posted by AngloSaxon I would say there is conclusive evidence that F-13 had Zimmerit at least on the turret These two photos show Zimmerit on the turret, with the very strong possibility of it being on the hull as well

Nice work Luis, did you ever get the one done in the day fighter camouflage scheme

Great work Lloyd, that's not one you see every day

Lloyd thats one nice F-18 there

That is some nice NMF work

Well its been in the paint shop and come out the other side Vehicle numbers on 24th Regiment unit insignia on Filters and wash done

Dave, that is a fantastic diorama, I looked at the dioramas you were up against at Southern Expo and I think you were short changed this year, and should have been placed at least 3rd, with a possible 2nd, well better luck next time or at the next show

Very nice Peter

This will be the last update before the tank hits the paint shop The spare wheels and track links on the turret, Jerry Cans on the rear are only just held on with white tack at the moment, these will be painted of the vehicle to give a bit of color variation.

Ray, even with the mishap that's some nice work you have done there

Well its almost there now, just a few more bits left to put on before the primer coat which should be this weekend

Right got all of the Zimmerit on, just a few problems with the backing sheet separating and having to piece together the resin squares The worst being the rear plate that's it about 15 pieces All I have to do now is go round, sand back the resin where its overlapped fill the joints where the plates meet and make them look like the Zimmerit

Peter The resin Zimmerit so far is nice to work with, will let you know when the project is complete if i still think so I would say the hardest part is getting it of the resin backing sheet, this is where you need to sand it, and make sure it stays in one piece Once that is done, its just fixing it to the model with PVA glue, with a touch of super glue around the edges

Ok first up date All of the wheels removed and cleaned up The hull cleaned up, suspension arms removed , cleaned and dry fitted, also Zimmerit added to the sides I decided to go with the metal track rather than the resin ones, less clean up on the metal ones and they went together great

Nice one Mish another one for the collection

Well being inspired by Peter's build of a Panther from I./Pz.Rgt.24, and after looking at the reference site he linked to I did a little digging around in the stash and found the following Dragons Panther A WW II Production Resin tracks Fruimetal Tracks Aber upgrade set for the Panther Eureka tow cables 7.5cm L/70 metal gun barrel Atak Zimmerit For reference I will be using the following The link to the excellent web site Pete Marshall provided in his build thread The 116. Panzer-Division's Panther Battalion, the I./Pz.Rgt.24 during the battle of Normandy Panzer Tracks No 5-2 on the Panther A And a Japanese language pictorial book on the Panther So with that little lot together I will be attempting to build a Panther A from the 4th company of I./Pz.Rgt.24, the tank will be number 424 I will also incorporate the items of equipment and there location on the tank that identifies it as being from Pz.Rgt. 24 1. Spare road wheels mounted conical side out, one either side of the turret towards the rear, held in place with three bolts 2. The cleaning rod tube relocated to the rear deck, above the rear grills 3. Two spare Jerry cans mounted, one each on the inner face of the rear storage bins 4. Spare track mounted on the side of the turret, these were held in place with the "U" bolts normally used on the hull sides for the spare track This tank was lost on the 24th of August 1944 at a spot called "le Pelican" The I./ Pz.Rgt.24 was formed 23 July 1943 after the II./ Pz.Rgt.24 was renumbered, most of its officers, were from what was left of the 24th Pz.Div, which had almost been wiped out in the fighting at Stalingrad It did not receive its 74 Panther tanks which were a mixture of late model A and early G until after D Day when OKW HQ realized the I./Pz.Rgt.24 did not have any Panthers These were rushed to Mailly-le-Camp where the 24th were. After carrying out training west of Amies, on the night of 19/20 July the 1./Pz.Rgt.24 set of for the front, they arrived at their assembly point on the 29th July west of Vire Turret rear hatch showing the ID mark for the 4th Company

Philip If you look on the first page of the group build you will find 3 builds of 1/72 P-51'S and one of those are already completed and in the galery

Nice start, but i think you need to check you references for the rear area behind the pilot That area should be white not the blue/green as far as I know that is the JASDF F-15J color I would say the best person in GB to check with is Mungo 1974, he has a wealth of knowledge on the F-15

Well its about time I made a start on this build I will be changing the base kit from Academy to Hasegawa the reason 1. Forgot I had the Hasegawa 1/48 F-15C in the stash 2. When I opened it found I had the following Cockpit and burner cans from Aries A mask set from Steel Beach Wolfpack Agressor updat set Paint masks from Eduard Resin FOD covers from Two mikes RBF tags from Daco and Expert-Choice Decals will still be from Afterburner, and a Hasegawa weapons set for the APX-95 So on to the photos

Have been able to move on with the NMF P-51 I have decided to finish her as Lady Ovella from the 362nd FS The model was primed with FS 36270, the base color is Duraluminum, with the different color panels done by mixing Jet Exhaust with the base color All of the decals are now on, not bad for decals that are 20 year old, only had one break up that was upper wing insignia that had to be removed and replaced Just need to let all the decals dry, then future the model, weather, future then seal and it done The next update now will be when the model is completed ​One thing I did find out about the 362nd FS, it would seem from September 44 onward the NMF aircraft did not have the black ID strips on the wings or tail planes, they also had the rudder painted white (363rd was Red, 364th was Yellow) I noticed this in the few color photos I have plus in the black and white one you can notice the "different color" to the tail

Nice one Lloyd

Nice work

Hey Mac, i agree with Lloyd you took your time getting here

Lloyd, what a different finish to this model, not one you see every day