Welcome to Geoff’s D-Day 80th Anniversary tribute chat thread.

[SteveT]

I can't start mine until sunday or monday but one question first. Do we stick the build images in here or start a new thread?

 

[Lee Drennen]

some of your own battlefields?

I have there’s a Civil War battlefield just 20mins away from my house.

 

[Allen Dewire]

Hi Steve,

For your build, you start a new thread under the GB main heading. Give it a title like, SteveT's 1/48 Eduard Tempest. Or the scale, brand and type of what you are going to build. A pic of the box, pics of the spues and stuff, pic of the decals, and a pic of the instruction sheet. Then you are off and running You can add info, if you wish, as you go along. HTH's

Prost
Allen

 

[SteveT]

Thank you

 

[PaulTRose]

I've bought a tamiya sherman to join in at some point.....not sure when as I'm so out of practice I need to do something else first to get back in to the swing of things

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Oh just go for it Paul, it's not a competition, just a themed way of everyone having some fun. You've got to start somewhere, so why not in good company?

 

[PaulTRose]

Lol...I will do it but I'm so out of practice I need to restart slowly......it's going to frustrate the hell out of me that I cant build to the same standards that I used to

 

[Geoffers]

Lol...I will do it but I'm so out of practice I need to restart slowly......it's going to frustrate the hell out of me that I cant build to the same standards that I used to

Don’t worry Paul just get stuck in . As Neil said it’s no competition, no one is going to judge your build

Geoff.

 

[Jakko]

I'm so out of practice I need to restart slowly

At least you’ve got a Tamiya Sherman, that will be simple enough to put together for this, nicely easing you back in the habit of building models

 

[PaulTRose]

At least you’ve got a Tamiya Sherman, that will be simple enough to put together for this, nicely easing you back in the habit of building models

It's not so much as putting together, it's the painting and weathering lol

 

[Jakko]

Oh, that bit … Just start painting. If you don’t think it looks like you had in mind yet, put more paint on

 

[SteveT]

Anyone else started? I plan on opening the box and taking images of the sprues tomorrow and then reading the instructions.

 

[Lee Drennen]

Anyone else started? I plan on opening the box and taking images of the sprues

I did that today. Hope to get it posted tomorrow as well

 

[Tim Marlow]

Anyone else started? I plan on opening the box and taking images of the sprues tomorrow and then reading the instructions.

Stuck a few bits together yesterday so might post progress if I do a bit more today.

 

[Jakko]

Anyone else started?

Not me yet, I want to finish the Tyrrell P.34 first but I’m struggling with motivation on that one

 

[SteveT]

Not me yet, I want to finish the Tyrrell P.34 first but I’m struggling with motivation on that one

Ohh you can do it, just think how awesome it'll look when its done!

 

[Waspie]

Not me yet, I want to finish the Tyrrell P.34 first but I’m struggling with motivation on that one

Struggling, not a word I would normally associate with you Jakko???

 

[Lee Drennen]

a word I would normally associate with you Jakko???

Weird isn’t. Now I know the unbreakable is breakable. Lol

 

[Jakko]

Ohh you can do it, just think how awesome it'll look when its done!

I’m trying, but not quite seeing it myself yet …

Struggling, not a word I would normally associate with you Jakko???

I used to have this T-shirt:



Well, I still do, but haven’t worn it in ten years or more because it’s too faded

 

[Gern]

Silly question.

All the sites I've looked at insist that all US soldiers wore a gas mask during the D-day invasion. Considering it was such a momentous occasion, how come nobody except Dragon make 1/35 figures with gas masks - despite the fact there are quite a few sets saying they are D-day figures?

I'm toying with the idea of doing summat for this GB and a small dio with figures seemed OK - but I don't like Dragon kits (too many parts!). I've even thought of trying to make a gas mask but I fear that's beyond my limited abilities.

I'm OK with the idea that soldiers would discard them once landed, but that means I can't show the actual landing. Doohh!