The second Group Build where the theme is a significant year in history and we again hark back 80 summers. Whereas the events of 1940 largely centred around conflict in Europe, two years on and the battlefront has expanded dramatically following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. As of January 1942, we are also six months into the Great Patriotic War on the Eastern Front. Whilst aircraft will no doubt abound, anything relevant to 1942 is fair game. And it doesn’t have to be military in nature either!
Runs from 4 January to 31 December 2022.
well, there are some models i can build, specially from events such as the Battle of Stalingrad or Midway 8-)
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Sorry, Miguel, one belonged to Fritz, the other to Luis. Both entries now corrected and your total cut by 2. Too many interruptions via SMS today for my minibrain to cope with. :oops:
And, with that, the GB thread is now locked for posterity.
I've found I have several 1942 kits already built (and the list of candidates in my stash is considerable). I'll be making several posts divided by theatre/subject. I post them to serve as inspiration to others to join this Group Build ;) !
PACIFIC WAR
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Most (actually: almost all :oops: ) of my models are still in the transport boxes after the move. I should have some more fitting in the 1942 category, but those are the only pictures I have:
Aircraft are both Revell Minis, vehicles are from Arrowhead.
Sweet’s first foray into WW2 aircraft in 2001 was unexpected to say the least. Who would have thought that a fledgling Japanese company would have selected the Mario Castoldi-designed Macchi C.200 Saetta (Lightning) to start the ball rolling? For we 1/144 nuts, this was manna...
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Everything everyone else has said. Superb. One to be proud of that’s absolutely brilliant. The finish is spot on and the replacement cowling has come up perfectly too. A big improvement. Bravo Smeg. Now top that in 2023!
With the Be-12 approaching the end and some days off this coming week, I've decided to start things for what will surely be my last kits of the year by opening the thread.
The Fw 190 really needs no presentation but allow me to put it in the context of 1942. The A-1 variant was...
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Thank you very much Fritz, Angus and Smeg :P !
Since I brush paint, my technique for mottling is based on dry-brushing. For this enamels are better but in this case all paints involved were acrylics (RLM02 of Vallejo and RLM65 and 71 of PollyScale) which means the brush has to...
My first GB18 build was knocked over in barely a fortnight because of the Christmas-New Year closedown of the universities here in Oz, coupled with a driving need to make the most of the hiatus before the manic workload of a Government re-registration audit kicks in. Barely...
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Thanks, everyone. And David, it's two bottles of bubbly ... I completed the Beaufighter last week! :P
Re: the leading edges, Fritz, I much prefer, say, the yellow ones on Japanese aircraft because you paint them first, then mask them off. Black is a pain because you are almost...
Despite more &^$#* work, the GB20 Argosy is progressing, albeit at glacial speed, and the Doolittle Raid Mitchell is still waiting for me to extract the digit and mask it for a coat of good ol’ Olive Drab. With my query about ultrafine wire and all the excellent feedback, I’ve...
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Nothing like my quality? Looks pretty darned good to me, Andy. There’s something about the RAF desert camo with that combo of Dark Earth and Middle Stone. ;)
I am expecting that time on the workbench will be at a premium during at least the first half of 2022 with the evil spectre of work likely to curtail any “cunning plans” for an Angus-like production schedule. So, with that in mind, my first contribution to GB18 will be a kit I...
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Superb little build here, particularly that tricky wavy demarcation on the rear lower fuselage.
Useful research on the colours and camouflage pattern too.
After a long time away from the bench, I decided to get back into business with a quick and easy build (famous last words?)
This little box was sat on top of one of my stash boxes and called out to me. It also gave a good opportunity to try out the new...
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With all the rain we've endured Down Under in recent months, I just hope it is fitted with a folding roof or it is likely to become a mobile bathtub ... :roll:
Inspired by Cathearder's Yak-1bB and my little Yak-11, I remembered the Yak-1A Brengun kit I had somewhere. Those Yaks are elegant aircraft and I wanted an interim project before starting a larger one, so I thought this could be just the right kit for the moment.
Eventually I...
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That's an easy one ... both! :twisted:
Inspired decision to ditch the dots , which made the Yak look like a Christmas decoration. I've done heavy-duty whitewash on Russian AFVs in the past, but it would have been way too much for aircraft. You've nailed it perfectly. And the...
At the beginning of the war with Japan, one US Navy aircraft that stood out and took its place in aviation history during 1942 was the Douglas SBD Dauntless so it's fitting it gets a place here in this GB.
Following my planned overdose of Buffaloes, I've decided...
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Your trains of thought were temporarily derailed? Anyway, a Butcherbird is always a good choice IMHO.
After 2 jets I want to make something different. I had the P-40E in the stash and it does fit into the 1942 GB, so, let's go!
The AFV P-40s are nice kits and many beautiful models have already been presented in this forum. That's what you get:
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They...
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it looked great during construction and the final result hasn't disappointed one little bit. :mrgreen:
I'm doing it again, getting ahead of myself. Oh well, here goes :roll: .
Last night I was looking at the list I made of potential subjects for this GB and I was thinking that the Fw 200 would be great as it would also cover my idea to build at least one large...
I have a huge project ongoing: WWII U.S. medium tanks in all their operational versions and subtypes, including funnies, lend lease, SP guns, tank destroyers, funnies (the line keeps growing as I discover new types and try to include them -mostly by scratchbuilding-): see here...
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Actually they ARE (or were) offered separately.
Usually you get a generic small decal sheet (German crosses, US stars..) with several of their models.
I've been able to buy almost all of them from their site before this 'no checkout' problem: they are sold in pairs (so if you...
November 1942 the Allies land troops on the North African coast.
My examples will be,
The Revell Dauntless,
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The Trumpter LCM 3,
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A white metal Sherman tank
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and finally,
The Revell Wildcat/ Martlet...
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No problem. I used the decals on an M.11/39, but in the 1/100 scale for which they are intended. I think that if you use them on the slightly larger M.13/40 in 1/144 then they will be acceptable. However, like you, I couldn’t find hard evidence of an Australian operated tank...
For my second entry in this GB, I chose one of my favorite aircraft.
The Me-262 is better known as a late war weapon, but its first jet powered flight was in July 1942, in Leipheim not so far from where I live now.
So my plan is to make the aircraft flown by test pilot Fritz...
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Lovely Luis!! Well worth the extra work and great result
Yeah I'll break up this aircraft monopoly by having a go at a couple of Tiger 1's from Schwere Panzer Abteilung 502 outside of Leningrad in the winter of 1942. The kit is the 2 in 1 Dragon 1/144 effort. Should be a quick build but the painting will challenge things....
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A nice pair of Tigers. I've tried tanky things, difficult to get them to look anything but toy like. You've mastered the art Ian.
Here we are 8-), only hours separate from history 😎.
In the sticky steamy Pacific heat, the pilots leave the meeting room in the carrier's womb and head for the hangar. The lights in the hangar are on and the mechanics are getting ready to do their job. They look at the clock...
For once, a GB intersects with my current plans :lol: !
Once I finish the odd couple I'm currently working on (Airfix Buffalo Mk.I & F-Toys B-339C), I will be building at least three of Mark I Models' kits... and all are machines in 1942!!! And there is a...
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Now, now, no fighting please :lol: :lol: :lol: !
Thank you very much to you all for your kind comments :P
Miguel
This will be my long term build. I've had this kit in the stash for a very long time. It will be OOTB. The etch sets would cost over £40 and with the current energy prices I'd rather be warm. I could buy the Colourcoats paints, but at £3 per pot plus £7.50 MINIMUM delivery, no...
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Some etched ladders arrived in the post today, so on they have gone. The Skippers dog has turned up on the bridge. I have started 'rigging' the railings with invisible thread, painted white.
I went through my stash and found around 30 kits that could fit in this GB. I hope I can build several of them during this year.
Among the selected kits I have several from the Revell's Micro Wing series, which I purchased more for sentimental reasons.
The very first kit I ever...
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Yep, that's the same kit, David. In an early release. Even mine still had some crisp details. It's a nice kit, considering its age.
The instructions are the same, except the ones from mine are in English (it's posted on the first page of this build).
Admittedly I havn't really started any of the GBs yet - but I have a plan 8-) !
For the 1942 GB, by rummaging my stash, I found an almost forgotten Takara Bf-109 E-7 in the markings of ZG 1, with the wasp - nose , normally known on Bf-110s. I did some research and found out,...
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👏👏👏👏👏verry nice
The model but also the truck and the base 👍
Italian WW2 planes are very rare in 1/144 scale, and the Sweet Macchi is maybe the only mainstream model in not pre painted plastic. It's a great kit with fine details and shape very well catched. Anyway is far from perfection. Flat engine detail, closed cockpit, closed wheels...
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Can't you use a micro flat screwdriver (2mm's wide) and scrape the inside out to deepen the wheel wells?
I picked up and started tinkering with a 'Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor' (more concisely known as the 'bomber nurse') and it turns out these were introduced into service in 1942… so why not include here.
The Cleveland Tractor (CleTrac) Company produced the M2 for the USAAF...
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Ray Rimes does some great stuff and in your hands turns into a beauty.
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