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Post by deafpanzer on Nov 3, 2014 19:16:06 GMT -5
Nice change from typical desert colors you have done recently... LOL
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Post by rbaer on Nov 4, 2014 12:02:46 GMT -5
Green is good!
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Post by bullardino on Nov 9, 2014 5:27:29 GMT -5
I love it, GREEN is the colour  |
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Post by rbaer on Nov 13, 2014 16:41:09 GMT -5
Mean green!
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Post by rbaer on Nov 14, 2014 17:33:13 GMT -5
Barrel's here, yay!
Now all I need is time......
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Post by bullardino on Nov 15, 2014 1:40:57 GMT -5
Get'r'done  |
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Post by pantherf..-Email Not Valid on Nov 15, 2014 5:23:13 GMT -5
Barrel's here, yay! Now all I need is time......I just subtract from the sleeping. LOL It's over rated anyway.  Jeff |
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Post by rbaer on Nov 17, 2014 13:49:54 GMT -5
Sleep, schmeep.
It doesn't help that I spent all of last weekend with whatever grunge flu thing is going around now.....
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Post by deafpanzer on Nov 17, 2014 14:17:27 GMT -5
Hope you feel better... don't hesitate to drink some of cement it really helps!
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Post by rbaer on Nov 18, 2014 18:26:58 GMT -5
Cement? One can only wonder.....  |
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Post by Leon on Nov 18, 2014 20:13:49 GMT -5
Hope your feeling better Russ ! Had that bug last weekend.  |
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Post by rbaer on Nov 19, 2014 11:23:12 GMT -5
I'm alive, which at one point I thought was questionable.... So. Engage your rant filters, activate particulate shields. All the hoo-ha about this wonderful aftermarket, super-duper gun tube, and it's got a wee problem. I took it out of its packaging last night to get some touchy-feely in, and was having way too much fun ogling the fancy muzzle brake, jamb nut and lock rings, all of which thread on, and looked for the very prominent and noticeable groove machined into the top rear of the gun tube, and it's not there. Big fail on RB's part, big fail. I. Am. Crushed.  I thought RB was supposed to be the end-all, whiz-bang best. |
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Post by rbaer on Nov 20, 2014 10:46:29 GMT -5
I got a reply to my e-mail to RB overnight, they said they know about the groove but that it would have been too expensive to reproduce. Good for them that they answered promptly, but I would have paid for the groove.
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Post by dierk on Nov 21, 2014 9:59:55 GMT -5
Strange attitude by RB - surely they must realise why people buy their barrels for the price of a small kit, and that most modellers would not mid spending a couple of quid extra for an accurate one?
I'd go as far as claiming green is the ONLY colour Thumbs Up! - 4BO to be precise lol
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Post by rbaer on Nov 21, 2014 15:34:59 GMT -5
Groovin' on the green.
Makes me wonder how much would a groove have cost, or how much would it have added to a sub-$10 part?
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Post by wbill76 on Nov 21, 2014 16:58:30 GMT -5
Groovin' on the green. Makes me wonder how much would a groove have cost, or how much would it have added to a sub-$10 part? Considering these are turned aluminum, I imagine it would be enough to impact the total production cost to reduce their profit margin and/or require a price increase that the market wouldn't bear for this type of barrel. An extra machining step for each barrel that requires precision and time (possibly even having to be done by hand?) are always killers when it comes to manufacturing costs for something like this! |
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Post by rbaer on Nov 24, 2014 11:51:16 GMT -5
Probable..... So I got the razor saw out, taped up the barrel and very carefully started cutting the groove. It's hard to see, but it's there, and will pop after weathering.  It's a long tube....  |
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Post by dupes on Nov 24, 2014 12:45:05 GMT -5
Balls o' steel cutting your own groove into a barrel that big on a build this far along!
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Post by rbaer on Nov 24, 2014 13:49:45 GMT -5
My wife says they're too big.....
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Post by deafpanzer on Nov 24, 2014 13:54:04 GMT -5
LOL! Loved the last pic... way too BIG! LOL I better not let my wife see this one...
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Post by dierk on Nov 26, 2014 10:40:32 GMT -5
Groovy groove Thumbs Up!
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Post by rbaer on Nov 26, 2014 11:15:14 GMT -5
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Post by rbaer on Dec 11, 2014 17:51:00 GMT -5
Wow, two weeks! Well, since the Super Sherman is whizzing along towards completion, this one got a little love in all the right places recently. I got a gloss coat on the hull, allied the few decals and shot more gloss over them. Then hull and turret got some flat and a very dark gray sludge wash. I have the wash scrubbed off of the hull, not the turret in the following pic:  And below, the wash on the tracks and wheels:  I did a quick read, in Belton Cooper's book, about the arrival and modification of the "Super", and I may leave off the mantlet armor, since from the way Mr. Cooper describes the process, the "bat wings" were added almost immediately after the mantlet armor was, due to the fact that they were aware of the balance issues from the git-go. Besides, I like it better that way. |
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Post by M1Carbine on Dec 11, 2014 23:56:19 GMT -5
Russ - looks freaking great.
Bob
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Post by rbaer on Dec 12, 2014 17:11:47 GMT -5
Thanks, Bob.
Bench time is on my schedule tomorrow, yippee!
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Post by rbaer on Dec 15, 2014 11:57:19 GMT -5
Lemme just throw something up here, busy day but I'll try and get a few pics up later....  |
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Post by rbaer on Dec 15, 2014 17:01:41 GMT -5
Back-side:  And I thought this was pretty cool, all the detail in the RB muzzle brake:  |
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Post by deafpanzer on Dec 16, 2014 0:32:20 GMT -5
Liked the first picture... a nice reminder how long the gun was!
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Post by wbill76 on Dec 16, 2014 14:41:51 GMT -5
Super Pershing is looking good there Russ, nothing like a big old gun to equalize the situation! |
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Post by rbaer on Dec 17, 2014 17:32:44 GMT -5
Yeah, a select (very) few US tankers finally got to bring a GUN to a gun-fight.
I finally picked up another HB "Super" kit, don't know if I want to do it "full-boat", as it actually saw action, or do the tank pre-conversion. I'm leaning towards the latter, it's kind of neat-looking, with a short barrel and no muzzle brake. I just need to find the book I have with the pic of it.
Anyway, headlight lenses are just about done, last layer of Micro Crystal Clear went on this morning, so the gun rest, dust and the one fig will finish it.
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