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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 12:20 AM UTC
Welcome Alex I give you a warning group building is very addictive And watch D he likes to take your crayons when your not looking
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 12:48 AM UTC
Alexander, welcome to where the fun is....see why the group build is all the buzz here - I think you'll like it.
Nice start so far...keep up the fine work!
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 01:52 AM UTC

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what material did you use for the mesh on the windscreens and what color / scheme will you use?

Bob



I use the window mosquito mesh on the windscreens. I will paint this car in US army color scheme with much rust. Where I can find interesting or not standart US color scheme?
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 04:48 AM UTC
Well, here's my update. We have a tank rack and the intakes and exhausts!
...she's starting to look like a truck now.





...a few more things and the chassis is all buttoned up and ready for paint!
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 07:02 AM UTC
Adam, that walker...I assume it's goignt o be a walker...looks pretty sweet. Can't wait to see it develop. One of my "some day" projects is a 1/35 scratched two-legged walker similar to the Mechwarrior types. If I had as much time as I have ideas.....

John, nice idea on the safari vehicle. You going to provide customers and crew? Might be fun to have the stereotypical tour guide on the PA system or bullhorn...just imagine the surreal dialog. Are you going to place it in a dio?
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 08:22 AM UTC
I had better get started on "WENDY" you guys are just tooooo! much with all of this creative flow. OK! guys what kinda names have we got here, now remember most have not been named yet so some of these are my imagination not the builders real names except for Justin, and Bob (bigrip74) who have named their builds.

? means that the vehicle has not been officially named yet.

@ Bob (OD): ?"Lil Piggy"
@ Justin: "HELL WAGON"
@ Randy: ?"RAZOR"
@ Harv: (this is a joke) "THE DOUNUT RAIDER"
@ Damian: ?"Wombat"
@ GAB: ?
@ Alexander: ?"Taxi Cab"
@ Clint: ?"Puddle Jumper"
@ Charlie: ?
@ Guy: ?
@ Lewis: ?"LOOBES" (I like your screen name)
@ Bob (Bigrip74): "TINKER BELL" "CAPTAIN HOOK" "WENDY"

NOTICE: THESE ARE MEANDERINGS OF A MADD MAN just to get the juices from the brain flowing re: some names to make the builds personal.

bOB
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 12:34 PM UTC
OD Great looking psycho truck
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 03:05 PM UTC

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OK! guys what kinda names have we got here, now remember most have not been named yet so some of these are my imagination not the builders real names except for Justin, and Bob (bigrip74) who have named their builds.

? means that the vehicle has not been officially named yet.

@ Bob (OD): ?"Lil Piggy"


bOB



Hmmmm...how about this instead- " the big bad wolf"......... I bet she could take a house down!
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 03:11 PM UTC

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One of my "some day" projects is a 1/35 scratched two-legged walker similar to the Mechwarrior types. If I had as much time as I have ideas.....




Awh, who'd wanna do one of those?!
two leggered walker with an attitude
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 03:19 PM UTC
Building continues with the diorama stage started and this will also be my first Dio.So with out further a due>While driving along mangling zombies and Un-suspecting innocents We stop at a little abandoned cottage to get some rest and let the nuclear engine cool down.Vicki just keeps complaining about wanting to be clean!Women........ zombies are all around and thats all she can think about



more soon
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 03:26 PM UTC
Bob, that is just not right on so many levels (especailly since I threw one away then retrieved it to finish another build in the sherman campign) I like it I now know that I am in the presence of greatness (Bob OD, Justin, Clint, GAB, Damian, Randy, Harv, Alexander, Hermon you guys are my heros) the building and creativeness on this campaign has inspired me on past my own inept trys to succede to a higher level, thanks.

Bob
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 03:39 PM UTC
Have one of these and call me in the morning.just make sure you dont wake up over the border with one of these guys or worse one of these guys and worse yet me

Just kidding you are building right along side us so you are one of us all are equal .enjoy the fun.
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 05:08 PM UTC
I am about due my yearly (1) but do not tell my doc. (VA) he would kill me. And do not worry Justin there is no way that I will be waking up in FL. The last time I was there (Orlando, Jacksonville) boot camp was not a pleasant experiance

Bob
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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 06:50 PM UTC
OD , The big rig is really looking the business now!!!

Alexander, Welcome aboard , Just remember you have to buy the beer now
The crane looks good in back of the Humvee, keep up the good work!

Justin, Can't wait to see the dio unfold!


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Posted: Thursday, November 11, 2010 - 07:01 PM UTC
Justin, I assume Pablo is merely giving Vicki a physical to make sure she has no infectious bite marks...or something. By the way, good to see someone else names their figures.

Bigrip, I haven't thought of a name for my boat. Maybe "Greif". I have a couple of old Tamiya decals for their sdfkz250. I really haven't given it much thought or gone through my decals to see what I have.
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Posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 - 01:56 AM UTC

Wait a minute here fellas, how come Justin gets the girl???????

Randy
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Posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 - 03:14 AM UTC

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Wait a minute here fellas, how come Justin gets the girl???????

Randy



"Coz his inflatable girl was horribly injured in a nasty Xacto knife accident, and we felt sorry for Justin !!

BTW I'm sure Pablo is just inspecting Vicki for concealed weapons

Dragon, your build is starting to really come together now, awesome stuff and I'm loving the look of it so far.

I put an hour or so into my #1 rig tonight and got the basic turret finished.




Now I have to set up a raised platform for the gunner, off the back, and box it in with projectile- and goo-proof plexiglass.

Carry on chaps, most impressive work to this point !!

Cheers, D
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Posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 - 04:33 AM UTC

Hey D, Love the update. That is one mean looking BBQ machine!!! Great job on the detail work

Kinda slow going on my bike. Due to a serious case of triple P, I had to redo the forks , then had to add a skid plate to the bottom of the frame....

















That's all for now, Randy
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Posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 - 05:11 AM UTC
@ Justin: hide the girl others are getting jealous and Hermons wife will bring down the law

@ Damian: that barbequer as Randy puts it is lookiing like a neme that comes to mind "Zippo"

@ Randy: you are making me look hard at what ideas that can be stolen for my next build seriously nice job so far. What the the heck, great building since the first.

@ My twin : I would be honored the escort that behemoth on its excursions into the wasteland for food and drink is it going to be selfcontained or will you tow a large trailer?

@ Hermon: you will have a job reading then putting this down into a novel then a script of the next block buster at the movies just remember to get out real names correct so that we can share

Bob
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Posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 - 05:48 AM UTC
Ok! Hermon, what colors are a hemi I dont have a clue and that transmission blanket should be a beige? Help.

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"TINKER BELL'S underneath

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Posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 - 08:09 AM UTC

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@ Harv: (this is a joke) "THE DOUNUT RAIDER"



I think you and Randy D have a good idea(s) for a name for my cop car........The Donut Shop Raider has a nice ring to it!!

I keep thinking about building that Humvee kit that I have and doing something along the same lines with it. I just can't sit by and watch all of these projects being built and not build something else myself.

Harv
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Posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 - 10:35 AM UTC
HARV, please join me so that I am not the only one afflicted with the dredded scratch building disease (oh I forgot the other sick individuals here) at the moment "TINKER BELL" is being painted, "CAPTAIN HOOK" needs some fine tuning and "WENDY" is just in her first quarter of building. I still need to work out the tracks and drive wheels before she bolts out of here to join the crew I really get a kick out building a/c, armor, ships, anything plastic or wood, but this campaign has opened up a new me in reality I have never liked / enjoyed zombie movies but I can blame this on Hermon and Damian.

Bob
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Posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 - 06:41 PM UTC
I was watching a horribly scripted "reality show" on Discovery and had an epiphany about what to do with my halftrack. So all you landlubbers are out racing across the crumbling transportation network in your customized vehicles, fighting the horde and breaking hearts all the way. But wait a tick...what's this...CHECK ENGINE light? So Brown Sugar is reborn as a post apocalyptic wrecker.

My boat is still my primary project right now. I figure it'll be done pretty quickly so I might turn my attention back to the halftrack concept.
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Posted: Friday, November 12, 2010 - 06:58 PM UTC
GAB, cannot wait to see the photos of the tow half track,, epiphany huh! thems big words for us hicks " Brown Sugar" nice name you have there for that beast of tow vehicle.

Bob
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Posted: Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 12:26 AM UTC
I had an epiphany once. The doc gave me a shot of penicillin and it cleared up in about 3 days.