tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9844544788341992762024-02-18T20:19:54.532-08:00Tank TacoA reference guide for the author about: scale modeling, model painting, history, war gaming, model inventory & project progress. Primary focus of modeling is WWII Armour & Infantry on the eastern front, with detail focus on the battle of KurskTank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.comBlogger181125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-75488520084529212542023-11-30T10:25:00.000-08:002023-11-30T10:26:53.561-08:00I'M BACK BABY!!!<p> After being locked out of my account for 7 years and 11 months, I'm back in the Tank Taco saddle!</p>Tank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-66495407730804940502016-01-01T19:34:00.000-08:002016-01-01T19:34:21.947-08:00Happy 2016<br />
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Many thing are happening this right now. However I'm shooting for having 2 field-able fighting forces this year.Tank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-82984483616014413092015-10-09T05:26:00.001-07:002015-11-20T23:30:38.891-08:00Happy Tanktober!!!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Strumtiger pondered by U.S. troops</td></tr>
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Strumtiger on Mini afv link <a href="http://miniafv.blogspot.com/2011/10/trumpeter-172-sturmtiger-erhan-atalay.html">HERE</a><br />
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It's my favorite time of year and Tanktober only makes it better. So
I'll use this post to insert photos of some of my favorite tanks and
links to some of my favorite sites, plus some current info that I'm
looking at while I build my armies. Thank Patton for Tanktober!<br />
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Tanktoberists Sites<br />
The Originator - Dux Homunculorum: <a href="http://dux-homunculorum.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/tanktober.html">http://dux-homunculorum.blogspot.com.au/2015/10/tanktober.html</a><br />
The Man Cave: <a href="http://tasmancave.blogspot.com/">http://tasmancave.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My first love was a Sherman much like This Black Magic. That Sherman was near the Zoo in Lincohn, Nebraska & it stole my heart when I was around 6 years old</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> My next infatuation was with the impressive Tiger I</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Soviet's T-34, considered by many as the greatest tank of WWII</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T-28 US Tiger Killer that never saw action</td></tr>
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Military History Now <a href="http://militaryhistorynow.com/2012/08/02/heavyweights-the-unused-super-tanks-of-world-war-two/">Article</a> Here & T-28 on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T28_Super_Heavy_Tank">WIKIPEDEA</a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Beast that started it all</td></tr>
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Wikipedia on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_IV_tank">BRITISH</a> Mark IV(above) & British <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_heavy_tanks_of_World_War_I#Mark_I">HEAVY</a> Tanks of WWI. Super <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YG0nM3oEKA">Documentary</a> about use of Mark version tanks in WW1.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lincoln-Machine #1 on trials in 1915 & covered up and said to be a water tank</td></tr>
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1st tank history <a href="http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1/gb/little_willie.php">HERE</a> on "Tanks Encyclopdia" & the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fLCdNudUxk">VIDEO</a> about Little Willie<br />
Great <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Z9o5oPMWss">VIDEO</a> on history of tank "Invention of the tank"<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A gaggle of Stug's for your enjoyment!</td></tr>
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<b>MORE HANDY LINKS</b> <br />
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Painting 15mm fast:<br />
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15mm germans fast & dirty:<br />
<a href="http://glueinthecarpet.blogspot.com/2014/08/15mm-ww2-german-reinforced-rifle.html">http://glueinthecarpet.blogspot.com/2014/08/15mm-ww2-german-reinforced-rifle.html</a><br />
How I painted 15mm soviet infantry:<br />
<a href="http://dagamerstable.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-i-painted-my-ww2-15mm-soviet.html">http://dagamerstable.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-i-painted-my-ww2-15mm-soviet.html</a><br />
Painting WWII magazine video review by ModelDads:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wWiSvS07q0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wWiSvS07q0 </a><br />
Black undercoat method for painting figures:<br />
<a href="http://balagan.info/black-undercoat-method-for-painting-wargaming-figures">http://balagan.info/black-undercoat-method-for-painting-wargaming-figures</a><br />
Squad painter on painting soviets(multiple posts):<br />
<a href="http://squadpainter.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html">http://squadpainter.blogspot.com/2013_01_01_archive.html</a><br />
WWII soviet painting guide by Steven's Balagan***:<br />
<a href="http://balagan.info/ww2-painting-guide-russian-infantry">http://balagan.info/ww2-painting-guide-russian-infantry</a><br />
Painting WWII soviet infantry- introduction:<br />
<a href="http://ordinarygaming.blogspot.com/2012/03/painting-wwii-soviet-infantry-part-1.html">http://ordinarygaming.blogspot.com/2012/03/painting-wwii-soviet-infantry-part-1.html</a><br />
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<br />Tank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-44514090380009734942015-08-09T13:46:00.000-07:002015-08-15T10:59:24.763-07:00Basing Dilemma My basic Basing dilemma <br />
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Purchases:<br />
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<b>25mm Magnetic Bases</b> (25count) by GaleForce Nine Magnetic Gaming Aids<br />
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<b>Citadels Mixed Base Pack 1</b> (28 count) containing 20 32mm round bases, 5x 75mmx46mm oval bases, and 3x 50mm round bases<br />
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<b>Various Zinc Washers</b> from Home Depot, including sizes #10(1/2"round), 1-1/4" round, 1-1/2"round and various other sizes<br />
Another ref.: <a href="http://www.miniwargaming.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=77956">HERE</a> here <br />
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• Bill Werks' Blog on Washer Bases <a href="http://billwerks.blogspot.com/2010/02/basing-sg-teams.html">HERE</a> ,Another <a href="http://www.miniwargaming.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=77956">BLOG</a> about gluing washer to bottom of Gameworks base <br />
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<b>J-B Weld</b> : for filing in the holes on washers.<br />
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<b>RUST-OLEUM</b> Aluminum Primer<br />
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Blogs on Washer Bases. Searched by: wargaming with zinc washer bases<br />
<a href="http://gaming.thecasavants.com/Minis/bases.htm#Steel_Bases">http://gaming.thecasavants.com/Minis/bases.htm#Steel_Bases</a> <br />
Basing on Fender washers video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij4HHlBX7YM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij4HHlBX7YM</a><br />
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<b>Magnetic Bases</b>: <br />
Site selling them <a href="http://www.wargameaccessories.com/Products.htm">@Wargameaccessories.com</a> <br />
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<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij4HHlBX7YM"></a>Tank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-73000356186831048792015-08-09T13:11:00.003-07:002015-11-26T11:37:57.912-08:00Progress Report from the Future; Thankgiving Holiday Paint Feast. "Raw"<br />
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Color schemes November 2015<br />
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* stuck on german helmet color after all this time<br />
* Bought wet look gloss and used it before could return.<br />
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GERMAN:<br />
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Helmets: 995(GermanGrey)[Lightened 2:1 995/836] , CamoCover 967(Olive green) also {recommended}979(Ger.Cam.DarkGreen) Kreig says Reflective green VMC890 w/bit of black<br />
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Rifles: <br />
Metal = <br />
Rifle Wood = VMC 70.875 Beige Brown<br />
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M-31 canteen WWII (mine 967 olive green) also use 894<br />
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Shove top: used <br />
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Feed bag: 874 us tan earth<br />
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<b>SOVIET</b>:<br />
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Helmet: V894(Cam. Olive Green previously known as Russian green)<br />
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Rifles: <br />
Metal = <br />
Rifle Wood = VMC 70.875 Beige Brown<br />
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Belts: ? V822(Cam.BlackBrown) / {recomended}871(LeatherBrown) 1:1 with 825(Camo pale Viol Brown<br />
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Boots: V822(Cam.BlackBrown) may be mixed with 950(Black)<br />
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Shove top: used V894<br />
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bed roll: V874 us tan earth<br />
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Feed bag: V884 stongrey<br />
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painting vallejo German helmet color WWII<br />
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11/23/2015 Painting Figures Notes<br />
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#01 1- 1/72 Soviet {britishParatrooper as soviet} Airfix tossing grenade / paint mix RAL 7028(vallejo primer)- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over w/V880 <br />
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#02 !!needes touch-up on flesh & Much More!! 2- 15mm Soviet PCS (1A Male medic Marching w/helmet)(2A Female medic standing) / paint mix 5:1 MA middlestone&white Airbrushed- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" <br />
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#04 !!needes BASING!!! 2- 15mm German PCS (1A Standing rifleman firing w/helmet) (2A SMG w/cap tossing grenade) / paint mix VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] , Good example of VMA Light GreyGreen with Army Painter strong shade #04 = GERMAN FIGURE PAINT SAMPLE <br />
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#05 !!needes tunic bruch over,Helmet & Lots touch-up + Dulling!! 1- 15mm German PCS Standing SMG w/helmet tossing grenade / paint mix VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] , Pants brushed over VMC 836 London Grey, Looks like this was overdone on Army Painter shading<br />
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#06 !!needes tunic bruch over,Helmet & Lots touch-up!! 1- 15mm German PCS Medic marching w/helmet / paint mix ? POSSIBLE VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air], Looks like too heavy army painter tone, Pants overpainted VMC London Grey.<br />
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#08 1/72 Soviet PSC tossing grenade / paint mix MiddleStone 5:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over {Russ. mix C}<br />
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#10 1- 15mm Soviet PCS Standing firing rifle w/cap / / paint mix MiddleStone 5:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over(?English uniform?)<br />
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#11 !!needes flesh drybrushed!! 2- 1/72 Soviet, PSC(1A) & Zvezda (1A female medic in place) & (2A Zvezda Running Soviet) / paint mix Tamiya spay can Dark Yellow- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over [russ. Mix D]<br />
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#12 !!needes flesh drybrushed & Black retouch!! 2- 15mm Soviet PSC (1A NCO w/pistol capped kneeling pointing) & (2A NCO w/pistol helmeted kneeling pointing) / paint mix 5:1 MA middlestone&white Airbrushed- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" <br />
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#13 !!needes flesh drybrushed!! 1- 1/72 Soviet PSC Standing firing rifle / paint mix MiddleStone 4:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over<br />
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#14 1- 1/72 German PCS (1A advancing w/Rifle) & (2A medic advancing) / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air]<br />
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#18 2-1/72 German PCS (1A advancing w/Rifle) & (2A machine gunner firing) / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 100% [airbushed Model Air]<br />
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#19 #22 1- 1/72 German Revell machine gunner marching forward w/smock / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air]<br />
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#20 2- 1/72 German PCS (1A advancing w/Rifle) & (2A medic advancing) / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 5:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" (1A pants sea grey) (2A germanUniform pants)<br />
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#22 1- 1/72 German PCS machine gunner marching forward / paint mix V Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air]<br />
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#23 1- 1/72 Soviet PSC Standing machine gunner firing / paint mix MiddleStone 4:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over<br />
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#24 2- 1/72 Soviet PSC (1A Prone Machine gunner w/cap shooting)(2A advancing w/Rifle) / paint mix MiddleStone 5:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"<br />
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#25 1- 1/72 Soviet PSC Standing firing rifle / paint mix MiddleStone 4:1- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over<br />
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#26 1- 1/72 Soviet Revell Prone rifle gunner shooting) / paint mix( middlestone(?5:1?) - Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over<br />
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#29 1- 1/72 Soviet PSC advancing w/Rifle / paint mix RAL 7028(vallejo primer)- Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Brushed Over<br />
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#101 4- 15mm German PCS (1A Capped marching forward w/rifle)(2A rapid advancing w/Rifle) & (3A Standing machine gunner firing) / paint mix ?tamiya fieldgrey spay can) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"<br />
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#102 3- 15mm German PCS (1A Machine gunner arm up marching forward )(2A soldier w/Machine gun ammo) & (3A Standing soldier tossing gernade) / paint mix tamiya fieldgrey spay can) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" <br />
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#103 3- 15mm Soviet PCS (1A Standing firing rifle w/hemet )(2A Standing firing rifle w/cap) & (3A Standing firing rifle w/hemet) / paint mix ?tamiya dark yellow spay can?) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"<br />
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#104 1- 15mm Soviet PCS Standing firing rifle w/cap / paint mix ?unknown) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"<br />
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#105 !!needes touch-up & More Dulling!! 6- 15mm German PCS (1A Soldier Squatting & Raising rifle)(2A Standing machine gunner firing) & (3A Capped Kneeling arm out stretched)(4A LMG gunner arm up marching forward)(5A Soldier walking w/Machine gun ammo)(6A Standing soldier tossing grenade) / paint mix (?tamiya fieldgrey spay can) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"<br />
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#106 !!needes touch-up on guns & More Dulling!! 6- 15mm German PCS (1A Kneeling rifleman shooting w/helmet)(2A Standing rifleman firing w/cap) & (3A Standing rifleman firing w/hemet)(4A Rifleman advancing while shooting w/helmet)(5A Standing soldier w/cap tossing grenade) (6A Wounded Blond soldier walking w/Machine gun ammo) / paint mix (?tamiya fieldgrey spay can? may be airbrushed light grey green(MA)) Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone"<br />
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#107 !!needes touch-up on flesh & Straps!! 2- 15mm Soviet PCS (1A Male medic Marching w/helmet)(2A Female medic standing) / paint mix Tamiya TS-3 Dark Yellow spray Can, Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" Over brushed with Brushed over with mix of VallejoMC English Uniform 70.921 in a unkown mix of VMC921 3:1:1:1<br />
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#108 !!needes touch-up onHelmet, Boots & Straps!! 2- 15mm Soviet PCS (1A Standing SMG w/helmet tossing grenade)(2A Standing SMG w/cap tossing grenade)(3A Kneeling SMG shooting w/cap)(4A Kneeling SMG shooting w/helmet) / paint mix Tamiya TS-3 Dark Yellow spray Can, Dipped in "Army Painter Quick Shade Strong Tone" No Over brush! Good example of Tamiya TS-3 spray can with Army Painter Strong Tone brushed on<br />
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#109 !!needes BASING!!! 2- 15mm German PCS (1A Advancing rifleman w/cap) (2A Medic marching w/helmet) / paint mix ? Possible VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] , Good example of VMA Light GreyGreen with Army Painter strong shade<br />
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#109 !!needes Helmet,Boots&canteen!!! 1- 15mm German PCS Advancing rifleman w/helmet) / paint mix ? Possible VMA Light GreyGreen 4:1 w/White [airbushed Model Air] , Good example of VMA Light GreyGreen with Army Painter strong shade<br />
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Capped marching forward w/rifle<br />
Standing SMG gunner firing<br />
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Standing rifleman firing w/hemet<br />
Standing rifleman firing w/cap<br />
Kneeling rifleman shooting w/helmet<br />
Kneeling SMG shooting w/helmet<br />
Kneeling SMG shooting w/cap<br />
SMG gunner arm up marching forward<br />
Standing SMG w/helmet tossing grenade<br />
Standing SMG w/cap tossing grenade<br />
Rifleman advancing while shooting w/helmet<br />
Capped Kneeling w/SMG arm out stretched<br />
NCO w/pistol capped kneeling pointing<br />
Male medic marching w/helmet<br />
Female medic standing<br />
Soldier walking w/Machine gun ammo<br />
Wounded blonde soldier walking w/Machine gun ammo<br />
Soldier squatting & raising rifle<br />
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Washers for Bases<br />
1) Fill holes with "JB Weld" two part epoxy on wax paper<br />
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Kriegs corner on 15mm outfited soldiers of WWII in Vallejo colors *****<br />
<a href="http://ritterkrieg.blogspot.ca/2013/02/recommended-colors.html">http://ritterkrieg.blogspot.ca/2013/02/recommended-colors.html </a><br />
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Michigan Toy Soldier Co Referance site to WWII German Uniform<br />
<a href="http://michtoy-from-the-front.blogspot.com/2014/05/uniform-painting-reference-material.html">http://michtoy-from-the-front.blogspot.com/2014/05/uniform-painting-reference-material.html </a><br />
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WWII Troop colors<br />
<a href="http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?21588-Helpful-table-of-uniform-colors%28Vallejo%29-for-WWII-Dust">http://www.lounge.belloflostsouls.net/showthread.php?21588-Helpful-table-of-uniform-colors%28Vallejo%29-for-WWII-Dust</a><br />
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TT ref. sites:<br />
http://tanktaco.blogspot.com/2013/07/basic-german-wehrmacht-uniform-wwii-era.html<br />
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http://tanktaco.blogspot.com/2013/01/vallejo-model-color-inventory-info.html<br />
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<a href="http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=97523">http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=97523 </a><br />
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() Issue dry brushing over Army painter glossiness. No tooth on surface to hold paint during dry brush which caused paint to smear around and wipe off areas<br />
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() ? look-up using satin/luster spray for better drybrushing. Has tooth for paint to hold.Tank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-47219437109469645032015-08-09T13:06:00.001-07:002015-08-09T13:06:55.657-07:00Plastic Soldier Co. 15mm(1/100)WWII Russian Infantry Heavy Weapons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Scroll to find samples <a href="http://fjodin1.rssing.com/chan-23500640/all_p1.html">HERE</a> @ Fjodins 15mm world<br />
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Using Heavy weapon w/ BGK & Basing Discussion_Guild: <a href="http://www.guildwargamers.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=308&t=26401">http://www.guildwargamers.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=308&t=26401</a><br />
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Reviews: PSR= <a href="http://www.plasticsoldierreview.com/Review.aspx?id=555">REVIEW</a>, Military Modeling <a href="http://www.militarymodelling.com/news/article/german-engineers-in-1-72/21541">REVIEW</a>.<br />
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Stopped By local Game store for some bases, and picked up a few items from the dollar box<br />
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1/258 WWII Russian Individual Infantry: part of GHQ's "WWII Micro Armour Series".<br />
Example <a href="http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/r48.html">HERE</a> & GHQ's Home page = <a href="http://www.ghqmodels.com/">http://www.ghqmodels.com/</a><br />
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25mm Nova Corp:Sgt 80010. From the "Chronoscope Bones" series by Reaper. <a href="http://www.reapermini.com/OnlineStore/80010/sku-down/80010">EXAMPLE</a><br />
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25mm Ardoc Brother 60151. Sculpted by B Jackson for The "Pathfinder Miniatures" Series by Reaper. <a href="http://paizo.com/products/btpy8vf6?Pathfinder-Miniatures-Ardoc-Brother">EXAMPLE</a><br />
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<br />Tank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-7454945266303330732015-08-03T09:43:00.000-07:002015-08-03T19:56:57.222-07:00August 3rd HistoryAugust 2nd History on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_3">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_3</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2">Wikipedea</a><br />
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Special Happy Birthday goes out to:<br />
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<b>Major Events August 3rd</b> <br />
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1914 : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>: Germany declares war against France.<br />
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<b>Battles on August 3rd in history</b> <br />
8 BC : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_officer" title="General officer">general</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiberius" title="Tiberius">Tiberius</a> defeats the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalmatae" title="Dalmatae">Dalmatae</a> on the river <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bosna_%28river%29" title="Bosna (river)">Bathinus</a>.<br />
881 : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saucourt-en-Vimeu" title="Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu">Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_III_of_France" title="Louis III of France">Louis III of France</a> defeats the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikings" title="Vikings">Vikings</a>, an event celebrated in the poem <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwigslied" title="Ludwigslied">Ludwigslied</a></i>.<br />
1645 : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" title="Thirty Years' War">Thirty Years' War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_N%C3%B6rdlingen_%281645%29" title="Battle of Nördlingen (1645)">Second Battle of Nördlingen</a> sees French forces defeating those of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a>.<br />
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<b>WWII</b> <br />
Timeline of WWII <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II</a><br />
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8/3/1940: The USSR formally annexes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic">Lithuania</a>.<br />
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8/1-4/1940: Operation Hurry, the first of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_Convoys" title="Malta Convoys">Malta Convoys</a>, is accomplished.<br />
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8/3/1941:<br />
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IITank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-79264135570177592672015-08-02T10:30:00.001-07:002015-08-02T10:56:35.455-07:00August 2nd HistoryAugust 2nd History on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_2">Wikipedea</a><br />
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Special Happy Birthday goes out to:<br />
*1932 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole" title="Peter O'Toole">Peter O'Toole</a>, British-Irish actor (d. 2013) <br />
**1953 – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch_Patrick" title="Butch Patrick">Butch Patrick</a>, American actor and singer <br />
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<b>Major Events August 2nd</b> <br />
1610: Henry Hudson sails into Hudson Bay <br />
1776 : The Signing of the United States Declaration of Independence took Place. <br />
1876 : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hickok" title="Wild Bill Hickok">Wild Bill Hickok</a>, American sheriff (b. 1837) When shot, Hickok was playing five card draw, and was holding a pair of aces and a pair of eights, known as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_man%27s_hand" title="Dead man's hand">Dead man's hand</a>. <br />
1934 : Adolf Hitler becomes Fuhrer Of Germany follwing the death of President Paul von Hindenburg. <br />
1937: The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marihuana_Tax_Act_of_1937">INFO</a>) is passed in America, the effect of which is to render <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_%28drug%29" title="Cannabis (drug)">marijuana</a> and all its by-products illegal. <br />
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1939 : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Szilard" title="Leo Szilard">Leo Szilard</a> write <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%E2%80%93Szil%C3%A1rd_letter" title="Einstein–Szilárd letter">a letter</a> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>, urging him to begin the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Project" title="Manhattan Project">Manhattan Project</a> to develop a nuclear weapon. <br />
1943 : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat_PT-109" title="Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109">Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109</a> is rammed by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Japanese</a> destroyer <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_destroyer_Amagiri_%281930%29" title="Japanese destroyer Amagiri (1930)">Amagiri</a></i> and sinks. Lt. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy</a>, future U.S. President, saves all but two of his crew.<br />
1945 : World War II: End of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam_Conference" title="Potsdam Conference">Potsdam Conference</a>. <br />
1964 : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident" title="Gulf of Tonkin incident">Gulf of Tonkin incident</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Vietnam" title="North Vietnam">North Vietnamese</a> gunboats allegedly fire on the U.S. destroyer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maddox_%28DD-731%29" title="USS Maddox (DD-731)">USS <i>Maddox</i></a>. <br />
1985 : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_191" title="Delta Air Lines Flight 191">Delta Air Lines Flight 191</a>, a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_L-1011_TriStar" title="Lockheed L-1011 TriStar">Lockheed L-1011 TriStar</a>, crashes at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas/Fort_Worth_International_Airport" title="Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport">Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport</a> killing 137. <br />
1990 : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a> invades <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a>, eventually leading to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War" title="Gulf War">Gulf War</a>. <br />
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<b>Battles on August 2nd in history</b> <br />
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Battle of Chaeronea: 338BC (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chaeronea_%28338_BC%29">INFO</a>) A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Macedonian_army" title="Ancient Macedonian army">Macedonian army</a> led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon" title="Philip II of Macedon">Philip II</a> defeated the combined forces of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thebes,_Greece" title="Thebes, Greece">Thebes</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chaeronea_%28338_BC%29" title="Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC)">Battle of Chaeronea</a>, securing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_%28ancient_kingdom%29" title="Macedonia (ancient kingdom)">Macedonian</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegemony" title="Hegemony">hegemony</a> in Greece and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_civilizations" title="Aegean civilizations">Aegean</a>.<br />
The 2nd Punic War: 216 BC (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Punic_War">INFO</a>) : Battle of Cannae (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae">INFO</a>) : The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carthage" title="Carthage">Carthaginian</a> army led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal" title="Hannibal">Hannibal</a> defeats a numerically superior <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman</a> army under command of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consul" title="Consul">consuls</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucius_Aemilius_Paullus_%28consul_219_BC%29" title="Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219 BC)">Lucius Aemilius Paullus</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Terentius_Varro" title="Gaius Terentius Varro">Gaius Terentius Varro</a>.<br />
1897 : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Afghan_War" title="Anglo-Afghan War">Anglo-Afghan War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malakand" title="Siege of Malakand">Siege of Malakand</a> ends when a relief column is able to reach the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Indian_Army" title="British Indian Army">British</a> garrison in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakand_Agency" title="Malakand Agency">Malakand states</a> adjacent to India's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Frontier_Province_%281901%E2%80%9355%29" title="North-West Frontier Province (1901–55)">North West Frontier Province</a>. <br />
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Timeline of WWII <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II</a><br />
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8/2/1940: 2: General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Charles de Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</a> sentenced to death in absentia by a French military court.<br />
: The USSR <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Bessarabia_and_Northern_Bukovina" title="Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina">annexes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina</a>.<br />
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8/1-4/1940: 1-4: Operation Hurry, the first of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_Convoys" title="Malta Convoys">Malta Convoys</a>, is accomplished. <br />
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8/2/1941: 2: All civilian radios in Norway confiscated by the German occupation.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ww2db_1-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_%281941%29#cite_note-ww2db-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
: SS Commander <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Krueger" title="Hans Krueger">Hans Krueger</a> (alternative spelling, Hans Krüger) orders the <i>registration</i> of hundreds of Jewish and Polish <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligentsia" title="Intelligentsia">intelligentsia</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ivano-Frankivsk" title="History of Ivano-Frankivsk">Stanisławów</a>, who are subsequently tortured and murdered. This is the first implementation of the "one bullet one Jew" method in Galicia.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-stanislawow_5-3"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_%281941%29#cite_note-stanislawow-5"><span>[</span>5<span>]</span></a></sup> <br />
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8/2/1943: 2: 2,897 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people" title="Romani people">Romani</a> are gassed when their camp at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp#The_Gypsy_camp" title="Auschwitz concentration camp">Auschwitz</a> is liquidated.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ww2db_1-38"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_%281943%29#cite_note-ww2db-1"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup><br />
: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy#Military_service" title="John F. Kennedy">John F. Kennedy's</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Torpedo_Boat_PT-109" title="Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109">PT-109</a> is rammed in two and sunk off the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_Islands_%28archipelago%29" title="Solomon Islands (archipelago)">Solomon Islands</a>. <br />
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8/2/1945: 2: End of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam_Conference" title="Potsdam Conference">Potsdam Conference</a>: Issues such as the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_Germans_after_World_War_II" title="Expulsion of Germans after World War II">expulsion of Germans</a> from the eastern quarter of Germany and elsewhere in eastern Europe are mandated in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potsdam_Agreement" title="Potsdam Agreement">Potsdam Agreement</a>. <br />
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IITank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-74390087737439947792015-08-01T10:54:00.002-07:002015-08-02T10:33:06.260-07:00August 1st HistoryAugust 1st History on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_1">Wikipedea</a>.<br />
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Special Happy Birthday goes out to:<br />
Claudius 10BC (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius">Wikipedia</a>) & Jerry Garcia (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Garcia">Wikipedea</a>)<br />
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Battles on August 1st in history<br />
30BC: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/30_BC" title="30 BC">30 BC</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus" title="Augustus">Octavian</a> (later known as Augustus) enters <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandria" title="Alexandria">Alexandria</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>, bringing it under the control of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic" title="Roman Republic">Roman Republic</a>. <br />
69AD: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/69" title="69">69</a> – <span style="color: black;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Batavi" title="Revolt of the Batavi">Batavian rebellion</a>:</span> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolt_of_the_Batavi">Wikipedea</a>)The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batavi_%28Germanic_tribe%29" title="Batavi (Germanic tribe)">Batavians</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germania_Inferior" title="Germania Inferior">Germania Inferior</a> (Netherlands) revolt under the leadership of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Civilis" title="Gaius Julius Civilis">Gaius Julius Civilis</a>. <br />
1664: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1664" title="1664">1664</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman forces</a> are defeated in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saint_Gotthard_%281664%29" title="Battle of Saint Gotthard (1664)">battle of Saint Gotthard</a> by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habsburg_Monarchy" title="Habsburg Monarchy">Austrian</a> army led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimondo_Montecuccoli" title="Raimondo Montecuccoli">Raimondo Montecuccoli</a>, resulting in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Vasv%C3%A1r" title="Peace of Vasvár">Peace of Vasvár</a>. <br />
1759: Battle of Minden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Minden<br />
1798: Battle of the Nile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nile <br />
1801: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1801" title="1801">1801</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Barbary_War" title="First Barbary War">First Barbary War</a>: The American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schooner" title="Schooner">schooner</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_%281799%29" title="USS Enterprise (1799)">USS <i>Enterprise</i></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_of_1_August_1801" title="Action of 1 August 1801">captures</a> the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripoli" title="Tripoli">Tripolitan</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polacca" title="Polacca">polacca</a> <i>Tripoli</i> in a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-ship_action" title="Single-ship action">single-ship action</a> off the coast of modern-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>. <br />
1894: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1894" title="1894">1894</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a> erupts between <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" title="Empire of Japan">Japan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qing_dynasty" title="Qing dynasty">China</a> over Korea. <br />
1914: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914" title="1914">1914</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> declares war on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> at the opening of World War I. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Switzerland" title="Military of Switzerland">Swiss Army</a> mobilizes because of World War I. <br />
1927: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1927" title="1927">1927</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanchang_Uprising" title="Nanchang Uprising">Nanchang Uprising</a> marks the first significant battle in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a> between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_China" title="Communist Party of China">Chinese Communist Party</a>. This day is commemorated as the anniversary of the founding of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">People's Liberation Army</a>. <br />
1940: Battle of Britain (continues) Wikipedea https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Britain Info http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0023.html<br />
1946: Battle of Athens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_%281946%29<br />
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WWII<br />
Timeline of WWII <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II</a><br />
8/1/1940: 1: Hitler sets 15 September as the date for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sea_Lion" title="Operation Sea Lion">Operation Sea Lion</a>, the invasion of Britain.<br />
: Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov reaffirms Molotov-Ribbentrop pact in
the Soviet Supreme while verbally attacking both Britain and the USA. He
also asserts that the boundaries of Soviet Union are moved to the
shores of the Baltic Sea.<br />
: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regia_Marina" title="Regia Marina">Italian Royal Navy</a> establishes its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BETASOM" title="BETASOM">BETASOM</a> submarine base in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a> and joins the "<a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic_%281939-1945%29" title="Battle of the Atlantic (1939-1945)">Battle of the Atlantic</a>."<br />
8/1-4/1940: 1-4: Operation Hurry, the first of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malta_Convoys" title="Malta Convoys">Malta Convoys</a>, is accomplished. <br />
8/1-10/1940: Battle of Britain (continues)<br />
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8/1/1941: 1: The US announces an oil embargo against "aggressors."<br />
: Japanese occupy <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saigon" title="Saigon">Saigon</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam" title="Vietnam">Vietnam</a>.<br />
: The Germans declare Galicia as the fifth district of the <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Government" title="General Government">Generalgouvernement</a></i>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-stanislawow_5-2"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_%281941%29#cite_note-stanislawow-5">[5]</a></sup> <br />
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8/1/1942: 1: The Germans continue their successful advance toward Stalingrad. <br />
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8/1/1943: 1: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tidal_Wave" title="Operation Tidal Wave">Operation Tidal Wave</a>: Oil refineries at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ploie%C8%99ti" title="Ploiești">Ploiești</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>, are bombed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Air_Division" title="19th Air Division">U.S. IX Bomber Command</a>.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ww2db_1-37"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_%281943%29#cite_note-ww2db-1">[1]</a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-etherington_3-31"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_World_War_II_%281943%29#cite_note-etherington-3">[3]</a></sup><br />
: Japan declares independence for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_of_Burma" title="State of Burma">State of Burma</a> under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ba_Maw" title="Ba Maw">Ba Maw</a>. <br />
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8/1/1944: 1: The Second <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising" title="Warsaw Uprising">Warsaw Uprising</a>, this time by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Army" title="Home Army">Polish Home Army</a>, begins: the Polish people rise up, expecting aid from the approaching Soviet Union armies, but it never comes.<br />
: The Red Army isolates the Baltic States from East Prussia by taking <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunas" title="Kaunas">Kaunas</a>.<br />
: The Americans complete the capture of the island of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinian" title="Tinian">Tinian</a>. <br />
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8/1/1945: 1: Ukrainian insurgents attack the police station in <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baligrod" title="Baligrod">Baligrod</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>. Polish soldiers defend the station, driving off the attackers, who torch several houses as they retreat<br />
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IITank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-21624448217306595472015-07-31T22:38:00.001-07:002015-07-31T22:54:53.088-07:00July 31st HistoryJuly 31st History<br />
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July 31st History - wikipedea<br />
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_31<br />
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3rd Battle of Ypres:<br />
history channel: <a href="http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/third-battle-of-ypres-begins-in-flanders">http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/third-battle-of-ypres-begins-in-flanders</a><br />
Battle of Alexandria (30 BC) : <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alexandria_%2830_BC%29">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Alexandria_%2830_BC%29</a><br />
Battle of Passchendaele OR 3rd Battle of Ypres (WW-One Wikipedea):<br />
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Passchendaele</a><br />
The Battle of Britain (7/25-7/31/194): <a href="http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0022.html">http://www.battleofbritain1940.net/0022.html </a><br />
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This Day in History in WWII according to Wikipedea: <br />
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1940: July 31: Under instructions from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Nazi</a> official <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_G%C3%B6ring" title="Hermann Göring">Hermann Göring</a>, orders <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS" title="SS">SS</a> general <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinhard_Heydrich" title="Reinhard Heydrich">Reinhard Heydrich</a>
to "submit to me as soon as possible a general plan of the
administrative material and financial measures necessary for carrying
out the desired <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_solution" title="Final solution">final solution</a> of the Jewish question."<br />
: The Japanese naval ministry accuses the United States of intruding into their territorial waters at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukumo,_K%C5%8Dchi" title="Sukumo, Kōchi">Sukumo</a> Bay, and then fleeing. No evidence is offered to prove this allegation.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2013)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup><br />
: <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_B._Hershey" title="Lewis B. Hershey">Lewis B. Hershey</a> succeeds Clarence Dykstra as Director of the Selective Service System in the United States.<br />
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1945: July 31: U.S. conducts air attacks on the cities of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe" title="Kobe">Kobe</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a> in Japan.<br />
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<br />Tank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-53019502948446917322015-07-31T22:05:00.002-07:002015-08-01T13:56:53.376-07:00These Are The Days 7/31 - 8/4This is always the special days circa opposite Xmas.Vacation and More<br />
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Painting Videos<br />
Wargames, Soldiers and Strategy (posts)<br />
Like very much. Most are for 28mm, however there are some 15mm tutorials. Also use of Vallejo on most videos<br />
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Painting tech: Materials & Getting Started:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3SZtvI6XiM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3SZtvI6XiM</a><br />
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Little Germans: Painting 15mm Panzergrenadiere ****: <br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c747dHshE38">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c747dHshE38</a><br />
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Hear, heer: Painting a WWII German soldier:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVHWlPPSos">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeVHWlPPSos</a><br />
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Panzer Los: Painting a 15mm Panzer IV ausf J: (15MM)<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRCBBmhynU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CRCBBmhynU</a><br />
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Big Game Hunting: Painting a WWII German Tiger Tank (28mm)<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jygBjkYNqdU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jygBjkYNqdU</a><br />
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Fun with Fallschirmjaager - Painting WWII German Camo: splinter pattern<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8l3q1uK2tM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8l3q1uK2tM</a><br />
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More German Camo: Painting SS pea pattern:<br />
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Flak 38 Part 1: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alOB2O65ulg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alOB2O65ulg</a><br />
Flak 38 Part 2: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mps8mQvySJU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mps8mQvySJU</a><br />
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Moscow calling: Painting a WWII Russian Sniper:<br />
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You're in the army now: Painting a WWII American GI:<br />
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We Few, we happy few: Painting US airborne Soldier:<br />
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Carthago Delnda est: Painting a Republican-era Roman:<br />
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A perfect 10: Painting 10mm AWI redcoats<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfAfbN1v9Us">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfAfbN1v9Us</a><br />
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Technique: Preparing the Model<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaLxCkF5fi8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaLxCkF5fi8 </a><br />
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Technique: Painting Faces:<br />
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Painting Tech: Blending & Layering:<br />
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Talk Wargaming: How To Paint Bolt Action Soviet Infantry:<br />
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Talking Wargaming: How To Paint Bolt Action German Infantry<br />
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Dr Faust's_Painting Bolt Action Soviets WWII Russians<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yGbIR6ooko">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yGbIR6ooko</a><br />
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Artmaster Studio: How to Paint Perry Miniatures Afrika Korps<br />
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Airfix 1:32 Painting on Sprue with oils<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHC1wyBnKUg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHC1wyBnKUg</a><br />
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How to Paint An Miniature in under 10 Minutes:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9qS8oXBN3k">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9qS8oXBN3k</a><br />
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1/100 German Hetzer painting & weathering w/AMMO<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5UIYoHqSP0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5UIYoHqSP0</a><br />
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Tiger Day 2015 (@ Bovington Tank Museum)<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb1b5i7_TZk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb1b5i7_TZk</a><br />
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Well, it's Memorial day and I was hoping to get some work done on some modeling projects, but regular life got in the way. I was able to take in some war films in a War movie Marathon on Antenna TVwhile working on bills and paper work.<br />
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The first film I caught was "Castle Keep"<br />
I really Liked this film!<br />
INDB info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064137/<br />
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Then I saw just some of "Beach Red"<br />
INDB info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061389/ <br />
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I was able to see 3/4 of Anzio<br />
INDB info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062673/<br />
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And finally I watched all of "The Bridge at Remagen"<br />
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INDB info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064110/<br />
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I accidentally bought Vallejo heavy Gel Gloss 26591, and did not know what to do with it. So while searching internet for practical use of gel, I found This <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-MZ4Bz70iM">VIDEO</a> on this product for basing, and it seemed very interesting. It took me a while to track down this exact product and it seemed expensive at about $16.oo, however it seems that it may save a lot of time and hassle, so I think it may be worth a try<br />
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Golden's promo Video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VFEy95BoXQ">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VFEy95BoXQ </a><br />
Another Golden's Informational Video:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM-bkNOLPfU"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bM-bkNOLPfU</a><br />
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Product @ Blick: <a href="http://www.dickblick.com/products/golden-pumice-gel-mediums/">http://www.dickblick.com/products/golden-pumice-gel-mediums/ </a><br />
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Happy Hobby Health Day: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-MZ4Bz70iM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-MZ4Bz70iM </a><br />
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Combat Painter on basing with Pumice Gel: <span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span dir="ltr" style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjXudaPurJ0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjXudaPurJ0</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span dir="ltr" style="font-size: 10pt;">5 must have for Basing: <a href="http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/53608-5-must-haves-for-basing/">http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/53608-5-must-haves-for-basing/</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: x-small;"><span dir="ltr" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="background-color: white;">Inexpensive magnetic bases for FOW****:</span> <a href="http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/53608-5-must-haves-for-basing/">http://forum.reapermini.com/index.php?/topic/53608-5-must-haves-for-basing/</a> </span></span><br />
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I have had this piece of shaped styrofoam from a Omaha Steaks cooler cover lid. I originally shaped it for 1/72nd models, but it should work for 15mm. It is a hill road with 2 mesas on either sides for observation and artillery. After helping my son work on his Diorama(<a href="http://tanktaco.blogspot.com/2015/04/the-boys-earth-day-diorama.html">LINK</a>), I got the itch to finish this piece and try some new techniques while completing this terrain piece.</div>
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There are some issues with this piece. The worst is the transition to the base which is to steep, but I do not want to make the base any longer for storage issues, so I'll live for now with the un-realistic transitions.</div>
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So next I added some sand that I had around to the area that I decided to be the road. The sand was rather yellow-ish, and I planed to crush it and make it more fine, but in a effort to just move on with the project, I put on the sand when I had a free moment. Using a 50/50 PVA (school white glue) with water I applied the sand. Then I brushed on another 50/50 PVA coar with a brush and aplied more sand and then after everything dried I covered the sand with a another 50/50 pva/water mix, to seal & hold the sand in place. Overall the sand looked good, except the sand was more coarse than I would of liked, but I already know that when I pressed on with the project.</div>
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Next I applied Acylic gel with coarse pumice and a 50/50 mix of Craft paints Mustard Yellow and Dark Beige(Jo-Ann72129 Au Natural) to the vertical areas of the terrain to give it the color of a sandy bluff. This worked out well and looked very nice. I then mixed green and Olive Green into the rest of the mixed pumice gel and brushed it onto the areas that were to have grass added to them, so as to be a base for the grass.</div>
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I was at 99¢ store with my son, when I spotted these planes for 99¢. I thought for the price I could use the for airstrikes in BGK, and at 99¢ what did I have to loose. Even though they are the wrong air forces, I can either remark them or just keep them the same remembering that on plane is axis and the other is allied. I think Ill go back and by some more at 99¢!<br />
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BGK Sources:<br />
Nice forum <a href="http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/517507.page">Link</a> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/517507.page <br />
This BGK army list builder looks useful. But How? <a href="http://gregfarrell.org/builder/bgb.html">Click Here</a> http://gregfarrell.org/builder/bgb.html<br />
Review of BGK <a href="http://shaun-wargaming-minis.blogspot.com/2013/05/battlegroup-kursk-bgk-first-game-and.html">HERE</a> http://shaun-wargaming-minis.blogspot.com/2013/05/battlegroup-kursk-bgk-first-game-and.htmlTank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-62041746842215366232015-04-24T17:00:00.000-07:002015-04-24T20:48:46.526-07:00The Boy's Earth Day Diorama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My son had the assignment of making a piece of art to represent Earth Day, and he was excited because he could make a diorama. I shaped the base for him and I had him apply the glue and add the ground cover. He picked out and modified the pieces and I glue them on the base. His class mates were very impressed by the final results.<br />
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Quite the title. This was a time when I transitioned from pursuing building models to surfing. Days after this photo I started surfing and gave up modeling for about 23 years.<br />
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Models Shown:<br />
∆ Jagpanther<br />
Review of 1/25 model on Modelers Alliance <a href="http://www.modelersalliance.com/reviews-and-news/217-kits/507-tamiyas-125th-scale-jagd-panther-first-look-review">HERE</a> http://www.modelersalliance.com/reviews-and-news/217-kits/507-tamiyas-125th-scale-jagd-panther-first-look-review<br />
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TV Memories of that era and earlier and later eras (Enjoy!)<br />
Saturday Morning <br />
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HR Pufnstuf (Sid&Marty Krofft)<br />
#1 The Magic Path: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbG7vvZmCKM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbG7vvZmCKM</a><br />
102 The Wheely Bird: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3w65w2xNpU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3w65w2xNpU</a><br />
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Land of the Lost (Sid&Marty Krofft)<br />
#1 " Cha Ka" (1974): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOa2sVws-m4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOa2sVws-m4</a><br />
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Lidsville (Sid&Marty Krofft)<br />
Girl for Hoo Doo: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-3KOKjHvg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-3KOKjHvg</a><br />
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Sigmund The Seamonster (Sid&Marty Krofft)<br />
Holloween : <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JkZu8bb7VI">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JkZu8bb7VI</a><br />
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The Bugaloos<br />
Home is our Hassle: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKtO61MWBg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKtO61MWBg</a><br />
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The Lost Saucer<br />
Pilot: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwJlmdgIxyg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwJlmdgIxyg</a><br />
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The Ghost Buster (Sid & Marty Krofft) 1975<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdPfUYgY6nw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdPfUYgY6nw</a><br />
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Far Out Space Nuts (Sid&Marty Krofft)<br />
It's all in your mind: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgvYgobd17w">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgvYgobd17w</a><br />
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The Kroffts Supershow<br />
Opening Theme: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS_TmRtoO2k">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS_TmRtoO2k</a><br />
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Wonderbug<br />
The not so great race: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqPc2rGO9XU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqPc2rGO9XU</a><br />
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Magic Mongo (The Krofft Supershow)<br />
The Kissing Bandit: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HioCv2wAV20">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HioCv2wAV20</a><br />
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Doctor Shrinker (The Krofft Supershow)<br />
The Other Brad: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W_ph68w6SM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W_ph68w6SM</a><br />
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Electra Woman & Dyna Girl (The Krofft Supershow)<br />
The Empress of Evil: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NKtI8CcoBc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NKtI8CcoBc</a><br />
Unaired Pilot: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPGVQUA6ms">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WPGVQUA6ms</a><br />
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Kaptain Kool & The Kongs 76-77: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFzxvdP--i8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFzxvdP--i8</a><br />
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Si Rose Interview: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb3HkoTBPjg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pb3HkoTBPjg </a><br />
The Secrets of Isis<br />
#1: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Zo3UiJkHs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2Zo3UiJkHs</a><br />
#5: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtYVmtkrpEY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtYVmtkrpEY</a><br />
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Groovie Goolies <br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBIPjNlKX7I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBIPjNlKX7I</a><br />
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The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show - 1974: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqCKVpIZxC4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqCKVpIZxC4</a> <br />
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The Monkees<br />
Unaired Pilot Episode: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlpCwxfC9L8">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlpCwxfC9L8</a><br />
Better version: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRw304BkMYs">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRw304BkMYs</a><br />
The Wild Monkees: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFjK73ro8Qg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFjK73ro8Qg</a><br />
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More Cartoons to Reference: Josie & The Pussy Cats, Hong Kong Phoey, The Oddball Couple, Chan Clan, Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Addams Family, Funky Phantom, Lancelot Link, Gilligan Planet, Jackson 5, Star Trek, Shazam<br />
SATURDAY MORNING TV MEMORIES 1964 - 1976 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVyEPaY9ks">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVyEPaY9ks</a><br />
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FLASH BACK COMPULATIONS<br />
Saturday Morning Memories 1964-1976: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVyEPaY9ks<br />
Classic '60s & '70's Commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mkr3GureeA<br />
36+ New TV Shows of Fall TV 1963: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLzPMO6nWgQ<br />
CBS 1966-67 Fall Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks3GmChQWrs<br />
The 16 new shows of ABC fall TV 1966: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwR2IxywaZk<br />
Memories of 1968 - Where were you?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7gHBrJI_ww<br />
NBC 1969-70 TV Fall Promo Special: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKfm-uDlyDg<br />
23 new shows of fall tv 1969: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ7FYLwvKqQ<br />
28 shows of ABC summer 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhCxtfd9_9o<br />
CBS 1968-69 Fall Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgsKKTyJ-Uc<br />
ABC Fall Preview 1970: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2CogEYLViU <br />
25 new shows of fall 1972: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2nilt9b2tw <br />
ABC 1974-75 Fall Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deHt8zDzzd8<br />
27 intros to a lot of bad 70's tv shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSQKVr3Dats<br />
19 more Good, bad, & Ugly 70's TV intros(+2): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH8t9HJ40BY<br />
Fantasy 60's TV lineup 1966-69: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlizNcf0OWw<br />
9 tv sitcoms theme - one season wonders of the 1970's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCP3nxsOSVo<br />
60's Commercials : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yWTsFVkrFc<br />
13 Sci-Fi TV Series Failures of the Late 70's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfZerhRy8lc<br />
11 intros to Tacky 80's Sci-Fi's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_87i7FhkIs<br />
18 Short Lived Sitcoms of the 70's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpGybFEcLxA&spfreload=10<br />
Strangest TV pilots ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtTuM7RIyA8<br />
The Solarnaughts (1967): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVe-rT4TpJI<br />
Star Trek unaired Version 2nd Plot Intro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFtc2Ypwzl0<br />
Star Trek unaired Version 2nd Plot RECONSTRUCTED : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORBGSaBZynw<br />
Childhood Memories, 1960's and 70's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gy4kIO8eptI<br />
20 classic 60s'-70's TV commercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcXaR3V38Zw<br />
Vintage TV Adds 50's, 60's & 70's: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoXkomJZT40<br />
70's Rare Retro Toy Adds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lm-4uQ0z_ok<br />
Memories of 1977 - where were you?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLakMvb1US0<br />
I love 1978: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0fTwiPKz7E<br />
The TV Season that almost Wasn't 1980-81: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3OVae9rDRo<br />
I Love the 80's (1980): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4OXwDvqB7c<br />
ABC Fall Promo Reel 1982: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iFq-PMOv-U<br />
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58 TV Adds from 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zzRp-jxx0E<br />
22 New shows of Fall TV 1977: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wMAnxfZIJ0<br />
22 New Shows of Fall 1983: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt7hdKty7s0<br />
Awesome 80's TV Adds part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH8au4ckD0Y<br />
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The Early 1660's - A Time of Innocence: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW-GgFinUhc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW-GgFinUhc</a> <br />
The Sixties - Years that shaped a Generation(2hr doc. 2005): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUc2eLe-ruI<br />
Born Dropped out- 12 questions for hippie kids (20min. doc): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIQv1TZhWLA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIQv1TZhWLA</a><br />
What The 1960's Did to America: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls7LJ2Bk0LY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls7LJ2Bk0LY</a> <br />
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Dinosaurs (circa 1990)<br />
Into [1:04]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwMKhfHHo20<br />
I'm The Baby, Gotta Love Me (Music Video) [3:20]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y4qnQ0tEUE<br />
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My son got the itch to work on model I bought him in the summer. With all the free time he has over the Easter holiday, he had no problem pushing me to help him finish model. I also bought him a Revell snap-together police car to work on all by him self. </div>
Tank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-49143617043949352942015-02-18T20:31:00.000-08:002015-02-20T06:00:34.640-08:00Presidents Holiday Hand Paint Session, or You can go to war with the army you want<br />
February 14th - 18th <br />
∆ <b>Middle Stone on tank tracks & touch up</b>. Did not have Model Color Middle Stone, so used Model Air and Dunkelgleb surface primer<br />
∆ <b>Painted black on wheels of Trucks, Vehicles, and tracks</b>. Used heavy diluted black and other mixes.<br />
∆ <b>Paint soviet truck windows</b>.<br />
∆ <b>Paint soviet trucks canvas covers in base coat</b>. One in Khaki the other in Khaki Grey <br />
∆ <b>Dry Brush 15mm & 1/72nd soviets</b>.<br />
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References:<br />
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This is video that inspired me to thin black paint for painting wheels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cm2ZPgRjlfI<br />
Guide on how to paint tank track wheels(search"painting model wheels): http://www.scalemodelguide.com/painting-weathering/painting-guide/paint-rubber-rims-tank-wheels/ <br />
Painting windows on 15mm trucks FOW: http://www.flamesofwar.com/Default.aspx?tabid=110&art_id=727 <br />
complete paint & weathering of 15mm tank: http://modelbrush.com/videotutorial-tanks-15mm/<br />
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Misc:<br />
Airbrush equip review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qnpLk-lukQ Tank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-50487949922420554862015-01-30T20:44:00.000-08:002015-03-07T17:23:21.239-08:00Vallejo Model Wash Purchase & Information<br />
The local hobby shop got some Vallejo Model wash in stock, and once I saw it, it started calling my name.<br />
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References:<br />
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Vallejo's Page: <a href="http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/en_US/model-wash/family/29">http://www.acrylicosvallejo.com/en_US/model-wash/family/29</a><br />
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Mig production: <a href="http://www.migproductionswebshop.com/">http://www.migproductionswebshop.com/</a><br />
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Mig washes on Michigan Toy Soldier Co site: <a href="http://www.michtoy.com/michtoy_search_product.php?Vendor_ID=MIG%20Productions&Series=Mig%20Productions%20Washes&action=listing">HERE</a> <br />
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Mig site on Washes & filters, the differences & how to: <a href="http://migproductions.com/2010/11/washes-and-filters/">http://migproductions.com/2010/11/washes-and-filters/ </a><br />
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AK washes on Michigan Toy Soldier Co site: <a href="http://www.michtoy.com/michtoy_search_product.php?Vendor_ID=AK%20Interactive&Series=AK%20Interactive%20Washes&action=listing">HERE</a><br />
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AK interactive weathering Products <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJH6LqczUK0">ON</a> Ichiban Paiting 34 minutes :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJH6LqczUK0<br />
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Model dads review of PSC weathering products ( very good review): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBkxbS82dXo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBkxbS82dXo</a><br />
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Weathering small scale AFV: <a href="http://www.miniatures.de/painting-weathering-vehicles.html">http://www.miniatures.de/painting-weathering-vehicles.html </a><br />
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YouTube tutorial Mig pigments & washes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATj9lBKHfM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VATj9lBKHfM</a><br />
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YouTube using Vallejo model washes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwxlB0aFjJo">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwxlB0aFjJo</a><br />
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YouTube Tutorial - Applying enamel washes: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlzQhDt4TNM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlzQhDt4TNM</a><br />
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Mig Wash/ Panel line video: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUk1P7_hikM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUk1P7_hikM</a><br />
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Doctor cranky review of AMMO by Mig Jimenez : <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVEvZuLjLdY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVEvZuLjLdY</a><br />
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Weathering with vallejo Olive drab modulation and weathering kits (lots of handy tips): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ite5PGTGeg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Ite5PGTGeg </a><br />
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Washes: Using Oil Washes. by The Wargamers Consortium: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2JurVVWLzY">HERE</a> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2JurVVWLzY<br />
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Ultimate Weathering Wash Tutorial by International Scale Modeller: 37minutes <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--xkm6QSYSE">LINK </a>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--xkm6QSYSE<br />
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Basic Inks & Washes Tutorial/ThePaintingClinic: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuTCEzyZ50o">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuTCEzyZ50o</a><br />
Making Magic wash on the Painting Clinic: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR3aIAth5qU">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gR3aIAth5qU </a><br />
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ThePaintingClinic/Begginners Guide... Part 2-Washes & Filters : <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Cg2Y31DKA">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Cg2Y31DKA</a><br />
ThePaintingClinic/Begginners Guide to Building a Plastic Models Part 1: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmV_8dkqR28">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmV_8dkqR28</a><br />
ThePaintingClinic/Begginners Guide to Building a Plastic Models Part 3: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCneTF2Iw7U">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCneTF2Iw7U</a><br />
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How to make washes from inks from AwesomePaintJob: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEkMnP6p08I">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEkMnP6p08I</a><br />
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Missing-Lynx alternative approach to weathering <a href="http://www.missing-lynx.com/articles/german/jbpaint/jbpaint.htm">HERE</a> Author uses Aztek 470 with tan tip, Tamiya paint and 70% alcohol to 30% paint @ 30psi<br />
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AK interactive weathering Products <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJH6LqczUK0">ON</a> Ichiban Paiting 34 minutes :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJH6LqczUK0<br />
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<br />Tank Tacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130604157803636545noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984454478834199276.post-12740872057294572892015-01-30T20:38:00.001-08:002015-02-03T20:04:35.277-08:00Airbrushing Preperation list early 2015<br />
This is a list of Items needed to collect for a airbrush session as compiled as of beginning of 2015<br />
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AIRBRUSH BASIC SET UP LIST<br />
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∆ Air Compressor<br />
∆ Electrical Extension Cord & power strip<br />
∆ Airbrush (Aztek 470)<br />
∆ Airbrush Tips<br />
∆ Various size color cups for airbrush<br />
∆ Airbrush Thinner (Vallejo)<br />
∆ Airbrush Cleaner (Vallejo)<br />
∆ Bottle of Distilled Water<br />
∆ 3"n"1 Cleaning Pot<br />
∆ Airbrush Holder (Badger brand) w/ rubber band to hold brush<br />
∆ Small stiff brush: for cleaning airbrush tip w/ airbrush cleaner<br />
∆ Small glass paint jar filled with airbrush thinner<br />
∆ Small glass paint jar filled with airbrush cleaner<br />
∆ Medium glass paint jar filled with distilled water<br />
∆ seal-able 8oz jar of water / to washand store in water color cups<br />
∆ Can of compressed air / for blowing off models before painting<br />
∆ Paper towels and cotton rags / for clean up and blotters<br />
∆ coffee stir sticks / for mixing paint<br />
∆ Small glass paint jar filled with airbrush thinner<br />
∆ latex gloves<br />
∆ old CD's / for test spraying<br />
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