kpnuts Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share #61 Posted April 29, 2020 yvesvidal, popeye the sailor, Egilman and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted April 29, 2020 Share #62 Posted April 29, 2020 I'm suspicious of that 2nd picture. I didn't realize this was to be a war wagon. popeye the sailor, Egilman, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted April 29, 2020 Share #63 Posted April 29, 2020 1 minute ago, mtaylor said: I'm suspicious of that 2nd picture. I didn't realize this was to be a war wagon. They were used extensively during the war as communications carriers and light patrol vehicles.... popeye the sailor, lmagna, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted April 29, 2020 Share #64 Posted April 29, 2020 1 minute ago, Egilman said: They were used extensively during the war as communications carriers and light patrol vehicles.... Thanks. I'm learning something new every time I log in. Nirvana, Egilman, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted April 30, 2020 Share #65 Posted April 30, 2020 I thought you were building a junk yard dream.........but I see two of them. are you building them both? mtaylor, Egilman, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted April 30, 2020 Share #66 Posted April 30, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, Egilman said: They were used extensively during the war as communications carriers and light patrol vehicles.... As Egilman indicated, the Citroen Traction Avant was the favorite car of the "La Resistance" movement, fighting against the German invasion in certain parts of the French territory. The Traction was used for multiple reasons, its performances (unsurpassed by any other cars), its reliability, range, size, road handling and capacity. It became the darling of these French groups, fighting in the shadows against Hitler Nazis regime. The Traction engines were even modified to run on gas, as liquid fuel was becoming very rare, and you can see some models equipped with these long metallic bottles on the roof. Parisian taxis were using them a lot in their "gas" conversion type and after the end of the war, that car continued a brilliant career with many different professions and trades. I met a gentleman who had done more than 500,000 kilometers with the same chassis on a 11CV Traction Avant. Granted, the engine had been redone twice. This kind of figure was totally unseen when most cars had a life expectancy of around 70K-100K kilometers maximum. Yves Edited April 30, 2020 by yvesvidal Egilman, lmagna, CDW and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted April 30, 2020 Share #67 Posted April 30, 2020 For people interested in the "gas" engine. https://www.driveonwood.com/library/gengas/ Old Collingwood, mtaylor, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #68 Posted April 30, 2020 I thought the dio would be a surprise in the end. Not now. Egilman, Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted April 30, 2020 Author Share #69 Posted April 30, 2020 Another update. Old Collingwood, CDW, Egilman and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted April 30, 2020 Share #70 Posted April 30, 2020 Yep, a couple of Stens in the front seats and an MG34 in the back..... They actually represented this in the movie "The Great Escape" The coburn character "Sedgwick" is in paris trying to look small when he is saved by a cafe keeper when a couple of german officers sit down..... A car like this one pulls up and machine guns the german officers then screeches away and Coburn takes the chance to connect with La Resistance'...... Powerful scene, and is what came to mind as soon as I saw the MG34...... yvesvidal, popeye the sailor, Edwardkenway and 4 others 7 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted April 30, 2020 Share #71 Posted April 30, 2020 9 hours ago, yvesvidal said: As Egilman indicated, the Citroen Traction Avant was the favorite car of the "La Resistance" movement, fighting against the German invasion in certain parts of the French territory. The Traction was used for multiple reasons, its performances (unsurpassed by any other cars), its reliability, range, size, road handling and capacity. It became the darling of these French groups, fighting in the shadows against Hitler Nazis regime. The Traction engines were even modified to run on gas, as liquid fuel was becoming very rare, and you can see some models equipped with these long metallic bottles on the roof. Parisian taxis were using them a lot in their "gas" conversion type and after the end of the war, that car continued a brilliant career with many different professions and trades. I met a gentleman who had done more than 500,000 kilometers with the same chassis on a 11CV Traction Avant. Granted, the engine had been redone twice. This kind of figure was totally unseen when most cars had a life expectancy of around 70K-100K kilometers maximum. Yves Thanks for the explanation, Yves. Time for me to go do some reading. Egilman, Old Collingwood, Edwardkenway and 2 others 5 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share #72 Posted May 1, 2020 Another update. mtaylor, yvesvidal, Edwardkenway and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share #73 Posted May 1, 2020 And since you've already guessed the end here is the final dio. yvesvidal, Edwardkenway, fnick and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted May 1, 2020 Share #74 Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) "The Job is done.... Vive la France !" I think that would be a good title for this one...... Beautiful work....... Edited May 1, 2020 by Egilman popeye the sailor, Old Collingwood, fnick and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted May 1, 2020 Share #75 Posted May 1, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Egilman said: "The Job is done.... Vive la France !" I think that would be a good title for this one...... Beautiful work....... That is just splendid work! Vive la resistance! Edited May 1, 2020 by Nirvana Correction due to kpnuts comments Edwardkenway, Egilman, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 1, 2020 Author Share #76 Posted May 1, 2020 I actually called the dio vive la resistance mtaylor, Canute, Edwardkenway and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted May 1, 2020 Share #77 Posted May 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, kpnuts said: I actually called the dio vive la resistance Great Name.... You do beautiful work..... and historically accurate also.... It's what we do.... Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor, Edwardkenway and 3 others 6 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted May 1, 2020 Share #78 Posted May 1, 2020 very nice work.....it looks awesome.........I'll send a message to Hogan right away Old Collingwood, Canute, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted May 1, 2020 Share #79 Posted May 1, 2020 Vive la resistance is a great title. I had to look twice a the MG's and the final pics.... almost too real. Edwardkenway, Nirvana, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardkenway Posted May 2, 2020 Share #80 Posted May 2, 2020 NICE!!! Great dio, very atmospheric! You can almost hear Le Chant des Partisans. mtaylor, Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 Providence whaleboat- 1:25 HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted May 4, 2020 Share #81 Posted May 4, 2020 Wow, very cool diorama! I love it! Edwardkenway, Canute, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted May 4, 2020 Share #82 Posted May 4, 2020 Great work. You captured the captured the atmosphere perfectly. popeye the sailor, Canute, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted January 14 Author Share #83 Posted January 14 I used to have a YouTube channel but deleted it because i had someone tell me the traction avant wasn't about in ww11 I said it was and posted some pics on there it got very abusive from there on to the point of saying they would find me and kill me (obviously they couldn't, or I hope so) anyway lots of links to stuff I posted on there obviously don't work now. Mirabell61, Nirvana, Baker and 5 others 3 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted January 14 Share #84 Posted January 14 Darn Internet bullies. very juvenile. Egilman, Nirvana, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted January 15 Share #85 Posted January 15 7 hours ago, kpnuts said: I used to have a YouTube channel but deleted it because i had someone tell me the traction avant wasn't about in ww11 I said it was and posted some pics on there it got very abusive from there on to the point of saying they would find me and kill me (obviously they couldn't, or I hope so) anyway lots of links to stuff I posted on there obviously don't work now. Don't remind me, I have Steel Navy in my background... Sometimes it's best to leave and never go back... Good for you... There will always be those to think expert so well they miss the real deal.... They will never realize that if you have to open your mouth to prove your an expert, you aren't... We have them in the history world also.... (unfortunately) Don't ever sweat them brother, just come here for the reality... {chuckle} Jack12477, Old Collingwood, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted January 15 Share #86 Posted January 15 Beautiful model KPnuts, that must have bee one of the first sedans with frontwheel-drive Good job there ! Nils Jack12477, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted January 15 Share #87 Posted January 15 Excellently done. OC. Egilman, mtaylor and Canute 3 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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