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Very nice work on those halftracks, Bill!

The decals do make them even better but the painting is superb. Thanks to Dan from FlightDeck Decals for creating these. I am working on some 250 and 251 halftracks myself. They are currently "in-progress".

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Thanks a lot Pete. I’m starting a /1 and /9.

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And a couple more halftracks....
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Those are pretty amazing half tracks!
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Thanks Crispy, thanks Red! Now it’s on to some infantry.

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And the USS Jenkins....
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And that completes a DESRON of three Fletchers, actually I just painted the first three of the class.
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Great work on those Sdkfz 251 half tracks, Bill. You are definitely making progress on them. I finally got back to painting some of mine that I had started a few months ago. I should have a platoon done soon.

Also very nice work on the USS Jenkins as well. What measure did you use for this one?

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Nice half tracks! But no license plates painted on there?! Kidding - your detailing is great.

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Thanks a lot Pete and Burt! The Jenkins is measure 21, I painted all three to look the way the would have in roughly early ‘43, late ** CENSORED ** campaign. A picture of Jenkins on navsource, her paint was super heavily weathered.

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Great looking destroyers Bill! Every time you post some awesome ship pics it pushes me that much closer to diving into a new part of the hobby that I have no business being in! Well done!
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Lol, thanks a lot Red. Give it a shot, can’t hurt. Start small, there are plenty of ships that are great starter pieces.
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Thanks for the info, Bill. Measure 21 was very common in late 42 and into 43. My sources indicate that the Navy Blue color weathered into more of a blue-gray color as the ship was at sea for a while. You did a great job showing the weathering effects here.

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Thanks Pete. For the base coat for MS21, I paint with Luftwaffe uniform blue, then dry brush with a 75%/25% mix of Luftwaffe uniform blue, and intermediate blue. It doesn’t show up well on ships as small as destroyers, and my crap lighting, but the decks are a different shade for 20B.

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Thanks, Bill! When I did my Measure 21 American ships, I used Humbrol RAF Blue as my base. RAF Blue is actually a blue gray color as depicted on RAF uniforms and seems to work pretty well for me.

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