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Got these today...... First, from Zvezda, Russian Military Van UAZ 3909 (3644) in 1/35. The kit doesn't look too bad....kind of ICM ish. Pouring over the instructions shows that it has pretty good detail. I first saw this vehicle on a couple of episodes of Jeremy Wade's River Monsters of all places. At the time I wondered if someone made a model of it. Then I discovered this kit. Seriously, I'm not thrilled that it's Made in Russia.... But, there you go. I hope nobody is going to get political about this. I bought it because it is the only 1/35 kit available for this subject. Anyway, building this Bread loaf looking van will be fun I think. Next, a set of Friulmodel tracks for the L6/40 Italian tank I bought earlier....

That's looking Great! Well done😀

Nice one John😀

I built that kit in 1983😀

Got this today..... Back to buying plastic models, I found this Tamiya Italian Light Tank L6/40 (89783). This is one of those Italeri/Tamiya "cooperation" kits. Tamiya has added figures and photo-etch and new decals . Not an easy kit to find, I've been looking for a while to find one of these. I like the looks of this little tank and I like the unusual suspension configuration. It has link & length tracks but I'll probably use Friulmodel tracks.

Thanks Carl. I now have four. My first is several years old now. The huge improvement in quality and design of these engines has sparked a new interest in them. They are much improved😀

Got this by Fedex yesterday.......While not a Kit, it is a model....and large scale. It's another Engine by Okmo/Retrol. Not sure of the actual scale. This is a scaled down version of a Baker Monitor ball top engine from 1910 or thereabouts. These engines were made in Evansville Wisconsin and were popular. Again, this is a working, Internal combustion, four-stroke engine. It is single cylinder and water cooled. It is fitted with a governer and is a "hit / miss" engine. I really have to hand it to The manufacturer; its beautiful. Very nicely finished and solid. I added an image of an original engine😀 I haven't had a chance to get it running because of a nasty laceration to my Right fourth finger tip. It's Hard to believe how crucial that finger is......I can't do anything at the moment! Well, not really , but it is pretty inconvenient.

Looks Great😀

Looking great. Nice progress😀

Thanks. I'm using Coleman lantern fuel (naptha) with some Marvel Mystery oil added . Zippo lighter fluid can also be used, but the Coleman stuff is better quality.

Beautiful!!😀

My recently purchased Benz engine running...... I wanted to see if I could upload videos directly from my Kindle tablet.....I can😀 Anyway, I found the correct needle valve and throttle settings so that I can now start this thing easily. It runs great....I try to run this as slowly as possible. The video's sound is a bit off.....it sounds better in person. VID_20260130_140448.mp4

Amazing work😀

It's a nice kit. I have one, and over time I have purchased from AFV modeler some stuff for a more complete interior.....Should be fun if I ever get a chance to build it😀 I would enjoy seeing your build posted here on the forum.

Nice work on that big Buff😀

Both very nice😀

I would like to build a skyraider myself . i have the Tamiya 1/48 model. I've been kind of dormant myself. The weather is bad here. We had to replace Mom's furnace a week ago...got it done in time for the cold weather, but we had to rely on space heaters for a Couple of days....it was dicey, but like I said, we got it done. I've been staying with her to make sure she's safe and to take her to doctor's appointments (2) . I've been trying to do a little work on the Bradley ODS while at her house. John, I would like to see you Build the Skyraider😀 Oh, been feeding some very cold Squirrels.

How did you manage that?

A little more work done after putting it aside for a day....... The M2A2 ODS proceeds. Turret needs the range finder, otherwise its mostly complete. I need to add tools and to build up the tracks. So far? A nice build.

Great job😀

Great stuff Carl😀 I've been interested in that big Fiat myself .

I bought some of the Mr color red oxide . so I'm set for now, Thanks

Very cool 😀 Inspiration to build my MK Camel.

NICE!!!!!!!

I saw a listing for Tamiya's first release Bradley on EBAY, still sealed, but I went for this version from Amazon because the shipping Was free. I saw somewhere a very comprehensive.PE Detailing set for the interior for the early releases.