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A little late, perhaps, but A Happy Birthday Pete!

Looks wonderful! Very nice painting and detailing.

I miss the days when I could go to my LHS, Venture hobbies, in Wheeling, Illinois....now, sadly, long gone. Do any of our members remember this place? Anyway, I'm interested in this kit. I attempted to build the old Monogram kit years ago...encountering huge fit issues. A new-tool kit of this kit is highly tempting.... Although I've got more kits right now than is reasonable to own. I just purchased a Miniart kit because Sprue Brothers has a sale right now.....it turned out it was the last one they had! Anyway, this kit...and their Dauntless, are two Trumpy kits on my buy list.

Sorry to hear about your wrist problems. For me lately its been a bad shoulder I see a cortisone injection in my near future. I hope you heal up soon. Anyway, Gary, your model looks great as do your figures.

Had a nice day today.....shopping with Mom and more. Because of her vision loss she can't drive any longer...so, I've been helping her with that. Among our stops..Hobby Lobby, where I was able to pick up some items. A set of POSCA paint markers in various metallic colors and a spray can of Mr. Surfacer 1000. After that we visited a Hobby Shop near the restaurant we were going to.....we had never seen it open before..decided to go in. Well, it was like entering a cavern; very dark and disorganized but I did pick up a model and a couple of bottles of paint. The model is an older Tamiya release (1992) their; U.S. MARINE AAVP7A1 W/UGWS (35159). After that we had a late lunch. It was nice to go to an actual hobby shop for a change and not ordering online while sitting on my couch in front of the TV. The kit is older, but looks OK BTW.

Very sorry to hear of this Ron. My sincerest condolences.

Very well done. Nice work!

Some items this week..... Coming from Sprue Brothers a set of Decals from Star Decals. Their 35-C 1316 PzKpfw I in Africa in 1/35 for my Takom panzer 1a. Coming from Amazon, but surprisingly, sent from the Channel island of Jersey... is a wood grain stencil in photo-etch by Artesnia Latina for 1/16 scale (27322). It looks pretty good. Another wood grain photo-etch set, this time in 1/35 scale and made by TETRA MODEL WORKS (TET-TA-00021). This is a set of four stencils.

I built a rc Gee bee racer by Kyosho many years ago....never flew it. Its identical in markings to your 1/48 kit. Still have it in storage at my mothers home.....Ill dig it out and share a picture. That tanker is cool.. ..reminds me of the Oscar Mayer hot dog car....without the bun.

Stunning detail......enjoying this thread!

Great looking model.....Well done!

I would like to see how this thing works....

It's a mini vacuuforming machine. "Coincidentally" I viewed one of these online just a few days ago. Seems strange that Martin posted it without saying.😀 Perhaps he needed someone to say "Waffle maker" first.....Hmmmmm I wonder.

Wow! Great scratch building skills! Very impressive!

Still plodding away on my Tamiya Brummbar....got the Assembly work done and sprayed its base coat.. The kit is a pleasure to build. No issues at all. Next will be adding the camouflage colors......It's been a while since I've tried my hand at the German tri-color. I've got to get started somewhere as I have a lot of kits that feature that. Anyway its been a while since I've been able to get back to the bench.

Nice! What brand of lacquers are you using?

Nice!

Well done!

Very nice!

Great job!

This came today....... Another one from Andy's Hobby Headquarters. This time, another Takom kit. It's their G6 Rhino SANDF Self-Propelled Howitzer In 1/35. I've been looking for one of these for a long time.....they're usually out of stock everywhere. Anyway, it looks like a great kit of an interesting subject.......and it's BIG! The tires are rubber and measure 2 inches in diameter. Looks very well-molded and detailed. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/takom-2052-g6-rhino--1004415

Cool subject. Great job so far!

Tamiya released a new-tooled Sheridan in 1/35 and an Rc Version in 1/16. I think they only offer it in Vietnam era markings. I'm thinking of getting the 1/35 version....it looks like a good kit.

Thanks....I'll give it a try.

I'm just noting that was when I first noticed the problem.