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The magnet is in the holder....Even with the magnet the cutter sometimes falls out..

Grape seed oil. Applied with a cotton swab.

Tried something different.... It seems to work.

No, tried that.....still comes out huge despite size of source font.

Hey, looks like a great kit! Nice work so far.....will be watching.

Amazing detail and painting skills!

It's the angle of the firewall that's not right is what I heard....I did buy a aftermarket firewall that's supposed to fix the problem, but I'm not convinced. We'll see. The replacement firewall/wheelwell was made by Master Details....but I read that even that has issues. https://www.largescaleplanes.com/reviews/review.php?rid=2354

A trip to my local Ace Hardware resulted in this purchase...... Tamiya's Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat (61034) in 1/48. Not armor, or large-scale......but ,still a nice little kit. I have a couple of the 1/32 Trumpy kits of this.....but I know this will be a smaller , Yet less frustrating build.

I too have hoped fo a large-scale early model Sherman.....I' m guessing That Andy's next release will be a Lee and a Grant, which will be cool. He stated; that he will be announcing an american and a British tanks and they won't be a sherman. A Lee, American....change the turret, A Grant, British.

I have somewhere between 120-130 kits in my stash.....seeing that some of you have about 300 kits, I don't feel that bad now. I now think that I'll mark 300 as a goal...then stop...Yes, that sounds reasonable to me,... Don't you think? Yes,.....that's what I'll do...not crazy at all.

Well.......Anyone?

I just moved a lot of model kits out of a bedroom closet to do some cleaning. I now , temporarily, have a tower of model kits in my living room....and that's only about half of my stash......I buy too many kits.....I think, ....I'm not well. I wish I had a wife to tell me to stop!

Looks like a great subject. I like the big scale kits....I had a look at the big Trumpy SU-100 in my stash...may build it soon.

As you well know, I like to use the signature function to add literature quotes to my posts.....it's just something I enjoy doing. Lately, I've been unable to do so. When using the paste function, and then pressing save....the quote appears in a larger font than previously, and it has made adding signatures nearly impossible! Why the change? Any attempt to use the size function to change this has not been possible....Why? Paul

Very Cool!

Love the Kingfisher.....yours, ...coming along nicely! BTW.....some time ago, at another residence....with a pond..saw an actual King fisher diving for food....pretty cool...living there for almost 35 years, witnessed this only once...a pretty cool, early morning Saturday..

Cool, I'd love to get a WNW kit....the only one I think I'd be able to accomplish would be the little Junkers monoplane....or a DVII....without much rigging.... Also ...a bit too expensive.... Oh, I could buy one....but to screw one up....that would be well, heartbreaking!

More on my Tamiya Brummbar build....... So far a trouble free fun build.

Working on Tamiya's Brummbar....this is their 2017 release. The kit has built up great so far, although I still have a ways to go. The upper hull and roof in this picture are not glued in yet.....their fit is just that good. The tracks...although "rubber band" look ok.....I may use them, but last night I remembered I had some T-Rex studio tracks that would work with this kit,.... although those near microscopic resin track pins look formidable.... And fragile.

I've had no problems with Tamiya decals lately.. The last few tamiya kits I have built they were just fine. They responded well to the decal solution I use....Walther's Solvaset.

Looking great Peter!......Thinking of starting a Tamiya kit this weekend. Looking at their Late Brummbar..... Well, I literally have a closet full of Tamiya kits...The Brummbar has been calling to me. I'll be following... Thanks.

A couple of minor items today..... First, from Tamiya, is their TAM 12666 1/35 Tamiya Panther Ausf D Photo-Etched Grille Set. For the Panther kit I got recently. Also, from Eduard; EDUEX666 1/48 Mask P-38F P-38G Lightning (TAM kit) for the Tamiya P-38 I got recently.

Hey, that's cool! Very well done.

Coming Today from Tower Hobbies: From Tamiya, it's their newest release. Their Panzer IV/70(A) (35381). The kit looks pretty good....with link & length tracks and nice cast and rolled metal textures. A feature of this kit are the large photo-etch mesh schurzen panels...cool. They should give this beast a distinctive look. https://reviews.ipmsusa.org/review/panzer-iv70a

Hey, have the same kit and, well, your build gives me confidence.... Nicely done. I ordered some Eduard masks yesterday.... Hope they'll come soon. It's been years since I've built a 1/48 aircraft kit. Well, why not build one of Tamiya's Offerings?...... Why call these kits Boring? Seems almost crazy! A well-fitting and engineered kit should be what all manufacturers should be striving for.... ....right? I'm glad to see this. I'm looking forward to see the rest of your build. Thanks Peter, enjoying your build....and looking forward to its conclusion.