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They got in stock at Andy's website about a week ago.

Nice haul! I know what you mean about the stash. I see you got a Fisher Cutlas! Where did you find that? I thought Fisher was out of business. That Cutlas was an odd-looking aircraft....cool to see it built.

Today came a big one; From Andy's Hobby Headquarters came his British Achilles M10 IIc Tank Destroyer (AHHQOO7) in 1/16. I'm working on his big Sherman presently.. and believe me, these 1/16 things are big. Anyway, a cooler version of the M10 this thing will be a fun build!

Yes, this'll be cool! Will be watching!

Yes, good stuff!

I subscribe to both..Also Sofilein and The Chieftain.

Is that a T-33 ? Which kit is it?

No! Not at all. The M3s were lovely in their awkwardness. I'd love to see a big 1/16 scale version!....Imagine, all those lovely rivets!....Well, one can only hope. But then,...I'm still waiting..for a big-scale Brewster Buffalo!

O.k.....I have to admit, I had to Google Merkin. It's a subject... That..I didn't know much about. Being a marine mammal...a cetacean.. I must admit I never knew such a product existed . As we, for the most part, are completely hairless. Well, to each his own, perhaps useful in some cases. Still, perplexing..

Yes, I have the regular Takom M29 kit .....bought it a while back. I can't seem to find the amphibian M29 in stock anywhere..... Where did you get yours?

Cool! Planning on buying that one myself!

Yes! Now I only hope someone revives Archer Fine Details!

I've tried putting the bottle upside down in warm water.... Then pliers.

Coming today from Squadron: From Miniart; it's their U.S. Army G7105 4x4 1.5 t Panel Van (35405) in 1/35. I've been looking for this one for some time...since it was announced. Finally finding one on the Squadron website, pulled the trigger only to find it was their last one. I like the looks of this one. Its got to be the most aggressive-looking delivery truck ever! Imagine if Amazon had a fleet of these! Anyway, looks like a great kit.

Cool! Thanks. Regards; Paul

What's on my bench?....Wheels, mostly. From Andy's late Sherman. This took a while. Each has a seam around Its circumference that needs to be eliminated... Each wheel is made up of halves. I tried something different... On each wheel I started erasing the seam using a fiberglass scratch pencil...this worked well. I did this wearing a mask being afraid of inhaling fiberglass particles. Using a scrubbing motion, this quickly reduced the seam. Then, I followed up with wet sanding under a running faucet with sanding sticks ...180, 400, 600 grits. Needless to say, this took time... a few days......Not to mention the time required to assemble the wheels. They look good....The Takom plastic is easy to work with. So far I've got these and the suspension painted and assembled on the lower hull. Got a lot to go...getting to the upper hull next.

I thought so....I wonder what Martin has in mind for them?

Are those rats?

This came today from the Brothers Sprue: From Takom it's their ; Pzj G13 (No. 2177) in 1/35. Basically this is a Swiss Hetzer....a Swetzer. The Swiss changed the gun, added a flash hider, gave it a diesel engine, and rearranged the crew positions. Nice little kit. The instructions don't show a color call out for the exterior. Online pics sometimes show these as gray sometimes green. The box art and instructions show a greenish color. Can someone clear this up?

Looking great Peter! Wonderful looking interior and cockpit!

For a figure or a bust of some kind?

That dude looks like he means business!

The M10 and the Achilles kit also have Volute springs that don't actually compress as far as I know....so the suspension will probably only pivot like the Shermans

If you watch Andy's videos... They do kind of pivot in a way but you're right they should work correctly in this scale.

The suspension on the big Rc Tamiya 1/16 Sherman does work, and the bits are metal. Built that one about 20 years ago..its still languishing at my Moms house together with my Big Tamiya Pershing. Both need restoration... They both lost their turret mounted machine guns when carelessly packed for a move. Those parts are available... So maybe I'll get around to that sometime. I haven't run them in years. The Takom Tankette is a great kit...a fun build I have another one In my stash that has the Japanese camouflage ...three colors at least and that crazy yellow strip thing the Japanese added..