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Great work Gary!

Man alive! Sorry to hear of you troubles......that window is not a small part ,really, ..keep looking....I tried looking up GWH customer service and distributors... Not much success, really, none actually...try using the other part as a template to make another part....that may work. I wish you well, as I would like to see your finish your project. Best wishes; Paul

Small load of needed supplies from Tower Hobbies came today; All Tamiya stuff;....including extra thin cement (quick), some of the orange topped stuff, four bottles of XF-93 Light brown (DAK 1942), and another bottle of XF-57 Buff. I've never tried the XF-93 before....unfortunately it's only available in 10ml bottles or in spray cans......don't know why. The orange-topped cement works well...it gives you more time to position and gives a very strong bond.....takes a bit longer to dry though.

Today, from Amazon came a kit I've been wanting for a while. From FineMolds, their IJA Type 95 Scout Car Kurogane 4x4 (fm50) in 1/35 scale. The box was a little tattered, but the contents are fine. This quirky little Japanese WW2 4x4 has always appealed to me. Mechanically, it's an interesting beast. Powered by a V twin, air-cooled engine, with an independent front suspension, this Little 3-seater must have been a fun ride. I've never made a FineMolds kit before. A quick look inside the box showed that this looks like a decent kit with good detail, but of course, very small. Should be a fun build of an interesting little vehicle. I've included a video of the car that shows a comparison between it , a kubelwagen, and a jeep.

Well, most of their newer kits anyway.😀

Today, another Tamiya kit. I really like Tower Hobbies free basic shipping! (Fedex). I ordered this yesterday at about 9:30 in the morning......I got it today. Anyway it's Tamiya's 2021 release of their Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf.G Sd.Kfz 161/1 Early production. (35378) Similar to their f model, this kit has the same link & length tracks with jigs to help make the sag in the upper run.. This kit has the longer gun and different turret details that are on the G model. This kit includes five figures....and they look pretty good......I may make them this time. Nice kit.

Sounds like a great product. I've been using tamiya spray primer. More recently, I've had excellent results by thinning Mr. Surfacer 1500 with leveling thinner and using it in my airbrush.....an Iwata Hp-c plus , .3 nozzle @ 20 psi

Something a little different. Not a Tamiya product, but should prove to be useful. From Amazon, came a case of 2 ounce, screw- topped jars. They are 2.13 inches wide by 2 inches tall. I purchased similar jars a while back but they had plastic lids. These have metal lids and what looks like teflon seals. These I find useful for mixing and storing paint.

Very, very, Nice!

Still working on the Tamiya M51 Sherman...... Primer on ...using bothTamiya primer and MR. Surfacer 1500 thinned with leveling thinner which works great. Still debating what to use to paint it. A mixture of Tamiya desert yellow and buff was suggested by a modeler on YouTube..... May try some pre-shading first..I've never got this right, usually applying the color coat to heavily and losing the effect.. We'll see. Anyway, it's good to be doing something at least....I'll try to be a little more creative, perhaps, this time.😀 Please note the Tamiya thinner and Mr. Surfacer were not mixed together....they were used separately.

Looking great, Rob! Very interesting stencil work......painting looks incredible.

Looks very good.......a cool subject. Thanks for the preview.

With free shipping and a $5.00 "Loyalty reward" discount.....how could I resist? This came from Tower Hobbies today. It's Tamiya's Kubelwagen type 82 Africa-Corps (35238). This version has different wheels/tires......balloon tires with what appear to be hubcaps. Will be a fun little build, I'm sure. At $13.00 total.....a bargain.

Would an amphibious wheeled vehicle fit in with this GB? Not as dramatic as a Space-going battleship perhaps but......I have a couple; a Gama Goat and a Schwimmwagen (too small). I've always had a desire to build one of the landsswasserschlepper things.....yes! There's the ticket, I'll see about one of those!

Well, the Tamiya British Cruiser Tank A34 Comet (35380) I ordered from Hobby Easy came today along with something unexpected. Hobby Easy included a 1/35 resin figure of a young, uniformed, Queen Elizabeth II. Nice of them, I think. The kit looks good. As you would expect from Tamiya. It has link & length tracks, a one piece plastic barrel, two nicely molded figures and some realistic cast metal surfaces for the hull and turret. I have some decals for a Cuban version from STAR DECALS that I might use for this kit. I'll probably save the resin figure of the Queen for the Tamiya Austin "Tilly" kit I have.... ..not sure if I can do her justice though.

Sorry about the political post....it really wasn't seriously meant.

Oh well, hell..for the seagull...That's the way I felt, nothing I could do.. Jeeez! Just glad I survived!

I ran into a ramblin' racoon at about 90 mph in my '91 Sentra SER..scared the hell out of me.....came to a skidding stop about 100 yards later! Knocked a lot of air pressure out of the tire.. Later found a lot of Racoon hair between the tire and the rim....grisly! Not sure what happened to old rocky... A terrible lesson for a young radiologic technologist in a hurry to get home!

Oh no! Never! You're Very welcome... Enjoy your builds!

That looks like a seriously cool kit!.....I'm going to look into that one. I hope you do a build thread on that one...and give your impressions on fit, build, etc. Very interesting, I'd like to build a helo .....'built a Soviet naval helicopter years ago...an ESCI kit. Yes, THAT long ago! The new Takom and Meng Apache kits are very tempting.....but that weird "Flying Banana" has a lot of appeal... A banana peal....ha, ha, well, never mind...bad pun, my bad.

Jeeeeeeeezzzz! John, another awesome build...and so quickly done...you're like a model building machine.....a fine precision- built Swiss one..stamping out exquisite models as if on a production line! Seriously , well done John, Again, I like the scheme.. much better than the usual navy blue.

Mine cleared customs last night and I'll probably get it on Monday, so most likely you Will.

Looking great John! Very nice scheme you've chosen for your project.

I'm still waiting for that big 1/18 Brewster Buffalo that Hobby boss was rumored to be working on.....

Both really cool aircaft/kits.....would love to build both!