belugawhaleman

I've always had problems painting gloss yellow......in fact one of my reoccurring nightmares is painting a 1/24 scale school bus.....yellow and black...I shudder just thinking about it!

Shipping is high. I buy items and try to keep the cost under $ 30.00usd by considering the size of the items I buy. You can choose regular post and save. If you choose, for example, fedex, shipping is quick-a few days-but processing the order can take a week before its shipped. I only buy from them when I see significant savings on a item. On Tamiya kits you can save a lot.

Yes, the Plaza Japan search engine has undergone some changes, and not for the better. I used to just put in "Tamiya 1/35" for example and get everything that Tamiya makes in 1/35......not anymore. It has become useless. I hope this is only temporary. As for the F 15 in 1/32 Tamiya makes some. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiya-60312-mcdonnell-douglas-f-15e-strike-eagle--131021 The trick to the Plaza search is to use the column on the left Side of the page. Select plastic models, aircraft, brand and you'll find what you need....eventually. https://www.plazajapan.com/4950344603121/ https://www.plazajapan.com/4950344603046/ https://www.plazajapan.com/4950344603077/

Yes, they've been out for awhile.....since , I think around 2002. They are nice kits. There is also a European theater version. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiya-36202-german-kuebelwagen-type-82--203643

This came today..... From Tamiya, it's their; German Kubelwagen Type 82 Africa-Corps W/Feldmarschall Rommel (36202) in 1/16 scale. I was glad to see these back in stock on some online stores. Mine came from Squadron . Besides the Rommel figure, there's a driver figure included, and lot's of accessories and detail including a full engine. A nice kit. A Soviet GAZ-67, or even better, a Japanese type 95 Kurogane would be welcome (by myself,at least) in this scale.

My father was a big Wagner fan, and most classical music. I now find Myself listening to the Chicago classical music station WFMT 98.7 most of the time or listening to Fox news. This includes when I'm driving.

Yes, it's from the little armory series. I think the Spitfire was $49.00 USD on Plaza. It looks like a wonderful kit. I was just digging through the box minutes ago. You'll notice I removed the pictures of the Egg Girl.....I don't think many forum members share my Enthusiasm for these ! 😀 BTW Sprue Brothers has the spitfire kit for $ 154.99 USD at the moment.

I think few would have proceeded with this kit given the challenges. Nice work on the cockpit and engine !, I especially like your woodgraining. Impressive.

Today my order from Plaza Japan arrived (ordered Dec. 25). Not their fault. They closed down for a time late December. I didn't notice. Anyway, finally bought a Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire; their Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IXc (60319). I have been hearing how good these kits are for years. I also got a 1/12 scale M2 flamethrower by Tomytec (LA101) I'll find a use for this thing😉 Also another "Egg Girl" resin kit by Hasegawa . I'm not sure I care for this one , but I like the Claire Frost character.... Bought it anyway. The great thing is I was able to buy the Spitfire kit ,the other kits, and pay for shipping for less than the Tamiya Spitfire alone would have cost me if I had bought it at, let's say, Sprue Brothers for example !

Another Great finish John!!!

I had that happen on a Tamiya Valentine I was working on, well something similar anyway. As I was applying some Decal solvent the decal shifted. The solvent made it too soft to reposition and everything went to Hell. I know how frustrating that must have been for you!

Well done, Hubert!

I've been using my Amazon kindle fire HD 10 to download pictures From my Nikon digital camera for a long time and had no problems. Recently, however, Amazon "updated" their photo app on the Kindle tablets and created a useless mess!! I couldn't load images with my Camera anymore ! Eventually, after a mind bending struggle with this now useless App, I discovered that I could only get images to this "gallery" Thing I now have on my kindle through my resizer app then go to files, select, And put the Image on the Forum in the usual way....A real headache caused by a useless change in the app that offered no improvement.

While packing up my Sherman to take home for painting..... I decided to start this Tamiya StuG....Got the build Part almost completed. If all goes to plan, I'll have two finished this week.

That would be a nice choice Hubert... Had to look it up.

I really like this aircraft and will be following. Great start so far.

Oh that's very cool ! Didn't know those were available yet !

I guess it was figured that they'd never be seen anyway.

I got that one as well.....Did you notice?....no brake or clutch pedals. Odd, but a very nice kit that I'm looking forward to building myself.

Some items....... Two tweezers One by Dspiae, their AT-TZ01 point tip tweezers. The other set by Regine...A Swiss Company. I saw these on Amazon and I had some Amazon points to use. Both Tweezers are good quality....The Dspiae tweezers are a real bargain I think. I also got a reference book on M 10/36 tank destroyers. A bit disappointing, this one....more of a pamphlet, but some useful info. Again, purchase with Amazon points. A set of Eduard masks for the Tamiya 1/32 Spitfire. Last; a couple of Hasegawa "Egg Girl" resin figure Kits in1/12 scale. These are ones that are hard to find. They are long OOP. I found them on EBAY at reasonable prices. One,shipped from S. Korea came by Fedex in just 3 days....shipping was free !

Looks great! I remember trying to build that kit years ago........and failing miserably ! Nicely done!

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Is that Milliput? I bought some to improve the deficiencies of a Dragon kit ( missing details on a motorbike crankcase) . Never used it. Does it work well?

Very nice build! Beautiful!

Oh, I have to see the direction this takes!