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I've got to hand it to you, John, I've given up on much less challenging kits or as I say, Put them "on hold".

Nice work! I especially like your figures!

Man alive! That's a challenging kit!

Thanks

Thanks, I'll look into that Lifecolor set.

I finished this little Panzer 38(t) I think it came out OK despite breaking off the driver's machine gun sight off the glacis plate while fitting the tracks. Its a pretty nice little kit. The fit is excellent, including the link & length tracks and it was a fun build. Next time I'll paint the rubber tires a darker color when doing a German grey tank; I painted them Tamiya NATO black which is kind of close to the German grey. Oh well, what's done is done. The markings depict a tank of the 19th Panzer division, Russia, 1941 I highly recommend this kit. here are some pictures I took about 12:50 am today.

My UPS deliveries finally came; three packages. From Tamiya came their VALENTINE MK. II/IV (35352) in 1/35. This one of their newer kits and it looks like a nice one. It has link and length tracks which I'm really beginning to like. It can be built as a British or Soviet version. I like the Soviet version because it doesn't use the fender skirts......I like the way it looks this way. From HOBBY BOSS I got their M706 Commando Armored Car in Vietnam (82418) in 1/35 scale. I've , for a long while, had a liking for this armored car having had a diecast model of one of these made by Solido as a kid in the 70's. The kit looks nice and I'm sure it will be a fun, slightly nostalgic build. Incidentally, my little diecast Commando was left in my dad's car after he totaled it back in '75 and I never saw it again☹️Dad was fine by the way.....it was a Mercedes, after all. Last, is the kit I ordered from Kitlinx. Honestly, the experience wasn't as bad is I thought It would be, but beware items listed as "One in stock for immediate shipment". I found that the only thing " immediate " about ordering from them are feelings of regret and distrust. Anyway the kit is the Tamiya/ICM Panhard 178. Tamiya offers this model as their FRENCH ARMORED CAR AMD35 1940 (32411). Although the box looks Tamiya, it looks like its packaged by ICM. The box is not shrink wrapped, and all the parts are in one big bag, not the individually stapled Tamiya bags. For some reason the Tamiya boxed kit, when you an find it, is cheaper than the same kit sold as an ICM kit. Anyway, it looks like a nice kit. The parts are nice and crisply molded. The Tamiya version has a figure and accessories included that are probably from one of their other kits. It occurs to me I could build this in the Ukraine section. Update: found a picture online of a Solido commando like I had as a kid!

Been working on this little Tamiya panzer 38(t) shown here in primer. The kit goes together well, fit being excellent. The tracks are link and length. I built them while the fenders were off the tank divided in two lengths so that I could paint them separately. I then glued the fenders in place. With a little effort I can add the tracks with the fenders now in place ( I've tried it). The only misshap was that I broke off a small antenna thing off the glacis plate while working on the tracks. I tried gluing this back on after a lengthy search for it but I messed it up so much that I decided to leave it off. Update: I've since learned that what I thought was an antenna is said to be the "driver's machine gun sight" although I can't see how this was used given it's location.

Currently reading; Band of Brothers by Stephen Ambrose.

After all this trouble, UPS.....the outfit I always have trouble with... Said the delivery attempt.... "Failed" and I'll have to wait some more. This always happens on Friday afternoons or if the delivery time coincides with the driver's lunchbreak. This has Happened 3 times and I've always been at home during the "attempt". One time, they delivered my package to a neighboring apartment building; A package with a $160.00 model in it. Fortunately, the building's manager discovered the mistake and brought it to me. We'll see what happens to this, and the two other packages that they were supposed to deliver. The last time, I had to drive to a CVS pharmacy to pick up packages that were supposed to be delivered on a friday.... Friday the 13 it turns out.... I had to go the next day and the following Monday....two trips.... To pick up packages that I paid to have delivered to my home! When I picked up first package, the girl at CVS stated " we get a lot of this with Friday deliveries ", and seemed to know who the deliverer might be! I used to think FedEx sucked, now I have a better opinion of them, no problems lately. The postal service,....no problem. It's UPS that is setting new standards of shoddy service and laziness in their deliveries. I wish you luck with them, I have had nothing but problems lately with them!

Had to look it up. COOL!

Welcome!

From Tower Hobbies, this came today: Tamiya's U.S. 2 1/2-Ton 6×6 Cargo Truck.(35218) I thought it would be a fun build.

Thanks but the problem is that when I attempt to change my signature there is An artifact there from a previous attempt to change my signature that I cannot delete or change. The signature function is frozen I can only turn off viewing of signatures in order to prevent this showing at the bottom of my posts.

Looks formidable!

That's one handsome-looking Heinkel!

Mine is not vented outside as I'm mainly concerned about dust and mostly use Acrylics. However I also have a filtered air-purifyer that is vented outdoors and I usually keep my windows open. I noticed spraying Tamiya surfacer/primer without the booth I get lots of dust!

Update: after many emails and texts they now claim it's been shipped today. My Guess is that they simply created a shipping label to shut me up. We shall see. If All is kosher, fine, but I'll never do business with them again. Incidentally I emailed A different site that lists many kits that are not available anywhere else (mostly Takom) If they could verify that the item I wanted was in stock. They did not answer my email. I tried ordering a kit from them over a year ago that they listed as in stock .....it wasn't so I canceled the order. I won't give the outfits name....I'll try calling them.. But honestly, I think it's another trick.

Wheel spacing? Probably Putin's fault.

It's been over a week and the item listed as being " one in stock for immediate shipment " Hasn't been shipped yet. I find that items listed that way are just not in stock. In fact, don't trust anything as being in stock from this seller. I've emailed them and Texted loic. no more replies.

Very nice work on your GT-40!

I purchased one of these recently. It's a quality tool that's built like a tank.

Can someone fix/ delete what's appearing at the bottom of my posts? My signature function is frozen I can't add a new sinature.. I have to turn off signatures otherwise I get A weird display at the bottom of my posts.

Now I'm being told that the item was in stock at their other store and it should take A day to get to the main store (I texted Loic ) I asked if he could ship me direct from the other store. No reply. I now have an estimated arrival date of June 19. We'll see.

Covid, or Putin's war..........wait a minute those are the white house tag lines!