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Fantastic work Rob!

These came in the mail today: Decal sheets from Star Decals. First, is their decal sheet 35-C 1337 Tanks & AFVs in CUBA 1 🇨🇺 ; featuring 1/35 decals for a M4A3E8 HVSS Sherman, A34 MK1B Comet, M3A1 Scout car, Staghound MK1, M8 Greyhound, and a M3A1 Stuart. I'll go for probably, the Sherman. Also in 1/16 scale, is their sheet 16-003 Leningrad Front T-34 m/1943. This is for a white wash camouflage T-34/ '43. I have a Trumpeter 1/16 T-34/ '43.

The weave pattern on the lozenge fabric detail looks awesome! Very well done!

Thanks I'm not sure, but I noticed that a Skoda gun kit I have has a similar set of seats. The Skoda also has a pair of seats at the front of the gun to cary passengers while the gun is being towed.

Finished this today. In 1/35 scale, this gun is tiny! An occasionally fiddly, but fun build this Little gun was a quick build. I still have some details to paint, but more or less its finished. I used one of my new Mig- Ammo rubber brushes to help place the decals. The brush worked well for that purpose.

Another great one John!

That's a great-looking T-28 John!

Thanks. The Turtle kit also has a panzer grey option as used by the Germans that I'll probably do, but the Austrian police camouflage version looks tempting; using the silly putty method may help with that. I saw a modeler online use a Sharpie to make the thin, black, demarcation lines between the colors.

Great build John!

Expecting another quality quick-build John! Will be watching. There's a T-28 that is a regular at my local airport's annual air show. It is painted in navy grey and is very loud.

Will do. Until then, here's a video from the Mig- Ammo YouTube channel explaining how rubber brushes are used to apply pigment.

Got these today: From Hobby Boss their Skoda PA-II turtle in 1/35 scale. I've been looking for either the Hobby Boss or Takom kit of this bizarre vehicle for some time with only the Hobby Boss Kit available at this time. This my first Hobby Boss kit and I think it looks pretty good. You know a vehicle is weird-looking when you need a molded-in arrow to tell you which end is the front! The kit offers two sets of rubber tires, photo etch, and decals for a few different versions. I also got a set of rubber brushes (silicone) from Mig-Ammo. They're used to apply pigment and paint to models like a rubber stamp. I have an armored car kit from Copper State Models that has fine script on the radiator grille that I couldn't think of how to paint until I saw these. We'll see how that works out.

Reading Duel Of Eagles by Peter Townsend. A good read so far.

More great progress! By the way, can the liquid gold paint be airbrushed? If so, with what thinner?

Nice build! I've never built one of the AFV club kits, but I see they have some interesting subjects including some WWII Japanese tanks.

Thanks

Coming along nicely Rob! The gold paint is A good match for gold leaf. This really is A superb build so far and I've enjoyed following your progress.

Been working on Takom's 1/16 Panzer 1a. Some pictures in primer. I added some weld beads to the front of the hull and I used some replacement springs from T Rex Studios, A definite improvement over the ones provided in the kit. Thinking of doing something a little different with the decals.

Looks amazing Carl!

That's one good-looking Shooting Star John!

Got these today: From ABER, their Russian D-10T 100mm tank barrel for T-55 (35 L-07) and from StAR DECALS their 35-1338 Tanks & AFVs in CUBA 2 both for 1/35 scale. There is also a decal sheet from STAR that offers markings for pre- Soviet vehicles, mostly U.S, but also a British Comet tank. I may purchase that one as well as its pre-Castro apparently. My dad was born in Cuba, he would prefer that.

Wow! The camouflage looks awesome! A stunning build!

Fantastic build! I've got to get my hands on one of those kits! Looks massive.

Well Harv, even though I've had the kit for only a little while, I would say I would recommend it. It is smaller than I thought and although lately, I've been having troubles with my eyesight, I don't think I'll have trouble building it. I'm currently using 2x magnified Glasses with led lights on them on my current build and it's in 1/16 scale! I find 1/35 scale models always look larger in their YouTube reviews! Anyway, I think its a pretty cool model and as always, I like unusual subjects.

Got this today: From Miniart, their 1/35 scale Avro 671 Rota MK.I RAF. I've been thinking about buying one of these autogyro kits for some time and, given current circumstances, I decided now was the time. Miniart offers French, German, and Spanish versions of this aircraft; both military and civilian. I was for either buying the French version or this one. I chose the Avro built one; liking its painting choices the best. This looks like a great kit and I'm looking forward to building it. I'm leaning towards building the version with the trainer yellow lower fuselage.