belugawhaleman

That's a lot of tiny bolts you've added there! Those Meng sheets are really useful. I recently assembled the Tamiya Char 1 bis. It went together like a dream! it's been put aside for now waiting to be painted. I'll get to that------someday.

looks good so far. And so quick! I didn't know about this model brand before, it looks like a very nice kit.

Thanks. I just ordered some braided line from Amazon. It's .012" thick. I was going to use .O15" lead wire. I ordered silver, but I figured I could paint it before adding it to the model. I figured I could use medium CA to glue it to the spark plugs using a little accelerator to help things along. Paul

Today I added the metal pipe that holds the spark plug wires. I made this from brass tube and used jb weld kwik to attach it to the engine. I painted it. with Ak bronze. I also used Tamiya black panel line highlighter in a few places. I plan to add spark plug wires but I haven't decided how I'm going to do this right now. I have some lead wire but I may buy some braided fishing line.

Sorry if I misunderstood your comment. My reply was a little pathetic and I'm sorry for that. I also like my models to look clean. the tank I'm modeling will be a Brazilian ft as delivered in 1920 or thereabouts. I may put this build aside as I am really tempted to build that Meng Char 2c or my Takom British Mk IV Male tank. Paul.

Thanks... I think . Another "showroom" comment. I do plan to try to weather it but my skills might be lacking, I guess. perhaps I'll give up on this one.

I tried to make the magneto look like this one on a restored engine. I haven't yet finished the engine yet so I'll try to dirty it up a bit. I've also made the tube for the ignition wires but I'm not sure how to attach it yet.

That's right, I've started another Takom Renault ft. working on the engine right now.

Has anyone used a laser printer to make their own decals? I see there is laser printer specific water-slide decal printer paper available that requires no spraying of a gloss coat after printing. any info or advice would be greatly appreciated.

Been having a look. very interesting.

I just got this Meng kit. It's their 1/35 scale Char 2 c model of a huge inter-war French tank. looks like it will be a nice build. A quick perusal of the kits part shows excellent molding and details.

I picked up one of Miniart's 1/35 Focke-Wulf Triebflugels . I plan to make up my own paint scheme and markings.

I bought myself some nippers. The Trumpeter single blade cutter. I read the comments about these on this forum and ordered them straight away.

Trumpeter T34/76 1943 in 1/16 scale.

That wildcat firewall is from Master Details. It is listed as out of stock. I emailed the manufacturer to see if it will be available in the future. I'll let you know if they answer. https://masterdetails.com/grumman-f4f-3-4-wildcat-wheel-well-improvement/

Certainly, I will.

Oh, I think I'll eventually build one of my Trumpeter wildcats, maybe both. I hear someone sells a resin replacement firewall for this kit that solves some of the issues with the kit. I forget who makes it now. I looked it up a while back and, of course ,in common with all things I'm interested in buying, it was out of stock.

Hope to see your build soon. Anyway, this is one of three aircraft models in my stash. I have two Trumpeter wildcats, but I've heard these aren't the greatest kits. Years ago I built the 1/32 scale Revell wildcat and I'm certain that the Trumpeter kits might be better. I will probably buy the ICM versions of the Polikarpov I-16 in 1/32 scale and I would like to build the Special Hobby Brewster Buffalo in 1/32 scale. You might notice a trend here---- I like stubby, or otherwise barrel-shaped aircraft.

No rails, but trumpeter rails will work

Also picked up a nice little kit from ICM......

I just picked up this model product from Thunder model; it's in 1/35 scale and is,for me, a subject matter for a kit I've never tried before. Or even thought of making. A railroad boxcar! Anyway, it looks like a pretty good kit. I was surprised by how well it was package and the quality of the molding. It looks like it may, for me, be challenging build. The subject might even be considered a little controversial for some. It's a model of a German Gedeckter Gutterwagen Gr 15t ww2 boxcar.

: Yes, I can see that there are a lot of variations in markings. it's part of the fun of this kind of "what if" kit. I saw somewhere, a Japanese version. I think that would be cool to build. Anyway, I think you have done a fine job so far. thanks for sharing your work.

It's really looking great. I've enjoyed watching this build. I would like to build one of these kits myself---I've even downloaded the instructions from the Miniart site for perusal.

looks like a well-engineered kit,and a fun build. I'll be watching.