[CAT]CplSlade
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2 hours ago, sluggo said:
Flying in to Atlanta tomorrow and driving over. Hope to be in mid afternoon.
What time do you arrive in the ATL and are you familiar with the traffic?
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Zip it good!
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The glue will hold once it has time to cure. Zip it!
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3 hours ago, crazypoet said:
I’m seeing the potential of a Kelly’s Heroes group build...
love me a Tiger!
Well, you'll need T-34's for that you know.
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I have a room connected to the garage where my ab is set up and most of my gear is kept, but a lot of my minor assembling takes place in the finished basement in my PC room. Neither place is with AC but the basement is cooler than the garage. But for me it is the bugs more than the heat.
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1 hour ago, Ryan said:
I still look like my profile pic.....hair a little longer and certainly grey!
Would be cool to have name tags..."Ryan from LSM" etc. and then wear them to the Sizzler afterwards....
Sizzler is still a thing?
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This is the standout build in a field of war-time green and brown. Amazing masking and paintwork, and an extremely eye-catching scheme.
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On 7/15/2019 at 7:22 AM, Clunkmeister said:
Agreed there, Phil. The movie was a bit far fetched even for me. I know some mountain folk, and they’re fine honest folk trying to make a living. Like anywhere, there are outliers, but for the most part, really decent people.
Yeah, but these are Carolinians.
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I would be interested in knowing how old most of the suits are in this company. I have found more often than not it is newcomers in a company who swoop in and decide to count pennies, and having no relationship with the workforce make decisions based on pure economics. That is one of the things that killed Borders Books; when the long-time CEO retired, he was replaced with a younger man with no experience in the retail book industry. He had no established relationship with anyone in the company and the decisions he made were destructive enough to crater the stock value of the company (from which it never recovered) and the board was forced to buy out his contract to get rid of him before he totally wrecked it. However, none of those who followed were much better and mandated that payroll would always be the first area to target for trimming.
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Oh, and another thing: Has anyone done a comparison of the AK pencils to standard watercolor pencils?
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53 minutes ago, Martinnfb said:
The fastest assembly ever
Probably still not as fast as the actual Russian factories, I'll bet.
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7 hours ago, DocRob said:
The Giant with the Maultier is a nice setting too, nothing too difficult in scratching a Giant for this one
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Cheers Rob
Or you could wait for Hph to finish their resin kit.
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With a little scratchwork maybe you could use a few of those Revell squirrel kits for the horses.
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2 hours ago, Bomber_County said:
Here’s my
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Prime mover would probably be a Famo , see link below. Tamiya and I think Dragon do one........
FAMO would be a bit of overkill, since those were primarily for hauling tanks. The SdKfz 10 would be sufficient.
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Not sure how the SdKfz 250 page at Tanks Encyclopedia will help with the 251, and sdkfz251.com is all photos of 251s with no text data.
The /4 was the only variant designated as an artillery hauler, and as far as I recall only AFV made that variant.
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19 minutes ago, Wumm said:
The Flak 38 comparison still doesn't say which kit is the more accurate despite the measurement discrepancies. 3mm at 1/35th scale equates to four inches in reality.
It actually does; the Tristar followed extremely closely by the Dragon. The Tamiya and Italeri fall far behind with Tamiya losing due to age and the Italeri due to accuracy and molding issues.
I assume Trumpeter's either wasn't considered or wasn't available yet. It has PE gunshields like Dragon, but no plastic option.
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And as for German vehicles, David Doyle recently released a nice hardcover called The Complete Guide to German Armored Vehicles.
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Not to be a poop head, because much of what you got there is nice, but you should be able to get the odorless thinner in larger volumes and cheaper at art supply shops.
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Are you saying you've seen variations of the 251/4, or just variants of the 251 in general? The /4 is a variant within the 251 series of vehicles, which runs up to around 22-24 types depending on sources.
Layouts changed according to the specific type, such as the /1 being the common infantry mover, the /2 being equipped with a mortar, /3 being a radio vehicle, /7 being the pionier wagon, /16 having flamethrowers, etc. The /4, which towed the leFH18 was modified for ammo storage and associated gear for the artillery piece and I believe the crew followed alongside in a standard 251/1.
Much of the time the leFH18 was towed by the SdKfz 10 or larger; also the Demag and even the RSO was used.
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Usually they were limited to the 7.5cm Pak 40 and smaller, but the 251/4 variant was used with the leFH18 later in the war. The interior layout was different. Especially from the ones buildable from the kit.
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Also, might I suggest this site for all your Flak 38 comparison needs in the future?
https://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/flak38/flak38.htm
This might have helped you, Wumm, in figuring out if you could mix and match the different manufacturers. They do a lot of kit comparisons. I suggest everyone check here if you want to find the best kit, prepare for potential surprises, or see if part swaps are feasible.
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Am I the only one who doesn't really have an issue with Dragon's instructions? Almost my entire stash of armor is Dragon. Just read them through a couple of times and make notes.
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I have dominion over the downstairs area with the family room and spare bedrooms plus my office. My wife has never said anything about my stash, and all she says about my built stuff is 'Why don't you show them to me when you're done?"
Because she's too busy watching America's Got Talent and other dullness.
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HK announcement!
in Modelling Discussion
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And hence, why human discourse has devolved to the level it has in recent years, when tl;dr becomes the excuse as to why skipping to the head of the discussion line by clicking the correct arrow and ignoring all previous replies, allows a person to now believe that they were the first to have a novel idea even if that idea is in the post immediately prior to theirs.
There's some other factors, but discussing that would just generate some more tl;dr events.