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Great looking paint job, Phil!

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you, the figures are by miniart. I really like them. too. Thank you. I've only been doing figures for a year or so...and only the two most recent have looked any good. Just takes a bit of time and practice, I guess. Thank you, Kai. I still have to place the other two crew members. And they have to fit inside. And I may put helmets on everyone, as well. I know I'd want mine on.

Thank you for the kind words, everyone. From the beginning, I didn't the Marder to stand alone. So, I have been building something to share it's space. And today I started working on the crew. You'll notice that these three have almost no cover except for a tiny gun shield. I'm wondering if the seats for gunner and assistant gunner folded away. Because it seems that working in their confined spaces would have been awkward at the least. Composing the diorama in my head... I wanted the t-34 to provide some cover in a relatively empty steppe. Nothing is written in stone yet regarding the positioning of the main elements. Any opinions/ideas? Happy modelling!

I saw this on Facebook, and thought I'd pass it on. Enjoy!

Privyet Comrades, Today I will call the upperworks done. The hull and turret are festooned with grab handles and the bare necessities round out the construction. I used Mr Surfacer in different ways to try to make the cast parts look different from the rolled steel. All that remains to assemble are the 102 track links.

Man! I do love the way you paint! Your roundels are the most eye-catching I've ever seen.

Oh, nice, Rob! This must have been brewing before I came to LSM. I'll go back to the beginning and have a read on thru.

Thank you for the well wishes and commendations, my friends. I woke this morning with a stiff and sore hand. But there doesn't seem to be any appreciable swelling. But I'll definitely keep paying attention.

HI Everyone, Today I consider a misadventure on modelling. Who here has drill bit sets like this one? T I had a bit that was reluctant to come out. So, as usual I tried to tap it out into the palm of my hand. Unfortunately for me, the bit came out and I drove it almost 2cm deep into the palm of my hand. It was a .6mm bit. I pulled it out immediately and tried to work some IPA into the wound hoping to stave off infection. There's only a tiny amount of blood. The hand is getting stiff and sore now... hopefully I don't wake up tomorrow with a swollen, infected mess in the morning. Anyway... the model. I spent some time last night cleaning up the magic tracks. Each one had 2 raised ejector pin marks that were easy to chisel off with a sharp blade.

Ooh! Nice!

Great Progress, Peter! Already looking sleek!

Looking good, Mark!

Ich würde es nicht verpassen.

Ooh.... didn;t know Tamiya made a BT-7, <ust have!

Definitely the most interesting build of this bird I've seen so far, Rob. Great job!

Thank you, Kai.

Thanks Rob. A long way to go on the tracks. Still some touches to do on the Panzer Jager itself.

I don't have one. But ancestry DNA says I'm 2% Russian.

Mild chipping and... My first time doing all of the pin washes with enamels. Not sure if I'm pleased or not. They certainly don't flow as well as oils... but dry a lot faster. The details pop a little more... Not sure how much weathering to do, really. Maybe a little dust and dirt. Maybe some rain marks. But nothing too drastic.

Sweet looking pit, John!

Great job on the exhaust stains. I'll hve to give them a go with oils.

I never really had a thing for AMC stuff. But fishnets.... hell yeah.

Thank you, Fellas!