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    Gaspatch Henschel Hs123 1/48 scale

    in LSM 1/48 Work in Progress

    Posted

    On 10/10/2021 at 2:16 AM, Bomber_County said:

    Looking forward to this Gaz, never seen one of these built up. Looking nice already..

    Thank you, Phil!

    5 hours ago, kahunaminor said:

    Nice choice Gaz,

    I also have one on the bench at the moment. The fit of the kit is truly excellent. I intend to rivet mine. Using both the MMP and Top Drawings plans, I have found a small error in the luggage hatch on the port fuselage upper may be a little long (2mm to the rear) as it appears to dissect a panel line that GP didn’t include. Once I confirm and rectify I shall post a picture.

    Dive in and enjoy some quality engineering and fit!

    Regards,

    Kent

    Kent, nice to hear from you again.   It's been a while.  I'll be looking forward perhaps to seeing some of your work on it.  I haven't delved in too deep as I've had other projects going.  

     

    I'm completely talent less when it comes to riveting.  Just can't make a straight line.  I can use Dymo tape, or a metal straight edge...   but my riveter or scriber will always find a way to drift away.  I can;t imagine trying to rivet over my CA repairs.

     

    Anyway...   great to see you, mate.

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    Bronco Marder II

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    15 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

    Looks very good, bet the complex PE was a matter of think three times and bend once…..

     

    14 hours ago, harv said:

    This is so true.....harv :popcorn:

     

    8 hours ago, Peterpools said:

    Gaz

    Sweet progress and your new method of explanations right on each pics works perfectly. So glad in the end you conquered the large PE frame into submission - looks mighty good.

    Keep 'em comin

    Peter

    Thank you, Fellas!

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    Bronco Marder II

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

    Posted

    4 minutes ago, DocRob said:

    Nice detail work and great explanation about what you did. These open hull tanks are full of detail and not easy to build and paint.

    Cheers Rob

    Thank you,  Rob.  They definitely make you put in more time and effort.  Getting close to the stage where I need to fit the figures.

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    P40

    in Modelling Discussion

    Posted

    14 minutes ago, harv said:

    Might consider a 48 th..harv

    The Trumpy kit shouldn't be too bad if he's not a rivet counter.  I sold my last one for the cost of postage as the kit was rivetted by the Mad-Rivetter of Shanghai.  Lotsa 1/48 kits around....    just avoid the Kittyhawk one.  I've read that it's a disaster.

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    DALE CLEARY'S MODEL AUCTION.(aka Sir Desmond Glazebrook).

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    12 minutes ago, Wumm said:

    I realise this Gaz...

    After my Partner's suicide 5 years ago, I've spent $20 thousand of my own money finalising her Estate and making repairs to the house she left to our Daughters. 

    I don't begrudge his family a cent they made from selling these kits. My main objection was to the 30 to 40% skimmed off the top in Auction fees, postage and GST. There would have been individuals either from this Site or the other one he frequented who I'm sure would have seen to his wishes had he only asked, or had his Family do so. Of secondary concern to me was the sheer waste of amassing so many kits when by his own admission, Dale could have died any given day.

    If I've taken anything else from Dale's demise, it's to lead a more simple life and just have less 'stuff'... This was also reinforced by the amount of crap I had to wade through to renovate a house formerly inhabited by hoarders.

    S

    I'm guessing his family had no idea who to trust other than an auctioneer.  I don't know if Dale nominated a friend to take care of his models for his family.  It's something we all should do.  I'm 55 but haven't done it, yet.  I have club members who are friends....   but I don't really have a close friend who I feel I could give the burden.  We've mentioned it at club meetings...   but I haven't taken anyone's details to leave to my family.

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    Gaspatch Henschel Hs123 1/48 scale

    in LSM 1/48 Work in Progress

    Posted

    17 hours ago, DocRob said:

    Nice choice Gaz, I was thinking about buying one more than once. With the kits which IBG and ICM, maybe Roden offered in the last time, there maybe is a chance of a LS-version. If it would be the better choice, I don't know, as the Gaspatch kit looks muy bueno.

    Cheers Rob

    Rob,

       it would be sweet if ICM offered one.  Certainly more interesting than a Falco.  ICM are quite bold when it comes to molding fine shapes.  But they aren't much for other niceties such as PE.   Even if Roden did make one, I doubt it would be of this quality.  They've showed us with the recent SPAD release that they have no interest in improving their product.

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    DALE CLEARY'S MODEL AUCTION.(aka Sir Desmond Glazebrook).

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    On 9/28/2021 at 7:40 AM, Wumm said:

    I declined to take part in this enterprise...

    I know that as Modellers, we often acquire kits that we'd like to build at a later date, sometimes to the extent that we end up with more than we'd ever complete over the span of a long life. But here was a Man who had 387 unstarted model kits, aside from those he was already working on, and knew that he was likely to literally die the next day.

    Dale was generous to a fault. He gave freely of his time, his knowledge and experience, and his possessions. To turn his hobby into a money-making exercise is the antithesis of how he lived his life, and doesn't sit well with me.

    S

     

    Well...  if it makes you feel better, a basic funeral is like 10,000 dollars.  I know because my wife had to add ten grand to our mortgage using the redraw facility when her younger brother passed away.  It's a big cost to bear especially if it isn't shared around.

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