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John, You're smashing it! Everything looks great! Foil?

Nice work! I built a Dragon Tiger with the DS tracks and was never satisfied with them. I have this set of Friuls... It's been on another tiger, and now rents space on a Sturmmorser.

Thank you! After doing this kind of stuff mostly with oils or acrylics in the past, I gotta say it may become a preferred technique. I had hitherto been thinking of not getting any more enamels after these were gone/dried up. But I think I will keep the basic colors on hand for this kind of stuff. Thank you, Sir. My motto: too little is better than too much. Thank you, Kai. I will have to try it on planes, too.

Nice work!

Very interesting! I've never heard of nor tried this. Would love to hear more when you do it.

Nice start, and I like the Zimmerit. I have made my own in the past, but I think I would rather have it there, already.

Hola Amigos y' constructores de maquetas! Not a lot of time for modelling on work nights... So, a little experimental enamel stains and enamel sponge chipping using Tamiya enamel paints on the ammo box and gun support. I haven't used enamels for the before. But I'm quite happy how it turned out and how quick it was to do. I imagine gun oils and perhaps even ersatz coffee would have been spilled into many a fighting compartment. Anyway... if you have any ideas to add... lemme know. I'm sure a more efficient modeller would save a step like this for a time when the gun, shields, and other interior stuff was done. But I think one has to do things when the brain is in a fervor to do the deed. Waiting until later isn't any fun. Happy modelling!

Very nice detailing, Kai. Too bad about the first missile rails. Don't rush for Hubert's sake.

Thank you for the kind words, everyone! Coping with smaller parts is something I want to do before I lose the ability. And these open-topped vehicles seem so much more interesting than a regular enclosed tank. Plus... it's like a new country for me. New shapes... and Bronco plastic is a lot thinner than Tamiya. So though I may curse and swear the entire time... I feel like I'm doing something fun and challenging.

Very nice looking weapons!

Welcome back, friends! We've returned to the Bronco Marder after a bit of a break. Directions... the beautiful directions... if you follow them to the letter, you add a lot of fragile, protruding parts long before necessary. So, I'm doing a lot of flipping back and forth with the directions as I try to build from the inside out and bottom up. First on the block was the rear end with it's shielded muffler, taillights, and small brass parts. Then I added fenders and forward glacis parts as well as the over-engine parts. I positioned the driver's and radio operator's armored vision slots open. Then it was time for the radio in it's PE box. All hand painted. Next up was the Gunner's main ammunition storage that hangs beneath the breach of the Pak36r. As you can see there are a lot of tiny parts. Some plastic, some PE. I didn't dare try to shave off any nubs off the PE. For removing the tiny plastic parts from the sprue, I embed them in a worm of Blutack so that when I slice through the sprue gate, the part doesn't go flying into the ether. I also added these thin pieces over the engine cooling louvres which will disappear behind the armor shielding. They're far to thin and fragile to trim. Unless one of you know some technique?? Then I started adding hatches and hinges. All small, thin parts. The support for the main gun and the ammo container are only dry-fitted here. I will have to paint and weather the Ammo box, even though I'm 99% certain that none of it will be visible later. Happy Modelling!

Congrats!

Thanks, Phil. Fortunately I have plenty other choices. Kai, that's a very kind offer. Thank you. But that would cost a lot more than it would cost me to buy a new kit here. I still have a Hasegawa G6 I could attach to the pilot. Other possibility: If you saw the fit, you'd be dissuaded. The Starboard side has a terrible profile, and two of the four corners on the port side don;t match. Martin, I haven't even started to separate the parts yet. As I have attached everything quite firmly, it's hard to know what will happen. I already broke a few parts and re-glued them together getting the bow out of the port wing. Again, shipping would be expensive from overseas. I'm not totally out of options locally. I jut have to avoid rushing.

Well... I'm at the place where I didn't want to be from the outset. Sanding, scribing, fixing, filling, scribing in the wing root for fricking ever. I've ruined surface detail I wanted to avoid touching from the get-go. To make matters worse, I've ruined the profile of the wing. It's all my fault, I'm sure. I could hide it with clever photography... but I'm just getting tired of it. So, I'm going to set it aside until I can find another Revell G6 to rob for parts.

Coming to life, Kai! Looks brilliant.

Guys, Thank you for your thoughtful answers.

Thanks, Rob. I haven't taken any natural light photos of him, yet. I like natural light the best.

Hi guys and gals. I want to get an airbrush with a broader coverage for priming and other applications. I hate trying to prime with coverage of only 3-5 mm wide strips. Of course... I have to buy what I can find here in Australia. What kind of setup should I get? Needle thickness? And what else should I know? I watched a Paul Budzick video on airbrushes once and he recommended an airgun for the purpose. Airguns seem to be quite expensive. What do y'all say.

Looks great,Kai. Very nicely done. I hate doing red lines myself. They seem to be straight until after they are dried.

Thank you!

Excellent reconstruction, Rodolfo! I really like the figure and the camouflaged uniform you've done.

Looks great, Ron. Love the weatheirng on the CAT engine.

Nick, Even though I've been using oils for a couple years now I found a lot of helpful information this post. Thank you very much. You work looks great!

That is really some great work, Mark! Everything looks fantastic!

Love the details, Mate! Not being a big student of the B-17 I didn't know it had a toilet!