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  1. 17 minutes ago, Wumm said:

    Mine would be approaching the hundred mark; combining Aircraft, Armour, 1/24 Autos and a few Figure kits. In other words, far to many to ever complete in my lifetime.

    After sitting out in the Queensland heat, sealed inside a shipping container, I find myself asking...

    How warped is the plastic in that Puma kit Gaz?

    S

    You know...  I haven't even pulled anything from the bags, yet.

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  2. In my club...   we had this guy who passed in his early seventies of a massive heart attack.  He had a shipping container beside his house packed with models.

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    He was a member of more than one club, so they put everything on pallets and set to liquidating it to save his unfortunate missus the problem.  However...   there was more...  Because this guy...  if he had two kits that were very similar...  he would chop them into pieces and squeeze them into one box. 

     

    Really...  it was a mess.

     

    But I got a Dragon Puma for half of retail from it.

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    There were kits without boxes...   it boggled the mid to imagine how much time he must have put into stashing.

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  3. I loved models before I knew what love was.  I have approximately 60 kits.  My wife thinks I don't need more.  But I try to build around a dozen a year so I can keep buying without really accumulating more kits.

     

    I never stop to think about my wife before I buy another kit.

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  4. A day of tiny details and infinitesimal amounts of paint...  Look at this Revi gunsight...  so hard for my fumble fingers

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    The seatbelts were fiddly...  but since I paid for them already, I didn't order cloth belts.

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    Love those little painted PE panels...   they just make everything look better.

    The side panels were easiest of all...

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    The elevator trim wheels are the only Revell parts in this pit.  I decided that trying to impart a natural curve into the PE wheels would be too mcuh effort and give too little reward...  so I used the plastic.

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    I took some liberties with metallic paints. 

    Finally a little more paint for the IP

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    Happy modelling!

    There are two tiny little resin pieces to go.  I believe they are the cockpit lighting and look like easy pieces to lose...  so I;ll save them for later.

     

    Happy modelling!

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  5. 58 minutes ago, Peterpools said:

    Gaz

    Your eye for detail is amazing

    Keep ‘em comin

    Peter

     

    57 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said:

    Thanks, I've come across Takom decals before and had some problems. I was wondering what the strongest solvent around was.

     

    By the way; I just had another look at your Commander figure. Looks amazing! I wish I could paint like that!

    Thank you, Gents...   this is my first decent face.  It came out well for two reasons...  one was the sculpture of the face.  The details were clearly delineated so you could easily decide where to put your paint.  Two...  The size of the face was big enough that my motor skills weren't taxed trying to make super-minute movements.  My 1/35 dudes aren't even close.

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  6. Am I the only modeller in the world that doesn’t use a cutting mat?  My bench top is plywood and covered with paint marks, glue blobs.

    Is there any benefit other than keeping your bench cut mark free?

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