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HI Fellas! Hate to do it yet again, but I'm looking for an image or even better a good diagram. During the BoB and later, Dornier Do17's carried extra MG 15's on the sides of the greenhouse. I have two images in books, but they aren't in any diagram or useful form for modelling. This guy is aiming one of them: Thank you for your thoughts! Gaz

Sorry to hear you're losing your car, Phil.

Thank you, my friend!

Dust coat... still think I need more, but not really sure what to do...

I like the sub. Would love to see it finished. Jagdpanther looks awesome, too.

It's been a while since my last update. One of the main reasons was because I stripped and repainted the schurzen. A lot of unwelcome textures and dust motes had gotten under my clear coat. I also got the wheels and tracks on. Today I got the turret schürzen and hatches on as well as all of the tools and spare tracks. I also did some rusting on the muffler. Tomorrow I hope to get a heavy dusting on wheels, lower schürzen, and horizontal surfaces. apparently when Russian roads weren't muddy, they were covered in a choking dust. Thanks for looking! Gaz

My result is in. Negative.

Very nice, Fran!

I'm feeling for you, Phil. I hope it gets better for you soon.

Thanks Phil. I'm pretty sure it's just a cold. There hasn't been a covid case around here in months. I have a bunch of nasty flu symptoms but no trouble breathing.

So.... we babysat our granddaughter this weekend. She was producing as much snot as any kid can with coughing and sneezing. It's been this way ever since she started going to daycare. Anyway...I started feeling the symptoms yesterday afternoon, and by bedtime I felt like total shit. Coughing...mucus... so in the morning I called work and said I wasn't coming. AS tomorrow is a scheduled day off, I must have a doctor's note if I am sick on the day before or the day after a rostered day off. So...went and saw the doc this morning just wanting the obligatory note. Next thing I know the doc is handing me a slip for a covid test. So... now I'm off for three days and waiting for the result. I wish I felt better, I could get some modelling done.

I really love this one, mate! Your weathering and painting is excellent!

Nice Thud!

HI Rob, Thanks for the comments. Burnishing fluid is a pain to get here in Australia. Anything very toxic is. But I'm not always bound to use primer. Especially on a part that won't get touched much... as opposed to a metal barrel on a tank which is a useful handhold while weathering the turret. I'll most likely paint the gun barrels dark gray... then give them a black was to fill in the recesses...and then a metallic drybrush with enamels. Shit... reminds me... I still need some MG 17 barrels.

Not a lot done, but a bit of a learning experience. PE and Brass Barrels... by Master Barrels. Explanation to follow: This is the kit gun. Pretty good in my estimation... I don;t think anyone else has molded on the ring sight. To me, it's a critical detail, however. If I hadn't already bought brass barrels, I would have tried to drill and then thin the ring site. It was almost a shame to chop off the barrel. But I had to, cuz there was no way I was painting the model with that delicate assembly protruding. The greenhouse is cemented in place along with the back half of the MG 15. The barrel is dry fitted. It took me more than an hour and a half to assemble that 7-piece assembly with my most powerful glasses on. Even my wife's Canon camera has difficulty focusing on the bleeding thing. The only bad thing is that for two barrels, you get four barrel bands. And I lost one of the barrel bands (they're about 3mm long by 1mm wide)... making one of the guns ruined/spare parts. I bought ten because I have a few German twins in 1/48 scale to build. I had a look today.... I have: Do 17Z (ICM) Do 215 night fighter (ICM) Ju-88c6 (Dragon) Me-110 D1 (Dragon) Thanks for looking!

Fantastic! Love the mossy look! Gaz

Fantastic finish, John!

Awesome!

Looking awesome! Figures are great!

Well done!

Glad to see you back!

Thanks, Rockie!

Today I spent a lot of bench time with the same 4-square inches of plastic. I decided that I would try to improve my canopies. I feel that they never really look right. So, I thought an improvement might come about if I mask the inside. Which meant cutting masks by hand. So, I would trace one side, to attach them to the other. Which would seem simple... but then this glasshouse is asymmetrical in places. So, I would stick the tape in place... and hold it up to the light and trace... and then cut. I'm not overly happy with the result. Some touch up was required and I just cant paint a straight line to save my life. Macro photos don;t help. And the 'correctness' of each panel changes depending on your viewpoint. The former C-Stand still has a large glass for vision. Gee.... wish I had thought of those aluminum strips..... C-Stand pictures are pretty rare. I have one in a book that shows some cushions for the gunner. So, I made a frame, steps, and cushions. It's not perfectly symmetrical, either. Thanks for looking. Gaz

Hi everyone, Seems that all kabuki tapes are not created equal. Some stuff that I bought that wasn't Tamiya has proved to leave a lot of residue where I didn't want any. Sadly.... everywhere I look in Australia, the bigger widths of Tamiya tape are out of stock. Have any of you tried the Vallejo brand? Thoughts? Recommendations? This roll of U-star yellow tape is going to be binned. Thanks for your thoughts! Gaz