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BlrwestSiR

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  1. Guess I'm a heathen for having cut up three Tamiya Spits so far.
  2. Shirking some family responsibilities, I got the nose gear leg done. Because I glued a couple parts out of order (shoulda followed the instructions) I had to attach the links to the bay first. Then the leg itself. With that done, I decided to start gluing the interior into the uh, interior. I'm using the clamp to keep things a tight fit.
  3. Peter, I wish they had too. Maybe made the cockpit floor from zinc like Tamiya did in their 1/48 He219. Anyways, I've made a false bulkheads in the nose gear bay and filled it with lead weights. I then filled the voids with Liquid Gravity. I'm not sure on the total weight but I'm hoping it's about 1/3 of what I need. I should be able to get the same amount into the other side.
  4. Thanks Peter. The instructions say 300g of weight and point at the nose. I've not been able to find enough space for that much weight so I've made some false bulkheads to fill it in. Carl
  5. For someone who says they don't do armour, that Sherman and base looks really good. Hope you change your mind and take a crack at the Sherman. As for the tracks, since the Sherman's have live tracks that are under tension, the rubber band style won't be that noticable. Saggy track like on a Tiger would be more obvious. Carl
  6. Thanks for checking in folks. Healthwise, I've got a follow-up appointment with my cardiologist for early Dec. Dog wise, Zoe is closer to her old self with the odd stumble when she walks and her head is more or less cocked to one side all the time now. We finally met the new puppy and get to take him/her home in around two weeks. Still haven't decided on which one we're taking. Back to modelling, I've gotten a bit more of the interior done. I've been trying to get as much weight into the nose area as possible to prevent having a tail sitter. I've filled some of the boxes that go in the front of the plane with Liquid Gravity. Not much but I figure every bit helps. I continued the assembly of the bombs. I masked off the yellow and hit them with some olive drab. I then added the fins and did some touch ups. Finally I I installed them in the bomb bay. One thing that needs to be done before closing up the fuselage is the nose gear. I have the Aerocraft brass inserts so cleaned those up a bit. On the MLG legs, the tie down loops are cast solid so I drilled them out. You can see the first one I did in front . Then I started adding the kit parts to the inserts. The fit isn't perfect and needs a bit of tweaking. That's where I am at the moment. Carl
  7. Peter, thanks for the step by step and the comparison of techniques. I've always gotten mixed results with decals so this will help take some guesswork out of it. Carl
  8. John, the tracks aren't that bad. They include a jig to help you get them together. I generally only used the bottom part of the jig and didn't bother with the upper half. I put a small drip of Tamiya Extra Thin in the locating hole on part F3 and then press F6 into place. Once you get started, you fall into a rhythm building them. One thing to remember. Leave F2 on the small runners until after you have the pads joined together. Hope that helps. Carl
  9. Can't wait to see how the Red Fox details work as well. Nice start to the build. Carl
  10. Thanks for sharing the pics Dennis. That Lib very inspiring. Carl
  11. Great pics Martin. I'll get back to it soon enough. Just plugging away at the Lib. Carl
  12. You could do it as a Whiffer?
  13. Honest Harv, I'm not trying to make it a race. Honestly the biggest scare was our dog when she collapsed last week and couldn't get up. We thought we'd have to put her down but she's mostly back to her old self now. Except her head is now permanently cocked to one side to counteract her imbalance.
  14. Thanks guys for the good wishes. I'm mostly healed up back-wise but had a scare with the heart and spent last night in the ER. I was getting chest pains so everyone felt best I go get it checked out. The docs couldn't find anything so I got sent home after a couple blood tests, x-rays and a CT scan. I'm to follow up with the cardiologist though just to be sure. Anyways, I've managed to get a bit more done. The bomb halves are together and I got the yellow touched up. I need to mask the stripe off and then hit them with some OD. Meantime, I noticed that although the belly turret had been removed, I imagine they used the raising and lowering mechanism for the radar dome so I decided to put that together. I figured that the ammo cans would be superfluous so hacked those off. Most likely you won't see much of this. I also started painting some of the interior details. Finally, I've started assembling the interior bulkheads. Hopefully I can get back to chugging along.
  15. Nice progress on the Mustang there Peter. Your choice of markings is great too. Not one of the usual suspects. Carl
  16. I had the Revell kit too. Sounds like I didn't do much better on it. I'm using a Tamiya kit to do the same markings. Didn't like VF -1 for the longest time, then nostalgia kicked in. Carl
  17. For some subjects, I like the link and length tracks. They speed things up a bunch and still give you decent detail.
  18. I think those are Pegasus model kits. They use ABS plastic for some reason. But Tamiya now has ABS cement...
  19. Smitty, can't wait to see the Tomcat build. So, hi-vis or low? For me it' would have to be hi-vis. Carl
  20. Looks very nice. And much cheaper than the Border Lanc too. Carl
  21. Too bad it's not the bubbletop or I'd help you out and have it sit in my stash to never get built instead.
  22. Peter, here you go. It's a very easy conversion if you use the AML set. Carl
  23. Nice choice Peter. If you want to improve the accuracy a bit, Barracudacast does some nice resin updates that are mostly plug and play. I built one as a Mk Vb and still have another to do with the Barracudacast bits. Carl
  24. Nice! I finally got an airbrush holder after using my cleaning jar for the longest time as a one. Should have done so long ago.
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