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Looks great there Gaz. I broke down and bought the recent Takom kit after arching your build. Just waiting for it to arrive on the slow boat. Carl

I finally did some work on the Scammell. Which wasn't actually on the Scammell itself. I sanded and then varnished the base. I used a water based varathane for that. It's now dried so I can start on the landscaping bit. Here's how I'm thinking of placing the Scammell: It's more or less centred on the board width wise. Or, I could move it slightly to one side and possibly add a Jeep with maybe the crews conversing? Or would that be too busy and crammed? Or me just biting off more than I can chew? Definitely the latter for sure.

Looks like someone solved the power issue in the Niva: https://jalopnik.com/watch-this-ls-powered-lada-niva-smoke-an-audi-rs6-1845706225 Edit: here's a link to the video. It's running the 1/4 mile in under 10 seconds. They definitely are like a Niva in that regard. I've even considered importing one to Canada. As long as it's 15 years old, you can bring it in here.

That's an awesome gift Rob. Please do a WIP when you start it. You could get Ladas here in Canada up until the mid '90s. I remember the Niva as a bare bones 4x4 that could handle just about anything you threw at it. I never got to drive one but did drive a Suzuki Jimny back in 2006 while in Tobago. It was very similar to the Niva in its simplicity. And lack of power. Still was a bunch of fun though. Carl

Bill, it's the Bronco 1/35 Type XXIII U-boat kit. Don't know why but I've wanted one for a while and finally got one recently.

And all done on the Jagdkitty: I think I'm good with the one railcar. Made for a different presentation. Unless of course, these were delivered by railcar... Yup, it's also 1/35.

John, hopefully you'll from Dana as I'm looking to do a couple FAA Corsairs at some point. Carl

Almost done.

Ok, here what the instructions say: And in Aircraft Pictorial F4U-1 Corsair Vol 2, she's a Goodyear built Corsair IV or FG-1A. I can't find if she should have the standard US pilot harness or the British Sutton one (similar to the Spitfire). My guess is that it should be the Sutton harness which Tamiya includes on the PE fret.

I'll check my set when I'm home in a couple hours and see if there's any info. Carl

Cool project. Both the 1/24 and the 1/1. RP Tools makes a jig that helps you bend wire into matching handles. Might be worth checking out. Carl

Congrats on the wins. Lovely builds especially your approach with the Mig. Carl

Well, I finally finished something. Or at least I'm almost there. I just have to decide on the gun barrel. If I use a later two piece barrel, I'll still need to camouflage the tank. It'll end up looking closer to the one I built previously. Or I can use the earlier single piece barrel and leave it in the dunkelgelb its currently finished in. I'm leaning towards this option as it'll look different from the other one and we'll, I'll be pretty much done.

Gus, thankfully Zoe has always gotten along with cats. Even before I had cats. The cats came with Sue. Our other cat is the Alpha in the house and it's always funny to watch Zoe defer to Fursnake. Sunny is a much more cuddly cat and likes sleeping with Zoe.

Go John go!

Ok, just looked it up in Dana Bell's book. He says the Corsair IV could be either a -1A or a -1D. So that answers that. Carl

Nice choice John. I've got those in the stash. I'm planing to cut and paste them into 115 from Formidable. One thing though, it's a Corsair IV which I believe would be a -1D instead of a -1A. Maybe double check which one? Carl

Awesome work there. How to make a crashed planes look like art.

Meanwhile, someone's keeping me company. Or someones I should say.

Thanks Harv! Been working on it a bit tonight. Got some weathering done.

Working away on the Jagdpanther.

That looks really good. Glad to see you stuck with it and got it done. Carl

Jeroen, the wheels look great. I like seeing how folks tackle the same thing but in different ways. I usually paint the tire first and then the hub so seeing you do the opposite is nice.

I haven't tried Vallejo tape yet. Maybe try the Mr Masking tape from Gunze? BNA seems to have that in stock. I found Blue Dolphin masking tape at the local housepaint shop. I've used it on some builds with no issues. Best part it was less than $10 for an inch wide roll. Carl

The Hasegawa F4 is a very nice build. I did one earlier this year and enjoyed it. Nice and simple. Carl