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  1. BlrwestSiR
    That's coming along nicely. Great job on the interior. The earlier Panzer III you built looks great too.
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    Great work on the floats. Glad my suggestion worked for you. Carl
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    Here's the guide rollers re-installed along with the tow cable. As mentioned, I don't think you can see the groove that I made drilling through the space between the rollers.
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    Have a fun and safe trip. Carl
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    Good news. My Eureka XXL metal tow cables have arrived. I bought a multi set with various thicknesses to try and find the best fit. Unfortunately the only one that could fit through the guide rollers was 0.6 mm and look far too thin. So I ended up drilling between the rollers a 0.9 mm hole and will use that size cable. The hole can't be seen from any angle and is probably what I should have done initially. I've painted the cable and an just waiting for it to dry.
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    Just catching up on your progress Rob and it's been fantastic. I tried a similar multi layer approach that you are using on your floats with my Corsair build. The separate layers of paint came out nicely. Depending on the type of wear you want to show, you could try a 800 grit soft sanding sponge. Use very light pressure and gently wet sand the areas. Carl
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    Here you go Vandy! They're printed on a single sheet carrier so will need to be trimmed out. Compared to the kit parts, it looks like they should fit ok.
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    Thanks Ron!
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    Thanks Rob. They already are short one track so I can join them together once I'm ready to install them.
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    Nice work on the tracks and great to see you back at it. Carl
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    Oh how I wish.
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    Nice trip down memory lane John. One of the first kits I can recall building was a Snap Tite Jet Ranger. I must have 5 or 6 at the time. An earlier memory was my baby sitter's older brother built car models. He let me finish one that he'd done. Can't remember the car except that it was painted green. I do remember the smell of the Testors tube glue he gave me to finish building it though. As for modeling snafus, there was a 1/72 Wellington. I glued the fuselage together, then noticed the cockpit still on my desk. So I tried it open, installed the cockpit and closed the fuse back up. At which point I see the turret on my bench. Pry the fuselage open again, install the turret and close it up. Again. Well, you know what's coming next. Yup, the rear turret. That was a messed up fuselage by the time I was done. Carl
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    We got back from our camping trip. Still have all my family members that we left with. There were a couple packages waiting for me when we got back. First up is my continued descent into the Dark side: Decals for that Bandai Super Star Destroyer I have. Next up are some figures for my Scammell/Grant build. I also bought some weathering stencils for the build. Some PE for an Achilles A new set of plastic nippers. These are fantastic if you haven't tried them yet. Just don't drop them. Lastly, a trip down nostalgia lane. I'm still trying to figure out if this is Clod number 4 or 5. All the rest though we're the original red version.
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    The Concept Notes books are great and can be really helpful on a bulld.
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    Great back story Ernie and congrats on checking off something from the bucket list. Who knows maybe we'll get a CF-100 one day. Carl
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    Indeed!
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    I don't think it's out yet. Hannants list pre-orders as back orders. They often offer a 10% discount on their pre-order items which they're doing with the Tornado.
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    Great idea. I would love to add a dedicated paint station to the workbench but don't have the space. One day...
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    The start of the school year here got postponed for a week from its usual start the day after Labour Day. As a result, I'm currently freezing my ar$e off in a tent while it's 3°C with the boys and Sue on a camping trip.
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    Looks to be a very nice kit. Carl
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    My two boys have been receipients of your generosity Jeff and Harv's too. To them , it's like Christmas when they see one of the boxes you've sent them.
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    Finally got around to getting a new Dremel. Sue found my old one loud and somehow gave off an annoying vibration that she could feel on our second floor. My workbench is in the basement but she always knew when I would use it. So I switched to a small battery powered one made by Gunze. It's ok but didn't have the power to run for long periods of time. Here's the new one. It's actually not much bigger than the Gunze one. I did make a quick mod to the new Dremel. I replaced the standard collet which uses a wrench to tighten it for one that's adjustable. It's a miniature version of the ones on most drills. To make it work, I cut a small piece of 1/4 " diameter tubing to act as a spacer. Now I've got the perfect combination rotary tool as I can use both the Japanese bits and the US ones that I have.
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    Spent a bit of time working on the Scammell. I got the shifter and shift gate installed. Talk about fiddly. Then the base for the driver's seat. For the backrests, I decided to thin them out a bit as the support frame looks a bit thick. The three I've done are on the left compared to the stock one on the right. Turning to the Grant, I've added some of the hull details. I also finished building the second run of tracks.
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    Those belts are awesome.
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    Really nice.
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