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Having fun is the important bit. It looks good to me too. I don't have the extra pair of eyes that Jeff has though. Carl
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Dragon Panther G late- quick build (?)
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Rog, just found this listed at my LHS on their website. https://www.wheelswingsestore.com/dra6268-dragon-1-35-panther-g-sd-kfz-171-smart-kit.html#product-details-tab-Shipping_info Maybe drop them a line and see if it's got Magic Tracks in it? -
2nd Annual LSM Christmas raffle and winners list
BlrwestSiR replied to Clunkmeister's topic in General Discussion
Cats, dog, the boys. At least I don't have worry about Sue. -
Trumpeter do one. That's all I know.
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Ernie, is that the one where the engine cylinders stick out of the cowl ring? If so, did you ever figure out a solution to assembling that bit? As much as I'm not into interwar/early WWII aircraft, there's something very appealing about this plane. Carl
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Dragon Panther G late- quick build (?)
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
There's no jig provided to get the right sag to the tracks so I had to work quickly and do some repeated test fits. This is where having the longer runs already dry helped out. In the meantime, I finished off some of the upper hull details. Rog, these are the extra details that I had in my kit. -
Dragon Panther G late- quick build (?)
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Over the last few nights I've been working away on the tracks. I made some straight runs that will go on the underside and started gluing others to the idler wheels and sprockets. I then painted them using a mix of Tamiya Dark Iron and hull red. Dragon gives you different track links to go around the drive sprockets. These ones you have to glue the individual teeth onto. The regular Magic Tracks don't fit. So you use 8 of the specific track links and them the rest are the Magic tracks. -
Dragon Panther G late- quick build (?)
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Rog, l picked mine up when they first came out. It had an extra set of PE details and the skirt armour in aluminum. -
Nice catch Rig. I saw mention of it but didn't see any pics until yours. Looks like something my oldest would like. Carl
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An RCAF one possibly?
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I'd say he's probably got a case of them inbound.
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I wonder if Scale Motorsports will come out with a carbon decal set to replicate this.
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As announced at the Nuremberg Toy Fair: Ok, they announced the F-51D too. Pics are from Tamiyablog. Carl
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Spitfire Iron Maiden build
BlrwestSiR replied to 1to1scale's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Looks like fun. Now to add the B-17 from the Heavy Metal film to go with it. Carl -
Tamiya F-4J Phantom VMFA-451 "Warlords" WIP
BlrwestSiR replied to a topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Really nice Phantom Danny. For the rear exhaust area, I did one leaving everything as from the kit and the second, I cut apart the stabilizers like you have. This is my F+4E where I cut them apart: And here's my F-4D where I installed them as is. I do recall on the D the fit was much better. As for the GT burner cans, their quality is really hit or miss. Some stuff is quite nice and others are disappointing. Carl -
She occasionally goes in to check on me and make sure I'm not trapped under a pile of models. As I've mentioned previously, the biggest threat is my two boys coming down and picking kits to build. I once saw a collection that had 5,000 kits in it and pics of a 10,000 one. Thankfully my LHS bought the latter one and are slowly putting it up for sale.
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Looks good to me Harv. I like Rob's description of it. Carl
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Roger's Large Scale RAAF/RAN Research thread
BlrwestSiR replied to Artful69's topic in Modelling Discussion
Rog, I'm always learning stuff from other folks. That's why I'm more than happy to share what I've learned. With Mr Color, if you're curious about the coverage, hopefully this helps give you an idea of the coverage. I just finished my Bandai 1/144 Millennium Falcon using Mr Color for the main hull colour. This was a new bottle of paint and the only one I used. It's at least 3/4 full still so you don't need much. -
Dragon Panther G late- quick build (?)
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
More like I've got free time these days while I'm still recovering from my triple bypass. -
Dragon Panther G late- quick build (?)
BlrwestSiR replied to BlrwestSiR's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Thanks John! I really hated doing road wheels until I figured out to use a circle template. I have one in stainless steel made by Hasegawa. The circles it has go up in diameter by 0.5mm so it's easy enough to find the right size. -
Plus a B-17F and a B-24J...and three 1/72 Millennium Falcons. I need to try building one of those Fisher kits one day.