PanzerWomble

So to answer your question Carl , yes it needed a bit of clamping and CA , I think the front was slightly warped ... First some weight in case it decided to tailsit Mind da gap Is all closed up and played ball Cue some tunes .... Everyone gets everything he wants. I wanted a chopper, and for my sins, they gave me one. Brought it up to me like room service. It was a real choice helo, and when it was over, I never wanted another

That looks like RAF Harrowbeer in Devon to me , very distinctive dispersal pits . I can't say for sure but 131 Sdn were there March -May 1944 .

Oooh, unrelated saw some BUFFS and a Bone at Fairford today . My mate reckoned 'BUFFS and Bones' sounds like a bad 1990's boy band .

Update Parts go together usual good fit Floor paint chipped Detail painting Painted every switch and dial .......no I'm lying Roof , Engine and rotor head, most of this won't be seen later Final fit for seats and then close the body up . Laterzz PW

That's Vietnam era tooling 😂 .

Good shout , not heard that version before ....yup it really kicks ass . 👍

Axis Bro Love

Yup had that in 1:12 ...and also 1:1 friggin beast ....

Not a negative comment , just a sharing of technique for your next one maybe ? I'm a big fan of Mike Rinaldi , his take on doing tyres I found to be really effective . Also freezing vinyl tyres let you sand them if you're quick

2026 , year of "do new Sh!t" Last time I built a helicopter was .....er ....1982 ..same year as my damn car 😂 Trumpeters 1/35 UH1B has mixed reviews , namely the quality of the rivets ...to which I say "Meh" , will it look like a Huey ? It's all in the paint folks . Oh and a build log too ... Poor Match looks underscale . turn on.... tune in....and drop out...Easter weekend Bank Holidays cometh. Cue some sweet Creedance

Given the wonderful proper builds of 109s on this forum recently , this is clearly a Lesserschmidt . Profipack G-14 , packed away a while ago , when I took it out this week it just needed decals and final fix . Few crappy bench pix and we can move on . laterz PW

Just asking ...is your regular job 'Brain Surgeon' Rob ? Your precision is exquisite

I used to like doing those old Tamiya bikes , did the 1/12 version of your CB750 . Really fun builds , unlike the 1:1 CB900 I once had 🙃

Holo necropost Paul !!!!! ......even at the time people used to freak point at the old Blackburn Swift . 😂 ....made me a little sad seeing it was Dale's original thread .

Cheers Mike 😀

MEK is great for plastic welding , and making sprue goo if thats your thing 🤣 Goes well with Bicardi as well I'm told . Don't use it a lot, but for small surface area contact the old Revell Contacta glue works for me as well as it "fills" better and has a longer working time than god old CA .

Just in case yer interested ..... I finally worked through some SOD builds and cleared the stash of unbuilt models down to 9 (inc one last SOD left ) ; leaving just £300 tied up in the stash . So far this year, only one new one bought against my "rule" (Zis) , and what is now left in the stash was acquired in 2023 and 2025, so nothing at the back I've been ignoring for years or lost interest in . Halved the display case space as well , making me think more about what it is I do want to keep more than a month or so . Feels kinda liberating in all honesty . I have small stack of modals that I have a hankering to build , having sold on unmade a lot of things bought on a whim . Now I'm choosing a next build from a list of A grade stuff rather than , "I bought that cheap so should make it next", or embarking on a series of similar subjects, or worse.... dumbass nostalgia builds. Also got a bit bored with repeating the same subject matter ...another German tank ....another 1/48 WW2 fighter etc Sure I'll make them again , but going to be more selective in what I choose to buy/build this year, and what new skills I want to learn . And continually looking for inspiration from other modellers out there for that elusive 'something different' I've not done before . Just sharing .

A37 , left at the edge of an airfield after US withdrawal, too damaged to fly out . 1/48 Trumpeter . Started a while ago, but then got overtaken by the Dead Mig thing , which was more interesting to build

Dead Tweet coming soon ....clearing the SOD ...

I think with a wipe with an oily rag and some aerosol paint it might come around 🤣

Thanks Martin , 👌🏻

So ...whats the bulge all about ? Gun breeches ? +5 for perseverance as well 👍 filling and sanding for me, is reserved for car/bike bodywork ...and I don't like it much then either .

Hobbybosses Zis 151 . Just playing around for fun , trying different things .

And also this on Dec 18th ...