PanzerWomble

2026-04-04T22:15:25Z

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

Friday at 09:19 PM

On 12/6/2025 at 5:44 PM, denders said:

I happened upon this Osprey book that I don't have. It's on the way. Looks like it should have some useful information.

I also found this photo on the internet.

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 .

Friday at 09:12 PM

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 .

Friday at 09:09 PM

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

Friday at 09:02 PM

5 minutes ago, KevinM said:

I almost p/u the Huey gunship the other day Guy the ole Revell 1/48

That's Vietnam era tooling 😂 .

Friday at 01:47 PM

1 hour ago, GusMac said:

Love the original, but Clutch's cover of this sounds even better to my ears. Neil Fallon's vocals really add to the anger of the lyrics

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

Thursday at 11:58 PM

Axis Bro Love

Thursday at 11:45 PM

1 hour ago, belugawhaleman said:

Got this today.......Despite coming from Amazon, this model's box actually Was Not delivered damaged😀 A miracle? A milestone?

Call it what you will.......I'm very pleased with Amazon for a change.

From Tamiya, Their Suzuki GSX1100S KATANA In 1/6 scale.

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

friggin beast ....

Thursday at 09:52 PM

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

Thursday at 09:41 PM

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

Wednesday at 11:22 PM

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

Monday at 10:20 PM

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

Your precision is exquisite

Monday at 10:14 PM

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 🙃

Monday at 05:08 PM

On 3/29/2026 at 12:16 AM, belugawhaleman said:

What?.......Didn't anyone think of this one?

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 .

Monday at 04:01 PM

30 minutes ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Looks great! Love your dioramas!

Cheers Mike 😀

March 30

On 3/29/2026 at 9:27 AM, HubertB said:

IIRC, the white label cement is of the « thick » type, a bit like tube glue, although thinner, and with an application brush.

As for ABS cement, I think MEK is good for it (it definitely is for PMMA - Perspex -).

Hubert

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 .

March 30

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 .