PanzerWomble

Gonna need a bigger bench lol . I thought your Tonka was pretty magnificent , but clearly you are determined to raise the bar by a mile with this scratch build !

Wowsers , that cockpit has turned out very well, the seat in color is drop dead gorgeous . Done by Saturday then Peter ?

Bet 'The Wire' is on that list lol . Half way through Season 4 , where Furio gets all mooney over Carmella Done the whole series a few times , it is one of the all time best series . Still feels odd it's 25 years old now , I remember watching it coming out . It's aged well IMHO

Sadly I've been using more and more aftermaket bang seats for much the same reason .

Other recent Tamiya fudge is solid hatch handles , they use to do them separate , but easy to replace with bent 0.5mm wire. Will be fine under paint . Stuff like this puts the old Jap favourite in Division 3 for me these days . Nearing completion of the build , now off to watch the Sopranos with Mrs Womble ! Laterz PW

Moving on ...lower hull done , turret done , just finishing upper hull . Typical Tamiya no engine bay , just a void so use some mesh just to give it a feel . Holes on Deck Brass mesh Will paint it all black in bay so will pass casual inspection

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Very nice bug !

You're just playing at it .....my new toy .... ....and it's such a lovely day ....

Do you insist on chasing them around the village first ?

Zoom Zoom , typical Tamiya , perfect fit , soft detail , not many parts ! It'll all be in the paint . 1/3 way built in one session . This tank is all about that 105 ! RUN OUT OF AMMO??? I 'LL CLUB YER TO DEATH !!! More another day

That is a seat and a half . ! Had to check we were still in 1/48 !

Wowsers , there's a lot of crazy stuff going into this GB .

Used to keep stuff , then throw it away later ...now I skip stage 1 and most goes to bin at the end of a build I do keep track links if they are good though , although have occasionally sold of bulk loads of plastic links as I move towards Fruils more. I keep decals for a while, even though I can make my own or make masks on the silhouette ...probably just as pointless. Since I sell 85% of what I make , and don't like building the same model* over and over it makes sense not to keep too much stuff on top of all the diorama making materials I hold. * mostly true but is that a nice new Panther over there?

Anyhoo the main event is ...my first ever 1/35 Sherman .... Shame on you Tamiya ....wubber twacks in 2012 ....oh dear ... And I may do a lil dio for it to sit on ... Laterz PW

Don't diss the sand man ...it's very fine and can be turned into desert like ...

Gerbils, Meerkats or Hamsters ?

Good Lord .......you've gone "all in" on this one Hubert !! Interservice rivalry, buried water , Laborde taking his wife !!( shades on The English Patient here ), treason , prison and a Lukeagraph obscure model , plus........ added camels Salute ! Give this man the prize now ! Fascinating backstory which I love.

Can't go wrong with an 109 ! Classic airframe .

Gulf War 1 ? Odd lil bugger the Sheridan !

Be a cracking build - this is a short run (ie awkward) model ? Best I can do is share pic of a Mystere from my Newark trip earlier this summer

Fascinating subject if I'd been asked I wouldn't have said these were in North Afrika (too late in war) , and clearly would have been wrong . I also know nothing about the aircraft Looks a great project