PanzerWomble

Recent acquisition ..how many shelves had this sat on since 1978 ? Cleaned the box up with some X20-A and the old Roy Huxley artwork looks great Want to make an obscure flying boat from the 1930s ...Matchbox was/is the only show in town for the Stranraer in any scale . We claim manufacturers today, largely ignore main stream UK Cold war stuff ...Matchbox's marketeers had no such fear in the 1970s "So... next release will be an coastal aircraft that served for only 7 years , no one has heard of it , and less than 60 were ever made ...perfect ...it will sell like hot cakes .!!!" Sod today's 30 different version of Tiger tank/ Spitfire/ 109 /Mustang lark from the kit makers. They were bold back then ! In the 70's this was a premier kit , you can tell ..it's three colours. This is also the first release . Seen a few builds on line most reckon it's one of the better Matchbox ones , and the details don't look too bad / heavy. Decals are shot but no dramas to knock up some simple masks. Rigging might be ...er ...challenging , probably why they weren't made and you can pick them up 45 years later. But why such a Dinokit PW ...in Braille too ..??? All will be revealed once I've completed the GB builds I'm on ...probably . 😀

A very helpful website for looking up UK serials often with some history / pictures. ( Numebr is red and underlined if it has a pic) http://www.ukserials.com

Do love the Brisfit ...some pix I took at Shuttleworth in the summer . This one still flies !

Those that know from the Southwest , can pronounce Bristol as Brizzol..... Fits good , details good , that'll be Eduard then Not getting too carried away , when it's zipped up 99% of this won't be seen

This was what I planned on building till I got carried away with tanks .. I have two boxings , Eduard Weekend (no PE) and Roden ..from my earlier burst of biplane building in January. Both have marking for planes in Palestine. I'm going Eduard for this one . It's the same one as Mikes marvellous 1/32 build ...this will not be so marvellous and also my first 4 bay biplane . So it could go well or terrible , who knows . I do have Mikes amazing 170 page build log/notes to help me .

100% agree , my recent U-boat was entirely inspired by another's model (Scott Withers 'Drowning Wolf' in 2017) , even posted his original in my build. Hmm two 129s ..poor Mike !

😀Thanks That Negev desert ..... full of rubber destroying rocks was my thought

Mad Max or Walking Dead ? Be bang tidy for either !

Double Entry? ooh er ....

I'd go for "inspired by" rather than trying for a 1:48 replica of a photo , it's a real rabbit hole going down that route in my experience. Hamster bathing sand is about as fine a sand as there is easily available , not sure for 1/48 but will do a trial and report back

Come to a short stop . Decided to buy some nice resin M51 stowage from John at GaiJin in Cornwall ....and it will be about 2 weeks before it arrives ..so my plan to roll straight into paint has been put back as I'd rather glue all the stowage on before painting ;- it falls of the paint otherwise . Slightly annoying but as I hadn't planned to enter this model , anyhoo . Will give me time to get some diorama ideas together , although IDF figures seem short on the ground . Kurt inspects the progress of "Mr Inadequate" ....last time he saw a barrel that long was on his old King Tiger. Ho hum .

hmmm....that towing dio looks great ...maybe buy another one for the am later ? I know ..I'm a bad man etc

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 .