PanzerWomble

Magical work, and glad you had a chance to pilot the real one . Nice one Mike !

One hopes it wont be Large Scale Models ......ladies a bit more petite perhaps ...

Sod the models where's the hot tub for the pool party ?

Just dammit .....another really nice fella gone ...very sad news.

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I think given Airfix's recent crowdpleasing releases of UK cold war stuff: Bucc ...Seaking .....Gannet............and Kitty Hawk's demise taking out any competition ....if they have not spotted a huge market gap to fill with a nice 1/48 Jag ...well they'd be daft. Plenty of aircraft at Cosford to go scan as well . The downside is it will be Airfix ...but still gotta be better than the 1994 tooling .

Not a big cat but a scabby dog .....fill ...sand ....fill ...sand ....reveal coat of primer ..more fill ...thin wing edges which are scale 3 inches thick

Moulded in Silver ! Awesome . Bit of inspo from one of my fave but defunct youtubers

Did the 25B version a little while back . Despite the talk about the props/ cowlings etc on the AM tooling , can't say I found it an issue / obvious . Did spend way too much time mucking around with the interior which is pointless 2 minutes after you glue the fuse together . Also it took about 4lbs of nose weight ...in the nose..... the bomb bay ...everywhere just to stop it sitting on the tail . Had ot go back towards the end just to open up areas to put more weight ... Nice model though. 😀

Yay !!

Speedy build .....thats relative...progress though ... Despite baths in hot water , the fuse warp is sad n bad . These moulds are done ! This is with the nose joined and the rest is doing it's own thing . CA'd together , now using black CA to reinforce / fill . My advice buy an earlier boxing , had some warping but not this poor Ohh look..... I bought a proper scriber after umpteen years . I'm deternined ot get at least one build acorss the line . I've not forgotten the lightning but don't want to rush it as it was going nicely along . Laterz !

So well deserved - that Tonka was a real banger ! Nice one Mark 👋

Poll ...poll....poll🤪

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Far more patience than I Hubert - I salute your work ! Can I say ...thats a nice ass on the Cutlass !

Don't waste your money on Tamiya A its a dog old rug runner that is embarrassing they still make . Shape is all wrong , road wheels are wrong ...the list goes on and urghh . NO Italeri's Panther is cheap , you will need filler , and some thoughts as to how to hide the crap tracks . Huge gap with turret . This shows how bad ... The 1990's Tamiya G is ok , low parts count some simplified details but can be made into a nice model and a good base from some scratching details like knackered side plates . The tracks are wubber solid guide horns and you will struggle to get them to droop off the drive sprocket realistically . Same Panther kit but no zim as it's manufactured post Normandy The MENG is a whole other trip . Much better details ( I like their King Tiger for the same reason) better options . Didn't like the plastic link tracks on the Panther so ditched them for metal which is more my way forward with armour in general . What ever route you go , for Most A's and early G's you will need to learn to do zimmerit. The A's in Normandy having this "factory specific" square pattern that you see in tall the pictures Post sept 44 , so B/Bulge onwards, they came in the factory applied cammo / primer on bare steel. If you want a good reference book find Walter Spielbergers "Panther and it's Variants" as a great primer / thorough reference . The are lots more but if you just want to buy one ... I'm looking forward to building the Rye Field version , I avoid Dragon TBH , and the Hobby boss should be similar to the MENG based on previous experience .... For the MENG it was the end of the line for that kitty .....

CA is my friend !

I think we can make it up as we go along , unless Martin puts his foot down 🤪 I assumed end of Aug .

Oooofya This mould has been blast cleaned to death ...up close the texture is very rough and some of the details disappearing altogether. This'll be a good from 3 feet job I feel .