PanzerWomble

This'll be 2 dozen pictures and up for sale the next day 😆

Cheers Peter !

Refining eyelets and buckles from the Pfalz Trying "drill everything before paint" and don't trust the kit dimples . Version two of my eyelet tool , old airbrush needle , using 0.1m brass wire on the left , Version one using just soe thyin wire and 1.6mm weire on the right . Version 2 far more in scale . Those are 10mm squares.

A bit yawned with the UBoot as expressed elsewhere, thought I'd do something as an interlude . I picked up this old Profipack from 1998 ( decals are probably shot) I like the dichotomy of biplanes , their construction is both simple and complex at the same time . Parts count vs any modern jet very low and straightforward .....yet all those wires ..tricksy. At 1/48 I'm not going mad on the cockpits ...just getting the measure of wing + 1 with these little models . so here we are day 1 ....

This build grinds on like a dull patrol in the rain . It's in one lump, primed mostly "body in white" ...needs construction finishing and then can go for paint . TBH it feels very "toy" to me , everything looks too chunky, the fit isn't wonderful , and it's not enthusing me much . I feel the same about 1/16 tanks ....just doesn't do it for me . Anyway whining aside here's where we are today .

Nice one Peter . I Flory washed the one I did a few years back on LSP ....it's does odd things with alclad is all I can say .....not necessarily bad ...just odd. 😳

Great DVIII, I think you nailed the lozenges better than on my Pfalz. BTW - I found this section ...WW1 1/48 and larger Ready for Inspection. link I'm game for a few more biplanes , picked up the Eduard 1/48 Albatross and Roland . Fancy making a few 1/48's to get a feel for it then maybe moving towards some Roden 1/32's . I am way too tight to throw down for WNW at current prices. Need to move this daft U Boat on a bit .

The picture the RAF didn't want you to see ..

Just pre ordered Airfix new 1/48 Bristol Bulldog ( release April) ....yes it's Airflups so it won't be a top shelf kit (in my opinion) , but apart from some ancient 1950's tool it's the only quarter scale Bulldog in town . Given how Gladiators become popular I'm surprised the old Bulldog isn't represented in anything bigger than 1/48 , the colour schemes and sheer "butchness" of it make it a great subject to my eyes. I mean look at it , it looks like it wants to rip your arm out of the socket and beat you to death with it after downing three bottles of JD 😀

Nobody likes Jan 2072…..

Should I give it another go with what is Chinese Dentist Time ?

I guess my humour is adrift 😳 Jan 2024 ...................1/24 ....Airfix LSM month ..... I'll be back January 2032 ....probs not 2048 .....

A- LK .....Ian Gleeds aircraft . Worth looking him up , he would be a LGBT icon these days .

Jan .....24 ? Not Feb 24 ...

........answers below ?

What I'd like for 2024..

You know Airflups did ? M3 Grant , Crusader , Saladin and all their figures . In fact loadsa stuff but none of it with wings ...go figure.

Cheers - I think it's all Mercedes DIII engines ....just got the Eduard 1/48 Albatros , all looks very much same engine .

Parachute harness to tight over his thighs ?