PanzerWomble

Lovely one Tom

I've had this sat under the bed for a few moths since picking it up second hand and un started for a nice price back in Autumn . I've done Revells 1/72 S-boot , that was a nice build , I did their 1/144 U-Boat too, and that was nice if small. This thing is 3 feet long , not wildly detailed , but a great canvass to make it look like it's on it's 10 patrol in the North Atlantic. The kit has the feel of being pantographed up from a smaller scale , where the parts count are the same and everything feels a bit "clunky" . Odd as this is not the case ; the 1/144 came out in 2006 after this 2003 release . There are no accessories crew torpedoes etc , no PE ,no real options for build other than as a monolithic chunk. I've been kicking around what to do with this , there was a diorama of a sinking u-boat called "Drowning Wolf" by a guy called Scott Withers that took my fancy , or could go full length and have it ploughing through the swell . I'll build it and then decide. First drop is drilling .....clearing out all through the moulded holes , a nice simple job for a Sunday afternoon..

Gone full Gibson ...........

Your workbench has all the look of a scale multidimenionsal scrap yard . Millennium Falcon , F18 and Spitfires just stacked up , a dinosaur carcass just lying around . Endless "drums" of waste stack up high ..... 'We need spares" said Han ..."I know just the place", said Luke, "in a scrap yard far far way on the planet Canadan ."

Cheers peep , I'll see how much they want for postage, ordered canopy is 15EUR so we will see . Recently for me Dave Parkins wanted more for postage of some 1/48 resin figures than the efigures themselves ..for a journey of 80 miles , so didn't bother . Let hope HpH are silly too .

Utterly Awesome . No other words to describe

Such a precise build . I remember all the PE that went into this .

Cloaked Bird of Prey ?

That book (er all three of them now ) is a complete rabbit hole. 😄

I remember building that Sabre Dog and thinking it was way cool colour scheme. It was still new ish then ( 1975 according to Scalemates) For my sins....... I've gone a bit Kriegsmarine this January ....I know this got kinda mixed reviews over the years esp the canopy, but finding any replacements seem a bit like the U Boat , most have ceased production . Any specific advice appreciated .

Pfalz is complete , glamour pix tomorrow ...... However I am now going full Boot !! 36 inches of Revell goodness....Mrs Womble liked the sea scene I made with the 144 version a few years ago , so she advised going with another full sea scape rather than on stand or blocks, always handy to have a sounding board. Saddle your tanks up , this will be a big build. Not sure how much "other stuff" I will use , the Eduard extra look nice but will add 50% to the cost . Up periscope number one , and yes I'll be watching the film for a lot of it .

Yay !!! Red ones go faster you know !

Thats going to be a lot of shelf space, esp if you deploy the MAD

Nice build , I built the old 1970's Airfix one a few time as a yoof , I know they launched a new tool , this looks miles ahead of the old one .

Got to love a good old K-Whopper . 👍 I found myself over Covid watching a lot of Canadians doing these up for some reason . This guy likes making movie star trucks , this one is from the film "High Ballin"

Exquisite work Rob , no way on earth I would have tackled making that kit of Arizona ,it looked a terrible starting point , but such a great ending .

I love the diversity of your builds , different scales subject and approaches, like them all but that Tomcat is abso-freeking-lukly awesome .

I like HB armour having built a couplethey are very generous with the parts count and options . Mouldings and fit were good too . Should be a good build

more Pfalzing .. Cheer up Eugen ....

I had the Trumpy 37mm version .....but .....four parts to a track link .....200 links a side .....no metal AM available .....got "sold unmade" 🫠 Good Luck !

Been using it today ,level of control at low flow and low air is outstanding , but that is comparing it to lessor airbrushes like an IWATA Neo / Gaahleri 39 , which are half the price . I'm loving the atomisation , having done nothing different with the usual Tamiya paint.

Best kit or best release ? No Airfix fan me, but they walloped it out with the 1/48 Sea King , Bucc, and Gannet this year. Haven't bought any of them yet but will get around to it as a FAA enthusiast . Need a nice Jaguar next.

Amazeballs on the squid eyeballs !!!!!😄 On my bench a little little Pfalz ...