PanzerWomble

Done , typical Tamiya , fit is great, very straightforward to build so you can concentrate on painting and the rest . Off for a Carlsberg .

Launched in Nov, arrived after my pre order . Comes as "green" markingn for airfield dioramas no doubt, but since one of my all time films is Ice Cold in Alex....thats where I'm going . This'll be quick , just a bit of weekend fun . Not many bitz Wish Airflups desinger's would take note of proper instructions instead of the 100 page nonsense they produce these days . Of course it's on in the background .... She's battered in the film Sylvia Syms was the last of the cast, she died in Jan this year aged 89 . Masking stuff as gives me more options later on , plus huge decals often suck / look too perfect IMHO . Thats a small model not a huge glass of wine .....no really .... Back later PW

Sell the kits have an around the world holiday 😀.....I can knock out 2 a month , so 170....thats 7 years worth for me at least..... FYI my stash is a whole ....20 today .( £800 tied up) ..stuff I've lost interest in or just had knocking around too long gets sold . Just my opinion . 🤣

Things been driving me nuts in another universe far far away . Done now .

Cheers Mike !!

Got absolutely pig sick of building an Academy Sopwith Camel elsewhere , so turned to this "late night wine-fuelled bargain purchase" to distract me , although having planned to do it will all hatches open , took longer than expected. Airfix re pop in 1/35. Now back to the crappy Camel ... Probably last two builds of this year for me .

Slowely getting there .....

CBA with a build log, just as well as the Cathedral of Steel is really going slowly, getting all the insides finished , weathered, in the correct position to get a good hull fit ....it's been a drain . This was supposed to be a quickie fun build whilst I build up enthusiasm to finishing my Camel on TOS ( daft Academy kit was mojo sapping) . Been busy at work as well ...Anyhoo Hull is now glued , turret and hull guns complete , a few bit's a bobs and onto paint . My reasoning is they were delivered in some version of Olive Drab , then paint in Theatre . Looking at 1942 pixs , it looks like the bogies got painted in sand but the lower hulls and wheels were not . I'm aiming for the battle of Mersa Matruh , which was early timescale for Grants when they had they two tone cammo scheme with a white divider ....so that'll be easy then . Ah yes and its going to be abandoned and looking like a "fish supper" ....battered with lots of chips , and sand blasted paint ....and battle damage .

Nice collection Denis . Tamiya have brought out a Comet recently , I built the old Bronco one which was good , but maybe worth a look . I've got a couple of cheap IKEA glass cabinets for model display . It limits me in scale a bit ( 1/32 fighters fit or 1/48 twin engined , nothing bigger ) and also time . I fill it up, keep the one's I feel happy with and then have a sell off to clear space. Sometimes if I'm not that bothered by the subject, they get sold post build . Being enclosed, I never have to worry about dust.

Couple of things Tamiaya's brand new 1/48 K2 Ambulance for Brit WW2 airfields ...or maybe a small Ice Cold in Alex dio .... And also another random purchase of a subject most ignore .... I quite fancy a lil 'abandoned in the Ardennes' diorama ..we shall see Early Hobbyboss 2007 M4 HST . Moulding is a bit heavy but there are very few 1/35's of this subject available...a 1967 Nitto tooling and couple of unobtainable resin kits only . Wubber Twacks , wonder if some metal Stuart ones will fit . Photo etch and masks is a nice one . Engine might be a nice start for detailing .

Going to be one heck of a finished ship

At that size you could read the Braille Rivets !

Academy give you a basic interior . This one has been run hard and put away wet, chased by Rommel all over Tunisia

I wasn't offended, understood it was a mistake - just asking for correction . You can call Charles... "Chuck III" if you must 😄. I'll be polite about Thanksgiving on Thursday . ...

This place has lots a 'merkins 🤪 In newer news This is on my desk now ....what a fugly tank . This is also the third Academy tooled thing I've built recently ...whats going on ??

Can we please spell our late Queen's name correctly as well ? Elizabeth no S in her name . Thanks you

CHEERS

503rd post Kursk October 1943 . Tamiya tank and figs. Scratch built everything else .