PanzerWomble

Various Walkarounds all taken by me ...mainly Bovington / Samur/ Ardennes . Also been to Munster ...and took about 3 pix .... Panzer II's Panzer III Panzer IV Panthers- Samur / Bovvy / Ardennes King Tiger Bovington Walkaround Flak 38 Samur Walkaround Chieftains

Yes... I couldn't wait .....and yes ....very reminiscent of Tamiya's old Chieftain for fit and detail .

It's about the only armour you can drive single handed on UK roads without drama, although cameras are advisable . A Fez should do 40 ... Did watch a bloke and his wife reverse their Ferret into a Landrover once and then try legging it . She claimed she didn't notcie, which at 4 tons is probably valid.

I'm a little out of touch but last time I looked they were £8-10K. I passed on one without an engine about 6 years ago that was £1500 ...which would have been ideal had I had the space at that time , as the plan was to fit a 300tDi and autobox out a Discovery . I met some fellas who had done this conversion before , giving a higher torque , same (ish) rev range so the speed is similar , but with quadrouple the MPG. Just didn't have the workshop space at that point. Link to said machine PS I lusted after a Stalwart for about ten years , but again it's where to put it .

One for Brits I guess ....I'm not a big fan of Airfix at all , but sadly a huge fan of Ferrets ...nearly bought a real one a few times . So , flimsy box, plastic is harder than usual grey Indian chewing gum, has the feel of the early 80's Tamiya plastic . Details ore typical Airfix , simplified , a little over heavy ; compared the Miniart Dingo I built a while ago no real comparison , Miniart wins hands down . Cheap though, only 25 of your British Pounds. Three colour options covering early mid and late service ( Bronze Green 1961, Batus in the 1980s and UN in Cyprus 1974) Can only be built as a MK2 with the silly turret, you could leave it off , but the interiors are different on the MK1's - three seater / radio fit etc . Maybe they will do one later ?? No figure , again a shame, as cold war Brit figures are thing on the ground. Suspect this is a great weekend build in the making as it's only 187 parts and tiny with it. Decals look ok .

Just bought the Airfix Ferret ..even though I hate Airflups.....I remember when you could buy the 1:1 "rough" for £500 back in 05/08 .

The opportunity to weather something to death I've found Hobby boss stuff generally has a decent fit , so hopefully so with your build .

I'll get a bigger Skyraider ....

Fun build , in the colours of Lt Wagner who shot down a Mig 17 ! Typical Tamiya , even for 1998, fell together with no filler , no grinding or excessive filing needed . Just build n paint and then weather.

Plus, Harv was a very proud US Veteran. Do we know in which service - a "USMC" ,"USAF" or "Navy" or "Army" etc GB might be more open ? Even is we restricted it to a specific period .

Feels like me building ship models ...

Uncle Nightshift is a good tutor , maybe check out Panzermeister36 ( Evan) as well , another talented armour man . What do you like building , if this is number 6 ...?

A good effort , on an old kit. White dots on bolts, and oil shaded bumps - been watching Martin Kovac by chance ? 😄

Thats a beauty Rob.

This is one of Tamiya's finest according to he reviews I've seen . Uncle Nightshift built one last year. Will be glad to hear your take on it , as i don't do Russian armour , so maybe a good reason to give this one a go !

Bought a Gaahleri airbursh . A lot of positive reviews of these 50 buck airbrushes on the web. Having graduated form cheapo Chinese airbrushes to IWATAS some years ago , I'll be interested to see how this performs . Two sizes of cup , .35 and .50 needle , spare seals , a unique air nozzle design, & comes with quick release connect . Feels heavy and quality, and I can use my small paint cup from an Iwata if I don't fancy their larger ones. Even some lube for the weekend !! Interesting Warrantee - if any of it fails they just ship you a new one . For the price, I reckoned it was worth a shot .

She had eaten the other two presenters at this point ....thats why Ashley looks scared

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Great reference pics for how beat up these aircraft became in just a year .👍

You seen Mastermilo , blokes a bit fruity but been restoring an Iraqi T55 ? https://youtu.be/TYjLLKG101c?feature=shared

He he , if we are doing show and tell - this is my Bendix Compass, my Grandfather (Royal Navy) "liberated it" from a written off PBM Mariner some time late 1944 . Been in the family ever since.