PanzerWomble

Rotherham ...there's a theme there .

I wanted to do a 1/350 ship ...and for my sins I bought one .....served it to me up via UPS ...and when it was over ...I'd never want another .. To quote Willard... So my first attempt at a "proper" scale ship . Compared to the 1/72 Revell S Boat or the 1/144 Uboat I did last year this was so much more of a challenge. Thought I knew how to tackle this, but found myself going back over stuff I'd already done , picking up bits and re affixing ....did I mention I hate tiny PE ? This kit kicked my ass. We're friends here , so we'll deffo ignore the rigging , I had truly lost the will to live by then . Can't fault the kit itself it was well engineered I kinda get it , why people build these , although I reckon the skill set is something I need to develop, as a lot of how I do armour or aircraft didn't work so well at this scale . And now a return to regular programming . Link to RFI Laterz PW

An interesting and thought provoking little article I came across. For me personally I tend to veer towards newer kits as it is the painting and afterwards that fascinates rather than the construction....although I've also done some awful kits as nostalgia builds from my youth ....see tricksy problem ! Enjoy or not IS MODEL-MAKING BECOMING TOO EASY..?

Nice lightning

I hate getting old , it truly sucks . I'm also glad you are doing OK Peter. Phew !!

Thats great news Peter , I'm glad for you both.

Yes- I'm a so so modeller who has learnt to take half decent pix ....it's all smoke and mirrors Phil ! And all done with this one now / Link to carefully chosen pictures 🤣

As with Rob, mine doesn't get used a huge amount , but for stuff like metal tracks , or a lot of repeat drilling it's great for me .

That stunning yellow shows off the lines of he aircraft really well . Great build ,I love it . Never seen one in the flesh , a rare bird and none in Europe sadly .

Loved those two, I'm pinching them for home made birthday cards !

Those rattlers are smart ......who knew they could read ?

Thank you , so... the 109 is better than the Revell Spitfire ? I think you reckoned not much to that one ( apologies if it was someone else )

So compared to the ZM one , is there any comparison or is it just "Revell" ?

Outstanding work 😶

Ze hand tool 60/E is 5- 20,000 . however I also have the power adjustable supply NG/2E so it can turn down further . I rarely run it over 7000 rpms Proxxon is quality German made tooling IMHO , my chum the gunsmith got 15 years out of his multitool before it finally gave up the ghost . @BlrwestSiR Your cat is lovely , I've so missed our furry friends in the past 10 years.

And some working on the base Covered the hull in clingfilm and used filler to close the gap to the hull . Covered it with tissue paper using Liquitex Acrylic Gloss Medium , mixed with some gray . Textured is fine . And then you have this ... Needs about 10-12 coats of medium to build up the sea gloss....plus some white water.

OK decided it was time to womble up and finish this or bin it . So starting adding bits to the superstructure ....PE ladders .....joyous ! And some weathering.... no..... lots of weathering .

Which one d'ya fancy build first Rog ? I'm up for a Tiger buddy build if yer game , I've a Tammy 1/35 to wrestle with . Rolling out of my first Border build and having done the Dragon Flak 37 some years ago I reckon that'll be a peach of a kit as well . Lemme know .

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