PanzerWomble

Go Kentucky !!!

Bit more progress...been busy with other things this week . Kurt overseeing construction of the Wanne . You cant tell but those suspension units will rotate if you want them to , if you are using the workable track . Hows the fit ??? It's absolutely awesome , as tight as a millenial Tamiay offering , zero filler or clamping needed Kurt feels that Panzerwomble's intake of wine is inversely proportional to the progress of this model . But what about those workable tracks ... ??? For my money they are a let down . Not so well detailed as the link and length offerings , the track pins are poorly thought out. If they were the only option I'd go metal tracks rather than bother with these. More laterz PW

I know that tank !

No it's down only on this one , although one of the build logs showed them cut off and modified for folded which didn't look to difficult if you're ok with a small amount of fabrication .

Eager Beavor ......

Get yer own jokes !

Civilian Aircraft Authority won't give it a cert of airworthiness to fly in the UK , nor will not be covered b y a private pilots license . Most ex military jets are "banned" as considered too dangerous for civilians . Some older trainers likes Gnats and Hunters , but nothing supersonic or considered "complex" ...which a Harrier certainly is . Jet Art Aviation sell them as non airworthy museum exhibits , which they are in the UK ( and you can taxi them all you like) , although if you imported it to the the US and convinced authorities that you could maintain and fly it safety no doubt it would get a cert of airworthiness. There's an ex USMC pilot Art Nalls , with 1000's hours on harriers that operated one for a while . Assuming of course they didn't consider it an arms export . Despite being a nanny state , the crash of a Hunter at Shoreham airshow a few years ago has put a dent in what is allowable in the UK , in the same way that the EE Lightnings in South Africa at Thunder City were grounded.

A Tammy Tiger ....not built this one since summer 1984 . It was a random museum purchase rather than something I was desperate to build (I like Panthers more) Also prefer metal tracks to plastic seperate ones these days . Feel a SS Pz Abt 101 Normandy build coming up . I've more references for that than I can shake a tank barrel at. Wayyyy back nearly 40 years ...the old rug runner very early moulding . No airbrush so splotch/ dry brushed for cammo . Had a thing for painting insignia rather than using decals. Hadn't even seen a real Tiger back then . Plastic is now very brittle . Might find some tracks for the old beast though.

The restoration company Jet Art Aviation have restored another Harrier up in Elbvington Yorkshire. . Won't fly in the UK but may find a new owner overseas .

Turret done barring the spaced armour . Primed with grey rattle can , based with black/green , primed uppers with primer red , painted in Dunklegelb Tamiya's newer XF-89 . Now to finish the hull to the same point then cammo . Nice i nscale armour texture and welds . No filler needed

Close ups on some of the nice moulding details - manufacturers markings on tyres , well defined tracks , pin marks very slight and rarely in an area that is visible. Plastic is good too , not too soft , but easily cut, sanding doesn't rip it. Pretty good , even down to the offset centre oil level screw and the hub welds. Holes in the edges of the tracks .

It's better than Tamiya , on a par with Dragon / Takom .

That's a low blow 🤣

Zipping on , turret ready for paint . Here's a BotB Ausf J ...I've some one from the fighting with HJ around the twin villages on the Elsenborn ridge somewhere as well . This one is caption 9 Pz Div near Bastogne . Suspect restoration in Saumur ....zimmerit ...pre september ....mesh skirts ....late 1944 ...maybe ? French did have a habit of bunging stuff together . Might well be an ausf H looking at the turret. I didn't take that many pix . Laterz PW

Had this as a birthday present a few years ago , built some of it just to check it out, held off building much more, as was unsure where it was going ....late Normandy ....Battle o/t Bulge Scenario ....East Prussia 45 ...?????maybe just build the tank and couple of figures and not make any in depth scenario ??? Whatever way , it's well inside my comfort zone . So nice box art My first Border offering ...looks good . Lots of sprues, lots of options , nice moulding, tight Takom'esq side gates , PE , Metal Barrel ...seperate plastic track links or optional link and length tracks. Very clear instructions , not convinced by the painting instructions , but will do my own research anyway . Decals look ok ish , buy will probs mask or use better ones from stash.

Ground to a halt here ...really struggling to find any joy with this build.......... tiny blobs of plastic pretending to be detailed ....so I'm parking it on SOD for now . I'll cycle back round in a bit and finish it off before the end of the GB but I need to go do something more intesting . It's answered my question as to whether 1/350 ships are for me ...so glad I didn't flash out $000's on a large Hood or some such . Bit like 1/72 for me - after two builds last year decided I wasn't interesting in the low levevels of detail offered by that scale either.

Re the spine - for me I'd just fill it. It will be covered with markings and won't be noticable post paint. Certainly doesn't draw the eye even at this stage unless you're a Spit rivet watcher .

That looks a good close fit , but without wishing to be a git , you know it's on backwards in those shots ?

An ND is bad skills and drills I would suggest