PanzerWomble

When I've built this one the crazy amount of Microsol needed to get the roundels on the undersides of the wing to conform to those "bumps" .....scheeez!!! Yours look to have turned out great - bravo .

Thanks for the useful thoughts . Pe railings are in the kit so a given, as is the radar . Doing a lot of PE replacement is not a thing that interests me with this build though , small steps , your Arizona build is not where I'm at today Being build number 1 in 1/350 , this is test to see if I can produce something I'm happy with .... it might still end up being a lawn dart. I'll build on skills with subsequent build it it floats my boat. ..see what I did there ? So mask.... paint... mask ....paint .....mask ...pain ...doesn't use up much paint though .

For me , all the way from Taiwan in 6 days , Bronco's Brit AFV crews. As with most of my Bronco experiences , the moulding are quite heavy, but will be interested to see if that gives a better or worse definition to the finished figure. Some nice poses and mix of uniforms , even down to an arm division badge .

Thats a very pleasing shape

Thanks Rob -a good call as there a no folk onboard , though will 90% go with seascape though as reasonable ok with making them . North Sea storm or calm Fjord ....? If I drill out the portholes what next ? Leave them as holes or back them on the inside with something black ? Made a base & hot melted it together should allow me to work on it without moving it around

Oh yeah ...has anyone the faintest clue as to where I start ? 🤣

Now for something random . As a big fan of Rammstein ...I can't say the word "zestorer" without hearing this . Back soon .

So as someone else also mentioned a while ago, having modelled a lot ...I fancy having a crack at a 1/350 ship . I built a 144 Uboot and the Revell 1/72 Sboot in the past couple of years as a "ship"warm up . Rather than plunge into a huge battleship build...whioch i'm not sure I'd finish , I thought I'd dip my toe into this new skill set with a smaller subject, Trumpeters Narvik class destroyer . So bring on the superglue , 20x magnifying glasses and all the other endless frustrations of building something so small. It's only 12" long ....how many parts ???

Okey dokey ....this is a step in an odd direction for me. I make tanks ....and occasionally aircraft ......not ships . Last proper ship I made was Airfix's Bismark ...in 1981 ...after reading Mullingheim-Rechberg's book . it's battered remains as found in the attic whilst clearing out the family home last year . Even a name plate made with Letraset ...I thought this was top of my art aged 13 ( althought still think Scharnhorst is a prettier ship )

Excellent looks really good , can't see a single ejector pin mark at all is that the case ? The details like the riveted ribs are exquisite. Yer paint jobs really made all of this pop as well . The IP instruments were one by one I'm guessing ?

Missed the briefing ...

Makes you wonder where they managed to get access to one over the past year . I doubt there are any on Europe . Taofledermause Jeff likes them

Yes indeed , John also did the Stug III , which now lives in Texas at a tank driving range...and allowed him to retire to Normandy . Not bad for 2 years work . Prior to that he did numerous Stugs and Pz III's based on FV432s .

I can't imagine how big that will be . Odd Fact - Did you know the Mil Mi 10 has been known to have some worrying abusive behaviours ?

Hmmm ICM He111Z ?

That Tu-95 you always fancied ? Don't think I've ever seen one built

FYI - YAHU - Polish company product as link 1/32 panels

If we are necroing old stuff. My pal restored a Marder III ... ish ..and yes it drives although the final drive clutches were an absolute #### to sort out . And to help with some of the basic measurements he used that Tamaiya kit.

Is this the one with the shorter nose cone ?

I've got that one, fancy an unoffical group build ? Looks a nice model

Apparently............ the order to add stripes was given to the RAF only a couple of days before, because of the overiding security. They were literally painting them on with yard brooms in some squadrons on June 1st . They also didn't know why they were doing it, because the invsion date was such a secret . I was reading David Renders book last year about being a young tank company commander in June 1944 ..he initially thought the "aircraft with stripes" were from a new air force, they just didn't know which country had joined the Allies. NB - your Tiffies stripes look pretty good to me . 👍

More Nutella ...they are serial killers yeah ?