PanzerWomble

Made a rough bridge using I section styrene

After all that dried it was dry brushed with grays and buff for the rock faces . Looks odd at first but you just have io keep on .The colours were added to until I got to a point where I was happy.

Ok so why bring this up now , this is old news right ? So having had a bit of a mare with the last resin work I wanted to get straight back on the horse and see if I could do better So , some nicer Styrofoam the white not grey . Much easier to work Lining the bed with AL foil . This maybe overkill , but resin leaching into the foam even after sealing with PVA is a major source of bubbles irritations that you can't stop once you've poured. I follow a few "Maker" channels on Youtube, a lot of whom do fantasy stuff ....I'm happy to learn where ever. So tried this trick , cast plaster of Paris into rolled up foil tray to get a rock surface .....genius if an old trick ! Eh .....whatcha think ? Hot melted in place Blended using Sculptamold which I've used for a while , basically wood pulp and plaster mix. Railway people use it a lot . Then all painted in a PVA/Black paint mix to seal it all up and black base it . Left for 48 hours to harden up .

A couple a years ago I built Bronco's rather nice Humber Scout Car . I like Bronco , the complexity is nice but not overwhelming , the seem to like doing odd British subjects no one else goes near , and the moulding are good . I did their Comet around the same time , before Tamiya brought theirs out last year. As with a lot of my 1/35 , if it's a keeper ( normally for a couple of years or so ) they don't get a diorama as I deliberately restrict my display space to stop over proliferation . A lot of what I build esp German stuff goes up for sale quite quite, as I like building rather than collecting . I figure if I miss it I can build it again but probably better. Anyhow .. The Scout car as it was . See - nice mouldings , even the rubber tyres .

In it's heyday

Pre ordered tickets only . Kinda tempted been a good few years since I saw any of these run . Sadly no more runway fast taxi runs Anyone fancy a meet up for some Kerosene sniffing ? https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cold-war-jet-open-day-bruntingthorpe-tickets-516212695067?aff=eand&fbclid=IwAR1rx_n2TMg8Zlrqoiocsw43rZtCPOUFMv76syQIoAA81OPNjhv9yCBfxVI

All the plot subltety of Rambo but in Finland, supposed to be a good laugh, I've not found an English version to watch .

I'm with Marie Kondo ....do this kit bring me joy .....? If the answer is no , then it gets eBayed and gone to someone else to enjoy . I sold my small stash of 1/72 aircraft last year as I decided I hated modelling 1/72 after a couple of kits. Some were quite nice as well . Don't feel guilty if you don't like your stash , change it . Hell , it's your pleasure & hobby . 😀

Beautiful work

Thanks @Clunkmeister !!

If you haven't been already , can I recommend the De Havilland Musuem as a sheer joy of a day out ? More Mossies than anywhere else , so good we went twice in 2021! They let you get very up close , and the volunteers are wonderful . I've the 1/48 Tamiya Mossie I bought there last visit ...might have to give it a roll 😀 https://www.dehavillandmuseum.co.uk

Cheers - and says the conscientious man filling injection marks inside a Walrus 😀 ??? that's way beyond my patience ! for the blue I mixed Tammy XF2 and XF8 in a cup till it matched references in one of my books . Couldn't decide about the surround , I went with white circles , but some pics they also appeared more pale cream . I'm no expert so reckoned both worked and went with white.

Ye gods ....finally got this over the line . Learnings are .......plan the base better and use resin with caution . TBH if I hadn't posted it on here it probs would have been lawn darted . Anyhoo - it's finished - @Martinnfb can I please enter this as part of the group build as Maarti's 109 is certainly wet ?😇 "Five Minutes behind".....Russians hunting downed Finn pilot , Karelia 'winter 43-44 .

They also did this one many years ago 😀

I'd like this as day job, I also have a friend who restores tanks in the UK ...

Crazy insane and wonderful in equal segments . Half term here meant less modelling for me as wife was home all week and there was stuff to do apparently !

Yes Flory washes ......we've all tried them ...when they are nice they can be very nice ...and when the go wrong they kill NMF and decals very quickly😀 I like dirty birds so have passed off the hit and miss results as heavy petting weathering . Good that you persevered though.....unless I really CBA ... I like trying something new as often as I can . I thinks it's all part of the hobby , even failures teach something .

I'll be dipped ....I'm kinda lost for words at that ! I'm seeing it but I can't believe it .

On another note, Suomi produces some cracking films about their wars with the Russians . Given they were largely a citizen militia fighting on their home turf, the flavour of their films is unique, far less gung ho or "sir yes sir". The also have a lot of vintage armour to use in filming . Fun Fact - Finland was the only mainland European nation not to be occupied by an enemy in WW2 1984 Talvisota IMDB here 1999 Ambush 1941 IMDB here and the series I've been watching last week , The Unknown Soldier 2017. IMDB here