PanzerWomble

Pinwashed with oils. Decided to use pastels for final finishing , very Tony Greenland circa 1995 ... As a bit of fun worked out ok , although given the better moulding around this is probably the last of one of Tamiya's I will bother with . Cammo netting looks ok in the flesh not so good in the photos so might have a another crack at it later . And technically aa 5 day build , although more like an afternoon and two fat evenings !

Righty ho, daughter come and gone , furniture moved 200 miles and back to the build . Roooober tracks sprayed in varying shades of dark & light brown and hull red . Then track pads done with Vellejo German Grey ## Some brush details of tyres 'n other parts and a mish mash of decals. Next up Oil Pin wash

Tamiya Bf109G 6 goodness , albeit 1/48 . Thinking Finland , winter 1943/4. I'm not much of a knowledge of 109's so maybe will need some helps / references. Tomcat for the GB is not forgotten , but reckon need a bit of a holiday period of 2-3 days to really get my teeth into it and enjoy .

I've just one left , a started Revell kitbash of the 1/32 Tempest and Typhoon for a long gone GB . Trying to make the dog old Typhoon better using the bits of the Tempest . Stopped work as I felt the end result would be less than the sum of the parts. Not sure whether it's worth resurrecting both and finishing as is .

My hopes for a quick build have been somewhat dashed by other things I need to do over the next few days . Will be back to this later in the week

Green Down !

Ok mods done , quick blast with primer and see where we are .

And here we are 5 hours (plus dinner) in , all basic construction is done . Now it needs all the mods , filling etc . Back in the day I had to measure it all out from photographs and drawings, now I can just borrow my MK10 for the dimensions I need . So , off for various bits 'n pieces and then back for primer . The limiting factor with this 1975 tooling is the engine deck as it is the right height for the early 650hp bus engine ...when they moved to the 750hp unit , the deck height increased , so portraying later marks is problematic. and yes the Takom is sooo in advance on this old nail . I've not seen the Meng Mk10 , can't really justify three Cheiftains in the stash !

This old kit is what I'd call a "dad" kit . Go to the hobby store , pick one up for under 20 bucks , some glue and a couple of paints and you're off. Every dad can make one of these, low parts count , they fall together and generally look ok when done . Has aged well compared to the equally old Panther Ausf A, which for my money is terrible in shape and accuracy , & doesn't even look like a Panther to me, specially compared to Tamiaya 1990's Ausf G . So Sprues - this is no Ryefield or Dragon and wubber twacks ..

shhhh I'm glueing hard

Ok had this old behemoth sat around a few years gathering dust. I've some much nicer Takom Cheiftains to build , so this needs zipping up and gone . I have built quite a few of Tamiya's venerable Cheiftain offering as, before Takom, is was pretty much the only show in town As a MK 5 ...it's a very early take on a MK 5 ( 1971/2 maybe?) , rather than the later mainstream MK5's , main differences being the radio fit ( Larkspur instead of Clansman not obvious to non geeks other than the antenna mounts ) and the NBC pack on the turret bustle . The early small unit portrayed on this kit week were quickly swapped out for the full width ones , which I'll scratch up . Oh and things like the MRS ( Muzzel reference system) on the barrel . And I'd like to have it all done an dusted in 24 hours or less Ready Steady go............... FUN FACT - the last one of these I built (00EB57), went as a gift to the gunner who had served on it , who contacted me after seeing it on eBay . He kindly sent me some pics of his time on it in 1988/9.

Love these old Century Series jets , to me the Starfighter seems to get all the model makers attention , and the others are largely ignored . The Voodoo was a very handsome beast .

Yes the LSSAH fooling around for the newsreel cameras Few years ago I did four large scenerios showing various takes from the films in 1/35 , and revisted the crossroads again in a vignette last year ...um,,,, and La Gleize............ did I mention I might have been obsessed by the Battle of the Bulge for 40 years , and had planned to retire to the Ardennes until a certain vote blocked that as an option . EDIT - Sorry ..not intended to take over your thread.

That foiling is really spot on Gary , the way your getting it to conform to the curves is impressive 👍

Looks great, esp with all the stowage - they always remind me of the book Cry Wolf by Wilbur Smith

.........so many forum members....no one else admitting to embarrassing pics of yore ?

That looks some nice mouldings - Wheels have turned out a treat !