ScottsGT Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Not sure if I’m a genius or just a modeling hack. But I just went and bought this at Harbor Freight. why you ask? Because there’s not one straight line for my eyes to reference to so my decals don’t look like a crosseyed fool put them on. 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 9 hours ago, ScottsGT said: Not sure if I’m a genius or just a modeling hack. But I just went and bought this at Harbor Freight. why you ask? Because there’s not one straight line for my eyes to reference to so my decals don’t look like a crosseyed fool put them on. Interesting 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 10 hours ago, ScottsGT said: Not sure if I’m a genius or just a modeling hack. But I just went and bought this at Harbor Freight. why you ask? Because there’s not one straight line for my eyes to reference to so my decals don’t look like a crosseyed fool put them on. Not a bad idea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 What would be the practical implication of it? Four bladed prop blade centring? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 18 hours ago, ScottsGT said: Not sure if I’m a genius or just a modeling hack. But I just went and bought this at Harbor Freight. why you ask? Because there’s not one straight line for my eyes to reference to so my decals don’t look like a crosseyed fool put them on. Martin Absolutely perfect for getting decals on in a straight line and I'm sure there are loads of modeling uses as well. Perfect and thanks for posting. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) Late last year I contacted a vendor on eBay whom I had previously purchased a set of resin rims and tires for a 1/12 Porsche. I asked if he could do some rims for my 1/12 Countach and he agreed. At the same time I asked about replacement tires for my Tamiya 1/12 McLaren MP4/6. The originals were badly deformed from age and I was just going to build it without. He had a set of slicks for the other F1 cars in that scale but didn't have an MP4/6 for use as a template so I sent my rims to him. Today, I got a package full of rims and tires. The Countach rims along with a new set for the Ford GT40 which I also sent along at his request. The new MP4/6 tires. The black rims are the kit ones I sent him. He made resin versions as well as a rain tire version and sent me those too. You can see the tread pattern here compared to the slick. Here's what my kit tires look like after 31 years. Needless to say I'm thrilled by this and now I can consider getting my longest running kit build finally done. Maybe. Edited April 11 by BlrwestSiR Fix typo 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Wow! What a difference. Kit tires would have been good to build a South Carolina yard art car with deflated and dry rotted tires. Speaking of SC yard art, I must live in a high end area because one neighbors yard art is an old Porsche 944 with weeds growing up around it. 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Carl Incredible, and when you least expect it, good fortunes just shines through. The tires and wheels look fantastic. Thye oldest kit in my display case is a 1/32 Trumpeter F8F Bearcat with rubber tires. Being small in size as compared to your 1/12 F1 tires, they look to be in perfect condition. 🤞 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 (edited) We had to stop by the LHS for Edward to get some stuff for a school project. While there I saw a case of Bandai Tie Inceptors. Having wanted one for a while, I grabbed one. I was so excited by this I forgot to pick up my MDC Typhoon that I had bought. Guess I'll have to go back again. Edited April 13 by BlrwestSiR Fix typo 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Carl Nice find and a great excuse for another quick trip to your LHS. 😉 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I don’t know what was I thinking…. Hotchkiss will be in Israeli colours and jagdkitty probably too 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 Today a couple of items...... First; from Tamiya, their Mitsubishi Isshikirikko Type 11 G4M1 (61049) in 1/48 scale. Looks like a nice kit and.... It's Big! Also today; yet another set of Friulmodel tracks. A set for the Conqueror tank. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 That Tamiya’s Betty I always wanted. Good catch Paul. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 10 minutes ago, Martinnfb said: That Tamiya’s Betty I always wanted. Good catch Paul. Thanks I saw a documentary about how Israel got their first Tanks recently and the H39 was featured. A great idea for the markings! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 2 hours ago, Martinnfb said: I don’t know what was I thinking…. Hotchkiss will be in Israeli colours and jagdkitty probably too Jagdpanther are always a great one to build. My favourite variant of the Panther family. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 I actually never built one. Maybe I should finish it in proper marking instead of fooling around with what-if IDF scheme. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted April 16 Share Posted April 16 46 minutes ago, Martinnfb said: I actually never built one. Maybe I should finish it in proper marking instead of fooling around with what-if IDF scheme. Here's the two I've done so far. I still have one more in the stash. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 An oldie but a goodie (I hope). For the price, it was hard to pass up. And something to help with sanding on the F-15J build. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 4/15/2024 at 2:46 PM, belugawhaleman said: First; from Tamiya, their Mitsubishi Isshikirikko Type 11 G4M1 (61049) in 1/48 scale. Looks like a nice kit and.... It's Big! I have that built one of the few Tamy kits I have done it's a Nice kit as I remember 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 I want one of those David Union sander bad, if it works good. Please report back on how well it performs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 17 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: An oldie but a goodie (I hope). For the price, it was hard to pass up. And something to help with sanding on the F-15J build. Cool sander....linear, thats different! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 One week from Ukraine. Incredible. Top notch quality, Andrey is a true master of resin casting. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Those David Union sanders work great! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 37 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said: Cool sander....linear, thats different! Definitely, I was using a glorified electric toothbrush for sanding the intakes on the F-15 when I decided to bite the bullet and get one. 17 minutes ago, CrankyCrafstman said: Those David Union sanders work great! That's great to know. I'm looking forward to using it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrankyCrafstman Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 Works great at getting at those pesky sink marks between ribs😁 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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