belugawhaleman Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 25 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said: Interesting that they don't work but it does help keep the cost down on the kit. It looks like the suspension in the M10 and Achilles kits will work though but that's a different design. The M10 and the Achilles kit also have Volute springs that don't actually compress as far as I know....so the suspension will probably only pivot like the Shermans 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 23 hours ago, DocRob said: Try to get back into the modelling flow and start different projects. Today, I thought a bit of figure painting would do me some good and prepared a resin bust from Scale 75, called the Abyssmal. The grinding tool on the pic was very helpful with grinding the parts to fit, along a mask, naturally. I will test my figure airbrushing abilities with this, using my new Giraldez edition H&S Infinity gun. This thing is huge and heavy, but the cast is very fine detailed and will be a joy to paint. Cheers Rob That dude looks like he means business! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 >??????????? 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 More work done on the tractor. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Cab floor is a PE piece. Steering linkages added. Almost there. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 17 hours ago, PanzerWomble said: >??????????? For a figure or a bust of some kind? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 3 hours ago, belugawhaleman said: For a figure or a bust of some kind? Nope , good guess though ! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smitty44 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 23 hours ago, PanzerWomble said: >??????????? You tying your own flies? 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted November 8, 2023 Author Share Posted November 8, 2023 little reminder of the good, old times ? 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanzerWomble Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 1 hour ago, Martinnfb said: little reminder of the good, old times ? Hush now Miggs .......... 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Plodding away, white masked, ready for the green, after cortisone injections in my hands they are working a bit better with less pain. Masking the undersides The Blu Tac method for a soft demarcation. Paint soon. Cheers Dennis 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 All done. I have no idea how I'm going to paint it now. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted November 9, 2023 Share Posted November 9, 2023 13 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: I have no idea how I'm going to paint it now. Leave it as is, Carl. Nice little thingy. Cheers Rob 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 On 11/7/2023 at 10:33 PM, BlrwestSiR said: Cab floor is a PE piece. Steering linkages added. Almost there. Carl Nice work on the tractor - the detail is amazing. Hoping you plan on an interesting paint finish; I'll be following. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 On 11/8/2023 at 2:06 PM, Spitfire said: Plodding away, white masked, ready for the green, after cortisone injections in my hands they are working a bit better with less pain. Masking the undersides The Blu Tac method for a soft demarcation. Paint soon. Cheers Dennis Dennis Sorry to read you needed cortisone injections in your hands, just so glad it's doing the trick. There are days my hands actually lockup for a bit but I guess it just comes with age. Nice work on the cammo prep - I've done a few builds this year doing the same and it's well worth all the effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 1 hour ago, Peterpools said: Dennis Sorry to read you needed cortisone injections in your hands, just so glad it's doing the trick. There are days my hands actually lockup for a bit but I guess it just comes with age. Nice work on the cammo prep - I've done a few builds this year doing the same and it's well worth all the effort. Thanks Peter, luckily my left hand was the worst, the two middle fingers would lock up (trigger finger), the thumb joint is shot and the hand used to cramp a lot but the injections have lessened the problems, The hand does not cramp anymore, the middle fingers are behaving but the thumb is still a problem. On the right hand the thumb is improved enough for me to use it properly. As to masking the Re2005 lately I have been using paint masks on my builds (lazy) but I have reverted to the Blu Tac method which I think gives a better demarcation, it is what I have traditionally used in the past, it's time consuming but I like the result is gives. I may use the store bought camouflage masks as templates for the Blu Tac version of masking on future builds. Cheers Dennis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Dennis Most important of all is you're responding well to the injections and getting back to being able to use your hands. Fingers crossed you keep making progress to a full recovery. I haven't tried paint masks myself yet but it's on the list. I've done a lot of worm camo work and the results are awesome, just so time intensive. Looking forward to seeing the finished cammo work - I'm sure it's going to be topnotch. For the Spitfire, I'm going hard edge as a lot of the builds I've followed and research, shows a hard edge was regularly used. See how it goes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 Dennis, Glad it’s helping! I just got the same injections in my knees last week. But it’s getting to the point of useless quickly. I’m afraid I’m looking down the barrel of knee replacements next year. The PA doing the injections told me I’m beyond needing them looking at X-Rays. Bone spurs destroying the soft tissue. Going to attempt a little weight loss first. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted November 10, 2023 Share Posted November 10, 2023 6 hours ago, ScottsGT said: Dennis, Glad it’s helping! I just got the same injections in my knees last week. But it’s getting to the point of useless quickly. I’m afraid I’m looking down the barrel of knee replacements next year. The PA doing the injections told me I’m beyond needing them looking at X-Rays. Bone spurs destroying the soft tissue. Going to attempt a little weight loss first. Sounds familier, I had a torn meniscus in the right knee and ended up with a replacement knee, to get it working properly required physio and a lot of exercise, at home, it took me over a year to get it working right, But I can walk for miles now and I still cycle 8 miles a day as my "penance" for being retired. Cheers Dennis 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 What's on my bench?....Wheels, mostly. From Andy's late Sherman. This took a while. Each has a seam around Its circumference that needs to be eliminated... Each wheel is made up of halves. I tried something different... On each wheel I started erasing the seam using a fiberglass scratch pencil...this worked well. I did this wearing a mask being afraid of inhaling fiberglass particles. Using a scrubbing motion, this quickly reduced the seam. Then, I followed up with wet sanding under a running faucet with sanding sticks ...180, 400, 600 grits. Needless to say, this took time... a few days......Not to mention the time required to assemble the wheels. They look good....The Takom plastic is easy to work with. So far I've got these and the suspension painted and assembled on the lower hull. Got a lot to go...getting to the upper hull next. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted November 14, 2023 Share Posted November 14, 2023 That's a lot of wheels. Nice technique to get rid of the seams. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Paul Nice progress and it surely requires a lot of patience to complete such a repetitive step. On board for the journey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted November 16, 2023 Share Posted November 16, 2023 Tank wheels are fiberglass? Not styrene? Nevermind…I re-read the post. Fiberglass scratch pencil. Yea, I worked with fiberglass in the bodyshop. Big time irritant. Mask was very smart. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 Got a case of the squirrels (is that a thing?) this afternoon. I grabbed a Mako Shark to try and make it go away. Had some fun figuring out fit issues but might just keep going. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnie Posted November 21, 2023 Share Posted November 21, 2023 On 11/7/2023 at 9:05 AM, PanzerWomble said: >??????????? Why would you buy a merkin? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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