Peterpools Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 10 hours ago, belugawhaleman said: Thanks Carl. No, I don't think using debonder will be worth the effort. Plus, I did something perhaps really stupid by spraying it with accelerator after Trying to wipe the glue off.... It did seem to remove some glue at first before hardening into a real mess. Kind of serves me right as I was getting frustrated and irritable trying to glue the engine screen shown in my picture. I should have put the model aside....cooled down a bit. Instead I became careless, an invitation for accidents. Anyway, I ordered a new kit at a good price and I'll try again. Until then, I'll start a new kit. I'm looking at Takom's Little G13 Swiss Hetzer. Paul I've had a few of those spills and even one that seemed worse. After I gather up the troops, walked away for a good few days, I went to work and fixed the mess I created. Once the CA was more then completely dry, I carefully wet sanded the entire area until it was smooth but now was a bit concave. I lightly filled in the offending sink marks with a few light layers of Tamiya White Putty, let dry between layers and gently wet sanded. Took a good few days but the repair work well and the build was saved. Give it a try and I'm sure the kit can be saved. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark31 Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 No mojo for building today so i started with sorting all parts step by step. Mark 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Mark Looking forward to the start of the build. I normally start a build as you are, sorting through the parts, getting assemblies squared away and cleaning up the parts so when I'm ready to go, a lot of the preliminary work has already been done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Well, after the SMK fiasco......I started another kit build. The Tamiya Churchill.. An ancient kit, it has required some putty on the turret but has, so far, been a quick build. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Looking mighty good and hopefully the SMK is on the back burner and scheduled for repairs down the road. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Off on another PCM adventure, Macchi C.200 Saetta, early days. Cheers Dennis 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 10 hours ago, Peterpools said: Looking mighty good and hopefully the SMK is on the back burner and scheduled for repairs down the road. Well Peter, the replacement Takom SMK arrived today. I'm going to something a little different with this one. The most common picture of this tank shows a clean tank; no tools, cables, or storage boxes. These items added by Takom seem spurious... It's possible that these were added when this tank was sent to Finland where it was disabled by a mine and later recovered. I will however add the star decal We'll see. I'll use PVA to add the photo-etch this time! Thanks; Paul 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Paul Fingers crossed on the save. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Slight progress on the Churchill build...... Road wheels (rollers?) On , and front fenders on. The fenders were a bit tricky as there's nothing (tabs) to locate them. I would back them up with styrene strips if I were to do it again... Anyway, before I go back home for a bit this weekend, (still at Mom's) to put some paint on, I'll perhaps start on the Friuls. One thing for sure, kit technology has come a long way since 1974 ! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgem37 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 1/25 Tamiya IDF Sho't Kal Gimel Sincerely, Mark 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteinLincs Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 A mock up of my latest Star wars scratchbuild. Hopefully it will end up as a troop transporter. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 13 hours ago, dodgem37 said: 1/25 Tamiya IDF Sho't Kal Gimel Sincerely, Mark Lovely work Mark, I see tremendous effort placed into this build. The rear deck, armour, stowage , gun , pretty much everything seems to be altered of scratch build. Phenomenal. I would love to see more in the gallery. Cheers Martin 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 On 3/28/2024 at 12:02 PM, PeteinLincs said: A mock up of my latest Star wars scratchbuild. Hopefully it will end up as a troop transporter. That looks neat. For a moment, I thought the utility knife was going to be a wing of some sort. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 A complete revamp. Moving around the paint racks, tool organizers and fitting a proper spray booth. Not necessarily in that order. Most folks here would say my bench is a bit cluttered, others might call it an unmitigated disaster. One a good day Bench 1: Bench 2: Staged to assuage the pitch fork carrying members of the Tidy Bench Club: Partway through the mods. Paint booth in place. This invoiced taking down drywall, putting in ducts and making sure it all worked properly. Getting there. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 2 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: A complete revamp. Moving around the paint racks, tool organizers and fitting a proper spray booth. Not necessarily in that order. Most folks here would say my bench is a bit cluttered, others might call it an unmitigated disaster. One a good day Bench 1: Bench 2: Staged to assuage the pitch fork carrying members of the Tidy Bench Club: Partway through the mods. Paint booth in place. This invoiced taking down drywall, putting in ducts and making sure it all worked properly. Getting there. I knew there was a bench there somewhere…………how long until you have 5 in progress projects on said bench……….😮😮😮😮😮😮 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 2 hours ago, Bomber_County said: I knew there was a bench there somewhere…………how long until you have 5 in progress projects on said bench……….😮😮😮😮😮😮 Probably not long. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Looking better, Carl. Although I am not sure the TV set is going to like the paint fumes (even if there is a spray booth) in the long run Hubert, Priest of the fork- carrying Tidy Bench Church 🛠️⛪️ 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 A bit more progress on the Churchill... I did a little more work on finishing the turret. Used gray Surfacer to check for flaws and did some more filling and sanding. Satisfied with it now. Also, started putting together the friul tracks for this thing. One side--73 links. Not too bad. Some clean up on a few links. Drilling, fitting and cutting wire for the links. I found so far two bad links. I wanted to get more done this weekend, we'll see. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 31 Author Share Posted March 31 Looking good Paul. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spitfire Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 They look great, they should really add to the finished article. Cheers Dennis 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 3/28/2024 at 2:05 AM, dodgem37 said: 1/25 Tamiya IDF Sho't Kal Gimel Sincerely, Mark Brother Bear Absolutely a brilliant build and my apologies for not posting before. 🏆 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 Spent most of the day tweaking these masks in silhouette studio…getting there! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 Looking mighty good. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 That aluminum finish is spotless . opened the box with EW-126 and realized that Das Werk made few major errors. this aeroplane is documented on few photos and dimensional errors as I had to fix are unacceptable. Fuselage too long, tail section all wrong, belly landing gear compartment fairing missing. well few hours of cutting, filling and sanding and she’s getting there. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Wait, didn't you just get this kit? Amazing progress there Martin. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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