CarolsHusband

16 minutes ago, Alfashark said:

If you're a complete masochist and get caught short of filler, CA can be your friend but sanding it can be a right bastard.  Also, bits of sprue can be partially dissolved in Super Thin to make a paste which is handy for filling as it sands fine and paint takes to it well.

You're like Yoda.

I like the smell of the poly so I'll stick with that

/ d'ya see what I did there ?

CA for painted stuff but that's a top tip on the PVA.

Fanx Steev

Liquid cement. I use Humbrol purely out of habit, Tamiya do it too & also a "super thin" one, though I don't know why.

After 20 minutes breathing it in everything's peachy though.

They come with a brush in the lid or you can use a paint brush. It melts the plastic and is so much less messy than the tube stuff.

/ pics of T Bucket plz.

/ rest of the car looks shite now.

Made a start on the halftrack. Takom like a lot of parts, and so far they seem to go together better than some other many-parted kit builders I could mention. As said before, I'm going to go for a hatches open repair job as the detail is brilliant.

Also, pic next to dozer blade of 1/25 scale CAT D8H. I may need to actually give the rust some texture on this one.

Did I mention it's a big bastard ?

6 minutes ago, Indiana_Jones said:

I've got the decals on, but haven't braved the weathering yet. I need a plan of attack / figure out wtf to actually do. 

Funny, I've watched quite a few videos online etc about it, but still have no idea where to begin.

\That Rommel version looks lush, might keep my eyes out for one of those.

Go for it with the weathering. You can only fuck it up once & it won't take long !

Joking aside, and bearing in mind I don't know what I'm doing... Think about what came first and last in the weathering story. General staining, oil & grease would be first, a bit of rust on exposed metal and then mud & dirt last. Crash/battle damage will fit in there somewhere but again, you need a bit of a story in your head to give a running order.

I have a little side project going on repainting/ weathering  one of my builds as I've hated it ever since it was finished.

Never mind the Austin, what happened to the Panzer IV ? 

Yeah, the halftrack has full engine & transmission and super detailed interior. It even has all the under floor torsion bars, etc. Maybe I should go full strip down.

It came in a deal with Rommels version. Much more stowed kit & a radio aerial. Looking forward to that.

/pic

Evening.

What happened was.......

I got all fired up about building the AMT 1/25 D8 dozer and then opened it up & had a look. It's a big old lump, but more importantly it's a big old, not massively detailed lump.

I think I've been spoiled with this modern 1/35 stuff. I had a look for some photo-etch for it, but at 21 quid it wasn't going to change much except the most glaring problems.

So, I need to get myself up to speed on the Cat D8 & prepare for some scratch building. It's bloody big though. There may be some rust/ wear & tear involved.

So it's back to 1/35 for a Takom kit with many parts & lots of detail. 

It's got all the opening hatches so should be some fun.

6 hours ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said:

1/24th scale hornets/nest in engine bay pls.

 

 

They always seem to find em in American shows... 

Was going to do leaves/ raccoon's nest but I might give it a bash. Scratch building .75 mm long hornets might be a bit beyond me....

I know nothing about these cars but I saw one at my mates place & it was pretty bloody cool. Buy the fucking thing if you can afford to do what you want with it.

Rotary, Cummins, LD28, whatever. 

/pics

9 minutes ago, igor said:

I'm the same age as you Dan. We have a lot of years to go yet. 

Speak for yourself, I'm proper fucked.

* And before anyone says it....

Yes, the steering wheel rim is the wrong way round. Though not according to the instructions. 

I tried to put it together the right way round but it's moulded to fit like that so I gave up.

/ I'll probably drape a dead racoon across it or something.

3 hours ago, Lord Gruntfuttock said:

How does one encourage their offspring into such things pray tell...?

In my experience, tell them they're not allowed to.

I've always fancied that, maybe I'll wait until my 80's. I remember the 1970's Tamiya catalogues made good use of bonsai.

I have an actual natural one in a pot, a Cedar pod that had grown on a mossy rock that my dad rescued. He also had a Beech that grew out of a log but it karked it one hot summer.

I have been looking into making trees for a couple of diorama ideas. Watch this space ?