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Also, goals
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Plodding continues on the Armoured Recovery vehicle. No modelling time and I'm not feeling it like the HST but will hopefully get painting tomorrow & it'll all be better.
Fancy doing the wheels for me, @Indiana_Jones ?
/shit pics
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3 hours ago, Alfashark said:
If you feel like going back to pleb-spec with a brush, a lot of Japanese armour was painted with brooms...
That way you be historically accurate and it hides a lot of sins.
Would I use a full size broom or a 1/35th scale one ?
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That's looking good. Well, what I can see of it, obvs. Camo looks ace.
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In all fairness I've only got one photo on my facebook account.
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1 hour ago, igor said:
If you had two of them you could perhaps do the other as it is now.
I've got to do two more High Speed Tractors first.
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I've got a kit of my Chevy in the stash, maybe it should be next on the list. Kind of fancy doing it as it was after it had finished the Alaska Highway & was just a yellow maintenance truck.
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That's pretty cool. Buy it, put it in the shed & take it for a drive maybe twice a year...
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11 hours ago, Indiana_Jones said:
Keen for real life bren gun carrier
Keen for a real life M4 High Speed Tractor, Haven't got 120 grand though.
sigh.
Crowd fund anyone ?
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Anyway, they'll have to catch me first
/ gutless
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To be honest, I'm not that worried about the tyres sticking out.
Yes, I know it's "illegal" as they say, but we don't see much in the way of law where I live.
And they really don't seem to give a shit.
It'll be fine.
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Dredge.
Hello gang, I know that coming here for any kind of advice is silly, but here goes.
I've found a company here that can supply new galvanised tubs for my Hilux from Thailand. They're not cheap, but the car doesn't owe me much after all these years.
Problem is, they can only get 2WD ones. They can supply 4WD repair patches that I could weld in but they're over 25% extra on the price.
So, do I suck it up and spend the cash or do I get the bed & a pair of 2WD front wings for that full on '70's sticky out tyre look ?
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My next mission...
M32 ARV.
I wanted one of these years ago but they weren't available. I scratch built one on a welded hull Sherman at the time, it'll be interesting to see how close I got it.
Anyway, it's going to be Kiwi spec for Italy in 43/44. Stone & grey camo.
It may not be historically accurate regarding specific units, but what hell ?
Progress so far...
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Nice, that's going to look mint.
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@a.craw4d, @yoeddynz , @locost_bryan, & @everyone. thank you for your appreciation.
So buzzed up on it, started another. We're off to Italy in late '43. There may be some GC's about.
/ pic of 15 minutes in...
Also, @Indiana_Jones, Stug ?
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Finished ! Much enjoyed, will trade again.
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Chur
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32 minutes ago, Nominal said:
Can't help thinking Ella Forrest probably isn't a bloke.
I'm no understandy much, but why does Ms Forrest not mention the model of his/her/its cars ?
" The 1955" " The 1966"
Also, as a point of pedantry, since MOT's have been abolished for 40+ year old cars in the UK, imports DO NOT need an initial MOT test upon arrival. You just have to confirm that the vehicle is road worthy. Which they all are, obviously.
I seem to remember the Skyline being road worthy despite having shit brakes, crumbling tyres & perished top mounts.
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59 minutes ago, Indiana_Jones said:
I have decided I am too spastic to paint the rubber portions of the wheels for the stug, so will go and find a stencil to use instead.
That is all.
You can do it ! I hate painting tank tyres but practice makes perfect, or at least passable.
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2 hours ago, Alfashark said:
That half finished Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind kit I've got stashed in the garage, must be taken from the regular Panzer IV mouldings as there's about a million parts on the sprues that aren't mentioned on the instructions and wouldn't work on what's supposed to be a mobile anti-aircraft battery.
^This. I have all 3 US Tamiya halftracks in stock. One comes with a spare cargo area floor which is not like any of the 3 variants. I may have to go on the model forum and ask but they can be such nobs sometimes.
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....Between them
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Holy cow. I think I'd have a few bits left over. Bought a couple of Tamiya halftracks the other day, they have about 30 parts.
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I've got about 8 waiting, but I'm sure there's 2 more I'll get soon. Or maybe 3. Probably going to give tanks a miss though (except for 1 more, or maybe 2) as they're mostly air in the middle.
I know Takom do some full interior tanks, including a Bergepanther. So maybe 3 then.
Sigh.
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537 parts ? And it's only a little vehicle. You'll have some fun. Pic of 537 parts please
Also "Bren gun carrier" ? Last time I looked it was a Churchill.
Are you building a stash up ? I know I have.
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Nearly there, trying to avoid my usual war torn patina levels.
Just got to weather the upper hull, nail it all together and fill it with crap.
All this will get hidden but whatever...
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That does seem to be the 'correct' way to do it, but I've never had a decal fall off a matt painted finish yet. It all sounds a bit "Emperors new clothes" to me.
Surely you'd start losing detail lumping all that paint on. Is there not something called decal fix or similar ?
You could always get masks for the markings & airbrush them on....