CarolsHusband

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...

Nice, that's going to look mint.

@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 ?

Finished ! Much enjoyed, will trade again. /pics Chur

You can do it ! I hate painting tank tyres but practice makes perfect, or at least passable.

^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.

....Between them

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.

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.

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.

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...

Ambush camo plz...

Nearly finished it, messing about with details at the moment and then weathering to follow. Gonna sort blurry phone out as well. Really enjoyed the build though, I'm going to buy two more. / shit pic 4 Fred.

The finished van looks mint but I can't help wondering how much time & money you'd end up spending to get it looking that good. Even if you bought the body, wheels & basic interior, there's still a shit-load of scratch building to do. Having said that, it'd be a hell of a project, You should definitely buy it and build it. You're welcome

Looking nice @Indiana_Jones. Got a little bit more done, though Cornish Winters are short & Spring has sprung so it my fizzle out...

This bloke's pretty good Scale Model Club 2 - YouTube As is Steve. Steve Jones Scale Modelling Site - YouTube * I say "pretty good" like I know what I'm doing, just about to repaint the interior canvas on the HST as it looks shite.

Done a little bit more & started weathering the interior.

I apologize, I shall mention it no more.

I saw this thread heading to the bottom of the page, thought I'd step in. Making time to do this HST but it's a fighter. It's a nice kit, but the instructions are a bit vague here &there. As is the amount of parts & general design. I'm not enough of foamer to know which old molds were adapted for this kit from where or when, but they left some bits out I reckon. Suspension all went together a treat, except for the drive sprockets. Zero location points what so ever. just glue & hope I s'pose, but if I'd done that they'd have fallen off. WTF ? Bit of sprue & some stuff out of the spares box ( recoil dampers for the anti-aircraft version of the Flak 88 if I recall) & axles appear. Glued them in most carefully & won. Started building up the hull. For a change I'm going to paint it all when finished. Except for the engine. Gonna have another stab at the weekend Chur /@Indiana_Jones again, geht es dem Stug gut ?

Time to resurrect the only thread I'm any good at... Now the evenings have gone dark, I've got a chance for a bit of glue sniffing again. Hobby Boss M4 High Speed Tractor. 1/35 Scale. Looks like this IRL... Made a start on the running gear, gonna paint it before assembly. Also, to demonstrate why one should " read & understand the instructions fully before commencing construction", plasticard support for cab floor as some monkey chopped the mounting tabs off. Ejection marks in the hull should really be filled too before much longer. I'm going to try & make this one nicely weathered rather than fucked. How's that Stug going @Indiana_Jones ?

Heat's a bit risky, unless you have a controllable source. Hair dryer to soften it up a bit ? Candles usually end in melted plastic which looks nothing like bent armour. Also, removing a bit of the thickness will ease shaping. There is a lot of photoetched parts available to replace stuff like guards & the skirts along the side. Plastic can't really be molded thin enough. It's a bottomless pit. Looking forward to seeing how it goes.

@Lord Gruntfuttock, @Indiana_Jones & @igor. This is where I dumped my 1/35 gluey fingered clumsiness. Not 1/24 but TBH the thread was dead on its arse anyway and still is by the looks of it.

I thought stalk too. So much stuff going on in there, so much dust & fluff gets in there too. I had a Marina with that simple BL indicator/ flash/ horn setup and it was so filthy that when you flashed the main beams while the lights were on, the engine started missing. / yes, I know. Marina. But the point is a valid one.

First time poster I was just watching a youtube video of a bloke putting coilovers on his Sierra Cosworth. I'd never really thought about it, but if the springs are separate from the shocks & the coilovers bolt in where the shock went, isn't that a disaster waiting to happen ? In my tiny brain, a separate shock mount is in no way built to take any load, let alone the weight of the car. Dan, 56, confused.

Thanks Nick, sadly my starter is is a numberless repro of dubious national parentage. I'm pretty sure the bloke at the rebuild place would smile ironically and chuck it in the bin. / Should've kept my Cortina, etc.