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Looks great, Don. I'd forgotten about the extra tabs (if I ever knew). Very ingenious method of meeting the folding need. I'll keep that one in mind.
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I can't keep up with this building frenzy of yours, Don!:D
Great to see you getting the time for some builds. This one came out great! I printed the same kit out, but fortunately spilled coffee on it immediately, preventing any embarrassing construction on my part. It looks like you're amassing a great collection of early armor! Chris |
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Great job there Don. I may have to break down and try my hand at a couple of Chips' Armor subjects.
Here are a couple for you to work on (yeah, I know they are that other modeling media, but they are severely kit bashed so that sort of makes up for it). M1 Combat Car M2 Medium Tank
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Thanks for stopping by, guys! I still haven’t finished the headlamps (to paraphrase Master Yu Gyokubun: Whenever I think of petals, I get nervous).
Joe – After the T1E1 I may try Alberto’s M2A1, Roman’s RAF-pattern Leyland lorry enlarged to 1/48, one of his green-liveried Rolls Royce 1/48 armored cars, or a PTA A-13 cruiser tank enlarged to 1/48. But I am also anxious to begin my first 1/25 military vehicle: the old hand-drawn Modelik WC-51 weapons carrier with the Flymodel M3A1 half track to follow if I am successful. Lep – Thanks for the additional info. Jeff – Always good to see your postings in my threads, Redleg. Chris – My building frenzy is pretty modest compared with your great output. Your coffee comment reminded me of the days when I used to soak tissue in coffee to get a brown Nivo color for WWI stick-and-tissue models. In the case of the armor model: think weathering. Garland – Thanks for the nice comment. You sure helped out on this build with your advice. Terrific kitbashed models of interwar armor, Jay. Many thanks for sharing those photos. Eventually, I will finish those headlamps and put this one on the shelf. Don |
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Jeepers Creepers . . .
. . . I finally finished the peepers.
The Lanchester has been sitting eyeless in Gaza (or headlampless in Habbaniyah) for more than a week, so I decided to try to complete the build. Photo 1 is a reminder of what the parts look like. The thought of petals leaves me shaking with fear, trepidation, and intimations of incompetency. But I gave it a try, spending an hour or so chivvying petals together with a cocktail stick, applying little dabs of glue, and uttering opprobrious epithets under my breath. Photo 2: Pretty poor results, but I filled in the gaps with heavy applications of Caran d'Ache Neocolor II of the golden ochre persuasion and dusted the whole enterprise down with Tamiya weathering dust. I also added a little sliver to provide additional bracing. It will have to pass with a push and a shove. Photos 3 and 4: After developing the photos, I realized that the off side headlamp has a cast in it. I will try aligning them after a night's sleep. The spare tyre is cockeyed, too, but will have to stay that way. The next one will be better. Don |
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Looks great, Don! The headlights are a pain, but you did a better job that I did. Actually, I never did get them built. I remember trying to form those petals over a pencil point like the suggestion on the print out, and ended up gluing the pencil inside the petals. Never did get it out, so I threw it away and tried something else, which didn't work either. Finally gave it up, and gave the model away. To one of my grandsons, I think, and he loved it. Of course, I didn't tell him about the headlights.
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