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Bullbasket

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  1. That's a great looking truck, and the vignette suits it well. How many is that so far this year? John.
  2. The end result certainly justified all of the work that went into this one. It looks great. Nice one Maddoxx. John.
  3. I've been up close and personal with the one at Saumur, and can attest to the fact that it' a big beast. You've done it proud Kalor. It's a fine looking model. John.
  4. I can just imagine Mad Max driving around in that. Good start Maddoxx. Definitely one to keep an eye on. John.
  5. Thank you very much Bob. You're very welcome, and thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. John.
  6. As you say, not too little, not too much. Jus right. Nice work Keith. It's really coming alive now. John.
  7. As you probably know, this isn't my cup of tea, but I have to say that those parts that you showed are very well moulded for such a small scale. Good luck with the build. John.
  8. Yourcomments, as always Ed, are much appreciated. I hope to post the final update tomorrow, and then maybe put it into RFI. John.
  9. Great work BF. I like the way that you've depicted the worn paint on the blade. Very realistic. John.
  10. Moving on now to the turret. The most obvious change here is the addition of the two stowage bins each side. This was done to compensate for the removal of the right hand hull bin. Although the Eduard etched sheet does carry these two bins, I prefer to work in plastic, so using the etched ones as a pattern, the two bins were made from 15thou card for the main boxes and 5thou card for the lid of the smaller left hand bin. I used the Eduard lid for the right hand one. These were then fixed in place after removing two of the large bolt heads. The final job for the bins was to add the hinges and latches to the lids from the Eduard sheet, and the triangular strengthening plates and fixing bolt heads either side of the bins. Because of the bin's position, the spot light had to be placed on an extended mount. I also added some wiring for it from fused wire. The tank that I was going to depict, belonged to the CIABG and there is a photo of it in the book by Oliver Publishing, Combat Camera 1, Cromwell and Centaur, which indicates that it was a command tank, so it carried an extra aerial. I made this from some 10thou sheet and a piece of shaped sprue. The vane sight and the aerial base for the No.19 radio set came from the Eduard set. The locking latches for the hatch covers were made from small pieces of shaped card. Many Cromwells carried a spare road wheel on the side of the turret, but there is no spare in the kit. Fortunately, I had a spare one from a Comet kit which is almost identical, the difference being the number of attachment bolts; 10 for the Comet and 8 for the Cromwell. I shave off the bolt heads and then opened up the centre until it was approximately 8.5mm. Then using a template, I drilled the eight holes for the attachment bolts. There are six holes around the outer rim, just inside the tyre that need filling. Now it was ready for the paint shop. Back in a couple of days. John.
  11. And you appear to have learned very well. Those two look very good indeed. Oh, and that germanic clanky thing behind them doesn't look half bad either. Nice work Steff. John.
  12. I know just what you mean Darryl. I'm in a similar position with T54E1 tracks for my M1 Sherman. About six pieces per link. But at least you have one complete run made up, and being Fruils, they do look good. Nice work mate. John.
  13. I can only echo what Dan has said. The amount of etched brass on there is amazing. Nice work. John.
  14. Even if your Imgur account is still active, you'l find that things have changed on there. The best thing for you to do is to read the posts in this thread on the Chat pages; HTHs. John.
  15. Many thanks Stuart for the comments. To answer your question, I think that it's both. If the tank was just entering service, or had had some major work done and received a coat of paint, probably the tools had been removed, so therefore once returned to the tank, they'd still be their natural colour. But sometimes, tanks just got a new coat of paint. In these circumstances, the tools quite often were left on the tank and received a unifying covering. But whatever the circumstances, I prefer to keep mine in wood and metal. I just like it that way. Not a lot of progress, but I've made a start on the turret. Dragon have moulded a rather prominent step around the bottom of the turret's circumference, which didn't really resemble anything that I'd seen in photos of the real thing, nor other kit manufacturer's turrets. So I made up some Milliput, rolled it into a thin sausage, and the blended it in, all the way around the bottom. After some sanding with wet and dry, and a flat file, it looked a bit more presentable. On the top of the turret, there were some numbers cast into a small oblong. Now I'm quite ready to be proved wrong, but I've never seen casting numbers such as these in this position, so this also got the Milliput treatment. While I was in filler mood, I filled in the void on the back of the turret where the ventilator goes, as this tank didn't have one. Progress has been a bit slow, due in some part to the weather (it was sunny and warm), so I needed to do some work in the garden. The other cause for the lack of much to show is that I've been working on making and fixing the framework in place around the gun mantlet for the dust cover. The photo that I have of the tank shows that the cover wasn't fitted, just the frame. Rain forecast for at least the next ten days, so hopefully I'll be able to get some more work done. Thanks for looking. John.
  16. Welcome aboard Keith. WW1 isn't really my area of interest. I mainly build WW2 Brit/Commonwealth and IDF, especially if it's a Sherman, but as Pete says, someone will no doubt be able to answer any queries that you may have. Just remember to ask them in the right place. That way you'll get a quicker response. Enjoy your time on BM, and enjoy your model building. John.
  17. Very nicely done Bill. The mud is very realistic looking. John.
  18. Top notch Kristjan. That etched brass looks excellent. Nice work. John.
  19. The way that I understand it (and I could so easily be wrong), is that the main folder is like a reception point for all of the photos which you upload to Imgur. It's then for you to allocate the photos to whichever individual folder that you want them in. I would think that deleting that main folder is going to loose all of your photos. John.
  20. Many thanks Andy, an yes, I couldn't agree more. It might be long in the tooth, but it's still a damned good kit John.
  21. Thanks both. Your comments are really appreciated. Funnily enough, when I was putting this rehash together, it made me feel that I'd like to do another lVf, so I'll be looking out for another Cromwell kit. John.
  22. Good work on the fan blades Nik. It's a great improvement. John.
  23. Excellent work Simon. The etched brass stowage bins look really good. John.
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