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Thanks mate, and on the flipside, the most ridiculous CIWS Hollywood moment goes to Under Siege !!

Hi mate, you can certainly hear this one !! Cheers

Thanks mate, I haven't seen one on a tank as such but the kit includes the markings and desert colour scheme for the variant that was mounted to the 8 wheeler Oshkosh....

Cheers Bill, there was actually decal themes in the kit for a duck face on the radome, or Chuck Norris on the base cabinet, but the minion would be my favourite to date !!

Thanks Stef Thanks Francis

Hi my Britmodeller mates, its been a while between drinks... This was my first 2024 build but just now getting to the post..... This kit built my skills in PE and also efficient use of CA glue !! When I first joined FFGs as a Sonar Technician, I was billeted to a CIWS spot (long story), but got a chance to do a little work on this system, and took part in a full strip down, ammunitioning and of course live firings, and PAC tests.... Like my FFG build, this really brought back some memories... A few takeaways from the build: It worked out better building and painting unit buy unit, because the entire system is built and maintained that way. The 3A3 base (I think) just did not want to hold the primer and after many rubs, the brass ring and what ever primer was left kind of looked cool so I ran with it though not accurate. The radome door needs special attention when rounding it into shape, I did not take care of it so had to switch to plasticard and lost the rivet detail in the process. the gun is tricky, I ended up compromising the concealed gun detail for the sake of the whole kit. I hope you like it !! WIP is here: Cheers JJ Thanks for checking it out.... Cheers JJ

Hi my Britmodeller mates, its been a while between drinks... This was my first 2024 build but just now getting to the post..... This kit built my skills in PE and also efficient use of CA glue !! When I first joined FFGs as a Sonar Technician, I was billeted to a CIWS spot (long story), but got a chance to do a little work on this system, and took part in a full strip down, ammunitioning and of course live firings, and PAC tests.... Like my FFG build, this really brought back some memories... A few takeaways from the build: It worked out better building and painting unit buy unit, because the entire system is built and maintained that way. The 3A3 base (I think) just did not want to hold the primer and after many rubs, the brass ring and what ever primer was left kind of looked cool so I ran with it though not accurate. The radome door needs special attention when rounding it into shape, I did not take care of it so had to switch to plasticard and lost the rivet detail in the process. the gun is tricky, I ended up compromising the concealed gun detail for the sake of the whole kit. I hope you like it !! Cheers JJ Stencil didn't really add any value... Thanks for checking it out !! RFI is here: Cheers JJ

Nice work Ray, really cool scheme ! Cheers JJ

Thanks George !! Cheers JJ

Hi mate, I would be over the moon if more cockpits came out !! Also same scale pilots/crew would be great !! Cheers JJ

Hi Ian, great work mate !! I didn't have any issues with my base however I find the good ol' hair dryer helps with heating the plastic enough to work it back straight.... But you need to be careful, there's a very small margin between heating the plastic to soften it enough - to melting it !! Good luck mate !! Cheers JJ

Hi mate, cheers !! I saw somewhere in the forum (can't recall), there's a French company that sells the hangar kit !! printed hangar, vehicles and PE. Maybe do a search, its there somewhere. Also if you're going all out, I think Eduard do a heap more PE sets too. Hope you enjoy the ride as much as I did !!! Cheers JJ

Cheers Ali

Cheers Chris Thanks mate !

Cheers mate Cheers Bertie