Sgt.Squarehead

If there really are 'adequate words' for this build, I certainly don't know what they are! Blimey!

Gutted!

Cool design and I love the lozenge camo!

I thought you were making a pro-biotic pod-racer at first!

Cracking paintjob on the pilot and your new pit makes a massive difference!

The recoil is half the fun: https://www.reddit.com/r/shittytechnicals/comments/l7g58c/howitzer_on_a_toyota_hilux_technical_used_by/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

@Andy Moore What about doing a 'JDB' improvised 'Battle-Gonk'.....Basically treat your Gonk like a Toyota, pintle-mount the biggest blaster you can find on it? PS - 'Jawa Design Bureau' might be more appropriate in this instance!

Christ I'm so far behind the curve with SW.....I had to Google 'Grogu'. TBH Disney is doing the franchise no favours whatsoever IMHO.....What next, 'The Wookie King'? But I would like to see how this figure turned out.

Cool project.....Airfix made some interesting stuff over the years.

TBH I can't quite square this whole 'Space Tourism Industry' thing with the 'Green Revolution'.....AFAIK most space programs have carbon footprints like a moderate sized volcanic eruption?

It seems Armageddonists are in short supply.....Come on BM, we're probably all doomed anyway, so why not pick a doom of your own choosing? Absolutely! Just because:

Lovely model Will! I guessed someone on BM would have built one of these, should probably have guessed it would be you. In your research for this build, did you happen to come accross any images of the Shinkai 6500 being transported on land? I'm actually more interested in the vehicle transporting it than in the sub itself, I've found a couple of images (from the MHI website) of the sub on a trailer, but that's it.

Amazing work, hope to see more.

Lovely builds and a fine dedication too. My Lurchers grew up with a Pug, it was hilarious watching them trying to figure out games that they could all play: Solid little dogs, but it's incredible that they are genetically 99.999999% identical to a Lurcher, or an English Bull Terrier for that matter!

Hi Andy.....It's been a while.....Glad to see you are still 'Gonking'. Where did you find those wonderful stickers that you used for the eye? They look like they would be perfect for the optics of modern AFVs.

Nope.....Get out of the area if possible, they've done what they could and their tank is now f**ked (to use the technical term). Systems like Trophy don't just make ATGMs & RPGs vanish in a puff of smoke, they go off with a big bang which is not very good for the sensitive systems plastered all over the tank's exterior, including the active defence system's own radars.....Typically after just a couple of defensive detonations a tank's performance is so degraded that it's an effective mission-kill regardless. But the crew are still alive & the tank can be fixed.

Just caught up with your epic project Ben.....Mine are buried under a deep layer of dust.

Just discovered this deeply saddening news...BM will be a little less amusing without him. RIP Nige.

That fan! Those hinges! Those wheels! PS - Are you colluding with Braille Scale model companies to bankrupt me? Trumpeter have just announced a 1/72 FROG & also a BM-27 Uragan!

Mistaken post.....I'll re-use it for pictures of horrible wheels in a bit. My plan is to assemble the chassis and while that's setting up, see what can be done about the wheels.....At least I didn't buy Fujimi!

The recovery vehicle has arrived and at first glance it seems to be a bit of a step up in quality compared to the kits above.....The tyres are moulded in plastic again, but these have four parts each! How well they'll go together remains to be seen. Do it! First kit's about to hit the desk, I'm starting small with the up-armoured 3.5ton truck, well It's Hobson's Choice TBH.....The other 3.5ton truck kit has vanished! Pretty sure I remember buying it, along with a set of these: Which were the original intended cargo for the transporter, way back when, until I found I didn't appear to actually have them.....I can't find either kit now! Going back to the subject of JGSDF kits with s****y tyres, I was becoming rather tempted by one of Fujimi's newer offerings, the JGSDF Light Armoured Vehicle (it's a diminuative little MRAP thing), but then I saw this: & thus, inevitably, this: The wheels of the Fujimi 3.5tonner are even worse than Aoshima's (look at the back of the front wheel): Meh! You just have to wait a while, most of these kits are available at very reasonable prices from places like Jadlam & Model Hobbies.....The newer ones will be available in about six to twelve months at a guess, based on the arrival time for this lot. That being said if anyone happens to spot a Fujimi 1/72 JGSDF Type 87 SPAAG for sale anywhere in the UK.....Please let me know!

Beautiful little kit, a pleasure to build as it's completely free of the faff that is the schurzen on their Ausf M.....It's also the very same one I was planning on doing.

You guys didn't help one little bit.....Because I found the damned thing on sale, with free delivery, and.....Well you know the rest already!

Nice work on the tracks dude.....Without paint I suspect you would have done them perfectly. Could I suggest you do the Revell Pz.III (Which version is it BTW? ) before the others.....The L&L in that kit is possibly the most user friendly ever. If you don't paint the parts and are very careful you can easily assemble the entire track-runs without glueing any of the wheels to the hull. That way you can remove the tracks on each side for painting (you can even do this on kits with schurzen if you are very careful, simply don't permanently glue the top & bottom hull halves together until the very last thing). The Revell Tiger I is a much trickier proposition (as I mentioned elsewhere) and depending on which version of the kit you have, the Trumpeter FAMO may come with indy links (ie: no lengths)! PS - Re: Trumpeter FAMO.....Beautiful kit but ensure you check the fit of the front axle. The instructions in some of the early kits had you fit it incorrectly, which made the front end sit horribly high (once again I used to have a photo of the correct assembly, but PB had a nauseating fit of greed and it went bye-bye). https://www.onthewaymodels.com/reviews/Trumpeter/SdKfz9_early_FAMO_prev.htm PPS - If you want I'll buddy-build a Revell Pz.III with you.....Put my money where my mouth is on the tracks, so to speak.

Beautiful finish again Roman. You dodged a bullet with the tyre rims.....Those fekkin things will eat your model!