Bonhoff

I have one of those EBMA drawer units for the enamel paint tins, along with their racks and drawers for Tamiya, Vallejo and Citadel. On top of that, tool and sheet material storage Really impressed with their products. IanJ

Just realised that I'll need two.... I navigated for a friend on stage rallies who worked his way through "Big Chief I-Spy's book of Rally Cars" - Started off with a "Professionally Built" Impreza that turned out to be more of a clowns car, then Sierra and Escort Cosworths, Mitsubishi Evo V, Fiesta ST150, and in 2006-2007, a 205GTI. The little Pug was generally reliable, competitive in its class and was taken all over the country, as well as the IoM - As well as cheap fun, it netted us the class in our local championship, think the only problems we had were the gear linkage (seems a common fault), wouldn't start to go on the trailer to one event (coil failure, diagnosed and fixed to get us to the event, only for the event to be cancelled due to the venue flooding) and a clutch cable first time out. Happy days IanJ

Hopefully someone will do AM wheels for the 1.6 GTI version Had one to wean myself off classic Minis - One thing I learned once I'd spun mine backwards through a hedge, is that you don't drive them the same way as Minis 😁 It drank petrol like Oliver Reed, insurance was stupidly expensive plus the aforementioned habit of trying to kill me at every corner. It is probably the one car I regret getting rid of. IanJ

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Well - They're finished, but not within the GB period, I did manage to complete them before the end of the year though. Primed Painting commenced - Brush painted both, the M3 with paints from the "Lifecolor" Caunter Set, the M5 with Vallejo US Olive Drab. M3 Stuart Completed M5 Completed.

Last gig of 2024 saw Mrs Bonhoff and yours truly at Rock City to see The Sweet. Now down to the one surviving member, Andy Scott (who was a no show on doctor's orders) it was still a great gig where, despite not having heard any of their output post "Love Is Like Oxygen", was all magnificent riffage and 4 part harmonies. Mrs B got to see "Little Willy" too. (Fnarr!) IanJ

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Saw the Skids in Nottingham earlier on in the tour, in our case we were treated to "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" as it was Remembrance weekend. - Honourable mention to Spear of Destiny who were supporting on the night, after seeing them several times in the 80's, I'd completely forgotten what an awesome live act they are. Echo your views on the young guitarist playing with Mr. Jobson - Note and tone perfect (Think he was even using the same model Yamaha guitars that Stuart used to play) - Came away from that gig with a fresh copy of "Days in Europa" to supplement my original purchased back in 1979.

Revell reboxed it at least once as mine is a Revell issue that came with a set of Matchbox's 8th Army figures.

These are how mine printed out... KR'S

Having a similar issue with my Matchbox Stuart over on the M3/M5 GB where my tracks have solidified. My solution was to 3D print the complete track units downloaded from the Internet. If you want, I can run a set off for you? IanJ

Finally got back to the table... I've realised that 8th Army M3's would usually be fitted with sand shields, so I'll need to put something together if I'm going for the Caunter Scheme And while I was at it, it seemed rude not to print off an M5A1 for comparison. KR's

The Crown/Minicraft one isn't worth it IMHO I started building one, then discovered that the cockpit transparency was shaped more akin to an SU-24. It remains uncompleted in my stash. IanJ

Greetings! It's a bit late in the day/GB to start one, but given the scale and the size of the subject I'm optimistic that I can get it done in time. Picked up from eBay for a reasonable price, complete with the figures which have been passed on to a collector friend of mine. Not sure the artist had ever drawn people before! The only problem is this... The tracks - Not sure what has happened to them, but they have lost all elasticity, broken into pieces, and are unusable. Fortunately - I've just purchased a 3D printer (Creality Ender 3) so was able to download a 3D model of an M3A1, and extract the track/suspension to then print as completed units. I've just started modifying the hull sides to accommodate the suspension units. More when it happens. IanJ

Shaken or Stirred?