Gary29

Lovely! I've just picked one of these up for myself.

It still looks pretty big in itself, I've not built a Tiger ii before, it's on 'the list' though, wouldn't have room for a 1/16th beast at the moment, maybe one day in the future though as I'd love to have a go at one.

Is that a 1/35th scale next to it? Amazing work, you should be proud, a year and a half well spent I'd say.

Looks real! Lovely work, well done.

Looking good! I'm building the same tank on 'the other forum' in the WW1 group build, I also had a few issues with the crew compartment, so maybe we're both stupid?? 🤣 I really didn't enjoy bending the parts......

Such a great looking 1:1 isn't it?! I've heard horror stories about this kit too, you seem to be making a good go of it so far, keep it up.

88mph if you want to travel through time though my friend 😉

😲 awesome!

Wow, what a brute! Love it.

Go for it!

That rigging looks 'fun' 😲

The fact he got arrested for drug smuggling suggests his moral compass may be slightly off as well, there are always two sides to a story aren't there.

When you open the box, the kit looks very 'toy' like, especially the scale pilots (which I left out), but it's a fun build due to the sheer size of the thing! I did open up the engine vents and installed some mesh so you could see a bit of engine detail, but apart from that, everything else is straight from the box, builds into a nice model, and due to the size of it, you could REALLY go to town adding scratch built detail if you wanted to.

Once again my photography skills probably let me down, for my next project I'm definitely making a booth of some description! This was just a quick build after reading Robert Mason's Chickenhawk book, so I thought I would build a Huey after it sparked my interest. It's a big ol' beast, won't fit in my cabinet, not sure what to do with it now 🤔 I decided to paint the shark mouth rather than using the kit decals, think it turned out ok. Couple of mistakes here and there, and some silvering of the decals which has annoyed me, the Revell ones seem really thick and impenetrable to any kind of softener, so beware if anyone is reading, you need an ultra glossy coat to apply them to, I used two coats of Klear but obviously wasn't glossy enough. Fit is ok, not great, plenty of sanding required on the seams but comes together in the end, main colour is Tamiya Olive Drab XF-62. My heavy handed approach managed to break the skids as well....don't ask....I patched them up though....I did want it to look a bit beat up and 'used'! Happy with how it turned out in the end.

Lovely looking model and dio! Not sure you have quite enough hairy sticks in your arsenal though 🤔

LOVE this! My dad was a Veolia driver, driving 8 wheeler hook lifts like this until he retired a couple of years ago. He was always a Volvo man though. You nailed it.

Wow, that's so real nice work! And even more impressive that no airbrushes were harmed in the making of it.

I might even have a go at painting the shark mouth, don't think it would be too difficult to mask, I'll post up my progress, will be a few months before I'm working on it though. Thanks for the tip on the glass, will definitely do something similar with mine.

What did you use to turn the upper windows (above the pilot) green?

I've got this in my stash, will be next on the bench for me, yours looks great, hope mine looks half as good! And yeah, it's a MASSIVE kit! I picked mine up for very reasonable money.

I HATE threads like this...... that make me feel COMPLETELY inadequate, just when I thought I was making good progress with my own skills as well!! Only messing, awesome build! Will be keeping a close eye on this one until it's finished.

Another option is thick CA glue and baking powder sprinkled on helps it set quickly.

Sorry for bumping an old thread, but just to re-iterate that I'd LOVE to build a 6R4 or an S4, I'm guessing my chances are still zero?

Looks 1:1

Tres bonne!