Maginot

Having recently finished my first GB, I was looking forward to casting a vote in the poll after the gallery was locked, to acknowledge other modellers' outstanding, or otherwise worthy or interesting work in the category. But it seems that we are not having a poll in the GB in question. Reading several threads, it seems that polls may be falling out of favour across the genre. Do you like polls? Do you vote in polls? Do you dislike polls? Why? Have polls become too complex and difficult to set up? What do you think?

A masterpiece. All the internals look like a lot of fun.

Well done making the cut.

Two questions for the brains trust: Reflector gunsights; would these have been in use on early 1939 Sea Gladiators? My cursory reading suggests they would have. Radios; would these have been installed in 1939 Sea Gladiators? RT or VHF or both?

Come on. Nearly there.

Come on. Nearly there. You've certainly gone bonkers for Rollers.

Ooh! I just took delivery of the getting-hard-to-find Dragon Sd.Kfz. 234/1 (2cm) in 1/35. They're quite the vehicle in either scale, aren't they? An op? Surely grounds for a late submission to the gallery. Good luck with both.

Come on. Nearly there.

Oh dear! I have one in the cupboard for another day. Maybe that day won't ever come.

Joining fuselage halves is a significant waypoint for me. I tend to find cockpits tedious and just want to get to the big bits. I'm also stuck in the mindset; "Why bother. You won't see it anyway." But I had a go at adding a few hydraulic lines and a wiring loom thereby having a bit of unexpected fun with this one. Then I had a setback. I brush painted Vallejo acrylic clear varnish over the cockpit colours prior to doing a bit of wear and tearing. On applying the oils-based wash, the varnish crazed and peeled. Most unsightly! Because I'm in a GB and committed to a result, there was no time for tossing toys out of the cot. It was just a matter of being patient with myself and accepting the one-step-forward-two-steps-backwards type of progress that seems to be this kind of modeller's way. So she's all cleaned up and I'm satisfied with progress. I will experiment with the Vallejo product to see if I can find a wash that it will take, though. One of my Christmas investments indulgences was a stack of Tamiya Weathering Master sets. They're like little makeup boxes and are very nice to use dry-brushing media. Not sure about that. I don't really know what I'm doing. Knocked it off about 3 weeks ago.

Well resurrected.

Noice! It's big,init?

Lovely!

Schmick!

Blimey! Didn't realise that. Maybe I don't know where to look for the details... I'll have to have a browse. Bit discombobulated in these weeks.