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  1. Reminds me of Panzer Dragoon PS game, beautiful and you have a special technique with your dry brushing.
  2. Amazing,really brings the dino's to life. That's quite a collection you are building there - all very impressive.
  3. Ah, I think I have reached the end of my little buildathon. A Panzer Jaeger IVL/70 from Matchbox - man I enjoyed this kit. However feeling rather disappointed with what I end up with I decided to focus on some figures for the months ahead. I am really really looking forward to posting those - but they haven't even arrived yet ! Here is the little man as he progresses through the various stages. Not done yet, but coming along.
  4. Looks like you've got your technique down - what paint did you use for the dry brushing ? Tamiya acrylic ?
  5. Thanks so much for the encouragement. Have been away for too long and am not happy with my work these days. Have posted some more builds (and just finishing another one off), but will take a little break form the vehicules to work on some figure technique and then hopefully come back to the vehicules charged up and a lot less messy.
  6. And some more (really loved this little tank. Everything fit really well, let down by a lack of figures for me.)
  7. Hey there good people. I am having some bad hayfever and a little more sleep would help. I have not yet learned to take lovely pictures like many of the other posters. I have one other build to post up and then I will be moving into some new (for me anyway) figures for a bit, before coming back to more 1:72. I'll try to put up main shots of the build. I was very happy with the sandbags. Had fun trying to hand paint then use a stencil for the decals but it wasn't good, so I put the decals on, or at least most of them. The hull and turret are in a satin varnish the skirts I left in matt to create a bit of contrast. It was an idea and I guess I still like experimenting.
  8. Now, where were we. Everything went together very nicely. I really like these little kits. And am realising more and more there are many ways to spice them up a little if you are willing to make a small effort Need to get some more pics UP and will probably have 2 more builds on the way soon and then a break. I learned a lot from this kit. Got a little bit of mud done and realised that I needed to understand tracks better. And finally I understood about thinnign the Vallejo paints - once thinned for brushing they are unbelievably versatile. Till next time.
  9. I take the opportunity again to say a big thank you to all the forum contributors, so much encouragement, ideas, talent - fabulous builds and photographs. It certainly makes the modelling a whole lot more fun! I have been trying a bit harder lately and see how many amazing products are out there. Then learning to use them is another story. On with the M24. I've got a split in my bottom. Mr Surfacer 500 and Vallejo putty. Vallejo putty is really cool as you can 'wipe' it with a wet brush as it dries. The hull assembly went together well but needed some help to stay put
  10. Yep sorry for the late reply, you are right, my mistake, I was thinking of the Mr Hobby one's (the Gunze rack and the Mr Hobby rack are right next to each other in my local Hobby store) - they spray really well, even better than Tamiy IMO, but give me a headache, I use IPA with my Tamiya which is a bit toxic too, so I go out of the room, even though I have a filter and ventilator. I am so glad I can use Vallejo for my figures and paint them slowly. Paints aside - your pictures are so crisp and that was one of my favourite kits all those years back, I still have one box of the other version - not the desert wheels with the engine and the mechanic too.
  11. Coming along very nicely. I like the first picture, I wonder which of the two guys drank the most beer?
  12. Laurie - wow and cheers, I will note those books down and check them all out. I think the story I liked the best was when they come under mortar fire in two Willy's and Popski shouts 'smoke' and his mate stops the jeep, gets splashed on the face with mud from an exploding mortar, digs in his pocket and pulls out a packet, and Pop's says, 'No, I meant a smoke bomb' !
  13. I bought this and I made a little paint bottle stand out of milk carton bottoms, long toothpick sticks and camo paper printed out - one day I would like to buy the bona fide Tamiya paint jar stand, but not yet anyhow
  14. Yeah Lorrie thumbs up, I read Popski's book while doing the build, I just thought with the red berret and grey sweater the figure looked a 'bit' like the man himself and it made an interesting title. Actually I am always in admiration of the depth of knowledge of many of the forum's contributors, some are experts on certain armour domains and mines of information for facts and details - keep up the reading. Do you have any recommendations yourself ? I loved the PPA story couldn't put it down!
  15. clive, cheers, I thought it would be more interesting if I did a sneak peak. I have been using a bit of oils to finish off some kits, but it takes soooooo long to dry that I get impatient and want to start new builds. The Matchbox kits go together fairly quickly but take a lifetime to paint: the dio, the kit and the little man. I put two washes over the Chaffee and think that it will bring the colour up to something more realistic, will post some more when I get the pictures to come out of my camera and onto the Mac - haha.
  16. JS2, of course, did one of those once in 1/35. Swapping bases is an idea if I decide to do more than one of each.
  17. Hey, I might blow a gasket, I'm on a bit of a buildathon at the moment after a too long break. Feeling too enthusiastic and hurried. Maybe I will do a slow detail by detail build thread - I don't know if people want to see that. I usually wack up a few pictures, sort of beginning, middle and end. Anyhow - practice makes perfect, well I thought it should make it better at least. With my second hand but proper little compressor my airbrush has taken on a new life. A little preview of what is coming up. It's green, it has a white star and tracks - then it's a lot of fun to build! - Madame, pouvez-vous m'indiquer le chemin vers Paris - Mais Monsieur il y a un panneau!
  18. John - fantastic, great job on your T34 paint scheme and sagging tracks got the main body and top done. Just the decals to go now I think. Still a bit heavy handed but moving toward some subtlety - not there yet, but edging in the right direction. Got something green up next!
  19. Really cool build and very tidy details!
  20. John I tried Tamiya"s 1/48, lots of very interesting and very detailed kits, but I couldn't adapt to that size well. I just use reading glasses and find it easy. I made a mistake of using Tamiya panel liner on his back and it spread out, repaired it a little but a thinned oil liner or vallejo liner doesn't spread out so much. Some more figures to come in a later build. What are you doing in 1/48 - I did the Willy's jeep set with about 15 figures - very very tiring indeed.
  21. Hey thanks for the thumbs up. Still not happy with my work, but enjoy it, no I think I have made about 4 or 5 of the Matchbox now - Comet, Half track, T34, Gun Carriage and Krupp
  22. Gorgeous pictures, model is looking great. I find those Gunze paints soooooo toxic, they knock me out, so I only use Tamiya and Vallejo now.
  23. And, here comes the little man, or more correctly half the little man. Base coat black and white, then vallejo. I have made some progress even if I say so myself, but I haven't got the blending skills yet. Maybe next time. But better than last time I feel.
  24. Rob, be patient, I picked up the whole collection over 2 or 3 years, (which in itself is a fun hobby) some come up at very good prices, great deals in Germany too. As you remember they are in Matchbox and Revell and sometimes you get fortunate and can grab the Revell kits which have one packet of soldiers with them too! I find the Matchbox pastic a little crisper but the Revell decals tend to be better / more recent. Some kits were also produced under licence in China and are not knock offs. Someone else likes them too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybmQgkS--d8
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