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There's a lot of work gone into this, and it shows. The outcome is superb. Great work. John.

Well, they don't look oversized. In fact they look right at home there. Nice work Matt. John.

Probably one of your best Sebastian. I like the stowage that you've added. Nice work. John.

Thanks a lot Nik. Much appreciated. Oh, a lot more time. For instance, those two towing pins took approximately two hours to make. I had to drill the end of the thin tube with a .4mm bit, and then insert a piece of stretched sprue. Then punch out the four end pieces and glue them in place. It took about four goes to make the pair. The same thing in 1/35th scale would have taken me about ten minutes to bend some brass wire into an L shape. Job done. Many thanks Keith. I've made a start on the front end, and it shouldn't take nearly as long. John.

Welcome aboard Stephan. That's a great looking Victor. John.

Continuing with the rear hull plate. The U shaped pins were bent to shape from .5mm brass wire. They were super glued into place, along with their chains. The rest of the rear hull plate went together fairly easily, albeit with a couple of modifications. Looking at various photos and drawings of IDF Shermans, the Israelis appeared to have removed the large central towing bracket. So with that in mind, the two attachment slots for the bracket were filled with some card and filler, and sanded flat. The other two towing brackets in the kit, are the later type, but I wanted the type with L shaped pins. The brackets themselves were the same and they were glued into place, minus the central parts. The pins were made from thin plastic tube and stretched sprue, with small plastic circles glued to the ends. Completed rear hull plate in place. Well, I never thought that this would be a quick build, but that lot took almost eight hours. Next up, the front end, Back soon, (I hope). John.

Very nice work on the sapper BF. My late father-in-law was RE, and was captured at Tobruk He spent three year in a POW camp in Czechoslovakia. You've captured the look perfectly. John.

It was the most realistic one that I've ever received, and like most people, I've had my fair share. You could see how they would draw the unsuspecting into their web; "If this wasn't you click here". The only click that I did was on the delete button. I have to be doubly careful when going through these scam emails as I have an unfortunate habit of having an involuntary twitchy index finger. I've lost count of the number of emails that I've deleted when I needed to keep them. I really have to make a physical effort to take my finger off of the mouse. John.

I've just had an email, allegedly from Paypal, telling me that I have just made a payment to some bunch called Xoom. Believe me, it looked like the real thing, apart from when you hover over the email address. I went straight to my Paypal account, via the proper way, and obviously, there had been no payment made. Anyone else received one like this? John.

The M1 Super Sherman was basically an M4A1 (76mm) on an HVSS hull. Don't be confused by the Tamiya kit "Super Sherman". It's not. It's just an M1 Sherman based on a VVSS hull. John.

Depends on what it is. We had a log burner a few years ago and it had a crack in the glass, and the cast iron grid had snapped. Contacted the makers and was quoted just over 300 euros for the replacement parts. So I went and bought a brand new one for 320 euros. John.

That's an excellent diorama, Great all round, especially the figures. John.

There's some great work done on this, not least which is the weathering. Nice job all round. John.

Although the whole thing looks brilliant, the stand out thing for me is that winch and in particular, the cable. It just looks so real. Excellent work Kristjan. John.

Both models are excellent, but I especially like the Scammell and trailer. The way that you've weathered them is first class. Great work. John.