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IDF M1, based on an M4A1 Hull. 1/35th scale.
Bullbasket replied to Bullbasket's topic in Work in Progress - Armour
The pick axe handle looked a little bit under nourished, so I whittled one from a piece of sprue, and then glued it into place on the RHS. I also added the small bracket that one end nestles in. This was made from thin card. The long crow bar which sits next to the handle, was in the same condition as the kit's handle. In fact, it was only about two thirds of the proper length and strangely shaped at one end, so a new one was made from 40 thou rod. Brackets for this also from thin card. Final pioneer tools were the axe and the pick head. The brackets for these two were made from pewter foil . I made the tie down points using the Steve Zaloga method, which is two small punched out circles, with a piece of 10thou rod glued between them. All of the securing straps are cut from thin lengths of pewter foil. This last bit of the build has taken me the best part of a week, and is the most fiddly part. I thought that I had some buckles in one of the etched brass sets, but it seems that I've used them all up. So rather than order some new ones, and wait goodness knows howw long for them to arrive, I thought that I'd have a go at making them. So using some 5amp fuse wire, I bent them into a rough square shape and then super glued them into place. They don't look brilliant, but are better than nothing. Oh, and when I'd finished, I discovered that Dragon supply an etched set in the base kit with.......you've guessed it. Straps with buckles on. Sod's Law, but at least I have some for a future build. OK, that's the main build finished, so now it's onto the turret. Back soon. John. -
OK, I've reported it for you. One of the mods will move it for you at some point. John.
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IDF M1, based on an M4A1 Hull. 1/35th scale.
Bullbasket replied to Bullbasket's topic in Work in Progress - Armour
Appreciate it Keith. Thanks a lot. John. -
AfV Club Churchill Mk VII 1/35
Bullbasket replied to Jasper dog's topic in Work in Progress - Armour
Ah, the joys of sharing everything. I like the tracks Darryl. I always think that Friuls are the icing on the cake. If you want to vary the shades of green, get a bottle of Mig's Allied Green Fading, pigment. It does what it says on the bottle. John. -
Apart from the way that you post photos from Imgur to BM, everything appears to have changed. The way that I upload a photo to Imgur is to click on the bit that says upload (the page with the giraffe on it. Once it's uploaded, go to images, and open up the folder that you want that photo to go into. Click "edit folder" and that will open up a whole load of photos. On the left you get three choices to click on. You want the bottom one, "All Images". When that opens, it should show all of the photos in that album, each with a yellow tick in the corner, plus whatever photos that you've just uploaded. Click on each of those and a yellow tick will appear on them also. Click "save", and all of your photos should appear in that folder. I know that it's a bit convoluted (and Imgur have made it this way, unnecessarily so IMO), but I've got used to it now. What I do miss though is the ability to upload photos without resizing them first. Imgur used to do that for you, but that' disappeared. John.
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Soviet tractor T-54V (Hachette) 1/43
Bullbasket replied to IGKent's topic in Ready For Inspection - Vehicles
That's a very nice little model Igor. Excellent paint job and weathering. Great photos too. John. -
Medic!...1/48 Austin K2Y Ambulance
Bullbasket replied to Reini78's topic in Ready for Inspection - Armour
Very nice. It looks as good as some of it's 1/35th scale brothers. John. -
If you look up at the top right hand corner of your original post, you'll see three little dots. Click on there and there'll be a drop down box with "Report". Click on that and then you can ask one of the mods to move it to the correct area. John.
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Bobo, you've made a boo boo. You've crash landed in the Ready for Inspection - Armour. Just report it to the mods and they'll fly you out of here. John.
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Vickers Light Tank VIB (Vulcan 1:35)
Bullbasket replied to SimonL's topic in Work in Progress - Armour
If he suddenly whips out a tin mug of tea and dons a leather jerkin, I'm going to get very suspicious!! Good work Simon, and very fast too. John.- 28 replies
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I'm using Chrome on a laptop, and so far, I am still able to see one that I posted a couple of hours ago, and all of my posts from the past week are still there. John.
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IDF M1, based on an M4A1 Hull. 1/35th scale.
Bullbasket replied to Bullbasket's topic in Work in Progress - Armour
Thanks a lot for that kind offer Simon. They do look good, but I've got some winging their way from Shapeways, thanks all the same. John. -
Grand Moff Tarkin 1:4 scale bust
Bullbasket replied to Glen10k's topic in Figure Ready for Inspection
Recognised Peter Cushing straight away. Very well done with the flesh painting. Nice one. John. -
Superb model, Takes me right back to my early childhood, when these were still around. Nice work. John.
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Land Rover series 3 half ton Lightweight - 1:35 scale
Bullbasket replied to bootneck's topic in Ready for Inspection - Armour
Excellent result Mike. I must add this to the list of models that I want to build, that I served with. John.