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Bullbasket

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  1. Many thanks Ed. I wasn't too sure about the appearance of those buckles, but they've gone as far as I intend taking them. John.
  2. 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.
  3. OK, I've reported it for you. One of the mods will move it for you at some point. John.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. That's a very nice little model Igor. Excellent paint job and weathering. Great photos too. John.
  7. Very nice. It looks as good as some of it's 1/35th scale brothers. John.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Recognised Peter Cushing straight away. Very well done with the flesh painting. Nice one. John.
  14. Superb model, Takes me right back to my early childhood, when these were still around. Nice work. John.
  15. Excellent result Mike. I must add this to the list of models that I want to build, that I served with. John.
  16. This is just a wild guess now but, do you happen to like Stug's? Excellent work so far, and a great review of this kit. I might even be tempted to get one for myself. John.
  17. They've changed things around a bit (goodness only knows why), for uploading photos to the site, But it's still the same for posting from them to BM. John.
  18. Very nice Mike. I like it a lot. Would these be the ones that the RMs took to Oz in 1969? John.
  19. Thanks a lot Ed. The only trouble with adding the detail is it takes forever. At least, one particular item(s). The loops for the straps that secure the pioneer tools. Nearly done though. Many thanks Darryl, and yes, it's an education for me as well. Thanks to people like Peter, I'm picking up new knowledge about M4's. John.
  20. Thanks Peter for your comments. First of all, I'm assuming that you mean the wrong way up. I sort of see what you mean, but from what I remember when I did this bit, it was the way that Dragon said to position it. Also, I've always taken it that the rounded recesses should be to the bottom, as in this one from SVSM Gallery....... .....which corresponds with the way that I've fitted it. I know that different manufacturers would have had different styles of strip, but I can't hope for 100% accuracy, so near enough will have to do. One things for sure.........it's not coming out again. So, as you say, don't tell them Pike. John.
  21. Many thanks to you both, and thanks Ben for the link. They look very nice, but they're based in the UK. The last time I ordered something for the UK (Hannants and Accurate Armour), I got stung by French customs for just over 20 euros. If I do order some, I'll have them sent to family in the UK, and then I can pick them up next time I'm over. John.
  22. It's looking really good BF. I like it. John.
  23. That looks to be a nice little braille scale model, and you've done it justice. Nice work Frank. John.
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