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Anthony Kesterton

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  1. Priming - trying Ultimate Primer (Grey) and it seems to work well through my ancient Badger 150 airbrush. Keep the wheels separate for the moment. And I need some filler on the fuel tanks (similar problem on the barrel)
  2. Life (well, work) got in the way of my T-55, but will carry on very slowly. I am looking for hints on the colour for the figure (Cuban or Angolan tank commander - olive drab or khaki perhaps)- hard to find any definitive colour suggestions. I primed a lot of the model (photos to follow) - and slightly stumped on the colour. Dark Green or Olive Green are the options looking at various sources. Trust me to find an obscure subject 🙂
  3. Hi Les A suggestion for your IPA problem - I am also starting out on 3D printing but started with water washable resin. No IPA required, but the cost is a little higher. AnyCubic sell this as part of their resin products. anthony
  4. Yes Please! I have a few N gauge items that could do with soldering, so started looking at low-temp. solder when I started reading this post. Excellent idea for a diorama. [And now read more of the thread and see you have already done this - apologies] regards anthony
  5. I just received an email from Fine Scale Modeller announcing an auction of the assets of the company. In case anyone wants to see the details - this is the link to the auction house and the sale details: https://www.rosensystems.com/upcoming-auctions/1675 I missed this thread and other messages about the store. I used to order items from them to collect while in the US for work, and of course I have a tube of Green Stuff and the finer White Stuff filler. Sad to see such a well-known shop go. I saw Caboose Hobbies (another famous US model train store based on the outskirts of Denver) also closed recently.
  6. Fascinating. It never occurred to me that the distributors check each bottle before they ship them to stockists...you learn something new every day. I would expect some sort of random batch testing when they get a shipment in but not every bottle.
  7. This is a masterclass on weathering, and building these Star Wars kits. Always admired your builds, but this one is particularly good. I had also never heard of rivnuts before - very useful. regards anthony
  8. Exactly! There are two openings in the turret that have small enclosures built around them - I just randomly stuck the first one on, and then noticed the careful instructions on the orientation that I missed. Well - a 50/50 chance I did it right on the first one. Was ok on the second one (I think) Similarly - the figure has some keyed blobs so you glue the arm on the body correctly. I bought one of the 1/48 Tamiya Shermans too - looking forward to build that at some point. I have a very old 1/35th scale Panzer Kampfwagen II Asuf F/G part number 35009/1200 (copyright 1971!!). Will be interesting to compare these builds. A bit nervous about the tracks - but will put my faith in Tamiya 😀
  9. Right - some progress over the weekend with the bits and pieces on the upper part of the hull, and bits of the turret stuck together. Been trying out some very old Humbrol Liquid Poly or Tamiya Cement (the white top). Both are quite viscous - and don't evaporate completely so leave a bit of residue. Found my bottle of Tamiya Extra Thin and will use that in future where I have a visible glued item. Will see what happens when I prime the whole thing. That tiny part pointed to by the pencil is used to secure the hatch on the turret. The hatch lid can then be moved - which is useful as the figure in the kit has his hand on the top of the hatch. I have glued the body and one arm together (the one holding the hatch lid). Next challenge is to find the right approach to glue the hinge without locking the hinge mechanism. Extra thin would just run right around the whole thing with the capillary action. One option is to dap some glue on the turret itself, wait a while then place the hinge+hatch. Alternatively, try a temp. dab of PVA just to get the angle right - then do a final glue into position with something stronger later. My inexperience with building kits showing through here but all good fun to experiment (in "public" here).
  10. Lots of progress over the last week or so - apologies for not posting as these stages where completed. First step was lots of wheels, and the lower half of the hull. The parts of the wheels are rather shall - quite hard to clean up the parts when they are this small. I am keeping a lot of the wheels separate as they need the tires painted. And I have the posted image size sorted now (I hope). Put the top of the hull on the base but not attached it yet. The wheels needs to be added but they need painting first More photos tomorrow. I meant to add, I have heard people comment that (some) Tamiya kits just fall together, very good fit, etc. This is definitely one of those kits. Some very clever engineering to make sure you don't (hopefully) get parts the wrong way, etc. It's a good idea to study the instructions carefully as the notes are often really important clues as to orientation of the parts. It's also quite fun to build an AFV for a change.
  11. And some photos of the kit, testing the image size options as the original images are large!
  12. That resin looks really good. Is the Italeri kit using the old ESCI moulds, with some new parts? I have the Esci Mirage F1 kit hidden away for a future build.
  13. A bit late to the party - but my first attempt at a group build where I have actually had a bit of time to stick some plastic together. I am building the excellent Tamiya 1/48 scale kit of the T-55, OOTB with the Star Decals 48B1003 set. I want to represent the Angolan tanks used during the "Bush War" in the 70's and 80's. Depending on time, I hope to put this on a suitable base to represent the type of terrain found in Angola. I have been reading up on the conflict using the Africa@War series of books, specifically the No 34: War of Intervention in Angola, Vol2. There is a nice colour view of the T-55, and a few photos. I am also using a lot of Google image searches to see if there are any pictures of T-55's. Found a few pictures of abandoned or captured tanks and not many others. I'm interested in the configurations of these tanks and what kind of things where carried on the tanks in terms of additional kit. That is where more photos would be really useful. One reference I found suggested that a long tube on the right of the turret was only put on Soviet versions of the tank, and it appears most of the T-55's where from Cuba, or even other Eastern Bloc countries. I have not seen any photos with this tube on - so assuming it is correct to leave it off. What has struck home is the ubiquity of mobile phone cameras and really cheap digital cameras today. That will change the way we can research more recent conflicts vs these times (70's and 80's). Will add photos once I get them uploaded and linked back to a future post. anthony
  14. Can anyone explain the "3D" part of the description - are there multi-layer items or something else?
  15. Once lockdown is lifted, try https://www.modelu3d.co.uk/body-scan/ and you can have any expression you like (as long as you can hold the pose long enough) 😃
  16. Thank you for publishing this advice - very useful. I see people are also using water-washable resins in printers - is the guidance and advice above the same? Any additional advice on disposing of the water used to wash parts created using water-washable resin?
  17. I would like to join this group build please (might even finish something this time). Options include Angolan Migs, SAAF F1 or III's, some SADF armour or Angolan tanks. Not quite decided yet but generally looking at the Angolan war period.
  18. After watching the most recent launches by BlueOrigin and SpaceX - I was wondering what the options are for models of their various launchers. I have found a few 3-D printed models but wondered what else is out there - and if anyone has tried to build any. thanks anthony
  19. 1/48th scale lights received. Apologies for the poor focus on the photo but they look good to me (about the size of a pin head or smaller). His facebook page if you want to get in touch is https://www.facebook.com/HOLDEN8702/
  20. Ah - that is a good point. I have no experience with either material at the moment - but been trying to read up as much as I can. anthony
  21. I have seen some info about plant-based UV resins recently which suggests these are less toxic. https://home3dprints.com/is-plant-based-eco-uv-resin-for-3d-printing-worth-it/ The toxicity of "normal" UV resin has made me think twice about looking at 3D printers.
  22. I was curious about these and contacted Luis - the person who makes the T55 positioning lights. He created a version for 1/48 and I am expecting some in the post shortly - will report back here. anthony
  23. Nice links. Perhaps I should have waited and tried to get this version (the comments in one talks about the B3M version as a "competition" version). Anyway - not seen a source for this one anywhere, even eBay does not have them
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