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Still here! Small update. Not having a huge amount of spare time at the moment, so varnish *wait 2 days* decal *wait 2 days*, you get the picture. Anyway, decals on, awaiting matt varnish and weathering. Pic shows only one of the 4 white cross decals not to fold up, split or manage to shift position whilst drying. So only one pic. From one side. Was going to attempt Corsairfoxfouruncle's solution to small component handling, however said small components have vanished. Next time, next time.

Thanks for that - you know, I'm going to give that a go!

Looks great! I have their StuG III O to build so watching yours with interest. Very interested in these early variants.

Yup, still building! Slightly daunted by the quality of the other fantastic builds on this GB, but here's where I am so far. Managed to get the pioneer tools / crane / aerial / jack stuff on after a little bit of a struggle; thery're beautifully moulded and super fine so much care and swear involved. The location points are dimples rather than holes but apart from that slight ambiguity it all eventually stuck together. There are two small circular components on the hull front that I'm giving up on for the moment (lights?)- I can't really see them or hold them properly, even with tweezers! So just some tidying up of sprue gates and stuff (thankyou photographs) , a final smear of dunkelgrau and then on to decalling, detailing and weathering - hopefully this week!

Quick update, lower hull and running gear together and a splosh of Humbrol 67. Obviously a lot of tidying up to do but got it together eventually with a bit of fettling. It might be me, but I found the rear idler assembly a little bit of a trial. Eventually got it together by cutting off the little stubs - axles? - from the inside faces of inner idler wheels D4 on both sides. All fell together nicely after that. Thank goodness for the enlarged assembly photo on the great Henk Fox website - I really couldnt resolve the tiny instructions printed on the back of the box. Anyway, here we are at present:

Thanks! I've built a few of their kits and they're all nicely moulded. They also offer interesting variants, such as their Pzkpfw ii Ausf. D with the torsion bar suspension.

Box 'n'Sprues shot to get the ball rolling. Nice looking kit with semi one-piece tracks, my preferred treatment for 1/72 if done well. More slide-moulding (I think) in evidence in nice deep detail on suspension units. Gluing styrene and brushing paint starts tomorrow...

You've made a fantastic job of these Carden classics. Such a lot of great models about in 15mm these days!

Well here's my rather cack-handed attempt at Airfix's excellent new 1/72 Tiger 1. Probably not as detailed as the Revell or Zvezda kit but it really scores on tne repesentation of the schachtellaufwerk. (Btw I've used the complex version even though you might not know it from my model...) - I think it gives the tank a sense of heft that I haven't often seen in a 1/72 representation. And most importantly, I think it's a really enjoyable build. Anyway, here's some photos. I know that the base paintwork for the winter camo was probably dunkelgelb but I thought that the dunkelgrau wasn't entirely improbable. I also thought it would show the markings better, but that was before I (i) didn't read the instructions and neglected to add the left side balkenkreuz before attaching the tow cable and (ii) made a general nause-up of the decal application. My eyesight (failing) and fingers (old and shaky) conspire against me these days. In slight mitigation, the white paint isn't quite as claggy on the model as it looks in the photos. And I'm awaiting the Aber set for the hull m/g. Hier sind die Bilder!

Raring to go. Impatience got the better of me with the 15mm models I was intending and I did 'em over Xmas! Never could wait. I have an Ausf-D from 'first to fight' / wrzesien1939 which I'll be doing instead if that's okay. Looks fantastic on the sprues!

Magnificent. Wonderful modelling, and a true tank for 2020...

Spectacular! I love these little Zvezda kits but that's one of the best I've seen made up. Great detailing.

Room for a little one? I have a number of options in 15mm ... (!)

Very nice. See you have a few more of the Bandai SW mech - lovely crisp mouldings, ain't they! Am currently planning the colour scheme on their tangerine-sized Death Star II...

Love em. Looks like a collaboration between Willy Messerschmitt and Oliver Postgate. Looking forward to the G6...

Best I've seen. You've cost me money... over to ebay this minute to buy one! Thanks for sharing, fantastic modelling.

Superb build! Love the Bird Dog - bit of a rarity these days. Thanks for sharing.

Breathtaking. Thanks for sharing.

Yup, love it. Nice Zorki as well!

I actually sighed out loud looking at this! Lovely to see this classic / relic treated to a meticulous build. Gorgeous.

Excellent - having seen the exhibition - and echoing the sentiments expressed here entirely - I was thinking of exactly the same project. Now I'm *definitely* going to do it! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for the interest chaps! Comments gratefully noted. I'm planning on trying out some tinted varnish approaches on some scrap AFV bodies painted pale grey; if any of these experiments looks successful I might just give it a go... will post pics in due course. d

Hmm. I've been umm-ing and aah-ing about this one for a while now, so thought I'd stick it on here to see if anybody had any views on it. I've not gone with the kit instructions on this one (evidently) as far as the colour scheme goes, trying my old layered drybrushing / washes rigmarole to see if I could get close to the look of the cgi, but I have a sneaking feeling it looks a bit like a refugee from the Star Wars universe – not a bad thing in itself, but woefully un-canon! True, the camera flash has made it look lighter and whiter than it is in real life, but I think it still might be a tad pale. I'm toying with the idea of giving it another coat of silvery-tinted varnish. Good idea? Bad idea? I've left the front probulon thingy off as at some point the model's going to go in the post, and that'll go for a burton for certain. Other than that, oob, (Revell boxing) and had great fun building it, despite the obvious bloopers (Don't look too closely at the alignment of the sidepod interior decals, inter alia) Thanks for looking, dave.

Crikey! That's a very fine y-wing. Cracking photography, too.

Absolutely beautiful build. Lovely livery, too!