depressed lemur Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 place holder. I have to go out today, so start time will be later on. Superhero option only in this brain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 And we are off 1917 as a start time. Just got back from the sea side, fish and chips for tea, a bottle of beer by my side and Breath of Life by Dustin Krizan on Alexa. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 An hour in and the Cromwell is coming together nicely. Speckled Hen is going down nicely. Currently listening to The New Earth by Audiomachine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Cromwell ready for the paint shop. What have I learned so far? 1. Targets have lots of fiddly bits. 2. Sub assemblies are useful. 3. Taking the time to get the gun to go up and down can be negated instantly by knocking over your extra thin. 4. Extra thin spills take the ink off your cutting mat. 5. Extra thin spills take you back to the high you got of Britfix 77. Next up, Tiger 2. Music Rise by John Dreamer. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Tigers have more bits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 10pm. Today I have been mostly doing, wheels. Vorwarts, schnell schnell, verdamnt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Ready for the paint shop part 2. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Defo two tanks, speedy work, clean builds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 This is it for the night. The Cromwell is now green and just needs a few bits of paint for details. The Tiger is fighting back. For some reason my desert yellow has decided not to go through the airbrush resulting in two strip downs. Thought it better to walk away and try tomorrow. Night night. Still on track though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Today begins with no work other than a strip down and inspection. I noticed a bit of dried paint near the tip so gave the nozzle a clean as well. Hope this works as I have no back up desert yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 The beauty of Blitzbuild is the focusing of the mind in problematical situations. Problem, Tamiya Desert Yellow has decided to react with something inside my airbrush and refuse to come out. Solution, strip and retry. Problem, solution didn't work, no other Desert Yellow. Solution, go to Mr. Hobby paint. Solution works, but not the right colour. Tiger 2 will be in Luftwaffe desert yellow. I blame the ingenuity of the mechanics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 As time ticks on I have been informed by SWIMBO that I need to prep Sunday dinner, so stop mucking about with bits of plastic 😀. Main painting is complete, with decal, details and a light weathering to consider. For now, here i am. Further updates to come. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxman Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 They look great - I have a terrible feeling that the peashooter on the Cromwell isn't going to be much use in the conflict to come though. 😬 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Jinxman said: They look great - I have a terrible feeling that the peashooter on the Cromwell isn't going to be much use in the conflict to come though. 😬 It is scary to think that the gun in the Tiger is longer than the Cromwell. These are quite interesting builds I am learning that there are subtle differences in how you build and paint armour compared to aircraft. My hat goes off to the afv modellers who can make these things look heavy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, depressed lemur said: It is scary to think that the gun in the Tiger is longer than the Cromwell. These are quite interesting builds I am learning that there are subtle differences in how you build and paint armour compared to aircraft. My hat goes off to the afv modellers who can make these things look heavy. The secret is to stay away from the pointy end until it inevitably breaks down (the same engine was used in the Panther where it was overstressed, the Tiger I where it was really overstressed and the Tiger II where it needed counselling and an overhaul just to leave the factory). Joking aside, the Cromwell's gun was a development of the 17lbr and so was pretty effective against most things it had to fight (Tigers of all types were much more common on the Eastern front than the Western), although using speed to compensate for the still quite light armour depended on having space to speed in. Nice builds on both tanks. Looking forward to the next update. Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Bacon buttie, coeliac style. Getting very close to the end now. Cromwell is just about finished. As you can see Mr Tiger is not happy about the rubber bands for feet and is fighting back. Currently listening to Reign of Vengeance by Future World Music. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Calling this finished. Two Airfix tanks total build time 19 hours 27 minutes. Thanks for looking. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angus Tura Posted August 30, 2020 Share Posted August 30, 2020 Very nice Mr.Lemur. Very sorry to hear about your show, Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted August 30, 2020 Author Share Posted August 30, 2020 Thank you Angus. The show cancellation was a bit of a downer. We tried all sorts of ideas to keep going, but events overtook us the same as everyone else this year. Eventually things will change and the shows will go on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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