Kelscale's 2023 year book

[Kelscale]

Although I felt like I spent a fair amount of time at the bench this year, I only actualy managed to get one over the line. My glacial pace of working and an extremely bad habit of starting far too many new kits before completing projects already on the go saw to that. 🥴 I did however manage to put a fair chunk of time into two existing diorama projects (L4500 & Anhanger and a Sd.Kfz.7 and Flak 36) started in 2022 and both are well on their way to completion.

 

I had two ‘to do’ plans at the start of 2023. The first was to devote as much time to experimenting with new untried paint schemes. Unfortunately, the reality turned out very differently! The paint booth has seen very little use. Only the two dio kits and a base coating of a Schwerer Wehrmachtschlepper (SWS) saw any time in there. 🙄  The second was to finish building a couple of Dragon kits that I had started late in 2022. This I did manage to achieve, and I have their Stug F/8 and an early Tiger II kit both ready for paint.

 

After my one solitary project was completed in January, family and work life took me away from the bench for huge swathes of time. To find my Mojo again in the summer, I resorted to building a few simple kits OOB. They included two 20+ year old Tamiya 1/35 AFV kits. A Pershing and a Pz.IV Ausf J. I really enjoyed building these. Not having to worry about research or buying tons of aftermarket stuff was really refreshing. Along with a couple of newly purchased military historical publications I was soon back at the bench again. Most activity has since concentrated on both of Ryefield Model’s Pz.IV Ausf J's. They are most excellent kits. The 2 in 1 kit is now fully built and I am currently working on their interior kit (my first) These are to have the very last factory applied hard edge camo schemes so here's hoping the paint booth gets a battering early on in 2024.

 

Merry Xmas and all the best for 2024.

 

 

 

My one little victory

 

 

 

 

Edited December 22, 2023 by Kelscale

[AliGauld]

Very nicely done.

 

Cheers,

Alistair

[JeroenS]

Your one build is a really good one though. 

[Keeff]

That is superb! 👌

 

Keith 😁 

[Bertie McBoatface]

If you are only going to do one, it should be a good one like this. Nice work.