Nice progress there Bob. I'd rather leave the small parts off the model during the painting process and paint them separately. It was a hard learn for me in the past but it works well now.

Andy

Hay gang got some work done on my build.

The PE.


The turret and rear hull.

Scott, your skill with little PE bits continues to amaze me

Bob, if you are interested I posted some pics of the blutak/Silly Putty in use here:
http://aeroscale.kitmaker.net/forums/169359&page=2

Howdy Y'all

I just popped 'Bridge Too Far' into the DVD player and got inspired. I'm suprised we're on page 7 of posts and January isn't even over. Here's my entry:
Tamyia Matilida with a Voyager update set and some Echelon decals.


Y'all have a Good Day,
Don "Lakota"

"bloodyhell panzer!" a bridge too far is one of my favourite films and now you've reminded me, i might just watch it tonight. that matilda looks like it will be good.

stan

Howdy Stan,

I haven't watched the movie in over a decade, it's great. The Matilda is a well engineered kit; a pleasure to build.

Y'all have a nice day,
Don "Lakota"

Here is a quick update as to where I am at.

Hay gang I have got the basic build done.

Some interesting builds going on here. I decided to jump in with the old Tamiya Croco. Being not a Churchill guy, I bought this one only after I opened the box at my LHS and realised this thing is HUGE and with the attached flamethrower fuel tank will surely stand out. I also need a quiet build after a lot of troubles with a certain ICM product, so this one is OOB. Dont have newspapers, so the picture of sprues with the latest post will have to do the proof of date.

that is huge, i never new that they were actually bigger than a tiger. looks like a nice kit.
stan

LOL, nice shot Naseby!



Darren: Looks good!

Scott: I still can't believe your technical skills with PE

Stan: The Churchill is indeed larger than it appears, I was surprised myself when I first got a 1/72 model of one and compared it to a 1/72 King Tiger.

Thanks Jeremy it really is not a complicated as it looks.

I am building the Tamiya Cromwell with the Verlinden extras.

The resin kit


This kit is going together very well, but I am not sure about some of the resin storage boxes. I am going to put the cutter on the front, but leave off the cowling to show the PE screens.

I know I'm a little late to the party, but I'm in with a Tamiya Chieftain and lots of reference pics and sheet plastic to fix it up myself and save around $100.
Great work so far, and I hope to have something to add in the very near future.

I started today with the Croco. It has been a stress free built so far. Despite its size there are only a few parts and the detail is preaty good. Not bad for a 30+ years old kit.

Here's the Airfix Male IV I'm building.

I replaced the rear grab handles with brass wire, what a long and blinding job.


I also use the PE holders for the rear fenders along with the extra fuel tank.


I ran a wire to the search light and tied it into the turret.


I mounted the hedgerow cutters on the front


And some stowage for the rear.

everything looks really great here, if only i could finish my panzer IV and get cracking with my sherman mkiii
stan

The building of my campaign entry is all but done with the exception of adding the aerials and locating a possible crew. There are a few tweaks to be made but I have taken the oppertunity to do a build review of this model and so I have stuck to an out of the box build with the exception of the tracks. I just have to get the paint out now.

A coat of Model Master Grey Primer and some pre-shading with Tamiay flat black.

Tim You did start 5 day ago and You have the first paint on ? What the ? And You even did some PE and wire on it ? Its a 1/35 Armour FTLOG, Even if it is Tamiya You HAVE TO spend at leas a month with it! I feel like a total looser right now. Seriously, it looks great.

Good evening Gents!

After spending long hours of work I can show You some progress. It goes quite slowly but sure. First I was able to finish the idle wheel adjusting thing on the front of the chassis.



Some photos of the progress of building...



... and the result.

I also finished the house of the sprocket wheel each side. This was a really though job but I am quite happy with the result.



Few pictures of the building steps...



... and this is it.

Well, back to work. Thanks for watching.

Andy

Count me in I have two builds to do. The Ex Jb Models Saladin and Saracen.

My Nephew is doing a school project on the 1st WW ,so I'm going to build him an Airfix MK1 male tank,and because I like them aswell

PS superb ribbon Stan