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  1. king derelict
    Thanks Ken. Standing around having a ciggie rather than running around with rifles Alan
  2. king derelict
    With the diorama fit on me I brought this out. Its a 1/72 British 8 inch howitzer and limber and FWD truck from WW1. At 1/72 its tiny but there are a lot of parts; generally quite well done and some lovely fine detail pieces like the wheels for elevation on the gun. Some very thin rods and its going to be a challenge getting some of them off the sprues without breaking them. The plan is to have this as a part time build while the Churchill is being finished and the X craft is returning to the table. There should be lots of little sub modules to play with. Today I had planned to just look it over but somehow I got started on the chassis. Its all a bit delicate with steering track rod and prop shafts all as separate pieces. The fit is quite good but there is a bit of thin flash that needs to be trimmed off some of the pieces Given the many degrees of freedom in aligning everything I was thrilled to have all four wheels touching the ground and the prop shafts at a sensible angle. As mentioned earlier the idea is to build a small diorama around the kit. There are no figures included in the box so I will have to find some non-aggressive WW1 1/72 British soldiers (kind of just standing around) - and face up to painting them. Thanks for looking in Alan
  3. king derelict
    Definitely. Thats one of the great aircraft.
  4. king derelict
    The elastic band tracks were wrangled into place. I hated that job with Airfix tanks when I was a kid. CA glue makes it a whole lot easier. The Churchill has a good length of contact on the upper section of track for the glue to grip. The side decks (as we will call them today) were glued into position and the guns and other assorted details were added and the paint touched up. I have given it a spray of clear coat ready for weathering I cut the base out of closed cell foam, added a card stiffener and gave it a coat of gesso Thanks for looking in and the great feedback and likes Alan
  5. king derelict
    Thank you EG. I like the look. Alan
  6. king derelict
    Thanks EG There is an extremely good WW2 novel called "Warriors for the Working Day" which follows a British tank crew from their training days through to the invasion and fighting in France. They are given the advice "If an 88 fires at you and misses - bail out - you don't want to be in there when they adjust their aim" Peter Elstob is the author I think. He was a tankie in WW2 and saw action in teh same theatre so its quite realistic. Alan
  7. king derelict
    Thanks OC. Its always scary taking the masks off. Alan
  8. king derelict
    I'm in. I wouldn't miss a Harrier build =especially as i have a Sea Harrier kit inbound Alan
  9. king derelict
    With the sand paint dry I masked up for the dark grey. I used tape on teh hull and a mixture of tape and blu=tack for the turret. The Blu=tack deals better with the uneven surfaces of the turret and is easy to mould to shape. I used Tamiya XF-24 dark grey and I think its about right. And with the tape off. Its interesting; the grey is sometimes hard to spot because it looks like shadows on the sand colour. maybe that was the intent to mimic the shadows on desert sand The tracks will now be installed and the top sections will be glued down. Gun need adding and then its time to weather it up and start the base. Thanks for looking in and for the helpful comments Alan
  10. king derelict
    Thanks mark I was thinking the Churchill was a beast but you are right the 88 mm was a highly feared weapon. I don't think there was much that could stand against it. Alan
  11. king derelict
    Thanks ken I think I have some Sculpt a mold in the cupboard. I'll give it a try Alan
  12. king derelict
    Thanks for the suggestion Jack and for the link. The rubber rock moulds look a better idea than pouring some plaster in a tray and breaking it up. Alan
  13. king derelict
    That is a really beautiful Mossie Alan
  14. king derelict
    Today the coat of sand paint went on. The track covers (whatever the correct AFV term is) were dry placed and stayed on quite nicely. Next I will mask for the grey. The kit calls for a dark grey but the one colour photo I have found shows something a bit lighter. Current plan is Tamiya XF-24 or a touch lighter. Thanks for looking in Alan
  15. king derelict
    The crews ears must have been ringing after 80 hits. They were quite a beast. Alan
  16. king derelict
    Thanks Jack I was pondering on a source of rocks and you solved it. Plaster casts Alan
  17. king derelict
    That's great freehand work. If you want to try masking I concur with Andrew as above and stand the masks off on small pieces of blue tack or equivalent. Alan
  18. king derelict
    Thanks Craig The wiki article is pretty good. Churchill tank - Wikipedia Its an interesting evolution. Designed to fight on WW1 type battlefields of trenches and shell holes it had great ability on bad ground. The road wheel configuration allowed for quite a bit of damage without loss of ability. It had thick armour that could defeat most German tanks up to the later Tigers even though it was not sloped in any way. It lost out on speed and firepower in the end. An interesting extract about Churchills at El Alamein They saw action in the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942. This detachment, called "Kingforce", supported the attack of 7th Motor Brigade first with three tanks at Kidney Ridge (where one was hit "repeatedly" by anti-tank gun fire (including "friendly fire" from a British gun) and another took "a lot of punishment"), then the remaining five at Tell-el-Aqqaqir. The Churchills were fired on many times by Italian and German anti-tank guns, but only one was knocked out and partially caught on fire. One tank was said to have been hit up to 80 times. So this one has to be an El Alamein tank Alan
  19. king derelict
    Good to have you here Ken i think this one might just be sandy Alan
  20. king derelict
    I'm glad you're here. The Sherman diorama is spectacular. A great feel to it. Alan
  21. king derelict
    Thanks Patrick It definitely has an older feel to it. It is an attractive box 😃 Alan
  22. king derelict
    Glad to have you Edward Alan
  23. king derelict
    Gret to have you on board EG. This one is very reminiscent of an Airfix Churchill when I was a kid. Hopefully this one will turn out better. I would like to try a few 1/35 vehicles but space is becoming an issue. Alan
  24. king derelict
    Yes I remember Jacks Sherman dio. It is impressive and something to aim for. This one may just be a sandy base Alan
  25. king derelict
    Sounds like a great trip Jack. I did a three week climbing trip in the Karakorum years ago and only had space for ten 36 exp rolls of Kodachrome. Careful rationing needed especially as you never knew what the next bend in the valley would bring. It was exciting seeing those yellow boxes come through the letter box I also took a lot of caving photos and got resigned to throwing an entire box of slides in the bin when they came back from processing Alan

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