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  1. king derelict
    Their range of figures is impressive. The New Years moritorium on buying more kits may be about to fall apart after 7 days Alan
  2. king derelict
    The 120 mm kits I have look very good. Are they still in production? Sprue Brothers seem to be the only people stocking them and their choices seem to be diminishing Alan
  3. king derelict
    Thank you very much Jack. You are right. There isn't enough detail to work with. The figures will be deep in the display so I'll add the matte coat and continue. I have a couple of Verlinden 120mm figures on the shelf which I'm keen to attempt especially after watching the technique video you posted recently. Many Thanks for that Alan
  4. king derelict
    Thank you very much OC. I just read an interesting article about the quality of 1/72 figures which said Hat figures dominated the scale and were generally poor quality in terms of detail. The Emhar offerings were considered better but marginalized by Hat. I imagine they would look good en masse for wargaming. Alan
  5. king derelict
    A beautiful and interesting model. And straight onto the wish list Alan
  6. king derelict
    I touched up a few places on the base and painted the black edges. I dunno why I always end up leaving that until the end; it would be much smarter done at the start. An order to TAP Plastic now for the case parts. I continued with the figures. With some varied shades of khaki and some dark washes I am fairly happy with the majority of the figures but I am struggling a bit with the faces. The detail is poor to start with and on one I did a poor job of scraping the flash off. I'm trying to build up shades of skin tones but there really isn't a lot of detail to catch the washes. The three marching figures are not too bad and the seated figure is OK but the rest are disappointing. The officer has almost no facial features If nothing else this has given me a new appreciation of the figure painting excellence of Jack @Jack12477 and OC @Old Collingwood. I'm still a bit surprised at the lack of options for 1/72 scale WW1 figures. Given the level of devastation it always seemed to be an underrepresented war Thank you for looking in, the likes and commenting Alan
  7. king derelict
    Thank you very much Jack. Much appreciated. I used a lot of your diorama tips and ides in this, my first real land diorama. Alan
  8. king derelict
    Thank you Patrick The Roden kit is very nice and the Emhar Whippet is not bad once painted Alan
  9. king derelict
    Thank you OC. Just wish I could improve the figures now Alan
  10. king derelict
    The bus is coming together realy nicely and i like the staff car too Alan
  11. king derelict
    Happy New Year to Everyone. i hope it brings a lot of good things I added a canister under the tarp on the Whippet alongside the tin helmet. I made some tie downs out of scrap PE for the ropes securing the tarps and decided that was enough fiddling about. Everything got a dose of clear matt coat and once they were dry I added the vehicles to their final positions on the base. I made up some mud with a mixture of white glue, brown craft acrylic, ceramic dust and a little water. This was used to blend the vehicles onto the base. So far so good. There is no excuse I; now need to get serious with the figures. Thank you all for looking in and the likes and comments. Alan
  12. king derelict
    I'm making sure the cats get nowhere near the gun! Alan
  13. king derelict
    Its starting to come together really nicely Alan
  14. king derelict
    Really interesting subjects. I'm enjoying following along Alan
  15. king derelict
    The casualties look very impressive Alan
  16. king derelict
    A great start to the New Year Alan
  17. king derelict
    Happy New Year OC, I hope 2023 brings good things Alan
  18. king derelict
    Interesting times Ken. Its got to be something to get into a totally clean jet. I was at Mac in 1993 and onwards so they had the F-15 lines going, the F-18, T-45 and the AV-8B. The jazzed up AV-8 may have been a warmed over version in the 1990s. P+W was offering up a new LP turbine and fan. RR was looking back over the PCB testing that had been done for the P1154 which was cancelled - but at least the RN got to fly F-4s instead. I'll see if I can find the picture Alan
  19. king derelict
    Thank you so much OC. I think I'm very close to being able to add the vehicles. Still a little way off with the figures. Alan
  20. king derelict
    Thank you very much Denis I think the art is knowing when to stop Alan
  21. king derelict
    I finished the tarped loads and the cans and attached them to the Whippet. I like the cluttered look. I think that is going to be all I add. The picture showed a couple of bags hanging off the back but I don't like my attempts at that. So now everything gets a coat of matt clear and can be added to the base. Thanks for looking in, the likes and comments. happy New Year Everyone. I hope 2023 is Happy, Healthy and Prosperous for all Alan
  22. king derelict
    The Harrier story is impressive from the P1127, Kestrel and into the Harriers. Its amazing that something that had its genesis in the 1950s would be rated as one of the top five weapon systems in Desert Storm forty years later. Not to mention the Falklands. An engine that grew from 9000 lb thrust into 23500 lb in the same space envelope. Lots of challenges to continue to develop it and to fly it. I was the engine field manager in St Louis in the early / mid 90s (the first step on a journey that took me eventually to Florida. It felt like a brotherhood working on the AV-8B / Harrier. USMC, McDonnell Douglas, BAe, RR, MoD everyone wanted to make it work and make it better. I am still very proud of being part of that team. MacAir had a supersonic version in advanced projects with a RR / P+W engine and new wing but JSF got into development and that was the end of it. I think I still have some concept images somewhere Alan
  23. king derelict
    I found a jr of Tamiya khaki and that looks a lot more like I think it should be. I brushed it on leaving the greener Mig paint in the folds and quite like the look. I did find that the puttees and 1902 webbing and pouches should be khaki too, I might lighten them a bit as I redo to allow for fading and washing. Details and washes to follow. Fun time. I mixed up some craft acrylic with white glue and some ceramic dust from my Aedes Ars castle kit and daubed it onto the wheels of the artillery train and the tracks of the Whippet. I plan to use some more of this to blend the models onto the base. I added some mud into the chutes below the upper track section I'm still playing with the tarps for the Whippet. I want to get them on before adding the cans at the back. They are going to make the tank a bit delicate. Thanks for the comments and the likes Alan
  24. king derelict
    Thank you very much Andrew The detail is the fun stuff. Alan
  25. king derelict
    Thank you Mike Its great for fiddling with. Maybe it needs a broken signpost, another tree, some wire ................. Alan

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