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  1. 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
  2. king derelict
    That is a really beautiful Mossie Alan
  3. 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
  4. king derelict
    The crews ears must have been ringing after 80 hits. They were quite a beast. Alan
  5. king derelict
    Thanks Jack I was pondering on a source of rocks and you solved it. Plaster casts Alan
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. king derelict
    Good to have you here Ken i think this one might just be sandy Alan
  9. king derelict
    I'm glad you're here. The Sherman diorama is spectacular. A great feel to it. Alan
  10. king derelict
    Thanks Patrick It definitely has an older feel to it. It is an attractive box 😃 Alan
  11. king derelict
    Glad to have you Edward Alan
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. king derelict
    I never managed colour prints. I did a lot of black and white and some printing from slides (Cibachrome paper? It was wickedly expensive). Still got the dev tanks and timer along with the projector Alan
  16. king derelict
    You are right. I really like a diorama setting but they take up so much time. I have a thought for a small WW1 diorama that might be small enough to try Alan
  17. king derelict
    Very glad to see you OC Alan
  18. king derelict
    This is something quick to fill in time waiting for the X craft PE to show up, This was a bargain buy. It claims to have new parts (2021) but it feels like an old kit. There is good detail on the main parts but there is some distortion at the edges and quite a bit of flash. A decent number of parts and decal options. Elastic band tracks unfortunately The undercarriage is interesting. Three pieces make up the road wheels, suspension and skirt. The assembly is shown at top The turret was a real dogs dinner and needed a lot of cutting and filing and filling. I haven't followed assembly instructions which has you put the tracks on before adding the side pieces to the hull. Painting looks too difficult if you do that. So the plan is to temporarily add the top pieces to the hull and paint the camouflage then remove the top pieces and put the tracks on. The chosen paint scheme will be a Churchill at El Alamein 2 so a dusty finish. The major parts have had a coat of Mig One Shot Brown primer and look good to continue Thanks for looking in and I hope everyone has a great weekend Alan
  19. king derelict
    Gret days. Banging off 36 exposures and not knowing whether you had got anything good until they were developed Alan
  20. king derelict
    You are doing a great job Craig but I have to say I am not tempted on this one. I know my limitations too well. Alan
  21. king derelict
    The railings look really nice. Congratulations Alan
  22. king derelict
    Lou Thats great. I guess the moral is to get out there and advertise. Given the number of retirees locally at least a few must be putting models together. They can't all be drinking the free coffee at McDonalds. Alan
  23. king derelict
    So far I have only found a few railway enthusiasts on this rather quiet [art of the east coast. Its a great place to live but limited in access to things that might be found in larger communities. With the growing collection of models, aviation memorabilia and other souvenirs of life the house is beginning to resemble a badly organised small town museum. Alan
  24. king derelict
    Thanks a lot Mike. I have appreciated all the support and kind comments on the road to the final result. It is as near scratch building as I think I will get. I now have HMS Zinnia and Petunia in 1/350 to build when I next need a Flower fix Alan
  25. king derelict
    I've been finding that the Mig acrylics have a sheen rather than dead flat like Tamiaya. I thought it was just me Alan

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