What's on the Bench 2023

[Andy T]

Me again!

I'm currently working on this tamiya kubelwagen with the balloon tyres. According to the bumph in the box early ones could come grey from the factory and get done yellow in the field.

Now I don't know (or care) if this is true but it sparked an idea, so here it is in a coat of grey and if I can pull it off I'll try and recreate a little scene with some poor guy slapping on the yellow.

[Mini Me]

You work fast Andy.....I'm still faffing around with my fuel truck and yer off........to the races with another build! :thumb2: :thumb2:

[Guest]

According to the bumph in the box early ones could come grey from the factory and get done yellow in the field.

Now I don't know (or care) if this is true

It is — they were series-produced from 1940, and the German Army’s switch to dark yellow began in early 1943.

[Andy T]

You work fast Andy.....I'm still faffing around with my fuel truck and yer off........to the races with another build! :thumb2: :thumb2:

There's a lot of difference between throwing a Tamiya kit together and performing micro-scratchery like you do :smiling3:

I think cleaning up the tyres took as long as the rest of the build lol.

[Mini Me]

There's a lot of difference between throwing a Tamiya kit together and performing micro-scratchery like you do :smiling3:

I think cleaning up the tyres took as long as the rest of the build lol.

You got me there Andy.

[Ian M]

Getting there. Slowly.

[Mini Me]

Beauty of a paint job on this one Mr. Muddle.....well done!! :thumb2: :thumb2:

[Guest]

Getting there. Slowly.

Faster than another Churchill build I can think of …

I would replace the tow cable by something thicker and with more of a curve to it, though.

[Ian M]

Beauty of a paint job on this one Mr. Muddle.....well done!! :thumb2: :thumb2:

Thanks Rick.

Faster than another Churchill build I can think of …

I would replace the tow cable by something thicker and with more of a curve to it, though.

Lol. The tow is spun wire and scales out at 35mm, also fixed and pai Ted in situ. So that'll have to do.

[Guest]

Odd, it seems very thin …

[Lee W]

I'm doing a wingy thing group build elsewhere so have the Revell Heinkel He111 h3 from the "Icons of Aviation" Battle of Britain... what a pile of oop:. Raised lines, bad fit, enough flash to build another (that i wont!), instructions as clear as getting directions from a Geordie whilst riding a unicycle in Siberia! :thinking::tongue-out3: It goes on... can't wait for it to be off my bench and back to wheely and tracky things! :hugging-face:

[Mini Me]

Lee, I completely understand where you're coming from. My recently finished JU52 M was the same kind of PITA....closest I've ever come to tossing one in the bin.

[Lee W]

Lee, I completely understand where you're coming from. My recently finished JU52 M was the same kind of PITA....closest I've ever come to tossing one in the bin.

Rick, it was a close call mate, I walked away from the bench however many times!

[Mini Me]

Yes Lee but like myself you're probably just stubborn and determined enough no to let some inanimate object get the better of you!! Fight on Brother :thumb2: :thumb2:

[Lee W]

Yes Lee but like myself you're probably just stubborn and determined enough no to let some inanimate object get the better of you!! Fight on Brother :thumb2: :thumb2:

Fight almost won, decals and weathering to be done... then hide it on a shelf at the back out of sight! Lol