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Whats on the bench
Had no intrest for ages think the last completed build could have been the bill bus pidgeon loft ,always think a good build but haven't been arsed. Then had a small epiphany and started building The BTR was a ebay winner i think about twelve quid inc postage so with current state of mind a...- David Lovell
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Latest Acquisitions (2023)
Raided the SM shop a couple of times The paneling was bought out of intrest to compare with the tamiya equivalent . The clear colours are to experiment with putting over green to see how it changes the tone ,the primer if as good as the black will be a pleasure to use and a change out of the...- David Lovell
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Help required on a paint product .
Hi John, doubt very much because they were given it for free mr hobby dont need to get cheap advertising on YouTube their products are better than that ,in my own stupid opinion one of the best products out there ,why don't you hear more about them because people that use them have zero...- David Lovell
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1/35 Soviet T26 Tank and a Zvezda M72 Motor cycle and side car .
Looking good buddy ,tell Lee no chance of Yorkshire tea but I can do him a cup of As drunk on the jurassic coast :tongue-out: ;):thumb2::smiling3:. Dave- David Lovell
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1/35 Soviet T26 Tank and a Zvezda M72 Motor cycle and side car .
Hello old friend long time no speak ,this is the one time I'm not going to badger you to stick with the kit links honest no midnight conversations they are the pits even I came close to spitting out the dummy ,even the number count for each side is wrong ,I built a kit with the same chassis for...- David Lovell
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Mack AC WW1 Fuel truck 1/72RPM.
OK chaps many thanks for your kind comments and support so far ,other half out down the beach with the little rescue dog so set up the spray booth to get some primer on Now whilst mooching about through my modeling draws(ha ha the wooden one's not the woolen ones :tongue-out: )I found this sad...- David Lovell
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- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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Mack AC WW1 Fuel truck 1/72RPM.
Thats it up to primer ,etch not my specialist subject but as I said the more you do the less scary it becomes As you can see from the fret all used the windscreen parts not needed as this one has open cab ,the three foot pedals can do one ,the other bits weren't for this kit. So a couple more...- David Lovell
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Mack AC WW1 Fuel truck 1/72RPM.
Messiah wept ,what a piece of illegitimate plastic this is turning out to be ,it all started out so pleasantly building the little sub sections but when you come to put it together the instructions are about as useful as second hand toilet paper ,it doesn't help that most parts have no holes or...- David Lovell
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Mack AC WW1 Fuel truck 1/72RPM.
Not much to report really ,both the kit and etch instructions leave you needing a good imagination ,so have been putting some of the etch to the parts before construction ,etch isn't my favorite subject but on the more you get under your belt the less you feel its trying to intimate you have...- David Lovell
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Mack AC WW1 Fuel truck 1/72RPM.
Well I fanny'd about at the stash ,changing my mind half a dozen times(at one point you all came close to having a hoplite helicopter gun ship thing ,but thought na don't want to be in their gang yet). Didn't want to put up a list of possibles coz I might not of liked your choosing so why bother...- David Lovell
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Bill bus pidgeon loft Roden 1/72(tru scale)
OK heres the pics It weren't S+B but think the effort was worth while ,I wasn't going to bother with the pidgeons but knew some of you were going to be looking for them ,im not too sure but the do bring a bit of i dont know smileyness to it. Whilst fixing them one pinged of never to be...- David Lovell
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- Forum: Completed Soft skins
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WW1 B-Type Bus Pigeon loft. RODEN1/72
Well I'm calling it done ,as I keep saying no such thing as a bad kit just some aren't as good as others, I think the only thing learnt from this one was patience , fit of parts was very good there were a few of the flat no detail on one side parts but they came as no surprise ,looking at the...- David Lovell
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- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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Spots on the Internet (2023)
Lots of goodies comming to all at the moment ,as most know 72nd is my thing and if this is the future ill have some price dependent being the only drawback Now I know most hate em but I dont mind individual links even in 72nd but this nearly knocked me over 0.2 rod ala fruils , their casting...- David Lovell
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WW1 B-Type Bus Pigeon loft. RODEN1/72
Sorry guys have cracked on forgot the mid term report ,it all bolted together without any hisse fitting ,awkward but not too bad. If you've read my mr slobby piece your know the probs I had whilst spraying it up ,hoping I've solved that were see on the next one. Its one of thoes you spend more...- David Lovell
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- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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Mr Slobby
Yep me ,as most know I don't belive in a lot of what goes on here ,stripping down airbrushes till their a pile of parts ,then heaven above sticking it all in a sonic bath ,then break this or bend that trying to reassemble the thing ,even to the point of buy this one its dead easy to reduce to a...- David Lovell
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WW1 B-Type Bus Pigeon loft. RODEN1/72
Well house to myself for the week so got up showered used my mr hobby snips to cut my toe nails and did egg bacon beans and fried bread for breakfast, slobed out watched some cricket played some doom on the ps4 then made my self clear the table for action, takes longer to gear up and clean the...- David Lovell
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- Forum: Soft skins Under Construction
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Aqueous Black Surfacer 1000
A long time back I used rattle can primer for fear of ruining my model before I'd even started ,then moved on to the mr hobby surfacer lacquer stuff with i must add no problems actually laying it down but began to find during weathering my acrylic colours were lifting in places ,this im sure was...- David Lovell
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- Forum: Product Reviews
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WW1 B-Type Bus Pigeon loft. RODEN1/72
Hey ho week ago to day went to dentist ,had a crown fall out (pin and all not bad though must have been in there for at least forty years )so any way cut a long one short thought I was popping in just to get it cemented back in place what was it Kyle sang i should be so lucky ,ended up having...- David Lovell
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WW1 B-Type Bus Pigeon loft. RODEN1/72
Afternoon all ,still digging in finding little and often is best way to go ,plastic is a bit like hard soap there's a fairbit of flash most of the smaller pieces I've cleaned up on the sprue you can see from the pic of the horn The sprue gates are massive I've bashed on a fair bit havent...- David Lovell
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WW1 B-Type Bus Pigeon loft. RODEN1/72
Well with the little T-60 out of the way took a long look at the stash. Idont think I'm a lazy modeler more of a cant be bothered with all that kind of modeler ,ive a fair few interesting soft skins in the stash but its all that cab work before you can crack on ,same with wingy things cockpit...- David Lovell
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