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Hi guys, My goal for 2020 is to get better at painting figures. To date I have only painted a few figures that came with kits, mainly pilots and tank crews. Obviously the moulding of these isn't as good as resin so I'd like to buy a few to practice on. I will probably start with 1/35 before I...- Mr Bowcat
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya Stug III Ausf G "Finnish Army"
Cheers Steve. :) On that note I got the primer down today. Before that though, I had a couple of things to take care of. First up was the track sag. I tried a technique I saw on you tube which involved gluing some thin wire to the inside of the guide horns. It seems to have worked quite...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Bob's Sturmgeschutz GB: Dec 2019 - May 2020
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya Stug III Ausf G "Finnish Army"
Morning Stug fans. :smiling3: I've been working away quietly getting small bits (tools, jack, guns, etc) off sprues and cleaned up. Nothing interesting so haven't taken pics. Last night I had a test fit of the upper and lower hulls, where I noticed that not only are the underside of the...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Bob's Sturmgeschutz GB: Dec 2019 - May 2020
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya Stug III Ausf G "Finnish Army"
Cheers guys. :) It's going together so quickly I limited myself to an hour tonight. In that time I got most of the upper hull done, and started on the gun. Some big gaps on one of the parts so filler applied, although I doubt any of it will be seen. Then just as I was finishing up I found...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Bob's Sturmgeschutz GB: Dec 2019 - May 2020
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya Stug III Ausf G "Finnish Army"
Afternoon Stug fans. :) I made a small start on mine yesterday, only a couple of hours although in that time I got most of the lower hull finished. I didn't realise how small these things were, when I got the lower hull out I had to check the box front to make sure it was 1/35! Box, sprue and...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Bob's Sturmgeschutz GB: Dec 2019 - May 2020
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Bowcats 1/48 Tamiya F-14D Tomcat (Animal Antics GB)
Hi guys, I built this for Si & Steve's GB, big thanks to both guys for arranging it. :) I have really enjoyed this build, I got the kit last Christmas and have been dying to build it but made myself wait until the start of the GB. The kit itself was a masterclass in engineering, it fit...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Completed Group builds 2017 on
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Tamiya 1/24 Ferrari F50
Morning guys, I knocked this together while waiting for oils and enamels to dry on my Tomcat build. This is only the third car I've built, and I think I am getting better at glossy paintwork, although I did get some orange peel with this one. I think my missus having the heating on at million...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Completed Civilian cars
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Bowcat's Tamiya F-14D Tomcat 1/48
Cheers gents. :) I was worried about overdoing it, but looking at pics online a lot of these were very dirty.- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Si & Steve's Animal Antics GB: Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
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Bowcat's Tamiya F-14D Tomcat 1/48
Cheers Colin. :) Got the clay wash done today, she's starting to look like a dirty bird. Still got some more oil weathering to do, but it's almost done.- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Si & Steve's Animal Antics GB: Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
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Bowcat's Tamiya F-14D Tomcat 1/48
Morning Guys. :) Long time, no post. I have been working on it, honest. I started the decals the weekend before last. They mostly went down very nicely, they are a bit thick but otherwise no major issues. The only exceptions to that were the four carbon fibre panels at the back of the jet...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Si & Steve's Animal Antics GB: Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
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Latest Acquisitions (2019)
Hi guys, Received a little care package from John the other day, nothing worth a photo, just some Tamiya Lacquers and Mr Hobby stuff. However I did pick up an inline filter from Amazon which is something I've been meaning to get for while. It looks like it will be uncomfortable to have on the... -
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Latest Acquisitions (2019)
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Bowcat's Tamiya F-14D Tomcat 1/48
Morning all. :) I got the main paintwork finished last night, still have to do the nav lights but this will be done after weathering. Also, the tanks, ordnance, LANTIRN pod & jet nozzles still have to be painted. The Hataka paint has gone down very smoothly so I'm not going to varnish which...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Si & Steve's Animal Antics GB: Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
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Bowcat's Tamiya F-14D Tomcat 1/48
Morning chaps. :) I've started the painting. The kit was primed with Stynylrez grey, then the panel lines were pre-shaded with black. Unusually (for me) I then further pre-shaded with Tamiya XF-18 medium blue, just random patches with varying depth. The idea is it will give the patchy look...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Si & Steve's Animal Antics GB: Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
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Bowcat's Tamiya F-14D Tomcat 1/48
Evening chaps. :) The acrylic rods arrived so I was able to finish up the exhaust cans. I'd already painted the internals and glued the fan blades in with epoxy (for added strength). These were then drilled through and the rods inserted. The ends were smeared with vaseline and covered over...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Si & Steve's Animal Antics GB: Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
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Bowcat's Tamiya F-14D Tomcat 1/48
Cheers gents. :smiling3: The build portion is pretty much done, still need to fit the exhausts but can't do that until I've ordered some acrylic rod. In the meantime I put together the weapons loadout. Not exactly correct for the aircraft I'm building, but as ever I build how I want, not...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Si & Steve's Animal Antics GB: Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
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Bowcat's Tamiya F-14D Tomcat 1/48
Evening chaps. :smiling3: Pushed on quite a bit today. First job was the rear landing gear doors. These are made up of 3 parts, but as I mentioned the kit isn't designed for a wheels up build, so some modifications were required. The first two parts weren't too bad and just required thinning...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Si & Steve's Animal Antics GB: Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
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Bowcat's Tamiya F-14D Tomcat 1/48
Chris, is the thing with the 3 lights the bit you mean? If so then no, no decal. They want you to paint it.- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Si & Steve's Animal Antics GB: Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
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Bowcat's Tamiya F-14D Tomcat 1/48
Hi guys. :smiling3: I realised I haven't updated for a while, I've just been having too much fun with this kit. It's exquisitely engineered and practically seamless. First up was finishing the cockpit which involved fitting some parts inside the canopy, masking the inside and painting. The...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Si & Steve's Animal Antics GB: Oct 2019 - Mar 2020
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