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    x-14 tamiya .. mi-24 hind

    hi folks .. any ideas if it is possible mix up x-14 colour (tamiya sky blue) ... all hobby suppliers in jhb have no stock of this colour ... thks in advance
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    back in the day ....

    :smiling:good to see the thread has stimulated some fond memories ... some other stuff i found ..... i did have a tub of pins with bobbles as the head but those have gone awol it seems .... the smell of balsa wood glue certainly stimulated a few memories .... :rolling: the little wooden thingee...
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    back in the day ....

    my dad was a keen modeller and whilst he built a few plasticy ones (i fondly recall a zero 1/32 and an mtb) was very keen on the balsa wood stuff .... many a fine hour was spent flying his prop driven models or gliders using a fishing rod and line to launch them and then haring off down the vlei...
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    What's on the Bench? 2021

    this little beauty is next ... the camo though scares the living daylights out of me ..... my cheapy airbrush has also gone and curled up in the corner in fright ....
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    boulton paul defiant 1/48

    finished this 2 mnths back but only posting now ..... really pleased how it turned out to be honest .... a little bit like a stuka., an ugly duckling for sure but u keep wanting to look at it ....
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    mosquito iv 1/48 Revell

    fixed my canopy with thanks to all the suggestions .... it looks ok. i must admit if i spot a model that i want to build and the supplier is Revell i will think twice .. was just an akward and uncomfortable build at times. but i got there in the end .... obviously trying to improve in all...
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    revell 1/48 .. mosquito mark iv .. some help pls

    hallo .. doing this at present .. need some advice .. the canopy is a bit ill fitting .. fine on one side and not on the other or the front . any suggestions on the best way to correct this .. all i can think of is putty but maybe there is another way ...? thks lindsey
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    1/48 vindicator . battle of midway

    Completed ....
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    What's on the Bench? 2021

    Watching battle 360 about The big easy at midway and guadalcanal .... got all the juices flowing so i have started this .... good fun it is too .......
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    Your own favourite model from 2020

    1/48 sturmovik ... tamiya
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    question

    Good day good folks ... unbelievably i cannot find any tamiya airbrush thinner in johannesburg . both hobby shops are out of stock .. any ideas on a good alternative??.. currently using a badger airbrush with tamiya acrylics .... thks lindsey
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    Nakajima night fighter .. Gekko Type ii

    just completed this ...... strangely i have common issues with builds and they are .. under carriage and canopies. I hand paint the canopy then studiously use a tooth pick to clean up. The masking of them is just totally beyond me. Undercarriage .. just never seems to look right (bow legged...
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    Il2 . sturmovik

    Just completed this lock down build .... Good fun and typical tamyia quality ....
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    1/32 revell me 100 c2 / c7 ...

    hello all ... i bought this "little" beauty today (being threatening to splash out on a real biggie for years!!) ...... 2 colour schemes in it ... belgorod, russia .. rlm74 and rlm 75 for the splinter camo france , 1940 ... rlm 70 and rlm 71 hedging towards the russian scheme but not a...
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    Henschel HS 123 1/48 Italeri

    Hello folks ....... was looking at my Sta ... (can't call it a stash as i only have 3 models ...:smiling3:) .... i had a Henschel HS 123 there .... a super looking little bi plane used extensively in WW2. Basically they were used by the Germans until there were none left ..... anyhows here is my...
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    calm before a storm!!

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    hanomag 251/1 1/35 tamiya

    a really great build until i got to the dreaded fenders .... anyhows i managed to get them on but really battled and battled ....... i also decided to venture into a winter camo scheme .... i tried the salt effect and overall not to displeased at how it turned out . put a few bits and bobs in...
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    mini dio for my stug .....

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    type 97 chi ha ... medium japanese tank

    had this one for a while and i kept on putting it down the pecking order ... then decided to give it a go .. tremendous little kit to build ... the only issues i had were the decals and fitting the turret otherwise it was a very cool build ... gave the exotic camo a go and may need to smarten up...
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