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    Glue problem !

    what could be causing glue not to set ? I know things like environment,heat,cold,grease,ect can effect these things but these Ive had to rule out as the plastic is always cleaned by myself and we haven't had any hot or cold days for it to be a weather problem Now here is the strange part ...
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    September 2nd 1939

    Outer suburbs of Wielun ! If they've surrendered who's shooting at us ?? The faces on the troops arnt the best but from a normal view they look ok :) Comments welcome
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    My brick wall is missing something!

    I've built this wall for a dio and it looks ok but it's missing something and I can't figure it out Ive been staring at it and it's alluding me so I need your guys help please This is what it looks like
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    Tamiya 1/35 Panzerkampfwagon AUSF D

    I think this is the cleanest tank I've ever done and I chose to do the early 1939 polish campaign version , I decided to put some unit numbers on the turret just because I thought it looked better as I couldn't find any reference to any unit numbers and the instructions were of little use I...
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    Weathering a German tank ?

    im at the point in one of the three builds I have on the go at the moment of the weathering stage now I'm used to doing a desert weathering but now I'm a bit stuck on the standard German grey I know what to do for shadow but I don't know whether to do a pin wash and then shadow or a full wash to...
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    Arial height , a daft question?

    is this aerial too high
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    My display room

    ive seen posts showing where people build and display there builds well seeing as I really needed to get my display room sorted I'd thought id show off what ive done with it
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    Tank track sag ?

    is there an easy way to do the sag on tank tracks ? Ive spent most of the night doing this with various glues , it's done it but very messy in places which I can get away with by passing it of as mud but if I want to do a clean build this will pose a problem and I'd rather not spend a night...
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    The future of the hobby ?

    ive been giving this a lot of thought lately and I think that in 20 years this hobby could disappear, For me this hobby started in my youth and let's face it in the seventies the only other distractions were your football or your bike but today with social media computers DVDs blu ray and so...
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    Kfz 221 interior?

    im confused as to the correct colour the interior of this armoured car is Instructions say off white but I would think this would not be correct so in trying to find out ive scoured the net to see and the only reference I can find is of models which is showing the off white colour but som have...
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    Mud ? Does this look ok

    I've finished painting my Swimwaggen and ive tried something new for mud splatter , ive painted it in a gloss to give it a wet look but I'm undecided as to if it looks ok
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    Flag draped over a german vehicle ?

    Ive been looking for ideas on my latest dio and ive seen many vehicles with the nazi flag draped over then would I be right in thinking this was a way to tell german aircraft that it was a friendly instead of a target This is a pic of one
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    Political debates

    well some might know about the debates tonight to see just who is the biggest lier out of the bunch well I will actually be able to have a say tonight as ive been chosen to live link and rate them on each part of the debate to say who I think won what round All rubbish of course seeing as...
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    Sd.Kfz.221

    would the Germans of used this as a reconnaissance vehicle ? I know they used the 222 and the 221 fitted with the 20mm gun but this is the 28mm version I have an idea of using this with a Swimwaggen in a winter scene set in Russia in 41/42
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    What's going on ???

    for the first time in over a year I have nothing and I mean nothing on the bench ! This is disconcerting! Now I have to think of what to do , oh this is difficult , Do I do more armour ? Do I do a large scale figure? Do I do another aircraft ? Do I do a battleship? So much choice...
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    Disappointed!

    what a rubbish end to the current series of Walking Dead ! Where's the cliffhanger? Why do I keep watching this I ask myself, I meen its a good show but there's nothing new in it everything is the same as the movies , I think they are running out of ideas , it needs freshening up
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    Tough job cleaning sand from your sprockets !

    well I have now finished my little panzer dio :) There was a fifth figure but he just didn't want to play ball , he was supposed to be changing the barrel on the turret MG but he didn't fit with this kit and his pose ment I couldn't put him anywhere else :) As always comment...
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    Iraq ! It's a tough job but someone's got to do it !

    Nice little project this was , all wrong of course but to do it in scale on this base would of ment one figure and a lot of empty space The hut is polystyrene with a coffee stirrer framed roof with corrugated card roof panels just slapped on and bent in places to show an unskilled job , the...
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    Materials for common rubbish ?

    I'm building a dio and need some ideas for making litter and rubbish Any help is greatly appreciated
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    My favourites from the Plymouth show

    this is a selection of my favourites from the Plymouth show , there was some great stuff on show yesterday and I would just have been clicking away all day so I thought I'd sow off some of my favourites Our table Not very good pics I'm afraid :)
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