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Humbrol metalcote
i have just bought some humbrol metalcote and I thought I'd see if there was any info on it , does it need thinning, how long do you leave it to dry and all I can find is the one sided narrow view of spraying it Is this just like normal enamel or does it have a different drying time ? Any...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Brush painting
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Operation Market Garden
now I've done that little winter armoured car I thought I'd make a start on this little vignette I've started on the figures first I've swapped out the German wounded troop for a Brit , I used the arm and head from the kit to give it a more animated pose- Alan 45
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- Forum: Diorama's Under Construction
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Tamiya 1/48 Sd.Kfz.232 winter camo ( new photos )
this is the first time I have tried to do a winter camo with any conviction I might add I think it looks ok for a first attempt but I'm open to advice on improvement :) The kit itself is very good and very easy I put this together yesterday afternoon and had the main paint on it by early...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Completed Armoured Vehicles
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My son will be the death of me !
as some of of you know my youngest son has CP and he sleeps down stairs and this can make him do the unexpected , well last night as I was checking everything before I turned in I checked his room , it was pitch black and I looked behind his curtains to check he didn't leave his window open As... -
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21st Panzer Division , The road to Tobruk , June 1942
here is the completed Sd.Kfz.251/10 of the 21st Panzer Division , the British were pushed all the way back to El Alamein but on the 3rd July the British held the DAK- Alan 45
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- Forum: Completed Dioramas
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Up next on the bench
my mojo for large exspancive dios is a little low at the moment so I have decided to do more vignettes so I have decided to do a little market garden dio with these I have altered a British paratrooper figure and I shall replace the German so it adds a little bit of a bit of realism to the scene- Alan 45
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- Forum: General Military Vehicle Chat
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Does this figure add to this build ?
On a rummage in the bits bin I came across this figure and I was wondering if he could go in my hanomag on the Libya dio I've painted him up to complement the the other figure but I'm unsure as if he looks right as this is an action piece and he's sort of just looking out in a daze So if you...- Alan 45
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- Forum: General Military Vehicle Chat
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1/35 scale uniform decals
my daughter bought me some figure decals for my birthday and I thought I would show them off the figure looks a bit rough but that's due to the size up- Alan 45
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- Forum: Figure building related chat.
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Try this it is amazing
HOW SMART IS YOUR RIGHT FOOT? You have to try this please, it takes 2 seconds. I could not believe this! It is from an orthopedic surgeon... This will confuse your mind and you will keep trying over and over again to see if you can outsmart your foot, but, you can't.... It is... -
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What I've got on the anniversary of my hatching day
the family raided eBay this year by the look of it lol I knew my youngest was getting me the 222 but I never expected the grant from the wife , looks like she did some research this year lol this was a very welcome surprise from my second eldest :) And this is a great present from my... -
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Well now I have seen it all !
we say this all the time about astonishing or incredibly stupid things we see while out and about but I think this must rank as one of the most stupid and dangerous things I've ever seen while driving I was heading into Torquay to pick my daughter up from work when I came around a bend and had... -
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Libya 42
I think this is an interesting little project although very easy , Here's the kits- Alan 45
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Next up for me
I'm taking some time out from the British North Africa dio to do a small afrika korps dio These are the kits the hanomag will converted into a 251/10 using the Pak 35/36 kit and I'll use about three of the D.A.K figures Hanomag will look like this but without the camo pattern I will be...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Diorama and Buildings Chat
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Russia ' 43 ,
The 221 ground to a halt " so we are lost!" " yeah , we're here and '....." " we should be over there !" . First time I've painted winter troops , white can be iffy when you dry brush , I don't think the're terrible but I've seen better , base is just a piece of MDF with no nails glue...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Completed Dioramas
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Does this look in scale ?
about two years ago I built the airfix 1/32 demag 250/1 ( rommels half track ) but the figure you got with it was quite frankly laughable , I tried to get another 1/32 scale Rommel but I couldn't find one so I plumped for the 1/35 dragon figure but I'm not sure he looks right I know the demag...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Diorama and Buildings Chat
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Hobby Boss Sd.kfz 221 Panzerspahwaggon 2.8cm gun New photos
I started this some months ago but lost interest but my son has bought me the sd kfz 222 for my birthday and my mojo returned for it The kit is very well detailed with a full interior but I mucked up the painting of which is why I think I lost interest It goes together very well apart from...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Completed Armoured Vehicles
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Beer maths !
Asda are selling 24 bottles of bud for £13 Sainsburys are selling 15 bottles £11 but have a special offer of two cases for £18 = 30 bottles of beer Now I bought the sainsburys offer due to getting the extra six bottles for only £5 extra , sounds like a bargain Until you work out what you... -
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Talk about coincidence!
Omar shrief has died at the age of 83 Funnily enough I just happen to be watching Lawrence of Arabia, now that's a strange on RIP Omar -
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Online responses
I do the surveys on yougov and change .com and I recently did a survey on the BBC , at the end I posted a comment about it being unfair to make people pay the TV licence if they don't watch any of its programs and I got ten replies to this for and against , but there was one reply that didn't... -
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Italeri 135 commando car
this is a cheep italeri kit and in places it shows but with a few additions can look like a good kit I built most of this kit about a year ago and it sat on the shelf and with me doing my North Africa dio I decided to finish it and paint it but it was for the European theatre so I had to make...- Alan 45
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- Forum: Completed Soft skins
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