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  1. Tim Marlow

    Is scale modelling a cheap or expensive hobby?

    Blimey Bob, we must be almost the same age…..born October 1960? I get my state pension at exactly the same time at 66 1/2….
  2. Tim Marlow

    Is scale modelling a cheap or expensive hobby?

    Well, when the previous shower got in I would’ve retired (well, got my state pension) six months ago, but they moved the goalposts…..however, I never expected anything different from them and I don’t from these, or from those to come…..
  3. Tim Marlow

    Is scale modelling a cheap or expensive hobby?

    Congratulations on the retirement, by the way. I get to the official retirement age this time next year, unless it moves again….
  4. Tim Marlow

    Is scale modelling a cheap or expensive hobby?

    I think most of it went in death duties when her husband died didn’t it? I remember a play about it years ago. Funnily enough, they also checked them “no publicity” box……
  5. Tim Marlow

    Scale indicator, which way is correct? eg: / or :

    In my model railway days I worked in 1/76.2 (1:76.2 as you wish), but we called it 4mm to the foot…….in fact, UK railway scales were known by the mil number, 2 mil was N gauge, 3 mil was TT, 4 mil was OO, 7 mil was O, etc…..
  6. Tim Marlow

    What's on the Bench 2025

    Nice job on those 👍
  7. Tim Marlow

    Scale indicator, which way is correct? eg: / or :

    I end to use both interchangeably, mostly because I simply don’t think about it. However, as I usually do figures my go to is mm……
  8. Tim Marlow

    Pledge, still used for canopies?

    The big thing it had going for it was that it was hard wearing. I believe Johnson’s discontinued it, and all the variants, some of which were identical to the so called “original” formula, a few years ago anyway. Comes down to it, how shiny are Perspex canopies anyway when seen “in the round”?
  9. Tim Marlow

    Pledge, still used for canopies?

    Personally I’ve never got on with pledge. I use Tamiya polishing compounds to give them a glass like shine. I do the same on car windscreens on the rare occasion I build them. I do use pledge on my little gaming blokes as a first varnish though. It’s extremely hard wearing and protects the...
  10. Tim Marlow

    1/32 Revell 1956 Cadillac Eldorado

    Nice one Jim. That kit was older than me LOL….
  11. Tim Marlow

    Steven’s 1/48 Spitfire Mk.IIa

    This is coming on really nicely Steve. The base is a great touch that will lift your build above the norm. In my experience the Eduard decals are among the best out there. They settle well, are just the right strength to handle nicely without creasing or tearing, and are excellent for...
  12. Tim Marlow

    Brushes.

    This brush cleaner is your friend. Buy it, and learn to use it properly on cheaper specimens before you spend out on expensive brushes 😁. Using this, and despite painting most days, I can get at least three years excellent service out of Raphael 8404 or W and N series seven sable brushes. Even...
  13. Tim Marlow

    What's on the Bench 2025

    Might have got lost in the change over?
  14. Tim Marlow

    Anyone else collect Fridge Magnets?

    Very nice. Lovely commemorative set. Always liked the idea of doing a Citroen in FFI colours like that……Why is the top left hand one upside down though?
  15. Tim Marlow

    Tamiya Schwimmwagen 1/35

    Thanks for the SBS. It was the graining that got me….very effective. Looks like your technique is a modern take on oil scumble then. Nice one 👍. I always struggle with graining using acrylic paint so have always left it off. The sepia wash is a nice touch. When I do wood props or struts...
  16. Tim Marlow

    Anyone else collect Fridge Magnets?

    Large collection there 👍. We used to have a few, including a fridge magnet poetry set I got for my daughter (who promptly turned it into a picture of a cat) when she was young, but after we moved our fridge is now integrated into the units so they’d need to be wood magnets…
  17. Tim Marlow

    What's on the Bench 2025

    Good looking stuff on here, and it’s great to see it all, but didn’t we have a 2026 thread? This one is from 2025.
  18. Tim Marlow

    HELP

    In my experience Ian, it’s not twisting that causes the problem, it’s the arms of the tweezer being bowed inwards, turning them into devices to launch parts into the atmosphere. Plenty here Chris, don’t need to cost the earth…...
  19. Tim Marlow

    HELP

    I put a scrap of blue tack in mine, or just use blue tack on a wood cocktail stick instead of tweezers. The problem I find with tweezers is that it seems logical to squeeze them harder to get better grip, but that doesn’t work. The harder you squeeze, the more energy you put into them, and the...
  20. Tim Marlow

    Tamiya Schwimmwagen 1/35

    Lovely job Andy, with your usual quality finishing. Of particular note (to me) is the wood effect on the paddle. That’s excellent work, and a minor SBS on how you did it would be most enlightening…..

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