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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya King Tiger for Simon
Morning chaps. :) I made a start on this last night. I decided to ease into it by building the motorcycle first, then it was on to the wheels and lower hull.- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Simon T memorial GB: Nov-Feb 2020
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Bowcat's 1/35 Tamiya King Tiger for Simon
Morning chaps, I didn't know Simon although enjoyed his builds. I understand he was a fan of German armour so have decided to build this. This was a kit I bought as a job lot a couple of years ago. Upon opening the box I found that it came with quite a few extras. I can't say there will...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Simon T memorial GB: Nov-Feb 2020
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COMPLETED - Bowcat's Fly 1/32 Hurricane Mk 1
Hi Guys, I'm very pleased to say that I am done with this hateful kit. I thought I'd include this pic of my home made canopy. It's pretty crappy (much like the rest of the kit) but is my first ever attempt at vacuforming so I'm kinda proud of it. And here she is on the shelf next to her...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Sad news, Sean Connery died aged 90
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Bowcat's Fly 1/32 Hurricane Mk 1
Morning guys, Decals are now on, luckily this isn't a modern jet so there weren't too many. Surprisingly for this kit the decals were pretty good, very thin with minimal carrier film. I did mess one up and had to leave it off but overall I'm happy with the result. These have been glossed over...- Mr Bowcat
- Post #56
- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Bowcat's Fly 1/32 Hurricane Mk 1
Morning guys. :) It's been quite a while since the last update. Without boring everyone with details, this kit has continue to be a massive PITA and I have resisted the urge to launch it across the room on numerous occasions. :( Rather than continue to blog my misery I've just put my head down...- Mr Bowcat
- Post #55
- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Bowcat's Fly 1/32 Hurricane Mk 1
Morning guys. :) The wing fun continues. I now have them attached to the airframe, but as expected they were an awful fit. I managed to get them tacked on, but the cross section of the wings is smaller than that of the wing roots, so plenty of filler was needed. There's a step either side...- Mr Bowcat
- Post #54
- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Bowcat's Fly 1/32 Hurricane Mk 1
Morning guys, Been quite a while since my last post. I had moved on to the wings which took an entire week to complete. As usual there were no locating pins, but the biggest issue is it seems that the mold halves were off by a millimetre or so when the kit was made. None of the cut-outs or...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Bowcat's Fly 1/32 Hurricane Mk 1
Thanks Joe. :) I got to work on the gear bay over the weekend. This is provided in resin and involves removing a large resin block on the bay roof. It needs to be thinned enough to fit in under the cockpit, but without breaking through the roof. This involved careful filing and sanding, holding...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Tamiya 1/35 M1025 High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (Humvee)
Hi Guys, A little side project I knocked together while I was waiting for parts for my BoB GB build. This will eventually be on a base with my other desert armour.- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Completed Soft skins
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Bowcat's Fly 1/32 Hurricane Mk 1
Got the fuselage half's together and the cockpit installed.- Mr Bowcat
- Post #40
- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Bowcat's Fly 1/32 Hurricane Mk 1
Morning Chaps. :) Finally back under way with this build. Never did receive the Sutton harness from RB (in fact PayPal reclaim now started) so I got a HGW set instead. This has now been installed in the seat, and the seat in the cockpit.- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Bowcat's Fly 1/32 Hurricane Mk 1
Morning guys, I've finished painting, detailing and weathering the cockpit, seat and framework. I decided to do the seat and frame in bare aluminium to give some contrast against the side walls. The metal paint look really rough in the pics, but I think it's just the flakes in the paint...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Bowcat's Fly 1/32 Hurricane Mk 1
Afternoon guys. :) Work continues on the cockpit with the side walls, seat and rear armour. Fly provides a featureless flat piece of PE for the head armour, so I discarded that and attempted to make by own. It's not great, but better than the kit version and hopefully will look better under...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Bowcat's Fly 1/32 Hurricane Mk 1
Morning Chaps, I made a start on this over the weekend. Obligatory what's in the box shots first. :) Despite the Finnish marking on the box art, the kit contains markings for V6665 as flown by Flight Commander John Kent (or Kentowski as he was sometimes referred to by his Polish Comrades) of...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Colins' Battle of Britain GB: 10th July - Oct 2020
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Meng 1/35 Abrams M1A2 TUSK
Hi Guys, Finished this one up last night. It's just sitting on an old temporary base for now, the eventual plan is to do a large base for all my desert armour (Abrams, Bradley, Challenger, Warrior, Humvee and maybe a Landrover and M-RAP) in a sort of FOB scene. Really enjoyed this kit (other...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Completed Armoured Vehicles
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Meng 1/35 Abrams M1A2 TUSK
Morning guys. :) The end is in sight. I've been pushing on to get it finished as the BoB GB starts today. I started yesterday by attaching the tracks, which were a PITA trying to get the two part pads clipped together without anything to push down on. I got there in the end after much...- Mr Bowcat
- Post #41
- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Meng 1/35 Abrams M1A2 TUSK
Afternoon guys. :) I managed to get some bench time in this weekend so pushed on with the weathering. First step was dry brushing with neat oil paint, first a light grey to hit the high points, then a kind of buff (mixed on the fly) over the entire model to lighten it up. This was followed up...- Mr Bowcat
- Post #36
- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Meng 1/35 Abrams M1A2 TUSK
Afternoon chaps. :) It's been a little while since my last update and not much has been done. :tears-of-joy: I finished off the tracks and got them painted, they are now ready for weathering. And I painted up some packs, ammo cans, tarps, etc and got them washed. These will be attached to...- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Armoured Vehicles Under Constuction
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Hello, need advice
If you wanted to get futuristic & fancy with the paintwork, how about Kryptek camo?- Mr Bowcat
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- Forum: Sci-fi Under Constuction
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