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[Ian M]

care to share?/QUOTE]No, its mineeeeee lol.

..... (does anyone know if the Quad kit has an engine?) ....

Yes I know but I'm not going to tell you now. If you dont want to blurt it out on the forum, you could PM me or..... mail me a copy of the conversion.

Insert sound of Dr. Evil laugh Mouaaaa ha ha ha ha!

Ian M

PS found a 15cwt Chevy truck in a shop to day.

 

[Guest]

This is one more to the stash.

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[Guest]

I purchased the Revell priest myself the other week it does look cracking kit, however i dont think i will be building it for a while yet!!

 

[Guest]

Hi guys.

Just picked up this hasegawa 1/48 Typhoon 1a. These really are a hard kit to find.

Cheers

Kresten

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[tr1ckey66]

Hi Ray

Just bought the other 2 Eduard 109s myself in 1/32 - the E1 and E3 (and really looking forward to them).

...But I thought I'd post this as something entirely different and to gauge what people think of this diorama plan.

I recently bought this Pyro 30's car from Ebay. The plan is to modify some GI figures and do a gangster scene. The Thompsons will get drum mags and a pistol grip on the front and of course the men will be suited and wearing hats. As for the car itself that will be riddled with bullet holes with a guy slumped in front of it. I may try to replicate the scene from The Godfather where Sonny gets shot at the toll booth. What do ya think?

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[Guest]

At last a 1/48 Stuka.

 

[Guest]

Oooo, New Tooling, PE and a Jumo engine (it was the Jumo in the Stuka wasn't it?). You will have to give some info on this kit Ray, I have never done a Stuka except many years ago when the Airfix 1:24 first came out and I must have made a real mess of it. Been holding out for a good 1:48.

 

[Guest]

It looks very nice, packed with detail Graham, I will do a review and take some pics, Stuka fans are in for a treat with this kit.

 

[Guest]

. Been holding out for a good 1:48.

This looks like a nice Stuka, Graham if you are looking for a nice 1/48 Stuka try the Hasegawa range, they do an SG2 Russian Front, a Tank buster and if you are lucky there is a tropical Tamiya one floating around with the snake along the port side. Built two out of the three mentioned and the tank buster is in my stash.

Andy

 

[Ian M]

Nice one Ray, I will look forwards to that. I must admit I rather fancy one of those but have more than enough on at the moment.

Andy; I have heard of the tropical Job and it does sound rather cool, Do you have a photo by any chance?

I got a little pack of goodies from Relish in the post today, A couple of conversion sets for Mosquitos. On is for the TR 33 Sea mossy the other for a "twin Highball". So I s'pose I better get hold of a couple of Mossies again!

Ian M

 

[Guest]

I couldnt resist buying these 3 kits at only £6 a piece.

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[Guest]

Nice one Tony, that's a steal!!

Stuart

 

[Guest]

Legalised theft is right, nice kits and an excellent price Tony.

scott

 

[Guest]

May have to go back and see what else the shop has at low prices....

Tony..

 

[Guest]

Went into a model railway shop in Barnstable and had one of those jaw drop moments as sitting on a shelf was a Tamiya 1:35 Quad Gun Tractor, just what I needed for my conversion to a LRDG Ford truck. After lots of screaming and stamping of feet, Kate bought it me just to stop the embarrassment.......

I have never done a conversion at all really so as this will need a lot of hacking up and scratch building new parts, it will either be passable or a disaster. If passable, my LRDG/SAS dio will now consist of all three of the iconic vehicles used at the time. Need to work out the plastic card/strip I will need to do the conversion now. Life just gets more complicated each and every day ;-)

 

[Guest]

My current stash

Hey guys. Thought I would add to the thread with what's in my stash. I'm finishing up my Skyraider and diorama now, I hope to have that done in a couple days. But here's what's in my stash at the moment. Not sure what I'm going to do next.

My wife finally got sick of me looking on ebay at the 1/72 Millenium Falcon and said I could get it. So I did. I felt like a kid at Christmas when I got that thing. Now I just need to work the courage up to build it. The Slave I should also be a challenge (painting). Once those 2 are done, my star wars collection will be complete with my other completed models.

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[Ian M]

LOL Guess what I brought today Graham....A quad gun tractor! Funny that.

Jim. That Phanton, "Show time" Goes together quite well. Just finnishing one off and waiting for the clear to dry.

Apart from the Quad tractor I also got hold of Italeri's commando jeep. That must be some thing for your LRDG thing Graham. No figures but loads of kit though!

Ian M

 

[Guest]

that's good to hear ian. i look forward to seeing your completed model.

 

[Guest]

The Italeri Jeep is supposed to be a good kit Ian. I already have the Tamiya classic which is getting a little long in the tooth. Some recommend using a more modern Tamiya Jep kit with the special bits off the SAS Jeep. From what I have heard (but not yet seen) the Italeri has it all. Be interested in what you make of it. What are the plans for the Quad? Are you considering the madness that is converting it to a Ford F30 Bofors truck?

The article I read uses two kits, the Tamiya Quad and an Italeri kit of the Chevrolet (which I cannot find) mainly because of the Italeri having the Chevrolet axels which I understand were grafted on to the Ford F30 as they were stronger. Also the wheels of the Chevrolet kit could be used but the article used some resin ones which I have traced to the USA so will not be getting. The Quad tires are obviously not the right ones as they need sand tires. I am considering getting (and hopefully learning how to use) casting stuff to make resin replicas of the Tamiya Chevrolet wheels and axels and trying to graft them all together on the conversion.

I may also just build a Quad and know my place lol....

 

[Guest]

Another HB T-34 turned up in the post today...

Tony..