discussion M10 LEND LEASE BY ACADEMY 1/35 AMBUSH .

[Guest]

Wobble,
Leave the gin alone.....
Wibble

Thought it tasted different Wibble , thought it was water. :smiling3:

 

[Guest]

Thought it tasted different Wibble , thought it was water. :smiling3:

That's what I said one night after a night on the booze, though I had a slug of Teachers, no it was a slug of aftershave.....

 

[Guest]

Hi , been slowly getting there.

Still loads to do, figures are coming along slowly.Looking fwd to the actual diorama part .
Thanks for looking in .
John .

 

[stillp]

Good to see you back at the bench John.
Pete

 

[Jim R]

Looking fwd to the actual diorama part

So am I :thumb2:

 

[The Smythe Meister]

Coming along very nicely John,:thumb2:,
I've always had a liking for "open top" tanks,spgs .

 

[Guest]

Good to see you back at the bench John.
Pete

Thanks Pete, so am I .

So am I :thumb2:

:smiling3:Jim.,

Coming along very nicely John,:thumb2:,
I've always had a liking for "open top" tanks,spgs .

Thanks Andy, I agree, the majority are perfect for detailing .

 

[Guest]

Hello , some photos of the figures, pleased as these took some time.

No the correct amount in the box as a photo showed, but it looks better at this size.




Very cramped, and quite had to get them into the turret.

The Germans , ready to set the ambush.


Now the M10 and these figures are done on with the best part.

John.

 

[minitnkr]

Looking good Dzohn.

 

[Guest]

Looking good Dzohn.

Many thanks Paul.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

Lovely stuff John

 

[Andy T]

Very nice John, a fine bunch of lads.

 

[Jim R]

Excellent work with the figures John.

 

[Si Benson]

Crickey! You’ve been a busy boy painting that little lot :surprised:

Splendid job and I see you’ve even got markings down on their helmets….impressive!

 

[BattleshipBob]

Very, very, very late John

Have a chair, will squeeze in at the back?

 

[Guest]

Lovely stuff John

Thanks Neil.

Very nice John, a fine bunch of lads.

Cheers Andy.

Excellent work with the figures John.

Thanks Jim, really enjoyed doing the Germans .

Crickey! You’ve been a busy boy painting that little lot :surprised:

Splendid job and I see you’ve even got markings down on their helmets….impressive!

Yes even managed those very small decals Si. Used a piece of plastic card. Placed the decals on and them a couple of drops of water from a pipette . That way they just came loose , picked them up with the tip of a small brush and put them in place .

Very, very, very late John

Have a chair, will squeeze in at the back?

Always a seat for you Bob down the front . :thumb2:

 

[Guest]

Meant to mention the tracks, for me a length like that is great. However they do NOT like paint , well Acrylic anyway . I sprayed them with a track AK 3d gen primer, it all came off , sticking to the road wheels . Some thing to think about for anyone with this kit .

 

[Si Benson]

Meant to mention the tracks, for me a length like that is great. However they do NOT like paint , well Acrylic anyway . I sprayed them with a track AK 3d gen primer, it all came off , sticking to the road wheels . Some thing to think about for anyone with this kit .

Just your luck John! You get a kit without individual tracks and now the paint won’t stick :tired:.

Well if the paint won’t stick, Bring on the mud!!

 

[Guest]

Just your luck John! You get a kit without individual tracks and now the paint won’t stick :tired:.

Well if the paint won’t stick, Bring on the mud!!

Hi Si, hope you and all at Benson Villa's are well .
Strange track mixture, even read it somewhere..

 

[Guest]

Started the best part ( for me ) .
Starring with the XPS form sheet , cut to size after marking in with tape free hand on the hot wire cutter , then to gain depth added a slightly thinner section.
Cutting up a 50 mm thick piece roughly in half gave enough material to make the front for a building and the raised area .

When gluing I use a piece of grease proof paper to protect a clean cutting mat.Usung Deluxe white quick drying glue held down and together with steel bars .

Although recommended to use the white glue I'm not convinced as the section above was still unstable 3 hrs later. Is a 5 minute glue on timber and paper ,but not on the XPS.
Leaving the rest to dry I cut a piece of Kapa foam board for the stone sets.

Well worth the cutter and rail for a perfect 90deg cut.
This is now stripped of one face of the backing paper ready to imprint stone sets .
The cut out section on the bottom right hand front will be a large creater, this will be deep enough for some of the Germany ambushers to hide in .The others will be in battle damage opening in the building behind the M10 .

Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome .
JR