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Road of Bones

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Hello everyone!

Some might remember me from the “old” site. I washed up on Ghosty’s forum after the diaspora, which is a jolly nice place, for the 4 folk that visit it (sadly). I found my builds were stagnating for lack of interaction- a bit like posting your art in the Rotherham Advertiser

Not that I haven’t still been fiddling about on my bench, of course! The Airfix Warrior was a taxing build, especially as I elected to try and build my own slat armour for it:
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I also coverted a Skif MT LMB6 into an Iraqi AA platform with a lot of scratch building and bit of a kit bash with a Meng ZU-23:
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These are a couple I actually finished, anyway! Got a few WIPs: MiniArt T44, TML Leo 2 Revolution (in a rather natty digital camo), and currently working on a Meng Merkava IIID:
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That ball & chain armour was a proper labour of tears and swearing!

In other news, the band I play bass for released their debut album, I celebrated my half-century, and we are down to only 1 cat, as the Chief Designer caught the wrong end of a car a little over a year ago. The CD’s Vice Deputy Sub Assistant has stepped up to be Queen Bee, and the house trembles under her mighty paw:
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So- looking forward to re-connecting with some old moggling chums, and sharing the banter of the brotherhood of styrene! I’m going to have a good old mooch around your builds and start compiling a thread or two of mine own.

Toodles,

Bones☠️
 
Your slat armour on the Warrior looks good. How did you make it?
Pete
 
Alistair,
you finally found your way here! Welcome, come on in, the waters lovely! Loads of old friends, and new ones. Good banter, and a lot of information, and advice pass through these pages, and it's not just confined to military stuff. I'm certain you'll find a lot to interest you!
Dave
 
Welcome Alistair! Good to see you and in particular your AA kitbash again.

All the best.

Andrew
 
Morning Al,
good to see you found your way over. Bit busier over here eh :smiling5:
 
Welcome Alistair this is a very good site as the guys have said as they seem to know you hope you enjoy the forum
chris
 
Hi Al
Found us :thumb2: Great to see you again. This forum is a really nice place to be. Looks like you have been keeping busy. Sorry about your cat - traffic is a constant worry with cats. I look forward to following your builds.
Jim
 
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Your slat armour on the Warrior looks good. How did you make it?
Pete
Hi Peter- I used thin strips of 0.5mm plastic card, and made myself an assembly jig comprising of brass rods drilled into a bit of flat wood to align the slats properly. I have to admit to cheating on the turret and bow slats by merely thinning the kit parts. That took so long, and was so fiddly, it seemed easier to make my own really!

Alistair,
you finally found your way here! Welcome, come on in, the waters lovely! Loads of old friends, and new ones. Good banter, and a lot of information, and advice pass through these pages, and it's not just confined to military stuff. I'm certain you'll find a lot to interest you!
Dave
Good to see you too David! Plenty to explore here, I can see...

Welcome Alistair! Good to see you and in particular your AA kitbash again.

All the best.

Andrew
Hi Andrew- good to see you again (glad I’m not the only “double-dipper”)

Morning Al,
good to see you found your way over. Bit busier over here eh :smiling5:
Wotcha Si! Yeah, feeling a bit less of a traitor to the other place, now I see you’re here too
Welcome Alistair this is a very good site as the guys have said as they seem to know you hope you enjoy the forum
chris
Thanks for the welcome Chris!

Hi Al
Found us :thumb2: Great to see you again. This forum is a really nice place to be. Looks like you have been keeping busy. Sorry about your cat - traffic is a constant worry with cats. I look forward to following your builds.
Jim
Jimbo! Glad you’re still using the same avatar pic I look forward to being around you all again!

Thanks for the welcome gents

Bones☠️
 
Welcome Alistair. Many different things are built here. I'm more into aircraft but i'm sure i'll enjoy your armour builds/dioramas
 
Yo Alistair, good to see you have found your way here. And still busy I see. Sorry to hear about your Chief Designer...I nearly killed my Assistants...you'll know once you've seen my Uhu thread. :smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard
 
Hi Alistair, glad to catch you here as well. Your models deserve to be seen by many, so welcome chap ^^

Cheers
 
A welcome blast from the past. Glad to see you here. AA conversion dio is awesome. Still tooling around quickly in your Alpha? They're really hyping them here in the states, especially the go-fast models. PaulE
 
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A welcome blast from the past. Glad to see you here. AA conversion dio is awesome. Still tooling around quickly in your Alpha? They're really hyping them here in the states, especially the go-fast models. PaulE
Hi Paul! Good to see you sir!
The Alfa is no longer in my possession sadly- I traded it in for an Audi A5, as I really didn’t fancy the looming maintenance bills that were due (new cambelt, rust treatment, niggly oil leak, etc.), and to be honest, after 7 years it was time to move on to something a bit more German!
 
Hey Bones,

Great that you beamed here buddy!!! Really missed your builds. Still bangin' on the bass and a debut album too....Respect!!! Nice builds and the Merk turret must have caused you some gray hairs. This is a great place and I'm sure you'll enjoy your time here. I still can't seem to finish a thing myself…………...….

Prost
Allen
 
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