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AHHQ 1/16 M113 ACAV

It's looking good. All the placards really add a nice touch.

By FG2Si · 5 hours ago5 hr
AHHQ 1/16 M113 ACAV

Got the interior structure around the engine assembled, painted, weathered and installed.

Involved a lot more cursing than I'd hoped as I found I'd installed the floor about 1 mm too far forward and this was blocking the rear wall from dropping into place. Out with the razor saw, chisels and craft knife with a new blade - managed to trim it back far enough to get the wall installed and the bonus was the plate over the top hid the crappy rough edge, so didn't have to sand it all to a 'perfect' edge.
The instructions would have you install the running gear next but I think I'll deviate from that a bit. I'm assembling all the wheels at the moment but I plan to leave them off until far later in the process just to simplify painting

By GusMac · 7 hours ago7 hr
1:32nd scale Hansa-Brandenburg D.I Star Strutter

Hi all,
I ordered 80 and 100 mm long 1.2 mm diameter drills to clear the resin blockages in the lower wing support holes.
The 80 mm long drills arrived today and easily drilled out most of the blockages.
Once the 100 mm long drills arrive and are used the support holes will be clear to fully insert the support rods giving adequate wing support.
Another potential problem is the length of the kit supplied support rods.
For best support of the wings the kit supplied 1.2 mm diameter steel rods ought to be long enough to span from one wing tip to the other.
However, they are not long enough for the upper and lower wings.
If the rods were long enough (wing tip to wing tip) they would be able to support the entire upper wing assembly without any flexing strain on the upper wing halves at the wing centre section.
The same applies for the lower wings at the fuselage.
One option would be using the kit supplied rods inserted into the wings but with only short ends protruding to insert into the holes in the upper wing centre section and fuselage for the lower wings.
Given the brittle nature of the 3D printed material I think the weight of the wings could put strain on those joints and with possible alignment errors.
A second option would be to insert the rods through the upper wing centre section and fuselage for the lower wings with equal rod protrusion at each side.
But that means the rods would not be far enough into the wings for full wing support.
Therefore, I've ordered 300 mm lengths of 1.2 mm steel rod which will span wing tip to wing tip.
Using these rods means there would be no joint strain at the upper wing centre section and fuselage for the lower wings.
Also the wings will be fully supported,
Mike

By sandbaggeruk · 8 hours ago8 hr
Revell 1/144 Flower class Corvette

I think this is as far as i can go with the bridge. I ran into problems with the 20mm Oerlikon guns which should be all PE however i found the PE kept snapping when folded . What we have here is a mix of PE, kit parts and scratch ammo drums etc. This is probably where 3D print would beat 2D PE hands down.

I am not sure at this stage what to do about weathering ? You see lots of these builds with lots of rust but apart from being quite clever artistically i dont see any real point unless you are going the whole hog with a seascape /diorama. Consequently i am leaning towards a museum type finish with pin washes etc to highlight detail.

By Paddy · 8 hours ago8 hr
Hasegawa P-40E

Some times I want to do some paint color comparisons to decide on which one(s) I want to use. Useful.😃

By JohnB593 · 9 hours ago9 hr

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