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I'm an old hand at letting "simple" builds get complicated It will look good with the doors open, Alan - those great looking little vehicles have given you an opportunity too good to be missed really!

Think that the collective committee here has helped and decided that one for you .... open doors it is ...

However, you detailed that 1/600 scale ships walrus ages back, so you know you can work etc with this small stuff. There are small scale etch flat figures available from assorted sources eg: gold medal models for one - that would be suitable for something like this too...


What have I suggested and talked you into now ...

chrism wrote: Think that the collective committee here has helped and decided that one for you .... open doors it is ...

However, you detailed that 1/600 scale ships walrus ages back, so you know you can work etc with this small stuff. There are small scale etch flat figures available from assorted sources eg: gold medal models for one - that would be suitable for something like this too...


What have I suggested and talked you into now ...

Cheers Chris, I think you have made my mind up for me

I’m having to convince my self that it’s not a crap kit just the best available for the task I’m now going to have to hunt down figures, this then raises the issue of weathering the ship as my original plan was to build it clean on a stand but if it’s going to be on a beach or water base it has to be weathered

We need to find you some photos of the scene that won a gold medal in class at Telford last year. it was an enormous piece of work in 1/35 scale. The main winners page only gives one image of it - class 85 - but it will give you an idea of what this chap Ian did. with a load of 1/35 vehicles and figures etc ....


the overall champions and category winners for 2017 - half way down there are a few images of this piece for starters - this link came from that page

http://ipmsuk.org/gallery-2/gallery/sca ... world-2015;

I will look through mine, but a glance through images others took will and I know did, feature it, as it was such an amzing piece of work which took years to build

Thanks guys and girls I have now finished up with an angry looking LST

I had a look at my Churchill Gun Carriage and noticed the track covers on both sides were wrong, on the turret version it had a semicircle in the raised ribs but not on the GC version, so a quick trim with the blade and replace with four strips each side has sorted the problem.

Loving the LST

The Churchill Gun Carrier is now complete

Churchill has come together well. If you are collecting kits for future project... the Hasegawa one is a useful one to find too, as it is an early type and makes a 1 or 2 OOB

What a beast that Churchill is. Nice work, Alan.

Wonderful work on the Churchill. Great modifications.

Great LST ship as well. The little vehicles really make it pop.

I have been playing over on the Blitz GB again building AFV’s this time a Plastic Soldier Sherman Firefly converted to a Tulip and the Airfix Sherman Crab, I finished the Firefly but gave up on the Crab due to the terrible flail chains supplied with the kit.

Here is the Tulip I will now add weathering in slow time.



As for the Crab I looked at PE chains but thought they looked a bit flat so I’m trying an old small scale ship building trick of platting three fine pieces of copper wire to give a chain effect (it’s not accurate but close enough for government work)

I think the platted wire is going to work.

Great Firefly conversion, Alan and excellent work with making those flail chains. The OOB flails are indeed quite dreadful and the plaited wire looks infinitely better!

Great work with the replacement chains!