SMA What's New In Your Stash?!?

[Jakko]

Looks like a pretty decent kit.

It is if you want a model that looks like a Tiger and goes together easily. If you want one that's actually accurate, it isn't a decent kit The biggest accuracy problem is that the turret shape is wrong, which is common to all Tiger kits from the last century because the real shape was only "discovered" in the 1990s. This is just about impossible to fix without major work, though.

Internally, it's missing a good deal of stuff but most of that will be out of sight anyway even if you leave the hull top loose, so no big deal. A bigger deal there is that Academy reduced the width of the ammo racks in the sponsons to accommodate the lugs on the turret: they're only three rounds wide when they should be four; this can be solved by just moving the lids inboard and widening the racks to fit. The air filters on top of the engine are also far too thin, pointing to problems in the height of the engine block; you can fix this by fitting a Tamiya engine instead.

OTOH, if you can live with all of this, it's a fine kit

(It's one of two 1:35 Tiger kits I built in my life, and I was going to put it in a diorama cut in half lengthwise, to show the interior with a full crew in action. I got as far as having a mostly complete and accurised interior before it stalled. I don't recall if I was going to fix the turret problem or not, though. Chances are I would have left that as it is.)

 

[KowboyKaleb]

It is if you want a model that looks like a Tiger and goes together easily. If you want one that's actually accurate, it isn't a decent kit The biggest accuracy problem is that the turret shape is wrong, which is common to all Tiger kits from the last century because the real shape was only "discovered" in the 1990s. This is just about impossible to fix without major work, though.

Internally, it's missing a good deal of stuff but most of that will be out of sight anyway even if you leave the hull top loose, so no big deal. A bigger deal there is that Academy reduced the width of the ammo racks in the sponsons to accommodate the lugs on the turret: they're only three rounds wide when they should be four; this can be solved by just moving the lids inboard and widening the racks to fit. The air filters on top of the engine are also far too thin, pointing to problems in the height of the engine block; you can fix this by fitting a Tamiya engine instead.

OTOH, if you can live with all of this, it's a fine kit

(It's one of two 1:35 Tiger kits I built in my life, and I was going to put it in a diorama cut in half lengthwise, to show the interior with a full crew in action. I got as far as having a mostly complete and accurised interior before it stalled. I don't recall if I was going to fix the turret problem or not, though. Chances are I would have left that as it is.)

Good to know about these issues with it, thank you!

 

[BarleyBop]

Looks like I'm signed up for an @Pantherman type job!
My son found this while looking through an old box of LEGOs with my granddaughter.

A long time ago, in a neighbourhood not so far away, my little brother had 'improved' this little jeep to fit in with our Airfix desert models...

In need of drastic restoration, maybe even some 'improvements' of my own...

 

[TimM63]

Looks like I'm signed up for an @Pantherman type job!
My son found this while looking through an old box of LEGOs with my granddaughter.

A long time ago, in a neighbourhood not so far away, my little brother had 'improved' this little jeep to fit in with our Airfix desert models...

In need of drastic restoration, maybe even some 'improvements' of my own...

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Is that a Corgi?

 

[Pantherman]

Looks like I'm signed up for an @Pantherman type job!
My son found this while looking through an old box of LEGOs with my granddaughter.

A long time ago, in a neighbourhood not so far away, my little brother had 'improved' this little jeep to fit in with our Airfix desert models...

In need of drastic restoration, maybe even some 'improvements' of my own...

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I like it, lot's of photos please. Can't wait to see restoration. Pantherman

 

[BarleyBop]

Corgi

... a Matchbox. Unfortunately, none of the Corgis I had passed onto him (from the early '60s, as I am 7 years older) survived. My recollection is that they were a slightly larger scale.

 

[TimM63]

... a Matchbox. Unfortunately, none of the Corgis I had passed onto him (from the early '60s, as I am 7 years older) survived. My recollection is that they were a slightly larger scale.

Looks like a Lesney 72 b Standard Jeep. Tough one to find parts for.

 

[BarleyBop]

Lesney 72 b Standard Jeep

Good sleuthing!

 

[Jantk14]

This came today. I am now back to a stash of one.

 

[Pantherman]

Because I have almost forgotten what a German tank looks like I found this little kit.

It's not my fault that it had 2 friends that insisted on staying together.

Think she will buy that..... Pantherman

 

[Jantk14]

Cool Tiger. I really enjoyed building the one I just did. I really think it's my best work.

 

[Pantherman]

Cool Tiger. I really enjoyed building the one I just did. I really think it's my best work.

Think that might be my Xmas project as we get 2 weeks off. Pantherman

 

[TimM63]

Because I have almost forgotten what a German tank looks like I found this little kit.

It's not my fault that it had 2 friends that insisted on staying together.
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Think she will buy that..... Pantherman

Very nice. It has been a while since you've done a tank. I look forward to seeing what you do with it.

 

[Jakko]

Another American halftrack for my growing collection of them:

Plus a book:

This is a revised and expanded edition of one originally released ten years ago, and should be available for sale soon wherever you normally get your P.M. Knight books

 

[Rockin' Rob]

I originally went to Andy's for these

 

[Rockin' Rob]

And of course walked out with this

 

[Pantherman]

And of course walked out with this

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Don't you just hate that when it happens...... Pantherman

 

[Edbert]

I originally went to Andy's for these

What is that in the middle, resin, polish?

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Don't you just hate that when it happens...... Pantherman

I don't know. It's like a disease. I tell my wife sorry, it's uncurable

 

[Rockin' Rob]

What is that in the middle, resin, polish?

I needed canopy glue and that's all he had. I saw a picture of the canopy on it but I still had to ask the guy there what the heck is this? Because there's no English on that package. None

 

[TimM63]

This flew in today with some weird epic theme song.

 

[TimM63]

And this just pulled up into the stash.

 

[Pantherman]

And this just pulled up into the stash.
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Nice. PM

 

[blacbul67]

 

[Jakko]

What is that in the middle, resin, polish?

It's:—

"Beauty transparent adhesive", which I'm guessing is not a 100% accurate translation of the nuances of Japanese.

 

[Jantk14]

Because I can't have a stash with just one this one came today.

 

[mjensen939]

I get many of my aftermarkets from Canada. Same deal. 35% tariffs and they refuse to raise their prices and have decided not to ship to the U.S. at all. I have a good friend in Winnipeg that has me order what I need and have it shipped to her and then she repackages and ships to me for about $5 shipping!

 

[mjensen939]

Working on the 1:12 scale '69 Camaro Z28 but I'm taking a break from it for a little bit because I want to practice some techniques that I'm not familiar with being so new. I'm going to practice the color that I want on the model which is a candy apple and I've never done that. I'm also trying to scribe lines in door panels and that which I'm finding to be pretty difficult with my shaky hand but I'm figuring it out. I've already got quite a few little narf ups from trying that but I'm not even going to worry about buffing them out because like I said this is just for practice and I'm more concerned about the color coverage.

Sprayed with all clad bright silver base coat. It really really shows the flaws so I am not going to try to sand anything more than high spots off of the Camaro using 5000 grit wet sand because at 1,000 it could not cover the scuff marks. Learning point number 562!

 

[blacbul67]

Another day, another kit, actually, I got this a couple of weeks ago, but forgot to post it here,

 

[Glenn S]

Working on the 1:12 scale '69 Camaro Z28 but I'm taking a break from it for a little bit because I want to practice some techniques that I'm not familiar with being so new. I'm going to practice the color that I want on the model which is a candy apple and I've never done that. I'm also trying to scribe lines in door panels and that which I'm finding to be pretty difficult with my shaky hand but I'm figuring it out. I've already got quite a few little narf ups from trying that but I'm not even going to worry about buffing them out because like I said this is just for practice and I'm more concerned about the color coverage.

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Sprayed with all clad bright silver base coat. It really really shows the flaws so I am not going to try to sand anything more than high spots off of the Camaro using 5000 grit wet sand because at 1,000 it could not cover the scuff marks. Learning point number 562!

Ahhh... scribing. This is something I have been working on for a couple of weeks. I finally broke down and ordered a scribing tool online, and bought some of the special tape to help with the scribing. Why didn't I know how much of a difference these two things make?
The scribing tool wasn't that costly online. The one I bought came with about 7 different scribe blade thicknesses. The plastic scribing tape is the real game changer. My panel lines are now straight and repeatable. I can move the tape to a few different places before the tape loses its stickiness.