Hellcat scratchbuild...
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Jake79
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Re: Hellcat scratchbuild...
really nice work Frank they look very great together.
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Raminator
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Re: Hellcat scratchbuild...
Top-notch fabrication work as always, Frankie. How'd you go about making the turrets? They look to be fairly complicated compound curves, are they just sheet styrene cut and curved to suit?
Re: Hellcat scratchbuild...
Yep they're just plasticard...luckily I remembered to make a template as getting the curves right was a nightmare...lol
remember...it's just a plastic tank... 
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AlwynTurner
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Re: Hellcat scratchbuild...
Frankie those are terrific builds done in styrene, I don't even want to think about how you managed those complex curves. Brilliantly done! 
It's projects like yours that convinced me that 3d printing was the way to go as I just couldn't get the results I wanted in styrene.
Alwyn 
It's projects like yours that convinced me that 3d printing was the way to go as I just couldn't get the results I wanted in styrene.Alwyn
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Saladin scratchbuild, Matilda scratchbuild, Churchill scratchbuild, Crusader scratchbuild, M10 Achiĺles scratchbuild, Universal Carrier scratchbuild
Saladin scratchbuild, Matilda scratchbuild, Churchill scratchbuild, Crusader scratchbuild, M10 Achiĺles scratchbuild, Universal Carrier scratchbuild
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I definitely think 3D printers are the way forward... unfortunately I'm more comfortable with a knife and ruler than I am with a computer...lol
...anyway with No1 boxed up ready to go to her new owner time to finish No2...
...anyway with No1 boxed up ready to go to her new owner time to finish No2...
remember...it's just a plastic tank...
