kissed off with this snow

[Rocketman]

Well for once the met office got it right. More like Ice station Zebra here in the Surrey Hills, 2ft PLUS in areas. The trouble is with all this bad weather im just buidling constantly but cant get out to spray stuff so ive a house full of complete but unsprayed models!

Tell you what , lets have a whats on the bench thread. Ill start

1/18 88mm (inbound)
2 x Indianna jones trucks being converted to Opal blitz spec to tow the above 88mm( ill post up pics soon)
Super Pershing
german 7.5cm KV1
Russian KV1
Village!
M113 with electrical work

[grim_marmazet]

Its nice to have the snow, even if it means we can spray!

At the moment i'm working on;

Tiger 412, nearly at the painting stage,
My King Tiger, only just started, and needs a lot of parts,
My 1/6 pre-jump paratrooper, he needs several more pieces of gear,
D+7 paratrooper, needs a few more pieces and some weathering on his clothes. He also needs a base made.
Restoration of a M1C paratroopers helmet, needs a new liner and webbing, also stripping and repainting.

Cheers,
Rik

[forgebear]

hi bedford foot of snow working on a sherman and a early elmod tiger 1

[Rocketman]

Its nice to have the snow, even if it means we can spray!

At the moment i'm working on;

Tiger 412, nearly at the painting stage,
My King Tiger, only just started, and needs a lot of parts,
My 1/6 pre-jump paratrooper, he needs several more pieces of gear,
D+7 paratrooper, needs a few more pieces and some weathering on his clothes. He also needs a base made.
Restoration of a M1C paratroopers helmet, needs a new liner and webbing, also stripping and repainting.

Cheers,
Rik

The helmet Rik, Im sitting in my office looking at my Airborne helmet on my shelf, needs the A frame fitting and chin strap, can you recomend a supplier? Got mine from stand up and hook up but they dont operate a web site at present.

[madrob]

Nothing as yet........snow has knocked back delivery of my panzer iv

[grim_marmazet]

The helmet Rik, Im sitting in my office looking at my Airborne helmet on my shelf, needs the A frame fitting and chin strap, can you recomend a supplier? Got mine from stand up and hook up but they dont operate a web site at present.

I've been recommended to try this guy;

http://www.jmurrayinc1944.com/index.htm

Quite a lot of airsofters and re-enactors use his stuff. He sells complete webbing kits and all manner of parts as well, even the correct rivet setter. He's a bit pricey and in the US, but they don't come better for parts. Most of the places i've seen sell complete liners for astronomical prices. If you want to correctly mount the A-frame, it needs to go undet the rivets on the webbing, which takes some work.



The chincups can be easily sourced in the UK from ebay or either of these guys;

http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/reenactors/select.asp
http://www.epicmilitaria.com/?jssCart=8 ... b150ca13ce

I'm doing a full 506th PIR Normandy loadout for airsofting at the moment, their both great suppliers for kit.

Cheers,
Rik

[BREL]

I am teed off with the snow because it is delaying parts for my truck and other builds and repairs to my tanks

[971wright]

Hi Tried to run a couple of tanks in it and it had the tracks off both of them in a few feet of running .Will have to wait till it gets firm.


regards pete

[mickyb]

Well I'm in a lot of trouble at present.....

Tamiya Sherman all over the dining room...."ooops sory I broke a bit off while cleaning it !"

HL Panther on wardrobe looking good, waiting upgrade and paint job...."why has that got a bigger gun thingy?"

HL Stug waiting battle system installation and finishing touches...."oh, isn't that one a pretty little tank!"

PZ3 Waiting paint job..... "Isn't that the one that the tortoise likes to bonk when u leave it on the lawn" ?????


I only hope you all get this kind of support cos I think it's important that the wife shares in our hobby......NOT....
and this is just the first week.....aaaaaargh

Mike

[bubbajoexx]

[quote="Rocketman"]Well for once the met office got it right. More like Ice station Zebra here in the Surrey Hills, 2ft PLUS in areas. The trouble is with all this bad weather im just buidling constantly but cant get out to spray stuff so ive a house full of complete but unsprayed models!

Tell you what , lets have a whats on the bench thread. Ill start

1/18 88mm (inbound)
2 x Indianna jones trucks being converted to Opal blitz spec to tow the above 88mm( ill post up pics soon)
Super Pershing
german 7.5cm KV1
Russian KV1
Village!
M113 with electrical work[/quote

do you have a good airbrush if so use tamiya paints and you can spay inside the house there is no mess when using tamiya acrilics and no bad smell to linger around