Recent content by Greg Kimsey

I want to give it more time before going that route. I just have the weird feeling I did something with them but can't remember what. I can get the new parts for sure.

I think it may have been close to finished and he dropped it so in anger he put it away for 43 years

But why take the 4 sprues when the whole model and all the sprues were there? Just to be mean?

My friend Bruce (not that Bruce, a different one) brought this model to me and asked if I would like to try finishing it. It is very old. Instructions say 1977, and B said he bought it when it came out. He never finished it. The box cover was completely rotten and in a million pieces and is in...

Well, I am not sure what to do. My workbench is set up in the model shop now; it is behind the counter and a not public area but when I am not in the shop there is nothing to keep people from being nosy back there. I am now missing 4 sprue trees from this model. A, B, D, & E. I have looked for...

It is how I do the airplanes and I like the effect it gives, so...why not?

It looks OK I guess. I thinned the Tamiya XF59 Desert Yellow with Mr Leveler and sprayed many thin coats on the chassis. I used Tamiya XF3 flat yellow thinned with MrL on the engine then with a brush paint XF1 Flat Black in the belts and black parts. So far so good.

I am going to try the black base and chrome marbling like I use on airplanes to see what effect I get on armor. The chrome didn't seem to give enough contrast so I finished up with some gray primer in the centers using the marbling squiggles. The transmission is totally gray so I painted it in...

It's a beauty Chris! Super well done :Drinks:

Money matters are my nemesis! I would gladly reimburse Bob if a way is set up and I don't have to think hard about it.. Auto pay is wonderful. Just sayin.

One of the guys im my model group does that. He has to be very specific when he is asking his wife for panty hose LOL

So, somehow, somewhere, a part fell off. I have swept, searched, moved everything, I got nuttin. The piece is one of a matching pair on the front bumper. I had some PE left over from the Missouri ship. I improvised with two pieces of the crane to replace what look like a towing rig. It is not...

Gotta be for this beast. Here are the specs:

Ha! Yer right! I am calling it...it's done :beer Except for this part. Model #2, the engine. I have to admit that some of the instructions are not clear. An arrow points to a general area on the backside of the part in hand and you have to figure out how and where the part attaches, and it is...

Model #1 is assembled. The engine really is next this time. The details are just crazy on the kit. The plastic IS very soft though. Not a huge drawback, it is manageable; just an FYI.