Recent content by Heavens Eagle

Use the flat coat buggy whip carefully Chris!

Another thing about these is that you really have to pay attention to the mold seam lines. While they are pretty good on this kit (so far), they tend to stand out more than on smaller scale builds. Not sure at this point how accurate this model is. I did find a fairly good walkaround of a...

So far on this there are some rods that mount to the side of the carriage arms that are painted red and white. After looking at them and how they actually mount, I cut off the rear pin and filled the holes in the arm for it. The end fits into a receptacle and the pin isn't needed. Thus I can...

Very good Tim! These big kits are such that you really need to do the small details to get them right. The 251 just has so many interior parts that all interlock and need airbrush paint work that it is a logistics nightmare to get it all painted right and together. Finally after doing the MMM...

I have the red Alpha Romeo race car, the 540 Mercedes, and the Rolls Royce coupe. Had more but I sold them years ago. The kits are complete and unbuilt. The Mercedes box is a little the worse for wear, but all the parts are inventoried and accounted for.

James is all ready for an Italian campaign. WWII, Italian vehicles, ribbon for planes, ribbon for armor. What time frame would everyone like to have?

I have set the 251 aside for a little bit. The complexity of doing the interior and hull has stressed me out to where I just have to do something else for a little while. I bought this from @ Greg Kimsey a while back as something a bit different to build. The last few weeks it has been on my...

Too bad. I have several of the old Pocher car kits and had intended on buying some of their upgrades. I guess it is time to finally release those kits to the wild.

Umm, isn't 1/350 bigger than 1/400, which is bigger than 1/500, which is bigger than 1/700? 1/200 is bigger than all of them. Yeah when I get tired and glassy eyed from lack of sleep and too much fun my mental calculator goes all fritx too.

You are getting there Chris!

The wood won't split across the grain, but will split along the grain. The mold has the grain running the same direction as the steel bands. The bands were put around the block to keep it from cracking along the grain. Here is a block of wood I used with my floor jack the other day. Didn't...

When this kind of patterning is done on watches, it is done entirely by hand and Mark I-C eyeball. (C is well trained and calibrated) Something you could do is to take a fine sharpie marker and draw some measured lines on the surface before starting to help guide the process. The patterning...

The kit has not come in to Squadron yet. Had like a $50 savings by doing the presale, and I became interested after watching a video on it. Turns out the gun on that chassis was pretty deadly to Russian tanks. They could shoot quite a ways off and penetrate quite well at that. I am pondering...