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Its going to have to be a Mk IX because thats what i have the the cupboard :-) It actually has a desert decal option for a Polish sqn flying under an RAF Flag. No Vokes, they obviously didnt have dust in Tunisia in 1943 ? or Tamiya made a balls up.

So what i did was along the lines of Pauls suggestion. The vac form when its fitted sits in a slight recess on a ledge about 10 thou deep and 25 thou wide so it flush with body. I coloured the ledge in with a felt tip pen , cut the vac form to about 3mm to big all round then care fully cut...

Good idea, i will give it a try I checked and the vac form seems to be resistant to spirits and even Acetone. 👍

Is there an easier way of seeing the markings on vac form so you know where to cut ? get this wrong on the light covers and its going to ruin the whole lot. Thinking aloud the marking on the clear are not sharp either so the cut line is not perfect either. ?? HELP !! :)

I think its trying to finish off that old boy they just knocked over?

The body work is quite a mission but if you turn the TV off (and everything else) and concentrate. Its rewarding :) As there are no holes in the panels you have to drill them and some pannels like the outer sill, floor pan and door step are all joined together with one hole through all 3 so...

So this is my solution. First i made a stronger copy of the original but longer... This gave me a good starting point to do something quite different 🤣 I decided i needed a constant so i fixed the bracket to the cover and this showed that a rod through the brackets would go straight...

interestingly the model on the MFH website shows no problem at all ...lol ......what a surprise :-)

Houston................we have a problem .. The body work seems to fit pretty well given the number of parts and the opportunity, given the constructed frame, for things to go very wrong Getting the engine firewall positioned correctly seems to be the key as its the datum point for the other...

Yea sorry we didnt get that over here.

Ah ok, not a big name over here but i think i know the guy from the Blues brothers so i am guessing he was a tank guy in a tv show ?

https://spruebrothers.com/defdf35014-1-35-def-model-figure-set-sgt-joe-gunn-us-army-tank-commander-sahara-1942/ No idea who this guy is but there seems to be loads of figures of him ?

i can sum this up .... impressive. :-) love the paint.

The body work is a collection of resin bits. There is no basic shell to build around like a Tamiya type kit Not sure how to tackle this but i think a dry build , tacked together first to see if their are gaps and if parts actually fit, then strip it down and paint, add decals and re build and...

Oh :) sorry i thought we were talking about glue . (note to self.....pay attention or keep quiet you idiot :) )

Yea but there are many different types and resin like i am using on the MHF kits is Acetone proof where as Acetone will melt kit plastic with just the fumes. i expect the glues will be the same , i use a slow set CA

ahh just found this thread....Horses, white metal, what could go wrong :-) Back in the day Mrs Paddy had a few horses, all ex race retired, terrible highly strung things that cost me a fortune :-) couldnt stand them myself.....I put the first one i a field and it ate the entire field, bunged...

Do you know what ? i already had that idea as a contingence plan :-) Sure it will be fine

rear suspension is on. I had to reduce the lengths of the drive shafts by about 5mm. Not sure why but i dont think it was anything i have done, i will find out i expect if the wheels dont fit in the arches later :-) it all looks a bit odd at the moment with things at funny angles but i hope...

Steve All it is really is a protection racket…I had a call from a couple of guys, Alessandro the assassin and Marco the Murderer , The said. Hey padido , you wanna see your posts disappear? is that what you want? Is that what you want ? You wanna see the legs sawn off your modelling bench huh ...