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Hi all First post for a while.. and first model that has come near completion for some time. I decided to tackle the Hobby Boss 1/72 F4F-3 Wildcat. I started this kit as a “quick build” between club meetings, as the theme for the October meeting was Yellow.. and hobby boss kits are meant...

Hi All I am trying to track down a drawing of a British 8 CWT PU vehicle (Morris, Humber etc.), but mainly for the body details. All assistance is greatly appreciated. Cheers Rob

Howdy Y'all Just a quick question. Would anyone know what the dimensions of the gun barrel is of a Centaur CS (95mm gun) would be? I need the length of the barrel from the end to the mantel, and the diameter of both the barrel and the counterweight. If you have the Tamiya kit, and are able...

Hi All Last minute Charley has arrived!! And with any luck, I will get time enough to sort this before the deadline. I, along with my two sons, Cam and Logan, are each building a Panther tank. We are building the most unaccurate offering, that being the Airfix 1/76 kit. First, the...

Hi All As me and the boys are about to embark on our CTA builds, I have realised that I am very much in the dark with our builds. We are all building an Airfx Panther each. Although the boys are going OOB for theirs with me teaching them some of the finer points, I am going to try and make...

Hey All I was wondering if anyone would happen to have the Airfix / JB Models Vickers MK VI Tank in their stash, and would be prepared to scan and email me the instruction sheets? I seem to have.. umm.... misplaced them :blush: Many thanks in advance Cheers Rob

Hi All I'm in the market for a new airbrush, but am not so sure on what to get. I am happy enough with using a double action device, but as there are so many out there, it is hard to choose. As our hobbies are not a priority for major spending, I am looking for a good all-rounder.. something...

Hey all I need some advice. I went to get some Klear floor polish (NZ branded Future) to find that it has been discontinued by SC Johnson and not been replaced. I need some advice on what would be a good product to use instead that is a good, easy to apply clear cote. All suggestions...

Today is ANZAC day, New Zealand and Australia's day of remembrance of our heroes who have fought to defend our countries and the ideals which we take for granted. Lest we forget

Hey All How about a GB on vehicles that have 4 wheels (4x4 or 4x2), an engine, and a payload weight of under 1 ton? This could anything from Jeeps, Land Rovers, Kubel's, Gaz's, Mules, Dodge WC's, Tilly's etc (I'm stretching my braincells here lol), covering any point in time until now and any...

Hi All I don't know if this is new or old or whatever, but a mate of mine sent me this link and told me that the Imperial War Museum has made a big chunk of their photo collection available online. IWM pictures post I hope this is of some help to people. Cheers Rob

Hey All I was wondering if I could get some ideas on the best way to join the two ends of Airfix (and possibly other brands) rubber band type tracks? Thanks in advance Rob

Hi All Quite some time ago, I was going to enter a contest to build a little wee WWI MK.II Supply Tank from a Airfix 1/76 WWI MK.I Male Tank. Here's the blurb... So.. quite some time later.. here I am (after one thing and another), having not touched this kit and itching to built it, and...

Hi All I've been trying to locate some line drawings/blueprints of the G-518 trailer, also commonly known as the Ben Hur trailer. Unfortunately many hours of googling has turned up very little, and what items it did, the only ones of the trailer were very tiny, and dimensions were not easy to...

Here's my little addition to the GB.. a '34 Henry V8 Pickup rod. I'll be using the Lindberg 1/24 '34 Henry (Ffff.. ffff.. ahh.. it's hard for a GM man to say that word lol) Custom Pickup, No. 72155. I've not built a Lindberg kit before, so this will be interesting to see how it goes...

Howdy Y'all!! Now, if this has been covered by someone else, please Mod's, feel free to delete this. I was having a yarn to one of my work colleagues who is a keen, but very gifted amateur photographer today about camera settings, and how I was quite over having to reset my camera back to...

Hi All I was wondering if there are any companies that make 1/35th soda/coke/pepsi/whatever bottles? I've done some googling, but not come up with anything. Cheers Rob

Hey All I have a quick question.. that will showcase how little I know about German hardware lol. I was wondering if anyone can give me some advice on colours for a Kubelwagen used in Europe? I've seen a deep gray or bluey-gray.. but meh.. all looks strange to me lol. Coz of the mecca we...

Howdy all I was wondering if anyone knows much about the history of surfing (as in the ocean and peace of wood type of surfing)? More specifically, early-mid 50's, and what the boards looked like, length/width etc? I have a wee project on the go that needs a scratched surfboard, but I know...

Hi All Here's some pics I took on Saturday of the NZMVCC run in Feilding (a small town in the Manawatu, New Zealand). The real standouts were the Marmon-Herrington gun tractor, a FV433 Abbot self-propelled gun, a very scarce in NZ Ford GTB "Burma Jeep", and a Alison V1710 mounted on a trailer...