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I've been working on the 1/35 scale Italeri M47 Patton tank model and since it comes with an engine compartment tub and partial engine I decided to open all t he louvres on the engine deck. What a mind numbingly tedious job that is. I've also added exhaust and cooling pipes to t he engine and...

Hi there fellow model builders. It's been a long time since I've posted here. I hope you all are doing well. I've been working on the old 1/35 scale Italeri M47 Patton kit #6447. I kind of liked the looks of the engine so I decided to open up all the louvres in the deck plates. What a job! Can...

Hi there. This isn't a help question just an observation I made today about the 1/35 scale Italeri jeep kit. I was getting ready to add the gear levers, steering column and on the back of the windscreen the holder for the rifle. I just noticed that Italeri would have you put that piece on...

Here's the situation. I'm seriously thinking about moving from my bachelor apartment to a one bedroom unit about one block away. My stash of models and figures is really too big for me to build in my lifetime if I live another 31 years. I'd be 100 years young then. Many members on my dad's side...

My buddy is building a M1 Abrams tank I gave him. He's wondering if the Tamiya 35133 set of U.S. Modern Army Infantry (released in 1985) can be use in a Gulf War 1 (1991) setting? How about Gulf War 2? Thanks again and cheers

Hi there it's me again. LOL Looking at this image. Is this a Humvee? What gun is that facing up on the right side? Thanks for any help. Cheers

Hi there. I need to thin down my stash. I have the old Tamiya M-113 kit with the troops on top and also have the old Tamiya M-113 ACAV variant. My understanding is that those are both M-113 A1 variants and that the M-113 A2 was the basis for the Vietnam era M-113 APCs. So, I do have a few A2...

Hi there. I'm slowly preparing to move. I need to pack away a lot of model kits for a few months. Is it okay to store model kit boxes on their end instead of flat? Again, this is just for a few months. Thanks and cheers

I just came across this Russian movie about a WW2 Russian tank crew and appropriately the movie title in English is TANKERS and it was filmed in 2016 and released in 2018. I'm still watching it but man does it have a lot of possible diorama ideas in it. I've enjoyed what I've watched of it so...

Hi there. I need to know if the screens on a 1/35 scale Tamiya Challenger I tanks stowage bins goes on t he outside of the framework. Does it? If it does go on the outside of the framework then I have a problem as I glued it on the inside of the framework and I used ca glue to do it. Is...

Ahoy there mateys! I have the ancient Revell kit of the USS Buchanan aka HMS Campbeltown. Edit. It is 1/240 scale. end edit. This kit is circa 1960 and has raised deck lines for the planking. It looks good but unfortunately there was no wood decking on these ships. What is the easiest way to...

I mistakenly put a request for an Airfix 1/600 Prinz Eugen kit in t he HELP forum. I'm looking to buy one of those kits as well as an Airfix 1/600 King George V kit. Anyone have one or both they're willing to sell? Cheers

The title pretty much says it. I'm looking to buy an Airfix 1/600 scale Prinz Eugen kit. Anyone have one they want to sell? Thanks and cheers

Hi there people. I have the Italeri M4A3E8 Sherman FURY kit. I have a few questions about it before I asrmblethe upper hull or the running gear. #1. I've heard that the tank that was used for FURY was actually an M4A2 not an A3. Is that true. If so, is the Italeiri M4A2 kit any good as a...

HELP! Somewhere on this site I saw a thread or post that talked about the various shades of Olive Drab paint and it's not Bob Letterman's Weathering Olive Drab thread. Does anyone know where the thread that talks about the various shades of Olive Drab paint and has color images of them is...

Hi there. I have LOTS of additions to my stash and now I want to assemble a figure of General Georg Patton. Unfortunately the Tamiya General Patton figures is at least 6 scale inches too short ie. scales up to 5'7" instead of 6'1". I see that Master Box has a set of WW2 Generals. However from...

Does anyone here have the Tamiya 35122 Sherman tank instructions they could scan or take images of and email to me? I have all the instructions for most of my kits built and in the stash but I can not find my 35122 Sherman instructions anywhere. Thanks and cheers

I just got a couple of Tamiya M4 Sherman kits the M4A3 with 75mm gun and the M4A3 with 105mm howitzer. I got those because they came with figures that WAS going to use to show the scale of the tank but WOW! they're midgets. Plus the two kits of the tanks are the ancient M4A3 with some new parts...

Hi there. I am thinking of adding a couple of SS figures in camo. smocks but with white helmets. Two questions. Do you know when the Germans stopped using helmet decals, around 1943 I believe? Also did the SS have a sleeve eagle on their great coats? In particular the officers? Thanks...

Did the U.S.A. 4th Armored Division use the M4A3 105mm turret Sherman during the Battle of the Bulge? If so, who makes decals for it in 1/35 scale? Thanks and cheers