Hello from sunny (I wish) Liverpool

Welcome aboard dierk. Academy kits have left me puzzling a few times too, but they do build into nice models eventually.

Mike

Awesome, somewhat silly, satirical humour within. Proceed if you are aware of and accept the risks, and wish to express admiration for this band of bizarre modelers.

Thanks for the warm welcome!

@ Mike 'track-head' The 'Stewie' is my first Academy kit - only got back to the hobby just over a year ago - the top half isn't too bad, but on the lower hull some rivet detail is missing, the road-wheels are wrong and the bogies and idler-wheel mountings are really crude compared to the AFV Club set. My main gripe is with AFV though, as the set is supposed to be compatible with the Academy kit - and it just isn't.

@ Tom: 'Awesome, somewhat silly, satirical humour within' sounds like my cup of tea and where admiration is due I will be most happy to express it

Next I'll have to suss out how to post pictures...

Cheers,

Dierk

Welcome to the forum Dierk, got a great bunch of guys an gals here so tag along !

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dierk

Next I'll have to suss out how to post pictures...

Cheers,

Dierk

Okay, I’ll admit that I was a rocket scientist (aerospace engineer, really), but it’s not that hard, really, I promise. (There are several ways to do this. Just follow the sound of my voice…)

Go to the Photobucket Album page and click on the thumbnail. This brings up a viewing window.

In another tab/window, fire-up the FSM forum composition panel you want to post into. Compose. When you’re ready to insert your photo…

Go back to the Photobucket tab. Highlight the SECOND entry (the Direct Link button). Do NOT do anything that disturbs the copy buffer.

Once again, go to the FSM post-in-progress. On the SECOND tier of the message control bar, the TWELFTH icon, the aqua-colored one that looks like a swatch of film (you remember film? But I digress…) It says ‘Insert Media’… CLICK IT.

Another panel opens! You’re almost there…

‘Send’ (Ctrl-V) the URL you copied from Photobucket four steps back. The ‘Insert Media’ panel closes and your image is inserted, like this…

This grainy satellite photo shows a facility that we
suspect is an enriching plastic to weapons grade.

THAT’S IT! The rest is just the fiddly bits & formatting.

Like this?

The above is the venerable, nay old, Tamiya Universal Carrier, with Resicast tracks, Armo decals, TANK and Miniart goodies and a bit of Eduard PE.

Now then, 'he who knows everything' - where would be the best place to post news of new releases and planned releases? I've just received some exiting news from Live-Resin and would like to share it with this fine community.

Below is Dragon's Red Army Sherman, again with decals from Armo, otherwise mostly OOB as it was a test-bed to try out, new to me, painting techniques.