Oh cool, looks good! Good luck with the canopy Steve! 

Ok Bish, guys,

I receievd the PE and AM, done with the holiday.

So I started the Apache this week.

First was the pit with the Eduard PE

Then was closing up the fuse, and testing out the canopy, I see what you're taklking about Bish.

I filed what was necessary and installed the canopy. Admittedly early but didn't see a reason to wait. 

plasticjunkie

Nobody will see them. If it bothers you that much then cover it up with dusty or muddy pigments. That is the nice thing about armor builds that can't be done with an airplane. 

 

Absolutly right! But as I said I'm just anal enough to want them filled in. If the putty doesn't work out though- MUD  YEH!!! 

Nobody will see them. If it bothers you that much then cover it up with dusty or muddy pigments. That is the nice thing about armor builds that can't be done with an airplane. 

Thanks guys! 

Real G: The sink marks are visible with the road wheels and tracks but only if you turn the model upside down. I plan on bolting the thing to a base when done but I'm just anal enough to want the holes filled though. 

Gamera,

The Comet turned out very nice!  Yes, dust is a must!

Will the sink marks on the Conqueror's suspension be visible after the wheels and tracks are on?  That's the lazy me suggesting skipping the filling and pressing on.

Gamera

I got some work done on the Conqueror while sitting around in the motel room. Not likely to be done by the end of this GB though.

Really nice detail but some big friggin' sinkholes in the bogies. Not sure it will show but I've ordered some more putty to fill the holes.

 

Glad you went with that one. Those are some nasty holes.

I do like that Gamera, very nicely turned out.

Gamera

Thanks guys! 

Steve, yeah a little dust would work for that. I think British tanks should be cleaner than us Yank and Russkie slobs though... 

 

I wouldn't bet on that.

Thanks guys! 

Steve, yeah a little dust would work for that. I think British tanks should be cleaner than us Yank and Russkie slobs though... 

Gamera

Still don't know if I want to dirty up the tank or not...

 

Yes yes yes.....at least a light touch so it will mate it to the base.  

Have been enjoying looking at all this work very impressive. 

I got some work done on the Conqueror while sitting around in the motel room. Not likely to be done by the end of this GB though.

Really nice detail but some big friggin' sinkholes in the bogies. Not sure it will show but I've ordered some more putty to fill the holes.

I put the final matte coat on the Comet yesterday and the base was good and dry when I got back. Still need to paint a few little stuff like the headlights, finish up and mount the figures, and clean up a few messy things on the base.

Still don't know if I want to dirty up the tank or not...

Thanks gamera.

Sorry gents: have to see if I'm still on this list.

Eric

Nice work GS, i like the idea for the shadeing. Those PE parts have turned out well.

Sorry guys, just got back from holiday. I had the laptop with me but the Wi-Fi was pretty horrible so I had some issues getting online.

PJ: Grand job! That's one fine looking Firefly, congrads!!!

Greysnake: She's coming along great!

Eric & Brandon: Those look really cool!

GS, I like using Aleene's Tacky glue for most PE applications. It's very strong and grabs very fast yet it can be repositioned or even removed if it needs to be.

Thanks BK and Bish.

OK PJ, got the front page changed, thank you. Really lovely work on that, thank you.

Very nice work, PJ. Someday I hope to do one that looks that nice and accurate.

BK

Will do PJ. I can't see your pics at the moment (work computer) but will check them tonight and get the front page sorted.

Nicely done!

jeaton01

Very nice, PJ.  It's nice to have help with accuracy, even if it hurts a little once in awhile.

 

 

Thanks John. I'm glad I was able to make the corrections which were actually very easy.

Very nice, PJ.  It's nice to have help with accuracy, even if it hurts a little once in awhile.

Hopefully I corrected everything on this build. The sand skirts were scratched out from thin card stock. The wading bars and side clips were made from scrap PE fret frames. The Allakeefek art work was hand painted with a #10/0 brush. The pistol port was carefully removed using a paper thin razor saw then the area was sanded smooth and textured with Mr. Surfacer 500 to recreate the cast iron texture. The missing T number on the left hull side was put together from spares.

Bish is it possible to update the built page with the first picture here since this is the correct configuration for this Vc ? Thanks again for hosting this GB.

Nice to see all of this postwar British armor. It's one of the oddities in the history of weapons technology that the Brits could build such great aircraft and fine ships during WWII, but all of their home made tanks sucked when compared to the competition. But just before WWII ended they deployed Comet and since then it's been nothing but roses. Kind of bad timing though. I think that the Brits got blindsided by Germany's rapid rise in the late 30s. They did get the Spitfire into production and some good bombers into development, but their tanks were all to one degree or another "rush jobs." No wonder they were glad to get American tanks. The hiatus provided by Grants, Stuarts and Shermans gave Brit designers a little time to think things through and to start putting the design pieces together. The US could take things a little slower because they were never under direct threat of losing WWII. But the Brit wartime armor did work and was pretty numerous. British war production was extraordinary when considering the size of the country's economy and their quickly evaporating treasury. Eric