DML Grille H Smart Kit WIP *COMPLETE Pics p.9* 05-03-09

wbill76 wrote:

Steve (panzerguy), thanks for the comments and also for keeping the subtle reminder of figs/bases always there in the background.

   I'm not giving up on ya Bill

Anthony, Andy, thanks for the comments!

Steve, I'm still trying to decide if you're the little cartoon angel or demon sitting on my shoulder in that regard!

Bill, after some careful perusal, I'm afraid we're going to have to downgrade your tally to only 94 due to the following entry:

As much as I'd love to see what you did with it, it certainly doesn't qualify as armor.

Ah...but you don't know what I did with it...it was painted in panzer gray and I used armor weathering techinques on it...and it is armored (just ask any Sci-Fi person!) and armed.

You have a fair point though, it's not a tank. So the tally stands at 94 after all (I will take it off "the list")...that may mean that in fact I won't cross the 100 mark this year. Thanks Marc, thanks a lot...now I feel like the guy that reported the "4 corners" location is actually 2 miles off! 

Great work Bill! I can't wait to see #96 on here soon.

I particularly like the dirt on the lower hull and tracks.

Orion, David, appreciate the comments!

Boyd, thanks for the kind words although I'm not sure I'm deserving of the master label. I still consider myself a student in many ways.

Bill, (even as clean as it is) I personally think it's your best to date.

wbill76 wrote:

Ah...but you don't know what I did with it...

No I don't...do you keep build logs of any of your non-armor stuff?

wbill76 wrote:

...now I feel like the guy that reported the "4 corners" location is actually 2 miles off!

Is it really? We've been hornswaggled!

Marc,

No, I didn't keep a build log of the TIE...it was actually one of those "build in an afternoon" type things. It was on sale at Hobby Lobby and I picked it up for under $10 IIRC...so I had fun with it while on a Christmas vacation break. Sold it to a coworker for $40 because he was a huge Star Wars fan.

As for the four corners spot, it turns out that with the modern GPS surveying gear that the spot currently marked with the monument and bronze plate that everyone likes to have their photo on showing they were in "4 states at the same time" is not actually at the right place. The survey done in the late 19th century used the technology available at the time and was only recently proven to not be as precise as previously thought.

Bill a really superb finish on what ranks as one of my favourite vehicles of all time, God bless the 38t chassis, it gave us modellers so much.

Terry.

terry35 wrote:

Bill a really superb finish on what ranks as one of my favourite vehicles of all time, God bless the 38t chassis, it gave us modellers so much.

Thanks Terry and I echo the sentiments about the 38t chassis. Here's to the design brilliance of the Czechs!

Love it

Wow,I really miss having Bill around and really loved his work.

Last time I communicated with him,he was really immersed in his teaching job,the Covid with the online teaching really kept him off the forums and the bench.

Me to. He hasn't updated his build lgs on his own site for a few years either.