1/35 Great Wall Hobby 12. 8 cm Pak 44 .
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Hi John
Simon would want you to carry on enjoying the hobby he loved.
Chipping fluid, indeed the while process, is rather hit and miss and certainly if left too long refuses to behave.
That gun is looking excellent. Chips look realistic and not over done.
You go ahead and have as much fire as you like. I live on the other side of the country
Jim
Simon would want you to carry on enjoying the hobby he loved.
Chipping fluid, indeed the while process, is rather hit and miss and certainly if left too long refuses to behave.
That gun is looking excellent. Chips look realistic and not over done.
You go ahead and have as much fire as you like. I live on the other side of the country
Jim
Can't be bothered really Jakko, then I'd have the glass and backing to get rid of!Very nice-looking gun
I’m slightly puzzled, though, by why you didn’t just bend open the metal tabs on the back of the photo frame to remove everything in it and replace it by something like a bit of plywood or foam board cut to size?
Andrew, why thank you , arg a fellow pyro, there is indeed something about watching a fire, I enjoy watching the wood burner on a cold night, the flames dancing , deep reds and yellows, blue when some gas is found. Not so sure about frightening the Ants, does sound a bit extreme. I resort to water in the garden when we come across red ants.John
I am really loving that gun, that has come up very nicely indeed!!
I'll be looking forward to seeing how the fire experiment turns out. Personally I think pyromania should be encouraged more in our hobby!
I myself am absolutely fascinated by it and spent many hours watching the flames of our campfires during our summer holiday in Dorset. Watching how the flames changed shape, intensity, and colour was almost a spiritual experience!!
That said I'm not sure an ants nest at our old family home, which had defied all normal attempts to deal with it, felt about being on the receiving end of an experiment with white spirit and a match!!!
Keep up the good work.
Andrew
Thanks Rick, thought you might remark on the coming fire ?Nice.
Think he would Jim.
Yes too hard a couple of hrs later to enable a slight scratch let alone a chip, but the brush use did work. Remember the fire of London spread !
Thanks guys.
Giving the varnish time to dry to night, then tomorrow in between building the dio base and scribing stone sets I will start some weathering. Not a lot really just some pin washes as the gun would have been quite new.
John.
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Nice update JR. Don't worry about the chips. Once all the weathering has been done it will all tone down. Glad you kept the barrel in it's red oxide colour. Very effective
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Hi John
Meant to ask why would the barrel have been left in red oxide as Allen recommended? Was it a practical thing to save on paint or was there a more scientific/military reason?
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Meant to ask why would the barrel have been left in red oxide as Allen recommended? Was it a practical thing to save on paint or was there a more scientific/military reason?
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Can't wait Dzohn. Looking great so far. High velocities meant short barrel life. Maybe a replacement fresh off the pile or an upgrade during build? A lot of "get it out the door" activity during late war. PaulE
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Lovely work as normal John
Bet that was a bugger to hide!!
Bet that was a bugger to hide!!
Hi Steve, thanks, hopefully just a light pin wash will pick out the detail.
Andrew, practical thing really, with war coming to Berlin a rush to get weapons out of the factory, so no time to do a top coat.
Andy, if it burnt for that long I have no cave !Looking great John, will you be roasting potatoes on the fire?
Andy.
Spot on Paul with the "get it out of the door ". Thanks glad you're liking it.
Cheers Bob, it is indeed, had to have a bigger than normal dio base for it, now it can't fit on the shelf.
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The PAK looks great John. Really convincing weathering.
Cheers Peter, i'm trying, slowly but surely.
Sorry John, I’ve missed a couple of updates but just been catching up....and I’m happy to say it’s all looking rather bloody good mate!
Steady on with the fire, hopefully you’ll have a crew on standby
Hi my friend, glad to have you along.
It will be only a small fire due to social distancing 
John. I’m going have to use that Picture frame idea if you don’t mind I have a 1/72 dio. I’m think about doing.
Yes it's pretty cheap way, always plenty of sizes and styles to pick from. I have my way of doing the infill, some people take out the glass and backing and go from there. Good luck.
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Just catching up on all this as am always on the run for something or other, not even time to work on my own stuff lately.
But things should start slowing up as winter starts to set in proper.
By then though I won't have a minutes peace I'm sure, as usual.
Great work so far John, I love the big towed guns of WW2.
Am looking in, you can be sure.
Jim
But things should start slowing up as winter starts to set in proper.
By then though I won't have a minutes peace I'm sure, as usual.
Great work so far John, I love the big towed guns of WW2.
Am looking in, you can be sure.
Jim
Thanks Rick I have a Hobby Lobby about 7 miles from my house.
Thanks John thought about maybe foam board
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Looking dead smart 453. Top Gun!
Lee, foam board on it's own would be far too flexible. I'm the same as John. Usually too idle to take the thing to pieces.
I get my picture frames from charity shops. Almost any size, dirt cheap.
Lee, foam board on it's own would be far too flexible. I'm the same as John. Usually too idle to take the thing to pieces.
I get my picture frames from charity shops. Almost any size, dirt cheap.