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ninjrk SAID ON OCT 22, 2009 - 03:39 AM
We'll see what the final kit looks like but the drawings look exactly like Doyle's drawings and I have a sneaking feeling they photoshopped his drawings together. That said, the stuff in the Panzer Tracts seriees is pretty basic, no turrrets are depicted and the drawings seem uncheanged. My gu...   READ

rowdycat SAID ON OCT 23, 2009 - 03:22 AM
Hi, I have shelves of Tamiya, Italeri, etc. armor and have simply airbrushed the tracks with Tamiya acrylics. Some of these armor kits are thirty years old (I'm 63)and show no deterioration of any kind. Hope this helps. [:::]   READ

mvfrog SAID ON OCT 26, 2009 - 07:28 AM
"When you make a contest foolproof, someone will come up with a better fool." James R. Fornortner, circa 1916 Matt | |)   READ

davegee SAID ON NOV 20, 2009 - 11:16 AM
Hi All: as an update, I just got a letter from FineScale Modeler magazine today that they have purchased my story on the P-47 builds above. I was a little disappointed that they didn't use my suggestion for title: "A Nice Pair of Jugs" to a more mundane "Converting a P-47D to an M," but that's showb...   READ

warlock0322 SAID ON OCT 24, 2009 - 09:29 PM
Don't know the exact size in scale but for 1/48 scale I use 20-22 gauge hypodermic needles depending on the gun. If all else fails and you can always hold the kit barrels up to the tubing to get as close to the size as you need.( done that a time or two myself). She is looking outstanding thanks...   READ