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Not much modelling this week until today when I has a bit of a bonanza and worked on a few kits.

First up was the miniskip which I tried to get to glue a side on but was a mess, so back to the drawing board on that one. I may use some of the glue like properties of Milliput to help with this.

Next up was the three wheeled mine clearer that got a coat of primer which still needs a little clean-up on the coat that was applied. The wheels also got some Dunkelgelb on the rear parts.

Next up was the other mine clearer which got a quick inspection of the rattle can Dunkelgelb application a while back which whilst not perfect can be fixed up with the green airbrush camo when it is applied.

I’ve also sprayed my paint mule He177 in Dunkelgelb as an airbrushing practice piece.

Last up is the Tamiya Ki61 which had a few small parts worked on. The pitot tube is good but the aerial is proving troublesome. More work to be done on some other small parts also.

That’s all so I better duck off to bed.

Not really much this week as I was away at a friend’s place and picked up some stuff. Today was mostly real world stuff around the house so only a bit of modelling.

Next Tuesday is a public holiday so maybe some then.

I’ve done the next two PSR cycles on the dump bin with the Perfect Plastic putty I picked up on Thursday from Frontline and it seems to work fine.

The rest is stuff I picked up from my friend.

And lastly some swans on the water near where I stayed.

Modelling today played second fiddle to some 1:1 scale construction of a garden bed.

Yesterday was a little better with some progress.

First off is the Ki61 which has stalled a little with only some minor painting and work on the bomb racks done. I’m picking up the Tamiya silver hopefully next week so this will hopefully reignite the fire on this one.

Next up is the Krupp Raumer which finally got some paint again. I think the issue last time was spraying from too far away. I concentrated on just doing the top and it looks ok so far. I hope to do more before I go away.

The Minenraumer has been test fitted and the chains look ok. I’m not putting the front track section in till after the painting is finished as the parts are designed so that once you put it in it won’t be coming out again.

This is now up to bring ready to paint also as the etched parts have been added along with the lights.

Last up is a bit of a surprise. I had a little spare time yesterday so got out the card kit of the dump bin I ordered last year. I’ve got the two sides together with their stiffening frameworks and added some Milliput to the gap between the two parts on each side. This is very much an extra kit to fiddle with when I have time.

This week I managed to add the radiator with a fingerprint on it and do a few other painting tasks. It’s still got a way to go and I’ll be buying the Tamiya AS12 in two weeks at Frontline.

I’ve got tomorrow off so a little more will get done in the morning.

I’m back from holidays and managed a bit of modelling over the last few days.

First up I got the three 1/48 TA 183 upgrade parts from Quickboost from a company in Cyprus. I got them inside 10 days which was pretty quick.

I decided to remove the moulding stubs and do some basic clean up on the engine intake and exhaust. The intake on the kit is it’s biggest shortfall being too short. This “feature” is carefully ignored in many reviews by facing the kit away to avoid showing this.

I also started doing the clean up of the pebbly yellow paint on the Raumer S but due to the wet weather this will carry over to next week.

Lastly I managed to get more of the assembly of the Ki61 done. There’s still a little fettling to be done on this but this is an Easter holiday weekend so I’ll see what can be done.