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Below is my quick progress on BV P178. With just six stages this is a quick build. Assembly is quite straightforward in line with every review I have read. The only problem I have seen is the need to add weight in the nose area which I will be packing with lead and milliput. That’s will be a nice quick job after work tomorrow.

Got cracking on some airbrushing yesterday while the weather was fine. I got both yellow and green on the Panther. I am not entirely happy with one side skirt attachment so back to a bit of milliput to fix this problem. 

The other  kit is the Zeppelin rammer which was painted with Vallejo Model air RLM 84 which worked quite well. Next up will be their 83 but given the wet weather this will be waiting till Wednesday and having time to mask. 

With spring has come rain and busy frogs making noises in my garden and lots of eggs. The other end of the pond had nearly as many eggs also.

To finish off the weekend a quick Blitzbau on the Bronco Bv P178 night fighter. 

One of my children is having a party for a significant birthday tomorrow night so to allow drunken frivolity the modelling desk is being cleared. Just before that I did a few quick photos. I even did some editing of these although it was only quick effort. 

First up is the Zeppelin rammer from Brengun which is a nice quick kit. I managed to get the canopy on tonight after some recent Finish being applied. 

Above the Zeppelin is 2 anti aircraft Panther turrets on the left with the Revell Panther body on the top right. 

The turrets were from Kora with the new gun barrels from Schatton Modellbau.

Next up is two  1.35 shopping trolleys from Royal Model and Brengun. As they are slightly different they will work well in an upcoming diorama. 

Next up is the storage area on the right below my modelling desk  where everything is stored for the next 48 hours. I will spend Sunday night unpacking all this. This is just some MDF screwed in to form a box.

It’s now less than 2 months to leaving for Telford so I am still hoping to get a few kits finished before then but none of these will be travelling with me.

To finish up here are some of  the necessary supplies for a party.

Believe it or not another model has been completed. That is 2 kits for the year so far. I am aiming for 3 at least this year by concentrating on kits that are nearly finished. The paint is Tamiya rattle can matt black with some rust coloured Tamiya chalk and finished with Windsor and Newton matt varnish. The trolley is also weathered with chalks. 

Lovely kit.

Hard to see but this is a Fine Molds 1.72 Kaiten submarine. Pretty small. This was a fairly suicidal weapon. It goes together easily except for some small issues needing filler. The kit includes a trolley which is pretty simple and I have already finished all the work on that.

It obviously needs some weathering after I have applied multiple coats of Tamiya rattle can matt black.

I was somewhat cranky last week wrestling with a retailers website and uttered the following phrase that amused my wife – ” Why is it so hard to order a zombie and a shopping trolley? ”

I succeeded eventually and the result arrived today.

ok so loading the 2 images below was simple in Facebook but WordPress keeps asking me to try again. This is why there’s no coverage of the Melbourne model show because after 5 wasted attempts I have given up.

So having finally finished a kit I cleaned my desk up, now I just have to repack it all back from the poor ping pong table 🙂

Finally after 18 months I have finished something. Not my best work but at least I accomplished it without breaking it in frustration. 

Below are shots of 2 shops in Melbourne. The first has by the look of  it been long gone with its shuttered  up look now serving as a

Poster billboard  and the second was downstairs and is now  a tattoo parlour.

I did  see  a third  one yesterday but I  didn’t  realise this was a theme.

Lastly is a few friends i spotted crossing  the  street  and  asked  to  get a photo of.  Evidently  I  was their first request:)

A couple  of  photos  of  my latest work.

The Ar 234 is up to  PSR cycle  3 and there is  really not too much  to  do before  another  round of assembly. As expected from previous  experience the join  between the body and  the  cockpit  section is problematic.

The Natter is proceeding smoothly with the decals going well and tonight a second  coat  of  Kleer going on. Not sure  whether  it will get done before  I  go to  Melbourne  next Friday for the Aussie Model  Expo and assorted other purchases.
I  must admit I use Microscale’s Micro Set and  Micro Sol.
I have  solved the problem  of remembering which  to use first with  the following  expedient 🙂