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Of course with these being IR battle RC tanks a lot of details like tow cables and antennas get ripped off on the field which is why I don't go crazy putting little chains and pins for the spare track holders etc. Also things like the tracks I just gave a track wash. The real weathering happens driving on the field as the KV-1 shows in comparison after a year of natural weathering

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1/72 scale HobbyBoss F-86 and Mig15. These are their 'easy build' kits but are actually OK for little money. Built out of the box and spray painted Krylon silver. I gave them to my nephew a few years ago; I assume they are destroyed.

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Those metal kits look really nice. So no soldering or CA glue just bending unlike photo etch brass? Even in 1/16 scale bending and assembling ultra tiny photo etch brass for the tanks drives me nuts. Fingers too big and pieces so tiny for these eyes.
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I have to use 2X reading glasses and a good desk lamp is mandatory. to see the smaller parts and slots. I used to get the photo etched accessories when I was building 1/72 and 1/48 aircraft models. I will have to dig out some photo's of when I was building plastic models and post some.
 
When I was a kid building WW2 airplane models was my favorite hobby. Moved into Tamiya tanks around 1970 for less than a year then funny enough at 15 when i started working part time all my money was going on records and audio gear. Got back into the tanks because of Covid lockdown boredom in early 2021 so things have sort of gone full circle. I would love to have a go at a big scale Fw190 but modelling tanks and planes are totally different and also another rabbit hole I can't go down. Otherwise it could turn into this and as impressive as this looks I don't have the room or budget:rflmao:

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Here is the latest addition to the Star Wars Metal Earth collection the original design X-Wing fighter. The one gave me plenty of practice rolling and shaping cylinders. I assembled this one over the past four days.IMG_20230109_104742398.jpg
 

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Picked these up today at the hobby store. Think they will come in handy.

side note. Wife took a pic of her friends kids new model. It’s from Lego. Apparently this is the new version of modeling??:(
 

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Now here's a guy who loves his Tiger tanks. I couldn't find the video of a guy building a huge DIY all metal Tiger. It was a walk around of it in bare metal and pretty far along. If memory serves it was 7 or 8 foot long like the big one here.

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nolasally said:
Picked these up today at the hobby store. Think they will come in handy.

side note. Wife took a pic of her friends kids new model. It’s from Lego. Apparently this is the new version of modeling??:(
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Those are the small clamps I was talking about. Think you'll find them very handy. I've looked at that Lego kit but I don't care for it looking all Legoly after it's finished. They have a Ducati Panigale V4 R Lego kit that looks pretty dang good. Expensive though.

https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Panigale-Motorcycle-Featuring-Suspension/dp/B0858TS47Q
 
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The Hellcat looked very similar to the wildcat which was well armored but much slower and less agile ! The Japs used to trick the American pilots by pulling up into a steep climb and when the wild cats would slow to a stall ,The Zero would double back and shot them down ! When the Hellcat appeared it had no problem keeping up in the climb and the maneuver that once worked well was pure suicide for the Zero pilot !
 
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