What's on your workbench?

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levied troop wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 6:49 am I don’t think I’ve ever seen the Malayan Emergency gamed. Should be interesting.
Not even at your local Lard games day? Have a word with Wee Derek* for the next "Deep Fried Lard".

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There’s nothing ‘wee’ about Derek at all, but yes, the man drinks like a demon
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I've heard that only the killer whale tank at Seaworld has a bigger "splash zone".
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Shahbahraz wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:15 am I'm also going to insert a wooden block into the chassis...
I had some old airfix trucks of a similar tyle and I found that bulk filling with a 50/50 mix of sand and polyfilla followed by a milliput skin on the bottom worked well and left them identical in heft to resin trucks.
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That sounds like a good idea about the sand/polyfilla mix, though I would be worried that an accidental knock would leave a truck shaped lump of polyfilla on the table...

I shall check out Wee Derek's capacity at Musselburgh in June. :)
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Shahbahraz wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 7:04 pm That sounds like a good idea about the sand/polyfilla mix, though I would be worried that an accidental knock would leave a truck shaped lump of polyfilla on the table...
Add some PVA to the mix for extra stickiness if you're worried abut that.
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Whatever you do, do not use Purps recipe....
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What, the "magic" glue?
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Zenbadger wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:47 pm
Shahbahraz wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2020 8:15 am I'm also going to insert a wooden block into the chassis...
I had some old airfix trucks of a similar tyle and I found that bulk filling with a 50/50 mix of sand and polyfilla followed by a milliput skin on the bottom worked well and left them identical in heft to resin trucks.
Good ideas both and I may combine the two as the wood should give the filler something to "grab".
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Finished a Rubicon T34/76 I've had in the tank box a while. After watching some really useful youtube videos on painting tanks I've got a real tank mojo going. Sponge painting is the way forward!
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