Re: Tamiya British Army Chieftain Mk5 MBT
Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:43 pm
very nice my man loving the new handle bending tool .
Good to be back.
I haven't been away so to speak, I pop by every so often to see what you talented chaps and chapess are up to, but as most of you know, work and home life catches up with you and modelling takes a step back.
We moved in May 2017, and I lost my Man/Cave and with the new house, came an opportunity to build my own private den.
Mrs D/W was on board and thought a few sheckles spent on a worthwhile hobby was a good thing.
When we moved, I was all for leaving the shed behind, but Mrs Donkeywalloper, badgered me into taking it with us (good for her).
It sat for a few months in its constituent pieces whilst I had a base and an armoured power line lain.
The chaps who did our drive and rear patio with block pavers, returned to make me a substantial base.
Once the UK gave us some fair weather, Mrs DW and I set about putting up the shed and repairing any damage occurred in move
To cut a story short, power was put in in the form of lights and power sockets on a batten. The shed was insulated floors, walls and ceiling and boarded out and floor laid with carpet tiles
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Lot of flammable kit in modelling, cant be to careless.
I work in the education / facilities field, and found a battered but beautiful Teachers desk in a skip, this was rescued, sanded and oiled and is now my work bench.
The shed is my sanctuary.
I may have mentioned in past posts, that I have Bi-Polar and suffer with depression. The Bi side is my artistic bent, and I’m led to believe that many am artist, writer or thinker had Bi-Polar.
It’s got a Denon sound system, coffee machine and fridge for milk, beers and Super-Glue
It’s warm in the winter and hot in summer (something I need to sort out).
So, having been decorating as of late in the house, everything fell to the side and so modelling was reserved for a few hours a week.
I have come back to the lovely Chief.
Its been primered with the following, giving it a smooth base.
My first model when I returned to modelling in my later years.
It’s been sat in its Tamiya box now for years.
Many of you will have experienced this same venture.
I’m 53.
When I was modelling when 8 - 17 years of age. We had modelling shops and no www.
I bought models from the model shop, and was limited to Airfix, Revell and a few Tamiya’s. Items were only affordable as I was on pocket-money and a few pounds from a paper round.
Their was no PE, none of the fabulous products we all use now.
I used the Tamiya Chief as an experience in aftermarket and to get back into modelling again.
She has an Accurate Armour barrel fitted.
She is very, very laden with Eduard PE.
Accurate Armour tracks (Sort of, I will discuss this topic at length
later).Accurate Armour Clansman radio bases.
Armour Tow Cables, the original and new.
Accurate Armour Oil Drums and Water Cans
If you look through the other posts on this venerable lady, you’ll see I went wild replacing handles with wire on Bazooka Plates and generally cutting off, scraping, sanding and using copious amounts of C/A to put bended pieces of PE on her.
The A/A tracks are proving to give me a headache. Its all about Heat, Bend and Cool to shape. Not feeling it at moment and so as budget will not stretch to Fruil, I'm going to go with Runner Band Tracks supplied with kit. As 1/2 are covered by Bazooka plate, i shall have to make a great job of them.
Laters guys,
DW
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