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papastumpy: well, it would appear that this is the same design as the WAK S boot, only as a download. I could be wrong about that, but I believe it's by the same designer. Onto some details. there are rather alot of wee parts to built up with wire in this kit, but i don't have any handy...

...next part. As mentioned before, the instructions dont call out to laminate the deck parts (I suggest 1mm), but It quickly becomes obvious that the kit is designed to have this done, but only after I made a bit of a mess trying to compensate. I added extra reinforcement to the hull arount...

This is a new kit by Fitter, from E-cardmodels. I have to admit, I'm a bit trepiditious about this, as I've only really attempted 2 ship models before, niether of them got finished for various reasons, mostly loss of intrest on my behalf, due mainly to dissatisfaction with wobbly hulls. So...

Parts? the only piece of the thompson not made from card is a small length of brass tubing to reinforce the cocking handle, so it wouldn't be accidently removed by an overenthusiastic admirer. Or maybe you mean where to get the base model? The M1A1 Thompson is available from...

Looking good. What is this PPXCLUB of which you speak?

I mannaged to find some scans I made of the turret parts of my previous effort, so i printed them out and had a bit of a practice. ...I've altered the green colour to grey, as aparently the green is wrong, but I think the grey maybe a bit dark. Anyone with a reference for the...

Between this AND the MP40, folks will start to belive me incontinent.

I see where they are going with this. The model is virtually impossible to pirate easily in it's entirity. Very Clever. Awesome model, I want one.

OMG. I need, nay, REQUIRE the scharfschutze. Oh God that's pretty.

Wow. make me feel like having another go at mine. I was never really happy with the colours in the kit though. Fly model seem to have a bit of 'close enough" attitude to colours, particularly in their older kits.

wow. the boats add a great level of detail to the ship. perhaps you could paint the hulls to disguise the seams a bit? they don't look horrible as they are, but toning them down a bit may help you to enjoy them more. Now that i think of it, smoothing out the hulls with some wood putty, a bit of...

yes, photo railing and steps. Hmm. ordering from GPM seems to be fairly straightforward, particularly if you go the paypal route. it'd cost me about AU $150 for the works. Tempted. Anybody know what the photo-etch contains?

well, they would go bang if they were not made of paper.... Shortly, I will be starting on nothing's Mauser (backdating to a C96), but I have way too much on my plate to get started for at least a couple of weeks. In the meantime, my brain starts a wandering to other possible projects. I've...

Thanks. I'd really love to have another go at this kit, but can't afford it at the moment. As GPM have published it, a very pretty battleship. I think I have enough railing left over, but I'm out of stairs, both of which added greatly to the build. speaking of railing, it would appear the the...

Oh dear. Sorry to hear of the demise of your dreadnought. you mentioned you had a copy of the GPM Graf Spee, this is a model I started many years ago, but met a similar fate as your dreadnought. Still, i mannaged to find a couple of pictures of my build before it's untimely death, so i'll post...

Got mine!!!!

Woot! I'll be back dating mine to the C-96. Which shouldn't be too difficult, just delete the selector, straighten out the side so the magazine well is the same width as the rest of the frame, and add some "paneling'. I think that's about all. I may need to alter the magazine floor plate too...

Great work! i'm not hugely into ship models, and all attempts to build anything decent have usually come to a messy end, for one reason or another. Can anyone tell me why none of the major kit manufacturers have ever done this VERY important ship in 1:200 with a full hull? I'd buy that like...

Hmmm. Reinforcment. I'm sure there must be a way to introduce fero-concrete into card modeling. Of course I could just take the next step and move straight into printable Kevlar...... love what you are doing, I have one of these on my hard drive somewhere.

Here's a nice family portrait : I'll do some closer shots when I've finished detailing her.