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    fly model shilka - finished!

    Nice Shilka!! MP: You have done a very nice job with a very complex model. Your Shilka is very good. Keep working and fine-tuning your skills! Your friend, Fishcarver
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    fly model shilka - finished!

    Nice Shilka!! MP: Do not be your own worst critic! You have done a very good job with a very complex model. Bravo Fishcarver
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    New Modelik SCUD Review

    Model Build on Hold Yes, Folks. This one is on hold untitl I build a 1:35 version... JR
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    1/35 armor

    1:35 Armour (Rescaling Models) You can build anything you want if you know how to rescale models. The formula is easy: 1) to upscale, say from from 1:72 to 1:35, use the formula Fn= O/N where Fn = Final New Scale, O = Original Scale , N=New Scale . Therefore, a 1:35 model made from...
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    USS Tarawa LHA1 1/200

    Semper Fi !! Barry: I have watched TARAWA turn from a gleam in your eye into a finished model over the past couple of years. You are THE MAN, my friend. Well done!! Jim
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    Scorpion FV101

    Great Work as always! Kevin: Congrats on your win in the contest! Keep up your good work!! Your Scorpion is also a very nice model, and you are bringing it along handsomely. The turret assembly of the Scorpion (developed by Alvis UK, I believe), was adapted to the Canadian Cougar...
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    COOL.....ish!!

    Thanks also! These are great models. Jim
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    GPM Dragon Wagon

    Ken: Righteous build so far! Jim
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    Willys Jeep from Modelik

    Willys Jeep: Arriba!! Lluis: A beautiful build! Su amigo Jim
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    GPM Dragon Wagon

    Ken: Your work on this large and complex model is looking very good so far! Keep it up! What kind of paints are you using for your (Minimal) painting? (Which also looks very good,!!) BTW: I enjoyed the shot of your "airborne assistant" Polly. I have two katz, Alvine and Emmy. Both enjoy...
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    Anchor Chain Anyone

    1/72 or 1/76 is a pretty good approximation of 1inch=6 feet, or British "00" scale. A nice scale for ship models if you want to buld them big and put figures on it. David: Raise your scale on Jerry O'B to 1/90 or so and you can use HO (1:87) figures on it (see Preiser WW2 figs for...
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    German tank crew part1

    I will definitely buy some. We need more 1:25 figures!!! Jim
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    GPM Dragon Wagon

    Ken: Great work and efficient building so far! Carry on! Yer bud Jim
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    German tank crew part1

    Piter: I am looking forward to the release of your figures! Will they be in one piece, or in multi-pose format? Jim
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    M4a3 Sherman - Gpm

    Ken: This is excellent work! Very nice clean build! JR
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    GAZ 69 in 1:35 (Ugly Duckling)

    Steve: you got that part right!! . Between teaching classes and helping Mrs FC in the "slug fest" I have had to let my model building go: time to get back at it!! JR
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    Free Model #3 - ICM's Panzer IV Ausf D

    Kevin: Those tracks are to DIE for!! Carry on, comrade! Jim
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    GPM Dragon Wagon

    Ken: You have a "Dragon by the Tail" here, but just carry on! If you do as good work here as you did on the Sherman, it will turn out fine. Jim PS: Go here Kartonbau.de - Alles rund um's Kartonmodell... | abgeschlossene Bauberichte | M25 Dragon Wagon / GPM / 1:25 [FERTIG]
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    Anchor Chain Anyone

    Paper Anchor Chains? Get Real!! Gents: There is supposedly a State home for serious inebriates ( members of the former regime, of course) on the outskirts of Moscow that specializes in the weaving of paper anchor chains for cardmodels. Otherwise, hit a good hobby shop, or an el cheapo...
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    GAZ 69 in 1:35 (Ugly Duckling)

    Fishcarver says Howdy! Sergei has been out in the extreme east of Siberia, testing the latest models of Tractor Plant equipment against the giant B.C. banana slugs in the garden....I kid you not....Mrs FishCver turfed a 4-incher off the deck just yesterday. YUCCKK!! Seriously: Ken, Kevin...