Tamiya Wespe

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Justin Wooding wrote:Here ya go....

http://m.ebay.com/itm/361368816091?_mwBanner=1
Excellent Woody, thanks very much. I'll order a couple of those. :D

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A small update from me. I've started some painting. I was just going to do the interior but I got carried away :roll:
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The heads arrived from BnA and I wasted no time fitting them. ;)
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I think they look suitably cold. What do you guys think?

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Vincent Power wrote:
Justin Wooding wrote:Here ya go....

http://m.ebay.com/itm/361368816091?_mwBanner=1
Excellent Woody, thanks very much. I'll order a couple of those. :D

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I have from that seller a few times before and service is good and reliable :)
Woody...

Trying hard to do some modeling!

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Figures look great Vincent :D
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Justin Wooding wrote:
Vincent Power wrote:
Justin Wooding wrote:Here ya go....
http://m.ebay.com/itm/361368816091?_mwBanner=1
Excellent Woody, thanks very much. I'll order a couple of those. :D
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I have from that seller a few times before and service is good and reliable :)
Good to know mate, thanks.

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Adam Durrant wrote:Figures look great Vincent :D
Thanks Adam.
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Some more progress. It seems strange painting and weathering when the building phase is not finished. :?
Anyway, I figured I had to paint the interior before the sides could go on.......so I did. ;)
Here are the side plates....
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and the hull top....
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and with the sides dry fitted in place.
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Now I can start assembling it all and start painting the outside camo. :D
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Excellent paintjob! This is of course the part where my Wespe got stalled :lol:

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Beautiful so far Vincent, I'd be checking twice when I masked all that up before painting the outside. Amazing how paint under pressure gets everywhere :?
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Looks great with the interior painted. You'd better take your time to hide this all before your start painting the exterior. It would be a shame to ruin your job ;)
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