1/35 Soviet T26 Tank and a Zvezda M72 Motor cycle and side car .

[Mini Me]

Better take it easy on the "Brewskies" Allen..........that T-shirt looks a little "stressed"!

[Guest]

You are right, Allen. In fact, the Friulmodel logo, the golden eagle on a blue background is the coat of arms of the Friuli, a part of Friuli Venezia Giulia region, one of the 20 Italian administrative regions.
Probably Giuseppe was born there.

The company was originally based in Trieste, IIRC (and if I don’t, then it was at least another city in northern Italy ) before moving to Hungary (and changing its name from Friulmodelissimo to Friulmodel).

[scottie3158]

John,
Sorry mate very late to the party chair pulled up and waiting for the tea and biscuits.

[JR]

Excuse my ignorance here chaps, what exactly are ‘fruils’ in relation to tracks.
Been following this thread but the reference to fruils is meaningless to me. Tried the internet!!! Even more confusticated!!!!
Help!!! Short words please, brain can’t cope with long words :rolling: :thumb2:

Fruils are metal, aftermarket tracks. They make them for a wide selection of vehicles. They are relatively easy to put together, are well detailed and sag naturally.

Hi Doug,

Jim beat me to the punch, but you are spelling the name wrong...It's Friul, not Fruil, and that's why you probably didn't get too far on the net...Have a look here,

https://friulmodel.hu/

It also seems my Buddy Giuseppe is in ill health. He's Mr. Friul......

Prost
Allen

I know were I went wrong!! Mr autocorrect changed my original spelling to fruit and I changed fruit to fruil. (Because I’m lazy). :smiling3: :thumb2:

You are right, Allen. In fact, the Friulmodel logo, the golden eagle on a blue background is the coat of arms of the Friuli, a part of Friuli Venezia Giulia region, one of the 20 Italian administrative regions.
Probably Giuseppe was born there.

My fault entirely, spelling is not my best subject ! With out spell check I'd be lost

John,
Sorry mate very late to the party chair pulled up and waiting for the tea and biscuits.

Welcome Paul, tea on it's way.

[Waspie]

My fault entirely, spelling is not my best subject ! With out spell check I'd be lost



Welcome Paul, tea on it's way.

John, I find even when I spell a word correctly something in the innards of this thing changes it!! I really need to check what's being checked without me knowing it's being checked!!! Technology!!! Love it!! ([COLOR=rgb(247, 218, 100)]Sometimes[/COLOR])

[Andy the Sheep]

The company was originally based in Trieste, IIRC (and if I don’t, then it was at least another city in northern Italy :smiling3: ) before moving to Hungary (and changing its name from Friulmodelissimo to Friulmodel).

After some research, I found that the firm "Friulmodellismo" was in a little town north of Udine, just 20 minutes by car from where I live. Unfortunately (at least for me :rolling:, probably not for him and his firm), Mr. Puppato moved to Hungary, near Szekesfehervar, some 6 hours by car from here :disappointed2:, some years ago.
Hope he will get better soon.

[Guest]

Friulmodellismo

That was it. I kind of butchered the name a little

was in a little town north of Udine

OK, and that part too … But at least I got it right that it was in northeastern Italy

[papa 695]

Just seen this one John, so I've pulled up my chair at the back. Nice start by the way.

[JR]

Just seen this one John, so I've pulled up my chair at the back. Nice start by the way.

Hi Ian , can you see from there ?
The Rabble are ok at the moment having been fed and watered . Busy now discussing Friuls and the history of the founder .A move to the front is safe .

[JR]

Apart from drilling one sets of Friuls out and a little sanding of rough spots and moving onto the other set nothing exciting model wise to report .
One thing I am looking fwd to is the tank riders. Although there is a picture on the box art work there's nothing in the set . I have a packet of Russian figure bits , so along with some others in boxes I should find something to suit .
The motor cycle has two figures, but what I wanted was one pointing as it telling the Tank where the enemy was . Thinking a lesson in " Neil " surgery is about to happen .
Will finish those tracks first .

[Jim R]

Interested to see you have a go at figure altering. People like Neil and Richard make it look easy, which I'm sure it isn't, but it can make figures really look natural.

[JR]

Interested to see you have a go at figure altering. People like Neil and Richard make it look easy, which I'm sure it isn't, but it can make figures really look natural.

Hi Jim. Me too .
Yesterday finished the clean up of the tracks, nothing much just a quick drill to check holes were clear and removing a small nib on every one .
Going now to look at the figure parts .

[JR]

Yesterday I was up to here with the build

The aerial was really well protected in the box after careful removal it went on.
I purposely used a bigger drill to make the holes in the turret.Too easy to damage the thin section aerial in attempting to fit .


Rear looks ok.
Then as I want to have the drivers hatch open while they stop to speak to the motorcycle crew I decided maybe they had some padding on the shield.

Might look a bit better when painted .

Off now to look at the selection on figures be fore I do the normal thing of buying more !

John.
Thanks for looking in .

[outrunner]

Looking good John.

Andy.

[JR]

Looking good John.

Andy.

Cheers Andy , getting there .