Spots on the Internet 2020

[adt70hk]

Takom seem to have fallen off my radar for some reason!

On the Gecko Facebook page - coming in the New Year
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Not separates, but in blocks of 8 6 water, 6 gas

On the Arma Hobby Facebook page picture of the moulds for their upcoming 1/48 PZL
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From MiniArt picture of their crane & engine set
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Bad practice, slinging an engine like that, especially a biggie ( I did a course on lifting heavy weights when I was in the MN ), but I bet that happened generally.
Dasve

Thanks Dave. Nice to see an actual mould. As daft as it sounds I knew the theory but had never seen one.

[Dave Ward]

You can see that machining a mould from a single piece of metal is a complicated effort, and the opportunities for mistakes are high! These are high capital investment items, which is why moulds from the last century are still in use!
Dave

[adt70hk]

You can see that machining a mould from a single piece of metal is a complicated effort, and the opportunities for mistakes are high! These are high capital investment items, which is why moulds from the last century are still in use!
Dave

Indeed. Thanks again for sharing.

[Andy the Sheep]

... the 'Smart' car of the Tank world
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[Tim Marlow]

Now you’ve shown me a smart car I might actually want to drive Andy :anguished:

[Steve Brodie]

You can see that machining a mould from a single piece of metal is a complicated effort, and the opportunities for mistakes are high! These are high capital investment items, which is why moulds from the last century are still in use!
Dave

CNC milled i assume, which shows the skills that must have been needed back in the day when they were made by hand ?

[Steve Brodie]

... the 'Smart' car of the Tank world

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I take it that the tracks are not workable :smiling2: :smiling2: :smiling2:

[Guest]

I take it that the tracks are not workable :smiling2: :smiling2: :smiling2:

It looks to me like somebody made a composite image of a Smart and a Weasel.

[Dave Ward]

On the Eduard Facebook page, news about the recovery, after their fire. They now believe they can salvage more than originally thought, and hope to resume sales by January 15th. Good luck to them! :thumb2:

On the ICM Facebook page - boxart for their upcoming Mig-25PD in 1/72

P.S.The ICM website is in the process of being revamped - it will be '100% New'

On the Zvezda Facebook page renders for their Shchuka-X Soviet sub in 1/144

The originals were about 57m long, so this should give a reasonable model size of around 400mm .................
Dave

[adt70hk]

On the Eduard Facebook page, news about the recovery, after their fire. They now believe they can salvage more than originally thought, and hope to resume sales by January 15th. Good luck to them! :thumb2:

On the ICM Facebook page - boxart for their upcoming Mig-25PD in 1/72
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P.S.The ICM website is in the process of being revamped - it will be '100% New'

On the Zvezda Facebook page renders for their Shchuka-X Soviet sub in 1/144
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The originals were about 57m long, so this should give a reasonable model size of around 400mm .................
Dave

Good news about Eduard. Thanks for the update Dave.

[Dave Ward]

The New ICM website is up & running http://icm.ua/en/
The best feature I've found so far - you can download instructions!
Dave

[Dave Ward]

A sunny Xmas morning - white over! - Just quite a heavy frost!
From MiniArt - new kit coming soon


On the new ICM website, boxart for upcoming releases -'available soon'

Dave

[Dave Ward]

On the ICM Facebook page - build pictures otf their 1/35 WOT 8 with BM-13 Katyusha

Oddly, I don't think I've seen pictures of the finished model before...................
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Snowing here...........................

On the Copper State Model Facebook page boxart for their Canadian M.G. Carrier - available Feb 2021


From MiniArt 'new model coming soon'

Like the Japanese camo! I guess this will be priced the same as the other Austin - at £40+
Dave

[Tim Marlow]

Love the carriage lamps on the machine gun carrier.....so incongruous!