What's on the Bench 2024

[Tim Marlow]

Horses came out great.

Cheers bud, hope the riders come out as well….

[Tim Marlow]

Tim,
Those look superb mate.

Very kind Scottie. Personally I don’t think the horses are such good sculpts as the riders, but the tack was easy to paint.

[Ian M]

Hmm for me? My desk is covered in bits of wood, Sawdust wood glue and Araldite!

[Airborne01]

Love that truck, leave the bed open to view is my vote! Love the Thud too and those riders are cracking Tim!
Steve

[Tim Marlow]

Love that truck, leave the bed open to view is my vote! Love the Thud too and those riders are cracking Tim!
Steve

Cheers Steve ?

[A_J_Rimmer]

Superb work Tim - what figures are they, Are they Citadel Bretonnians?

[Tim Marlow]

Superb work Tim - what figures are they, Are they Citadel Bretonnians?

Hi Arnie. Thanks for the compliment. They are Victrix 28mm Norman cavalry. Victrix make some of the best plastics out there in my opinion.

[A_J_Rimmer]

Thanks Tim - I'll keep them in mind in the future. They do look really nice miniatures.

[Andy T]

I'm working on a little Zil-131 with trailer from ICM. The truck is showing it's age with plenty of flash but the newer mould trailer was pretty crisp.

Basic colours are down, ready for the digital/pixel camo decals:

[Steven000]

Nice, looking forward to that pixel camo ?

[Si Benson]

Very nice?. Is that the Chernobyl set?

[Andy T]

Just the Zil + trailer set Si, although it's the same base truck.

[scottie3158]

Andy, spot on mate.

[Andy T]

Thanks guys. I got a few hours at the bench today so the decals are on. ICM provide early & late types (I'm guessing pre & post invasion), so I mixed them up a bit between truck and trailer.

After a bit of grunging up with Citadel shade paints I've sealed everything with a matt coat ready for further work:

It's good that the chassis' can be kept apart from the bodywork until the last minute, so I can work on them separately.

[Nicko]

That's looking really cool Andy...

Nick

[Andy T]

Thanks Nick, it's been a fun little kit build & paint

[minitnkr]

Andy, is this support for the monster rocket launcher?

[Andy T]

No, the builds aren't really connected, it's was just the next on my list.
Besides, I think they are on different sides at the moment ?

[Andy T]

My apologies Paul minitnkr. I've just realised that I didn't mention this was the Ukrainian version, I thought I had.

[PaulTRose]

Thought have a dabble with this one

Wsnt to practice some paint methods on it

[PaulTRose]

Bit of work done to the hull

[Richard48]

That one brings back memories.Seem to rememember going to Bishops Stortford on train with my brother to buy this one.Think my brother got a Tamiya motocross bike.Loved my Tamiya kits in teens and still do.Watching with interest.
Richard

[Andy the Sheep]

This one is one of the kits a friend gave me because he couldn't model no more due to his age. Sadly he passed away a few days ago (he was 91) and his son told me he wants to see those kits built as a memorial to his dad.
I began with the easiest one, Tamiya M1A2 Iraqi freedom. The other 2 are a Tamya F16 aggressor 1/48 and an ICM CR 42 1/32.
The Abrams is coming together OOB without any issue, so no need for a dedicated thread. Here's one picture.