30 day kit challenge! General status update

So, what's the current standing?

1.  22nd of May 2017 - 52-K 85mm AA gun - needs wheelhubs
2.  23rd of May 2017 - BMP-1 - needs hatch
3.  24th of May 2017 - 2x Polski Fiat - FINISHED x2
4.  25th of May 2017 - Salvaged truck - FINISHED
5.  26th of May 2017 - Dapol Water Tower - FINISHED
6.  27th of May 2017 - BISON - needs concrete and tarp
7.  28th of May 2017 - Salvaged ZIL-157 - FINISHED
8.  29th of May 2017 - T-55 wreck - plenty of work to do.....
9.  30th of May 2017 - nothing
10.  31st of May 2017 - Flak 88 #1 - plenty of work to do....
11.  1st of June 2017 - Flak 88 #2 - plenty of work to do....
12.  2nd of June 2017 - FT-17 (MG) - FINISHED
13.  3rd of June 2017 - Panhard 178 #1- FINISHED
14.  4th of June 2017 - Panhard 178 #2 - FINISHED
15.  5th of June 2017 - BTR-152 conversion - coming along nicely...

Day #13 and #14, I made the 2 RPM Panhard 178's. Both will be captured samples, both have been magnetised, 1 will be with the standard turret but also with a turretless option, the 2nd one a lote war one, right now as a turretless version until I can find another kit with a proper turret.

Pity the kit is shite though. Almost ACE like level of quality, bad fitting, illogical sprue build and even a armoured plate missing from the sprue and the manual (left rear door armoured louvre). Wheels look great though. 

I removed all of normal axles structure as it is shite and will break by just looking at it. So replaced with a thick bit of plasticcard and replaced the axle with offcuts of round sprue of the same kit.

I'm aiming for these vehicles:

Day #15 is a BTR-152 conversion into a SLA (South Lebanon Army) militia wrecker. This is also my entry for the Guild Build that is currently running. The main body is about done, next is detailing and the winch.

What I am aiming for:

And that is it for today (with a bit of a delay as Blogger refused to upload pictures lastnight)

Oh, and just for funsies.

30 day kit challenge! Day #11 already!?

Since coming back from Militracks, I spent most of the week after with my crutch and painkillers, then a day with 0 pain what so ever which was a bit odd (nice, but odd) and up to till today, a steady numb sensation with spikes in both knees, and spent most of the past few days asleep in my bed, taking the strain off them. Visited the doc today, apparently I'm doing everything right, no way am I in line for a prosthetic knee as I'm way to young, and here, try some newer, stronger painkillers, and if those don't work we will switch to opiates. Tbh, I don't call switching to stronger and stronger painkillers much of a solution, and the flyer she handed me was for sports related knee injuries "that will go away if you don't train (so hard) for 2-3 months" . Yeah..... Well, I am referred to the hospital to have X-rays taken of both knees (and not my hip.....my right side hurts like a sob but is fully functional she says). I'm not sure what good X-rays will do other then present me with another health bill I can't really afford and show us something we could not see on previous X-rays either, which is damage to cartilage....but whatever, if this is the step I need to make to be referred again to a Orthopedic surgeon, fine. Waste of time, money and resources if you ask me but I don't make the rules.

So, with most of my time spent in bed, the challenge has suffered a bit. What can you do, nothing.


Day #9: nothing
Day#10: I've started 2 Hasegawa 88's

Cut out the mounts, added plasticcard and magnets,  added magnets to the mounts and reglued them, and found my 2nd hand 88 was missing a leg...so replaced that with a bit of plasticcard. Not perfect, but it does not need to be, I can camouflage it later.

Day #11 - I grabbed the box from the attic I need for the Guild Build and that was it for today. The new painkillers do squat diddly so I can't keep my focus. Maybe it will be better tomorrow but as I have the girls to take care off all day, in this state, chances are the forecast is 100% wrecked with a slight downpour of agony. Ah well.

Just to add insult to injury, I gave up drinking soda and any kind of fluids laced with sugar in it 2 days ago and I'm really cranky, but it is for the best I guess. I'm sleeping better already so that is a nice bonus. Kim has already given me the sunday afternoon off (she'll take the kids to her mum) so I can try and make up for lost time, either starting something new or finishing the bits that need work.

Take care and I'll be back soon.

Who's your daddy?

My 2nd entry for the Guild Build themed Green. A 7 day speedbuild, started these guys on monday straight from the bag.

15mm Khurasan Mantoids with a 28mm Reaper ehm...something. I'd noticed the smaller ones looked like they would be a nymph stage for the bigger one so hey presto. Multiscale as usual, 15mm/20mm/28mm they'd do fine, 6mm if I wanted to get really nasty