It’s been a while since I have thrown something together but I just wanted to share with you all what I have on the table.
Right now I am working on a 1/48 Accurate Miniatures SBD-2 Dauntless, a 1/35 Italeri Opel Blitz and a 1/35 Tamiya Flak 38.
The Dauntless is still in it’s early stages. I am still working on the cockpit, I have the interior color sprayed but I am still working on the shading and the instrument panels.
The Flak 38 is almost together and will be ready for a paintjob tomorrow.
The Opel Blitz is still on the Sprues but I got the parts soaking in the sink right now with some dishsoap and water.
I plan on putting the flak38 and opel into a North Afrikan themed dio but it’s still early yet.
On a side note, does anyone know how to help cover scratches in the clear plastic they use for the windows? I got it soaking in some future right now but I don’t know if that will help. The kit was pretty old (11 years) so the insides weren’t in the best shape.
Hmm, as for the scratches just dip it in Future, lift it out, set the part on a paper napkin or towel and cover the piece to avoid dust from getting on it. That should help or possibly fix it. Outside of that, you may have to polish out the scratches.
You can try sanding the surface with some very fine wet-n-dry sand paper, then using some rubbing compound like you use on automobile paint finishes to rub out the surface, and last apply a plastic polishing wax to polish. it’s alot of work, but it will give you good results. Hope this is worth your trouble, it does work. Semper Fi, mike
Hey, let us know how the Opel and the flak go.
For the clear parts, I saw a feature recently on TMMI regarding this. The author used progressively finer and finer wet/dry sandpaper (used wet), and when a frosted, but uniform surface was accomplished, some kind of wax (you can substitute Future for it) was used to finish it all off.
Future should come right off wth ammonia. If you can stand the smell, striaght ammonia can be had in the cleaning section of most grocery stores. Otherwise, windex has ammonia in it.