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| Subject: | Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams |  |
| Date: | Apr 24, 2003 |
| From: | Captain Swoop | |
in article 3ea7d66e@news.track-link.net, Saul Garcia at
sharkmouth@worldnet.att.net wrote on 4/24/03 12:54 PM:
> Captain Swoop,
> That technique you refer to, um....er..., modeling, .....what is it? Sounds
> like work :-(
> Just kidding, I do not like to get myself into these things for I have built
> the 'unbuildable' models and enjoyed it. You know the ones I mean, those
> referred to as only one step above scratchbuilding.
> Hell, I've done scratchbuilding too! The best memories are of finding ways
> to replace the crappy items that cam with the vacuum formed armor models
> from Germany and Czechoslovakia (remember those?) as well as the early resin
> efforts from Airmodel. Yet, here I am amazed at the lovely time saving
> measures available nowadays to those not as talented in the building area.
> Mind you, my painting truly stinks!
> Here are some shots from an OLD Tamiya M4A3 converted to an M4A2 (76) late
> with all the casting marks reconfigured for a correct vehicle. Hell, I even
> wrote to AFV News to point out a mistake by DP Dyer in an article on Sherman
> turret drawing numbers! Talk about research!
> Well, enough reminiscing, back to shaking my Tamiya boxes and seeing what
> pops out.
> Regards,
> Saul Garcia
>
>
I have nothing against models that are easy to build but I don't choose kits
because of that. I choose kit's of things I want to build, if they need
extra work then so be it.
I don't build a great deal of german WWII so most tamiya releases pass me
bye but I have the T55 ready to go :)
Captain Swoop |
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 | Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - José Herculano - Apr 16, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Paul A. Owen - Apr 16, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Robert Lu - Apr 17, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Mario Bentivoglio - Apr 17, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Paul A. Owen - Apr 17, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Christophe Jacquemont - Apr 17, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - KCA - Apr 17, 2003 |
| . . . . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Christophe Jacquemont - Apr 17, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Captain Swoop - Apr 17, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Nakin M. - Apr 20, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Captain Swoop - Apr 24, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Saul Garcia - Apr 24, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Captain Swoop - Apr 24, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - KCA - Apr 18, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Christophe Jacquemont - Apr 17, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Kurt Isbrecht - Apr 18, 2003 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Captain Swoop - Apr 24, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Going bananas with the Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams - Mario Bentivoglio - Apr 17, 2003 |
| . . . Re: Italeri 1/35 M1A2 Abrams excellent review on Tanxheaven website. - Christophe Jacquemont - May 1, 2003 |
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