As a fairly new member (only the second half of last year) who is fairly new to this area (and thus never really had much to say on here), this is sad news about AMP closing, like many other small producers for our hobby.
But keeping such a wonderful resource open and functioning for the betterment of the community is seriously awesome! thanks very much...
The tools bonnet was a hard nut to crack . Used 0.06 mm Shelf Oddity wire and shaped subassembiles that were glued together with Ca and diluted acrylic glue, trying to avoid buildups. Piece D (middle picture) was difficult to shape and required many modelling sessions (a month or so) to be crafted. RP Toolz micro-handles bending tool and Tamiya "flat tweezers for PE" helped a lot. The bonnet is SMALL , nevertheless crisp and pretty convincing. I hope you like it.
WIP pics:
closeups, dry-fitting to SLC main body and usual comparision with my index finger for my friend Falo.
« Last post by NZSnowman on 02 Nov , 2023, 14:53 »
Hi Islandern Sorry about the late rely. I have not been working on the Torpedo research for the last few years, as I wanted to finish my research on the exhaust system. I was hoping to present my finding last year but I have PC problems and was not able to do what I wanted. I hoping to present my finding before March, if my problems are fixed with my PC.
Hi! The SLC factory has been working full steam lately. This time i had to deal with HOLES . I drilled 15 holes for the housings distributed on the Maiale surface plus 2 more on the bottom of the torpedo for the pedestal arms.
All the main holes are 0.2 mm wide and host sections of brass tubing simulating the housings. Three holes at the stern section are 0,25 mm wide and host stainless steel tubing sections coming from insuline pen needles.
A special effort was made to recreate the circumferential recesses for the nut rings keeping together the main sections of the SLC body. These are 0.1 mm holes and were drilled with a short-tip dril bit on a jig i crafted on purpose from a superfine catwalk PE (spacing between holes should be some 0.15-ish mm).
I also managed to recreate the bolted recesses on top of the warhead with 0.1mm nickel wire in specially made 0.2 mm holes hosting a 0.1mm central hole.
Usual comparison with my index finger for my friend Falo
« Last post by Bad Karma on 07 Oct , 2023, 04:49 »
Continue with ``THE LAST DAYS OF THE WOLFPACK``
Trumpeter`s Schwere Plattformwagen, SSyms 80 with Bronco`s Seehund late war, with extra fuel tanks (more on that later). I am a littlebit rusty regarding airbrushing and wheatering, the horror . It will be fine in the future, i hope.
Trumpeter`s Railway Gondola, lower sides with Tamiya`s Flak 38 Flakvierling (more on that later).
Hi Falo! an average of 2 session per week lasting from 1 to 4 hrs depending from spare time inspiration and tiredness. I would like to do more but this is what i get. Thanks for checking the thread and double thanks for the kind words, i am happy you like my nano-modelling!