I stumbled across this in a storage box and decided to give it a new lease on life. This is the Academy 1/35th M51 that I built back in 1995 and did an exceptionally horrible job on it. It was also one of the first kits my wife gave me after we got married. A few missing parts but structurally OK so let's give it a new lease on life, shall we?
"You watch the world exploding every single night Dancing in the sun a newborn in the light, Brothers and their fathers joining hands and make a chain The shadow of the Wicker Man is rising up again......" ------"The Wicker Man", by Iron Maiden
Thanks, guys. Didn't want to start a entirely new armor piece with the Artillery GB on the horizon so I thought a refinish would be fun.
"You watch the world exploding every single night Dancing in the sun a newborn in the light, Brothers and their fathers joining hands and make a chain The shadow of the Wicker Man is rising up again......" ------"The Wicker Man", by Iron Maiden
I did some work on the M-51 refurb today. I have removed the suspension and I did some seam work on the sponsons by getting that smooth and filling some punchmarks. (I didn't fill any of that when I built it, circa 1995 ) I plan to make this a '73 M-51 so I removed the exhaust array on the engine deck and also the huge stowage basket on the back. The '73 ones had the standard drop down shelf on the back so I will just scratchbuild that.
"You watch the world exploding every single night Dancing in the sun a newborn in the light, Brothers and their fathers joining hands and make a chain The shadow of the Wicker Man is rising up again......" ------"The Wicker Man", by Iron Maiden
Thanks, guys! So I have removed all the old decals and resanded several spots. I also added the stowage shelf on the rear hull from a Tamiya Sherman and replaced the loaders hatch with one from a Dragon kit. The main gun was also out of alignment so I reseated it and straightened it out. Just about ready for primer.
"You watch the world exploding every single night Dancing in the sun a newborn in the light, Brothers and their fathers joining hands and make a chain The shadow of the Wicker Man is rising up again......" ------"The Wicker Man", by Iron Maiden
Well, the primer is on and my dreadful 1995 paint job and weathering is history. I will let this set up and clean up and fix the HVSS suspension parts, next.
"You watch the world exploding every single night Dancing in the sun a newborn in the light, Brothers and their fathers joining hands and make a chain The shadow of the Wicker Man is rising up again......" ------"The Wicker Man", by Iron Maiden
Nice priming Ian . Surely you are not drinking Laphroaig out of mug ?
LOL!!!! That's just my morning java. And thanks for stopping in!
"You watch the world exploding every single night Dancing in the sun a newborn in the light, Brothers and their fathers joining hands and make a chain The shadow of the Wicker Man is rising up again......" ------"The Wicker Man", by Iron Maiden