Candy? What did the note read, if that’s a note included in the ‘zip-loc’?
I’ve built and painted the standing dog from that kit. Good detail and sculpt.
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It was a business card. Unfortunately it got tossed with the candy. It had information from the vendor, and goofy picture of himself and message about hoping the buyer is happy and contact him if not.
Seems like a nice enough guy but the packaging method seemed odd and risky.
The last time I bought anything from that neck of the woods was a replacement rifle stock from a guy in Russia. It took a lot less time.
I was toying with the idea of opening up the dog’s mouth to have him barking. But those trained dogs might not behave that way. I don’t know.
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I’d have tossed the candy as well. Friendly gesture, I guess, but nah.
Remembering the size of those 1:35 mouths 
very tiny work to be done if you decide to do it. Trained dogs of not, they all pant, don’t they?
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I posted some questions last year planning a dio involving a monkey, a Marine and an Aussie infantrymen and Japanese tank. The dog would be reacting to the monkey sitting on the turret maybe taunting the dog. I don’t know the degree of self control a trained dog would have in that situation.
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The FV 432 is a good find. Very rare and sought after these days.
My experience with the AFV Club T80’s was not a good one:
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My tracks look similar, but it’s better than rubber tracks…
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Happy modelling, Peter! 
Thx,If only time would be enough …
Stop using putty!
Punch out thin styrene discs and glue those over the pin-marks instead of faffing about with putty.
Easier, cleaner and faster.
If the discs are pressed in hard there will be some dissolved styrene oozing out between the track link and the disc which fills any remaining gap nicely. The solvent usually evaporates faster and the filling becomes sandable faster than using putty.
When you had glued the disc on the last track link the first one would be already ready for finishing
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@Robin_Nilsson I’ve seen this done a bunch, but I can’t for the life of me find a punch other than the $200 RP Toolz one. You have any suggestions?
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I use this set:
it is good enough for making small discs for gluing into holes.
It is not the ultimate, gold plated, space engineered, punch set designed to leave
all other punches crying in the dust but it is good enough for my purposes.
Micro Mark used to have a hexagonal set as well, marginally useful for hex bolts/nuts
I may end up buying this if I want to treat myself to something nice:
being closer to the producer within EU I would get it for less than 200 bucks
RP Toolz has a hex set though …
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I have them both (for 6 years now) and they’re worth every penny invested.
I even tried to buy the Big Pinch and Die set(2-4.5 mm) last November, but RP Toolz webshop was misteriously off…and still is…
http://rptoolz.unas.hu/en/
No problems occured with this purchase though(Canfora Sweden):
Another refference purchased jointly by me and Kalin @k_mero4
Cheers,
Angel
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http://umm-usa.com/onlinestore/product_info.php?cPath=21_145&products_id=1869
Don, best punch sets on the market IMHO are by UMM-USA, they have 3 sets, 2 round and 1 hex, about $50 each, Very high quality and all steel. Pick your size.
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I recall an incident in Nam where these ARVNs were on our base with a big german sheperd, 2 soldiers to hold it , and some guys started throwing a ball around. It drove that dog nuts and they could hardly keep hold of the leashes. No wonder they didn’t like us much! Wayne
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Well that’s a website I didn’t need added to my list… who needs groceries right?
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A man’s gotta have priorities…
I have the UMM Punch sets, and while they are OK, the RP Toolz sets are far superior to these in my opinion. They are about double the price (excluding shipping costs) compared to the UMM sets, but in this case I believe the higher quality of the RP Toolz sets are well worth the cost.
Everybody makes their own choices, of course, but the RP set has an acrylic plate, where the UMM set is all steel. Seems more precise and durable to me.
If all you need is discs to fill pin-marks, a cheapo leather-working punch will get you there for maybe a tenner. Mine has a wheel of cutters from 2-4.5mm, one of which should do the job. Had mine for maybe 15 years now, and it’s more than earned its keep on lots of projects!
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