After a trip to the Aberdeen Proving Ground armor museum in the early-mid 1970s, I was convinced all tracks were rust colored and continued to make that mistake well into the 1990s.
Back of this picture is dated 12/73 and it was probably the last year I lived under my father’s roof.
In the basement/family room: I appear to be in my Jim Morrison phase and I’m working on a large scale PzKplfw Mk4 that I have absolutely no recollection of.
Note dial phone, FA school crest and brass Pershing1 in background as well as two Pershing launch pictures.
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That’s awesome detail! Didn’t know any of that! I was very lucky and got a fresh one.
I only ever saw one Heller glue “bulb” and it was in my 1/400 Scharnhorst. Compared to the sucky Testor’s tube glue I thought it was the BEST glue I’d ever used…which shows just how bad TestTube Glue SUCKED. I was disappointed the 1/400 Tirpitz kit didn’t have one ten years later.
Despite being ~47 years old all of parts tacked together with Heller still seem secure.
I’d stuck a straight pin on the end of the bulb to open it and kept the pin in it when not in use. Used it very sparingly only on the most stressed areas and it worked like magic compared to crap I normally used back in the day. Used all of it up on the ship and other projects.
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Given what was used in Berlin in last days that is damn near credible. If there weren’t so many photographs who would believe those two WW1-Era ex-British, ex-Soviet Mk V Hermaphrodites K.O.-ed outside the Berliner Dom?
Cheers,
M
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I thought if you painted something with clear you would be able to see through it. 
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