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Here is the actual finished figure with extra color on the helmet.
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Actually I lied, I forgot I need to add some bronze and copper elements to the helmet.
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Finished product...RFI
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So today I had the opportunity to learn from a master figure painter, and he was able to teach me how to paint figures to a whole new level, he took me from zero to hero in 9 hours, it was a long day but worth it.
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I thought you grew a beard for a second...
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I have the small bottle of retarder, you can use it to brush paint.
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Me and my wife a few years ago. Shortly after this picture, I slipped on the rocks and fell into the ocean, cut up my arm, had to drive an hour to find a pharmacy so I could get first aid. Lol!
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Tamiya Mossie build resumed
1to1scale replied to JohnB's topic in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress
Jeez! That’s a lot of flammable and explosive stuff in a very small area. -
I’m in, I’ll donate a Trumpeter BF-109K-4 (02299)
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Sinkmarks in seams, they seem to show up months after I finish a model. Still have yet to crack the code, every filler I try has issues.
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Unfortunately, we have a show in Chattanooga in early January, then nothing until March, then they come pretty regularly until out show in November, so after the January show, everything shut down before they started up. What is funny, the local venue where our show is, is owned by the city, and they have been booked for ladies craft shows and swap meets non-stop all year. Nobody ever shut them down. So if not outright banned by local or state governments, the decisions to shut down shows usually rests on the local chapters that organize them. So, our show happened because we made it happen. People wore masks, for those that didn’t, we provided disposable masks at the door, posted city guidelines for safe co-mingling, and ended up having a good time.
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Right now we are hoping that by setting an example that small shows can happen safely, where people wear masks, don’t spit and lick each other, and no inappropriate touching, hobby shows can go on without the world ending. We are hoping that a few other local areas like Chattanooga and Memphis can happen also.
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Here in TN, the government could care less if you live or die, stick your kids in the back of your pick up, marry your sister, teach your kids to blow things up with dynamite, etc....
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I believe the wingtips were just fiberglass fairings? If so, it was probably very easy to swap them even on non-Export birds, I think even the wingtip lights were a production item.
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As promised, here are a few of the over 300 models entered.
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I built these both as commission work, I borrowed them back from their owner for the show, afterwards, I took pictures before I returned them back.
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amazing cockpit / engine details and wires from Anyz
1to1scale replied to nmayhew's topic in Modelling Discussion
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The show did happen, and I’m just plum wore out. It was the biggest show we have ever had, had over 300 models entered, crowds of people all day long, over 60 vendor table (max for the venue) and we were turning vendors away that didn’t pre register. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to take a single photo, my morning was spent helping entrants find their tables and then re-arranging for categories that needed more room, then judging after that was done. Somewhere in the process I didn’t have time to take one photo. Although we do have an official chapter photographer, I hope to get some photos from him I can post. Good news is I entered 4 models in 4 different categories and won a Gold for my AH-1Z and a bronze for the Mig-15 and A-7E, so overall, I did well, I’m actually glad I didn’t bring more models, as 1/32 was only one category and there were a lot of high quality entries this year, I’m actually surprised my Mig-15 actually got 3rd, because I felt there were much better models.
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We are in a weird window right now, they just reintroduced the mask mandate 2 weeks ago, and we suspect they will be shutting things down this next week, but we are good to go and insurance, IPMS, the city, and the venue have all given us the OK as long as everyone follows the rules. We have people coming in from far and wide, even one person from Austin TX, and as this is the only show within a thousand miles that is happening since April, we are bracing for record attendance. I hope anyone who can make it, will come. For me, I missed a few shows earlier this year, so it’s been exactly one year since I made it to any show. Once again, I am working the show for the second year in a row, so it’s going to be hectic to say the least.
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What is on your bench right now ? Share a picture :)
1to1scale replied to Martinnfb's topic in Modelling Discussion
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Very late group build entry, Marder III.
1to1scale replied to 1to1scale's topic in D-Day 75th Anniversary Group Build
Thanks, but it’s funny you say that about the figures. I have accepted my inability to paint a face, so I went extremely simple, I painted the flesh one color, used a brown wash, then used Tamiya’s weathering pastels as highlights. I didn’t even paint the eyes. I have to give credit to the new sculpt figures in the kit.
