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    D’Oh! What did I do to myself!!??!

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    9 hours ago, ScottsGT said:

    Squeak, squeak…squeak…

    In all seriousness, I come from a family of hoarders.  It scares the hell out of my wife thinking she’s going to have to deal with my 300+ kits stash if I kick off first.  And she sees no reason to buy another kit (she doesn’t understand the modelers logical mindset) if I don’t have time to build all of my stash I have now. 
     

    In the past two years I’ve bought over a dozen kits.  I’ve only built 8 and half those were kits I already had before then. 
     

    Edit: I could have $300 of supplies or aftermarket for kits roll up to the door and no words would be said. Just the kits. She did say when I build half the stash I could buy more. 

    My wife is close to the hoarding type.  Whereas the only things I keep are books and models.  Whenever I get a model I tell her:  "I got you a Messerschmitt"  or "I bought you a panzer".  She's not delighted...  but as we both have jobs and we have separate bank accounts and I never tell her how to spend hers, there isn't much either can do.  I can tell you I wasn't pleased three weeks ago when she decided we needed a new set for the dining room.  The other set was fine. 

    I may let necessity dictate what I do with my earnings...   but I won't let another person. 

    As far as dealing with your stash...  Are you the member of a modelling club?  Recently a widow contacted my club about disposing of her late hubby's built and un-built.  Some were sold within the club, and the rest went into the bin.  You can make some arrangements with other club members...  or maybe get a fridge magnet for skip bin hire.  A 'skip' is a large, open at the top, metal bin that they drop off in your front yard here and collect a few days later.  I don't know what they would call them in the US.  Dumpster is the closest thing I can recollect.

    If you can make arrangements, perhaps it will ease her mind.

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    Renault RE20 Turbo - Tamiya - 1/12

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

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    11 hours ago, DocRob said:

    I wonder too, Gary. In my mind, I always ponder about weathering, but will keep it at a minimum, like the oil wash for the machine. After a race these cars would look dusty and dirty, I guess, but as I'm relatively new to car modeling, this one will be in before race shape.

    Cheers Rob 

    In recent builds where the color was a base color like yellow, I've tried to give is shape and shadow with oil paints.  It worked ok for military stuff, but I could get away with it looking a little dirty.  But on a car...   I wouldn't like to risk it.  Mainly because shadow is often affected by the perspective of the viewer.  What might look like a good shadow from a straight-on view might look like a second, non-matching application of color from a shallow angle.

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    Hasegawa Fw-190A5... or 6.

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

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    17 hours ago, Peterpools said:

    Gaz

    Weathering does look so good and sometimes the unplanned effects work out just fine as it does here. The sanding for highlighting the rivets worked perfectly.

    No reason not to relax, watch tv and relax - there isn't a deadline to finish.  I actually started watching the Womans World Cup Soccer and learning as the game progressed. Nice for a USA win.  ⚽

     

     

    Thank you, Peter.  I've fallen far behind my goal of 6-12 builds per year.

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    Hasegawa Fw-190A5... or 6.

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

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    11 hours ago, Bomber_County said:

    Gaz, looking amazing to me, love the stressed look. I’d say that is pretty realistic and doesn’t need anymore but that’s IMHO. Are you watching the cricket may I enquire………

    Thanks Phil.  Sorry, not watching the cricket.  I'm sure there will be replays on the TV at work all week.  Which will probably be better because they often skip the slow parts.

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    Hasegawa Fw-190A5... or 6.

    in LSM 1/35 and Larger Work In Progress

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    Thank you, Peter.

    For the few days, I haven't accomplished much.  Today I took on the danger-fraught task of exposing and highlighting the rivets by wet sanding.  In some places the sanding went perfectly.  Just showing tiny pinpricks of lighter color like on the underside of the cowling.

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    And on this wingtip.

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    They look brighter here than they do in person.

    Unfortunately, despite clear coats and a few days time to solidify, the hairspray was reactivated during the wet sanding process, exposing more of the RLM 74 and 75.  Not sure whether I'll 'fix' it or not.

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    I don't really like the texture that using hairspray leaves behind.

    The panel below looks nice and beat up.  I'm wishing I had taken some tie to make it look even worse by adding some dimples here and there.

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    Cowling ahead of the MG's also suffered from the hairspray problem.  Again...  not sure whether I'll rectify it, or blame it on poor quality Soviet paint.  The proletariat perhaps drank the solvents.

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    Because of the rivet decals I cannot just strip the model.  Otherwise I might be tempted. 

    A pinwash followed by some paintbrush chipping is next. 

    Been lazy lately.  Spending too much time in front of the TV.

     

     

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