ScottsGT

LOL! Just like my Seaview build, only a boomer would understand these builds! That Batman is from an era of us boomers watching them when we were kids. I sent a pic of the diorama completed to my 27 yo son. His response: “Badass! But what movie are those from?”

Video started and I was like “Wow, that Harrier sounds like a diesel truck idling.” Why won’t it fly in the UK? Too modern for private ownership? How do they get it out of the UK then?

Chris, that really looking great. I see builds like this and it reminds me why I bought my kit years ago.

No excuses. I like that. Now get busy Harv!

Man, that was a horrible front with a nasty high death toll. So sad to read these things. We got the tail end of it this afternoon. Mild winds, drizzle and ugly clouds. We got very lucky.

It always has been one of my favorites, but then again I’m a sucker for a radial engine. I remember a story my Dad was telling us over dinner one night. He was a Loadmaster in the AF. They had a NIB (literally) Beaver they delivered up to Alaska in a C-124. All of the local Indians would show up and help un-crate them and in return they would get the crates to make additions to their houses or simply use it as a house. The locals were commenting on how big the crate was. Dad pointed to the C-124 and told them “You should see the crate that one came in!” Just a surprised look on their face because they didn’t know if they should take him serious or not.

A real fun throw together!

Here’s a quick throw together I thought I’d put in the wet build because it just fits the bill so well! I started this a week ago. I just wanted a simple bar decoration to go with my man cave theme. Nothing special. Always wanted one of these kits and I remembered there was one for sale on Hyperscale a while back. Difficult part was keeping with the “bartender build” and not getting carried away. Pile of parts as unpacked. some sun assemblies done. Please take note that I screwed up and didn’t build the float struts inside the floats like I was supposed to do. polishing the plastic instead of painting. Done! And done, hanging in its place. It made for an instant gratification build. I highly recommend this approach for anyone.

Done!

I’ll post some up once it’s hanging. I’m thinking about throwing it in the wet build just because it has floats!

Too late. 😁 I stuck to my guns and did it as the bar display. All decals applied, floats glued on and letting it dry before I hang it up and call it done.

Yea, I have the 1/350 TOS and the refit from the first movie. Of course it would have to be done with TOS ship.

Ah! I stand corrected! It was you Carl, not Peter. Yea, this is all your fault. …..Now off to build that NCC-1701 blasting the Death Star into oblivion.

Hmmmm…what to do? I want the all yellow advertising model but the modeler in me is pushing me to paint the floats aluminum. Especially when one half is a different shade of yellow plastic. I did polish the plastic. Wow! What a difference it made.

That’s why you bring your own….

DONE! Pics posted in completed section.

I call this one…”Science Fusion”. It has been a real joy working with all the different mediums along with the plastic model kit. I had electronics and soldering, woodworking and finishing, building up a base of styrofoam, clay and finally joint compound used for drywall work. And I discovered the wonderful world of Mod Podge and sand! Sorry about the first set of pics. I needed a dark room and the bathroom was it. Yea, this thing is huge. Everywhere else downstairs is lit up from daylight flooding in. Without further ado, I bring you the Seaview. And my little surprise I’ve been holding out on. I think it was Peter that guessed early in the game I was going to build a Nautilus, but then he threw that idea out because he had seen where I had already built one years earlier. Yea Peter, if it was you, you are the guilty party that planted this seed in my head! Looks like those early nuclear reactors weren’t so safe. As you can see, the crew escaped after the explosion since the lifeboat is gone. She’s been in the bottom a while with all the rust buildup and the screw shaft rusting through and falling off. Here’s a wide angle view sitting on the shelf where it will stay on display. The hanging neon was part of my wiring job I had to take time out from the build to do a few weeks back. The Nautilus was built from very rough 3D print that is 1/125 scale I bought of Etsy. Close enough to the Seaview’s 1/128 scale. But when I say rough print job, it was bad. I had to sand off ALL the detail just to smooth out the print pattern. Covered it with Tamiya putty and sanded it smooth and then primed it. I then added back all rivets using white glue on a toothpick. I sorted through my collection of googly eyes to cut out the clear dome sections for the windows. That bottom hatch on the Nautilus must have been broken off a half dozen times during the building and finishing. Speaking of finishing, the paint is an iron based paint that goes on black and stinks like crazy. Once dry you brush on an acid and it will literally rust right before your eyes. I used it on my first build as well, but not quite as heavy. If y’all want more detail pics, just ask. I can add more if needed.

Kids judging? Off to go build a miniature Bikini Bottom and Sponge Bob to add to the display…. Sounds like a great idea Ernie!

Don’t get your hopes up! I want it to look more like a bar display assembled by a half drunk beer tender than a model build by an all the way drunk modeler. Example, all Beaver pics (Google that very carefully) show floats in natural aluminum. All liquor advertising Beavers are all yellow. Floats, mounts, plane, everything. Funny thing is, my floats are two different shades of yellow. Like they came from two different IM batches. Of course if I paint them, I have to paint everything. So they’ll stay mismatched.

Got bored watching glue dry on the Seaview diorama so I jumped on this quick build as a time filler. Just doing paint work on the engine/prop. The rest will be done like a bar display. I can see how easy it would be to want to go super detail on one of these kits. Not sure how one would go about the windshield though. I guess vacuum form one?

2k is good stuff, but highly carsogenic. Don’t mess with that stuff unless you want to paint like Walter White. Smell on this brand isn’t too bad. Typical lacquer strength on the odor level, but different than all the others.

Ok, update to this thread. I finally had to proceed with this since I needed a flat clear for the flying sub. Here’s what I did. Local auto parts store sells “ready to spray” clear lacquer for around $40.00. Might be ready to spray for automotive use out of a paint gun, but it required about a 1:1 mix with my Mr. Color Leveling thinner to make it through an airbrush. And it could actually go a little thinner than that too. I bought 30 ML or 1 oz. Bottles off Amazon for about $1.35 each. Flattening agent was Mr. Color #30 I picked up 4 bottles at around $2.50 each. Supposedly they come with 10 ML in each bottle, but mine arrived half dried up and apparently others have as well. I guess these are slow sellers. A few shots of Leveling thinner got things back to where they needed to be. I started out slowly with a semi-gloss by adding 2 ML of #30 and topping off the bottle with clear. Next up, semi-flat clear by adding 5 ML of #30 and topping off the bottle with clear. Last, for a dead flat I used all 10 ML of #30 and topped off the bottle with clear. Here’s the results sprayed on some spoons I first painted with a nice bright blue. If you do the math, it can be quite a savings over buying your clear lacquers from MRP or Mr. Color. It was $1.25 per oz. of auto parts store clear which will give you 2+ oz. of sprayable clear once thinned. Mr. Color Leveling thinner works out to about $1 per oz. So that would be $3.25 for two oz./$1.62 for a thinned oz. MRP is $7.50 for one ounce thinned. Mr. Color clear is $2.50 for 10 ML, add in $1 worth of thinner and you’re around $3.50 for an ounce of thinned clear, give or take a few ML.

Now that turned out great! We still need a British phantom in the correct scale.

Oh what a wicked rabbit hole that would lead me down!

Thanks Hubert, but the kit radial is quite sufficient for my ceiling display. Now if I really get interested in building another in detail, I’ll let you know!