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[ScottsGT]

1 hour ago, GusMac said:

Okay, explain how that Richthofen egg plane manages to stand like that?!? 🤔

I have the perfect amount of lead in the nose.

no, wait…MAGNETS!  It’s done with magnets! Yea, that’s the ticket.  Magnets!

OK, truth is it’s hanging from the shelf bracket above it. 😝

[BlrwestSiR]

And done! 

Now to decide if I use this stand which isn't a perfect fit for the Bandai kit or use the kit one.

 

[FullArmor]

2 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

And done! 

Now to decide if I use this stand which isn't a perfect fit for the Bandai kit or use the kit one.

 

Stunner! There is somekind of battle damage?

[PanzerWomble]

6 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

And done! 

Now to decide if I use this stand which isn't a perfect fit for the Bandai kit or use the kit one.

 

Your workbench has all the look of a scale multidimenionsal scrap yard . Millennium Falcon , F18 and Spitfires just stacked up , a dinosaur carcass just lying around . Endless "drums" of waste stack up high .....

'We need spares" said Han ..."I know just the place", said Luke, "in a scrap yard far far way on the planet Canadan ." 

[Peterpools]

7 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said:

And done! 

Now to decide if I use this stand which isn't a perfect fit for the Bandai kit or use the kit one.

 

Carl

WOW, your Millenium Falcon looks fantastic - paint work and weathering is spot on the money. 

Not sure about the stand - how does the kit one look? 🏆

[mark31]

More fun with the tracks.

[Spitfire]

Getting there (slowly)

Cheers

Dennis

[BlrwestSiR]

8 hours ago, FullArmor said:

Stunner! There is somekind of battle damage?

Thanks! The kit has moulded on battle damage that replicates what was on the filming miniature.

3 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Carl

WOW, your Millenium Falcon looks fantastic - paint work and weathering is spot on the money. 

Not sure about the stand - how does the kit one look? 🏆

Thanks Peter! 

Here's the kit stand. 

[Peterpools]

1 hour ago, mark31 said:

More fun with the tracks.

Mark

Nice work on the tracks - looking might good.  

[Peterpools]

35 minutes ago, Spitfire said:

Getting there (slowly)

Cheers

Dennis

Dennis

WOW, looking fantastic and what a paint finish - superb. 

[Peterpools]

6 minutes ago, BlrwestSiR said:

Thanks! The kit has moulded on battle damage that replicates what was on the filming miniature.

Thanks Peter! 

Here's the kit stand. 

Carl

Hard to see the full stand but the other stand definitely shows off the model so much better.

 

 

[Spitfire]

4 hours ago, Peterpools said:

Dennis

WOW, looking fantastic and what a paint finish - superb. 

Thank you for the kind words but it isthe  Xtracolour that does it Peter, saves me having to gloss coat it for decals.

Cheers

Dennis

[Peterpools]

Dennis, 

Nope, it's the skill of the builder who can use his equipment and materials to their best advantage. 

[ScottsGT]

I don’t think I’ve ever come this close to tossing an almost finished model in the trash bin.  But it’s getting close!   
I airbrushed this on 12/28.  Already re-sprayed the left wing.  Now I’m about to do the right wing.  This damned Tamiya TS paint does NOT like to dry.  
Hell, I sprayed Dawn dish detergent on the wing to get any compound out of the panel lines before spraying.  And the “gentle enough to wash baby ducks” soap spotted the gloss finish.  I was damned lucky those small spots did polish out or it would be an entire respray.  
I’ve had it with this thing! 

[ScottsGT]

Can’t ask for any better than this.  

One think I’m learning about the TS being decanted and airbrushed.  It likes to go on thick and heavy.  Straight out of the can, degassed some then straight into the airbrush.  
Any attempt I’ve made to reduce it with leveling thinner has led to a disaster with either a dull finish or blushing.  
It also looks twice as good recoated.  Simply laying a coat of leveling thinner over the dried paint to soften it, once it’s no longer wet, go heavy with the airbrush with the paint.  
….and I still have an A4 to refinish and an F-18 to paint the same way.  

[BlrwestSiR]

With the complexity of the Minibase Su-33 on the bench, I decided to grab something simple to keep it company. A Tiger Models Corsair of the cute variety. 

With working, albeit slightly inaccurate folding wings. 

 

[Peterpools]

Scott

Looking mighty good and thanks for the heads up on what to do and more importantly, what not to do when decanting and air brushing Tamiya TS paints.

[Peterpools]

Carl

An awesome F4U underway - now that's a wing fold we can surely appreciate. Wait until John sees it. 

 

[Spitfire]

Here we go again, despite Italeri bring out a new one I am going to build this one, hopefully with the new kit will come some AM for me, I'm not going to finish this for some time, the last one took a year.

Here's a clue

You probably guessed.

Cheers

Dennis

 

[mark31]

Clean up a wheel.

Mark

[Spitfire]

40 minutes ago, mark31 said:

Clean up a wheel.

Mark

Now that is big.

Cheers

Dennis

[mark31]

3 hours ago, Spitfire said:

Now that is big.

Cheers

Dennis

Yes indeed

Its for this one in 1/24

 

Just doing some clean up on parts.

When i start building i will start a topic

 

Mark

[Peterpools]

21 hours ago, Spitfire said:

Here we go again, despite Italeri bring out a new one I am going to build this one, hopefully with the new kit will come some AM for me, I'm not going to finish this for some time, the last one took a year.

Here's a clue

You probably guessed.

Cheers

Dennis

 

Dennis

Will be following your progress - just take your time and enjoy

 

[Peterpools]

1 hour ago, mark31 said:

Yes indeed

Its for this one in 1/24

 

Just doing some clean up on parts.

When i start building i will start a topic

 

Mark

mark

Right with Dennis .. nice start and it is BIG! Will be following. 

[Martinnfb]

Years ago I collected parts from my scrap to build 109. It ended up being early G. The reason for this was to show to my friend a former member here Dale, how to use various techniques and  pass him as much knowledge as I could. We were sitting in front of Skype for days and playing with plastic, becoming close friends. He’s not with us anymore and I miss him and going to finish this.