Bomber_County Posted July 7 Share Posted July 7 2 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: Paul, that's a lot more wheels than I'm dealing with. The Tiger only has 48 which I glued on last night. Where’s the truck and Sea Fury…………I can’t keep up……and…..…😬 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 1 hour ago, Bomber_County said: Where’s the truck and Sea Fury…………I can’t keep up……and…..…😬 The Sea Fury is behind the Tiger and the LUV is to the left of the Tiger. I know, there's so much clear space on my bench I need to find stuff to fill it up. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 (edited) Here's the LUV. And here's the paint supervisor making sure there's at least a hair or two in the paint. Edited July 8 by BlrwestSiR Fix typo 4 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullArmor Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 7 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: Paul, that's a lot more wheels than I'm dealing with. The Tiger only has 48 which I glued on last night. That bottom view looks veird with all those wheels...what were those german engineers thinking😵 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 3 hours ago, FullArmor said: That bottom view looks veird with all those wheels...what were those german engineers thinking😵 Similar to the AMX 50b wheel set up... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 9 hours ago, BlrwestSiR said: Here's the LUV. And here's the paint supervisor making sure there's at least a hair or two in the paint. Looks like you got a raspberry for your efforts! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Carl Looking mighty good. Great alternative venue ... will be following. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 A big boat ! In spite of my bench being wide (5 Hobbyzone modules wide, so that’s 1.5 meters of « free » space, it’s pretty full with it … Some time ago, I showed some pics of a model of « Columbia », the 1899 / 1901 winner of the America Cup. It is not my build, but a model, probably made in Mauritius, that I bought off-the-shelf some 23+ years ago. It is not a scale-model per se, with a somewhat « rustic » feeling in some areas, but the overall shape is accurate enough to make it an unmistakable reproduction of Columbia. After some 10 or 11 moves in the same time-lapse, it was badly in need of a major careening : flaking paint on the hull, some rigging gone astray, some missing bits and pieces, the bowsprit which I had replaced a few years ago bending up under the jibs tension, etc. So I went through the restoration process. This was the last tick on the to-do list of the works in my (rebuilt) new house, so an important milestone for me: I have now a free mind to come back to modelling ! The idea was to keep the feeling of the model, and the unique features of the hand-made model. The cracks and flakes in the paint were puttied, sanded and the above-waterline hull repainted in the original white that adorned Columbia (the underwater part was probably green, but again, this is not a true scale model …) Some new brass fittings were made, especially by adding some cross-bars to keep the bowsprit straight and true, even though they were not on the model in the beginning. My soldering skills are still not great, btw … And here it is now, repainted, remasted, and re-rigged … By the way, in my restoration effort, I decided to replace the model’s original steering wheel, small and toy-like IMHO, with a new home-made one, more in-line with the scale size of the model … Now, on to clearing the scale aircraft models SOD ! Hubert 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Absolutely a stunning restoration. And of course, you new "cave" is awesome as well. Looking forward to build threads on 'clearing the scale aircraft models SOD !' 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Fantastic setup there Hubert. Nice to see other folks' bench spaces. The Colombia looks great too. Lovely job on the restoration. Carl 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottsGT Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Hubert, your skills and knowledge of subjects have always impressed me. This one is no different! And what a perfect location to display it. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HubertB Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 36 minutes ago, ScottsGT said: Hubert, your skills and knowledge of subjects have always impressed me. This one is no different! And what a perfect location to display it. I always loved the America Cup sailing ships. The pride of my library is the Taglang & Chevalier « America Cup racers ». 15 pounds of America Cup history, drawings, pictures. Yes, you read it right : one book weighing (at last) 15 pounds … The Columbia was not described as such in the shop I bought it from, but there is no mistaking the magical pencil of Nathanael Herreshoff’s creations. Hubert 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Nice work Hubert !. Very nice workplace as well! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 More on the Tamiya Mk. IV........ Assembly is mostly done. Assembled the tracks today in no time ! Probably the easiest to assemble tracks out there; just "click" together and I think they look good...needing no cleanup at all. 87 links per side, but I may add another link to ease assembly. We'll see. Not sure how to paint these tracks yet. The instructions call out XF-84, Tamiya's "Dark Iron". I think I'll use Tamiya's lacquer for this.....I think it's more durable. Also on the ditching beam I used a razor saw to add some wood grain effect. We'll see how convincing that looks after painting. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_t Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 Amusing Hobby Leopard 2A8 1/35 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterpools Posted July 8 Share Posted July 8 2 hours ago, belugawhaleman said: More on the Tamiya Mk. IV........ Assembly is mostly done. Assembled the tracks today in no time ! Probably the easiest to assemble tracks out there; just "click" together and I think they look good...needing no cleanup at all. 87 links per side, but I may add another link to ease assembly. We'll see. Not sure how to paint these tracks yet. The instructions call out XF-84, Tamiya's "Dark Iron". I think I'll use Tamiya's lacquer for this.....I think it's more durable. Also on the ditching beam I used a razor saw to add some wood grain effect. We'll see how convincing that looks after painting. Paul Nice progress on the Tamiya Mk IV. Tracks look nicely detailed and nice to see they went together without any fuss. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 6 hours ago, scott_t said: Amusing Hobby Leopard 2A8 1/35 Nice! Are those Friulmodel tracks? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocRob Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 21 hours ago, HubertB said: A big boat ! In spite of my bench being wide (5 Hobbyzone modules wide, so that’s 1.5 meters of « free » space, it’s pretty full with it … Some time ago, I showed some pics of a model of « Columbia », the 1899 / 1901 winner of the America Cup. It is not my build, but a model, probably made in Mauritius, that I bought off-the-shelf some 23+ years ago. It is not a scale-model per se, with a somewhat « rustic » feeling in some areas, but the overall shape is accurate enough to make it an unmistakable reproduction of Columbia. After some 10 or 11 moves in the same time-lapse, it was badly in need of a major careening : flaking paint on the hull, some rigging gone astray, some missing bits and pieces, the bowsprit which I had replaced a few years ago bending up under the jibs tension, etc. So I went through the restoration process. This was the last tick on the to-do list of the works in my (rebuilt) new house, so an important milestone for me: I have now a free mind to come back to modelling ! The idea was to keep the feeling of the model, and the unique features of the hand-made model. The cracks and flakes in the paint were puttied, sanded and the above-waterline hull repainted in the original white that adorned Columbia (the underwater part was probably green, but again, this is not a true scale model …) Some new brass fittings were made, especially by adding some cross-bars to keep the bowsprit straight and true, even though they were not on the model in the beginning. My soldering skills are still not great, btw … What a nice start to inaugurate the new cave, Hubert. The Columbia looks absolutely fantastic and from the small pictures, it is not visible, that it is not a real scale model. The place to display the beauty is also wonderful and I like the rigged sails. Cheers Rob 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CANicoll Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 On 7/7/2024 at 10:03 PM, BlrwestSiR said: Here's the LUV. And here's the paint supervisor making sure there's at least a hair or two in the paint. Is that her general opinion of things?? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlrwestSiR Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 1 hour ago, CANicoll said: Is that her general opinion of things?? Usually it is. She does get upset if I move around too much. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_t Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 17 hours ago, belugawhaleman said: Nice! Are those Friulmodel tracks? Yes they are ....... the ones included in the kit were a little painful to work with ...... I ended up with a little too much much glue and then they were not flexible in some areas. I had a set of the Fruil in the stash. They are not bad to work with. Just have to drill and open the holes for the wire to slide in. I have used Fruil previously on a Merkava IV build and with that set, it was one wire per link. The way the Leopard Fruils tracks are designed, you insert a very short wire on each side of each link. 80 links per side X 2 wires each X 2 sides = 320 very short pieces of wire !!!! On the home stretch of the assembling the tracks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belugawhaleman Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 2 hours ago, scott_t said: Yes they are ....... the ones included in the kit were a little painful to work with ...... I ended up with a little too much much glue and then they were not flexible in some areas. I had a set of the Fruil in the stash. They are not bad to work with. Just have to drill and open the holes for the wire to slide in. I have used Fruil previously on a Merkava IV build and with that set, it was one wire per link. The way the Leopard Fruils tracks are designed, you insert a very short wire on each side of each link. 80 links per side X 2 wires each X 2 sides = 320 very short pieces of wire !!!! On the home stretch of the assembling the tracks. I've used Friuls on my last three builds I think they're great. They have become more available here than they were in the past and in they last months I've purchased a bunch for the kits in my stash. Most recently I bought some for the type 95 Japanese tank.......Man, those links are small! I found that my little Dspiae rotary tool thing speeds up drilling the tracks. I have an adapter thing for this that allows it to take small bits. I have yet to figure out a fast way to cut the wires to length....I've been cutting them to length as I go. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_t Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 51 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said: I've used Friuls on my last three builds I think they're great. They have become more available here than they were in the past and in they last months I've purchased a bunch for the kits in my stash. Most recently I bought some for the type 95 Japanese tank.......Man, those links are small! I found that my little Dspiae rotary tool thing speeds up drilling the tracks. I have an adapter thing for this that allows it to take small bits. I have yet to figure out a fast way to cut the wires to length....I've been cutting them to length as I go. I take a 6-8 inch piece of wire and slice off 1/4 inch (6mm) lengths with an Xacto blade. Cutting that short because as I said, for this one you are putting a short piece of wire on each end of the link. Tracks are now assembled ..... now have to paint, wash, dry brush, etc. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_t Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 56 minutes ago, belugawhaleman said: I've used Friuls on my last three builds I think they're great. They have become more available here than they were in the past and in they last months I've purchased a bunch for the kits in my stash. Most recently I bought some for the type 95 Japanese tank.......Man, those links are small! I found that my little Dspiae rotary tool thing speeds up drilling the tracks. I have an adapter thing for this that allows it to take small bits. I have yet to figure out a fast way to cut the wires to length....I've been cutting them to length as I go. I have had no issues ordering from Fruil directly. Just takes a little more time to get them delivered to the U.S. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackbetty Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 finished my dagger 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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