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Furism posted:Nice pun! Its pretty thick straight from the bottle. Thinning it with water works fine, though distilled water water would be better. Vallejo thinner or cleaner also works great.
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Symetrique posted:Its pretty thick straight from the bottle. Thinning it with water works fine, though distilled water water would be better. Vallejo thinner or cleaner also works great. I should mention that Vallejo matte varnish should be thoroughly shaken/mixed immediately before spraying, since the matting compounds will otherwise separate from the binder and leave the varnish with an inconsistent semi-glossy finish instead of a nice, matte finish like you'd want.
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Then again that is true for the paints as well.
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Aug 9, 2018 21:32
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The Locator posted:Scharnhorst is coming along nicely. I am quite sure I would have smashed many of those tiny PE parts by now if I were the one doing it! I wanna know how they did all the cables, it is something I struggle with
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Nebakenezzer posted:I wanna know how they did all the cables, it is something I struggle with From what I saw they use several different materials so I guess it just depends on the modeller. Some sheets listed Ez-line, I think one used fly fishing line, one of them listed 0.03mm (might have the size off) brass rod and from the metallic color at least a couple appeared to be copper. The technique is a mystery to me though.
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The Locator posted:From what I saw they use several different materials so I guess it just depends on the modeller. Some sheets listed Ez-line, I think one used fly fishing line, one of them listed 0.03mm (might have the size off) brass rod and from the metallic color at least a couple appeared to be copper. Tweezers and a magnifier I would guess are the main tools
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Local movie palace is showing 2001 in 70mm next week, and I'm all kinds of pumped up because I've never seen it on a big screen. So I go looking for models and     Guess I have a couple more items for my wishlist.
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Welp, this one is almost done. I still need to make a base for it, and it has a .50 cal on the turret that's missing, but:  The kit has solid wedges where the tie on hooks should be. I replaced those, then decided to replace the pioneer tools with real wood handles and things escalated from there Used bandaids (sticking plasters) to create rolls, but the big over-all tarp is material from a latex glove.   Two spare wheels for the Sherman, one salvaged panther wheel just 'cause  Metal treads are leftovers from me building German Cat tanks. As the kit didn't come with one complete set of treads, let alone more, I figured salvaging from dead Panthers would be a good solution. All bits of wood are either bamboo or craft/discarded Popsicle sticks   The .30/.50 cal ammo boxes I crafted from milliput epoxy putty. The kit didn't come with a tow cable either; fortunately through stripping cables I found some aluminum wire that was twisted into a cable. I think the ends come from my spares box. Under the tarp are pioneer tools, a box made from a core of milliput surrounded by wood that made a pretty good rations box, two sticking plaster tarp/rolls, and two gas cans with some PE scrap made into a simple holder. All the wires are wires (once again, taken from disassembling/scrapping junked things around the house.)  Pastel mud:  When I make the base I'd like the caption to be "Thunderbolt IV - we learned a lot from the first three." 
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Van Dis posted:Local movie palace is showing 2001 in 70mm next week, and I'm all kinds of pumped up because I've never seen it on a big screen. So I go looking for models and I just want to say, we tried to watch the 70mm version but the projectionists didn't know how to dial in the settings and the screen was over projected and it sounded terrible. We then watched the 4k remaster which is transferred from the 70mm version and it was outstanding. I highly recommend the 4k version, it seriously still looks better than a lot of movies released today.
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This is my third model after getting back in the hobby, 20 years later. It's the first one I'm not too embarrassed sharing but there are tons of problems with it. Because it's 1/44 scale it was really hard to mask the cockpit/canopy properly and it shows. I also kind of screwed up with the landing gear. And there's no weathering. But I'm pretty happy with the decals, this model allowed me to learn how to use Micro Sol/Set and I really like the result. But I'm not doing another plane at this scale any time soon. Next up is a 1/24 car and then a 1/72 Dassault Rafale (or 1/72 NH 90 helicopter if it ever goes back on stock).  
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I just tipped over my pot of Tamiya cement and it ran all over my work place. Including the detail surface of a couple of pieces I had just prepped for my Star Destroyer. What's my best option to clean these up? I was going to take some fine sandpaper and try to clean up the pieces as much as possible. Then hope that priming/painting would cover up the rest.
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Super 3 posted:I just tipped over my pot of Tamiya cement and it ran all over my work place. Including the detail surface of a couple of pieces I had just prepped for my Star Destroyer. What's my best option to clean these up? I'm not immensely familiar with the kit, but you might also want to look into a panel scriber as well to help sharpen lines.
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Furism posted:This is my third model after getting back in the hobby, 20 years later. It's the first one I'm not too embarrassed sharing but there are tons of problems with it. Because it's 1/44 scale it was really hard to mask the cockpit/canopy properly and it shows. I also kind of screwed up with the landing gear. And there's no weathering. But I'm pretty happy with the decals, this model allowed me to learn how to use Micro Sol/Set and I really like the result. Nice work! If you decide to make another 1/144 kit, this technique works great for masking canopies, provided that you have a really sharp scalpel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9PPYEbwPRU&t=24s
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Fearless posted:I'm not immensely familiar with the kit, but you might also want to look into a panel scriber as well to help sharpen lines. It has some raised areas that got f'd up but this is a good idea.
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Super 3 posted:It has some raised areas that got f'd up but this is a good idea. Alternatively, you could do further damage to the surface and present it as battle scars.
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More work on the Bluenose. I added the main rail over the course of a couple of days. This involved taking a tracing of a length of the outer hull and then drawing a parallel line to create a template the correct thickness of the rail. I didn't fully shape these until all were fitted to the model, but once this was done I went about sanding everything until I had a consistent width and the joins between each segment were obscured. The aft half of the ship has what is referred to in the plans as a monkey rail and this involved the most radical plank bends I have ever done in a kit. The rearmost portion of the monkey rail was provided as a laser cut piece; to this I had to add another strip of wood underneath to create the full rail assembly for the stern. This involved two severe bends that were each nearly 90 degrees. Amidships, the top of the monkey rail curves down into the main rail, and this too require some extreme bending. The deck has been finished with a couple of coats of Tru-oil. It has really brought out the wood grain and the grey edging of each plank. I'm rapidly running out of things to do before the rigging starts, but my wife and I are soon moving from Anchorage to Vancouver, BC and so I will not start that particular process until we are safely settled in our new home.     
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You might have to let the boat sit and the wood adjust to the new climate for a little bit once you get here. Much hotter and more humid than Anchorage here right now.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:You might have to let the boat sit and the wood adjust to the new climate for a little bit once you get here. Much hotter and more humid than Anchorage here right now. I should think so. It's been pretty humid in Anchorage for the past couple of weeks, but nowhere near as bad as it can get in the south.
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Scored a couple of decent kits of ebay to begin the modelling journey after spending a long time doing warhammer stuff. First is a Tamiya WRC Impreza which I'm looking forward to getting because it came with the detail up bits to go with it. The second is a Tamiya Maclaren MP4/5B kit which I know is ancient but I stupidly bid on it then won the auction. I'm waiting to see if it comes with proper tobacco decals cause I'll buy them if it doesn't have them. Should be here by the end of the week I hope.
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I thought this was funny.
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How am I supposed to keep a well stocked backlog if I do that?
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Stopped by the hobby shop to collect some paints on the way home from work today. Old guy who worked there suggested putting the cans of Tamiya spray into warm water before spraying to make it smoother to apply. Seemed like an odd idea and not one that I've ever heard of before. I might give it a try cause it's just crazy enough that it could work somehow.
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:Stopped by the hobby shop to collect some paints on the way home from work today. Old guy who worked there suggested putting the cans of Tamiya spray into warm water before spraying to make it smoother to apply. Seemed like an odd idea and not one that I've ever heard of before. I might give it a try cause it's just crazy enough that it could work somehow. I've done that when I am spraying in colder conditions. It does help.
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I decided to do a Vietnam duo with an M113, and man, Academy’s 1/35 kit does not disappoint. This may be one of the best all around kits I’ve ever bought. Progress pics soon-ish.
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:Stopped by the hobby shop to collect some paints on the way home from work today. Old guy who worked there suggested putting the cans of Tamiya spray into warm water before spraying to make it smoother to apply. Seemed like an odd idea and not one that I've ever heard of before. I might give it a try cause it's just crazy enough that it could work somehow. Yes, it helps. Also fights the can freezing up if you put it back in the water between sprays.
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Midjack posted:Yes, it helps. Also fights the can freezing up if you put it back in the water between sprays. That’s good to know seeing as we’re starting to come out of winter here but it struggles to get over 10 degrees outside during the day. I’ll give it a go when I get to painting which will hopefully be this weekend if the kit arrives today which it should
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:That’s good to know seeing as we’re starting to come out of winter here but it struggles to get over 10 degrees outside during the day. I’ll give it a go when I get to painting which will hopefully be this weekend if the kit arrives today which it should :O Patagonia Argentina?
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I've got the major deck fittings that I have complete in place on Bluenose. It will be time very soon to pack her up for the trip south.
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She looks wonderful. Hope everyting goes well with the move. Scharnhorst issue 57  We start closing up the gap between the deck and the hull with a first layer of planks.
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So prepare for some incoming crapkit. I finished the MisterCraft F-16A I mentioned a while back. The one thing I can say about it is that from a reasonable distance it looks like an F-16. Reasonable distance here being at least 500 yards.   Almost all of the decals cracked the moment they got wet, and I had to very carefully align all the pieces. Most of them didn't even fit properly to the parts they were supposed to cover, especially around the landing gear, and were either just a bit too big or a bit too small. I didn't even dare to get close to it with any decal softener. This is not even considering that they look like they rolled out of a mid-90s HP inkjet in terms of sharpness and color coverage. The decal numbers on the sheet and in the instructions are only similar in that they're all integers below 1000, and as said before half of them are missing. The kit itself is also vague in terms of detailing, parts don't fit very well and require either shaving down or filler, or even both. I didn't put very much effort into it other than just wanting to get it done so I could get started on something decent for a change. Lack of room means I can only work on one kit at a time and I don't like to throw any away. Lesson learned: Don't buy MisterCraft unless you're a masochist. Then again, I did pick up another one of their kits last weekend that looks slightly more promising, but it'll be a while before I get started on that. EDIT: In the interest of fairness towards it actually looking like an F-16, here's this kit next to the Revell F-16 I built a year and a half or so ago.  
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Smoke posted:EDIT: In the interest of fairness towards it actually looking like an F-16, here's this kit next to the Revell F-16 I built a year and a half or so ago. I know one thing I've learned at SA is that other people's pain = comedy gold, so I commend you for sticking with it. I have to tell you, though, that Tamiya has a 1/72 F-16 that is apparently brilliant. e: haha, oh my that Carville, it comes from the 1960s from a maker I've never heard of Nebakenezzer fucked around with this message at 23:44 on Aug 17, 2018 |
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I'll have to keep an eye out for that one. Might have to wait for a while until my stash gets a bit smaller though, there's still a bunch of kits I want to finish first. As I'm looking at buying a house in the near future it'll be easier to move with less kits too. Also, this kit actually caused me physical pain. I was trimming down the exhaust to get it to fit, and my hobby knife slipped and took a bit out of the side of my thumb. It's healing nicely though and will only leave a small scar. Turns out I didn't even need to trim down the exhaust as the fuselage was responsible for the fitting issue too. At least I wasn't using one of the scalpels as it could have been worse.
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Nebakenezzer posted:Good lord. Is that a fishing boat converted to a minesweeper? That happened a lot during ww2. Fishing trawlers got turned into mine sweepers in a big way. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_requisitioned_trawlers_of_the_Royal_Navy_(WWII)
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General China posted:That happened a lot during ww2. Fishing trawlers got turned into mine sweepers in a big way. During the Great War as well. Shallow drafts and wooden hulls are generally a winning combination for keeping channels and harbour mouths clear.
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Fearless posted:During the Great War as well. Shallow drafts and wooden hulls are generally a winning combination for keeping channels and harbour mouths clear. They drafted all sorts of things in the war, in all countries. This is the classic Alden designed sailing yacht Curlew:  Built in 1926, at the beginning of WW2 she was donated to the USCG for the princely sum of $1. The USCG used her as a sub patrol vessel off of the Atlantic coast, and then after the war she served as a sail training vessel until she was decommissioned in 1960. She can currently be found in beautiful condition sailing charters out of Dana Point, California.
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The Locator posted:They drafted all sorts of things in the war, in all countries. Blue Dolphin, the three-quarter scale "sister" of Bluenose, was also pressed into service in a similar role. Canada also took to equipping a lot of trawlers with depth charges for occasions when they may spot a submerging U-boat and could press the attack. Unfortunately, the combination of a lack of martial training for trawler captains and the sub-optimal performance of the engines of most motor trawlers meant that they often didn't have the speed to clear the blast zone of a detonating charge and a depth charge attack that might damage a submarine would almost certainly cripple a trawler. Fearless fucked around with this message at 08:16 on Aug 18, 2018 |
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NTRabbit posted:Even the famed Flower-class corvette, which seems to be a super popular topic for modellers, was a whaler with a lightly militarised superstructure built in fishing boat shipyards Yeah. We built a shitload of them in Canada, particularly on the Great Lakes.
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Smoke posted:Also, this kit actually caused me physical pain. I was trimming down the exhaust to get it to fit, and my hobby knife slipped and took a bit out of the side of my thumb. It's healing nicely though and will only leave a small scar. Turns out I didn't even need to trim down the exhaust as the fuselage was responsible for the fitting issue too. At least I wasn't using one of the scalpels as it could have been worse.
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