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Very nice Ensign, I think its one of the better ones youve posted in this thread so far. And it reminds me that I should really post something in this thread. Im working on Tristars 1/35 Storch at the moment, its a really nice kit and one of the few 1/35 WWII airplanes out there.
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1/76 Revall Panzer Ausf F http://imgur.com/a/kkqkS     Not entirely finished but is a huge breath of fresh air after trying to do a 1/35 of a panzer III G. I did make some mistakes though while assembling but sometimes the parts just didn't go in right but I've learned a lot from this and will now try to make the parts fit in better.
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I think you put the autocannon on backwards. I did that with my first run of that kit. It looks cute as all hell when it's finished, doesn't it?
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Arquinsiel posted:I think you put the autocannon on backwards. I did that with my first run of that kit. It looks cute as all hell when it's finished, doesn't it? The fat part goes into the turret thingy (at least thats what it looks like in the instructions) so I think it's right, and yes it does look cute as hell especially if I paint it as I'm debating the cost of buying paint for now.
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Chillyrabbit posted:The fat part goes into the turret thingy (at least thats what it looks like in the instructions) so I think it's right, and yes it does look cute as hell especially if I paint it as I'm debating the cost of buying paint for now.
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Finished the SU76M    Really liking this salt + hairspray thing now.  Also the first time I've ever bothered with PE; the diagonal slat thingies on the side are the tiniest thing I think I've ever glued to a model.  Ridiculous. Overall, this kit wasn't as good as the last one; some flash, ejector pin marks everywhere, fit problems and oddly crap instructions that mislabel parts and leave some out. I also present, without comment, section 5 of the instructions:  Yeah. Turned out OK though.
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Unkempt posted:
Nebakenezzer posted:For the first time I finished a kit where Photoetch was a major part of the kit. Were the pieces small? Well... 
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Bah. There were actually smaller PE bits with the kit I didn't bother with. I don't know how the hell anyone deals with that stuff.
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Looks great!
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Unkempt posted:Bah. I've gotten to this point too. gently caress GERMAN TOOL CLAMPS FOREVER!
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:I've gotten to this point too. 
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haha basically welcome to n scale trains.
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Speaking of teeny tiny models, someone re-upped this show which i love pieces, 1/72 diorama with a revell pz3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhvyLa18a0c if its considered files just tell me and ill take the link down It's made me want to make my own 1/72 diorama so badly.
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In case anyone is interested, the Mig Jimenez site has re-issued the first issue of The Weathering Magazine, and will likely do that to the first few issues: http://www.migjimenez.com/en/36-english-version I was able to find #2 on a UK model site so now I've got all the issues in hand or coming to me, except for #3, "Chipping". If anyone hasn't see the magazine, every issue is about one particular type of weathering: Rust, Chipping, Dust, Mud, Snow & Ice, Grease & Oil and Kursk & Vegetation are the only issues so far. It's kind of like a normal model magazine but the steps skip the build of the model and review of the kit and go straight to making the weathering effects. I suppose you can get much of the same info from YouTube videos or collections of printed articles, but it's pretty nice to have them collected in one bundle of articles so you can instantly access them.
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In the same line, I've had this bookmarked for over a decade: The cliffnotes version of the above. Five illustrated articles Mig wrote on missing lynx (rain marks, washes, filters, chipped paint and pigments). click me
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Hi, I'm a newcomer to model building and I was looking at this model JS-2. It's really expensive and I was wondering if it was worth it to pay premium for one of these. Is Tamiya a good brand? Sorry for asking what must seem to be stupid questions.
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If you want to see some truly awful photoetch, look no further than trumpeter's 1/32 jets. It's like an eyelet, with a little protrusion that you put inside one side of the control surface and then use the other side to sandwich it. Then you slide a metal rod past the first one and into another loose eyelt, then repeat with the second and third control eyelet. Then you mount those new eyelets into the wing, and sandwich it in. Oh, and they are not brass, but they are made of some pot metal. 
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Smoking Crow posted:Hi, I'm a newcomer to model building and I was looking at [url=http://www.tamiyausa.com/items/plastic-model-series-20/1-48-scale-military-miniatures-10500/russian-heavy-tank-js-2-1944-32571this[/url] model JS-2. It's really expensive and I was wondering if it was worth it to pay premium for one of these. Is Tamiya a good brand? Sorry for asking what must seem to be stupid questions. Tamiya is one of the better brands IMO and one of my favorites. Their paints and glues are great too. And don't worry it's not a dumb question. There's plenty of bad kits out there.
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Smoking Crow posted:Hi, I'm a newcomer to model building and I was looking at this model JS-2. It's really expensive and I was wondering if it was worth it to pay premium for one of these. Is Tamiya a good brand? Sorry for asking what must seem to be stupid questions. Cheaper here. These guys are good for finding reviews of kits.
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Smoking Crow posted:Hi, I'm a newcomer to model building and I was looking at this model JS-2. It's really expensive and I was wondering if it was worth it to pay premium for one of these. Is Tamiya a good brand? Sorry for asking what must seem to be stupid questions. $40 isn't expensive for 1:35th scale armour. Yes, you can probably find it for $30 if you look around, but kits from $60 and up in this scale are not uncommon with the bigger vehicles. Edit: oh, I'm dumb, I forgot Tamiya's tendency to make the same thing in 1:35 and 1:48. Yeah, $40 is a bit too steep then, but I haven't noticed a tendency for 1:48th kits to be (that much) cheaper than their 1:35th counterparts.
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Are they supposed to look so deformed? Smoking Crow posted:Hi, I'm a newcomer to model building and I was looking at this model JS-2. It's really expensive and I was wondering if it was worth it to pay premium for one of these. Is Tamiya a good brand? Sorry for asking what must seem to be stupid questions. I've made a Tiger I from the same series, they're definitely comparable to the 1/35 models on detail if not on parts count and overall Tamiya makes a decent solid model. Though they are guilty of making the occasional lazy model. God drat those import premiums are shocking though. That's absolutely ridiculous considering the thing is $15 bucks delivered on Amazon Japan.
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Already said hello in the gunpla thread so I'll check in here too. Aside from HO trains as a wee lad I'm a newb with models. Got lucky while scavenging the shed and found an F-15 kit in JASDF colours, nippon bonzai etc. gently caress waterslides. That is all.
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RillAkBea posted:I've made a Tiger I from the same series, they're definitely comparable to the 1/35 models on detail if not on parts count and overall Tamiya makes a decent solid model. Though they are guilty of making the occasional lazy model. Just put together two Tamiya 1/48 tank kits as well, and only hosed up a little bit. They seemed quite beginner friendly to me. I have ordered an airbrush, so I'll do some experimenting on them and post the results. I did end up building the entire kits before painting them. Is that a bad idea? Should I paint the individual parts and then assemble?
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ScottyWired posted:gently caress waterslides. That is all. Go make a rally car then come back and we'll talk. Waterslides the size of credit-cards.  lilljonas posted:I did end up building the entire kits before painting them. Is that a bad idea? Should I paint the individual parts and then assemble? I think it's a matter of preference vs. the model itself. Tanks you can pretty much stick together then paint sure, personally when I've made tanks I like to leave the accessories and wheels off and paint them separately but there are plenty of people who stick it all together then detail. Now I mostly make car models where you have complicated three dimensional assemblies like suspensions that are just gonna suck to paint if you stick it together first so I've assembled an army of cocktail sticks and polystyrene blocks.
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lilljonas posted:Just put together two Tamiya 1/48 tank kits as well, and only hosed up a little bit. They seemed quite beginner friendly to me. I have ordered an airbrush, so I'll do some experimenting on them and post the results. I usually paint the insides of turrets before gluing them together, as it's usually a pain in the rear end after. There were definitely some suspensions that I wish I had painted in advance. Otherwise, I paint after.
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Sanguine posted:That is a gorgeous Tornado, bravo. I've only just seen this so sorry. I'm not 100% sure what you mean by control surfaces, but if you mean the weathering around the flaps and such it was a combination of sponge chipping and just using a very small brush and chipping in by hand with a dark grey. Hope this helps thanks for the compliment.
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big_g posted:I've only just seen this so sorry. Cheers! I'm nearing the pointy end of a 1/48 I-15 that I'm going to use as a weathering test bed, so I'll be sure to give it a shot (well, something appropriate for cloth covered bits at least).
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Sanguine posted:Cheers! I'm nearing the pointy end of a 1/48 I-15 that I'm going to use as a weathering test bed, so I'll be sure to give it a shot (well, something appropriate for cloth covered bits at least). That's, uh, a tank, right? Not a Japanese submarine? 
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It's a biplane.
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^^^^Nebakenezzer posted:That's, uh, a tank, right? Not a Japanese submarine? Not that a 2m long submarine model wouldn't be awesome, but really by that point you may as well build a fully functioning launch-pad towing sub.
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Here's the thing I was working on, again a larger scale than I normally build.  It's a Dragon 1:16th scale Warrior Series Schutz. I took some liberties with the assembly, as the ammo box is from a seemingly standard MG-42 sprue and isn't supposed to be included. I had to make the handle myself out of some wire.
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I don't currently have any pictures, but I've finally started making some good progress on this 1/24 Tamiya Skyline R32 kit and good lord, the amount of detail is staggering. Working on this after finishing up that Revell Huey, the difference is mindblowing. So much love and attention were put into this thing, there's fiddly little suspension and exhaust bits everywhere. I'll try and get some photos of it tomorrow once everything is dry and set. I somehow lost the radiator hose while shuffling pieces around, so that's a bummer, but otherwise it's turning out decently. I'm taking a few liberties with paint color, such as making the valve cover a nice bright blue and the hood flat black (it came clear and I don't have the paint to color match it to the factory molded graphite body, so hey, it's a track thrasher  ), so if nothing else it's gonna be a nice custom job for me. I think I'm sold on Tamiya kits now, they're just wonderfully done 
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T1g4h posted:I don't currently have any pictures, but I've finally started making some good progress on this 1/24 Tamiya Skyline R32 kit and good lord, the amount of detail is staggering. Working on this after finishing up that Revell Huey, the difference is mindblowing. So much love and attention were put into this thing, there's fiddly little suspension and exhaust bits everywhere. I'll try and get some photos of it tomorrow once everything is dry and set. I somehow lost the radiator hose while shuffling pieces around, so that's a bummer, but otherwise it's turning out decently. I'm taking a few liberties with paint color, such as making the valve cover a nice bright blue and the hood flat black (it came clear and I don't have the paint to color match it to the factory molded graphite body, so hey, it's a track thrasher Tamiya is the best all around auto kit maker IMO. Great molds, excellent detail. The Lotus 79 I built earlier in the year was amazing, even included engine wiring which is relatively unheard of in 1/20th scale outside of the resin kits like Model Factory Hiro or Studio 27. Fujimi comes close in a few cases but their plastic is brittle.
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T1g4h posted:I don't currently have any pictures, but I've finally started making some good progress on this 1/24 Tamiya Skyline R32 kit and good lord, the amount of detail is staggering. Working on this after finishing up that Revell Huey, the difference is mindblowing. So much love and attention were put into this thing, there's fiddly little suspension and exhaust bits everywhere. I'll try and get some photos of it tomorrow once everything is dry and set. I somehow lost the radiator hose while shuffling pieces around, so that's a bummer, but otherwise it's turning out decently. I'm taking a few liberties with paint color, such as making the valve cover a nice bright blue and the hood flat black (it came clear and I don't have the paint to color match it to the factory molded graphite body, so hey, it's a track thrasher It's a freaking amazing kit right? That kit put me on a huge Tamiya car kit binge. Admittedly I've become so anal over the models that combined with my heavy work schedule my R32 is only just nearing completion now. I have every single piece finished but I'm still not satisfied with the finish on the body and I'm repainting the bonnet again to get it just right. (Danger: Airbrushes, auto models and super fine grit papers are habit forming when mixed) I was actually disappointed to find that the later Skylines didn't recieve anywhere near the same amount detail. Of the ones I've picked up the only production car kits that have full engine modelling are the Mazda RX-7 R1, Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205) and the Honda NSX. Oh and the limited edition Calsonic R32 GT-R (Gr.A) that I found at a second hand the other week.  I will put in a good word here for Fujimi and Aoshima though, while their fine detail is often lacking beyond the car body they do make more of an effort than Tamiya to release a model of every Japanese production car as well as numerous custom kits, while Tamiya are much more selective in what they build.
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I'm already looking into picking up another Tamiya kit after this one is done, i'm deeply impressed by the work they put into them now! I've seen an '88 Porsche 911 Turbo kit online and with my ridiculous (fanboyish) love of Porsches, it's looking well worth the $29 price tag
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T1g4h posted:I'm already looking into picking up another Tamiya kit after this one is done, i'm deeply impressed by the work they put into them now! I've seen an '88 Porsche 911 Turbo kit online and with my ridiculous (fanboyish) love of Porsches, it's looking well worth the $29 price tag I built the Porsche 934 kit a few months ago and it was amazing. Not sure if you're into racecars though.
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T1g4h posted:I'm already looking into picking up another Tamiya kit after this one is done, i'm deeply impressed by the work they put into them now! I've seen an '88 Porsche 911 Turbo kit online and with my ridiculous (fanboyish) love of Porsches, it's looking well worth the $29 price tag After taking a look over here (in moon language but click on the pictures) I'd hold off if I were you. It looks like one of Tamiya's lazy kits. It's got the metal axle poles front and back so no steering articulation and bizarrely it doesn't even have any brake assemblies. Heck, I'm about finished speed-building a bloody Honda CRX and even that has steering and brakes, what the hell Tamiya? Edit: Looking around it looks like "what the hell" is that half the parts are from a "Snap-Loc" kit of another 911. RillAkBea fucked around with this message at 17:23 on Jul 14, 2014 |
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George Zimmer posted:I built the Porsche 934 kit a few months ago and it was amazing. Not sure if you're into racecars though. I'm very into them, I didn't know they made that kit! The site I usually go through doesn't have it listed, so thanks for letting me know about that one. RillAkBea posted:After taking a look over here (in moon language but click on the pictures) I'd hold off if I were you. It looks like one of Tamiya's lazy kits. It's got the metal axle poles front and back so no steering articulation and bizarrely it doesn't even have any brake assemblies. Heck, I'm about finished speed-building a bloody Honda CRX and even that has steering and brakes, what the hell Tamiya? Aww, damnit. Shame, because the 930 is probably my favorite generation of 911. At least there's the 934 kit mentioned above though.
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I just put together the first models I've done in about 20 years. They're not anywhere near as complicated or impressive as some of the stuff y'all are doing, but it was fun:  There took me a total of about 3 and a half hours to do. They're metal, obviously, and fairly inexpensive (i think each cost me six bucks). The company that makes these does a lot more http://www.fascinations.com/metalearth/viewall but some of them look like total pains to put together. Anyway now I have some neat models for my desk at work 
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Oh hey! I have some of their Star Wars stuff that I forgot about. It looks cool made up.
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