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That's the model 1942 turret, right? The hatch is just a circle, should be easy enough to scratch build.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Edit: I keep seeing people with that GARBAGE DICK avatar. What the hell does it mean? It's the new default avatar
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Dec 27, 2014 21:41
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NTRabbit posted:It's the new default avatar Replaces "stupid newbie" and the baby picture.
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NTRabbit posted:It's the new default avatar  I see.Ensign Expendable posted:That's the model 1942 turret, right? The hatch is just a circle, should be easy enough to scratch build. Yeah, the "Mickey Mouse" version. Luckily, the kit came with several totally unnecessary parts. I don't mean the options for early/late models or the accessories; the instructions has them labeled "unnecessary," some with no actual part name beyond that. One of them happens to be an oddly-shaped flat sheet.
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Dec 28, 2014 02:38
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Probably bits from a SU-85 or SU-100 kit or something.
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Dec 28, 2014 03:24
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA8Upm2yDrw I know it's not much but it's a big milestone for me. Have half my tram system up and running. Here it is traveling at about a scale 50 kph, if I did my math/timing right.
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Double postin', I guess this is my train blog now. Making a little bridge with a little drain pipe. It's just cardboard and plastic and you won't really be looking at it from down here but I think it's turning out ok. The pipe is like 2mm and each bridge support is 1cm tall.
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Dec 30, 2014 07:19
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I like how the cardboard gives a feel of rough brutalist concrete slabs. Carry on.
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Dec 30, 2014 08:54
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Baronjutter posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA8Upm2yDrw Kinda looks like a MBTA Green Line Breda car. #traindork
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Dec 30, 2014 17:33
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I've just had 324 fluid ounces of Pledge FloorCare finish delivered today. I just felt like telling someone and I though this would be the best place.
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Dec 30, 2014 20:46
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poo poo's about to get real glossy
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Dec 30, 2014 20:48
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big_g posted:I've just had 324 fluid ounces of Pledge FloorCare finish delivered today. Cannot find this elixir anywhere. Good on you.
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big_g posted:I've just had 324 fluid ounces of Pledge FloorCare finish delivered today. Am I correct that it isn't called Future anymore?
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Dec 30, 2014 21:22
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Dukket posted:Am I correct that it isn't called Future anymore? Yeh it got sold to Pledge and seems to be getting really hard to find. I actually got this shipped across from the US as it's the only place I could find it. (I am in the UK.)
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Surely there have to be other similar clear gloss coats out there. I have a huge bottle my self, but other than it being a glossy clear coat what's so special about it that people just have to get the FUTURE brand?
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Baronjutter posted:Surely there have to be other similar clear gloss coats out there. I have a huge bottle my self, but other than it being a glossy clear coat what's so special about it that people just have to get the FUTURE brand? I believe any generic synthetic floor wax is fine, but people know and trust the Future formula to not fog up or do something unexpected.
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Generally people flocked to Future mainly because it was very cheap and you got a lot of it. A single bottle is a few dollars, and will last most modelers their entire life.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:... I found the loving hatch. It had broken off the sprue, slid across the table, and gotten caught in a spiderweb between a dead cricket and the spider. Calling it done. gently caress the accessories. Tank don't need no shovel or wooden crates.  Turns out if you put water right on the model, the chipping goo causes huge chunks of paint to slough off. Oh well, slightly more weathered than intended, but it'll do.
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The shovels and crates are in the blueprints. And the log. Especially the log. All hail the log.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I found the loving hatch. It had broken off the sprue, slid across the table, and gotten caught in a spiderweb between a dead cricket and the spider. Your work area looks like you've had a horrible accident with a hobby knife.
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Hey, Sturmovik. Come, rest a while. It's 'done', as in I might want to put the stores on later but I also really want to start on this Spitfire model... This was the 2nd of 2 goon originated models (done with the goon brush!) and I have to say now gently caress skis.  The Il-2 was an Accurate Miniatures model, and pretty nice. Seemed a bit over-engineered in parts with a snazy front air intake set up that was overly complicated (and needed bits removing to fit). The skis were a unique addition just for this kit, and require trimming of a part. In case you build this: don't trim it by 4mm as per instructions. 2mm is plenty. Hell, start with 1 and test fit.    I also learnt my lesson about being lazy with masking, so yay for no foggy windows. Instead I had to move it while the varnish was wet.. *sigh* One day I might make something nice, but I don't think I have the patience for it, unlike some.. (looking at you The Locator)
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Ensign Expendable posted:All hail the log.
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Sanguine posted:Hey, Sturmovik. Come, rest a while. This is actually really great! I've seen lesser models win awards at regional shows. Be proud man, this is good work!
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Sanguine posted:Hey, Sturmovik. Come, rest a while. Eh, it is as weathered as a Russian wartime plane could be. Looks real nice, and you did some subtle streaking on the underside that fits pretty well.
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Sanguine posted:One day I might make something nice, but I don't think I have the patience for it, unlike some.. (looking at you The Locator) I think your airplane looks pretty awesome actually. I didn't think I'd ever have patience for stuff like I'm currently doing, but when I get into it I sort of zen (zone?) out and don't even notice the time flying by, so you never know! If I had an infinite amount of time (and space and money) I'd love to be making all sorts of other types of models at the same time as the long-term ships, just to mix it up a bit.
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Jonny Nox posted:Your work area looks like you've had a horrible accident with a hobby knife. How to build a Huey Helicopter: http://www.acmenovelties.net/scale_models/how_to_build_a_model/
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One time I was building a 40k Leman Russ kit that a friend of mine had left sitting in front of a radiator for a couple of years and the hull just refused to go together. I had gotten to the point where I had just superglued the thing and then held it with rubber bands but it popped apart under the strain of the warping and I was then trying to scrape off the superglue that had built up to start over again one last time when I slipped with my scalpel and basically carved a line straight down from my thumb into my palm. Blood everywhere, probably should have gotten stitches, blah blah dumb college kid. Next time I tried sticking it together it worked with no problems. Some kits require blood sacrifice to complete.
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X-acto knives and scalpels are quite good at the blood sacrifice process.
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Arquinsiel posted:One time I was building a 40k Leman Russ kit that a friend of mine had left sitting in front of a radiator for a couple of years and the hull just refused to go together. I had gotten to the point where I had just superglued the thing and then held it with rubber bands but it popped apart under the strain of the warping and I was then trying to scrape off the superglue that had built up to start over again one last time when I slipped with my scalpel and basically carved a line straight down from my thumb into my palm. Blood everywhere, probably should have gotten stitches, blah blah dumb college kid. Next time I tried sticking it together it worked with no problems. You can use the superglue to glue the wound shut. If I recall correctly, this might actually be the purpose it was developed for. It stings like hell, but does a pretty good job. Just for the record, the red stuff in the picture I posted is in fact red paint. The blood is all out of frame. Blue Footed Booby fucked around with this message at 01:03 on Jan 1, 2015 |
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You can use regular super glue on wounds but the medical grade stuff isn't as exothermic and has antibacterial properties in addition to not having solvents that sting like hell in it.
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Just a relatively quick build of an airfix t-34-85 1:72 model. Just before I applied a semi-clear gloss acrylic coat for preparation of a dark wash (currently waiting for it to cure 24 hrs before I start to slather enamels and paint thinner on it). Album located here. http://imgur.com/a/cqjcK My comments, this was I think a 40 piece kit with the wheels making up most of the pieces. I picked it up to practice painting and try out washes and acrylic coatings, and am mostly satisfied with my performance, but I wouldn't ever buy another airfix kit again just because it was too simple and didn't seem right after I put everything together. Next project is this:  I went for the whole hog and bought nearly all the accessories for this, it has a model figure set, and an illumination kit so I get to try out 2 new things for the first time.
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It's airfix, you can't expect much from them but quick and cheap kits that usually look vaguely like the tank it says on the box.
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Chillyrabbit posted:Next project is this: Where did you order yours from? I ordered mine through HLJ and its been back ordered forever.
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Ordered it direct from volk japan as customs and shipping raped me less than ordering from volk USA.
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Chillyrabbit posted:Ordered it direct from volk japan as customs and shipping raped me less than ordering from volk USA. Cool. I'm in Japan for new years, and I have this itch to build and paint a cool sci-fi kit with lots of weathering and stuff. Of course the only thing I find in the general shops is tons of gundam kits, and that aesthetic does absolutely zero for me. I guess macross or machinen krieger is closer to what I'm looking for, though I haven't found any. I guess I could just order something when I get home through hlj, but everything here is do much cheaper. Any idea what ranges I should look for online? I'm a history nerd so my knowledge of Japanese sci-fi is basically limited to Gundam and that Yamato space ship series. e: and by "nothing but Gundam kits" I literally mean an entire isle of Gundam kits, and then maybe a small row of One Piece ships (wtf?) and then some Gundam zoids. Not even a single airplane kit or anything. lilljonas fucked around with this message at 09:29 on Jan 1, 2015 |
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That tank is an anime tank, and personally I like to see those anime things brought to life. For that edelweiss it was 5400 yen. Off hand sci fi like things that might be modeled just look around for some sci fi anime shows and they probably built at least 1 model kit out of something from it. Sci fi animes that probably have a model kit for it. The sand crawler from trigun arm slaves from full metal panic (basically a gundam) ships from legend of galactic heros ships from bodacious space pirates (that was a poor choice of words for a portmanteau) ships from cowboy bepop E: Looking at all my terrible terrible anime I just now realize how often gundams, or knock off gundams appear.
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Chillyrabbit posted:That tank is an anime tank, and personally I like to see those anime things brought to life. For that edelweiss it was 5400 yen. Off hand sci fi like things that might be modeled just look around for some sci fi anime shows and they probably built at least 1 model kit out of something from it. Yes, looking at that tank made me think about the subject again. I guess I'm looking for something a bit more bulky/realistic than the gundam type kits, either something looking kind of like existing tech (like that Eidelweiss tank or Maschinen Krieger) or something more hefty, maybe even like Ghost in the Shell style? I'll keep looking, as I haven't found anything that really stands out yet. There might even be something in the Gundam range that is not as "gundamy", because it would be cool to be able to pick up a kit for 1500 yen when that would barely cover the shipping if I want to get it back home. Basically I want something sci-fi that looks like it could be an actual machine, not a humanoid flying robot with spiky edges. lilljonas fucked around with this message at 11:02 on Jan 1, 2015 |
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I've always liked the Akuyaku #1  It's 1/72 kit; I can't remember if I saw it other than at shop at the Ghibli museum; but chances are it'll be in a store somewhere. Otherwise you might have to go to the Ghibli museum
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Yellow Sub in Akihabara has a very large selection of a bunch of different kits, including historical ones.
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Blue Footed Booby posted:You can use the superglue to glue the wound shut. If I recall correctly, this might actually be the purpose it was developed for. It stings like hell, but does a pretty good job. Nah, the seppos were trying to make some clear gun sights and jet canopies and were trying out cyanoacrylate but it sucked then some guy figured out it had a commercial use.
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