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Unkempt posted:Talking of stupidly huge kits, Trumpeter has a 1/48 scale U-Boat coming out. Ahem... pardon me whilst I fap myself raw.
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Unkempt posted:Talking of stupidly huge kits, Trumpeter has a 1/48 scale U-Boat coming out. Cool. I remember someone posting pictures of when that was unveiled (one of the photo's in that link). Now we get to see the price too! If I was into plastic, I'd get that for sure because I'm stupid like that. 
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One of my friends is into modding miniature cars and getting into competitive model car hopping (not really sure what it's call - it mainly involves taking broken pieces of umbrellas and little motors out of old kids' toys, and then hopping them so they preferably hover at the nadir of the hop for longer than anyone else. it takes a lot of finesse and trial and error), and I was wondering if anybody had any ideas on what I could look for to get him for a christmas present..? Thanks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcFYoetqdCA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0ZEttLlq1o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oypF0tZHQZo coyo7e fucked around with this message at 20:55 on Oct 6, 2016 |
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Oct 6, 2016 20:53
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Wait, there are actual competitions? This is a weird adult version of those finger skateboards.
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Oct 6, 2016 21:27
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I love it. Coincidentally the multimedia F14 got its extending legs too today. Though they're still finger powered at this point https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DUsk2IpKlU Also finished 20% of the building phases of the Soleil Royal. The upper half of the hull was faired and I've started putting up the gun port templates. The actual planking will then be fixed on top of these. I also made a whole bunch of gratings.   
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Finished! After 5 months, I'm finally done with the Trumpeter 1/32 Avenger (a.k.a. So. Much. Paint). It's not perfect, but I'm really happy with it. What a great kit to dive into the realm of 1/32 kits. When I started it back in June, it was the only 1/32 aircraft I had. Now I have six, including the B-17, B-25, and a few others. Anyway, the pictures kind of suck because it's enormous and hard to find a place to take proper photos. My usual backdrop methods fail for something with a 20" wingspan.    Imgur Album Here
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Oct 7, 2016 02:48
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Absolutely beautiful, man! Seriously nice work on that kit.
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Oct 7, 2016 03:42
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I was told to post this here: The other day i did a small kitesurf diorama i did as a commission. Scale is H0 or 1:87 because of readily available parts. The kite lines are 0.3mm steel wire and the whole thing is self supporting.   
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That looks amazing!
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Gewehr 43 posted:Finished! After 5 months, I'm finally done with the Trumpeter 1/32 Avenger (a.k.a. So. Much. Paint). That is some amazing work!
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Thanks for the compliments, guys! I'm already off and running on the Me-109 kit that Mister Dog recommended. Is an entertaining contrast, the interior of the Avenger took about 4-6 weeks to construct. I finished building the cockpit for the 109 in an hour. It's now primed and ready for painting. I'm hoping to be done with the whole kit in the time it took me to build just the guts of the TBM. 
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Bistromatic posted:I was told to post this here: Love this. What's the water made from?
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Thanks! For the water i used resin as the base, slightly tinted with acrylics. Then sculpted the waves on top of that with Liquitex Gloss Super Heavy Gel and used the same stuff with a bit of white paint for the foam.
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Oct 9, 2016 20:28
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Finished this quick little figure from the MiniArt Soviet jeep crew kit. It's much better sculpted than the Trumpeter take on the same subject matter (which I probably should have painted alongside this one, but oh well). Good fit, lots of subtle detail, but the rifle in my kit was cracked on the sprue so I had to use one from another kit.    
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Bistromatic posted:I was told to post this here: Wow. Lots of finesse there! I hope to do something so good, your water is great. Ensign Expendable posted:Finished this quick little figure from the MiniArt Soviet jeep crew kit. It's much better sculpted than the Trumpeter take on the same subject matter (which I probably should have painted alongside this one, but oh well). Good fit, lots of subtle detail, but the rifle in my kit was cracked on the sprue so I had to use one from another kit. You're improving leaps and bounds Ensign! That bannerlady looks really good. Having fun with the airbrush? I've been finishing my next diorama, it's the first time I use water and results have been nice but not perfect. Most of the flora is real, taken from a park near home. It's the Messy Desk Battletech Locust, painted as a McCarron's Armored Cavalry mech. I really like the Soviet white stripes over green livery, so I sort of copied it over the mech.     As usual, there is lots of crap all over the desk.
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Yeah, the airbrush is fantastic, it was a very good investment.
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Sparq posted:I've been finishing my next diorama, it's the first time I use water and results have been nice but not perfect. Most of the flora is real, taken from a park near home.  I mean, nicely done, but srsly, gently caress that imaginary guy.
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Bistromatic posted:I was told to post this here: Dude that water is so freakin nice, awesome job.
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Oct 10, 2016 21:17
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It's a long shot, but has anyone built the newer Fujimi J1N1 Gekko that has the Rabule theme? I want to know whether it has the remote controlled turrets modelable or not.
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Oct 11, 2016 14:45
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Finally got back into working on my choo choo by building this intersection. I wish I was better at painting...
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jadebullet posted:It's a long shot, but has anyone built the newer Fujimi J1N1 Gekko that has the Rabule theme? I want to know whether it has the remote controlled turrets modelable or not. From looking at the instructions scanned on 1999.co.jp it does have the dorsal guns (step 4) on the 1/72 scale kit.
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Bistromatic posted:I was told to post this here:
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Baronjutter posted:Finally got back into working on my choo choo by building this intersection. I wish I was better at painting... The scale modeller in me likes what you've done. The railway engineer in me baulks at how you are going to be able to protect that crossing (in theory).
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Oct 12, 2016 01:41
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It's a tram line don't worry
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Oct 12, 2016 03:50
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 It's showing some promise of being a decent city scene.
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Oct 12, 2016 07:20
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Some work in progress of a small Mr Hyde bust I'm working on: 
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Baronjutter posted:
Love the bike lanes. Were you the one that was saying how a bunch of greybeard modelers were giving you poo poo about those?
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Sparq posted:It's the Messy Desk Battletech Locust, painted as a McCarron's Armored Cavalry mech. I really like the Soviet white stripes over green livery, so I sort of copied it over the mech. Where's this kit from? I'd love to build some giant robots that aren't gundam.
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beep-beep car is go posted:Love the bike lanes. Were you the one that was saying how a bunch of greybeard modelers were giving you poo poo about those? Hey, hey. It was the greybeard model train dudes, not the greybeard modelers.
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Yooper posted:Where's this kit from? I'd love to build some giant robots that aren't gundam. http://scott-messydesk.blogspot.com.es/ http://battlemechclub.blogspot.com.es/p/marketplace_25.html You'll have to buy them when they come, they have short online runs.
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I've finished building the RoG Bf-109G-6 in less time than it took to put the Avenger's engine together. I mean I've got a little filling to do here and there, and of course the antennas to stick on after painting, but jesus.
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Mister Dog posted:Hell yes, son. I just finished the 109, feeling like I'm going to go pick up the 190 today. This is out of the box, except for the radio antenna, which was made out of some wire I found in my basement and some spare nylon suture. Double posting to ask... any chance you have the early canopy parts lying around. Parts 56 and 57. I see you used the late canopy on yours and I need the early canopy. Something went awry when I dipped them in future today. They turned all cloudy and crusty and I don't even... either way my early canopy parts are wrecked. Still got yours around? Willing to sell, trade, whatever?
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Gewehr 43 posted:Double posting to ask... any chance you have the early canopy parts lying around. Parts 56 and 57. I see you used the late canopy on yours and I need the early canopy. Something went awry when I dipped them in future today. They turned all cloudy and crusty and I don't even... either way my early canopy parts are wrecked. Still got yours around? Willing to sell, trade, whatever?
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Mister Dog posted:All I've got left on the clear sprue is 55 and 59. Not a clue what happened to the rest. I can get those to you if they're of some use. Gonna need some pics of dat Gustav tho. Thanks, man. Nah, the ones I need are 56 and 57. The early, birdcage canopy and its accompanying rear part. After sanding, buffing, and polishing, I might be able to salvage the existing canopy pieces. Just wish I knew what the hell happened. Worst case, I can either just use the late canopy (though the rest of the options have been built as an early model) or just buy another instance of the ~$20 kit and plan to build the late version if I build it again. I'd be absolutely livid if this was the Avenger or something more expensive, but at ~$20, I'm not too twisted about a less-than-perfect canopy.
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I'm a double-postin' fool these days. I just got a tube of Perfect Plastic Putty in today. Holy poo poo, what a game changer. Previously, I'd been working with Squadron white or Milliput putties. You squeeze a little of the P3 into a seam, scrape the excess off with a spatula, then take a swipe with a moist cotton swab. Done. I filled the cracks on 3 rather poorly-assembled 1/35 figures last night in maybe 5 minutes, tops. They were primed and ready for painting within a half an hour of cracking the P3 tube. I am absolutely done with Squadron and Milliput for crack/seam filling.
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Yeah, P3 is great stuff. It's my go-to now for medium cracks. The fact that it's no-odor as well is just the cherry on the top of the sundae. Tiny cracks I still use Mr Hobby Liquid Putty, and very large cracks I use Aves Apoxie Clay.
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I definitely could have used this as I'm now just about a month into puttying, sanding, puttying, sanding, etc an F1 model. Thanks for the tip!
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Making some more tiny streets, sorry about the blurry pictures I don't know why they turned out that way. Here's how the whole area looks. The sidewalks aren't glued since I want to paint them separately first of course. 
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TINY DRAINS!
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TINY DRAINS FOR TINY TRAINS 
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