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ivantod posted:Hey so I'm new in this thread so I'm not sure exactly if this fits the subject, but... You should give a look to World of Wayne on Youtube. He builds all the Agora model releases. He is on part 4 of the Mercedes so far, linked below. I built the Agora Bismarck and it was really nice and easy, but with a high enough level of challenge to make it interesting, not frustrating though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOp281tZjDc
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Thank you both for insights! Actually I have already seen a few of Wayne's videos, which only made me want to do it more!  I guess I'll take the plunge on the Mercedes, at least it seems you are not locked in and can cancel the subscription at any point. Wish me luck lol!
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So what do you do when you start running out of places to display your models? Obviously "build less models" is a non starter.
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Charliegrs posted:So what do you do when you start running out of places to display your models? Obviously "build less models" is a non starter. Get a container or two like those office documents cardboard boxes  and use cardboard to create self-supporting dividers like for Christmas ornaments or whatever  and use these to rotate models out of display. If you're feeling froggy, you can use them to adjust decor. Put green tanks on the mantle at Christmas time! Break out the Black Widow for Halloween!
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Charliegrs posted:So what do you do when you start running out of places to display your models? Obviously "build less models" is a non starter. My skill is still improving rapidly enough that my earlier works are embarrassing to display, so tanks from 10+ years ago are gradually being retired to the spares box.
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Charliegrs posted:So what do you do when you start running out of places to display your models? Obviously "build less models" is a non starter. Buy a bigger house.. duh..
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I’ve still got another section of bookshelf to upgrade before I run out of room. It’s handy building cars cause you can fit a pile of them on a shelf.
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I'll soon be building floating shelves in my hobby room.
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Charliegrs posted:So what do you do when you start running out of places to display your models? Obviously "build less models" is a non starter. Build only aircraft, hang them all from the ceiling.
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What's stopping you from mounting tanks upside down on your ceiling?
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You can fit a LOT of 1/700 scale ships in a small display case or small shelving unit. Now I have to admit I suck for not having enough light to go get a photo of the 1/700 destroyers and the 1/1200 Ticonderoga in the display shelf by the door.
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I have to stop buying 1/200 scale model ships and 1/16 scale tanks. Luckily I can bring in a bunch and display them at work, but if I ever quit I don't know what I would do.
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I've had a 1:16 T-34 lying around for a few years that would be a huge pain to find room for. When I eventually finish it, I'm sure I'll find it somehow.
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GotLag posted:What's stopping you from mounting tanks upside down on your ceiling? 
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Bring them to work to decorate your workspace! Note: your coworkers will sometimes borrow them for meetings and such.
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FrozenVent posted:Note: your coworkers will sometimes borrow them for meetings and such. ...or finger gently caress them and break them. I swear people can't keep their grubby mitts off of a scale model.
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Backlogtoberfest build #2 is done! Panzer IV Ausf E in the colors of the Deutsches Afrikakorps. These tanks were shipped from the factory in standard Panzer grey, then hastily painted with desert camo once they arrived at the unit. Thus, the heavy chipping. I used the hairspray method to achieve that, and I recalled why I don't use it very often. It's rare for me to get the consistency just right and I either have to scrub the poo poo out of model to get the chipping effect, or I put on too much hairspray and the topcoat sloughs off in huge patches. This tended towards the latter, and even spraying a varnish coat activated some of the hairspray and cracked the topcoat. Ah well, it isn't perfect, but I'm happy with it. Now on to the next kit!                        
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Looks great, very reasonable degree of wear on the paint.
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Ensign Expendable posted:Looks great, very reasonable degree of wear on the paint. Thank you! This is not technically a backlog kit. I started it a few months ago while I was waiting for something on the A6M Zero to dry. It's been built for a few weeks, but as of yesterday at the time of posting the Panzer IV, it was unprimed. I took this week off for a sanity leave and have been able to knock this one out too. I'm really happy with how it turned out, especially because I accidentally splashed a bit of hardware-store-grade lacquer thinner on it at one point.  Anyway, this is the Tamiya M18 Hellcat. It's a nice little kit and goes together really well. I didn't care for the kit decals, so I took a little bit of creative license and bashed together something from the spares bin. (Don't tell anyone, but the 814th TD Battalion never fielded M18s, only M10s and M36s.) I'm also not huge on piling stowage and the likes onto a vehicle, so its less encumbered than most M18 models out there. If I ever put it in a diorama, I can always add more stuff later. Anyway, enjoy.                      
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Chuck_D posted:. (Don't tell anyone, but the 814th TD Battalion never fielded M18s, only M10s and M36s.) I was going to congratulate you on an amazing looking Hellcat but this is unacceptable. The utter GALL! It is a very excellent outcome though.
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I know, I know. My shame is immeasurable.  I'm not overly worried about the people in this thread, but some of the pedants/joyless modeling nazis at other forums have conditioned me to thoroughly justify ahistorical decisions like this.
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Chuck_D posted:I know, I know. My shame is immeasurable. I think it looks great. I've always felt that it is your model so you build it how you like and you don't have to justify anything to anyone.
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Honestly the Bob Ross approach is perfectly acceptable for modeling. Happy accidents, and it's your world - the model just lives in it.
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    Been working on the train for the first time in like 8 months. Doing a very challenging bridge project loosely based on a real local bridge. Currently trying to figure out how to make the bridge kinda removable for while I'm doing scenery work. And how to link the nice C55 bridge track with my peco "c55" flex in a nice way.
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Vorenus posted:Honestly the Bob Ross approach is perfectly acceptable for modeling. Happy accidents, and it's your world - the model just lives in it. Sometimes I deliberately put a tiny little inaccuracy or ahistorical detail somewhere in a model and never mention it to anyone to see if it lures any rivet counters out into the sunlight.
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Vorenus posted:Honestly the Bob Ross approach is perfectly acceptable for modeling. Happy accidents, and it's your world - the model just lives in it. I couldn't agree more. Paint your tank pink if it makes your heart happy. I try to generally strive for accuracy in my own work, but I'm very very much an "I'm okay, you're okay" type of person. @Baronjutter - that bridge is looking great. Can't wait to see progress on it. I'm continually fascinated by people who can do great ground work.
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Chuck_D posted:Backlogtoberfest build #2 is done! Panzer IV Ausf E in the colors of the Deutsches Afrikakorps. That's all some seriously good stuff! Very nicely done with the weathering. The peeling paint on the Pz 4 is perfect. Really inspiring work! Jealous of people who have both time and dedication to finish their models. Hoping for more free time and to resist cracking the next box before I finish what I have on the shelf already. Backlogtwentytwentyfour. Baronjutter posted:
That looks very familiar. E&N? I love the scenery work of railway layouts so much, it looks like so fun!
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Backlogtoberfest #1 for me: Going to start in on a Tamiya RX-7 kit next, and we'll see just how far I get. Here's hoping!
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 I would up applying a thin white filter to the model to help dull down the contrast between the grey of the panels and the rest of the hull. This also allowed me to go in and lighten up some of the shading done at the edges of the larger molded panels too. It's coming along well so far, but lots of paint to go down yet. Frustratingly, I am finding that the VMA paints that I am using are quite a bit less resilient than the miniature paints that I am used to working with and is much easier to mark up.
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  I would post this in the 3D printing thread but that mainly seems to be about the machines and I'm showing off the paint job.
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My 1/16 easy 8 has 144 individually modeled tracks of which each is made up of 3 pieces. 4 whole sprues of just tracks. Don't think I can do it all in a row. Gonna have to work on other parts of the tank between sections.
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nitsuga posted:Backlogtoberfest #1 for me: Awww yiss, can't beat the 555 livery. 
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Anyone built this 1/72 Academy A10? I was in desperate need of something to build and I have no model stores nearby so I went to Hobby Lobby and well you know, their selection sucks. It was only $18 bucks so if it's a terrible kit it's not really a big deal also I've been looking for something a little more challenging since I've been building a lot of Tamiya models lately. Also this will be my first plane model I've only ever built car and tanks before.
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I've mentioned Amazing Figure Modeler here before, and it doesn't affect many people since there are only a couple doing garage kits, but they're having a big sale on their back issues. They've gone to a digital-mag format since there's just no money in small niche print mags anymore, so they're clearing out their stock. 50% off on most back issues. Fun mag, lots of cool models, lots of tips and tricks you can apply to all sorts of kits. Check it out! https://www.amazingfiguremodeler.com/shop Some past covers to stoke anyones interest:            
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Built me a 1:72 Boxer. Fiddly but still quite interesting, if only because the construction steps match how the real deal is built. The only issues I had were with the weapon as you're combining some very tiny parts based on somewhat unclear instructions.    
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Looking to try a 1/48 tank- is there a Tamiya kit that's generally considered to be a very good one with minimal parts? Doing it as a palette cleanse between some larger scale more intricate builds. Or maybe an airplane at that scale, even?
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Can anyone recommend a good small cheap-ish airbrushing spraybooth? Looking at something like this one , and just want to make sure if there any brands to avoid or favour.
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:Looking to try a 1/48 tank- is there a Tamiya kit that's generally considered to be a very good one with minimal parts? Doing it as a palette cleanse between some larger scale more intricate builds. Or maybe an airplane at that scale, even? Truly any Tamiya kit in that scale that's been produced in the last ten years (airplanes or tanks) will be fine. Use scalemates.com to find out when a kit of interest was molded. Neddy Seagoon posted:Can anyone recommend a good small cheap-ish airbrushing spraybooth? Looking at something like this one , and just want to make sure if there any brands to avoid or favour. They're all pretty much the same and the odds are good they all come from the same factory in China somewhere. They work well enough if you're spraying an airbrush vs a rattle can, but always make sure you're using a respirator regardless.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Can anyone recommend a good small cheap-ish airbrushing spraybooth? Looking at something like this one , and just want to make sure if there any brands to avoid or favour. As Chuck_D said, that style of airbrush booth is pretty much the same from brand to brand. I have one that is 6-7 years old or so and I found out that the plastic it is made of dissolves and gets all gummy when it comes into contact with lacquers. I thin lacquers and clean my airbrush in the booth, so I'm spilling paint and thinner in there all the time. I solved the problem by cutting down a sheet of some sort of polyethylene (HDPE, LDPE, UHMW, etc.) and putting that in there as a base plate. A piece of corrugated cardboard would probably work just as well. I almost never airbrush enamels, but I believe that enamel paints and mineral spirits will not react with the plastic. It is also possible they are using a different type of plastic now and I am just a cranky old fart.
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ColonelJohnMatrix posted:Looking to try a 1/48 tank- is there a Tamiya kit that's generally considered to be a very good one with minimal parts? Doing it as a palette cleanse between some larger scale more intricate builds. Or maybe an airplane at that scale, even? I built a 1/48 Tamiya Sherman recently. The parts count was pretty low and as always with Tamiya it was a high quality kit
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