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I'm already thinking about my next model. Any opinions on a 1:48 BF-109E or F-14? I'm not sure what brands are good in regards to those.
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Just look for a couple of reviews on Aeroscale (part of the Kitmaker.com network). I dont really build planes myself, but in general you can't go wrong with Tamiya and Hasegawa kits,
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Dec 17, 2015 03:54
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Mr E posted:I've mostly finished my first model. I may do a wash and weather it or something in the future as well before a matte coat. I really gotta work on canopies as well. Good job dude. I've been building stuff off and on for 20 years and I have completed exactly 1 airplane. Tanks and ground vehicles are a lot easier for me to hide inevitable fuckups. Throw some mud or extra weathering on it and it's good. Things that fly are a bit more delicate. Also, I too hate canopies.
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Dec 17, 2015 08:05
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Ugh, I hear you about canopies. I was working on my Messerschmitt and didn't notice that I had a very small amount of glue on my finger, so now I have a very tiny blemish on my canopy. It's hardly visible, but it still bothers me because I notice it. And I still have to paint the drat thing. Edit: Also I forgot to mention that that P-40 looks great. jadebullet fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Dec 17, 2015 |
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Dec 17, 2015 16:04
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Thanks for the comments! I'll probably just matte coat this kit and do no weathering. I'm gonna run by the hobby shop after work and see if I can decide on doing another plane or a tank next.
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Dec 17, 2015 16:39
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I personally would reccomend another plane, as tanks can get finicky and you said the P-40 was your first model. An interesting idea would be to look at a P-36 Hawk, since it is the radial engined precursor to the P-40 iirc. Or just grab something that catches your interest.
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Dec 17, 2015 17:42
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Yeah I was thinking at least one more plane before a tank. I may do a Tamiya A6M5 Zero or Hasegawa F-22.
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Dec 17, 2015 17:48
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If you are looking for a nice tank in the future to see if that suits you, the KV series of tanks made by Trumpeter are very nice and not too complicated to build. They come with both vinyl band-type tracks and track & link plastic ones so you can try both types, and it's often much cheaper than a Tamiya kit (which are very well engineered kits and practically build themselves, but are bit more expensive).
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Dec 17, 2015 17:58
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You can get a classic Tamiya kit for pretty cheap, and many stood the test of time fairly well. I haven't built any of their KVs though. I have a Trumpeter KV-1 ChTZ cast turret kit, and it's pretty good, if devoid of interior parts.
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Dec 17, 2015 18:33
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My friend's giant 8' long 1:160 biggest ship in the world is coming along.  
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Dec 17, 2015 19:16
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I would second getting a good solid Tamiya kit they are great for getting to grips with things. Also come January you can now officially count me in. 
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Dec 17, 2015 20:03
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big_g posted:I would second getting a good solid Tamiya kit they are great for getting to grips with things. Thirding. Even the older kits are worthwhile as long as you aren't a compulsive rivet-counter. My first tank was Tamiya's T-34/76. The hull had some pretty serious gaps but they were the kind you can fill before gluing the hull together, so I just slathered putty all over the place on the inside surfaces. While googling something tanky, I stumbled on this:  It makes me happy, so I had to share.
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Dec 17, 2015 21:48
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I like the Tamiya 70s Masterpiece T-34. No obvious defects, plenty of accessories, some interior bits. Only downside is the vinyl tracks.
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Baronjutter posted:My friend's giant 8' long 1:160 biggest ship in the world is coming along. I volunteer to be a character witness at your friend's divorce proceedings
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Dec 17, 2015 22:37
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Baronjutter posted:My friend's giant 8' long 1:160 biggest ship in the world is coming along. A guy on Modelshipworld is building a model of the USS Des Moines CA-134 for his dad. Thing is, he can't stand working in small scales, so he went with the smallest scale he could actually stand - 1/8" (1:96). So yea, he's scratch building a model of the Des Moines that is 88" long.
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Dec 17, 2015 22:57
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Blue Footed Booby posted:Thirding. Even the older kits are worthwhile as long as you aren't a compulsive rivet-counter. My first tank was Tamiya's T-34/76. The hull had some pretty serious gaps but they were the kind you can fill before gluing the hull together, so I just slathered putty all over the place on the inside surfaces.
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Dec 17, 2015 23:17
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Baronjutter posted:My friend's giant 8' long 1:160 biggest ship in the world is coming along. So his painting options are going to be spending 200 dollars on half a gallon of model paint or using non scale marine paint? I've never seen anything that big built before.
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Dec 18, 2015 00:50
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Brovine posted:Just to check, we're working on the crappire in January, aren't we?
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Mr E posted:I'm already thinking about my next model. Any opinions on a 1:48 BF-109E or F-14? I'm not sure what brands are good in regards to those.
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Boomer The Cannon posted:Yeah, the Tamiya 109-E basically puts itself together, it's a real nice kit. I'll keep an eye out for that, then. I picked up the 1/48 Hasegawa F-22 today because it was on sale, from what I've read it's a real good kit.
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Dec 18, 2015 03:21
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Speaking of tank kits, I've built quite a few Tamiya 1:48 tanks this year, and I've been happy with all of them. Not much more expensive than 1/72 tanks, but cheaper and not as big as 1/35's. I would recommend them for a beginner, and the Panzer 38(t) released this spring was probably the "friendliest" kit I built this far. But I haven't had a complete clunker yet. The early prod Tiger I was also pretty easy and fun to build.
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Dec 18, 2015 10:25
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Victory Cross Section gave me a bit of a fright today. Formed the mast and built the structural parts of the pump well with munitions storage . Nothing in the interior (but the planks) is glued in yet. Then when as I was setting up the photo the model finally toppled over dislodging the mast and pumpwell then both dropping to the floor with the mast neatly smashing the pumpwell to smithereens. Luckily I could salvage it. The photo is from after that happening. High time I build the model stand instead of relying on gravity, balance and a flat keel
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Dec 18, 2015 11:36
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Mr E posted:I'll keep an eye out for that, then. I picked up the 1/48 Hasegawa F-22 today because it was on sale, from what I've read it's a real good kit. I built that one earlier on in the thread if you are interested. It is a really nice fun kit. I can't recall any issues I had with it anyways.
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So, all the ship pictures this year made me finally get going on a project that I've mulled over for a long time: a set of east asian 16th century ships. I'll start with some Japanese, and then add some Korean ones to fight them. They will be scale models in 1:285, as that leaves most ships at the time at around 2-5 inches. That's small enough to be managable, but still large enough to add some details. That's also a size that I'm somewhat comfortable with casting in resin, so I won't do them in wood, but in sculpting putty. Then I can mass produce them, and get tons of boxy crap ships to play around with. Anyway, I could not find a huge amount of good actual blueprints or equivalent, but rather pictures and general size approximations. So expect a lot of wonky proportions! First out I thought I'd make a sekibune, which was a medium-to-large size war galley. Different sources put their average size at around 18-25 metre long. Some of them had small tower structures on them, while others just had a big flat boxy fighting platform from where to fire muskets and launch boarding actions:   So, I started out by measuring from the pictures that I could find with crew. With a basic plan in hand, I started to make the general shape in plasticard and magic sculpt, to see if the size was reasonable. It's about 8 cm long, which would be a 23 meter long ship.  Since that's a flat top, it's way too tall! If I added a railing too it now, it would look way wrong. The only alternative was to dig down instead:  And build back up, with space for the stairs up:  Today I started making planks with magic sculpt, only covering a small part at a time so that I don't fudge any previous planks before the putty cures:  Phew. I'll probably start up a few more ships over the holidays, so that I don't have to spend so much time waiting on each patch to cure.
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Dec 18, 2015 22:21
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"What the gently caress did I order??" "Oh." Yessss, airplane...and candy. I'm not sure why there's candy.
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lilljonas posted:Asian Ships That's very cool. Blue Footed Booby posted:"What the gently caress did I order??" Did you order from Germany? German suppliers of all kinds of things like to add gummy treats to deliveries around christmas time.
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Greyhawk posted:That's very cool. Package is from China. Can't honestly remember where I ordered it. It's a nice touch!
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Dec 18, 2015 22:43
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lilljonas posted:Small resin boat stuff... Google search for "Woody Joe" kits, and you should find some really nice images of quite a number of boats from Japan from historical times. They produce some really nice wooden kits that aren't very well known here in the states, but are great quality. Might be good reference material for you. I have no idea if they sell the plans without the kits, but lots of wooden kit makers do, so if you can communicate with them that's another possibility.
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The Locator posted:Google search for "Woody Joe" kits, and you should find some really nice images of quite a number of boats from Japan from historical times. They produce some really nice wooden kits that aren't very well known here in the states, but are great quality. I've checked Woody Joe kits (even in person in Japan) for their amazing temple kits, but not their ships. Now you made me check again, and isn't this just a sexy boat in all its simplicity? http://www.zootoyz.jp/contents/en-us/d137_Woody_JOE_Khufu_ship.html
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big_g posted:I built that one earlier on in the thread if you are interested. It is a really nice fun kit. I can't recall any issues I had with it anyways. Looked at those pics, that model turned out fantastic. I really liked how your canopy turned out so I'll be doing that as well. Do you happen to remember what Vallejo colors you used back then, or should I color match using the listed colors and add some silver to the mix for the body?
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Mr E posted:Looked at those pics, that model turned out fantastic. I really liked how your canopy turned out so I'll be doing that as well. Do you happen to remember what Vallejo colors you used back then, or should I color match using the listed colors and add some silver to the mix for the body? I can't remember I'm afraid and it's not something I keep track of. Adding the silver worked well for me to give it that little extra sheen.
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Started on the ruined Imperial industrial area base last night. It looks dark at the minute but I'm going to lighten the brown, add some pigments and some silfor tufts once the varnish has gone on. Only really that and the helmet to do now   
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http://www.network54.com/Forum/615009/thread/1351299744/Los+Acr%EDlicos+con+Aer%F3grafo-+Diluci%F3n+y+Mezclas This article in spanish explains and demonstrates why rubbing alcohol may not always work with most acrylic paints, and compares it with water, isoprop, methanol and other solvents. quote:- Todos los acrílicos se pueden diluir con agua. All acrylic paints are water solluble. All acrylics can take windex. For the most part ispropyl alcohol is better. Ethanol (rubbing alcohol) is great at clogging. Better yet to leave it for your liver. Methanol is also a great way to clean stuff and fill up your lighter.
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So I'm building a Hobby Boss 1/72 CF-105 kit that I've had on my shelf for a couple years because I wanted to be "good enough" to make it look real good, it's one of my favorite planes ever. This kit is a hideous pile of poo poo, and I paid like $40 for it. So disappointed right now. Guess I'm gonna have to go buy a tube of Tammiya Regular filler and some x-22 thinner. gently caress.  That is on the locating pins. The "detailed cockpit" was nothing but ejector pin marks. edit: sooo, any suggestions for filler friendly sandable primers for building up a smooth undercoat, it's supposed to be a glossy white finish. Jonny Nox fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Dec 19, 2015 |
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Double Posting time! here's a couple that I finished last month some time, but just found my macro camera to take pictures of...    
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Hey, I made that triplane kit once, ages ago! Or at least some other one named BLYMP.
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Well, I have finished my 1/72 Messerschmidt Bf109. Unfortunately the weather is a bit too humid for sealing it, so the powders are a bit more vibrant than they will be with the clear coat on them. I am really happy with how this kit turned out, even if I spent a good chunk of time painting the BMW 801 engine which was then put behind the cooling fan, never to be seen again. Overall I think it came out pretty good, even if brush painting yellow is a pain in the rear end.    Edit: I love the camo you put on that FW190 Jonny Nox.
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Jonny Nox posted:So I'm building a Hobby Boss 1/72 CF-105 kit that I've had on my shelf for a couple years because I wanted to be "good enough" to make it look real good, it's one of my favorite planes ever. Do you mean Hobbycraft, or Hobby Boss? If you mean Hobbycraft, they made new Arrow tooling in 2012 - you may have bought the old kit. (Or is it: Good news! There's a modern 1/72 Avro Arrow out there?) 
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Nebakenezzer posted:Do you mean Hobbycraft, or Hobby Boss? Yeah, it's hobbycraft. Bad news, this IS the 2012 kit. Honestly it's going to work into an ok model in the end, I was just posting from emotions earlier. Fucker is BIG though, I think it's going to come out longer than the F-14 in the end.
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Do you guys know which brand makes good 1/72 figures? Not looking for the toy soldier like vinyl stuff because those are a bitch to paint. Mainly looking for German infantry and armour crews.
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