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Land / Re: M41 Walker ''Bulldog'' Light Tank
« Last post by Kerick on Yesterday at 12:39:40 PM »
You guys are going to send me broke

Hobby Lobby (in the US) is dumping TAMIYA M41 kits for @ $16 after their 40% discount.

Everything else you can kitbash.

@PFJN might be able to burn ya a resin Cadillac Gage style turret.

I already have two M41s in the stash.
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Aero-space / Aircraft Restoration
« Last post by Kerick on Yesterday at 12:27:35 PM »
A great many years ago when my son was little for Christmas I made him and his three cousins wooden airplanes. I turned the fuselages on a lathe and made wings from 3/4 stock. I didn't paint them because I was happy with the way the wood grain looked. Years later we tried painting my son's plane but it didn't turn out very well. So I've sanded it down and started a new paint job.



Right now it looks like it was built by John Deere. I may try a different color if I can find something a little more olive colored. This is what I'm going for.





I have actual stickers on order, not decal stickers but actual sticker stickers, for the national insignia. I'm thinking of doing the red markings to give it a little more dash. I really need to avoid Advanced Modelers Syndrome on this so I might be able to have it done in time for his birthday in a couple of weeks.
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Aero-space / Re: Viggen + F-104
« Last post by Kerick on Yesterday at 12:24:28 PM »
I managed to squirt some paint on this one tonight. The painting went fine except I knocked over the little bottle of thinner twice.
I painted the canopy frame black to match the inside.



Then some Testors light blue darkened with three drops of sea blue.





I bought some fresh silly putty so we'll see what happens tomorrow.
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Got ya beat;  my progress is slower than yours.
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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: Two Possible Ideas That I am Thinking About Doing
« Last post by PFJN on Yesterday at 10:50:45 AM »
Hi,
Sorry for the slow progress : :P

Here is the main hull and superstructure with some paint and handling gear loosely shown in place.  The hull will be the medium blue and the handling gear the orangish yellow that is shown below.  The superstructure will evntually be white and the external decks to be some shade of olive or green.  The peach color that is shown right now in some spots is just a different shade of Mr. Surfacer that I wanted to try and and see how well other colors will cover it.

In th second picture you can see some of the small craft that I intnd to hang from the davits, including, a couple 40ft (or so) sailboats (in blue), a 20ft power boat (currently shown in the peach color primer), two 20ft sailboats (in red), a large power/excursion craft (in black with a reddish brown bottom), and two 6m rhibs (that I will probably just set on deck somewhere.

I'm very happy with how everything came out of my 3D printer, but I did have to patch a few small items on the prints, and its been tricky trying to paint everything because the parts are kind of small  :P

Anyway, I'm hopin to maybe paint the hull bottom red soon and add a black boot topping and then maybe paint the main decks green with white bitts and chocks etc.  The trickier part will be trying to finish up the superstructure because I haven't fully figured out yet the best way to try and add window and such.

Regards

Pat


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Land / Re: M41 Walker ''Bulldog'' Light Tank
« Last post by Story on Yesterday at 10:26:31 AM »
You guys are going to send me broke

Hobby Lobby (in the US) is dumping TAMIYA M41 kits for @ $16 after their 40% discount.

Everything else you can kitbash.

@PFJN might be able to burn ya a resin Cadillac Gage style turret.
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Land / Re: M41 Walker ''Bulldog'' Light Tank
« Last post by ChalkLine on Yesterday at 09:50:02 AM »
You guys are going to send me broke
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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: Takom Models
« Last post by Buzzbomb on Yesterday at 06:47:23 AM »
Sometimes you've just got to go with the stupid.  :-\   ;D

Surely this is not even a back of napkin '46+ type design with nary a thought about turret basket/floor impeding on anything below it would appear.
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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: ICM
« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on Yesterday at 03:56:40 AM »
C'mon, guys! Just one small step! :icon_alabanza: :icon_meditation: :icon_crap: Please?!
That "one small step" will see you looking for a larger residence to display the thing plus the other three you will keep in your stash.  Not to mention the disharmony that will be created when you bring all of the kits home.  :smiley:
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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: Takom Models
« Last post by Jeffry Fontaine on Yesterday at 03:48:00 AM »
The WH40K meme is now available in 3D! 
All you need is the silly hat, sword, and caption plate "move closer, I wish to strike them with my sword!" and you are there!
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