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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: MiniArt Plastic Model Kits

« Last post by robunos on Today at 05:21:58 PM »

And the two café denizen/slacker customers could not look more French 

Denim on denim on denim! Sacre-bleu et zut alors!

Looks like he's trying to be James Dean.......

Only The Quo can get away with Double Denim . . .   


cheers,
Robin.

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Land / Re: M41 Walker ''Bulldog'' Light Tank

« Last post by Old Wombat on Today at 03:53:37 PM »

At my preferred Australian online shops;

Tamiya's 1/35 M41 Walker Bulldog is going for about AU$27.50 at the moment.

Hobby Boss' 1/35 LAV-150 Commando AFV w/Cockerill 90mm Gun is priced at about AU$40.50 (which is stupidly high, imo) but is out of stock.

If you're willing to accept the alternate, then the Hobby Boss 1/35 LAV-150 APC 90mm Mecar Gun is a couple of dollars cheaper at AU$38.50 (again, over-priced, imo) & is also out of stock.

This would leave you with a M41 turret to put on a LAV-150.


I would assume that in the US prices would be both lower in raw number & real value.

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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: ICM

« Last post by Old Wombat on Today at 03:28:03 PM »

C'mon, guys! Just one small step! 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. 

For a 1/35 CH-53D/E? ...... I can live with the consequences!

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Land / Re: Canadian Leopard C2 MEXAS

« Last post by Kerick on Today at 12:49:41 PM »

Now that I've seen this I remember the light stick in the water bottle attached to the antenna bit. I just don't remember what it was for.....

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New Model Kit News/Reviews / Re: MiniArt Plastic Model Kits

« Last post by Kerick on Today at 12:44:18 PM »

And the two café denizen/slacker customers could not look more French 

Denim on denim on denim! Sacre-bleu et zut alors!

Looks like he's trying to be James Dean.......

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Land / Re: M41 Walker ''Bulldog'' Light Tank

« Last post by Kerick on Today 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 Today 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 Today 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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Swords to Plowshares GB / Re: Two Possible Ideas That I am Thinking About Doing

« Last post by finsrin on Today at 11:28:43 AM »

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 Today at 10:50:45 AM »

Hi,
Sorry for the slow progress :

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 

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