Pics of your models, please!

Pics of your models, please!

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72twink

963 posts

241 months

Thursday 9th February 2017
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generationx said:
That´s cool! What did you add?
From front to back:

Spot lights that look like Carellos
Spot light brackets
Bumper centre section
Sump guard
Missing sections of roll cage
Sun visors
Screen de-mist diffuser blade
Corrections on the terratrip
Map light on cage
Internal speaker on cage
Intercom box on cage
Helmet hooks on cage
Spare ignition pack on rear inner wing
Spare wheel hold down spinners
Rear mudflaps
Rear bumper centre section
The "pigs nose" centre to the axle underneath
All tyres turned to correct diameter



robemcdonald

8,715 posts

195 months

Friday 10th February 2017
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72twink said:
generationx said:
That´s cool! What did you add?
From front to back:

Spot lights that look like Carellos
Spot light brackets
Bumper centre section
Sump guard
Missing sections of roll cage
Sun visors
Screen de-mist diffuser blade
Corrections on the terratrip
Map light on cage
Internal speaker on cage
Intercom box on cage
Helmet hooks on cage
Spare ignition pack on rear inner wing
Spare wheel hold down spinners
Rear mudflaps
Rear bumper centre section
The "pigs nose" centre to the axle underneath
All tyres turned to correct diameter
Slightly obsessive, but also slightly awesome! What a fantastic model.

How do you go about the scratch build side of things? Every time I try it just looks off for some reason.

robemcdonald

8,715 posts

195 months

Sunday 12th February 2017
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1/72 tamiya fw190






Echo66

384 posts

188 months

Friday 17th February 2017
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Got back into the hobby after nearly 20 years away. Just finished this nice kit from Youngs Miniatures. Got a few more on an FB page too. Back onto some WW2 armour soon, I need a change!



|http://thumbsnap.com/aIGChDFH[/url]


https://www.facebook.com/themodelarium/photos/a.1678321412478380.1073741829.1678161422494379/1724122551231599/?type=3&theater

48Valves

1,926 posts

208 months

Wednesday 22nd February 2017
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Got round to adding some interior lighting.



MBBlat

1,601 posts

148 months

Sunday 26th February 2017
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Before painting my 1/16 KV-2 I thought I'd get some practice in, so meet little KV
Cute KV-2_008 by MBBlat, on Flickr
Cute KV-2_004 by MBBlat, on Flickr
Cute KV-2_007 by MBBlat, on Flickr

steve y

460 posts

210 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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steve y said:

Christmas present to myself

Finally finished model

Vocal Minority

8,582 posts

151 months

Monday 6th March 2017
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Like that!

robemcdonald

8,715 posts

195 months

Saturday 1st April 2017
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Meng models world war toons Sherman.




steve y

460 posts

210 months

Monday 10th April 2017
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Couple of shots of progress on my latest kit 1/16 Trumpeter Panzer IV

steve y

460 posts

210 months

Monday 10th April 2017
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Langweilig

4,298 posts

210 months

Saturday 15th April 2017
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Revell 1/12 scale Ford Shelby GT500

For a big kit, there aren't many parts. But it builds into a lovely model. It was customer specs with the body colour - Tamiya TS51 racing blue.








Edited by Langweilig on Saturday 15th April 22:28

steve y

460 posts

210 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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Finally finished the Trumpeter kit of a PanzerIV taken about 3 months and the detail is astounding and the fit is as good as Tamiya.

robemcdonald

8,715 posts

195 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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steve y said:

Finally finished the Trumpeter kit of a PanzerIV taken about 3 months and the detail is astounding and the fit is as good as Tamiya.
Was the 3 months just on the paint? Fantastic effort. I can only manage a few squiggly lines for my German camo.

steve y

460 posts

210 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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Paint took about two weeks, a tremendous test of my OCD painting random blobs!

gruffgriff

1,577 posts

242 months

Wednesday 17th May 2017
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Finished, ready for paint, finished, exciting arrival today!

johnbaz

505 posts

177 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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chris watton said:
disastra98 said:
When you say designed and built over the last two years I guess you have a used a computer aided design program
then cut all the parts you need as and when. If that is the case I think to complete that in just two years is just
amazing.
Being all fingers and thumbs that rigging fills me with dread just looking at it.

Great work and superb skills you have.
Thank you! Yes, I use a CAD program to design all the parts, both wood and photo etched brass. I do the designs first, then upload them to the server in Italy, they cut and etch all the parts and send them back, ready for me to build. Usually there are quite a few mistakes, which I iron out while building the prototype - or discover via extra research that certain parts look slightly different, so I re do them, send them back to Italy, and wait for the revised parts to arrive. I turned all of the master cannon barrels myself, so I know they will fit perfectly into the carriages. these are then sent away to Italy, and cast. The last job is the instructions, plans and manual. that took some time, almost as much time as building the prototype model (33 full size plans plus a 120 page A3 building manual)

I did have to design and build this in-between Victory..





Enjoyed the research when doing that one..
WOW!!

That's fab!!

I was given the complete DeAgostini HMS Victory set of magazines with all the parts to make the 1 metre model up!

My mates son bought them but was taken ill soon after and wasn't able to complete the model, They were going to the dump if no one wanted them, He'd only assembled around four or five parts too frown

By the way, Do R/C choppers/Aeroplanes and cars etc count as models?

I bought this years ago, Was told it was one of the first ever cordless type mpodels to come in to the UK, Dunno if that's true but I had it working when I bought it!! Tracks are rubber, I took them when I put it away so they weren't stretched!!





Tamiya Mad Bull (I have two of these!)..



Tamiya Topforce



There's other R/C stuff in the loft too!





John

SAB888

3,230 posts

206 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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gruffgriff said:
Is that a Kyosho Lamborghini Miura Jota? Can't ever recall seeing it in brown, and even if it's another make, never seen it in that colour.

TheLordJohn

5,746 posts

145 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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Both AutoArt - Jaguar XJ13 and Le Mans winning D Type.



AutoArt Bentley Speed 8, also a Le Mans winner. 2003.
Flanked by two 1:43 Minichamps, No's 7 + 8.



This XJR set is a make I've never heard of (HPI Racing) but I saw them at the NEC a year or two back and put a silly offer in and the seller said yes!



My Dad bought a Series 2 Daimler XJ a few years ago and the seller threw in the leaping cat, which Dad kindly gave to me.
And the wife bought me the Christopher Ward watch (D Type) a couple of years ago, too.



Reasonably small collection, but I only really like AutoArt stuff so it takes a while to find decent ones.
Could do with a more professional display case next and perhaps the Le Mans winning C Type.
I'd have an XK150, too, if AutoArt did one but I've never seen one.

Edited by TheLordJohn on Saturday 20th May 19:22


Edited by TheLordJohn on Saturday 20th May 22:24

gruffgriff

1,577 posts

242 months

Saturday 20th May 2017
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SAB888 said:
Is that a Kyosho Lamborghini Miura Jota? Can't ever recall seeing it in brown, and even if it's another make, never seen it in that colour.
Definitely a one-off.....Vauxhall Hazel Brown aerosol. It's a plastic kit by Marui. I thought it suitably '70s.....