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tight5 said:
Egg Plane Phantom.
Sitting on my 'Shelf of Doom' for YEARS.
Originally an F-4EJ, lots of putty and it's now an F-4K.
Phantom is great, if I can be allowed a slight point of order, a very minor detail, a wafer-thin observation, bearing in mind my own modelling skills are not all that great, with respect, without meaning to cause offence .... the windscreen frame of the Phantom canopy should be oval, your canopy has the oval bit marked out, but you haven’t painted it. Runs away quickly ....Sitting on my 'Shelf of Doom' for YEARS.
Originally an F-4EJ, lots of putty and it's now an F-4K.
I was having a tidy the other day and came across a shoebox full of models I built around 30 years ago. So far I've salvaged 2 Tamiya half tracks. I'm not sure the others can be saved.
I started with this pile of bits:
And after a few hours of figuring out what went where I ended up with these:
Originally built straight from the box with some drybrushed weathering and they both have some fit issues, particularly the mortar version. Looking at them now I think they are probably too green but they were painted with whatever Tamiya suggested.
I might add a diorama base for them to my list of projects.
I started with this pile of bits:
And after a few hours of figuring out what went where I ended up with these:
Originally built straight from the box with some drybrushed weathering and they both have some fit issues, particularly the mortar version. Looking at them now I think they are probably too green but they were painted with whatever Tamiya suggested.
I might add a diorama base for them to my list of projects.
MC Bodge said:
Cheers. Multiple coats (more than planned as a result of dust probems) and rubbing down, polishing and waxing.
I built a 959 last year during my WFH period, cheap fun kit, my 'B' pillars were extremely fragile, but apart from that it built up great.
Edited by Gary29 on Wednesday 17th February 08:57
Ayahuasca said:
Phantom is great, if I can be allowed a slight point of order, a very minor detail, a wafer-thin observation, bearing in mind my own modelling skills are not all that great, with respect, without meaning to cause offence .... the windscreen frame of the Phantom canopy should be oval, your canopy has the oval bit marked out, but you haven’t painted it. Runs away quickly ....
Should be translucent blue. too.
tight5 said:
Ayahuasca said:
Phantom is great, if I can be allowed a slight point of order, a very minor detail, a wafer-thin observation, bearing in mind my own modelling skills are not all that great, with respect, without meaning to cause offence .... the windscreen frame of the Phantom canopy should be oval, your canopy has the oval bit marked out, but you haven’t painted it. Runs away quickly ....
Should be translucent blue. too.
Great little model by the way!
Gary29 said:
I built a 959 last year during my WFH period, cheap fun kit, my 'B' pillars were extremely fragile, but apart from that it built up great.
Good choice. The body on mine was quite robust. The almost hidden engine/trans was a bit of a tight fit, though.
I realised after I'd painted the body and spoiler that I should have attached the spoiler and filled the joints, but having sprayed so many coats and finally achieved dust-free, I left it as it was.
Nice work on the 959s there.
I finished an early '80s Skyline today, the 5th and final one in my series of builds to replace the batch that got damaged in the sun some years ago:
1:24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline R30 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
I was going to do it in silver to match the original, but the Tamiya Silver Leaf I used looked a bit flat and I had one or two issues with it, so I ended up repainting it Light Gunmetal which reminds me of a 1:1 example which belonged to someone I knew through the Datsun club.
1:24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline R30 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Got the rest of them together for a group shot:
1:24 Tamiya kits, before and after by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
I finished an early '80s Skyline today, the 5th and final one in my series of builds to replace the batch that got damaged in the sun some years ago:
1:24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline R30 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
I was going to do it in silver to match the original, but the Tamiya Silver Leaf I used looked a bit flat and I had one or two issues with it, so I ended up repainting it Light Gunmetal which reminds me of a 1:1 example which belonged to someone I knew through the Datsun club.
1:24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline R30 kit by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
Got the rest of them together for a group shot:
1:24 Tamiya kits, before and after by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
I have a few stalled projects at the moment & fancied trying something different.
I was a big Star Trek fan as a kid and I remember building the old AMT kit badly, so I took the plunge and bought one of the big Polar Lights kits
It is lit with a Tenacontrols 50th anniversary kit for the bussards and strobes etc, the hull has led strip and SMDs for main lighting. It is painted to try and get close to the original 11 foot filming miniature re restored in 2016 by the Smithsonian. The images were taken on my phone, with a YouTube video projected as background
I was a big Star Trek fan as a kid and I remember building the old AMT kit badly, so I took the plunge and bought one of the big Polar Lights kits
It is lit with a Tenacontrols 50th anniversary kit for the bussards and strobes etc, the hull has led strip and SMDs for main lighting. It is painted to try and get close to the original 11 foot filming miniature re restored in 2016 by the Smithsonian. The images were taken on my phone, with a YouTube video projected as background
Spottedlaurel said:
Got the rest of them together for a group shot:
1:24 Tamiya kits, before and after by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
A good collection there.1:24 Tamiya kits, before and after by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr
mrkipling said:
I have a few stalled projects at the moment & fancied trying something different.
I was a big Star Trek fan as a kid and I remember building the old AMT kit badly, so I took the plunge and bought one of the big Polar Lights kits
It is lit with a Tenacontrols 50th anniversary kit for the bussards and strobes etc, the hull has led strip and SMDs for main lighting. It is painted to try and get close to the original 11 foot filming miniature re restored in 2016 by the Smithsonian. The images were taken on my phone, with a YouTube video projected as background
That's great, and I really like the "in space" shots.I was a big Star Trek fan as a kid and I remember building the old AMT kit badly, so I took the plunge and bought one of the big Polar Lights kits
It is lit with a Tenacontrols 50th anniversary kit for the bussards and strobes etc, the hull has led strip and SMDs for main lighting. It is painted to try and get close to the original 11 foot filming miniature re restored in 2016 by the Smithsonian. The images were taken on my phone, with a YouTube video projected as background
I was lucky enough to see the filming miniature back in 2015 when it was in the Smithsonian restoration workshop (together with a lot of other super-cool stuff), unfortunately it was a strictly "no photos" visit
mrkipling said:
I have a few stalled projects at the moment & fancied trying something different.
I was a big Star Trek fan as a kid and I remember building the old AMT kit badly, so I took the plunge and bought one of the big Polar Lights kits
It is lit with a Tenacontrols 50th anniversary kit for the bussards and strobes etc, the hull has led strip and SMDs for main lighting. It is painted to try and get close to the original 11 foot filming miniature re restored in 2016 by the Smithsonian. The images were taken on my phone, with a YouTube video projected as background
I like that a lot. I was a big Star Trek fan as a kid and I remember building the old AMT kit badly, so I took the plunge and bought one of the big Polar Lights kits
It is lit with a Tenacontrols 50th anniversary kit for the bussards and strobes etc, the hull has led strip and SMDs for main lighting. It is painted to try and get close to the original 11 foot filming miniature re restored in 2016 by the Smithsonian. The images were taken on my phone, with a YouTube video projected as background
Added some figures and vehicles to my 109 diorama, all Tamiya OOB. I've probably left the windscreen of the Kubelwagen too clean, and its not fixed properly, unusually the instructions were a bit vague on how it fits.
IMG_2001 by MBBlat, on Flickr
IMG_2002 by MBBlat, on Flickr
IMG_2003 by MBBlat, on Flickr
IMG_2007 by MBBlat, on Flickr
IMG_2001 by MBBlat, on FlickrIMG_2002 by MBBlat, on FlickrIMG_2003 by MBBlat, on FlickrIMG_2007 by MBBlat, on Flickr
First two model kits I’ve completed in 25+ years. The Typhoon was first and I wasn’t brave enough to lacquer it, the Spitfire I did and it came out ok.
I got a Model Factory Hiro 1/9 Montgomery motorbike kit for my 40th, so I decided to practice and build other kits until I feel confident/able enough to do the Montgomery.
I’m also building a 1/12 Ducati 916 in parallel. I quite like doing a plane and a bike at the same time
Ducati so far:
I’m building a stash of projects, but as my wife’s doing a(nother!) degree it’s handy to have something I can do quietly and not annoy her as she’s studying
I got a Model Factory Hiro 1/9 Montgomery motorbike kit for my 40th, so I decided to practice and build other kits until I feel confident/able enough to do the Montgomery.
I’m also building a 1/12 Ducati 916 in parallel. I quite like doing a plane and a bike at the same time
Ducati so far:
I’m building a stash of projects, but as my wife’s doing a(nother!) degree it’s handy to have something I can do quietly and not annoy her as she’s studying
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