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Do you all do the Gundam thing here? My brother in law got me a master grade model of some mecha or the other. I have utterly no idea what I'm getting myself into so any hot tips beyond what's in the OP would be appreciated.
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Jul 7, 2018 23:41
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Warbird posted:Do you all do the Gundam thing here? My brother in law got me a master grade model of some mecha or the other. I have utterly no idea what I'm getting myself into so any hot tips beyond what's in the OP would be appreciated. Its better to post it here, but models is models: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3678195&pagenumber=1 ONE OF US ONE OF US
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Jul 7, 2018 23:50
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After finishing up 2 out-of-the-box Tamiya builds, I realize how much of a ball ache a Revell kit with a bunch of custom crap can be. The '66 C10 is mostly done - just gotta finish up a couple decals and I'll put it in the case. What I need in my life right now, though, is more race cars. More DTM race cars. This one:  Already got the engine and front suspension finished up so here are the first 4 steps of the model:      Should get some more done tomorrow.
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Jul 8, 2018 02:53
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So I know that the local automotive modellers that I have met have insanely complex and long processes for finishing the paint on their cars, but that is typically for production vehicles. Do rally or race cars like yours require the same commitment to polishing/waxing and what not?
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Jul 8, 2018 06:20
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Update on the Fuso: Coming along nicely. The kit is very nice and has a huge amount of details. The instructions for the main bridge alone take two pages in the instructions:  It has way too many sub-millimeter parts for my gorilla-like hands, but so far it's turned out reasonably well. This is the first time I see a kit that is using some fancy 3D molding technique to get detail on three sides of a part. Notably, the gun-barrels have proper holes in them due to this. A word of caution, though: Fujimi can be a mixed bag. I checked on Scalesmates before I bought this one, to make sure that it's not one of their 70's molds, which they are still selling to this day. All the detail has some downside, though: there's a lot of filigree that semi-covers stuff behind it:  and I have the feeling, it's not going to be easy to paint. In the end I'll be happy if all the parts I can't reach aren't directly visible. But knowing myself, I'll miss one really obvious spot.
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Jul 8, 2018 08:49
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Fearless posted:So I know that the local automotive modellers that I have met have insanely complex and long processes for finishing the paint on their cars, but that is typically for production vehicles. Do rally or race cars like yours require the same commitment to polishing/waxing and what not? I mean, you can go totally bonkers on the finish on anything automotive, really. Like you said, some dudes are extremely meticulous and a bit crazy with finishing and polishing systems, but I've never really put in the effort to try to get that "real life" shine on a model. If I can lay down a smooth enough final coat to give it some shine, I'm happy with that. I suppose you could clear over all the decals and stuff on the race cars, but I think I'd be too worried that I'd gently caress something up on the last coat and then I'd be totally screwed. Real life race cars usually only need a good enough surface to stick all the sponsorship decals too so if my finish isn't perfect, I'll just call that "realism"  .Edit: Progress made today: chassis painted. Got a shitload of stuff that needs airbrushed semigloss black so I'll probably call it a day and get that some time this week. 
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Jul 8, 2018 21:50
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Randomly found 1/2000 kits of the HMS. Hood and the Tirpitz in UK discount chain The Works for £3 each. They're decent little kits, made with red-brown plastic for under the waterline which lets you build them as waterline kits or low-effort display kits. Totally worth it at these prices, even if they are a bit low detail and soft. Kind of wish the range was larger than it is, but ah well. https://www.theworks.co.uk/p/toy-models/wwii-model-ships---assorted/5052089230965
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Jul 9, 2018 00:37
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After I prepped all the pieces for the semi gloss black, I realized it'd be a pain in the rear end to do so much with the airbrush and I'd probably go through a good chunk of my small jar. I said to hell with that and picked up a can of TS29 instead and used that. Did the airbox lid and attached the engine and front suspension to the chassis. First 6 steps done. 
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Jul 10, 2018 03:28
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The Locator posted:I looked up this ship model online and I'm kind of confused. Why does it have wheels, and which end is the bow? It's a land ship. No, for some reason, southern European ship model companies like to branch out into trams and trains lately. Amati with the sleeping car, Artesania Latina have introduced coaches and trams and of OcCre has done train models since forever.
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Jul 10, 2018 13:25
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What a good source for civilian ship models? Cargo ships, icebreakers, tankers, that sort of things. I haven’t done any modeling outside of Excel since I was a wee lad, but I’m hitting my midlife crisis and I’d like to do a scale retrospective of my seagoing career.
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Jul 10, 2018 13:32
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FrozenVent posted:What a good source for civilian ship models? Cargo ships, icebreakers, tankers, that sort of things. Could try a search on scalemates.com. They have practically every model kit ever released.
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Jul 10, 2018 13:54
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FrozenVent posted:What a good source for civilian ship models? Cargo ships, icebreakers, tankers, that sort of things. It's a hard corner of the market. I know Revell Germany makes a modern cargo ship: https://www.revell.de/en/products/modelmaking/ships/civil-vessel/container-ship-colombo-express.html
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Jul 10, 2018 14:31
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FrozenVent posted:What a good source for civilian ship models? Cargo ships, icebreakers, tankers, that sort of things. Sultan Tarquin posted:Could try a search on scalemates.com. They have practically every model kit ever released. [url=https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?q=*&fkSECTION[]=Kits&fkGROUPS[]=%22Ships%22&fkTYPENAME[]=%22Full%20kits%22&fkCATNAME[]=%22Motorships%22&fkTYPEGROUP[]=%22Fishing%20boats%22&fkTYPEGROUP[]=%22Cargo%20ships%22&fkTYPEGROUP[]=%22Liner%22&fkTYPEGROUP[]=%22Tug%20boat%22&fkTYPEGROUP[]=%22Ferry%20ships%22&fkTYPEGROUP[]=%22Trawler%22]Every tugboat, cargo ship, non-Titanic ocean liner, fishing boat, and Ferry on Scalemates, in any scale[/url] e: well apparently the forums hate that link, but copypaste should work
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Jul 10, 2018 14:49
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For cargo ships and tankers you might have more luck looking at papercraft models. Scalemates doesn't have those I think.
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Jul 10, 2018 15:15
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Threw some more junk onto my diorama.
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Jul 10, 2018 15:23
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Warbird posted:Do you all do the Gundam thing here? My brother in law got me a master grade model of some mecha or the other. I have utterly no idea what I'm getting myself into so any hot tips beyond what's in the OP would be appreciated. Welcome to plastic crack and prepare to have an empty wallet.
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Jul 11, 2018 01:01
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Warbird posted:Do you all do the Gundam thing here? My brother in law got me a master grade model of some mecha or the other. I have utterly no idea what I'm getting myself into so any hot tips beyond what's in the OP would be appreciated. There's also a dedicated GunPla thread here, but both threads can give you useful advice. The name of the kit should be right on top of the box though.
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Jul 11, 2018 02:57
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Greyhawk posted:For cargo ships and tankers you might have more luck looking at papercraft models. Scalemates doesn't have those I think. How realistic an approach would a 3D printer and ship plans be? Assuming I can score the plans.
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Jul 11, 2018 06:35
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FrozenVent posted:How realistic an approach would a 3D printer and ship plans be? Assuming I can score the plans. People scratch build cargo ships quite often. If you're building a large model, get ready for printing in sub assemblies... but hey if you have the know how, more power to you. It'd be a neat way to go about building it.
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Jul 11, 2018 08:25
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Hi thread, can anyone recommend a a site for custom printed decals that they've used?
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Jul 11, 2018 09:01
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Hey goons I'm getting back into the hobby after a 20+ years long hiatus and I've done a few cheap models to get back up to speed (and also catch up with 20 years of progress in the industry). I'd like to build bikes and cars now because I'm tired of landing gears. What would be a good kit to start? I did a Heller 1/24 Yamaha race bike and the kit wasn't very good. I'd like to go 1/12. Except for Tamiya's (might be too expensive for my skill level I think), is there any good kit to recommend? Same for cars really.
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Jul 11, 2018 16:48
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Also is there any Euro Fire Truck kit somewhere? I can only find those huge American ones.
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Jul 11, 2018 16:49
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Furism posted:Also is there any Euro Fire Truck kit somewhere? I can only find those huge American ones. Are you rich? if yes, there's a Revell firetruck: https://www.revell.de/en/products/modelmaking/transporters/buses/schlingmann-hlf-20-varus-4x4.html It's 1:24 and looks quite detailed, but 70€ is still on the expensive side.
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Jul 11, 2018 19:05
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70€ "expensive" for a model? Oh my sweet summer child.
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Jul 12, 2018 00:07
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:70€ "expensive" for a model? Not going to lie, I smiled when I saw that too.
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Jul 12, 2018 00:10
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We had a good laugh in the mini painting thread not long ago after a newbie came in and said he wanted to start small because he doesn't want to spend $100 on an army.
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Jul 12, 2018 00:45
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Pierzak posted:We had a good laugh in the mini painting thread not long ago after a newbie came in and said he wanted to start small because he doesn't want to spend $100 on an army. 
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Jul 12, 2018 01:14
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Speaking of cheap kits, I started working on another set of Sweet planes. 1/144 P-51B.  The primed halves had the sidewalls thinned out with more details added. Used photos of the 1/48 Tamiya P-51B as reference.
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Jul 12, 2018 02:16
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Symetrique posted:Speaking of cheap kits, I started working on another set of Sweet planes. A review I read once said they were called "Sweet" because thst is the first word out of your mouth when you open your mouth. Confirm/Deny?
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Jul 12, 2018 05:41
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Pretty much. The only downside to these kits is the lack of cockpit detail, but it doesn't really matter at this scale. Brengun makes some photo etched detail sets though. They're simple to build and have a lot of detail. The A6M2b I posted earlier had better surface detail than the newly tooled 1/72 airfix A6M. The P-51b is two kits in a box, with two sets of malcolm hood and birdcage canopies, and decals for six planes. You also get a choice of pressed paper or steel drop tanks. They're only like 800 jpy per box too. The box itself is pretty small so shipping charges aren't terrible.
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Jul 12, 2018 06:23
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1/144 planes are in that really nice spot where you get to paint and decal them up nicely but not have to worry too hard about things like pilots and cockpits and stuff. I really enjoy the Zvezda Art of Tactic ones for this exact reason.
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Jul 12, 2018 07:31
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Arquinsiel posted:There are games and scales in which $100 will get you two or even three full armies The mini painting thread is essentially the 40k mini painting thread for all the attention that gets paid to people posting non-GW minis, a suggestion like that is generally shouting into the wind in that thread
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Jul 12, 2018 07:42
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NTRabbit posted:The mini painting thread is essentially the 40k mini painting thread for all the attention that gets paid to people posting non-GW minis, a suggestion like that is generally shouting into the wind in that thread
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Jul 12, 2018 07:46
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Arquinsiel posted:1/144 planes are in that really nice spot where you get to paint and decal them up nicely but not have to worry too hard about things like pilots and cockpits and stuff. I really enjoy the Zvezda Art of Tactic ones for this exact reason. They seem like a good scale for dioramas too. If I ever get around to making one I'll probably end up using a Sweet kit. I really like what this guy did with a 1/144 A6M2-N, the Brengun photoetch set, and a coconut. 
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Jul 12, 2018 07:50
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That is ridiculously charming.
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Jul 12, 2018 08:05
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I did a thing! 1:100 Zvezda Panzer II for wargaming. The crack in the front glacis is annoying, but I don't have any gap filler, being mostly used to painting little napoleonic soldiers.   
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Jul 12, 2018 08:32
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Scharnhorst issue 52 We continue second planking along the bilge strake. Now only the bottom is left.
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Jul 12, 2018 13:49
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Fish and Chimps posted:I did a thing! 1:100 Zvezda Panzer II for wargaming. The crack in the front glacis is annoying, but I don't have any gap filler, being mostly used to painting little napoleonic soldiers. Looks great! You can always say the crack is battle damage.
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Jul 12, 2018 16:03
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Fish and Chimps posted:I did a thing! 1:100 Zvezda Panzer II for wargaming. The crack in the front glacis is annoying, but I don't have any gap filler, being mostly used to painting little napoleonic soldiers.
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Ensign Expendable posted:Looks great! You can always say the crack is battle damage. Thanks! Yeah, that's the go-to excuse Arquinsiel posted:That kit is a pain with that glacis gap. I don't think I got it to look good without greenstuff once. Good to know I didn't do anything wrong. Fish and Chimps fucked around with this message at 16:22 on Jul 12, 2018 |
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