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SoylentCola posted:A lot of you are distressingly good at this. Please be more poo poo.
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SoylentCola posted:A lot of you are distressingly good at this. Please be more poo poo. I am very poo poo at modelling as evidenced by the VW Beetle I'm working on with a splotchy paint job. drat el cheapo airbrush.
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Apr 16, 2021 21:35
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Rocking average skills here! Some play with oils and filters etc.        
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Apr 17, 2021 01:43
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Everyone is great in their own right. Enjoy the creation for creativity's sake. 
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Apr 17, 2021 02:11
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Skulk Hogan posted:This is unbelievably cool. This thread has convinced me to build a gundam and a Klingon ship or two. If it's robots you crave come hang out with us in the Gunpla thread!
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Apr 17, 2021 02:21
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Got a few new goodies for my birthday: The chevelle looks pretty sharp and I like the colour a lot. I have 2 of the newer xanavi nismo cars done and really should pick up the R34 version to help complete the set. It's also because they where the cars I spent a stack of time racing in GT3/4. The model shop that I normally source kits from is shutting down at the end of the year so I should probs work on building a decent stash between now and then so that I don't have to worry about sourcing kits in the future. They're moving to a 50% discount next month up from 25% this month. I could probably pick up a number of hard to find kits then flog them on ebay for quite a bit more than I will pay for them cause even without the discount they where selling them for $60AUD each.
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Apr 17, 2021 02:35
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:The chevelle looks pretty sharp and I like the colour a lot. I have 2 of the newer xanavi nismo cars done and really should pick up the R34 version to help complete the set. It's also because they where the cars I spent a stack of time racing in GT3/4. Thanks dude. The color on the Chevelle is a 1:1 mix of Tamiya x-3 and x-13. It actually looks a bit greener in the picture than in reality. Nice and blue in person. There are two more Calsonic kits that I'd like to get eventually. Another R33 and an R35. Collect the whole set!
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Apr 17, 2021 02:54
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:Thanks dude. The color on the Chevelle is a 1:1 mix of Tamiya x-3 and x-13. It actually looks a bit greener in the picture than in reality. Nice and blue in person. There are two more Calsonic kits that I'd like to get eventually. Another R33 and an R35. Collect the whole set! thats a good colour mix really. Did they ever do the 350Z GT car in calsonic? I have the xanavi version of that one and the R35 that I finished at the start of this year.
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Apr 17, 2021 07:24
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Dr. Garbanzo posted:thats a good colour mix really. Did they ever do the 350Z GT car in calsonic? I have the xanavi version of that one and the R35 that I finished at the start of this year. Yup: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiya-24280-calsonic-impul-z--103804 Also, looks like I was mistaken and there are 2 R34 kits and only the one R33. There's also this, which is pretty drat cool. There's just something great about the single-color super bright blue Calsonic livery.
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Apr 17, 2021 18:06
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SoylentCola posted:A lot of you are distressingly good at this. Please be more poo poo. We're goons and we're posting. What more do you want?
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Apr 18, 2021 02:08
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Plus a lot of have grown our modelling skills in quarantine. I mean for goons quarantine started long before 2020 but we had more of an excuse to partake in loner hobbies this past year.
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Apr 18, 2021 07:09
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Crosspost from the Gunpla thread:Midjack posted:It is the level beyond Gundams:
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Apr 18, 2021 07:19
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After months of long, slow progress, I am finally able to show something concrete on my latest project. This is the Rye Field Model Panzer IV J w/interior kit (#5043). Despite it's complexity, the kit's engineering is really solid. I've hit a few issues here and there, but generally it's been because of stuff I overlooked or just flat out put together wrong. All I can say is that it's an extremely complex kit with an insane parts count, so if you try to tackle it, just go very slowly and ensure you're putting everything together correctly before committing it to glued permanence. Anyway, pretty happy with how this has turned out so far. The plan is to leave the upper hull plate dry fit so that it can be lifted off to expose the interior, else you'll see precisely nothing of the interior and all the work that went into it. Fortunately, the upper hull plate fits really well and sits very presentably without any glue.          
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Apr 18, 2021 16:42
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Looks amazing, it's interesting to see that there is more detail in that kit in some places than in my 1:16 Panzer IV.
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Apr 18, 2021 18:18
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Just posting to say that MasterClub's panzer ii tracks are the worst product I've encountered in my short tenure in this hobby so far. Officially giving up on them and am gonna use the loving rubber bands that came with the kit.
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Apr 18, 2021 20:13
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Ensign Expendable posted:Looks amazing, it's interesting to see that there is more detail in that kit in some places than in my 1:16 Panzer IV. Thanks. I probably could've gone wild with adding wiring, hoses, etc, but the OOB build is challenging enough in and of itself. I've got RFM's Sheman 76 and Tiger 1 interior kits on the shelf too and I anticipate them being every bit as challenging and rewarding as this one. They really go hog wild with the parts count on this thing. Things like the engine and bow gun alone were small kits unto themselves. boba fetacheese posted:Just posting to say that MasterClub's panzer ii tracks are the worst product I've encountered in my short tenure in this hobby so far. Officially giving up on them and am gonna use the loving rubber bands that came with the kit. Go on.  On an unrelated note, I found a great little thing on Reddit this morning. Someone is putting together virtual 40's radio playlists on Spotify complete with real vintage radio ads interspersed with his own old-timey, period-relevant newscasts. Each playlist represents a particular month. They started in December 1940 and are up to April 1941. It's great accompaniment to building WWII models. I'm not affiliated with them in any way, but here's the link for March of '41. Green Valley Radio, by artist KRNR 93.9 https://greenvalleyradio.com/ Chuck_D fucked around with this message at 20:37 on Apr 18, 2021 |
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Apr 18, 2021 20:26
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Gewehr 43 posted:Go on.
I dunno the reviews I saw online for some of their other tracks were all positive - but they were all beefier tanks/tracks so maybe the pzii is just an anomaly amongst their line?
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Gewehr 43 posted:After months of long, slow progress, I am finally able to show something concrete on my latest project. This is the Rye Field Model Panzer IV J w/interior kit (#5043). Despite it's complexity, the kit's engineering is really solid. I've hit a few issues here and there, but generally it's been because of stuff I overlooked or just flat out put together wrong. All I can say is that it's an extremely complex kit with an insane parts count, so if you try to tackle it, just go very slowly and ensure you're putting everything together correctly before committing it to glued permanence. I live in fear of starting their Easy 8 interior kit, but you're doing a great job. This isn't a function of anything you've done or about the kit, but I'm always struck how scale shell casings look almost identical to .22 brass.
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Apr 18, 2021 21:52
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Deck planking is laid down, and the grating fitted. The grate can be removed for now, as the next step is to go in and give the planks a good sanding. Then to punch in some fake nail-heads next to butt joints on the planks, a light stain, and then a coat or two of poly. Here you can see a closer shot of the thin walnut strip used between the planks to simulate the cord/pitch/caulking. Sits a little proud of the planks, so the sanding will bring this down to sit level with the plank surface.  Next up, outer and inner hull planking! Bloody Hedgehog fucked around with this message at 08:04 on Apr 19, 2021 |
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Apr 19, 2021 07:59
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Deck planking is laid down, and the grating fitted. The grate can be removed for now, as the next step is to go in and give the planks a good sanding. Then to punch in some fake nail-heads next to butt joints on the planks, a light stain, and then a coat or two of poly. Looking good, but I've got a dumb question - why didn't you put the simulated caulking between the butt ends of the planks also?
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Apr 19, 2021 17:16
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The Locator posted:Looking good, but I've got a dumb question - why didn't you put the simulated caulking between the butt ends of the planks also? The butt ends are fake, just scribed lines in the surface of the planks which stretch the length of the deck. There are only three real support points to attach the planking to, so if the planks had actually been sawn up and laid down in patterned sections, many would have very little or no supports beneath them. Obviously not feasible. No worries though, as once I get the sanding done, put a little pencil line down in the scribed lines, stain and poly, it will be virtually impossible to tell the joints are fake. The deck is also packed with stuff once the kit is complete, so that hides any crimes even further.
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:The butt ends are fake, just scribed lines in the surface of the planks which stretch the length of the deck. There are only three real support points to attach the planking to, so if the planks had actually been sawn up and laid down in patterned sections, many would have very little or no supports beneath them. Obviously not feasible. Ah, cool. Figures that they would scrimp on the supports so you couldn't do it with actual individual planks though.. heh..
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Finally pushed myself into doing something on a day off  Quick and easy build, but I predict problems with the vinyl tracks
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Apr 19, 2021 19:27
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That's a great starter kit. For vinyl tracks, I suggest not gluing on the sprocket and then sliding it on with the track. I generally avoid them in favor of link to link though.
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I decided I wanted to feel grossly inadequate so I watched Plasmo's new ship vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXJGbDPWD8k Dude performs microsurgery on matchhead sized PE parts. Carth Dookie fucked around with this message at 08:33 on Apr 20, 2021 |
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Carth Dookie posted:I decided I wanted to feel grossly inadequate so I watched Plasmo's new ship vid: Goddamn it, I have a 1:700 Yamato kit and I was already too scared to work on it....
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Dang. I spent last night assembling the mesh screen Schürzen for the Panzer IV. In doing so, it's become clear that there's no way I'm going to be able to leave hull top plate removable. The bracketry for the skirts connects in too many different places that it will be nigh impossible to remove the hull top plate without first taking the skirts themselves apart. I don't really want to do an exploded view with clear acrylic rod, so I guess I'll just have to suck it up and glue the whole thing together. At least I got pictures of the interior beforehand. 
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Apr 20, 2021 13:23
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Carth Dookie posted:I decided I wanted to feel grossly inadequate so I watched Plasmo's new ship vid: After he built that first AA gun, then said he had to build 25 more, that was my "oh hell no" moment.
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Gewehr 43 posted:Dang. I spent last night assembling the mesh screen Schürzen for the Panzer IV. In doing so, it's become clear that there's no way I'm going to be able to leave hull top plate removable. The bracketry for the skirts connects in too many different places that it will be nigh impossible to remove the hull top plate without first taking the skirts themselves apart. I don't really want to do an exploded view with clear acrylic rod, so I guess I'll just have to suck it up and glue the whole thing together. At least I got pictures of the interior beforehand. Have you thought about magnetizing the skirt?
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Gewehr 43 posted:Dang. I spent last night assembling the mesh screen Schürzen for the Panzer IV. In doing so, it's become clear that there's no way I'm going to be able to leave hull top plate removable. The bracketry for the skirts connects in too many different places that it will be nigh impossible to remove the hull top plate without first taking the skirts themselves apart. I don't really want to do an exploded view with clear acrylic rod, so I guess I'll just have to suck it up and glue the whole thing together. At least I got pictures of the interior beforehand. Let me tell you about the radio operator's station on my 1/72 nd B-36. It'll have to be thousands of word, because there are no pictures.
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Ensign Expendable posted:That's a great starter kit. For vinyl tracks, I suggest not gluing on the sprocket and then sliding it on with the track. I generally avoid them in favor of link to link though. I found some individual link tracks on ebay, but a set of them costs twice as much as the original model. I've already glued the sprocket too, so we'll see what I can make work.
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Carth Dookie posted:I decided I wanted to feel grossly inadequate so I watched Plasmo's new ship vid: This video is a good reminder for me to stick to 1:48 scale, thanks. 
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I could just about fit a 1/48 Yamato in my living/dining room, if we didn't mind sitting on the deck instead of a couch
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Phy posted:I could just about fit a 1/48 Yamato in my living/dining room, if we didn't mind sitting on the deck instead of a couch The scale definitely factors into your choice of subject!
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grassy gnoll posted:Have you thought about magnetizing the skirt? Great suggestion and something that hadn't crossed my mind at all. I'll give it some thought, but I'm struggling with how I could make this work too.
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Apr 20, 2021 21:26
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You can get micro-magnets for cheap on aliexpress. Then you just drill holes on strategic places and glue them in. You can get as small as 0.5mm. Just make sure the magnets face the right way before gluing them to save yourself a lot of frustration.
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Apr 20, 2021 23:33
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Yeah, shockingly small magnets can hold up surprisingly big pieces of plastic toy. https://www.kjmagnetics.com/ are the folks I order from when I magnetize a miniature.
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Apr 20, 2021 23:49
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Mini magnets are also nice to attach sprockets on tanks without fixing them permanently.
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ALL I POST ABOUT IS TRACKS Started building an IS2 and am using R-Model tracks. They're amazing. Great casting, havent had to do any drilling, and they come with metal pins that work and look good.
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Looks like Bandai finally decided to make something new: https://bandai-hobby.net/item/4465/
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