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Godspeed, boatbuilders. Keep us updated! I love reading about the level of care and craft that goes into these
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The Locator posted:Speaking of ships, I picked up my next wooden ship kit today. 1:1 scale, I take it?
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Haven't heard from our resident boat builders in a while, any updates?
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I made a 1:48 Beaufighter from Tamiya. I love the Beaufighter's straightforward, pugilistic look and my grandfather flew the aircraft in the Burma theatre; this is painted to look like one of the aircraft he flew. I haven't done any scale modelling since I was a kid, so this was a great chance to rediscover the hobby. A modeller friend helped with advice and supplies. I'm really happy with how it turned out- the weathering is subtle but it was a lot of fun adding streaking and soot here and there.               My Grandfather's aircraft after a nasty flak hit. I could see from the photos it was 'U for Uncle' and the serial numbers started with KW. I went to the RAF archives and found the squadron's daily log book and found the entry that mentioned the sortie and aircraft flown. My friend had a sheet of RAF markings so I could make the custom KW401. We didn't have a white U, so I cut the top off a grey O and used it as a mask.    Guess I'm into building scale models again...
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Arquinsiel posted:That's one of the reasons I love the lovely Airfix "HO/OO" kits. They're terrible, but in interesting ways that tell you something about the history of the one tank in Bovington that Airfix used as a reference model. Knowing how and why they ended up wrong is itself interesting. I found that with my Beaufighter. There's a museum piece where they installed the horizontal stabilizers on upside down or something, because the actuators are on the dorsal side instead on the ventral. The kit dutifully copies this, so I cut them off and rebuilt them 
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Feb 9, 2022 22:45
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IncredibleIgloo posted:I hate to ask this because it might sound stupid, but is this the same Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame? Yes, he's a huge WW1 buff
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:Just about the only thing I did buy in a large batch were the AK 3rd Gen Acrylics. I bought 3 bottles at a local store, and loved them instantly. They've performed better than any hobby paint I've ever used. Great on the brush, go down smooth, very opaque, separate less in the bottle than any paint I've seen. I ordered a bunch of the sets from AK's website after that, and they've all been great. Now that AK has expanded the line into military colors, and pre-thinned airbrush paints, I'm looking at make AK 3rd Gen my primary paint, and will fully replace the Vallejo over time with AK. Interesting, a friend of mine said something similar. I don't have many paints and I was curious if I should go AK compared to the Vallejo model air
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What a beaut, fantastic work
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My last kit was Tamiya and I'm currently building a CAC Boomerang by Special Hobby. It's such a typical limited run kit and a shocker after Tamiya. No guide pins, inconsistent thickness of parts, mismatch between the parts and instructions and just awful fit. They clearly put a lot of effort in, but it's baffling where they chose to devote their time and resources. Instead of two small ports on each wing for the 30 cals, you have to put in a rectangular resin piece with the gun barrels molded. Nicer detail, but it doesn't fit (of course) and will leave an obvious raised section unless you really carefully fill it in and sand it. They include a fully molded resin engine, with all the cylinders, that you'll see ~25% of when all it's all built. The air and exhaust piping is all there but of course they don't fit (too short). Worst of all, the fuselage won't close around it, so you either have to file down the cylinders or expand the fuselage to fit. I chose the latter option, as it also closes up the massive gaps at the wing roots. The gap required to make the engine fit and wing roots close up:  Added 1mm styrene sheet to each side and carved it to fit:  I know it's the price to pay for these rarer aircraft, but it's going to be a while before I go near a limited run kit again
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tidal wave emulator posted:I've often thought it interesting to compare Special Hobby and Eduard and their business models. I imagine they must be similar-sized companies, both Czech, and they collaborate frequently but look at how many new (and hugely niche) kits Special Hobby brings out, whereas Eduard bring out a couple of new kits a year, and when they do it's never anything particularly outside of mainstream. Yeah, I'd be curious to see the business end of things like ROE for limited run kits. From what I've heard mold making is the primary up-front cost, do I'm guessing Special Hobby go with 'good enough ' to last for the short production run. Anyone know how large a 'limited run' production actually is? No more than a couple thousand? It is frustrating how you have to turn to these smaller companies for anything slightly niche, as everyone else is churning out the millionth Bf-109 variant. Eduard got their start in photo etch accessories and still seem like the one of the biggest players, so I wonder if that income stream helps fund their kits as well.
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Jonny Nox posted:Night Shift’s stippling! I like Night Shift and this is a good example of his focus on breaking up homogeneity on a model with things like texture and colour. It always looks way over the top at first, but the final effect is subtle and "realistic"
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Trumpeter makes a rivet marking tool that's decent. I cut down the plastic guard on mine so I could see the wheel on the surface better
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Sep 1, 2022 16:58
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Until you base coat it and it turns out it's still visible 
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Apr 14, 2023 23:12
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Dr. VooDoo posted:Some I’m watching old, old monster mania model videos and they showed a technique I haven’t seen before of using pastels to make shading effects by grinding it up on sand paper then brushing it on to the figures surface. Is that still something useful to use or has the ease of getting an airbrush superseded that for shading purposes? I don't know about shading, but using powders is a common way of adding weathering. I have some I use for smoke, dust and grime
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May 10, 2023 06:27
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Backlogtober has inspired me to finally move my modeling stuff out to our backyard shed/office and start working on this 1/48 CAC Boomerang that I haven't touched in a year. I doubt I'll finish it by the end of the month at this pace, but I'm really enjoying modeling again. Currently scratch building cowl flaps, because the resin ones in the kit are poor and don't fit  
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Oct 19, 2023 05:06
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Unkempt posted:Backlogtoberfest update! Just watch Plasmo's recent build of the Felixstowe and pretend you did it: https://youtu.be/C0xAhcHXZLI?si=4-3nmAzomSfDIh4G
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Finally had some time and motivation to resurrect my Boomerang build. Like much about this kit, the cowl flaps don't fit (thanks, Special hobby), so I scratch built some out of thin styrene sheet. Now to wrangle the canopy on so I can start painting.
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Dec 23, 2023 06:11
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stealie72 posted:How the hell do I paint link and length tracks? I have a related question. I have a model airplane that has windows behind the pilot. These need to be mounted after painting that section of the fuselage but I'm worried about getting a good bond or damaging the paint by using extra thin cement. I also can't leave a bare section as it would be visible around the rim of the glass. Is the best option could to hold it in with a clear glue like Micro Crystal Kleer or small drops of PVA?
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Thanks all, will report back
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Bloody Hedgehog posted:
Night Shift made a bending jig for corrugated metal by gluing sections of round styrene rod to thick plastic sheet, evenly spaced depending on the size of corrugations he needed. He put lead or other metal foil sandwiched in between two of these and applied pressure to bend the foil to shape.
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grassy gnoll posted:In today's wideo, I cut finger. I build new finger from epoxy putty
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I'm the Dirve sprocket
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stealie72 posted:Cut to neurotech using a tiny hammer and tiny nails to frame a hut using coffee stirrers epoxied together and cut down to be scale 2x4x12s. Night Shift showed that styrene strips scraped with a wire brush makes a very convincing wood grain effect, and it's easier to glue and paint than wood
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