1/87 Scale 4 of a Kind WIP

[Jim R]

Hi Rick
Hats off to you. You certainly have a flair for this conversion stuff.
Jim

[Mini Me]

Thanks Lee, I've been struggling with the cab interior dash and I don't know if it's gonna come out the way I envisioned it......time will tell.
Rick H.

[Mini Me]

Thank you Jim, sometimes I wish I could just build a model right out of the box, but there is so little available in 1/87 scale, I have to be very inventive and be willing to cut things up to get what I need.......I love a challenge and I like to be inventive so I guess I'm in the right place. Glad you dropped in Sir.
Rick H.

[boatman]

NICE WORK Rick these are some nice little vechicles :thumb2:
chris

[Mini Me]

Thanks Chris......currently working on the fender Pennants each vehicle gets one on the driver's side front (wing?) anyway they are miniscule........the pennant itself is 3.18mm X 3.97mm and its mast is .65mm dia. and 6.9mm long. once the glue has set they will be painted white and the tiniest Red Cross decal I've ever seen gets applied to both sides.........wish me luck......patience would be better......wait maybe I should have a Beer as 570 suggested, I'm going to need a steady hand. :thumb2:

Rick H.

[Si Benson]

Nice work Rick, the interior mods look great :thumb2:

[Mini Me]

Thanks very much Si. Good of you to drop in.......loving the T34 project BTW.
Rick H.

[JR]

What's the paint Rick, gives a really nice finish .

[Mini Me]

The paint JR, is Model Masters enamel......it was a Testor's product which were bought out by Rustoeum Corp. and then a few years later, Rustoleum in its infinite STUPIDITY, decided they didn't want to be in the Model Paints business or at least NOT selling the planet damaging, environmentally unfriendly, stinky, smelly solvent based paints that work so Damned well for us what's been using them for more than 25 years......and at the same time discontinuing the BEST model railroad line of paints, also solvent based by the name of Floquil...........of which I have precious little of either line of paints left and I am REEEEEAAAAALLLLLY Pissed at Rustoleum Corp. So Pissed I called their Customer Service line and unloaded on the empty headed representative that happened to be manning the phone on that particular day. To no avail.......the complete line of RAL and RLM colors is gone........so I asked this person could I please have the paint code formulas for the colors I needed so I could get suitable stock and mix them myself....."Oh Sir", she says, "I can't give you that information, it's "proprietary"........I said, Why the Hell should you care, you're not making it anymore................anyway you get the gist. When my stock of paint is gone, I'm not sure what I can replace it with BOO HOO!
Rick H.

[JR]

Always the same Rick , find something that works and some one comes along and changes it. More like profit margins than any concern over environmental issues.
Must be some other makes out there that are similar.

[Mini Me]

You are right there JR. I have been using the same Airbrush and Paints for over 25 years and it took a long time to figure out the best mix ratios, pressures and spray patterns for the results I got and now I have to find some new Planet happy crap because some Moron in a coat and tie.......far removed from anything remotely resembling the hobby has decided what the world needs instead of listening to the customers and hobbyists that are making him a FAT living........I need a blood pressure pill. Thanks for letting me rant. Rick H.

[JR]

You are right there JR. I have been using the same Airbrush and Paints for over 25 years and it took a long time to figure out the best mix ratios, pressures and spray patterns for the results I got and now I have to find some new Planet happy crap because some Moron in a coat and tie.......far removed from anything remotely resembling the hobby has decided what the world needs instead of listening to the customers and hobbyists that are making him a FAT living........I need a blood pressure pill. Thanks for letting me rant. Rick H.

Anything else you'd like to vent about while we're on !
Not a problem Rick it's the same way I feel about many things as Mrs R keep reminding me when I shout at the tv. Got cross yesterday when I received a text saying I'd missed a hygienists appointment because of Covid , which I've had ! ( The appointment not Covid ).

[Mini Me]

Oh....I thought I was the only one yelling at the T.V. .........my wife gets mad at me when I do it..........."Knock it off, they can't hear you"!!
After a nights sleep I'm much better......woke up to a beautiful sunny day (30f) outside bit of frost on the roof and No Snow! Today I will continue the interior detail painting and maybe get a clear coat on so I can decal these quadruplets. Cheers, Rick H.

[Mini Me]

I got a little interior detail painting done .........need to clear coat yet in order to decal these. once that is done I'll be able to get the light lenses in and install the fender pennants and get on with the weathering. Rick H.

[Tim Marlow]

Just had a catch up on these. Lots of good stuff going on Rick.
Your Testors rant took me back a few years.....my LHS owner vented in a similar way. He invested in a full range of Modelmaster enamel paint, including the display rack, costing his small business a fair sum. Three months later the paints were discontinued and he couldn’t restock. He was not happy....come to that, nor was I. I really liked Testors varnishes, but after stocking up on them couldn’t get the thinner.....so couldn’t thin them to spray......