What's on the Bench? 2021

[Mini Me]

That's amazing, from all appearances it looked to be a die-cast toy! Even after going back and studying the photos again, I see nothing that would lead me to believe it is injection moulded. Have fun with this Mark, I think you can make something worthwhile out of it.........just depends on how much effort you are willing to put into it. Rick H. :thumb2:

[Neil Merryweather]

That's amazing, from all appearances it looked to be a die-cast toy! Even after going back and studying the photos again, I see nothing that would lead me to believe it is injection moulded. Have fun with this Mark, I think you can make something worthwhile out of it.........just depends on how much effort you are willing to put into it. Rick H. :thumb2:

I may be wrong, Rick, but I think what we are seeing is Mark's weathering....

[Mark1]

I may be wrong, Rick, but I think what we are seeing is Mark's weathering....

:thumb2: brown wash and some rust pigment which I mostly covered up with steel drybrushing lol.

[Mini Me]

I agree Neil....what threw me was the parting line on the gun mantel and barrel assembly.....a dead ringer for a casting line if I ever saw one. :nerd: Rick H.

[Mark1]

I agree Neil....what threw me was the parting line on the gun mantel and barrel assembly.....a dead ringer for a casting line if I ever saw one. :nerd: Rick H.

Didn't see that till I looked at these pictures, the half inch brush I used for all the weathering obscured my view :tongue-out3:

[rtfoe]

Absolutely nothing on my bench... only a few boxes from the stash where I open them, sift through the parts, smell the plastic, read the manuals and dream of how they would look finished then put them all back in the stash. How many have this terrible affliction besides loss of mojo I wonder.

But not to worry...I call it a recess akin to stopping and smelling the roses. Anyway the bench is full...chock-a-block...nada space to work on so spring cleaning is about to begin.

That's my report from my bench.:smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

[Lee Drennen]

Took a pick of the Lady Luck before I went to work the other morning to inspect the decal. There’s still some Silvering seems I’ve put a gallon of Decal set on it I may have to live with it. That’s about it been really busy at work waves of Sea Containers are coming in to the rails now as we get back to a normal. I should to get this lady finished soon [ATTACH]425783[/ATTACH]

[Mini Me]

I'm calling this one done.......here's a teaser.....I'll post a completed thread in the softskin section when I return to the forum........it's after 1:am and I need some sleep .....zzzzzzzzz Rick H.

[Lee Drennen]

Very nice Rick.

[The Smythe Meister]

I'm calling this one done.......here's a teaser.....I'll post a completed thread in the softskin section when I return to the forum........it's after 1:am and I need some sleep .....zzzzzzzzz Rick H.[ATTACH=CONFIG]n1153359[/ATTACH]

Fantabulous Rick,
I LOVE it
Andy

[minitnkr]

Rick, where'd you get the louvers from? Looks great.

[Mini Me]

Thanks Paul, I got them off an old Athaern locomotive shell....think it was an SD45.....I couldnt just cut them to size and glue them on, they have to be let in and flushed with the outside of the hood.......lots of drilling, cutting and filing. Good news, they are available as a super detail part from that large Model Railroad supply house in Milwaukee, Wi. (other supply houses available) Rick H.

[minitnkr]

Thanks Rick, I think I have an old SD45 SantaFe shell. Good source for cabinet doors also as I recall.

[Ancientmariner]

OK then, for Andrew so he can use leverage and stop his wife complaining......here is the core of my paint collection......

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Main block of Vallejo model colour....set out as on the colour chart for easy reference.....
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The rest of the model colour plus the majority of the technic paints such as metallics, washes, and transparent colours.....I need another of these stands as I’ve outgrown this one.....
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More technicals and specials....the model airs are because I want to try them properly now I’ve got Vallejo flow improver....the game colours are inks.

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First really useful box full of enamels and some xtracrylics.....

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Second really useful box of enamels that I dropped when setting them up for the photos...there are some old humbrols acrylics in there as well....I don’t use these any more, but they are all useable and most are like really old friends so I don’t want to ditch them....

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A couple of RUBs of Tamiya paint, with a few Mr colour thrown in....these are used exclusively for airbrush work....the R denotes those already diluted for use.

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A few odds and bits, mostly inks, plus the heavy body acrylics I mainly use for scenery and buildings....

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Oils, quite a few there, most at least twenty years old now. Occasionally use these for figures as they give more vibrant colours than model paints. Mostly used for weathering though.....

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The brush collection (well you didn’t think it was just paint did you?). I have another brush holder on the way, but it’s coming by slow boat from China! I will then set up one for rough brushes (dry brushing, stippling, mixing etc) and one for best work brushes....

Lastly this is how it all fits above the desk......
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The top shelf is lesser used stuff, like primers, sprays, solvents, Alclads etc....all the RUBs etc are on the second shelf....

I have a few others, such as emulsion tester pots in a drawer that only get used for wargames scenery so I’ve not pictured them....

This is around forty years worth of collecting paints Etc. I could probably get by with a quarter of these but they don’t eat anything and I’ve got the room so why throw them....besides, there are some unique jobs that each type of paint excels at. I might only use them once or twice a year, but if I don’t have them, I can’t use them at all....

Hope this helps your case Andrew...

Tim,

The boxes the Tamiya paints are in, where do you get them? They are exactly what I need for the auxillary storage area.

James

[Steve Jones]

Okay I'm calling this one done. I had a lot of fun building this. A long way to go with the whole build but I think it will certainly blend in well once everything has been done.