What's on the bench 2022

[adt70hk]

9s came out great.

Thanks Paul. It will probably be the weekend before decent pics appear.

[Tim Marlow]

Good luck removing the masks. Your picture looks like you were hanging from the light fitting when you took it, by the way

[adt70hk]

Good luck removing the masks. Your picture looks like you were hanging from the light fitting when you took it, by the way

Thanks and hadn't noticed that!

[Mini Me]

Ummm, Andrew, you must be 7 ft. tall, those Me's. look very distant. I hope all goes well with the rest of the build....and if I haven't mentioned it, both camo schemes are the "Dog's" but I do favor yellow 4 over white 7. :thumb2: :thumb2:

[adt70hk]

Ummm, Andrew, you must be 7 ft. tall, those Me's. look very distant. I hope all goes well with the rest of the build....and if I haven't mentioned it, both camo schemes are the "Dog's" but I do favor yellow 4 over white 7. :thumb2: :thumb2:

Rick,

Thanks for stopping by......6' on the nose as it happens!

In all seriousness I took it from a long way away just to show I can have a tidy table occasionally!!!

Have to say I prefer yellow 4 too, which is good because I've seen at least one picture of it and have found quite a bit out about the pilot too, so it's always been a bit more 'special' in my mind.

ATB.

Andrew

[JR]

Due to the upset and distress that might be caused photos of my bench have been banned.
However I can report that the missing head has been located and reunited with the body ..

[Airborne01]

Due to the upset and distress that might be caused photos of my bench have been banned.
However I can report that the missing head has been located and reunited with the body ..

Hallelujah! Thanks for the heads up mate!
Steve

[adt70hk]

Due to the upset and distress that might be caused photos of my bench have been banned.
However I can report that the missing head has been located and reunited with the body ..

I've got a pretty strong stomach.... Go on!!!

[Mark1]

I used to have a bench now i have a big pile of junk with a leg on each corner!

[Mini Me]

Good news JR........just don't "lose" yer head over not being able to show yer bench :tongue-out3: :tongue-out2: :smiling5:

[Steve Brodie]

Those horses do look very good indeed!!

Love the horses.

Thanks,
Need to get round to finishing them all.

[minitnkr]

Putting off painting US Inf. by prepping kettens by drilling out bogies & general cleanup before detailing & paint. Oh, and adding mesh to cooling grills on Jagdtiger.

[Steve Jones]

Hi everyone

Doing my first complete scratch built model (except for the wheels). Mr T. always urged me to do one but its only been recently that I have had the nerve to do it. The biggest lesson I have learnt is that if you begin 0.1mm out then by the time you have finished a section then you will be 0.5mm out so precision is the name of the game. Its in 1/35 scale and the body and chassis are nearly complete. Then it will be onto the internal detailing. This is the look out section about 75% complete.


The Italian officer is for scale reasons only. Happy modelling!

[Ian M]

Have had a few cooler mornings here so making the best out of the time before it warms up.
CA glue and 24C with 98% humidity is not a good mix. Neither is model building/painting with sweaty hands!
So mornings it is:

Started off just building this Old Airfix Chevy CMP tractor Light Mud is sprayed, the "mickey mouse" camo is in true to life brushed on.
Needs a bit of mud and dust but getting there.
Then I remembered I had a Tamiya 25lb'er The Limber is used elsewhere and the Quad..... mæh. later maybe. Then in the bottom of the box was an Eduard PE set for the darn thing! So a lot of swearing later:

Apart from some of the bits are silly small and best guess on how they fold and where they are placed the hardest part is the aiming sights which, as well as the three kit parts needing PE they also need to be altered!
Coffee time!

[Steve Jones]

Hi everyone

Well instead of a weekend it took nearly three weeks to do. So first off we did a primer coat of Tamiya's Red Oxide primer. Then followed a couple of sweeps of hairspray. Then a little bit of subtle chipping. Another layer of HS. Then the banding was masked off and three layers of acrylic yellow was added.


This created a nice thick (as in paint thickness) band which when chipped looked like the real paper banding so was happy with the look



Matt varnish was then added. Once dry, a layer of light dust oil was washed on. Then two further layers of different shades of dust oil sponged on. Then a moist scouring pad dipped in thinner was gently dragged across the surface to create fine scratches. Raw Sienna oil added to the yellow banding. Sepia oil was splattered all over followed by a final dust oil wash on top



So once added to the model they should look like these



Happy modelling