What's on the bench 2022

[Jim R]

The Italian officer is for scale reasons only.

...... and I thought he was deciding what to plant in his new greenhouse :smiling:
A lot of work there Steve

[Steve Jones]

A lot of work there Steve

..and I still have another two frames to do:disappointed2:. The floor is sunken down so a person can stand up in it

[The Smythe Meister]

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:
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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:
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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!

Got one of these on the go myself currently Ian,(although stalled due to my commitments to various Flying fing GBs ),
Just gotta love the "Ugliness" of 'em eh?!!
The Mickey mouse camo is cool I think,and yours is coming out very nicely mate, I'll be following this one for sure
Andy

[Neil Merryweather]

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.
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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

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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

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So once added to the model they should look like these

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Happy modelling

Blimey that's another level of awesome!

[JR]

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.
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Showing those Pin Vise's with the models gives a great idea of the size you work in Paul. Respect from me working in that scale .

[JR]

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

I'm with Jim on this , another one who thought he's building greenhouses now ! Great work Steve, what glue are you using please . Mr T would indeed be proud of you .

[Steve Jones]

Blimey that's another level of awesome!

Cheers Neil. I appreciate your comments

I'm with Jim on this , another one who thought he's building greenhouses now ! Great work Steve, what glue are you using please . Mr T would indeed be proud of you .

I am just using Tamiya thin. I tried some of that clear plastic glue but couldn't get on with it. There are a couple of glue seepages but nothing major. Thanks for commenting mate.

[Andy the Sheep]

I used this old Airfix 1:72 Hurricane as a test bed for my new AK real colour paints. I also tried a mixed version of the roundels: blue painted and red decals.
AK real: sprayed easily and evenly after being thinned with AK real thinner to milk consistency. The finish is smooth and slightly satinate. Masked with white tack and tissue.
Roundels: the blue is Prussia Blue acrylic + a small drop of Black (artist paints) and it's too matt, so next time a coat of clear gloss will be a must :thinking: (as it should be, but I was too focused on experimenting the new paints and the home made masks) :rolling:.




The Centauro is progressing very slowly: I developed a certain level of allergy to its PE parts and its instruction sheet :face-with-thermometer:; time the great healer will sort that out.

Furthermore, I will be far from the bench for a still unfathomable time.
As some of you will remember, I still live 5 km apart from my workbench and my up to now faithful car let me know in a very convincing way it was time for her to have a well deserved holiday: turbine gave its last breath with a prolonged and anguished whistle and now she's resting 160 km from home, in a nice mountain area, waiting for a new turbine. :disappointed2: I was planning to invest 10% of my tax refund in some tools or kits; it seems I'll have to double (at least) the total amount of my refund to have my car repaired. :anguished: No plan survives the first clash with the enemy...:face-with-head-bandage:

Andrea

[Mark1]

Having a mess around with a floaty thing,hobbyboss call it the Pola i call it a very vague representation of the pola.! But it is a sub 15 quid kit in 1/350, thrown a few bits of plastic and brass i had knocking about at it need some practice with railings and stuff.and yes i did drop some pliers on a bit of railing,sure you can spot it.

[minitnkr]

Procrastinating by working CCKWs: Red Ball tractor, some engineer dump trucks & a couple Deuce'nahalfs for whatever.

[Mini Me]

Know what you mean Paul, I'm still messing with my Brockway.......hope to get it finished before starting the P-51's. I'm finding it more difficult to divide my interests and keep the MOJO high for either one or the other. that Tractor Cab looks interesting.....resin or a ROCO 600 series?

[minitnkr]

I got some of these in a junk lot from Ebey. Most are poor unacceptable results of an attempt at remolding a "ROCO 600" cab shell & floor (I salvaged 2 sets) in resin, but they were successful at remolding the headlamps which I used to upgrade my Corbits as you've seen. I had a cab glass W/MG hole from another junk lot so opened up the roof.

[Mini Me]

Nice......love it when you can get into this stuff for little or nothing. :thumb2:

[JR]

Ooh that photo of the bench Paul , organized chaos. Love it . There are times that I nearly reach the high standards that the Club demand you so often reach . Great work , esp in finding something good from a junk buy .:thumb2:

[minitnkr]

Still messing around w/these. Engineers, Red Ball candidates & Maintenance Co. elements.