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I once made an F22... It then burned in the grill in the backyard.

I got many plastic models that by Tamiya in the box any one interested in buying them.
They are world war 2 tanks and some modern ones  plus i think I have the famous BMP Russian transport and the multiple rocket launcher from the soviet union

Last edited by RECONDO67 (2007-05-01 16:20:50)

The biggest model I have is either my 1/48 AC-130 or my 1/24 Sea Harrier, the Sea Harrier wasn't the best kit to put together but still it was in a sale from like £90 to £20, not bad.
Also Superglueman if you type Imageshack into google and then follow the instructions you'll be able to upload your images, would like to see them.

Im_Dooomed wrote:

RECONDO67 wrote:

I got many plastic models that by Tamiya in the box any one interested in buying them.
They are world war 2 tanks and some modern ones  plus i think I have the famous BMP Russian transport and the multiple rocket launcher from the soviet union

Don't remind me...I got ohhh....25 (yes 25) unbuilt model kits in my basement!! From 1/24 rally cars, WWII German and American Armor kits and WWII and Modern Aircraft...There was a time in my youth when I could get a model done in a week. And I bought about 1 new one every week whenever I found the kit I really wanted (usually hard to find, Tamiya/Haseqawa kits, and sales when I could get them)

And I got the saddest story of EVERYBODY....When I was 15 I went through this kleptomaniac stage (Person who steals stuff) During the winter I went to a Hobby Lobby, and checked out their selection of kits...I then thought I would stuff a 1/48 scale Tamiya fully detailed Corsair up the back of my jacket pretty dumb I know but that kit was expensive! I felt like a big shot...Im ashamed though.

that was funny 
yeah me too I got many models right now in the closet  and I remember some of them are half way built i feel like a useless person for not having finished what I had started.

jord wrote:

My uncle did the Titanic, put hours into it. Shit loads of little rooms and stuff.

Don't know what happened to it in the end.

Crashed into an iceberg and sank. Haven't you seen the movie?

Got an M1 I've been "working on" for 2 years?

Did any of you build the Tamaya 1/25 scale tanks with the full interiors?  I had both the Centurion & the Tiger.  Awsome kits!

All the pics in here are of some amazing work - a real treat to see.

yeah, i like to make models too, but i don't take pictures of them sorry guys. besides they're hanging from my ceiling right now anyways

Do most of you guys use regular brushes or air brushed paint?

I use brushes for detail and aircraft, but for tanks and ground vehicles I just blast the whole thing with a can of Tamiya acrylic, wouldn't be able to have the right desert color without it.

Im_Dooomed wrote:

M.O.A.B Your weather effects coming along? After looking at all your armor models on the first page, I know you can make them all look 10x more realistic with washes. You got good camos on some of them, I say that Russian tank though needs a better flat coat, it looks a little shinny. (Not painted?)

Unfortunately I haven't had the chance, but I'm going to get some laquer soon and test it out on an old HEMTT model. Also the T-62 is painted, its aparently Flat Olive Drab, I made that whole model in one afternoon, used a spray can on it.

Ganko_06 wrote:

Do most of you guys use regular brushes or air brushed paint?

Necropost!

I use brushes and water-based paint over a black undercoat from a spraycan.
My layers are thus:
Undercoat (Chaos Black spraycan)
Basecoat (Ultramarines Blue over the armour)
Initial detailing (Boltgun Metal on the weapons, shoulderpads, and some bits of the backpack)
Ink wash (Blue Ink over the blue bits)
Secondary detailing (Chaos Black brushed onto the weapon casings, gun barrels, and so forth)
Final Details (Blood Red on the eyes, on the swords as blood effects, and a red 'N' on the right shoulder as a chapter symbol, Snot Green on the base to get a 'this is grass' look.)
Cleanup (carefully going back over edges I missed)

Since the models come in boxes of 10, I normally do the troops a squad at once, in a production line fashion. This way, the first ones will have dried by the time I finish the layer on the last ones. Each squad takes roughly 3 hours from box and sprue to battlefield; 1 1/2 building and one painting, with half an hour in between for the undercoat to be fully applied to each model (individually, holding the base with an old pair of needlenose pliers in order to get everything and NOT my fingers) and for it to dry.

Of course, the undercoating step normally occurs after a delay of up to weeks, due to weather. I can't spray in the rain, or in strong winds, or if it's too humid, or it won't stick or won't hit the model.
I also can't do it indoors because it stinks the house up, gets paint everywhere, and causes a fire hazard. (More so than leaving the poly cement open during assembly; that's stickier and not airborne, and smells nicer. Smells like consumerism. ^.^)
I spray the models after assembly, because the glue is a welding agent. Without plastic-on-plastic contact, it won't stick, and the sprues have detail on both sides.
Also, the superglue is INCREDIBLY ornery about what it sticks to if I'm adding metal (pewter, unless I'm scratchbuilding a part) to the model. (My best solution for that is to add blu-tac to the join and add superglue after that, creating a double bond that breaks slowly and allows for quick fixes without a scaffolding of books, DVD cases, and boxes to hold it in place, and no risk of having to sacrifice the skin off my finger for the sake of the join.)

Can anyone give tips on painting small detail stuff?

I use the Testors' paint and little paint brushes but it looks like crap to me....

I'm working on an A-10 right now...still have a bit to go. My first model

That's nice work there serge