fuck gunpla niggers

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Are Mikr Mir kits any good? I'm wondering if pic related is better than the Hasegawa/Revell kit.

>>11208859
A Hind-D?

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>>11208396
Yes

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>>11209294
A cheap lightbox made a huge my improvement to my pictures. The background for now is a small piece of wallpaper, I'll need to get something better for that still.

>>11209054
It's short run so the usual caveats apply, they're also not planning to release more variants unlike Hasegawa who has pretty much every variant served.

>>11208867
pls no

>>11209294
gay

>>11209294
>>11209295
>And this is our son's room
>He's quite the model maker

>>11209294
>>11209295
For her sake I hope your mother doesn't find the jar when she's cleaning your room

>>11209294
Is that one of these boar tusk trophy plates?

>>11209575
>fly bait display plate

>>11209575
It's a display base I bought at the model shop

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Mail man arrived with this winters selection of projects

>>11209734
How much did it cost? You can get those trophy plates starting at like 6 Euros.

is trumpeter shit

>>11209735
Wrestle you for the Hornet and the Dart

>>11209735
nice haul, I wish I had time to empty my stash this winter

side note, Arma hobby has some God awful manuals, I hope you're experienced with 72nd planes and don't trust the paper

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>>11208859
first scale model. 1:700 mikasa. royally fucked up the primer. on the plus side i will be able to use the hull as sandpaper for my next one. paintin everything by brush
>wait 900s before making a post
the fuck is this shit

>>11210790
still looks fine to me man. we all had to start somewhere. that looks better than my first few models, which thankfully are no longer still in existence. they were just blobs of glue and unthinned paint

>>11210073
13€. Where do you get boar tusk display plates for that cheap?

>>11210869
https://siaieroci.lv/en/products/trophy-plate-for-wild-boar-tusks-19cm-dark
This is for example from Latvia, or this one:
https://www.huntersfriend.eu/product/trophy-board-wildboar-tusk-14-cm/

Size and color might be a factor, but they exist

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>>11210716
Extremely experienced, also not the first Arma kit I've done. It is however the first (literally had to look it up) Kovozavody Prostejov kit I've ever built and I will say this is DEFINITELY not something you'd want to make as a noob. I bought the La-5FN but the parts for a normal La-5 and what I think may even be a La-7 is in the same kit, but the parts are not numbered at all. Instead you have to look at this guide in the manual to figure out what is what. The order of assembly is also all sorts of fucked so if anyone is thinking about trying something from these guys, please be ready to improvise. On the other hand I kinda like that all the first steps of the instruction are just how to paint the small parts

>>11210074
really kit dependent, trumpeter is very inconsistent in their quality

>>11211208
Nah, the quality of Trumpeter with regards to manufacturing quality I find pretty consistent. Inconsistent quality is Revell, even within the same kit. Trumpeter has some accuracy errors built into most kits that become pretty annoying as soon as you actually look at them more closely.

>>11211288
I know the access to the general "boomer cars" subject is restricted to those brands, but it is infinite confusion to me why people keep subjecting themselves to AMT and old Revell especially when they then go complain about how shit the experience was

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>"Grandpa, I think I'm going to become a Tamiya modeller."
>"I knew you were gonna turn out alright, grandson."

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any tanks that look like that?

>tamiya

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>>11211452
Object 490A?

>peter trum

>>11210074
>>11211288
This is what I've noticed too. Enjoyable build as in everything fits fairly nicely, but little details that are wrong, ignored, or out of scale. Sort of makes a fun game out of correcting them if you enjoy that.

>>11206751
>Miniart's is better

Sure, but I got that T-34 for $10. With a bunch of free tools in the box and replacement metal barrels for ALL the guns.

>AFV's is better

Yeah, but is it the crocodile flamethrower trailer version? That's the only reason I got this one. For $15.

>Taktom's is better

But does that one cost $17? Because mine cost $17 and is still in factory shrink wrap.

>Zvezda's is better

But did that one cost $15? Because mine cost $15.

Sure, MAYBE they're not "the best" on the market, but any one of the tank kits you named probably cost almost as much as what I paid for all of these kits COMBINED.

>>11204856
Actually, the Atlantis Type 97 Chi-Ha Japanese tank is 1/48. I thought it was 1/35 when I got it but it looks like a decent weekend project kit and prime material for practicing camo.

>>11206796
Oh yeah, it'll be some time before I get to that one but I'll post pics for sure.

>>11206751
Based on what I read online the hobby-boss t-35 seemed way better than the zvezda t-35
Have you built both?

I wanna dip my toes in scale modeling. What are some good beginner kits??

>>11211730
Tamiya 1/35 Panzer II Ausf F/G

>>11211730
You can't really go wrong with anything from Tamiya.

I'd suggest starting with one of the 1/48 ground vehicle kits. The M8 Howitzer Motor Carriage usually is about $20 USD after taxes and it assembles into a tidy little package with working turret swivel and elevation, as well as a little commander figure.

Avoid Revell unless it's a snap-tite, because those are piss easy kits meant for kids.

>>11211730
Airfix kits are also very good for this. Please don't expect super good results on your first model, if you have been browsing in other places you see a lot of dickheads posting their "first model" when it's obvious it's anything but. Shits hard but you get better quick if you want to.

>>11211777
>Avoid Revell unless it's a snap-tite, because those are piss easy kits meant for kids.
When I was a kid, Revell didn't have any snappy-tighty shit or whatever newfangled stuff you mean. And we STILL built those models.
In fact, as a kid I at least had steady hands.

>You can't really go wrong with anything from Tamiya.
apparently except their sea harrier

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>>11211334
Some of us are masochists and the bad experience is part of the fun.
t. currently struggling with the AMT Autocar 9964B

haven't decided how I want to paint it yet, but I think this will be the model where I learn how to weather and do chipping. I want to make it look like an old and abused piece of equipment

>>11211777
>Avoid Revell unless it's a snap-tite
You should avoid Revell snap-tites because they're terrible; awful quality and fit for snap kits. Most are decades old Monogram molds and getting a decent modern snap-tite is a lottery unless you check Scalemates first (what newbie even knows what a Scalemates is?). Revell and American brands are the worst entry points for starters, no wonder scale modelling is so dead in that country because beginners get recommended these awful pieces of shit as their first model.

>>11211729
I've only built the one from zvezda. Not great, not terrible. I also did a bit of research back in the day and it seemed to me that they were pretty much toe-to-toe. Nonetheless, zvezda beats hobby boss when it comes to the details on the back of the hull

>>11211730
What topic?

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>gundam

>>11212202
I mean he could make a dio with some 1:144 planes later

>>11211730
You should pick a subject you care about so you’ll go in with strong motivation to do a good job. Obviously your first work will not be your best, but don’t go in with that mindset.

Tamiya kits are beginner friendly as in everything fits well so you won’t have to fill and sand gaps. You don’t have to limit yourself to them though. I also like Hasegawa and Trumpeter. Italeri, Revell, and Airfix can be good but kit dependent. If you’re worried you can always search online and read about the kit you’re interested. And if the build is a little more difficult you’ll just develop more skills.

Only hard avoids imo would be old Airfix airliners or boomer era car kits

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Post subjects that don't exist yet, but you wanna build them:
>1:35 Type-88
>1:35 Arjun
>1:35 Vickers Mk.1
>1:35 Al-Khalid
>1:35 Nork T-62-based tonks
I just wanna build peak turdworlder obscureshit.

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>>11213429
80's warpact miniatures in 1/35. also, good ones in 1/72

Just cracked open the Tamiya Churchill Crocodile to take stock of the contents and...well, it's the first time I've seen instructions telling the modeler they need to scratchbuild their own parts. Specifically, the tank doesn't have its antenna and so you're told to melt styrene runners and stretch them - but it doesn't say how LONG - and to make the pair of wires that way.

Lol no. I get the molding dates back to the 1970s or something, but I see no reason to have to do things the old, hard way, for something that looks like shit, when modern alternatives exist with more detail. Specifically, the kit has no accommodations for the base of the antenna, while all the detail add-on kits have multiple options for the bases. Just curious if anybody here knows the best choice for a "No. 19 Aerial Radio" as that looks to be the correct equipment for a Churchill.

>>11213442
In 1970's people were not hapless lost dipshits so they would know that you can calculate a length of an antenna from its frequency.

>>11211730
Anything full-interior by MiniArt

>>11213442
>stretching sprue is hard
Not sure if troll or actually retarded

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>>11213435
Yeah, while WP vehicles are mostly covered by now by decent, modern kits, there's a chronic lack of WP figures.

The differences between uniforms, whether infantry, whether tank crew means that you can't just slightly rework Soviet figures if you want to use them for WP-satellite vehicles, it won't work.

>>11211192
One of my cats stole the fucking cockpit floor I had painted and I can't find it anywhere in the apartment, suddenly I appreciate immensely that there's duplicates of almost every part (even if they're not model/variant accurate)

>>11213429

I'll go with:

1: A 1/72 Avro Manchester.
Come on, Airfix, you already have the tooling for the Lanc.

2. 1/72 B-32 Dominator that isn't in fucking resin

3. 1/700 USS Brooklyn that isn't in fucking resin.
Seriously the damn IJN has plastic kits of auxiliaries and ships that lasted 3 fucking months. USN needs a little love in the waterline series.

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>>11208396

I'm doing goonpla right now

>>11213429
>>1:35 Nork T-62-based tonks
even fucking conversions for basic T-62s are missing, like how hard is it to make a resin kit for the KPV and a couple of missiles on a stick?

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>>11209735
>super hornet "golem"
a bit on the nose tbdesu

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>>11214017

>>11213429
we need more spitfires, p-51s and bf109s

>>11213429
What about subjects that don't really exist anymore?
I want those old interwar planes that were used for arctic exploration, like Byrd's Fokker or his Ford Trimotor. All you can get (ahuehuhue) are discontinued or really really old-ass kits.

>>11213904
>1/700
royal navy ships are strangely absent as well. the mainstream manufacturers should be making this stuff. it seems like tamiya mostly only makes ijn slop and ships sunk by ijn. it's weird. it seems like for every tooling of a good guy ship, we get 10 toolings of fucking bismarck and yamato

>Build kit
>Prime
>Start next kit

>>11214122
what is this, amateur hour?

>buy kit
>buy new kit
>buy newer kit
>buy a duplicate kit (forgot you had it)
>buy another kit

>>11214130
>open box of the first kit an admire the sprues
>buy another kit

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Black migger

>>11213459
A little redundancy and help in the instructions isn't exactly asking for the moon here.

>>11213598
I didn't say I couldn't do it, I said I saw no reason TO do it because aftermarket detail kits would look so much better. As I stated in the part of the post you probably didn't read, the kit simply doesn't have the proper base structures for the antenna, either, just holes to stick stretched sprue into.

>>11211208
>>11210074
i had a 1/144 F-117 Nighthawk that has bad flashing and sink mark on the exhaust panels. i always assume Trumpeter is the chinkshit of scale models and you rather go for Hobby Boss or Meng if you want better quality kits.

>>11214328
>Hobby Boss
hobby boss is just trumpeter with a different box

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The kozzajbjabjbdhbd zomzosihndhd or whatever they're called La-5 is basically assembled now. It has weird fitment issues that I've never really seen before, it's like every sharp corner part goes into a dull corner on the other part or something. Lots of small filling is going to be needed but I haven't got to that yet.

The decals SUCK. The clear layer is misaligned completely with the decals because for some reason these idiots don't print the whole sheet with clear? Weird choice. So far I'd lean towards "don't buy unless subject only exists made by these guys".

>>11213429
Mind if it's just a subject that was made in an extremely limited run and then never seen again? The F-15 ACTIVE. Hasegawa only made a few hundred kits and they are STUPIDLY expensive now. Other than that I'd love to see more "what if" kits like the weird concept jet fighters from the Cold War that never made it to prototypes. Additionally I'd like far more options when it comes to modern day race cars. There's not a lot to choose from and they never come out while the car is still relevant anymore.

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>>11214011
>like how hard is it to make a resin kit for the KPV
Mig's Syrian T-55 conversion kit, with a North-Korean rangefinder.

This kit is getting close to twenty years old though.

>>11213429
i want every vehicle ever envisioned and a lot more buildings in 1/700 scale

>>11214508
>Always remember:
>No manufacturer is purely perfect or awful (except Kovozávody Prostějov). ALWAYS research your kits before buying.

>>11214618
Kek my build of the Italeri MC202 got that line added to the OP last year

>>11214382
It's not. Hobby Boss actually started to put effort into their kits in the last ~10 years

>>11214119
Aoshima has at least been giving us some rarer RN subjects lately, though we're still missing a modern QE-class (the trumpeter kit is kind of ass)

>>11214618
>>11214620
I started changing the manufacturer across about a dozen of sequential OPs I made for the past two years, glad to see the joke picked up and paid off

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Why do enamel paints have SO MUCH more overspray than the lacquers I'm usually using? I had to use some of the testors enamel I had instead of my usual mr color lacquers because I didn't have the color I needed, and the filter in my booth is completely saturated with that color now. A bunch of it even went out the exhaust, so the fans are dusted in red and the screen on the window the tube is in was too. I've painted a lot more with lacquers and it only barely discolors the filter.
also how do I stop being a brain dead retard and spilling paint everywhere

>>11215120
Just use a brush bro

>>11214637
huh, I thought those aoshima kits were 70s boomer bullshit. perhaps I was mistaken. kind of tempted to do a carrier desu

>>11215145
Aoshima is pretty good, I've built a few of their more recent car kits and all have been a nice experience desu

>>11215120
tl;dr enamels spray finer particles (therefore the usually better result too) and you have to reduce your pressures to compensate if you don't want as much paint to come out

>>11215120
you could use edible paint, then just lick up any mess

>>11214636
HobbyBoss is the same quality as Trumpeter. For example The HobbyBoss MiG-31 in 1/48 is basically the Trumpeter 1/72 one scaled up. The kits have the same look and feel.

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>>11216492
1:72 scaled up to 1:48 is not the same quality.

I just started building the HB 1:35 Type-59-II, and so far it seems to be inferior in some places to the Trumpeter T-62 I did a while back.

>>11216492
Their Msta-S is just like the trumpeter oversimplified new wave of 1/72 tanks, basic things missing like brush guards and the ability to position the gun at an angle that is not 0
And they have the gall to sell this dogshit for more money than the zvezda one

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picked up a bunch of old kits for relatively cheap, including this LTD Lagg 3. This is the first time I've come across this style of plastic for the canopy. Looks pretty cheap and flimsy lol. It seems like the actual part itself isn't yellowed like the rest of the plastic thankfully. The rest of the kit is not great. lots and lots of sanding and trimming will be required to get it to fit together. I'm up for a good challenge though, even as a relative newfag.

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at this rate, I'm going to become one of those boomers with shelves upon shelves of kits they will never actually build (I want to actually build all of these though, no matter how shit they are)

I'm currently working on an AMT Autocar DC9964 dump truck. Its definitely not the greatest but with some love it seems to be turning out pretty good

>>11217554
Vacuum formed canopies are arguable more "correct" when it comes to the scales models are in but curious to know how much of a pain in the ass it might be, never tried them

>>11217557
weeb cringe

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Autocar engine in progress. Going for the "hundreds of thousands of miles" look. I think this is some sort of Cummins
>>11217558
I can't wait to cut it out wrong because I'm actually retarded
>>11217561
yes

>>11217562
>fallout/stalker ahh engine

>>11217562
Looks like our old tug engines at the airport
protip: paint everything black and sticky and you'll get a very accurate look of "never changed oil leaking from the headgasket"
I am being sincere

In fact it may behoove you to just go get some grease, get it hot, let it cool and set out for a while, then apply that directly to the plastic.

>>11215145
Some of them are, unfortunately, but the newer RN stuff (County-class, Exeter, Illustrious) are all new molds and pretty up-to-date.

>>11215120
Pigments in oil based paints can be ground much smaller due to different colloid kinetics in an oil vs. ketones. Advice is the same in any other situation where you have overspray - drop air pressure and ease up on the trigger.

>>11218437
cool, I'll add them to the list. cruisers are soul. also looking at IBG's destroyers

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I need to really get better at thinning my paints. This is 1/144 scale by the way.

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begun oct 2021
finished oct 2024
hasegawa 70s kit, raised panels
well shit no washing/filtering
but hey
skeletor approves

>>11218602
the komet,
not the delorean or the jupiter

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>>11218593
Inside the hangar. I cannot get all the loose grass out no matter how hard I try. Suggestions?

>>11218620
tweezers and patience

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Chieftain status.

I think all that's really left is a flatcoat, before dusting (this is where I usually blow it)

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Don't know if graphite scratches were a good idea.

Also don't know why my phone camera turns every detail into blobs.

>>11218620
get a very tiny balloon, rub it on your carpets, a lot
then insert it into the structure

>>11218620
clay/putty on the end of tweezers and swab it around, hopefully the grass sticks

>>11218620
Paint it the same color as the floor

t. covering up pro

>>11219239
>phonelet
stop coming in close with the camera and simply x2 zoom then crop out the excess shot
if you have anything decent with gajillion pixels just take an x1 where the focus is good and then crop the excess

>>11219237
>>11219239
Looks quite good but listen to >>11219694

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La-5 is going alrite, first time attempting to use a chipping medium for anything and I feel retarded for not attempting this before looks so much nicer than the random sponge techniques. Definitely needs practice though

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-PQJO0kzq0

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Finished this. Eduard 1/72 MiG-21MF. Mostly built to try out a bare metal finish, this is Mr. Color Super Metallic 2 Super Fine Silver 2 over a gloss black. Looks good, maybe I should have done a bit of panel variation, I'll try that on the next one. Missiles are the worst part of making modernshit, I left them off.

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>>11220407

>>11220407
>>11220408
Nothing to nitpick about. It looks fantastic.

>>11220407
why no missiles m8? they're probably only a couple of tiny ones anyway

>>11220408
>>11220407
Very nice build. Tend to agree on the missiles, they're always very dull and unsatisfying to make or insanely complex for the scale and frustrating as tits

>>11220407
>purposefully disarming the Polish Air Forces
what are you, Russian?

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"Honey Badger's a mean bitch, sir."

>>11218620
vaccuum cleaner just out side the door, then blow air into it. The air will get the grass to fly around, and the vaccuum will remove it.

>>11219850
looking good! chipping is fun, I think the only thing to remember is less is more, it's easy to get a bit lost and overchip

>>11220683
I'm sure this is how it is irl too, but surely you want the wirecutter/catcher to be both taller and in front of the tallest part of the vehicle instead

>>11220839
All the La-5 reference pics I could find in my books showed some pretty ratty nasty paintwork on those foot step areas (incidentally the only bit of the wing that's metal) so I basically just aimed for that with the rest of the plane quite clean. I couldn't find an IRL explanation for it but since most of the plane was wood I assume they used a paint that simply stuck better to that than metal

>>11220857
Apparently not! LOL

>>11220857
>military engineers from the most advanced and well equipped military on the planet who tested this shit in active combat zones must be wrong!
meds, now + you don't understand the lever rule

First time using spraypaints, what kind of mask to you wear to not huff to much paint?
Will the KN95 masks I got during COVID be good enough?

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>>11221879
No. Get a mask that can use replaceable organic vapor cartridges. If you can smell paint your mask isn't worn properly or your cartridges need to be replaced. Store the cartridges in an air tight box with desiccants and they'll last a very long time.

>>11221894
Eh, good point. Looks like they are cheaper than I had expected and I don't think cheaping out on my health is a good idea either way

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Looking pretty alright I'd say. Not gonna blow anyones tits off but only a little bit of extra weathering and antennas to go I think

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Clearly I'm doing something wrong here. How do I fill this gap with the vallejo putty I'm using? Every time I had seen anyone else use it, they can just wipe up the excess with a wet cotton swab or something, but when I do it it just pulls half of it out. If I don't, and just leave it, it shrinks and still leaves a gap, and when I try to sand it, it just pulls it all off in clumps. Do I just have to wait 35 years for this stuff to fully dry, cure, harden, go through puberty, graduate college, and get married?
Theres a lot of fitment issues on this AMT kit (who would have figured???) and therefore lots of gaps to fill. Getting quite annoying. I'm about to go get some bondo because at least I know how that stuff works on real cars

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>>11208859
Is this where to ask about model train sets? I want one with real smoke for the christmas tree but wasmt sure if the 200 dollar range was worth it for something i would use 1 month a year or less, over several years. Where should i search for reccomendations?

>>11222382
I think you're using too much putty. You don't want to fill wide gaps with putty, especially if you don't have something to back it up. You're better off filling that gap with plastic (either strips or stretched sprue) and sanding it pretty flush, and THEN using putty. You can also use epoxy putty, but I've personally never had much luck with that. Finally, you could use CA glue + baking soda. Do it in several applications

>>11222421
Thank God for model trains. Without model trains, they never would have gotten the idea for the big trains.

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I've never built a model before, outside of one for the Titanic I 2/3rds completed with my grandfather as a kid.

Would pic related make an alright beginner kit?
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/miniart-37069-t-34-85-czechoslovak-prod-early-type--1290957/marketplace
I recently found out the PLO had a lot of T-34/85s in Lebanon, and this kit covers that, with one of the few color photos of said T-34/85s I've been able to find used as reference on the cover and as a decal,
https://palarchive.org/index.php/Detail/objects/128959/lang/en_US

>>11222421
there used to be a /train/ general

>>11222382
you must use some material to fill the gap with
scrape down a bit of sprue and mix the shavings with CA glue, the thicker one; fill the gap with that, without having excess protrude much over the edge

only then use the putty to smooth out the surface

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>>11222452
>>11222841
I'll keep that in mind for next time... It was not so much a gap I was trying to fill and more of a panel misalignment I was trying fix the wrong way instead of spending millennia sanding it smooth. I decided to give up on it and instead will be attempting to cover it up with some rust or something.

First time trying any sort of weathering, went with the hairspray method. I wish I had put down a bigger and heavier coat of brown before the steel color. Even though theres more of the black primer showing than the brown, I'm still incredibly pleased with the results. I can always touch it up later with the oil paints and stuff I just bought too, for extra rusty effect.
I'm not sure what I should do to the chassis for a similar shitty old truck effect, and I've got plenty of ideas for the cab and interior.

>>11222786
>alright beginner kit?
No, miniart is filled to the brim with very small, delicate details a lot of which require additional sanding to make them fit and this one comes with an interior
Good beginner tank kits are Tamiya in 1/35 and 1/48, zvezda T-34s/SU in 1/35 and select few Revell kits in 1/72 like their panzer 4 and panther
Unfortunately, neither Tamiya, nor Zvezda offer this particular version, but you will save a lot and not be left with a half-finished 1000+ part monstrosity

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>finish laying down the base coat over the black base on my felon
>notice a gap where i didn't properly fill in with putty
its over

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>camera brings out the absolute garbage chrome stripes
>also took pics then realized i forgot to glue on the pitot tube (fixed now)

Ah whatever. Good build for getting back into models for the winter, fairly happy with it. Don't think I'll be buying any more Kovozavody Prostejov model kits in the future, while the parts weren't too terrible, the building experience with a totally useless manual and unnumbered sprues with several near identical parts was a pain in the fucking ass. I think I built an Eduard kit of this plane too a few years back and I don't remember it being a pain like this so get that if you want an La-5FN.

Normal services where I refuse to make grey things will resume now

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>>11223147
Dunno why the rear quarter is the best angle for WWII warbirds but it just is

>>11223152
i think they have a phallic quality to them when viewed like that

>>11222878
Roger that, thanks.

>>11223078
Have you got a borrower on your work station

>>11223147
>the building experience with a totally useless manual and unnumbered sprues with several near identical parts was a pain in the fucking ass
it's good to hear this kind of thing. kits seem to mostly just get judged by the quality of plastic, which I think is silly

>>11223979
In my mind if I can't hand a kit to a complete beginner and they can figure out how to assemble it to Twitterbro standards, then the kit is shit. There's too much focus on rivet counting in model kits in general what does it matter if it's the most accurate kit if making it made you wanna quit the hobby

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>>11208859
decided to take a break from mikasa after a sorry attempt at drybrushing the wheelhouse and some difficulties setting the superstructure to do one of these little guys that came in today as part of a unreasonably large shopping spree for tiny planes and obscure auxiliary ships for getting into dioramas. really thought painting minis would translate better into scale modelling but a lot of stuff i tried didn't work all that well. how important is having an airbrush?

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>>11224411
and here is work on mikasa. tried a couple different can primers on different parts since i already fucked up the hull primer. photo etch went better than expected but i'm really not used to painting sub assemblies

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Is there any hope at all for hand brushing with Mr Color lacquers? I'm already neck deep into the Mr Color ecosystem, and while they all work great for airbrushing there have been lots of situations and areas where using one would be too hard for me, so I'd like to just use a hand brush. However, unless I'm painting very small details and parts I absolutely cannot figure out how to get satisfactory results. I even bought a bottle of Mr Color retarder to see if that would help, which it doesn't seem to. I don't know why I even bought all this shit instead of going with Tamiya, other than my local hobby shop having pretty much every color they sell, and struggling to find Tamiya equivalents of what my models were calling for. I could just go buy all duplicate colors, but in Tamiya, but that would be expensive and kind of silly.
Unless I just need to work on my patience and wait a very long time between coats, it always ends up just reactivating and getting pulled up by the brush. Also, I can't get the brush strokes to not show up even with leveling thinner. Worth noting I'm still a complete newfag to all this

Maybe I can should get the more common generic colors from Tamiya? Things like flat/semigloss/regular black.

>>11224883
why would you buy tamiya for brush painting? is this a weeb thing?

>>11224886
They're just the golden child of model stuff and get a lot of praise on all fronts. I wanted to get Vallejo paints initially, because I had heard those were super easy to use and could be thinned with water, but I was too dumb to figure out what their equivalent colors were for what the models I had at the time were calling for. I did get a few from them, namely the metallic aluminium and steel colors, which so far have been fantastic to brush paint with.
My only other experience with other paints has been with Testors/Model Master paint over a decade ago, and back then I was a literal child who just painted straight out of the pot with 0 thinner.

>>11224887
tamiya paints get dumped on by everyone when it comes to brush painting mate.
>vallejo
if you're doing military stuff and want usn glossy sea blue or whatever, vallejo model air seems to have a better selection than model color

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>>11224883
Mr. Color lacquers are very good for airbrushing, not so much for brushing. For brush painting smaller details I use either water based acrylics like Revell Aqua color (which is not great not terrible) or Vallejo model color (e. g. for figures). I also sometimes use Revell enamels (only because I still have a bunch, I don't buy new ones). Alcohol based acrylics like Tamiya or Mr. Hobby are also not optimal for brushpainting because when you go over a spot a second time you invariably dissolve the first layer of paint. My opinion is you need different paints ready for different purposes just as you have different types of glues. Others might disagree, just my experience.

need a rec for just a pack of brushes in the uk. Just need something that's not push broom bristles cheap.

>>11225010
>My opinion is you need different paints ready for different purposes just as you have different types of glues. Others might disagree, just my experience.
I never really thought of it that way but it does make a lot of sense. I don't know why but I had this mindset that I had to stick with one type of paint, but it comes down to having the right tool for the job.
I'll go pick up what I need this weekend and hopefully it'll be smoother sailing from there on

40 boxes in the stash
No time to do any of them

>>11225701
You could do something right now. Instead of shitposting. I always make sure to do a little something each day. Even if it is just sanding something, gluing something or painting one piece. That way you get at least some output. Just crack open a box and start.

>>11224886
>>11224891
You can brush paint with tamiya and a retarder, easily on small sections but doable on larger parts

>>11224883
>I don't know why I even bought all this shit instead of going with Tamiya,
Tamiya is shit for brushpainting as well

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>>11224887
>I wanted to get Vallejo paints initially,
I do pretty much all my work with vallejo and have no issues despite them not being as tough as alcohol based acrylics (tamiya/gunze) or actual lacquers. I bosh oils straight over the top with no varnish no problem.

>>11225743
*hataka are also good, mig ammo mainly okay and lifecolor are soft as shit and have terrible adhesion even over auto primer (shame as they have good colour matches)

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>>11225743
>>11224887
I second Vallejo as the best non-funny-solvent option with the one asterisk that their primers are not primers and pretty dogshit because they're literally just the same formula as their paint but labeled differently. I have other paint (Tamiya, Vallejo, AK, Zero Paints, Humbrol Enamel and a few one-offs) but Vallejo is my work horse

>>11225169
>uk.
>something that's not push broom bristles cheap.

Royal & Langnickel if you want cheap
Avoid Daler Rowney, they're mid priced and shit
Winsor & Newton if you want fairly decent but buy in person as the QA is not so good.

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>>11225747
touch that shit up nigga

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>>11225753
no u

>>11225743
Oh shit anon your model is moldy!

>3 replies
seething

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>>11217554
the mold on this kit might be the worst I've ever seen desu. I'm actually really excited to get started on this one. It seems the wings part tree is the worst of the 2, the smaller detail parts on the tree with the fuselage halves isn't actually that bad. sanding and smoothing out flashing is one of my favorite parts of this hobby, its very therapeutic desu.
packaged in US but manufactured in czech republic according to the box

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>>11225804
Bruuuuuuh the only thing I've had in my hands that bad was a Zvezda MiG-3

>>11225749
cheers. I've got like *one* good brush and I don't wanna fuckin ruin it.

>>11225804
was this thing fucking hand poured?
i get 5 dollar recasts from chang that blow this out of the water

>>11225701
keep it up, I think I'm cracking 50 with two more purchases this week. Have a kitchen that's been in work for 8 months, and now I have thoughts of partition walls and 3 new workbenches in the hobby room. But I gotta spend 40hrs a week ass in chair fucking around, pretending to do shit, but still outperforming 90% of my coworkers.

Plasmo girlfriend reveal at 7:00 and 37:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcr3_-jMObc
Discuss

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>>11226155
>fridge reveal

>>11224992
Chinese companies have a bad habit of engineering unnecessary color coding and undergating in these types of kits.
"Why?" you ask. It's because they saw Bandai doing it sometimes for its higher-end plamo, so they figured outdoing the Japanese giant in this regard meant they'd have an extremely high-quality product in their hands.

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>>11225808
>>11226090
yeah its pretty gnarly haha. I'd never heard of LTD before but the instructions specifically say these are small operation limited production models, so I can't say I blame them them for not being perfect.
At first I thought it was lacking in details on the big parts but it turns out theres not actually a bunch of different panels, especially the wings, on these LaGGs like you typically see on other planes.

I'll try my hardest to make it look good but worst case scenario it makes good practice and I can use it as a test mule for painting techniques

https://youtu.be/x7-Pd2nv88k
New Boxman banger dropped! [spoiler]i actually prefer the AI voice[/spoiler]

Got a few questions about primer. How long does it take until it stops smelling? (I've just sprayed it and it has this model glue type smell)
Also if I want something to be pure black is there any necessity to use anything more than just the primer (I'm thinking of some unrelated DIY projects where I'd want to spray-paint something black

>>11226155
Watching videos like this always gives me slight second hand anxiety.
Like I'm sure these people know what they are doing. But I know if I wrecked my apartment like that, I'd be anxious about if I fuck up and wreck it too much to rebuild later

>>11226395
36 hours

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I don't recall seeing one but there must be a gasket thats missing here right? I'm not sure if this is effecting my spray at all yet
its the included brush in the harbor freight avanti airbrush kit.
I might use this as an excuse to get a higher quality one maybe

>>11226861
There should be an o-ring in there

>>11226395
>Also if I want something to be pure black is there any necessity to use anything more than just the primer
you can leave it at primer if you like, yes. people often say not to use actual black or white though, as a final colour

>>11226861
just take the cap off and slap some beeswax or chapstick on the threads or something, if it leaks air from there it will fuck up the spray. The needlecap however doesn't really matter

>>11213979
GUPla?

>>11226420
I'd just deep clean everything, repaint the walls and just use it as it is. Fucking blinking LEDs while you jerk off in the bathtub? nah. probably the annoying girl wants to have it like on instagram.

>>11228365
I mean I get wanting to modernize the look of the place. I've recently moved into a building that was built like 6-8 years ago and it's just super pleasant to be in a space with a modern looking kitchen, nice floors a nice clean bathroom and so on (compared to the built in the 60s-70s apartment I lived in before)
But definitely agree that the LEDs are a bit tacky. If I'd want moody lighting for movie night or whatever, I'd just get one of those color changing lamps.

>>11228365
Nigga it's a 60s commie house. I would not want to live with unspeakable horrors behind the walls. I mean, you saw the electrical installation, did you?
He was right in modernizing everything.
The rest is a matter of taste.

>>11228365
>he doesn't know

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Got bored and decided to take a break from the 1/25 AMT Dump truck I've been working on for like a month. Started on this very old Otaki FW-190 instead. After just half a day of working on it, its already 60% done. Even Japanese kits from almost 50 years ago are top notch. Time to learn how to do mottling and stuff

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>>11228574

Started building my airbrush booth. Got a cheap bathroom ventilator I hooked up to the cord of a broken hair dryer; works like a charm.
Provided I actually have an outlet, will I still need a filter or can I just let it go brrr as it is?

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>>11224411
decided to try do a diorama base for the american pt boats. the wake didn't end up looking like the reference picture at all but making the waves rolling in a bit hollow worked well ith the backend of a brush. maybe i'll add a floatplane on the beach and a jeep un the ridge where the railing is

why does my tamiya flat always get kinda milky and spit out flecks of white crud

>>11228431
>Ohnoes
I have electric installations from the 1940s. Silver coated copper wires with fabric insulation. Just leave it be.
>no, I have to tear the entire floor out!AAAHHHH, I'M IMPROOOOVING!
Yeah, If you got nothing better to do with your time.

>>11229610
stop tantalizing it, you pervert

>>11229633
>he doesn't know

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itsy bitsy

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Good fucking luck

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>>11227975
yes! can't stop gupping

>>11230110
teenie weenie

>>11230149
>buy the cheapest, thinnest toilet paper you can find
>print mini newspapers on it
>?????????
>free decals

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lol

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>>11230598
>the very sight of a himars triggers the ziggers

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>>11230598
u mad ivan?

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>>11230847
Hey I've seen this build at a show
also
>Day 880

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>>11230606
>>11230847
>>11230598
>every pro-zigger build is dogshit
>every pro-cockholenasty build is at least pretty good
Coincidence?

>>11230598
>>11230606
>>11230847
>>11230912
>>11230933
the biggest gains russians did in this war was the real estate in your head, I hope you get rid of those russians permanently squatting your noggin soon

>>11231000
yeah, u mad. wasted trips.

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>heres your new Revell F-35 bro
I don't know why someone at revell thought this would be good to show on display especially when the tamiya was flexing their f-35s only a few meters away

>>11231164
It's hilariously ironic how in an industry where precision and accuracy are paramount, the laughing stock are the Germans.

>>11231164
Is that 1/48? There's a good chance it's 90% as good as Tamiya's, for about a third of the price.

>>11231228
EDIT: Nope, it's not. I'm guessing that's the 1/72 kit.

>>11231164
Good lord, that canopy is an atrocity. At least the RAM tape isn't as pronounced as other companies' attempts but now it's cursed with deep panel lines and gaps. Looks like we're stuck with Academy and Tamiya for the time being.
>tamiya was flexing their f-35s
Unlike Revell's, Tamiya's A doesn't have an open weapons bay, boarding ladder or country-specific parts but quality is still miles better than this monstrosity.

>>11231000
Russians are invading the country they were outsourcing injection mold production to and turning it into rubble, they deserve all the hate they're getting from plastic crack addicts.

>f-35
soulless

Deep cleaned my cheap airbrush in the ultrasonic cleaner with some simple green for the first time and now the trigger for airflow is a bit sticky. What can I do about this?

>>11231790
Grease it

>>11231166
>On April 13, 2018, Revell USA temporarily ceased operations while they reorganized. On April 17, 2018, it was announced that international investment group Quantum Capital Partners (QCP) would be taking over operations of Revell.[23][24] Their US-based tooling was sold to Atlantis Models, based in New York. Currently, Revell USA operates in conjunction with Carrera under the joint name "Carrera-Revell". The company operates out of New Jersey and is regularly releasing new products.

>As of 2023, the majority of Revell products are manufactured in Poland and China.

As always when number must go up, everything else suffers

>>11231164
Looks like a PS2 render with that paintjob

>>11231166
It is. Especially when you consider that injection molding companies exist in Germany in the model train field like Faller, Kibri, Vollmer and others, which were able to produce very detailed and precise 1/87 scale models (trucks and houses e. g.) which are way better in their moulding quality than Revell. Mystery to me why there was no transfer of knowledge and expertise. It seems like those were seperate worlds.

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Started on my 1/48 Arma Hobby Hurricane. Actually quite nice parts, but the god damn seat rests natural assembly position isn't correct (needs to lie back further) for the other parts to fit. Gonna have to cut it off and re-do it

>>11231164
Bruh what the fuck are they smoking, there's so many F-35 kits already in excellent quality and good bang for the buck, why make a shit one?

>>11232119
>It seems like those were seperate worlds.
That's because Revell is not actually a german company, see e.g. >>11231858

>>11231799
with what though? I dont want to throw anything in it that will inevitably fuck up the paint or spray

>>11232211
Revell Germany is a German company. They were independent from Revell USA for decades, develop their own kits and used to make them in Germany and nowadays have the production in Poland. The kit design is done in germany as far as I know.

>>11232211
By these standards basically every model kit company is either Japanese or Chinese retard. Ever heard of supply chains?

>>11232217
Grease around the base of the trigger should not get into the airflow/paint.
Many companies make a product specifically called airbrush lubricant. I am sure there is some cheaper alternative as well though.

is it so unbelievable that something german could be shit

>>11232254
Don't get me started.
>Silit Silargan frying pan
Those are so shit, you can't give them away for free because noone wants them.

>>11231164
The pilot looks like a gummy worm, lmao

>>11232304
>Silit Silargan frying pan
WMF is shit tier stuff for housewives who can't cook though

Any recommended books for beginner modelers for painting and weathering? I'd like to have something more structured and with actual goals instead of just trying blindly and fucking up with no idea of what I'm supposed to do

>>11231858
>implying the problem with Revell is they're not american enough
The Hobbico bankruptcy was one of the better things to happen to Revell, consider it a mercy killing. If you're nostalgic for that era, you deserve to be spit roasted on an open fire.
>majority of Revell products are manufactured in Poland and China
What about it? The best Revells are made in Korea, and for a good 30+ years the Koreans, the Japanese, and the Chinese have been wiping the floor with them. The only thing keeping Western European and American companies alive is import duties on Asian kits.

>>11232254
bro never touched a german car before

>>11231164
This looks like the 3D printed prototype put together, and I certainly hope it is.

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Any tips for painting the spiral on the nose cone of an FW190? I thought there would be a decal for it but there isn't.

>>11232756
you absolutely sure? I've never heard of a fw190 kit missing out the spinner decal, I'd be fuming

>>11232756
>paint white
>mask spiral
>paint black

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>>11232922
I realized there are some white or black rectangles that could possible be used for that purpose but the giant clear side margins and the fact that they're completely straight will make them a complete nightmare to actually get to lay down on the cone. The rest of the decals (especially the eagle down the sides) were already enough of a pain.
I tried several times to paint it on with no success so I just said fuck it and will leave it a solid color

Overrall I'd say its not too bad, this is only my 5th model, and second plane. The clear coat ruined the decals, but oh well

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>>11232995
I need to get some of that flexible masking tape. This regular stuff wasn't working out for the curved shapes I needed

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First time doing any sort of streaking on a plane. Its far from good but I'm getting better with each kit.

>>11232381
I got the AK basic bitch book out of curiosity and a weathering mag for planes
the info there is exactly what you get from links in the OP and yt videos which are free, retard
>captcha: NGM2AK

>>11232998
with enough decal softer you can absolutely lay it down on that cone, worked for me on the /48 Bf109

but my kit was Eduard so I guess everything fit better

>>11233039
this is an almost 50 year old Otaki kit. The actual mold quality was pretty damn good but I struggled with the decals. I'm sure its 80% skill issue and 20% due to the age. I'll try again next time but I figured solid red would look better than trying to do the decal.

Next up I'm knocking out one of the car kits I have. Its a toss up between a 1989 Ford Thunderbird SC Coupe from Revell I just bought this weekend or an EP71 Toyota Starlet from Hasegawa.

>>11233052
how experienced are you with cars?
>not at all
start with Hasegawa
>a bit
start with Revel and keep the Hasegawa as a palette cleanser

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>>11233179
I've started 4 cars and finished 2. My first was a horrific old Lindberg '48 Lincoln that I'm surprised I even finished. The other finished one was an AMT which was better but still bad. I've got an Aoshima RX7 half finished and another AMT dump truck (I've posted some pics in this thread). I'm no stranger to garbage.
I set out all the ones I thought would be fun and just let good ol eeny meeny miney mo work until I landed on the Hasegawa kit anyways. I wish it had an actual engine but should still be a lot of fun to put together.

I also picked up the new (old) Tamiya Renault 5 Turbo which I'm incredibly disappointed also doesn't have an engine. Excluding the Aoshima RX7 all the other car models I have actually have an engine which I love.

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>>11233184
based

also: is that a compressor and tank for ants?

>>11233187
no tank, and I think its probably about average size desu. its the Avanti combo kit from Harbor Freight. I got it new in box off an old boomer on marketplace for quite a steal.

>>11232381
https://annas-archive.org/md5/2bbdf2e4b2fa31c47d55088ae081249c

>>11233184
I love regular car kits.some high end fancy super car? no thank you give me a mitsubishi gallant.

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>>11233516
me too, I've been trying to get my hands on one of these but people want more than I'm willing to pay for whats probably a shit quality kit

>>11233516
>no thank you give me a mitsubishi gallant
the sneering from car modelling boomers whenever Hasegawa or some other Japanese company releases another import shitbox will always be amusing to me

>>11232362
True. But this particular pan is absolutely unusable. Like everything always sticks to it. Thousands of people wrote about it online. Then, instead of reevaluating their product, WMF send shills to attack the customers and basically tell them they're too stupid to use the pan.

>>11234574
Kek that's modern corporate culture for you.
Imagine a world without stock markets.

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Yellow fever had me purchase a Chinaman tank

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Hell yeah Fujimi are finally gonna make a new bactch of my stinky RX-8 I've wanted to make one since I bought it

>>11232381
Find a photo of a subject in a state you'd like to make and then post it, all other advice goes down the drain. Like we can tell you how to chip paint but if you wanna make dirty tanks it's nothing alike.

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>>11234404
I want this but not £100+ badly.

>>11234839
it looks so ass, it's perfect

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>>11234845
it's a classic! at least in the UK. I also want this but it's unobtainable outside of the US.

>>11234858
You might actually convince Bass Pro Shop to work with Revell on reprinting this one

>>11234890
that box is only from 2023.

>>11234905
yeah I've seen this one at both of my local hobby shops, who only stock new stuff, so I'd assume they're still in production and you could probably just order one online

>>11234905
in that case they should rebrand and stock it

>>11234955
hm $55 with shipping from amazon US isn't so bad actually. Maybe for christmas.

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>>11234715
This kit actually comes with link and length tracks, I was expecting vinyl
What it doesn't come with is a way to attach the ball mounts without gluing them, which is weird since the main gun assembly is movable

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>>11235686
And rivets on the other side of the sprue letter plate, how nice

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>>11229482
think i'll ty, toilet paper and glue water effect next time or maybe a less intense contrast for the drybrush. still missing some details but good progress overall.

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>>11235868
The Academy Merkava II had this.

It was the first armor model I ever built.

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Are japanese tanks brush painted or spray gunned?
I want to do the early war manchu racing stripe camo and the hard edge is on the camo is confusing me
>>11236138
That's pretty cool, the kit also comes with a jig to bend the PE exhaust mesh

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Went to a hobby show today.

Didn't finish anything in time so couldn't compete.

Pops brought home the gold in ships category (again). Some slavic man cleaned like half the categories alone.

>>11236692
What is the camo pattern supposed to look like?

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>>11236692
This Type-3 looks sprayed.

They probably spray-gunned if it was factory or depot applied, brushed/rolled if it was field applied.

I guess for basically a "what if" tank that never really entered service, both could be believable. Factory-applied if your hypothetical alt-history Japan is doing good, field applied, maybe on top of factory red primer if your 1946 Japan is only shitting out last-ditch tanks.

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>>11236961
like this one
>>11236967
I wasn't expecting the armor cut on the late war japanese tanks to be smooth and the pickaxe to interfere with the turret
Thought this was just an error on IBG's part, but they came like this

>>11236993
Wouldn't be surprised if it's some nonsense like there's a separate IJA infantry/pioneer pickaxe, and tanker pickaxe that they had a shortage of, so they just delivered the wrong pickaxe to armor troops.

>>11236883
post things

>>11237069
Honestly it's end of the season, most builds were kinda mid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEslFbK_I4s
Mr Tamiya's 90th birthday.

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These were an absolute nightmare to get on, but if you squint your eyes REALLY hard they look pretty ok though. Even with several gallons of micro sol I couldn't get the decals to sit flat because of the clear margins on the edge. I especially struggled with getting it over the window crank.
I fucked up the seat decals too, in different ways. I also didn't learn from my mistakes on the FW190 and put a layer of clear coat on the seats before the decals had fully set or whatever, so they got ruined again

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>>11237542
Besides the door card decal application being shit, I'm actually otherwise pretty happy with the interior tub. I quite like that the sides are separate pieces.
I used black embossing powder for the carpet. There's still some detail I need to add to the steering wheel then it'll be done.

>>11237542
ngl, I would probably just paint that with the aid of a masking tape
the blue has a nice cheapo faux-leather look to it, though

>>11237567
yeah I was definitely thinking to myself "why the hell didnt I just paint this it would have taken like 15 minutes" the entire time but I'm a masochist and carried on with the decals

>>11237463
I don't speak anime, but Japanese newscasters always sound like they're speaking the Japanese equivalent "transatlantic" English.

I want to try my hand at airplanes.
Now I have chosen a Spitfire because it's the basic bitch airplane to start with.
Now I have realized that I don't know how people manage to get that sharp border between the bright bottom and dark upper side. Talking about airbrushing - is there a trick to it or do I really have to mask along the edges of the wings?

>>11237701
You have to mask. Except if you are extremely adept at airbrushing and are able to spray an even, tight and thin line freehand with your airbrush. But you aren't. As are most people. So, masking it is.

>>11237786
Well fuck

>>11237798
Can't even mask a straight line?

>>11237801
Of course I can, but I really fucking hate masking.
Don't you?

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>>11237802
No.

>>11237701
How sharp do you need the border? I rarely bother masking, just spray the top and bottom different colors.

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>>11237701
underside colour first and just spray the top colour at a close to 90 ish degree to use the natural masking effect of the leading edge, it just werks

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Any idea how to rough up thick styrene mudguards without actually wrecking them?

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