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First attempt at anything scale model related. Always wanted to get into it. Tamiya kit, tamiya paints, all brush except primer. I feel like I went too hard on the dry brushing for the weathered metal effect. Loved using the black panel liner and seeing the capillary effect take place. Doing the figures tomorrow after touching up the overpaint on these.
>>11277239still looks bright and patchy to me. is this supposed to be gloss sea blue?
>>11277637that's some really dark wood, anonI'm curious which tamiya paints you chose because Iya Tom-san doesn't recommend you brush paint with their acrylics
Could you use a hobby airbrush compressor to fill a car tire? I know a regular hardware air compressor can easily manage an airbrush but those tend be large and very noisy so i'm hoping to go the other way and knock out 2 jobs with 1 piece of gear
>>11277697it will take you a week or so but sure, why not
>>11277680Its Red Brown, same color the kits indicated for the wooden stock. I didn't like how bright they were so I gave it a layer of black panel liner. It really was a pain in the ass with the pain drying up real fast even in my paint dish.
>>11277737i recommend to you using water-based acrylics for brush painting figs and suchif you plan on using the paints you have now on your figs it will 1) be painful as fuck 2) ruin your brushes 3) not look good, at all
>>11277697The chink special hobby compressor everyone gets is 1/5HP and a compressor you buy at a hardware store/auto parts store is going to be 2+ HP
>>11277755Interesting. I will look into that. Thanks Anon.
>>11277755Bought a ton of Vallejos at my local shop. I think I'll be happier with these. Saw a bunch of vallejo painted minifigs there too.
>>11277697I doubt the AS-186 can fill a wheelbarrow tyre let alone a car one
Newfag here. I just started collecting figma and 1/12 scale figures.What are some 1/12 scale kits that would be fun to assemble for them?Vehicles preferred but anything else is okay as long as it is 1/12.Also, not too expensive.
>>11277632Just about any non obscure bike you can think of probably has a kit from fujimi, aoshima or tamiya
>>11277632Are Woodkrafter model ship kits welcome?
>>11278413That's a before, here's the end result...
>>11278413>>11278414all models are welcomeyou just end at assembly or you gonna paint it and add rigging?
>>11278481I've already painted the outside of the hull a matte black, as a simple tar coat is accurate to the time and place (a New England trading vessel circa 1790 to 1830). Then I used some white paint and added small painted-on false cannon ports, a common trick used by Yankee Traders to make their vessels seem more imposing and frighten off pirates (in reality, there would be one or two one-pound swivels at most for signaling purposes and a handful of muskets and tools/blades for the crew if things got bad). As for rigging and sail, I'm going to add some torn string and intentionally tattered cloth to make it look like the ship has run aground on a reef following a storm. This is part of a larger diorama that will also include a "from scratch" Malay pirate junk that I'll share either in customs or on /diy/. So, it's not a 100% end result, but that is the main result for painting and the base job. I'm also adding a 15-star American flag and 10 to 15mm generic pirates or tar sailors to stand in as the crew. Stay tuned.
>>11278319figmaballs lmao
>>11278413please clean
>>11278319scalemates dotcom and use the search function
>last chance to get order from hobby shop>car battery drained due to cold very cool
I am getting better at airbrushing, but now I have noticed something weird: Single, large grains on the surface.Color is Tamiya, thinned at 1:2 paint:thinner, plus a drop of retarder, at 20 psi.Coat is super thin, not comparable to what I am used from brush painting, but these spots are weird. Could that be some kind of dried paint residue in the airbrush that got carried out? I swear I always clean this thing like a benchrester cleans his barrel. Googling didn't help.
>>11278628Could be dust in your painting area
>>11278628There's dust in the air that gets blown on your model. It is very hard to avoid that.
>>11278601have you tried not being poor?
>>11278628wash yo benis, clean yo room
>>11278628do you get a lot of flooding? 1:2 paint:thinner at 20psi seems very high.
>>11278565Thank you.
>>11278638>>11278651Well shit, seems like I have to double-check in the future.>>11278660The royal penis is clean, your highness>>11278752Didn't notice any. From what I could gather, Tamiya colors need to be diluted a lot, and Plasmo said that the first coat should be very thin and transparent, so I heeded that advice.
Roastie got me an upgrade of a compressor for Christmas, it's much quieter with the tank. The vibrations are not nearly as strong with that extra weight
>>11278824>foam under the compressorgood idea. but dont be mean to your gf.
>>11278828*tips fedora*
Any tips for doing this squiggly camo on my BF-110? I'm absolutely practicing on a scrap piece of paper or something first, but I'm clueless as far as ballpark PSI or thinning ratio goes
>>11278832It's really hard to say anything but "experiment" but you want a very thin mix and low pressure so the paint doesn't dry on the way to the plane but also thin enough that you can get a very small amount out
>>11278832could you just use a pen
>>11278836I wanted to get some of those nice ak acrylic paint markers but it seems like nobody local has them and the full 34 piece set is out of stock everywhere for some reason.
They didn't have any of the AK pens but they had these Bandai Gundam pens so I figured why not.It doesn't look terrible but it doesn't look that great either. I was hoping it would be a bit darker but this was the only shade of gray they had that wasn't a super fine point. Thankfully I'm not terribly invested in this kit since the rest of it was kind of crap too. Hopefully my 1:48 scale BF-110 from Revell turns out better, whenever I get to that one
>>11278919Just do a second pass bro
>>11278939I did, I was worried at first I wouldnt be able to accurately follow the lines again because my hands are so shakey but it wasn't actually that hardI'd say its looking pretty good so far. I could have it pretty much done tonight but I'm waiting on a canopy mask which isn't likely to get here until tomorrow at least.
>>11278832For this type of camo and the kind more like spots, you can basecoat with the camo colour and then mask it with masking putty worms or blobs. When you spray the light colour over it and peel the putty off you will get the same result. This is particularly useful if it has soft edges and you don't trust your dexterity with an airbrush or if you can't get it to spray fine lines.Also, for larger camo patterns where you want a precision soft edge you can mask using file folder cardboard cut to pattern. Roll up masking tape or poster tack blobs to conform it to the surface keeping the edge slightly raised. The height of the cardboard will dictate the softness of the overspray. That's an old boomer trick for complex curves I got out of an ancient Scale Modeler mag but it works. Both useful even if all you have is a craptastic .5 chinesium AB.
>>11279089That's obvious now that I actually think about it. Now I might just have to try making a camo like that because I've always held off on it for being a bit too difficult.>>11279075I'd say this looks very solid though, especially given these camos were completely random irl and trying to match one 1:1 is insane
were the luftwaffe just trying to fuck over scale modellers
>>11279366yes in fact göring was such a hardcore scale modeler he deliberately did all this just so only he could have accurate modelssource: mein kampf
>>11279366No, but the modern arms industry is.
>>11279414These are quite easily replicated with decals though. The swirl camo would require nightmare size decals or nightmare levels of decal alignment
>>11279414just freehand it, bro, like the lozenge camo
>>11279414it's ok, modern stuff is soulless anyway
>>11279075Hey, that doesn't look half bad. Good technique to remember.
How's my new years haul boys? The 1:400 typhoon has missile bays that open
And also, a 1:48 b1b bomber. Look st this beauty. The box was half the size of my body
>>11279608>>11279611anon, please consult with a professional, for your sake and ours
>>11279611>>11279608If you're that dude with the Corsair and the Yak, deeply and sincerely fuck you and get a different hobby
Unboxed this '91 issue ARII Ki-43 and the decals are pretty yellow. Whats the best place to get new decal sets? I know you can look on scalemates to see ones that exist, but where do you actually BUY them? I've got an 80s airfix mk1 hurricane kitneeding decals too.
>>11279635You've got to surf eBay or go for some actual manufacturers of decals to see if they make a replacement or better set. My go-to-method is going to Super-Hobby and finding the model I have (or its reboxed versions) and scrolling down to see the related articles. They've really done their job well in indexing everything to be interdependent. It might not be they have them in stock, but they definitely have the name of a manufacturer you can find it from.
>>11279632Why should he do that?
Hello /smg/, I used to love scale models but haven't done them in many years. Is there a site that has a directory of different models from different companies that I could go on and find, for example, specific ships or planes and see which company makes them, year released, etc? Thank you
>>11279644keeps buying the worst ancient kits known to man, builds them all in one go spending no time getting better at assembling them, then shits up the thread complaining about not getting the results he wanted, rinse and repeat
>>11279648first link in op
>>11279650I thought you were mad at him for only building shit kits. But if rest is true then fuck that guy.Speaking of shit kits, I havent gotten forward with my RA Heavy Tank, Im afraid to look for references that show the correct installation of the T-80U turret ERA skirts because i bet the kit parts look nothing like its supposed to be.
>>11279655No on the other hand i'd be very impressed if he kept getting great results with shit kits, but instead he built about 8 of them and learned nothing except "more paint coats makes paint darker"
>>11279651Thanks anon, I can't find a good Type VII u-boat interior model, does anyone here know of one
>>11279668if scalemates doesn't show it, it doesn't exist
>>11279709is that why I cant find any scale models of my will to live on there
I botched a ridiculously simple kit... God I am really not going to make it...The Blenheim is done by the way, if anyone is interested, I will share it as well.
>>11279785its not botched its practiceyou're not the yak guy so you'll get better
>>11279788Thank you, but this is my 80th kit, though I did take a break at one point...Unrelated, but should I bid on an auction for more of these 144th aircraft kits? I already have a stash of about 20 kits.
>>11279791professional athletes still practice and train everyday
>>11279791whats botched about it?
>>11279795Look at the gap by the canopy. It is better than it was before, but it could be better. I am kind of embarrassed to say it, but the kit came pre-painted. I did pick out some details, however. No weathering, as it is an SAR type and those generally are kept fairly clean from what I have seen. The kit is by F-Toys, by the way. I was looking at maybe getting some more of their aircraft kits as someone in Leafland is auctioning them on EvilBay at a reasonable starting price.>>11279793That is a good point. The best athletes are those who practice the most, the longest. The more time I spend building, the more things that I will learn, by that logic. I will start my next kit tomorrow, then.
somehow broke the mac valve on my new airbrush :(I dont know what I did but screwing it in or out changes nothing. I never really used it so its not that big of a deal I guess but maybe I could have
>>11279815nevermind I guess I somehow managed to screw it out so far it wasnt doing its job, so just pushing it in while screwing made it seat properly and it works again
>>11279736typically scale models are smaller than the original thing, anon
You should not drink and mask.
I don't quite see what's the problem with shitkit anon. He's either an elaborate troll, and that kind of effort in and by itself is kinda commendable, or he's a genuine idiot - and let's not act like we, dwellers on an icelandic fingernail ship building forum, are any better - which means we can treat him as our very own lolcow. At least he's not being a cunt about it and more importantly, he's actually posting models. Would be worse if he was talking back with an attitude.
BF-110 is coming along. I'll give the decals some time to cure or dry or whatever they need to do before I throw on another gloss coat, then its getting slathered in oil and shitIt started out pretty rough actually putting the thing together but this kit is actually shaping up pretty nicely
>>11279635Just cut out the circles, you can do everything else with masking tape and paint
>>11279635Try the old window trick. It will be cheaper than buying new decals, just take your decals to a window that gets plenty of sunlight, then wait for the sun to bleach the decals.
>>11280300I had my airfix kit's decals up in the window for a month or so and it didn't seem like it was getting any better.
>>11279611Nice. I heard these kits have some fitment issues but they're workable. I just watched the 2hr build video on a B1 on it. I'm sure it's easily searchable. Looked super cool. Enjoy.
I wish I started scale modeling years ago. This is great fun. Thank you >>11277755 for the recommendation.
>>11280302Hmm, which way did the window face. In my experience an East window is best, since I have a first to the West of me, but, in general, North or South windows are not so great. Additionally, it could depend on who made the decals. For example, I have found that Scale-Master decals that were usually included in "USAirfix" and Minicraft Hasegawa kits tend to not yellow or when they do, they are really fixed by them in the window.How old is this Airfix kit?
>>11280319By the way, a lot of older Japanese kits tend to have low quality decals. At least that is what I have noticed from Otaki, Nichimo and Imai kits, it could be the same with the Arii kit.
You lied to me! Why are these two tiny things ten different parts?? You told me military kits had tiny parts bc they add details but the dumb ass wheel caps didn't add shit. It's just greeble and tears! The wheels don't even rotate so why do they need caps???
>>11279632Uh no. You keep spreading these lies about me for some reason but I'm slowing down my builds to one at a time taking peoples advice. You need to take a chill pill and stop getting worked up about someone else's effort. Unless you're spazzing out for shits and giggles, in that case all in good fun. Happy new years anon
>>11279648Lemonparty.org
Matte coat and wash left. Face looks horrible lmfao. Need more practice.
>>11277632taking a break from dioramas to work on this 1/700 flyhawk hms campbeltown. great detail but rather soft plastic. instructions are ok. really liking the size of these ww2 destroyers. the small aux will maybe be used for the seaplane dock dio.question: i see people do hull streaks by applying a wash and then streak with a qtip. will this work with a normal citadel acrylic wash or do i need a special "mr hobby hms campbeltwon hull streaking wash for use with qtips" thing?
>>11280468those acrylic washes are good only for applying the wash normally. if you want to streak or remove it you want thinned oils or enamels, which can be AK interactive autumn eastern front starship sludge wash, or it can just be normal paint.
>>11280307glad you're enjoying iti highly recommend you check out a guide on how to assembly, pose and paint figs in that scale before you paint your next batch (going YOLO on your first one is a must because you learn more that way)
>>11280468>buy plastic model kit>look inside>it's 99% PE
>>11279608>Lindberg T-80>Revell typhoonThe ship is maybe acceptable and the Amodel Kamov is probably too hard for you anon.
>>11280464faces always do. dont forget to scrape your mold lines next time too.
>>11280524Dont worry, it'll probably be in a far future when I attempt the harder kits after experience. Are the t80 and typhoon difficult too?
>>11280638No, a submarine is usually the easiest thing after a Zeppelin. The T-80 is probably a simple build, too. Both of these models are just very inaccurate and at best similar in shape only. One can see what it is supposed to be, but don't be surprised when you are disappointed comparing them to real life pictures of these subjects.
FinishedDora Wings 1/72 Bf109A
>>11280763
>>11280764With a Special Hobby 109E1 I made earlier
>>11280763>>11280765>>11280764>>11280763Absolutely exquisite work anon. Isn't it missing an antenna though? Minor detail but would really bring it together
>>11280782Thanks. The A didn't have an antenna
>>11280786Huh didn't know that. Guess I need to refresh my early 109 knowledge. Either way beautiful result and smooth finish
>>11279648>>11280443 as well as goatse.cx
>>11279635I actually prefer the ivory, yellowed look on my models. Bright white often looks too harsh I think. The off white makes it look more weathered IMO.
>>11280724Oh okay. Well they might just become alt history abominations then, although it'll be fun to color the typhoon in a yuktabonian theme
>>11279635>buy 1980s kit with 1980's decals>suffer
>>11281351Yeah, Lindberg. If you took any layman and make them watch a youtube documentary about a particular tank or plane and the next day you ask them to draw a sketch of that vehicle from memory, that is what a Lindberg model looks like.
>>11281680Wait until I show him what a Plastkart kit looks like...
>>11281690Well, the late 80s plasticart kits were pretty decent and had reached a good level of detail. Comparable to Heller in the late 70s. Like the Junkers F-13. The guy who designed these kits later went to Revell and designed some of their better kits among them the Fw 200 and Ju 290.
>>11280339Assembled! I wonder if I should finish it. Painting looks easy enough. Any tips on weathering for a gunpla baby?
>>11281859>gunplababbyDon't you guys have weathering markers?
He's fuckin done it again ladshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMp3EPXH_XE
>>11281898Don't have them, too fancy. I use dry brushing. Should I just do that and learn to do washes?
>>11281669my last 80s okaki kit's decals were fine
>>11281911are you aware that you have to prime and paint the model before drybrushing for it to actually stick well to the model?I don't want to make this general feel like a cesspool of disgruntled grogs who are hostile to newcomers (even though I find the yakfag extremely annoying), but you have a plethora of tutorials in the OP that you probably should at least skim before asking for more details directly
went full retard, ruined my paint completely (I dont even know why this happened)repainting is no big deal, but I dont have any spare decals because those got spilled on and thrown away, and I can't find them again even after digging through my trashthe digits and side markings are fucked but I was thinking maybe I could make some stencils of the insignias? No idea how thoughThis is is really disappointing because it was looking great and I was almost done with it. This will be the 3rd model in a row I fucked up and didn't finish and I'm starting to get discouraged
>>11281990I put on the dark wash, and then managed to completely forget about it until the next day. Then, the acrylic paint had dried completely and I was struggling to get it to rub off with water. I had the bright idea of soaking the thing in warm water, and figured the paint underneath would be fine because its all lacquer paint, and had a heavy clear coat on top of everything including the decals.Clearly I was wrong...also the gear legs broke off which is annoying but not the end of the world
>>11281859this kit will give an army men tank a run for its money
>>11281990Have you considered buying aftermarket decals?>>11281995You are better off gluing the gear legs only after you finish painting
>>11282000I was thinking about buying aftermarket yes, but I'm a stingy cunt and most of them are $20+ before shipping, which is more than I paid for the kit. I don't even particularly care if they're historically accurate either. Hopefully I can find the decals for the other paint schemes somewhere in my trash. I dont actually know if they're totally ruined, I only spilled water on them but the glue is probably gone.
>>11281990>This will be the 3rd model in a row I fucked up and didn't finishjust finish them faggot
>>11282002yeah I shouldthe first one was a monogram f16 with shitty decals that got ruined when I tried to use micro solthe second was that ford probe I melted and warped the body onand the third is this bf 110its really only the probe that is unsalvageable
>>11281990>>11281995just make it into a wreck diorama
>>11282085>>11281990slap on some magic bottle grime and put it diagonal in a tree and youve got an award winning diorama with realistic sun bleach weathering
re-re sprayed the bumpers and managed to not flood the area this time. did the other small bits now all thats left to do really is final detail. Pretty sure I've orange peeled the fuck out of the gloss coat but w/e.
>>11282809just like a turd, you can polish the orange peel
>>11282810true, I have a polishing kit but I am not doing it on this fucking thing. I just want it done.
>>11281995Looks like white wash winter camo. Did you use an acrylic wash? Why do people keep falling for this Spanish scam? Just get some tubes of oil paint, doesn't have to be something fancy. That you can still get off after days if you don't like it.
Working on a 72 scale Eduard MiG-15 and it gave me the perfect excuse to test the plasticard filling method for gaps. So god damn easy. Please do this instead of big gops of putty literally so much easier
>>11283064nice cock, pit
>>11283064no, I will continue fucking about with putty
Idk what this is but i want it. Some do335 two seater conversion
So I thought I'd go through my project diaries. I did three models in 2022, five models in 2023 and 21 models last year. I think I'm getting into the swing of things.
>>11283367I envy your amounts of spare time
>>11282836it was testors fx wash, not vallejo or anythingI think if I just kept picking at with cotton swabs it would have been fine. I have some oil paints I've never really used except for one basic streaking attempt, I'll just do that from now on probably
>>11283064>Working on a 72 scale Eduard MiG-15Just did one, surprisingly poor fit for eduard but came out okay in the wash. Needs plenty of noseweight FYI
>>11283542managed to snap the aerial support off as well doh
>>11283064For me, it's styrene sludge.
>>11283547>>11283542Very nice result, that's a good livery. I'm not really sure what mine will look like yet, I don't do a lot of bare metal finishes so might be time for one.And yeah I was not expecting it to go together poorly but oh well. At least the PE set is absolutely exquisite. Managed to get some fishing lead on the top of the nose and filled the bottom of the nose with steel mixer balls so I hope that will do, otherwise I'll find a way
>>11283113Do 335 in 1/48 from Revell (ex-Monogram). the kit lets you build either a single seater or the version in your pic. It's a typical Monogram kit, with some interior detail, some figures and the like.Needs some filling and sanding though.
I am building a Revell 1/32 Huey and I am actually surprised that the fit is half decent... I was expecting old-ish ICM levels of bad fit (apparently their new kits are supposed to be decent, but I have yet to see that).Pictures coming soon.
>Revell
That t90 is a nightmare to build. Anyways, onward to the red alert 2 grizzly.
Almost done with filling and sanding. The wing roots STILL needed some love, but I leave the rest like that, incl. the badly rescribed panel lines. I am still learning, so please bear with me.
>>11284141Yeah, that was my thought exactly, but so far, things have fit well. I am not going to bother rescribing details, but I might add some minor additions.
Any tips on painting a car body with an airbrush and getting a consistent finish? Or does it even really matter if I'm still putting gloss clear coat on top?
>>11284243looks alright in the pic, although there's no focus on the wing root
>>11284439you should aim to achieve a "wet coat", consider adding some more retarder than usual to help the paint level out on its owncar bodies don't really have much detail to begin with so you're free to just drown that shit with paint
>>11281995Wreck diorama with advancing reds Spring 1943 you're welcome.
>>11284141New Revell stuff isn't absolute garbage but they don't make it easy to work out if you're buying a 2024 mold or a 1975 mold
>>11284528praise scalemates
>>11284462not that anon but I have so much difficulty with dust when trying to paint my shit. Im gonna try and do a few coats of paint then sand it back ever so slightly to knock out all the dust. What grit should I go for?
Well fuck>hobby shop stopped importing my favorite disposable €15 airbrushes>postal services lost the 3 airbrushes I got from aliexpress
>>11284874why are you buying disposable airbrushes
>>11284936I am too lazy to clean them
>>11284939nigga what the fuck it takes like 10 seconds between colours.
>>11284936Disposable is a misnomer, they are cheap and I'm not mad when a nozzle/needle/trigger breaks, I do clean them
please tell me these are actually the same colour and it's just a bad placeholder image because ??
>>11284459Yeah the camera does what it wants.Anyway, put something on it to see if it works. Turns out, it doesn't.So I opened new, straight and narrower line with a razor saw, because wings were attached there anyway. However, that gap is still pretty wide (and I have no idea how to make a finer libe here) and it has pretty rough edges. I already pulled a piece of sanding paper through, and that helped, but it's still pretty deep and ugly. Can that buff out during painting or do I have to do something now?
>>11284846Start at 400/800 then work your way up to like 10000 and/or polish if you want it really shiny
I never heard of this company before and scalemates doesn't have much info. Is this a good buy at $8?
>>11285651seems like they're reboxed Academy kits. Its probably fine and for $8 I couldn't personally care less because thats basically nothing.
>>11285215Fill it with ca glue, then wipe with a cotton bud dipped in ca debonder. It will leave a line but nicer.
>>11283523Eh, not really. I've got a really good rhythm down when it comes to 1/72 aircraft
>>11284846http://italianhorses.net/Tutorials/PerfectPaint/paint.htm
>>11285876bookmarked, thanks. While the little blue mazda is finishing I broke out the 1/48 Ta-152 kit I haven't worked on since like 2021. Bought some mission models paints for it back then and only now getting around to trying them out. The reccomended 20% thinner really isn't enough. I was getting a lot of tip try and inconsistent spraying. The paint went down really smooth in spite of that though. Gonna keep using them with a lot more thinner to see how they do.
Getting the MiG ready for its metal finish. My plasticard repair job of the gap in the center isn't as perfect as I'd hoped but there's a first time for everything
I should change my hobby knife blades more often than once a year, last one was all bent up already. Im pretty sure I ordered some but i cant find them anywhere, should get a big value pack or something.Superglued the armor on its place, I need to build some support structures under it so it keeps its shape, also the snorkel equipment needs some more puttying and additional details.
>>11285908get OLFA blades, the superioru nippon steeru, they're absolutely the best I've ever used (and they're recommended by the Canadian workshop gorilla, AvE)the tank's lookin good, building and bashing is always my favorite step
>>11280765Those antenna attachment points you got on the E1 there, are they some photoetch set or something you could link? I haven't built a special hobby kit so I don't know if they're in the pack but I'm looking for them without luck
>>11286068Thanks for the tip on OLFA, I do remember that fucking LEAF mentioning them i had no idea they did hobby knife blades too. Now I just got to find a good deal on that pack of 100 blades.And yeah, bashing is fun, but then you put on that first coat of Mr. Surfacer and notice all the sloppy workmanship, Still thinking I probably need to make new gun barrels because the ones i put together stay together with only some good will from holy spirit and are a bit bent.
>>11286101>Kongo MüllerAre you german or how did you come across this?
>>11286453I just like to browse /k/, thats all.What a hilarious guy.
>>11286478>What a hilarious guy.Not hilarious, just a fighter for freedom and the west in Africa. You know, liberté, fraternité and so on.
>>11286491Yeah, I agree.The guy had such a interesting life.
finished my zhalo. Weathered about the same as the 223, and a little less than little willie
went pretty hard on the contrast. I kinda like it.also, fuck this 15min wait and even gayer captcha
last shitpost, but if we're still gonna do an interwar campaign I got this badboy going thru some test printing right now.
here's the bridge of my T2 Tanker in progress. Trying to make boxman proud with these railings, went through a lot of work to remove the original Revell solid crap but putting them on is fun.
Good to finally finish one without any major mishaps. Started this one friday night. Went together nicely. The interior is pretty sparse and not a full tub, but I think these were old RC bodies or something? Either way I don't really care since you can barely see inside it anyways
I want the Very Fire deluxe yamato but I don't have the space to display itPretty sure the deluxe box is worth it over the advanced one
Got a new chinky airbrush, stote catalog said 0.2mm nozzle, store clerk wanted to verify but couldn't I'm happy with the airbrush, zero overspray can make very thin lines and I can finally finish the cheeto I got last year
>>11286656>yamatomeme ship
>>11286077You mean the insulators? They are blobs of PVA glue, dabbed on with a toothpick and painted once they dried.
>>11286983>>11286077>chad household items kitbasher vs>retail-only kits and parts virgin
>>11286983>>11286992Ah I didn't open the picture enough to see that, I'm going fucking blind. It looked like a sort of PE bent part to me
>spent several hours trying and failing to fill in the gaps where the sparrows would be placed in the f-14 only to find out they're present on the real aircraft>already spent hours painting the insidesFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK
hopefully the last vintage shitkit in my stash. The included decals are trash and yellow, but I have some leftover decals from an fw190 so I think I'm gonna make it a captured plane for shits and giggles.after that I've got some more modern releases revell kits to knock out, and then should be smooth sailing with the rest all being japanese made
Fuck it. Done™ A thoroughly unenjoyable kit marred by errors compounded by my lack of skill. There was a windscreen wiper except I snapped it trying it fit it. Why? Because the fucking post on the part is a circle, but the guide hole is a fucking half circle.I also have no idea how I never realised until the moment after I finished it that I put the rear axel on upside down so the rear wheels sit up way too high. How did I not notice. It's always fucking something. Really need a good kit as a palette cleanser next.
>>11287773Nobody will notice from afar.Although, did you cut the frame behind the cabin by hand or is that flash?
