Bulbous canopies editionprevious thread: >>11604871This thread is for the discussion of scale plastic (and resin, PE, wood, etc) models kit-Post photos of your builds in progress and your finished builds-Have your builds critiqued or critique others-Discuss tips and techniques-Ask for advice or give advice to othersAlways remember: No scale is ideal, except for 1/25.Some helpful guides to get started:https://www.scalemates.com/http://www.mediafire.com/view/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa/Airfix%20Model%20World%20Specia%20%28Scale%20Modelling%20Step-By-Step%29.pdfhttp://www.scalemodelguide.com/http://www.modelersite.com/en/area/98/scale-models-techniqueshttp://fichtenfoo.net/blog/model-tutorials-and-in-progshttp://ipmsstockholm.org/https://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/http://www.primeportal.net/home.htmhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/156268995@N04/albumsPlus there are tons of people on YouTube with pretty good videos on techniques etc.Some sites to purchase models, extras, and supplies(largely outdated):>ebayhttps://www.dersockelshop.de/ (GER)https://www.scalehobbyist.com/index.php (US)https://www.alfahobby.se/ (SWE)http://spruebrothers.com/ (US)https://freetimehobbies.com/ (US)http://www.hobbyeasy.com/ (HK)http://www.luckymodel.com/ (HK)http://www.hlj.com/ (JP)https://www.modellbau-koenig.de/en (GER)http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/m/ (JP)https://www.hannants.co.uk/ (UK)https://www.jadarhobby.pl/index.php?language=en (PL)https://www.bnamodelworld.com/ (AUS)http://volksusastore.com/webstores/scale/ (US) (Carry Mr. Color and GaiaNotes paint)https://www.emodels.co.uk/ (UK)https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/https://www.super-hobby.com (EU/UK/RU/US/PL)https://plastmodel.pl/ (PL/EU)https://agtom.eu/en/(PL/EU)https://exito.site/en_GB/index(PL/EU)https://m-zone.pl (PL only)
>>116304621st for the most recent 1/25 scale build you did
>>11630462nice bulge
>>11630462Thanks for coming through. I wasn't in time to make a thread. I had a late meeting that just finished.
Whats the longest you've gone from starting and finishing a model? I just picked one up after 4 years and it was basically 95% done when I stopped.
>>11630726I started this in November of last year, got bored of it, put it back in the box and haven't touched it since
>>116307266 years. But I have several more from that time that are still waiting, so...
>>11630726I have shit from like 2012 still.
>>11630726I have a conqueror ready for priming since big liz died I have changed 3 jobs since
>>11630741The engine is nice but I can see why you did>>11630945>>11630953>>11630988cmon lads crack those models out. The petrol tank and a couple of decals is all I needed to do for this 4 year one. I can't remember why I even put it down. I think I got annoyed with not knowing how best to paint it? Or something to do with painting white over grey primer. The white portion even came out too thick but whatever. A decal will hide the minimal tape bleed.
>>11630994>cmon lads crack those models out.Most of these are sitting because the dioramas I had planned got cancelled for different reasons or I let my gf build something, but she doesn't like the painting, so that was left to me which I have not gotten to.
>unironically hating 70's Seiko
>>11630994No, I have better things to do like buying kits, starting them and leaving them in my stash for years
on the shelf of shame for years
>>11631004i keep seeing this pic, but i dont get it. who is this?
>>11631197trumpeter has these weird images on the corners of their flimsily glued boxes for 1/72 ground vehicles
>>11631197John Trumpeter
do you guys like metal tracks for your tanks or do you prefer to have your dick flattened instead
>>11631197Peter Trum. He thinks it's funny for you to build an 1600 piece abomination only for it to have real life inaccuracies.
>>11631178>1/32 revell
>>11631178The model or that disgusting coffee cup?
>>11631460is that bad
>>11631291I hope the guy in charge of the tracks at tr*mpeter has a liveleaks tier industrial accident death
>>11631460yep, its gonna be an airbrush fest
>>11631628you shut your whore mouth or this most beloved coffe mug enters your rear. crosswise.
>>11631784its actually one of the best kits in fuselage geometry. details may be a bit less elaborate for todays standards, but no mad riveter was busy here and no raised panel lines, looking at you, trumpeter/tamiya rice niggers.it has about as many parts as a 1/72, lol
>>11631820Preach. I still have flashbacks to the MT-LB tracks. The 3D printed ones weren't much better, but still an improvement.
Man, I'm having a family lighter anon moment, I lost my fucking multi tool with small pliers and now I don't have an appropriate tool to chew up the rubber screens
>bought 3 more models than my gf knows aboutShe just doesn't get it! Yes I have models I could build right now. But Ican't pass up a good deal on a model I'd like to build in the future. They might not be available in the future either.
I don't wanna keep polishing this turd but the contest is a month from now and I have nothing else anywhere close to being ready >decals uncooperative >nose gear won't stay on the ground >lots of patch jobs because awkward design = awkward maskingI hope the torpedoes don't fall off next
Finished the Tamiya 1/12 Suzuki GSX1100s. Wasn't quite the level of quality I've come to expect from Tamiya but it IS a pretty old kit so I can't bitch too much. Nothing major, just a little bit of flash and I had to do quite a bit of putty work on the body panels to hide the seams.Fun kit, I'd definitely like to do some more bikes in the future
>>11632175the blue seat and rear panel are a weird choice but consistent with the 2 I was using for reference that were for sale on Bring a Trailer.
>>11632176also its the pretty much the perfect scale for my Bandai 30 Minutes Fantasy knight to ride so thats fun
chipping a north africa matilda 2, is just using the desert yellow and dark grey good or did british tanks have a distinct primer colour?
>>11631829Awesome. Thanks for the laugh anon. Enjoy your beloved coffee mug.
>New airfix BF109 in 1/24 scale is warped to hellhttps://youtu.be/QdmvNtfXIKY?si=cf4SWJZGhguZBWDZ&t=3383At this point why does airfix even bother out sourcing to india when their kits cost as much as tamiya while having quality control on par with revell.
>>11632543>At this point why does airfix even bother out sourcing to india when their kits cost as much as tamiya while having quality control on par with revell.Just plain old greed. Remember, Airfix is merely a Hornby brand, not an actual company. And Hornby is public.
>>11632543I enjoy this boomer channel
>>11632558Public companies and their consequences have been a disaster for the human race.
>>11632543seems like a problem of design instead of indians, a more competent designer would've already known which parts tend to warp
I thought border models were legit but I was translating some chinese comments on youtube and apparently they all hate the company and think the boss hires hitmen to shut down critics?
>>11632769Borders CEO went on an unhinged rant on facebook a couple years ago over takom and ryefield models apparently stealing their mold designs. So I wouldn't be too surprised if hes even worse on weibo or other chinese sites kek.
>>11632769ngl i've heard some funny things about trumpeter on the chinese side of the internet, now i want to look into borders drama
>>11630994
>>11632543The 1/24 Spitfire was made domestically (their only domestic production model). I assumed the BF109 might be but apparently not.
>>11632543>britbongs refuse to care about anything News at 10
>>11632856what are you implying
What happened to twitterbro? is he safe?
Laquer paints are neat, but I wish to live longer than Jesus
>>11633335Are you huffing it?
>>11633341You don't?
>>11633335Became 37 today, might as well wash brushes after painting lacquer in my drinky-cup.
i transheart slavshit>>11633445happy birthday anon. don't be too mopey. remember, in the long term, entropy will get ALL of us
>>11633623QRD on Toucan? Are they a resurrected Panda Hobby? I think they were the ones who made a 1/35 Bumerang before.
I just bought a bottle of AK Interactive red primer shine, lads, is it any good? I'll be brushing it on because I'm not on the sex offenders register.
>>11633623Anyway thanks man, I still have unfinished kits I started when I was 23.
I've decided to get back into the hobby with two 1/350 kits THIS time I will do it properly and won't just add more shit to my pile of shame
>>11633445Happy bday anon!I nearly finished the Rex today. The matt varnish makes such a difference
Anyone used speedpaints yet for figures like the Warhammer guys do?
>>11633758The Warpaints stuff? I use the black for quick black trim details as it covers almost anything but doesn't come out nearly as thick as if I used my black primer.
>>11633653not sure anon, I ordered these aftermarket wheels because I bought an early panda hobby bumerang for really cheap, the catch being that one of the 8 wheels was missing. I didn’t feel like making a replica out of resin so I just went and bought these slightly thicker gravity deformed wheels since I plan to use it for a diorama anyway
I want to start collecting soviet stuffThe hobbyboss 1/35 T-54 seems like a good value kit to get started, what else?Hobbyboss is general seems like they have a lot of cheap relatively modern kits
>>11633988Also is the T-28 and T-35 worth getting? Are they good subjects to learn the stuff night shift does?
>>11632174is that the 70s hasegawa kit? how did the cockpit go together?how shiiiieet was masking it?im a bit scared of that kit tho.
>>11633623WUNDERWAFFEN!funnily they put the year the t90 went extinct in ukraine on the box, lel
>>11630462I am never ever ever painting another spitfire ever again. This is pure tedious ass. Idk how I am supposed to brush paint nonlinear camo without spillage. This is tamiya tape too
>>11634014use masking puddy
>>11634014Stop flooding the surface with paint. Learn to unload your brush after dipping it in paint.
Is this general only for vehicles? I got a Napoleonic Wars soldier miniatures set and I'm not sure which thread to post in.
>>11634017You talking about those play dough looking things in hobbylobby? Are they easy to shape>>11634018I do unload my brush but if its too dry then the paint doesn't spread evenly and leaves brush marks. This is the best balance I've struck so farI hate British camo so damn much
>>11633654Most current AK stuff is at least decent if not great.Why the fuck are you asking this AFTER buying?Any primer should be sprayed for best results, but if you thin it down then it will probably work fine.
>>11634014why are you not just painting it all over in the first colour
>>11633758I tried out the AK Quick Gen paints on these 1/100ish guys I made for someone else. They are pretty good for churning out numbers. I would have lost my mind going over all of these with a base layer, wash and highlights. Looks more or less decent too. Some colors benefited from going over with a wash or other diluted color, but most worked well on their own. The AK paints also lack white pigment it seems, so you can get actual dark spots for recesses on lighter colors.
>>11634020You can post on /hwg/ on /tg/
>>11634025use silly putty, don't bother with specialty products that cost 3x moreif your paint isn't cheap shit it won't peel off the coat underneath, if some gets stuck in an awkward spot just use a bigger glob to pull it out
>>11634025If others can brush paint without paint flowing into places it shouldn't be in then you need to investigate what's wrong with your technique. You don't need any kind of masking to brush paint spitfire camo anyway.
>>11633989A good start is actually Tamiya kits, hobbyboss and trumpeter are the same company and share the exact same issues like horrible warping, poor fit, misaligned sprues, sprue gates in visible places and a thing that can only be described as "plastic rash">Also is the T-28 and T-35 worth getting?Zvezda is the superior choice for both, both in kit quality and value, but I wouldn't recommend these tanks for beginners Newer Tamiya 48 scale kits are the best place to start Forums like armorama and ipms are great places to look for subjects
armoured cars are more fun than tanks
>heres your GWH killer bro
>>11634078I wonder if zvezda has figured out slide molding or undergating for the canopy. If its like the 1/72, grim.
>>11634079
>>11634034Painting the whole thing brown, then having another coat of dark green over would make it look weird no? Viable for airbrush but I heard handbrushing over like that has poor results
>>11634081I'm not an elite brush painter, but I'm pretty sure that's what most people do, all freehand. or if you want to be autismal, just paint the brown areas, then fill the gaps you've left for the green. it will still be way quicker than what you're doingobviously thinned coats etc., and still use a mask to get the straight line between upper and lower colour.
>>11634089This. Masking for brush painting is insane.
>>11634078GWH I found a bit overrated to be honest. The wobbly ass tailfins, the sink marks, the ill-fitting tires. It was nice, but not €130 nice. If this thing costs like 45 or something that is probably the more reasonable purchase.
>>11634081Then just do it in reverse and paint the whole thing green, followed by masking out the brown spots. You're not airbrushing so no need to protect every surface not being painted.
>>11633988If in doubt Tamiya 1:48. The T-55 is both cheap and really nice to build at the same time (Nighshift I think has built that very kit, its the one he put the rebar on) and I've done JS-2 recently as well.
>>11633681Why is the texture so rough?
>>11634025>You talking about those play dough looking things in hobbylobby? Are they easy to shapethis stuff or a similar brand >>11634049silly putty isn't reusable, I've had the same tin of masking putty for years. after painting just pull it off and squeeze it until the pigment vanishes. it cost like 20 USD and a pack of silly putty is around the same price for a 8 pack of something with little shelf life.
>>11634336forgot pic
use blu tack
>>11634078For a second I thought that this was the 1/144... I was about to post pics of the contents of one, since I bought it. (In my opinion, it is better than the decade old Trumpeter kit...)If this is priced in the USD 40-50 range, I think that it will be a good buy for what it is. More excited for the upcoming 1/144 F-16, Su-57 and Mi-26, though.Speaking of 1/144, any recommendations for fighter jets apart from Zvezda? I have heard good things about Revell's range, but how are the Trumpeter blue boxes, Platz, Tomy and the Heller A-10? Before you ask, I have found mixed things about all of them, if I could find anything at all.
>>11634338what does it smell like?
>>11634336idk man i've been using the same 3 eggs of silly putty for over a year now and it's been finethe over spray paint in the putty doesn't stick to the model at all
>>11634323on the right one? probably because I'm an idiot and didn't put a thick enough gloss down. But it was enough to let the wash flow. I also snapped one of the rex's legs off trying to get the fucking backpack in. So that was fun. Also have a stupid idea. My modelling desk is close enough to my window and my airbrush hose long enough that I could airbrush laquers out of the window without a spray booth. I have a half mask with the proper filters. Terrible idea?
>>11634439absolutely nothing I use mine as an autism toy when I get stuck on what to work on next at the desk
>>11634535>that I could airbrush laquers out of the window without a spray boothThat's not how it works. Make sure that you don't wear a mask either so any old gust of wind will blow that shit right down your gullet.
>>11634009It's the Kinetic 1/48. Canopy assembly was okay but I forgot the overhead instrument panel that goes on it because it was cumbersome and would be borderline invisible once completed.I'm pissed because I put 14g of tungsten in the nose and it still wasn't heavy enough (instructions didn't include a weight guide)
>>11635112What if I funnel it right into my lungs too. I did say it was a dumb idea. Have a fan I could blow the fumes out with.
I know that my photography is shit. I know that I promised to show my progress last thread. My apologies on both accounts. At least I have a very lovely photographer who might do pictures for me next time.What can I improve on? The kit is Zvezda in 1/144 with a scratch detailed radiator. The paints are Vallejo and AK 3rd gen. The build time was three months.>>11634382Platz use F-Toys toolings which are good. No clue on the others.
>>11635299There are no white flecks of paint. That is the light.
>>11635301The side.
>>11635302The underside. All paintwork was masked with AK tape to mark the borders, then was covered free hand. The flat appears glossy and I have no clue why.
>>11635304Are you absolutely SURE that the clear coat you used was *flat*?
>>11635316100% I checked the labels before each coat and I even marked the bottle cap with a dot to help differentiate between flat and gloss. Green is gloss, flat is firetruck red.
>>11635318I just read the label and it said matte, which should be the same as flat, unless I am mistaken.Might I be thinning it too much? I am using it at the consistency of 2% milk like I do with the gloss and all of my paints.
>>11635319Done with whole milk consistency... I think that this might be better. Thoughts? I get that even Twitterbro has superior results, but I would like to learn and get better.
>>11635346What brand is the matte and thinner?
>>11635346>milk consistencyare you brush painting? let me share the best advice I've heard for proper paint consistency, forget "milk consistency" it's unhelpful.brush some of your paint onto your skinif you can not see your skin texture the paint is too thick if you can still see your skin color the paint is too thin if you can see your skin texture but not your skin color the paint is the perfect consistency keep in mind it takes 2 to 3 coats for total opacity, allow the paint to dry in between coats.
>>11635420Vallejo and AK, respectively.>>11635462I am brush painting. Thank you for the tip.
Why do airbrushes often expose the needle chuck? What's the point?
>>11634031I was in an out-of-town model shop and I bought it on impulse.
>>11635299Did you fucking dip this shit into a vat of floor polish?The paint job seems to be more or less good from what I can tell from under the bullet proof shield of gloss varnish.>>11635318>Green is gloss, flat is firetruck red.Are you perchance fucking colorblind?>>11635319>I am using it at the consistency of 2% milkThis is retarded for brush painting and only somewhat holds true for airbrushing. What the other anon said is probably a better indicator, though I do not personally paint myself or suckle on brushes.>>11635468>Vallejo and AKDon't mix products and thinners between producers unless you are very sure what you are doing. Also buy AK varnish, I can assure you their matte will not look like gloss. Do not get the ultra matte though, it works way too well and everything ever will stick to it after you apply it. Anything from your fingers and any flecks of dust etc.
>>11635318Did you shake it enough? If you don't mix matte varnish properly it will be glossy.
>>11635555That is also true. For any paint really. The paint cum, I mean medium will settle out and give fucked up results. In any case the results you got are far from normal. I would suggest getting a glossy piece of plastic and doing some test strips of paint on it. Unstirred varnish, properly mixed varnish, diluted varnish, whatever the fuck you did with the plane etc.
Hello. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if Tamiya's X31 "Titanium Gold" is close to the color of these rims? If not, what would be?
>>11635598Here's the lacquer version which may have a different shade.
>>11635600Seems good. Thanks. The store just had a simple color as reference which is not too useful.I got a Fujimi De Tomaso Pantera GTS waiting at the post office, ordered paints today. Exciting! My first car and first time painting.
>>11635549>Did you fucking dip this shit into a vat of floor polish?No, I thinned everything, gloss was two layers until I was satisfied. Flat was two layers for the first pictures, then a third in the final picture. Good to know about the AK stuff, by the way.>>11635555Yes, I shook the bottle for about a minute (counting out the seconds like the autistic retard that I am).>>11635559I might start using sprues for that. Thank you.
>>11635634>gloss was two layersWhy did you first put gloss and then matte? That's why it looks like that. Also 5 layers of brushed varnish is fucking insane. The myth about gloss varnish somehow being stronger is bullshit. And more layers than two with a brush is overkill. With a rattlecan or airbrush like 2-3 layers is fine.
>>11635671Gloss was to prevent the decals from silvering.
>>11634078Looks like there is undergating, a first for Zvezda
>>11634078No instrument details, aftermarket required lmao
>>11634175>>116340784990 rubble price, before sanctions/tariffs or shipping costs. Wings and body are separate so im guessing they're going to be doing the other flankers in the future.
>>11635679You put that under the decals, no point in doing multiple layers of the whole model. Anyways it seems to be a skill issue, not anything to do with the product. Do those painting tests on a piece of like a plastic packaging or something so you could actually see how the varnish should act and acts.
>>11635755Personally I would argue a gloss layer on top of the decals helps blend them seamlessly into the model surface, but that does depend on how thick the decals are.
>>11635755A glosscoat over the decals is much more useful than one under them for blending them them in
>>11635612Have fun anon. I am also building a car right now, my first one in a while. The sanding and polishing of the paint is surprisingly fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDKpQhnG7PgITV is running a 24/7 stream of Thunderbirds. Models, Kitbashing And Blowing Up Models: The Show.
>>11635763>>11635774What the fuck do you think the matte varnish does? They are both varnish. You don't need different varnishes on top, they all protect the model the same. On the intermittent layers it makes a difference because filters, washes and decals act differently on different finishes, but on top it's all the same.
I am once again a little disappointed by Mission Models paints. I put on the RAF sky base coat and after masking for the sea gray and the invasion stripes, the tape just ripped the sky grey right off despite it being over primer, and using their poly additive. In the past I found the paint will straight up just rub off by hand without the additive, but after adding a couple drops its able to be handled fine. turns out it can't quite handle tape still. real shame because other than that its pretty decent paint, sprays nice and you can still brush paint with it fairly well.This is my first Trumpeter kit and I gotta say I'm pretty impressed. I'll definitely be looking out for other kits from them in the future. also, FUCK painting on invasion stripes
>>11635962rare FAA enjoyer, unusual subject. what's it going to be packing underneath?>also, FUCK painting on invasion stripesI've found every time I've gone with transfers for stripes, they've turned out a bit shitty
>>11635962>mission modelsI ran afoul of them earlier this year anon. I share your pain. Even with their 'poly additive' it doesn't cure or set. I tried wet sanding my model (retarded idea in the first place) with a tiny bit of water and a fine grit sandpaper to smooth it out and the paint rubbed off like literally nothing I've ever seen.
>>11636006I really like the FAA color scheme but I honestly can't tell if its truly dark sea gray on the top side or some sort of weird blue gray. I've seen it both ways and almost every piece of art or game screenshot depicting a Wyvern it always looks more blue to me. The instructions specifically call for Mr Color 331 which is described as an RAF aircraft's Dark Seagray on the jar, and even there it makes it looks incredibly blueI wish I had gotten the 1/48 version because it has a geared propeller hub that actually makes the blades counter rotate. I'm planning on giving it rockets and a torpedo. Never actually tried using stripe decals, but the only other plane I've built that had them was a 1/72 which I also painted (and fucked up) myself.I don't know actually get them properly aligned and spaced. I have a grid stencil cutter thing but in both the 1/72 and 1/48 grid the tape strips seemed too small. I think this time turned out better than the Typhoon's stripes, but I still didn't do a great job>>11636017I painted the catalina in the OP with all mission models tire black and had no problems, but I also didn't have to do any sort of masking at all. I think in a use case like that it might be ok.
>>11636061>dark sea greyit should be extra dark sea grey I'm pretty sure, h333. whenever I see someone do this scheme they seem to go with dsg though, perhaps because it's a colour everyone has. yours looks right enough though 1/72neat I might get one. nobody wants to include wing folds on carrier plane kits, especially at this scale
I tried a few times to design a 3D-printable model and failed. I got a (nearly?) full documentation of the prototype, yet I failed.
>Black Friday sale >Cyber Monday sale I'm at three unstarted boxes, and like 15 WIP boxes.
>>11636501black friday hauli have to hide this from the high commandor she'll bite my dick offbecause the wip has already spread from the mancaves shelf of shameto the dining room
>>11636554>all krautshit Incredible.
>>11636555seethe
>>11636566Why would I seethe, you're the one hoarding boomerslop.
>>116365550% slavshit0%yankshit0% doesntcountshitmost excellent
>>11636571Not even him. You're the one crying over someone else's preferences.
>>11636571nope, thatvwould be me
>>11636555krautshit you say?
>>11636554vgh... groBgermanivm...
>>116365792x icm camoflaged as revell. >>11636554this italeri 234 was sold in tamiya boxes years ago.why do manufacturers do reboxes? i dont get it.
>>11636576>say it's boomerslop>"WAAAA YOU'RE CRYING!!!" while pissing and shitting you're self Incredible.
>>11636599u mad ?
>>11636602>devastated and seething >desperately trying to project it on the other one Incredible. Forumboomers really are fragile. The slightest banter and their ego collapses. It's not like I called you a faggot nigger pedophile or something.
dilate
>>11636605sonny, you aint seen nothing yet
rate my cockpit
>>11636579Boomer, but I also have two of these.
Got this at 50% off. I think I'll paint it in Dual-Tex.
Dual-Tex for those who don't know. Pretty much a pixelated MERDC. Same colors, same layout.
>>11636554Don't tell high command about the 5 models I bought recently. She only knows about 2 of them.
>>11634014Do it freehand why would you try to mask anything that isn't straight anyway
>>11635962>also, FUCK painting on invasion stripesPainting is the best way to do them, decals are just pain.
No Black Friday for me but I got a Heller Do-27, an Academy EC-121, an Italeri Jaguar T.2 and a Minicraft Space Shuttle from a model shop I frequent on holiday.Also I acquired a can of Universal Primer from the local bogan chain auto shop. Wish I'd known about this sooner because it kicks the shit out of Tamiya Spray and I got more than double the amount too.
I wish my hobby shops catered to my interests, black Friday sale only had cars, planes and the occasional boat No tanks, no armored cars, not even tools or paints
Got distracted by life but back working on the Zero now. It's not going to be much more convoluted than it already is but I gotta get it done within a week or so since it's for someone else.
>>11637411The ancient Tamiya 1:48 Zero is so fun, I finished it in a few weeks. A while ago at a local hobby show there was a 24 hour Tamiya Zero challenge and everyone finished with good results.
>>11637414This is my second run at the Airfix 1/72 kit and its enjoyable if not a little basic. I think particularly the tail wheel and hook are pretty crap, and I replaced the pitot tube with a syringe because the original was like 4mm thick comically large
>>11636605I just find it funny that you are saying you're not seething or crying while arguing with at least 3 different people. :^)
>>11637414Nice chipping and finish.
My shop was closed on Black Friday.
i didnt like the one chi-ha camo scheme everyone has from the manual and looked up other japanese camo patterns.not much to find.one similar to picrel was what i dug out. revells masking paint is a funny rubber stuff.
>>11637641Are the camouflage stripes supposed to appear "lumpy"?
>>11637643but not really. the masking paint must be brushed carefully but it has a weird consistence and ruins every brush
>>11637455Turns out the winning move is no clearcoat AT ALL. Not even the decals are sealed. >>11637641Apparently every tank had field-applied camo with no guidelines (apart from the general idea behind the yellow "dazzler" stripes), so like with Tigers every layout is plausible.
>>11637643iirc i think the official instructions for camouflage paint was for the green/ brown colours to be in hard edge cloudy shapes with a yellow disruptive stripe doing across the vehicle lumpy shapes would probably be fine, especially if they were field applied later in the war
>>11636745Why did you randomly melt spots?
This is my first model kit, Hobby Boss 1/72 Su-47.
>>11638051nice
>>11636452I expected some words of encouragement and advice.
>>11638051Cute!Next time, thin your paints.
>>11636452>>11638315"here's this story with no context. Tell me I am special"anon grow up>>11638051Paint the canopy rail too. It's daunting for beginners but if it's acrylic you can scrape excess paint off easily if you fuck up. Just put a piece of the plastic sprue in a pencil sharpener to make it pointy and you can scrape with precision
>>11637756>Turns out the winning move is no clearcoat AT ALLIf it's a display model, then it in most cases actually is indeed. That way you can get different finishes from weathering products as well - paint being satin and pigments matte etc.
>>11638051Twitterbro would be proud
>>11637411>>11637437It is ending up a bit of a funny bastard child of combinations of airframe and scheme but historical accuracy is less critical than what I'd call "cut scene believability". I think I'll skip on any chipping simply because I tend to get shit results and don't have the time to fix it if it ends up looking poor, gotta get some practice in on that. Good return-to-build after 8 months kit though
>>11638318Here's the problem: every model I made ends up being too messy to edit when I spot a mistake. I also don't know how to tell apart details I want to include from the ones I want to omit. I don't know what's the correct way to model a stamped sheet metal wall, with both sides visible (it's a gondola)
Nice chips.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7shB-zugAXs
>>11637641Impressive if you have achieved these colors with the mayonnaise
>>11630462I thinned my paint. WHY DOES IT STILL HAVE BRUSH MARKS AHHHHHHHHHHHHH
>>11638378Even if these tanks had a running time of a 100 hours as it has been claimed, it spent a lot of that getting peppered by artillery and stray (or aimed) small arms fire. Not to mention spending a week or two traveling on a rail car. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YLf0BFQ7uU
>>11638466Multiple thin layers in a crosswise fashion
>>11638466What in the 1950s holy hell for a kit are you even working on
Question - how shiny would the silver bottom of a plane be?Working on the Tamiya Brewster B 339 Buffalo which has been...a learning experience for various things. However, the main thing is that I'm doing the Dutch East Indies scheme which is two tone camo on top of what the instructions call out as 'AS-12 Bare Metal Silver' - I used silver acrylic I had on hand. Now, since it specifies 'bare metal', would this imply that the metal itself was showing on the real deal and I should leave the gloss as-is, or give the bottom a coat of Mr. Hobby Super Matt like I did the top? This would impact the direction I go with the landing gear since I haven't built those parts yet.
>>11638483It's actually made in the 1980s, a spitfire floatplane. Actually really freaking cool since I haven't seen any other spitfire float variants, but the details aren't that great>>11638482Okay I just did my 4th coat and it's looking a little better. Question is when I do the camo, how do I freehand paint multiple layers of the swirly patterns?
>>11638483Actually, on second look it looks like the float variant was released in 2009..
>>11638531>Okay I just did my 4th coat and it's looking a little better. Question is when I do the camo, how do I freehand paint multiple layers of the swirly patterns?Slowly
Got it on sale, so I guess I'm making the jump into wet palettes. One question nobody seems to mention. Should figures be black-primed, gray-primed or zenithal'd? Also if it's a single-color uniform, is it okay to brush paint the base layer too, or should I spray it like usual?
>>11638593>t. slopgaming tourist
>>11638595I've been building 1:35 since probably when you were still shitting in diapers, zoom-zoom.
>>11638602okay boomer
>>11638603
>11638617 (you)sneed
>>11638650You started it faggot, remember? Can dish it but can't take it. Post builds, nigger.
>>11638466Looks like it needs a few more very thin layers, remember you're building up the colour not the paint. If you're using alcohol-based paint like Tamiya, I find a similar basecoat with a water-based paint minimises the blotchiness.
Why can't I get new flyhawk kits in Australia? It makes no senseI've been waiting for the HMS Hood to release and it's been 4 years now and I still haven't seen it on sale yet
>>11638759Just buy it directly from taobao?
>>11638593>Should figures be black-primed, gray-primed or zenithal'd?Yes. That aside, there's a million ways to paint figures. Since it's a fair guess you're new to wet palettes then the easiest place to start with that will be zenithal. You'll be working with thinned paint that doesn't have a thin ratio, it's more feel and analog, so zenithal will be less work building up thin coats because your shade/highlight underlayer is already baked-in. With that frustration resolved, you can focus on getting a feel for the WP. Once you get used to that, do whatever you like. I've never met two people who paint the same way. It's a big toolbox, use what works for you.
>>11638535Yeah them adding a sprue with the floats will not upgrade the 1950 mold. The 1989 model from PM Model you are referring to is just a rebox, not sure of what, but just looking at it and the raised panel lines tells half the story.
>>11638593>Should figures be black-primed, gray-primed or zenithal'd?Should you buy a black, a white or a red car? Black is the best for making sure any unreached area will just look like a shadow. Grey is fairly pointless IMO, but it allows for some paints to cover better, personally find it pointless when you have black or zenithal which both do the same thing but better.Zenithal works best if you are painting with any kind of speed paints or inks. Allows you to get half of the shading done with just the basecoat. I mostly use it just as a visual guide of where the shadows will fall and fully paint over it.
What are your 'must build' models?
>>11639088m-muh tamiya!
>>11638346Calling that Airfix Zero done. Thanks to the anon who suggested this scheme, it looks excellent and interesting. Not my finest work but a good "getting back in the groove" model for this winters builds, I've finally used up my rigging wire for the antennas so I gotta buy some more I guess. This is a decent model kit and I do recommend it, but for god's sake buy a masking kit for the canopy. It's really worth it
>>11638531This piece of shit is still in my basement. Needs some filling and some paint. Maybe in 5-10 years.
>>11639194Looks great. Shouldn't the brown area on the back of the prop be larger?
>>11639250Probably given that picture. The instructions are not very good on this area, honestly I think its a bit dumb that something so hard to do precisely isn't a decal
Well, Cyber Monday was a bust, but I got a good deal on Black Friday anyway. Not that these aren't all fake, jewish-invented concepts.
>>11639194The emergent camouflage turned out nicely. It's nice when the fruits of my research yield good models because I hardly get any time to build at all anymore. At least my tism isn't going to waste.
got a little sloppy in some places but here is Trumpeter's 1/72 Wyvern S.4Fun kit, I'm definitely going to buy the 1/48 version in the future because I think these things cool as fuck.>tfw cozy in my house overlooking the highway watching all the normalfags crash their cars in the first snow of the season
Certainly not my best work but still pretty alright
some things I didn't like about this kit>none of the clear parts fit particularly well, especially the 2 porthole things on the side behind the cockpit, omitted kit part for UV resin>instructions kinda jump all over the place, and very little paint/color information is provided>kit instrument cluster looks bad and I couldn't figure out how to make it work (clear acetate sheet of center instruments sandwiched between solid plastic part and clear instrument cluster "face"), replaced with PE partsI also ommitted the rockets because I didn't feel like cleaning the flash and seam lines off of every individual fin on all 16 rockets
>>11639414oh and the folding wing tips are shit too. the alignment peg is nowhere near the right spot, so you have to snip it off, but then the fit is still pretty shitnot entirely historically innaccurate to the real aircraft as I've seen photos with the wings folded showing both the tip in place and folded inward. The internals are super simplified on the wing tip, but the Eduard PE set I got for the cockpit had some flat blockoff plates for the main wing fold internals that makes it look much betterall in all I would definitely recommend this kit despite these things
>>11639409>>11639411>>11639414>>11639417god I love the FAA white and sea grey scheme so fucking muchnice work anon
>>11639411I think it looks sexy anon good work
Still a WIP but I've been painting a 1/72 PJ productions Korean war USN pilot for a 1/72 hasegawa A1H that I'm converting to an AD-4
>>11639409>>11639411>>11639414>>11639417Great work anon.
>>11639564Eggsplain your technique
>>11639564I usually got it from YouTube videos on how to paint faces
>>11638668boomlet mad
I got some fancy single edge cutters but what about cutters for metal and 3d printed resin? Can I just get them from a hardware store?
>>11640220Why would you cut resin with cutters?
>>11640352Well 3d printed parts manufacturers typically leave their parts on the supports
>>11639936No builds?
Got the 1/350 HMS SheffieldNow I want to do a Falklands project
>11640384stay mad tourist
>>11640755No builds?
Would anyone be interested in creating a kit rating document so it is easy to cross reference kit experiences to help other anons looking at buying a kit? Just a simple score of 10 and maybe a couple of notes.
>>11640853What would be the advantage over Scalemates'?
>>11640890No advantage, just a supplement and perhaps an added facet to /smg/'s culture.
will this hobby self destruct when scalemates dies
>>11640905I don't think so. Modeling Madness, iModeler, Britmodeller, Modellversium and Scalemodels.ru will still be around and that should cover a lot of kits.
>>11640853I'd think it was more fun to have an /smg/ all time greats (by which I mean worsts) gallery of builds
>>11640905super-hobby.com has sprue shots and scanned instructions of almost everything there is.
>>11640958The ruler they put next to sprues is a godsend. Super-Hobby being so damn good is unironically what got me back into building, it's the only online hobby store where it feels like browsing a shop IRL and not fighting against some boomercore website that's impossible to search and navigate through. I always buy too much instead of exactly what I need simply because it's so easy to browse and spot some new tool or paint or kit
>>11640962I use it to steal the paint codes off a subject made by a different manufacturer. Say the kit I bought has some bullshit paint codes, like Ammo, but some other manufacturer's instructions have the same paint scheme, only in Tamiya or Gunze codes.
>>11640958yeah there's scans on there that scalemates doesn't have. very useful site>mfw never giving them money>>11640973also good to check if your kit has a simplified and/or bullshit paint scheme, without having to look up 'proper' sources
>>11640973damn that's a good idea
>>11640905Not really, I only use it to find out which ancient mold a new box Revell or Italeri kit probably came from. What we're sorely missing now is in-depth reviews of new kits like what PMMS used to do.
Why are takoms instructions so fucking bad?
>>11640957Alright, when I make the next sticky, I will remember to include a mention of this. I am sure that there are tons a few anons can contribute.Anyone have that horrific B-26 pic?
Which scale model would be ideal for me?>Pre-assembled model>Pre-printed model>Anti-military model>Ultra-low price model
>>11641973My ex was a model (at a no name photography agency, so don't get too excited), so probably her. Actually insane, though, nearly shot me in the head, but she could make out like no other.
My hobby shop just got a supply of Panda hobby Buks and they are selling them for 35 yurobux a pieceI know their armata is shit, but what about the rest of their product range?
>>11641973Dick and balls up your bum
I got an airbrush, compressor, spray booth and respiratorI still haven't decided which paint type to use, any tips?
>>11642325You get all that so you can spray laquers.
>>11642325Tamiya/Mr Color/Mr Hobby
>>11642325only the finest italeri acrylics and revell enamels
>>11642381I thought that was the minimum for airbrushing anything? Should I go with lacquers?
>>11643256Yeah, it's the minimum if you're spraying Vallejo or Army Painter (though having thinner helps tremendously).With lacquers you also will need compatible thinner for spraying and cleaning. Laquers are stronger than acrylics one dry but they need more curing time.
>>11643256Airbrushing water and alcohol based paints is 'fine' without a spray booth as long as you have a well ventilated room and a respirator. Probably don't even need a respirator to spray water based paints. You definitely need a spray booth for laquers though. So spray what you want anon. I'm probably going to get myself one this christmas.Other anons, are the chinesium booths ok?
Okay at least this spitfire is much easier to paint.
>>11642755I haven't had a foot wrong with Italeri acrylics, other than their silver which looks like shit
>>11643440Honestly it's best to get a respirator as you need a mask anyway for airbrushing, because that shit WILL shoot back at your face.As for chinesium booths, I have some no-name brand and it's served me fine for years. The filters are a bit annoying to replace because they need to be trimmed to fit but it's no big deal.
Ok fine I will buy the China tank Takom.
>>11643517>5 crew figsneat
>>11643817>state of the art chinkmata (probably will actually see service and isn't just a scam built on leftover commie hulls) >UGV >robot dog >3D prints >digital camo mask Um... based? Too bad it's probably gonna be at least like a $100. Still waiting for someone to make a ZTZ-88 though.
>>11643691What filters do you use?
>>11640958God bless the Polacks
>>11643833So I looked it up and my exact airbrush box is the 'Master Airbrush MAS3000' model and I got the filter replacements off their amazon store. The filters, admittedly, appear to be intended for the 4000 series but they were cheap in an 8 pack and have been decent enough so far.
first time I'll be using aclad paint. any tips?all I know is I need to make sure all the body work is spot on, and to start with a gloss black coat for best results. I didn't buy their specific clear coat, though I probably should have. I have 3 different kinds of clear to use, which should I? I've heard if you don't use the right one it dulls the finish significantly and you might as well just use a regular silver.should I use any of these or just go get the specific alclad clear? I'm pretty sure my local joint stocks them so I should be able to get some today, if not tomorrow>mr hobby gx100 gloss (and aqueous semi gloss)>vallejo satin and gloss varnish>testors glosscoteOnce I have the BMF down the only masking I have to do is on the nose, so that is a consideration as well. some paints don't take well to tape being peeled off on them
Oh wow, if it isn't exactly what I said it would be. Nobody fucking knows for sure what exact colors early-war Jap tanks were.
>>11644071Get some scrap material, apply the base coats like on the model, and then test each of the clear coats on a separate piece.
What are the differences between the vespid early, mid, and late production hetzer kits?
>>11644424You get an early, mid and late production hetzer
Should I get this?
>>11644669why is a panther in this hs 129 box
>>11644669>get henschel hs129>look inside>panther
>>11644669Takom is adopting the GW strat to dump unsold stock?
>>11644669Yes. It will give you high for a minute after buying it.
>>11643936I was looking at this one which seems pretty decent for the price. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/297670609184?itmmeta=01KBWGZP321ZV219F9EG2RVP7B&hash=item454e8d0920:g:zUEAAOSw0ltnUpCZPretty sure it's the same as yours lol. They're all basically the same model from alibaba rebranded.
>>11640790>mad
>>11639101this but unironically, i'll kill my broke ass once some boomer exec runs it into the ground
>>11644669do you build the interiors? i dont, in most cases i dont glue the hull together & tell myself i will finish the unterior later. wich i never did
>>11639101if everyone else would renew their molds and have kits that dont require too much filling and sanding... imaginethe vinyl sucks tho
Decided to do something entirely different after the Zero so I bought three cheap 1:43 scale Heller Rally cars to have an excuse to make three different kinds of dioramas. I gotta say these are a lot more enjoyable so far than Heller plane kits. Things do fit, and although the model has a rather simple interior in the scale it doesn't matter much. Maybe this is what they're good for? Todays progress in the pic
>>11644871I developed a new autistic obsession of looking for classic 911's in the Hot Wheels and Matchbox section of the mall whenever I go. Started painting in missing details like taillights, when I'm otherwise too tired to do proper building.
>>11644890Based. It's criminal there's no good recent tooling for 911s. The last good looking 911 was the 993. Not the best, that last good looking. The best is the 930.
>>11644934930's look fucking insane. An industrial design masterpiece. When I got it in Cyberpunk I drove nothing else. Mandatory vibes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CbbbqTdVTE
What are the best value premium hobby knives?
The nice thing about oils is that when get into them you don't need anything else apart from the basecoat. Washes, chipping, weathering, "modulation"/"mapping", its all the same thing and I think that you can do it with the same medium makes it seamless.
>>11645007Olfa
>>11645007Olfa can't be beat and i available in any developed country (And nigger shitholes like muttistan)
>>11645525is*Anyway fuck mutts
>>11642011You get 6 idlers, 6 sprockets and 12 mud flaps with this kit I'm no kit engineer, but what the hell
>>11645542>6 idlers12 actually, you get 2 idler types, 12 is the number of road wheels
I'm plan on painting a 1/48 mi-24 in the coming days but I can't seem to find an agreed upon color for the tan like in picrel. I've seen people use Vallejo Sand Yellow, Tamiya's XF-76, X-59, XF-55, XF-57 (or a mix of these) or a mix of Mr Colors Light Green and Tan. If anyone has any experience painting I'd really appreciate any advice.
>>11645615Could be straight Khaki, Tamiya XF-49.
>>11645615for what (little) its worth I used mr color C39 on mine
>>11645768Looks great. I want to get a 1/100 one to complement my metal gear. really need to take some completed photos of it.
Which olfa do you guys recommend?
>>11645802thanks. I dont know exactly where it stands in the order of things but I think that was the 3rd or 4th model I'd built when I got back into it after a decade, last year. also first time using an airbrush iirc
>>11645139>>11645525Olfa deez nutz
>>11645809And you>>11645877
>>11645809Buy whichever brand has largest pack of blades for the lowest price. The handle is relatively unimportant. Individual pieces of snap off blades can be used with any decent handle.
>>11645615Hinds could use some deep dive autism attention they haven't really gotten yet, which would help sort shit out. For now it's "best guess that looks nice." But on the plus side, it is really hard to fuck it up bad enough that it looks wrong. >>11645768See, this is a perfectly reasonable Hindy-looking Hind. Is it accurate? Fuck if I know. Does it look right? Yes. Also, I bet this is the 1/48 Revell-Monogram kit. Part of the problem is inconsistency over its long service life, inconsistency among end users, and the colours tend to interpret differently under fading and/or lighting. This creates a lot of "interpretation" and, consequently, error. This is not particularly unusual, people are STILL arguing about British Caunter 80-odd years later. And there's the jap tank mystery here >>11644092 that might never get resolved. You'd think it'd be easier to sort out Hinds, given their modernity and access to them, but it's still just as fucked up because you still have all that bad cold war info shitting up the soup. 100 years from now people will still be trying to figure out what colour a goddamn Hind should be.
>get airbrush spray booth>think I measured it ok, it will fit>fail to account for the size of the exhaust coming from the back of the unit>doesn't fit on my desk>exhaust doesn't reach the windowwell shit
>>11646126>Hinds could use some deep dive autism attention they haven't really gotten yetYeah Krautshit has spoiled me with how much people have gotten every camo scheme down to a science. I think I'll mix deck tan with some dark yellow and sprinkle in some buff for good measure.
>>11646126it is in fact revellI realize this is a hobby ripe with autismos but I'll never understand the color bullshit some people go through. Do you REALLY need 54 slightly different shades of tan or grey or olive or brown or?????I'll use a "japanese" color on a british aircraft idgaf
>>11646426I eventually learned from figure painting it barely matters what colour anything is. You kind of see into the matrix at some point but its quite hard to explain to someone that has not themselves reached enlightenment yet. The "right" color quite often looks wrong anyway and even worse, not like you want it to look, so what on earth are you doing.
>>11646426>I realize this is a hobby ripe with autismos but I'll never understand the color bullshit some people go through.If I don't get the color right or don't like how the mottling looks it can really get under my skin and occupy my mind longer than it should.
>>11646446So you also whiten up depending on scale?
>>11646426this is me I get autismo when I don't have the paint that the instructions say. I wlll scour scalemates, spotmodel and modelshade to try and get the best possible match. From whatever bullshit own brand paint or fs code the instructions say to mr color.
>dark slate grey>extra dark sea grey>ocean grey>dark sea grey>light aircraft grey>medium sea grey>medium sea grey 2>neutral grey>non-specular light grey>507c light grey>507a dark greyI could do with a few more honestly
>>11646221I only spray acrylics but I did the venting into a bucket with a lid with holes, filter material, and cat litter. It won’t help with your desk but might with the window issue. I’ve been happy with the setup and looking at the cat litter it is capturing a lot of crap. I also don’t get a lot of fumes but again I’m only doing acrylics. Anything stronger gets done outside.
>>11646426I used to be a colour autist but like with a lot of other aspects with this hobby (decal placements, strict historical accuracy, minor aircraft differences between versions) I'm a lot less anal about it now.
>>11646648https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPknFoheQz0
The HMS Coventry kit arrived and now I have the urge to get the HMS Sheffield as well for the different exhausts A bit of flashing on the hull details, very sharp and good details elsewhereI like how the kit lets you choose how to display the internal details, for example they have internal detail here which you can choose to display which is tremendous and clearly a sign of soulfulness on the kit maker's part Not sure what I'll do about the bridge, whether to go with clear or opaqueBits seem to fit together well, I recommend I hope this is a sign that we don't have to rely on flyhawk or veryfire anymore since flyhawk are slow as fuck and I don't have the space for battleships
>>11647046Also the 3D printed radar is easy to remove with a hobby knife
>>11646907Yeah I don't think that's gonna work for me. I was excited to start spraying lacquers so bought all the mr crystal colour jars. Will just have to store it until me and my gf can get out own place next year. Unless I like jam it on my windowsill and have the front overhang while it exhausts out the window without the house attached. that feels like a terrible solution.
>>11647126Can you get like a rolling cart or something to set up temporarily when you want to use it? Even with the bucket filter, I’ve considered that. Even the small booths take up a surprising amount of desk space.
The thing I hate most is when you're asked to assemble a box from multiple parts I can never get them to perfectly join up and form a good looking edge
>>11647914Make a jig?
>>11647914If it's a tank then who cares.
Anyone know of any good 1:35 WW2 airplane model kits? I need a German fighter plane, but dont know much about airframe models or WW2 planes in general. I've tried doing general searches online, but search engines are fucking worthless nowdays.
>>11648116https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?q=*&fkSECTION[]=Kits&fkGROUPS[]=%22Aircraft%22&fkTYPENAME[]=%22Static%20model%20kits%22&fkSCALENORMALISED[]=%221:00035%22&fkPRODUCER_COUNTRY[]=%223R%22I hear the Border kits are not bad
>>11648140Thanks fren
>1:35 planesabsolutely disgusting, reported
>>11648144Need it for a scratch build/kitbash thing
>>11648116Make sure you read reviews for the Border KitsThey aren't perfect and some of them are actually terrible
>>11648366>some of them are actually terriblehow terrible?
>>11648657The ship kits have terrible fit and inaccuracies The spitfire has been mocked since it came out
What are the best 1/350 sub kits?In terms of accuracy and surface detail
First they waste pages on pin up girls nobody asked for and they didn't even have the decency to make them wear historically accurate clothing. Now the girls take up half the cover.
2026 groupbuild ideas: >weird/nonstandard T-55's (or Mig-21's for planefags) >LatAm >Africa >non-aligned in general >70's Tamiya >Fulda Gap / Seven Days To The Rhine / REFORGER / Zapad Any baseless accusations that these are exactly the kits that I happen to have in my stash will not be responded to.
finally, a model kit for the enlightened gentleman>inb4 "as seen in the skies above kharkiv"
>>11646426>games workshop downvoted this post
>>11648805>he doesn't recognize every special Hind livery >le ebil oinkraine lives rent free in his head When are you going back?
>>11630462Not sure I can post this kind of stuff hereMachinery can lift small objects with wire
>>11648815
>>11648659the border model yamato is no good?
my fellow redditors, do you have an internal timer in your brain telling you when it is acceptable to remake a project?
>>11648846I just build what I like and if that is 400 identical messerschmitts so be it, take my upvote
>>11646648>>11646426One of the funniest things about people severely autistic about color accuracy is that they never leave their subjects unweathered. So you spent ages researching poopoo peepee grey #8392489 is accurate to the great holocaust battalion of the argentine alpaca forces and then you immediately start color modulating to make it look better. It's absolute insanity
>>11648813>can't tell apart mi24 from mi35NGMI
>>11648832check scalemates, it might only be bad in certain runs, if they have multiple
