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Getting there with the GT40. I think it'll be a while before I do another car they just don't capture me like the planes do but it's aight. The rear engine compartment of the Fujimi kit sucks, it doesn't fit. I think the easiest thing to do is just to assemble the body and glue the rest in place to fit best as possible but we'll see

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He cute

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3rd for revell is ok sometimes
almost done with this bf 110 i cant wait to move on

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anyone made the SCUD from trumpeter? got the chassis done years ago and restarted recently, working on the cab now.

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>>11758867
not yet, but its in the stash. baby bereg is pretty close tho. Make sure to test fit how the cab fits into the chassis, it's a pain in the ass since you cant see where the fit issues are. I had to trim those front hooks extensively.

>>11758659
tiny boy :)

>>11758893
yeah the bereg has the same chassis but only one cab instead of two. Thank you for the advice, I'll be sure to test fit it first. yours looks like it's coming along nicely btw

Grabbed a few AK acrylic markers at a show recently, they are quite good for bullshit like cockpits or pioneer tools and do well without priming. I wouldn't do a whole model in them but for kids or people not in a position to easily airbrush, not absolutely terrible under some weathering.
Which begs the question, because its AK, what are they really for a fraction of the price.

>>11759616
Probably permanent markers. I found that using a fresh Sharpie or Marks-A-Lot produces a good gloss black with some time and patience. Not clue about the other colors though.

>>11758522
can someone recommend a book on aircraft and/or ship techniques?

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To the anon from the last thread that recognized the chassis for the RA2 Tesla tank
I hate how much everything fits together, the turret ring for the M42 is slightly bigger than the turret base for the Tesla coils
A conversion to make it into the render-accurate version is dangerously easy

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Wake up babe, new Mr. Surfacer.

>>11760050
>plastic colored surfacer
Why?

>>11760062
Depends what you're trying to paint over it with, pink is good for annoying colours like yellow

>>11760036
ngl that looks so much better than the recycled BMP-T hull Border used

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beginner here, got a 3m 6200 mask some 6001cn filters with a 3m 5n11cn pre fitter, when spraying my tamiya paint i could smell it, is the pre fitter i'm using wrong perhaps? or what other factors could be the case here

Do you have a beard? is it properly tightened down? I get some odor when spraying with my half mask with VOC filters if I dont tighten it properly.

hold your hands over the filters and try and breath in, if its easy then its not sealing properly somewhere

>>11760623
You know, if you keep spraying without a mask until the burning sensation stops, you won't need to use a mask ever again

>>11760661
its difficult to breathe in, but no sure why i still smell the fumes

>>11760675
when you block the filters and breathe in your mask should suction into your face.

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i'm trying to get into this hobby but it honestly fucking sucks, the gx100 paint and tamiya mr tool airbrush cleaner have fumes so strong that i'm feeling dizzy the second i open the fucking pot, and yes I have a ventilator airbrush box AND a half mask with vapour filter, doesn't seem to block it

mr tool cleaner also seems to have melted all of the rubber o-rings in my $150 made in germany airbrush, so now I have to drop even more money buying a replacement

and the thing I was spraying? I was trying to de-tack the masking tape but it has still ripped up a shit ton of lacquer from last week's spraying

so im sitting here with a couple hundred bucks of half broken tools and half broken lungs - what the fuck is this shit? are you guys all insane or something?

kek

>>11760870
idk man is it really that funny? i'm just sitting here and im very sad

>>11760862
Use acrylics and learn to brush paint some things. "Mr. Airbrush Cleaner" sounds like a meme product, there are a lot of household products that can work.

>>11760879
are you really going to buy a new airbrush because you busted an o-ring

>>11760862
switch to acrylics
buy a replacement o-ring
peeling paint happens because there was no primer or left over mold release on the plastic

You made mistakes that have simple fixes and learned something for future builds. Yea it's frustrating and I could see taking a day or two off from building, but anything worth doing is going to have a learning curve. I'm pretty sure every single thing I've built, designed, studied, learned or done has involved a series of at least minor fuckups along the way.

>>11760862
>half mask with vapour filter, doesn't seem to block it

If it doesn't block it then you have no vapor filter, just a particle one. In EU the organic solvent filter is indicated by a brown stripe. In burgerland they probably use a combination of numbers and body parts along with gang signs to distinguish the different filters so can't help you there.

>>11760862
I just use a paint brush

>>11760862
yeah the only reason to use lacquers is for priming and varnishing. I typically use mr surfacer in a rattle can and use acrylics for my air brush. as for cleaning your equipment; acrylic thinner, acrylic
air brush cleaner, and water works. lacquer paint is not worth it, and acrylics are way less toxic.

>>11760862
>are you guys all insane or something?
Of course not. All these happened because mistakes were made somewhere. Yeah there's a learning curve but you can help yourself and take notes and learn from your mistakes.

>>11760862
100% skill issues from going balls deep in the hobby with airbrush and hundreds of dollars worth of equipment instead of sitting the fuck down with a paintbrush and learning how it all works

>>11761384
We need more gatekeeping.

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>>11761473
>he doesn't keep his first model from childhood around to remind himself how far he's come

ngmi

>>11761500
When did you build this? The late Mesozoic era? At least I painted my first kit (kind of).

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>>11761644
I was maybe 5 or 6? I'm not sure why it wasn't painted at the time, maybe my dad didn't trust me with enamel paint. Here's my most recent Hurricane for comparison albeit in 1/48

>>11762115
lmao dorf

>>11761500
soul
>>11762115
soulless

>>11762149
So true I wish I could retvrn to giving that little of a shit about the result and just having fun with it

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https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1a7QgBGEud/
>In conclusion, let's summarize the Wheatfield kit. First, its advantages are excellent articulation, with unique movable tracks and suspension. Second, it offers good assembly with a small number of parts, the fewest photo-etched pieces, and is the easiest to assemble in about 12 hours. Then, the disadvantages are: 1. The marching lock is from a post-war version, requiring the interior to be cut out and hollowed out for wartime use. 2. All road wheels and rocker arms lack casting texture, requiring manual application of putty. 3. I dislike the orange peel texture on the turret, and the turret and hull are not from the same version. 4. The gun barrel is split in two for the purpose of selling printed parts, making it difficult to stretch; the barrel should be seamless, and the lack of a plastic muzzle brake and the textured printed parts require sanding. 5. The turret rails are very shallow; I recommend using a 0.8mm drill bit to enlarge the holes, otherwise they are unlikely to glue properly. That's all. Thanks for your support

>>11762227
>rocker arms lack casting texture, requiring manual application of putty
you are gonna hide them behind 24 kilos of acrylic mud, who gives a shit

>>11762227
>The gun barrel is split in two
Should be punishable by at the very least weekly lashings.

>>11761500
We should've stopped you then.

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Polishin' me plastic. Gave them a few coats of GX yesterday. They're getting a nice shine but the state of my decals are shocking. Giant decals conforming around curves with holes for vents is a fucking nightmare.

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finished the revell bf-110 g-2
didnt enjoy the build very much and it took me much longer than any model ever has. despite this it looks pretty mediocre and I also absolutely half assed the final stretch. cant wait to start on something else

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as bad as it looks, this is the GOOD side

>>11762409
why are you saying it's bad

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>part pings off tweezers
>can actually see with my eye where it's flying
>gone
>no trace of it for five days now
I can only assume the goatee version of me is right now wondering why he has two part C39's on his bench.

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>>11762369
NICE! I want to build a bike at some point. that said, anyone know where I can find a matchless vickers 8b2 kit in either 1/35th or 1/16th scale? preferably with a crew or at least a crew set that can accompany it?

>>11762540
why don't companies color their plastic in high vis colors? I feel like this would solve a lot of issues.

>>11762613
because every other aspect of building would be highly annoying to my autistic senses. Even 'army man green' plastic can turn me off of a kit.
>>11762540
i use a flashlight placed close to the floor pointing outwards, gives every little thing a shadow. got a pretty high success rate with it, i dont have carpet though either

>>11762395
Other than the fact that it looks really washed out it's nice. Other than that weird stripe on the nose come looks fairly clean so idk what you're complaining about.

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First attempt at a scale model as opposed to spess mahrens and things like that. Great fun, really enjoyed nuilding the ancient Dragon kit in the end. Been daydreaming about starting a series of dioramas all with different nations' modern MBTs and different styles/moods

>>11762444
>>11762650
the major things you can see in the photos are the step at the wing root and the part on the nose where I forgot to fix where the clear coat dissolved the color coat. theres a few really ugly seams if you look around too
but there are many other bad things I did on this build and that makes it mediocre
>fuselage to wing seam is atrocious top and bottom
>didn't read instructions on decal placement thoroughly enough so the balkenkreuz and the EM on the other side are in the wrong spot and it looks really dumb
>pilot end of the canopy is wonky due to it being in 3 parts that don't really align really well
>missing a bunch of kit pieces and PE details on the canopy like control panels, electrical boxes, handles etc
>didn't fix the seams on some parts good enough or at all
>wrong colors
>exhaust looks a little weird and I didn't have anything to drill the holes out

mostly just being nitpicky about my own work, its certainly not the worst one I've ever built. had I not lost interest so hard halfway through I could have done much better

>>11762825
nice work, the color fading looks really good

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>>11762898
I think the overall impression is pretty good. But it's exactly self awareness like this that makes the next model a better one than the previous one.

Might I suggest one improvement to finish the BF-110? It's hard as tits to find pics of that aren't simply other models, War Thunder or drawn diagrams, but the V-shape antenna from the two vertical stabs to the spike you have on the canopy is the kind of detail that really takes a model to another level.

>>11762825
the wash is really cool
oils?

>>11762966
>>11762990
Thanks anons, I haven't actually used any washes as such - I just drybrushed up from the black-green shade colour to the highlights in stages then dropped some panel liner into the most prominent details

>>11762825
Nice job on this classic.
The IR lights look artistically valuable but I'd rather go with just gloss black. Because that's what it actually looks like.

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Are there any kits of "movie tanks"?

>>11763162
Pretty sure there is one of the Fury Sherman given how many dogshit model builds I've seen of that one

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Finished! Big decals are really dificult.

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>>11763162
you can recreate the king tiger tanks from battle of the bulge quite easily

>>11763041
Yeah I think whatever I do next I'll restrict myself to realism/traditional scale painting techniques to try and get a feel for it. For this one I stayed right in my mini painting comfort zone and I'll happily paint cartoony gems/lenses etc all day

>>11763179
Doesn't the current Italeri M-47 even come with these decals from the movie?

>>11763220
The Tamiya rebox does

>>11763248
that's unbelievably soulful tbdesu

>>11763162
https://eu.warlordgames.com/products/hollywood-tiger

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>>11763162
This is quite an interesting theme. The T(iger)-34 from Saving private ryan would be fun, as would the Panther (Leopard 1 wearing a hat essentially) from A Bridge Too Far.

>>11763173
badass dude, the decals look really good

>>11760062
Its made for mecha fags who are turbo obsessed with painting everything in flat colours. Usually they just blast innerframes or joints in Nazca Mechanical surfacer and call it a day. Now Mr hobby has released a "primer"/surfacer to compete.

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>Chinese modellers hate individual links
>Western modellers hate individual links
>Eastern euro modellers hate individual links
Yet most new tank kits still keep forcing them in despite most modellers not building their tanks in dioramas where it would take full advantage of said style of tracks.

>>11763625
is that duxford

>>11763775
I assume there is an order of magnitude less expensive to make them into a multi-piece live track type and slightly less to make them into a link and length type
There is some compromise made somewhere to appease the maximum amount of people

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>>11762540
Update: it was stuck in a random cobweb in the corner of a windowframe.

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>>11763775
Honestly old-school rubber tracks should be acceptable for kits depicting modern MBT-s, since their "live" tracks are under tension and don't sag.

>>11763248
Yeah, that was it.

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>>11763804
yea, no, this is not how weathering should be done on a model, I tell ya kid
I was stationed in Germany and was looking at the M60s (remember those, hoorah :salutingemote:), they never came back with their bellies so clean
-Bill
===================================
William Burger
In my 'stash - Revell M1 Abrams 1/35, Trumpeter M1 Abrams 1/35, Tamiya M1 Abrams 1/35, Tamiya M1 Abrams 1/48
On my bench - Academy M1 Abrams
In my Garage - 1988 Pontiac Firebird, 2016 Chrysler Pacifica (for the ol' ball and chain)
USPS 1993-1993 Dishonorably discharged (OORAH)
Wallmart veteran 1993 - ongoing

IF YOU STAND AGAINST ISRAEL, YOU STAND AGAINST GOD!

>>11763872
>USPS 1993-1993 Dishonorably discharged (OORAH)
kek

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>>11763872
Here in the east it seems to be the opposite.
>"The sergeant-major would have drilled out asses till next month if we turned back our vehicle for last parade in a condition like THAT! Our tanks had to be spit-shined spotless!"
>builds every WP vehicle showroom clean in a semigloss green
>simultaneously builds WW2 krautshit that's chronologically fresh out of the factory with gate-guard/range-hulk weathering

>>11763775
it's the worst when said individual links are also multiple parts per single link
i think it's the select few hyper realistic autists who demand the individual link tracks
i don't see why kits can't have the individuals and the vinyl tracks at the same time, i know tamiya released a few kits that had link and length tracks along with the belts

>>11763775
I'm waiting for the day they make articulating parts on the sprue like you see on gundam kits. imagine having workable tracks ready to go as a single part.

>>11763775
I would not "hate" them but fucking Trumpeter and probably most others just suck at actually making them.
>Gates at the most retarded parts instead of places you could nip them off cleanly
>Ejector pin marks in the most visible place
>Oh by the way each link is in fucking 3 parts
>Made out of the most soft AND brittle mix possible

Link and length is probably the best way if done "okay", but shit link and length makes me just wish these retards just cast the whole chassis in one piece and I could save 80% of the build time.

Rubber tracks are so shit 99% of the time that I have been forced to print single link tracks for 1/72 kits.

I'm not a tankfag and haven't finished a tank model since I was like 8 so this is just me thinking out loud but wouldn't it be reasonably easy to make a "pre sagged" track piece that fits the wheels naturally and shows its own weight...? And just split the whole track into maybe 5-6 pieces? It seems rubber tracks and individual links are both extremes of something best solved with simply making the parts molded in a way they seem weighty

>>11764828
what you are describing are link and length tracks, yes they already exist

>>11763872
Soulful post

>>11758728
how much fun was masking the canopy?

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The tank unironically has too many doodads on it, the engine deck is littered with crap

>>11763786
It is indeed.

>>11763775
Haha. Literally me.

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>>11765075
I would put spare tracks on the front plate. it's not bad but it's a bit too warhammerish for me. as far as fantasy tanks go I think kow yokoyama nailed it down.

>>11764942
not bad just tedious. i always buy eduard or otherwise pre cut masks for stuff like this because no fucking thank you

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what a faff

How much of modelling 'advice' do you think is just outdated information passed as truth from out of touch boomers?

>YOU SHOULD NEVER PAINT IN WINTER
>said fuddlord Jeff after his wife wouldn't allow him a modelling space and banished him to an uninsulated unheated cuck shed

>>11766109
A shitload. Like the fucking floor polish.

>>11766109
washing your models before painting isn't always needed. I think I only had paint adhesion issues with one kit and it was from some small scale eastern european manufacturer

>>11766109
I don't think I've ever gotten advice from a boomer, all the hobby advice I've received was from youtube or instagram

>>11766277
Well not directly. Just their out of date advice has become regurgitated so much that people accept it as how things should be done.

>>11766320
I watch the person perform and explain the techniques involved, with the added benefit of seeing the final product. the age of the techniques doesn't matter, it's the end result. I mean working in grayscale *grisaille* has been around since the middle ages and aircraft moddlers/warhammer slap slop dudes use it all the time.

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>>11758522
>yep lets add pre painted parts for our expensive massive 1/35 p51 mustang that will get ruined when timmy uses cement
what the fuck is border thinking?????

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>1/35 plane

>>11766109
Ever using enamel paint

The nearest hobby lobby or hobby town near me isn't really NEAR me, more like an hour on freeways to get there even if it's in my metro area
Does Michael's or other places (Lowe's? Home Depot) sell matt cutting boards like in >>11763173
>>11762369 and your other photos?
Help a noob out
Remember, y'all were me at one point and my dad never taught me shit unless we're talking changing oil or tires.

>>11766691
https://googlethatforyou.com?q=Michaels%20cutting%20mat

>>11766691
check their website and see if they have it in stock. I really recommend you look for specialty hobby shops near you though.

>>11766702
Walmart and The Bald Billionaire also have websites and I don't even need an interstitial site to search for cutting mats on either. And Walmart at least has physical stores but they also don't have anything near me that isn't an hour down several freeways, friend.
In fact, the Hobby Lobby I would go to because all the old lady sales clerk's remind me of my Grammy is one building next to the Walmart in the South Bay.
Michael's website already told me they had a bunch of mats available for pickup.
They also told me they had prices from $13 to $89.
Y'all are buying those $89 mats?

>>11766691
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00RO1CD9O?th=1

it's just one of these

Is there a color chat for which paints are appropriate to use in an oil dot filter depending on the base colors?

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>>11760036
>>11765075
Yo, friend is building this guy and destroyed the suspension from not knowing any better. Is that the tamiya or AFV club kit you tested earlier in the thread?

>>11767009
oh and show a size comparison between the hulls of the base kit and m42 if you can

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How do I get better at putty and sanding? I’m using tamiya white putty. It get smooth to my finger after I sanded it but once I painted it was obvious where the seams were

>>11758522
Respect to you, lads. I was hooked on the 40k plastic crack pretty bad for a while and thought I'd try some planes. I got some cheap Hobby Lobby kits I knew were crap, but put them together well enough, but I got filtered HARD by the painting. IDK how you guys do it, but like I said, respect.

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>>11767009
It's the Tamiya one, the hull is about as tall, but slightly shorter and less wide
Since the turret ring is slightly bigger, you can use the M42 turret base to hold the Tesla turret

>>11766598
whomst is this kit made for?

>>11766120
What is so bad about the floor polish? I use it and find it very easy to work with. It has good properties.

>>11767154
for a top notch solution use ca glue, ca filler, and instant set spray. for putty, use so much it becomes a positive detail on the seam and sand it flush with a sanding sponge or file.

>>11767154
>>11767584
Black-pigmented CA glue is by far the best way to fill gaps, it's more shock/crack resistant than the clear stuff and doesn't shrink or reactivate the way most air-dry putties will. For the larger gaps use two-part epoxy putty like Milliput.

Godamnit these zero design window masks fucking suck. They're 10x tackier than masking tape but also never cut correctly.

>>11766174
That's more of a "better safe than sorry" thing, like laying down gloss varnish before decals. Sure you can do it without, but to be sure you get a better result, you'll take those extra measures.

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>>11758522
decided to go heavy on the weathering with this one. gato was a bit undercooked out of fear of fucking it up. the rusted panel edges didn't work as well as i imagined. but i do quite like the look of sponge+oil, especially on the lighter gray.

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Trying oil dot filters for the first time, I'm not seeing any results

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after getting poison ivy on my face that made me look like a beluga whale with down syndrome, and throwing out my back last week, we're back on the bereg. Would not recommend the tire rack, jerry rigged this whole thing to avoid two steps of painting, but the tires were only loosely fitted and didnt make it any easier. And in the end it still took two painting sessions.

>deep cleaning my airbrush
>shear the ptfe needle screw seal while trying to swap the paint off it
>dont get mad
>buy a HP-CS
looks like im getting a new airbrush

>>11765865
She looks so well made and pretty, good job
>>11766109
>Don't paint your models out of sunlight or you will get the paint wrong
>>11766174
Only ever had these with large trumpeter aircraft, sometimes there's black/brown residue left visible on parts

>>11770066
check 'em

>>11768752
Ok, one could do that but IRL those only served for a couple months before the war was over.

>>11769402
You may be using too much thinner. The idea is to kind of grind small amounts (like, dab with the end of a toothpick) in and then streak it, at least how I do it anyway. I think I watched Mike Ranaldi videos although everyone hates him. You can also use it to post-shade panels etc. I came to it because I got fed up of the "clean but rusted" style that I don't think exists in nature.

>>11768752
Yeah thats way too much for an active-duty sub, you could do a diorama shipyard with it in mothballed condition, that would be neat

>>11770066
>Don't paint your models out of sunlight or you will get the paint wrong

Sunlight vs cool light bulb vs warm light bulb vs daylight bulb makes a huge difference. My dad does some traditional painting on and off and he only painted during the day for this exact reason. Though it has more to do on how you intend to display said model. If you think this is bs, go get your brain checked.

>translate random jp modelling tweet
>they're complaining about someone selling decals
>YOU DIDN'T GET PERMISSION
>IT'S ILLEGAL
>DID YOU ASK THE CORPORATION?
Someone had the audacity to sell decal sheets for commercial airline liveries. The nihongo are not ok.

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Is it possible to clean the stem on can? It was working fine then one day the nozzle clogged and then paint started leaking out of the valve stem.
They don’t make this color anymore in flat and the can is still full so I’d like to salvage what I can so I can finish painting this model and move on

>>11770657
Prime goyim material those people. Only after the "Digital Millenium Copyright Act" did the requirements start to get a license for each and every logo or design. Now a kit of some P-51 Mustang has a "Boeing licensed product" sticker on it. This is such a grift.

>>11770846
Leave the nozzle component in thinner and hope for the best

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I throroughly regret doing this. I had the bright idea to try and drill out each individual square of the grille but very quickly made an absolute mess of it and decided to just cut my losses and open it up completely. I was going to try scratch building a new grille with PS sheet but I think I'm stupid or something, I couldn't figure it out.

Thankfully I found someone on ebay that sells 3d prints all the various different grilles these trucks had IRL, specifically for this kit so I'll just order one of those and continue on
amt 1/24 78 ford truck

>>11770611
>My dad does some traditional painting on and of
I do to. Ofc it looks different, you can still account for the differences if you know what you are doing, even moreso in models than in paintings since you rarely mix colours and mostly use premade tones that do not change. Painting something at day or night or any light looks different only under the light the model is still the same, as long as you do not try to adjust the paints you use during night in order to make it look like it does in sunlight while it is in different conditions then you will not have any issues. In traditional paintings if you use acrylics especially you always need to mix tones and often merge colours on canvas/paper which you will have to do with one consistent lightsource otherwise it doesn't fit. Sunlight is best since you will mostly see the finished painting in sunlight but it's not imperative.

>>11770657
Japanese modellers themselves tend to have more confidence than skill anyway. I have seen Twitterbro tier stuff from Japs when it comes to stuff that is not a car or a mech, so I do not even take them seriously for a lot of what they say, advice or otherwise.
>>11770856
>North American
>Owned by Rockwell (now Collins Aerospace)
Where does Boeing fit into this? I have seen what you are saying on models, but I don't see how Boeing is involved.

>>11771169
Rockwell sold North-American to Boeing in the 90's.

If you do a wikipedia deep dive on all the mergers, splits and acquisitions of everything Rockwell, it's quite the timeline.

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I'm moving into a new apartment soon where I'll be able to have a much nicer modeling setup than I currently have, would it be utterly moronic to spend $700 on a DR150 compressor? On the one hand it's one of the best compressors on the market, it's refrigerator compressor level of noise, it's apparently extremely well built, and it's not like I'll miss a meal if I buy it. It seems so irresponsible to spend that much money when I can buy a small harbor freight compressor for $150 that's a bit louder, sure, but it's a quarter of the price.

>tldr, what compressor does /smg/ use?

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>>11771406
I use a Sparmax TC-610H PLUS which is about half that price. It's already overkill and if you mainly do armor modelling you can get away with those handheld compressors.

>>11771576
I have one of these too, but if money was no issue I'd go with the quieter one. The sparmax is pretty loud. It's still a great compressor though.

Cost me about £164 ($220) in 2017 and now it costs nearly £300 ($400)

>>11770657
They do not sell the Girls Und Panzer water decals anymore and they're extremely rare to find inside Japan as well. If you're not going to reprint them then I will continue to buy them from Aliexpress or alternative copycats. Tough shit.

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New kitbash.

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Is it finally time to upgrade from my trusty Whirlwind II?

>>11771743
THAT'S THE WHIRLWIND BUDDY

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The limited-edition chinkmata arrived. Pretty impressive kit, especially the price (approx $42 on preorder sale, will be $56 later).
>good amount of sprues
>indi-link tracks
>precut masks for digital camo
>3D printed parts for the APS
>UGV and robot-dog which are whole another kits
EXTREME DOWNSIDE:
>no color codes for the camouflage
What the fuck were they thinking? Trying to pair together two very similar sand colors and a green without color codes, hoping it won't look like shit? FUUUUCK!

>>11772154
find a picture of the real tank
get a color code for the camo from an online color finder *google it*
match paints to the colors
???
profit

>>11772154
Not an armorfag, but isn't Takom hated by the folks in this thread because of poor fit among other things? Or is that RFM?

>>11772258
My biggest gripe with the takom US tanks is how they handle sprue gates
Thay are stupid big and placed in the most obnoxious way possible
It's not helped by their plastic which is a bit too brittle
The fit is ok, but nothing spectacular, gaps and bad fits are generally hidden

>>11772258
I've built two Takoms so far and they're fine. It's probably some bitter rivet-counter boomers nitpicking because it's not their favorite brand.

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Opinions on these old Tamiya bike kits? I assume it was originally released when the real CX500 was.

I've never built a bike kit, nor any civilian vehicle to begin with, but I've been going down the motorcycle rabbit hole lately.

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>>11772534
Even if the mold is from the 80s it's still probably better quality than modern fujimi/aoshima. Tamiya bikes fall together they're really fun to build.

I just bought 2 more bike kits I need to hide from my gf lol. Tamiyas ninja h2r and the new cb1000f I got good eBay deals on.

>>11772534
non-japanese subjects when

>>11772651
Woupd be nice if there was a company that did old English bikes

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if I only had the shelf space and an industrial compressor...

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>>11772740
dont let your memes be dreams bb
shelf space be damned im building RR guns

>>11772744
you are a braver man than I

>>11771731
how does that work exactly?

>>11772746
its a pretty high chance of failure, but w/e. Going to try a mix of sheet styrene for major boxy components, 3d printed parts for details or complicated designs, and maybe some custom PE. Most of my scratch build stuff ends up in the trash, but each time it gets a little better and I got ideas on how to make this one work.

>>11772651
Your best option is WW2 BMW's, Zündapps, M-72's, and Harley Davidson WLA's in 1/35.

>>11772759
good luck anon I hope it turns out well

>>11772651
>>11772776
Meng make a couple of tasty 1:9 beemer bikes too. I kinda want their resin girl figures as well.

>>11772534
they're great and you can even get detail kits from tamiya themselves for them. real chains, more realistic brake disks, etc

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The eternal question, whether to paint the backsides of clear vision blocks silver or black.

Not necessarily plastic model related, but what are your guys thoughts on my teaming up with a smaller RC manufacturer to hopefully have a few models made? I have all the skills and knowledge that I need to do this, just not sure if I should do it.

>>11774528
With all sincerity, do you have a market to sell the models to? Would seem a waste of time money and effort if not.

>>11774452
silver then black

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FREE HOOKERS
The lack of opening hatches is the definite fuck up of this kit (despite what the box says), the drive wheel is still a standard T-whatever one so you can use any spare rmsh-type or the Russian double pin tracks
I don't understand why the matte coat (AK ultra matt) just doesn't want to work, leaves a slight sheen like the tank is covered in morning dew
Finishing touches will include some chipping and maybe a very diluted dark wash on the Tesla coils

>>11775421
looks cool, but shouldn't you ham it up more if it's from c&c

>>11775574
RA 2 is just grey and red with silver coils
RA 3 is olive green with red highlights
I don't have shark mouth decals

>>11771406
Ghaleri claim to have an ultra quiet one as well.
https://www.gaahleri.com/en-gb/pages/gtx-778

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First time entering a model show and I won bronze for my category. Also one a couple of raffles. One last drawing and I am in for a Zucchini Mura kit.

Twitterbro also entered, apparently.

>>11775969
Good job, winning medals at competitions actually keeps me motivated
I will go to my second international one early June

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>>11775973
Thank you. I will be entering something what into the show in Orlando this October. Not sure whether to do a blimp, an airliner as my next entry.

Picrel is my entry.

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Can I adapt a Paasche hose to the badger airbrush or should I buy a new hose? This one has a moisture trap in the line so I’d hope it would be cheaper to get a conversion adaptor instead

>>11776038
Motherfucker do the threads match?
Yes -> you can
No -> you can't without an adapter

>>11776048
I literally said can I ADAPT, did you read the post?
I’m asking if there is a conversion for paasche to badger or if need to buy a new braided hose and moisture trap

>>11776038
is the end of the paasche hose the standard 1/8 connector?

>>11776068
I’m not sure because I only have badger airbrushes, but the paasche fitting is a larger diameter than the one on the airbrush. The other end of the hose fits a 1/2” compressor fine

>>11776052
No, I forbid you.

>>11775969
How did the NHS Charities Hawk do? I wouldn't have thought that kind of thing would be welcome round these here parts boy.

>>11776094
Thats not very nice

>>11776114
Was another bronze recipient for aircraft in 1/72. Silver for 1/72 was an Idolm@ster F-16 (I spoke to the builder and have a picture that I will share later). The judges just pass judgement on build quality: seam management, painting, etc. I do believe that size could play a role too as gold for aircraft across all scales was a 1/18 Harrier, but it definitely deserved the award.

Also the X-29 guy is a Gundam builder normally. I encountered him when I was picking up my model again.

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>>11776180
As promised.

>>11776502
what kind of person makes something like this

>>11776652
The kind of person who still writes in block letters as what I presume to be an adult

>>11776652
someone that know what fun means and dosen't have stick up thier ass.

>>11776652
An Asian guy. I do not have any pictures (I meant to have taken one, though), but he had a custom samurai mech in the Sci-Fi category.

I started one of my raffle drawings today (a 1/144 two pack from LS containing a N1K2 and a B6N2). I started with the N1K2. The fit is rather sloppy but not surprising for 1970s 1/144 stuff.

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Bored so, guess I'll post all of my stuff

Found a really cheap table second hand that just rolls in and out from under desk

cheap compressor, white spirit for cleanup, MLT for lacquer thinning, enamel thinner, oil thinner, Mr surfacer primer spraycan, gloves, tissue paper roll, Mr tool cleaner for lacquer cleanup

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airbrush, one of the older steenbeck models. Medical tray is the 'mix and cleanup' area, one egg cup is filled with airbrush cleaner and I dip the parts in with tweezers and brush, other egg is water where I will just wash out the airbrush cleaner from the parts since it can damage the seals

Inside drawer we got tweezers, misc wood lollipops, scrap spars, pipettes for thinners, disposable small pipettes for misc paints like ak extreme, foam,

the jam jar is the makeshift airbrush dump for excess paint, it has two drilled out holes in the top, I need to change the tissue paper pinned down under the lid every once in a while

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I focus on 1/72 ww2, so these drawers are perfect sized, I tend to stay on only two projects at any time. Top bf110 and under that is p51c

bottom is metal tools and paintbrushes

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I decided to go enamel paints, I regret it now, but I still feel like enamel makes a better final metallic sheen vs acrylic, which looks too plasticy to me

I think I got these drawers from MUJI Japan store

I use gx 100 gloss and gx114 matt for varnishing

Toolbox was a gift from sister, some japanese thing

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glues epoxys decal setters, cockpit PVA glue, rigging line, uhu (uhu is such a nice tack)

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tin is filing/sanding stuff, nail files, glass sandpaper, there's even a tiny metal file in there

plastic box is clamps

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and a sneaky peek of the good stuff

not pictured was the air extractor box as it's packed away atm

>>11777643
Can you take a better picture of that Ju-87?
Which kit is that?

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>>11777761
airfix 1/72, one of the first models I made

>>11777643
is that a seafire

>>11777898
land based xiv spitfire in the RAF's temperate sea scheme, I don't know if it's historically accurate but it looks cool

>>11777780
where is the swastica?
how can you call yourself a scale modelist if you don't have an entire sturzkampfgeschwader 1488 "Vgh.. GroBgermanivm" ready to go?

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>don't really like bugs
>chinkshit vehicles in stash:
>ZTZ-59
>Type-69 (export)
>ZBD-05
>ZBD-86
>ZTZ-100
>J-10A
Never ask a racist his most built country.

>>11777901
that scheme was mostly for the fleet air arm. so if accurate, it must be some weird outlier like raf coastal command, or faa land based. it does look cool though

>>11776652
Ace Combat fans. I haven't build one but I have the Mirage 2000 of this kit sitting around literally because it was in Ace Combat 6 and I've been trying to get all the releases for the game series.

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>want a three colour version
>Like the 521 decals more
How to cope

>>11778215
>Never ask a racist his most built country
far right and I mainly build commie shit. such is life

>>11778333
Use paint and decals as you want anon. Join those of us on the dark side. I just painted an F-16C in air superiority blue and nobody can stop me. Wuhahahahaha!

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>>11778403
Actually I mean an F-15C which is really no less evil a crime against rivet counting! Hahah!

>>11778215
I don't even know shit about chink vehicles but I got couple of Trumpeter kits from megahobby before they closed because I thought they looked cool
>1/72 q-5yi
>1/48 z-10 helicopter

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>>11778412
>1/48 z-10 helicopter
cool im doing the original

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>>11778422
I picked up the dragon/dml ka-50 in 1/72 a few weeks prior at the local model show too. I need to find some replacement decals for it since the kit ones are obviously trashed from age and will definitely explode into a billion pieces the moment they touch water

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>>11778333
>>11778403
>>11778405
Real paint schemes are boring do whatever you want but put in effort

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anyone know if theres any good out of the bottle matches for the castrol livery green? These tamiya decals are actual hell. Not only did they not adhere to the decals in a lot of places, they also ripped easily despite being thick, and best of all there are spots where the wrinkles never went away no matter what I tried
i gotta stop buying rally car kits

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>>11778442
didnt adhere to details, not decals

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>>11778442
>>11778443

Had the same experience with mine, and did not succeed in color matching with my Italeri or Vallejo bottles. Fixed it by adding dust and mud to affected areas mostly but looked pretty shit because it was my first go at that stuff

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>>11778449
yeah if anything I'll just do what I did on the last rally car I built and just cover up my mistakes with dirt and weathering

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>>11778215
>pole building sovietshit
kurwa you're right

>>11778442
https://www.hiroboy.com/Castrol_Green_Paint_30ml--product--13152.html

if you're not a britbong expect to pay out the ass for shipping

>>11778333
You know you don't have to do what the instructions (which usually have something wrong anyway) say, right?

>>11778449
hmmmm I think I'm gonna paint up my gustav in this scheme

>>11778627
good find. hobbyworld USA looks to have both the red and green in stock. it seems zero paints does the martini racing colors too, that would have been nice to know when I was building that focus.

>>11778779
>his builds are incorrect
shameful

>>11778835
Glad you could find a USA distributor.

>>11778891
Wait until you see the RAF A-10 I'm going to do

Currently removing mould lines from a canopy. Polish, polish, polish. I am attempting to do this graciously as after all, one could complain about every stage of construction and finishing as "too much work".

But seriously, mould lines on canopies, fuck you.