Maschinen Krieger edition>JAPAN GROUP BUILD IS ONGOINGprevious thread: >>11821866This 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: Do not dunk your models in paint.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:>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)
How is Vallejo's pigment binder for using pigments for effects on models?I also learned of Vallejo's official wet palette and their DIY wet palette video is still public.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMPn5po5-m0What kind of plastic container is that anyways? What would that container be built to store specifically anyways?Are Vallejo's post reformulation paints still as good as the pre reformulation? I'm curious about their model and game color metallics and whether their metal color paints have been modified.>>11851845That looks more beautiful than the makeup rack I was considering anon sama.I wish I was talented enough to make something like that myself.
>the only plastic HSTV(L) "model" is a long discontinued G.I. Joe toywtf are those model kit companies doing?
>>11853025Don't need talent, there are existing solutions out there https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3465624If you lack the material and/or tools, you can just order whatever MDF flat pack from Amazon.
>>11853025>What kind of plastic container is that anyways? You have never seen Tupperware?>What would that container be built to store specifically anyways?WaterI switched from an "official" wet palette to a box of Ferrero Collection (like a gift box thing) because it's see through and perfectly fits the sponge and paper of my Green Stuff World wet palette (they are all pretty much in the same size unless you are looking at the huge ones). So I'm using the sponge and paper refills in a chocolate box.
>>11852952>I already know whose build I will use.that's me :)
>>11852958faggot
>>11853109go away, spookston
welp, I might just trash this one. I stuck it out through retarded parts breakdown, warped pieces, dogshit instructions, never ending mold lines, sloppy fit and edges as sharp as a bar of soap. And now, majority of the way through the build, I realize the clear sprue is missing. It's only 4 parts, but they would be highly visible on flak 88. It's no wonder this kit was on sale for like half off at spruebrothers. Border models can suck a fat fuckin chode.Here's an example of their fuckery. See that massive line down the middle of the flatcar? It's because the wood deck is two parts, with each one requiring you to saw about a 3rd of the deck off. I could fill and sand like the sides of the flat car (because of course they come in two parts requiring heavy modifications with a join down the middle) but I wanted to see what it would look like before I started obliterating the wood grain texture. I guess now I don't need to bother.
>>11853840>Border modelsahhh yeah I know that game. I built their IJA tiger 1 and the upper hull and lower hull had a litteral half inch gap around all the sides. I ended up filling it out within styrene rods and using every clamp I own to get that fucking thing to fix. it's weird because their figures are really nice and the sculpting quality (on the tiger at least) was really nice. but it's like they don't know how to properly engineer a kit when it comes to the fitting. the missing clear parts is actually pretty shitty, didn't happen to me but still that sucks dude.
>>11854000>their figures are really nicecast resin and injection plastic are totally different leagues, my guy
>>11854000it is entirely possible I lost the clear parts myself as I've moved the kit around a couple times. I've boxed the kit up and will decide its fate tomorrow. Lookin like a 90% chance of gettin slam dunked into a garbage can
>>11853287Mind if I ask why, I am happy to hand over OP business if you someone thinks that they can do better than me.Not to sound selfish, but I am better than the last guy who chose generic pictures. Not too many people liked his threads, if I remember correctly.>>11854061If you make a vid of you playing basketball with it and Catbox it, then that will get a hearty kek from me. No pressure, though.
>>11854324>getMeant to say give... I have been up for 20 hours and it shows kek.
>>11854034and your point is? also the tiger wasn't resin
>>11854061I don't throw away my junk, whatever I have will get kitbashed into some monster
>>11854324I can scream kobe as I try and dunk that shit into a toilet>>11854393I've got plastic bins of decals, PE, tires and spare parts that I've collected over the past 15 years. I have never kit bashed anything.
>>11854501Please do. For the memes if nothing else.
I am slowly working on that lifelong airport in 1/144 project. I am final on wanting to do Kai Tak and I have a means of going about it. in stages. I am in a bit of a predicament though. I want the first model to be a 747SP in Mandarin Airlines livery. I found some decals Made in Mexico, but obtaining a kit will be a pain.My options are:>Unobtainium Eastern Express kit>Authentic Airliners resin kit (might as well not exist)>Welsh Models Vac/Resin kit.I don't mind resin (though I will get a resin kit to build soon), but vacform has me worried. Is there anything that I should know about as far as building, preparation, painting, etc.?TL;DR: Any tips for working with vac-form stuff?
>>11854324Never reply to somebody who only posts faggot, it just rewards low effort. (You)s should be earned. If we don't maintain a minimum standard of creativity we will surely fall under the sway of total anarchy.
>>11854061Cannibalize, blow it up or burn it, just don't merely throw it away
can someone post the high on tamiya pepe please?ssd fucking died
>>11855606this one?
>>11855633i was thinking of the psychedelic one but i needed this one toothanks anon
>pops did another anti-3D printing rant
>>11855606This one?
>>11855703yes!thanks anon!>>11855685can't expect much from the leadbrained boomers
>>11853168>Tupperware?why do mutts unironically use corpo names?dysopian shit
>>11855772The amerigoy mind is programmed to embrace genericized trademarks, especially the boomer.
>>11854558>>11855570I took the frustration out on myself with 9 beers and a bootleg copy of mando and grogu. That was enough suffering without making an ass out of myself added on top. I dropped it in the can like a normal human bean. Already back to building a trumpeter kit, they way God intended.>>11855521ngl, I laughed quite a bit at it. theres just something about simple hate filled comments for no point or purpose that just makes this place so damn endearing.
>>11856168Kek.
>>11855685lol, what was his argument? I can now print an army of FTs in 1/35, or, I could buy them one at a time for fucking 72 dollars from meng
>>11856527
>>11856198>"not real modeling" >"you're not building shit, just printing it" >"it's now a competition on who can buy the more expensive printer, not who can build better" Pops scratchbuilds sailboats though, he's part of the modeling culture to whom painting is an afterthought and weathering is an unknown. I tried to throw in the "you could print a thirty 1:35 jerrycans at once" argument, but he believes if you want a pile of jerrycans in your diorama, you're supposed to file out 30 vaguely jerrycan-shaped blobs of balsawood by hand. Then I assume just give them an uniform coat of olive-drab fence-paint and you're done.
>>11856577just threw a 3d printed Ersatz-Triglav class into the pool.Its gonna be a rc model so its petg printed. petg can be cut but its so ductile, you cant really sand it, it smears. so i covered the hull in spray putty to fill the print lammela and sand the putty surface smooth. details have to be put on the hull from scratch. im gonna enlarge a paper model and transfer it to poly plates.3d prints from material which allows nice detail bends under its own weight from a certain size on.3d print offers a lot but with tradeoffsnothing beats a good old injection mold kit.
>>11855772I'm not american, nigger. It's called a genericized trademark.I guess you don't use "adrenaline" or "allen wrench" or "aspirin" or "band-aid" or "bobcat" or "bubble wrap" or "coke" or "dremel" or "dry ice" or "dumpster" or "escalator" or "hovercraft" or "mace" or "memory stick" or "polaroid" or "realtor" or "super glue" or "super hero" or "taser" or "vaseline" or "velcro" or "yo-yo" or "ZIP code" or "ziplock" or "zipper" never ever, correct? Fucking clown.
>>11856528Big.
>>11856636you are due for a linguistics detox
>>11856616>3d prints from material which allows nice detail bends under its own weight from a certain size on.This claim is based on your feeling or... ?You can always slice and cut the models into pieces beforehand.All that said, I do think a well designed injection molded kit with proper sliding molds that can support backside detailing, overhangs and shit are way better than any 3D printed model because you can build it how you want and little details won't be breaking off at every moment.
>>11856640You're the retard sperging out over proper language use on the internet, so not sure what to tell you, buddy. Consider wrapping your face in cellophane, huffing dry ice, jugging kerosene, head diving into a trampoline, drinking super glue, enjoying a clorox coctail, taking a gillette to your forearms, hoovering your intestines, jet skiing off a waterfall, glass assing a lava lamp or tasering your prostate.
Still waiting for my next airfix to dhl. Another panzer airfix, this time Takom's M4A1 Sherman. Also ordered some AK mr. hobby for it.
just spent 4 hours on pz3m takom tracks
>new Airfix 1:35 Stalwart >new Airfix 1:35 Saracen Chances of them not being terrible?
>>11856670terrible like everything british
>>11856670I remember hearing the stalwart was potentially decent, but had a high rate of >india>>11856695dilate wehraboo
>>11856695Blimey.
>>11856670>british marque >british kit>hecho en jeetland hmmm
am i autistic for trying to replact plastic box with wood that:doesn't look goodis out of scale
>>11856772soullesssoulI'd say it's quite un-autistic really. the left vertical piece looks a bit wonky
>>11856798figured, here's a more recent version
>>11856817i just went to a diy store and tried to find something that i could slap onto the model instead of ugly ass kit plastic tracksanything of this looks ok?
>>11856647>your sperging out >words words words words Looks like the upper hand is on the other foot
>>11855485Rereading this and I sound like a faggot.
>>11856998Upd: i decided it looks like shit and only left the crate
>>11857556You have to dab some diluted PVA glue on that net. Then it sinks together and looks more realistic.
>>11856817plastic makes for better wood imo, just cut some planks from styrene sheets and use a steel wool brush plus a hobby knifes to add the woodgrain texture.
Been making lots of money on SOXL options lately. How long will this last?
>>11860628>How long will this last?Time in the market not timing the market.
>>11860039Thanks, more advice is possible i wanna start wellProbably next step gonna beWash, thinking of brown to bring out more yellow in the modelFilters/oil dots, will be my first tryThen pigments and fixer and I'm pretty much finishedThe next step I'm gonna paint the guys that came in this set, gonna try zenithal+glazing, some trash, buy some more soviet guys and maybe make a kursk diorama laterI think i overdid chipping a little after i added more non corner ones
>>11860851After i finish pz3m I'll start dioramas, i wanna do kursk, inspired by hell let loose Paint soldiers, will see where it goes
>>11860851the chipping looks great
I just want some high quality dprk korean war resin tank crew figures :<
>>11861512equipment wise, how are they different from late WW2 soviet tank crews?
I hope you are as comfortable as you seem, I can't see how sleeping on the pointy sprues is in any way conducive to comfort
>>11856616good.
>>11861606>1:48 tonks>not tamiyahow is it
>>11861823Unacceptably bad for a 2025 release Every major fitting has bad tolerances The upper and lower turret and hull barely fit together, but you can build it as the naked version with no extra armor unlike the Tamiya one
>>11852958I recall there was a few guys (including that AC autist) who have built this thing a couple years back, is the landing gear really as bad as people say?
>>11861900>hobbybossThat should tell you everything you need to know.Right off the bat the nose is off and the gear does not look good desu. I say avoid it.
>>11861544the uniform and the fact they are korean
>>11855772It's called that everywhere, retard
nightshift is really going hard on the self promotion, wifey must be demanding more income
on the topic of youtubers, completely forgot about this chick who just came back into my algorithm. I'm not the type of guy to complain about pointy elbows, there's just something about being a mid 30's overtly sexual woman with dyed hair while her husband films 'suggestive' down shirt shots that's kinda sad. Reminds me of my college gf and I think people would pay to not watch us have sex, but its 2026 and this chicks got 75k subscribers and an onlyfans so wtf do I know.
>>11862615SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO DO THAT FOR THE OL' BALL 'N' CHAIN IF ONLY HE LEARNED FROM US OLD ONES-----------------------------------------------------------------BUD "BUDDY" BUDDERSONUS AIR FORCE 1971-1971 (DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE)USPS 1990-1990 (DISHONORABLE DISCHARGE)WALMART GREETER 1991-PRESENT"I CARRY A 45 BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE A 46"2/18/2001 HEAVEN GAINED AN ANGEL (RIP DALE)CURRENTLY BUILDING:AMT 1/25 1968 FORD MACH 1 MUSTANGSHELF OF DOOM:AMT 1/25 1969 FORD MACH 1 MUSTANGAMT 1/25 1970 FORD MACH 1 MUSTANGAMT 1/25 1971 FORD MACH 1 MUSTANGAMT 1/25 1972 FORD MACH 1 MUSTANG
>>11862615>>11862663Am I missing out with modeller YouTube? I stopped watching after Owen from QuickKits stopped making videos.
>>11861900No it isn't. I am the AC autist. What Hobbyboss does and have done in a lot of the kits is this annoying thing where the landing gear gets built into the bay so the whole time you work on the model it is sticking out and potentially easy to break. It's no big deal to handle just treat it carefully. It was the same on eg the trumpeter J-20 I recently made.The YF-23 has a couple of more annoying things than that to deal with, first and foremost it needs comical amounts of weight added. I glued in two IKEA Allen keys behind the cockpit internally to make it stand flat and still had to add more weight after. Secondly, the joint between wing and fuselage is pretty hard to get smooth and I only succeeded on one side. I personally don't care all that much about rivet counting and minute accuracies but I did notice the panels are just plainly not correct on the kit, so if you're into that you gotta get cutting. It's not like there are many other offerings of the YF-23, nor all that much reference material with details.Also it's fucking huge and is one of my only models that can't fit in any glass cabinet.>>11861913Stop being a little whiny bitch and learn to build. If you are a fag that only builds Vipers and Me-109s you can be whiny and only build the finest most accurate ones but if you wanna not just be local boomer you gotta get some kits that aren't perfect to start with
>>11862666based lead brained satan boomer retard>>11862668I find it good for passive entertainment like you got nothing else to do, and sometimes it gets the modeling mojo back.
>>11862687Mind if I ask any channels that you can recommend apart from Plasmo and Nightshift?
>>11862695Forgot a comma, d'oh.
>>11862677Guess again. I just have little tolerance for stuff that is both inaccurate and overpriced. I just cracked open picrel that was $15 (forgive me for the burgerlard money) and have compared it to scale drawings and it is pretty spot on. The Hobby Boss YF-23 is almost $100.I get that there are few options for YF-23s, but you really don’t have to deal with inaccurate outlines if all you want is something different. By comparison the Shitaleri kit gets a better outline (even if the fit is far from perfect).Maybe I am just too much of a sperg, I don’t know, man.
>>11862697What the hell are you on about, $100?? It's under $50. I didn't pay more than $40 for certain. Whose boomer hobby shop is scamming you?Model kits are a starting point and you revise them until they are as accurate as you want them to be
>>11862707Cheapest I see is Trainz for $73 on sale from $82, everything else is $75 to $90.My mistake. Sprue Brothers, Model Rectifier Corp, a couple of EvilBay sellers and Scamazon are my sources.
>>11862707>>11862697I just checked and yes buying it from Super Hobby right now would cost $48.Anyway I think it boils down to two schools of thought and you want the base model kit to be accurate while I just don't care all that much because I'll turn it into what I want it to be. Now for the YF-23 I just didn't care all that much but I had to for instance rebuilt one of the "corners" from scratch because the model was dropped and broke in that corner and it was no biggie, so I'd rather pick the model that's "good enough" and turn it into what I want than spend $200 for the finest resin kit known to man. The example you have with the blimp, price has simply got nothing to do with accuracy and everything to do with cost of manufacture and your tiny sprue (relatively) with all parts on one is inevitably going to be cheaper than a 1/48 clamshell style kit like the YF-23
>>11862713This is fair, but I get a bad case of sticker shock too, especially these days. I guess I could see a $40 kit in this, though, I will say that much.
>>11862716Americans are getting wrecked by import tariffs with this hobby for certain. I've not really seen all that much of a price increase in Europe, maybe there will be a marginal one now with the bitch ass anti china tariff of about $3 per item they implemented recently
>>11862718American hobby shops have always been more expensive for stuff. For a long while I imported from Super Hobby and I still plan on doing it, I just have not needed anything since the tariffs went into effect, though I would love to get some more paints and a few kits that have caught my eye (some resin kits by Brengun and some airliners from F-RSIN or Welsh Models).The only Chinese kits that really interest me are those from Warhead Studio and some Chinese specific subjects. I just wish someone would make a wider range in both 1/144 and 1/72 (a 1/72 Y-8 or Y-9 is something needed and conversely a 1/144 JF-17 is also needed too). JL-9s or sorely lacking too (especially since they are the main aircraft of choice in Myanmar these days). Not to go off on too much of a tangent, but the war in Myanmar is so interesting and yet so rarely modeled (I guess I better be the change that I want to see, but only when more kits become available).
>>11862695https://www.youtube.com/@t-garage/videosThis guy if you want a nip model builder pumping out car models to a pretty high quality
>>11861606I don't think that kot is 1/48 scale
i watch boxman but i would never ever repeat anything he does
>>11862695Nta, but Amegraphy (ships) Bilal Jamri (ships) and ScaleModelAircraft
>>11862663holy sexo
>>11862728They used Spitfires in Myanmar for strafing during the 90s
I just got the HB mengshi (some chinese humvee), the diameter of the axle holes were smaller than the wheel pegs and came in two halves that wouldn't align, this was the step 1 in the instructions by the way.Now I understand why some HB kits have around 0 finished builds online.
>>11862695in order of my subscription list>Hammerhead Model Making (mostly long form aircraft videos)>Workbench Hobbies (aussie, reviews and builds, mostly armor)>DreamZz Scale Modelling (german? small channel mostly armor)>Model Nerd (brit, mix of sbjects)>Olha Batchvarov (long form wooden ship modeling, little talking, music overlay)>Davids Ships (bit sized videos on plastic ship builds)>The Midwest Model Shop (mostly large scale ships, guy rambles a bit)>Modelite - Models and Dioramas (very good builds, channel not that active)>Details Scale Models (haven't watched much, mostly planes)>The Model Shed (see above)>Norwegian Modelling Bench (autistic long form ship building)>John Alec's Scale Modeling (haven't watched much)>Dry dock in scale (1/350 ships)>ZERO figure maker (figures and 3D printed monster dioramas)>The Alleyman (WWI planes, channel seems inactive)>Scale Model Assassin (mostly planes, haven't watched much)>Panzer Machine (inactive armor channel)>CW Modeling (WWII dios)>Rick Lawler : Propaganda (nice armor builds)>Studio Blue (nice ships)>Ebroin's Miniatures (see above)>Scale Model Shed (good videos, mix of subjects)>Modelling Weekly (mostly planes, haven't watched much)>Echo Range Models (haven't watched much)>Simon Kemp. Models (inactive boomer channel)>Scale-A-Ton (good builds and videos)>LPJ Models (good vids, mostly armor)>Panzermeister36 (good vids, mostly german armor)>Turbine Models (inactive)>Adam Mann (wehraboo)>Sergio Solo (inactive, mostly armor)
>>11862951The Model Shed is pure boomer autism where he spends like a year to make the perfect model
>>11862869I thought the Spitfires were retired circa 1957 and replaced by Sea Furies and that by the 1990s, AT-33s, S.F.260s, G-4s, Q-5s, JL-8s and J-7s were doing ground support?
>>11862695I like these guys>A4 Garage (hyper realistic cars)>Ugur Kenel>Scale-a-ton>T-Garage>Meoto-Mokei Channel>Jun's Mini Garage when he still uploaded anything besides the occasional pre painted initial D slop>Straight Build/scalemodelbuildchannel>Sytrene Haven>Sublight Drive Craftsnot scale models but worth mentioning>Blue Paw Print>JohnnyQ90
>>11862975I tried researching it again and found nothing, I can't find the source in which I read it anymore so it was likely wrong I fear. It also claimed that they buried them but that may have been confusion with the 2012-2013 hype of RAF spitfires being buried in Burma directly after ww2. Likely not much more than misremembered and mixed up posts on some forum
>>11862845>>11862867>>11862951>>11862952>>11862998Thank you, I also found another channel on my own with some neat stuff called Tom's Modelling in Motion, he does plastic and wood, mainly aircraft and sailing ships, but some cars too.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8vBuh5OYDo
>>11863067The burying claim was a rumor from 1994, so yeah, you are getting confused. The 1990s was a transition point in Burma because of the 1988 US arms embargo, which led them to switch to Russian and (mainly) Chinese equipment. They wanted Yugoslav equipment, but Yugoslavia had their own problems.Which reminds me, I have a YuMo G-4 tucked away deep in my stash. I am autistic about Yugoslavia and Burma, so have no clue which scheme I would build, but I am saving that one until my skills further improve anyway, so no pressure.Regardless the current main aircraft only has a single 1/48 Trumpeter kit that you need aftermarket decals and scratchbuilding for a Myanmar aircraft (and still no PT-6 conversions for a CJ-6 like the newest ones they have).
Why do I get those black spots in place where the gate was? I did gundam before and if I cut further from the piece and then file the gate the stress mark would be barely visible or sometimes you can even rub it with your nail and it will become less visible but now I'm trying to build a tamiya bike and no matter if I cut close or far or if I file or not, I get those marks.
>>11852958I've came by and stared at his op image several times, I think the Krieger stuff looks awesome. If my hands and eyes were more cooperative I'd probably buy a kit just to ruin it with a bad paint job. Anyway, great stuff to whomever built this scene.
>>11863148primer/paint will take care of it, should be basic knowledge for anyone with IQ above room temp>I did gundam beforethere's your problem
>>11863400He needs to sand and fill too. I see some gaps and misalignment.>>11863148See above.>>11863268Painting is not hard, just get something cheap that you are somewhat interested in and practice some hand painting, then move on to airbrushing. Practice filling sanding and precise gluing too.Before buying it, run it by us first to see whether it is good or not.
>>11863148this isnt a gundam kit kiddo, you have to paint it all regardless, as long as it feels smooth, it wont matter when you paint it
>>11863531>this isnt a gundam kitno one's saying this, but if you expect everything to be like your faggy gundam shit then get the fuck out
>>11863400this doesn't answer my question why does it happen when it doesn't happen with gundams, I know I can just paint over shit but I don't care I just want to buildwhy is gunpla so triggering here, jealous about better plastic quality or something?
because the subject matter is gay and cringe
>>11863616Because it's gay shit for troons.To answer your question, this shit is just what happens with metallic plastic, gundam does this too but you won't always see it since their gates aren't usually this thick.Now fuck off back to your containment board(s).
>>11863628okay have fun with two other anons here
>>11862951Mach Models is a chill britbong and makes really nice planes.
>>11863148It's black/grey plastic with metallic particles in it and the particles end up on the surface of the plastic so when you cut it you are exposing the inside with little/no metallic particles
>>11863639>>11863616>>11863148Plastic does not behave the way you think it does. Bandai are doing black magic with their flow and gate design and deliberately using only color blends that will mostly work the way they want them to. Learn to sand and paint like a real model builder because you can absolutely see the defects even on Gundam if you don't turn a blind eye to it, they're just as well engineered as possible on the gate design while compromising other things like yield rates t. Mechanical engineer with many molds to my name
>>11862858>boxmanThat's fucking kino>>11862868Dude she's so beat up. I checked her leaks when she showed up on my feed out of interest and lost all interest. Butterface built like a fridge. If you want to see a nice ass, there's thousands.
>>11863616Gundam is engineered for people who dislike the full building process. Thin sprue gates, coloured plastic so people can opt not to paint and so forth. It makes them genuinely different from building a traditional kit.I will go as far as to say that some folks here both use /smg/ and /gppg/, but I would say that if you do not take the shortcuts that Bandai allows for you to take, then you will have a good model by /smg/ standards.However this kit looks to be car, right? You need to fill and sand a lot on car or motorbike kits because finish is the most important part of them. Are you airbushing or brush painting? The process is different depending on which one you do. I could go into all of the details above, but we have the links in the OP for a reason.
>>11863824>her leakscuriosity got the better of me. anyone got a witty modeling related caption for this look?
I want to make a 1/48 elefant for a battle of kursk diorama but the ball mounted machine gun wasn't added to that version that fought at kursk. Are there any people who sell the frontal armor plate for the 1/48 elefant without the ball mounted machine gun or is it going to be a sprue cutter and sanding job?
>>11863824>Butterface built like a fridge.yeah I looked up her nudes, her thighs look good in clothes but naked she looks like a fridge with boobs that look small considering how much fat she's carrying
>>11862695I will try and not mention the ones other have gone over. (All of these are youtube channels)>BoulderCreekRailroadAbsolute banger videos on model railroads but then dude hit mid-life crisis or his wife left him or some shit and dude turned unironically troon. I guess too many resin vapors do that to a nigga. Wear your PPE guys.>smolworldworkshopNot exactly what /smg/ is about, but a lot of larger scale scratch building. Nice to get a look at some techniques scale modellers might not be doing.>52MiniaturesSome normie content, some interesting projects. Dude is one of those self-hating Swedes, but there's some interesting stuff there.>EricsHobbyWorkshopMostly warhammer slop, but he does have a bunch of scratch building videos that are fairly interesting.>lasercreation-world1981German autism at it's peak. I'm not sure how he manages to churn out so many huge projects in such a limited time.>BoyleiHe kind of rushes and half-asses things, but most of them are decent enough and he does have some gems.
>>11863847>Did you lose a piece in my carpet?>anon you can take off the respirator, I washed it with alcohol before we get to glazing
>>11863852There are a few other modifications you'll also have to make to get an accurate Ferdinand from an Elefant, mainly the gun shield and roof hatches.
>local shop getting bronco cv33 finally some spaghetti not made by shitaleri and if you are gonna post some performative scale model foids, at least post some not shit looking ones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiriuIWFBEc
>>11863861>BoulderCreekRailroad>>11863864speaking of carpets...
>>11863898>r*ssian state media demonizes ukrainian sluts for doing OF>"look at our glorious prostitute selling her pictures online and building glorious zvezda supermodel of greatest stalinum tonk for victory day"lol, lmao evenZigger bitch does have half decent results though. Nothing great, but decent.
Almost every woman I have seen at a model show that is not someone's wife is a Gunplafag. In all honesty. I do not think women are cut out for modelling, but that might just be me.
>>11864118it is weird how I have never seen a girl build and paint anything outside of gundam or tt minis.
>>11864118My ex liked building vintage cars and also built an egg scale tank, but she couldn't be arsed to really properly clean and prep anything or actually paint them. Something something ADHD I guess.
>>11864177You broke up with her? How long ago was this?
>>11863960hrt hitting the autists like crack hit the blacks in the 80s
>>11864378100%, like its CIA funded
>>11864118Mine gave it a go and built a Toyota AE86 and a Mini Cooper but concluded she understood what I saw in model kits but also that it wasn't really for her. I think trying to airbrush (she paints but oil on canvas) threw her off in difficulty and difference from regular painting
>>11864258Moved out a few months ago. The models were over the past 6 years or so. In hindsight I was always putting more into the relationship and she told me several times over the years that she couldn't really return the feels. Chalked it up to her autism/bipolarism/depression back then, but should have seen it wouldn't work in the end. But hey that's autism for you, find someone that you think you can rely on and it's like shit under your shoe, really hard to let go yourself. She brought it up and I agreed it didn't work, it was pretty much as no drama breakup as it could be, were living together but otherwise no baggage like kids, pets etc.Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
i know these crates are like crappy wood painted with 4bo and some markings but i tried to make something that contrasts with the model, first time trying to make wood aswell
>>11864674turned out to be cartoony af
>>11862666Kekaroo This is basically the car guy in my IPMS chapter
here my toy car here my real car here my toy car here my toy car here my real car here my toy car here my toy car here my real car here my toy car
>>11864674>>11864680Drown that shit in chipping fluid/hairspray and do a paint layer. It will hide most of the jank.Next time do an acrylic base with wet blending and then do a layer of oil on top you can feather and scratch on there.
>>11864779>don't talk to me or my son ever again
I think I need one dudes, I want this chonky boy in my life
>>11865011If only I could find one in 1/144 (I know of two kits but both have been discontinued). Another one for the someday pile along with the Nemeth Parasol, Arup S series, Aeroeon 26 and Bristol Racer (picrel).
>>11865049god I love chonky air boys
>>11865128Do you like blimps, by any chance?I am working on one right now. (Nighttime, so I cannot take good pictures.
Border and Takom are having a mid off
>1/35>wehrslop>china unironically
In other news Hasegawa has revived their Creator Works Area 88 line, but recycled their ancient and frankly unacceptable 1/72 F-8 tooling.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_-m70IHaQg[Good news] Finemolds making link and length tracks for type 89 because of a shortage of material for rubber band tracks
>>11865536like did they even have an alternative?
>trumpy kit with 3D print partsjust a fad or did they really have no money for a new mold?
>>11865557Re-release the 1/48 F-8 instead of the 1/72. The F-20 is 1/48 (a Freedom rebox), I do not see why they would re-release the worse option between the two of them from the previous Area 88 line.
I bought one of these small boxes from aliexpress to check out the quality (for $3 ish why not) and despite not being useful for the advertised 1/24 scale, it is the perfect size for a tiny rally diorama with this Lancia S4 I made over the winter. So I guess I'll spend my weekend trying to make this look good. Need to make something that isn't an actual model kit it's getting a little stale. >>1186579>how dare trumpeter use the most obvious and economical production method for a limited run niche kit i am not even going to buy!!!!!!!!!>>11865586>>11865536It's the same with the Ace Combat kits. It's better to buy the kits for the decal sheets and use them on a better piece of plastic
>>11865717Well fuck me this is going much faster than I thought it would, some of the weathering products now are just easy mode. Went overboard on different materials it's not meant to be realistic it should just look nice
>>11865717>limited runretard, trumpeter doesn't do limited runs, everything is mass market>nichelooks like a Mi-8, which is a VERY common subject
calling american afv experts, is the Sheridan really this huge?
>>11866153not my builds btw, but here's a M551 over a M48 and M60 for reference
>>11865197I think I've seen you post a few blimps before. but yeah I think they are cool, definitely a very different subject for most aviation builds, kinda like those old crawler tractors for armor or car builds.
>>11865809nice ground work dude! now just make that cute little rally car a little dusty
>>11866153anything amphibious will be extremely voluminous
>>11865911Gee I wonder who does the best market research, Trumpeter with decades in the game, or the one local autist that still doesn't understand that resin printing and other 3D printing methods has numerous superiorities to injection molding unless you need to make thousands and thousands of an item. I used to develop medical devices for a living and we 3D printed hundreds of parts that you would probably think were supposed to be injection molded because it gave us vast amounts of benefits compared to the locked in commitment of a tool
where are all these people who buy trumpeter kits
>>11866301>Trumpeter with decades in the gameTo be fair they haven't got much to show for that.
>>11866301>he thinks old corpos can't make mistakes because they do market researchmust be underage or retarded to have this level of understanding corporate practices>unless you need to make thousands and thousands of an itempretty sure trumpeter is not five guys in a shed who only churn out fifty boxes a day
>>11866315>>11866316You fags that whine over resin printed parts in kits are genuinely the floor polish boomers of the younger scale modelers
>>11866318>younger scale modelersRIP to the first kid who superglues that resin nose to the clear plastic windows.
>>11866301>Trumpeter with decades in the gamedecades in stagnation, they haven't improved since 2010
>>11866301TrumpyBoss does what they know boomers would praise in unboxing reviews like PE frets and individual track links even when it's inconvenient, those resin parts are no different.
Truth be told, I have never built a Chinese made kit. Mainly Czech and Japanese kits, with a sprinkling of Zvezda and Airfix. I only ever build small scale aircraft, though and they seem more interested in 1/32 and 1/48 (scales I hate dealing with).
Opinions on actually putting the swashbuckle on nazi planes? It's historically more accurate, but then I can't really display nazi planes at my workplace along with the rest.
>>11866403>putting the swashbuckle on planes
>>11866403chud it up pussy. Reality is reality, and if a shape is enough to give someone an aneurysm are they someone you want to hang out with?
>>11866403If you don't put the swastika on planes where it belongs you're genuinely a pussy. If that causes you to not dare to show them at work then maybe don't show them at work retard. But seriously I have had this conversation and it went no further than "There's a swastika on the plane" and you go "Yes this is a historically accurate model of such and such, just like this P-51 check the small swastikas tallying kills" and anyone not involved in HR would say some variation of "Oh I see that's neat". >>11866401Trumpeter is fine for planes. I've built a J-10, J-20 and a Su-30 from them and they were alright. Maybe it's shit for ships and tanks but I don't make those so I don't really care
>>11866439I might get their J-20, then. I have a different J-10 kit in mind, but there are no distributors outside of China for it yet.I have been put off because their one kit I really want is bad, though (the white box 1/144 J-8). I wanted to recreate the Hainan Island incident with an EP-3 (which should not be too hard of a conversion from a P-3).
>>11866460Beware that like Hobby Boss, if it's a gear down J-20 you have to mount it when assembling the plane. You can't wait with it until after assembly for easier painting
>>11866403I wish more manufacturers would include them, can be a pain to brush in 1/72 where masking is too tediousOnly began adding them in 23
>>11866469sick white sakura petal weathering on the 94 bro
>nooooo, swastikas are offensive What a weirdly w*stoid and r*ssian problem
>warhams
>>11866483Thanks man, took me years to get it right
>>11866439>>11866411Perhaps I should have specified that it's my own business, and it would be in sight of customers.
>>11866587then wear a che guevara shirt to keep them on their toes
>>11866605Possibly just build it simultaneously with redshit and put them next to each other. I really like the lines of the Yak-1.
>>11866617to the deranged libtard brain, the balance would likely not even register. Red stars, hammers and sickles, etc... carry no weight or deep meaning in the west for a number of reasons. But for the political activist looking for fascism under every rock it would serve as a lightning rod. What kind of business anyway? I'm guessing a storefront that serves the general populace? If that's the case I don't think it would be worth the hassle, especially depending on the area, and I'm the one that told you to chud it up. I'd lay low until I acquired FU money and then all bets are off.
>>11866403I think you are a faggot if you get upset over the friendly windmill on a ww2 plane. I'd say a nice middle ground between it still being close to reality and sanitized enough to not upset some pussy, something like this would suffice.>>11866617I would probably also do this myself, just have multiple aircraft from every other faction in the war to ""balance"" it out
>>11866605>balance socialism with more socialism
>>11865809There's some genuine talent in this general.
>>11866202Here it is. I still need to sand and scrape a little bit more, but it looks like a blimp now.To the anon who wanted to know what the kits from Mark I Models are like, I hope this gives you an idea. Sorry about it taking me so long. The fit is not perfect, but I have had more trouble with some Revell kits than this, so I would say that you should go ahead and get what you want from them, if you still want it.
>>11866646My "fear" is that in a hundred years or so these sanitized post-war schmitmars will enter fuddlore as wartime "low visibility markings", and some poor young modeler born in 2100 will have to listen to some rickety old gen beta's "look here sonny, I've forgotten more than you know" speech, about how full-windmills were only used in Spain, or some shit.
>>11866694he a cute! what scale is that?
>>118668611/720. Airships do not have a common scale because of their obscurity, but Revell and Mark I tend to do 1/720.OKB Grigorov and Snowman Model make 1/700 kits, Aerobase make 1/1000 kits, Revell also released a 1/200 Zeppelin NT not too long ago.
>>11866868I forgot to mention that two box scale Kirovs are available, one from Border Model and one from Kaizo. They are both intended to build like GunPla (as most of the folks in this thread shudder).One thing about blimps that I am just learning is that the are really awkward to paint, since the only parts to hold are the fins (delicate separately fitted parts) or the gondola. The issue is that blimp gondolas make for unergonomic handles. At least I have the envelope and fins painted. I just wish I hadn't used a meme technique for finish (which was black basing for just some cheap Humbrol Aluminum that I had laying around). At least the gondola and engines will be getting Vallejo. Aluminum and Olive Drab are the last Humbrols I have and I have three Model Masters left too. While they served me well, I look forward to finally switching to Vallejo and AK fully.By the way, the kit in question is ~$20 on Super Hobby and comes with a base, mooring mast and resin tractor (about half a pinky nail in size). It honestly isn't that bad of a buy even though the blimp is quite small (~4-4.5"). I might wind up having to get one of their zeppelins.
Finished the little weekend diorama. Didn't spend any time hiding the layers of the foam on the back side because who cares this is not going to a model show and it is actually going to sit in a corner where you can't see it anyway. On the front they kinda look like sediment layers so I kept it in there. Got the car a little dirty so it doesn't look out of place and used some kind of plushie filling the other half had laying around for the dust cloud
>>11866949great diorama of what happens when you leave the handbrake off
>>11866952Kek so true. It really is sad how few kits of any kind give you drivers/pilots to put in anymore
>>11866961I mean you can just 3D print it, companies are probably thinking the same: "Why put much effort into something when autists who care can just print it themselves? Just make more Tiger tanks for the normies."
>>11866966normies probably like decent figures and aren't 3d printer fags. most tamiyas I've done have nice crew figs
>ball bearings instead of poly capswhat the fucking hell man
>>11866974that's because the newer tamiya figs are all scanned from real people
>>11867034imo it adds more to a kit than a pe fret or some 3d slop
>>11866949nice! looks awesome anon
decided to stop trying to reanimate a corpse and just train painting on the icm 109, realized i wont manage the profipak 109e3 in 72 so just gonna build some cheap ass 1/48 planes just to train, this one will go to the bin unless i decide to make a destroyed 109 diorama in 1/48first time trying to paint a plane, this mustard yellow is clumping like crazy
>>11867038I cannot afford a 3D Printer, otherwise, I would likely be printing off kits for the folks here.>>11866961This is admittedly a shame. There was a resin firm doing real people scans, but they shuttered at the end of last year.>>11867122Shake and thin moar. I can tell you are spraying thick. What yellow is that?
>>11867006is there an advantage to this? or is just like the illusion of quality? like how ryefield throws in pe
>>11867135I guess if you keep moving the tracks maybe? But realistically not>>11867122You definitely need to thin more, that's also why the mottling comes out very misty and imprecise. For yellow, I recommend painting a sand color or at least mid grey before spraying to help coverage
>>11867132Atom Mustard yellowI think it's an illusion, the primer was thick + glossy varnish was thick, but I'll try thinner later, i already tried the "try it on hand or textured paper" thing>>11867147I know, i painted it on grey primer, some other guide i was watching said try white i wanna try a stencil next, it doesn't matter for this one, the camo is completely fictional
>>11867151Rattlecanned?
>>11867176Primer airbrushedPaint airbrushedGlossy varnish airbrushed
moving house soon, this will be the last model I build here. anyways im almost done with the moebius 1965 dodge coronet. super good kit, I wish all "american classic" type car kits were like this. great detail, near perfect fit, and decent enough plastic quality (not much flash but decently sized mold seams). I can't wait for the immense disappointment next time I do an AMT or Revell kit
>>11852958>Maschinen KriegerI finally got one of those kits... after I found a Labubu version of it.
>>11867135>is there an advantage to this?for Meng, probably saves on material affected by shortagesfor you, nothing unless you like doing this to your tanks but that assumes the workable tracks can hold themselves together, also there's now a high possibility a slight earthquake will send your tank rolling off the shelf unless there's a gear or something in the hull to stop the wheels
>>11867204The next level for American car kits is to permanently graduate to 1/24, American muscle always being one size smaller than Japanese and European just feels so wrong.
>>11867242what ma.k kit did you get?t. SF3D anon
>hmm do I want this kit?>bid up the ebay listing 50p with 10 seconds left just to see.>win itwell I guess I did want it.
>>11867569a snowman one.added to the pile of unbuilt kits.I feel that I need to practice on simpler ones before I get to that one.
Hi I'm new to this hobby, ready to commit to large parts amount kits, anything you'd recommend that's not ancient, not small and has some nice PE or masks inside?Aircraft/tanks
>>11867656nice, the safs is classic plus that kit you can build as a standard safs or the snowman variant. honestly the wave kits are pretty forgiving compared to older ones. I just recommend using black ca to fill in seam lines and you might want to primer the front inside cavity of the torso before assembling it completely. sometimes you get light bleeding if you go with a white base coat. it's not completely necessary but something to consider. oh and the rubber joints don't like paint for whatever reason, use a lacquer primer for those parts.
>>11867699pic related btw is a nitto kit from 97 iirc. it was a bit rough on details; especially the face, and I had to sculpt the rubber piping by hand.
>>11867685I'd recommend keeping it simple instead. PE isn't fun
>>11867709I don't mind some pe, like skirts or rails, the one you don't have to bend much
>>11867715bro, a skirt isn't a flat plane, rails have to be bent in a complex shape
>>11867715if you're high iq, you could try biplane pe rigging
>>11867715Okay get the Tamiya T-72M1 then.
>>11867745Rivet-counters say the turret shape is wrong, but literally no one would be able to tell.
>>11867699What's with the awful basing composition?The model itself is decent enough.
>>1186758i yiost
>>11867715I don't wish to insult you, but you might be retarded, mate. How much experience do you have?Anyway, get something somewhat cheap, like the Special Hobby 1/48 D-558-1 or 1/32 Fi-103R, but any Special Hobby or KP kit with PE for $25-ish or less should be good, so if you mess it up, it is not too much of a loss.
>>11867816I forgot to ask me own question duhhh...I have not built a full resin kit before but have experience with resin parts. How retarded would it be to buy four resin kits? One is 3D printed, the others are cast, but two of the castings seem to be high quality.>>11867812https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbvYeLxMKN8
@11867812I SEE YOU HAVE MADE A BAD POSTYOU OK, THERE BUDDY? I AM ASKING BECAUSE DALE WAS DONE IN BY A STROKE -----------------------------------------------------------------"If you stand against Israel, you stand against GOD!" US Army Rangers "Semper Fi" 1981-1981UPS 1991-1991 (Dishonorable discharge) FED EX 1993 - present WORK IN PROGRESS - IDF 1/32 F117
>>11867323You'll sooner see Americans drop Freedom Units in favour of metric. Scalemates says that Moebius Coronet is a new tool, 2024. It's 1/25. 1/25 will be basically eternal at this point.
>>11867865strange because 1/24 feels like freedom and 1/25 feels like soulless metric
>>11867866>1/24 feels like freedomit is, 1/24 is every half inch equals a foot
>>11867866I blame hippie communists.
>>11867795>What's with the awful basing composition?:( he is walking down the road, plus because it's an old nitto kit the model litteral can't stand on his own >The model itself is decent enough.:) thank you I think the back came out really well and it's some of my nicest weld beads
An attempt was made. Then another attempt was made with photography with a phone.
>>11867893I actually really like them, the wash? is a bit coffee stainish but from normal viewing distance it looks pretty cool
>>11867930The was is simple enamel "dark wash" (close to the 50-50 mix of black and burnt umber oil paint I normally use) by Ammo for armor. I didn't want to fuck around with oils for half a day. I just want this ancient Tamiya shitter out of the way already.
>>11867951>I didn't want to fuck around with oils for half a day. I just want this ancient Tamiya shitter out of the way already.understandable
>>11867999Not that it wasn't fun or easy to assemble, but it's high time to get on with the more grandiose projects.
>>11867865>1/25 will be basically eternal at this point.a little TBD should do the trick
>print a trinity bomb kit>start measuring out blast distances>initial fireball would instantly vaporize my entire painting room>final fireball would be the size of my house>shockwave would fully cover two counties>this is the weakest nuke ever testedhuhneat
>>11867759a beginner shouldn't care about accuracy if their intention is just to get the hang of it
>>11868307>this is the weakest nuke ever testedFactually untrue. Sorry about your house.
>>11868453This. The Davy Crockett for example can be dialed down to a mere twenty tons (Oklahoma City in '95 was for comparison three tons of ANFO, and '20 Beirut was ballpark 1kt) , and there were also a few fizzles is history.
>>11867685Make a list of your favourite planes, tanks, cars, motorbikes. Then look for a kit with a relatively recent tooling in a scale you want.
>>11868521soooprinz eugen 1/350 trump peterpr 956 trump peterhipper 1/350 trump petert-10m 1/35luchs 1/35m4a1 1/35bf109bf109bf109spitfire invasion stripessbd3p51 invasion stripesp38t64t80uka52 1/48nsx 2000mercedes 190echasergaz 66humveehmmm, tough choice
>>11868453>>11868473You're right lol but the distances on the rest check out. I assumed since it was the first it'd be the smallest.
>>11869165The Ark of the Covenant came out pretty cool. Might paint the handles, and could play up the definition in the sculpt more with a wash but honestly it looks fine just sprayed gold.
>>11869165
what im in for?
>>11869204I don't know, I don't build boats, therefore you don't build boats
>>11869204As with every ship that depends entirely on how far you wanna take detailing, there is no practical limit and you can sink 500$ into one in 350 scale.If you wanna build it OOB then it fits well, detailing is decent (70s tooling) but still Old Tamiya, radar system is a block, Flaks are made of wooden logs and no open barrels, no details on the hull no real pannels some parts on the cranes and ladders are simply missing not just simplified.It will be done in a week if you change nothing and it will fit but ships are meant to be improved, also don't be one of these airbrushfags that build everything and try paint it when entirely done it's a hassle with that camo and you should do it while building, at least the superstructure
What are we doing
>>11869406I was thinking an AliExpress kit with wooden deck, metal barrels and some PE (25€), resin funnel (5€), pe mast/radar (10€) and some riggingI'm not sure about PE rails or secondariesYeah, pretty sure i have to airbrush hull, then set deck, then paint superstructure, then finish assembly
>>11869421The world wonders.
>>11869421>>11869463Mind you I am probably becoming a bit faggy about blimp autism at this point, but I am reaching the stage to apply decals. I just do not have any Micro Set or Micro Sol.I probably will just DIY the solutions, since Micro Set is vinegar and water and Micro Sol is vinegar and isopropyl alcohol (1:1 for both).
>>11869461That should improve her markably, wooden deck especially, metal barrels too since it saves you from drilling and removing seams, radar and funnel will also do a lot. I'd say DO add rails if you have done it before and or want to spend a lot of time with her, the look is worth it but it can (depends on wether its generic rails or Tirpitz specific and how many bends there are) take 1/3 or 1/2 of the effort, at least it does with 1:700 ones. Also the camo needs to be aligned on superstructure decks
Opinions on more dynamic posing?
>when you spray your figure with X-22 for the dark enamel wash
insta cop if it had been 72
>>11870077>kineticIsn't this the 1/48 company that shut down and then was saved?Picrel would be my choice if it was in a smaller scale,, but I guess if I absolutely must, then I will do 1/72. :/
>>11870117>1/48 company that shut down and then was savedThat's Kitty Hawk, some of their molds are now being re-released under the Zimi brand
I love PE where you are supposed to attach it with functionally 0 surface area and it has to stay perfectly perpendicular I need more engineering like this, literally why can't kits be entirely made from PE?
>>11870146A molded-on handle or hatch hinge or whatever drybrushed and recess-shaded with enamels will look about 99% of a PE part. Maybe even better, because you'll have guaranteed overflown superglue around the PE part, which a dark oil/enamel wash will bring out "nicely".
>>11870146>why can't kits be entirely made from PE?they already exist though
>enamels
>>11870169Good for small details
>>11870197Also you can just use it straight from the bottle. Oils always need some preparation.
>>11870146>not putting a drop of cement on the part, setting it in place to melt a tiny groove that can then be used to superglue the part on without everything flowing around
>>11869421buying kits I'm not gonna build for months while not having worked on any for 2 months
>>11870146Reminds me that I am looking at Aerobase kits and a local shop has one of their kits fro half price compared to the regular retail price. No clue if I want to do that too myself, though.>>11870149Do you not just add a very small drop with a toothpick and spread it with the other end of the toothpick before sticking it down?
>mfw I left my thin CA bottle on its side
I gave in to my bad urges and got a bronco SU-152 in 1/48it is 12 years older than the tr*mpeter mentally challenger that I am building and everything fits better and is like EUR 10 cheaper It even comes with clear parts and PE what the fuck are these retards at tr*mpeter doing?
>>11869590I love it and I also love when companies use their box art to tell little stories like Dragon and Masterbox do
>>11870058just use satin
>>11869590depends on the pose and dynamics
>>11870572idk you can do quite a bit with these two
>>11870625why did they do it?
>>11870146I got just the thing
>>11870658>glorious Su-17I'm almost finished the Smer 1/48 one! Which kit is this?
>>11870749Modelsvit 1/72, best one of its kind according to reviews
>>11870758I have a Modelsvit T-10 in my stash but have yet to build it. Is the short run decent?
>>11870652Why did ukrainians film gay porn? Probably poverty
>>11870572Germans would probably at least find a nook somewhere to take a shit. If it were Raj colonial troops, it would be accurate.>>11870625Would need to be r*ssian to be historically accurate.
>>11870526
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UrFIt97kTc
>>11870908>fuck you raptorWhat did the raptor ever do to them?
>>11870908>doesn't come with windmills of tolerance decals woke and gay
>>11870948This is the rare Tunisian 2-tone camo which was only applied for a few weeks at most and never sported the swastika and a palm tree emblem. Educate yourself.
>>11870625lol
>temper and roll PE piece simulating rifling>put together two plastic barrel halves with PE piece between them>clamp and let dry>fill and let dry>sand through 3 grits>touch up tight spots with knife>glue into breech block assembly>look at instructions and realize the kit comes with a metal barrelhow ya doin fellow retards
first attempt at filtering, idk if its even noticeable
>>11871649
>>11871659oof, those fuel tank seams and decal film it looks pretty good otherwise
>>11871660i was thinking of covering them with the stowage in the future anyways (when i learn how to paint stowage)is the decal really that bad?
>>11871679this one is looking fine, I'm talking about the red star on the hatch, you could have cleaned up the ejector marks on the tracks on the turret
>>11871682it was a freehand star >you could have cleaned up the ejector marks on the tracks on the turreti will, they just looked super intentional to me for some reason
>>11871682You really could not tell that that was freehand?>>11871685Even though I do firmly believe in striving for greatness and doing everything with 300% extra care instead of rushing projects out the door, maybe don't listen to the boomer grognards too much. I must admit I did get my baptism of fire in this very same general and it did help me improve a lot, but at some point you must draw the line and end a project and do better on the next one. Yeah the pillow shading was ridiculous, yeah the pin marks look ass, but you have some decent armor texture that your decals follow and the chipping is half decent. Make this one your goalpost for the next one and experiment and strive for better on the next one. Take your time and try different approaches until you figure things out. Once you are able to reach a result in a month you can work on reaching the same point in two weeks and then a week. The key is not rushing out slop, but also not getting stuck in forever projects.I just had a request for two DnD figures with a day's notice. I set a ridiculous commission price and they agreed. I was frankly amazed at what I could achieve in around three hours. Were they my models I would have spent three days and reached marginally better results. Just gotta put in the effort and magic happens. Godspeed anon.
>>11872114I guess i just like posting about it too much, I'm terminally online, thanks for the input, that's the planI think i did too little wash and the pillow shading was a mistake, I'll just try blending and some subtle zenithal shading next time, see what it'll look like
>>11872114I wanna do much better minifigs, aircraft and ships and it's a bit different i should switch to those because i think doing the panzer 3m i bought right now won't be much of a difference from the t34
>>11872360In my experience doing several of the same type of model in a row is better at first because you can iterate on your experience, use what works and try new stuff. If you switch to planes you will need to worry about a lot of new stuff like transparent parts and subassembly construction/painting and probably large decals.For ships PE will most likely be a big part along with absolutely microscopic parts and a bunch of masking.Figures will be a bunch of brush painting which is again a lot different and works best with different paints than what are best for airbrushing.
My planefag friend is concerned that this is not looking good, he thinks that there is too much contrast in the camouflage I can't really judge it as I'm not a planefagAny planefags here to give more advise?
>>11872413Not a planefag but is your friend blind by any chance? Too MUCH contrast? If there was any less, it would be a blue-grey blob. Has he seen actual planes?I will never understand the "well uhmm actually at this scale light behaves differently so it is imperative I desaturate all of my paints and mix them 20:80 with white" people. Ridiculous.
>>11872413I think it looks good.You can always point to the fact that Russian/Soviet camo is rareley 100% standardized and shows lots of variation and secondly also looks different in pictures that were taken in changing light conditions. It is clear what you are aiming for and it is perfectly ok.
>>11872413I assume from the currently missing wingtips that this is a Mig-29K. Carrier planes will be always look like patchy shit from the rough environment of being constantly at sea (let's ignore the meme right now that the Kuznetsov hasn't sailed in almost a decade an is effectively dead). I think fading and strong panel lines are on the accurate side, as for the colors, they'll probably tone down as you keep applying weathering.
Maybe another photo with less obnoxious editing.
Got some metal stencils off Ebay, first attempt is realistically shitty. Got some good intended overspray, really looks like a real who-gives-a-shit job by barely literate peasant-conscripts. As for the unintended overspray, I'll figure out how to clean it up. Since it's sprayed over chipping fluid, I guess I could just chip the overspray away.
>>11872438Except for the paint that got on the antenna mount and handle, it looks more authentic than a decal.
>>11872463Those came off with a wet brush in the end. What I'm gonna aim for is this look. The late paintjob wearing down so much that you could see the previous paintjob, with the worn down old turret number and roundel showing through again in almost, but not quite the same position.
>>11872423isn't it generally accepted that you want to go brighter on any scale model? this is to look good and interesting rather than anything about muh light, muh realism
>>11872659>Exhibit A
>>11872741>exhibit gay
>>11872659>this is to look good and interestingYeah, like rust on an M113 or BMP 3. I have seen enough of this gay millenial rubbish.
>>11872971how does that relate to what I said
>>11872971I certainly hope you mean you put rust on the few steel parts of an M113 or a BMP-3. Because those puppies are mostly aluminum.
>>11872995I got the impression you were defending the notion of using very bright colors and sacrificing realism for artistic novelty and aesthetics, no? Were you just making a factual observation? Then excuse my sarcastic tone.
>>11873040>sacrificing realism for artistic novelty and aesthetics Which is also a valid way to build. The theoretical oldest King-Tiger would have been 14-16 months old by the time of the surrender, and would have in theory could have seen a maximum of ten months combat, but they probably lasted a hundred hours of engine operation and a few weeks of combat. But nobody would stop you if you painted it like an almost 40 year old Abrams that hasn't seen a major overhaul in over a decade.
why are some ppl butthurt at modulation?t.new
Stenciled on the markings, I think it turned out fine. Left nothing to chance, so I got some Tamiya flat yellow and red, plus the appropriate X-20 thinner, no fucking around with tap-water or alcohol this time. Kinda don't want to apply the late three-color camouflage on top, this oldschool, solid green T-54 with commie star look is pretty aesthetic, but I've gone this far with my plan, so I'm sticking to it. Plus I don't think this variant was ever solid green, these were old tanks that received the Chinese clone of the British 105mm L7 cannon.
Some red came off in the middle, but that's okay, this isn't a showroom tank.
This is the variant I'm building, photographed in 1989 during a time of nothing in particular happening. I'm not gonna make it a political build or anything, I just think it's the most iconic and historically significant variant, like the T-80UD's in Moscow. The kit comes with the two old-school smoke canisters in the back instead of the more commonly known two 200l fuel drums, and it looks like I could scratchbuild the one 200l drum that was put between them, but they were left off during the 1989 tank parade, so I'm leaving them off too. Also crew figures are fucking impossible to get, chinks in 80's fatigues with what look like American T-56-6 tanker helmets, no fucking shot.
>>11873051>Which is also a valid way to buildSure. I just think it is not the be-all and end-all. It's a trend, it is fashionable, it is also promoted by people who sell their products (nothing wrong with that). I just say that if I have to chose I would prefer a more realistic approach. So, yes. a Kind Tiger in the Aredennes should have some fresh paint under the mud (as seen in contemporary footage). And a new MiG is not bleached out. So a somewhat higher contrast is ok.
>>11873084>And a new MiG is not bleached out. Here's a good metric on paint fade: >Hungarian Mig-29's >all of them originally manufactured in about 1989 (maybe as early as 87) for the Soviet VVS >USSR goes bankrupt >planes sit on the factory airfield for years brand spanking new >Hungary obtains them in late 1993 >Hungarians overspray the red star with the factory-spec paint colors and apply Hungarian chevrons >darker star-shaped patch visible around the open-air paint fade This is the contrast between fresh and four years of paint fade.
Didn't post anything for the ICM 1:35 Ford 917 conversion into Japanese yetLeft is the changed grille, the star and its base are from 0.25mm PS sheet, dusty atm but will be cleaned and repainted, couldn't progress the thing as quickly as I wanted to. Right is the modified cab from behind, the biggest challenge of this build, the white area is made up of 0.25mm sheet as well to give it its more voluminous angular shape instead of the rounded one.
I don't get why people use washes. To me, it just looks wrong.
>>11873214to me it just looks right
>>11873249Mind if I ask the reasoning? As far as I understand it, the goal is to force a on recessed surfaces, but even on a full scale aircraft, those recesses are not that visible from most angles.This maybe is not the best example, but I think this Serbian Gazelle proves my point, the panel lines are generally not a stand out feature and generally aren't on most machines (barring maybe control surfaces on aircraft and maybe tank hatches).
>>11873275>force a on recessed surfacessupposed to say force a shadow.>inb4 ESLAnyway, apart from the doors, engine access hatch and maybe the fuselage to tail boom seam, there really no not a "shadow". In fact, it might be might better to chip around the panel lines instead.Excuse my retarded whinging.
>in the process of buying a house>have the sudden urge to buy expensive kits
>>11873275>This maybe is not the best example >gloss paintjob so dark it's almost black Gee, you think?
>>11873293Does this satisfy you?
>>11873374>says panel washes are wrong >gets shown example on why it isn't >"NO U R STUPID!" >posts counter example where it doesn't apply as some "gotcha" Okay, you may fuck off.
Does anyone that has a JLC razor saw know how many teeth the blade uses? Looks like I can get a cmkkits one in bongistan now with a bunch of different blades. Not sure what would be the best amount just for general panel line rescribing.
>>11873389Just because you are in denial that washes rarely ever apply to stuff doesn't mean that you are right the one time it does apply, dipshit.
>>11873403It's okay to just stop posting and pretend to be someone else from that point on when you've been proven embarrassingly wrong, anon. No one will know.
>>11873405You know what, I will concede defeat for now, but until the new thread is made, I shall namefag, so people know exactly who I am and what I did.
OP here, I want to make next thread's "Always remember" to be whatever happened with the washes, but I want for you to caption it, I will pick out the winner when it comes time for a new thread.Anyway, how is everyone's builds coming along?
>>11873374It literally has the rivets and panel lines showing as they would on a model with a wash, what the fuck are you on about?>>11873275>Black aircraft>Panel lines show up with dusty grime.so exactly as with washes?>>11873403>Overexposed photo showing barely any lineswow>>11873470Panel washes just look wrong for anon.
>>11873470Panel washes look wrong on aircraft that don't have panel gaps.
>>11873470>Anyway, how is everyone's builds coming along?painful :)always remember: to wash before you wash
>folded a text decal on the blimp>cannot fix itBros... What do I do? The only thing damaged is a "t" in Lakehurst.>>11873470Good up until now. Got to take the blimp to club show and tell tomorrow too.
>>11873282felt. I just closed on my first house on the 30th and have been moving all my shit over. I've got everything but my spray booth and the table packed away and already moved and it fills me with despair seeing my model table barren.any texas anons in here? I'll be in dallas for a couple days in the last week of august and want to know if theres any good local hobby shops to visit while I'm there.
>>11873275>unrealistic and overdone panel shading on a 1:1 scale Saab Viggen
>>11873390Get the one with the most teeth. I have a JLC saw and bought CMK ultra smooth and extra smooth blades as replacements, and both are coarser than the JLC blades.
>>11873850gay millennial rubbish
>>11873470>Anyway, how is everyone's builds coming along?Spent about an hour last night misunderstanding instructions, looking for parts, and scratch building unneeded replacements. I might be certifiably retarded and should not be allowed near sharp objects.
>>11873869>boomers are mad at recess washing because they refuse to move away from their ancient Monogram and Airfix reboxes with raised panel lines
>>11873470>Anyway, how is everyone's builds coming along?Spent about an hour last night fistfighting my son for trying to enamel-wash one of the Airfix Spitfires I gave him from my stash
It's armour modelling not whore modelling you stupid fucks.
>>11873931as if western magazines didn't ever get whoreish.
>tfw no weathering gf
>>11873779I'm gonna have to store my kits in the attic I think. It's a pretty small place with no upstairs cupboard. She'll get over it when she finds out. As long as I have somewhere to build I'll be happy. I think she only just gets that kits are physical, finite things. Getting a good deal now is better than waiting till they're more expensive and unavailable. They'll be built, eventually.>>11873860Alright thanks. The ultra smooth one is 70 teeth.
>>11873931the future is now old man
>>11873931If you don't like a little Tanks & Ass then you are definitely some kind of faggot helosexual and should stick to your fruity gay-ass whirlybirds.
>be at work >want to build models instead >fuck around looking at scalemates and the sales at online model stores on my PC all day >get home >too tired to build
>ok, you need to build the bogies >no, we won't tell you what angle they need to be built>no, there will not be any relief on the parts to get alignment Very cool, but better fit than shitaleri
>>11874903You should really mention the kit and the brand so others don't get fucked.
>>11874919looks like bronco instructions
>>11874903What kind of running gear is that? Turan and Pz35 have 4 on a bogie, Valentine has one bigger wheel, most french ones have 2 wheels per bogie. Something soviet or some French carrier?
>>11874942probably wop, looks like a CV-33
>>11874919>>11874942It's the bronco CV-35
Who thought it was a good idea to make a plastic model kit of a dude just frozen stiff?
>>11875027not even trying to pose, he's just... thereand 1/16 by the way
>>11875027>wow that looks like shit, I gues back when the wow movie came out they were in a pretty bad spot though>>FUCKING 2025 TOOLING AND RELEASEdid they take the money from actiblizz and run? I would respect that, but holy shit
if only you knew how bad things really are
>>11873104Think i nailed the fade on this piece of shit 80's hasegawa 1/72 mig29 tbdesu
>>11875278Looks like the condition a Soviet Fulcrum would be in right before the USSR shit the bed. Used but not neglected.
Got back to work on my Gault Su-57, but this new stinky phone takes weird color photos, gotta fix that somehow. Almost time to get the roundels and all that done. >>11875161>>11875034>>11875027This is a fucking yikes
>>11875302stripes look great. hours with a stencil and masking tape or pre-cut ones?
>>11875310Hand cut from 18mm Tamiya tape slightly overlapping, I drew a design in Photoshop and pretty much just winged it. Worked out great
>>11875027How many candies did they pay the kid they got to paint it?
I should double build a jeet T-55 and a paki Type-59. Or an Iranian Type-59 and an Iraqi Type-69. Or an Albanian Type-59 and a Serbchimp T-55. Or Type-59's from both sides of the Cambodian-Vietnamese or Sino-Vietnamese wars.
>>11875353Do you have some Mig parts laying around?If not, then what about a Somali and a Cuban or Ethiopian example? These would have fought against each other from 1977 (for Ethiopian models, but earlier for Cuban) into the 1990s.
>>11875417Ethiopian and Somalian M47's sound more interesting to me, though I don't know if they actually met. Not sure about Jordanian M47's and M48's meeting Israeli M48's either, nor Israeli vs. Jordanian and Egyptian Centurions.
No pics but I acquired a shit kit with some vac-form goodies (Frog Meteor with an Airmodels conversion set) to practice on before getting the 747SP.I did find a store stateside with some Eastern Express stock left. The Welsh kit is still more accurate (the EE kit has the wrong hump and nose), all things considered (and they also stock it, so no having to hassle with their E-Mail only ordering system). Am I insane for committing to a vac-form option when an injection kit is available, despite it being noticeable wrong?>>11875435Funny you should say that, Somali and Ethiopian T-55s and M47s met in the same battle (Battle of Jijiga) during the Ogaden War. Ethiopia was mostly M47s with some brand new T-55s (this would have been their first deployment), while Somalia had mostly T-55s and some M47s.
>>11875278>on this piece of shit 80'sWhy do people always say that? This piece of shit or that piece of shit...has there ever been a decent kit? If it's so shit why did you even bother? What do you want the reaction to be?>"Yeah, nice paintjob. Too bad you wasted it on this inaccurate turd of plastic, sucker!"
>>11875566>Hasegawa>GoodThey pass shit from the 60s as new, frankly, I won't touch a Hasegawa shitter 9 times out of 10 because of their retardation and prices.>stick to 1/200 for airliners, except for their YS-11 for some reason (toolings are often pre-Y2K and show their age compared to their 1/144 counterparts)>mislabel variants or not provide variant specific parts (worst offenders are the 1/72 Apaches and Black Hawks)>sell at extortionate prices stateside (Euros get them for cheaper and so do Japs)>use hard plastic (just like R*vell), which is a pain to cut and sand>thick papery decalsThey are like the Lionel of model kits. The only reason to buy them, ironically are for some of those decals for licensed series in their Creator Works line up.Shit kits are good for practice and when you are a poorfag. Not everyone has $$$ to blow on the latest and greatest. Besides, this hobby is not a serious one.
>>11875583>sell at extortionate prices statesidehave you tried not being american? as has been said before, living in america might be the worst thing to happen to anyone in this hobby
>>11875450Yeah, the Ethiopian-Somalian wars are peak silly equipment-wise, on land and in air, with Somalians being trained by American instructors to fly Mig-21's after freshly breaking with the Soviets, and the Ethiopians flying Sabres and F-5's as a Soviet-aligned freshly communist country.
>>11875566>Why do people always say that?because the Hasegawa Mig-29 is TOTALLY the wrong shape is why. I like trying to polish turds aka this bilek il28bought for 3 eurWhy do you get offended???
I was today years old when I found out that the Abrams has been deployed in American colors in Africa.
Another pic of the Abrams in Somalia, 1993. Other than that, the African service of the Abrams consists of the use of them by Egypt and Morocco. As for deep Sub-Saharan unga-bunga land, this is the only occasion I know of now. African shitboxes deep in the big lip monkey zone south of the Sahel would be such kino if it weren't 90% T-55's and some T-72's.
>>11875641I did (lived in the UK between 2011 and 2013) but I know a guy in Malaysia and he has it much, much worse than I do, so I am thankful even in my situation. He has resorted to buying kits off of AliExpress, a lot of those being Hehexing/4D "1/144" (but not really) stuff and he has to buy two in order to ensure he has the enough parts to build a kit from. He spends 6-13 Ringgit per model.I import my models, or buy secondhand. Much of what I want was never distributed stateside to start with (a lot of resin, vac, short run, et al from Europe and Asia). I value accuracy over fit, but I am easy when it comes to it, just give me the right variant and make it look correct (if I can visually tell it is wrong, then it will annoy me to no end). I just spoke to someone about custom ordering my first printed car kit (1/43 Twingo) and he agreed to print it for me. I am working on the model among other things.>>11875646Also some F-5 pilots were trained by Americans just before the war too. And the Soviets deployed Mi-24s for the very first time to support the Ethiopians. The list goes on and on, but African wars are wonderfully weird as modelling subjects (so is Burma, but I said this in a previous thread).
>Austria >Argentina >Botswana (pic) >Brazil >Bolivia >Morocco >Tunisia >Greece >Iraq (not sure if bullshit, haven't seen a single pic, and only mention is some Wikipedia hallucination) We really fucking need an injection-molded 1:35 Kürassier already.
>>11875669the chinese would've made one already if it had been used by israel
I kneel:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeMxtiw4tGwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LI673QTmMMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MuGwtMAsfg
>>11875336Six or seven
>>11875655t-72s ARE kino
I like doing old shittier kits every once in a while to hone my skills.
Lubricant recommendation for turret rings? Something that attacks neither paint nor plastic, nor starts spreading out from under the turret. I'm tired of turrets sticking to the hull, and having to choose between risking cracking the cement joint at the barrel or risking cracking the joint at a stowage box/basket when I try to remove the turret during regular dusting.
>>11876623I'm guessing silicone grease will work just fine.
>>11875583>Besides, this hobby is not a serious one.>spergs and gets madThat is exactly what I am saying.
>>11875648>I like trying to polish turdsWhich is completely fine. I am not offended at all. I am just wondering why one points that out as everyone knows what kind of kit this is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsBPT7LQOtY
>>11876641Because they make cheap kits that are average at best and sell them at prices competitive to newer toolings with better detail and oftentimes fit. I do not want to spend $35+ on a F-8 or F-14 when it contains 1970s tooled plastic complete with raised panel lines because the decals are not something bog standard. Italeri is also guilty of this, as is Revell, but those kits tend not to be over $30 at the most for larger stuff (1/48 B-17, 1/32 UH-1, et al).I would be happier if a lot of these kits were cheaper, even checking European prices.
Jesus christ niggers stop whining about brands that you aren't even building like a bunch of old boomers and start posting some build shit
Is anyone planning to go to this show? Any past experiences to share?I am split on whether to participate or not, but I would like to see if I could win a medal again like I did at another show.
>>11876760Cost for the show is $25 for 10 entries and all three days, by the way.
Another round of some very precise stencil painting done. This has gotten way easier after I started using semi transparent foil>>11876762>>11876760I'd love to participate in this kind of stuff but the Atlantic is in the way and anything that isn't a Tiger or a Spitfire loses here
>paint three-tone camouflage >instruction colors are total bullshit and have to experiment out two of the three colors Thanks. This is like 70% of all post-WW2 kits. WW2boomers are blessed, because OD, 4D§, feldgrau, german three-color etc, have all been pretty much completely figured out decades ago.
>>11876838>4D§4B0, I don't know how I'm fucking up these keys. Either way it's fucked when you have multiple vehicles from the same military from the same period, that are supposed to have the exact same camouflage, but they all look different, because it took multiple builds to figure out the colors closest to the real thing.
>>11873073>Also crew figures are fucking impossible to get, chinks in 80's fatigues with what look like American T-56-6 tanker helmets, no fucking shot.They do look like T56-6 helmets or maybe British AFV-73 helmets. Back in the 80s, the PLA was frequently buying small batches of western equipment for evaluation so it would be within the realm of possibility. I can't seem to find much online regarding PLA tank crew uniforms in the late 1980s other than blurry pictures of the day nothing happened.
>>11876838This is one of the reasons I spent a whole day painting the top of all my paint bottles lids to actually be the color that's inside them. It's far more reliable than any instructions
>>11876774Ah, knowing you, you would probably place. Probably one of the best builders in this thread.>>11876838Worse are WWIfag colour callouts, which is why I always pause before buying a WWI aircraft kit... (Excuse me for the incoming sperg-out)For example, Manfred von Richtoften's Albatros D.III 789/16 "Le Petit Rouge" is known for many suggest variations in markings. No one shade of red is agreed upon for this aircraft either, despite it being well documented. The final Dr.I that Richtofen flew used Methuen 9 (C-D) 8, but accounts from Richtofen's squadron mates suggest a brighter shade of red and this was a a red that was on hand, while the Dr.I was finished by Fokker themselves.Additionally, there might not have been any blue at all (or so was thought well into the 1980s), but later opinions are that there was a blue of either Methuen 24A3 or 24B4, which was standard, but even the extent of this blue is uncertain, all accounts suggesting the blue suggest that at the very least the bottom surface of the lower wing was painted this way, but so could have been the top surface of that wing or the bottom surface of the top wing (or perhaps even both). Other sources say only the fuselage was red, but then this opens up the question of what the top wing surfaces were painted as, which the argument is a camouflage of one of three varieties (the most commonly supported being dark green and light green), though dark brown and light green, and dark green, light green and Venetian red are also potential candidates.This goes back to the nature of the film used at the time, but I could go on about that.A worse example is the myth surrounding August Raben's Dr.I being blue... It never was, despite the claims. These claims stem from a hoax created by the forger Rodney Gerrard. The Dr.I was actually red (like all of Jasta 18's Dr.Is), but a brighter one than von Richtofen's Dr.I (about Methuen 9A8 to 10A8).It's is an issue with UK and French types too.
>>11876838>>11876888I did not mean this to be a dick sizing contest. I just sperg over WWI aircraft (and spend hours researching schemes), and it frustrates me that paint callouts are always wrong, especially for aces.France is worse than German stuff and the variance is even greater than Slavshit green.
>>11876917I appreciate your nichetism, people like you are how any of this shit ever gets sorted out for future modelers.
>>11876951Thank you, but this is not a job for just one person. The number of schemes are on the thousands, changing between types, forces and squadrons, even down to the pilot. Wing's Palette was like a Bible on this, but alas, it was not meant to be. I memorized German and British aces, I am trying French but it is a struggle due to imprecise hues. Horizon Blue is the worst offender, which is an underside and rigging shade that only some aircraft had and it was made up on the spot.Also Hermann Goering lied about his own D.VII's scheme (the wings were camouflage and not white). Despite other claims, his aircraft had no yellow nose either.My interests spread between the Montgolfier Brothers up to around 1935 (there is no hard cutoff, but I say 1935 because this is when a lot of wartime aircraft first flew, such as the B-17, Bf-109, Ju-87, Hurricane, A5M, AT-6, DC-3, Bu-133 and P-36). I am happy looking beyond that time at anything out of the ordinary.Liveries dictate my happiness, if I see a sea of olive drab and grey, I am sad. If I see other stuff (even silver for airliners and the like), then I am happy. I get WWII to present fighters are easy to build, but the model shows that I have been to are too full of grey, green and brown. Do these folks ever tire themselves from building the same five subjects in the same schemes? (e.g every P-51 winds up being silver, every F-14 is grey, etc.). I am planning to enter a competition with some model kits I need to buy, but I need them to be bright enough to stand out. I am thinking of maybe doing a civil or SAR helicopter or potentially a brightly painted trainer.The current niche of the past few weeks has been aircraft from countries with smaller aviation industries to have been made in the 1920s and 1930s. (Finland, Scandinavia, the Baltic states, Mexico, Greece, Hungary, Thailand and Brazil, in particular). I feel like resin kits are in my future, because of all this, but I want to be prepared for it first.
Did anyone keep track of when the Japan group uild ends
>>11877018>I am happy looking beyond that time at anything out of the ordinary>Liveries dictate my happiness, if I see a sea of olive drab and grey, I am sad. If I see other stuff (even silver for airliners and the like), then I am happyHow about one like pic rel? Has meanders and plenty of colour, kit is also awesome to build
New Boxman just dropped, ladshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOHe_8HdlG8
>>11877113Neat (cool even), and good choice of subject. Truth be told I am once bitten twice shy about ICM, since my first and only kit from them was the 1/72 Tu-2... The less said about that one, the better. (Funny how I probably bought their worst kit).I also don't build 1/48 as a rule (because shelf space is running out), but I would happily make exceptions whenever.
third model coming alongi chose takom pz3m because1. i like pz3s2. it looked detailed as fuck3. i wanted to try a model with plastic tracks4. i wanted to try a model with PE parts
>>11877113This is a very cool paint scheme>>11877018I'm in your boat which is how I ended up doing the large run of Ace Combat planes. What I would recommend if you want to look at more modern jets, is take a look at either airshow liveries (there's plenty) or particularly all the Japanese special edition liveries that are way more interesting than the shit ass air superiority grey planes that curse the land. Interestingly, if you look at the Ukrainian air force at the moment, they are putting more and more visual yellow and blue on the planes to ensure positive ID, so maybe flying circus liveries are coming back with modern sensor capabilities basically nullifying the advantage of pure grey
Laid down the basic camo for the Type-59. Intentionally made it kinda spotty with bad coverage to simulate the "fuck it" paintjob of the average conscript forced to spray camouflage schemes, probably without PPE. Compared to the colors on the Temu BMP, I kept H303, but swapped out H313 Sandy Brown for XF-59 Desert Yellow, and H309 FS34079 Green for XF-27 Black Green. I think this is way closer to the real life vehicles, and the greens are also more distinguishable. For the gun cover I settled for XF-49 Khaki, but I'll probably try and darken it with oils.
>>11876712Yes, of course they are overpriced. But for real, who in their right mind buys retail? I get those at the fleamarket or secondhand at the boomer club for a couple bucks. And for 1970s kits (compared to Revell&Co.) they fall together almost perfectly. It's always a nice model in the end.
Markings painted. I kinda like how it looks now, in a nice condition as it were in was overhauled, but alas, it's soaked in chipping fluid, so I'm gonna get a good look at it, before bashing it into a scrapyard-dodger that the CCP probably puts the Turks and Muslims in to soak up Mavericks, Hellfires, CBU-105's in a hot war, instead of the Han-crewed ZTZ-99's and 100's.
On the other side the 6 almost wants to fall off the turret, but it's fine, it would probably be as sloppy IRL. Also sprayed the Temu Malyutka on the Temu BMP. Based in with white so it came out pretty bright, but maybe not super saturated. Should red be based with more like yellow or orange underneath?
>did some plane models as a kid>30 years later>no time to do models cause other hobbies>keep watching youtube videos of dudes doing literal magic with plastic and paintprobably won't ever find time to do this, but i commend each and every one of you lads, great work
Case in point with the grey being boring as balls while the underside matt coat of my Su-57 cures. This could have been the whole plane, thank fuck it isn't>>11877281>>11877282Painted markings like that just kicks ass on decals. Especially the little bit overspray you have outside the stencil makes it so much more real every time>>11877289It's really more about method and taking time, you should try it sometime
>>11877111OP here, was supposed to end back on the third, but wait until the thread dies or image limit is reached. Unless you folks want it to be longer. Admittedly things are a bit late... I was sick the first week and a half of this month, so I forgot (my fault, I should stop licking doorknobs kek). I will make a collage of submissions and that will be OP pic the thread after next.I am toying with the idea of polling interest for another fairly loose group build for 2027, but it is up to you guys as to whether to make it a tradition or not. Let me know if you would be interested. Since one anon suggested Japan and the folks here took it from there. My suggestion would be to do Germany (both made in and in service) as a theme and make the next GB run from January's thread to October's thread, so a collage can be posted for December's thread. No clue if people would want another country themed GB, or maybe do something different, if anything at all.
>>11877292Yeah, from now on I'll try to use as many stencils as possible for big projects. Or if unavailable, I'll try experimenting whether I can do some faux-overspray over decals with the airbrush.
>>11877225You are right about modern jets, especially European and Asian schemes (though I have seen a few special liveries on aggressors and trainers where I live in the US). Rather than Japan or Ukraine, I would probably opt for Brazil, Bolivia, or Iran (especially the Blue Angels at home F-5). I am still toying with the idea of WWI and interwar, though. Maybe a Ki-9 will be next (maybe a Manchurian one), I kind of enjoy rigging with elastic thread.
feels like a sin to paint this
>mfw I spent 2 hours trying to decide if I want to do a Tiger 1 from the 507th panzer division of the 505th panzer division
Man, fuck these bogies, I lost count on how much times I dropped themI just want a kit of an eyetalian tank that doesn't suck Is that so much to ask?
The Gault Su-57 is done. Pretty pissed about the shitty Zvezda decals for the dashed lines being really poor and silvering quite a bit but other than that very happy with the result. The tiger stripe type camo is a pain in the ass to make for anyone interested, and I would maybe recommend buying a general masking for that sort of thing rather than DIY'ing it but it's doable. I need to build something that isn't a plane now
>>11877860when you reposting onto reddit acGOD
>>11877985When there's an obvious chance to style on some faggot that can't build like I did with the Typhoon (there was a really fucking terrible build of that kit on there and it triggered me)
Well this is certainly one of the looks of all time. Went from parade-ready in the 80's to junkyard dog of the 2020's. The base layer green will be chipped and worn using paint and other conventional methods.
On some parts the black-green was instantly stripped almost completely. As for the roundel and insignia, it sorta half-worked. I could barely scrape down the turret numbers to show the old paintjob underneath, but the commie star had to be sprayed on so thick to have proper color, that it just refused to chip down to the old one.
Pic was kinda the look I was aiming for, but I obviously went over it. Oh well, it's still within the realm of possibility, that some third-echelon forgotten brigade deep in Central-Asia, filled up with Muslims, Turks, and other untermensch, are riding tanks that had their last factory-level overhaul in the late 80's, and are close to having the wheels fall off.
Higher res. Some parts look like they've been getting stepped on every day for years and years. Also arid camouflage tells me this is indeed somewhere in bumfuck nowhere.
>>11878018Forgot pic after coming back from the site shitting the bed.
>>11878004Type 59/69 wear badly in service with any other country, so it's not unreasonable. The PLA, wishing to project the proper image, may simply mostly show tanks recently "freshened up". Looking beat to absolute shit is the Type 59/69's natural habitat.
>thought i posted picrel when I finished it three weeks age>search thread>nothingI know my photography still leaves something to be desired, but here is my other group build submission. B6N by LS in 1/144. It sucked to build, but I think you guys likely figured that out.
>>11878225No clue why it rotated the image… It is the right way up locally, I might just have to Catbox future pictures to my laptop and check from there.
OP here, if images get exhausted, I will create a new thread, I am going to be asleep for a bit, so there may be a time, where you cannot upload images. Forgive me for this.Last image is when the group build officially ends, but I will be making the collage in the meantime, so late entries will make it to that image.
>>11878225I proclaim this the WINNER of the smg Jap group build off 2026 on account of it being the only entry
Swapped the Su-57 for a nice little Heller Ford Focus that I can probably get done by end of day. Need a test subject for the new clear coats I bought so this will do>>11878002Damn scratches only in areas normally used by the crew, how restrained for an armor modeler... Helps when you look at some actualy references like the ones you posted for where it actually gets worn>>11878225If you're phoneposting the rotation is stored in the EXIF data which gets wiped on upload so you can't retain the rotation
>>11878363>scratches only in areas normally used by the crew Which, when you account tanks go through routine maintenance at the beginning of every single training day, and then at end of it, during which crews walk and crawl all along the tank, dragging tools and equipment all across it, means "areas normally used by the crew" covers the entire fucking surface of the tank. Not to mention paint getting scratched up by blasting through vegetation, or just infantry riding on the grab handles on exercise, their rifles and kit scratching on the surface while they hang on. Also you can take a look at the average peacetime M1 Abrams in the 2020's, they look absolutely fucked visually, while being fine mechanically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW2aOGtKHyM
>>11878215The remnants of a white rim on the road wheels tells me these tank were once parade vehicles, and have been rocking the same paintjob ever since, but don't ask me when and where they'd parade a rear-echelon shitheap like the Type-59D.
Early bread delivery, upload images to your heart's content.FRESHLY BAKED:>>11878456>>11878456>>11878456
>kit of very high quality, good job - china>Adolf Hitler Auschwitz models - poland >toyota corolla - japan>geometric shape - russia
>>11875985Are you boxman?>>11876623>regular dustingThe fucking what?
>>11877214>rubber wheels with "CONTINENTAL"Is this a meme or did the nazis really honor licensed production during wartime?
>>11878492Continental is a German manufacturer, has been since founding in 1871
