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Looking at the threads and polls and it seems no one has mentioned making models yet.

I am a model maker.

I build planes tanks and ships, military miniatures aka figures, I am a model railroder as well. I have worked building architectural models in the past (office towers under construction).

I like it for the one aspect, I like to make things. I also make a lot of other things that involve creative skills, but I am going to focus on models here.

My biggest love in the Tamiya model company, as they seem to do everything great.

Anyone else like me around?

I love the idea of model-making... but never have any time.  :(

My dad, and I, had a model railroad when I was a youngster - and I would certainly enjoy taking it up again one day.

I use to be a modeler and enjoyed it quite a bit, everything from race cars, model railroading to military stuff along with other things  :)  I always got compliments from folks and also high marks from my history teachers for my diorama displays

Unfortunately, my step dad had a habit of throwing all my stuff out so all of my childhood and/or collectible items are gone  :'(  A good portion of it was stuff I knew to be collectible and planned to resale, stuff I see on ebay going for thousands of dollars now... I am more angry than sad about it

Who knows, maybe I'll start up again with something someday  :-\   But having my efforts to go disrespected so often has caused me to not take much interest in doing much of anything anymore

I think about taking up hobbies sometimes but my engines die and so those things get lost in the the shuffle of daily life

Sorry for the depressing rant  :P

Old time modeler.  Cars, military vehicles, diorama, spacecraft.  I don't have room right now, but if I ever move into a proper two bedroom apartment, I will again.

I use to detail engine compartments, cut open doors and do upholstery.

Oh yes  :)  Airplanes and space craft as well

I also would love making my own modifications and had built quite a kit  :)  Soldering irons, Xacto blades, glue, huge paint set etc. It was great fun

There was also a real slot car track in town at the time and I loved taking my small fleet of cars to race  :)

When I was a teen, I had a LOT of models...all scales.

Military aircraft, tanks, spacecraft (I had that tall Saturn V model...33" tall, iirc) and even made a 6' Galactica model in wood shop.

Don't have any of that now...but I have got 4 1/72nd aircraft: B-52, A-4, P-40, and a Fokker DR-1 (Red Baron triplane)...the idea was to have the smallest (the DR-1) next to the largest (the B-52). The A-4 is probably the smallest jet fighter attack aircraft the world ever saw, and the P-40...c'mon that's the Flying Tigers plane! :-)

Loved it when i was younger!I made 1/72 warplanes,mainly WW2,tanks soldiers  and military vehicles from WW2 in 1/76 scale and cars which I can't remember the scale.I had a lot more patience then!I got out of it when I made most of the models that interested me and I discovered girls,dressing up,motorbikes and drinking.I always wanted to make the Sunderland flying boat but never did when i had the money it was never in my shop and when it was I had no money. Airfix,Frog and Revell models where the makes I remember making most

Anyone build the old Guillows balsa wood planes? I would build the frames, but never got the hang of gluing the tissue-paper skin...

I tried a flying balsa plane but never got as far as skinning it,it sat around til it was lost in a house move.

Always been a modeller and have won quite a few nation awards for my work.
I like Tamyia especialy the F1 models that I super detail, Photoetch, white metal parts and all of the correct decals not provided due to laws. Got paid to make them in the past which was great. The new Tamyia 1/32 Spitfire and Mustangs are the best models ever produced! They are simply incredible kits and fit together like a glove. (not OJ's glove ok?).
Fujimi is new to F1 models and their kits are as good as those by Tamyia, my favourite is the black beauty Lotus Renault 97T driven by Senna in 1985. Dragon make some nice Apollo models now. Poor instruction though for the uninitiated.

However I focus on model trains which I buy, pull appart, super detail up from reference books as well as scratch build many items.
Airbrush is a must and lost of specific detail parts and custom decal etc. What I can't buy I make. I also collect brass model trains as well which are at the top end of the scale and not cheap. Most engines have a computer chip installed which sound and speakers.
Have taken out national awards for my models in OZ and they have featured in US magazines also so they must not be half bad?

It keeps me out of trouble and my mind busy.

Model Railroading hint (which may be widely known, but I'll throw it out there anyway): use powdered make-up (eye-shadow, etc...) for adding age and wear to models; affix it with a dull-coat.

Works great - drove my mom nuts! :laugh:

... and you can't beat the synchronicity...

My next project is going to be a 1/72 F-111a, with a full load of bombs...8 pylons with six 500 lbs'ers on each...the max designed load.

In reality, only the Aussies ever actually flew with this load, but that's because...well, they're Aussies. ;-) The rest of the 111 world (ok, just the USAF) only used the two inner pylons so the wings could be fully swept.

Anyone know of a good source for the extra pylons etc? I've googled, and have a place or two, but if you know any really neato place to get stuff, let me know please...thx!

(yes, pics when finished)

I want to do a Klingon Bird or Prey with lighting.

Quote from: Ms. OBrien on December 29, 2012, 06:45:09 PM
I want to do a Klingon Bird or Prey with lighting.

Cool! Lighting would be with optic fibers, or "grain of rice" bulbs?

For me the best/most fun part of Klingon ship building is the painting...one could go with basic dark gray, or any number of "space camouflages" (flat black with bright white "stars", angular black/dk gray/lt gray "ocean" camo, or anything that looks...Klingon-ish.  :)

iirc, the AMT/Ertl required a bit of green stuff to cover the misfitting parts  >:(...but hey, that's why they make it, right?  ;)

I've made hundreds of models. In the service I made as many of the planes that we learned in VACR as I could find. I made an EF-111A Raven, the 111 is a beautiful bird. I was stationed in Zweibrucken and built an RF-4D* painted to match one of the local recon units, down to the tail numbers. One of my favourites was a British Mosquito, fascinating airplane. I built a cutaway nuclear submarine, and a rubber band powered balsa wood plane, the skeleton, the tissue paper and aircraft dope kind. It was as big as the kitchen table. The NTSB is still examining the wreckage of that one! I have a big pile of N scale model railroad items, I like the diesel era. The MBTA Commuter Rail runs in front of my house, I'm thinking of modeling my house and the tracks.

* edit: Did some fact checking, that was an RF-4C

 optic fibers for the port windows and grains of rice for engine and scanner dish.

Self contained power supply.

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on December 29, 2012, 07:11:32 PM
I've made hundreds of models. In the service I made as many of the planes that we learned in VACR as I could find. I made an EF-111A Raven, the 111 is a beautiful bird. I was stationed in Zweibrucken and built an RF-4D painted to match one of the local recon units, down to the tail numbers. One of my favourites was a British Mosquito, fascinating airplane. I built a cutaway nuclear submarine, and a rubber band powered balsa wood plane, the skeleton, the tissue paper and aircraft dope kind. It was as big as the kitchen table. The NTSB is still examining the wreckage of that one! I have a big pile of N scale model railroad items, I like the diesel era. The MBTA Commuter Rail runs in front of my house, I'm thinking of modeling my house and the tracks.

I worked on that one for 5 years... :) Awesome electronic warfare potential, now collecting dust at Davis-Montham...

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OMG I just checked...I can see only one EF!! There used to be all 42 there!!  :(

Nice picture!

Almost forgot, I made an Avro Vulcan bomber in this paint scheme, and then ran into one on the tarmac at Goose Bay, Canada and watched it run up and take off. Wicked cool.

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Lynn Braithwaite helped restore the last flying Vulcan a few years ago.She worked on them when she was in the RAF.I Lynn was a real character I am proud to have been to have been a friend of.The Vulcan flew over at her funeral Don't know if I'd have the patience for model making now,I know I haven't the eye sight!The Mosquito was a favourite of mine I made 2 of them. A tricky one to build was the P 38 Lightning I made 1 but it never looked right

Model making was my way of keeping my dysphoria at bay. I built cars, aircraft and star trek models. Eventually I ran out of room for them. Now, I can have all the models I want because I use Lightwave, a computer model and rendering program which was also used to do the VFX in some of the star trek shows.

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Quote from: Beth Andrea on December 29, 2012, 03:55:30 PM
My next project is going to be a 1/72 F-111a, with a full load of bombs...8 pylons with six 500 lbs'ers on each...the max designed load.

In reality, only the Aussies ever actually flew with this load, but that's because...well, they're Aussies. ;-) The rest of the 111 world (ok, just the USAF) only used the two inner pylons so the wings could be fully swept.

Anyone know of a good source for the extra pylons etc? I've googled, and have a place or two, but if you know any really neato place to get stuff, let me know please...thx!

(yes, pics when finished)

I might be misunderstanding the question, the easiest source for the pylons is a second kit? Since I like to be helpful, I poked around the internet and found this. Not at all helpful, but pretty cool.

http://mahogonymodels.com/f111.htm (http://mahogonymodels.com/f111.htm)

Most of the 111 models I've seen have one, maybe two pairs of pylons...and they have a single bomb (looks like a 2k'er). I'm going to present four pairs of pylons, each with a MER and 6 500 lbs'ers...it should create a visually "busy" wing area.

I just bought two hasawaga weapons kits on EBay last night ($18 for both, including postage!) so I'm halfway there.

:)

Keaira, those are beautiful!  :)

Photo etched parts can add realizium to any model.

Quote from: Ms. OBrien on December 30, 2012, 10:49:22 AM
Photo etched parts can add realizium to any model.

Never done that...maybe show me next time I'm there?

I can show what they look like.  Unfortunately none of my models survived.

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^^This is what I'm seeing. As I get the kits, I'll build and weigh (a/c empty, a/c + full load) and have pics.

The real one has Terrain Following Radar, and can be set to fly 200' off the ground.  That'd be about 33 1/3" in scale...and it'll go at 600 mph while there...YIKES!

That is sweet! Things can go wrong fast at 200' and six hundred MPH, add eight pylons and you get a big, smoking crater.

Quote from: Beth Andrea on December 30, 2012, 10:36:37 AM
Most of the 111 models I've seen have one, maybe two pairs of pylons...and they have a single bomb (looks like a 2k'er). I'm going to present four pairs of pylons, each with a MER and 6 500 lbs'ers...it should create a visually "busy" wing area.

I just bought two hasawaga weapons kits on EBay last night ($18 for both, including postage!) so I'm halfway there.

:)

Keaira, those are beautiful!  :)

Thank you. ^_^ the only down side is that I can't physically hold the models. :(

Quote from: Devlyn Marie on December 30, 2012, 07:41:16 PM
That is sweet! Things can go wrong fast at 200' and six hundred MPH, add eight pylons and you get a big, smoking crater.

Can't do 8 pylons and 600mph...the two outboard pairs don't swing when the wings are swept back for high-speed), they are fixed to the wing, so it has a limit built in, I forget what the angle was...the two inboard rotate, so they're always pointing to the forward movement of the aircraft.

iirc, the speed is limited because of the lack of wing sweep...maybe 400mph? Makes for a very heavy, very slow, and relatively large "target".

My favorite real aircraft of all time is the SR-71 Blackbird.

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But, my favorite fictional aircraft is the YF-19 from Macross Plus

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Do you draw those "from the ground up", or is there like a blank shape you start with? I know nothing about graphics unless it's in MSPaint...

It depends. Sometimes I have plans to go by. Other times I have to just eyeball it based on photos. and other times I just see what I want to build in my minds eye. Sometimes someone has a model available that looks great and I'll use theirs in a scene.


This is one I designed from my minds eye:
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with some of my vfx magic:
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and another that was actually built by a friend:
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And this is my Fursona, Miri Tekker:
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But if I'm building a model, it looks like this to me:
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if I am in the middle of a build I will do a quick render:
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  I did the large USS Enterprise aircraft carrier while I was in the Navy.  This one was floatable and it had a basic motor in it.  I managed to put in two R/C servos in it for steering and speed.  Only one test trial after I got out of the Navy but I had to put it away and it got damaged in the crush.  I didn't get back into model making because of the eruption of my GID and lack of money followed by too much overtime when I did get a job.  I still look through the plastic model and R/C selections at my closest hobby shop. 

  Joelene

Ok so it is decided..... in every girl, there is still a little boy that wants to make models :)

Might explain a bit about my sister. I was never able to understand why she joined the army cadets with me.

But it is nice to see I have no shortage of interest in my one 'guy' like hobby here. I think it is the inherent creative aspect that saves it for me. Mothers are the ultimate creators after all, and thus, I equate creation with feminine.

I just need to maybe give some equal time to making things that are not entirely engines of destruction.
I keep telling myself, master history so I can prevent it returning again. But it is never easy being so focused on death.

Hence my current attempts to build a train layout at all costs. And trains helps me to sort of be with my father who I still miss a lot. He was so utterly everything trains :)

I finished the 111 model a few weeks ago, some minor glitches which required putty, but overall I think it's pretty darn cool!!

This is how I aligned the pylons...got the distances by using the pic of the real thing, noted pixel locations wingtip to wing root fairing, and made marks at each of the four pylons...did the same for the other side, any differences were only about 1-2mm off, so I averaged them.

Drew a straight line with the marks, and glued on the pylons. Checked from the outboard to the fuselage and rear-to-front to make sure they're aligned on all 3 axis...

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Overhead view showing the wing angle...

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...And "flying" under the 1/72nd scale B-52 I have. The Fokker DR-1 tri-plane is trying to get out of the way... ;)

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That little Fokker is in trouble! The 111 looks great, and I love the nail polish, Beth! Hugs, Devlyn

Looks great Beth.

I get to scratch build my models. :P

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This is actually what I'm working on currently. I'm trying to take my mind off of things.

You name it & i've probably built a kit of it, cars, planes, bikes, ships & spaceships.
My real love was railway modelling, in 5 or 6 years I built 4 railways, 2 were OO gauge & 2 were N gauge, I would lose myself for days on end working on them, If I put my eye to track level & could believe it was real then I was satisfied.

I bought a spitfire model last year to see if the interest was still there & a few weeks ago I gave away the unopened kit to a friend, i've lost my interest in kits. I saw a Voyager kit & thought it would look great if I did it like the wrecked Voyager from the episode where Voyager rams the time ship to reset the timeline but as soon as I thought about the effort that would take I lost interest.

Quote from: Jayne on February 20, 2013, 11:13:17 PM
You name it & i've probably built a kit of it, cars, planes, bikes, ships & spaceships.
My real love was railway modelling, in 5 or 6 years I built 4 railways, 2 were OO gauge & 2 were N gauge, I would lose myself for days on end working on them, If I put my eye to track level & could believe it was real then I was satisfied.

I bought a spitfire model last year to see if the interest was still there & a few weeks ago I gave away the unopened kit to a friend, i've lost my interest in kits. I saw a Voyager kit & thought it would look great if I did it like the wrecked Voyager from the episode where Voyager rams the time ship to reset the timeline but as soon as I thought about the effort that would take I lost interest.

Unfortunately, that's how I am about nearly everything...no interest at all. I can think about starting something--models, sewing, journaling, exercising--for about 3-4 minutes, then...*poof* it's gone.

The one thing I do really, really well is to dissociate. I can do that literally all weekend long...go back to work on Monday, and...what did I do this weekend...? Don't remember.

Sorry, I digress. Back to the models!

I found a 1/72 P 40 on the bus a few years ago and when no one claimed it after 3 months it was mine.I haven't the patience to make it so it sat unopened for a few months til I gave it to a friend's son.

Quote from: big kim on February 21, 2013, 02:56:46 AM
I found a 1/72 P 40 on the bus a few years ago and when no one claimed it after 3 months it was mine.I haven't the patience to make it so it sat unopened for a few months til I gave it to a friend's son.

Nice  ;D  Was he excited about it?

Yes thanks he already had a few  P40s and built it as a Russian one. I remember making Flying Tigers and RAF P40s with shark's teeth as a kid,didn't know just about everyone who was on our side in the war flew a P40

Ах, да  ;D
(Oh yes)

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.wp.scn.ru%2Fcamms%2Far%2F375%2Fpics%2F1_2_b1.jpg&hash=ef0d7ab74585f3084b146f1e757372b05068c08c)
RAF поставляется с русскими P40s по ленд-лизу программы
(The RAF supplied the Russians with P40s on a lend lease program)

Thanks to an increase with my hate/hate relationship with technology recently, I have been more aggressive with letting models have my spending money.

There has been a great boom of buying 72nd scale aircraft to the purpose of hanging them from the ceiling (that's the plan at least).

And I have stockpiled a nice pile of ships in 700th scale recently.

But the most hopeful, is my finally getting to making my hobby room user friendly to making a train layout.

I don't need to buy the trains, I just need the place to play with them. Thanks to dad, I will not need to buy much if anything at all.

If anyone wants some 1/72nd bombs, I have 4 boxes of them, most are present.

Only the "6-pack" MERs and the 500 GP bombs are gone. (There are extended fuse 500's and the smart bomb 500's, but the plain jane ones are used--see the F-111 post for pics)

This is what I have (not my auction)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hasegawa-X72-1-AIRCRAFT-WEAPONS-I-U-S-BOMBS-1-72-scale-kit-/320958220396?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item4aba99c86c (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Hasegawa-X72-1-AIRCRAFT-WEAPONS-I-U-S-BOMBS-1-72-scale-kit-/320958220396?pt=Model_Kit_US&hash=item4aba99c86c)

Pay for shipping, and it's yours.

I still do models. This is my own design I've been working on for a little while now.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foundation3d.com%2Fuploads%2Fgeneral%2F2013%2F03%2F733-13-176183.png&hash=2bf00d23df2770bb2e9ca140ba25bf2cf77272be)

That is a sweet design Keaira.

I am not sure if my hobby(main one) fits in any of the categories on the site, at a stretch probably with this subject

I have a love for building military and fantasy tanks, though the urge to build comes in cycles.

As just a simple convenience to my friends on site here.

I recently had the great dissatisfaction to purchase the 72nd scale Liberator bomber kit from Airfix, listed in the 2011 catalogue as 'New' which is in fact a kit from 1963, and considering I have made countless hundreds of planes, quite a statement when I declare this kit to be the most wretched most worthless most inexcusable piece of deceitful marketing in the hobby.

The kit is not merely bad, it is worthless to the point that even though I spent 40 bucks on it, it was completely unworthy of even making it just for the laughs. It not only does not assemble worth mention, but it is quite the eye sore. It would likely have sucked in 1963, but this massively over used and totally fraudulent kit has not merits at all. Well it has a new decal sheet for 2011 apparently.

If you are seeking to indulge a kit, you do NOT want to even ponder for a second this company. Forget if you saw a review that was even remotely positive, the company if nothing else, has not earned the business.

I might have bought more kits, I was planning to buy more kits, and now, well the company has not replied to my email which I kept entirely polite. So they also simply don't care, they want your money, but they couldn't care less about you.

There ARE good kits out there from good companies, but Airfix is not one of them.
I don't care about the past, they are now a brand of someone else. Apparently the name Hornby is all over their products.
Horny, you can forget my cash. 

Quotequite a statement when I declare this kit to be the most wretched most worthless most inexcusable piece of deceitful marketing in the hobby.

Now, now L_R...tell us what you *really* think..
:D

Remember, the B-24 was an ugly and ungainly plane to begin with...;)!

I have fond memories from when I was a little kid of aircraft model kits called Frog, in which the plastic was bright yellow, rather than grey. Natty! I had a lovely biplane, I've no idea what plane it was since I was like 7 at the time. I liked the smell of the glue, though 8).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_%28models%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_%28models%29)

ETA: it was a Gypsy Moth!

I have a 1/10-done 1:350-scale "Pola" warship model in my living room, and an aircraft model waiting for that to finish. I procrastinate heavily where this is concerned, though.

Quote from: ZoeM on April 21, 2013, 09:20:59 AM
I have a 1/10-done 1:350-scale "Pola" warship model in my living room, and an aircraft model waiting for that to finish. I procrastinate heavily where this is concerned, though.

I used to have the WW2-era USS Missouri when I was a kid...first part of the kit to be built was the little spotter-plane! LOL

Quote from: Padma on April 21, 2013, 09:15:32 AM
I have fond memories from when I was a little kid of aircraft model kits called Frog, in which the plastic was bright yellow, rather than grey. Natty! I had a lovely biplane, I've no idea what plane it was since I was like 7 at the time. I liked the smell of the glue, though 8).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_%28models%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog_%28models%29)

ETA: it was a Gypsy Moth!

Like this one?

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=321083475497&index=5&nav=SEARCH&nid=30994090524 (http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=321083475497&index=5&nav=SEARCH&nid=30994090524)

Frog models were great,they were a bit more expensive than Airfix but you got 2 or 3   different versions that could be made.I remember making a Free French P47 Thunderbolt. They also made models of planes no one else did.

Quote from: Lesley_Roberta on April 21, 2013, 06:48:19 AM
As just a simple convenience to my friends on site here.

I recently had the great dissatisfaction to purchase the 72nd scale Liberator bomber kit from Airfix, listed in the 2011 catalogue as 'New' which is in fact a kit from 1963, and considering I have made countless hundreds of planes, quite a statement when I declare this kit to be the most wretched most worthless most inexcusable piece of deceitful marketing in the hobby.

The kit is not merely bad, it is worthless to the point that even though I spent 40 bucks on it, it was completely unworthy of even making it just for the laughs. It not only does not assemble worth mention, but it is quite the eye sore. It would likely have sucked in 1963, but this massively over used and totally fraudulent kit has not merits at all. Well it has a new decal sheet for 2011 apparently.

If you are seeking to indulge a kit, you do NOT want to even ponder for a second this company. Forget if you saw a review that was even remotely positive, the company if nothing else, has not earned the business.

I might have bought more kits, I was planning to buy more kits, and now, well the company has not replied to my email which I kept entirely polite. So they also simply don't care, they want your money, but they couldn't care less about you.

There ARE good kits out there from good companies, but Airfix is not one of them.
I don't care about the past, they are now a brand of someone else. Apparently the name Hornby is all over their products.
Horny, you can forget my cash.

Also, I found a site with a review of the build process of this model...1/72 Airfix Liberator (http://uamf.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=182&t=2894)...myself, I enjoy reading other people's builds (really I do it just to show myself how my skills don't measure up LOL)...

Not wanting to be overly cruel to the individual of that thread, but two things need to be said.

It's a fan page ie Airfix fan ie biased as the day is long.

That, and well to be honest and blunt, but that blokes chances in a contest, he'd be unlikely to win any prize with the kit he did against anything older than a 10 year old, maybe.

I've seen better creations from 10 year old actually, but then, starting with a better kit would have helped.

That kit cost me 40 bucks. For 40 bucks, I might have bought many things. I might have bought this kit here for instance.
http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=18126&cat=Military%20Aircraft&manu=Hasegawa&searchtext=fortress (http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=18126&cat=Military%20Aircraft&manu=Hasegawa&searchtext=fortress)

Not from 1963 yes, but also not a total waste of 40 bucks in all likelihood and at least worth the 40 bucks.

And Hasegawa is known for excellence in their kits.

Anyone saying the Airfix kit is anything other that useless garbage, likely LIKES eating MacDonald's food too.

I am sure this will cause sadness among the modeling community, but when I was much younger, I built the inexpensive plastic models for the purpose of photographing them in the process of being destroyed.

I remember building the CV-34 Oriskany, probably because it had been in the news.  When it was just about complete, I ballasted it with marbles, so it floated properly, and loaded it up with firecrackers.  It the went into the swimming pool, with the long fuse lit.  Picture time.

Blew it to smithereens.  My dad got mad because all the marbles rolled down to the deep end, and made me and my brother fish them out.  Also there were little plastic A-4 Skyhawks, red paper, and unexploded firecrackers floating in the pool!

Little did I know how the real Oriskany would meet its end: sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to form an artificial reef.

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Quote from: Jamie D on April 21, 2013, 07:19:03 PM
I am sure this will cause sadness among the modeling community, but when I was much younger, I built the inexpensive plastic models for the purpose of photographing them in the process of being destroyed.

I remember building the CV-34 Oriskany, probably because it had been in the news.  When it was just about complete, I ballasted it with marbles, so it floated properly, and loaded it up with firecrackers.  It the went into the swimming pool, with the long fuse lit.  Picture time.

Blew it to smithereens.  My dad got mad because all the marbles rolled down to the deep end, and made me and my brother fish them out.  Also there were little plastic A-4 Skyhawks, red paper, and unexploded firecrackers floating in the pool!

Little did I know how the real Oriskany would meet its end: sunk in the Gulf of Mexico to form an artificial reef.

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A behaviour no doubt inspired by sniffing the glue! <running away>

There was a runoff area called 'The back bay' that was eventually closed to the public when I was a kid

There were these small ponds of sea water and plenty of open space for adventure, my friends and I would get up to mischief blowing up our model boats and other things and shooting them up with our BB guns

Oh the memories of great war games and getting chased about by the Sheriffs that patrolled the area 

After an appropriate delay of time admiring my handiwork, when I was younger I would tie a golfball-sized rock (about 5cm) to a 10' length of string, then to the airplane...then would throw them both over a cliff.

The rock would accelerate faster, dragging the plane behind it...which of course would make it look like it's flying...for about 4 seconds, before impact.

Tank models were shot, as were the myriad 1/35 scale soldiers. Missing them caused dirt "explosions."

See? One can have several different levels of fun with models...it ain't just about sniffing glue (which I was warned against, many many times, by my parents.) I'd have never EVEN thought of doing that, I was so vestal.

Finished cutting/painting/glueing my Pola model, at long last. Rigging it now, with the help of a little sewing kit.


Is it just me, or does modeling cement smell really, really strongly foul all of a sudden? I can't recall that it ever smelled this bad...

Mah new babeh showed up! :D

'Tis a 1:350 scale Roma battleship, and it's sooooo pretty :)

Came with a wood deck and brass cannon, plus other stuff. I have photos, but they won't upload on my phone.

I do a lot of model building for both games and display pieces. This is a 32mm Ghost pirate I painted for a game called Warmachine:
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Quote from: Christine167 on May 27, 2013, 09:07:34 PM
I do a lot of model building for both games and display pieces. This is a 32mm Ghost pirate I painted for a game called Warmachine:
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Wow!!! That's a lot of detail for such a tiny thing... Very impressive  :)

Thanks V M. Now if I only turn out to be half as good at applying make up this whole becoming a girl thing just might work out  :D

Quote from: Christine167 on May 27, 2013, 09:07:34 PM
I do a lot of model building for both games and display pieces. This is a 32mm Ghost pirate I painted for a game called Warmachine:
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Nice work! We've sent your fingerprint to the FBI for analysis,  by the way!

Nice Sammy. I love the colors on your high elves.  :)

Wow, magnificent detail on those miniatures! I didn't get into the RPGames that much, but I remember doing a few Star Trek miniatures years and years ago...I used to be really into Star Trek, even had the original deck plans for both the Constitution class and the D-7...Tried to make the D-7 using Qoole (Quake 2) but I do NOT have the patience to make that kind of thing...

Quote from: ZoeM on May 19, 2013, 02:20:28 PM
Finished cutting/painting/glueing my Pola model, at long last. Rigging it now, with the help of a little sewing kit.


Is it just me, or does modeling cement smell really, really strongly foul all of a sudden? I can't recall that it ever smelled this bad...

I think it is scented with mustard now.

I thought about selling off quite a bit of my stuff as well Sammy. Possibly all of it depending on how my friends react as I have not told them yet and have not chosen to transition yet.

Many of the guys and girls that I play with are very good friends of mine. I used to work for the shop that I play at for almost a decade too. It was my college job and it made me popular amongst the customers there. Almost like being a bartender I got to know the regulars. Without the shop I would have never met my wife either. The games were always just an excuse to talk to each other. Especially here in the south where being a gamer used to be so looked down upon.

So that leaves me in a hard place I feel. Some of my friends will probably just accept me. And some I feel will freak out. I don't really want be known as the one who drove apart other friends because of their beliefs about this.... Issue.

I'll just have to see how it goes. Depending on how many friends stay with me then perhaps it is best to not to just disappear.

Quote from: Sammy on May 30, 2013, 04:23:52 AM
Christine, I see that hobby means much more to You and it would be a pain for You to leave this. Do You only play WM or You play other systems as well?

Mostly Warmachine & Hordes. I am one the volunteers for that company. I hope I can say that since there are hundreds of PGs out there.
I also like skirmish games like Malifaux, Relic Knights, Mordheim, and The Batman Miniatures Game. I tend to like those more than the games which require a huge number of models now. I get to paint up a great looking ten to twenty figures and then try a whole new paint scheme on the next batch.

Quote from: Sammy on May 30, 2013, 06:09:54 AM
I am fascinated by Infinity skirmish rules and would love to paint some of their Ariadna range, but my common sense tells me that I have plenty of other projects to do ;).

Yeah they look great. I too have the inventory of a miser in my game closet.   :D

By the way Sammy I think you're pretty cool.
Thanks keeping our conversation alive.

I'd like to keep this one alive while I wait to be able to more actively participate in transitional conversations. These are some science fiction models I painted up for contract work a few years ago:

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi17.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb75%2FHarliquine%2FFrederickCommision%2Fth_774cb2e6.jpg&hash=b7fa9d2a6df83a81b6c7dfd1b8135a3c5b083be8) (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b75/Harliquine/FrederickCommision/?action=view&current=774cb2e6.jpg)
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(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi17.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fb75%2FHarliquine%2FFrederickCommision%2Fth_92d16bfb.jpg&hash=f295f3799f7e1e2d5c6dcd590b32d52a1db1801f) (http://s17.photobucket.com/albums/b75/Harliquine/FrederickCommision/?action=view&current=92d16bfb.jpg)

I used to do plastic models when I was young and living in an apartment, mostly Tamiya because of the high quality of the moulding. My goal was to produce complete dioramas  and were indistinguishable from real life in photographs. Unfortunately, they accumulate until there is nothing to do with them but give them away or send them to trash.

Twenty years ago I started making large scale fully-operational models of machinery, mostly steam, all from metal and all from scratch. Very rewarding! An added benefit is that they are quite saleable and fetch insane amounts of money LOL!

QuoteTwenty years ago I started making large scale fully-operational models of machinery, mostly steam, all from metal and all from scratch. Very rewarding! An added benefit is that they are quite saleable and fetch insane amounts of money LOL!

That's something I read about a few years ago, and thought it'd be cool to look into further. I'm not sure if my mechanical interest went away with "manhood" LOL, but I would like to read up on it...

What would I google, "steam miniatures"?

Ooooo! 40K models, I have a meagre collection of Chaos Marines, but they're so damn expensive and difficult as hell to paint (they're so itty bitty)

Quote from: Kia on June 01, 2013, 01:20:13 AM
Ooooo! 40K models, I have a meagre collection of Chaos Marines, but they're so damn expensive and difficult as hell to paint (they're so itty bitty)

One can get used to them being small. The expensive part though just never goes away. I mean $50 for a box of GW branded soldiers OR $50 towards getting cute shoes in one's size.... Hym the decisions.

I used to play chaos marines and had a nice army there for several years before Privateer Press came along. I still enjoy reading their stories and painting their models even today. It has a very calming effect on me when I can just put my attention on one thing at a time and play at being creative.

I woudn't mind getting my hands on a Marine!

Quote from: Beth Andrea on May 31, 2013, 10:04:04 PM
That's something I read about a few years ago, and thought it'd be cool to look into further. I'm not sure if my mechanical interest went away with "manhood" LOL, but I would like to read up on it...

What would I google, "steam miniatures"?

My  father was a mechanic and I was often "conscript labour" when I was young. I HATED getting dirty and greasy so I ran as far and fast as I could when I was able to escape that. But I also acquired a fascination for steam and steam engine people in my teens and that drew me back into full-size steam years after transition and being involved again led me into designing and building models. I STILL hate getting dirty and greasy but my love of steam is greater than my aversion to dirt LOL!

Searching "live steam" will bring up lots of models, mostly railway equipment, and give you links to other sites.

The last model I made but never finished was a 57 Chevy when I was at school.All went well when I decided to spray paint it red and white with cans from the car shop, it looked superb until I sprayed a can of clear varnish with metal flake in it that reacted with the paint and made the plastic soft and reacted with the paint.Being a 57 model myself I was looking forward to it sharing space with a 57 Ford I made a few weeks earlier

I took the first significant step on my baby today - painted the little bits on the aft deck (all fifty-ish of them) in gunmetal gray, then applied the wooden deck I acquired.
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Everything went better than expected. ^_^

Sadly, I forgot to paint the outside rim any color, so I shall have to follow up with some (very, very) careful painting. Still, isn't it the prettiest thing? :D

That's a cool looking model, Zoe...what kind is it? Looks part plastic, and of course part wood...

Quote from: Beth Andrea on June 02, 2013, 03:37:19 PM
That's a cool looking model, Zoe...what kind is it? Looks part plastic, and of course part wood...

It's a 1:350 plastic Roma model, with photoetch and wood deck 'addons.'

It's sort of a "I want to actually make something with an insane level of detail now" project. Which means I get to take my time and do very very intricate and tiny things. :)

What ship is it a model of?

Quote from: V M on June 02, 2013, 04:30:25 PM
What ship is it a model of?

The Roma. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Roma_%281940%29)

Quote from: Christine167 on June 01, 2013, 05:36:46 AM
One can get used to them being small. The expensive part though just never goes away. I mean $50 for a box of GW branded soldiers OR $50 towards getting cute shoes in one's size.... Hym the decisions.

I know right!!

I got into 40k with black library books, it had lasers and scifi stuff I needed and the dark "no one gets out alive" setting that I wanted. I'll always be a 40k fan but I'm definitely out for the shoes at this point in my life.

By the way, if somebody thinks that 40K miniatures are small - try painting some British Paratroopers or German Gepanzerte Panzergrenadiers for Flames of War. Those dudes are 1:100 scale and there are 4-5 guys on the same base :).
But yeah, 40K and WFB prices are ridiculous now :(.

Sammy I never really got into the 15mm (1:100) scale stuff. There have never been many players for it in my area. We have been slowly moving to the larger scale models here. We're currently at 32mm heroic scale and moving towards the 62-72mm scale skirmish systems.

The last two games my group had invested in where the Relic Knights and "Monster" Kickstarter campaigns. I went with Relic Knights because because I can't stand the thought of playing a game with models that depict violence against women. But I'd have to admit "Monsters" sculpts are beautiful. I'm waiting on my Relic Knights to come in from our investment. They should be here in November from our last update. I choose Star Nebula Corsairs and the Cerci Speed Circuit.

I think for a while these will be my last purchases until my transition levels out and my financial plans stabilize.

Quote from: Kia on June 02, 2013, 08:02:19 PM
I know right!!

I got into 40k with black library books, it had lasers and scifi stuff I needed and the dark "no one gets out alive" setting that I wanted. I'll always be a 40k fan but I'm definitely out for the shoes at this point in my life.

I like that it had 6 foot tall women in power armor. At first I thought they were a joke but after Sandy Mitchel's and Dan Abnett's stories I totally dig them.

I have to admit, I am not really gamer - I am rather the painter and modeller :). So, having nobody in my area, who would want to try the Flames of War out did not prevent me from getting a couple of miniatures :). The beauty of historical wargames is that You dont have to stick with the GW monopoly and You can get a nicely painted force under 80 pounds and that force can actually do something on the table - if You want to play with them. Painting infantry needs some extra skills, but since the general level of detalization is lower, it goes faster than with 40K. Also, all units are fully switchable and armylists are very flexible - for example, I have about 10 mainstay tank models, infantry stands, heavy weapon platoons, aircraft and infantry carriers. With that, I can play German Tank Company, which is supported by mechanised infantry in halftracks and air force OR I can play mechanised infantry list with medium tank support. Both lists play entirely different, but You do get to use all models in both of them, instead of shedding other 100 bucks for expensive kit, which serves only one purpose - to carry around another expensive kit of toy soldiers - and You are way better if You have like 3 - 9 such kits (I am talking about IG Vendettas and Guard Veteran platoons here). :P

Since last time I built the aft deck, cemented it in place, and painted the camouflage patterns on the hull.

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Question: Do y'all mind these updates? If they're crowding the topic, I'll move them to my blog...

Quote from: ZoeM on June 12, 2013, 08:08:02 PM
Since last time I built the aft deck, cemented it in place, and painted the camouflage patterns on the hull.

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Question: Do y'all mind these updates? If they're crowding the topic, I'll move them to my blog...

I don't feel bothered, it's kind of interesting  :)  Looks like it's coming along nicely

What ship is that in the background?

Quote from: V M on June 12, 2013, 08:12:30 PM
I don't feel bothered, it's kind of interesting  :)  Looks like it's coming along nicely

What ship is that in the background?

That's my last project - the Pola. She has maybe a quarter to a tenth the detail of my new project, though. Her kit's an old one, designed for remote control rather than for show.

I like your updates.

And now:

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This is the front deck. It's a single piece, with lots of doodads and round thingies. It has stripes, because Italian warships had stripes (for aerial identification). Stripes are really really hard to get right with a brush. So this is as close as I'm getting - 'mostly right.'

I painted the molded-on chains with flat black, and the rope holders (I have no idea of the correct term) dark gray. There's flaws, but again... mostly right.

Actually, from the photo the stripes look very well done, especially with a brush. Pretty even, same size, etc. Bravo!

Your stripes are really good and much like the painters of the stripes on the real ships the only ones who will ever notice their mistakes are themselves. :)

I've built models in the past, but have not painted them. I'm good at the assembly part, no so good at the painting part. D:

Some day, I would like to build a one off model. :P

Got my hands on a new release 1/72 scale Saturn V kit.

It's going to be big and take a ton of paint with lots of masking so one stage at a time.
I will also need to super detail it as it is fairly basic in some places so a bit of research will be required.

It comes out at over 5 feet high!!
Then the launch tower even bigger!

For those too young to remember

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OMG that's awesome Jenny! I had a 1/144 Saturn V when I was a teen, and that was big...but yours is HUGE! Bigger than mine! *giggles* ;)

Does it have the lander tucked away inside?

Yes a nicely detailed lander will be tucked away inside

The CSM is finally correct and it has boost protection cover with the escape tower to scale.

I will post some pics when stages are completed.

Mine being bigger than yours, you just have rocket envy... :D

So, this:
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?

Good Lord.. I think I'll stick with dinky 2.5' ships. :D

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The original Star Trek Model :P

I see  you transported yourself to the Smithsonian, Keaira. I understand the poor TOS Ent. is in bad shape these days. It wasn't built to last anywhere near this long.

Quote from: Lyric on June 23, 2013, 11:37:09 AM
I see  you transported yourself to the Smithsonian, Keaira. I understand the poor TOS Ent. is in bad shape these days. It wasn't built to last anywhere near this long.

Yea, the poor thing. As you can see, the nacelles look like they are starting to droop.

Quote from: Keaira on June 23, 2013, 07:59:01 PM
Yea, the poor thing. As you can see, the nacelles look like they are starting to droop.

Love the pics of the Enterprise! Yes, looks like the left one needs a bit of Viagra...but I imagine that's a lot of weight for the strut to be holding up (even styrofoam would be heavy with that kind of leverage).

I think TOS Enterprise is the best looking one, overall!

It was restored once before in the 90's but it needs help again.

They should tie more wires to the poor thing. :)

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Finished the foredeck (with its many many tiny bits) and all the large gun turrets (currently without their complement of life rafts). There's also a few more individually wrapped cable spools, although these are much easier now that I have needle nose pliers and proper superglue. :)

I've begun work on the various structures of the main cabin, although I'll probably take a break to install the fore and aft railings. Also to paint the many, many tiny things on the main deck.

That looks wicked! 2 turrets with big triples, flanked by 2 turrets with smaller triples! And of course, guns on top of guns...:)

Are you keeping your ship clean? or will you add weathering?

Quote from: ZoeM on June 28, 2013, 08:44:51 AM
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Finished the foredeck (with its many many tiny bits) and all the large gun turrets (currently without their complement of life rafts). There's also a few more individually wrapped cable spools, although these are much easier now that I have needle nose pliers and proper superglue. :)

I've begun work on the various structures of the main cabin, although I'll probably take a break to install the fore and aft railings. Also to paint the many, many tiny things on the main deck.

Looks like it is coming along nicely  :)

Quote from: Keaira on June 28, 2013, 09:10:29 PM
Are you keeping your ship clean? or will you add weathering?

I'll probably add weathering. It'll make my mistakes less glaring. :)

New pic: the main superstructure, 75% complete.
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For size reference, a needle is about 2/3 the width of one of the white circular bumps.

Today's thought. 3 life times of models = no defense when life tells you you need to make up for a lifetime of not buying women's clothing.

I don't see it being easy buying any more models considering how many I already own, and all I have is a single article of women's clothing to date and clearly that is not enough.

Rebuilt all of my bookcases and added scores of new shelves, and the truth is, the unbuilt kits will gobble that up with ease.

Never thought I would be weighing buying panties over a new tank model.

I found a deal on e-bay and could not resist :P. So I grabbed three plastic 1:100 scale StuG G Assault Guns and one 7.5cm PAK40 team from the Battlefront Open Fire set - it all costed me around 16 GBP. StuGs went together with ease and it should not take long for me to paint them in the late war Dunkelgelb scheme with camo stripes. I will post pics when I will be done with them :).

Quote from: -Emily- on July 21, 2013, 12:39:58 PM
I found a deal on e-bay and could not resist :P. So I grabbed three plastic 1:100 scale StuG G Assault Guns and one 7.5cm PAK40 team from the Battlefront Open Fire set - it all costed me around 16 GBP. StuGs went together with ease and it should not take long for me to paint them in the late war Dunkelgelb scheme with camo stripes. I will post pics when I will be done with them :).

Wow, what a find!

The StugG is my fav WW2 German tank (more accurately, "assault gun"; it's just missing the turret, by design)...low profile, fast, and even with the 75mm gun pretty effective in numbers. Sexy too, as far as tanks go...and the mustard yellow + green "tiger stripes" are awesome!

:)

Please post pics!

I had the Tamiya 1/35 scale

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I was surprised to see that there are some of these in the vintage packaging for sale on eBay

Some of Tamiya's older kits remain good even by today's standards, and of course some definitely not.

I haven't done the 1/35th scale example, but I have 3 PzIII chassis kits in 48th scale and they are truly wonderful and link and length tracks rule.

Quote from: Beth Andrea on July 21, 2013, 12:55:54 PM
Wow, what a find!

The StugG is my fav WW2 German tank (more accurately, "assault gun"; it's just missing the turret, by design)...low profile, fast, and even with the 75mm gun pretty effective in numbers. Sexy too, as far as tanks go...and the mustard yellow + green "tiger stripes" are awesome!

:)

Please post pics!

Well, that was not that much of ""WOW" find considering that 1:100 scale models are quite cheap. Its just that StugS from that particular kit are quite rare to find (You usually buy the whole kit, which includes vehicles and infantry for German and Allied side + dice+rulebook) which goes at about 45-60 GBP. Getting them split and getting exactly what You need - that is the trickiest part :). As for the models - I do have a soft spot for StuGs too, for some reason - and hey, they still have that Panzer IV chassis and Panzer IV H is quite iconic for the late war.
However, my absolutely favoured WW2 model for some reason is the Sdkfz 241/1 and variations. That is truly iconic vehicle for me and I love all of its variations, especially the Pioneer version 241/7 with bridges. I also love Sdkfz 222 armoured car and I even have a couple of them painted :).

The first army vehicle I made was the 1/76 Airfix Stug.

Interesting, interesting :)
I see some kind of trend here, apparently ;). I suppose we might have another indication for "possibly-trans narrative" - like if one has even been into plastic models and if that model was StuG... :D

My WW2 dioramas featured several other models depicting various battles, I also had various models of American, British, French and Russian soldiers and stuff as well as others... The StuG was just part of the big mix of things  :)

QuoteWell, that was not that much of ""WOW" find considering that 1:100 scale models are quite cheap

Haven't ever seen a 1:100 kit, but I did like the smaller scales of kits...I used to have several 1:144 models of Soviet aircraft, and a 1:72 Sherman...but those scales were difficult to locate in local shops (this would be pre-internet).

The Stug kind of resembles a sports car, when compared to the larger vehicles, especially when the crew is sitting in the hatches...or maybe it's just the "cuteness" factor of being smallish.

The Marder is also kinda cute, because it is so small...(not my kit here)

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"You usually buy the whole kit, which includes vehicles and infantry for German and Allied side + dice+rulebook"

Sounds almost like a table top wargaming product actually.

Quote from: Lesley_Roberta on July 22, 2013, 08:14:40 AM
"You usually buy the whole kit, which includes vehicles and infantry for German and Allied side + dice+rulebook"

Sounds almost like a table top wargaming product actually.

Because it is :)

Explains it :)

Sounded a bit like the Axis and Allies minis products. A friend bought me a set with the idea we could play the game, but like so many things, he bought a few packs, and the idea never actually happened and now I have a few random painted items in a very small scale that are pre painted and over all not too bad but they look lacking in comparison to my usual shelf items.

The rules system is called Flames of War and is manufactured by NZ company Battlefront, which is also making miniatures. Though there are plenty other manufacturers in this scale range, like for example, the Plastic Soldier Company, Peter Pig just to count a few. I do own Axis&Allies Marders, because they are kinda nice and cheap - Battlefront resin tanks cost about 5-6 GBP per one and it is technically not a kit - just a chunk of resin with metal tracks and turret. Their plastics now come closer to be called a kit and everything the Plastic Soldier Company makes is essentially "a kit" as well, though not as detailed as those of larger scales, made by Tamya and other big manufacturers.
Usually the PSC stuff will look like this:
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I used to play Advanced Squad Leader, and had several tank/AFV miniatures...very detailed, solid lead (I believe they're pewter now) and fun to paint, trying to make as much effect as possible with shading, black wash, etc. They added a LOT of visual appeal to a game which was quite "heavy" in the amount of 1/2" counters...iirc, the miniatures were about 1" x 3/8" (25mm x 10mm), with rotating (and removable) turrets.

:)

Fond memories...

ASL still have my approximately $5000 bucks worth of the stuff :) I liked the lead vehicles that came out for deluxe when they were experimenting with the notion of 3d items to scale of the deluxe boards.

Those Plastic Soldiers items look very good actually, I might check more into them. I'm always looking for items that are both interesting scales as well as acceptable levels of detail.

Quote from: Lesley_Roberta on July 22, 2013, 06:23:33 PM
ASL still have my approximately $5000 bucks worth of the stuff :) I liked the lead vehicles that came out for deluxe when they were experimenting with the notion of 3d items to scale of the deluxe boards.

Those Plastic Soldiers items look very good actually, I might check more into them. I'm always looking for items that are both interesting scales as well as acceptable levels of detail.

Yeah, it was quite the shock when I first learned the Rule Book (and *only* the Rule Book) was $50...it was another $50 for the first actual game set, which I don't recall the name offhand...

But yeah, I had almost the whole set (except Partisan!) and even played Red Barricades a couple times...best sequence: a large German "stack" shot at a building, causing the building to collapse, which caused Morale Checks for everyone in there...everyone died, except for one Russian half-squad...they turned Beserk, crossed the street IN THE OPEN, and over the course of a couple or three turns, closed with AND DESTROYED THE ENTIRE GERMAN STACK.

I (being the German Commander) was like..."Oh. My. Gawd!"  :( I don't recall clearly the Soviet Commander's actual words, but there seemed to be a LOT of whooping and hollerin'....dunno why, though... ;D

Quote from: Lesley_Roberta on July 22, 2013, 06:23:33 PM
Those Plastic Soldiers items look very good actually, I might check more into them. I'm always looking for items that are both interesting scales as well as acceptable levels of detail.

I can provide some feedback about these, if You settle for specific products (1:100 scale (15mm) though - never bought any of their 1:72 products, but they are essentially the same) - also if You are in the US, if would be better to use warstore, because they usually have quite a large of supply of the PSC stuff and it is cheaper then ordering directly from the PSC.

Quote from: Lesley_Roberta on December 27, 2012, 08:29:34 PM
Looking at the threads and polls and it seems no one has mentioned making models yet.

I am a model maker.

I build planes tanks and ships, military miniatures aka figures, I am a model railroder as well. I have worked building architectural models in the past (office towers under construction).

I like it for the one aspect, I like to make things. I also make a lot of other things that involve creative skills, but I am going to focus on models here.

My biggest love in the Tamiya model company, as they seem to do everything great.

Anyone else like me around?

I have always wanted to build a model of the IJN Shinano - the largest ship ever sunk by a submarine, and originally laid down as the third of the Yamoto class of super-battleships.

UPDATE:

So I resumed work on my truck. It's been a pain in the butt thoughout the build but I will finish it!

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If you think model kits can be challenging, try scratch building with no materials.  :P

Quote from: Keaira Raine on September 18, 2013, 08:13:40 PM
UPDATE:

So I resumed work on my truck. It's been a pain in the butt thoughout the build but I will finish it!

If you think model kits can be challenging, try scratch building with no materials.  :P

What software do you use?

Lightwave and photoshop with this model. Photoshop is used to make the flame paint job on the truck, modeled in Lightwave.

  Okay, I am not feeling well.  I went to my doctor's last month and went into the hobby shop in their new location afterwards.  Guess what?  I found an A-6E Intruder model staring at me from the shelf.  I wanted one since I did electronic maintenance on those things in the early 1970's!  All I could find in the past were the 1:72 sizes.  This one is 1:48.  It is sitting on a pile of stuff needing to be put away in my livingroom as soon as I can function on my aching feet.  I'll have room on my drafting table to assemble it.  I wil try to find or make decals with my squadron insignia to put on it. 

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  Joelene

Quote from: Joelene9 on September 21, 2013, 09:53:01 PM
  Okay, I am not feeling well.  I went to my doctor's last month and went into the hobby shop in their new location afterwards.  Guess what?  I found an A-6E Intruder model staring at me from the shelf.  I wanted one since I did electronic maintenance on those things in the early 1970's!  All I could find in the past were the 1:72 sizes.  This one is 1:48.  It is sitting on a pile of stuff needing to be put away in my livingroom as soon as I can function on my aching feet.  I'll have room on my drafting table to assemble it.  I wil try to find or make decals with my squadron insignia to put on it. 

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  Joelene

Love the A-6...but then, I love the A-4 and the A-7 too. Ground attack, mostly. "Bomb trucks" = WIN!

If you like model planes, you will LOVE this. Best hour in your day is my guess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzT3L3gGrew

Thank you, Lesley_Roberta! yes, indeed that was my finest hour of the day.

:)

I LOVE to build models. Me and my daughter have started building a huge stack of them we've had sitting in the closet for years. Here's some pictures of our work!

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YUP! I've been building scale models for years :) Currently learning how to make more of.. erm.. customized ones instead of following the instructions step by step ;D

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It is.. well.. it will be a Celica GT-Four, straight from rally road ;)

Got a Tamyia Red Bull F1 RB6 kit from 2010, nice but can do better, so purchased supplementary parts to go the whole hog, or should that be Bull?
Building Mark Webbers car as an Aussie.

Detail parts include carbon decal which cover nearly every surface, close to 400 decals and a gallon of decal setting solution and time.
Worth the effort? You bet as it makes such a difference but it's not for the faint hearted.
Also got some alternative decals for other sponsors during the year to customise.

So far so good but a long way to go yet.
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Just seen a friend's son's latest(the one I gave the 1/72 P40 to) a set of P47 Thunderbolts in American,British,French and Russian markings.I used to make warplanes "under new management" and can remember making a Russian P39,British P40 and British Wildcat.

I think I just revealed a major breakthrough in preference.

I routinely see kits in 32nd scale range and lament that they are too much airplane as they are too much interior work and I couldn't care less if the kit has a beautiful engine assembly. I don't do interiors. I am not paying 150ish bucks for a kit that is something I mustly don't want.

The revelation. I spent 10 bucks on a Guillows Hurricane in 30th scale. The funny thing of course, is I bought the kit thinking small box equals 72nd scale type kit. WRONG :) They can actually pack in alot of model in a box when it is mainly flat wooden parts eh. I never really noticed that Guillows is mostly 30th and 28th scale items. But the big eye opener was, hey these are big and yet basic, as you don't build a fiddly engine, in fact the interior is basically nothing. They are light as they are meant to be capable of flight.

Al these years and this truth has conveniently been hidden from my senses.

Not sure how great I will be at this kit, but considering it is wood and white glue and tissue. Hell this is my native environment eh I'm a wood worker. Size will be an issue though, I suspect if I get going at it, the local store is getting free display copies of my creations to fly in their air space :)

Quote from: Lesley_Roberta on September 25, 2013, 10:04:34 PM
If you like model planes, you will LOVE this. Best hour in your day is my guess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzT3L3gGrew

OMG!!! I lived there before I moved to the US.

I used to build them, but not anymore.

I just finished watching that video. Not only did I live in Telford, but I trained to be a Propulsion Mechanic at RAF Cosford. So that was really great for me to watch. Thank you for sharing that Lesley. :D

Quote from: Lesley_Roberta on December 29, 2013, 08:39:06 AM
I think I just revealed a major breakthrough in preference.

I routinely see kits in 32nd scale range and lament that they are too much airplane as they are too much interior work and I couldn't care less if the kit has a beautiful engine assembly. I don't do interiors. I am not paying 150ish bucks for a kit that is something I mustly don't want.

The revelation. I spent 10 bucks on a Guillows Hurricane in 30th scale. The funny thing of course, is I bought the kit thinking small box equals 72nd scale type kit. WRONG :) They can actually pack in alot of model in a box when it is mainly flat wooden parts eh. I never really noticed that Guillows is mostly 30th and 28th scale items. But the big eye opener was, hey these are big and yet basic, as you don't build a fiddly engine, in fact the interior is basically nothing. They are light as they are meant to be capable of flight.

Al these years and this truth has conveniently been hidden from my senses.

Not sure how great I will be at this kit, but considering it is wood and white glue and tissue. Hell this is my native environment eh I'm a wood worker. Size will be an issue though, I suspect if I get going at it, the local store is getting free display copies of my creations to fly in their air space :)

I used to love building balsa wood planes...the only tricky part for me was getting the tissue-paper skin to sit right...it never did, iirc. I eventually just built them for the frame, which is artwork in itself.

I built one, see page one of this very thread: https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,132605.msg1053288/topicseen.html#msg1053288

Here is something I have been working on and have finally finished.
This had to be kit bashed with quite a lot of work involved.
The locomotive is not offered like this. It is a booster unit without a cab.

Yes it runs and has digital sound.

I have 2 more to finish as they ran in sets in the 1960's.
I spray them with my airbrush and then have to decal them from sets to match the prototype.

It takes much time and research to get just right but the results are worth the effort.

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi805.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy340%2Fandrewjordo%2FANDREW-HP%2FPictures%2F16-01-2014%2FDSC00178_zps4e80ded2.jpg&hash=55398228164105237133c115f7c7c2ddf7d97f70)

Here is the real thing

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Frrpa_photos%2F52266%2Fthumbnails%2FIMAG0101_04_74e.jpg&hash=4e70b763a39b2b8a9fbbe4ef1db2e135ef784b84)

Came out rather nice Jenny  :)  What scale is it? Do you have a full on train board you run?

V M

It's HO scale.
Sorry but no layout at the moment so they sit in boxes and my display case.

I have about 300 locomotives and many more coaches and freight cars. I also have a very nice collection of Brass models.
I hate to think their value as it would run into the 6 figures.  :o
I model Union Pacific as I found it very interesting and they had a unique variety.
Even had Jet locomotives called Gas turbines.

One interesting not to history was they commissioned plans for an atomic locomotive!
Imagine that these days.

By the way yes I like trains.

Quote from: Jenny07 on March 22, 2014, 05:40:23 AMHere is something I have been working on and have finally finished.
This had to be kit bashed with quite a lot of work involved.
The locomotive is not offered like this. It is a booster unit without a cab.
Yes it runs and has digital sound.
I have 2 more to finish as they ran in sets in the 1960's.
I spray them with my airbrush and then have to decal them from sets to match the prototype.
It takes much time and research to get just right but the results are worth the effort.
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi805.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy340%2Fandrewjordo%2FANDREW-HP%2FPictures%2F16-01-2014%2FDSC00178_zps4e80ded2.jpg&hash=55398228164105237133c115f7c7c2ddf7d97f70)
Here is the real thing
(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Frrpa_photos%2F52266%2Fthumbnails%2FIMAG0101_04_74e.jpg&hash=4e70b763a39b2b8a9fbbe4ef1db2e135ef784b84)

http://www.hark.com/clips/pcjhnzsplk-its-very-nice

Unfortunately the models I like to come out reasonably sized have to be 1:200 or smaller, and it's too detailed to put little intricate parts together on a large aircraft at that scale or smaller, so I usually got the snap-together in 1:200 and pre-assembled 1:400 or 500.
Once I start getting an income again (and after I guy some gear for the World Cup) I have a whole list of models I want to make an airport diorama with, many Cathay Pacific, Singapore, and Malaysia models.

Not sure what reminded me of this, maybe the North Koreans?

When I was in high school, a friend and I were into model rockets and we were always looking for ways to modify them, mostly turning them into fireworks of sorts

So we would build our rockets, pack them up in our packs and ride our bikes for an hour or so to fire them off at the beach

Well, one day I noticed a Dil-- prosthetic penis sitting at the top of one of my neighbor's trash - So being the kinda kid I was I got a couple of plastic sandwich bags for gloves and retrieved it, cleaned it up good and it became the topper for one of my rockets

I also rigged it with a booster rocket and a couple of those spinning flower fireworks thingies

Being the kinda kids we were at the time I painted eyes and a smile on it and my friend Dan named it the amazing flying D---

Thinking back, we sure went to a lot of work just to fire off a few rockets that we were rarely ever able to recollect

Every now and then I wonder who might have found the amazing flying D---

I'm sure it must have wash up somewhere, but it flew pretty high and far so who knows?

Anyway, that's enough of my silly reminiscences for now

LOL

Quote from: Jenny07 on March 22, 2014, 05:40:23 AM
Here is something I have been working on and have finally finished.
This had to be kit bashed with quite a lot of work involved.
The locomotive is not offered like this. It is a booster unit without a cab.

Yes it runs and has digital sound.

I have 2 more to finish as they ran in sets in the 1960's.
I spray them with my airbrush and then have to decal them from sets to match the prototype.

It takes much time and research to get just right but the results are worth the effort.

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi805.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fyy340%2Fandrewjordo%2FANDREW-HP%2FPictures%2F16-01-2014%2FDSC00178_zps4e80ded2.jpg&hash=55398228164105237133c115f7c7c2ddf7d97f70)

Here is the real thing

(https://www.susans.org/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fs3.amazonaws.com%2Frrpa_photos%2F52266%2Fthumbnails%2FIMAG0101_04_74e.jpg&hash=4e70b763a39b2b8a9fbbe4ef1db2e135ef784b84)

That's great work, nice one!

I'm also a model railway enthusiast and general rail fan.  I model in OO gauge (better known as 1/76 or 4mm scale) and want to build a real life station when space allows for it.  Most of the hobby involves crafting and basic electronics but I haven't built anything substantial yet.