RMweb Gold Popular Post PhilH Posted October 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) Here are some photos of another diorama I made a while back....it’s supposed to represent a British 9.2” howitzer in transport mode going to the front in France. The Holt 75 artillery tractor is doing it’s best to keep it all going on what is a horrible wet day in France during WW1. The howitzer is well travelled....it’s a Resicast resin kit, made in Belgium, bought in Australia for a can’t leave it there price and built in England. BTW it’s hard to get decent photos of this as it’s just a bit shy of a metre long. Edited October 10, 2020 by PhilH 19 19 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted October 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 10, 2020 8 hours ago, Barry Ten said: I like the look of that! Just a look on ebay as well. very tempting. Try Pendle Princess. This model is far more accurate, it is a real Garret engine. The roller is a work of fiction because it uses an awful lot of Pendle Princess moulds. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted October 11, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 11, 2020 On 10/10/2020 at 00:45, 96701 said: Stuff everywhere. Most of the spraying green and black done, All decals fitted, most of decals sprayed with varnish, wheels and rollers painted. Hopefully get everything else finished tomorrow; a bit more varnish to spray, a bit more black to spray, and then start building hopefully tomorrow with more building and touching up on Sunday. It might be finished next week. Ha! Best laid plans and all that. The weather here has been superb, so we got the garden tidied. Managed to get a few components fastened together, but nowhere near what I wanted to do. Anyway, might get a bit of tidying up on the paint front tomorrow on the rollers, and maybe start on a few other bits and bobs. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 I've never been the fastest modeller but I am making progress on the Shuttle. First up the landing gear, I'm going to add some of the wires that were on the struts and I'll probably give it a light wash but, as the gear was generally very clean, that'll be it: Payload bay doors are having all the holes that were there for the working hinges filled. Filled mainly with small bits of plastic strip with the super glue/pigment mix to finish: And I've slapped some paint on the nose section to see how well all of the filling of the panel lines and the thrusters had gone. Over all, not too bad but a few places need a bit more filler: John 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted October 13, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 13, 2020 Might need a bigger workbench. 12 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Decals arrived this morning, 5 sheets of A4 that should be fun to put down. Held together by tape and a prayer, I've been making sure that the landing gear lines up and that all six wheels are on the ground. She's a big bird, 1/72 MIG 15 for scale (built for my granddaughter a few years ago and part of the Hello Kitty Air Force, hence the colour scheme): 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted October 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 18, 2020 On 16/10/2020 at 22:09, johndon said: Decals arrived this morning, 5 sheets of A4 that should be fun to put down. Held together by tape and a prayer, I've been making sure that the landing gear lines up and that all six wheels are on the ground. She's a big bird, 1/72 MIG 15 for scale (built for my granddaughter a few years ago and part of the Hello Kitty Air Force, hence the colour scheme): That's looking very impressive now. I'm sure the decals will be worth the trouble. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Popular Post Barry Ten Posted October 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Popular Post Share Posted October 20, 2020 Nimitz is just about done, so here a few more pics. The Air Wing is complete, barring one or two issues with decals. The supplied sheet only contained exactly the right number of tiny decals for the aircraft, so if you made a mistake with one part, you were stuffed. Also, there was an error for one of the planes, with only half the number of "navy" signs needed being present on the sheet. Frustratingly, it's cheaper to order 6 or 12 new planes (which contain decals) than to order a single complete decal sheet! But right now I'm kind of planed-out in 1/350th scale so that'll be for another day. There is a lot of scope for adding extra detail with etched metal parts (to both the ship and the deck equipment) but while I might at some point look into that, I'm happy enough with this out-of-the-box build, which after all has still taken a fair few months on and off. The only additions are some Eduard deck figures which help add a human scale. I need to investigate a better means of fixing them down such as a thicker type of superglue as at the moment they're very easily dislodged. 14 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold scottystitch Posted October 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 20, 2020 On 03/10/2020 at 11:07, railroadbill said: Liked Earwiker's RF 4E (I think?) phantom, looks like its had a lot of use but that overall sheen makes it look like it's still being well maintained. Barry 10's Nimitz... wow. Also, model must be enormous! F-4F... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TT-Pete Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 The diorama base is coming along; an offcut of recycled baseboard MDF, some plaster, Tamiya brick wall and bit of drystone walling. 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted November 2, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 2, 2020 The basic chassis for the Tamiya KV1 tank. Quite a lot of work to get to this point, but everything fits nicely. About to install the electronics next. 9 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted November 3, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2020 The electronics and speaker are now in place, if not yet tidied-up! 11 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted November 4, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 4, 2020 On with the the turret! 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted November 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 With apologies for my jerky control of the tank: 8 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
railroadbill Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Barry Ten said: With apologies for my jerky control of the tank: Pretty good! The sound is ace. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted November 5, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 5, 2020 According to the manual, It's at only 25% of the full volume - but I haven't yet dared to turn it up! I'm not surprised it's good as the speaker is enormous. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxokid Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Been adding to my ww2 diorama again its tamiya 1:35 scale 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2020 I've painted and weathered the Tamiya KV-1: There are still a couple of etched details to add, before I finish the weathering. I don't know if I should bother painting the wheel treads (or tracks) as I suspect the paint will get worn off in short order, so for now I've just done the hubs. I tried the dot filter method for this weathering, using water-soluble oils. https://finescale.com/online-extras/videos/2016/12/oil-dot-filter-weathering-paint-technique Once I got going though, I mostly just splodged the paint on straight from the palette, and blended it in situ. i still need to work on the tones in a few areas. 7 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erichill16 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 Looks very nice, I’ve got the Pershing but it’s not been completed yet. I can get the engine sounds or movement but not both, so it’s stalled at the moment at the hull stage. I may get it out and seen what can be done. The oil dot method looks interesting especially with the colours used. I’m going to give a go next time I get chance. Regards, Robert 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted November 16, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) Hi Robert This may be a stupid question, but have you moved the tank out of "idle"? I couldn't get mine to move either, until I read the booklet and saw that there's a safety feature to stop it moving off uncontrolled. With mine, I have to move the throttle and throttle trim to zero, then back to neutral, otherwise all it does is rev without moving. (Doesn't explain why you can get movement without sound, though, but maybe worth a mention). Edited November 16, 2020 by Barry Ten 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erichill16 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Barry, Thanks for the advice, I’ll give it a try. Seem to remember trying everything and gave it to a fellow IPMS member for him to have a go but to no avail. I did read somewhere that Tamiya had tried to get too much out of the control system but I’ve seen videos on you YouTube of it working perfectly. I’ll give it another go and will just complete it whether the electronics work or not. Unfortunately it’s stuck behind a load of ‘stuff’ and can’t be got to easily and I’ve got a few 1/72 aircraft to complete first, starting with an AZ model Mig17. Robert 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) Some progress on my 1/200 Iowa class battleship (Trumpeter kit with Pontos photoetch) with turret 1 finally complete and with a coat of primer which has highlighted that the blast bags certainly need some work doing on them as well as a couple of other refinements. There are 57 parts making up this one turret. To give you an idea of size, the turret is about the same length as an 08 shunter in 4mm scale... Edited November 23, 2020 by johndon 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steadfast Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 This was suggested on YouTube He's a jeweller obsessed with Escorts. Amazing lever of craftsmanship Jo 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted November 25, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 25, 2020 Here's another radio control P51 that my friend and I have been working on. This was a second hand model but we've redone some of the wiring. It's got working flaps and will have retractable undercarriage. 6 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndon Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 (edited) Blast bags have been refined and built up in places with Mr Surfacer 1000 and the turret has now had it's camo colour painted on. The camo is Measure 32 which did change over time but, at least initially was black and all the barrels of turret 1 were painted black. I'll likely go over the blast bags with a slightly different colour black as they were rubber. Edited November 27, 2020 by johndon 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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