I reckon some of his 729,000 youtube subscribers might disagree, but then it earns him more than enough to be able to model for a living, so he has an advantage lolLooking superb andy , not familiar with this plasmo guy but I doubt that his could be better than this . Cheers tony
You know, I’ve always though that if I had to model for a living I’d need a different hobby…..Thank you all so much, I'm really happy with how it's going so far.
I reckon some of his 729,000 youtube subscribers might disagree, but then it earns him more than enough to be able to model for a living, so he has an advantage lol
Yes, if you were getting paid for it it'd be work, rather than fun.You know, I’ve always though that if I had to model for a living I’d need a different hobby…..
I have had the great privilege of being paid to make models almost all of my working life, and probably because it was architecture,which is not really an interest, I never lost my passion for model making as a hobby.Yes, if you were getting paid for it it'd be work, rather than fun.
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Nice save!Canopy is now painted. The Montex masks were a decent fit although they wanted to lift on the curved bits. That might have been the cold. Maybe a blast from the hairdryer would have helped.
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And despite Tamiya's warning I managed to lose this doodad a while back:
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Luckily there was just enough room to carefully drill a 0.3mm hole in the top of the rudder. I found some wire that would fit and fashioned the blobby bit by building up layers of CA glue. Not identical but at least it's a representation and I'm happy with that. I'll cut it to length and fit later so I don't knock it off again:
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These seem thinner than their usual offerings to be fair, but that meant they were a bit delicate for my usual heavy handed approach! One side has settled pretty well, and with a single gloss coat there is nowhere near the usual step, despite being many separate decals, overlapping in places:
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The port side was less successful. I did my usual and stuck my fingers to it while working on the opposite ones. It peeled, splintered, folded, you name it. This was the best I could manage, with a few bubbles appearing after the gloss. I'm hoping to get it to lay down a bit better then disguise what's left with chipping & weathering.
It's not like a tank where I could slap a crate or tarp over it
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