What's on the bench 2022

[scottie3158]

Invested over 7 hours in the HGW harness set for the Arado 234B-2n and with over 50 pieces total, they're finally done,

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What a royal PITA..................Fun, but still a PITA..........Crazy is, you can fully adjust them too!!!.....Gotta love this hobby!!!.................

Prost
Allen

wow, wow and thrice wow they are superb.

 

[scottie3158]

Hi Everyone. All the weathering is completed on the lower hull of Dragon's 1/35 scale Stug IV late with scratch built dozer blade. Onto the upper hull now and all the crapintheback. Happy modelling!

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excellent Steve that is a great finish.

 

[Steve Jones]

Do I like that or do I like that!!!

Cheers Andrew. I'm glad to see you liked my work

Thanks for thumbs up Mark

Most excellent Mr. Jones, looking forward to seeing this one in the completed Armor when done Sir.
Rick H.

Hi Rick. Thanks for the positive feedback my friend

Love the screw jacks.

I enjoyed making them. Very pleased with how they turned out

Great details as always Steve glad to see you posting your art.

Many thanks for looking in and commenting Lee. I appreciate it

excellent Steve that is a great finish.

Thanks Paul. I'm looking forward to doing the crapintheback

Cool Mr Jones...nothing like a splatter of dried wet mud at a work site to dirty things up.

Cheers,
Richard

It was a fun process Richard. Twice as much pigment on the bench though, after I had finished

 

[Mark1]

1/72 airfix vampire.Had this on the bench for a while,got some paint and most of the decals on.

 

[Mini Me]

While waiting for the Rooskie Armor GB I thought I'd get the "Hitchhikers" out of the way. Once again I employed the "Marlow Method" .....and still find these little guys lacking (just my inabilities.....no reflection on you Tim) ....not to mention some very obvious parting lines I missed in the clean up phase.
I will keep practicing and even though I did not quite get the result I was after, I did enjoy playing with the wet pallet and washes. Looks like the lads have been kicking rocks again......I'll have to touch up their boots. C&C's welcome.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Wow, channeling Otis Redding there, sitting on the dock of the bay
They look good to me Rick, especially the uniforms and back packs. Perhaps going slightly heavier on the flesh wash could improve the definition of the face, but that does depend on the sculpts.

 

[Neil Merryweather]

nothing to be ashamed of there Rick

 

[JR]

Hi all, I think Ian has a point, there are some seriously good builds going on that deserve their own thread & it's hard to keep track on this thread. Some of the work could do with a step by step thread to show us how you do it!

Tim, what you are doing is posting what you've done or are doing, which is just as I intended when I started the thread. As you say each set of figures are similar, but as someone who struggles with figures I'd like to see how you do them, they look brilliant!

My bench still has the Cromwell on it, which is having a coat of SCC15 green, much nicer than that 4BO stuff, but the next build is a T-34 for Lee's Soviet Armour Group Build. Must put in a request for Some 4BO to the nice Comrade Race, who has cornered the world supply of the stuff........

Sir, much nicer than 4BO ! how could you, are you related to Bob?

 

[Allen Dewire]

Hi All,

Andrew, Stevie and Paul, thanks for the kudos for my Arado seat belts and they were fun? Stevie, listen to the intro to the album "Dark Side Of The Moon" and that's me, 100%.........

Mark, that is one cool finish on the wing thingy, but I always thought Vampire's dressed in black and only came out at night..........

Rick, You should be real proud of those. At that scale, I couldn't even see them, let alone paint 'em. They look GOOD buddy!!! Oh, and don't mind Tim, he's off his meds again.....................

Me, I've been busy working on different things. I only wish our weather would get better so I can use the spray booth. Can't hand paint this,



Or the rest of the interior parts either.....So in the meantime I have been working on this,



Ok, quit laughing!!!!!!!! This was hard work guys!!! Italeri's finest and I need this pole for for something else I've been playing with on the table (don't have a bench). A rough idea,



Still a long way to go, but the basic plan is there. Not happy with the street though, too lumpy..............

Prost
Allen

 

[JR]

Hi All,

Andrew, Stevie and Paul, thanks for the kudos for my Arado seat belts and they were fun? Stevie, listen to the intro to the album "Dark Side Of The Moon" and that's me, 100%.........

Mark, that is one cool finish on the wing thingy, but I always thought Vampire's dressed in black and only came out at night..........

Rick, You should be real proud of those. At that scale, I couldn't even see them, let alone paint 'em. They look GOOD buddy!!! Oh, and don't mind Tim, he's off his meds again.....................

Me, I've been busy working on different things. I only wish our weather would get better so I can use the spray booth. Can't hand paint this,

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Or the rest of the interior parts either.....So in the meantime I have been working on this,

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Ok, quit laughing!!!!!!!! This was hard work guys!!! Italeri's finest and I need this pole for for something else I've been playing with on the table (don't have a bench). A rough idea,

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Still a long way to go, but the basic plan is there. Not happy with the street though, too lumpy..............

Prost
Allen

A bit of sanding in line would take the rough off Dude1.Liking this .

 

[scottie3158]

Hi All,

Andrew, Stevie and Paul, thanks for the kudos for my Arado seat belts and they were fun? Stevie, listen to the intro to the album "Dark Side Of The Moon" and that's me, 100%.........

Mark, that is one cool finish on the wing thingy, but I always thought Vampire's dressed in black and only came out at night..........

Rick, You should be real proud of those. At that scale, I couldn't even see them, let alone paint 'em. They look GOOD buddy!!! Oh, and don't mind Tim, he's off his meds again.....................

Me, I've been busy working on different things. I only wish our weather would get better so I can use the spray booth. Can't hand paint this,

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Or the rest of the interior parts either.....So in the meantime I have been working on this,

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Ok, quit laughing!!!!!!!! This was hard work guys!!! Italeri's finest and I need this pole for for something else I've been playing with on the table (don't have a bench). A rough idea,

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Still a long way to go, but the basic plan is there. Not happy with the street though, too lumpy..............

Prost
Allen

Allen, all looking mighty fine mate.

 

[Mini Me]

Wow, channeling Otis Redding there, sitting on the dock of the bay
They look good to me Rick, especially the uniforms and back packs. Perhaps going slightly heavier on the flesh wash could improve the definition of the face, but that does depend on the sculpts.

Thanks Tim.....yeah, Otis Redding was a fav. of mine back in the day.......got some more of these little guys left......will do them up and see if I can improve 'em over the first batch.

 

[Mini Me]

nothing to be ashamed of there Rick

Glad you're liking them Neil...I just need to to better in the prep stage.

 

[Mini Me]

Hi All,

Andrew, Stevie and Paul, thanks for the kudos for my Arado seat belts and they were fun? Stevie, listen to the intro to the album "Dark Side Of The Moon" and that's me, 100%.........

Mark, that is one cool finish on the wing thingy, but I always thought Vampire's dressed in black and only came out at night..........

Rick, You should be real proud of those. At that scale, I couldn't even see them, let alone paint 'em. They look GOOD buddy!!! Oh, and don't mind Tim, he's off his meds again.....................

Me, I've been busy working on different things. I only wish our weather would get better so I can use the spray booth. Can't hand paint this,

View attachment 443727

Or the rest of the interior parts either.....So in the meantime I have been working on this,

View attachment 443728

Ok, quit laughing!!!!!!!! This was hard work guys!!! Italeri's finest and I need this pole for for something else I've been playing with on the table (don't have a bench). A rough idea,

View attachment 443729

Still a long way to go, but the basic plan is there. Not happy with the street though, too lumpy..............

Prost
Allen

Allen!......Allen!.....Allen!, Glad you like them "Rooskie Riders" Sir. Your street scene is the Bomb, I don't think it will require much smoothing of the road, as it was wartime and the maint. and upkeep was more than a little to be desired. Sort of goes with the building in the background, if you get my drift.....

 

[Mark1]

Haven't done a build thread for this as it's tamiya and going together very quickly so far.

 

[The Smythe Meister]

You're a MACHINE Mark!!
What a cool looking Truck!!
Swift progress indeed
Andy

 

[The Smythe Meister]

P.S. I see from the box art that you get 4 seated and 2 standing figures.....
.... What are they like mate?
Andy

 

[Mini Me]

Jim, up in New York, has one of these on the bench also...I believe his is most of the way finished. Not sure if it was a Tamiya kit or not. Might look up his build thread to see if he hit any snags along the way. Yours is coming along nice so far Mark.....keep it up. Rick H.

 

[Lee Drennen]

While waiting for the Rooskie Armor GB I thought I'd get the "Hitchhikers" out of the way. Once again I employed the "Marlow Method" .....and still find these little guys lacking (just my inabilities.....no reflection on you Tim) ....not to mention some very obvious parting lines I missed in the clean up phase.
I will keep practicing and even though I did not quite get the result I was after, I did enjoy playing with the wet pallet and washes. Looks like the lads have been kicking rocks again......I'll have to touch up their boots. C&C's welcome. View attachment 443707View attachment 443708

Just waiting for a Tank. They look great Rick.

 

[David Lovell]

Hi Everyone. All the weathering is completed on the lower hull of Dragon's 1/35 scale Stug IV late with scratch built dozer blade. Onto the upper hull now and all the crapintheback. Happy modelling!

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Absolutely tremendous Steve well done mate. Dave