electric indigo
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Thanks guys! Doing my best to keep you entertained. My wild guess is that one is a ground connector for electric discharge. There is a label next to the smaller one, but I couldn't find pics of the real thing.
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The Messerschmitt is finished & photographed. More pics in my Flickr album.
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IMO the craft looks so much better without the toy-ish nacelle colors. Good work, you should cut out some bigger windows to show off the interior.
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A hint to Tomcat modelers: In a closed canopy build, anything below the sill is pretty much invisible, especially with pilots in there. So maybe don't get crazy on those circuit breakers...
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VF-1J Minmay Guard - Battroid Hasegawa 1/72
electric indigo replied to valkyriepm's topic in Model kits
Awesome piece of work! It deserved a better Battroid kit to start with. -
You're making warp speed progress. Got the decals on here, too.
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Thanks! Here comes part two:
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@Dobber Insanely awesome - nice to see them all together. Got half of the 262 camo'd today:
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The 'Hey look at this really cool model build I saw' post
electric indigo replied to Shawn's topic in Model kits
Is the Monster guy linked to Mechanicore/G-System by any chance? They show a similar approach to detailing, and the other videos seem to indicate an inner structure, making it suitable to kit this thing. The design is too cluttered for my personal taste, but's it's an impressive work nonetheless, and I enjoy the fresh take on a well-known subject. -
@peter I really admire the passion you have for these challenging kits – it must feel like time traveling, working with these crappy molds. Looking forward to see the decals on them. Some more time traveling today:
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"We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space." RIP, Parker.
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From today's photo session
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^ MechTechMadness! _ After a few setbacks, I got this beast done. Better pics when the sun comes back.
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It's been a long time since I read it, but didn't the second book just end with
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Nice Trek stuff going on here. @peter You should treat yourself with the 1/350 BoP, it's one of the best Trek kits around.
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The General Movie Thread
electric indigo replied to TangledThorns's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
There seems to be a bit of review bombing going on at IMDB with this movie. It looses steam in the second half, but Pike & Tyrion are great – though my favorite scene ist between Pike and Chris Messina as the oily mob lawyer. -
Very elegant design on the kit, it doesn't need to hide behind it's RD brother. What's announced in the "now planning" spots?
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This guy is going all out on the Mave with his Blender model. Some nice aviation art in his feed.
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Looks cool, but like in their Gundam line, the RD team seems to translate the organic designs better.
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1/48 SOUTHERN CROSS BIOROID
electric indigo replied to captain america's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Ouch - I feel your pain. I once had the experience that the plasticine I chose for a two-part molding process reacted with the silicone, resulting in a gooey mess, and that was shortly before my diploma deadline... Good luck with the final steps! -
There's a new VFG coming
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That's the problem with gravity feed double-action airbrushes, when the needle is pulled back without airflow, paint collects at the tip. Unless I'm spraying very delicate gradients, I always use my unbreakable single-action Badger. You need to twist the tip to adjust the amount of paint, but once you have the right setting, you can just use it like a little spray can. You can get very close to the surface if you reduce the amount of paint accordingly.
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@derex3592 Thanks for posting the video, I'm taking the same steps in airbrushing that the modeler does, only I'm usually try to limit the surface colors to two passes (flat dark base & semi-gloss light panel shade). For the heck of it, I tried to document this with my camera, but it's pretty tedious to watch without the FFWD effect: Hop to Flickr to see the action (2 min). The greatest weakness of the MiG 1.44 was apparently it's boring late cold war paint scheme that must have killed the project once the officials laid their eyes on the proposal. I set out to rectify that by applying Sukhoj's ghost pixel scheme... Got the great Su-57 masks from Arma Hobby, cut them apart and fitted them on the MFI: The masked area got a base layer of Dark Sea Grey: Then came the actual color pass. As you can see in the video, it is applied panel by panel and took about 45 minutes. I also try to give some structure to uniform surfaces like the huge wings by wiggling the airbrush while I paint streaks lengthwise. Et voilá: Instant air superiority:
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@Thom That's the MiG 1.44, the kit is from Zvezda, but also saw a wide release by Revell. You should be able to find it in online stores or on The Bay. The 1.44 or MFI was MiG's venture into 4.5 generation fighter design, before the Su-47 somewhat stole the show. Not so sure about the YouTube thing (as I'm lacking a third arm), but I'll do my best to document the proceedings for the next color. Is there already an All Things Airbrush thread?