Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[arbit]

[pengbuzz]

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Edited November 9, 2022 by pengbuzz

[Thom]

@pengbuzz Going out or coming back?

[pengbuzz]

1 hour ago, Thom said:

@pengbuzz Going out or coming back?

Going out; this is when Yamato left Earth for Iscandar (hence why Earth is reddish).

That, or Captain Okita wanted McDonalds 🤣

Edited September 18, 2022 by pengbuzz

[Big s]

7 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Nice picture 

[MechTech]

@arbit Oh oh, do we have a combo set coming out soon?😁

@pengbuzz Looks JUST like a movie I saw once!

For those of you who would like to see last weekend's PennCon (IPMS Central Pennsylvania model show), here's the photos. I'm leaving them full size since many have a lot of models in them. I limited the amount of photos I took. Most are sci-fi, because that's what we do!

Background info. This is not a 1st, 2nd, 3rd place judging. Models are judged by medals, bronze, silver or gold. You can have multiple gold kits in the same category. You'll see some models have medals next to them. I happened to take the photos after they were laid out. The gold medals were handed out at the end in person. I couldn't believe how many gold medals our club took home to include best in class and best of show (it was a '53 Chevy fully "plumbed" with wires and fuzzy seats details).

I've got construction photos of my frigate, but I don't wanna hog the boards now (even though I may already have)😎 - MT

 

 

[arbit]

On 9/13/2022 at 4:02 PM, MechTech said:

Roy's "girl" looks cold and angry. 😁 Great sculpts as usual! Especially the last set. They are in a very convincing pose.

I would call him Claudia's "boy", since she is clearly the adult in the relationship.

And here is a bit more romance since you don't like the "cold" shoulder.

To the stars...

Edited September 19, 2022 by arbit

[arbit]

1 hour ago, MechTech said:

For those of you who would like to see last weekend's PennCon (IPMS Central Pennsylvania model show), here's the photos. I'm leaving them full size since many have a lot of models in them. I limited the amount of photos I took. Most are sci-fi, because that's what we do!

Looks like a very nice get together, and some elite modeling too. Jealous...

[Urashiman]

On 9/17/2022 at 9:16 PM, pengbuzz said:

Nice!

Just a small protip for photoshops. Make sure to adjust the background to the same pixel density and ISO before merging. Focus is also important. For example on this picture the bow is clearly out of focus, and the hulk is in focus. The stern is out of focus again, so anything in the background should be out of focus as well. Compositing shots is not easy, specifically with miniatures. You'd want to get a macro lens in case you use a DSLR or SLR. If not, you can take the picture from a bit farther away. You just need to make sure you digi cam has enough MP.

[arbit]

Hi guys, I decided to start releasing my figures for free. Your support is appreciated.

https://www.patreon.com/arbitscalemodels

https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/art/hikaru-and-minmay-school-uniform

This will be the first file released. I plan to release something every week or two. Suggestions and comments welcome.

Edited September 19, 2022 by arbit

[Thom]

@MechTech Thanks foe the pics. Looked like a good show.

I went to Rocon 40 in Rochester NY, and here is the link for the pics of that.

https://imgur.com/a/3eoUxz9

[Rock]

Eduard SPACE int decals compared to the Quinta I did last time.

The Eduard ones are much thinner but less of a 3D effect. I also dilike the metallic gain everything has. However, the major plus being they include some PE parts for things like the emergency/ejection release handles.

 

[derex3592]

Shipyard was busy this weekend....Starting to kinda sorta see the light at the end of the tunnel here...maybe..

[505thAirborne]

Hi all, so many great builds going on around here. @derex3592 that's an impressive looking Titanic so far, I look forward to its completion. 

With some free time headed my way I thought I'd go ahead and start working again on my Hasegawa 1/48 VF-1A kit.

I have two questions:

1) Does anyone make a spray paint that matches (as close as possible) the Yamato 1A Cannon Fodders? 

2) I did a stupid thing and tossed out the model boxes "Assuming" they were just empty sprues... well, turns out the clear canopies were in there, does anyone have a spare you're willing to part with? 

Thank you 

 

Edited September 20, 2022 by 505thAirborne

[MechTech]

@arbit Awwwww! Great looking sculpts as always! Thanks for releasing them. I'll have to go out and get them.

@Rock Those aftermarket parts look really cool!

@derex3592 Almost time to get the champagne bottle ready!

@505thAirborne That stinks about the canopy. I don't have any, but your build is looking good. - MT

 

[joscasle]

Trying to finish this beast 

[505thAirborne]

@MechTech Where there's a will there's a way of getting another canopy plus a pilot... looks like I lost that part too. 

@joscasle  Your VF-1A Super looks great! Mind if I ask what paints you used for the brown & boosters? I slowly working on a Cannon Fodder too. 

 

Add another project to the stack, I'm feeling pretty confident that Bandai will NOT be releasing an HM-R VF-2SS Green Stripe (White Ox) so I got lucky and found these two dirt cheap on Ebay. I'll give these a proper paint job and customize with the green stripe. For being an old 1/100 scale kit, these still look quite nice in fighter mode. Also, the box art is some of the best in the Macross Franchise IMHO. 

 

[joscasle]

Hi. 

For the main color I use Tamiya LP-76.

For the busters color I use a mix some one recommend in this very chat a few months ago 

 

Let me check if I have the exact mix

 

 

 

Edited September 26, 2022 by joscasle

[joscasle]

Hi. 

For the main color I use Tamiya LP-76.

For the busters color I use a mix some one recommend in this very chat a few months ago 

 

Let me check if I have the exact mix

 

I found it!!!

 

Edited September 26, 2022 by joscasle

[arbit]

5 hours ago, joscasle said:

Trying to finish this beast 

Lovely colors!

[Big s]

2 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

@MechTech Where there's a will there's a way of getting another canopy plus a pilot... looks like I lost that part too. 

@joscasle  Your VF-1A Super looks great! Mind if I ask what paints you used for the brown & boosters? I slowly working on a Cannon Fodder too. 

 

Add another project to the stack, I'm feeling pretty confident that Bandai will NOT be releasing an HM-R VF-2SS Green Stripe (White Ox) so I got lucky and found these two dirt cheap on Ebay. I'll give these a proper paint job and customize with the green stripe. For being an old 1/100 scale kit, these still look quite nice in fighter mode. Also, the box art is some of the best in the Macross Franchise IMHO. 

 

An hmr repaint probably wouldn’t happen any time soon. I wouldn’t count it out, but definitely not anytime soon. There’s always a chance that Bandai might do a new kit if the YF-19 one does well, but I’d think they would do some of the other plus stuff first. Either way I’d love to see this old kit finished up. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it completed

[505thAirborne]

1 hour ago, Big s said:

An hmr repaint probably wouldn’t happen any time soon. I wouldn’t count it out, but definitely not anytime soon. There’s always a chance that Bandai might do a new kit if the YF-19 one does well, but I’d think they would do some of the other plus stuff first. Either way I’d love to see this old kit finished up. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it completed

If Bandai ever makes additional VF-2SS's I'm all on board. For now these old kits will do and for sure, I'll post some pics as their new paint jobs progress. Last time I worked on one of these 2SS kits was like 16 years ago and my paint skills then sucked, it'll be a big improvement this time.  

[Goodman Models]

Whoa! There's a lot great builds on this thread! I missed quite a bit, lol. I've been working on a few non-macross projects lately. I'll post them here?

 

 

[Urashiman]

54 minutes ago, Goodman Models said:

Whoa! There's a lot great builds on this thread! I missed quite a bit, lol. I've been working on a few non-macross projects lately. I'll post them here?

 

 

sure, go ahead.

[joscasle]

7 hours ago, Goodman Models said:

Whoa! There's a lot great builds on this thread! I missed quite a bit, lol. I've been working on a few non-macross projects lately. I'll post them here?

 

 

Yes. Love the podcast!!!

[joscasle]

We really need a good display stand for 1/48 Valkyries!!!!

Can some one desing one in 3d???

[electric indigo]

7 hours ago, joscasle said:

We really need a good display stand for 1/48 Valkyries!!!!

Can some one desing one in 3d???

1) get some some square pieces of advertising/dibond sheet (check your local signmaker) & 1.5 mm steel wire

2) drill holes

done:

 

[Bolt]

Everything is looking awesome, guys

[MechTech]

It's great to see a lot of builds going on here! My apologies for not posting more build photos lately and catching up with lots of photos, but things have been busy (partly because of building this model)😁

After completing some other models, I figured its time to get my frigate finished. If you remember I built a 5 inch mk-45 gun turret that fires caps to go on this ship. It is designed to be as realistic as possible. On that note, the actual 5 inch gun weighs 27 tons by itself - without the magazine for the shells! So realistically, it's too big weight wise. Although I thought it looked awesome on the deck!😉 The Oto Melara 76mm turret on the other hand is about 8 tons. So more realistic. I also thought two are better than one. The Italians and French have frigates using two of the same turrets side by side. So I thought it would be a good idea on my wide ship.

So I tried out the concept with some rough made parts. It looked too much of an afterthought to me.

So I got the styrene out, and with the help of one of the cats, got to work adding on to the upper deck area.

I also removed some of the bulwark area on the bow and other pieces in the way.

 

And did further "sculpting" to help with a design to get water of the bow quickly in bad waves.

So I added roughly about 1000 square scale feet onto the upper deck area. And with the turrets and VLS cells mock-fit into place, it should look something like this when done.

I thought the radar and electronics suite also needed improvement, so I added flat-panel radar antennas to go on the main mast area. I used 1/8" / 3mm thick plastic, drilled a hole and put a 1/4" plastic square piece in the middle to hold it for machining. Then beveled it on the mill. Then got these ready.

Since even Dr. Evil's henchmen looked down on sharks with lasers, I thought a laser turret and optics would look cool and also be a good weapon system. So I added onto the mast area with a new platform.

Then made a smaller mast and all the parts for the turret.

Looks like somebody has most of the chaos stones😄 The glass is actual coated optic glass, so it has that red / reflective look to it.

And all the pieces together now with figure to scale. Also added ladders cause stuff brakes in real life. Note the "old" hexagonal antenna under the big radar - it's gone now.

And the final addition is a better Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) antenna array. It's made from "mistakes" making the 76mm gun interior and Tamiya "Modern U.S. Accessory Set" tank tread replacement pads. The large radar next to it has a new "boot" around the base of it too. I forgot to photograph it.

That's everything caught up for now. Thanks for checking guys! - MT

[arbit]

38 minutes ago, MechTech said:

After completing some other models, I figured its time to get my frigate finished.

Nice to see you back on that project.  I can smell the styrene all the way over here!

Now, more importantly, does your cat know to avoid the x-acto blade?

I have a kitten, and he is pretty dumb!

[Thom]

1 hour ago, MechTech said:

...snip

So I got the styrene out, and with the help of one of the cats, got to work adding on to the upper deck area.

 

 

I see the yard supervisor is as diligent as ever! And giving you that thousand yard stare.

 

Really, some great work on the additions.

[pengbuzz]

*inappropriate comment deleted*

Edited November 9, 2022 by pengbuzz
Urashiman didn't deserve the retort I gave him; I really need to work on my attitude.

[Urashiman]

1 hour ago, pengbuzz said:

Sure...just as soon as I can afford something other than a cheap point and shoot digicam from the thrift store for 5 bucks (about 1MP). Also working with photoshop from the 1990's, so I'm lucky I can get it to do what it does now.

Anyways; since the pic apparently doesn't meet your criteria, it has been deleted from both my psot and my pc. I won't be putting any artwork back up soon. And since this topic is yours, perhaps I should just avoid it from now on...

Aww man, I didn’t mean to disencourage you. Feel free to post as much as you like. I started off with a 0.3MP cam and a super old photoshop version as well. I just wanted to give some advice.

I apologise 

[Bolt]

On 10/2/2022 at 2:15 PM, pengbuzz said:

Anyways; since the pic apparently doesn't meet your criteria, it has been deleted from both my psot and my pc. I won't be putting any artwork back up soon. And since this topic is yours, perhaps I should just avoid it from now on...

Edited yesterday at 02:18 PM by pengbuzz

Hey @pengbuzz keep on posting your good works. I really enjoy seeing your projects . @Urashiman was just giving some good advice. And in that way, encouragement. 

[MechTech]

@arbit @Thom Thank you guys! Yeah, the cats keep me on my toes. They also help with quality control. This same cat kept sitting on the deck of the ship. Of course it collapsed! It wasn't designed for cats! But I reinforced it with carbon fiber tube and it now supports cats too. Just one way they help keep my builds strong enough for radio control.😁 - MT