Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[Chas]

I'll say it again that is a thing of beauty NB4M! It's the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost of 1:55s. Can't remember if you mentioned it before, so I'll ask : what paint scheme are you planning on laying down? And whichever you choose do you planning to do the whole vermillion squad in the future?

Don't  have pics of anything I've been working on, but have been doing some 'work on the bench'. Namely, cleaning my airbrushes.

Don't know how many of you know, but another hobby of mine is audio, more specifically analouge audio. I'm one of those people who refused to switch to CDs back in the late 80's early 90's and just kept buying records - untill they stopped pressing them. I have about 800 or so records and a couple of years ago I got a 6L ultrasonic tank with a spindle and motor attachment for cleaning my records. It works a treat. The other day I realized that if I filled the tank with some LAs Totally  Awesome All Purpose Cleaner ( which is a great paint remover),  I could use it to thoroughly clean my airbrushes.

So today is the day. I've done 2 so far. Disassembled cleaned and reassembled, and man I gotta say, it is awesome! They look  brand new, and spray like that too.

I highly recommend an ultrasonic cleaner they are so useful. You don't  need any 6L tank for airbrushes, something smaller would be fine and likely cheaper, but boy do they do a great job.

[Papa Rat]

whoops. Off topic. 

Edited Sunday at 08:13 PM by Papa Rat
Off topic

[Papa Rat]

@Big s you’re onto something about Alclad under other colors. I put a clear purple over some Alclad Chrome and it has a really nice effect. Thanks for the heads up. 
 

Edited Monday at 12:37 AM by Papa Rat

[Big s]

1 hour ago, Papa Rat said:

@Big s you’re onto something about Alclad under other colors. I put a clear purple over some Alclad Chrome and it has a really nice effect. Thanks for the heads up. 
 

Yeah, alclad looks amazing under other clear color or under clear plastics like the backing of clear sensors or headlights. It’s one of those things that often looks absolutely amazing in person, but can be really hard to photograph to show others how great it turns out

[Thom]

On my table is a bit of conversion work. Over the years I have managed to get a hold of two of the old Monogram F-16XL kits, and have thought about putting them together. Now there is an F-16 GB going on Britmodeller and so I offered that up for the sacrifice. After a false start where I ruined inscribing the kits raised lines (and discovered that said lines were fictitious anyway) I restarted with cutting out the kit's nose and central body and replacing them with one cut out from a D-model Hasegawa kit. (The first try was with a Tamiya CJ, but the sublime detail on that is really too good for the Monogram parts and that brand new kit will now be a part's mule for the build.)

So yeah, three kits going into one, as I will be using the Tamiya cockpit/gear and wells/burner can in a Hasegawa body mated up to Monogram XL wings... Gonna be a Frankenplane. What would that be called? Tamasegram? Hasamiyamon? Montamegawa..?)

Anyhoos... Parts cut and inserted and waiting for clean-up and refining.

(...pssst, and repositioning the gun further back...)

Thom

 

 

 

Edited Monday at 02:32 AM by Thom

[Chronocidal]

3 hours ago, Thom said:

On my table is a bit of conversion work. Over the years I have managed to get a hold of two of the old Monogram F-16XL kits, and have thought about putting them together. Now there is an F-16 GB going on Britmodeller and so I offered that up for the sacrifice. After a false start where I ruined inscribing the kits raised lines (and discovered that said lines were fictitious anyway) I restarted with cutting out the kit's nose and central body and replacing them with one cut out from a D-model Hasegawa kit. (The first try was with a Tamiya CJ, but the sublime detail on that is really too good for the Monogram parts and that brand new kit will now be a part's mule for the build.)

So yeah, three kits going into one, as I will be using the Tamiya cockpit/gear and wells/burner can in a Hasegawa body mated up to Monogram XL wings... Gonna be a Frankenplane. What would that be called? Tamasegram? Hasamiyamon? Montamegawa..?)

Anyhoos... Parts cut and inserted and waiting for clean-up and refining.

(...pssst, and repositioning the gun further back...)

Thom

 

 

 

Before you finish up that chop job, make sure to check where the parts wound up on the new fuselage, since the XL was several feet longer, and it might mess with where things line up.

Will be really fun to see it though, I don't think anyone ever made a kit of the two-seater variant.

Edited Monday at 05:42 AM by Chronocidal

[F18LEGIOSS2]

I've made these hinges with leftover sprues for my gakken ride armor, stay tuned

[Thom]

10 hours ago, Chronocidal said:

Before you finish up that chop job, make sure to check where the parts wound up on the new fuselage, since the XL was several feet longer, and it might mess with where things line up.

Will be really fun to see it though, I don't think anyone ever made a kit of the two-seater variant.

Wish I could say I was trailblazing!😄

https://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/builds/rm/build_rm_5206.shtml

As to parts placement, I'm just worried the big items, like the gun muzzle and the placement of the main gear well. The Tamiya kit is going to donate the new muzzle and I'll have to cut a hole for it along the back edge of the canopy on the Hase nose, and I'm thinking, after having cut off the rear of the Hasegawa's lower fuselage, that I can put it in all-in-one without needing to cut it up any further. Then it'll be a few sessions of cleaning up the new joins.🤣

[Papa Rat]

11 minutes ago, F18LEGIOSS2 said:

I've made these hinges with leftover sprues for my gakken ride armor, stay tuned

Such a great use of materials. 👍

[mechaninac]

1 hour ago, F18LEGIOSS2 said:

I've made these hinges with leftover sprues for my gakken ride armor, stay tuned

Now, THIS is one of those face-palm moments when one says to oneself:  Why didn't I ever think of that before?  It is so brilliantly simple and deceptively obvious!  

[pengbuzz]

Current project:

 

[Thom]

Another cool build coming across the Desk of @pengbuzz!

[Papa Rat]

Just finished up this fancy lad last night. 
It’s the first of the VSMS series, 1:100 Daccas The Black Knight. It was a super fun build for me and had a blast trying out some new paints. 

[Chas]

Hey now!  that looks really good. Nice choice of paint colours @Papa Rat

I gotta say though with all the black and holding the sword like a cane I kind wish he had a monocle on a chain and was doing a little soft shoe. lol!

I finally got back to building at my bench  (well really just painting 'cus I did the initial assembly a while ago).

I've always preferred Max's VF-1J scheme to his VF-1A, so when I ordered the new PlayMax 72nd scale 1 J I got two so I could build one as Max's machine.

This is the first go at the base colour ( a custom mix), so no detail painting and not cleaned up yet.

I'm pretty happy with it overall. Maybe needs another coat to get it right, but so far I like the look of it.

First pic is within flash 2nd without.

All the white is bare plastic as I went with no primer on this one.

I traced the decals from the kit (Hikaru's 1J) to make the masks for Max's white stripes.

(Just an FYI: as I said this is the Hikaru 1J kit and that white stripe on the fuselage below the canopy on Hikaru's ride is red, but there is no decal for that in the kit nor is one referenced in the instructions. The finished pictures on the box and in the instructions show the stripe, but there is no decal for it.)

Edited Wednesday at 01:50 AM by Chas

[Papa Rat]

@Chashahahaha. Yeah it needs a top hat at the very least. 
 

I like the idea of tracing out the decals for masking. I just recently got that kit for a decent price and will be ditching the color correcting decals and masking out for the red areas. The first battroid I built was a Hasegawa and I used all the decals for color correcting to see how it would look. It looked sloppy. lol. 

[derex3592]

Back in black 🖤 

Edited Wednesday at 01:04 PM by derex3592

[pengbuzz]

2 hours ago, derex3592 said:

Back in black 🖤 

 

[nightmareB4macross]

Landing gear are secured and with plenty of room underneath for a gunpod. Pew pew!

[Papa Rat]

I have been wanting to build this kit for a while now and finally jumped in today. Test fit is almost done and there are few seam lines to deal with which is making this come together quick. I’m a little concerned about this one being able to stand on its own. Might have to glue it into a static position once I’m done with it. 

[nightmareB4macross]

Not fully polished look but it does hold together on it’s own and the landing gear hold it up securely.

Edited 17 hours ago by nightmareB4macross

[NoctisTalem]

So recently got a resin and filament printer, and decided to tackle doing Battle 25 by MiniValks, and I tried to scale it to be around 1/3000 to be in scale with the Arcadia SDF-1. But I can't seem to find any images of a side profile with Battle 25/21/7 next to the Macross itself while all ships are in Fortress mode. Anyway here's a progress pick. I'm feeling it's still a bit to small and I'm gonna a have to reprint the whole thing.

[Papa Rat]

7 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Not fully polished look but I’d does hold together on it’s own and the landing gear hold it up securely.

Looks great!

[Thom]

5 hours ago, NoctisTalem said:

So recently got a resin and filament printer, and decided to tackle doing Battle 25 by MiniValks, and I tried to scale it to be around 1/3000 to be in scale with the Arcadia SDF-1. But I can't seem to find any images of a side profile with Battle 25/21/7 next to the Macross itself while all ships are in Fortress mode. Anyway here's a progress pick. I'm feeling it's still a bit to small and I'm gonna a have to reprint the whole thing.

Impressive print! As for size, it doesn't look too off, I don't think. I found this size chart in Pinterest.

 

One thing I'd note is that the drive section/legs look smaller than they should. Or, the arms/flight decks are oversized, which looks more likely when comparing the Frontier's legs to the Macross.

Edited yesterday at 03:22 PM by Thom

[nightmareB4macross]

Time to start working on the arms. They don’t quite match the overall changes made thus far.

Edited 17 hours ago by nightmareB4macross

[electric indigo]

Got the painting on the fuselage of the Flip Knight Mave done today.

[Thom]

19 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said:

Time to start working on the arms. They don’t quite match the overall changes made thus far.

Suble and yet very notable differences. Very nice!

@electric indigo That's a smooth looking finish!

 

[MechTech]

Hey guys,

I've had two modelling buddies, "Butters" on the left and "Shadow" on the right. Here they're demonstrating just how much you can really squeeze into a model box! Here, they're on my workbench and "help" me build, so the photos are relevant.😉 Butters got his name from the shelter we got him from, and Shadow got a new name of Shadow because he shadowed us all over the house - not because of his color. In fact, we stepped on him several times the first week because he is the definition of stealth and got under foot. He was a great modelling buddy!

Sadly, it's with a heavy heart that I announce the loss of Shadow. He got cancer in several organs and was not eating or drinking. Over the past week and a half he was X-rayed, ultra-sounded and given anti-biotics in addition to a drug that makes you hungry and eat. Nothing worked except the ultra-sound showing the cancerous growths. Shadow went from being a hefty 20 lb cat, to losing about six pounds - a LOT for a cat of any size. We don't know how long he'd been losing weight. Finally, he had to be put to sleep. He couldn't eat or drink, he was drooling, his nose was running, and all his organs were failing. The poor guy was a fraction of his original self. It all happened quickly and surprised us and the vets. He was well treated and loved right up to the end!

Last night we brought him in for his final vet appointment and sat with him on the floor as he was laying on a big dog pillow. I'll spare you the details, but it was like Jesus took him before the poison did. He didn't move or blink beforehand at all, like he was already gone. He knew what was going on and had a peace about him the whole time.

But to leave this thread on a positive note, he was a hilarious buddy, especially working on projects laid out on the living room floor. He literally made himself at home! How anyone could sleep like that in the photo below is beyond me! He helped keep my instructions flat and make it "fun" to find parts on trees he was sleeping on.

Shadow was recycling minded, always helping us crush boxes for the recycling center. I also think he had a small cat mindset in a large cat's body! You don't have to fit entirely inside a box to curl up in it - do you?

He loved the little spray booth someone gave me when they moved. Maybe because he actually fit in it!

Shadow will REALLY be missed! This is not meant to be a depressing story, but some good model building memories with my buddy. Make sure you all appreciate your buddies. Time evaporates about as fast as model cement! - MT

[derex3592]

Awwww man @MechTech, SO sorry to hear about your modeling buddy Shadow's final days!!! We have a black cat and he is into everything and follows me around everywhere just like our black dog!  It's soooo hard to let go of a fur baby, but you can take solace in the fact you and your family gave him a GOOD safe home!  RIP Shadow!  Enjoy all the boxes up there buddy! 😸