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  • Member since
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  • From: suffolk uk
father and son modelling
Posted by the mighty bo on Sunday, January 9, 2011 10:09 AM

Hi all, I just joined this morning after being directed to the site time after time when doing google image searches for models etc.  There is some excellent work here and I look forward to being an active member.  I am just introducing my eldest son (nearly eight years) to modelling and hope he really gets into it.  One thing is for certain:  having a forum like this and being able to upload his work will give him a huge thrill.  It will give me a huge thrill for that matter!  He is currently making the airfix battlefront diorama and I am putting the finishing touches to a Tamiya 1/16 elite infantryman that I made years ago, when they first released them.  Finally I have got round to making some kind of display with him!.  The quad was all my son's work, along with most of the tiger.  I helped with the ruined house and diorama base.  Comments obviously welcome.  I would like to enter the 1/16 in competition and wondered if anyone thinks it's up to the job.  Images will be added when I've worked out how to do it.

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  • From: A Spartan in the Wolverine State
Posted by rjkplasticmod on Sunday, January 9, 2011 10:18 AM

Welcome to the Forums Welcome Sign.  Looking forward to seeing your & your sons work.  There is a tutorial in the Community Assistance Forum that describes how to upload pics.

Regards,  Rick

RICK At My Age, I've Seen It All, Done It All, But I Don't Remember It All...
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  • From: Brunswick, Ohio
Posted by Buckeye on Sunday, January 9, 2011 10:20 AM

Welcome to the board, it's a very nice group here.  Looking forward to seeing some of your sons work.  I've been building with my son but at 18 he's hitting the stage of finding other interests but like all of us he'll be back.

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Posted by the mighty bo on Sunday, January 9, 2011 10:27 AM

Hi,  thanks for welcome.  where can i find the post on uploading?  i looked in community but don't seem to be able to search by subject.  can add link to my flickr.  is this how to do it?

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  • From: SE Pennsylvania
Posted by padakr on Sunday, January 9, 2011 10:44 AM

Welcome,

Finding particular posts can be difficult, I couldn't find a step-by-step tutorial there myself.  I'm not an expert, but I think I can help you.

You do need to upload your photos to a third-party site.  I lot of people use Photobucket.  I use Windows Live.  I suspect Flicker would work.

Once your photos are there, you have to find the specific URL that just displays your photo.  I simply keep clicking on my photo until it is the only thing showing on the screen, then I copy the URL out of the address bar.

Back here on FSM, there is a little icon that looks like a strip of film:

 

Click that and paste the URL into the field for it and click insert.

Tahdah, you have posted a picture!

Paul

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Posted by the mighty bo on Sunday, January 9, 2011 11:19 AM

super.  here goes

 

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Posted by the mighty bo on Sunday, January 9, 2011 11:22 AM
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Posted by the mighty bo on Sunday, January 9, 2011 11:24 AM

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Posted by the mighty bo on Sunday, January 9, 2011 11:27 AM

my son's work,  he's not quite eight years.

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Posted by the mighty bo on Sunday, January 9, 2011 11:29 AM
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Posted by the mighty bo on Sunday, January 9, 2011 11:32 AM

more photos of son's work.  i think i've sussed it now.

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Posted by the mighty bo on Sunday, January 9, 2011 11:36 AM

1/16 tamiya elite infantryman on scratch built doug fir base.  comments appreciated. first diorama/ setting i have made.  more to follow and lots of wips.

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  • From: Carmel, IN
Posted by deafpanzer on Sunday, January 9, 2011 3:40 PM

Outstanding work on 1/16 figure especially its camo and the magazine pouches! Yes Welcome to the forums.

Andy

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Posted by the mighty bo on Sunday, January 9, 2011 4:40 PM

support appreciated deaf.  looking forward to being involved with all you freaks!  the tiger's not bad for an eight year old though?

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Sunday, January 9, 2011 4:52 PM

Welcome to the forums. And i just noticed you are also in Suffolk.That makes 3 of us. We will be outnumbering the colonials before you know it.

Great work on the figure, love that camo. I still haven't got SS camo to the point where i am happy with it.

And your son is off to a great start.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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Posted by the mighty bo on Sunday, January 9, 2011 5:13 PM

am i right in thinking a lot of members are over the pond?  nearly blew the nipper's mind though, when we got welcomed by folk from the states!  love it.

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Posted by Bish on Sunday, January 9, 2011 5:19 PM

Ye, a vast majority of people on here are from the states. I reckon next in line is us Brits followed by some Aussies. After that theres guys (and girls) from all over.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: Allentown, PA
Posted by BaBill212 on Sunday, January 9, 2011 7:10 PM

Welcome aboard.........  glad to see you are working out some of the posting bugs.

Looking forward to viewing more of your and your sons work...

All the best.........

Enjoy the ride!

 

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  • From: Carmel, IN
Posted by deafpanzer on Sunday, January 9, 2011 7:31 PM

Gosh, your eight years old son did the Tiger?  He sure has a great future... he did better than what I did with my kits when I was 15 years old.  Looking forward to see you more in my favorite places... the Armor and Figures & Misc forums.

Andy

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  • From: suffolk uk
Posted by the mighty bo on Monday, January 10, 2011 2:49 AM

I had to help him with wheel location (had a bit of trouble understanding it myself) and was generally around to advise.  But he painted it himself whilst intently studying the instructions.  The quad, although obviously lacking in certain areas, he made almost exclusively himself.  I came home from work one day to find that he'd done the decals which I thought was brilliant.  You may notice that he added his own detail of a gun on top of the cab which, whilst not exactly accurate, shows willing and a possible future in the kit-bashing field!  gold star to whoever can identify where this extra bit came from!  He will absolutely love what you've said by the way.  It doesn't matter how good the result or indeed what they do, whether it be modelling or any other thing, but the kids need to know that when they've put the effort in, it shows.  My two boys drive me up the wall but I love 'em!  The eight year old (Bo) is studying ww2 at school.  I'm going in to show a few bits like medals and civvie gas mask.  I thought I'd stop short of taking in my luftwaffe dress dagger though!

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  • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
Posted by Bish on Monday, January 10, 2011 3:02 AM

And its nice to see that he would rather do somthing with his hands than just sit in front of a TV or games consul. No, i don't think the dagger would go down to well.

Where in Suffolk are you if you don't mind me asking.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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  • From: suffolk uk
Posted by the mighty bo on Monday, January 10, 2011 3:09 AM

I had to relent and get a wii this year or they'll get left behind but they play a bit then go and usually have a scrap in the garden or something, along with drawing etc or making lego.  all good boys type stuff. we're nr ipswich.

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Posted by padakr on Monday, January 10, 2011 7:59 AM

Nice work from both you and your son. Have fun and enjoy this time with both of them.

Paul

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  • From: suffolk uk
Posted by the mighty bo on Monday, January 10, 2011 8:41 AM

aw shucks,  ain't it the truth...

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