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Sooo...whats on the bench at the moment ?

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Sooo...whats on the bench at the moment ?
Posted by Wirraway on Sunday, November 24, 2013 4:58 AM

Always interesting to know what others are building.  One reason is I guess a lot of what gets built doesnt make it on to here.  I know speaking for myself, only about 1 in 10 builds will I be happy enough with to post pics of.

So whats cooking at the moment ?  Personally I"m working my way through some older kits.  Just started the Old Monogram Blue Angels F18 Hornet.  Lots of flash. and this brittle dark blue plastic.....

"Growing old is inevitable; growing up is optional"

" A hobby should pass the time - not fill it"  -Norman Bates

 

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Posted by gunner_chris on Sunday, November 24, 2013 6:07 AM

I currently have a German 88, Canadian M7 Priest and an N scale box car waiting for decals.

Oh and a mess.......paint bottles, pieces of sprue, paper backings from decals, tools etc etc

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Posted by Tojo72 on Sunday, November 24, 2013 6:56 AM

Cyberhobby's Wittman's 007 Tiger right now

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Posted by Bearcat57 on Sunday, November 24, 2013 8:34 AM
Hasegawa S-2F (sub-hunt exercise diorama)
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Posted by subfixer on Sunday, November 24, 2013 8:36 AM

Tamiya's 1/35 Willys  MB Jeep.

I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

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Posted by pordoi on Sunday, November 24, 2013 8:40 AM

Tamiya 1/12 Porsche Carrera GT.

Don

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Posted by Bish on Sunday, November 24, 2013 9:29 AM

All my kits get posted on here, even the ones I am not so happy with like my F-86, so far they have all been for GB's anyway. But currenty I have a hasegawa 72nd He 111Z and am supposed to be doing a Hase 72nd Me v109G, but I find I can only do one at a time.

Tojo72

Cyberhobby's Wittman's 007 Tiger right now

Is this being posted anywhere, I have the same kit and would like to see a build log.

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 Jester75 on Sunday, November 24, 2013 11:19 AM

Dragons 5cm Pak on a 1t halftrack, currently stalled for some unexplainable reason.

Eric

 

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Posted by dirkpitt77 on Sunday, November 24, 2013 12:39 PM

Italeri's M24 Chaffee light tank. Clearcoating and weathering the hull before I mount up tracks, so we're getting close.  Still have a diorama to build for it to sit on though.

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Posted by dpty_dawg_ca on Sunday, November 24, 2013 1:03 PM

I'm converting a much loved well worn sandbox version of the Hess GMC training van into a motor home model. There are several parts missing and I'm kitbashing the AMT/Modell King Open road camper interior bits  to build  a new interior for the GMC.

I just started so this will take awhile.

Carl

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Posted by ACESES5 on Sunday, November 24, 2013 1:32 PM

Right now Dragon 251/22 giving me a bad time but I stuck with it just got done with last camo color waiting for paint to harden enough to pull mask. So I vacumed floor in man cave tired of steeping on little bits of plastic on floor. Next up Italeri M8 Greyhound or Tamyia M48A3.               ACESES5        2 cents

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Posted by AT6 on Sunday, November 24, 2013 1:39 PM

Two Revellogram P-39s, Monogram P-51, Ocidental T-6G, Italaeri T-6G, two Monogram AT-6s, and a paper model Ford Trimotor. That plus an old Airfix JU-52,Monogram BF109E, Hasegawa P-38J, as well as a couple of older Heller model ships. Thats just the ones I can remember. There are others but the list would be too long.

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Posted by Fly-n-hi on Sunday, November 24, 2013 1:52 PM

Wirraway
...I guess a lot of what gets built doesnt make it on to here.  I know speaking for myself, only about 1 in 10 builds will I be happy enough with to post pics of.

I post pics of most of my builds but sometimes I'm too lazy to take pics, export them to Photobucket and create a thread.

Currently I've got about 4 builds that are "on the bench" and about 3 more that are started but in the closet.

On the bench:

  1. 1/48 Revell F-15E
  2. 1/48 Monogram F-20
  3. 1/200 Hasegawa 767-200
  4. Revell 1/144 C-17A (Check out the Mighty Mini's 1/144 GB)

Started but not on the bench:

  1. 1/48 Hasegawa F-22A
  2. 1/200 Hasegawa 747-200
  3. 1/350 Polar Lights USS Enterprise Refit
fox
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Posted by fox on Sunday, November 24, 2013 2:03 PM

Beside the ones listed below, There is also a Pegasus Mk Ib 1/48 Spitfire ready for painting and a Sci-Fi Diorama in the building stage. Both of these will be ready for MosquitoCon next year.

Jim Captain

 Main WIP: 

   On the Bench: Artesania Latina  (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II

I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.

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Posted by JOE RIX on Sunday, November 24, 2013 2:09 PM

I'm currently working a 1/72 Hasegawa Focke Wulf Fw 190 F-8 for the Butcher Bird GB. Right now I'm at the decal stage.

"Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did". George Carlin

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Posted by Greg on Sunday, November 24, 2013 2:19 PM

I'm working on my first-ever resin cockpit (Eduard Brassin) for the 1/48th Academy Mig-29 and having a blast with it ......so far. Geeked

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Posted by Nathan T on Sunday, November 24, 2013 2:42 PM

Yak 1, Yak 3, La-5f, Fw190D-13, 109G-2, Ki-100, Mig-21...

 

 

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Posted by pordoi on Sunday, November 24, 2013 4:54 PM

Yes, the detail on many of those aftermarket resin cockpits is amazing, isn't it!  I've also found that many of them require some work to fit properly, but the effort is worth it.  Good luck and have fun.

Don

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Posted by Greg on Sunday, November 24, 2013 5:39 PM

Thanks, Don! I just did some spraying earlier and found myself peering at the detail through my Optivisor with a silly grin on my face. Geeked

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Posted by stikpusher on Sunday, November 24, 2013 6:35 PM

On the immediate in progress part of my bench I am working on three. Monogram's 1/48 F-104C & F-20, and Hasegawa's 1/32 A-4E. On the off and on again in progress builds is AFV Club's 1/35 LVTP-5A1. Plus I have a dozen or more sidelined builds in various stages of assembly/completion. Almost all of them have been shared on here.

 

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Posted by JOE RIX on Sunday, November 24, 2013 6:50 PM

Greg

I'm working on my first-ever resin cockpit (Eduard Brassin) for the 1/48th Academy Mig-29 and having a blast with it ......so far. Geeked

Hey Greg, I wasn't aware that you were working on that also. Sounds like an awesome build.

"Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did". George Carlin

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Posted by GreySnake on Sunday, November 24, 2013 7:25 PM

Right now 1/48 Monogram HE-111H-2 with V1. Its at the stage where the engines need to go on and I have some major gaps that need fixed.  Along with a 1/48 Monogram Mirage 2000. And if that's not enough 1/76 Airfix Matilda MK.II and 1/76 Fujimi Tiger 1 late. Been trying to finish the Matilda all week but its way to cold to airbrush in my garage.

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Posted by ruddratt on Sunday, November 24, 2013 9:19 PM

Only one kit at a time for this guy - Tamiya's 1/32 Mk. XVI Spitfire.

Mike

 "We have our own ammunition. It's filled with paint. When we fire it, it makes pretty pictures....scares the hell outta people."

 

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Posted by BlackSheepTwoOneFour on Sunday, November 24, 2013 11:43 PM

Currently working on:

1/48 P-47 Thunderbolt 'Bubbletop' - Tamiya

On bench (all 1/48th scale):

P-47 Thunderbolt 'Razorback - Tamiya

Bf-109 G-6 - Hasegawa

Spirtfire Mk.IXc - Hasegawa

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Posted by pyrman64 on Monday, November 25, 2013 7:10 AM

  • Tamiya Horch 1a
  • Trumpeter AVGP Cougar
  • Tamiya M247 Sgt York
  • Academy M1A1 Abrams
  • Revell Ford Expedition SSV

Greg H

"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell." Gen. Wm T. Sherman (11 April 1880, Columbus, Ohio)

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Posted by BrianL on Monday, November 25, 2013 11:34 AM

Trumpeter Dreadnought, Alan Gepard Flakpanzer and Dragon Firefly - all currently pushed aside for a 1/400 Academy Titanic.

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Posted by Mustang8376 on Monday, November 25, 2013 11:43 AM

Currently working on Tamiya's 1/35 M-60A1 with ERA.  Still awaiting some more weatering, as soon as I can bite the bullet and do so. :) Also, I've built up some of Academy's M1-A1 on the other side of the table.

Current build: 1/48 Monogram A-1H & AMT Jedi Starfighter.

 


Completed:  1/48 Monogram/Revell P-61B, 1/32 Hasegawa F6F-5, 1/48 Hasegawa F-16C, 1/48 Revell Mig-21PFM, 1/48 Revell/Monogram AH-64A, Revell/Monogram 1/48 F-14D, AMT 1/420 USS Defiant, AMT 1/650(?) USS Enterprise, 1/72 Bandai VF-1J, AMT 1/537 USS Reliant, Academy 1/35 M1-A1 Abrams, Academy 1/48 F-86F30, Linbergh's USS Gato 

Dre
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Posted by Dre on Monday, November 25, 2013 3:25 PM

The only things on my work bench are cat hair and regret...Sad

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Posted by Don Stauffer on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 9:02 AM

Well, in addition to the 3D printer kit which I am discussing in the "tools" forum, I am alternating with a paper model of a link trainer.  The paper model will help me make up drawings (and help assembly) of a scratch version of multi-media.  Both the paper model and the scratch model are/will be in 1:24.  Hope I can find a figure in that scale that I can paint in khakis to represent an instructor at the desk.

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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Posted by tempestjohnny on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 6:39 PM

Hasegawa SBD-4 and F4F-4. Hobby Boss F/A-18A  all 1/72. 1/48 Hasegawa Hs129B-1/R-2

 

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