A CHALLANGE to all of you Tread heads.

the doog

Member since
January 2007

Posted by the doog on Thursday, April 30, 2009 11:37 PM

smeagol the vile wrote:
Doog did that spaceship not to long ago, while it came out looking great, it wasnt that... detailed, color wise or weathering wise

Welll, there's a nice slap-in-the-face, for sure, Steven

"Wasn't that detailed"?! Did you miss my entire reworking of the engine configuration? OR how about my scratchbuilt cockpit and drilled-out windows? Or what about the complete rework of the landing gear? Or the notoriously hard-to-paint "Rescue" stripes?

I'll post some pics here for you to judge for yourself, people--and here's the link to see the whole detailed build.

/forums/1/1094738/ShowPost.aspx#1094738

Yeah, you're right, Steven--compared to YOUR builds, it ain't much, but hey, everybody's entitled to an opinion I guess....

I've got a "challange" to you, Steven--finish a model that you start here in Armor.

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commando

Member since
April 2005
From: Martinez Ga

Posted by commando on Thursday, April 30, 2009 10:24 PM

Ok, then I should scratch the AMT U.S.S. Enterprise. A friend picked it up at a flea market for $2.00. I was thinking about a change of pace. But you're right the only major color is white.

'A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.' -Thomas Jefferson -

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smeagol the vile

Member since
April 2008
From: Philadelphia PA

Posted by smeagol the vile on Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:21 PM

The reason I Didn't mention thing like starwars and startrek kits is, well honestly, there seriously mainstreem in alot of circles and alot of them are just one color, and when there not there are decals for the camo patterns.

Doog did that spaceship not to long ago, while it came out looking great, it wasnt that... detailed, color wise or weathering wise

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New Hampshire

Member since
December 2008
From: Goffstown, NH

Posted by New Hampshire on Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:22 PM

I enjoy building Aircraft, armor and ships. I may at some point I may crack open a Star Trek kit as I have been a Trekker since a kid. While I appreciate your interests the Japanamation stuff just holds no interest to me (sort of like Autos).

Brian

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Rob Gronovius

Member since
December 2002
From: Fort Knox

Posted by Rob Gronovius on Thursday, April 30, 2009 7:12 PM

I've been building mecha ever since Revell released a bunch of non-related kits in their Robotech line in the early 80s. I've probably built every one of them they released as well as many of the original issued from their native Japanese lines.

About 5 years ago, I ran across the Evangelion line when I picked up a high quality kit for about $7 (originally was $40+). I watched many of the shows that were available on the local cable on demand channel (almost the whole series was free).

After armor, I probably build almost as many, if not more, sci-fi kits. I tend not to participate in sci-fi forums because of the plethora of online feuds that always erupt. Feuding sci-fi modelers will even track one another to various non-sci-fi modeling sites for the sole intention of continuing their flame war and make the intended target look bad in his non-sci-fi modeling world.

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redleg12

Member since
July 2006
From: New Jersey

Posted by redleg12 on Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:55 PM

Smeagol - I feel your pain.

I will first say that many of us do stray to other areas at times. Karl is builds autos, I like heilos and Manny likes his women

I know areas like space and sci-fi are very poorly attended, BUT...what makes this hobby is that everyone is different. I joke about my "Germaholic and Shemaholic" friends , but everyone gets into a comfort zone. My zone is US artillery and AFVs which, in this forum is a very small minorty but I enjoy bringing these different builds to everyone and hopefully educating everyone a little.

It's a great idea to have a challange but there are many who already "boldly go where no man has gone before"....there just in a different quadrent of space

Rounds Complete!!

"The Moral High Ground....A Great Place to Emplace Artillery."

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mg.mikael

Member since
December 2007
From: Bridgeview, Illinois

Posted by mg.mikael on Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:13 PM

Well I'm scratching a 1/32 Horatio Phillips Steam-Powered Multiplane, and that is quite the straying from armor for me. I know it's not in the mecha/scifi genre, but it shows I'm not a one trick pony.

Here's the link to the current WIP: /forums/1126385/ShowPost.aspx

"A good plan executed now is better than a perfect plan next week." - George S. Patton

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Huxy

Member since
April 2008
From: Kristiansund, Norway

Posted by Huxy on Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:09 PM

I've been building Warhammer and Warhammer 40K from the start, so.. HAH!

"Every War Starts And Ends With An Invasion".

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subfixer

Member since
March 2004
From: Spartanburg, SC

Posted by subfixer on Thursday, April 30, 2009 6:07 PM

Are you supplying the kit?

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

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smeagol the vile

Member since
April 2008
From: Philadelphia PA

A CHALLANGE to all of you Tread heads.

Posted by smeagol the vile on Thursday, April 30, 2009 5:54 PM

Well, here it goes. Im sure you all know me, and you all know what my main genre of building is, Scifi. That being said I have never shyed away from trying atleast one kit from every genre that I have come accross. I have monster kits, figure kits, armor, aircraft (wwii and wwi), ship kits, spaceship kits, Anime figures and Mecha kits. I have kits ranging from 1/700 to 1/144 to 1/100 to 1/60 to 1/42 to 1/35 to 1/32nd to 1/25th to 1/12th and to non scale.

With all that said, I get to the point of this post.

Plain and simple, I want to see what you guys could do with a kit outside of your genre. So here is my challange, I am going to post a few links to kits that I feel are good starter kits in the mecha/scifi genre (non expensive too) as well as places to buy AM parts, places for reference and reviews, and anything else you would need. The challange is to use all of the skills and techniques you would to build your best armor kit, and apply it to something that is completly different.

I post this for a few reasons, one... how the heck many Hetzers has Karl built... I want to see something new from you guys. Thats one, the second one being that most people in scifi and mecha modeling circles dont use the same techniques as tread heads or fly boys. It is honestly a shame, and to be perfectly honest, I want to see what some of our masters in this forum could do with a genre they normally dont, or never do.

Now I know what some of you are saying 'thats not my cup of tea' 'I only build what I am interested in' I know and I hear you, but sometimes its good to branch out. What is the WORST that could happen? You spend a bit of money on a nice kit, make something really nice out of it, and have something to really suprise the judges at the next IPMS contest you enter.

Be honest, how many of you ever see anything really worth while in the scifi section other then a monotone battle star galatica kit, or Tie fighter. When I went to Mosquito con I was suprised with the amount, there were a lot of scifi, alot of it was really good, but it was NOTHING compared to even the auto or figure category, and alot of it was monotone ships.

With all that said, here are a few choices that I know are good kits and I think you all could do amazing jobs with. Some of these are cheaper then others, all come from very good quality makers, some I can attest to personally that they are amazing kits.

Super Dimensional Fortress Macross:

(Brief summary-Space ship crashes, is reverse engineered, aliens come, destroy earth, last survivors are on the reverse engineered ship)

1/72 VF-25G Messiah Valkyrie Michael Custom

http://www.starshipmodeler.biz/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=1419

1/72 VF-25F Messiah Valkyrie Alto Custom

http://www.starshipmodeler.biz/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=1317

Maschinen Krieger:

(This story was never a show, it was published in Hobby Japan magazine as a serial, using the models which were imagined and created just for the strip. The plot was earth was destroyed in a nuclear war, after time it became a complete jungle/forest paradice again and was recolonised, criminals also came back to escape jail, and a war broke out)

1/20 Luna Pawn

http://www.starshipmodeler.biz/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=863

1/20 AFS C.D. Type Polar Bear

http://www.starshipmodeler.biz/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=1181

1/20 A.F.S. Archelon

http://www.starshipmodeler.biz/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=1350

Dr. Who

(does this need any 'splainin?)

Daleks in Manhattan

http://www.starshipmodeler.biz/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=1332

Mobile Suit Gundam

(A large group of space colonies declare independance from earth and drop a space colony on the planet starting a war using modified space construction vehichles as weapons)

Zaku Minelayer MS-06f 1/100th scale

http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com/ban953119.html

Ball '08th Ms Team version' 1/100th scale

http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com/ban934096.html

Hazel Custom RX121-1 TR-1 1/144th scale

http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com/uncehacuirxt.html (one of the nicest kits in this scale I ever purchased)

For after market parts I suggest

http://www.mechaskunk.com/store.htm (all kinds of metal part, scratch building parts, and resin weapons)

http://www.gundamstoreandmore.com/gumode.html (Gundam specific decals (alot can be cross used)

http://samueldecal.com/ (may load slow for some. Decal shop, all custom made, a relyable site, if you send him what you want he will also print up decals for you)

I doubt any of you will take me up on this challange, but I really hope you do.

For some inspiration, here is what some of our own modelers are working on in the scifi category with the types of kits I linked.

/forums/1130979/ShowPost.aspx

/forums/1089362/ShowPost.aspx

/forums/1126798/ShowPost.aspx

/forums/1127784/ShowPost.aspx

/forums/1124477/ShowPost.aspx

/forums/1111979/ShowPost.aspx

For references, you can look

http://www.maschinenkrueger.com/index.html

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/gundam/index.htm

http://www.mahq.net/mecha/macross/macross.htm