Anyone else think I have a problem?!

goldhammer

Keyda- might try brushing gloss clear over the canopy on the one you flat cleared.  Never tried that, but it might help.  Maybe someone else will chime in as to good or bad idea.

Nice to see all you have built.

 

Once a coat of flat clear is on, appying a gloss coat will only protect the flat coat underneath it - not restore it to crystal clear.

Problem? What problem?

Keyda- might try brushing gloss clear over the canopy on the one you flat cleared.  Never tried that, but it might help.  Maybe someone else will chime in as to good or bad idea.

Nice to see all you have built.

Great collection. Thanks for sharing

XF-15DCC

I do see one thing wrong, all the planes on the wall are nose down. They all cant max climb but its the correct direction. Maybe that is the issue with your B-25....

 

Also which base are you refering to? It's a small Air Force...

 

Kevin

 

 

 

I always did wonder if I was breaking an unspoken rule by hanging them nose down, but I hang them that way because I add weight to the nose, so they aren't tail heavy if I ever choose to display them on a shelf.  I like having the option to move them around, and not just display them one way.  Hence the reason too that they all pretty much have gear down.  Aside from the Combat Talon, they do all have gear down, lol.  I changed things up with that one a bit.

The B-25 is already repaired and back on the wall, hopefully a little more securely now.  I wrapped the line around the wings, so even a gust of wind picking it up shouldn't do anything but maybe move it a little.

Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station.  I've lived here my entire life, so I've gotten quite fond of the noisy "birds" flying overhead.  I'm going to miss the sound of them.

If you ever have a separate dedicated room for a workroom here's an idea.

Years ago, I came up with an idea when I moved my work area from the basement to a spare bedroom. We used to keep the spare bedrooms closed up to conserve heat in the winter. This would have kept me from using one of them for a workroom. We also had 2 very inquisitive cats. My wife agreed to keeping the door open to keep the temperuture normal in the room but that let the cats have access. We had just redone the back porch and I had the old screen door ready to be tossed out in the trash. Decided to slap a coat of paint on the door and put in up in the bedroom. The cats used to sit in the hall and watch through the screen door. The same thing goes for the dog that we have now. A friend liked the screen door idea so much that he put one on their babys room to keep their cat from jumping into the crib with the baby and they can hear any noise from the room.

Hope that this comes in handy some day.

Jim  

I do see one thing wrong, all the planes on the wall are nose down. They all cant max climb but its the correct direction. Maybe that is the issue with your B-25....

Also which base are you refering to? It's a small Air Force...

Kevin

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

Creative decorating is all I've gotta say. However.... (don't you hate that?) I did spy an error on the F-18 Blue Angel kit. They're never armed with sidewinders on wingtips...

 

Yea I know, lol.  I just threw them on there cause it looked better to me that way. 

Creative decorating is all I've gotta say. However.... (don't you hate that?) I did spy an error on the F-18 Blue Angel kit. They're never armed with sidewinders on wingtips...

My cats are almost 10, fat and lazy, lol.  They don't mess with the models at all.  My fat cat did knock the F-16 off the shelf once cause she couldn't fit her fat butt by it. 

Keyda81

I'm starting to think I might have a problem.  I've been told by a few different people that I've taken things just a bit too far, lol.  My living room doubles as an airplane museum! 

1/48 F-101 Voodoo, 1/48 F-4 Phantom, 1/48 A-10 Thunderbolt, 1/48 F/A-18 Blue Angels Hornet, 1/48 F-16 Thunderbird.

 

Only problem I can think of, is keeping the cat from getting at your models

Eagle90

K, those are some really nice builds.  But that 1/48 Herc with LED's!  Wow!  Spectacular!  Love it!

Eagle90

 

 

Thanks!  Herc's are my favorite.  I made that one to resemble one of the Herc's we had here at the base, 91188.  It's since been transferred to a base in Alabama as our base transitions to KC-135's. 

@ the doog, if I had a bigger house I could dedicate a room, but currently we have a two bedroom house, hubby, myself, and my daughter, plus 2 cats and 2 dogs, lol. 

goldhammer, yep I've already thought of that, gotta wait quit a few more years, and probably fight hubby for the room, lol.

scottrc, it's not so much the animals I have to worry about, its the wind apparently.  I had the front door open, literally a few minutes ago, and a gust came through and knocked the B-25 off the wall!  Looks repairable, but I swear it's cursed, this is the 3rd time it's fallen.  I dropped it twice on accident.

K, those are some really nice builds.  But that 1/48 Herc with LED's!  Wow!  Spectacular!  Love it!

Eagle90

Bish

 

 

plasticjunkie

Hey Bobby, pretty soon your gonna have to build an addition to the house if that stash keeps  growing lol.

 

 

 

 

I keep trying to tell him there are far more important things to put in the garage than a car

 

LOL!  The kids have mentioned this too.  I have knocked the idea around of zoning the garage for air conditioning and sealing it up...just a thought right now.  But think about it, a whole garage!

That Galaxy is massive at 1/144 scale! Lots of Herky Birds.

Ask and you shall receive! 

#1. 1/72 C-130, my first one.  I plan on removing the decals and actually painting it in camo.  Our base had them in the 80's.

#2. 1/48 AV-8B Harrier, entirely brush painted, lol.  Well except for the matte clear I sprayed on forgetting to mask the canopy!

#3. 1/48 F-16 Thunderbird

#4. 1/48 AH-64 Apache, another one I didn't paint. Got too carried away building.

#5. 1/144 C-17 Globemaster, this one should of been painted too. 

#6. 1/48 C-130, with LED's.

#7. 1/48 Hughes 500

#8. 1/48 F/A-18 Blue Angels Hornet

#9. 1/48 OH-58A Kiowa

#10. 1/144 B-52 Stratofortress

#11. 1/72 MC-130E Combat Talon

#12. 1/48 A-10 Thunderbolt

#13. 1/48 B-25 Mitchell

#14. 1/200 AC-130U Spooky(paper)

#15. 1/144 C-5 Galaxy

#16. 1/48 P-39D Airacobra

#17. 1/48 P-39Q Airacobra

#18. 1/48 FJ-4B Fury Jet

#19. 1/48 F-101 Voodoo

#20. 1/48 F-4 Phantom

#21. 1/72 AC-130H Spectre

#22. 1/48 F-15E Strike Eagle

Naw, no problem, you have plenty to wall space to add shelves.  When those get full, then you might have a problem.

I had that problem, then I got cat, which really didn't cause any issues, he was quite selective in choosing which model needed to go and was good at choosing my least favorite.

The dog on the otherhand, used the shotgun approach at thinning the herd by bringing a tennis ball into the house and chucking it.  He also had a tail that could address both problems of dusting and what to do with too many models on the shelf.  

Now all my models get stored/displayed in my basement workshop.  The dog won't go down there, he's afraid of spiders, which is another subject all on its own. How to evict a family of spiders that take up residence in your 1/48 scale B-25?

You fell into the wrong crowd to ask that question

I only see one problem......lack of space, but that will eventually solve itself when your daughter grows up and moves on, then you can take over her room. 

Since the better half passed away, I can decorate anywy I want to, and am working on revamping the house to display what I want now.  The only issue is the cats, who want to play with anything new.

Well, you can display them any way you want, but the "problem" you're going to have (if you don't have it already) is dust. Dust will get in those models and ruin the finishes. They really should be covered on a shelf somewhere, in a case. Cobwebs gotta be a problem too, and every time you dust them, you run the risk of knocking parts off...no sirree, Bob; I wouldn't do it that way. :)

It would also be hard to admire the work you did on them that way; I mean, you can only see some of them from one angle, and only in good light conditions. Not a great way to show off your modeling.

You can do what you want, but I think a model room with proper display cases would be infinitely perferable.

plasticjunkie

Hey Bobby, pretty soon your gonna have to build an addition to the house if that stash keeps  growing lol.

 

I keep trying to tell him there are far more important things to put in the garage than a car

Hey Bobby, pretty soon your gonna have to build an addition to the house if that stash keeps  growing lol.

Listen to what Bish is saying...it's true!  I traveled down the dark path and now I have over 7 built kits under my belt and over 30 sitting in the stash.  It's like a chip...you can't eat just one.  LOL!

I had a very understanding wife and she promoted my hobby.  Of course, because of that, I have a stash of over 435 kits!  So your limit might not be a bad thing!  LOL!  Enjoy the hobby and each other.  And we need to see some close ups of those builds.  Grerat work.

Eagle90

Keyda81

armornut, I'm only allowed to keep a dozen or so stashed, lol.

plasticjunkie, the dust doesn't get too bad on the ones hanging on the wall, I usually dust them every once in a while, and try not to break anything off them, lol.

Bish, More space would be great!  I'm really only into aircraft for some reason, maybe one of these days I'll pick up something different, who knows maybe I'll like it.  I only really know the U.S. Air force stuff, lol.  I've got plenty of modeling time ahead of me, so I'll have to branch out to other countries eventually, lol!

 

 

 

Be warned, if you make the trip to doing armour, there is no turning back from the Dark Side. I don't blame you for sticking to what you know and love. I spent to much time building kits i didn't really have an interest in rather than those i have a passion for.

Keyda,

I have a friend who's livingroom is decorated with 1/350 ships and most of the pictures on the wall are the box art of the kits LOL. Now that's an understanding spouse.

Keyda81

armornut, I'm only allowed to keep a dozen or so stashed, lol.

plasticjunkie, the dust doesn't get too bad on the ones hanging on the wall, I usually dust them every once in a while, and try not to break anything off them, lol.

Bish, More space would be great!  I'm really only into aircraft for some reason, maybe one of these days I'll pick up something different, who knows maybe I'll like it.  I only really know the U.S. Air force stuff, lol.  I've got plenty of modeling time ahead of me, so I'll have to branch out to other countries eventually, lol!

 

 

 

Whadaya mean allowed? Whos da boss there . Nice collection but can we see some close ups?

My wife hasn't "limited" me but she does give me that "look" when I say "i gotta have that". I have slowed down considerably however my stash grew out of porportion before I came to my senses. Nice builds and awesome displays, your husband is a great man.

armornut, I'm only allowed to keep a dozen or so stashed, lol.

plasticjunkie, the dust doesn't get too bad on the ones hanging on the wall, I usually dust them every once in a while, and try not to break anything off them, lol.

Bish, More space would be great!  I'm really only into aircraft for some reason, maybe one of these days I'll pick up something different, who knows maybe I'll like it.  I only really know the U.S. Air force stuff, lol.  I've got plenty of modeling time ahead of me, so I'll have to branch out to other countries eventually, lol!

If the wife passes away before I do, and it's just the dog and I, that's how I would want to decorate the house.