Aussie Modellers

Welcome to the forums 'goffnutz'. Put a heater in the 'studio' and post pictures when you can!!!

All the best,

Bob

Chris JH666,

G'day,
That's the same kit I did a review for ModelArt Australia, some time ago, the RedRoo decal I did was the Extra Dark Sea Grey Olive Drab over Neutral Grey, looked strange but effective, model currently on loan to a museum. It's a nice kit and builds realy well.

Rob.

nicholma,

G'day,

The chev is 95% scratch built, I did the resin wheels, for this project, the base kit was the Tamiya LRDG Chev. This model belongs to a friend, I entered this in the recent Melb model expo on his behalf. It's all done from origianal orders and measurements of the real thing. This friend is currently scratch building the F 60 L 'Blitz' AIF truck. He calls himself Mr Roo and is a staff member of the Armorama forum.

Rob.

Goffnutz that's an interesting username,have to agree with you mate the garage is getting a little cold this time of year,so i've moved my studio i mean the large toolbox into the Kitchen much too my Wifes dismay,the only problem is she makes me clean it all up,don't know why i mean i only cover the whole Kitchen bench with all my crap as she likes to call it.

finally picked up some Pledge-One-Go from Woolie's for 5.25. There was a bottle of Long-Life for 3.75 (dunno about that - should be all the same). Anyway, got home, and cleaned some clear parts (scrap ones of course), and started slowly dipping. Not bad on first impressions. I'll have to wait sometime (48hrs) for it to fully dry. Is dipping or spraying better for a/c canopy's?

Bob (see post below) I'm using Swannys FSM article & website http://www.swannysmodels.com/Tools.html as a practice.

Can't wait :D]

Luke,

Just dip the canopy in the Pledge slowly about 3 or 4 times to avoid air bubbles and then let it sit on a paper towel for about 24 hours to let it dry.

Bob

QUOTE: Originally posted by goffnutz Yep ,To easy. Count me in ,other oz Modler 1/35 Armour/figs,mostly .Modlelling for 15 years on/off. Off the moment,to cold in the "studio".....ok Garage.Working on Dio of gulf war M60(tank) Knocked out Bmp2 ,Iraqi steet scene. Casting building panels from silicone ruber blah blah....anyway words louder than actions at the moment. Good to see Aus interest out there....oh yeah M113 Timor dio in the pipes...jeez gotta go . Take care.

goffnutz to the FSM forums, nice to have another Aussie join us. See you around the Forums

Luke, after dipping your canopies, and placing them on some paper towel, PLEASE remember to cover them with something.

Ice cream container (void of ice cream of course), or anything else similar, so no dust or stray hair falls onto the surface.

If dust etc does fall onto it, then more dipping in Pledge will remove and recoat all in one hit.

I have a small clear container set aside on my bench that is ALWAYS upside down, this gurantees me of a dust free drying area for all my clear parts.

I even dip all the landing lights etc, so I can CA them into place.
I also CA my canopies after they have been Pledged. They are the last things I attach to my models, and at this point I'm just too anxiuos to finish, and CA is faster!!

Lobbie, thanks for that. I liked the model and as its largely scratch built its even more impressive.

Any more hidden around somewhere?

Trying to battle with this p.c to get some pics posted for ...um ..scrutiny.
Can anyone give me laymans method how to get em from a file to this forum......this is the only place i have at the moment for "qualified" critics....cheers.

....oooops yeah thanks for the reposts Bob ,Wayne,J.S

Nicholma,

The Chev is eye catching, I sent you an email with his details.

Rob.

G'day guys,

Thought I would pop in and say hello. I'm 39 married with two lovely daughters, live in Melbourne and have been modelling again for a few years after short twenty year break.

My main modelling interest is 1/48 aircraft (mainly WWII) with a few 1/35 armour kits thrown in for variety. I have also been known to churn out 1/72 armour kits by the dozen as a bit of tension breaker during a long project.

I have a question regarding lube for an ab which tweety1 suggested I post here, which is what sort of lube, superlube or needle juice should I use on my ab needle and were can I get some from?

BTW, I tried out both Pascoes and One Go floor polish on a test wing painted with Tamiya Acrylics the other night. Pascoes caused severe paint runs whilst the One Go was great. I will be giving this a go on my next project.

Cheers
Darren

Darrin nice to have you join us.

just went to the Aviation Museum here in Bullcreek, Perth. Really cool - Lanc, Canberra, Ansons, Macchi's - just to name a few. I went with my father, and spent so long there, I can't remember when I arrived . Got heaps of pics, and here's one of me next to somethin special!


Also I got Osprey's ANZAC's in Vietnam book. It's fantastic, and highly recommended. It also adds to my ever-growing Aussie Army collection . here's a link to a review of the book. Got it for 33 bucks .
http://misc.kitreview.com/bookreviews/vietnamanzacsbookreviewkb_1.htm

Just for a change away from a/c or the armed forces here is a poor photo of Makinen's Evo4 from the 1997 Rally of Australia of 1997 in whaich he finished 2nd, 6 seconds behind McRae's Subaru. Its a Hasegawa kit with Studio 27 decals built OOB.

Goffnutz i had the same problem posting pics....What you have to do is load them into another site try www.photobucket.com then you can copy the URL and put the pics in your posts.
Welcome to the forum DARREN always good to see another Aussie around here.

The Osprey book looks like it would be a good read Luke....
Have any of you fellas ever read SAS Phantoms of the Jungle.

Tweety1 good call on covering the canopies mate that's were i went wrong....I didn't forget to cover it I forgot to take the ice cream out.

Hey fellas i forgot to ask this in my last post.
Have you guys got the current issue of FSM magazine yet cause my newsagent havn't got it in yet.
I did however purchase the latest Modelart Aus today and thankfully it's much better than the last sad issue.

QUOTE: Originally posted by j.s.harrison The Osprey book looks like it would be a good read Luke.... Have any of you fellas ever read SAS Phantoms of the Jungle.

yeah - got the Pham SAS book, but it's the 1st Ed without the East Timor chapter!

and regarding the July issue of FSM. I've been buying this mag for the last 4years, and in that time I have never-ever seen a July issue in any of my town's newsagencies or in Perth aswell. I don't know if it's just Perth or to do with end of fiscal yr stuff, but I've never-ever laid hands on one

QUOTE: Originally posted by luke Originally posted by j.s.harrison [ and regarding the July issue of FSM. I've been buying this mag for the last 4years, and in that time I have never-ever seen a July issue in any of my town's newsagencies or in Perth aswell. I don't know if it's just Perth or to do with end of fiscal yr stuff, but I've never-ever laid hands on one Shame. I got my July issue weeks ago. Its the D-Day special which I thought a bit average. There is no June nor August issue. Kia ora, Mark "Time flies like the wind, fruit flies like bananas" Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 28, 2004 7:53 AM Nicholma, In answer to your question of what is 'lying round the place', well 54 complete and 20 incomplete at home, 48 in shop display, 4 on loan to the RAAF and 28 on loan to a museum. One of my American friends suguested I put them all on the floor and post the photo on the forum, under the title of 'LOTS". Rob. Reply Edit tweety1 Member since August 2003 From: Alice Springs Australia Posted by tweety1 on Monday, June 28, 2004 10:04 AM 134 eh Rob. Something tells me, for a photo, you will need a warehouse and a crane!! Or hire Hubble for a minute or two --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens??? Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 28, 2004 10:15 AM G'day Tweet1, Where do I put the 48 scale B-Ib, and yes I think I'll cover both the loungeroom and workshop floor's. Rob. Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 28, 2004 8:39 PM Thats definatly "LOTS" Lobbie...Looks like iv'e got some catching up to do,Iv'e finished 3 and have a further 4 on the go..Regrettably none of my earlier models survived the 5 or 6 year break from modelling. Regarding the Hubble you may well be able to hire it,Nasa announced a few months back that there will be no more maintinence flights to the Hubble,so it will only be a matter of time before it Dies. And yes it will be replaced by a newer and better Space Telescope but not for a few years yet. I left a little post in the Space forum yesterday regarding 2 new PLANET FINDING Spaces Telescopes...To date over 100 Planets have been found around other suns. Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 28, 2004 9:06 PM Guy's, There's almost 500 in the wardrobe, yet to be built, that are mine. There's almost 50 that belong to contract builds. I think I would be better with a warehouse. Rob. Reply Edit ChrisJH666 Member since January 2004 From: Brisbane Australia Posted by ChrisJH666 on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 4:58 AM Sounds like someone has far too much spare time and storage space on his hands!! I've got about 10 in the build queue, with about the same again in the "to-buy-when-my-resistance-crumbles" queue!!! In the queue: 1/48 Beech Staggerwing (RAAF), P38 (RAAF), Vultee Vengeance (RAAF), Spitfire Vb (Malta), Spitfire VIII x2 (RAAF), P39 x2 (RAAF), Martin Baltimore (Malta?), Martin Maryland (Malta), Typhoon NF1b, Hellcat x2 (FAA)   Chris Reply darson Member since February 2003 From: Melbourne, Australia Posted by darson on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 6:35 AM 500, boy that doesn't make me feel too bad at all. My wife was getting in to me for the 30 odd that I have in my "to do" pile. Cheers Darren Reply Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 29, 2004 10:14 PM Thanks for the tip Js. I'll give it a go ....hoping for some good feed back. go to http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v281/goffnutz/ ........ Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 2:39 AM QUOTE: Originally posted by goffnutz Thanks for the tip Js. I'll give it a go ....hoping for some good feed back. go to http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v281/goffnutz/ ........ Goffnutz i just looked at your photobuckit album and heres some feedback, WOWGreat work mate Goffnutz if you want to stick your pics up in your posts just right clic on your photobuckit pic and clic on properties,then highlite the url right clic on it and hit copy,then come back here and clic the image icon and paste your copied url inbetween the 2 icons. J.S Lobbie [:0]500 [:0]i don't think i'd live long enough to finish that lot. Reply Edit Anonymous Member since November 2005 Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 30, 2004 4:12 AM Thanks J.S..........Re : the kit is a Russian kit BMP-2D (manufacturer : ZVEDA) Bought from 'Kellets' in Sydney.Modified to a BMP-2 best i could to the references i could find. The palm tree is home made !! Reply Edit « First«14151617181920»Last » JOIN OUR COMMUNITY! Our community is FREE to join. To participate you must either login or register for an account. Login Register SEARCH FORUMS FREE NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. FORUMS PRODUCT REVIEWS READER GALLERY HOW TO VIDEOS SHOP ABOUT US FREE MONTHLY NEWSLETTER SIGN UP By signing up you may also receive reader surveys and occasional special offers. We do not sell, rent or trade our email lists. View our Privacy Policy. 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