Aussie Modellers

Hey Troy,

Yes this thread is very old but its ongoing and every Aussie is welcome. So, to the forums.

Will

Hi all

i know this post if very old but i have decided to stop browsing and say hi.

I live in Paralowie Sth Australia and have got back into the hobby recently.I dabble when i can but hope to contribute later on. Like most my favourite subject is anything world war 2 and anyhting jets.

Troy

They are for the wing walkers or the back seater if the pilot has been getting into the baked beans.

Dave - I assume those are the cheap seats down the back (on the tail)?

Looking good!!!!

Here are some images of the interior of the 1/72 Airfix Firefly I am building for the 'Down Memory Lane' group build. I spent a day having fun doing it all, especialy the seats. I have yet to add the radios iin the rear compartment and some further detail in the cockpit.

Cool, I'm looking foward to building it.

Will

Will, just finished that kit, comes out pretty good, it's a older kit but it builds very well and it was a pleasure to work with.

Damn, but my parents couldn't have taken me then anyway, it might be a struggle to get them to take me next time. I should be able to haras them enough though, oh and for all Sydney modelers especially around the shire Vaggs hobbies just got in a new shipment of Tamiya armour, figures and plastic terrain and ad-ons (sandbags german weapons sets). Theres a good range with a couple of 1/48 items but alot of variety in 1/35, mostly just one kit of each though.

P.S. I have no connection with store I just was in today after school and walked out with a Tamiya 1/35 Walker Bulldog.

Will 

Will,  you just missed one last weekend (Squadron). The next one will be an Armour/figure/diorama show (Battalion) on 4 November hosted by the APMA.

Mike, all should be working now as the host has fixed the problem. I have just had a look form work and have been able to access all the pages.

Will, I have asked over at the AMI board for any dates for you. There is a Calender on there that gets updated when clubs send in the details of the shows as well as a Club Connection page that is getting together a list of the clubs in the different Towns and states.

Can anyone access AMI at all?

All I get is a webhosting company webpage when using...

http://www.aussiemodeller.com

cheers

mike

Do you know where I could get specific dates?

Will

There's a really big one coming up around September I think, in Liverpool. Just about everybody's there.

Oh cool, I really like to go to one. I've heard so much good stuff about them but never been to one. I'd like to pick up some cheap kits and I might even enter something.

Will

I beleive there is one coming up but i'm not sure when it is. I will endevour to find out for you.

Hey everyone, do any of you know of any model shows that are coming or come to sydney?

Will

Im just posting this message to let you all know that I am taking an extended break from scale modelling.   I will keep my my finescale forum account opened so that this thread can continue for now.   Although I may not post anything I will check back on how things are going every now and again.     I welcome all those that have joined this thread lately, enjoy your time with the members of Aussie Modellers thread  and the rest of the members of the FSM forum, its a great site.

Bye for now;

 Wayne.

 

Posted this over at the AMI and ARC forums, so I thought you would like to see a progress built. Hawkeye make a fantastic set of decals for the Challenger in RAAF service. So my next build of this lovely kit will be a RAAF one.

A pair of new inprogress shots of my current project. Gloss white is difficult to photo well, so apologies for the quick pics of this build on my workbench. When the build is finished I will get better pics.

These were taken by my new pocket size Canon A410 digicam. My finished model pics are taken with my Kodak DX6490.

Nice kit that needed some filler work and I decided that I prefer decal cockpit windows as masking at this scale is fiddly to say the least. Decals went on really well except for the warning lines on the engine pylons. I had to cut those into 5 parts to apply.

The main door seal decals were 5mm short! So I will add an appropriate colour wash to the door recess to replace the decal. A light grey will be fine but I reckon concrete colour matches the decal colour well. Just need to get some appropriate paint.

The Humbrol polished aluminium on the wing leading edges wore off due to handling while decaling, even with a protective coat of Future. I will have to touch these areas up once all the undercarriage parts are added. Another reason why I avoid Humbrol and Modelmaster metallics, except for small detail work. Next time I will use Tamiya Silver Leaf TS-30.

Anyway here it is post decals...

I have to agree the Model Expo was great and quality of the builds were just as good as any of those you see in O/S magazines.  Unfortunately I didn't a chance to stay very long as I was working all weekend and could only afford a few hours to shop, chat and gawk.

The Swap and Sell was much better than last year as well as the organisers changed the layout to increase the traffic flow and reduce the crush that usually happens.

I only bought 1 kit which was the Tamiya 1/48 Do335 Pfeil.  I picked it up for $20 and got the Eduard mask for another $3, I was wrapt given that kit retails for about $60.  Anybody else grab any bargains?

Oh and Dave thanks for extended hints and tips on the ICM Spitfire

Cheers

I just got back from the Melbourne Expo last night. All I can say is that there is some buetiful models being produced by Australians today! I was even more amazed at the work being produced by the younger modellers. My wife and I were looking at some very well painted figures when the judge scoring them pointed out that they were in fact the Junior Category, we were astounded! The numbers of entries were down but the quality was definately there.

I have updated the aussiemodeller site with a few photos from the Expo, there will be more to come in the next week.

http://www.aussiemodeller.com/

G'day Hoek's revenge!

Have to agree with you for the most part. I get a lot of my models now via eBay and other modellers, as I like building older kits.

Sometimes postage from the States works well, other times it can be expensive. They have the wierdest pricing for postage over there!

cheers

Mike

Mike - the rigs going GREAT, i'm getting better slowly and the warhawk i'm doing is looking better than I could do before.

And hi Hoeks Revenge

Will

Hi all! I'm in Mt Beauty in Victoria and I'm getting back into building a few WWII 1/48 bombers after a 26 year break. Got a B-17, B-24, B-25, B-26 and B-29. Will start with a few smaller kits first and then build up to more detailed builds.

The closest hobby shop to me is in Albury which is about 100km away which makes it a royal pain in the *** for getting small things straight away.

I also found the Australian mail order sites very poor as they are not big on images and stock. Their descriptions are also usually missing and therefore on paint don't even know if it's enamel or arcrylic or even what size container.

Trying to get the paint I need has proved to be a nightmare. The other problem is US mail order sites can't ship enamel paint or other flamable liquids.

As far as prices go... found it cheaper to bulk buy from Tower Hobbies in the US when they have a spend $150 get $25 off type sale as the A$ is quite good at the moment and you pay no GST on what are already superior prices. Shipping by surface has worked well and is very cost competative with Australian postatge after the $25 is taken off.

OK --- Had a major blowout with the costs as after getting 5 kits I decided to get an air compressor, moisture trap, airbrush and a few other doodads that have dinted my credit card.

Was going to build everything inside...but have started renovating the shed outside which has potential and is quite large (3.5M * 3.5M) with an exhaust fan.

Will7813 wrote:

Whats up guy's, bad deal??

Nope!

Good buy that. How is the rig going?

Earlier I posted a single pic of a "quicky" Matchbox build, I was experimenting a little with.

Here are some better pics I finally got around to taking a month after finishing!

Simple build in between more complicated and detailed projects.

I used the decals from the Hobbycraft F-86E Sabre (black boxing) The only significant difference between the A and the E was the E had all moving tailpanes.

Whats up guy's, bad deal??

Hey Everyone

I just got what I think is a good deal , I got a Compresser (supercheap auto) for AUS$40.00, and a Regulater for AUS$28.00. I know I will need a moisture trap but I'm only starting out ABing so i'm very happy with this. I also got my AB of Ebay and instead of turning out to be dodgy I got a good piece for 70.00. This is a good deal right?

Will

madmike wrote:

Hi mate. Try Stanbridges in Perth. They sell Delta double action A/B's for $99 that are apparently Iwata Eclipse clones. Very nice all metal airbrush and nice to use. http://www.stanbridges.com.au cheers Mike

 

When i was in Perth i went there, its a great shop and big but hard to find. its got a good selection of kits

the only problem i found was i was getting some WW2 productions tracks, but they charge $20 aus dollers more than WW2 sells them on there site, the reason was Stanbridges has to buy them from somewhere else

theres another model shop in the city itself, downstares it has die-cast cars and upstare it has some kits

It depends I suppose, if people see something cheap on eBay then they might get it but alot of people get their kits from their local store. Some people, especially Americans, like getting stuff from online model stores, e.g Squadron, GreatModels.

Will