UPDATE 10/08: 442nd RCT Go For Broke WIP

Thanks for continuing to look in here, boys.

Grimmo- thank you for your compliments. I love basswood, spend nearly all my spare money on it. I need to use some of it, to make a "holder" for the rest of it

Indy, thanks... I know it's hard to get behind someone else's project when it's in such early stages, especially when you have your own WIP thread runnin', and I thank you for your continued support. It's inspiring. I'll get over to the Tunisia WIP shortly. When last I checked in, I was LUVIN' the work you were putting in to those vehicles.

SternO- I'm glad to be back, doin' what I'm obsessed with doin'... thanks for the kind words!

Here is my update as of last night; building a staircase. A little ashamed of how basic this looks so far, I swear I'll clean it up "in the mix", as we say in the recording studio. One day, I would like my measuring and mathy skills to allow for a "real" staircase build, with realistic supports and all. Until then...

This set of stairs will be partially exposed- both as a design, as well as destruction. The stair steps will get decent covering; this frame is acting as the support for what will actually be seen. If that doesn't make any sense, my next update should illustrate what I'm talking about. I have a Friday night off, with girlfriend away at "Ladies Rock Camp". Very excited about getting to stay in on a Friday night and model. What does that say about me????

Please feel free to comment, criticise. I encourage constructive assistance.

Steve

Mic wrote:

LOL! Sorry, didn't mean to waste an hour of ya'll's time by linkin' that WIP. The only closure I got was when I closed the shipping box and mailed the beast off. I ended up with cash at a time when I really needed it, so all's well that sells well. Spent a few hours tonight doin' this: BTW, here are the figures I was talking about: Actually gonna make 2 of these next dudes, one modified to be opening the front door of the building: The Hornet replacement heads. I can't recommend Hornet highly enough: That's all I got for now. If you're still lookin', thanks. As always, criticisms, comments and suggestions are most welcome.  Steve

~It wasn't a waste of time Mate(takes a bit more than an hour to read through BTW)It's like I said, one of the best builds I've seen on this site,

 {besides the lack of ending}, that makes it kind of a modeling tragedy. Of course it's not like it was ruined-selling is a reward of it's own.

~The new base is takin shape nice. Great, great figures those S&T eh?(Got a few in the stash ere') haven't seen those converted much at all-definately never seen them converted to Asian. That should be something to see. Go ahead--rock this thread

LOL! Sorry, didn't mean to waste an hour of ya'll's time by linkin' that WIP. The only closure I got was when I closed the shipping box and mailed the beast off. I ended up with cash at a time when I really needed it, so all's well that sells well.

Spent a few hours tonight doin' this:

BTW, here are the figures I was talking about:

Actually gonna make 2 of these next dudes, one modified to be opening the front door of the building:

The Hornet replacement heads. I can't recommend Hornet highly enough:

That's all I got for now. If you're still lookin', thanks. As always, criticisms, comments and suggestions are most welcome. 

Steve

HERE HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just did the same-thing. Clicked on the WIP and read all 12 pages.

Where is the FREAKIN END???

It's like someone tore out the last page of a whodunit mystery. You gotta give us closure! 

Wow, thank you boys. Nice to feel welcomed back. Actually, never intended to make big deal out of returning, happy to slip back in and start at the ground floor again.

Hey, Manny. The building is from LionRoar. When I saw it, I had to get it. IIRC, it wasn't that expensive. It's been sitting in the stash for a couple of years, and I decided to bust it out. Yeah, I've snuk a couple of figures in over in the Figures forum.

I'll get more progress shots up tonight. Trying to decide how to build a staircase. I like to see them, at least the remnants of them, in a two story building. Ties the rooms together (like Dude's rug )

Steve

Dang, Steve---I just realized this is you! I've seen your new avatar posting in a few forums but didn't realize that it was Steve Foster...Great to see you back! 

Where did you get that cool, resin ruined building? Haven't seen that one...

It is GREAT to have you back!  I joined the forum last spring but I was following your French barn dio very closely for a while before I decided to sign up and participate in the forums.  I was truly amazed by your work that I had it bookmarked... my first bookmark I recall.  Looking forward to see more of your builds. 

Welcome back!

~ OK Steve, now your completely kill'im me. Folks.... he's cleverly  masked one of the longest, most interesting build threads in FSM history behind a little 3 letter link "WIP" above. It's a freaking increadable

 UNFINISHED story!!  Where's the *&$#(@&^$*% ending ?

Go check it out guys, if you're like me and aint seen it. Man! it just ends.Yes I read through all 12 pages! *(and thanks, enjoyed it, too good to stop before the end, of which there isn't one....) wheres the part where you explain how you give up and sell the unfinished thing?

Well,,  if it's too painful forget it..on to the new build. I like new starts myself. Like the  The first day of school.....you haven't screwed anything up or forgot any homework yet...............

Indy

Thanks, Indy and CJ.

Indy, the barn that I built was scratched, with a WIP done within a former "forum life". It was going to end up in a dio that had a squad of germans yankin' some French POWs from it, being their hiding spot. Before I could finish the dio, I dropped out of the hobby for a while, sold the finished barn and figures.

Not much correlation between the 442nd and the building; the object of the new vignette is simply to have some GIs on the verge of clearing this wrecked building. I just wanted to add Hornet East Aisan heads to some GI figures I've had in the stash, to make it more interesting (for me, at least). Nothing special, just slowly getting back into the hobby.

Thanks again for looking in, guys.

Steve

~Well, yeah, impressive start. The floorboards(like the hang of your wallpaper too!) Looks like you have a solid plan in mind. Didn't get how the bit of history about the 442 RCT fits with what you're building, but I guess we will see.  ~         So what about the"French Farmyard Dio"? what happpened with that? (it wasn't Mini-Art's vac-formed Farmhouse kit by any chance?)

~wondering about that stuff, & following the build..............Indy