Toshi,

Nice! I love the A1 and need to get one in the stash, badly! I will be watching as usual. Great work on you first armor build BTW. Better than my first.

Steve

modelcrazy

Toshi,

Nice! I love the A1 and need to get one in the stash, badly! I will be watching as usual. Great work on you first armor build BTW. Better than my first.

Steve

 

Toshi

Toshi

By the way, is there any GB that you're doing that can accommodate this build?

Very cool Toshi, I've got one on those buried in my stash somewhere. 

I'm interested in how your pre-shading with the paint pen comes out. I've tried it before with a black Sharpie brand felt-tip marker and it looked just too perfect, somehow I think the pre-shading looks better with a little sloppyness if I'm making any sense. 

modelcrazy

 

Toshi

By the way, is there any GB that you're doing that can accommodate this build?

 

 

No, sorry buddy, just Boeing, Mustang and Artillery. There may be a Vietnam GB somewhere.

 

That ended back in August. Most of the GB's that are supposed to be on going seem to be dead in the water.

modelcrazy

Toshi,

Nice! I love the A1 and need to get one in the stash, badly! I will be watching as usual. Great work on you first armor build BTW. Better than my first.

Steve

 

Toshi

Bish

Nice subject, should be a fun watch.

 

Toshi

modelcrazy

 

 

Toshi

By the way, is there any GB that you're doing that can accommodate this build?

 

 

No, sorry buddy, just Boeing, Mustang and Artillery. There may be a Vietnam GB somewhere.

 

Toshi

Bish

Most of the GB's that are supposed to be on going seem to be dead in the water.

I think that has mostly to do with the new forum. Seems awfully quiet around here lately. 

Gamera

Very cool Toshi, I've got one on those buried in my stash somewhere. 

I'm interested in how your pre-shading with the paint pen comes out. I've tried it before with a black Sharpie brand felt-tip marker and it looked just too perfect, somehow I think the pre-shading looks better with a little sloppyness if I'm making any sense. 

 

Toshi

Bish

 

 

modelcrazy

 

Toshi

By the way, is there any GB that you're doing that can accommodate this build?

 

 

No, sorry buddy, just Boeing, Mustang and Artillery. There may be a Vietnam GB somewhere.

 

 

 

 

That ended back in August. Most of the GB's that are supposed to be on going seem to be dead in the water.

 

Toshi

Hey Steve, could be- I swear the forum gets a lot less traffic than it used to. Or it could be just people running out of enthusiasm near the end of many of the yearly GBs. Or both maybe- heck I dunno... 

Toshi: The Sharpie does work but I think I saw someone here complaining about 'bleed-though' and getting bad reactions with the paint. I won't use them again. I think your paint marker is probably much safer. 

Gam,

Yeah, either way. I know these will be my last to host for a while. I way overextended myself this year to the point were it's not enjoyable. I've had to throttle back and not worry if I don't complete all the GB's I enrolled in. I have 4 builds between now and June that I would like to complete. I think I can do that.

Gamera

Hey Steve, could be- I swear the forum gets a lot less traffic than it used to. Or it could be just people running out of enthusiasm near the end of many of the yearly GBs. Or both maybe- heck I dunno... 

I think the GB's have been in decline for quite a few months now, IMHO i believe in par its due to the number of GB's. But the forum on the whole does seem to have a lot less activity in the last couple of months.

Bish

 

 

Gamera

Hey Steve, could be- I swear the forum gets a lot less traffic than it used to. Or it could be just people running out of enthusiasm near the end of many of the yearly GBs. Or both maybe- heck I dunno... 

 

 

 

I think the GB's have been in decline for quite a few months now, IMHO i believe in par its due to the number of GB's. But the forum on the whole does seem to have a lot less activity in the last couple of months.

 

Could be less time during the summer months. I don't have any model time during summer. Now I'm getting the itch. 

Great subject toshi

tempestjohnny

 

 

Bish

 

 

Gamera

Hey Steve, could be- I swear the forum gets a lot less traffic than it used to. Or it could be just people running out of enthusiasm near the end of many of the yearly GBs. Or both maybe- heck I dunno... 

 

 

 

I think the GB's have been in decline for quite a few months now, IMHO i believe in par its due to the number of GB's. But the forum on the whole does seem to have a lot less activity in the last couple of months.

 

 

 

 

Could be less time during the summer months. I don't have any model time during summer. Now I'm getting the itch. 

Great subject toshi

 

Toshi

I gotta add one of these to the stash, looking forward to seeing it come to life.

BK

That looks like a nice model kit .

I be watching

Rick

BrandonK

I gotta add one of these to the stash, looking forward to seeing it come to life.

BK

 

Toshi

infofrog

That looks like a nice model kit .

I be watching

Rick

 

Toshi

Great to see a Skyraider, Toshi! I'll be interested to see how the paint marker works, too, and I agree with Gamera, it seems safer than a Sharpie.

-BD-

BrandonD

Great to see a Skyraider, Toshi! I'll be interested to see how the paint marker works, too, and I agree with Gamera, it seems safer than a Sharpie.

-BD-

 

Toshi

lawdog114

The Skyraider is cool. I look forward to your progress.

 

Toshi

Toshi,

Looking forward very much on this one as I'm a big Skyraider fan.I got to see one in flight last year as part of a Vietnam segment at Wings Over Houston in 2014. I recently picked up the Revell boxing of the old Matchbox 1/48th Skyraider kit at Hobby Lobby. It's nowhere near the quality (or as accurate) as the Tamiya kit you're currently building.

Douglas

roger_wilco

Toshi,

Looking forward very much on this one as I'm a big Skyraider fan.I got to see one in flight last year as part of a Vietnam segment at Wings Over Houston in 2014. I recently picked up the Revell boxing of the old Matchbox 1/48th Skyraider kit at Hobby Lobby. It's nowhere near the quality (or as accurate) as the Tamiya kit you're currently building.

Douglas

 

Toshi

The last few weeks I've been working on a Trumpeter 1:35 M1A1 Abrams.  You can view this in the Armour section.  Boy, I had no idea nor concept on what was going down.  I was determined to apply my belief that all things are relevant in life.  What and most importantly, is the fact of application.  If you don't apply yourself then what's the use.

So I took what I know of which is minimal at best compared to you forum members and did my best.  What's interesting about this Abrams build was that many Armour forum members stepped in to assist me in the build of which I was most grateful for and I want to thank them.  It was M. Brindos that gave me a step by step detailed explanation in live time that I took as the word from "The Man".  You can see the transition of what I envisioned and what was supposed to be done.  Endly, M.Brindos helped and guided me to take a mistake and turn it into a M1A1 that not only am I excited about, but am proud that I was able to accomplish this huge, at least for me, undertaking.

For the love of model making, this Skyraider build will be an interesting build at best.  Now with my eyes opened with new ideas, I'm hoping at all odds I can apply and execute what I've learned.  

These next photos took me three days of work.  Applying PE at 1:48 was a new endevour for me.  I'm normally building 1:32 planes with PE, this was a night and day scenario.  For now please view the cockpit of the Tamiya 1:48 A-1J Douglas Skyraider cockpit.  Thank you Aircraft Thread forum members, you've helped in ways that has guided not just model kit builds but to look at life in a completely different prospective.

Toshi