Weekend Madness IV - Nov 19/20th

Ain't it? Ya gotta love a RR Gun Jeep! The standard US HEAT round could pierce 16 inches of steel armor... the Swedes and Austrians developed a HEAT round that could double that penetration

And the beehive round? a 106mm shotgun with a 300m range... that will put some hurt on any infantry assault.

Looking good stik!!  That's a pretty big gun for a little Jeep though!!

Agreed... first 7 hours was hard and heavy for me, then it was ease down.

At 46 1/2 hours this is where she was this morning...

Flat Coat on, just needed to add the headlights, add some clear red, amber, and smoke for lights, stretch some sprue for the antenna, and weather. Unfortunately as you can see, the kit decals were a bit sub par when you look at the hood star. So while the flat coat dried, I ate a quick breakfast., then came back to the workbench and completed my mission. Right at 48 hours (with lots of lolligagging time yesterday) here she is, one Vietnam in country M151A1C 106mm Recoilless Rifle "Gun Jeep".

Since I was unhappy with the hood star, I dug out a piece of Verlindin resin stowage (flak vestw/ gear) to cover it up.

You're absolutely right dupes!  That's the approach I should have taken....guess I'm not used to sitting at the bench for 8-10 hrs straight. 

Between paint drying time, future drying time, decal setting solution drying time, and all of the little things that you always forget take a while, I still believe that you've got to have construction done after day one...preferably with a primer/base coat drying overnight.

I always try to make the first 8-10 hours the most hectic, and eaaaaase back from there.

OOPs forgot to say what great work was done over the weekend!!  Awesome builds everyone!!

I'd like to give the next Weekend Madness another try!  This was my first attempt and not completing on time was all my fault.  I must say that 48 hours goes by quicker than you think!!  I thought I had plenty of time so I spent the first 36 hours in leisure mode and the last 12 in PANIC mode!!  Next time I'll plan better

Hangin' in there, guys ... still have a bit more than 10 hours to go but worried not be done ... paint still not dried and raining here now, so humidity is sky high (no pun intended) and temps have dropped way down from the past few days ...

I'll check in later today ...

pepper

AHHHH......crud!  Didn't make it fellas.   I was up til 4 AM last night trying to get as much done before the deadline.  Everything was going well until I started applying the decals.  First I glossed the areas with some Future.  I didn't like the selection that came with the kit so I decided to use some old Italeri and Tamiya decals.  No problems with the Tamiya decals, but the Italeri shattered when I tried to apply them.  I had to dig and dig, but I fianally found another Italeri set that worked.    After that dilemna, I sprayed the white stars through an Eduard mask and then tried to hit the decal areas with some PollyScale Flat, which is (or was) favorite flat coat.  The rear was fine, but when I hit the front I noticed a strange violet/blue tinge to the wet flat coat!!  I quickly sprayed clear water over the area and tried to brush off the wet flat coat, but it was too late....disaster had struck.   I decided to hit the sack and see what I could do in the morning, and this is what I woke up to:

*SIGH*  I'll keep working on it today....maybe I can fix the flat coat mess with another gloss coat?  In any event that bottle of PollyScale Flat is now in the trash bin!!!  I should have usde MM Flat Lacquer instead!!

Got done with about 10 minutes to spare.  Here's the final result:

As with last year, the build was fun, even if the results weren't the best ( though probably the best for any 48-hour effort that I've ever done ).  As often happens, I also learned a few things.

1) scribe the lines in these kits to get them to stand out better, especially if you're planning on lainting the stripes and insignia.

2) You know that "using Silly Putty for a mask" thing?  I forgot to get the stuff out of the gear bays and even though it didn't completely ruin the model, I found out you should remove the stuff before spraying on the laquer.

Thanks for the tips on that texturing and it looks like everyone's doing a great job!

Looking forward to it again next year, and will be posting my son's effort next weekend. 

I'm barely gonna make it.

Here's a last few WIP pics of the sludged up bits waiting for cleanup, final assembly, and the last shot of dullcoat:

Unfortunately, the sludge wash won't be as effective as I'd like because of the lack of rescribed lines, but I'll at least be able to get a few of the lines highlighted and trim evened out.

Final results coming up after the dullcoat dries!

well.. as of 2 am Sunday night.. she's in primer.. wings on..

Hoping to finish tonight.. !

CallSignOWL

 

lewbud:

 

Owl, nice work as usual.  You really need to talk Santa into bringing you an airbrush and compressor.  As much as I resisted it, it really makes life easier.  Now I just got to get a compressor that won't annoy the neighbors as these cans are getting expensive.

 

 

I do have an airbrush. I just cant bring it with me to the dorms!

You need to buddy up with someone in the Chemistry department - they've already got the fume hoods in place for you!!

lewbud

Owl, nice work as usual.  You really need to talk Santa into bringing you an airbrush and compressor.  As much as I resisted it, it really makes life easier.  Now I just got to get a compressor that won't annoy the neighbors as these cans are getting expensive.

I do have an airbrush. I just cant bring it with me to the dorms!

Gahhgghhhfh! Darn in-laws dropped in after supper last night for am un-planned "family party" for my wife's birthday. Considering the kitchen table is my workspace (or the other way around??!) I was derailed. In my wife's honour, I'm declaring this a long weekend & finishing up tonight!

Here's the Hunter with the topside gray on. In person it looks far too blue to me, but photographs well for some reason! Canopy & droptanks will be attached & green sprayed on tonight, some burnt metal applied to the tailpipe area, a little weathering...

This is definitely one of those kits that would have been easier to deal with by leaving the tailfeathers off until after painting was done. Gotta learn something right!?

Kugai - Cast texture is pretty easy to add.  There are a couple of methods out there:  one is to stipple a liquid putty like Mr. Surfacer 500 over the area until the texture is achieved; the other is to brush on some liquid cement like Tamiya Extra Thin or Tenax 7R (I use both) let the cement soften the plastic for a few seconds and then stipple a brush with short, stiff bristles over the area.  For the Patton I used mostly Tenax and a brush right on the plastic, but in some areas that were covered with putty I used the liquid putty method!

Guys I had to post this.  I knew weathering would have to be quick with this build so I decided to give this stuff a try.  Its Flory Models Weathering Wash.

Never tried it before.  Had two bottles, one Black, the other Dark Dirt.  Its pretty easy to use.  Just brush or airbrush all over the model, let dry and then wipe off using a damp cloth or paper towel.  I used Black for the engine grills on top and for the rear hull, Dark Dirt for the rest.  Because its water based using chalk for pigments it can be used with any paint type.  I took a while to figure out how to wipe it off, but results came pretty fast!!

What do you think?

Buffhead, I've been wondering how to get the rough texture like you have on the turret.  Did the kit come like that or is it something you added?

As for my update, here's some of the progress I've made with the detailing:

Obviously, there's a bit of touch up and cleaning up lines to be done, but it's getting there.  Unfortunately, with only about 7 hours left and the issues caused between paint problems ( especially not being able to mask when the paint hasn't fully cured ) and not deepening the panel lines before painting, this isn't going to turn out as well as I'd like.

Oh, well.  I just try to keep in mind the line I saw someone using on there signature last year, "Done is better than perfect", applies in these situations and be happy that I have more than a couple spares of this kit.

Wow, there's some amazing work going on here!!  I'll post some comments when I'm finally done!!

Getting close to the wire here with only 9 more hours to go!  I probably got carried away with some things like adding cast texture to the hull and turrent, and a few areas took waaay longer that anticipated (turret basket, 90mm gun joint, cleaning up all those wheels!!!)

With a coat of Lifecolor UA220 Olive Drab.  It seems light, but weathering will darken it quite a bit)

Mantlet and gun came out better than I anticipated, though it took a while

Hull and turret just seemed too smooth, so I took the liberty of adding a cast texture using Tenax liquid glue and stiff nylon brush.

Working on wheels and tracks now.  I'll apply a gloss coat before I go to bed and decals in the morning!

Neat markings! I think the nose is probably supposed to be a bit pointier, though. Might want to grab a file...

Dupes, great looking Raider.

Well, once again the deadline has passed and the model sits incomplete.  However, on the bright side, I got farther this year than last year so some progress was made.  I'm thinking a can of clear flat is in my future as she's a little too shiny.  Without further ado, here's some pics as she is now.

I'm going to primer the main wheels and then hit the sack.

stikpusher

 

dupes:

 

 

 

 

Dupes, my wife and youngest daughter love this guy...

Stik - me too! My best buddy in the world right there. Now if I could only get him to keep his fur off of my freshly-sprayed paint...

I'm quite sure I have some other pics of him "participating" in my builds somewhere. Heh.

Ernest - Patton-related note - just picked up the Legend Magach 3 conversion today (lf1134), although for the Tamiya version...luckily I won't have to deal with 2 hull halves!

Man, some hot builds! Mia asks me every year why I don't just build all of my kits in 48 hours or less...

The Raider is done - although looking at these pics under the bright lights, I'm seeing that it could use a bit more weathering. Will dirty her up a bit after I get back from vacation. For now though, she's plenty shelf worthy! Looks good next to the Viper.

Can we do another one of these before next November? Dave?

OPS sorry

PS I am goin to bed now

As promised my finished pictures of Testers Ryan PT-20 Trainer. Its a pretty cool kit as Testers kits go IMHO.

Anyway as I told you a while back, yeah I know its cliche and all but lost some time making the exhaust stacks after the dog got them yesterday. But wait it gets better  BTW anyone want a DOG ??? Well she struck again last night  I had dipped the windscreens in future and left them on the counter to dry over night. Got up this morning and found bottle of future in the living room, tweezers out back and the paper towel with only one windscreen under the kitchen table. I figure she ate the second one SO today lost a couple hours making exhaust and attempting to make another windscreen. That attempt didnt work out too well so I am submitting my one screened build. OH and yeah the dog is still living, although I am not sure just why.

This is my first Weekend Madness build and yes it was fun and frustrating and rushed and stuff. I think I will do it again next year, however I will send the dog to a doggie sitter.

Owl, nice work as usual.  You really need to talk Santa into bringing you an airbrush and compressor.  As much as I resisted it, it really makes life easier.  Now I just got to get a compressor that won't annoy the neighbors as these cans are getting expensive.

Bob, bummer about the axle.  I was looking forward to watching your build.

Stik, nice work on the Jeep.

Randy, looking forward to the pics.

Don't have pics yet, but the lawn dart is decalled.  Just waiting for the clear coat to dry then I can start on the landing gear and wheels.  Tried a few new things this build.  Played with the Eduard self adhesive PE, decided that I could live withouth it.  Tried using Testor's Metallizer sealer as a clear coat over the decals, works pretty good.  Found out that you can use a microwave on models.  Zap it for 5-10 seconds at a time and it will speed up the drying process of decals or tacky paint considerably.  Probably won't make the 2300 cutoff, but it won't languish like last year's builds.

Well guys and young ladies I cant believe I done it !! The Ryan PT-20 is finished with 7 minutes to go. The bad part is well I just finished decaling so I want to let them dry for a few minutes then I will take pictures. I will give you the other news when I post the pictures. Dog !!!!!!!!!!

lewbud

 

 

 

 

Holy crap Stickman, where did you find those?!  You've managed to find four of the highly rumored but never documented Vietnam era Mk.I Mod.1 space saver spares!  The armor modeling world will never be the same!

 

A 1/1 scale long wooden match provided themJust the right size for the blocks used by those VC tire thieves..

Ok, my tires are now mounted, recoilless rifle painted, decals on, and most detail items painted.

I still need to finish painting and install the ammo tubes and exposed rounds and glue on the headlights and install the radiator, after I get a flat coat applied tomorrow morning...

Wow, I both admire and envy you guys. One, I can't recall the last time I had 48 hours, uninterrupted more or less, to model, and two, my AMS is so strong, I spend an hour or more doing two lifting loops on a hull thses days.......

Aaand I'm done!!!

OWL

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Need beer - nice plane, but you made a huge mistake. What you meant to say was Aussies beat South Africa.

Didnt think anyone on this forum knew what I was talking about!

I only lasted half an hour but what a test match - could go any way?

More good work on the GB overnight, i really impressed with some of the challenges taken on 

stikpusher

lewbud:

Stik, nice work sir, keep it up.  You might want to park it in a better neighborhood though, at least they left you your rims!

Holy crap Stickman, where did you find those?!  You've managed to find four of the highly rumored but never documented Vietnam era Mk.I Mod.1 space saver spares!  The armor modeling world will never be the same!