You can use her as a nightlight too! All joking aside I love what you've done here, you've done all this and I can't even get my tiny dio with about a half-dozen figures done... 

Steve- you're going to have to drive out here and lock my PC and Fallout IV in a closet... 

There used to be an old game called Pacific War. It was a strategic level WW2 "board" game, obviously in the Pacific, and started on Dec 7 with all the players, ships and aircraft located where they were on that fateful day. After the first move the game responded to whatever decisions you made. The game tried to stick to the Japanese (if you chose the ally side) planning such as Midway and Guadalcanal, but it depended on what you did, whether or not the game proceeded with the plans. Each turn was 1 day to several days depending on what you set them as and the game could last for years depending on how long you set the turns. It was such a cool game and stole hundreds of hours from my life. So I know of what you speak.

I miss that game so much.

I started the K5 tonight for the Weekend Madness GB and after 2 1/2 hours I completed the building. I will start the painting a little tomorrow morning and evening.

The pictures don't seem to be loading on the forums tonight.

Thanks Steve, glad I'm not the only one there! 

And I don't see the photos either, will check back later. 

And, and I did pull out the base for the B-4 and add some dry-brushing and a wash to the 'dirt'. Hopefully I'll be able to apply the 'grass' this weekend and then I'll get some photos up.

Wow that K5 went up fast, even in a smaller scale its a complicated set of vehicles.

Terry

For some reason Imageshack isn't uploading pictures correctly, so here is what I wanted to put up last night.

I got some painting done this morning (no pictures yet) and working on the little guys.

I'm at the weathering stage. I applied a black oil wash and will let that dry before I apply some pastels.

I went ahead and finished it. The wife is prepping for T-giving diner so I was up anyway.
Here is. Sorry to finish it before you blinked. It was a great little kit and would recommend it to anyone who wants a rail gun but doesn't have the room. Really nice detail and some PE which I did not install. The men and ammo are made from the rubbery plastic, but worked out OK.

Steve

Dang Steve, you're building at Toshi-velocity now! Even considering the size there had to be a lot of tiny pieces there. 

And she looks good, nice work on the gun, the basework and the figures. Esp that horrible rubbery green army men plastic, I hate working with that stuff. 

Funny, Steve, I just read you were going to start the rail gun, and now it's done! LOL! Great job! 

Terry, the spotlight looks great! looks like you are close to wrapping this one up!

JayW

Haha thanks. It's not as much about size, but quality that intimidates. Haven't done a model in years since I was younger and didn't have much patience then. This will be my first with using an airbrush and PE parts.

 

so many off color responses running thru my sordid brain. 

Jay if you are airbrushing with acrylics i suggest buying the appropriate thinner and cleaner. It eliminates one variable and you don't have to worry about a bad reaction. for example i use windex to clean MMA and Tamiya, and ComArt BUT Vallejo cleaner for Vallejo and Air because windex gums it up.  i have an old Jadgpanzer i shoot a bit first to see if the paint is the right thinness. anything with a large flat surface would work. i prime everything (ACE Hardware NOW gray). 

as for results you never know. i got a new detail A/B and wanted to try freehand camo so i took an Airfix 1/76 MK-IV and did a 3 color . inexpensive kit and quick build so no great loss. looked ok so i practiced overlaying various oil filters. it took a first at club, local, and regional contest which was quite a surprise. 

it took me forever to get into airbrushing. what id i screw up the brush, dont clean it well blah, blah, blah. just jump in. 3 years later i can A/B fairly well BUT will still have a kit that goes south or have a day where nothing goes right. walk away the next day doing the same thing and all goes well.

PE can be annoying. Don't feel you have to add every piece. i have left pieces off because the dot of CYA to hold it would be bigger than the part. build what is comfortable. if you have a comple part fold, skeych it out on an index card and practice folding it until you are sure you know how before doing the part. my first folds were so bad i had to scratch build 6 ammo can racks for a 20mm on an italian pt boat. but i learned a lot.

Some update photos,

Ready to prime the main body and chassis.

Trying to decide if i should sand these latches off and use the PE ones

JayW

Trying to decide if i should sand these latches off and use the PE ones

I probably would. 

Very cool Jay, sorry to hear about your issues there. You should be able to find lots of stuff like K&S and Evergreen as Steve pointed out.

Jay,  a V2 would be just fine. 

Welp, I better start something soon for this one.  Interest in my original entry for an Italian mortar has waned, so thinking of AFV Club's sIG33:

Since these subjects tend to have a lot of nooks and crannies, would it be beneficial to spray paint everything while still on the sprues - do ppl still do that?  On the other hand, the paint could pose a problem with liquid cement even after cleaning the mating surfaces - any thoughts?

regards,

Jack

Very cool entry Jack. Dunno if you need any advice from me since you're a better modeler than I am but personally since it's mostly the same colour I'd assemble the whole thing and spray her a couple times with a darker shade and then hit her with a little lighter from the top for the whole pre-shading thing.

I got you updated Jack. I'm with Gam here, I'm in no position to give you advice.

Steve

calling the SCUD done though i still need to build a revetment base and not sure how big it will be, depending on if it's going to be a diorama. i might have over weathered it but some of that may tone down on a sand base. it is Vallejo sand yellow with a raw umber oil wash followed by a pastel mix of yellow, orange, brown and light gray.

NOTE decided to strip down the missile and repaint it aged white tinted with tan. BTW finishing up a TAKOM Skoda 305mm and just picked up the 420mm Big Bertha.

Wayne,

Nice build! The weathering looks spot on to me, although I've never seen one in person.

I put you up on the wall.

Wayne, great looking pair of builds there.   I like the sand colour on those vehicles, to me they look used but not abused.

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Guys, thanks for the vote of confidence.  I always experience some paint build up when trying to cover hard to reach areas when airbrushing.  Will try the middle road approach, and paint in sub-assemblies.

regards,

Jack

Whoa, those are awesome Wayne! 

The LAV looks great but I love that giant SCUD truck! 

Wayne,

Great job on the SCUD and LAV! They look fantastic!

jgeratic

Welp, I better start something soon for this one.  Interest in my original entry for an Italian mortar has waned, so thinking of AFV Club's sIG33:

Since these subjects tend to have a lot of nooks and crannies, would it be beneficial to spray paint everything while still on the sprues - do ppl still do that?  On the other hand, the paint could pose a problem with liquid cement even after cleaning the mating surfaces - any thoughts?

regards,

Jack

 

nice. i did the cyber-hobby one . took a 3rd in a regional. have an AFV Club LeFH18M 105 in the stash.

i build a lot of towed guns, and now siege guns, and find i can prime and paint majoe sub assymblies:trails/base, wheels, cannon, shield. after assembly i add handles and may do a loght overspray of base coat followed by a slightly lighter overspary of the base coat on all the top services. make sure you check closely after the base coat incase you missed an area. it isn't hard to do.

this way i don't have too mess with CYA and it's easy to hit all the surfaces.

MC, Gamera, Hogfanfs, Jgeratic Thanks for the kind words. the weathering has grown on me. the fading on the top surfaces scrubbing in lt gray pastel seems to work in most light conditions. have the missle stripped and will reppaint with Vallejo aged white mixed with a tad of tan. Ironically i used different colors than the TEL originally but lost a lot of contrast with the washes. probably paint the warhead a different shade and build a revetment. first contests are March and April for the SCUD.

LAV took a first in local contest last November. i thought it was a third. Good thing i wasn't judging, eh.

now that the lost parts are in for the Badger and i have an off day so plan to base coat atomic cannon, start some quick bases and start on Takom 420mm WW1 siege gun.

Hi Wayne, thanks for laying out your steps for the sIG33 construction and painting.  I like what you did with yours, and look foward to seeing that siege gun from the Great War.

regards,

Jack

Jack remeber you are probably fgoing to do a base coat after it is all together so this doesn't have to be perfect.

here is my atomic cannon ready to basecoat. got my parts in and the airbrush woerks firn. went with MMA on this since i had a new bottle of OD.

on a sad note lost another modeling friend today. did see him on Saturday and his best friend visited him this morning. he was with his family.

Hey Wayne, sorry to hear about your friend, seems we're losing a lot of guys here in the modeling community here lately.

On a brighter note cool looking Atomic Cannon, is this the reissue of the old Renwal kit?