FSM New Years Resolution — Build More Models GB

Super work everyone.  Very inspiring!

Here are some more progress pics of the I-16's.  I might be done with them tonight, so more pics should come soon.  I'm doing a bit more weathering on them since they are Russian and they had some crude airports (if you could call them that), so more grime and dirt was probably common.  The skis on the one I-16 are the first I've ever tried.  Pretty cool I think.  Hard to tell in the pics, but did some wearing on the wing where they got in and around the cockpit.  Thanks for looking.

Bobby

Great work here on this GB.  Steve, again, you amaze me.

I did not have a good weekend, I painted the red stripes on one side of the tail on the TBD opposite than on the other, then to top ot all off, the sewer backed up into my basement workshop, so I am off line for a few days, unless I have to replace my sewer, then I may be gone for a while.

Scott

jgeratic

Steve, now that is just incredible work, and all this in less than a month, wow!

I really like the tonal shades on the deck, and your water as always, is top shelf stuff.

 

regards,

Jack

 

Bish,

LOL they come in their customary GMM envelope but you really have to look for them inside. The 4 cm sq. tree comes with 100 figures.

They definetly work. I might have to get some of those. At least in that scale i don't have to worry about the eyes.

Bish

Yep, great work Steve, those figures really add more life to it. Please tell me they are pre painted.

No, They came from Gold Medal Models unpainted, but at that scale a little light blue for the top, dark blue for the bottom and a white spot on top does it. The bomber crew are one brush with kaki.

Thanbks razor. And ye, this none really has some legs of it. Most active GB i have seen in a while.

That is really outstanding Steve!  I'm in awe of your water skills and really enjoyed your build!

Really enjoyed your shuttle as well Bish.  

Lots of other great stuff here too.  Hard to keep up with it all.

Thnaks Theuns, i was quite pleased with the result on the engine.

Rob, i did an AT-AT once of those last year, really enjoyed it. Look forward to seeing that.

TIE is coming on nicley there Stephan.

Yep, great work Steve, those figures really add more life to it. Please tell me they are pre painted.

Steve, now that is just incredible work, and all this in less than a month, wow!

I really like the tonal shades on the deck, and your water as always, is top shelf stuff.

regards,

Jack

I received the crew yesterday and just completed the build tonight, so here it is.

Thank you for hosting the GB Aaron, is was fun and hope to join another FSM GB.

Steve

Must say there has been a lot of great model building going on here. While I have been absent from the forums, I have not neglected my model. So here is an update with the TIE fighter.

I completed the cockpit.

I decided to put in some semblance of a harness as I don't think these fighters had internal gravity. Even with gravity though, it would not do the pilot well to try to hold themselves in the seat while dogfighting.

Then I sprayed the red marking using Valejo red and mahogany red mixed and thinned with water. First time doing this with Valejo paints but it worked out really well.

Masked this off in preparation to paint the black.

That is what I have for tonight. I will have the next update tomorrow.

Dang that A-wing PE model looks interesting, I have never done something like that before.

The Kfir is coming allong well, I recall building one some years back and slicing my finger open on the LE dog tooth while sanding !

I do like the blue engine outlest on the Imperial Shuttle, those must be Ion drives right? ;-)

Theuns

I started assembly of the A-Wing fighter. Easy snap kit, not as nice a model kit as I remembered as a young college student. My expectations have changed and Fine Molds Star Wars kits have spoiled me.

I found a new type of Star Wars kit in the clearance aisle of the local Hobby Lobby. It is a snow speeder from the Force Awakens movie. I did not recall seeing it and after viewing some of the deleted scenes from the Blu-ray disk, the scenes it was in were cut. Probably why it wasn't sold out and ended up on clearance.

This is a photo etched kit by Metal Earth, scale is unknown, but my educated guess is slightly smaller than 1/72. Maybe 1/87 scale.

caveman, good to see thye Kfir coming together. I have given up on PB completly, just got sick of it.

Thanks Greg. The Viper is coming along nicely. I have just been looking at the Mobius site, some nice looking kits there. Am i right in thinking your doing the original Viper and not the Mk II.

Nice work guys.  I really need to learn how to do the water thing.  My Kfir has been giving me some issues, probably my fault, but I hope to be in primer later tonite.  Really not much to show at this point.  Some of the smally fiddly assemblies are done and the pit has some color.  Anyway it should start looking the part later this evening.

Please excuse my photo quality.  Just happy to get photobucket to work right now.  More to follow tonite I hope.

Bish....love what ya did with the shuttle.

Steve....great job on the Hornet.

Theuns...the Spit looks wonderful.

Here's three more WIP pics....

engine intakes painted & installed in nacelles

a mock up of the engine cluster with the intakes/nacelles

more done on the tricycle landing gear

Great looking Spit Theuns. 

With the American markings it doesn't really look as much like a Spitfire. 

V737D, theres a lot of parts that have to come together all at once there, it helps to have four hands and six eyes sometimes!  It will look great when you are done.

Theuns, that's a lot of kit to put together that fast!  Nice work!

Modelcrazy, I still wish I could do water at all, let alone like you have.  Nice display of the Hornet.

Theuns, extremely well done Spitfire in American livery.  

Really can't go wrong with Tamiya, and combined with your skills, you have a really fine build there.

regards,

Jack

Ta

Theuns

Looking good there V.

Real nice there Theuns. I do like that scheme and you have done a great job on the weathering.

Howdy All!

  I'm somewhat astonished how quick some of you have finished your builds AND with no percieved drop in quality!

I finally called "done" on a few assemblies.  This occured when I finally realized the view through my magnifier wasn't even close to the reality of the finished model with normal vision.  This also allowed me to move past step 2 of the assembly instructions!

I glued in the cockpit and the lower wing assembly and discovered a few fit or alignment issues, mostly from my previous gluing mistakes.  The two fuselage halves are quite flexy without the cockpit bulkheads installed and I don't think I was able to keep the halves in alignment as they dried.

Ended up with a gap on the port side of the cockpit between the headrest bulkhead and the side of the fuselage.  Tamiya putty to the rescue.

Also had a bit of step between the upper fuselage and the wing/lower forward fuselage assembly, noticable directly forward of the leading edge of the wing.

Lastly I haven't locked in on a paint decal scheme yet.  The kit came with decals for three aircraft all in the same paint scheme.  I'm sort of leaning towards the USS Ranger aircraft because it is a bit more colorful with the rudder stripes.  Any toughts?