Rolling Shelf of Doom GB

badlanguage

If there's room for me to join I have a 1/144 Airfix Saturn V on my shelf of doom. I tooka hiatus after trying to get the F1 engines looking reasonable (and failing). But since 2019 is the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, I guess I need to finish it!

 

 

I can see why there is a shelf of doom for models.

The rear window sections of my supercub had to  be modified to look like the full size, I had to mask off the clear bits and fill in with putty so I can sand the very poor fit to the correct shape.

Anyhow it seems that the solvent in the tamiya putty blead under the masking and ate a 2mm wide section of the clear plastic. Now I need to somehow sand and pollish this way.

Theuns

WOW, that stincks!  I didnt know the Tamiya putty was that agresive.

Well I managed to get a bit of work done on the T-34.  Used the black/white technique and laid a base coat of 4BO green.  I used a 50/50 mix of AK Interactive Real Color acrylics, Protective 4BO and Russian Modern Green (see pic).  First time using this paint range and I'm not sure I'll stick with these colors for future Russian armor....just experimenting on this tank!  Then painted the spare tracks, ice cleats, saw and tow shackles dark brown with a little black stippling on them.  Last thing I did was to spray a couple of filters on it to give it some depth;  Sin Industries Brown for Dark Green and Green for Light Green.  

I also painted up the exhaust pipes, which I'll install at the end of the build:

Next I will give it a gloss coat so that I can apply the decals and washes.

I really like the paint affect that you created here and your exhaust pipes look great also.

Think I'm going to strat with a Fujimi A-1 that I never finished painting.

bufflehead

I also painted up the exhaust pipes, which I'll install at the end of the build:

Next I will give it a gloss coat so that I can apply the decals and washes.

 

I'm in. I have a Hobby Craft Grasshopper, needs the glass and some finishing touches. Also have a Revell 1/48 ME 262. Every once in awhile I'll pull it out and throw putty at it. I hate doing seams, and this one has canyons to fill. 

bufflehead

 I also painted up the exhaust pipes, which I'll install at the end of the build:

Next I will give it a gloss coat so that I can apply the decals and washes.

 

rust looks really nice. here is another quick technique i will try on the mufflers of a couple of "egg" tanks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wY1xhHy_1s&feature=youtu.be

68GT, hogfanfs, Wayne, thanks for the kind comments.  Sorry I haven't posted an update; the T-34 has since been glossed, decaled and an overall wash applied, but I got stuck on some other projects, so it's on a bit of hold right now.

Wayne, thanks for the video link!  That's a really cool technique and similar to how I do my exhausts.

Gentlemen, 

Here is where I had left off on my Japanese Type 4 Chi-To:

And here she is. I'm calling the tank finished.

I added the road wheels and tracks. I used the supplied tracks from Fine Molds, and I really do not like them. I could not find AM tracks for this tank. The stock tracks have no sag at all, and are extremely tight on the wheels. Plus I have a few floaties as well. So, originally, I was going to put this tank on a base with a Japanese Torii, but since it did not turn out that well, it will sit on it's own. I do have a figure that I will finish and then this build will be complete.

For my first tank build in over twenty years, all in all not too bad, and I did learn several new techniques.

Hope you enjoy. Let me know what you think.

WOW!  Great job on the Chi-To!  I like the camo job and the restrained but realistic weathering you did on it!  Personally I think the tracks look fantastic even without the sag!  Congrats on finally getting it done hogfanfs! 

BTW, is that bendy thing on the turret the radio antenna? 

Thanks for the kind comments, bufflehead. The bendy thing is a mount for a machine gun, that was conveniently omitted from the kit.  

Nice job Bruce.

Ernest, there is a reason these are shelf queens.

I actually have been working on my Saturn V. Still trying to get past the F-1 engines. They were just hard to get looking decent with the seam filling that needed doing. Here they are.

Then I remembered that all of the F-1's that flew had thermal protection (batting) on them! Time to hide the horrible seams! I 3D printed some blue things that I thought may look okay when covered with foil:

And added some wire where it needed (guesstimate):

And then aluminum foil.

Not perfect but good enough. Now I can get on with my life.

Looks good! 

I always say that some progress is always good progress.  Are you going to paint or weather the engines at all or just calling it as is?

I going with it as is, so the rocket will basically be a pre-launch configuration. Everything on the Saturn V was basically 'use once and then throw away' so I'm going for a newish look for everything. We'll see how it all turns out...

I never knew that these parts werent intended to be reused.  I've always seen photos of this stuff on display with people standing next to them not thinking it was used and thats why it looked the way it did.

@badlanguage, 

The foil on the engines turned out well. I'm looking forward to seeing more WIP pictures.

Thanks, hogfanfs! We'll see how the rest turns out, hopefully not horrible. 68GT, it's funny to think that out of a massive ~360 ft tall rocket, only the command module was meant to be recovered (but not reused). The Saturn V's two lower stages went into the ocean, the upper stages are either still flying around the solar system or were crashed into the moon, the lunar module's descent stages are still where they landed on the moon, the LM ascent stages crashed into the moon, and the service modules burned up in earth's atmosphere (I think).

Finally made some progress today on the Pzkw. 1-B:

Ed,

Could you go ahead and sign me up? Since I'm in a Mustang mood, put me down for a 1/72 Tamiya P-51. Your Skyraider is looking good.

Bruce,

Nice job on the Chi-ho! Congrats on getting it done.

Theuns,

Sorry to hear about the rear glass. You'll figure it out.

Ernest,

I like the look of your T-34. Can't wait to see more pics.

Badlanguage,

I was going to suggest you order some batted F-1s from Realspace Models, but you did a great job on those. You are correct about the SM's burning up over the Pacific.

Jump right in I'll fill you into the roster when I get home from work.

Well, crap!  It seems I spoke too soon about the Pzkw. 1-B being intact, not missing any parts.  I just discovered I am missing a major part, the lower front hull plate (Part 41 as shown in the photo).  Can any fellow modelers help a brother out if you happen to have a spare one of these, or know smeone who does?

That stinks, how tough do you think it would be to scratch build something to go in there?

AA, nice job finding the part! So glad you did, brings all the (moj o) back to the build!

Edit: Not sure why (moj o) is blocked?

Finally making significant progress: