Secret Santa 2020/2021 GB

You'll be painting in no time Mach1. It's looking good so far. How tough was the fit of the intakes and wing join to get together? I remember mine being a real PITA.

TheMongoose

You'll be painting in no time Mach1. It's looking good so far. How tough was the fit of the intakes and wing join to get together? I remember mine being a real PITA.

 

I have a little putty work first, but painting is coming up fast.

They both needed some material shaved off with an Xacto to improve the fit, and even then I needed to either clamp or otherwise hold the parts in place while the glue dried. The join that was the real adventure was the front fuselage to rear fuselage. Hopefully I won't have to redo any panel lines after I take care of the seams.

Good work on the 18 Chris. I'll get back to the LCS as soon as I get closer to the finish on the Akagi. That thing is one of those builds you love but just takes up soooo much time.

Laid down the base coat on the interior and the first coat of grime.  Next will be a filter of Raw Umber then a final filter of white for highlights. 

Chad that wash is definitely creating a realistic look. 

Mopar Madness

Laid down the base coat on the interior and the first coat of grime.  Next will be a filter of Raw Umber then a final filter of white for highlights. 

 

BK

Thanks guys. I still have a few layers of grime to go!

Dot filter of raw umber and yellow ocher applied to areas of shadow and highlight. This is the second layer of grime and I think it adds a lot of nice tonal variation to the side walls. 

Nice work Chad!  Looks great.

That half track looks great!

Mopar Madness

Dot filter of raw umber and yellow ocher applied to areas of shadow and highlight. This is the second layer of grime and I think it adds a lot of nice tonal variation to the side walls. 

 

 

 

BK

Superb work Chad. I love dot filtering and black basing.

Thank you everyone!

Interior is done.  Streaked, chipped, dusted, and resin dropped into the optics and gauges.  Time to start the exterior.  Yes, that's a cat hair in the first pic!  Second pic without the offending hair.

Mopar Madness

Interior is done.  Streaked, chipped, dusted, and resin dropped into the optics and gauges.  Time to start the exterior.  Yes, that's a cat hair in the first pic!  Second pic without the offending hair.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BK

Thank you Brandon. I don't do a lot of armor so I didn't know how far to take the weathering on the gun! 

WOW!

Thanks buddy! 

Chad that's some fine interior work there. Especially the wood grain or worn paint on metal look on top of that what looks like a storage box

Thank you!  Those were wood lids on those storage boxes. 

Back in the saddle.  By some stroke of insanity we decided now would be a great time for a new house.  So after selling our house in 4-hours, being homeless for 3-weeks, and by a stroke of luck landing a dream home without getting into a bidding war, I am finally back at the bench.  My SS Spitfire is #1 on the bench and I look forward to posting pics.

Beautiful work!  Love the chipping.

Thank you. Congratulations on the new home!

That interior detail is absolutely top notch, it is making me want to dig one out of the stash!

I started work on the Paladin last night, and have the tub assembled.  Each plane of the sidewall was a separate piece, 9 parts in total.  Thankfully everything ended up more or less square:

A lot of pieces to make a tub. Tough to make things square with that many potential problems 

Looks like your off and running with a good start. 

DiscoStu

Back in the saddle.  By some stroke of insanity we decided now would be a great time for a new house.  So after selling our house in 4-hours, being homeless for 3-weeks, and by a stroke of luck landing a dream home without getting into a bidding war, I am finally back at the bench.  My SS Spitfire is #1 on the bench and I look forward to posting pics.

 

BK

Glamdring

That interior detail is absolutely top notch, it is making me want to dig one out of the stash!

I started work on the Paladin last night, and have the tub assembled.  Each plane of the sidewall was a separate piece, 9 parts in total.  Thankfully everything ended up more or less square:

 

BK

Ok, Gents. I am closing on a new home today. I am moving across the state so I will be AFK for a couple weeks as I do this. I will catch up to each and everyone of you as soon as I get settled. I will begin my kit as soon as I can once I get my new cave established.

BK

Lots of new homes on this forum. That's awesome!