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The Weekend Madness GB.

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  • Member since
    January 2015
Posted by TheMongoose on Saturday, January 2, 2021 5:21 PM

Bob that tractor is a beautiful thing! Wow you brought it to life.

In the pattern: Scale Shipyard's 1/48 Balao Class Sub! leaning out the list...NOT! Ha, added to it again - Viper MkVii, 1/32 THUD & F-15J plus a weekend madness build!

  • Member since
    March 2008
Posted by Caveman on Saturday, January 2, 2021 6:19 PM

Hey Guys.  A tractor?  That is awesome and a first for Weekend Madness!  Lots of great builds here.  It seems to get better every year!  Thanks Lewbud for hosting this event.  I look forward to it every year.  When I'm at the LHS rooting through the "bargain bins" I find myself thinking.........Could this be done in 48 hrs.?  Always an honor to sniff glue with you guys for a month or so every year!

Unfortunately for me, without an airbrush that I can trust at the moment, I fear that I am done with Weekend Madness for this year.  Just ordered two new brushes ( Merry Christmas to me ) so I should be back in business very quickly and may find my way over to the CAS group build.  Shameless plug intended Big Smile.  Again, great work guys!

 

With regards to the L-39, I had previously mentioned the landing gear.  The box art has great reference photos of the gear bays to help you detail the kit.  Then this is what the kit gives you.

 P1012048 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

That's right.  Three little holes to stick the gear legs into.  I know the L-39 is usually all closed up on the ground and actually has two sets of gear bay doors for FOD reasons but a little more than old Aurora type gear would have been appreciated.  The rest of the kit needed some work and was fun to put together.  The decals were among the best that I have ever encountered.  Overall this kit needed more time than I had and I would not likely choose an MPM kit for Madness again at least not in 48 scale.  Whatever picture you like for the front page Lewbud.

 P1012047 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

 P1012045 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

 P1012044 by Tim Bowers, on Flickr

Till next year guys

Happy New Year and see you in the forums!

 

  • Member since
    November 2003
  • From: Nashville, TN area
Posted by bobbaily on Saturday, January 2, 2021 6:22 PM

Freem & Mongoose-thank you-it was a fun build and I'd highly recommend it as a 'change of pace'-as you mentioned Freem, I think there might be a market for different tractors-I'd love to do a build of the old Ford tractor my grandfather had. On a similar note, I'm about ready to break down and grab an AMT bulldozer @ Hobbylobby in the near future.

Freem-great job on the Stuart-I need to add that kit to my stash.

Caveman-your L-39 looks great-I tend to shy away from airplanes for this GB-always more detail than I can handle.

Bob

 

  • Member since
    March 2008
Posted by Caveman on Saturday, January 2, 2021 6:24 PM

Well damn.  After posting the pictures I couldn't help but notice.........

the decals that I liked so much..........

I put on BACKWARDS on the wing undersides!Oops

 

I guess I had better hang it inverted!   lol

 

  • Member since
    July 2014
Posted by modelcrazy on Saturday, January 2, 2021 7:42 PM

What a great looking Stuart. Yes

Steve

Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

 

 

http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/

  • Member since
    June 2008
Posted by lewbud on Sunday, January 3, 2021 12:54 PM

Got the front page updated with Caveman's and Freems builds.  Any new builds this week?

Buddy- Those who say there are no stupid questions have never worked in customer service.

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