Weekend Madness GB 2022

Bill I'm in, i love this GB! I've saved a couple boxes back this year just for this. Ok swing for the fences, I'm going to do Tamiya's F-14A in 1/32 scale!

...NOTTTTT, fooled ya

let's go reasonable with Hasegawa's 1/72 F-2A JASDF to start with.

going to be a couple weeks till i can start but it looks like lots of cool builds to watch until then!

Ok, I'm done. 2.5 Hrs to spare. This one was more involved than I thought and deciding to fully paint the kit rather than go with the colored plastic it comes in was good call. I am very happy with it. I have never done any Bandai kits, let along a figure. Next one I do will be slower and I'll pose it up as I build it and fill the joints so it looks just that much better. All in all it's a great kit, fit was perfect throughout with no flash anywhere.

Painted with Vallejo and Alclad.

Thanks for hosting this, Bill. Lewbud, this one's for you.

BK

Well done BK!  

BK that's incredible!

Well done indeed BK-fantastic job on the metals!

Good work, BK!

Finished build posted.

Thanks for joining again!

Bill

Well guys, I got about an hour into my Hellcat build when I went upstairs to make lunch. I noticed something on the floor that looked familia. When I picked it up and looked, it was one of the upper wing sections of my Hellcat that had been mauled by my dog. I have no idea how it got on the floor so she could get it. I will look through my stash and see if I have anything I can build in its place.

Yikes, thats a costly horror story. Finding a replacement won't be easy. Good luck.

BK

Sorry guys, I got called away yesterday and just got back.  No way I can finish this one on time.  Will be back next weekend.

Love those Bandai kits.  They work out of the box but really come to life with a little paint.  Great job !

I started Friday afternoon.

Coming together.  The instructions said to paint the exhaust rust colored, but nothing I found shows that.  It was painted black later.

Fuselage together

Gloss black for decals

Most of the stuff underneath

The clear flat wasn't quite dry yet, so the nose looks a little shiny.

Done with an hour to spare.

Joining some of the rest of the collection.

Nice job SteveCB-I hate painting black but you've done a great job on your Nighthawk.

Looks great SteveCB!!!  

Great, Steve!  You've been posted on the "completed builds" page.

Thanks for participating!

Bill

Steve I love how you camouflaged it in that picture called fuselage together! Kick ass job on that paint for sure

Nice work, SteveCB. That is a kit that is scarce at best. Well done, it looks amazing.

BK

Thanks gentlemen, for the kind words. It was a fun build.

BK

Thanks guys.  Brandon, the figure is great.  I've never been brave enough to try a figure.

Started at 10pm last night.  Getting close to putting some paint on it.

So I thought I had lots of time after work tonight to finish this up so I ran an errand after work and stopped at the post office to mail something and my battery died.  I knew it was getting time for a new one and the recent cold weather did it in. 

Anyway, I also broke one of the tracks and the idler wheel on one side after finally getting home and starting on it.  Managed to get things reapaired, needs a few touch ups but I'm calling it done with a few minutes to spare.  Generally it was a fun build though.

My start up photo

Thanks for hosting this again Bill.  I had a lot of fun.

dwsrazor

So I thought I had lots of time after work tonight to finish this up so I ran an errand after work and stopped at the post office to mail something and my battery died.  I knew it was getting time for a new one and the recent cold weather did it in. 

Anyway, I also broke one of the tracks and the idler wheel on one side after finally getting home and starting on it.  Managed to get things reapaired, needs a few touch ups but I'm calling it done with a few minutes to spare.  Generally it was a fun build though.

My start up photo

Thanks for hosting this again Bill.  I had a lot of fun.

 

BK

Looks great and at that scale too.

Thanks for participating!

Bill

dwsrazor-nice job-I can't begin to think about attempting anything so small-and you did a great job to add.

I finally got started a few minutes ago.  I almost feel guilty about my choice (key word here is 'almost') but I needed a quick easy win to start.  Hope to add a few more before the end of the month.  Anyway, here is the start of the AFV Berlin Wall:

Just tried to post some pics but it looks like things have changed at Imgur....sigh....

Edit-ok...not as bad as I expected....case of brain fade...

Anyway, here are the starting pics-

Tamiya spray grey primer followed by Vallejo grey & black and white pre-shading.  Once this dries I'll find a Vallejo light grey in the rack and spray everything.  Hopfully follow later with a coat of Future and then tomorrow decal & weather.

Wow!  Looks like some nice work coming in!

Brandon - love the completed Mandalorian!  Can't believe you got built and painted it in less than 48 hrs!  The metal finish on the armor looks fantastic!

Steve - that's a sweeet looking F-117 and it looks great on the shelf!

Razor - great job getting the M12 in just under the wire, that's a fine looking 155MM GMC!

Doug - oooh sorry to hear about the Hellcat mishap.  When those things happen to me I totally lose interest in modeling for a few days....OK, maybe a few weeks!   I hope you'll stay with us and enter another kit!

Bob - a Berlin Wall kit?  I had no idea there was such a thing!  When I first saw the pic I thought that you had to paint your own graffiti, but then I saw the decals!  Does it come with figures?

I've been out of town since T-Day so I was unable to get started on the AMD35.  This coming weekend is when I plan to unleash the Madness!

Hey Ernest-yes, a Berlin Wall.  Not sure where I saw it first but I knew it would be one of those kits to try to restart building things-easy assembly and an opportunity to play with shading & weathering...in a short time frame. Doesn't come with figures but I would image someone with a 3D printer could come up with something....

Got the Future on last night and the decals & SolveSet this am-just need to let it dry, another coat of Future and then some weathering-oils maybe?

Added some random spray paint to try to give it a more realistic look-not sure if I'm happy with it but I can always redo later.  Futured and then added a Vallejo Matt Varnish to try to dull it a bit.  Tomorrow morning I'll add oil dot filtering/oil wash and/or dry brushing to finish up....at least that's the plan....

Looking good Bob.  Looks like a fun project.

Thanks dwsrazor-it is a fun project-of course, I can overthink it-soooo many options on weathering but yes, it has been a good starter for me.

Just finished reading 'The Spy Who Came in From the Cold'-good read and an inspiration for this build.

Having said that, this one is done:

Bill-again, thank you for running this GB-I look forward to this one every year.

Hopefully I'll dig something out for another go.

Cheers

We get so many unusual projects in this GB. Thanks for participating, Bob. Super model!

Posted to finished builds.

Bill

So I went into the stash room and a kit was on the floor (???).

Special Hobby 1/72 Yak 17. I think Dave (dwsrazor) may have given this to me for Secret Santa some years ago. 

I'm in! Start Saturday morning.

Bill