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>>6470887
the subject field is the other box anon

>>6470912
Eh, fuck it

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>>6470408
>Maybe use some more light on the photo, and you know, and argie plane, other than that looks fine.
yeah, my photo skills are definitely not the best, but what do you mean "an argie plane"

>>6470887
What sherman is that?

>>6470998
Nvm. Its the dragon right?

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1/25 scale Impala SS, 1996 I believe. Hood is drying! I painted it matte black for a mean look. I like it!

>>6470998
>>6471001
Pretty sure it's the Tasca/ Asuka version

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A really nice Sherman there. But then, this?

>>6470929
no don't fuck it, make the effort you cunt or don't fucking do it if youre incapable of not fucking it up.

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>>6471024

VERY cool! You know what I think you should do?

Do the RoboCop Ford Taurus!!

>>6471024
Really diggin the matte coat. Super smooth

>>6471124
Not sure if serious or trolling but they did make a Taurus model.. maybe I will!
>>6471126
Thanks bud, it's a Tamiya spray can!

>>6470974
I am bullying you for making an Argentinian plane.

>>6471187
Was about to ask you the same, that matte finish is impeccable.

>>6471523
heh.
I still have a pucara in the backlog and another sabre I'm planning to do on the alternate camo scheme
getting the proper decals is a bitch tho

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>>6470998
>>6471001
>>6471045
It's a dragon kit

>>6471063
How embarrassing :(
I'm still fairly new so thanks for pointing that out

>>6471704
For fairly new thats incredible

Generally speaking are 1/35 tamiya figures better than dragon figures or worse

>>6471594
I love the Pucará, looks like a mini A-10.
Have you though on an A-4? The white naval ones are really characteristic.

>>6471789
I think that depends on the age of the tooling, though I honestly haven't looked at any recent figures from either company.

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>try using micro mask on my 1/72 Hien
>stuff is the consistency of elmers glue
>have difficulty working it into sloped areas because it'll goop up at the crevices

Am I doing this wrong? It feels like it

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>>6471951
I did one for my first build, back when masking and applying gloss coats was some kind of arcane black magic to me
might as well do another one later applying the stuff I've learnt since then

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I made this about 12 years ago, all brush painted. Damn I feel bad about fucking up a 60usd kit, at least I won it in a raffle.

>>6472400
That doesn't even look bad, at least not in that photo.

>>6472400
Not sure if you are being ironic, but that looks pretty good, even more for brush painting.

>>6472400
Honestly thats fine

>>6472400
>B-baka! I...It's not like I'm good at modelling or something!
playing tsundere I see

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>>6470887
Rusty pickup box for a replica of my actual truck

>>6473147
Awesome. I want a cit of my work truck real bad

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>>6473177
Are you the anon with the suburban?

Also the engine is wired up. Do any other anons detail their engines on tanks or planes?

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>>6473266
That's me.

I love adding wires to engines.

>>6472400
No way that's brushed

>>6473299
That lil thing looks good! What's it for?

>>6472400
they should have canned the jolly roger along with the tomcats desu
it just doesn't look right on a hornet
even worse, imagine them on an F-35

>>6473366
I never had an airbrush (until now, and even then I still can't find a compressor) so I practiced a lot with a brush until I got the right consistencies and method to make it as smooth as possible. I can only weather with oils and fine brushes.

The problem with brush painting is that it will take about 10 to 20 coats to do something smooth enough while AB will only take about 2 to 3.

>>6473398

Agreed on the Hornet. Disgree on the F-14, it looked beast on it. Looked even better on the Phantom, like it was supposed to have it.

>>6473382
Ft-17 in 1/35. Not one of my better builds but I was pleased with the engine

>>6473450
>Disgree on the F-14, it looked beast on it
that's what I meant
they should have retired the insignia together with the F-14 and move to something else
it was just so iconic

>>6473527

Woops, Sorry. Was drunk.

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>Said it's was going to be finished before the last thread ended.
Welp.
99% done, waiting for stuff to dry and touch ups. It started raining pretty hard today and I don't know if it's gonna continue for a few days so final pics soon™

Build log album: http://imgur.com/a/SnAeM
Not much to say about this one as it was pretty standard weathering. I guess I'm a bit burned of doing tanks so I'm gonna clean my palate and build one of those ma.k suits I bought to get some variety, perhaps the aml-90 too before getting back to build the king tiger.
>>6470887
I really like this sherman, its quite tastefully done what I've seen in the pics
>>6472214
I use the vallejo one, I guess its pretty much the same, and use it in very thin layers if the surface is not "enclosed" or slopped but I rarely do that and mostly to make sure masking tape is sealing well rather than as the main masking. Try silly putty also as it sticks better

>>6473658
I think it still needs another filter or something. Contrat/colors is a bit high imo

>>6473671
It looks brighter in the pic than irl, also instead of doing light oils I should used a more tan or ocher palette and more shadows would made it look darker overall. I'm not gonna touch it more as I'm quite fed up with it, even if it looks quite good in the base I just have this one crossed now

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Finally bought it! Took a while to save up for it, but I just had to buy it before it sells out.

>>6473688
>+100$ wingnuts kit
I hope you're prepared to make a good job with it anon

>>6473675
Yea man Meng kits are like that

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>>6473704
Well, it comes with 3 in a single box and it wouldn't be the first one I build. I have this collecting dust as I got discouraged after multiple rigging lines broke with my homemade turnbuckles. But I got new supplies on the way and I will probably clean this one up and redo rigging with EZ Line.

Wood is done with brush and oils. But I got some uschi wood grain decals to try on the new ones.

>>6473727
Could you actually take a worse picture if you tried

>>6473735
I could, but your mom wasn't around to take a picture of.

>>6473727
>dust layer on a WIP
we've all been there brah

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Had this old dragon Maus built up for a while,but never got a camo I liked on it.wanted to try something different with it so I tried to base a camo off of the takom Maus box art. Think the green is a little to light and bright for my likening .what do you guys think?
>not finished with octopus camo
>tracks not painted
>no weathering yet
Is the takom Maus worth getting looks like the same mold or a close copy of dragons old mold of Maus?

>>6473710
Construction went pretty well but it just pissed me off towards the end, well, whatever as it's finished.
>>6473788
The Takom one is a new mold, running gear are workable tracks for example. Some anon was working on the takom v1 some threads ago.
Personally, if you already have this one build just finish it as the maus is a pretty simple tank without much detail going on, if you feel like doing the takom one for whatever reason feel free too

>>6473803
I'm a sucker for anything limited production or unfinished/prototypea. ( currently also working on an object 279, Ferdinand, e-50, and a kv-2 )
I saw a build video of the takom maus and it just looked so similar to dragon in how it's built I thought they may have just bought the mold.

>>6473818
>I'm a sucker for anything limited production or unfinished/prototypea
I guess we're gonna be friends then, I also have a thing for prototypes and "what if" stuff, I have a special edition of the king tiger almost finished (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1027407-ammo-mig-jimenez-a-mig-8500-1945-king-tiger) but I'm leaving it until I unwind with some other kits.
About the similarities, well its quite boxy so I suppose they ended with similar solutions. i don't know if the dimensions,etc are better in the new one maybe

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>>6473841
i remember seeing this kit. it's supposed to be a rework/simplification of the KT right?
I based my e-50s paint job off that style,but I made it look like they ran out of dunkelgelb halfway through painting it. (been working on it for two years might have to just get another one tracks are rubber band and a pain and tried so many camos. striped and sanded so many times I've lost some weld detail on the inner locking plates on front )
Build was great but man I hate myself for screwing up the paint and the kit to some degree that much.

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If you need to make a radiator hose, use small gauge wire. I usually make my own.

That feeling when. you know that they won't make kits of subjects that haven't been given modes yet,but then you see 4 or 5 new tiger 1 kits coming out

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>>6474079
I feel your pain from a model car standpoint. How many 57 Chevy Belairs do they need to make every year?

Side note here is a small battery wired up, but not detailed yet.

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>Fujimi in charge of printing decals that fit
welp, seems this is a closed cockpit build after all

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>>6474231
Oh my, what kit is that?

Prinz Eugen nearing completion. Going to try to add some railing as well but my PE skills are pretty shitty. Also contemplating trying to scratch build a mast for the main super structure since the default one is really weak. Anyone got any good tips on how to make one?

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>>6474340
It's the 1/72 F-14
the situation improved after some tweezing and drowning it on decal set but still feels kinda shitty, specially since the cockpit panels were fully molded and felt like a waste

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>>6473658
Turned out pretty good. The spray problems you were seemed to be just a minor setback

>>6473675
Try taping a piece of toilet paper or a single layer of paper napkin to cover your light source. It should help diffuse the light and kill some of the hot spots. Thinner is good. It just needs to filter the light a bit.

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>Trumpeter 1/35 Hotchkiss H.38 in Girls und Panzer universe, working on crew

I cleaned up the collar and put the bow tie in, building up a little more material around the top of the collar. After getting a decent thickness to the neck and trimming it back, I'm leaving it alone for when I glue the head in place. I'll build up and shape the neck in before putting in the hair (still open to suggestions. So far, I only have "poofy" as a request.
Don't mind the weird coloring to the head. I put down some paint to check for imperfections, then fixed it by building up material with brushed on acrylic. It probably would have gone faster if I had used a good heavy gloss for the first layer of corrections.

Not a lot of movement on the tank itself. I flipped the exhaust around and trimmed it after studying real examples of the tank. I need to scratch build a support bar for it, since the kit didn't come with one.

>>6473658
Those mufflers look damn good dude! How did you do that? I need some tips for mine.

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>>6473266
It's a nice little detail if it can be seen after, so why not?

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Apologies if this is the inappropriate thread but anyone have this book? "Takuji Yamada's Diorama Works". I just found out about this guy and his stuff his fucking awesome from what I see online.

I bought 2 sets of resin aftermarket detail sets.
So far i rarely did anything with resin or metal and always used cheap superglue from the 99ct store but its nozzle isn't very thin so i probably end up gluing my detail parts anywhere but where it should go.
Can you recommend me a good brand of superglue that actually is properly useable for modelling?

>>6474959
Just place the glue with a knife or something

>>6474959
Yo I just use Locktite or Krazy glue and they work for me! Hobby stores also have "Zap CA" glue that is super glue either thick, thin, or extra thin. Use them all the time.

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Little engine is ready to run almost!!

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>>6474959
make yourself an applicator out of sewing needle and some dowel

>>6474959
>>6474964
I use a tooth pick. the cheap stuff and the superglue gel which I suspect is the same as
>>6474966
zap ca thick.

>>6474973
Meant to say
>thicc

>>6474959
not this anon but in a similar problem:
how do you friggin cut the resin off the mold?
I've already fucked up one kit by being a dumbass

>>6474993
a small sidecutter isn't working?
what did you use?

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Off to a fresh start
>>6473878
There's two options:
>March 45 specifications: new motorbay (only kit with this one ootb), tracks and some other simplifications
>July 45: 105mm gun, turret mods and most of the above stuff (I have the box under the table in a pile and can't be bothered)
I did a """"review"""" of it when it came out: http://imgur.com/a/skdsQ
And my progress so far: http://imgur.com/a/asqgu
About your e50 once you decide what you wanna do better buy a new kit as this one is pretty thrashed and the kit is pretty cheap anyway, the run out of paint is a nice idea but the execution I don't like it as it looks more like there was something there that fell off than anything. Perhaps doing it more in tho the middle?
>>6474396
Thanks, I doubt I will touch it up, it needs some mud on the inner part from the front as it's more visible than I thought but fuck it. Maybe before taking final pics and delivering it.
Did the yogurt academy girls even appear in any material? or you're doing Yukari? I can't say much about the mini as it falls pretty far from anything I have comment worthy experience but looking forward to see her done. Do you have the eyes decals too?
>>6474729
Thanks, I find this method the best to do rusty mufflers (images in the link of the char post).
>Base color with rusty toned acrylics
>Ammo mig "earth effects" dark mud enamel layer. This is a nice color and has a slight texture
>while the enamel is wet apply track rust and light rust pigments
>check once dry and clean up/add more at your discretion
>black pigment for sooth (duh)
Looks on scale rust, easy to do and control the results and pretty tard proof overall
>>6474959
A needle for CA (also makeshift applicator with surplus PE cut for whatever you need shape) and a hobby saw for the resin?

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>>6475046
Pic related type of saw

>>6475048
i have such a saw, but its way to big for all the tiny parts. a scalpel will do just fine i guess

>>6475063
It depends on the pieces of course, a blade, old wire cutters and a saw are basic cutting stuff for resin, a dremel also but that's a higher investment.
The saw, there's smaller ones able to fit on the handle of the knife for example, puts less pressure while cutting and avoid most damage to fragile parts, that said it also depends on how hamfisted people are as I've seen massacres of easy to cut stuff by complete retards that didn't even know how to prepare a good surface and grip for the pieces.
And wear mask! (in case you don't know that dust is pure cancer)

>>6474959
I like the loctite with the precision nozzle/squeeze

Found anywhere

>>6474993
Side cutter for small parts, razor saw for larger parts

>>6474964
>>6474966
>>6475046
>>6475088

Thanks for all the advise.

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>>6473841
>I have a special edition of the king tiger almost finished (https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1027407-ammo-mig-jimenez-a-mig-8500-1945-king-tiger) but I'm leaving it until I unwind with some other kits.

So that thing isn't finished. Guess my Zero might not end up all that left behind then, despite first now the Vasa and then the kit I'll be tossing in between the two.

Speaking of Vasa, anyone know how to get dents out of really thin (vacuform?) plastic sails?

>>6475046
Yeah I'm not even going to pretend my e-50 came out even halfway decent. But yeah for what it is it relatively cheap so replacing it isn't a huge deal

Stupid question: how do you mask the interior cockpit on a plane? Fill it with cotton balls or something?

>>6475116
Use hot water, or a hairdryer. The heat should let you pop them out.

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Can anyone give me a recommendation on this kit? I know bronco has a habit of over engineering kits at times. the only reviews I can find are from guys who praise even the worst kits for not being that bad and a guy who every time I look into his builds or reviews he manages to have "issues " with any and every kit
>found it on sell for 49.99

>>6473841
wat. I didn't know Mig made tank kits.

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Think I'm finished putting the octopus camo on. Don't know if I realy like it yet( probably need it to sit for a week so I can see if I realy like it ) obviously going to need touched up if I do keep the color and scheme.

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>>6475896
For anyone interested this was my basis for the odd looking scheme. The circles look hand painted and kind of sloppy on the king tiger something I tried to replicate. Thinking of how large Maus is maybe should have done more circles of smaller size

>>6475913
Also more stripes. Maybe thinner though

>>6475919
I can't really find any pics of octopus camo aside from other models and one burntout Kt and a single kt from the side. May go back over Maus with a darker green to.

That's a problem with a tank this large all camos look odd on it especially a camo scheme this strange. I don't know if they would do smaller lines with more lines or just say to hell with it and make large line do to how large Maus was. I know camo was field applied for most schemes.

> damn im really feeling a dark green for this thing now

Anyone got a conversion/equivalent chart for paints that includes AK and AMMO? None of the ones I've came across have either of these two brands.

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Well fellas, it's been real, it's been fun. I gotta get back to college for my Bachelors degree. So the models will be packed up until winter break. Thank you for all the tips and tricks. Btw it's the model car Anon here.

>>6476513
you stopped at the most important part

>>6476513
Go hard man, all the best with your studies.

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i cleaned the pieces a bit and it looks less intimidating already

Question for anyone who knows. Between trumpeter and takom who has the better kv-5? Currently leaning toward the trumpeter kit after hearing of fit issues on the takom model

>>6476613
All of the resin stuff I've gotten has been extremely hard to cut or sand.

>>6476613
Good you cut it out, but what the fuck is it? looks like a conversion for some wwII german afv

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>>6476922
Its an upgrade set for an sdkfz 251 to make the /22 version.

>>6476930
Can't wait to see the build man this is one of my favorite 251 varieties.

>>6476930
I think that version has several plastic kits but going put of the box is quite entertaining too.
Ditch the resin muzzle brake and get a turned metal one from aber or whatever as that thing just look like an unworthy pile of problems awaiting

>>6476949
It does in 1/35 (and probably in 72 too). But not in 1/48. I'll see what can be done about the muzzle brake.

>>6476946
Yes, its one of my favorite WW2 vehicles too.
I'm still waiting for the base kit. I ordered the resin parts in France dircetly from Gaso.line and the Tamiya kit from a hobby retailer here in Germany at the same day. Hopefully it arrives with the mail tomorrow.

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>>6476961
I don't know if you know this but you could get a kit of that version of the 251 it just sells out all the time. But hey if your doing it the way you want more power to you.best of luck with the build

>>6476970
That is 1/35 though. I prefer to build 1/48.
Thanks though.
I'll post more pics once i get my halftrack kit and get started.

>>6476977
Sorry my mind automatically goes to the scale I build in. Hope you have fun my man

>>6476513
>Believing that you just drop all hobbies and fun in pursuit of education
>What is time management and a balanced lifestyle

Why not just give up on exercising and looking at your phone when that's time you can be using aoebt studying

>>6477395
He probably lives jn a dorm you goof

>>6476528
lil turbo will be there when I return!
>>6476558
Thanks dude, it's going to be a rigorous year!
>>6477395
I just know that once I pick one up it's hard to put it down. They can sit and wait, but a 5+ hour workload a night cannot just sit on a shelf.
>>6477483
Yeah dorm life too!

How do you guys hide your hobby?

I'm asking because usually in movies, those who are retarded or mentally disabled build scale models.

I'll bite as I'm bored, so amuse me.

>>6477515
>t. >>6470745 model maker
What did you mess up this time buddy?

>>6477515
actually I'm constantly instagramming and sharing my build photos and completed kits and everyone enjoys them a lot
if you come off as mentally challenged because of a hobby, then it's probably not the hobby

>>6477623
>tried to set up insta to show off models
>tips, builds
>maybe get some free sponsor kits outta the deal
>5 minutes in see my exgf on insta
>delete account, uninstall app, cry myself to sleep


Why, toy. Why?

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/971c66wpst1pe/Weather

>>6477710
good work

>>6477710
The WW1 issue was so goddamn inspiring and I wish I could redo my FT17

>>6477776
yea, this mag always makes me feel really shitty about my work

>>6477483
I live in a dorm, with my airbrush and all.

>>6477515
If you are embarrassed of your hobby, you are doing it wrong.

>>6475046
>final pics and delivering it.
Are you building it for someone?

>Did the yogurt academy girls even appear in any material?
No official characters have been shown yet, as far as I know. There's some fluff available in various books though, and they appear only in the battle results in the TV series.

>or you're doing Yukari? I can't say much about the mini as it falls pretty far from anything I have comment worthy experience but looking forward to see her done.
It's a custom job. Non official character. I will build a Yukari at some point though. Part of my building a custom character is to get a bit comfy with some elements.
I'm also posting some notes on my process in case anyone was interested and on the off chance someone could come away with something to put into their own knowledge base.

>Do you have the eyes decals too?
I do have eye decals. At first I wasn't going to use them but then decided it would be a tremendous pain in the ass not to. So, yeah, I'm going to go ahead and use them. Extra eye decals could be purchased too, which I ordered recently on eBay. Hopefully they fit..

>>6474780
I have a magazine somewhere with his stuff. Maybe a different book too. He does some interesting stuff but also some pretty freaky stuff too.

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>Trumpeter 1/35 Hotchkiss H.38 in Girls und Panzer universe, working on crew
I wasn't going to post about it yet but since I'm making a post anyway, I may as well.
I attached the head and finished up the neck by applying Tamiya white putty thinned with Model Master Thinner for Metalizer, applied with a brush. I used a fresh blade to carve and scrape out the details.
Might need to do another pass but that will wait until after I put a complete cover of primer on.
Was going to sculpt in the hair but there were some adhesion issues, so I laid a thin layer of putty on the scalp instead, hoping a two layer affair will improve the surface.
Took a pic of the fig but Photoshopped some hair in as a study/plan/guide.

>>6477515
I don't hide my hobby but it comes up rarely in conversation unless the people I talk to actually share the interest.
Also, you forgot those older, distinguished gentlemen. Like grandpas, dads, and uncles.

>>6477515
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEC7dsFlvIE
>You just called Peter Cushing mentally disabled

>>6477395
Why does it upset you so much that someone is having a break from the hobby?

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Finished this guy last night and started the aml-90 too which is less pleasant than I thought (not that is bad but some fuck ups could been avoided by both parties)
>>6478050
Yeah it's for a present, that I don't think will be too appreciated but whatever.

Painting anime eyes is almost impossible at that scale so decals are a must if you go for that aesthetic. But be careful they don't end looking late 90s early 00s P A N O R A M I C E Y E S.
I asked because outside of the ones in the anime and the movie afaik little is know of the other schools for uniforms and paint schemes so I wondered if something else had info about those as I wanted to do a Azul school emblem.

>>6477685
>take pic of a WIP after struggling a lot with painting and glueing of microscopic stuff no one will ever see in the final build
>jokingly add #Autism as a tag in order to reflect this ironic situation
>get followed by several autism awareness sites afterwards
hope they like the models at least

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>>6478445
Yeah, there's material out there for Blue Division

http://gup.wikia.com/wiki/Blue_Division_High_School

>>6478461
Lol

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R8 my jug

>>6478941
47/10

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1993 Monogram kit with eaglecraft decals

>>6478941
masking_tape/10

>>6478941
>>6478943
hello, fellow handbrushing brother
the build is nice, but next time you do a masking job try doing a single layer of the base color first (in this case, the bare aluminum) before painting the other colors
that way, you'll seal the masking tape and the lines will end up being sharper
you'll get a raised bump between the colors since there's more material under the painting, but it can be smoothed out with some crafty sandpapering or even varnished out of existence

>>6478941
Pretty terrible but a few thinngs could easily make it better. Paint the fuseage. Paint the guns. Add a wash.

>>6478969
Not him, but this is actually really smart. Thanks.

Are there any 1/12 scale military kits that I don't need to sell my left nut to afford? The lowest I've seen for any vehicle in that scale was ~60 dollars, but for tanks and planes they're much higher.

Are there any paint brands that are pre-mixed for brush painting? I've built a few model kits but they're all unpainted because the one that I did try came out like an abortion.

Using Tamiya acrylics, it might also be a case of me just using really poor quality brushes as well, although it's more than likely me just being a complete idiot. I've got no idea whether I should be thinning acrylics with water or spirits, either, because forums tell you both things and people who talk like they know the answer argue with each other.

Also, I've been looking at some getting a mechanical model of some kind. I was looking at the Hayne's V8 engine but it has an electric motor and LEDs that make it look really cheap and tacky. Are there any recommended scale mechanical models?

>>6479723
try watching paint thinning videos on youtube. It's one thing to read about what it should look like, it's another to watch someone thin it properly.

>>6479723
Dont use tamiya acrylics for brush painting if you are a beginner. They would have a warning label if it didnt hurt sales. If you can only use the acrylics, get some retarder, and add 10% to combined paint and their proprietary thinner. Used that method last night to touch up an entire model.

If you must use tamiya to brush, but can avoid the acrylics, use their enamel range. The taller square bottles have the same internal volume so you aren't buying less and they can be thinned with white spirits, turpentine or their proprietary X20 thinner. They turn out much better when brushed, and I use them to paint small details all the time by brush. Hell I used tamiya enamel to brush paint some details on the same model I mentioned earlier.

Otherwise use literally any other brand of acrylics and you'll have much better results brushing. Just dont go for model air or something specifically thinned for airbrushes and you'll be fine.

>>6479728
Cheers, I've only got half a dozen or so paints so it's not too much hassle to get another brand.

Seems it would be easier just to swap brand than to get all that other shite to try and get the tamiyas to work.

Are there any recommended brands? Like I said, I haven't painted at all so not sure what's a good brand and what's good value.

>>6479343
Not really, no. Especially if you consider 60 to be expensive

>>6479753
Vallejo is excellent for brush painting. Testors model masters acrylic is good too

>>6479753
I had great results using mig stuff

Probably a stupid question but anyway: can I do preshading (as in darker close to edges etc) and at the same time do edge highlighting through drybrushing a lighter shade than the basecoat at the same time or would it look weird?

>>6479753
For brushing I prefer enamels, but they tend to smell and be harder to use since they require spirits to clean and thin. However they do have self levelling qualities and dry relatively fast. The cure time is longer than acrylics, but you will need to be patient either way. I cut my teeth using revell enamels, but vallejo acrylics work well.

>>6478819
Fuck I feel retarded for not just googling the gup wikia anyway
>Tactics: blah they prioritize speed and breaking enemy lines blah
Well, if the blue division was know for some kind of tactic it was to hold the line no matter what, if they failed it was because they were all dead like in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Krasny_Bor and overall good performance (Hitler's non German official best boys) despite the low numbers, although being an infantry division I don't know how that would translate to jap high school girls doing tank combats. Enough sperging, what I wanted to highlight is
>had a sort of upgunning fetish
This girls have earned the upgunned king tiger and my heart, now I have to think how to make a decal of the insignia
>>6479723
You can use tamiya paints (I did for years an without thinner) IF you live somewhere with a high relative humidity like japan or as I found out scientifically this summer after the char 2c debacle, my town. To thin them you need as other anons pointed out their thinner X20A or you can use isopropyl alcohol too.
Vallejo is really good for brush application (both regular and air, which is only pre-thinned and with a bit of flow enhancer) and can be thinned with plain water, ammo mig and ak too but some of their paints are really hard to hand brush, xb-518 russian green from mig for example, at the same level of airbrush results.
>>6479834
I guess? it won't look like airbrushed tho as the blending will be weird but maybe it can work out. Why don't you try it in a spare piece?

>>6479849

I don't know if you misunderstood me, the preshading would be by airbrush.

>>6479852
So post shading?

>>6479852
>>6479854
Okay, re-reading your post and adding some imagination you want the shadows and highlighting of pre-shading, then cover it in a translucent paint job so it works out and then add on top what? More highlights and shadows?

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>>6479857

By edge highlighting I mean like what's done to the edges in the image, on the blue.

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>>6479867
"for what purpose" is what comes to my mind, but then I did something like that in pic related to blend the oil post shading later, no pre-shading done in my tho as I prefer post-shading and I don't like much how pre-shading looks (each to his own and when well done it looks quite dramatic and eye catching). But rather than dry brushing it I painted it as carefully as I could and also apply it to raised details so they pop-off more later with all the weathering.
(album so you can see what I meant with post shading with oils http://imgur.com/a/1UoMQ)

The thing is that it depends on the volumes of what are you're working on and what look you're going for so it doesn't look too cartoonish or weird, so try it as I can't image it in your project, and personal satisfaction is what really matters in the end

>>6479783
No, what I consider expensive is 500+, I was just putting it out there because of the massive difference in price.

>>6480023
Dude if a 1/35 tank goes for more or less 60€ don't you think that your doll super size scale will scale quickly in price?
Even if not taking into account the niche (for scale models) scale, just by the materials and molds it would go at least for 400€ (going low on the price of the upcoming tamiya 1/16 static abrams) if not even more

>>6480032
I understand the scaling of the prices and whatnot, but vehicles in the same scale have such varied prices ranging from $100 all the way to the 1000s. Usually vintage cars are on the cheaper side of that, but I wanted to know if there were any options for specifically military vehicles on the lower end of that spectrum.

>>6477710

Is the desert issue fucked up for anyone else? A bunch of pages don't work for me.

>>6480079
It's fucked.

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so, I'm the guy with the F-14 build and I'm currently trying to figure out if there's a way to make the radome piece removable
as per pic related, the kit offers the possibility to have the radome either open or closed, but either choice is permanent (by cutting along the red line)
do you have any ideas on how to turn it into a hinged/removable position?

>>6480179
Magnets or run a wire trough the plastic

>>6480179
You "simply" chop off the red marked bit, and build a proper functional hinge there.

Or maybe the bit off to allow the radome to be put on, then put magnets in the radome and behind the radar, and accept the innacuracies this means.

>>6480179
Make a hinge dog

>>6479879
So drybrushing?

>>6480455
meant for >>6479867

>>6480461

Yes, like I said in my first post...

>>6480461
you can use dry brushing to edge highlight but it's not the same thing, it's messier than doing the lines manually

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i am dying here from my own stupidity. how do i fix the overspray and spaces between the colors.

>>6480471
Are you asking if you can use dry brushing as a form of preshading?

Neva been dun befo

Don't dry brush, just spray a light color

>>6480504
Get a brush and start fixing

>>6480504
Masking and airbrushing again or retouching with a brush, ain't that hard to figure out lad. Also from what hellish hole is that tacky camo supposed to be from?

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>>6480514
Sudan.

Question about paints:

Tamiya USA's on-site guide about their lacquer primer talks about using it with Tamiya acrylics for a harder, sandable finish.

Does it also mean the lacquer-ified Tamiya acrylics can take lacquer paint layers sprayed on top of it?

What's the best varnish to use with Alclad, their own stuff?

Bout to buy some Vallejo paints to brush paint some 1/35 WWII US Infantry. Should I buy Vallejo Air so I can use the rest of the paint bottles later in my airbrush? Will they cover the infantry figures ok with brush painting?

Or do I buy Vallejo Model Colour range and try to thin it later if I want to airbrush something in future?

>>6480554
>>6480504
Aren't your colors a little bit too bright? Like, a LOT too bright/saturated?

>>6480927
>Or do I buy Vallejo Model Colour range and try to thin it later if I want to airbrush something in future?
This.

Using both Vallejo MC and MA, and MA are not that fun to work with hand brushing. They'll do the job fine, but since they are slightly over-thinned for an airbrush they dont stick that well with a brush and you'll need multiple layers.
MC can easily be diluted to fit airbrushing (with water or their airbrush thinner) and are much comfier to use with a brush, given they are diluted right.

>>6480506

No, and I don't see how there are so many misunderstandings.

I wanted to know if I could do pre shading (done by airbrush by using black paint onto the primer in certain areas before putting on the base coat) as well as the edge highlighting (done after the base coat by normal hand brush) on the same kit without it looking weird.

>>6481053
Thanks mate, perfect.

>>6480482
yeah, but look more naural

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>>6480504

>>6481056
Yes. Thats what literally everyone does

>>6481170

Well then I'll consider my question answered, thank you.

By the way, how long should I wait until masking over vallejo paint with tamiya masking tape? A day?

>>6481209
A couple hours. Vallejo is very brittle in my experience so prepare for the paint to be lifted. Might not hurt to put a thin layer of clear over it

Anyone know a hobby shop in or around Baltimore? I can't find shit since Hobbytown closed in Prkville.

>>6481369
Alternatively, how about near charlotte nc?

>>6481007

His photo set up does not help at all. I wouldn't judge colors under that premise.

How many of you guys stray away from historical accuracy while building/painting? I haven't seen too many heavily customized kits beyond things accurate to the time period

>>6481734
well, for me being accurate as possible is part of the charm of scale modelling
researching, referencing old pictures, finding out specs and deployment data... what's not to love

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After building the stuff I had around I started again the king tiger. Primed everything except the turret as I had to wash it due some weird green shit that appeared on it that went away with soap and water.
I'm at the middle of the mr. surfacer bottle despite only doing two tanks with it so either this thing is pretty inefficient or I don't poorfag enough thinning it more (I do 3 parts mr surfacer 2 lacquer thinner), gonna leave this thing for kits with heavy multi materials and do regular jobs with vallejo again.
>>6481734
I do, your question englobe too many variables (from doing a project tank to building some crap from scratch) but I guess all my build except the tiran5 and char2c fall in your description. I like to go my way but keeping it plausible of based on real stuff as that's really fun and keeps me more entertained than anything else

>>6481056
Well you could have worded it that way from the start. The answer is YES.

>>6481455
Yeah, I know, but still

>>6481734
I like to take some liberties with my kits, as in I like to represent all the strange quirks and cool features but I won't go bananas if a handle is wrong or the color scheme is a bit off.

>>6481734
I did a P-51 up in my own Reno livery once, and I'll exaggerate the shading sometimes just to make it more visually interesting. That's about it really

>>6481789
>>6481798
>>6481840
>>6481873
Thanks for the replies: It's interesting to hear about the differences in you guys' builds

Why are Academy decals such DOGSHIT

>>6481734
If I want to build something, I need to have an idea I want to see come to light or I want to replicate something I like.
You should always take inspiration before starting, in my opinion having something to help you visualize the finished model is the most important part of making a kit. It's having a target to aim at and knowing your limits as builder/painter and knowing what you have available to make it a reality.

As for historical accuracy, it helps to know what the model you're painting looked like, however you paid for the damn thing paint it a way that makes you happy, you took the time to make it.
What's the point of adhering to autistically strict historical accuracy if you don't like the way it looks.

>>6481951
Because academy is dogshit

>>6482020
I honestly couldn't agree with you more

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Here's a shot from an old diorama I made, found it digging through my phone.

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>>6482269

>>6481734
I'm no rivet counter but I make sure the camo/paint scheme/decals are accurate to a certain time and setting.

>>6482269
>>6482274
I like it man. Looks a little clean for a workshop but other than that it looks great.

How do you guys dry fit figures to check for posing etc? Blu tac or something similar?

>>6482274
I like the box of magazines, nice touch.
I think the table could do with dirting up, oil stains paint spatters etc.
and the wall could do with either a nudie poster or some license plates

>>6475896
Weather your kits please :(

>>6478941
Man, last I checked they didn't make a Tesla version of the P-47. Please add exhaust stains. / 10

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>>6482727
>>6482784
Last dio I did had signs around the shop, and nudie posters. But I thought it was too cluttered.
On a side note here is an old junker I did.

>>6482900
Exhaust came out the bottom you tard

>>6482896
Thats just the base camo you caveman

>>6481832

Oh, so you can tell colors are off even when highly enhanced by over exposure. Yeah okay.

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Okay anons as you like discussing colors so much maybe you can be useful for once.
Pic related, dominant color is resedagrün and then the complementary one of those as I wanted to go on a more exotic colorway and already did a octopus camo with resedagrün and dunkelgelb and now I want something more eye catching.
Left to right:
>RAL8012 rotbraun, "interior red" comonly used as red primer (wrongly)
>Red primer light base, can be added red or orange to liven it up a bit
>RAL8017 schokobraun, the usual camo color

It hasn't dried in the pic but you get the idea, I'm quite divided right now in which to use. If I do it with rotbraun I can always put darker colors easily tho but I'm not sure desu

>>6483141
Are you aiming for an official development of the octopus camo, something the tank crew slapped on with whatever they had available, or?

>>6483170
I was going for a variation of the octopus camo with a more "gotta get it out as the commies are at the door" at first but then I thought that it could just be octopus but with brown. And basing the camo on green as per last orders so it would be either out of the factory with literally what they had around or more elaborated if I used schokobraun

>>6483179
Factory rushjob sounds like your third colour would be red primer.

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>>6483184
I guess but as for now I'm just going for "looks" as I feel red primer and that green can look like a kick in the balls or interesting. Right now I'm doing a base coat with a mix of rotbraun and red primer and see how it goes in a mini test

>>6483198
Fuck it looks red as fuck in the pic, irl comes close to a reddish middle color of >>6483141

>>6483198
>I guess but as for now I'm just going for "looks" as I feel red primer and that green can look like a kick in the balls or interesting.

It will take some filters and weathering.

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>>6482932

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>>6483198
Quick test, I see some potential but not even myself knows what to say really.

>>6483118
Last time I checked I wasn't asking you tho

>>6483285
It looks really cool tho.

>>6483198
My god dude how many builds do you have going

>>6473658
Doesn't look very real. Has too much wear.

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>>6483629
t. garage queen brainlet
Wear? He only put mud as far I can see. Pic related is just from driving around in demonstration.
Another question is why is dirty as that thing afaik was never used and just sat around I guess

So I go a friend into model building with a HG Gundam Ball twin set together we built together. She's interested in more, and asked me if I know of any good pirate ship kits. It's a little bit outside my wheelhouse because I'm more of a Gunpla guy, but what are you guy's suggestions for good beginner ship kits?

>>6483787
I think Lindberg makes a pirate ship. Revell might also. Check their websites, both are probably a little pricey.

>>6483787
Does it specifically have to be a pirate ship? The only one I know of if Revell's 1/72 - but it's enormous, expensive and complex.

Revell also make an HMS Bounty that has a similar aesthetic, is a little simpler and a lot more affordable. The real one had a mutinous crew if that counts for anything

What's the deal with orange box kits?

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>>6483644
You just proved my point, your photo is from a tank demonstration. They have to add artificially created mud just for the demonstration.

Now I'm posting a photo of a tank from an actual war.

>>6483897
Not him, but you do know the muddy fields of France =! dry outskirts of Iraq right?

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Need some advice here. I'm building the Hasegawa 1/72 F-16D. The instructions call for a 3-tone scheme of FS36118 (Gunship Gray) and FS 36270 (Medium Gray) over FS 36375 Light Ghost Gray. However, all later-model F-16s that I've seen use only 36118 over 36375. Is this three tone scheme actually real, or is hasegawa just imagining a color difference between the upper and lower sides of the plane?

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>>6483995
http://www.f-16.net/units_article190.html

>>6483997
>http://www.f-16.net/units_article190.html
Ah, thanks. Digging deeper it looks like it's the late 80s viper scheme (the streak of gunship gray on the vertical stabilizer gives it away), which fits the 1987 print date on the instructions.

>>6484019
glad I could help, looking forward for your build!

>>6483629
Early tanks had even worse maintenance routines than modern vehicles.

>>6483897
>Europe is a desert
>neither he knows who's general winter
>post a pick of a modern tank in a base doing pog stuff in da dezert
>doesn't even try to post something real like Siria or WWII france that comes close to >>6473658 tank
>muh scenario stands
Dude running my fucking car through a unpaved trail gets it dirty as fuck, if it rained then it can get really fucked up. Go outside and do something and you will quickly see how dirty stuff gets, then imagine that you have to move 15km more and that some people might shoot at you and you get the idea of cleanliness.

>>6483897
>an actual tank

Any recommended Youtube channels?

Currently subscribed to Plasmo and Quick Kits

>>6484316
If you like building cars, The Scalemodeling Channel is fantastic. I don't build cars because I lack the confidence to do a good finish, but this guy is making me want to do my first.

Scale-A-Ton is brutal for long model kit building videos, great camera work and up close for you to see what they are actually doing.

>>6484316
paul budzik
it's got the added bonus of being comfy as fuck

>>6484316
>>6484325

Figured I should include the links
https://www.youtube.com/user/xrcflash

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2UPftBhkCUwQyCGSQxCbNQ

just want to brag and shitpost a bit.
so, i've spend last 1,5h trying to wash this new 1/100 maus from zvezda. everything was ok until i reached side armor. i have inhaled so much lighter fluid that i'm bit afraid not only to smoke a cigarette but even to fart. weld lines in them are so shallow and wide that wash didn't want to stay in them. if anyone of you guys is planning on doing this kit, scribble them.

>>6484325
>>6484330
>>6484331

Cheers fellas, I'll give them a look. I'm also looking at doing a first car soon, maybe an AE86, so the car channel should be good start.

>>6484316
Scale Model Aircraft
Andy's Hobby Headquarters
Carsten the Tightheadprop
Scale War Machines
MakingModelsAgain
ModelChili Scale Models
Modellours Workshop

>>6484316
>>6484433

Some good suggestions already.

Here are some more:
AFV models (inactive though, but still good videos)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1SVU1a7Q4VpdRkshQG8S7Q

Alex Modeling
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGYdi7QcyakmSvhbeF_uj-w

Kitmaker Network (they also stream on twitch)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUuQrCdgXbRmUDAXiro_Tpw

These two are not 100% scale modelling but focus more on miniature painting, but still provide good tutorials, especially for airbrush stuff:

Next level painting
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTfnfIY3Kyxcv8sWck4sxvQ

Doctor Fausts Painting clinic
https://www.youtube.com/user/ThePaintingClinic

>>6484440
Next level painting triggers me so much, he just seems like such a 'bro' in a bad way

>>6484458
yeah, the guy is quite strange, but he can paint and i think he is pretty funny to hear him talking once in a while. I wouldn't watch him for hours straight though.

>>6484460
I'm glad I'm not the only one. A lot of creative twitch streamers seem to spend more time talking and showing off other people's work than actually painting now.

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I'm going for an ambiguous schokobraun/red primer color, it ended like color modulation but that's not my objective so I'm gonna keep going softly so the gradient is less noticeable. I guess this way the mix will be less hard to the eye.

>open thread
>see a ton of (you)
>huh, they might come up with some stuff about the colors....
>it's about the progress pic of the char
>>6483629
Perhaps you meant dirt? wear implies the tearing down of elements like chipping, missing pieces, rust and stuff like that. Mine only has mud and dust and rust in the mufflers. Also
>doesn't look very real
nani? what do you find unrealistic about the mud and weathering?
>>6483644
Just mud, they were just used as showpieces and moved around by train. I don't like clean tanks as I have a ton of those already and they are boring and too easy to do, just don't be an ape while painting put a wash and done.
>>6483879
They are regular smart kits with some related to the subject stuff added like infantry or weapons
>>6484235
>muh scenario stands
It's been awhile since I've read this on /k/

>>6484433

>Andys Hobby Headquarters
>[CLASSICAL MUSIC INTENSIFIES]

What paint have people used for painting Zero planes? I saw an airfix model in a sale bin and bought it, but the paints it comes with look horrible.

>>6484539
Tamiya makes all the paints available for the A6M in both acrylic and enamel, depending on your version.

You will need:
XF-11, XF-12 and/or XF-76 depending on the version
XF-71 for the cockpit interior

You will also need to source a black paint of your choice for tyres, guns, engine and miscellaneous stuff in the cockpit.

Finally you will need to get the required colours to replicate the anti-corrosion coating for inside the landing gear.
My go to is 30-30-40 mix of clear blue, clear green and gloss clear sprayed over a bright aluminium base; however you can get away with 3:1 ratio of metallic blue mixed with clear green.

Guddo rakku

>>6484539
Tamiya's XF-76 was made to suit the early zero. Some think it's a bit too pale and greenish, but it's pretty close at worst.

I think XF-70 was likewise made to be the deep green of the later zeroes. Checking the instructions for a Tamiya zero the belly is supposed to be AS-29, which seems to be more or less XF-76 in a rattlecan. XF-12 also appears to be something people use here, possibly an older idea with more recent research giving us XF-76.

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>>6484521
And done with the turret too, still has a pretty noticeable gradient but whatever as I have to paint a ton of wheels and think how to do the track assembly so I can weather it well
>>6483555
Thanks anon, I'll keep that scheme
>>6483612
Right now:
>king tiger: painting stage
>aml 90: waiting for primer
>ma.k seapig: waiting for primer

>>6484539
XF-76 is a common recommendation for early war zeroes, but I've seen people say it's too pale and has a green tint where it shouldn't. Vallejo makes a darker "IJN ash grey" as part of its model air line that's available individually bottled or as part of a set with other IJN colors. I've also heard some people say that even this isn't right and that the real color should be closer to RLM 02 (made by everyone that makes RLM paints). The last option seems a bit too dark and not red enough to my eyes. All depends on what you believe, I guess.

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>>6484616
>Experience the bad quality of late war german paints today! All available straight from the bottle
T-t-hanks mig

>>6484710
It's the little details that matter.

>>6484742
Curious thing is that the finish is good, as in smooth,even and gripping to details well but it looks like shit. My unfocused blurry pic barely shows the 50 shades of grey and wavy patterns.
Gonna investigate tomorrow what the fuck happened here, and just cover it with tamiya dunkelgrau if it still wants to be uncooperative

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This one just needs a paint job, lost a couple of small parts for the side skirts but this one was fun to put together, going to try and give it a winter camo.

>>6484815
I can see them from here buddy, fill those ejector marks in the sideskirts and the gaps in the hull if you lost them.
>going to try and give it a winter camo
Try or do?
Welcome aboard anyway

>>6470887
Turns out this build is from a pro modeler in 2011, not one of our anons.

We got bamboozled

>>6485041
>Pro modeler
>those gaps
>monochrome mud
>fingerprints
>brush marks in the dusting
It's good but there's been much better in these threads or the level of 2011 wasn't very high. Anyway I can't find that anon, and it's a "pretty serious accusation" in our vietnamese basket weaving forum tight community.
Close thing I've found is this:
http://litnik.in.ua/modeli/bronetekhnika/model-tanka-sherman-m4-6511-dragon-135-ot-ree
And op tank looks like a slightly improved version of that

>>6485064
Fuck. Maybe I'm wrong. I take back my accusation.

>>6484673
Yeah, RLM 02 is too dark. Vallejo's Ash Grey lacks the slight green tint, but like Tamiya is probably close enough for most cases. Sadly I guess the two wouldn't like being mixed with each other.

>>6478168
Looking sophisticated as fuck, as he rocks that silk cravat.

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Newest project. 1969 Camaro Z/28. Former dragster now left to rot. It will have a blown BBC (not what you think) and some monster slicks on the rear

>>6486114
This could be cool. Whats up with the logo?

>>6486140
I just wanted to have a cool logo for the photo. That's what I calling this project. "The Forgotten Z"

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>>6486172

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I thought mr surfacer would have better bite. Yesterday's problem was water in the air as even with two (2) fucking moisture traps it finds a way and that thinned or something the paint making pools and shit. This color is quite shitty too for what I've seen but it worked okay in the end.
>>6486114
This can be pretty interesting but get rid of the 15 yo effects and stuff lad, we want to see the model not that shit.

>sit down and set up for an airbrushing session
>fill H&S Ultra's cup with paint/thinner mixture
>check psi level on compressor
>hear a 'clink' and feel wetness on my leg
Fucking cup fell off the top of the airbrush, paint all over the desk, floor, and my shorts. Have to deep-clean the airbrush before using it now because the paint leaked into the mechanism.
Who the hell thought a non-screw in paint cup was a good idea?

>>6486385
>Who the hell thought a non-screw in paint cup was a good idea

People who aren't blighted with retardation presumably

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>>6486340
Gave it a coat of matt varnish as I don't trust the primer much now and I'm going to mask it quite a bit
>>6486385
How it's the cup held in place if it doesn't have a thread?

>>6486385
its 2 cups in one, a larger one that inserts into the smaller one. one for large area one for small amounts of paint.
>>6486454
held in by tension, he probably didn't push it in hard enough.

>>6486477
That's a pretty weird method to hold it, they should have put a bayonet style hold at least

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Making fender flares. 70s era period correct. Big tire street car. These will be cut down more but it's just a mock up.

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>>6486525

>>6486486
Agreed.
>>6486477
I did, but mine comes loose quite often for some reason.

>>6486529
sad to hear that. maybe just contact them out of interest, but that is one of the cheaper ones. don't know if its all hand made and tested like the infinity series are.

>>6486525
cutting up a classic, how very red neck of you.

>>6486565
People used to do it all the time in the 70s. Going for period correct and accurate to the style. No different then what people do with tanks. Accuracy.

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>>6486454
Feeling like pulling an all nighter so I'm going to start painting some small parts starting with the modified fg1250

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>>6486749
Still a lot of work on the fg1250 but it dries slowly, also the towing cables and some bars left to do.
Fucking WWII tanks carried too much shit spread everywhere, also some tatra fire extinguishers would be nice as those hand brushed squares and scribbles look pretty bad, might try to find and order some

>>6486454
I am really nailing those colors, looks so damn good.

>>6486749
>>6487034
Love that WWII infrared, feels so out of place yet it isn't

>>6484566
I would like to say that the XF-71 colour is a bit inaccurate as far as it being too green and not yellow enough. I found that tamiyas cockpit colour suits american zinc chromate interiors.

If you can get the Gunze used in this video works better in my opinion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6htH-axnj44&list=WL&index=14&t=130s&ab_channel=ActOnTV01

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Driver side needs a bit more sanding. Getting there

Well, I guess this is the first time my hands have decided to screw me over to the point where I can't even glue shit as I was hoping for. Sure, it's some fiddly shit, but still. Hopefully it'll pas sin a few hours.

Oh, and once again, as marvellous as the old GW satin varnish spray can has been for me, their new hardcoat is just cake frosting in a can.

>>6486114
Is the mixed white-green-red paint seen in suggesting that you're going for an old, rusty, patch-work look in the end?

>handbrushing
>have tamiya paints in the color range I need right now but it's a pain on the ass to apply with a brush
>just ordered some mig ammo in the same color range (and even a more accurate depiction since I won't have to mix and match different colors) but it won't be here for a week
I just can't decide wether to wait for the pain to arrive and start another build (and then have both in development hell until I sort my shit out) or just bite the bullet and apply the tamiya and hope for the best
what would /smg/ do?

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>>6487726
I'm not big on waiting, or multiple parallel builds.

>>6487726
If you have an itch to do something better start doing something, if the new paints will be better for what you need to paint then start building. I felt like building stuff and I did it and then mothballed those until the current stuff I'm painting is finished

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>>6486114
>>6486525
>>6486527

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My hands having grown bored of tetanus LARP I got some more work done adding the flagpoles so we can pimp this thing even further. There may be some other purpose to them as well, but let's face it, that's secondary at best.

>>6486525
>>6486527
Holy shit, your work space is the IKEA secretary right? I thought I was the only one with such a small working space...
Where do you keep the cutting mat? (considering you close the door of course..) I keep sliding mine in and out from the big compartment to the door and it's annoying as fuck...

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>>6487916
Nope, mine isn't the secretary, it's a little bit bigger desk! It's about 4 feet long and 2 feet wide, maybe a little more. I have no trouble using it for modeling/school work. It's the Malm.

>>6487771
Not sure if compliment or not.

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>>6487034
Half assed the masking as I though I wouldn't like the color combination but in the end I got carried away and did some ghetto color modulation, scale 75 paints are really good even better than other I might say but the pigment or something is too heavy and doesn't mix well with ammo but it can be done. I should have done a better masking but what's done is done.
>>6487376
Thanks lad, it's going to be mostly covered but it was interesting to do
>>6487379
This little fucker gave me a lot of troubles in the big lamp
>>6487847
>A_labor_of love.jpg
I'm glad to share thread with a man that keeps going on on such a project

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>>6488127
>>6487379
I had to strip the paint of the red lamp twice as it never looks good, now it's still drying but this is the last time even if it looks like shit.

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>>6488132
The rest looks okay I think, and the visor optic, even if hard to notice, is something I'm quite proud as it looks quite nice with a blue-black-red hue and glass shiny

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>>6488134
A lot of corrections to be done but I really like it, it would liked to do more masking and sharper shapes but I'm happy with it desu

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>>6488127
Quite a pale green there. Will be interesting to see how it looks under all the filters and weathering.

>I'm glad to share thread with a man that keeps going on on such a project
A bull-headed stubbornness leaning towards questionable sanity may help too. As an interesting historical parallel, the Swedish chancellor back then was of the family Oxensterina, "Ox brow".

>>6488196
That is gonna look really interesting, good job.

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>>6488196
Are you going for something like pic related?

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Yes or no to the motor bay cover in primer? I also have a ton of stuff to repair due lousy masking but I guess it's gonna be quick enough to do before going to sleep
>>6488235
I honestly thought you would abandon it but there ya go, you gonna gain some extra exp points with this one in patience
>>6488239
If people find it interesting then I did a good job
>>6488381
Yes! That's an excellent ref pic of what I was thinking but my inspiration was pic (not yet related). Also with what I did, even if it's less than what I wanted, I'm quite happy as I had a lot of doubts of how would it look like. I really like this kind of camo it's quite disruptive of the shape

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>>6488521
The camo in the jagdpanther, never seen it in color but I always imagined brown and green or brown and yellow

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>1/35 Hobbyboss t-35 is on sale for nearly half price

Does anyone have experience with this kit? I was thinking of getting it. It will be my first real attempt at a 1/35 vehicle. My modelling background up until now has been 1/72 aircraft particularly fighters. So this will be my first It's a big kit, longer but not wider than a King Tiger.

Also does anyone recommend any other 1/35 vehicle/tank kit suitable for a beginner?

>>6488552
I'm gonna suppose you already have experience with moderate difficulty kits and an airbrush.
First of all, do you really like the t-35? If yes go for it unless you're a fucking disaster with the planes too and you will do something you like and therefore make an effort.
If you just want to dip the tip in afvs then any tamiya kit will be nice and easy with overhead to detailing if you want to, just have in mind that old kits are cheap for a reason. Tiger Model kits are also a pleasure to build but those are expensive. Also the Takom aml-90 (and 60 I guess) is a fun kit and really cheap so I recommend that one too.
About the workload the wheels/tracks will be the tedious part, the rest is quite fun and varied

>>6488584
I do like the 35, I have a taste for the slightly bizarre and clunky looking. I especially those multiple turrets. Do you know if HobbyBoss decals are good? what about Tamiya? New Airfix kits have cartograph printed decals which are sublime, it's not a deal breaker if they're shit it just means I'll have to sink some money into new aftermarket ones.

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weird request. I'm looking for a WW1 british officer in this style of uniform: cape, folded hat, rifleman.

Either 1/35 or 120mm. I'm not really sure what to even search for. Anyone got any ideas? Been watching Our World War and very inspired.

>>6488602
Overall about tamiya don't worry as decals/whatever will be good unless the kit has been sitting on a shelve for 20 years, and even then they work with micro sol/set quite alright as afvs don't use a lot of decals anyway usually.
Never done a hobbyboss kit but I've done some form trumpeter (parent company) and the decals were alright. Although a red star is rather hard to fuck up anyway

>>6488609
A body from a one of Tamiya's 1/35 ww1 british infantry (It also has plenty of weapons) with a head from one of ICM's 1/35 Anzacs. You'll probably have to sculpt the cape yourself as I can't find a figure with it. But Masterbox has an officer figure with a greatcoat.

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Chassis for the Z.

>>6488521
> motor bay cover
I would say yes, but either really dirty or with accessories in a different color.

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>>6488684
A dusty and forgotten Camaro. Getting there. 50% done.

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>>6488909
One of my favorite shots.

>>6488673
That ICM kit is really close. Thanks m8

>>6488684
That fender needs a lot more putty work

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>>6480514
>>6480554
better?

>>6489581
>purple
?

>>6489581
Congratulation you just made a psy ops fighter any enemy that look at it now will puke

>>6489588
i don't know why it's so. it was brown when it was wet.

>>6489527
I'm leaving it as is, like it is a 30 year old fiberglass/bondo job. All part of the plan, my friend.

>>6489607
That needs correction asap, you're probably a bit tired of redoing the thing but ya know, practice makes better. I had to clean and redo a lot of the char 2c to the point I hated the thing...

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I started my journey into the hell that is resin.. i hate superglue already.

I tried to follow the advise you guys gave me about applying it with the tip of my knife. It didn't worked and then i made the big mistake of trying to drip a tiny bit of glue directly from the tube.. ;_;

At least the gearstick etc were no problem.

I learned my lesson for the next time. No i'll let the interior dry for the night and start with the tracks.

>>6489727
How well did you clean it? Resin has release agents in it that make glue not adhere well and paint too. Resin is finicky

>>6489736
i washed the parts with warm soapy water like i read it in a tutorial.

Hopefully the primer and the gun itself will hide most of my mess down in the bottom of the vehicle.

>>6489727
superglue debonder is a must I find.

>>6489771
I clean mine at least 2 times very thorough, hopefully it will work out for you.

>>6489581
Oh lawd

>>6489727
Jesus dude what a fuckin mess

>>6489607
Did you mix brown and white for that? A touch of red hidden in the brown and it can probably fall towards creamy pink-purple with the white added.

I'm starting out and don't have any primer. If I want to get one can of spray, should I get a grey primer? It seems like the most neutral to paint onto. I'll be using acryllics.

>>6489877
Yes.

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I have no idea where to ask this and I don't think I should clog up the catalog with a new thread but does anyone know what the bike is? Or the brand at least?

>>6490100
Looks like a KTM Super Duke. Google that and whatever scale the stormtroopers are in.

>>6490100
should probably ask /o/

>>6490105
Found it, thanks anon

>>6488909
I like it. Serious question, is the putty on the rear supposed to be noticeable?