Jack12477
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I wouldn't know @CDW , was never a big fan of Cadillac cars! But then in my youth my buddies always told me a Cadillac drove like a tank. 😉😊😇 But I can say this is by far the simplest tank kit I've built. There are no interior details to mess with, everything is exterior. And true to Tamiya standards, no flash, no ill fitting part, superb detail in the exterior castings. A great kit for a beginner modeler. Other than painting it olive drab green when I finish assembling, I haven’t decide on how much, if any, weathering I want to do. It does have 3 figures which will be a challenge to paint. -
Of the 3 or 4 armor kits in my stash I decided to start with the latest acquisition, the Tamiya M41 Walker Bulldog which I picked up in Hobby Lobby for a ridiculously low price of $13. This is a remarkably simple kit to assemble. Painting it will be fun. It come with decals for 3 variants, 1 WWII US and 2 Japanese Defense Forces. I'm going to do the US markings. The obligatory box art and contents And the beginning assembly progress.
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The Chairwoman of the Joint Chiefs has informed me that the Armour division is running low on tanks and other armor vehicles, so I guess I need to restart the armor production lines. Stay tuned.
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Thanks Alan, Ken. The faces are still a major challenge, I'm starting to get the hang of it painting/shading the clothing. I have two more of these figure kits but they're 1:35, not 1:24.
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Thanks Denis, Phil !
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C'est fini! Another figure for the shelf. A few bricks, some broken dead tree stumps, foliage and a little sand, most courtesy of Woodland Scenics.
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Newburgh is still the same, hasn’t change a bit, still the same reputation. You do not drive in or thru Newburg after dark, unless you're driving a MRAP. When I first moved to this area 50+ years ago, there was a large horse farm on the West Saugerties Road, there were so many black sedans with darkened windows parked on the road opposite the farm with guys in suits with cameras and binoculars that the locals all joked about it. The owner of the farm was some dude named Persico. Need I say more? 😉🤐
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Mine too! I search his site first. And delivery to me is 2 days max. Altho I never understand USPS' routing, NH to Albany, then Albany down Thruway to Newburgh driving right past Saugerties, then Newburgh back north on Thruway to Saugerties.
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Apparently he uses the USPS facility in Hudson NH cuz that's were the tracking originates.
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Almost finished : Still have some touch-up to do. Biggest challenge for me post cataract surgery is finding the right closeup lense to use in the Optivisor. Mine has 4 interchangeable glass lenses, +1.5, +2.0, +2.5, +3.0 diopter. Pre-surgery I would just hold the figure closer, but I could still see the paint pallette, now the figure is in focus, but the pallette isn’t, so finding the little drop of paint requires lifting the visor. 🤷 Next up is detailing the base. Stay tuned 🤫
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A small progress report. Some light shading.
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I find it does that for me also, but I don't find that it has much effect as I then go over it with a light misting of the white primer which breaks up the sheen.
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The technique I am using to paint the figure is this: first airbrush a coat of Vallejo black surface primer over the entire figure, then after drying overnight, I lightly brush a coat of Vallejo white surface prime trying to hit mostly the high spots on the figure, leaving area like deep creases on clothing etc, black. After that dries overnight, I start applying the main coat using a wet palette to thin the paints. I keep applying light coats until I am satisfied with the coverage. Then let it dry overnight. This is the wet pallette I am using, it's available at Michaels stores in their artist paints area. The wet sponge underneath keeps the paper moist. And a tight cover keeps it from drying out . This is Vadim after the first application of the base color
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Perhaps it was this series. There are several characters in the series. I only have 3 of them
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The next in the series by Master Box in 1:24 scale is Vadim The box art and contents A simple kit to assemble. The challenge is in painting the figure to closely approximate the box art. When the paint dries, I will post some progress photos.
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Thanks ! Master Box Ltd is a Ukrainian company based in Dnipro. Don't know how they are able to continue producing such really detailed kits with a war going on in their backyard. They have a really nice line of WWII military & civilian figures in addition to these "fantasy style" subjects. And they recently came out with Ukrainian Army figures. SCALEHobbyist in Hudson NH near you carries their line.
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It is now finished ! Stay tuned for the next figure in the series, Vadim, coming to a Blog soon.
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P-51D Mustang by CDW - FINISHED - Dragon - 1:32 Scale
Jack12477 replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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P-51D Mustang by CDW - FINISHED - Dragon - 1:32 Scale
Jack12477 replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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By this time frame in future it will be an IV pump . 🤣🤪
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Probably a portable cutting/welding torch, judging from box art
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As a diversion from wood ship building, I picked up 4 Master Box Ltd figure kits from a post apocalyptic series they introduced some time ago. One series is 1:24 scale and the other is 1:35 scale, I have kits in both scales. The first figure I did in the 1:24 scale is listed in my signature below, Raider Reaper. The other kits I purchased in the series are previewed in my post in Shore Leave - What did your received today The box art and contents:
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