Jack12477
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Jack12477 got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in M16 US Multiple Gun Motor Carriage w/ Church Ruin by Jack12477 - 1:35 scale - Tamiya / Verlinden - FINISHED
Thanks Lou Welcome aboard .
I tried my hand at weathering the plaster. First I coated it in Tamiya Fine Grey primary, then I applied a coat of Floquil Cement color paint, then a wash of Floquil Engine Black. Followed by a few more alternated coats of acrylic Mars Black and Floquil Mud.
Grey primer coat applied
First pass at weathering
I put it aside for a while until I get the half track vehicle assembled and painted. Then I will revisit the weathering of the church ruins once I decide on what other accessories I will add to the diorama.
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Jack12477 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in M16 US Multiple Gun Motor Carriage w/ Church Ruin by Jack12477 - 1:35 scale - Tamiya / Verlinden - FINISHED
Moving on to the chassis sub-assembly
Main chassis
Front axle
Rear axle
Left and Right tank tread assembly
Miscellaneous wheels, drivers, idler wheels
Chassis assembled
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Jack12477 got a reaction from cog in 1936-1939 Mercedes Benz 540K by JACK12477 - 1:24 - Italeri - FINISHED
Finished
Windshield got a little messy - fell out twice on me - used Gator Grip Acrylic glue first time - 2nd time use G-S Hypo Cement - smudged it a bit putting it back in. Otherwise all came out okay - applied two coats of Pledge floor wax over the acrylic paint body before gluing on the chrome fiddly bits.
Now to shrink the kids and take a ride in the Countryside
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Jack12477 got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in M16 US Multiple Gun Motor Carriage w/ Church Ruin by Jack12477 - 1:35 scale - Tamiya / Verlinden - FINISHED
Moving on to the chassis sub-assembly
Main chassis
Front axle
Rear axle
Left and Right tank tread assembly
Miscellaneous wheels, drivers, idler wheels
Chassis assembled
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Jack12477 got a reaction from cog in 1936-1939 Mercedes Benz 540K by JACK12477 - 1:24 - Italeri - FINISHED
Moving right along - we have some more progress to the model. Note the corrugated Chrome plated dual exhaust pipes. Man were they ever a bugger to get installed. Hood, trunk and side trim are just dry fitted for now.
Stay tuned !
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Jack12477 got a reaction from cog in 1936-1939 Mercedes Benz 540K by JACK12477 - 1:24 - Italeri - FINISHED
WOW. That was some GPS malfunction - we took quite a detour thru the forests
Getting back on track.
I primed the black plastic body parts with Tamiya Fine grey primer. Then repainted them in a Dark Chocolate. For the side panels (cast in yellow) I over painted them with a Sand color and for the seats and other interior upholstery I painted them Fawn color. Then started to assemble the pieces. Interestingly the transmission, engine oil pan are chrome plated. I would expect the engine head cover to be chrome but this is a new one for me.
Note to Lou: The floor wax has not been applied to the Chocolate Brown fenders yet. That should deepen the color and provide a nice gloss look.
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Jack12477 got a reaction from Canute in M16 US Multiple Gun Motor Carriage w/ Church Ruin by Jack12477 - 1:35 scale - Tamiya / Verlinden - FINISHED
Moving on to the chassis sub-assembly
Main chassis
Front axle
Rear axle
Left and Right tank tread assembly
Miscellaneous wheels, drivers, idler wheels
Chassis assembled
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Jack12477 reacted to Canute in Borodino by RGL - FINISHED - Zvezda - 1/350 - PLASTIC
One of their earlier kits? You've become a master of these torpedo net builds. 👍
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Jack12477 reacted to RGL in Borodino by RGL - FINISHED - Zvezda - 1/350 - PLASTIC
The netting comes with the Pontos set (but will need to be cut down. The needles I use for glue application but here I’m just using them for alignment
the hull is in 2 pieces which does not align and is pretty Rough, will need a fair bit of putty
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Jack12477 got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in M16 US Multiple Gun Motor Carriage w/ Church Ruin by Jack12477 - 1:35 scale - Tamiya / Verlinden - FINISHED
Moving on to the chassis sub-assembly
Main chassis
Front axle
Rear axle
Left and Right tank tread assembly
Miscellaneous wheels, drivers, idler wheels
Chassis assembled
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Jack12477 got a reaction from CapnMac82 in M16 US Multiple Gun Motor Carriage w/ Church Ruin by Jack12477 - 1:35 scale - Tamiya / Verlinden - FINISHED
Mark, now you know they would never let an "ossifer" (Officer) handle a gun like a quad 50 ! Besides wrong war! This WWII, that's Pvt Kilroy ! Remember him ! He left his calling card all over Europe !
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Jack12477 got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in M16 US Multiple Gun Motor Carriage w/ Church Ruin by Jack12477 - 1:35 scale - Tamiya / Verlinden - FINISHED
Mark, Ken, Welcome
Just a small update
I completed the gun platform.
Next up is the truck chassis, engine and other parts.
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Jack12477 got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in M16 US Multiple Gun Motor Carriage w/ Church Ruin by Jack12477 - 1:35 scale - Tamiya / Verlinden - FINISHED
Thanks Lou Welcome aboard .
I tried my hand at weathering the plaster. First I coated it in Tamiya Fine Grey primary, then I applied a coat of Floquil Cement color paint, then a wash of Floquil Engine Black. Followed by a few more alternated coats of acrylic Mars Black and Floquil Mud.
Grey primer coat applied
First pass at weathering
I put it aside for a while until I get the half track vehicle assembled and painted. Then I will revisit the weathering of the church ruins once I decide on what other accessories I will add to the diorama.
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Jack12477 got a reaction from Landlubber Mike in M16 US Multiple Gun Motor Carriage w/ Church Ruin by Jack12477 - 1:35 scale - Tamiya / Verlinden - FINISHED
I decided to dig into my stash of plastic 1:35 scale kits and do the Tamiya M6 Multiple Gun Motor Carriage or half-track and the Verlinden Church ruin kits together as a diorama. The Verlinden kit is cast hydrocal plaster and is now out of production since Verlinden retired some decades back. I picked up the last two kits my local brick and mortar hobby store had just before they closed their doors forever. I will be doing the diorama somewhat similar to what is shown on the Verlinden box art with some additional Tamiya figures/accessories from my collection of completed Tamiya kits.
Box art and contents shown below
Verlinden Kit
Tamiya Kit
The Verlinden kit consists of two large castings of two walls of the church and 3 smaller castings of rubble from the church walls. To assemble them I used 5 minute epoxy
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Jack12477 reacted to RGL in Borodino by RGL - FINISHED - Zvezda - 1/350 - PLASTIC
As usual drill out the portholes, then start calculating the ratios for the torpedo net booms
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Jack12477 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in La Belle Poule 1765 by mtaylor - Scale 1:64 - POB - French Frigate from ANCRE plans
Mark, have you tried one of your finger planes, instead of sanding? Or don't they work well on balsa ?
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Jack12477 reacted to EdatWycliffe in US Brig Syren by Hipexec - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 - building as USS Argus
Looking very good, Rich. I’ve temporarily halted my Syren build while I research the best way to furl sails. (The research is as much fun as the actual build.) I think I figured out the staysails and I’m now working on the square sales. Ed
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Jack12477 reacted to JesseLee in US Brig Syren by Hipexec - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 - building as USS Argus
The weathering will look much better than the bright white rigging.
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Jack12477 reacted to HIPEXEC in US Brig Syren by Hipexec - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:64 - building as USS Argus
I finished the lifts and braces ! Now I have to repair all the damage I did when my bandages caught on completed rigging! I'm also "graying" up the new rigging. It is pure white and very glaring.
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Jack12477 got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in M16 US Multiple Gun Motor Carriage w/ Church Ruin by Jack12477 - 1:35 scale - Tamiya / Verlinden - FINISHED
Mark, Ken, Welcome
Just a small update
I completed the gun platform.
Next up is the truck chassis, engine and other parts.
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Jack12477 got a reaction from mtaylor in Basic but Good kit recommendations for granddaughter and I
I would recommend something in plastic, like a car or truck, in 1:24 or 1:48 scale. Or for wood, a Midwest brand kit if you can find any. They stopped making kits but I have seen some in hobby stores or maybe ebay but if ebay watch out for price gouging, these kits are old. The key is more teaching them how to follow instructions and visualized the piece.
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Jack12477 reacted to lmagna in Bell UH-1H Huey By lmagna - Dragon - 1/35 - PLASTIC
In addition to total loss of hearing in my right ear, I have damaged hearing in my left or good ear as well. The loss is mostly at the high end but I have no idea if it is from turbines, gunfire, other loud noises throughout my life, or all of the above. I do know it is getting slowly worse. It is getting to the point that my wife yells at me ALL the time.............................. Well I suppose that may not have anything to do with hearing.
I also agree with Edward, not being able to hear people with squeaky voices has to be a plus!
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Jack12477 got a reaction from Egilman in SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa - Edwardkenway-FINISHED
Oh I have been following it. You may be too harsh on yourself. I know I was until I got comfortable doing the "soft edge" camo patterns. Really hard part is getting the paint to thinner ratio right.
I did try to clean it up, but I think I made it worse. Those white blotches by the cockpit were the result of "cleaning". I have not found a method that does not destroy the decals in the process even tho they are covered by a clear coat.
Many many many years ago when our kids were real young we took them to a Thunderbirds air sow at Stewart Field in Newburg. We were sitting ion a hill overlooking the main runway. Two A-10s from ANG Niagara Falls took off in formation, once airborne they split up, one vectoring north and the other continuing west out of our sight. The announcer was describing the planes characteristics etc and we were trying to follow the north bound plane. All of a sudden the 2nd one came right over our heads from behind us about 500-800 ft above us, scared the crap out of everyone on that hill, NO ONE HEARD HIM COMING, no engine sound until he was right over us. Announcer was laughing cuz he knew what had just happened (as planned).
The Thunderbirds were awesome but these two Wort Hogs left a lasting impression on everone.
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Jack12477 got a reaction from Egilman in SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa - Edwardkenway-FINISHED
In the words of the Borg " resistance is futile"
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Jack12477 got a reaction from popeye the sailor in M16 US Multiple Gun Motor Carriage w/ Church Ruin by Jack12477 - 1:35 scale - Tamiya / Verlinden - FINISHED
I rest my case !
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