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THE GROUP BUILD IS CHEAPEST [SCALE] KIT IN THE SHOP!

previous thread: >>11469979

This thread is for the discussion of scale plastic (and resin, PE, wood, etc) models kit
-Post photos of your builds in progress and your finished builds
-Have your builds critiqued or critique others
-Discuss tips and techniques
-Ask for advice or give advice to others

Always remember:
>No manufacturer is purely perfect (except Lindberg) or awful (except Lindberg). ALWAYS research your kits before buying.

Some helpful guides to get started:
https://www.scalemates.com/
http://www.mediafire.com/view/1vf1aw7v91pz5pa/Airfix%20Model%20World%20Specia%20%28Scale%20Modelling%20Step-By-Step%29.pdf
http://www.scalemodelguide.com/
http://www.modelersite.com/en/area/98/scale-models-techniques
http://fichtenfoo.net/blog/model-tutorials-and-in-progs
http://ipmsstockholm.org/
https://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/
http://www.primeportal.net/home.htm
https://www.flickr.com/photos/156268995@N04/albums

Plus there are tons of people on YouTube with pretty good videos on techniques etc.

Some sites to purchase models, extras, and supplies:
>ebay
https://www.dersockelshop.de/ (GER)
https://www.scalehobbyist.com/index.php (US)
https://www.alfahobby.se/ (SWE)
http://spruebrothers.com/ (US)
https://freetimehobbies.com/ (US)
http://www.hobbyeasy.com/ (HK)
http://www.luckymodel.com/ (HK)
http://www.hlj.com/ (JP)
https://www.modellbau-koenig.de/en (GER)
http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/m/ (JP)
https://www.hannants.co.uk/ (UK)
https://www.jadarhobby.pl/index.php?language=en (PL)
https://www.bnamodelworld.com/ (AUS)
http://volksusastore.com/webstores/scale/ (US) (Carry Mr. Color and GaiaNotes paint)
https://www.emodels.co.uk/ (UK)
https://www.wonderlandmodels.com/
https://www.super-hobby.com (EU/UK/RU/US/PL)
https://plastmodel.pl/ (PL/EU)
https://agtom.eu/en/(PL/EU)
https://exito.site/en_GB/index(PL/EU)
https://m-zone.pl (PL only

>>11497147 (OP)
Also, does 1/72 aircraft, 1/35 for armor and 1/700 for ships sound good or should it just be opened up to any scale?

Also, the group build starts August 1st and ends Dec 31st.

>Not Revell

>>11497154
Revell was tied in second for Group Builds, I think that I will try to make gbs at least an annual thing.

I also have an idea for November/December that I will share in the next thread, which will be later this month.

>>11497003
you just wire em in parallel, with each LED getting its own resistor.

the reviews weren't kidding when they said the cockpit of this corsair a7-a is sparse
you get one (1) instrument panel decal and thats your entire cockpit detail. I wasn't expecting much from a kit with tooling almost as old as the plane itself, but even 60s revell/monogram kits have more detail than this lol

I might just heavily tint the inside with some tamiya x19 smoke or something

>https://www.tamiya.com/cms/images/stories/info/2025/07/22/250722passaway.pdf
RIP Mr. Tamiya

>>11497262
yes ok that makes sense, I had a think today and was ohh ok those big led strips you can buy cheap on aliexpress are probably just all in parallel as well which is why you can cut them and they keep on working. ty.

>>11497971
i-i-i-i-its unironically over

>>11497971
Nips actually can't function without turning everything into a fucking fax.

>>11498032
It's an ordinary press release you dumb nigger

>>11498068
Weird that you responded in plain text and did not convert it into A4 .pdf. Go vote on a piece of paper in a polling station and don't forget to mail your tax return forms, bitch.

>heres your next border model bro
http://www.hasegawa-model.co.jp/product/ba003/

>>11498086
went from making ww2 panzerzlop to wacky video game soviet shit to pandering to porn addicts truly one of those character developments of all time
they should've posted it on their facebook page

>>11498086
Haha the global site just doesn't have the gooner shit wtf.

>>11497147 (OP)
was having the camo layer show through the white stripes deliberate

>>11498443
no I just didn't care by the time it got worse, because the white was pretty opaque when I first laid it on

protip #923

never throw away your old boxes. they make for perfect secret safes to store controversial items you don't want your family members or anyone to find. because no one is ever going to open them, for any reason, but you.

>>11499159
and what do you keep in them, you rascal?

>>11498086
Border Model is hasegawa?

>>11499183
Hasegawa is the distributor of border models kits in japan.

>>11499159
I keep unfinished kits in mine

>>11499164
Nothing outrageous

Pipe + tobacco
Ornamental switchblade
Condoms box
Unspent cartridge I found
Nazi sympathizer books
Communist sympathizer books
FKK magazines + "artistic" pics
Noose + note
Illegal cheese
Piña colada bottle
Oneitis photo album
Self-made poetry
Feminine perfume
Memorabilia from my first cadaver (not murderer, other context)

What do you guys paint OG-107 with?

>>11499199
White sun of the desert mentioned!?! With these fucking tarrifs?!

>>11499222
A brush and for details, a toothpick.

>>11499267
Fucking faggot, I'll kick your ass irl. I mean paint color.

>>11499271
Well, you should have said that. Lifecolor sells OG-107, but I use Vallejo Camo Light Green mixed with stone Medium Brown until it looks right. (Usually about 7-8 parts green to one part brown).

>>11499339
It's crazy how it's one of the most used post-1945 colors ever, with most western or non-aligned country having used OG-107 at one point, but there's no say Mr. Hobby U.S. Uniform Olive Green, or Tamiya American Green.

>>11499357
It is, but that is the case for a lot of colours, like RAF green as used from WWII into the 1990s. I just use Vallejo, AK and Mig out of habit and mix everything.

Any recommendations for a 1:72 scale hetzer kit? I am looking at ssmodel right now because they have a couple of other ones I'd like but I'm also not too versed with resin kits

>>11499571
if you are seeing the ancient UM and/or italeri kits and thinking of buying them, I would recommend you to heckle the seller into giving you money to take the kits

>>11499571
I built the Vespid one, it's mostly good. The side skirts are fragile PE. I broke one of them right as I was about to start painting and shelved it there.

>Cutting small 1/4" transparent rectangular piece
>"I'd better be careful and pay attention and not lose it"
You won't believe what happened next

>>11499199
>Illegal cheese
maggot cheese enjoyer?

>>11500058
have you considered putting a piece of masking tape on the smol part before cutting it so it doesn't take off into the orbit?

>>11500546
yesss
but family forbade me from buying it but I did so anyway

>>11500058
I lost the grey final drive part for my takom m48 fatton on my bright flat wooden floor
This was 2 years ago and I still have no update for the replacement

>>11500591
I can imagine you exiting the maggot cheese store with a Takom Hs129 box that has wet spots, maggot crumbs on your chin.
"What did you do?"
"Nuh uh I didn't buy the maggot cheese, I swear a thousand!! Two thousand!!!!"

>>11500619
I wish I could simply buy it in shops, you actually need to source it from old Sardinian shepherds who still produce and sell it under-the-table. They basically have to act as pushers. Thankfully it's surprisingly affordable. I acquire a small stash of it every year during summer and I prize it a lot. I always store it inside the Avro Lancaster box.

>>11500793
:puke emoji:

What's next, you're gonna say that you touch kids and actually like Trumpeter models?

we love peter trump here

>>11500824
The hidden pedofile is the least bad part of a Trumpeter kit. It's the everything else that is the problem. Every time you open a Trumpeter box your joy is replaced with a feeling that having bought a brick instead and repeatedly hitting yourself in the face with it would have been a better use of your time and money.

>>11500827
Oh boy, wait till you see what they did with the ZBD-86 I got.

Perhaps the most shameless cash-grab scam I've seen in 1:35 yet, and what's worse I assume this kit was mostly intended for their own domestic market. The chinkoids will even scam their own without a hint of shame.

>>11500842
Please do share.

>>11500842
is there a BMP1/2 kit that doesn't suck ass?

>>11500895
It's half-assembled so far for me. This kit is of course of a subject that's a combination of a 1:1 reverse engineering of the BMP-1 hull, with a domestic Chinese turret.

It first got sussy when I noticed that the hull has clear periscope parts, while the turret doesn't. Then I noticed the turret doesn't quite slot into the hull. And it's also kinda poor quality.

Then I figured it out: Trumpeter tossed the pretty good BMP-1 hull sprues into the box, and then tosed the turret sprues from the old Hobby Boss ZSL-92 into it, made with old injection moulds that are pretty blown-out. A total cash-grab.

>>11500907
I think the hull is fine. The turret would probably be fine in the vanilla BMP-1 kit as well, I'd assume, but I can't say for certain, see above.

>>11500907
ACE 1/72

What is the best glue for rigging thread for a biplane?

>>11501330
CA

>>11501368
Any brand? Bob Smith, Zap, Krazy Glue?

>>11501330
internet nerds say to use superglue with accelerator. if you want to do it without accelerator I'd try to get one that dries fast

Trying a new strategy of doing the tracks as early as possible so that overwhelming sense of dread doesn't hang over the build. Instructions call out 101 links per side, I fit 100. Four sprue attachment points to clean up for each link, probably spent 5-6hrs cutting and cleaning links and another 2-3 assembling the runs. Links fit together well for the most part, and are large enough for easy handling.

>>11499576
Holy shit, that Italeri (ex-ESCI) is older than I am.