Thread 11497147

Here I am, rock you like a... Typhoon edition

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.

>>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.

>>11499159
I just keep all my modelling gear in them (paints, scalpel blades, glue, dildo, spares for kitbashing etc)

Im the U2 with fucked up decals from earlier this year. Im starting to think scale models aren't my thing :(

>>11502291
Yeah, modelling is not for quitters.

I wonder if the turrets for the Tamiya R35 and H39 will be interchangeable
There is absolutely no reason not to as they are the same turret, but with a different gun

>>11497150
>>11497150
>>11497150
Group Builds starts in less than a week, input is welcome for this.

>>11503512
Also, I am wondering if anyone has pictures of the results from the Zvezda group build in 2022?

>>11503512
>nobody agreed to a groupbuild
>some tranny unilaterally decides we're doing the shit kit groupbuild from three years ago
Yeah, nah, fuck off.

>>11503543
I held a poll and it won by a decently large margin. I would assume that all votes were from individuals, which would mean that there were ten people interested of which half wanted this theme. Additionally, each person suggested one theme which was then selected for the poll. I thought that I was being fair in trying to organize this, but I see where you are coming from.

>>11503569
Nobody even noticed the poll in the OP, you idiot!

>>11503569
Also the subjects are shit, basically the least shit won, which is still shit.

>>11503586
>Ten people
>In a thread which can go a day or more without a reply these days
I don't know, but I will take your word for it. It isn't 2017, or even 2022 anymore, so I really don't know.
>>11503589
They were all other people's suggestions. I withheld what I wanted to do, which would have been an up to 1939 one.

>>11500827
dont talk to me or my stash ever again

>>11503708
I have Trumpeter kits in my stash. How the fuck else would I know to fucking hate that garbage so much???

Also nice spreadsheets you fucking autist, I love it.
(t. autist)

>>11503708
>>11504793
Trumpeter and Hobby Boss sucks you in with their huge catalog of both popular and niche subjects, then you realize what a mistake you made once you start building them.

>>11504793
>muh Trumpy is shit
Lol, get lost you fucking Airfix shill. Pathetic.

>>11504958
Airfix is pretty shit too you moron, but not as shit as Trumpeter. Suck my balls.

Those of you who do older kits with raised details, how do you replace any panel lines that inevitably get decimated when you need to hide a seam?
What I've been doing is putting down 2 pieces of tape and putting on several very heavy applications of a high build primer (in this case mr surfacer 1000). I dont think it looks super amazing, especially up close like this but from normal viewing distance it looks pretty correct, especially after you smooth it out a bit with some 1k grit

Just wondering if anyone else has any cool ideas. I already tried the whole rescribe it all thing on a previous model but it was so tedious and shitty that I'd rather just keep the raised details.

we think tamiya, hasegawa, and finemolds are kinos here doe

fag weeb

>>11505037
If picrel is your method with primer then it seems to work just fine. I personally put some tamiya extra thin on the area and carefully push it into a line with a fine knife, it's thicker than the rest tho so let it harden and then cut it thin enough again.
>>11505170
Yes, WE only buy the finest nippon plastic, recast over a dhousand timese

>>11505170
>Hasegawa
>Kino
Lol, LMAO even.

>>11505456
What instead?

>>11505542
Literally any other Weeaboo brand is better (especially Fujimi and Platz) and, in all honesty, Eduard beats Hasegawa too.

Speaking of brandfagging, does anyone have opinions on Choroszy Modelbud? I am thinking of getting their de Havilland D.H.53 Hummingbird.

>>11505714
Fujimi hasn't made aircraft to match Hasegawa's catalogue in a long long time, it only competes with Hasegawa in cars, and even in that segment the quality of Fujimi's kits is inferior.

>>11506074
I don't know most of the Hasegawa aircraft kits that I have built have been dog shit, but that could be because I bought the wrong kits.

>>11505714
You are buying 1/72 planes from the 80s from Hasegawa, their recent car models are pretty much on par with Tamiya

>>11506391
80s Hasegawa is still the yardstick for a lot of planes, like if a new kit does a better job, then maybe it's good. And Hasegawa prices don't change, so every dirt cheap reprint is a blessing.

how many kits do you guys work on at once?

>>11506442
Usually just one, but whenever I run into some kind of a wall, like a really shit step or some retarded busywork like Trumpeter multi-link tracks or something that needs scratch building or printing extra parts, I sometimes start on a different model as a palate cleanser to breeze through some easier steps. Or finish like a 1/72 vehicle in an evening.

>>11506459
>Trumpeter multi-link tracks
those are an entire model unto themselves, sill better than rubber tracks thoughever

>>11506442
One or two actively being worked on with a few dozen started and unfinished kits waiting in boxes

>>11506442
I tried doing two simultaneously recently. similar planes in the same scheme. I don't think it saved any time, and there was more to keep track of so it was a bit annoying

>>11504793
yes, but you probably dont have 45 of them in your stash
>>11504804
I'm a sucker for slavshit and big kits, so I go hard with trumpy and horrorboss. In all honesty I find most of their kits are decent with the occasional one being subpar. Takom has my vote for the least enjoyable builds out of all the mainstream manufactures in 1/35

>>11506442
Looks horrible. You could have gotten this for the same price

>>11506560
anon it only cost me 6 bucks at hobby lobby, what do you mean same price?

>>11506555
>Takom has my vote for the least enjoyable builds out of all the mainstream manufactures in 1/35
How so? I've done their Chieftain and their Tiger I/Porscheturm hybrid papershit and they just fell together.

It's nice when you can just jump to the painting phase in like one or two weeks of assembly.

hey guys, Im new to scale modelling, this may be a silly question but do revell reissue sets? i was looking for the haunebu but can only find it on ebay for way to much

>>11506620
You are indeed new to scale modeling, because Revell is probably most known for how guilty they are for reissuing ancient trash kits from all the way back to the 1950's.

>>11506637
lol but i only know them because they appear everywhere. also tamiya

>>11505714
Fujimi has better quality control than hasegawa but dear god they can't into accuracy. Theres a reason they quit aircraft all together after the disaster that was the so called """"""""1/72""""""""" F-15E
Platz has better detail but QA is horrid (i've had engine parts or pito tubes that weren't molded in properly), and panel lining is airfix tier.

>found can of light gull grey modelmasters enamel spray paint in my stash box that is well over a decade old
>well I need to paint half of this corsair II that color anyways, might as well use it up
>shake it for a bit
>spray it on
>now my jet looks like a basketball on the surface
>can't really sand it smooth without also destroying the raised panel lines (again)

glad this ancient hasegawa kit was only $10 or I'd be really pissed. I'll probably just soldier on and see if I can make it a little less ugly as I go. I couldn't get the wings to play nice either

>>11506620
Literally just look at scalemates, it has all of the kit rebox trees mapped out. It's 2025, there is no excuse for buying some shit rebox if you have all that knowledge at your fingertips in 5 minutes or less.

>>11506607
odd assembly breakdown, not great fit, lots of part cleanup like mold seams and ejector pin marks and lazy designs like stowage boxes that have no backing, tow rope hooks that are semi circles etc... I had one of their American T34 experimental heavy tanks that went into the trash pretty late in the build once I realized how little I was enjoying it.

>>11506679
>airfix tier
good then?

>>11506442
1:700 Kashima and Maikaze, both by Aoshima
1:72 P-39 by HobbyBoss and Ki-87 II by RSmodels
1:48 Ki-21 by ICM and C-47 conversion into L2D4 by Trumpeter

>>11506607
nta, but takom has weirdly square parts, a uniquely bad take on how delicate parts can be moulded and on occasion entire sprues have severe plain misalignment
I can't even begin to tell you my woes with their Pattons

>>11506857
>

Any recommendations for 1/72 WWI aircraft? I am looking at the kits from Roden and KP, but I might also consider some resin options.

>>11506442
Usually two or three. That way I can give things time to dry with glue or paint without losing momentum. Especially if it's different subjects of modes, though it's mainly just cars and tanks, I need to get the ball rolling on some airplanes.

>>11506952
nice

>>11506607
>>11506555
>Takom has my vote for the least enjoyable builds out of all the mainstream manufactures in 1/35
I'm currently building a MiniArt T-54 kit and it's pushing me to the limits of my patience. I thought +700 parts would be fun (doesn't even have full interior). Little did I know it was going to be like pulling teeth. The kit goes out of it's way to make you use photo-etch instead of giving you the option to supply your own PE in situations where you'd rather just use a less detailed plastic part. 20 different parts sprues that are mixed.
This has not been enjoyable at all. Also the instructions lack detail on certain parts and you have to skip ahead to different pages which may or may not tell you where to properly place your part.

>>11507387
I enjoy miniart builds and their hyper autistic details and part counts. Makes for a nice change of pace after a couple simpler kits. Thinking on it, I've had to trash two kits from them, but it was manufacturing defects, a short shot hull and an extremely warped hull that made them unbuildable.
Takom can suck my pp, but i'll suffer for that big bertha

lol I love this durpy dino. the kit said it was originally produced in 1981, I'm guessing it's a reprint but I couldn't find a reissue date. needless to say it's way older than me and lacking detail, but something about it is so charming. and it was 6 bucks after tax so not bad.

>>11507428
>an extremely warped hull
I've had that happen before with their BA-64b. The chassis was crazy warped. Unfixable. It was a real shame.

>>11507387
>plastic model uses more parts than the real object

someone stop them

>>11507387
Yea, I built their su-122-54 and this turned me off from all of their tanks kits
Figures are still fine

>>11506442
with or without the entire shelves of shame?

besides picrel since summer last year, a hasegawa shoki/tojo in 1/72 and a revell hurricane in 1/32 are currently in the build. without the board full of unfinished reminders of dont impulse buy, of course.

>>11506730
oh my, i know that feel.
had a tamiya pzII almost finished, based, detail painted, color, shading, chipping. because no future (weekend) put on a random silk clear spraypaint as base for wash. dissolved and cracked up all paint layers below it. into the trash it went. both the pzii and the spraypaint.

>>11507887
By the way that you almost seem literate, I'm guessing it was user error.

>>11499199
> Illegal cheese
KEK

I don't know wtf I'm doing. I'm not sure if I still drybrush/highlight the clothes with an even lighter color, but I probably should.

Also the anatomy on these guys is absolutely horrendous, but it's not the chink recaster's fault.

>>11506593
I wish my hobby lobby actually had kits, I hate how 95% of their model catalog is cars and the other 5% is ancient revell kits and prepainted 1/32th push fit shit.

>>11508434
yeah a lot of hobby shops only have basic shit, I typically order stuff online because of the limited selection

Jesus wept

>>11509138
I can only envy your dexterity

>>11509138
Chokai my old true love...
Did you design her yourself or is this a download or Aliexpress kit?

>>11509164
No I'm saying 3D printing was a mistake

>>11509138
is this meant to be all 1 colour? because if not, I don't get how you would mask it without breaking everything

looks like I'm on my way to become a ouiaboo
can't get enough of those crappy french interwar tanks, have the tamiya somua and H39 on order

>>11509138
That is a superb 3d print.

How do I remove excess CA without damaging rigging cables?

>>11509677
ca debonder

>>11509895
Would acetone work? That is all that I have on hand at the moment.

>>11509964
I would test it on the sprew. just ca some sprew bits together and see if it works. but debonder is the best option, also I'm pretty sure acetone could warp the plastic.

>>11510131
Alright, thank you very much.

>>11510131
>sprew
Sprue. The word is sprue.

>>11510435
>sprue
do you mean sprew?

>>11510516
Nah he must mean sprooh

>>11510534
oh ok, I was confused for a minute there

>>11510534
sprüü

>t. sprüüdo spärde

Anyone here have any experience with Metal Earth model kits? How much is building these just fighting with the material?

>>11510595
I have a buddy that builds them. He has no interest in scale models and seems to handle those things just fine. Think theyre fairly beginner friendly

>want a 1/24 bugatti veyron or chiron for my 1/24 super car collection
>no options for plastic kits (no i will not touch resin) besides the quick build and tiny ass 1/43 airfix shitters
why is bugatti like this, why airfix instead of someone more reputable for cars like tamiya or hasegawa or fujimi or aoshima?

>>11510655
Maybe because they didn't get the rights, also remember how we haven't had a new Ferrari plastic model in ages because Ferrari made the license retardedly expensive.

>>11510655
Sweetums, you are building a VW golf

>>11510655
Honestly, quick builds aren't bad if you just need a placeholder.

airfix is fine you weeb nigger

>>11510595
You need the right tools for the job, a few different kinds of tweezers work best, plus a straight edge. It is like PE in a lot of ways.
>>11510622
I thought that Revell had kits.

>>11510655
Overrated car anyway. The Plymouth Superbird was just as fast in the 70's.

>>11510595
Aren't these basically just like those shitty wood puzzle models?

>>11504804
What's the issue with Hobbyboss? I've enjoyed the few kits I've put together, with the exception of the BT-2's front axle they didn't give me much trouble.

here's an neat trick I just discovered

friend of a friend sprays pic related on his models, and dust never settles on them, as if a force field pushed flying dust away from the model, in a radius.
He said he never has problems with bad reactions from plastic or paint, except one time when paint cracked and peeled.

>>11511145
interedasting, although I use keyboard dust off on my models and it works really well

>>11511139
as a hobbyboss fan they do make some mega gay design decisions sometimes. Their T-26 track links for example. In general they have good detail, decent fit and better part quality than trumpy, they just sometimes over engineer shit for no reason.

>>11511466
aren't hobbyboss and trumpeter owned by the same company?

lewd

>>11511615
I think they are related somehow, but there are noticeable differences between the brands

Drivers compartment of the kondensator. Going for the rusted out abandoned look like an outdoor museum show piece that I see in walkaround pics.

>>11512891
overall its a mediocre kit. decent amount of cleanup, not the best fit, plenty of joints to putty. I do plan on going hard with wiring though, I think it'll look cool

>>11510595
just need to have a decent set of needle nose pliers to bend the tabs to join the parts together

>>11510655
as a Fordfag, I know that feel. The shit cars I like, nobody ever made kits for. The few that did get model kits (sierra, escort, etc) were only produced decades ago (Tamiya mostly) and are hard to find or very expensive

>the only Fiesta kit that ever got made is for children and probably impossible to find outside of europe
why live

>>11512891
>>11512894
neat! I like the subject it seems pretty unusual

My local hobby shop has the Amusing hobby ARL 44 at a massive discount, but the experience I had with their kits is that everything that is not a T-72 derivative is like a mediocre trumpeter kit and I'm terrified of the rollers
But my french shelf has so much space, fuck

>>11512938
There's a rally Fiesta from Belkits

>>11513268
I'd go for it anon, I've been waiting to see one go cheap. Did you build one of their British tanks? I've got a FV221 coming in the post, reviews looked positive.

I bought a 1-litre can of Toluene for $10 and now I have glue enough for basically eternity. I don't know why I never did this before, it's essentially perfect liquid styrene cement. I know it won't eat hair brushes, and later I will test a bunch of common synthetic ones (including the ubiquitous testors white ones) to see if it eats those. But this shit is excellent and I'm never going back.

>>11513364
The only British tank from them I have is the conqueror, it has several weird issues and is in limbo since big Liz died
>no canvas cover for the gap between the gun mantlet and turret
>the range finder cupola has a hole on front
>upper hull and tub don't fit together
>1 in 20 track links are warped and can't fit in the sprocket
I also have their AMX-50 and Panther 2
The AMX is chunky and simple, but still had issues fitting large surface area pieces like the turret ring
I gave up on the Panther 2 and threw it away, it was miserable putting the tracks together and all wheels have sink marks visible from the outside and like the conqueror, the upper hull and tub didn't fit together

>>11513539
>the conqueror
You've got me worried now, the FV221 is just their conqueror with a different turret.
>hull and tub don't fit
I got the same last time I did british armour - AFV club centurion which ended up in the bin.

>>11513523
Doesn't eat synthetic brushes (the bristles anyway, might eat paint off the handle if you dip it too far). The testors cheapo brushes don't seem to mind it. I decanted some into a glass marmite bottle and it doesn't eat the plastic lid either. I'd have preferred one of those tiny fancy glass jam jars with a metal lid, but this will do. I figured it would work since toluene is in the testors orange tube glue, but it actually works brilliantly.

I lost my hobby shop, which was conveniently located next door, and that's why I went looking for plastic cement alternatives.

>>11513601
The hull was the least bad part about the kit, you will need to fill the gaps both at the front and back, back is worse because it's located in a recessed area
You get actual springed suspension, however

>>11513759
And as much as I shat on the turret, I'm very happy how it turned out this far

>>11512992
atomic cannons certainly are odd ducks. The subject trumps the mediocre build, but I don't know if I'd pay asking price for this one

>>11513759
>>11513764
That look's pretty good, thanks for the heads up. Think you'll get around to finishing it?

I built my first tank.

It was a lot of fun, I broke off several little bits while painting and the stowage is shit

>>11513806
Probably after I scratch my french itch with the Tamiya H39 and somua
Too much effort has been invested

>>11514354
The Tamiya Jumbo has has got to be one of the most satisfying builds out there; shake and bake, free-wheeling, and looks good even without paint.

What do I need to scratch build for a Matchbox BK-117. No, there aren't any newer 1/72 kits.

If you had to pick a 1/35 kit to use as a base for turning it into a Blitztank, what would you pick?

>>11514741
Maus

>>11514741
looks gay

>>11514354
Very nice anon.
I haven't had the patience to weather something nicely like that

A lil messy, but it does kinda mimic the real thing. A couple of the lines have a mechanical connection between them in real life but I aint doing that.

>>11515142
and then theres all this bullshit. So that concludes my exercise in self hatred for today

getting better at wiring. Really need to look at references ahead of time and drill mounting holes before you glue all the parts on

and the barrel in all its glory

decals next

>contest in 3 weeks
>entries already ruined
Fucks sake and my 1/32 phantom is also dead in the water

Guess I'm waiting until Spartanburg

Mauve kit btw

>>11516368
It's okay, anon. A few weeks ago, I accidentally ripped the 233 decal off my Tamiya Tiger I using some tape. I explained the situation to Tamiya, and they sent me a new decal sheet for free. Just email the whatever company that made the kit and ask if they can send you a replacement decal sheet. If you get a new sheet, just carefully remove the damaged decal with tape (don't paint over it, it'll just end fucking up the paint coat).

I wanted to build the HMS Erebus but looking at the deck fittings and other details it seems that they're quite blocky and inaccurate
I'm getting a 3D printer soon so maybe I could print some of that stuff but idk where to get accurate dimensions and I don't have modelling skills

its unironically over, no more boomer slop

>>11516368
>>11516373
You the other chatt anon? I'm planning on heading to Huntsville too but I won't put anything in the contest. It's not that my entries are terrible, it's just I don't like leaving at 5pm and getting home at dusk cause of the drive
>Spartanburg
I've never been to that show because of that long god damn drive, my god you're ballsy to do that

>>11517074
I'm a Georgiafag so making the trip to Huntsville is like one of the big journeys of the year. I usually offset the distance by getting a hotel room in Gadsen, which puts me in striking distance of Huntsville and Birmingham if I feel like doing something extra with my weekend.

Thankfully most of these towns have a mall or a minor league team or something so I'm not making the trek just to wander around an American Legion outpost all day

>>11516591
Can they really pull this off? I honestly don't think their current anime girl kits are good enough.

>>11517392
The current ones are resin figures, these ones should be plastic model kits like what koto and bandai do

>>11517395
Yes, which means this probably isn't going to be any better.

I don't understand why they don't make plastic kits for wooden ships anymore
Plastic is vastly superior and with 3d printing and photoetch you could get vastly superior detail than what manufacturers include in wooden kits
Just feels like the whole hobby is let down by boomers who want to 'build it with wood' rather than getting a great and detailed scale model

>>11517592
The only reason airfix still makes plastic tall ship kits is because the molds are like 70 years old, no one is going to pay for new tooling of something that already exists and doesn't even sell well

>>11517592
Not worth it. Too niche. People who build those still have enough of the old models to build first. Revell made a relatively new Wasa though.

>>11517619
>the molds are like 70 years old, no one is going to pay for new tooling of something that already exists and doesn't even sell well
maybe it would sell well if it wasn't 70 years old

>>11513764
Did you fucking solder that mantlet in place????

>>11516368
Is this your entry? Why is it dusted with garlic powder?

>>11517829
Damn, you could do a really cool movie set diorama or something from this.

>>11517735
I use aluminum foil as a mantlet cover
This specific item is missing from the conqueror kit

>seriously using AI to make box art now
I'm not sure if the vehicle actually exists in this form because AI is notoriously bad at accurately drawing military hardware.

>>11517200
Yeah that's why I also hate entering stuff cause the waiting for the judging/awards and walking around the vendor hall and model tables just get tiresome after you've blown your set amount of cash. Thankfully I got a buddy in Huntsville so I'll go hang with him for the day
>Mauve P-40
I've started one with a resin cockpit but I've stopped because goldfish brain and it was added to the pile of procrastination which is now at 26 kits and unfortunately counting, hell I can easily make a list of em all if you wanted to know

>>11518541
>3d kit
>no name manufacturer
you realize this is probably one dude in his basement somewhere in eastern europe right? I'd cut him some slack

decided to check up on my boy luke
lol, lmao

>>11518652
Another hapless autist victim

>>11518652
Bro is fucking cooked. Thankfully right wing brainwashing only makes you think it's not gay having sex with troons and femboys whereas leftie brainwashing makes you want to become one.

>>11518652
>Update June 2025:
>A lot of you have been asking where I am and if I'm still making videos?... and while I haven't completely given up on filming videos for this channel just yet, I am taking a long break to focus on life, like work, family, and just taking care of myself.
>
>I'm keeping this channel alive so that all the older videos will act as a library to those looking for tips, tricks and tutorials to make some really cool models and dioramas. I hope the videos continue to help those looking for help with modelling and need some inspiration
>
>I'll post updates here every now and then to let you know where I'm at with this channel and what to expect, so for now, I won't be posting but that's not to say I've completely stopped.
>
>So, stay inspired, make models and love life.
>Elle

howtothrowyourlifeaway.docx

>>11518988
Guilty as charged, I haven't made any progress in building, since I've been AI generating femboy porn for weeks now, and already got banned in multiple places for racism.

>>11518992
used to watch his videos
>married to a decently attractive woman
>has a daughter
>is a pilot
>successful youtube channel on the side
This dude made it, like he surpassed 75% of men on the level of making it. And then absolutely trashed all of it. His daughter is probably confused, wife probably hates him, coworkers and passengers (if they know) want him out. Family members must dread every holiday gathering now. All to satisfy your mental illness. Saw one of these freaks at work today, nearly 6', broad shoulders that tapered down to a hank hill ass, the entire thing is laughably retarded and downright sad. We'll look back on this trend like we do lobotomies.

>>11518988
>>11519595
I didn't realize my chud arc is incomplete. Not looking forward to those last steps bros

>>11519611
Nah, my last step is getting a 3D printer and painting lewd femboy figurines.

I predict we're maybe one or two years away from AI-generating a good anime-style 3D model and then printing that, or taking someone's lewd drawing and AI converting it into 3D.

>>11519611
How the hell does that happen? He seemed so successful both with women and career wise, I thought only virgins did it?
>>11497147 (OP)
I got my first 3d printer and am thinking about using it to make my own detail parts but I feel like
1. learning 3d modelling programs will be extremely difficult
2. I don't even know if detailed schematics exist for the parts and if they do are they even accessible on the internet? How many 3d modellers are reliant on photographs?

Recommendations on a 1:72 F4 Phantom kit? Also I was looking around because I wanted to give it gun pods, and reskit and finemold both seem to make said scale pods. Are either of them good?

>>11518652
>alphabet mafia is now claiming model people
Nothing is safe anymore

>>11518596
Bro I'm up to my neck in half finished attempts, I don't know why the fuse just burns out at the cusp of completion. I feel like Kubrick just tossing books away after reading ten pages. Hopefully one day I find my Shining.

>>11518652
the troon social contagion to the autists is the same as crack to black neighborhoods

>this is a Honda Prelude in 2026

japan has fallen

>>11519883
you're right, the CIA probably does fund it.

>>11519727
parametric modeling is not that hard and pretty intuitive. If you can wrap your head around how parts are machined step by step for a final result, you got it. Or you can do the opposite and build out step by step. Detailed schematics likely do not exist in easy to find sources. Knowing a few surrounding dimensions and plenty of reference pics can get you surprising accuracy.

how do you guys tape crisp lines on stuff? is there a certain tape i need or is it more the technique? im working on something the size of a pop can and the parts are pretty small. how to i avoid paint from getting under the tape? what sort of tape do i avoid? also how do i stop the paint from peeling when i pull the tape off?

Guys, what are your sources for good deals, apart from stores clearing out shelf-warmers?

Just ordered Takom's Type-69 at almost half off (for some reason the store I order from regularly has big Takom discounts, they must have a huge stock of them), and I'm getting addicted to loading my stash with discounted shelf-warmers of obscure subjects.

>>11519775
Academy has the most detailed and easiest to assemble phantom in 1/72 though its F-4J only with no options for flaps or open canopy.
Finemolds is a close second, but you need to buy the weapons DLC. They're not super expensive at least if you can import from surugaya during free shipping sales. If you're looking for a longer nose phantom this is the brand i'd opt for.
Fujimi >= aiirfix if you're looking for british phantoms. Panel lining is more fine and overall fit is superior to the airfix. Less options than airfix however (no radar or catapult iirc), grab te recent hobby2000 reboxes for fresh cartograph decals over buying old copies on ebay.

>>11520224
temu, surugaya, one35scale sometimes has some nice deals on 1/35 kits.

>>11520224
temu, surugaya (paying JP msrp for most japanese kits with 900 yen shipping fee via EMS or DHL), one35scale usually has some nice deals on 1/35 kits.

>>11520234
How much do you save as opposed to ordering it from the local online shop?

>>11519727
>got my first 3d printer
Filament or resin? They are two entirely different things.

>if they do are they even accessible on the internet
yeggi

>>11519849
The miniatures scene is full of lefties and troons. DanaHowl is probably the largest actual troon, also of course he sells his wiener pics on OF or some shit.
Sure military scale models tend to be more of a boomer and wehraboo scene, but there is enough overlap between those worlds. Mostly wargaming/DnD crowd getting offended at historic dioramas and shit. Eg. almost every single one of AK interactive controversies. Fucking leftie commie niggers made them drop the banger branding on Abteilung 502 oils to some generic art store shit. (pic related)

>>11520084
>is there a certain tape
There's the vinyl tape or some shit or I use the precision painters tape (blue as opposed to tan, but this is in EU, might be different elsewhere) that has better adhesion and sharp edges.

>how to i avoid paint from getting under the tape?
Spray varnish on it first

>what sort of tape do i avoid?
Tape that is not masking tape

>also how do i stop the paint from peeling when i pull the tape off?
It's a lottery every time. I would suggest a light coat of gloss varnish or something like that before masking (and letting it dry for several days), if you have some intricate shit under there. But if you have like decals then what the fuck are you doing masking AFTER adding decals? Decals should be like one of the last steps.

>>11520229
>plane has folding wings
>kit does not
shameful

>>11520084
I like Tamiya tape. I’ve read that Frog tape is very similar for a lot less money. I’ve tried that too and had good results. I forget the term but I’ve also had better results if I go over the tape edge with something stronger than my finger/fingernail. Just be careful not to gouge or scratch your surface. I usually use a tongue depressor or wood skewer. Similar to what another anon said, giving a light coat of the color you are taping over will help seal the edge of the tape for the color change. Making sure the surface is clean is important for tape adhesion but you should be doing that anyway with painting. I haven’t had a lot of tape peeling color off with the tapes I mentioned but YMMV. Finally, no matter how careful I am, I will undoubtedly have some spot where the paint will bleed under the tape and completely piss me off. Thank you for reading my blog and good luck.

>>11520084
are you asking about brush painting or airbrushing

>>11521375
Not OP but your answer made me curious. Do you tape differently depending on how painting?

>>11521785
just be more careful with it when brush painting. I find I need to get the tape completely flush over all the details, and only brush away from it. with airbrushing, unless the surface gets flooded like a retard, there's nothing to it

>>11520244
>Fucking leftie commie niggers made them drop the banger branding on Abteilung 502 oils to some generic art store shit. (pic related)
spain is full of commie faggots, I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner
eastern europe is still immune to this, thoughever

>>11521884
Thanks!
> only brush away from it
is an especially good tip.

>>11520235
I paid £47 each for the tamiya 1/48 F-14Aa (catapult and the base kit) off surugaya which includes the shipping fee+paypals shitty exchange rates. Those kits usually retail for around £80-100 not including postage.
The 1/48 tamiya F-35B was £55 total vs £90.

yes, im still posting this big sexy model

Hasegawa 1/72 Vought A-7A Corsair II
went together pretty well for a kit almost as old as the plane itself

>>11522498
I just built the old Hasegawa BAC Lightning and was also very pleased with the fit. The wings snapped in place to the proper symmetrical anhedral with no issues. If you just want a quick built at a reasonable low price those are a good choice.

Starting on this AMT Ford Courier now. I want to use the bed sides for the custom "minivan" option because they have wider fender flares, but they have the notches for the windows. I dont want to put the bed topper on, so how can I fix the gap and make it look normal again?
I guess I just need to cut out the shape on some PS sheet?

>>11522498
Thumbprint on the canopy aside, that's a solid build anon. Good job.

>>11522931
Cut the part of the window piece that goes there and use it to fill the gap.

>>11523073
great idea

feeling further justified in my hoarder mentality and not throwing unused parts from previous kits away. I have a nice selection of wheels and parts to further customize this build. I also ordered a different 3D printed engine, since I wanted the stock engine for another build in the future.
I'm quite excited, never kit bashed before

>>11520244
DnDfags are incredibly low T, in my experience. I would pay no mind to their kind.

Us modellers, should stick together and I guess gatekeep a teensy bit too.

>>11523118
Do they at least beat WH40K players in T-count?

>>11523191
Very 50:60 kind of situation. In both fandoms in public spaces you need to shut your mouth if you are any sort of right leaning, otherwise you will be shunned.
That's not to say that there are no right leaning people in either, but if you want to keep playing in non-private games, you pretty much can't reveal your power level.

I tried both cutting the window flush with the bed and also just using the ps sheet to make my own fender flares on the stock bed parts.
I think I like the custom made flares a lot more, not to mention the inside of the widebody piece is a total mess now and I'd likely have to scratch build some sort of bed insert like you can get for real trucks.

>>11523191
I will put it to you this way, I have met a couple of cool 40kfags, but I have yet to meet a DnDfag who was not a Redditor.
>>11523250
What this guy said too, but this extends to whatever hobby stuff you can find in a Barnes and Noble or other local leftistan, with the exception of origami.

dont make me fall back to posting trannys again just to get (you)s

>>11524324
he big

How much overlap between model planes and rc planes is there?

I really like modern cub style sport planes, but other than Guillow's balsa tissue kits, I can't really find nice display models of stol planes.

>>11522378
>>11522931
>>11523531
>>11524324
I like both of these. That is all.

Just came back from five weeks of holiday and like all scale modellers I stuffed half my suitcase with new kits. Also I'm aware that Mistercraft builds have a horrible reputation but they A) only cost me £10 and B) had six and ten decals schemes so they're still worth the money as far as I'm concerned

>>11524638
The F-86 is a Heller tooling, which is fine. Not the best in the present day, but it cleans up nicely. The rest of your picks were fuck-ups, except for maybe the Black Hawk.
>>11524474
A little bit, look up the kits made by Pat Tritle, he has what you are looking for. I would recommend the Champ. His kits are sold under Dumas, Dare, Manzano and Pat's Custom Models brands, go for the Dare options, they are the most modern and the most complete (kits as opposed to short kits from Manzano).

>>11524474
>>11524728 I should also add that there are other designers who have good models too. Rich Uravitch short kits might fit some of your needs, but I think that they might have been discontinued.

If you want something made of foam, Hacker, VA Models and NaPolskimNiebie have what you want. There are also ready-made models, but what is the fun in that?

Then again, if you really just want something that can be put together in a weekend, then get a Tower Beaver, Hobbyzone Sport Cub or Champ, or a Durafly Tundra.

As a last note, avoid Hobbywing Sky Walker ESCs, as they have a habit of starting fires.

>>11523531
Both look incredibly messy. I hope you like filling and sanding.

>>11524324
big pipe
Did you ever finish that SdKfz 222 like you were supposed to? You have the commitment of a black father. :(

>>11524324
Is this the thing Night Shift wanted to build but said it was too big for him

>>11524767
guy, I finished that one months ago, never did a dio for it like requested tho.
>>11524847
maybe? I remember seeing it in his stash in a video a while back, bot not much else about it.

>>11524728
The Revell Tornado is not a fuck-up.

>>11524638
pro tip: you can sometimes find free food in trash bins

>>11524971
That is right, I was thinking of the Italeri 1/48 one... Now that is a dog of a kit. Still, the Hasegawa kit is better and not that different in terms of price. I have found them consistently in stores for $20-25, which is about the same as Revell's retail price.

How should I do the tarp over the turret stowage baskets? Tinfoil? Green Stuff? Tissue paper?

Apparently on the original it's plastic.

>>11525323
Milliput if you're good, tissue paper otherwise.

>>11525391
I got both green stuff and milliput.

>>11525391
Milliput will rip. Mixing green stuff and milliput might work. The Tamiya quick epoxy that Night Shift uses really does work wonderfully.

By the way, my pops won two silver and one bronze at the NAVIGA bote modelling world championship. I posted one of his botes a few threads back.

There were people from clubs as far as Uzbekistan, China, Taiwan, etc.

>>11525407
Are you the anon whose father built wooden ships?

How do you keep tiny parts in place while painting. Is there a better way?

>>11525440
I use blu tack for nearly everything

>>11525420
Yeah.

can you paint acrylic over enamel? I have some old models I want to repaint for fun, but I have a lot of acrylic pants but not many enamels since testors died

Last little assembly done, and now it's ready for painting. I always dread PE like this, but a little annealing and the provided form made it easy. There's also a plastic option, but it's so offset with so much flash that this was probably less time consuming. The grill dry fits securely in there, will paint with it on and then remove to put the glass in.

>>11525440
I like double sided foam tape.

>>11525739
Looking great!

I want to get the HMS Coventry/HMS Sheffield by FOREART but it seems to only be offered only ebay from China
Are any of those sellers legit?
I've heard that they often scam

>>11525739
How are you gonna paint the headlight?

how do I stop acryics from drying so fast when im painting? im still getting used to them after using enamels for so long, but if Im painting a piece with light strokes, less than 30 seconds later the acrylic paint will dry and get clumpy and come right off the suface when i go back over for another pass with the brush.

>>11526068
stop brush painting tamiya/mr aqueous

>>11526110
how else do you do it? I cant paint with an airbursh indoors and I live on the 5th floor so I cant go outside either

>>11526111
try thinning and/or retarding it to be more brush friendly, or get good and don't disturb it more than a couple of seconds after applying, or use a water based acrylic which are all easier to brush, or figure out an airbrush setup

>>11526068
Buy Vallejo or AK 3rd Gen for brush painting, use a wet palette (can be a plastic box with a sponge and parchment paper) and retarder if needed for wet blending.

>>11526068
I know people won't like that, but you can thin your Tamiya acrylics with water. That reduces the concentration of alcohol in them which makes it a bit safer to repaint your first layer. Also water doesn't evaporate as quickly as alcohol which makes them slower drying. Try it out on a scrap piece and see if that suits you.

>>11526110
>>11526114
>>11526275
just so I understand, these are the Tamiyas youre referring to? That they should only be used to spray? I bought a few of these not knowing any better, they are not water based?

I get that eventually all painting should be done with spray but im not there yet skillwise.

>>11526336
>just so I understand, these are the Tamiyas youre referring to?
yes
>That they should only be used to spray?
the main reason to get these paints is they are nice for airbrushing casually. they are suboptimal for brushing because of what you described. there are fags online who say they're fine for brushing if you mix them with the right stuff. I would not say to never brush with them, just that you're probably going to eat shit if it's a main/base colour or you don't know what you're doing
>not water based?
I don't know the chemistry. the paints people are calling water based do not have those flammable warnings on. afaik, this is every popular acrylic paint range except tamiya and mr hobby aqueous

>>11526396
thanks anon.
Im still a little jumbled up since Testors died and enamel bottles arent what they used to be. i model very sporatically now sometimes 2-3 years between sets, so by the time I jump back in tech has changed again.

I do have a bottle of mission models paint, a squeeze bottle of valejo, and some AK real color paints. Those should be better to brush with?

>>11526336
It is water based, but uses alcohol as the main solvent. Purely "water based" acrylics do not use alcohol but actual water with additives to reduce surface tension etc.

>I get that eventually all painting should be done with spray but im not there yet skillwise.
What gave you that idea? Yes a lot can be done with an airbrush, but it's a different tool to a brush, not a replacement. It's like saying "I get that I eventually should do everything with a screwdriver, but currently I can only use a hammer". Different use cases.

>>11526456
vallejo is good. I haven't tried the others. ak real color says it's lacquer

>>11526602
>What gave you that idea?
I used to go to local boomer hobby store that eventually closed early last year. the man was pointing out many of the glass display models built and would say they were all done with airbrushes not painted by hand.
As I read build descriptions from other model makers I often see that they will spray just about everything and rarely rely on a brush unless its tiny delicate areas.

>>11526602
does that mean i need to use only the tamiya thinner to clean my brushes after? I have a small container of it but I thought water alone would be enough

>>11526628
>lacquer
see this is where i start getting confused. I bought those because someone who also built the same model said that was the closest color match to the real thing he was trying to replicate. I bought it but now im realizing I dont even know what it actually is

>>11526639
>lacquer
this is intended for airbrushing, in a proper setup with extraction and a mask. probably ass for brushing

>does that mean i need to use only the tamiya thinner to clean my brushes after?
water is fine. thinner or isopropanol will clean it up better if necessary

>>11525939
thanks bb
>>11526054
the cage is dry fitted, ill just pop the sucker off