Thread 11604871

Zpurdo Zpärde edition

previous thread: >>11576280

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:
BOX SCALE BEST SCALE

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)

>>11604871 (OP)
>amfiibne
>transportöör
Fucking hilarious. We goulashniggers just use í and ő, not ii and öö like a fucking schizophrenic.

Are MPC kits decent enough for a fun project? I was thinking of building a model of a monte carlo.

>>11604930
Someone asked the same question last thread. The answer is there.

>box scale
what

>>11604946
Scale that is not labelled. Sort of a boomer term, but it is why those old Aurora, Revell and Monogram kits do not have a consistent size.

Airfix were the first to really create a set scale in the form of 1:72, then other companies follow.

>can't decide if windshield up or windshield down
>check pictures
>pretty much ever irl example of the TOW variant is windshield down
Well that settles it. Windshield down has a certain cool factor to it as well.

How bad is your decision paralysis, /smg/?

>>11604976
Incredibly bad...
>t. 3 years deciding whether to build a model in flight or on the ground (the kit sucks, do not buy the Hasegawa T-38)

>>11604976
yeah I have pretty bad decision paralysis too. Work continues on the metal gear rex though.

>basically impossible to neatly cut straight strips of the supplied sheet to make the belts for the harness on this WRC Focus
>try to make my own from 2mm strips of tape
>struggle with getting them to perfectly overlap each other
>realized I can just get some ribbon at the crafts store
>its the perfect size, color and even mildly more accurate
absolute W

Finished another 109. Eduard 1/72 kit with decals from Special Hobby kit 72394. The scheme is from an airshow in 1950.

>>11605459
The other side was not decorated as the spectators only saw the lefthand side..

>>11605459
looks great, I saw it about 2 minutes ago on twitter before seeing it in the thread gj algorithm

https://www.tamiyausa.com/media/files/60795ml-1510-40cb.pdf
Manual for the 1/72 tamiya F-14D is out. This is just straight up the academy F-14 but superior. The moment they release swept wings+catapult nose gear its unironically over for GWH f-14. No fucking reason to get any other tomcat kit (besides maybe FM if you like open panels) once it comes out.

>>11605592
>academy F-14 but superior
is it now? tamiya's is a downscaled version of their 1/48 F-14; it'll be good no doubt but it's 2x the academy's parts count and assembly is more complex (I almost got tired reading the instructions)

>>11604871 (OP)
what looks more better on the P-51B?
Bare metal silver AS-12 or TS-17 Gloss Aluminum?
Doing a Tuskegee P-51 really.

>>11606224
if it helps you decide at all, the base coat on my Ki43 from the last thread has AS-12 as the base coat
>>11604102
though the color got darkened a bit when I wiped away the panel line wash

>>11606228
On the kit itself wants to do bare metal silver though its darker than the gloss aluminum shown on the decals I ordered.

>>11605592
if nobody has built it yet how do we know

Interior of the Focus rally car is done. While these ribbons were much easier to cut to size they definitely were much harder to actually use. They're obviously much thicker than the thin plastic they intend you to use, and as such some of the routing (like going back through the buckles again) is physically impossible. Not only that, but fighting with the fraying ends was a complete nightmare. By the end I had gotten sick of it and half assed the belts for the 2nd seat. I've probably spent at least an hour on my hands and knees combing through my carpet trying to find the buckles when they would keep jumping out of my tweezers. I also realized when it was far too late that I got the seats switched, so I guess this car is from an alternate universe where Nicky was the driver and not Colin.
I now firmly know I never want to build a race car with a 6 point harness ever again unless I can get a premade one. If they were photoetch like most aircraft belts are, I don't think it would have been this hard and I'd be willing to take that trade off for not looking as good or realistic.

On to the suspension and underside next probably. I'm really not looking forward to doing the exterior decals at all. Wish me luck

I love flimsy sprue gates on the edge of curved surfaces

>>11606876
>complains about free chipping and weathering
There's just no winning with you retards, is there?

>>11606876
always cut tangent to a curved edge to avoid accidents like that

Why does the civil boat market suck so much, there are like 6 good sets and the rest are just titanics and titanics and titanic variants and modern titanic equivalents
Now they also make sets where you have 2 titanics of a different scale in 1 box, like what the fuck
It could be the most interesting segment because specialized civil ships do vary a lot and each one looks completely different. Fishing boats, research vessels, rescue boats, icebreakers, all kinds of tugboats etc, they all have different equipment and are usually quite colorful which I like

Bruh, this looks like ass.

I wanted to do a brushed camo effect with airbrush, so I used Gunze masking snot. When it didn't want to come off I used warm water to loosen it up, and I think the acrylic paint wasn't fully dried yet and did this to the surface. So... free weathering I guess? Looks kinda like the Japs using poor quality paint. I also managed to scratch the paint at a few places down to the black primer trying to get it off, so I guess that's also free weathering. Also the masking was shitty in a few places, like the cupola, but I guess that's also free weathering.

If I lightly spray it with thinner using an airbrush to dissolve and re-dry the surface of the paint, will it fix it, or will it just cause another disaster?

Yep, kinda poopoo-peepee.

>>11607069
I'd like to do some boats that aren't tiny scale and riddled with nigger etch, and I'm too much of a shitter to do wood

Well, that was a fun afternoon
Thinking of making it into one of those uparmored frenchoid ones to keep it in line with the other french shitbuckets

>>11607230
nigga what the fuck happened all around your rivets?

>>11607390
If I have to guess the paint deposit was the thickest around the rivets, so it was the farthest from dried. So when I put an acrylic painted tank in warm water those parts got damaged the most.

>>11607230
Looks like a kid dropped their toy tank into a campfire. Strip it and start again for the love of god.

>>11607472
Nah, it's fine.

Last ditch Chi-Ha.

>Autist makes a fuss over Japanese tank colors
>Uses inaccurate colors anyway
>Does a shit paintjob
>Uses post-facto mental gymnastics to convince himself that it's "weathered"

For the Red tailed Mustang I am currently building. What choice of red to use? Tamiya X-7 Red or XF-7 Flat Red?
And for the Yellow stripe running around the wing? Tamiya X-8 Lemon Yellow or XF-3 Flat Yellow?

>>11607571
Show me a WW2 color photo proving that it's wrong. I'll wait.

>>11607771
>the cope won't stop
Explain this you fucking assburger

>>11607790
Looks EXACTLY like mine.

>>11607230
>>11607797
Homeboy, I have seen cat turds cleaner than this. If you need suggestions for paint strippers, hit me up.

>>11607571
>>11607814
>shitposts and insults an Anon's decent model
>doesn't post any of his own work
>posts a GuP screenshot as a reference
Reddit is two blocks down.

>>11607823
You can keep coping and call it "okay" or "decent" but you would have to follow your own advice and fuck off to leddit in order for anyone to be delusional enough to call it good.

Thanks for confirming that you are non-functionally autistic though if you actually thought the anime picture wasn't shitposting.

Also have posted plenty of my work, so suck my dick. Bitch.

>>11607823
>shitposts and insults an Anon's decent model
>decent model
Wait let's take a look at your initial post. "this looks like ass". Wow, insulting your own model? Were you expecting everyone to praise you for fucking up?

So anyway I sprayed it with thinner and that mostly fixed it. Now it looks just like how it would have looked like IRL.

>>11607844
>>11607881
You're arguing with someone else, tantrum-throwing spergnigger-kun.
>still hasn't posted models
You may kys now, nigger.

>>11608035
>iwasmerelypretending.jpg
:^)

>>11608038
You caught me, I am your nemesis, I only go to this thread to be your mortal enemy, anon.

>>11608043
I see you and raise you a dumpster-sperg.

>>11608043
>>11608055
Imagine being this upset over a quick and dirty weekend build of a $10 kit from 1975.

I just don't understand model minutes
>Has airbrush and knows how to use it
>Let me do a shitty brush paint job instead
>Only builds terrible or ancient molds
He still builds more than me so I guess I can't say shit

>>11608230
low effort builds are valid. it's interesting to see brush painting sometimes. and idk, he does a decent selection.

>>11608230
Don't like the people who he associates with. Good chap, but he surrounds himself with people who are quite pompous and a bit temperamental.

If you think Emiru at Twitchcon was bad, wait till what happens to Papa NightShift at next year's Mosonmagyaróvár.

>>11608230
It's called "soul".
Brush painting is a thinking man's choice

>>11608230
>Only builds terrible or ancient molds
I don't know him so I got curious and checked it out, he just builds what you see on shelves after the popular new items have been sold out.

>>11608230
>Has airbrush and knows how to use it
>Let me do a shitty brush paint job instead
Nothing wrong. You can't improve if you stick to only what you are good at.
>Only builds terrible or ancient molds
Nothing wrong. Just don't be like the chi-ha retard who uses it to excuse his poor effort despite manufacturers having no control over the modeller's painting skill.

>>11608352
Nothing wrong with brush painting, but it's an inevitability that on large flat surfaces airbrush will in 90% of cases get you a 5x better result in 10% of the time.

>>11608561
If it were only about the result then I'd just buy a die-cast model or pay someone to do it for me. Sure, I don't actually do any of the modelling but I get a 10x better result, right?
Brush painting is si ply more enjoyable for me. It let's me focus on the process and not have to worry about cleaning attachments, ventilation, breathing in all kinds of chemicals, etc. Only down side is you can't do blurs.

>>11608566
Good job, it's not Twitterbro levels of "finger painted it with fence paint" and instead "my 7 year old brother has a pretty stable hand". Like if you are proud of it, then you do you buddy, but it's not a good paint job. The edges are objectively fucked up and the paint is crusted on.

>>11607844
You're trying way too hard to fit in.

>>11608570
I have been on this general for 6 years, nigger. Retards like you either presumably kill themselves from cope or go full dumpster-tard.

>>11608577
>election tourist
You have no idea how unsurprised I am.

>>11608578
I understand that your reading comprehension is in line with your other skills, so I will explain - "this general" in this context means "this specific general thread". Or if you have clairvoyant powers and meant the 2009 elections, then I guess you are correct.

>>11608568
Still better than any of your airbrushed orange peel trash heaps.
>>11608577
>6 years
Welcome to the chan, newfriend! PM me if you need help setting up your account.

>>11608582
Samefagging won't make your models any better. Are you the same retard that died on top of that "Tamiya brushpainting" hill with your Red Baron death mask?

>>11608584
Yes I am, what of it?

>drop the hobby for a couple of years due to life stuff
>don't visit the general as a result
>finally have time to build again
>check up on the ol' /smg/ for inspiration
>the EXACT same shitposts as before
Please don't tell me you guys are still arguing about paint retarder as well.

>>11608590
Your a paint retarder

>>11608590
Seeing as it's Manfred Von Retarder-kun, then I'm sure it will come up.

>>11608584
NTA, but Tamiya acrylics are meant for brushpainting. Yes, that anon is clearly a paraplegic retard and can't paint but this the first time I've seen someone argue against Tamiya paints.

>>11608584
>>11608594
Now I'm curious. Got pics of the Redtarder Baron?

>>11608589
Thanks for confirming yourself to be the recurring thread retard. Carry on.

>>11608595
"Can be" and "are meant for" are very different things. Alcohol based acrylics behave way better in an airbrish than when brushed and vice versa for water based.

>>11608596
It was not good enough to save, have twitterbro instead

Literally nothing wrong with paint retarder but okay.

>>11608601
Nobody said there was. It was just another thing Manfred Von Retarder-kun sperged out about. Can't even recall what his "point" was. Just imagine the most backward, never empirically proven, pants on head retarded opinion and you will probably be close.

>>11608584
>>11608597
>>11608604
Still haven't seen you post any of your own models so I'll accept your concession.

>>11608611
Last time you asked and I did post them, then you shut the fuck up for 6 months. But watching you cope and be butthurt is funnier.

stop posting so much

>>11608627
yeah back in my day /toy/ used to be a slow board and there were no young whipper-snappers making more than a post in two days the youth is spoiled i tell you bob

br
dick johnson
usmc (ret) 1980-1980 semper fi!

>>11608597
>Alcohol based acrylics behave way better in an airbrish than when brushed and vice versa for water based.
I don't know why I read this in a slurred drunkard voice, but it's funny.

>>11608661
>have you ever brush painted alcohol based acrylics?

>>11608597
>Alcohol based acrylics behave way better in an airbrish
Would you say it's because it dries faster? Hmm, if only there was a way to slow that down...or rather...retard it.

This post was made by Mr Hobby Acqueous gang.

>>11608716
Why would you need to slow it down when airbrushing? Maybe very slightly if it dries mid air due to very low humidity. The alcohol drying fast and giving less surface tension makes it much better for airbrushing. But in brush painting application the alcohol is often strong enough to strip previous layers, so you have to be very anal in your approach and technique. With water based paints you can paint a lot differently. And for wet blending can't beat oils.

>>11608716
Man, I've had a very mixed success with brushpainting with Tamiya acrylics. Some colours seemed to be way easier to paint than others. But maybe I'm just retarded. What paint:thinner:retarder ratio do you use?

Also been making a Su-15TM but kinda fucked up the bare metal paintjob. Cheaping out on some surfacer did not work too great. Next I plan on doing the 1/72 Tamiya F-51D Mustang, so can someone here recommend a good way to make that aluminium look with a paintbrush?

>>11609127
Your best bet is probably going through aluminum colors of different brands till you find the perfect one.

Model Master metal colors used to be perfect, but now they're extinct in the wild. Maybe AK?

>>11609135
The AK 3rd Gen series is the most consistent one in every single aspect I have tried (both regular and metallic paint). There are a few outliers that are stinkers, but most of the paints are very consistent in coverage, quality, consistency and ease of use. The metallics are good for brush painting small details, I'm not entirely sure about painting large flat surfaces. Usually airbrushing is your best bet here. Also metallics specifically benefit a lot from being sprayed very evenly and in thin layers so the flakes align. Apparently Vallejo metallics are better for brush painting, but I have no first hand experience. I have sprayed Tamiya metallics with good results, but Alclad is apparently the best you can get. I think someone said that AK Xtreme Metal is a rebrand of that shit in Europe, but I can not 100% confirm. I did try them and they were great though.

>>11609135
>>11609191
I actually used the AK Xtreme Metal for this model, but I feel that they should be used with an airbrush (and some base coat of black primer). I found this korean(?) dude on YT that only paints models by hand, I'll probably try out whatever he is using.

>>11609212
Yeah as I said I don't know if there's really any good way of applying the metallics with a brush in any good way, the way the metal flakes in the paint work, extremely thin layers and great alignment from such layers is the key. If you really don't have any way of using an airbrush, then maybe you could try a rattle can? Then again you can get one of those shitty USB airbrushes for like 40 bucks so...
And about the black primer, it should absolutely be a coat of gloss black. I have had good results with Tamiya X-1 and Mr. Color GX-2.

>had to buy a new workplace PC and a new VESA mount over more shit for the pile of shame
I don't know why I feel bad, I did what I was supposed to do. But I feel like I'm not careful I'll end up like those homeless who don't have toes because they don't have money for shoes in December, but somehow always have money to absolutely blackout plastered.

>>11608691
Yes. You have to thin them with water.

I have a tank that I've painted dark yellow and dark green. I'm about to do a slight drybrush to bring out the details but here comes the problem. Should I drybrush each color with their lightened shades or should I drybrush the whole thing in lightened dark yellow?

>>11610276
Hypothetically is that green and yellow tank a Chi-Ha that you dunked in water while the paint on it had not dried yet?
But in any case the answer depends on several things.
1) What effect are you trying to achieve? Just some contrast or heavy signs of wear and tear?
2) How much do you care? Are you in this hobby to improve, see things through, improve and be proud of your models or just want to rush through your kits in order to have the absolute minimal return on your investment?

Doing the light base color will show up with more contrast and look like heavier wear and chipping on the green parts. Doing separate colors for the respective colors will leave a more subtle effect that may or may not be desired, but will probably look better in the end because you can do partial chipping with the yellow as well and have a better end result with different finishes.

>>11610291
Nah, it's a King Tiger :D I'm aiming for some contrast and want the colors to just pop a little. I really don't like to make my models super worn and dirty. So I think separate colors is the way I'll do it. I've built a couple of tanks before but this is the first one that has multiple colors so this is a new kind of problem for me. Thanks for the advice

>rush through your kits in order to have the absolute minimal return on your investment
that's me

>>11609127
>What paint:thinner:retarder ratio do you use?
Some of my jars have been conpletely fucked ao it varies but by default I do 1:1 and only a few drops of retarder, otherwise it takes a full day for a single thin coat to dry.
>a good way to make that aluminium look with a paintbrus
I've had amazing results with Vallejo's chrome. It's probably a few shades darker than what you're looking for but I'd look into their other metallic options.

>>11609127
What I do is put a base-coat of similarly-coloured water-based acrylic on before brush painting Tamiya

>>11610723
Also I didn't need to have that many hyphens in there

I have purchased an eduard mig-21. From Scamazon no less because I magically found a listing for a kit I had on my scalemates wishlist for cheaper than anywhere else.

>left is what the instructions wanted me to mix up
I wanted to paint a desaturated yellow stripe. Not a rhodesian FAL for fuck sake.

>>11610649
>take time and be meticulous with kit
>ADHD kicks in at the end and IWANNABUILDSOMETHINGELSERIGHTNOWFUUUUCK
>rush and half ass all the final touches so I can move on faster

>knock over 1/35 tank (dark green) and figure (yellow plastic)
>light wooden floor
>large turret hatch nowhere to be found
>figure disappears
>found the absolutely insignificant 0.5mm circular PE part
>try to put it
>dropped and lost forever

latest dumb impulse purchase from a thrift store auction.
I need to leave it out in the sun or something for a day so it can "charge" because I don't have any uv lights besides the little pen light I use for uv cure resin. I think at a minimum I'll try to paint the canopy to match with some transparent orange paint.

>>11610943
Do you not have a flashlight?
Of course you first have to vacuum or dust your floor before starting with the model.

fun quick build. painted the canopy with vallejo transparent orange since it looks dumb as all clear plastic out of the box

>>11611141
I mean it's super gimmicky, but looks pretty nice. Looks like you did a clean job on that canopy.

>>11610943
the carpet thanks you for the sacrifice. Your build is now blessed.

>want Kiowa Warrior
>look on-line
>everything is over $40
Seriously, why are there no kits of this? Same goes for the EA-6.

so i went a bit nuts buying models with the objective of justifying the price of appropiate tools for painting them. mainly an airbrush, the compressor, related accessories and chemicals on top of the paints. do you guys have any brand recommendation for the compressor? amazog has a ton of gimmicky cheap options but they all appear to be various forms of chinesium which make me and my wallet a bit nervous

>>11611179
>buy appropiate tools for painting
>for Trumpeter kits
The appropriate tool for Trumpeter kits is a 32 Gallon Wheeled Outdoor Garbage Can with Attached Snap Lock Lid and Heavy-Duty Handles.

I am only half kidding. The price of Trumpeter kits keeps me in a Stockholm syndrome/abusive relationship where I keep telling myself that maybe the next kit will be better, but every time having spent the money on two bricks and smashing my genitals between them would have been a preferable alternative.

>>11611179
The chinesium FD-186 would do just 'fine'. If you want something up from that you're looking at a Sparmax or an Iwata.

>paint has dried for DAYS
>de-tacked masking tape on my hand a couple of times
>still get adhesive marks on my paint
this is making me want to crash out so fucking bad. it's so depressing and infuriating.

>>11610943
I thought I lost a jet air intake in the garden yesterday when I was out spraying and bitterly resolved myself to the fact that I'd fucked it up, until I found it on the garage floor even though I was sure I didn't take it in there.

>>11611294
Did you listen to the retard-kun and put more than a drop of retarder?

>>11611456
rent free

Taiwan Model Show starts tomorrow, just went and put my models down today.
Lots of great stuff there already, hopes of winning anything not great.
Testing to see if I can post from hotel wifi.

>>11611456
Yeah, I put "a few drops" like he suggested. Never listening to you retards again.

>>11611014
Found the hatch, but the figure is still awol
Flashlight doesn't help finding things in different dimensions

>>11611483
Sure it does, but it only works if the floor isn't covered in a hundred other pieces of shit. You do understand what I mean by "flashlight", right? You turn off other lights, stick it on the floor and scan around for any shadows to pop up.

>>11611481
>you retards
I think he established that he has been a singular retard this whole time. If one samefagging dumbass with no airbrush and too much free time can sow this much chaos, no wonder r*ssian and other totalitarian subversion troll farms work that well. Sad.

>>11611480
Hope to see a lot of photos, Taiwanbro

>>11611486
I'm pretty sure it's one retard who's shitting up every general on the board. Every thread just so happens to have "that one guy", who just stirs up shit and dreails the thread. He probably doesn't even do scale models.

>>11611498
Nah he does. He did post a Fokker or something a while ago and the Chi-Ha now. Of course there might be some other retard adding oil to the fire whenever possible.

>>11611506
>muh ebil strawmen are out to get me!
I haven't posted in four days schizophrenic anon.

Maybe it's you, ever considered that?

>>11611456
Why would I do that it's mr hobby aqueous.

>>11611524
I honestly don't know why anyone ever would take advice from retardered-anon. Can it be the tape itself?

>>11611528
I'm not sure. It could be? This is the second model where it's happened. I'm just using basic tamiya yellow masking tape.

Like Icarus, I have tasted accomplishment now that I can paint figures in 1/35 without being laughed out of the room and just like Icarus, I want to reach for the sun in 1/72
Any guides for figures in 72nd scale?

I'm so tired of this place.

>>11611456
>>11611486
>>11611506
Can you finally evict me from your head permanently? Yes, I brush paint my models because I find it more fun. Yes, it's not modelling competition tier of quality. Yes, I find my reselts more than satisfactory and conparable to other pieces posted here (still not seen any of yours by the way).
If you don't have anything else to say besides brush-[insult] then don't bother with the (You) or at least get a tripcode so I can filter your toothless comments.

>>11611548
Yeah, it's probably one bitter faggot trying to start shit with everyone. I had one bad paintjob on a tamiyashitter from 1975 and he built up hundred pages of lore for a cinematic universe where I'm the main villain.

>>11611547
lol how much did you pay for those? Printed 1/72 figures are like a dollar a pop including work time.

As for painting doing a zenithal and investing in some contrast colors is pretty much a lifesaver if you plan on painting more than just a few. Or at least mix your own contrast medium out of some matte medium. You do the base colors with those contrast paints and then just layer on as many highlights as you wish after that until you are pleased. And maybe a wash before or after in there somewhere to bring it all together. At such a small scale you pretty much have to count on the (good) molding of the figure to help you out. Shit molds and manual layering will drive you insane. Zenithal + contrast helps to cut the work in half so you can focus the manual brushwork on where it matters.

>>11611553
>Yes, I brush paint my models because I find it more fun.
>Yes, it's not modelling competition tier of quality
Nothing wrong with brush only.
>Yes, I find my reselts more than satisfactory and conparable to other pieces posted here
Lmao no. You can't even thin properly. Your chi-ha's overyellow is seeping into panels and your bf109 has blobs of paint.
>>11611557
That's just cope.

>>11611557
>I had one bad paintjob on a tamiyashitter from 1975 and he built up hundred pages of lore for a cinematic universe
>it's probably one bitter faggot trying to start shit with everyone

Well no, you revealed yourself to be the Red Baron guy. It's not made up lore, it's you saying some of the most utterly retarded shit and then doubling down, shitposting and samefagging, every single time. And I know that I'm not the only one calling you out, that has been clear every time as well. Some regulars might not just care enough to engage with a retard of this magnitude.

>>11611562
>Well no, you revealed yourself to be the Red Baron guy.
Okay, stopped reading there. Take your meds, and from now on wear a respirator when spraying enamels.

>>11611557
>tamiyashitter from 1975
Are you really going to blame the model instead of your own skill? Have a shred of self-reflection.

>>11611561
>Your chi-ha's overyellow is seeping into panels and your bf109 has blobs of paint.
Like I said, total schizo bitter incel building up lore over some imaginary strawman that's an amalgamation of all the evil meanie anons that called you a faggot retard.

That guy isn't Chi-Ha anon, I am, and I wouldn't be surprised if BF109 anon is someone else as well.

>>11611566
>autistic retard doesn't get it
Of course not.
How would you feel right now if you didn't get platinum mad over the posts of random people on the internet this morning?

>>11611561
>>11611562
You realise there's more than 2 posters in these generals, right Anon?

>>11611588
Uh uh? Still haven't seen you deny samefagging though
:^)

So TL;DR: there are two autistic retards ITT who scream "I HATE YOU POOPDICKSCHIZO DIE DIE DIE!!!" to about three different anons. Am I getting it right?

>>11611594
Nah, in cases like these it's literally just one retard arguing with himself to ruin thread quality. Just ignore, hide and post model kits.

>>11611594
>no u
Every single time...

>>11611560
>lol how much did you pay for those?
I paid 3 yurobux and got 4

>>11611619
That's actually fairly sensible. (not at scale) Good for you.

>>11611562
You're wrong. The Red Baron guy was me, though.

>>11611780
You're wrong though. The Red Baron guy was me.

It's been a long time! I am finishing up this A-10 after having it sit around for at least a year. I just have pylons left.

It's funny when they find out the poopdickschizo of the general, and the GOAT legend anon of the general are the same guy.

>>11612016
It's not though. The Poopdickschizo was me.

>>11611997
A-10 is one of my favs, you did a awesome job on it.

>>11611997
Awesome work anon.

>>11611997
>>11612068
>>11612031
Stop samefagging, brushtard-kun.

>>11611997
looks great anon, what's your watch?

Went to the Copenhagen model show (which is mostly trains) and met one of the most based boomers I've ever seen. 250 BF-109s, all in different scheme/model. 24 years of builds he said.

>>11612351
Every single one of them with information about Staffel, pilot and when/where it is from. Can't not respect the commitment, the general standard was pretty high (although not the greatest models you've ever seen)

Taiwananon here. Still rangeblocked from imageposting so I will compensate with a wall of text.
So, this was a big event, doujin/anime x scale modeling convention. I'd say it was 5% military models, 10% other (fantasy, sci-fi, anime, gunpla, dioramas) models, 5% modeling-related stalls and 80% anime stuff. Also army recruiters outside had a stinger launcher set up right under the final approach route for the nearby airport which I found kinda funny. Lots and lots of cosplayers. There was a guy with three big containerfuls of resin cast airplane parts and I bought me a Kita-chan flipbook.
Thanks for reading my blog. Point is, I only took pictures of military stuff, right. Only the tanks, planes and boats - maybe one third of all the models at the convention, not including the stalls. I ran out of battery and had around 800 photos by the end of the third hour. I'm going to have to take a few days sorting them, so you won't be getting them today.
Now imgur appears to be down at the minute, and I'm curious: How would I go about uploading so many photos? For exmaple, there are around 277 tank model pictures of maybe 100-150 individual models and imgur only allows 50 uploads per hour. Even taking away the worse ones (maybe one third to half) that still several hundred images. Is there another image hosting service that would allow for these big album uploads?
I'll go back and take pictures of the non-military stuff tomorrow, but I won't be exhaustive. Lots of scantily-clad women and mecha.

>>11612355
Google Photos lets you make huge albums very easily. If there are better alternatives I too would like to know because Imgur is indeed a total fuck

>>11612351
extremely based boomer. I assume he's on a watch list of some sort

>>11612351
This will be me in 22 years.
I tried to look if he had made a 109 I have also made, couldn't find one. I did see he has built the one I am planning to make next.

>>11612351
Man, I thought the boomer with 16 unique Bulgarian panzer 4s and the lady with the 2 dozen interwar Bulgarian aircraft were excessive

>>11612281
Is this false flagging or what? I do not believe that the A-10 was brush painted.

>>11612353
These are good enough and 250... I can't even be mad. Absolute madlad. Superb autism. Hope he finishes all the 34 248 that were built.

I did the base to make it look like it's going for a gun run.

>>11612500
I airbrush absolutely everything I can
>>11612351
Holy shit I bet this guy wakes up in the morning with one of these half finished in his sleep now
>>11612304
A cheap casio that the strap broke on

Worth anything?
Rear wheels missing...
Also, any clue >>11612503 ?

>>11612518
wrong thread bro. here we are autistic about rivet number and paint thicknes.

>>11612518
>Rear wheels missing...
It's called "defective". Return it. Also great job on asking "AI" and then asking a bunch of fucking retards for a thing you could have probably figured out in 5 minutes by googling for an actual product page. I am not even mad, I am genuinely disappointed in how humanity has defaulted to "hurr durr ask AI" and then be amazed when they get absolutely bogus information that they blindly believe. We went from "don't trust anything you read on the internet" to "do your own research" to "just ask AI" in a blink of an aye and I despise it.

>>11612524
I did, you absolute nigger, which is why I asked "ai"...
https://shop.mattel.com/products/hot-wheels-ferrari-sf90-stradale-assetto-fiorano-battery-powered-remote-control-car-jgd09
Also, congratulations, genius, who could've guessed a defective product would be called defective...
Wouldn't you know, though, some of these are worth a pretty penny..
Now go back to your plastic toys, I've been through that a long time ago...
>Model toys
>Erhmagerd, no not those

>>11612537
Ah yes, the hot wheels consumer is truly evolved. How many adult men did you have to go through at you local wal-mart for that treasure?

>>11612548
> Wallwut?
It was literally hanging on the display box they dump them in for everyone to see; some other guy passing by even mentioned it.
Literally couldn't give s shit about it, but for 2,49€ and since i can just return it anyway no questions asked, well...

>>11606224
Bsre aluminium isn't shinny at all

>>11606224
>>11612610
Example

>>11612537
Btw, a blast from the past.
They've seen better days...

is there no 40k mini general on 4chan? kinda surprised tbqh...

I just built my first dude it took me like 2+ fucking hours. I got super glue all over my fingers and somehow managed to cut myself.

How tf do you pain these things they always looked so much bigger in the youtube videos...

anyways I just wanted to tell someone

>>11612753
Here u go homie
>>96883131

I get tempted by minis every so often but the prices are insane to me. Are you going to play or just painting for fun?

>>11612753
40gay more like

>>11612761
>dead thread
th-thanks...

and probably just building and painting for fun... I'm too anti-social to go to a GW store and try finding people to play with. Maybe I should just buy some bigger models and try making dioramas like pic rel.

>>11612794
I fucked it up, you're looking for the WIP thread on /tg/. Terrain is fun because it is really cheap and really forgiving. I think there is a separate terrain thread on /tg/ as well.

>>11612823
>/tg/
ohhh.. yeah that makes sense. seems kind of weird they have split threads though

anyways appreciate your help cya later /toy/ :)

>>11612548
Are they wearing caps to hide their pattern baldness?

although this is a diecast, i want to ask if such a paint issue like the bump here is fixable, since you guys prob have more experience with paint, is this some sort of orange peel?

>>11612512
based casio and a-10 enjoyer

>>11612351
how difficult would it be to buy one of these kits, 3d scan it, then 3d print unlimited new planes?

>>11613115
looks like a paint bubble, not an orange peel, no fix for this other than stripping the paint and doing it yourself

>>11613174
Certainly more difficult than just buying an already made model for 3d printing

>>11613174
The moment someone talks about 3D scanning as if you just scan and then have a useful model for anything at all I know you're actually retarded and have never used one. It's totally useless and meant to be used as reference material unless you have an $250k+ scanner that can be used under laboratory conditions to check tolerances on parts.

also transfers

>>11612753
>is there no 40k mini general on 4chan? kinda surprised tbqh...
The rules suck and the fanbase is largely gay

>took me like 2+ fucking hours
Weird

>I got super glue all over my fingers
Why the fuck are you using super glue instead of plastic cement you fucking troglodyte? However this is pretty much par for the course for a 40K player.

>>11613292
this

Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what can I do if I want something around the scale of 1:4000? Buy a 3D printer? Are they even accurate enough with dimensions and colors at those kinds of scales?
Basically, I'd like to be able to build something similar to an entire battle scene on a single desk. It would be nice to see both sides of a fight, big terrain features, infrastructure and railways all in a single build, so I'm thinking 1:4000 would be the scale to go for. More conventional stuff like assembling your own diorama with a single vehicle and some soldiers around it also seems interesting, but it's not what I'm looking for right now.
Also, I'm pretty sure there was a model railways thread around here somewhere, do you guys happen to know how it died? I'd have thought that such an autistic hobby would be pretty popular on 4chan.

>>11613557
>Buy a 3D printer?
Yes

>Are they even accurate enough with dimensions and colors at those kinds of scales?
What the fuck are you talking about? Fully colored prints are only done by industrial printers. Get a resin printer and paint it.

>so I'm thinking 1:4000 would be the scale to go for
Do you comprehend that a man at that scale would be under half a millimeter? An Abrams tank would be 2 mm in length. You could stack grains of sand and set up that battle.

>>11613565
>Do you comprehend that a man at that scale would be under half a millimeter? An Abrams tank would be 2 mm in length. You could stack grains of sand and set up that battle.
You're actually right, I didn't think that through, my bad. The problem is that I first thought about making part of a railway network with multiple stations on a single desk and the only way I could see of fitting all of that in would be to choose a scale that would make the wagons just a few mm. That would basically be a map with very small moving rectangles on it, which seems cute to me, but it's true that it wouldn't work for other vehicles and it would look pretty weird even for trains. Something more like 1:1000 would probably be more appropriate for tanks and things like that.

>What the fuck are you talking about? Fully colored prints are only done by industrial printers. Get a resin printer and paint it.
I understood that even normal 3D printers can use filaments of different colors in a single print, though I'm not sure how much accuracy and detail I can get, I'll look into it.

>>11611179
Hyundai HYC 550-6S. None of that FD-186 faggot shit. It's a lot more efficient and doesn't get hot

>>11613588
>Something more like 1:1000 would probably be more appropriate for tanks and things like that.
If you want any people represented at all, then going smaller than 1/300-1/350 will be retarded. (This is the smallest scale any land vehicles will be available as plastic kits) Even at that small of a scale you can't space out things at realistic distances. Sure you could print even smaller, but it will get retarded small.

>I understood that even normal 3D printers can use filaments of different colors in a single print
Yeah man, you will for sure be able to multi-color print those 2mm vehicles with a 0,4mm nozzle on an FDM printer. Minecraft cars will have larger voxel resolution at that point.

>>11613605
Nice but overkill for most.

>>11613605
>Super silent
>59 db

Taiwan Anon here. The photos are in, 693 of them to be exact. Allegedly the largest scale modeling competition in Asia. I separated my photos into 8 categories. Originally the best and the rest were separated, making a total of 12, but that was too much so everything is in one big pile now.

Tanks. First place was, I believe, the M32. I talked to the guy a bit so I recognized him, but otherwise they did not announce the winners' entries.
The Hetzer was 1/72 and had really good figures.
Judges took away the shortlisted entrants to judge them further in the middle of all this. They returned most of them, but I believe first place might be missing for all the other categories.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPGCItVU2dMniDemD-vwhP_8KylNTpnGlPcTSQIHHriqqPilwgKKFsmzQY14WeXwA?key=aEtiR0tsUXRrWDFfTFZEaWRtZ3pRb1RIb0dfN1JB

Props. The Sea King had running motors.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNq7RNjOoG_Ey827SzVst2qwFe6xBMN99YHOVgLDEPEOG_DbEJBOdWYCuYmGQpd-w?key=QjQweldENEJ0OHV4eW1ySFd5eXF5WEJZbEdFUXVR

Jets. Apparently the disassembled F-14 took first place, and I talked to someone who said the internal structure was all scratch built. Impressive if true, thought I could never get a good look at it since it stayed at the judges' table and disappeared on the second day. Also, you're fired.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPSRit71msb_7CLIJMnIFkhcD2c82xMGOZaYkDurigbH65cjw-8Xg81ooXSVp5bZw?key=bVdwcVpUV29TdmZZcU5sblFSd3FLTGJ4N3RIbU9n

Boats. That Langley is seriously impressive. The Japanese destroyer on the diorama "Survivor of ordeals had a little flickering LED inside.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMOlYcyq1OnsTHjfUYa0ZOOtqxP2r-rlQFAm09yLH09a0FEPWeOkYoDML7hjfub2g?key=UE8wOE0xRUd6bWo0SDZra242ZHhFNlZoV2g1Z3hR

(2/2)

Dioramas.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNYaZjVkELjOwxLjwEvQtEF02fuazrIWpljunVFhQleJmYSVKLsGFv5bwQ2wa9gpw?key=TENkTklZTWxZVUxuVkdpQ1FSdzU0bmxnTkN5VEhB

Other stuff. Everything else, including a group build elephant walk, ww2-heavy-aircraft themed, at a separate table. I had no interest in mechas and figures, so I didn't take a lot of photos.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipNvKkp1TEbfMZoP41ov5lRiD7zzlsZODwpwdq64SWibhaE1FgnnXX333YbH9s4FHg?key=c0RyZExjcDFTUnBJc2RNdUlvQUFYeHptZHAxeWVn

Judges. These are the stuff the people judging us brought. The Lupin the Third diorama had Lupin the Third playing on the TV. Really cool stuff.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMoeN9zmvWjtxqleg0pC-9UcQncUJ2AEN9uiBnfrVllCbKnoLmnKYGhxyYZVvJc_Q?key=U3FNaXN1LWNFWjBDd0tUOXVidkRydWw1TnduSTBB

Students and kids.A combination of the under 12's and the 12-18's group.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOjI6XJ8QWrWJbO_14Jj9NJiKt0CmAv6g68wcbIAVqpx0tqSNetjpsZgnObgFxlag?key=dFdJcC1BS0I1ZzUzZUtTa0tpWHpadkhLdEwxcmZB

Overall a great experience, I even won a couple of shiny stuff I can put on my shelf. Everyone there was older and more experienced than I, and I had a blast talking to people in the same hobby. I really do encourage you to go to your local or national modeling competition, you will learn a lot more simply seeing at other people's works up close instead of through a camera. The contrast, lighting, sheen and shades, it all pops a lot more.
Thanks for reading my blog.
Bonus photo.
https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOMj5ouohLvhxXeDaJ-vetlthTv8kfNrTzkw3BYhw2O2Zsl4Qbo-_EcE4Z7D4juqQ?key=XzNGaWM4REkzTTNKNkVpWUp1cE1JZ084QXBXZWJn

>>11613245
thanks anon

>>11614128
>that pool
kek. good shit though

>>11614127
Can you explain this phenomena - most of the models range from great to excellent, the figures are okay to great and then the bases/dioramas have just straight up static grass fields with shit hovering on top or best case a bunch of unpainted foliage more or less blended into some dirt or snow? Is this cultural or something? Is only the model considered the main deal and everything else is ehh whatever? Is it a skill issue and asians can't into terrain? Because when I look at like Spanish model autists, they spend more time blending a fucking freehanded coke can into the roadside dirt than twitterbro does on his actual models.

>>11614127
I enjoyed the true lies harrier, such a wonderful piece

>>11614128
Some really fun ideas there. The U-2 (?) on the airfield/museum is great and the kid at the computer smoking niggers got a chuckle out of me.

>>11614167
I never really noticed before, but yeah, I see where you're coming from. I think it's a case of putting all the effort into the tank and the terrain more being an afterthought.
Maybe all the people good with terrains all went to the diorama category. Maybe half-melted snowfields or non-green grass are just hard for tropical country people. Maybe the floating tiger or jackson is a case of a universal base or pre-cut lawn. I haven't a clue.

>>11614167
I see this a lot too. As far as I can tell there are two kinds of people making dioramas, and the first category gets these results you speak of. First, there's the people that simply think everything needs to be in a diorama to be taken seriously. They have no real vision or idea for the diorama so the tank (particularly) just sits on a road or the jet sits on a carrier deck. Sometimes it's literally just an unrolled mat of that cheap looking grass material. The second category want to tell a story with the diorama or show a funny little scene off. The U-2 is a perfect example of this with the split between operational and museum condition, or the crew with a man with his head in the ground. I see a lot of the latter in large train builds by clubs where people love to hide little easter eggs around the whole set.

tl;dr it's sovl vs no sovl

>>11614182
Going from the rules of my local IPMS, it comes down to what gets judged and what doesn't.

Namely, bases are NOT judged, which is why many usually are just simple affairs if not outright phoned in - they're not being judged so as long as it gives the context for the model itself, if you don't want to put in the effort you don't have to.

Alternatively, if you do put in the effort, then might as well go all the way and make it a diorama. This in particular is where the catch is - if you enter a model and the judges decide the base is as much a focus as the model, they have the authority to MOVE your entry into the diorama category.

>know that paint can never truly match
>stressing yourself over it will only bring you pain
>still have paint autism
>Still want paint that's as close as possible
>want mr color c391 interior turquoise
>they don't do an aqueous version
>everyone else's is varying shades of wrong
>some more wrong than others
Fuuuckkk

>>11614308
Sounds like some American HOA or leddit moderator level of drunk on power shit.
I've ran a few friendly painting competitions and just told the judges to take the added stuff like the base or diorama into account if it helps elevate the model, but not to dock any points if it's not there.

>>11614308
If it's an Open Rules competition (most are) I've been an Open judge and moving a piece to diorama must generally satisfy one or both of two conditions:

1. It tells some sort of story. It's not just a Panther in a bush, there are figures doing things. Retreating, fighting, moving up. Something is happening. This distinguishes it from elaborate static scenery.

2. The piece will do BETTER in the category it gets moved to. So if it's a bronze where it is, but a silver in the new category then it goes there.

There's some flexibility there, intended to favour the participant. If you've done a banger job on the scenery but it depicts no action and we can fudge you into diorama as a vignette for a better score, we'll do it. If it tells a story but the scene is a bit shit, we might narf you back to vehicle or ordnance and just judge that part if it'll score better.

That said, some people are just fucking cunts so not every competition will adhere to the same spirit. I know of at least one instance where the judges judged themselves and won, despite the flagrant conflict of interest. But this is generally rare and most competitions try to avoid even the appearance of this.

>hearing Twitterbro as an insult
>still a worse builder than Twitterbro despite it taking me 3+ months to complete a kit with 10 parts
Should I just give up?

>>11615156
no

>>11615156
Post pics and we can help you out. Anything is better than the retard fight. This thread is lacking models, good or bad.

>>11615156
If you see absolutely no improvement after like 3 builds and actively trying to take time to get better - yes.
If you just don't find the time to actually build/paint, set aside a certain amount of time every night or on specific days where you will do that and then put effort into trying out more than the bare necessity.

Continuing on with my T-72 build, but I fucked up in that I glued down that upper glacis V piece before thinking about ERA bricks so now it looks like a weird mix of cold war and modern setup. Then again at this point you could probably see any and every possible combination with Kontakt-1 on every single vehicle including actual animals.

That's enough of this bullshit for today. I even have the flu/coof as if masking wasn't arduous enough by itself.

It's decided, I will turn my hag-go into one of those weird indochina fr*nch tanks
I found no immediate post-war fr*nch tank crew, did they just dress up as americans?
>>11615180
is that the dragon kit?

>>11611802
I AM SPASTIKUS.

>>11615189
Taping up Rex's rump so you can lay some camo down, time well spent

>>11615189
Could you not do the pattern in reverse? It seems like that would be significantly less masking.

>>11615234
What do I look like, not an idiot?

>>11615176
No pictures of the current build right now. I will take some later. (Kit is a Zvezda 1/144 Ju-87 that I bought so I could get free shipping on my Super Hobby order).
>>11615178
Good idea. I might try working on it tonight, since I will probably be awake for all hours (long story, but there is a ton of pressure on me at the moment).
>>11615172
Thank you.

Also, I am looking for some advice on what I plan on building next (a set of three Zvezda 1/144 Mi-24s). I bought them as per someone's recommendation and good fit (if the Stuka is anything to go by, I only had one gap to fill).

I also think that I might treat myself around Christmas and buy another few kits. Any recommendations for airliners (1980s-early 2010s) or helicopters (War on Terror)?

>>11612753
/tg/ has a Work In Progress General that is mainly 40k minis

hey dudes, what compressor and airbrush would you recommend to someone who has limited space and no experience using an airbrush but a lot of experience with brush painting?

any brit anons ever heard of amerang before? They say they're the distributor for Zimi models in the UK. https://amerang.co.uk/blog/amerang-appointed-as-exclusive-uk-distributor-for-zimi-model-kits/

Would be nice if you could actually get these if it's real and not a scam. They bought kitty hawk/panda/toucans molds after they went bust.

>>11615199
The french like to take credit for them, but aside from the post-war markings, these tanks were 100% japanese mods.
If I remembered right, the added armor was filled with sand or concrete and the tank was leaning to the front due to its weight.

>>11615568
I've used a Paasche d3000r compressor for about 7 years now and never had an issue with it. It is decently quiet. For airbrushes, I would recommend a Badger Patriot 105 for the cheap option or an Iwata HP-CS Eclipse if you have the money. I started with the badger and eventually upgraded to the Iwata.

>>11615589
What's the benefit of the higher end airbrushes?

>>11615595
Better materials, tolerances and seals. You know your good airbrush isn't going to sputtet or leak air or have a shitty needle.

>>11615595
Better trigger and smaller/smoother spray (with smaller needle) for detail work. For base coats and varnish any old chink 20 buck piece of shit will do.

>>11615598
>Better materials, tolerances and seals.
Yes
>You know your good airbrush isn't going to sputtet or leak air or have a shitty needle.
I don't know what you mean by "shitty needle" but otherwise this is all skill issue. If you don't think properly and clog your shit, you will still get these.

>>11615595
The badger does fine if you want the smooth airbrush finish and need to spray large areas for primer or color coats. It can do medium size details reasonably well. The Iwata does the same but is also much, much better at small details and fine lines. The Iwata is also easier to use, disassemble, and clean than the Badger.

If you are committed to the airbrush thing I highly recommend going straight to the Iwata. My first thought when I started using it was "fuck I wasted years using that Badger!" but the Badger is still a decent airbrush.

For ref, the pic related is what I like the Iwata for. The fine preshading patterns are really easy with it. I freehanded the camo pattern with it as well, which I would not have trusted the badger to do.

>>11615610
which models for badger and iwata?

>>11615610
the airplane is blocking my view of the spoon

>>11615568
love my as186 compressor and ps-270 airbrush

>>11615776
No it's not retard
The airplane is blocking your view of the masking tape
>>11615585
That's actually better
Now I don't have to design and print any fr*nch markings for this tank

anyone got a Harder & Steenbeck Infinity? How is it?

>>11616046
Great.
>Is it better than my 20 buck chink shitter?
Yes
>Is it 200 bucks better?
No
>Do I need it for 95% of my work?
No

I bought it when they had the Kyiv Infinity campaign, so I saw it as a donation with a bonus. And then the ziggers blew up the children's hospital the campaign was supporting.

>The mig-21 I bought came in a wine branded box
You really couldn't make it up thanks France

>>11616056
>Kyiv Infinity campaign
That existed?

>>11616185
https://harderairbrush.com/pages/kyiv

Not sure if it lets me link it.

what causes this?

>>11616285
AIDS

>>11616285
As your semen breaks down over time, the consistency and color change. You should try refrigerating it.

>>11616046
I have the old version infinity CR25. It's nice but cleaning the nozzle gets real fiddly.

wa la

>>11616431
It's fucking "voilà" can americans just not?

Plane looks really nice by the way, but you ruined it now.

>>11616467
Don't be such a pre-madonna, sounds like you have a ship on your shoulder when it comes to Americans.

>>11616467
There are so many foreign idioms, like a diamond dozen
No need to make a doggy dog world from that

>>11616431
nice!

That T-26 groupbuild was fun, I wanna make something small and cute again.

>>11616431
>>11616498
>>11616644

>>11616669
New Tamiya fr*nch tanks are fun, but very limited in markings

>>11616627
it's the opposite. Mutts can't stop mentioning Europe

>>11612753
/tg/
Also fuck Tau

>>11616188
Some autist on jewtube also built one from spare parts because he couldn't get one

>>11616285
Anon you just pissed in the jar didn't you

Another day more masking.

what will airfix do next

>>11617244
maybe 109? it would surely be something normies like

I'm simultaneously satisfied and unhappy with the underside. Its a bit too brown I think. might rub some more of the wash off before I continue
having an unpainted body is nice because I'm able to just wipe off the bits of overspray. I still need to touch it up a little in some spots because clearly my masking skills are lacking

>>11617244
>Sees background
Probably a hint... I say either a P-38 or (hopefully) an E.E Lightning.

If neither of those, then maybe a Hawker Tempest or even a F-35 Lightning II (doubtful).

>>11617345
I guess P-47 might be another option too.

>>11616431
Bone apple teat!

>>11617244
>P.S. it's not a Spitfire
Even the marketers are aware

>>11616940
Riiiiiiiiight. I don’t think I could quantify how little I care about Europe.

>>11617549
>brings up Europe again
yeah

>>11617562
No you don't get it, anon.
He doesn't care about europoors in the morning.
He doesn't care about europoors during the day.
He doesn't care about europoors in the evening.
He doesn't care about europoors in his sleep.
His family doesn't care about europoors.
His friends don't care about europoors.
Even his neighbours don't care about europoors.

>>11617244
Typhoon

>>11617799
It's confirmed it's a Bf-109. How exciting...

>>11617904
called it. it did not make sense to do something obscure/interesting

>>11617677
utterly €urobuckbroken

>>11617084
I'm excited to see this once you get to unmask it. Is the MG hard to find nowadays? I assume this is a bandai kit?

>>11617549
>I don’t think I could quantify how little I care about Europe.
Yes, you can, by definition, not quantify something infinitesimally small, you fat retard.

>>11618475
There are three versions of the Kotobyukia 1/100 "Full Action" Rex - MGS1, Black MGS1 with special decals, and MGS4 with the 'damaged' parts and alternate pilot figures.

The original MGS1 version (which includes a Chain Base floor piece and mount stand to support it standing, Liquid Snake pilot figure, Solid Snake figure, Solid Snake holding a Stinger missile figure, and Gray Fox to pose under the foot) is currently up on the Koto US page for $80 before shipping.

And while it's not a bandai kit, I have built it and I'd describe it like a really big Real Grade - a lot of it is layering but there are working pistons and it'll do more or less any pose from the game.

>>11618475
it's the kotobukiya reissue I got August '22. Yes it's taken me this long to even start it. Only have the neck armour plates and the legs left to mask.

this is exactly as stressful as I was expecting it to be, and then some
I've already fucked it up in some spots, I'm hoping I can go to the hobby store tomorrow and get something close enough to the blue that I can touch up spots with, and then I'll have to spray the top number box white so the stripe doesn't show through

>>11618541
You're good bro, just go ham with the clear coat and polishing. Any touch up will disappear and it'll look great. If the number box hasn't been melted down yet you would be better off cutting the decal under it imo.

>>11617562
>Brings up not caring about Europe.
>Somehow that makes him care about Europe.
I don’t like green peppers on pizza.
You obviously LOVE green peppers on pizza.
Do you hear what you sound like?

>>11618483
You used some big words there champ but what you said makes no sense. Tell me that I can quantify but you can't quantify an infinitesimal value with a specific number in the standard number system,

>scale models?
Such a shame the hobby is so offline. And not even in the nice local badminton club way too.

>>11618736
it's not really offline, rather it's confined to tiny private boomer facebook groups or instagram/tiktok channels

>>11618777
also unironically a "thing, japan" moment because it's much easier to find an online scale modeling community there since they still value anonymity

>>11618719
>look how much I don't care about something because I constantly talk about it
take your own advice

>>11618782
half my twitter is japanese scale modellers because they're seemingly the only ones who actually have a presence. Even if there's only 3 likes on a really good model.

>installed anti-gooning measures on my normal desktop
>blocks all of 4chin
I guess it's for the best, since now I can only post from my workbench computer, so if I aint building I aint shitposting.
Anyway, did some research and turns out doing an entire Bp.42 armored train would be like $700 with some thrifty ebay shopping and like 9ft long. Sounds like a lot, but it's still larger cheaper and cooler than that gay ass lego deathstar. Very tempting.