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Hi ya gang, I just wanted to let everyone know that the SC Scale Model Mega Show is back on for 2021! The show is jointly hosted by the AMPS Central SC and IPMS Mid-Carolina chapters of AMPS and IPMS, respectively. The show dates are Friday/Saturday, 18/19 June, 2021. We'll be back in our...

Nice! If you still have the tracks lose so they can be removed, you might consider adding some bare metal effects between the guide teeth (guide horns) and the inner surface where the road wheels roll inside the track. Those areas are constantly polished by the action of the road wheels, the...

Thanks! Well, even though there might not be any commercially produced kits, you can do a Google search for "printable Fallout .stl files" and might be surprised at what's out there. A lot of the better 3D designs will cost something, though. There are several websites that offer "patron" type...

I hope you know I spent entirely too much time watching that GIF! It was mesmerizing once I realized it was a Nuka Cola bottle and cap! LOL!

So, as a bit of decompression project a few months back, I decided to make my wife a model Nuka Cola machine. She's a huge Fallout video game fan, and although video games are no my cup-o'-tea, I do appreciate the aesthetics and vision that the gaming artists put into them. Fallout is visually...

FWIW, I generally assemble as much as I think I can paint well while keeping those parts and subassemblies that I want to give extra attention to separate. Sometimes I prioritize the continuity of the weathering and work in larger subassemblies, and sometimes I'll break things down even more...

Thanks, Eric!

Call it "artistic license," if you will, but of course the engine couldn't be fitted through the hole in the assembly stand with all the accessories attached to the rear. It also couldn't be installed directly into any of the aircraft that used it when so assembled (since they all had engine...

CAD and 3D printing are both mature tech with low to modest consumer costs now. I believe we're only going to see more and more "average" modelers adding these capabilities to their workshops as time goes by. Us "fine scale modelers" are actually behind the power curve with home 3D printing...

Thanks! For anyone who does FaceBook, I have an album of the entire build - about 150 photos - from start to finish: FaceBook:: Public Album Clerget 9B Engine Build Here are a couple of teasers, tho...

LOL! I won't tell you where they're at, but there is a small vignette of a PAVN recon team outside of the wire. They're suitably camouflaged and lurking downhill below the line of sight of the perimeter fighting positions, but they are there... For anyone interested in the history of the fire...

I'll resist the temptation to post up any Ripcord dio photos in this thread. The project was done by our AMPS chapter members over about 2-1/2 years (working at my shop). It was commissioned and paid for by the museum, and we got a lot of help from the veteran's association with researching...

Thanks, Mike!

Well, I haven't posted anything here on MA in a really (really!) long time, mostly because I haven't done any personal modeling work in a couple of years. However, after I finished up the last project that I was working on (a very large, 1/72 scale diorama of Vietnam Fire Support Base RIPCORD...

We're still crunching the preliminary numbers, but it looks like the "all genres" show expansion was patronized pretty well. Assuming that we didn't go broke running the show, I think the gang will likely vote to do another show in 2018 and keep the "all genres" expansion. I'll definitely keep...

I gotta stand up for Bob a bit in regards to his entry as a Basic Skills modeler... He really did ask me about my recommendation, and what I recommend to everyone who's a first time entrant into an AMPS show is that it's better to underestimate your skill level. So, Bob was really taking my...

Really appreciated you guys coming down and participating in the show! Some great work and well-earned rewards by the Modelers' Alliance crew! Mike Roof

Hi all, Just wanted to give you a quick update on this show and a "sneak peek" at this year's special awards. We finally got in our special awards for 2017. These are all laser engraved for both the AMPS show and our companion Flight Deck Open Show. On the AMPS side, in addition to the...

I'll be there this year. I've been tempted several times to just make the trip up to an ARMORCON, but with the AMPS I-Con there I'm out of reasons to talk myself out of the trip. Will take an easy two days to drive up from SC, and will be at the convention starting on Wednesday. Look me up on...

Will be looking forward to seeing you guys there!