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I thought I would give this another go while I make parts for the Scout model. I believe I have the hull back in order. Thanks Paul for the recommendations. I appreciate it. It took a LOT to repair the hull, and it is mostly made of putty now, but, live and learn. This is my second ship model...

This is Ulruk, from Scale 75 Muniatures. He has been an "in my spare time" project that I started as a demo last September. I think he is done now. Painted start to finish with oil paints. I hope you like him!

You can look at photos all day long but you won't get a sense of how big this printer is until you see it in person. My previous printer was the Phrozen Mega 8K. The plate and vat on this are at least triple the size. I am glad I ordered several bottles of resin. I am looking forward to printing...

I had thought to continue the first Scout thread with this second one, but decided to give it its own since I think it is going to be different in many ways. Follow this link to Scout II#1...https://modelersalliance.org/threads/amt-international-scout-ii.157157/ My plan is to make the hinges...

Y'all probably know my friend Bob by now. He can't build models anymore because of Parkinsons so I build them for him. He gave me free rein on this International Harvester Scout 4x4. It is a vehicle from his childhood, but doesn't remember much about it except his daddy had one, so he is fine...

I think this is the right category for this. I have never built a Gundam model, and actually saw my first built model yesterday when a young man brought it into the store to show me. It looked cool, so I thought I'd give it a go. Having never built one I have littke idea of workflow. Do I paint...

Hi guys. We had torrential rains last week and my bomb shelter flooded! Some model boxes got wet despite most being shrinkwrapped. The parts inside are all sound! Some boxes you can't tell they got wet, some are FUBAR. I will put photos below. If you need a closer photo of any let me know. I...

Y'all may already know about this. If it is redundant on here then delete it. I found it useful. https://replikator.club/2021/02/09/tamiya-paint-database-german-rlm-aircraft-colours-ww2/

Ok, so this is my first ship build. There are not many parts, so that is good. I noticed the ejection pin marks are on the business side of the main deck. Why in the world did they do that?! Couldn't they have been on the bottom so they won't show...like...ever?! I did my best to smooth them...

I was today years old when I built my first NASCAR model. This was sort of chosen for me because I was looking at my store's racecar selection and I noticed this one was unwrapped. I opened it and discovered it had "sorta" been started. The sprue trees were gone and all of the parts were cleaned...

So, here is another for Bob, a 1929 Ford Woody. I am building this version: I have to chassis primed and painted except for the wood grain bed bottom on the underside The cab is primed and I have the roof painted The tires are done. I rounded off the backside of the spokes and made them...

We recently had our county fair and Gail and I are in charge of the art show. I demo'd during the fair and thought I would do some drawing demos. I haven't drawn in a while and it really got me buzzzing, so I have taken a little time off from modeling to do some drawings. Here are a few I have...

Hi guys, I am building an AMT "Meyers Manx", and am trying to remove the chrome from the chromed pieces. I soaked them for 4 hours in oven cleaner, swirling them around in the jar every few minutes, and it didn't budge. I soaked them overnight in bleach, and this morning they are as chromed as...

The purpose of this post is to get "work flow" suggestions to help stupid-proof myself. I made an infuriating blunder yesterday while I was putting the top and bottom wing halves together. I test fit first, everything looked great. I lay the bottom half of the port wing down and put glue on the...

Hi fellas, as many of you know I have a small hobby shop. Our main meat and potato sales are for fine art materials, but I have a small-ish corner of the store for a model shop. I want to bring in another line of paint, but am up in the air as to which to bring in. I want to replace my enamel...

Well, I really liked the way my Kinetic 1/48 Israeli F-16I turned out, but I think I can do better. This was sitting on the shelf in my store and I thought to myself "Well, I already paid for it, so technically it is mine.. right?" So off to another Israeli build. Quite obviously I have a thing...

Hi guys, I may be getting into something I will regret, but I have been in contact with the local High School about setting up a model display, and starting a model club. The art teacher is all for it and has offered her classroom as a meeting place. My question is, how should I run that kind of...

My elderly friend, Bob, purchased this kit from me saying he wanted to try to build it. His Parkinsons was so bad that I say no way that could happen. It didn't. He brought it back and asked if I would build it. I always say yes. He is such a lonely old man.So I have taken a short break from my...

Ok, here are, hopefully, some better photos of my 1/24 Spitfire, finished. Enjoy!

My local IPMS group, Georgia Mountain Modelers, is doing a group build. It is a pretty broad subject matter to choose from as it can be "Anything Israeli" armor, aircraft, or any other genre, from 1947 to present. I chose the Kinetic 1:48 Israeli F-16I "Sufa", which evidently means "Storm". An...