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Amazing James, the box would make a wonderful base to mount it on.
Amazing James, the box would make a wonderful base to mount it on.
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Holy crap that is amazingWhat a night. Daughter and Son in Law came up to do some camping so we all got together for a campfire and roasting hot dogs etc. They and the boys exchanged gifts for all the birthdays that we have had in the past 4 weeks. My boys surprised the heck out of me though with the gift they gave me. Its a fantasy figure that I liked but decided not to get because of the price. I am so awed. I am now the proud owner of kit number 107 of 170 of the vignette called Atonement. I'm just all :yipee :geek :frantic :woohoo: :drool
Nice wooden box.
Nice casting.
And if I were talented this is how it should end up. Now I'm terrified
James
From a pro.
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Duke Maddog
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Beautiful figure James! That will look magnificent. You can do this man, I have faith in you.
This past week, I helped out a friend of mine from my church who was stuck at home recovering from surgery. They had to remove one of his kidneys since there was a cancerous mass in the middle of it. He had been sitting at home bored out of his gourd, so I took him to lunch. He mentioned how tough it was not being able to do anything. I suggested to him to try and build a model. He agreed, saying he used to do that as a kid. So, I took him to a local Hobby Shop where I bought him a couple easy models, some glue, and some tools. I also picked up this for myself:
We went back to his house where we went to work on our models. While I coached him on his, I also worked on mine. He loved it, so I invited him to my IPMS club meeting which was going to be a build night that night.
At the club meeting, I received another gift from a friend there:
These all were started. You can see the progress at the Maddog Manufacturing plant. Feel free to stop in for a short tour....
Beautiful figure James! That will look magnificent. You can do this man, I have faith in you.
This past week, I helped out a friend of mine from my church who was stuck at home recovering from surgery. They had to remove one of his kidneys since there was a cancerous mass in the middle of it. He had been sitting at home bored out of his gourd, so I took him to lunch. He mentioned how tough it was not being able to do anything. I suggested to him to try and build a model. He agreed, saying he used to do that as a kid. So, I took him to a local Hobby Shop where I bought him a couple easy models, some glue, and some tools. I also picked up this for myself:
We went back to his house where we went to work on our models. While I coached him on his, I also worked on mine. He loved it, so I invited him to my IPMS club meeting which was going to be a build night that night.
At the club meeting, I received another gift from a friend there:
These all were started. You can see the progress at the Maddog Manufacturing plant. Feel free to stop in for a short tour....
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Another order from Lots-of-Models 50%off CMK sale:
Best of all, they are allowing me to share with you the additional 10% off promo code when you buy online from www.lots-of-models.com:
lots2buy
Regards,
Another order from Lots-of-Models 50%off CMK sale:
Best of all, they are allowing me to share with you the additional 10% off promo code when you buy online from www.lots-of-models.com:
lots2buy
Regards,
Tankbuilder
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Hi there James.
Is that tepoxy resin that's in the alternative box?
Yes that was a quick order shipment. I've started ordering Zvezda kits from a place in Lituania or another in the Ukraine becausethey get the kits to me a lot faster than the local hobby shop can get them. Plus the Lituania or Ukrainian places are usually cheaper too even with the shipping and I don't have to travel 50 kiloeters round trip to pick them up.
Cheers
Hi there James.
Is that tepoxy resin that's in the alternative box?
Yes that was a quick order shipment. I've started ordering Zvezda kits from a place in Lituania or another in the Ukraine becausethey get the kits to me a lot faster than the local hobby shop can get them. Plus the Lituania or Ukrainian places are usually cheaper too even with the shipping and I don't have to travel 50 kiloeters round trip to pick them up.
Cheers
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Another model order from Lots-of-Models... notice a theme?
Regards,
Another model order from Lots-of-Models... notice a theme?
Regards,
Prop Duster
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p.s. I'm going to start looking at checking out LOM, they seem to have all the bases covered
Thanks for the link :v
Another model order from Lots-of-Models... notice a theme?
Regards,
MUD??
p.s. I'm going to start looking at checking out LOM, they seem to have all the bases covered
Thanks for the link :vAdam Baker
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Not doing any building, taking everything down in prep for moving later this summer so all the model stuff is packed away already, but that doesn't stop the buying! Here's my haul from the last several weeks.
2 Tomcats, SH-3 & bomb set I got at the IPMS Region 12 Regional that Gaston County did at the end of April. The 2 Tomcats on the right showed up in the mail today, the F-15 showed up last week. The SR-71 EggPlane I picked up in early April in Atlanta when I went down to see a baseball game.
The Tomcats are all going to be built w/ aftermarket decals. 1 -A will be done in the 1976 Bicentennial scheme, the other A will be built as an Adversary. The B and the D will be done in the Tomcat retirement schemes. One will be done in the Hi-Vis scheme of the retirement bird, and the other will be done as 107, the F-14 that actually flew in the retirement ceremony, and the one that is on display at the aviation museum in Hickory, NC. Going to display the 2 of them together on a base together.
The F-15 will be done in the Bicentennial scheme as well, but I won't be using the kit decals, TwoBobs decals is getting ready to release that scheme in a new sheet and I plan on buying it when its released.
The SH-3 will also be Bicentennial, but that one is a bit up in the air at the moment. The kit decals are pretty badly yellowed, so I'm trying to replace them if I can. I'm going to try bleaching the kit decals in the sun, but I'm trying to source a set of aftermarket decals. Only a single company has ever done that scheme that I can find, and it was 7 or 8 years ago, so the sheet is apparently incredibly difficult to find, so we'll see what happens.
Not doing any building, taking everything down in prep for moving later this summer so all the model stuff is packed away already, but that doesn't stop the buying! Here's my haul from the last several weeks.
2 Tomcats, SH-3 & bomb set I got at the IPMS Region 12 Regional that Gaston County did at the end of April. The 2 Tomcats on the right showed up in the mail today, the F-15 showed up last week. The SR-71 EggPlane I picked up in early April in Atlanta when I went down to see a baseball game.
The Tomcats are all going to be built w/ aftermarket decals. 1 -A will be done in the 1976 Bicentennial scheme, the other A will be built as an Adversary. The B and the D will be done in the Tomcat retirement schemes. One will be done in the Hi-Vis scheme of the retirement bird, and the other will be done as 107, the F-14 that actually flew in the retirement ceremony, and the one that is on display at the aviation museum in Hickory, NC. Going to display the 2 of them together on a base together.
The F-15 will be done in the Bicentennial scheme as well, but I won't be using the kit decals, TwoBobs decals is getting ready to release that scheme in a new sheet and I plan on buying it when its released.
The SH-3 will also be Bicentennial, but that one is a bit up in the air at the moment. The kit decals are pretty badly yellowed, so I'm trying to replace them if I can. I'm going to try bleaching the kit decals in the sun, but I'm trying to source a set of aftermarket decals. Only a single company has ever done that scheme that I can find, and it was 7 or 8 years ago, so the sheet is apparently incredibly difficult to find, so we'll see what happens.
Duke Maddog
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Nice scores Adam! These will look great when you can finally get to them.
Nice scores Adam! These will look great when you can finally get to them.
jknaus
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A few things this week. A ref book for my ZM TA-152. Panzerwrecks has sent me a book to review, it should be up this weekend. The new Meng T-72B1 to go with the T-72B3 and the new Uragan MLRS system from Trumpeter. I also got a new BM-21 but it is put away for now.
James
A few things this week. A ref book for my ZM TA-152. Panzerwrecks has sent me a book to review, it should be up this weekend. The new Meng T-72B1 to go with the T-72B3 and the new Uragan MLRS system from Trumpeter. I also got a new BM-21 but it is put away for now.
James
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My order from Panzer Concepts came in! It was not cheap but definitely worth it..
This full box contained Sherman tracks and a late Sd.Kfz. 9/2 crane conversion
These are the parts to the late conversion for Tamiya's Sd.Kfz. 9:
Lots of multi-media for the crane conversion! We begin with the resin:
now come the plethora or printed parts!
Close up of one of the printed parts...
In the background, you see laser cut paper, laser cut styrene sheet,two jigs on the right, string for cable, and architectural shapes.
Tracks for my Shermans. They definitely aren't cheap but are super easy to assemble:
T-49 track. I opted to get the Type 2 duckbills...
T-80 HVSS track. Much easier to assemble than the sets from AFV Club.
Since I had bought the CMK conversions, I needed two more Steyr 1500. This one was bought cheaply on eBay since it had no instructions:
Regards,
My order from Panzer Concepts came in! It was not cheap but definitely worth it..
This full box contained Sherman tracks and a late Sd.Kfz. 9/2 crane conversion
These are the parts to the late conversion for Tamiya's Sd.Kfz. 9:
Lots of multi-media for the crane conversion! We begin with the resin:
now come the plethora or printed parts!
Close up of one of the printed parts...
In the background, you see laser cut paper, laser cut styrene sheet,two jigs on the right, string for cable, and architectural shapes.
Tracks for my Shermans. They definitely aren't cheap but are super easy to assemble:
T-49 track. I opted to get the Type 2 duckbills...
T-80 HVSS track. Much easier to assemble than the sets from AFV Club.
Since I had bought the CMK conversions, I needed two more Steyr 1500. This one was bought cheaply on eBay since it had no instructions:
Regards,
Paulw
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A local modeler passed away a month ago or so and his family donated some kits to the club. The count was around 400 or so and most of those were vac formed. We did, however, have quite a few kits available for the club to take home at no charge. Most everything is here except some decals or instruction sheets. I got the Revell Consolidated Tradewind which is pretty much a straight kit but the instructions are all in Portuguese. The last time I read anything in that language was 1977 when I went to Rio.
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A local modeler passed away a month ago or so and his family donated some kits to the club. The count was around 400 or so and most of those were vac formed. We did, however, have quite a few kits available for the club to take home at no charge. Most everything is here except some decals or instruction sheets. I got the Revell Consolidated Tradewind which is pretty much a straight kit but the instructions are all in Portuguese. The last time I read anything in that language was 1977 when I went to Rio.
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Duke Maddog
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Excellent scores everyone! Wow, there's gonna be a lot of great models started in the future here.
On Saturday I went to my IPMS Orange County E-board meeting which is held in Military Hobbies. Afterward, I picked up the following along with some paints:
They are both in 1/72 scale.
Later on, a friend of mine picked up this one for me at another hobby shop:
A couple of these have already been started, you can see them in the "What's on the Workbench" Thread. Feel free to check them out with all the other models I've been working on.
Excellent scores everyone! Wow, there's gonna be a lot of great models started in the future here.
On Saturday I went to my IPMS Orange County E-board meeting which is held in Military Hobbies. Afterward, I picked up the following along with some paints:
They are both in 1/72 scale.
Later on, a friend of mine picked up this one for me at another hobby shop:
A couple of these have already been started, you can see them in the "What's on the Workbench" Thread. Feel free to check them out with all the other models I've been working on.
jeaton01
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Paul, if you want the Tradewind instructions I can scan them for you.
Paul, if you want the Tradewind instructions I can scan them for you.
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I absalutely love the artwork on the P-38 Paul I know you are going to enjoy building theseA local modeler passed away a month ago or so and his family donated some kits to the club. The count was around 400 or so and most of those were vac formed. We did, however, have quite a few kits available for the club to take home at no charge. Most everything is here except some decals or instruction sheets. I got the Revell Consolidated Tradewind which is pretty much a straight kit but the instructions are all in Portuguese. The last time I read anything in that language was 1977 when I went to Rio.
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eBay score! Sadly, Sprue Tree A is missing the front bumper and a lot of the thin pieces were broken (but fixable). I am contacting the seller to see what he/she will do...
Regards,
eBay score! Sadly, Sprue Tree A is missing the front bumper and a lot of the thin pieces were broken (but fixable). I am contacting the seller to see what he/she will do...
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