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Maddog Manufacturing 2014 Armor Production Line
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Duke Maddog
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Thanks! I'm slowly making progress here. I hope to be done with some of these soon.
Duke Maddog
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Here is a small update showing the things I got done at my Hobby Day weekend.
After fixing that staff bus, I decided that I wanted to get the last two buses I had built, so I pulled them out to start at Hobby Day. One was a later version on the first troop bus that will be done in yellow and green camo, the other one is this one:
I started by doing the bodies first. This was the easiest and it allowed me to make sure everything lined up properly. Here is the troop bus first:
Here is the fancy tour bus next:
I have since filled the seams with Mr. Surfacer 500 and sanded them smooth.
That is all I have for now. It ain't much, but I appreciate any and all comments. Thanks for looking in.
After fixing that staff bus, I decided that I wanted to get the last two buses I had built, so I pulled them out to start at Hobby Day. One was a later version on the first troop bus that will be done in yellow and green camo, the other one is this one:
I started by doing the bodies first. This was the easiest and it allowed me to make sure everything lined up properly. Here is the troop bus first:
Here is the fancy tour bus next:
I have since filled the seams with Mr. Surfacer 500 and sanded them smooth.
That is all I have for now. It ain't much, but I appreciate any and all comments. Thanks for looking in.
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Thanks Dave! I figured I'd held off long enough. It was time to get these started indeed. Stay tuned for more...
That's funky lookin' bus. 
Duke Maddog
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Thanks guys! Yeah, this one bus is pretty funky looking, but there is another bus out there that I still need to get that looks even more wild!
Duke:
Those are both going to be some interesting busses. I still think you need to do up a bus brining raw recruits to their basic training base and having a senior Feldwebell waiting for them to get off the bus for the in-glorious start of Boot Camp. I'm sure that you could do justice to that concept. Can't wait to see how they turn out.
Dave
Those are both going to be some interesting busses. I still think you need to do up a bus brining raw recruits to their basic training base and having a senior Feldwebell waiting for them to get off the bus for the in-glorious start of Boot Camp. I'm sure that you could do justice to that concept. Can't wait to see how they turn out.
Dave
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Thanks Sharkman! I can't wait to get them done.
Thanks for the vote of confidence Dave, but I don't think I could do it justice. First of all, I'd need some skinny civilian college kids in 1/72 scale, preferably in running mode carrying suitcases and such. Then I'd have to have a drill sergeant with his mouth open shouting at them. I doubt any company makes anything like these figures I would need in the poses I would need and my sculpting skills are non-existent to make these figures. I also don't know if I have the skills to open a bus door on one of these models and still make it look convincing. I'm just a basic out-of-the-box model builder who is far down the skill ladder from all these incredible masters on these Forums who add so many more details than the model has. I agree with you that it is a brilliant concept; but it'll have to wait until someone with far more skills and abilities comes along since; in my opinion, this is way above my meager capabilities.
Thanks again for posting. I hope to have more done soon.
Thanks for the vote of confidence Dave, but I don't think I could do it justice. First of all, I'd need some skinny civilian college kids in 1/72 scale, preferably in running mode carrying suitcases and such. Then I'd have to have a drill sergeant with his mouth open shouting at them. I doubt any company makes anything like these figures I would need in the poses I would need and my sculpting skills are non-existent to make these figures. I also don't know if I have the skills to open a bus door on one of these models and still make it look convincing. I'm just a basic out-of-the-box model builder who is far down the skill ladder from all these incredible masters on these Forums who add so many more details than the model has. I agree with you that it is a brilliant concept; but it'll have to wait until someone with far more skills and abilities comes along since; in my opinion, this is way above my meager capabilities.
Thanks again for posting. I hope to have more done soon.
I'm sorry to hear that duke, but I still think that needs to be done, by somebody. I think that most of the figures could be just modified from stock, unpainted Preiser figures, and the D.I. could be a stock German figure. I know my skills, and my eyes bare not up to that much scratch work, but someone might be able to do it. I'd love to see that happen somehow. Still, I like your work.
Dave
Dave
Duke Maddog
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Thanks again Dave. I am sure someone in the EU will do this, if they haven't already gotten started. I am just no good at modifying figures; every attempt I have done ended up in disaster. I do have a guy that would work, but making him with his mouth open would only enhance such a diorama. As you said, I know my skills and I simply cannot do justice to such a great idea. I am certain someone with far better skills and talent will tackle this story.
Meanwhile, I finally got a day to spend in the Hobby Room, so I went to work on some of the models that had been sitting around for far too long.
I'll start with this little thing, which now has all the detail parts added to it now:
I have built all three of RPM's Mack Trucks, and every one of them has had issues with the roof of the cab on every model! I can't understand this:
Tomorrow; if I have time, I'll add some Mr. Surfacer to this and get it filled and sanded smooth. After that, I can add the wheels and then clearcoat, decal, dullcoat and weather this one.
I also sanded and refined a couple artillery pieces and the bodies of the two buses. Nothing new to show so I didn't shoot pics of them.
Oh, but remember this little guy? I would have finished him about four months ago, but I'd lost one of his tracks...
Well, I finally found his missing track! Finally I could finish that one! Check it out in the Armor Forum; I have the finished pics posted there.
That's all for now. Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
Meanwhile, I finally got a day to spend in the Hobby Room, so I went to work on some of the models that had been sitting around for far too long.
I'll start with this little thing, which now has all the detail parts added to it now:
I have built all three of RPM's Mack Trucks, and every one of them has had issues with the roof of the cab on every model! I can't understand this:
Tomorrow; if I have time, I'll add some Mr. Surfacer to this and get it filled and sanded smooth. After that, I can add the wheels and then clearcoat, decal, dullcoat and weather this one.
I also sanded and refined a couple artillery pieces and the bodies of the two buses. Nothing new to show so I didn't shoot pics of them.
Oh, but remember this little guy? I would have finished him about four months ago, but I'd lost one of his tracks...
Well, I finally found his missing track! Finally I could finish that one! Check it out in the Armor Forum; I have the finished pics posted there.
That's all for now. Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Okay, yesterday and today I was able to find some time for the workbench so I got some more progress to show.
On Monday I messed around a little, doing some simple work on some of my models. For starters, I added the Mr. Surfacer 500 to the roof of the Mack truck and set it aside to dry:
While this was drying, I figured that now would be a good time to start on the little RPM FT-17 that is going to sit in the back of this truck. So, I pulled it out and started on the main hull. Here it is after a few minutes. There's 11 pieces on this little assembly and this is just the basic hull:
After that, I had enough! That was put aside and I pulled down the Russian 85mm AA gun and started to assemble the main gun carriage. After that I added the main gun and set it up so that it would be in firing position. Here it is, sitting temporarily on the main base:
Finally, I added the decals to the Dicker Max. I was going to wait, but I figured this had been sitting on the bench far too long so it was time to git 'r done!
The next day, I had more time so I got down to business. First off, I took down the Dicker Max and fixed the silvered decals; painted up the exhaust and the tools, and then weathered this beastie. It is now completed. You can see it on the Armor Forums after this.
The next thing I did was to assemble the interiors of both of the buses. The troop bus was first:
Then I did the fancy tour bus:
Here's a shot of both interiors side by side, just for kicks:
I had clearcoated the body of the fancy tour bus yesterday and let it dry overnight. Today, I took it down and shot a coat of Testor's Chrome Silver over this thing. I have to say, I think I did quite well for once:
The instructions for this bus said that the interior was also silver, so while I still had some Chrome Silver in the airbrush, I went ahead and shot the interior of this bus:
Now that is sitting and drying; I'll probably leave it that way for a couple weeks to make sure it sets right. Then I'll clear coat it again before masking it off to apply the red.
Well, that is about all for now. I have at least four other models (all air and spacecraft) that are now ready for decals so I may take the next bench time to apply them and move four more projects closer to the finish. Until then, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
On Monday I messed around a little, doing some simple work on some of my models. For starters, I added the Mr. Surfacer 500 to the roof of the Mack truck and set it aside to dry:
While this was drying, I figured that now would be a good time to start on the little RPM FT-17 that is going to sit in the back of this truck. So, I pulled it out and started on the main hull. Here it is after a few minutes. There's 11 pieces on this little assembly and this is just the basic hull:
After that, I had enough! That was put aside and I pulled down the Russian 85mm AA gun and started to assemble the main gun carriage. After that I added the main gun and set it up so that it would be in firing position. Here it is, sitting temporarily on the main base:
Finally, I added the decals to the Dicker Max. I was going to wait, but I figured this had been sitting on the bench far too long so it was time to git 'r done!
The next day, I had more time so I got down to business. First off, I took down the Dicker Max and fixed the silvered decals; painted up the exhaust and the tools, and then weathered this beastie. It is now completed. You can see it on the Armor Forums after this.
The next thing I did was to assemble the interiors of both of the buses. The troop bus was first:
Then I did the fancy tour bus:
Here's a shot of both interiors side by side, just for kicks:
I had clearcoated the body of the fancy tour bus yesterday and let it dry overnight. Today, I took it down and shot a coat of Testor's Chrome Silver over this thing. I have to say, I think I did quite well for once:
The instructions for this bus said that the interior was also silver, so while I still had some Chrome Silver in the airbrush, I went ahead and shot the interior of this bus:
Now that is sitting and drying; I'll probably leave it that way for a couple weeks to make sure it sets right. Then I'll clear coat it again before masking it off to apply the red.
Well, that is about all for now. I have at least four other models (all air and spacecraft) that are now ready for decals so I may take the next bench time to apply them and move four more projects closer to the finish. Until then, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Thanks Dave! I apologize for not responding sooner. I came on to answer you but the site was down! So yes, I plan on making both of these American vehicles. I only hope the FT-17 turns out looking good enough to add to this.
Well, thanks to the rain; I had some time to work on the bench some more this week. I didn't get as much done as I'd have liked, but here are some of the things I got done.
My little Mack truck was finally dry from the additional Mr. Surfacer I put on to fill the last seam on the roof. So I sanded it smooth and was lightly buffing it with my 1200-grit buffing stick to polish it up, and this happened:
Don't ask me how it happened! I was not even putting any pressure on this!
The top got buffed though...
I then fixed this up to make it straight again:
Later I shot the rest of the Olive Drab on this:
Moving along, I pulled out my two Russian guns I'd been building. Both of them got the final detail pieces on them:
Later on, while I was painting the aircraft and the Mack Truck; I shot paint on these two as well:
After this, I decided to work on my two buses.
I added the windows to the one troop bus, and then added the fenders. Typical of a Roden bus, they didn't fit so I added some strip styrene and a lot of Tamiya Extra Thin to fuse it all together:
Afterward, I added the photo etch luggage rack and rear ladder so that I could get some paint shot on this later:
While that was drying, I painted the interior of the troop bus. I tried to make the seats look like wood:
While all this was drying, I pulled down the Strass Zepp bus. I then noticed a big mess-up on the rear fender that I hadn't seen before. It looked like a major finger smudge. I sanded it down and then added some Mr. Surfacer to it to even things out:
While that was drying, I also painted a dark leather brown on all the seats in the interior of this luxury bus. I also painted the steering wheel, parking brake lever and gear shift nob:
Later on, when I'd sanded and buffed a lot more, I finally felt comfortable enough to shoot another coat of Chrome on the back fender:
It's almost impossible to see that anything had gone wrong. I only hope I don't get any more blemishes on this again!
That's all I have again. I wish I'd been able to get more done. I'm going to be very busy this weekend so I won't have much time to get much more done besides this for awhile.
That's all I have for now. Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.
Well, thanks to the rain; I had some time to work on the bench some more this week. I didn't get as much done as I'd have liked, but here are some of the things I got done.
My little Mack truck was finally dry from the additional Mr. Surfacer I put on to fill the last seam on the roof. So I sanded it smooth and was lightly buffing it with my 1200-grit buffing stick to polish it up, and this happened:
Don't ask me how it happened! I was not even putting any pressure on this!
The top got buffed though...
I then fixed this up to make it straight again:
Later I shot the rest of the Olive Drab on this:
Moving along, I pulled out my two Russian guns I'd been building. Both of them got the final detail pieces on them:
Later on, while I was painting the aircraft and the Mack Truck; I shot paint on these two as well:
After this, I decided to work on my two buses.
I added the windows to the one troop bus, and then added the fenders. Typical of a Roden bus, they didn't fit so I added some strip styrene and a lot of Tamiya Extra Thin to fuse it all together:
Afterward, I added the photo etch luggage rack and rear ladder so that I could get some paint shot on this later:
While that was drying, I painted the interior of the troop bus. I tried to make the seats look like wood:
While all this was drying, I pulled down the Strass Zepp bus. I then noticed a big mess-up on the rear fender that I hadn't seen before. It looked like a major finger smudge. I sanded it down and then added some Mr. Surfacer to it to even things out:
While that was drying, I also painted a dark leather brown on all the seats in the interior of this luxury bus. I also painted the steering wheel, parking brake lever and gear shift nob:
Later on, when I'd sanded and buffed a lot more, I finally felt comfortable enough to shoot another coat of Chrome on the back fender:
It's almost impossible to see that anything had gone wrong. I only hope I don't get any more blemishes on this again!
That's all I have again. I wish I'd been able to get more done. I'm going to be very busy this weekend so I won't have much time to get much more done besides this for awhile.
That's all I have for now. Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.
Sherman 18
Master at Arms
Still in love with the Mack. Don't worry frames on real trucks break in the same spot. I would put a piece of sheet styrene on it just like a real truck would get a piece of steel plate. 
Like the buses too, what kits are those again Maddog?
Like the buses too, what kits are those again Maddog?
Duke Maddog
Well-known member
Thanks Sherm! This truck has been pretty fun to build despite the issues I've run into. It's almost ready for decals now.
The buses are from Roden. They seem to be the only company making buses in my scale. They have another one coming out soon that I hope to get.
The buses are from Roden. They seem to be the only company making buses in my scale. They have another one coming out soon that I hope to get.
