Duke Maddog
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Thanks Dave!
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Maddog Manufacturing 2014 Armor Production Line
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Duke Maddog
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Thanks Dave! The break seems to be a simple thing and since it broke the way it did; I should be good with the FT-17 inside. It is quite strong now. I'm hoping to get more done this weekend.
Duke Maddog
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Thanks Dave! I hope to get back to it after I finish all these crazy weekend activities.
Duke Maddog
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Merry Christmas everyone! For your present, I have a nice long update for you.
I finally got tired of all the crap with this kit and just bulled right through it to get it done. I started by completing all the suspension parts (I found out I'd left off two axles!) and all other underside details. Then I continued by building the driver's cab and adding the fenders to this:
I then built the erector sled onto the back section of the main body. This was a particularly delicate join:
I then glued the rear panel section to the back of this model and tested the positioning of the launch erector sled:
Moving a long, I then built all the side boxes on each side of this monster:
After that, the erector sled broke off. I have since just added it to the rocket tube instead and will install the whole thing when it's time.
Later on, I added all the rest of the details and finished off the crew cabs:
And finally, I completed all the details on the rocket tube itself:
This beastie was now ready for paint.... or so I thought....
When I looked at this later before attempting to paint it; I noticed seams and gaps on the little tower mounts on the cabs and side boxes, as well as sinkholes in the side of the erector sled. So, I filled them with Mr. Surfacer 500, let it dry and then sanded them smooth. Here are all the sink marks on the erector sled that I had to fill in:
Now this thing is ready for paint, so I shot a coat of Dark Green on it:
Next I will try to camouflage this if I can find a decent tan to use. However, after all that, I was so tired of this I set it aside. I moved on to something a bit more simple.
After getting the roof fixed on the Mack Truck, I shot another coat of Olive Drab on it. I saw I needed slightly more work so I went ahead and filled a little more and sanded it smooth. Meanwhile, I also dropped the tailgate so that the FT-17 would be able to fit inside when I get it done. When it was all dry and sanded smooth, I shot a final coat of paint on this little truck and followed it with a glosscoat when the paint was dry. I hope to put some little ropes on the side of that to hold the tailgate:
I then applied the decals:
I did notice that silvering decal after I took the pic so I've already hit it again with some Solvaset to get it to settle down.
This little guy is almost done and ready to take on it's load.
Meanwhile, since I had the airbrush out for this and the Topol, I figured, what else can I paint? Two buses!
Here is the first bus with the first basecoat of Panzer Dunklegelb:
Later on, I tried to apply a camo pattern on it:
I'm not real pleased with this and may just re-shoot this over again. We'll see.
The day before, I had applied some Liquid Mask to the sides and top of my Strassenzepp bus to cover the Chrome silver that I didn't want painted:
After that was dried, I pulled out some Red Metal Flake paint and shot it over the Strassenzepp bus, including the fenders:
It does look a little more burgundy in real life; the pics seem to be making it look real red.
Tomorrow, I hope to shoot a final gloss coat over this to seal it; then remove the masking and move on with this bus. I sure hope it looks good enough to move on with! I would hate it if all that effort was wasted.
Hmmm, after all that, I needed something simple to do. Ah! I pulled out my latest little purchase an ACE British Forlite Staff Car. This was a quick and easy build, although I couldn't understand why it was so lopsided. I had a devil of a time getting the two sides to line up properly. Finally, I just got it to where it looks good enough.
Here is what it looked like after a few hours of fighting it into place. You can see where I still had to shim between the side window frames and the front windshield frame:
After a while, I came back to this to add all the final details before painting this. Then I'll add the windows and close it up for final painting and finishing:
Well, that's about all I have for today. Maybe sometime in the next few days I'll be able to call some of these done. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
I finally got tired of all the crap with this kit and just bulled right through it to get it done. I started by completing all the suspension parts (I found out I'd left off two axles!) and all other underside details. Then I continued by building the driver's cab and adding the fenders to this:
I then built the erector sled onto the back section of the main body. This was a particularly delicate join:
I then glued the rear panel section to the back of this model and tested the positioning of the launch erector sled:
Moving a long, I then built all the side boxes on each side of this monster:
After that, the erector sled broke off. I have since just added it to the rocket tube instead and will install the whole thing when it's time.
Later on, I added all the rest of the details and finished off the crew cabs:
And finally, I completed all the details on the rocket tube itself:
This beastie was now ready for paint.... or so I thought....
When I looked at this later before attempting to paint it; I noticed seams and gaps on the little tower mounts on the cabs and side boxes, as well as sinkholes in the side of the erector sled. So, I filled them with Mr. Surfacer 500, let it dry and then sanded them smooth. Here are all the sink marks on the erector sled that I had to fill in:
Now this thing is ready for paint, so I shot a coat of Dark Green on it:
Next I will try to camouflage this if I can find a decent tan to use. However, after all that, I was so tired of this I set it aside. I moved on to something a bit more simple.
After getting the roof fixed on the Mack Truck, I shot another coat of Olive Drab on it. I saw I needed slightly more work so I went ahead and filled a little more and sanded it smooth. Meanwhile, I also dropped the tailgate so that the FT-17 would be able to fit inside when I get it done. When it was all dry and sanded smooth, I shot a final coat of paint on this little truck and followed it with a glosscoat when the paint was dry. I hope to put some little ropes on the side of that to hold the tailgate:
I then applied the decals:
I did notice that silvering decal after I took the pic so I've already hit it again with some Solvaset to get it to settle down.
This little guy is almost done and ready to take on it's load.
Meanwhile, since I had the airbrush out for this and the Topol, I figured, what else can I paint? Two buses!
Here is the first bus with the first basecoat of Panzer Dunklegelb:
Later on, I tried to apply a camo pattern on it:
I'm not real pleased with this and may just re-shoot this over again. We'll see.
The day before, I had applied some Liquid Mask to the sides and top of my Strassenzepp bus to cover the Chrome silver that I didn't want painted:
After that was dried, I pulled out some Red Metal Flake paint and shot it over the Strassenzepp bus, including the fenders:
It does look a little more burgundy in real life; the pics seem to be making it look real red.
Tomorrow, I hope to shoot a final gloss coat over this to seal it; then remove the masking and move on with this bus. I sure hope it looks good enough to move on with! I would hate it if all that effort was wasted.
Hmmm, after all that, I needed something simple to do. Ah! I pulled out my latest little purchase an ACE British Forlite Staff Car. This was a quick and easy build, although I couldn't understand why it was so lopsided. I had a devil of a time getting the two sides to line up properly. Finally, I just got it to where it looks good enough.
Here is what it looked like after a few hours of fighting it into place. You can see where I still had to shim between the side window frames and the front windshield frame:
After a while, I came back to this to add all the final details before painting this. Then I'll add the windows and close it up for final painting and finishing:
Well, that's about all I have for today. Maybe sometime in the next few days I'll be able to call some of these done. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.
Nice shine on that bus Mark. 
Duke Maddog
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Thanks Guys! I'm pleased with my progress so far.
Bob, I hope I can keep that shine when the masking comes off.
Bob, I hope I can keep that shine when the masking comes off.
Duke, that is all looking fantastic. What color is that car going to be? Is it a staff car, or just a regular civie type? I like how they all turned out. Can't wait to see the Mack and FT-17 combo. That is something I was looking at doing if I could come up with the $$$ to get them. All the same, everything is fantastic.
Dave
Dave
Duke Maddog
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Thanks Dave! The car will be a British Staff Car so I'll be making it green drab with a dark "Mickey Mouse"-type camouflage. There is an option to make it a civilian car so I'm planning on picking one up and making it civilian too. Naturally it'll be black; all civvies seem to have been either black or (in the case of some Russian trucks) white.
The Mack truck is done; I just have to get pics up. I'm hoping to get some progress done on the FT-17 now today.
Thanks again for the great compliments.
The Mack truck is done; I just have to get pics up. I'm hoping to get some progress done on the FT-17 now today.
Thanks again for the great compliments.
Duke Maddog
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Well, here I have another update, possibly my last one for this year. Maybe I'll be able to squeeze another one in by tomorrow night.
More excellent progress made, if I do say so myself, especially given the issues I had to deal with. I finally can see the light at the end of the tunnel for most of these and it is NOT a train!
Let's start with the Mack truck. Here it is with the decals and a wash on it:
Since that has been taken, I've dullcoated this, added the wheels and dirtied it up a bit. Still looking for some kind of small string to add to the tailgate; otherwise, this one is done.
Next up, I painted the interior of the little Forlite staff car:
Now to add the acetate to the windows so I can close this up. Shouldn't be too long now.
Now for the tough stuff. {deep breath.... and exhale}
I took off the masking on the -zepp. Despite my best efforts as scoring around the edge with a brand new Exacto blade, this turned out to be an unmitigated disaster:
[deep breath....]
I pulled out the paint and a small brush and attempted to touch this up. For the most part, it looks okay. The left side in front of the curve looks like crap, but it's gonna have to stay that way. I have no other idea how to fix it, other than masking again and shooting it, but that ain't gonna happen! That's what caused this problem in the first place. This has been clearcoated now:
Later on, I added the two roof pieces and painted the center luggage section brown. The paint was still wet when I took this pic:
The paint was a bit too diluted so the next coat should look right. Man, I really wanted to make this bus look GOOD! I really tried, using all the most advanced techniques I knew how and I'm still too cursed to complete something with out some glaring issue on it.
Enough of this one, I pulled out the other bus and got to work on it.
Here I added all the extra bits to the outer shell. I also repaired the luggage rack for the twelfth time! You can see here the new camouflage pattern I added to it:
That being done, I went ahead and finished the chassis; adding the interior and the engine to the top:
I finished off this part with all the underside detail parts:
Now all I have to do is detail paint this and then clearcoat it and it'll be ready for decals. Adding the wheels and putting on the body shell will be the last thing I do to finish this off.
[deep breath]
Okay, this Topol finally got a wash after the clearcoat, and I also detail painted the rest of it:
Next, I added the decals to this and just for fun, I snapped all the wheels in place. Here it is so far:
...and with the launch tube:
This thing in the side kept coming off. After all, it was only attached with two small plastic rods; nothing to support it at all. I have no idea what it is, but here you can see the holes I drilled in the chassis and the part in preparation for attaching brass rod to this so that it will stay in place:
Now you can see the part in place and it ain't goin' nowhere!
This monstrosity is now finished. Since the above pics have been taken, I've dullcoated this and lightly 'dusted' it with a dirt brown for some light weathering. Pics will be forthcoming.
So far today, I've finished at least six models. I have at least one more I think I can finish tomorrow so I can get all the pics done then and get them posted for the New Year. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are always welcome.
More excellent progress made, if I do say so myself, especially given the issues I had to deal with. I finally can see the light at the end of the tunnel for most of these and it is NOT a train!
Let's start with the Mack truck. Here it is with the decals and a wash on it:
Since that has been taken, I've dullcoated this, added the wheels and dirtied it up a bit. Still looking for some kind of small string to add to the tailgate; otherwise, this one is done.
Next up, I painted the interior of the little Forlite staff car:
Now to add the acetate to the windows so I can close this up. Shouldn't be too long now.
Now for the tough stuff. {deep breath.... and exhale}
I took off the masking on the -zepp. Despite my best efforts as scoring around the edge with a brand new Exacto blade, this turned out to be an unmitigated disaster:
[deep breath....]
I pulled out the paint and a small brush and attempted to touch this up. For the most part, it looks okay. The left side in front of the curve looks like crap, but it's gonna have to stay that way. I have no other idea how to fix it, other than masking again and shooting it, but that ain't gonna happen! That's what caused this problem in the first place. This has been clearcoated now:
Later on, I added the two roof pieces and painted the center luggage section brown. The paint was still wet when I took this pic:
The paint was a bit too diluted so the next coat should look right. Man, I really wanted to make this bus look GOOD! I really tried, using all the most advanced techniques I knew how and I'm still too cursed to complete something with out some glaring issue on it.
Enough of this one, I pulled out the other bus and got to work on it.
Here I added all the extra bits to the outer shell. I also repaired the luggage rack for the twelfth time! You can see here the new camouflage pattern I added to it:
That being done, I went ahead and finished the chassis; adding the interior and the engine to the top:
I finished off this part with all the underside detail parts:
Now all I have to do is detail paint this and then clearcoat it and it'll be ready for decals. Adding the wheels and putting on the body shell will be the last thing I do to finish this off.
[deep breath]
Okay, this Topol finally got a wash after the clearcoat, and I also detail painted the rest of it:
Next, I added the decals to this and just for fun, I snapped all the wheels in place. Here it is so far:
...and with the launch tube:
This thing in the side kept coming off. After all, it was only attached with two small plastic rods; nothing to support it at all. I have no idea what it is, but here you can see the holes I drilled in the chassis and the part in preparation for attaching brass rod to this so that it will stay in place:
Now you can see the part in place and it ain't goin' nowhere!
This monstrosity is now finished. Since the above pics have been taken, I've dullcoated this and lightly 'dusted' it with a dirt brown for some light weathering. Pics will be forthcoming.
So far today, I've finished at least six models. I have at least one more I think I can finish tomorrow so I can get all the pics done then and get them posted for the New Year. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are always welcome.
Mark, thats a shame what happened to that bus. I hope you can resurect it and get it looking right. Everything else looks good. I know its late, but, I hope you had a good New Years eve and didn't party too hardy, LOLOLOLOLOL!! We stayed up long enough to see the ball drop at midnight, and then I crashed out, as I needed to get enough sleep for work the next day.
Dave
Dave
phantom II
Master at Arms
Mark, I just had an issue with paint pulling off sprayed metal ( polished ) .
It makes me think that the red paint did not have enough texture to hang on too ( just a thought ).
Might want to try the silver over red next try . Just a guess mind you .
Cheers, Christian B)
It makes me think that the red paint did not have enough texture to hang on too ( just a thought ).
Might want to try the silver over red next try . Just a guess mind you .
Cheers, Christian B)
Duke Maddog
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Guys, thanks for the replies. Dave, I'm dealing with the bus as best I can. I'm not going to sweat it, I'll just get it done. My New Year's was pretty good; after all I'm still alive and able to build something.
Christian, that is good to know. I hadn't considered that possibility. Chrome Silver does tend to be a smooth surface that doesn't give much grip. Next time I'll see what works better. Until then, I'll just get this one done and move on.
Thanks again for the great replies guys. Look for my next new thread for 2015.
Christian, that is good to know. I hadn't considered that possibility. Chrome Silver does tend to be a smooth surface that doesn't give much grip. Next time I'll see what works better. Until then, I'll just get this one done and move on.
Thanks again for the great replies guys. Look for my next new thread for 2015.
Was it masking material that pulled up the paint Mark or did the paint bond to the mask and lift somehow?
Duke Maddog
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Bob, it may have been a combination of the two. It could also be the clearcoat I put over it, since when I tried to score the edges with a brand new Exacto blade, it sometimes caught on the blade and flaked off. Anyway, I have it looking a bit better now, gonna just move on.
