Madhatter

so this is what you've been doing since the Enterprise then? Damn! This is another master piece to come from your desk. Your work is flawless - I wish I had that kind of talent Great stuff

very nice! Its great to see an X-Wing that isn't Red 5 👌

I'm going to have to check out those belts now - hope they have some 48th scale HE-111 belts! Looking awesome though Joe! Got a paint scheme in mind?

Great to see a fine representation of an aircraft from my home country - awesome job!

thanks David Yeah, it is pretty simple but then, so am I

Thanks Mate - I appreciate the kind post Thought I'd post a quick update of where I'm up to. Since Friday last week, I have been working on the top plate. I was asked elsewhere if I could elaborate a bit more on the process of detailing. I thought the top plate edging would be a good subject to show how I do things. Quick disclaimer - I am not a professional modeller and my work is pretty average in terms of tidiness but I try. I have seen some seriously amazing scratch builders here and on other sites, with some actual skills they could teach which is why I feel like a little bit of a fraud doing this as what I do pales in comparison. But I said I would, so here goes. First, I had to measure out how much over hang I wanted and then conform the back edge to the edge of the existing base plate: Then I drew out a basic outline of the edges: Resulting in: Using the waste material from the base layer cut, I then made a second layer. This was then flipped over and every edge lined with 0.20x0.20 strip plastic. I have run out of strip already - I used an entire pack on just 3 sides with the rear ones still to go. I'll be in the city on Friday so I'll pick some more up then So that's 2 evenings worth of work. Now I have started to detail the lower ledges. Once they've been done, I'll permanently attach them and then blend in the upper surface to the plates. Then the detailing will be done and I can move onto painting and lighting it all. As you can see, I've found a good use for all those left over PE radar bits I have lying around. They make for some great details I hope I haven't insulted anyone's skill levels with my very basic and rudimentary attempts at scratch building, but I'm hopeful it will help someone out with some ideas.. As always, thanks for stopping in and having a look Si

hi again Time for another update to this on-going saga. Almost finished the right side mid level - just some more detail to add and then it's onto the final detailing stage of the top plate. The left side is pretty much done as I want it to be. Maybe a couple more detail bits but not much So, starting with the left side: Now the right side There are a couple more photos but something weird is going on with Flickr right now which is causing images not to post properly. I have advanced a fair bit in the time since these photos were taken, but the next update will be the finished levels (not painted) If you have any constructive feedback, by all means, please let me know - I won't get any better without it. As always, thanks for stopping in and having a look Till next time Si

no way - there's one or two of those Hagglund's operating (or used to - its been a number of years since I last went there) at the Antarctic Center in Christchurch (NZ). I never knew there was a kit of it though - that's seriously good to now as I know a friend who is a big fan of the "Antarctic Cats" (as he calls them), so I have an excuse now to buy and build one

those are some awesome pictures - especially that second one firing. Wicked! And I can see why that was an inspiration. I didn't see pics of that scheme in my searches. The fact you have them not far from you is pretty cool too. Bit jealous on that front I know your not a tank fan, and neither am I really, but have you seen that Takom kit of the Polish PL-01 Prototype tank? : https://www.bnamodelworld.com/military-vehicles-tanks-takom-models-tak2127-1:35-polish-pl-01-light-tank-prototype I only suggest this because, like the Leopard, its quite aggressive looking and has so much camo potential.

very cool! Is that the old Tamiya kit? I had not long built one as well and for such an ancient kit, the fit was amazingly good. A tad basic by today's armour kit standards but enjoyable all the same. Maybe more so 'coz you don't have to muck around with individual track links and grab handles and so on....or maybe that's just my laziness coming through. Regardless, your Leopard is really cool and I love the camo scheme. Simple yet effective and not over weathered!! 👌

Hey David, how are you? Happy new year mate! Hope your holidays - if you took any - were relaxing? Bro, I have absolutely no idea how many hours I have spent on this mammoth project. Over the past 5.5 years this has been going on, taking into consideration the stop-start progress and working on an average of 4-5 hours (sometimes more) a day over 3 days a week, maybe around 900 hours in total. Possibly/probably more. I honestly don't know. If I were to include all the casting and cure times as well into that period, you could stack on at least another 60-70 hours. Regardless, my wife thinks its too much time. I say I could always spend more. We all know how this goes In hindsight, I should've recorded a time log as I am now also interested to know exactly how much time I have invested into this. Actually, scratch that - I don't want to l know. It'll just make me cry. I never started off with the intention of detailing it this much. What started off as adding some pipes to the rear of the ship exploded into pure OTT madness. Then I had to do a proper display base for it. And here we are! I'm surprised but glad that this still holds interest to some of you. Thanks to you guys who have stuck around! It helps to keep me going, knowing that there are people watching and waiting. Otherwise I doubt I would have gotten to here

Dusting this one off yet again. Seeing as I have some making up to do in regards to this thread, here's a couple of the most recent (as of tonight) of where I am up to. I'm over half way done on the left hand side but now that I've added some extra plating on this side, I'll have to do the same on the other side and also the top plate. I have to go careful that I don't extend the shelf too far out or all the detail work will be lost which is why I will be installing SMD's on both levels. Up until 2 nights ago it was looking like this: And now it looks like this: And a couple of close ups. Bear in mind, the detailing is not yet finished as I need to blend the parts in more which I will do over the course of the next couple of weeks Hopefully you can see where I'm going with it. Once it's primed etc, it'll look totally different and much more cohesive Thanks for sticking around! Si

thanks guys. I am quite happy with it too

thanks Garry Yeah, the colour is a major departure from my usual go to schemes. It's my first green car

hey all So, not long finished this one off: Tamiya's 1/24 GMA T-50. It was a very complex kit, with a lot of smart, but sometimes frustrating, engineering. Not one for a beginner, that's for sure. Painted with Zero Paints pale gold base and Candy Kawasaki Green top coat and 2K clear. I wish I had not tried to be inventive and just painted the cockpit framing black as per the instructions instead of graphite black I'm so sorry about the dust and BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH that's on the glass in the pictures - I tried hard to get it clean but I was shooting outside and it's slightly windy. You'll just have to imagine it without the dust particles Anyways, that's all I took that were worth sharing. As always, thanks for stopping in and having a look Si