model building

[gamblor916]

Rei figure finished and I seem to have a thing for Ferraris at the moment.

[lancalot]

she looking great gamblor ... how you do the eyes?

[gamblor916]

Luckily the eyes are decals as is the logo on her skirt. Everything else needs paint.

[iamirondude]

been working on this for the last week while we have had no internet. this is the first time i've used PE so much and it's a steep learning curve but it's been fun. also none of the superstructure is glued down yet.

[iamirondude]

here are a couple more warships that i've done in the last week while it's been raining. they came in a value 2 pack from dragon in the 1/700 scale. for that scale they are pretty well detailed but some of the parts are so small.i still need to do 1 or 2 touch ups with the destroyer and finish the helicopters and airraft that came with them.

[iamirondude]

finished a bit of the railings on the superstructure. that PE stuff is fiddly to use but it makes them look so much better.

[drifand]

Have you tried investing in an airbrush? It will really give you and edge on your work. I am only saying this because you are a keen builder and its probably worth investing in one of those.

[iamirondude]

i've actually been thinking of getting 1 of them.they do make the paint job so much better. so i'll hopefully have 1 soon but i've never used 1 before but i'm a quick learner and there's youtube. i was checking out the compressors the other day at bunnings.

[drifand]

It won't be too hard however there are different types of airbrush and you need to know which one is the most comfortable you are with. I prefer the old syphon feed with the bottle below than gravity feed type.

Again is subjective but give it a go. You can get cheap air compressor from Ebay under $100 delivered.

[Stug]

Finally managed to find some existing photos of some of my kits to upload. It's a pretty good snap shot of a long period of modelling. The quality of the camera/s haven't been that great either... for example the Crusader below is actually British desert stone, not pink! Though the poor resolution hides much of the poor build and finishing!

1/72 Jindivik


1/700 HMAS Brisbane


1/700 HMAS Canberra


1/72 Mercedes Diorama


1/144 F-14


1/72 Crusader


1/72 MD500


1/72 Huey Cobra


1/72 Recon nosed Mirage


1/35 M113 FSV