Good day Hunter from Montana (I’m originally from Great Falls)[snWcm]
Great kit to start your chops on. You will do fine and you got some great mentors here. I too will be looking in on how you are doing since I need the motivation that new modelers seem to give to keep building.
And check out and join the Japanese Group Build that is going on.
Scott
Yup, pictures tell a thousand words and don’t lie hee hee. My models are like my body, look great to my eye but when I take a picture, seem to be full of wrinkles, pits, and defects and look 25 lbs heavier. [:D] Posting is a fun way to express yourself and I have always had postive, motivating comments from this site.
My wife made a comment the other day, said something about an obssession since she has noticed a lot more wingy thingies on my shelf and around my workshop. Wonder if she’s contemplating an intervention, since the vacation brochures and gardening catalogs are all over the kitchen table.
You and I are at the same stage - I only started back in this hobby several months ago and I’ve purchased more kits than I’ve built lol…believe me, my skill is nowhere near any of these other guys and I could never post pictures of anything I build. My joy in this hobby comes elsewhere…
I did want to say, though - I purchased my spray booth on Amazon, and it was $88 and for as little as I use it (once a week?) it works really great, can’t beat the price…I also bought my airbrush and compressor on Amazon from TCPGlobal for $120??? and it came with three airbrushes, the 1/5 HP compressor, about 10 Createx paints, a really great deal - matter of fact, I also paint (spray paint art) and I use the Createx line for my painting vice…
I also purchased my Optimizer from Sprue Brothers for about $50 and I like it alot, it’s a Donegal 5X but I have recently purchased two more, because they were so cheap, from Amazon - I bought one for $12 and another for $14 I believe, and they both have greater magnification than the Donegal.
Just wanted to let you know about the spray booth and compressor and optimizer in case you haven’t settled on one in particular yet. I am very happy with what I have purchased, and it wasn’t very expensive at all, considering.
Thank you DE,
I know what spray booth you are taking about. I got a Masters Pro Series Compressor and airbrush from the same place you mentioned. I know I need to get a Optivisor…man those parts are small and hard to see fine details, plus I have big hands. LOL.
I will look into what you have suggested and go from there.
Thank you,
Hunter
Hello everyone,
Well it’s Saturday and I spent the first couple of hours playing with my new airbrush and learning the pressure settings, changing out the needle and properly thinning out the paint. I finally got it figured out and sparyed the remaining parts to the cockpit, engine and the nose of the plane. I have made one minor error so far…I got called into work and while I was wrapping up so I could clean up I assembled the cockpit and forgot to hand paint the knobs, gauges and electrical. I will go back and fix that.
The plus side of going into work is I get off Tuesday and do not have to go back until Monday afternoon…so 5 days of modelling!!!
As you can see…all cockpit green
In the instructions it mentions adding AM or PE to the pilot’s seat…I am not ready for that YET. Maybe 4 or 5 models down the road. But as I stated I will go back and paint the remaining gauges, knobs and electrical Wednesday.
Thank you for looking…as always your input, suggestions and tips are highly welcomed.
Bish - Thank you for the help on adding quotes
Hunter
Bish, kind of got that backwards, in that they let us think the we are in charge. Mine has been gone for over a year, and she still runs things…
Hunter- coming together nicely so far. You are right, lots of experience and help here, and I have picked up a bunch to try and improve what I do.
Hello Scott,
Wow, Great Falls is a great place and very nice people. My wife and I go through there every time we go to my parents place. We have been talking about relocating there so we would be closer to my mom. I have made a couple of calls to some of the captain’s there to see if there were any openings. Will have to wait until there is.
You mentioned the Japanese GB…I am building the plane my dad purchased for this build. I don’t know if it’s too late to join…but I am happy with doing this WIP so I can get everyone’s tips, suggestions, techniques and guidance. I am definitely going to join a GB in the near future because I like how everyone is building something together. Great way to learn and expand my knowledge of modelling. Thank you for looking in on my WIP and I hope you check back in.
Take care,
Hunter
Hunter,
Great job on the “pit” or “office”, don’t wory about forgetting the knobs, gauges and electrical, we all do that and go back to fix it. This is really looking good!
One of these builds, when your ready, you need to try you hand at some weathering. It will rock youe world.
Steve
Drop a post on the Japanese GB 5 page. Gamera is an easy guy to work with, and plenty of time to finish. I have to finish mine from last year…Basically in GB’s yu are posting what youare putting up here on that page along with the other builders. You can still keep the thread going here as well.
Hello Steve,
Thank you for your support and I will definitely go back and correct the error. I know!!! I can’t wait to do some weathering and paint pitting. The recent Japanese Float Plane you did in that beach dio is AWESOME!! The way you weathered that plane was perfect. It looked so real.
I know when the day comes when I want to play with water…I am driving to Idaho to learn from you. (laughing) [:D[
Thank you for everything friend,
Hunter
What a great start, good job on the cockpit!
Toshi
Toshi,
Wow, thank you Toshi…I have seen your last 2 builds and they are awesome. Thank you for the compliment and for looking in on my build.
Hunter
Wow hunter, for just stating out on the airbrush, its looking pretty good.
[snWcm]
I very glad to see another one has taken up this fascinating hobby and you’re doing a good job of it too.
I re-entered modeling a few yeas ago and I thought I was all alone until I disovered FSM. It opened up a whole new world of scale modeling to me and the comradery and help that one gets on here is outstanding. You can have any question expertly answered by any one of the many formidable modelers here and believe me, I have asked many questions and improved dramatically.
Happy modeling and glad you’re here.
Hey Hunter welcome back to the hobby and you’ve chosen a great kit there to get started. As others have already said she’s a gem of a kit, great detail and perfect fit.
As Scott and Goldhammer mentioned I am running a group build for Japanese subjects, would love to have you but no pressure. We’ve still got ten and a half monthes to go (ends Dec 31, 2016) and you’re welcome to enter as long as you’re not like 95% done [;)]
Oh and yeah tools are expensive but take care of them and they’ll last for years and years…
Well Sir, you are off to a smokin’ start. Great work on the pit. I can’t wait to see how the finished product turns out.
BK
Scott - Thank you, I spent almost 2 hours playing with it and let’s say an interesting process. (laughing). Figuring the air pressure was easy…it was the paint to thinner ratio I had to play with and log the amount of paint and thinner I added to get it right. Over time I hope I can do it by sight. Thank you for looking in.
Jay Jay - First, thank you for looking in a my WIP. I could not agree with you more in regards to the FSM forums and the indivduals in them. EVERYONE here is great. I couldn’t think of a better place to start my modelling life. Thank you for welcoming me, and I hope you check back to see the finished build.
BK - Thank you for the huge compliment…I have spent the past couple of weeks looking at every forum and every post and you have a great level of knowledge and experience. I look forward to learning from you. I hope you look back in and hopefully you have the same comment. (Laughing) [:D]
Gamera - Thank you for the invite to your GB. I am actually building the kit my dad (ModelMan68) bought for your GB. And you are absolutely correct about the cost of tools. I am very OCD when it comes to organization and cleanliness so I will definitely take cae of them. Thank you for looking in on my WIP, and thank you again for the invite to your GB.