Hobbyrama,oh yeah I’d forgotten that one. I’ll look up their website and get the address .Thanks ILuv3ggs ! I really don’t need anything,I mostly buy my stuff from Frontline in Newcastle,but doesn’t mean I can’t drool and perve over a few boxes of plastic does it ?
Your right about the skill thing ILuv3ggs. Lost count of the number of times I’ve stripped and redone just because it don’t look like what my minds eye had predicted[V]
But that’s what keeps me modelling. The fact that it’s never ‘perfect’, but close.
[#ditto]
Good point.
I gave up modelling as a first year apprentice, 6-7 years later, I can afford more kits, which makes me less likely to try and “improve” my past efforts. I wish I could just leave well enough alone, and just learn for next time. I am definitely getting better! It is very important to push yourself to better your skills.
Matt
i spend more time looking in the hobby shop and dreaming what i could create then i do actually building models [8)] I have many models unfinished sittin in thier boxes … ever to see the light of day again ! but thats also partly due to the poor fit of some, and me not begin able to fix them
Hey, any tips on creating longish grass !? i’ll need some for the sides of the road if i am going to put the leopard in a diorama (already started planning ! )
I should have a metal barrel on the way soon, just got to find some workable tracks … they aren’t on bentbutnotbroken.com anymore [xx(]
[#ditto] I’ve got to agree with your comments Tweety, in fact the Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner (I use this to strip paint) is never far away. Im about to strip the paint from the fiqure I’ve just finished and redo it, just don’t like the colour the uniform turned out to be. A bit worrying though, this is the fiqure I intend to enter the ACT Comp in June.
[2c]I my opinion, the only challenge worth while is the one you set for yourself, even if it is above your current skill level. [2c]
Hey guys - after reading MS’s article in the March FSM about Future floor polish, I dutifully carted myself off to Safeway and got some Pledge One-go. Just one thing - In all the pics I’ve seen of ‘Future’ in jars on peoples work-benches it looks dead-set clear, but this stuff is just a bit ‘milky’. Am I barking up the right tree?
Cheers! Andy
Yeah Andy, it’s the right stuff. [^]
After you pour some into a container and dip a few canopies etc into it, it will turn a touch more cloudy[%-)]
But don’t worry, it’s all ok, just the way it goes really.
I’ve got around 14 canopies from a small baby food jar (thanks son!!!) and have never refilled/replaced it, and it’s milky as buggery but the canopies are crystal clear[;)]
But if your going to clear coat a model, I’d strongly recommend using from the bottle, not the jar (duh!)
South, phroosh, 3ggs, some days your skills, or lack there of, surprise you.
I’m building a Panther G Early version, only my second ever tank, and I’ll be stuffed how I managed to get the washes to look so good[:D] (insert boasting here!)
Your minds eye can deceive you[:-,]
Finished a Zero couple of months back. I thought it looked tacky, not what I thought it should look like, so I asked the missus to have a squize before I stripped it back.
She reckoned it was too shiny, so I gave it a squirt of flattened Pledge.
Surprised me when it turned out looking better than I had perceived.[:D]
Told the missus I did a whole lot of complex boy stuff to it, cause you NEVER admit they are right[;)]
She smiled and walked away.
Gee, wonder if she beleived me[;)]
Mr Muscle [%-)]
Never tried that. Do you use it on acrylics, enamels or laquers?
I used brake fluid and Shell engine degreaser last time. Bit rough on the plastic, but a light sand will sort it out.
Now I’m not a figures man, but is it possible to give the coat an overspray or dusting to bring it to what you want?
Like I said, never made a figure model, so I’m really curious.
Next time your in your local hs, check out if they have any model railway stuff there. They should have some ‘grass’ that will do the trick.
It comes in long lengths and is pretty thin, kinda hair like, It’s called ‘Field Grass’, made by an American company called Woodland Scenics, and you simply cut it to the length you need and stick it on.
Also comes in different colours, and 12 new and exciting flavours!(j/k)
Got mine from Frontline Hobbies in Newcastle, $11.95.
Hope this helps.
Sean
ahhh, thanks, they have railway stuff there, had a quick look, but couldn’t find anything like that … might duck in over the weekend if i can and browse around … again,
i think they have woodland scenics products …
thank again [:D]
J S here just wondering how many of us are in the AUSSIE group build,the more the merrier.
[PS] check out the new EZ line on red roos web site.
Tweety1 I use to use brake fluid when I was in model railways, but a club member recommended the use of oven cleaner as it was less likely to damage the plastic. Since using it I have had no damage to any plastic or resin model, can’t say if it would damage metal models. Have used it to remove acrylic and enamels, don’t know how it would go with laquers as I do not use them.
To use it you just spray it on the model, wait a few minutes then brush it with a tooth brush and the paint comes off, occassionally it might take two or three applications to get all the paint off. Then just wash the model. A word of warning wear a mask, eye protection and gloves.
It is possible to overspray and dust fiqures for effect.
J.S. here again i was just wondering what Aussie modeling subjects you would love to do but cant get for me its,
SUBMARINE AE11 the aussie sub that forced a passage through the Dardanelles in WW1 in 1/125 scale not in the 1/700 scale thats available.
HEAVY CRUISER HMAS CANBERRA sunk in iron bottom sound during the Guadalcanal campaign lets say in 1/350 scale yeah 1/350 would be tops.
HAPPY MODELING J.S.
any plastic 1/350 RAN ships - not a fan of resin!
1/35 bush master or a Collins Class submarine
Anything 1/700 waterline - as long as it’s plastic1 Another not-fan of resin!
1:48 Spitfire, Mk VIII.
Will chase up the sticky post for the group build after Easter.
well,
i have an aluminiym barrel on the way, a verlinden photo etched detail set and the AS1 converstion … there is even a Leopard 1 engine i might get, and put that in with the back taken off … still looking for tracks tho, i have seen them before, but the place doesn’t stock them any more [:(]
i’m gonna take real care building this, i want to make it my best yet [:)]
Moffat’s Falcon GTHO Phase 3 and the 1980 Commodore that Brock and Richards used to win the 1980 Bathurst both in 43rd scale and in resin or white metal.
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I assume u mean a Collins in scale other than 1/35?? (LOL). There’s a resin 1/350 by an Aussie Builder called Fleetline Models. Rumour has it that the builder did these a few years back (including an Oberon) and stopped production, then has recently started up again due to public demand for the two subs he builds. Here’s a pic from one of my LHS website:
http://www.hobbycentre.com.au/FLEMOD02.html
but if you’re not a fan of resin, it doesnt matter cos as far as I know, this is the only game in town.