Hi all,
great site. 32, have been modelling for a few years now and have only started improving a great deal and getting tips since picking up a copy of FSM and then checking the website out and especially the forums.
Currently working on a MH-60L Black Hawk (by Revell) 1:48.
Hope to start my first diorama soon either a WWII set with a German anti-tank gun and machine gunners, or, a sea-based one with HMS Sheffield (and possibly the Ark Royal depending on the size of the frame I’ve got!).
Other interests include mountain-biking, and, triathlon!!
Welcome to the Forums, Richard! If you liked FSM because of the tips, you’ll love this forum even more… So don’t hesitate to ask a question, because the wonderful guys/gals here love to help each other out! [:D]
Thank you very much for the very warm welcome.
Yeah I’ve been reading through some of the forums and it is unbelievable the time, effort, imagination and innovation that people put into the kits that they are working on - it is actually a bit of a kick up the backside for me because I normally get the kit from the shop and follow the detail from the box and hey presto the kit is finished but has always lacked that something special to set it aside - I knew nothing about conversion kits, purchasing alternative decals or building dioramas - also the research that goes into a lot of it is mind-blowing - [bow]
After doing a bit of reading up decided not to put the Ark Royal with the Sheffield but instead try and get a few kits (1:700) of ships that where in the Falklands War in 1982 (I know that there was a kit for HMS Invincible, not sure about HMS Hermes) and build something along those lines.
Is acrylic gel the best option for getting a realistic water setting? Any hints of tips would be much appreciated…and thanks again for the welcome[:D]
Wellcome to the forum [#welcome]
I have only been a member for short time but I can tell you, your gonna love it here.
Seems like you got lots of projects, post some pics [;)]
Cheers Monrad.
Yeah certainly have a few projects on the go at present - a few of which I won’t be finishing for a while - a 1:32 Tornado (don’t know wher I am going to put that when I’m finished - might be the ceiling, though a bit worried that it might bring the plasterboard down![:)]
Also got a vinyl kit of Pinhead (from the film Hellraiser) - had it about 5-6 years and have done very little work on it - the major job with it is going to be putting all the individual pins into the head, still a little uncertain wether I should paint it in acrylic or oils!!! Plus my girlfriend has said she doesn’t like it and it won’t be anywhere in the flat so it’ll have to sit on mt desk at work once completed!
If I get a chance today I’ll get some pictures done.