After the roughly four months back from many years away from modeling, I find myself with a 1/35 Tiger I bogged down in weathering, a 1/16 M4 still waiting on the upper hull and now a 1/16 Tiger I laughing at me from beneath the bench. Also an ever growing stash, but not one completed model in about 25 years.
So this weekend I decided to just build one, small and simple. No super-detailing, no weathering, no figures, nada…just to relax and see what it feels like to finish.
About five hours over four days and I’m not doing anymore.
hey, it looks great !
if that’s a rush job, I can hardly wait 2 see one u take ur time on !
either way, hope u had fun building it… [:D]
i don’t think i’ve finished a model yet… there always seems 2 b something
i need 2 add or fix on every single one…
must b my model railroader roots showing.[;)]
anyhow, when it’s done, it’s no more fun !
Looks pretty darn good to me! I love the way the seat and the saddle bag turned out. Very nice, leather look. How did you do that? Oh, and as mentioned above, what kit is it??
Thanks for the kind words,
It’s Tamiya’s 1/35 BMW r75. It comes with four figures and a MG but I’ll save them for a later date…
I preshaded with Tam X-1, then Dunkelgelb and Chrome with no drying time in between. The rest is watercolors, even the tires, and a quick coat of Future.
The kit is smaller than a 1/72 tank, so I figured it would be a good warm up for MTD.
Nicely done ausf.
That was my intent with the Ketten. A quicky to show I could get through one with out the artists ocd kicking in. Shame it didn’t happen… maybe one day, one kit …sigh
I like this little kit. I have one and found a detail kit for it. Built one 20 years ago and it was a fun build then, I’d like to do it again for nostalgia sake and do it with everyting I’ve learned to date.
Again. Really good job ausf. Don’t worry about the other in-progress stuff. Its a hobby not a contract. Take your time and do it right rather than rush it and be sorry for it later.
Lookin good. My son is doing that kit as well his first ever coming along nicely,but he is still into video games and video games and well…video games so its not quit done as of yet. Hopefully by summers end he will have it done so we can post it.
I saw it on Ebay and couldn’t resist (even though I found it cheaper at my not so LHS a week later). I didn’t build this when I was younger but it brought me back to the Corgi toys I had. Anyone remember the Afrikakorps line they had?
Great job! I love the nice new look, ready for delivery to Tobruk! It feels good to finish, but I have to disagree with frosty. I think they’re fun when built, especially when I’m looking over about 25 tanks in a row, ready to attack!
Hey, that looks good! Thanks for sharing the pics. The great big models are so cool, but the small models are really the meat and potatoes – the magic of modeling is to make something small look like something much bigger!
Yeah after these monster 1/16s are done, I figure 2012 or so, I’m going 1/72 and that’s it…Well, after I finish the 1/35 Panther, Kubel and Pzkpf III I have waiting. Cripes!
I just passed a BMW on the road a little while ago and realized I painted the emblem backwards. [;)]
