Here’s some out-of-the-box (crazy) thinking. Mount a pinhole camera in there, light the interior with l.e.d.'s, and monitor on a surplus cell phone. Add figures of Pitt and Giordino. I think it would give the impression of a working ship, and viewers would appreciate the effort and novelty of it.
Or not.
WIP on the Workbench
All 1/72 scale
Heller L-749 Connie: Cowl flaps and exhausts mounted and nacelles epoxied in place. Will need seam work and blending into the wings.
Special Hobby FH-1: Airframe subassemblies built out and mounted. Seam work next - looks fairly minor.
AMT RC-135: 3 of 4 engines mounted - #3 required a repaint of exhaust area. Seams filled with stretched sprue and sprue glue…now the fun begins
La-11 Fang ready for paint
Finally getting the treads on the 1/48 Tamiya PzKW Mark IV J.
These things stress me out.
Great kit however, although I am not sold on the metal chassis. I am not sure it lines up close enough to the plastic hull. We will see once I get to that part of the assembly.
Moving along with my Meng F-18F
Samphoto, great looking Harrier. Would like to see it when you are finished. And, I do like that stand you have there. I see it has wing nuts and appears to be height-adjustable. Where did you get that if you remember?
Tojo72 - F-18F is looking good. Meng’s 18E, F ang G are really nice kits, with lots of external stores included. I built their 18G last year. A completed Super Hornet is impressive.
Hi, thank you. It has been a challenging process, but I learned a lot about modeling. This is only my second build on my modern era (30 plus years ago was my last).
I love the stand, yes it is fully adjustable. I wouldn’t build without it. I got it on Amazon, here is the link.
I could use some opinions on the following. I was working on the submersibles for my oceanographic research ship today and had the following idea.
Oceanographic research ships not only use manned submersibles, but they also use unmanned remotely operated submersibles for exploration purposes. So where was I going to get some? And then an idea hit! ! I had a bunch of leftover Space:1999 Eagle transporter spaceships when the kit I had lost a bunch of other parts to it. Underwater ROV’s are usually small to medium size. In the below pic, you can see how the Eagle transporter ships compare to the Seaview submersible and the DSRV submersible. The only thing that might not be needed is the aft engine assembly on the Eagles and could be cut off. I think it might look too weird with it being left on. The four leg “pods” would be left on in case the ROV ever needed to set down on the seabed floor or some other area. The nose of the Eagle transporter gets left on as that would be where most of the sensors and underwater lights are.
The main question is: Cut off the rear engine assembly or leave it on?
My vote is for cutting it off.
+1. +18 more + characters, to make 20.
Here’s one that I found on Etsy. Use it all the time…
(https://www.mpcreationdartisanatplus.com/category/hobby-product)
THX! I put one into the cart. Looks like a good tool for many tasks.
Great progress so far! I’m not convinced that these Tamiya metal hulls serve any purpose other than a marketing gimmick where a consumer may be inclined to equate weight with quality
They don’t,they are less detailed for sure, they stopped using them in their later 1/48 offerings.
After a couple of coats of Tamiya Clear I polished the body parts using Tamiya’s three polishing compounds. Then it was time to assemble all the various bits of the body.
Now it is just a matter of mating it to the chassis and doing a few final bits here and there. There is a few bits of orange peel texture and some color tone issues here and there plus a few minor issues (all my own fault) which I’m not too happy about but that is just the way it goes sometimes!
@WhatIfRebel if you cut it off, would you scratch build a propulsion system? I think it will look cool either way.
I started working on my Matchbox 1/32 Westland Lysander. Here are a few pictures:
I plan on posting a build log at some point.
