Well, we have a lot of contributions this month. Thanks to Geoff Woods, Jeff Adams, John Rose, Peter Carlo, Arthur Banyard, Bill Banks, Peter Terry and Bill Banks. I have added my small contribution.
It's easier to let them speak for themselves.
Geoff Woods
"Attached are a couple of Photos of latest finished models The figure
is 120mm Mitche's Military Models Rogers Ranger and the bust is Nuts Planet
1/10 scale French Guard ,General Winter 1812."
Jeff Adams
The Panzer Mark 2, is the Dragon kit of the "F" variant of this
German light tank. The model is very detailed with a plethora of small parts
including many for the interior - which cannot be seen once the hull and turret
are buttoned up! I painted this example in desert camouflage sand using my
Iwata TR1 airbrush and a mixture of Tamiya and Mr Color acrylics. I like to mix
the two together before spraying. This is because alone, the Tamiya pigment can
give a chalky finish, whereas the Mr Color paint alone, is somewhat shiny.
Together they give a very slight sheen, which I find most pleasing. The figure
in the cupola is just a Hornet head with some semblance of a pair of shoulders
below.
Panzer Mark 2
The other model is a Games Workshop Warhammer 40k vehicle, which I had in my
stash from years ago, when my two sons were into wargaming. The plastic kit has
a small parts count, but was upgraded using some resin doors decorated with
skulls and banners. These resin pieces came from Forge World and were designed
to be used specifically with this kit. I enjoyed trying to get the colour
(Ultramarines Blue) correct using Tamiya and Mr Color acrylic paints from each
of their WW2 Pacific Carrier-plane ranges. The regalia (skulls etc) was painted
using brown oil paint, glazes over a buff acrylic undercoat and then
dry-brushing with various shades of cream and white.
Peter Carlo
CATERPILLAR D9R ‘DOBI’
This is a MENG kit and, if
you are looking for something to occupy your time, this is the kit for you. It
is nicely complex but goes together well – no filler at all! Tracks just snap
together but, check the length, the kit tells you to use too many links.
It’s a bit like an
aircraft to build. You start with the interior and there is lots of detail. The
slat armour needs painting before you assemble. It’s very fiddly but worth it.
The main dozer blade comes
in several pieces and needs to be left to set before springing into place on
the chassis. Tracks and running gear are separate assemblies and can be left
until the final assembly but, use a nice flat surface to get the correct ‘set’.
All the hydraulic ram
shafts are made from polished aluminium tube which gives a great look.
To give a sense of scale I
found a figure to stand in the top hatch because these things are huge! I could
not find any film of them in action with Israel but there is one on several
episodes of the TV program ‘Goldrush’ on the Discovery channel.
In all, a great kit.
Enjoyable and an interesting build.
Bill Banks
A friend is an active sailor and boat owner. she asked me
to make some extra models fo table top instruction during the winter.I used
balsa which I found not a particularly easy material for this application. End
grain is rough and sanding generates lots of fine dust. However varnishing gave
a better surface for painting.Good for the flying boys of course and is used in
laminates in full side planes.The end result was better than expected and made
a change in lockdown. Should make explaining points of sailing easier when
instructing.
WIP Heller Humbrol tug 1:200 Samson Jean Bart. Progress has been a little slow but near the end. what
remains are life boats lights masts and aerials.Has been a little tricky at
times as the large number of small items demands thought before
painting.However it has been enjoyable so far and I am ready for another boat
some time. In the background is my next project.It is my first kit where the
plastic colour is intended to be the finish colour.Colin recommends painting as
the decals do not react well with the bare plastic.I shall of course follow his
advice.And I happen to have a Humbrol rattle can of Midnight Blue.
Update - now finished, Box says Samson but contents aimed at Jean
Bart the sister ship, A. bit tricky in places, My EZLine was too fine for the
rigging really but any cotton line I had was too thick,It was like knitting
with spider web,The front mast was missing from the kit so it had to be
fabricated,Will do another boat but one not so fussy - say an MTB.
John Ovenden
Here is my contribution for this month. It’s the 1 1/2 ton LRDG truck from Tamya with crew along with a diorama from Great North Roads
Arthur Banyard
Arthur has sent me a lot of information and images for his recent build of an Airfix Lighting F6. I will be putting this together as an article - more later. In the meantime, here are some images of the completed item.
Colin Ovens
As with Arthur, Colin has provided enough information for an interesting article - if you can ignore the *** and !!! included - grin. Here a couple of finished versions. Again, more details later.
Peter Terry
Hi David, My latest kit, The ICM Ki27b Japanese fighter early war
period in action in China 1939 –1940 in 1/72nd scale. A very nice build, excellent mouldings with finely engraved panel lines and much detail in the
engine that would lend its self to a diorama, Comes with four choices of markings
for the price of £8.99, it's very good value. I completed it by hand
painting Tamiya Japanese Army grey green typical for the early period.
John Rose
Here's some info for pics.
All 32nd scale, all OOB with some scratch build where
noted.
Both phantoms are Revell. The only additional work was
the seats were detailed (doubt if they're 100% accurate but......) and the rear
seaters dash panel had a little tweak so as not to look bare. The black spook
has shop bought fod guards and the wild horse I just made up. (the thing is
with these kits is they have no intake detail - and it's a big intake.
Next up is the Revell 109G10. Now, this is a nice kit. If
you haven't built a Revell 32,then you are missing some fine kits. Sometimes,
you wonder at the break down, but they fit and the detail is there if you want
OOB. The only thing I add are set belts - they will be seen!
Next is a Fujimi 190D. Now, this is a blast from the
seventies and back then they were the dogs dangles of the modelling fraternity.
I got this from evil Bay and oh my, it also included a lot of resin correction
parts. True to form, I used one part and that is the cowling with open flaps. No
reason other than it was there.
Next is the UHU I brought in a couple of months back.
Lovely kit, lots of detail (some of it is pointless in my humble opinion, as
you can't see it. This, and the Mosquito are both Revell and both about 75%
done. (need decals for Mos as they disintegrated in water. Also very thick and
just wouldn't lay down even with lots of Microsol)
Also finished but not photographed, the Takon Lee CDL,
and a couple of Star Wars space ships (with the grandkids). They were fun (my
input - keeping them interested, masking the canopies and solar panels and
supervision of the airbrushing!!)
On the bench at moment, four various spits in 32 - hobby
boss Vb/Trop, Revell Mk. IXc, Hasegawa VI and Revell 22/24(ex matchbox -
oh god, why???)
Here's a teaser for you all (except Peter and Colin) -
what is the difference between a spit 22&24??
Stay safe all, see you some time!
David Pennington
Lastly, my contribution. I have been concentrating more on figures over the last few months. These two are both fictitious Japanese Ninja Trolls. The first is an all metal one from Alexandros Models in 90mm size. It needed so pins to get it together as it is very heavy!
Secondly, on a similar theme is the Nuts Planet 1/10th scale bust of a troll called Onibi. It was fun trying to get the flame to look realistic - and I think that I failed!
Yes, she does really have bronze metallic skin!
Epilogue
Thank you to everyone that sent in a contribution. I think it is unlikely that we will get back before July so please plan for a June Virtual meeting. Just make sure that we haven't seen the model before and then, anything goes! Happy modelling.
David Pennington
