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Love the work your putting in this mate.

Nige201980 wrote:Love the work your putting in this mate.

Thank you very much

I tried some silver soldering of parts for the camera last night and failed miserably . Have to re group and try again

Coen wrote:Vallejo model colour and life colour are really good brush paints.
But if you're going to be going into figure painting in a more serious way then maybe some of the scale 75 range is more what you want to look at.
Tamiya is meant to be sprayed. It's alcohol based (says so on the label as well as thier site) so it dries uber fast. Not really the best for brush painting.
You can retard it with lacquer thinners or or products, but myself, I prefer a paint that will do more than one thing and I don't have to "fix" it.

Trying to get some Vallejo stuff and I need to mail order it.
I am kind of hooped as can't order anything online as we move soon.
So, I found a Games Workshop store nearby and got this...good to support a local store


The paint has a good reputation, but the knock is it dries out in those bottles. I might move them to plastic dropper bottles.
Always a sucker for a tool, came with a sprue cutter .....that is why I chose the set.
The colors are weirdly named and have different properties so I painted a dot on the lid of each for quick reference
Got a little Hobbit figure set as well to practice on and make for my daughter who loves that series

Starting to paint the camera man. I like how this Citadel paint handles so far
Lots of detail stuff to do on him still, but the Citadel is good so far. Will show closer when I get him detailed properly
He is kneeling on the filming bridge I finished it's wood effects, maybe a bit of weathering to do still to mess it up




He started out as one of these Marines...the grenade launcher guy actually

It's always the grenade launcher guy

Looks great!

Danta2er wrote:It's always the grenade launcher guy

Looks great!

This is his work after his Vietnam tour....cameraman missing a hand!!!
He looks pretty good in civilian clothes; still has a bit of helmet head from where I carved it off his mellon with an exacto blade
I have another pilot I am making it George Lucas, still in the works

Twokidsnosleep wrote:

Danta2er wrote:It's always the grenade launcher guy

Looks great!

This is his work after his Vietnam tour....cameraman missing a hand!!!
He looks pretty good in civilian clothes; still has a bit of helmet head from where I carved it off his mellon with an exacto blade
I have another pilot I am making it George Lucas, still in the works

Don't forget to shave off his chin before applying the beard

1/72 scale black glasses will be fun as well!!

Well this silliness could certainly carry on for some time

WOW!! I missed a lot. That is a great idea Scott. It is looking great!!

ladip63 wrote:WOW!! I missed a lot. That is a great idea Scott. It is looking great!!

Yep, Ya gotta stay alert to keep up with me Ha!

" Lights..... Camera..... Action!"....
Awesome dude building Scott....
Looking forward to the Young Lucas build now...
Keep doing what ya doing mate.. It's the dogs danglies...

wappynutter wrote:" Lights..... Camera..... Action!"....
Awesome dude building Scott....
Looking forward to the Young Lucas build now...
Keep doing what ya doing mate.. It's the dogs danglies...

Thanks for the comment and a laugh
Gotta love those English sayings
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No lights yet, but camera is getting there

This Bandai X-Wing kit is absolutely awesome.
Not a stitch of glue and she goes together perfectly. Kids snap together my butt; it is a great well engineered adult kit.
I have decals, accent paint and a lot more weathering/sliming to do, but she is a nice little bird perched in the dio





Next up is trees and some swamp planning

Sweet!
That is freaking AWESOME!!!!!

Coen wrote:Sweet!
That is freaking AWESOME!!!!!

Thank you sir

Battle weary X-Wing

My blasters!? Has anyone seen my blasters?

Haha
That looks fantastic bud.

Coen wrote:My blasters!? Has anyone seen my blasters?

Haha
That looks fantastic bud.

Blast it, yes you burned me on that
I have the pokey rod things sprayed but not weathered so left them off
Will do another pic on W/E with them on and weathered
My father's day wish is for a clear guilt free afternoon of modelling

Here is what I used for the canopy window....tinted Mylar from a disposable eye sheild


And here are Mr Coen's Blasted Blasters




The canopy sits funny now as I made two brass suport rods to prop it open a'la the scene I am trying to depict

I will probably remove the left side blaster and such to submerge the wing in the swamp

Brilliant looking X wing mate

Nige201980 wrote:Brilliant looking X wing mate

Thanks so much

WOW Scott!!! Love the X-Wing, camera and the set. Makes me want to try scratch build one day.

Hot damn that's a pretty thing!!

Coen wrote:Hot damn that's a pretty thing!!

Thank you, sir
The Starboard blaster isn't in all the way and droops in the pic, however I have corrected that
Been feeling lousy with a flu bug and haven't done anything model related for last couple weekends

Supplies for swamp making

Slimy green light has fewer calories

WOW!! Awesome!! Love the camera and crew. Keep it up...Can't wait to see the final. Hope you got over your flu.

ladip63 wrote: WOW!! Awesome!! Love the camera and crew. Keep it up...Can't wait to see the final. Hope you got over your flu.

Thank you my friend
Feeling better, but not able to model for a couple weeks at least due to a house move
We are busy packing up, cleaning rented house up and trying to sell re-useable stuff from the old home
This is my summer holiday of almost week off....had to work today
So no x wing for a bit, will be back after it in September

Good luck on your move!! I'm already having with drawls!!! Patiently waiting--SHIVERS

Thanks mate
We have two moves to do ;One to a rental house for a yearish and then another back to new house after construction.
It is kind of weirdly unreal to be packing up from the only house my kids have known
I have staked out a spare room for modelling and put the desk together in the rental

Ok, I am back at it
Been working on the film stuff......light and diffusers
I did them in styrene first, but then tried some brass







I have re-made all the stands in brass as it is cleaner....just lots of soldering to do

Camera gear done


Dry run of location



Gotta find some feet for Lucas and a left hand for the cameraman
Then it is trees and roots and swamp

"Quiet on set....... Okay...Swamp scene take 1.... Roll em!"

Awesome progress Scott...
Loving the build, looking forward to the swamp creation..
Continued success mate..

Thanks Andy
I am brainstorming those trees and water a bit before diving into them; got a great resource from John early in this build and trying to bring it together

Freaking awesome!!!!

Coen wrote:Freaking awesome!!!!

Thanks Bud
Good to have a modelling space again

Optometry and podiatry...dudes got feet and glasses
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Sooooo Cooooolll!!!!!

brilliant.

Thanks guys for the kind words. Had three days withought power from a weekend windstorm so not much accomplished.
Base is getting gloomy swampy colours. Maybe go even muddier???
Have found a cool silicone water method to try...more on that later

I stepped on a board and put a nail into my foot last week .....have been busy with work and super sore at night.
So, have not touched modelling at all this past week
Hoping to get going on the silicone swamp water this weekend

Ouch!!..... Hope the foot heals up soon Scott...
Looking forward to the silicone water effects going down.
Good luck bud..

Thanks mate
Tetanus shot needed , no infection developed and wound quickly healed.....just my foot muscles hurt like heck after a day of work. So I have to have it up and iced. Hard to do modelling like that
Our house build sucks at the moment as well due to beurocracy of city hall...nothing happening but lots of money going out

Sounds like me! Council are stuffing me around with our house plans currently. Damn pains in the butt they are grrr.

Homerlovesbeer wrote:Sounds like me! Council are stuffing me around with our house plans currently. Damn pains in the butt they are grrr.

Glad I am not the only one
Just be nice if there was consistency,.....not give an ok then next person rejects design

Tell me about it! We had pre lodgement meetings with the council architect and planner to try and avoid this nonsense and they STILL can't give us a straight answer

Money wasted and our own town planners and architect fees keep piling up

Yeah, back to some modelling
This was my inspiration video for water effects...using cheap home improvement centre silicone caulking for $6

You might want to get the paintable version and crystal clear

I made this little diorama as a test mule



Not bad, must get all your colour in the base painting as only dry brush accents on top layer
I blab about this more in my dio thread
http://www.intscalemodeller.com/viewtop ... 40&t=13356
So I have lead weighted the X wing's nose, filled crack lines and holes in the base, repainted it and have run out of weekend
More when I can later

Totally AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

Coen wrote:Totally AWESOME!!!!!!!!!

Thank you kind sir
Your Halifax model and base were an inspiration as well to get moving on this technique
I used the cheapest GE clear Silicone caulk that I could find at Home Depot for the water