Post by dukemaddog on Jan 2, 2019 21:41:23 GMT
Hello all and Happy New Year!
I got an early start on building this year so here is the latest work I got done. Before I do that, here's a couple pics of the projects I've got on my workbench at the start of the year:
Now at least one of those got done already, but here's the progress I made on everything first. I'll start with my aircraft...
On the C-118, I got the decal fixed that had been broken. This was then clearcoated with a gloss to protect it from being broken again. Here's what it looked like:
And here's the decal after the fix:
After that dried, I decided to remove all the window masking before moving on:
Once done there, I turned it over and installed the landing gear:
After that, I had to complete the propellers. I did that and added them to the model. It is now done....
Moving on to my armor, I decided to move on another of my armor shelf queens. This is the Russian BREM vehicle and I finished adding the tracks to the other side:
After they dried, I added the side skirts to this. They needed quiet a bit of filler between sections given how poorly this was molded:
Finally I added most of the remaining fiddly bits and the boom crane. This beastie is ready for paint now:
After all that, I was ready to start something newer and easier. I pulled out one of my Christmas presents and got started on it. This is the Russian T-28 tank that got started thus. They have a solid run of tracks molded with the wheels on. I just had to add the other side of the wheels:
After I got done with that, I snapped them onto the lower hull. What a great fit! This was so easy:
This tank comes with suspension covers so I snapped them on to see how they fit. This is gonna be a breeze to paint:
Next I started on the upper hull, adding most of the detail parts to it:
As that was drying, I started on the main turret, getting almost all of it done:
I then got half of the secondary turrets done and a few other little details and then snapped this whole thing together to see how it's gonna look. This is all of eleven minutes of work:
Wow, that went fast so I pulled out another Christmas present; the Japanese Chi Nu medium tank. I started with the wheels and tracks since this one also had a full run of tracks molded onto half the road wheels:
Then I added the suspension parts to the lower hull:
Next was to add most of the detail parts to the upper hull. I didn't even take it off the sprue; that made for easier handling:
After assembling the turret, I snapped this whole thing together to see how it's gonna look. Here's another six or seven minutes of work:
Finally, I started a model for the Cauldron of War Campaign on the Alliance. This is a resin hull and turret conversion set that is enhanced by parts from the Dragon kit. I decided to skip the running gear and go straight to adding most of the parts to the upper hull. You can see one of the hatches got lost so I added one from the Dragon kit:
Next I added that big honking gun to the turret. What a nose:
Now there is the whole thing sitting together so far. I haven't got the engine deck glued down yet. I'm trying to find out if it is the right one:
That's all I have so far. There's no instruction sheet with this conversion set for me to determine where some of the extra resin parts go so I'll have to start looking at more pics of this tank. This build might take awhile.
Well, that's all I got done on my first day of the New Year. I hope you enjoyed the Grand re-opening again. Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.
I got an early start on building this year so here is the latest work I got done. Before I do that, here's a couple pics of the projects I've got on my workbench at the start of the year:
Now at least one of those got done already, but here's the progress I made on everything first. I'll start with my aircraft...
On the C-118, I got the decal fixed that had been broken. This was then clearcoated with a gloss to protect it from being broken again. Here's what it looked like:
And here's the decal after the fix:
After that dried, I decided to remove all the window masking before moving on:
Once done there, I turned it over and installed the landing gear:
After that, I had to complete the propellers. I did that and added them to the model. It is now done....
Moving on to my armor, I decided to move on another of my armor shelf queens. This is the Russian BREM vehicle and I finished adding the tracks to the other side:
After they dried, I added the side skirts to this. They needed quiet a bit of filler between sections given how poorly this was molded:
Finally I added most of the remaining fiddly bits and the boom crane. This beastie is ready for paint now:
After all that, I was ready to start something newer and easier. I pulled out one of my Christmas presents and got started on it. This is the Russian T-28 tank that got started thus. They have a solid run of tracks molded with the wheels on. I just had to add the other side of the wheels:
After I got done with that, I snapped them onto the lower hull. What a great fit! This was so easy:
This tank comes with suspension covers so I snapped them on to see how they fit. This is gonna be a breeze to paint:
Next I started on the upper hull, adding most of the detail parts to it:
As that was drying, I started on the main turret, getting almost all of it done:
I then got half of the secondary turrets done and a few other little details and then snapped this whole thing together to see how it's gonna look. This is all of eleven minutes of work:
Wow, that went fast so I pulled out another Christmas present; the Japanese Chi Nu medium tank. I started with the wheels and tracks since this one also had a full run of tracks molded onto half the road wheels:
Then I added the suspension parts to the lower hull:
Next was to add most of the detail parts to the upper hull. I didn't even take it off the sprue; that made for easier handling:
After assembling the turret, I snapped this whole thing together to see how it's gonna look. Here's another six or seven minutes of work:
Finally, I started a model for the Cauldron of War Campaign on the Alliance. This is a resin hull and turret conversion set that is enhanced by parts from the Dragon kit. I decided to skip the running gear and go straight to adding most of the parts to the upper hull. You can see one of the hatches got lost so I added one from the Dragon kit:
Next I added that big honking gun to the turret. What a nose:
Now there is the whole thing sitting together so far. I haven't got the engine deck glued down yet. I'm trying to find out if it is the right one:
That's all I have so far. There's no instruction sheet with this conversion set for me to determine where some of the extra resin parts go so I'll have to start looking at more pics of this tank. This build might take awhile.
Well, that's all I got done on my first day of the New Year. I hope you enjoyed the Grand re-opening again. Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.
