My last post in the GB14 realm referenced an experiment where I coated misbehaving Novascale decals with Testors’ Decal Bonder. I confirmed that this had addressed the issue of decals folding up on themselves, then tearing as you tried to untangle them. I suspect you could also...
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My recollection is that any asymmetry with the Dewoitine D.510 wasn't that noticeable, but it definitely was with the Boomerang. Thank heavens the latter didn't have something like invasion stripes or I'd have been in trouble. I hope someone can post up pics of the Fulmar and...
A bit of a delay between lightning strikes, in part on account of that fun Crown-Minicraft beastie. Hence, Saetta 85-4 migrated to the Shelf of Shame although, as I did say elsewhere, for a brief period. With a few issues between younger daughter and her mother threatening to...
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Thanks everyone! And I discovered via Youtube that Print Scale also did a couple of sheets of , albeit designed for 1/72 scale models. I definitely think that sandwiching the mottle/smoke rings between two glossy clear coats made them blend better.
For me, Group Builds have been nothing if not déjà vu in terms of completions or, should I say, lack thereof. I won’t even dare list those builds that started life in a GB and ended up on the dreaded Shelf of Shame. The was another addition to this litany of failures. Unlike...
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Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. And Andy, I'm totally baffled by all of the photos I've seen of that one aircraft. Each time someone has added a new name, the camo appears to be completely different! To be honest, I think your demarcation between upper and lower colours...
from Jun 2015 to Oct 2022!
see more pictures here:
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My Sea Hornet took a decade to make it off the Shelf, so I know how these builds can seem like they will never reach a satisfactory conclusion. It might have been 7 odd years (and the last 3 have been VERY odd globally), but the end result was well worth waiting for. Delightful,...
My 262 from GB11 has just migrated to the Shelf of Shame and it won’t have escaped those Group Build regulars that I only finished one of my two GB9 Cold War entries, too. I did at least get the underside of the Hun sprayed with the Hataka C039 USAF Camouflage Gray (FS36622)...
I started this 2-fer kit back in fall of 2013, and for one reason or another, I just keep deciding to do other things with my hobby time, and so they keep getting deeper and deeper on the Shelf of Shame!
They made it as far as this- to the point I was ready to...
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Thank you- good to be back. I'm finishing up some repairs and unfinished projects from the last few years that weren't quite shelf o' shame material, but still needed done.
But I already selected a spread of new kits to work on next. :lol:
Note: This is a rebuilt thread. During the transfer from the Shelf of Shame folder to the Off the Shelf folder, everything was lost. Have absolutely no idea why. :cry:
Groundhog Day. The prospect of me finishing all my entries during Group Builds is as likely as Donald Trump...
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More than half decent Smeg! That’s very handsomely done - what a good looking creature. Like you I’ve sworn never to use Vallejo metal colour paints again (I count myself lucky that the only time I used them was on the Toucan from the previous GB and that worked ok). Great work...
Really, this would have been squared away some time ago if the Amodel decals hadn’t self-destructed. I have done artwork for the various decals and may see how they go on work’s laser....
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Thanks, everyone, appreciate the kind words. In hindsight, the build was tougher than I thought it would be, but challenges and dealing with them are what the Group Builds are about. And I wouldn't necessarily be discouraged from attempting another OzMods' kit as I know Greg...
The other half of the adversarial pairing of my failed attempt to contribute to Group Build 4 way back when, the . Whilst I had some fit issues with the two Spits, the Zero went together beautifully. Top marks again, Mr Sweet. Having said that, I got no further than I did with...
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Cheers. One of the Sweet options is similar, but with orange in place of grey on the tail. Oh, and I'll fess up ... I watched the night before revisiting this build. Very impressed how Texans were reworked to look like Zeroes and Kates, whilst a Vultee Valiant was transformed...
Something very odd happened when I moved this thread to the Finished Entries folder ... the lot disappeared! With nothing short of reprogramming a swag of SQL code, I couldn't recover it even in my role as an Administrator. Fortunately, I managed to scroll back to view the...
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Very nice! Despite all your trials with the paint the final edit looks superb from my seat. Great work! And congratulations on ridding the shelf of shame of one build.
Not quite sure when I started this but it's been at least a couple of years. In any event, here's my finished MiG-15. I tried to add the radio wire but ran into difficulties. I need to figure out the best way to go from fin-to-fuselage. I drilled a hole in the fuselage but...
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Thanks, everyone. b.l.stryker, how did you attach the wire to your MiG-15s, especially the fin?
AND lastly my Super detailed Beaufort has also been languishing in the clutter on the workbench since February, see this thread
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One antenna broken off and replaced during this time.
Waiting for suitable decals (why is it that we have so may issues with decals!?).
The end...
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It's the little detail of the opened cockpit window that really brings it to life for me ... and the rest of course. :)
OK, let me confess here. There was a thread created back in January 2016 covering this Shelf of Shamer, to which Peter Hawkins had commented. Tonight, after finally securing the decals required, this refinish was finally completed. Consequently, I moved the thread from the...
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Great job - that looks ace! Glad they got to you safely - certainly much better use of them than I could ever have made.
OK, the final model in my opening salvo for the Shelf is also the longest non-completion in my personal history of modelling. I bought this Airalex resin kit from Alex Trant himself way back in 2008. It was the first resin kit I had ever attempted and, looking at Alex's own...
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Well done! The wait was worth it.
I agree a photo next to the others is needed.
What can I say!
This is from May and like the Beaufort, Arado and Hs126 has cluttered up the workspace.
I have been putting off opening up the nacelles for the landing gear and making the appropriate box for it to sit in. However, I have crossed one hurdle in that I have found a...
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Well I started documenting this on 15 May 2015 but it has been on the build table for a few months prior and now I am pleased to say that I finished it today.
See the full build log here:
Now this seemed a good idea at the time. I had a spare Storch from the long-OOP Takara World Tank Museum Volume 3, the one with white upper surfaces and hellblau undersides.
Fieseler Fi156D-0 Storch Takara White Version.jpg
Unlike other Fi156s in WTM3, this rather generic...
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About 3 weeks ago, I got around to developing the artwork for the decals.
Fieseler Fi156D-0 Storch SS-02.jpg
It was only afterwards that I realised I'd forgotten a pair of black triangles that would be used to simulate the additional windows on the D-0 variant. These were...
This item has languished for a few months waiting on new paints and then new weathering paints.
It may not even be suitable for putting here as I have done a lot of work on it this weekend and the end is in site!
So I have had the floats done with PE attached sitting on my...
This item has been languishing since June of this year as per this thread along with the Arado 196.
Again, I have managed to do a fair bit of work on it recently and expect to finish it in the next week (or so). So I feel a little guilty putting it up knowing it should (will)...
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That looks great! Definitely be looking at what's on offer on Shapeways if this is the potential result. ;)
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