Many years ago I found this photo of a russian soldier playing a piano. Photo is from Grozny, during the First Chechnya War. Many sources indicate it from 1994 but it's 1995, think february ...
Anyway, used Verlinden's piano keyboard (only that :D ) and some figure pieces....
Just completed the Hurricane that Andrew Mamedoff was unfortunately killed in. These two will now be going to the museum to become a small display to honor Mamedoff. Still not wowed by the Hurricane's prop and hub so I might replace or change it later.
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With involvement in the Battle of Britain, very timely on the 80th Anniversary. Lovely pair of builds and a fitting tribute to a fighter pilot sadly killed at the young age of 29 in 1941.
Chibi Scale Fighter2 IJN Aircraft (Set of 10) (Shokugan) (Plastic model) SAL Small Packet
Looks like fun!?
Manufacturer : F-Toys
Scale : Non
Series : CHIBI Scale
Release Date : Late Oct(Aug. 22, 2020 Pre-order start.)
List Price : 5,940yenabout55.93USD
Sales Price :...
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Chibi is apparently Japanese slang for short and many anime and manga have adopted this for caricatures. When I saw this thread, I also thought of the Meng series which do retail in the odd local hobby shop Down Under (when they are open, anyway). They definitely appear way more...
Tomy 1/150 Toyota Crown converted to R/C - this is quite a fascinating due the amount of scratch building and electronics fitted into such a small space!
I almost managed to but the base on an Ikea chair the wrong way around last night!
80 years ago this month, this Mk.1 Spitfire was flown by Andrew Mamedoff of No. 609 Squadron during the Battle of Britain. Some sources say that he was born in Thompson, Connecticut, where his Russian family had settled in the early 1910s. At the very least he grew up in...
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Well done, that looks very lovely indeed. Quite right that it should go on display. :)
Has that evil little viral sh!te claimed another victim in the modelling world? Until I was looking at something not directly related to this NZ-based company run by Sir Peter Jackson (he of Lord of the Rings fame) did I discover the news about its closure earlier this year, in...
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It's a terrible shame. I suspect a contributing factor is the high level of financial scrutiny Jackson's business concerns came under in the wake of the Gene De Marco scandal.
(seemed a little slow on the loading/page transitions?)
This guys video goes into a bit more detail on the techniques and settings (though his manner is slightly irritating)
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Absolutely brilliant in execution and creativity. Plenty of giggles here, too. Going to forward the links to my older daughter as she just loves these quirky things. :lol:
And I agree about the slowness of the page transitioning on the calendar. Thought it was this Lenovo Boat...
Sign of the times. Seems like Welsh Models have concurred the halcyon days of vacform kits are over because of the exponential rise in resin kits. Of course, the one area of vacforming that is still on the rise is that of canopies, and this is primarily because there's no viable...
Another display I'm working on for the Connecticut Air & Space Center is to show (through 1/72nd models) the evolution and history of our particular Goodyear FG-1D Corsair BuNo: 92460. I've already completed the two book ends Corsairs from Minicraft F4U-1D models. These are two...
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Great idea! And yes, a few days of seagull deposits later, the Corsair would look more like someone had whitewashed the surfaces! :P
Perhaps I should do this Huey Medivac on display just outside the Dandenong Returned and Services League (RSL), which in turn is right on the...
First naval model in my life. Learned a lot, a lot more to learn. Pleased with the result overall. Technically there should be a strip of hull red between the silver and the black.
Silver, tried something new, was applied with a silver metallic Sharpie. The screws a gold...
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Very smart. It’s a big beast isn’t it.
A few years ago I encountered an attack sub heading out on patrol as I was coming up the Clyde. It’s a relative midget compared to the Kursk but it just went on and on and on. Colossal thing.
This evening, I finished the first step of my diorama 'Scouts Out' which will be focusing on a LSSAH Sdkfz 231 surveying the approach to the Greek town of Vevi in 1941 before the battle of the same name. Name for the dio came from the excellent book about the German Armored...
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Thanks Smeg! Given Dragon's recent spate of releases or re-releases in 1/144 I think your goal may not be far off. :D I like her ultimate form most though, the Puma. :mrgreen:
What a novel twist on modelling film scenes! The use of models from different scales is exploited beautifully. And it would be the ideal approach for someone who can't stick to the one scale for more than a model at a time. :P
Todoroki from the movie Undersea Warship (1963 Toho)
This highly detailed papercraft kit for a cutaway interior of the Atragon Gotengo submarine, serious commitment required!
I think there would be case for a dry run on A3 before you got to...
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Unbelievable! I have admired your work for quite a while, but this really takes the cake!! Is the whole thing paper?
Years ago the Connecticut Air & Space Center acquired a box of small fragments from Jeff Hayse that were from the F6F-5K Drone Hellcat that crashed during the Battle of Palmdale:
We recently put the parts on display:
Might redo some of the placards still:
I wanted to...
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Love it. I’m going to have to build a few of these. Love the colourful tails. Pretty easy to pull decals together. That’s a beautiful build.
Well, I have been tinkering with this for months and at last she is finished. Revell's 1/72 Halifax - out of the box complete with dodgy nacelles and props. Done up as a 462 Sqn RAAF job from the western desert in Libya 1943. This was the only British 4 engined unit to see this...
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Ahhh egg on my face, reading is hard. I read the title and my mind decided otherwise. :oops:
These are showing up in Taiwan dispensing machines... Not accurate scale models, but not bad for cheap Gashapons...
They at least went to the trouble of putting 3 / 4 bladed props on!
Gashapon Spitfires 2020 .jpg
Gashapon Spitfires 2020 -B (Ftorys left - gacha right).jpg...
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Looks like somebody's idea of the difference between a Mark I and a Mk VIII is in the number of prop blades. Not entirely sure what that raised section on the top of the port wing is supposed to be, and that vertical tailplane would have Reg Mitchell spinning in his grave. But...
Was on Hobby Search looking for some anime thingy for younger daughter when I came across . Now I'm eagerly awaiting the 88-mm gun to go with it, along with an Sd Kfz 8 as my Hyundai doesn't have a towball. :lol:
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How much would you have to 'shell' out to pay postage on that?
David
Less useful as a direct modeling resource, but interesting for those with curiosity of the British (and some other) Aviation industry is this collection of historical advertising - not the fancy travel images on the poster sites.
It might loose you the afternoon!
Beginnings
A classic War-Film if there ever was one, 1970's Tora! Tora! Tora! was a masterful execution of a multitude of practical and special effects to recreate the attack on Pearl Harbor. Since I can remember, this movie has always inspired and captivated me. Climbing down...
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I only recently rewatched Tora! . Having visited Pearl a few years ago, I could picture things better this time around. Totally agree with your film review. The cast was literally a Who's Who of US actors at the time, but that didn't detract from the veracity of the film and how...
Looks great. I assume 1/72. No doubt some enterprising person would be able to do something similar in 1/144. Just not me ... I have only one T-34 in the stash! :P
Is it just me, or has the become slow to load,scroll and laggy to interact with sometime during the course of this week?
in particular on Chrome, it annoyingly flies along in EDGE !?
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Superfast, took only 2 seconds. MacOS Catalina 10.15
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