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Post by dukemaddog on Sept 24, 2022 18:42:45 GMT
Yeah, I somehow feel we could be further along if things would just cooperate!
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Post by SteveM on Sept 25, 2022 7:41:34 GMT
How you keep track of all this amazes me Duke! Nice progress fella
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Post by dukemaddog on Sept 28, 2022 0:32:41 GMT
Thank you Steve. Sometimes it is a bit of a challenge to keep track. Still, I do my best.
Once again, another short tour. Just haven't had enough bench time. Thanks to Hobby Day Mondays, I am able to catch up. This tour shows the latest progress we got done. Starting in the Hangar, we have a project that was started as a dual build with Steve on these Forums who's also building the same plane in 1/48 scale. Mine is in 1/72 of course. I started another Thread in the same sub-forum as Steve's build so you can compare them. I started with the cockpit as usual, in particular the seat. This sub-assembly has nine parts in it and I still have to add the photo etch. The cockpit tub only has five parts: Here they are mated together: Letting that dry, we moved on to any other sub-assemblies we could do. The main landing gear bays needed to be assembled (3 parts each) and then we installed them inside the lower fuselage: There's some pretty sharp detail in there: After that, we completed the rear fuselage sans burner can. All that was needed was adding the tail feathers: There it sits until we can get to the photo etch.... Meanwhile, over here in the Motor Pool; we took a look at the Rolls Royce armored car. The decals on the turret roof were flaking off. Apparently the Solvaset didn't work that well. So, I decided that we should try some chipping technique using some light black to cover the missing decal parts. It's my first time ever trying this, so it is certainly far from being as refined as the Masters: That was almost done so we moved on to others. The Leopard 2A7 was almost completed before. This time, we finished adding the smoke dischargers to the turret and installing the tracks. This beastie is ready for paint: Finally, my Stryker MGS was painted and the wheels installed: Just have to add the decals and then weather this one and it will be done. That's it for this short tour. Once again, comments are welcome and thank you for taking the time to tour Maddog Manufacturing!
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Post by Paul B on Sept 28, 2022 4:03:14 GMT
Lovely works on that Rolls Mark . The others are pretty decent too
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Post by Ian H. on Sept 28, 2022 22:34:22 GMT
The Vittorio Veneto really is a sexy looking battleship. Looks great! Great work on your other builds, as well. I like the markings on the Rolls and always great to see a Leopard.
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Post by dukemaddog on Sept 29, 2022 22:59:52 GMT
Thank you Paul! I appreciate it; I'm trying to get them done while also making them look good.
Thank you Ian! Yes, I agree about the Vittorio Veneto, the Italians sure built them pretty.
Stay tuned guys, more to come...
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Post by PorcoRosso on Sept 30, 2022 8:28:10 GMT
Another amazing update, Duke.
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Post by dukemaddog on Sept 30, 2022 19:02:21 GMT
Thank you Joe!
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Post by nito74 on Oct 6, 2022 4:27:58 GMT
Great work on your builds, the Leo looks amazing without paint. The Stryker is almost done.
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Post by dukemaddog on Oct 7, 2022 18:49:30 GMT
Thank you John! Actually the Stryker is done. I got it posted a couple days ago. I agree about that Leo; I still can't wait to see it under paint though.
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Post by dukemaddog on Nov 10, 2022 1:15:10 GMT
Finally I can start another tour after a month of being away. This is all work I did either before we had to clear the hangar for the B-24 commission build; or after it was done. Let's start in that Hangar.... The Horten's cockpit got painted: We also painted the machine guns, not knowing if they were going to be visible: Got the nose on. This pic is from before it was sanded smooth: We then test fit the wings to see if there's any issues with the nose section: Later we fastened the wings in place and closed up the cockpit: Now that one is ready for masking and paint, so we moved on to the FJ-1 for my Pakistani Air Force. We finished off the cockpit tub and added it to one side of the forward fuselage pod: Next this called for the addition of photo etch shrouds as well as a four-piece HUD assembly using two photo etch parts and two clear parts. I lost the provided clear parts, so we took some clear packaging; cut it to shape and used it instead. Remember; this is a 1/72 scale instrument panel and HUD: Here's a semi-closer shot of this, showing how poorly I did with the instrument decals and HUD: That is a slightly larger than standard alligator clip, so you have a size reference. Next we assembled the engine exhaust. This kit provided a full set of photo etch parts to build the engine with; but after the ordeal with the HUD; I opted for simple! Closed up the cockpit inside the forward fuselage pod; then added the HUD/instrument panel assembly; then cemented to the rear fuselage: That don't look too half bad in there: We then immediately added the canopy and windscreen to this to protect the HUD and ready this for paint: Now we are done touring the Hangar, time to head to the Motor Pool.... Here in the Motor Pool, we finally started painting the SdKfz 234/4 with the stripes for the camouflage. This pic was taken after I realized I had already started the second color: We then painted the gun shield. Looking at these pics; I saw for the first time where one of my cats jumped up and tried chewing on the barrel. Gonna have to see if I can fix that: My Hobby Room door kept opening overnight, allowing the cats to explore without my supervision. I fixed that by removing the strike plate altogether; it doesn't open on it's own now! Moving on, while we were painting the SdKfz Pakwagen, we also added camouflage to the Geschutzwagen rail car. First the brown color: Then the green: Those two will be finished very soon. Meanwhile I felt like I wanted something simple and nostalgic. I pulled out this ancient ESCI ambulance and we got started, building the chassis first: Then we built the cab, as much as we could and still paint the interior: The box was next; this was simple, easy and fun: This little thing is so close to paint now after about 15 minutes: Next was a set of RAF Bomber Command resupply vehicles that we'd been tinkering with now and then adding a few pieces here and there between other projects. Well, these vehicles are now about ready for paint: Then as the day was winding down, we decided to do a little upgrading to the factory floor, adding a few new tools and desks and such: These were from three kits I bought some years ago and finally found again, They are all resin and were quite difficult to build on some of these. First we built the compressor: Then we did a lathe and a desk filled with tools and stuff; apparently is was overloaded. Gotta add a rear leg to that: Finally a drill press and another desk, here shown with all the other previous pieces of equipment. We'll probably be tinkering with these between builds as well. That concludes this tour. Thank you all for looking in, comments are welcome.
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Post by Paul B on Nov 10, 2022 5:04:06 GMT
Cool stuff there Duke . That lathe reminds me of the thing I worked worked on, when I started working in Germany . In fact we still have two of them in our apprenticeship workshop
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Post by dukemaddog on Nov 10, 2022 20:37:57 GMT
Thank you Paul! That is awesome! Now I need to get a miniature figure to paint up to look like you and pose it next to this lathe!
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Post by Paul B on Nov 11, 2022 4:59:06 GMT
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Post by Ian H. on Nov 11, 2022 21:58:40 GMT
Great looking instrument panel on the fast-mover! Cool projects.
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Post by dukemaddog on Nov 17, 2022 22:50:41 GMT
Thank you Ian! Glad to see you stop in! And now for another tour of Maddog Manufacturing. This will be a bit of a short one so I hope you enjoy the tour. Starting in the Hangar first as always.... First we decided to try out the MCW(?) paints, the ones formulated from the old Testor's Model Master recipe. I had some dark green to shoot on my models and this was a good time to try it out. It was already thinned for airbrushing which was great. What wasn't great was the coverage. It was too thin, showing too much bare plastic. The humidity that night caused it to also splatter I believe. Here is the result on the Horten Ho-229, after the canopy was masked: The results are disappointing, but I will try again if I can get ahold of other colors. The same paint was used on the Leopard 2A7, with better results but that will be seen in the Motor Pool section of the tour. Meanwhile, further preparation for paint went on. The Pakistani FJ-17 (Ha! Got one right for once!) had the canopy masked off for paint; right after the Horten was masked: Finally, I wanted simple and easy project so we got started on the Airfix British Sea King that was found in my sale pile. You can't have too many British helicopters so we went to work on the interior. That completes the short tour of the Hangar. Next is the Motor Pool... Here in the Motor Pool, the Pakwagen got a clear gloss coat and decals on it. Good old Roden! They made these tiny crosses in two part decals! You can also see where we fixed the bite marks somewhat: Since the Pakwagen got a clear gloss and decals, we did the same for the Geschutzwagen. We had to 'wing it' with the decals, using spares from the spares stash because the original decal sheet went missing. Once it was found, the schematic showing where they were supposed to go disappeared. So this is what we did: If I find the schematic later, we'll complete the decals on this... As mentioned before, the Leopard got a coat of the MCW paint. While better than the Horten, it still did not cover this in a satisfactory manner. I also feel the color is off too: That completes the tour of the Motor Pool, now we move on to the Shipyards where work continued on the Italian battleship. Here in Slip Three the Vittorio Venetto got the decks painted. The main decks and superstructure decks got intermediate blue and the rear deck was painted wood: The superstructure was then painted the light ghost grey called for and a seam on the forward part of the superstructure was filled and sanded smooth. Additional details were than painted afterward: Photo etch was applied to the stacks as well as to the rear deck of the ship. I only shot pics of our work on the stacks: While that was all drying, we completed the painting on the main and large secondary turrets: While the turrets were drying, the hull was painted light ghost grey. Once that dried, the upper part was masked and the the boot stripe was painted. That was then masked after it dried and Tamiya Hull Red was shot over the bottom: Once that dried, we completed the painting of the screws and shafts: And that concludes this week's tour of Maddog Manufacturing. I hope you had a good tour, comments are welcome always and thanks for looking in!
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Post by Paul B on Nov 18, 2022 20:14:17 GMT
Yet another crazy collection from all modelling aspects .
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Post by dukemaddog on Nov 18, 2022 20:23:33 GMT
Thank you Paul! I'm gonna try to get some stalled projects finished now.
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Post by Ian H. on Nov 19, 2022 14:40:56 GMT
Wow....several genres covered here! Nice work.
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Post by dukemaddog on Nov 21, 2022 21:04:55 GMT
Thank you Ian! Yeah, I like to keep things fresh. Switching genres sure makes a big difference!
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