BSG Viper - Finished 2010-01-25 The Viper is done!
I added chipping and soot and fluid stains and a few "close calls". The chipp...
USMC LAV-R - Figures and other updates 2010-01-24 Here is a quick update. I have completed construction of all the figures for the Dio and added more...
F-86F Saber - Finished - Finished 2010-01-10 I used artists oils for a wash and various stains/streaks. I am overall very happy with this build....
Hobby Room - New Shelf 2010-01-03 Decided I need another shelf in the hobby room. Fortunately I had another board already painted. I...
Last 10 Models
T-34 85 A T-34 85 built strait from the box. I don't really like the tracks, they are very stiff and even i...
Ford Pickup Truck Not much to say here. Build from the box. I am not really a car guy but I do enjoy one now and the...
T-34 Model 1942 This is Tamiya's T-34 Model 1943, the old motorized kit. I built it strait from the box. I experim...
SU-122 This is Tamiya's SU-122. i Built it strait out of the box and painted it in the standard Russian da...
Infantry Tank MkII "Matilda" Tamiya's old (really old) Matilda. I built this strait from the box and painted it in a desert sche...
M24 Chaffe Italeri's old M24. Nothing special, just built it strait from the box....
M60A1 (1) Tamiya's old M60A1. I built this one about 18 years ago. On of my older models. My M3 Stuart is m...
KV-1 (2) Tamiya's old KV-1. I damaged the fenders and depicted it with a damaged idler and busted track....
Jagdtiger (2) This is DML's Jagdtiger (mid 90's version). I added the Tamiya engine to it and a minor detailing o...
Probably the biggest change so far to the overall look. I shortened the height of bridge decks, removed the notch out of the front of the saucer. I made the secondary hull portion smaller over all. It is both narrower in diameter and shorter. It will have a smaller diameter defector dish so it won't protrude into the saucer. The warp engines have been shortened and brought in closer to the hull.
Here is my second cut at the light cruiser design. I really wanted two impulse engines and the merged Primary and Secondary hulls. I got rid of the "Miranda" style rear hull and went with a cropped rear hull with two impulse engine outlets. The warp engines stayed in the same spot. I really think this is a much better design.
Here is an idea I had today for a kitbash of Polar Lights Enterprise. I thought I would try and make a "Light Cruise" with the Primary and Secondary hulls merged and the warp engines below the saucer. To fit the defector dish in I decided to remove a chunk of the saucer. I may sling a pod for the torpedoes under the hull. Or possibly on either side of the rear hull above the saucer.
Over the past few days I have updated the Stash page. It can now be filtered by Brand, Genre and Recent Additions. I've also added all of my Naval and Aircraft, still working on my Armor, Figures and Accessories.
My main reason for adding this was so that when I am out shopping I can quickly look up to see if I already have a kit, as I have in the past bought a kit I already own.
I have added the first 1/3 of my aircraft to the stash. So far I have been added a few at a time as I recall what I have. Earlier today I made a list of my un-built kits and will now go through it and add them to the list here. Over the next few weeks I'll update the list. I won't be purchasing much in the next few weeks as we prepare of our new baby girl!
Here is a Car my daughter is building with me. She has helped with all construction (I've controlled the knife for most work) and she has done almost all the painting (with lots of instruction on airbrushing)....
Sometimes it is painful to watch her..... but I need to let her do it....
So I missed completing the LAV-R for the HLI contest. What to do with it now. Do I do a small Vignette with it lifting a roadblock out of the way or do I do a larger Dio with more figures and possible another vehicle... (Hummer?). I am leaning to the Vignette. I have three of the four requried figures built, just need the crane operator. If I do the Full Dio I probably need another 4 plus the Hummer plus a building or wall for interest....
I have updates on both the LAV and Zero today. I have been a little under the weather lately so had not done to much recently. Just got back into it over the weekend a bit and made some good progress, especially on Sunday.
I may have some significant spare time this weekend as both the kids are supposed to be off at scout camps. Crossing my fingers...
Once all the Ikea shelf units where setup, and all the models I had stashed throughout the house were on shelves I unpacked the last three boxes of models I had left. These where my Warhammer 40K models. The Spacewolves are on their mountain, the IG and Tau on shelves.