Military Models.

CenturionMBT

4 Jul 06, 00:39

Just for the fun of it, I made this. Find it damn kawaii.

Unidentified

6 Jul 06, 22:53

lol , it so cute Mr. Green

scale 1:144 ?

u have a hard time putting them up , dont u ?

CenturionMBT

7 Jul 06, 01:40

Originally posted by Unidentified:
lol , it so cute

scale 1:144 ?

u have a hard time putting them up , dont u ?

haha not really. It was difficult to print the decals properly though.

Unidentified

8 Jul 06, 00:49

Originally posted by CenturionMBT:
haha not really. It was difficult to print the decals properly though.

if i gotta make another 1:72 and 1:144 aircraft , it isnt much a problem , it the cost of colour matters

anyway , still having hard tome on the tank , gotta buy olive drab before carry on.

The track is the worst headache+nightmare , one of the track measure about 1 finger join and i gotta colour 3 colour on it and that only for 1 side !! OMG !!!

CenturionMBT

8 Jul 06, 02:13

Originally posted by Unidentified:
if i gotta make another 1:72 and 1:144 aircraft , it isnt much a problem , it the cost of colour matters

anyway , still having hard tome on the tank , gotta buy olive drab before carry on.

The track is the worst headache+nightmare , one of the track measure about 1 finger join and i gotta colour 3 colour on it and that only for 1 side !! OMG !!!

haha but it is fun. That is the most important.

Texcoco II

8 Jul 06, 10:38

Originally posted by CenturionMBT:
Sorry for the slow updates. Su-27 build continues:

Before i do anything, I have to add that i cracked my canopy while polishing. Right now i am ordering an aftermarket set from Zacktomodels.

Remember the step that i mentioned the other day? Well it was sanded down and rescribed.

Added a wire to make the horizontal stabilator actuate.

* Discovered that it was all in vain. I had to cut off part of the wire to make room for the afterburning sections. In the end it was glued rigid.*

Preshading commences. This is to "highlight" the panel lines. This is a big plane, so it took me a few hours to finish this.

First 2 coats of paint. I used testors flanker pale blue and tamiya medium grey. Not exactly very accurate, but it looks good enough.

Third coat. I use flanker blue-grey. Some of the panel lines are covered up. I will do some post shading to touch up. Pictures should come in soon.

Did i mention that the airbrakes can actuate?

Close up on the cannon and cockpit.

u live at East Coast area?

CenturionMBT

8 Jul 06, 11:49

Originally posted by Texcoco II:
u live at East Coast area?

yep.

CenturionMBT

17 Jul 06, 21:56

I updated my artic tiger scheme. Comments please?

CenturionMBT

18 Jul 06, 19:01

I have added decals to my tiger. I followed the aggressor pattern, but i thought the red star would be boring. So i put a wolf pic instead.

CenturionMBT

29 Jul 06, 00:12

Ok this is the mega update. I kept alot of pictorial stuff but i didn't put them online.

I started out with the landing gears. The Trumpeter company made the Su-27 with landingears that have spring suspansion. Which was cool. To make the spring suspension actuate, the landing gear is made up of many hinges. Which is not so cool, because firstly, it would make the structure weak, and secondly, the Trumpeter plastic is very soft. The hinges broke very easily.

But the temptation to build the hinge overcame me, and I had the build first ask questions later mindset.

I started out by replacing the plastic hinges with metal wires.

Apologies for the blurry picture, I took it too close to my camera.

I started by drilling a 0.5mm hole on each of the linkage

After which, a wire is pushed through the holes.

A couple of holes and wires later, I got this. This is the main landing gear of the flanker.

Here's the front landing gear. Apologies, I didn't have the build process for the front landing gear. I was really cursing and swearing so much, I forgot about photography.

CenturionMBT

29 Jul 06, 00:14

I attached the landing gears to the fuselage and see if it could stand. Well it was wobbly, but everything seems to hold.

After that i proceeded to perdorm enamel washing on the aircraft.

I started off by spraying Mr Super clear gloss on the aircraft. This performs to functions.

1. It protects the underlying coat of enamel paint.
2. It is easier to remove excess paint on gloss then on matt.

After that I started out by painting a thinned mixture of 1 part black to 7 part thinner on the aircraft. Focus on the panel lines and rivets.

Let the paint dry then add 1 drop of thinner.(I used turpentine here) On a piece of tissue paper and gently wipe it down in the direction of airflow.

This would be the result.

The right side is the one that was washed while the left side hasn't been washed yet.

Well i only showed you the elevator. Didn't take the full image of the aircraft. So apologies on that.

CenturionMBT

29 Jul 06, 00:14

finally, after all that washing, I did the decaling.

Took me the whole of yesterday and today. As mentioned previously, The plane was sprayed gloss. It has one added function of helping decals adhere to the surface. So you wun see any silvering.

I used two solutions to soften the decals, Microset and Mr Mark Softer.

The rule of thumb for decaling, is to cut away the excess backing film, I.e cut as close to the image as possible.

After that, dip in water for 10 seconds and place it on a paper towel for about 60 seconds. This allows the adhesive on the decal to melt, but not totally dissolve, as in the case of leaving it in a tub of water.

When the decal film as come off, add some decal setting soluction (microset) on the surface and and "float" the decal to the position you want. Leave it there for 1 to 2 minutes then press down with a damp tissue paper.

For cases where you want to see rivet lines, or you have to go on very tight contours, add decal softening solution ( Mr mark softer) Beware, it is pretty strong, and it might crumple your decal. So "paint over your decal, count to 10 and press it down with a damp tissue paper. You should see the underlying details.

Anyway, enough of all the wordy stuff, here are the pictures.

CenturionMBT

29 Jul 06, 22:07

I know this is really crazy but, is it possible to convert an A-4E to an A-4 SU? I know the super skyhawks were based on A-4Cs

Cos i couldn't find any 1/32 A-4Cs in the market.

khyron1

1 Aug 06, 15:21

From what I read in the internet modeling websites, the color of US Army choppers are not olive drab but Helo Drab which is darker than OD. I guess the same goes with RSAF choppers like the Chinook.

casshern

1 Aug 06, 15:52

Off topic abit ah, anyone saw model kits of Toyota Celica around?

SingaporeTyrannosaur

1 Aug 06, 21:52

That's hardcore scale modeling!

Used to do some AFV and aircraft modeling, but there wasn't enough space about the house to go about. Might be picking it up soon though.

The thing is I want to do a Super Puma, but there are no kits around that actually have it. Was thinking of kitbashing and scratchbuilding it and stuff. Any suggestions on good kits to make a somewhat realistic Puma from?

Any ideas on great hobby shops around in SG? Not just those in town I guess, we all know about them.

Viper52

1 Aug 06, 22:00

Originally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:
The thing is I want to do a Super Puma, but there are no kits around that actually have it. Was thinking of kitbashing and scratchbuilding it and stuff. Any suggestions on good kits to make a somewhat realistic Puma from?

Any ideas on great hobby shops around in SG? Not just those in town I guess, we all know about them.

Check the earlier pages on this thread, answers found there Wink