Time to get out the m80's

Nice build OP

What ever technique you use to make those tanks look dirty is really cool.  They really look weathered and used.


I build models years ago, it was mostly aircraft and a couple ships but my skills were never as good as this as for many others posted in here.

I like to do these.

Skilz,  you haz them.
Awesome figures.

Here's a few 1/72 I did.  

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Here's a few of mine. The P47 is my most recent one from about 6 years ago. The F16 was one my dad and I put together when I was a kid and the ME109 ( think that's what is is) was also from when I was a kid. They're all a bit cobwebby and dusty right now. I just used a wire and spray painted cotton balls for the smoke on the German plane. I've been working on a T76 tank too, but it's come to a screeching halt when a bunch of projects came up and I haven't gotten back to it

Ha, suck it German. That is very cool that you still have models you built with your dad. Wish I still did.

I think its called projection.  Or just people who have no life, no friends, no talent, no skills, just plain miserable.

Lots of nice models here.   Its a relaxing hobby if done right.  But some people as with anything can get too twisted up over minutia, and ruin things for everyone else around, nit picking on every little thing.

LOL OWNED.



 

Wow! There are some particularly talented modellers here! Great Thread OP.

OP, I'd like to +1 the suggestion to use "Future" (its called Pledge Floor Care now) as a sealant and prep for decals. You can use hobby shop gloss coat as well, you'll just pay the same price for 1oz as you would for a gallon of Future at Ace hardware. It leaves a nice smooth surface for the decals to adhere to. It also works wonders for the clear canopy plastic. fill a small cup and dip the canopy "glass" in the future. set it on a lint free cloth to dry. it will make the canopy glass look great. It also provides a nice surface to apply washes and other weathering effects. The wash flows right into the panel lines once the future is applied. You finish with a dull clear coat if you want a flat finish. Here's a MiG-29 that's right at that stage, a nice playmate for your mud hen:


I'm 43, father of one and I love the hobby. Been doing it since I was a kid.

Here are some of mine, all in 1/72 scale:

A6M2 Zero



1/72 Yak-3



P-38-J ETO




N1K1 George:
This one I started with a base coat of silver thinned with lacquer thinner to give it a good bite into the plastic, I then painted acrylic IJN green over the top and used a tool to scrape along panel lines, etc for the weathering.



Bf-109 K4:



Nakajima Ki-44:



Mig-29 (in progress) I still need to add the decals & weathering. The future coat is drying


I also like 1/35 Kraut armor:
Panther G:



Tiger II Porsche turret:
Kudos to ElevenBravo87 for doing a zimmeritt application by hand. That takes skill. I just bought the DML/Dragon kit that already has the zimmeritt molded! Nice job man!

OK, I just have to ask, how long did it take you to mask that A6M canopy?! lol!



I just finished a 1/48 scale Zero build last year and I spent at least half of my time on that glass!..lol



BTW, nice looking build



 

Seems you haven't left that age.

I used to love building WWII-era plane models...

...and then heating up a needle and simulating bulletholes in it

Sweet!

holy details batman!. I would have loved to build that as a kid, me and my dad would build models together. Then we would go to the airshow and see the real planes in person. Talk about awesome. The best was when we built a model of a F-117 and then was able to see the plane in person at the Belle Chase air show. I brought the box that the model came in and I was able to get some of the crew that was with the Plane to sign it. I have no idea if they were actually the F-117 crew but they signed the box for a 8 year old.

I built an F-16 in that same livery as a kid. It was actually one of the better builds me and my dad built.

Thanks! Yes, masking the canopy was a monumental pain in the ass. FSM magazine did a poll a while back asking modellers what their least favorite part of the hobby is. Masking canopies was near the top of the list. I'd say it was between 1/3 and 1/2 of the total build time.

Thanks. It takes a while to do it by hand as you can only work a section at a time. I used milliput and Trumpeters zimmerit tool to make it. The kit itself is a Tamiya and the Tiger is modeled after "Annelise" one of two Porsche Tigers (s. pz. abt. 503)  to survive the Normandy campaign. After I finish the M106a1 (4.2 Mortar Carrier) I am currently working on, my next project will be Ernst Barkmann's  Panther A.

 

Do they still make "Fast Frames"  loved that stuff...made canopies easy.

nice work

Where's your EA-18G to put down enemy radar?

Awesome. Sort of want to try.

Not mine but a custom one that I found online while looking at information regarding my favorite video game series, Ace Combat.....

I use the Eduard die cut masks. They work extremely well.

My sisters friend flew with the Chiefs and escorted AF1