Posted: 12/24/2006 1:57:57 PM EDT
These are not mine, but I found them poking around the web and thought I'd share. I used to build and paint models but don't seem to have the time for it anymore.    More here. |
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Nice pictures. Dragon Armour makes some real good 1/72 scale pieces www.dragonmodelsltd.com/catalog/dragon_armor/ |
| I used to love the 1:35 scale armor models. When I was a teenager, I would build and collect them. Now that I am older and have a son that is almost a pre-teen, I want to introduce him to my old hobby. I was at the store the other afternoon, hoping to buy a model for him. Damned if the price on a good kit is over 60 bucks now! I could not believe the way these prices have skyrocketed in the past twenty years! WOW!!! |
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I love armor models; my last major project was a DML 1/5 scale mobile Scud-B Launcher. My latest project is a 1/35 scale WW2 era Jeep with a .30 on top and I have an M1025 Humvee lined up; I need to paint the Jeep and I haven;t started on the Humvee. I want to build the Humvee to look like the ones I drive in the military as an MP; is I could only find the update set to convert it into an M1114 Uparmored Humvee, then I'd model it after the ones I rode (I am a gunner) in Iraq. |
Nice work!  Now build some nice dioramas to display them on!  |
I plan on taking a shitload of pictures in and out of my 1114 before it gets retired so I can build a model down the road. Even if you had a quality kit you would have to do a lot of scratchbuilding because of all the variations in turrets, various FRAG door kits, bumpers, warlocks, rhions; etc. I'm hoping when I get off leave I will be upgrading to an M1151 or M1117 ASV. |
Very nicely done |
I have been into Military Scale Modeling since I was a kid. But Over the past few years Tanks and Planes have taken a back seat to building and painting Military Figures instead. I like painting all time periods, but I prefer Napoleonic, WW1, and WW2. This is one I did awhile back, it's a 1/16th scale WW2 Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot.  |
Used to do armor and planes as a kid and i if i remember correctly they had brush on paint that left little or no brush marks. |
I dont know, I had never done a model in my life until I did these. I just sprayed a base coat on with modelers spraypaint and then did a lot of experimenting on the inside surfaces that were'nt going to show just to see what it would look like. |
I really am not a fan of WWII German stuff. There's almost an 'aura' about them, and at my local IPMS chapter, I am a massive minority of about '1'. OK, maybe there are some others who make post-war armour, but I seem to be the only person that makes post-war non-American stuff.  This is my current project:  NTM |
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I had a large collection of AFV modesl (14 in total) before I moved to FL and left them home in PR. They included: 3 Humvees (1 M998 with 1st ID markings, 1 M1025 with 16th MP Bde markings and one M1046 with 2/2 Marines markings) 2 M113s (one M113 ACAV with 25th ID markings and one M113A2 with 2/7th Inf. markings) 1 KIFV in UN markings (KIFV is a South Korean variant of the M113) 1 Tiger I Early with alumminum barrel and battle damaged with two impacts. 1 USMC M60A3 with ERA armor with 1/3 USMC Tank Bn. markings 1 T72M1 tank with Iraqi Medina Division markings (from pics of an abandoned T72 from Desert Storm) 1 M109 Howitzer with Desert Storm 1/43rd FA Markings (24th ID) 1 M35A2C 2.5 ton truck with 2/7 Inf. markings (same truck I drove while serving with the 24th ID) Diorama of a 1/48 UH-1 Huey Gunship with US Army markings inside an armored revetment getting rearmed with a helicopter crew, ground crew and service vehicles. (took me 2 months to complete) - it was a gift to my uncle, who was a door gunner with the 101st AA during Vietnam. It was his bird. Plus some others I can't remember. |
| I have a very lorge collection and passed it on to my son who has a couple featured in Scale Modelers a few years ago. I made a diorama of the US vs Russian confrontation at Checkpoint Charlie, (I was a young soldier at the scene0 and then one of my Scout Platoon in Korea in 1988, I used all of the markings of my plt. (CS 22, 8/40/ 7th ID) I donated these to the Ft. Huachuca museum. |
Dude, I want to see the full size picture of your avatar. |
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Used to do models as a kid. Started painting 28mm miniatures again a few years ago when injuries prevented me from doing outdoor sports for a couple years. Now I have about 6 platoons of WWII guys and another ton waiting to get painted. the pictures are great. I have never figured out how to take good close-ups. |
The secret to close-ups is making sure the camera is absolutely stable (like on a tripod), and using the "Super Macro" mode of your camera. Good lighting is also a must. It takes a bit of experimentation to find out what combination of settings and conditions your camera 'likes' best, but macro and super-macro modes are a big help. |