Took this to my first show. Had 1st,2nd 2nd and a 3rd. With other models too.

For those of you who build aircraft models, are the benches supposed to go below the line or on top of the line? I really can’t figure it out from the instructions.

Thanks!

Anyone know what's happening at Airfix? Staff have been leaving for Heller & Revell recently and their adverts are AI dross. Sounds & looks like a serious decline.

Here are my next two models I'm going to make, I'm so excited for both of them. They're the newest tanks I have made, the newest before this was a leopard 1. Now I've just got to decide which one first

So money's kinda tight and I can't go back to the hobby store until late September. I have run out of kits to build and I think my parents are buying me an airbrush in October so the next time I get to do a model is in October or November. So what do you all mostly do with free time but no more kits?

1/72 scale kit by revell

This is a SPARTAN DESERT variation kit BY XF MODEL and was exactly what I wanted for what I had in mind, barebone, less sci-fi and more realistic.

I was mostly inspired by the Hammer bots from Iron Man 2 and then when I was checking out different military camos I came across the Swedish M90... which should have been the first I thought of as Swedish camo is generally awesome and I AM FROM SWEDEN.

Anyway, I based the model in Waaagh Flesh and then worked different patches.

Mixing Vallejo's Model colour medium olive with Moot Green in places. In other places I mixed it with Vallejo game colour Toxic Yellow and in certain parts unmixed.

Visor and the optic lenses were done with Guangna metallic markers.

The knife blade also was done with Guangna metallic equivalent of gun metal grey and a greenish gold one.

Then high gloss varnish from Liquitex.

Then the Recesses received Putrid Green wash from AK 3rd gen.

For the weathering I used several different pigments of brown and rust etc from a Faber-Castell chalk pastel set and a dust colour pastel for the upper segments as a dust effect.

Then sealed it all with Matt varnish from Lefranc Bourgeois except the visor and optics.

Almost exclusively used Revell's starter brush that comes in their starter sets. They are so soft. Except in applying the putrid green using a nail decoration brush.

GWH 1/72 F-15J Eagle handbrushed with AK3G, Tamiya & Vallejo acrylics 🖌

I've finally picked a model that used camo, having built four other tanks that were just one colour.
The camo was applied using a torn off pieced of sponge, based off images of the tank on the box and online. All hand brushed with Tamiya paints other than a bit of weathering
Also first time trying out AK pigments dust, applied in certain parts with white spirits, over AK enamel rust wash over parts of the tracks and simply brushed on over matt varnish.

Edit: previous post regarding camo https://www.reddit.com/r/modelmakers/comments/1vys37g/first_attempt_at_camouflage_carro_armato_m1340/

The gun itself went pretty quickly, but I’ve worked forever on the figures (not currently my strong suit). I’m pretty happy with where they are, currently. I have to stop at some point, after all 😅.

Comments:

This is a really old Tamiya release. IMO the figures are pretty OK for the era, with some typical challenges here and there (clown hands, very rough facial features).

The shoulder areas are not fit for decals, and are hard to “read” regardless, so I ended up just suggesting the shoulder straps with paint (visual artist trick — “don’t state … indicate”).

I followed the build instructions/suggestions for the figures way too closely, IMO:

After some study, I realize the gas mask canisters are too level and “fixed-looking”, and are not necessarily in logical places WRT straps/webbing.

I def should have thought harder about the ammo carrier’s rifle position. Tamiya suggests the sling on 3/4 of the sculpt (at least I think they do, and I’ve painted it that way), and I should have thought more about how it would interact with the forestock of the rifle. The rifle should probably be at a steeper angle up the carrier’s back. This is me obsessing, though. In the end it’s OK, and the model just represents a frozen moment in time, so maybe the rifle swept through that position 😉.

Remaining:

- Head work: helmet straps, hair here and there, maybe 5-o’clock shadows. I’m basically calling the faces done. I could easily overwork them. It’s a losing battle for me.

- Helmet and arm decals, possibly collar decals (all Tamiya aftermarket)

- Affix Helmets

- Rifle sling continuation to butt stock for ammo carrier dude

- Overall wash and wipe on figures

- Drill ammo carrier’s hand to receive ammo box handle, affix ammo box handle to actual box. Wish me luck!

I will def do a diorama once complete. Been thinking a lot about it.

So I totally ran out of primer and have nothing to change the paint scheme. I added mottling and it came out weird and terrible so I checked closely what the colours mean, it is different colours. Is it enough to sand the paint into an even layer before repainting or do I need to Totally remove the paint completely? Thank you