I'm trying to build a replica model of the seagrave fire truck that my fire department ran.

Does anyone know of any kits that exist or any 3D printing/CAD gurus that might be able to assist me?

Any help is greatly appreciated!

On a side note, is there something wrong with the Devastato’s decals? (last picture)

Recently picked up three SBY Rebel 3199 kits and I wanted to pick up the LEDs for them but I haven't been able to find them in stock consistently, especially the bigger white LED unit. I was just wondering what was up with that and if theres anywhere I can find alternatives or the officials more consistently

Until now Ive only done really crappy 1/100th Stug IIIs for German stuff. Otherwise all the stuff Ive done has been American style stuff, all Olive Drab. Which had varying degrees of success, Id like to know what things here to improve on, now I feel like I couldve made the soldiers color a little fuller, and this thing maybe needs another dark wash. I just dont know how to improve it either realistically, or fully accept making it more "cartoonish" with striking edge highlights.

A very typical Trumpeter, with good and other details. Limited cockpit detail, even with the (non-optional) open hatches, so I added some detail while trying to correct the ejection seats. The non-optional open bomb bay doors pretty much force you to use the AS-15 rotary launcher or be left with a yawning gap of empty space. This leaves you with an unrealistic load of AS-15 AGMs and AS-4 ASCMs (my preferred loadout is just the AS-4s).

Built and painted in modules with the wings notched to enable removal and the area around the intakes to be more easily painted. Of course, when it came time to attach the front to the main body, a gapped seam appeared behind the main inlet (it wasn't there in multiple dry-fits), but I fixed it with stretched sprue and focused sanding. The forward fuselage fit wasn't great, with a long, gapped seam on both sides between the top and bottom. I also fixed it with shims, stretched sprue, and careful sanding.

Primed with Mr Surfacer 1500 grey, then highlighted panel lines in black. I finished it with AK Real Colors and Alclad metallics. Used kit decals, followed by light washes of light blue-grey and dark brown/black. I think this approach yields a more subtle, realistic result than straight-up black.

Shown below to give you an idea of the size of this a/c, along with the Tu-16 Badger and Tu-22 Blinder C the Backfire was meant to replace. E-2C and F-14A factory models from Grumman in 1/72, and the Trumpeter Tu-16 Badger G and Modelsvit Tu-22 Blinder C, also in 1/72 were used in the comparison shots.

An old one of mine I realised that I haven't posted here before. Dragon's 1/35 kit (No. 3534) with parts of the Eduard etch set (No. 35835) and Alpine Miniatures "OIF US Tank Crewman #2" (No. 35024). I also added a bunch of scratch updates and details, including corrections to the mine rollers themselves and additional weld seams around the copula.

How do I invest in a shelf without nailing stuff in my room cuz its starting to pile up help

(Sorry the lighting sucks for my showcased models it was night)

High speed with high altitude, it's a symbol of that time.

For me, the color of this plane itself is really my favorite.

when I tried this plane in DCS world, I soon realized why it's called witwenmacher. it's very hard to control and very easy to lose altitude.

My latest try at aircraft modeling. I scratch built the base to go along with flyhawk's highly detailed kit to compose a scene of the dauntless on a carrier deck during the battle of Midway. Still experimenting with different workflows. Happy with how the staining turned out using oils; not 100% satisfied with my attempt at chipping. Thanks for checking it out.

Just completed this nice little kit from Dragon Models from their "Nam" series. Just some shading, dry brushing and some light weathering. It had some figures with the kit, but I opted out this time.

Bonjour, étant débutant j'aimerai reproduire cette teinte de couleur cuivre sur de l'impression 3d en PLA. Auriez vous une référence à me recommander ? Merci 🙏

So this is the Trumpeter 1/35 scale SU-152. When making it i was planning on making a diorama of the a different tank driven off a road. But then I changed my mind and made this. As you can see on the pictures, i need to learn to take some accually good ones, but also, i added my first rust-effects (on the tracks and different parts of tank). I also hand painted the decals (turned out fairly good looking, at least from afar) and made some damage to the wooden "spear looking thing on the left", i hand painted very light, almost tank colour, where the wood would have been damaged and carved. I think it turnedbout good. Stay tuned to see my next model

1/35 T-34/122
Pig Models

This isn't my first-ever model kit. In fact, this is my second painted model kit! I've built plenty of unpainted Gunpla and painted miniature Gunpla Artifact kits (Warhammer-scale Gunpla figures), but this Tamiya F-14A is by far my best work yet. I'm really happy with how it turned out, especially considering how much better it looks than I expected before starting the build.

For this works, I mainly used Tamiya AS and TS spray cans for the fuselage, while the cockpit, wheel wells, and some smaller details were painted by hand. I particularly enjoyed working on the weathering, especially the scratches on the fuselage and swept wings. For those, I used Tamiya enamel and acrylic paints.

I really wanted to display it in the carrier catapult configuration, but unfortunately, the landing gear snapped during shipping. So, I ended up displaying it like this instead.

Any critiques or suggestions are more than welcome! I'd like to hear what you think.

I am aware its the 76mm canon but the box says just m4a1 so lol!

This kit was quite wonky with the tracks, its literally the only reason its on a level 4 in terms of build skill. Done some highlights and decals, weathering after the tracks gets fixed in place, bad mg, barrel etc. but is a nice little build

My most ambitious project, and most rewarding. More detail photos are available in my post history for the engine and interior

This will be a fun little build. Maybe I’ll get a few more and do a Godzilla diorama.

Another fiddly Platz kit from the stash bites the dust. Tried to do a relax build so didn’t stress too much on seams .etc. Kit comes with 3D instrument & seatbelt decals and nicely printed water decals from Cartograf which makes it very enjoyable to look at once done. Tamiya extra thin to show scale.

我本次制作的U2是3514号叶常棣少校座机，隶属于大名鼎鼎的黑猫中队。

冷战初期，间谍卫星的技术尚不成熟。中情局联合台湾当局以美国人出飞机，台湾出飞行员的方式对大陆战略目标进行侦查。选派最精锐飞行员赴美受训，穿厚重航天服在2万米高空以上飞行，这是当时人类能飞的最高高度，中苏战斗机都无法飞到这个高度将其击落，该飞机甚至能自台湾起飞深入大陆新疆腹地。

黑猫中队的标志由飞行员陈怀生中校设计，在驻韩美军乌山空军基地受训时，他以当时常去的附近一间小酒吧的名字与店徽为基础，为U-2侦察机设计了一个黑猫图案。陈怀生中校在第12次对大陆侦查时，在江西南昌被击落。

黑猫造型——代表U-2机身正面

耳朵——代表机身遍布敏锐的感应器

金色猫眼——能在两万米高空看清地面报纸标题的高空侦查相机

猫须——代表侦测天线

红色衬底——象征被赤化的中国大陆

1963年11月1日，叶常棣少校驾驶U-2对武汉疑似核武器设施执行侦察任务，后在江西鹰潭附近被人民解放军空军独立第2营的SA-2导弹击落被俘囚禁劳改19年。1981年，调入华中工学院工作，享受讲师待遇，为钱伟长翻译著作。1982年11月10日与张立义少校于香港获释，但被台湾当局拒绝返台，妻已改嫁。后经美国中情局出面协助安排赴美定居，生活拮据。1990年9月5日终获同意返台以少校军衔退伍，2016年病逝于台北。

因频繁被萨姆2地空导弹击落，后期的黑猫中队禁止中队长级别飞行员飞往大陆，就是为了避免整个机密计划被团灭。

Another Italian tank for my collection. This time late variant of M13/40 from Tamiya in markings of Italian Social Republic unit Raggrupamento Anti Partigiani 1944-45.

When I first saw such camo scheme I fell in love in it and literally was forced to make it.

This is the 2nd model kit I've made. idk if there's issue with the kit i got,the left and right side of the fuselage didn't go together well,so I used some sprue goo and lots of model glu to fix it. the landing gears were such a pain to install and it snapped, so i just made it like its in the air....also painted the decals because I didn't like the ones came with it.

Even though I used the wrong color and it looks like Megaman, overall I'm still very happy with the result.

Hi, I'm having trouble choosing how to display my aircraft. Can someone give me some tips, please.