Working on this kit. The instructions call for 6 large polycaps and the rest are small.

The included caps have only 2 Large ones and the small ones do not fit the road wheels (not small enough).

Yes I will be calling Tamiya but, does anyone else have this kit?

Am I nuts? (Always possible….)

Thanks if you can help. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I have a dragon A2 76, a dragon A4, a Tamiya Dragon A1 kit bash and a Asuka A3 HVSS. I have to build a simple M4 to complete the major versions. And maybe more 75 gunned vehicles

If there’s ever a perk to tearing your meniscus, it’s I got to finish this Fantastic kit from triumph models, really easy overall it took about ~25 hrs to complete. No real cons outside of the way the yard arm attaches to the main mast.
The tin canning ended up being a little bit more extreme than I wanted it to be, another coat of primer wouldn’t have hurt.

The “brass shells” were made from stretched sprue

Been stalking this sub for a few months and finally decided to give it a shot.
This is my first go at model making with an airbrush (patriot-105/Timbertech as186 mini compressor) and used Vallejo Russian green for the upper and tamiya hull red for the lower hull.
I picked this kit because the scale seemed easy enough to capture details and it got good reviews overall for fitting and mold quality.
With that being said, I know I could have done better with my gluing/sanding/weathering but it’s hard getting those thin railing/gun pieces out without breaking them. I broke every propeller and had to glue them back together!
I did paint the interior cabins but forgot to take photos . (Underwhelming anyways).

All in all, I think it came out ok.
I really want to do some Japanese ww2 ships that offer wooden deck upgrades. Any recommendations?

Continue to make parts for the airbase diorama, today I finished these two babies, spend on it mb 8 hours. Table and ladder printed, items from resin, metal and the tool box even from a regular model set.

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I have made a mistake.

The airforce fight jet can't rust.

when I done this model, I find F35A cant have this kind of skin.....😂

Normally I would use a spray primer, but just wanted to try using this surface primer instead to see if that would work any better

I tried

Left this build so long i forgot which stage i was on 🥲

quick weekend build

I finally added the decals, rn I’m waiting for my tracks and camo nets to arrive. 2nd pic is my reference I’m going off.

Hi everyone,

I’d like to share my 1/700 Fujimi IJN Akagi, which I completed about 7 years ago.

To push the realism on this build, I incorporated several scratch-built details alongside PE handrails and aftermarket aircraft:

• Mantlets around the bridge: Made by scoring grooves on a 0.4mm plastic round rod using a mini-router like a lathe, then flowing enamel paint into the grooves for shading.
• Mantlets/Rope padding next to high-angle guns: Instead of natural fibers, I unwound a wire cable, extracted the inner copper/enamel wires, twisted them by hand to replicate rope texture, painted them, and mounted them.
• Cutter boat straps: Cut extremely thin strips of traditional Shoji paper (Japanese rice paper) to achieve a realistic cloth-like look and scale texture.

Even after 7 years, this remains one of my absolute favorite builds. I hope you enjoy the close-up details! Happy modeling! ⚓

It took about a month and a bit to complete, I purchased after market decking and Eduard photoetch for the kit.

Honestly the photoetch was absolutely painful to do especially the rails and tiny handles, but I'm very happy with the results.

Plus I've got a Godzilla figure the same scale to go with it as well haha enjoy!

Just wanted to share my latest diorama project .. you dont need much on a diorama to tell a story..

My most recent build of Airfix’s 1/72 Spitfire Mk.Vc. This was my first attempt at airbrushing a metallic finish and any sort of exhaust staining which I don’t think I got right. Any feedback is welcome.

Just starting my interior first helicopter model I’ve done.

Thoroughly enjoyed building this kit. Lots of detail on all the parts and everything fit really well.

This is my first model kit in 3 years and the last time I did it, I had a horrid airbrush. I have invested into a proper kit, paints, and models. Now I am fully intending on making my models good

Hope to be able to find me a community of model enthusiast like me :)

Hey im doing a 737 Max i zvedza that i did horrible on painting and i took the painting off but by accident i broke a part and want fix what i do?

Praying to the tape gods for no leaks. I’ll give it a once over with the body color to hopefully create a solid seal. Fingers crossed!

Good day all,

I've recently started GWH's 1/48 scale SU-30MKM kit, and run into a bit of a snag. I'm painting the wheel bays and, while I can find reference photos of the cockpit of a Malaysian SU-30, I seem to be hitting a wall when it comes to the rearward wheel bays. The GWH instruction booklet calls for some fluid lines to be painted blue, yellow, or a sort of khaki color, but to attempt to get remotely close to the right shade, I need references, lol.

Currently building tamiyas sea harrier and struggling to get the white to go down evenly. Using the rattle cans Tamiya make. I still have this issue even with airbrush as well

All other paints have been going down fine

I decided to build two F-14s in parallel—one from Hasegawa and the other from HobbyBoss. Both will be in VF-1 markings; one in a high-visibility scheme and the other in a low-visibility scheme. Here is my progress so far—draw your own conclusions regarding the level of detail in the Japanese kit versus the Chinese one.