derex3592
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Ok, I couldn't resist.... For a kit originally designed in 1963 by the British... and repopped who knows how many times by the Japanese before this copy from 1980, I gotta say, fit is not bad at all! Work on the BUFF continues...
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Well.... Wifey-Clause was good to me! 😂 Somewhere she found a tiny little Hasegawa 1/72 Kawasaki Ki-61 model kit from 1980, still sealed up. I did some research and it was originally a Revell Great Britain kit dating allllll the way back to 1963! This one was a repop from Japan 🇯🇵 in 1980 apparently after Hasegawa copied the mold in the mid 70s. And then she got me this.... The Beast....Tamiya 1/48 F-35A....I've heard this is one of the best engineered kits to ever come out so I'm sure I'll find a way to screw it up! 😁 😂
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@Thom - Yes.....and no...LOL. That was the BEST result I could get after a solid HOUR of fiddling with the interior parts. The cockpit fit is fine, the interior bomb bay is snug, but it's fine. I believe the fault lies in the long part with the three "bumps" on the top of the body. I ended up prying apart the front half of the plane and literally cutting away almost all the extra plastic on one side of that part. Perhaps I glued it in it slightly at an angle, I'm not sure, but it looked fine to me when I did it a few days ago. Whatever, the result will be fine once I sand and rescribe, I already puttied it and sanded a bit and it's livable. Pressing on!
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Merry Christmas everyone! 🎄 🤶 🤗!!! Over here, unfortunately I have to report that the mating together of the two halves of the BUFF hasn't gone smoothly. Seriously Academy??? In this day and age? I mean yeh, it's a 2020 model, but still... I've seen better fits on Testors kits from the 80s. Uhhggg. Lots of putty, sanding and rescribing (which I'm NOT good at at all) in my future I'm afraid.
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amazing stuff!!!
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I'll pass on this one due to tarriff BS and the fact I don't even remember seeing that in DYRL. Was it on screen for more than .03 seconds? It's been a looooong time since I watched it. I remember the TV version fairly well..
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@tekering - wow!! You're a madman! I love it! In my next life I would love to design and build architectural models. Will it be lit up from inside?
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I gotta admit, for a bare plastic kit OOB build, with only a panel lining and a few details, that looks pretty damn good! 😯
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Ohhhh I missed the teeny tiny HINT print .... I got nothin.
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It's gotta be for the massive SDF-1???
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I can now report ALL major parts of PE are completed for the Texas! The cranes were the last big hurtle! Also can report all quad 20mm guns are completed...seven parts a piece for those tiny little buggers...and..work now continues on the single 50 cals and more baskets! Pressing on! (Not pictured, work on the B.U.F.F. continues as well, got the engines built and on the wings this morning)
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Is it wrong I'm SERIOUSLY considering forking over some $$$ for a sealed original Monogram 1/35 Starfighter model off Evilbay for a Christmas present to myself in honor of Gil??? Not many left out there, soooo wish a modern GOOD model company would make a new one!!!
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@electric indigo YEEESS!!!!! The Starfighters were and are still amazing looking!!!
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Ohh man, this one hurts! R.I.P. Captain Rogers!
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aaaaaaand I'm going to be out of town on New Year's Eve.......Thanks wife!!!! 😂😂😂🫣
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Early Sunday morning l finished up the hardest PE for the Texas. The rear observation tower and radar screen. I'm glad I saved this until last because I had been dreading it. All the techniques I had taught myself and utilized up to this point came in handy to get this part finished up with only minimal stress... LOL 😂. So at this point I still have a lot of little diddly PE to finish up but it's all rinse and repeat stuff I've done before so it's just a question of making time to sit down and do it.. (42 - 50cal guns / quad 50s /baskets and such, and the two aircraft cranes) Other than that, it's down to dropping down a million little plastic parts on the deck and before you know it..... It's gonna be time to start painting this bad boy!
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Omgossshh! SUPER pumped for that work of art @tekering Over here it's time to complete the 🇺🇸 bomber fleet trifecta ... Two down, one to go.. The B.U.F.F.! 😁 I grew up watching these do touch and goes from Carswell AFB in west Fort Worth in the 80s from the church where my mom worked in the summers and I was out of school. Riiigght in the flight path after takeoff.. Glorious! ***Didn't think displaying a 1/144 B-52 would be an issue.... 🤔 However... I just opened up the box and saw the wings! 😂 Not suuuure the good old IKEA Detolf is gonna be big enough!
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Star Wars 50th Anniversary - February 19, 2027
derex3592 replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
I'm in. Brother in law will roll with me. I only saw Jedi in the theater growing up. Born in 75 so I missed SW77 and 80 ESB. I did go see the 1st round of Special Editions back in 97 or whenever those abominations happened... -
Yeh, I'm more than just a little hacked off. This kit plus the 1/72 Glaug is running $175 shipping from HLJ for TX from Japan. YEH NOPE. They can keep it and I'll just loose my money on the price of the kits eventually I guess. UTTERLY RIDICULOUS🤬
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Academy 1/72 SR-71 finished and mounted on its stand. After market resin pilots are in there from like 2 years ago.. In their appropriate orange flight suits. Didn't turn out to bad. Flat coat kinda killed off my beautiful oil streaking but ohh well. It's done. Moving on!
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@tekering thank you! That means a lot coming from a builder with your skill level! The beat up Bug looks incredibly life like! Great job!
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No interest in seeing this in the theater again. Infinity War though??? Yeeeh, maybe!
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The 'Hey look at this really cool model build I saw' post
derex3592 replied to Shawn's topic in Model kits
I ran into Hobby Lobby yesterday to grab some small cheap wood bases and brass rods and on the model isle I was impressed myself with the amount of Bandai Star Wars and Gundam stuff they had. They didn't have that GIANT Tie but ohhh man, if they had, my wife would have been asking me "WTH is THAT?!" when I came back out to the truck! 😂 -
LOL 😂. @Papa Rat Not sure about a good beginner boat kit, I'd say go Tamiya and not Trumpeter though out of the gate to get your feet wet no pun intended... Over here today I finished up the Academy 1/144 B2. Great little kit. I could have done better on the painting but I wanted to build it up quick. Enjoy the pics! SR-71 is finished and will be on its base tomorrow with pics forthcoming!
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G.I. Joe Classified Figures and Toys
derex3592 replied to sh9000's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
Damn that artic HISS loooks cooool!!!
