MechTech

@derex3592 Your sub looks GREAT! My ship has suffered from feline plastitackus too. Styrene is just so cool to work with - and munch on evidently!? Maybe that's why plastic spoons are mostly made from it? - MT

The cutaway drawing on that Valk is epic! That would look cool and get lots of stares at a modelers contest. - MT

@Shawn @WiseGuyVic Thanks for sharing guys! There are some awesome models there that we haven't seen in decades, and in quantity that I thought we'd never see again! You guys are making it possible - THANK YOU again! - MT

That was cool they posted that video, thanks for sharing guys! That would have been cool to attend, but got other things going on. - MT

@derex3592 The sub looks bootiful comrade! Cool decals too! @electric indigo The Tweety and pilots look super clean (in a good way)! - MT

@pengbuzzThat's AWESOME!!! Glad to hear it and see you back on the boards too! @derex3592 That cockpit looks GREAT! The Texas looks great too! The green highlights are unusual. I don't think I've seen that before. - MT

@derex3592 That effect looks great! I'm also glad you're not fryin'! Be careful with the Mission Models paint! Everyone I know refers to it with four lettered words - if you get me meaning. It seems to easily peel off, so try to avoid masking it if you can. One vendor practically gave his whole stock away to a friend for REAL cheap - to include the case it was in😉 @electric indigo Your tweety is looking smooth! - MT

@wm cheng Your Galactica came out great! The finish has nice levels of depth and doesn't look like there's a clear coat over it to make it bland. The lighting levels are actually at realistic levels when compared to real life subjects. You never see that stuff anyhow until the lights go down. I think you nailed it! @Ignacio Ocamica Your soldier is looking good! That is a cool sculpt! - MT

@derex3592 I put the Tamiya powders on last. You just can't clear-coat some things - it takes away the effect. Especially when I did my robot diorama from the dessert. The powders made the tires look realistic. Clear coating them too wouldn't have worked out. - MT

Thanks again, Shawn! REALLY COOL stuff to see in all those boxes! - MT

Cool! Now we just need the rest of it😁 - MT

Thank you @Shawn and @WiseGuyVic for the updates! It's great seeing all these kits back on the market in regular quantities and better prices than what we've had to go through the past couple decades or so! Thank you @Shawn for the trip update too! - MT

@foundshaian Sorry, I forgot to reply to you. The carrier model is of CVN-78. It was just for a display, so not much more being done to it. - MT

That's looking absolutely AWESOME!!! Nice n sharp details too! - MT

@arbit Great sculpts as always! I like the MinMei in the plaid outfilt from the artwork. You don't see that much. @derex3592 Great decal work and paint on the Enterprise. It has a really nice depth for a smallish model. Your LA sub looks great too! The paint layers also added depth to it too. @Chas That is a VERY COOL looking concept! I like where its going and honestly don't know why they never went with that in the anime. - MT

Toooo funny! - MT

My dad told me about how high-pitched those turbines are - ear piercing vs thundering. - MT

@wm cheng That would look great! I'd try the AK metalic color pencils or regular Prismacolor pencils. They look cool and are EASY to use. They look realistic too. AND now for something completely different... Ever wonder what would happen if you took a tiny paper model, blew it up and made it out of foam board? Me too! So I did (looooong story...) After some editing and blowing it up to 1/72nd scale, this is what happened... A standard 24" x 36" foam board sheet laminated with the print out on regular paper. It took about 8 sheets to make this model! Front and back. The original artwork was for paper, foam board is about 3/16" thick, so back-cut / bevels had to be made for it to fold correctly. Gluing the pieces together... I cheated 😁 Instead of folding paper to make all those domes, I used old plastic shapes I saved (see kids, I told you saving those domes after last year's fireworks would pay off!). Speaking of fireworks... Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans! - MT

@derex3592 Your Enterprise is looking good! @Chronocidal That's REALLY cool! I'm guessing F-4 (and a lot of other aircraft of the era)? If so, then there's a KY-57 coming too (voice encryption that sucked). @wm cheng Your Galactica mods and paint are looking awesome! It's got a nice sheen to it. @Rock Cool but different looking spray booth (at least form this perspective). - MT

Thank you, guys - much appreciated! - MT

That's funny! I would laugh, except I actually did that with a few kits back in the 80's 😁 Guilty! - MT

@arbit She looks fantastic! You're not really going to let her fly that are? 🤣 @pengbuzz Your Tomcat is looking great! Your dio idea sounds like a good idea too! @foundshaian Your Hornet is looking good. What a pain with BIG seems. I use Tamiya's putty sometimes. While it's probably waterproof, its VERY porous, so it will probably soak up water and bulge or mess with the paint going over it later on. Like Big S said, seal it first. - MT

Cool @arbit ! Looks like you got the helmets right too for that funky design. It's actually got rabbit ears😁! - MT

@derex3592 You got it easy! Looks like your supervisor sleeps a lot! - MT

Thank you guys for all the compliments! This I believe was my first big scratch build. Sorry for the delay to some of you - it's been a busy week! - MT