Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[Thom]

Sorry to hear that @pengbuzz! Hopefully the housing situation straightens out for you. Really hoping things start breaking your way!

[Big s]

2 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

This is the TOS Enterprise. I no longer have the ability to mold new ones, as my heat gun died some time back and finances are so tight now (thanks to tariffs and such) that buying even model cement is impossible.

  

No, I have no materials for that; all I have now is what is on hand. We're now in "survival mode". Once I run out of supplies, my modeling is over. We just got word today that we may not even have a place to live in the months to come.

It's that bad.

Anyways, this is going on indefinite hiatus, and possibly disposal, as we now need to make some hard choices.

 

Sorry to bother everyone.

I do truly hope things change for you. It sounds terrible and I really wish you the best and a whole lot of luck. 

[Papa Rat]

2 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

This is the TOS Enterprise. I no longer have the ability to mold new ones, as my heat gun died some time back and finances are so tight now (thanks to tariffs and such) that buying even model cement is impossible.

  

No, I have no materials for that; all I have now is what is on hand. We're now in "survival mode". Once I run out of supplies, my modeling is over. We just got word today that we may not even have a place to live in the months to come.

It's that bad.

Anyways, this is going on indefinite hiatus, and possibly disposal, as we now need to make some hard choices.

 

Sorry to bother everyone.

I’m so sorry to hear about your situation. That’s horrible. I hope things change for you and your family. ♥️

[woodsider]

On 5/5/2025 at 7:55 PM, Papa Rat said:

Thanks for the reference material. Very cool. The head on the runner is exactly like the one that came in that VF-1D fighter. 

Alleged 1C prototype parts to add further to the mystique...

 

[Papa Rat]

31 minutes ago, woodsider said:

Alleged 1C prototype parts to add further to the mystique...

 

🤔

[Papa Rat]

Little buddy says hi. I think it came out ok. Pretty much a straight build. I think it needs some weathering.

 

 

 

 

Edited Saturday at 04:38 PM by Papa Rat

[woodsider]

2 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Little buddy says hi. I think it came out ok. Pretty much a straight build. I think it needs some weathering.

 

Looks awesome! Keep building those old kits!

[Papa Rat]

@woodsider Thanks. I’m having a blast. 
These are the next two on the bench. 
 

[Cheese3]

Night modeling!

[derex3592]

AK Real Color F-15 Modern Eagle 🦅 Gray went down this morning and it's very nice paint, however nowhere near as dark as I was thinking it was going to be, so tomorrow morning I will start laying down light coats of Vallejo Medium Gunship Gray and see where we end up! Stay tuned! 

 

[Big s]

23 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Little buddy says hi. I think it came out ok. Pretty much a straight build. I think it needs some weathering.

 

 

 

 

Looks really interesting. A good dirt wash will bring it out though 

[SteveTheFish]

My Rei and Asuka sofubi figures are coming along. I used dark blue pastel chalk to do the recessed areas of Rei's hair and an acrylic goache mix of burnt umber and red to do Asuka's hair. Then I did a flat clear coat of V-Color to seal them in. I think I'm ready for assembly now.

[Papa Rat]

17 hours ago, Big s said:

Looks really interesting. A good dirt wash will bring it out though 

Yeah, I want to grab a couple tubes of oils and mess around with washes. 

[Chas]

On 5/23/2025 at 8:05 PM, Papa Rat said:

Little buddy says hi. I think it came out ok. Pretty much a straight build. I think it needs some weathering.

 

 

 

 

Looks good! I like the blue, nice touch.

 

19 hours ago, derex3592 said:

AK Real Color F-15 Modern Eagle 🦅 Gray went down this morning and it's very nice paint, however nowhere near as dark as I was thinking it was going to be, so tomorrow morning I will start laying down light coats of Vallejo Medium Gunship Gray and see where we end up! Stay tuned! 

 

I like the overall tonal shifts you have in the paint as it is. I think hitting it with some dark panel lines would set it off well and balance it all out. Hope the darker gray works out for you.

 

6 hours ago, SteveTheFish said:

My Rei and Asuka sofubi figures are coming along. I used dark blue pastel chalk to do the recessed areas of Rei's hair and an acrylic goache mix of burnt umber and red to do Asuka's hair. Then I did a flat clear coat of V-Color to seal them in. I think I'm ready for assembly now.

As always,  just love your figures Greg. Those eyes are hand painted too! Just awesome.

The SDF-1 is pretty much done. Had a slight mishap with the flat coat ( first try went cloudy) the remnants of which can be seen as shadowing on the left side of the very top at the front.

Still not too bad. Just gotta do up the tiny Valks and Monster and place them on it somewhere.

Edited 10 hours ago by Chas

[pengbuzz]

3 hours ago, Chas said:

Looks good! I like the blue, nice touch.

 

I like the overall tonal shifts you have in the paint as it is. I think hitting it with some dark panel lines would set it off well and balance it all out. Hope the darker gray works out for you.

 

As always,  just love your figures Greg. Those eyes are hand painted too! Just awesome.

The SDF-1 is pretty much done. Had a slight mishap with the flat coat ( first try went cloudy) the remnants of which can be seen as shadowing on the left side of the very top at the front.

Still not too bad. Just gotta do up the tiny Valks and Monster and place them on it somewhere.

Nice job on the SDF-1!! Really looks incredible!

BTW: I've found on fogged flat coats, a second spray of it can often clear up the cloudiness (test a very small part of the clouded area first).

[Papa Rat]

@Chas

Wow, that looks great! It came with tiny Valkyries and monster? That’s so cool. What you working on next?

Edited 6 hours ago by Papa Rat

[Thom]

The Macross is looking real good @Chas!

[pengbuzz]

UPDATE:

Well, after getting a housing lawyer involved (pro-bono, of course), certain "mistakes" were admitted to have been made on the part of where we live. So at least we don't have to worry about that, and I don't need to start packing up my stuff and potentially deleting it from my collection.

At any rate, I came across an old space shuttle model kit for 2 bucks recently (last 2 bucks, but it was worth it!) at the thrift store. It was priced that way because someone had glued it together badly.

A lot of work was needed; the cockpit was utterly barren and devoid of much detail. To that end I used masking tape, acrylic paint and a couple of old fighter pilot figures (1/72) that I used some old orange craft "puff paint" on to fill it out.

 

 

Meantime, the cargo bay door hinges disintegrated  after a few uses. I pulled some brass hinges off a few old cigar boxes that the tobacco shop gives away for free as replacements:

The bay itself needed much work:

      

 

 

The nose was just three depressions (to add to my own depression ); had to drill those out:

    

And I nearly called Scotty to help with her engines:

Stay tuned folks, Major Tom will be right back...

Edited 1 hour ago by pengbuzz
Neighbor asked me to take "before" pics down.

[derex3592]

@pengbuzzSpace shuttle 🚀 looks great man! I'll get to mine someday that's in my stash. Meanwhile, darker gray on the Eagle 🦅 today. Much better. 

[Papa Rat]

49 minutes ago, derex3592 said:

@pengbuzzSpace shuttle 🚀 looks great man! I'll get to mine someday that's in my stash. Meanwhile, darker gray on the Eagle 🦅 today. Much better. 

Looks great!

[Thom]

@pengbuzzGreat to see that old shuttle getting some much needed 'Love of Buzz!' That command deck is going to look good tucked into there.

Real nice and subtle shading @derex3592.