Whats Lying on your Workbench MK IV

[Big s]

16 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Also has some nice details rarely seen. NSFW 

 

Naughty Naughty 

[Thom]

@wm cheng real nice work on that MIGHTY DRAGON!! (That's how it sounds in my head all the time...) Looks like you got that shot you were going for. 

Great work @Papa Rat!

Looks like a Macross Christmas Special @Urashiman. Looks really cool.

39 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Also has some nice details rarely seen. NSFW 

 

Needed a little warning for this, I mean , I can't... even...

 

[Papa Rat]

27 minutes ago, Thom said:

Needed a little warning for this, I mean , I can't... even...

Hahahaha

[pengbuzz]

13 hours ago, Papa Rat said:

Also has some nice details rarely seen. NSFW 

 

Fixed that for you:

  

[Papa Rat]

15 minutes ago, pengbuzz said:

Fixed that for you:

  

Hahaha thanks

[505thAirborne]

I recently acquired this old Monogram Galactica dirt cheap, I didn't have the funds for the Moebius kit at roughly $150.00 and up plus shipping. 

This one had some missing parts and a few breaks to it, so definitely an ideal candidate for some customizing. The forward section had a panel missing and as well the front nose section is gone, so I'll have to make some new parts for that. They're in the rough stage but they ought to look really good when finished.

While I grew up with the original BSG, my biggest gripe with this design were the flight pods, they always looked under-sized to me, with the help of cardboard, glue, putty, eventually some photo-etch parts and paint, this Galactica eventually will have some beefier looking flight pods and an even more dominating appearance. 

Just some super quick pics for what I'm jabbering on about. 

 

[Thom]

@505thAirborne Looks like a nice update coming for the old gal. Are they going to be thru-deck?

[505thAirborne]

26 minutes ago, Thom said:

@505thAirborne Looks like a nice update coming for the old gal. Are they going to be thru-deck?

Thank you @Thom, yep, that deck will go all the way through. I'm 99% sure I'll be putting some fiber-optic lighting this one, so all the details can be seen. 

[electric indigo]

@all Looking forward to see your exciting work in the new year!

Here's my output for 2025:

[Thom]

@505thAirborne Nice. 

On my desk, the Lighting-C's big wings are coming into their own.

And the seat is done.

One of the tasks to come is tinting the canopy a clear yellow. I have Alclad Transparent Yellow for that, but dipping in a test piece had it coming out a bit 'pebbled.' I was hoping it would be as easy as dipping it in Klear. I'll experiment a bit, more, thinning certainly as it is a darker yellow straight from the bottle. Time to look for a spare canopy as a mule...

Thom

Some great builds there @electric indigo!

Edited December 30, 2025 by Thom

[pengbuzz]

10 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

I recently acquired this old Monogram Galactica dirt cheap, I didn't have the funds for the Moebius kit at roughly $150.00 and up plus shipping. 

This one had some missing parts and a few breaks to it, so definitely an ideal candidate for some customizing. The forward section had a panel missing and as well the front nose section is gone, so I'll have to make some new parts for that. They're in the rough stage but they ought to look really good when finished.

While I grew up with the original BSG, my biggest gripe with this design were the flight pods, they always looked under-sized to me, with the help of cardboard, glue, putty, eventually some photo-etch parts and paint, this Galactica eventually will have some beefier looking flight pods and an even more dominating appearance. 

Just some super quick pics for what I'm jabbering on about. 

 

Nice: reminds me of mine:

Splitting the middle pylon was a royal pain:

[Papa Rat]

@electric indigo ✌️that’s a good looking year no doubt.  I like the idea of a recap and might post my output too later today. 
One of my goals this year is to finally purchase a resin kit and will reach out to you for some sage advice. 
 

@ThomLooking good. I’m excited to see how the yellow turns out. I have had great results with clear MR color on clear parts. 

[Papa Rat]

So I was taking a look in my photos from this year and I have over 20 builds! That’s way too many to share. Here are a few I am proud of. In 2026 I want to slow down on my output and make my building more refined and raise the bar for myself on quality not quantity. 

*looks like I’m a huge FSS fanboy. 😊

Edited December 31, 2025 by Papa Rat

[derex3592]

Well, my choices came down to Mr Color "Russet" or Mission Models WWII "Red Oxide" SO.... I went with Mr Color mostly for the durability, but oh my 😎, it's quiet a bright shade of red! Hobby shop didn't have my go to Tamiya rattle can of Dull Red, which I think is the perfect hull red.... I think I'll mottle this with the Mission Models acrylic and see what we get.... 🤔 

I can also report that after 3 hours early yesterday morning ALL 42 50 cal guns are made up for Texas! Basically only a few stair cases left to make and PE is OVER and done with 😁 

[Papa Rat]

44 minutes ago, derex3592 said:

Well, my choices came down to Mr Color "Russet" or Mission Models WWII "Red Oxide" SO.... I went with Mr Color mostly for the durability, but oh my 😎, it's quiet a bright shade of red! Hobby shop didn't have my go to Tamiya rattle can of Dull Red, which I think is the perfect hull red.... I think I'll mottle this with the Mission Models acrylic and see what we get.... 🤔 

I can also report that after 3 hours early yesterday morning ALL 42 50 cal guns are made up for Texas! Basically only a few stair cases left to make and PE is OVER and done with 😁 

Good luck on dialing in that red. I’m super excited to see this come together. Also…does PE play well with lacquers? I have never seen PE or handled it before firsthand. 

Edited December 31, 2025 by Papa Rat

[Thom]

@Papa Rat Just back in the hobby and already completed 20 builds! And some real nice ones too! 

@derex3592 Hope the colors work out for you. Are you weathering it, such as rust and algae?

[derex3592]

UPDATE! I just happened to find two Tamiya Dull Red rattle cans in the back of my paint/junk shelf in the garage with juuuust enough left between the two to get a good coat down! YAY! 

@Papa Rat - That's a LOADED question - Some people paint acyrlics onto the bare brass, I had HORRIBLE results trying that on Titanic a few years back. It just flaked right off when I handled it.   Mr. Hobby makes Metal Primer both liquid and spray can but it's next to impossible to find anywhere in the lower 50 nowadays, especially now. I prefer to prime my PE with some kind of metal primer, then paint them once they are on the ship, OR the best way to do it if possible is to build all the PE and put it on the model FIRST, THEN prime and paint everything. Unfortunately, that's not always possible. Any paint should be fine after a coat of primer on PE. 

@Thom - I don't know yet.....haven't made up my mind.  

Edited December 31, 2025 by derex3592

[505thAirborne]

13 hours ago, pengbuzz said:

Nice: reminds me of mine:

Splitting the middle pylon was a royal pain:

That's a good looking Galactica. 

Yeah. I'm working up the courage to deal with that middle pylon as well, nice of Monogram NOT to have made that part correctly. 

[tekering]

Well, the structure is complete...

Now I've got a ton of cosmetic work to do on each of the balconies.

1:64 figures seem an ideal size to establish scale. 👌

[Papa Rat]

1 minute ago, tekering said:

Well, the structure is complete...

Now I've got a ton of cosmetic work to do on each of the balconies.

1:64 figures seem an ideal size to establish scale. 👌

Wow. That’s outstanding! Is it for your personal collection or a commission piece?

[tekering]

24 minutes ago, Papa Rat said:

Is it for your personal collection or a commission piece?

This one I acquired for myself.  I figured it would be fun to display and photograph with scale vehicles and figures, including Transformers, Hot Wheels/Tomica, and GoodSmile's entire line of Patlabor models... and since it's cost me less than $400 altogether, I can sell it later and still make a profit. ☺️

Happy New Year, everybody! 🎊

[Papa Rat]

@tekering well it sure came out great and sounds like you have plenty of future plans for it. 👍

 

[derex3592]

@tekering - I would like to rent out the top floor corner penthouse please sir! I'll have my things sent over next week! 😂

 

Looks awesome! 

[Big s]

1 hour ago, tekering said:

This one I acquired for myself.  I figured it would be fun to display and photograph with scale vehicles and figures, including Transformers, Hot Wheels/Tomica, and GoodSmile's entire line of Patlabor models... and since it's cost me less than $400 altogether, I can sell it later and still make a profit. ☺️

Happy New Year, everybody! 🎊

I was gonna suggest this Patlabor Models, but it looks like you already thought of that

[sketchley]

6 hours ago, tekering said:

Well, the structure is complete...

 

Now I've got a ton of cosmetic work to do on each of the balconies.

 

1:64 figures seem an ideal size to establish scale. 👌

Awesome!

 

Now the big question for those of us living in Japan: where are you going to put it?!? 😅

[tekering]

4 hours ago, sketchley said:

where are you going to put it?!? 😅

That's a pressing issue at the moment 😓

[pengbuzz]

8 hours ago, tekering said:

That's a pressing issue at the moment 😓

Too bad you couldn't live in it!

[Thom]

1 hour ago, pengbuzz said:

Too bad you couldn't live in it!

Think of the rental fee for that much space!! In Japan!!

Are there any architectural school that might like having that?

[derex3592]

Red and black masked and painted! 100%! Now...I have had 2ish years to figure out the shade of gray for the rest of the ship.....and I'm still unsure....😂 Nothing looks right to my eye yet. Going off the new restored high resolution pics off the Battleship Texas Foundation FB page and YouTube videos, it really depends on the sunlight of any given day as to the blue-gray shade this thing appears to be.. 🤔 I know what the "official colors" are but on a 1/350 scale ship it's way to dark. This may be a mix situation and then trial and error more than anything... 

[MechTech]

GREAT builds guys! Sorry I haven't been on the boards more. Not much time to get on the internet for "fun", but I have been working behind the scenes a little.

To give you an idea, I compeleted ONE whole model in 2025! The Bandai 1/100 MG Zeta Ver Ka - out of the box. Sad. But lots of components for other builds. I'm at least trying for two builds to go to show early this year.

@Papa Rat OK, you have to convince me that you are NOT a Five Stars fan boy (even if you got the collection box).😁 More importantly, they all look GREAT! I think you were just sand bagging us with that "I haven't modeled in a long time" comment.😉

@505thAirborne You sir have your work cut out for you (see what I did there)😁 But I know you can do it!

@tekering I think you need to see if Toho has any Godzilla movies they are planning on filming. Then you can profit off of it. If not, you have a new storage shed for the back yard😁

@derex3592 Your paint looks great! You are right. The colors change. For that reason, you may want to try some colored panels and shading. It builds depth. Our "Best Of" model two years ago was a also a battleship, 1/350th with insane detail. He also made extensive use of shading to build depth. Kinda like gaming pieces building depth and shade.

I hope we all have a HAPPY NEW YEAR fellow styrene heads! - MT

 

[Papa Rat]

1 hour ago, MechTech said:

OK, you have to convince me that you are NOT a Five Stars fan boy (even if you got the collection box).😁 More importantly, they all look GREAT! I think you were just sand bagging us with that "I haven't modeled in a long time" comment.😉

Hey thanks so much!  That means a lot to me. I’m definitely a FSS fan boy. Hahahaha. Oh and happy new year to you too!
All of those builds are from the past year and a half. That’s when I started building models. No leg pulling.  I hope to build less models this year and make the output more dialed in. I hit the ground running when I started building and don’t want burnout. 

Edited Thursday at 09:55 PM by Papa Rat

[Papa Rat]

2 hours ago, derex3592 said:

Red and black masked and painted! 100%! Now...I have had 2ish years to figure out the shade of gray for the rest of the ship.....and I'm still unsure....😂 Nothing looks right to my eye yet. Going off the new restored high resolution pics off the Battleship Texas Foundation FB page and YouTube videos, it really depends on the sunlight of any given day as to the blue-gray shade this thing appears to be.. 🤔 I know what the "official colors" are but on a 1/350 scale ship it's way to dark. This may be a mix situation and then trial and error more than anything... 

Wow that is looking amazing!

[Papa Rat]

I have a couple builds on bench right now. I just did a test fit on the Tiger Moth from Castle in the Sky anime. And I’m about to prime up the FSS Schpertor. Very excited!

 

 

Edited Thursday at 10:00 PM by Papa Rat

[Thom]

Good looking color on the hull @derex3592. It think, since so many shades become apparent as you look, that should free you up from trying to find that One Shade That Must Be. From going to model shows, I have yet to see anyone hold up a paint chip to a model and frown.

[derex3592]

Primer, pre-shade and painting of the BUFF this morning! Used Vallejo Acrylic Grey surface primer, fantastic stuff! No smell, water based and airbrush straight from the bottle. Also don't know why I don't hear more good things about Mission Models acrylics. They are fantastic! Water based, no smell, NO thinning, airbrush straight from the bottle, dead flat color and soooo easy to put on. Beats Tamiya acrylics by a country mile if you ask me.. 🤔 🙄 

Edited yesterday at 04:10 PM by derex3592