Latest Acquisitions (2021)

[outrunner]

This arrived today courtesy of Spanner 570.
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Looks quite a complex kit requiring a bit of thought and paint as you go, thanks again Ron.

[Allen Dewire]

501 parts??? In 1/144, you gonna be real busy for a long while Andy!!!........

[Mini Me]

Wowie! Zowie! Allen.......Nice haul Love the RSO one of my fav. vehicles. Rick H.

[outrunner]

I got this today and stupidly forgot to take a picture before I built it up but here are a couple of pictures.
Lights off, the chassis is 1/35 ICM firetruck for scale.
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Lights on.
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It's just a cheapy named Display4Top Spray Booth, I have seen them on Ebay for around £87 but I got this one for a bit less.

Andy.

[Steve Jones]

Many thanks Rick. Very kind words. Much appreciated
Cheers Allen. Being by the sea I should be doing floaty stuff :smiling3: :thumb2:

[adt70hk]

Hi all

So seeing as how the figure painting bug has hit I thought I'd take a punt on this.....

There are some very old PDFs out there online by this author which I've found very helpful and based on a forum thread I've found it appears it was done as a response to requests to update these PDFs.

This is very much aimed at someone just starting out and indeed there are somethings I'm not sure I agree with. For example, Tim grey primes and then uses black wash and medium glaze to create shadows before painting, whereas the author primes black and then uses a light shaded with a heavy dry brush to create shadows. Having seen the photos in the book, I very much prefer Tim's method, it give you a lot more control and produces much better and more subtle shadowing IMHO.

It also claims the techniques work up to 1/32, which if I'm honest I'm not sure it will, or will at least look a bit simplistic. One slightly harsh Amazon reviewer put it like this......

"This book listed a lot of old and outdated painting methods. A majority of the artists must have been using the same technique for 30 years. Its more common to start with the face....airbrushing the uniform gives the figure a more realistic look. Most of the figures in this book are clunky with gobs of very thick layered paint.
The info it gives about camo and uniform dates and variations was very good. That's why i have it a 2. There are better artists and better how to videos and books out there."

I think the reviewer is being a bit harsh but the thought of airbrushing a 1/32-1/35 figure terrifies me and certainly won't work at my usual 1/72 scale.....but it's the highlighted bit in particular that caught my attention and indeed was commented on my many other people.

Whilst all that information is out there on the web, it's great to have it all one place and covers things I've not seen before - plus I'm old fashioned and like to have book to hold - and it gives good recommendations on colours to use for wide range of figures. Plus there are things that I will find useful in terms of basing and other techniques.

So in short, it'll be case of use what I like and ignore what I don't but, regardless, it will help improve my knowledge and it will help at my usual 1/72 scale - even if it's not going to set the modelling world alight. That said the 'Marlow Method' still rocks!!

ATB.

Andrew

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[AlanG]

I really need to get a grip of how to paint figures. I really have no idea how to if i'm honest. I want to do so many dioramas but the thought of figure painting scares me. So if a book (or video) for someone with basically no knowledge of where to start is good, then i'm sold lol

[Guest]

On another forum I’m on, someone recently recommended David Parker’s Crew School.

[Dave Ward]

Just popped through the letterbox ( that small )

Two models in the box - company for HMS King George V...............
Dave

[Steve Brodie]

Got back off holiday and had a few parcels waiting for me, early Christmas.

1/9 horse and colonel Burthe bust. Didnt realise the big difference between a 1/10th and 1/9th horse head.



75mm figure from alexandros miniatures, and because they misplaced my order a free gift.

[peterairfix]

Just delivered something unusual.

[Dave Ward]

Another letterbox delivery........................

1/400 Photo etch railings are hard to come by - eventually, I found some from Jadar Hobby in Warsaw - cost was <£10 delivered for two packets ( Part are a brand name of Jadar )
Dave

[peterairfix]

More goodies for me my dio

[Guest]

Hi Everyone.

Just returned after my second part of my tour of all things south of the M4. If you remember we talked about supporting your local model shops when on holiday and Tim suggested Frome Model Shop. So after a long hike up the steep cobblestones I was rewarded with a wonderful shop full of everything you could hope for. The stuff they didnt have they ordered in and will post out to me once in. Fantastic service

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I also popped into Dunks Model Shop at Trowbridge. This place was rammed with kits and a few accessories.

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We also went to a car boot while driving around and I finally got a mini vice for the bench and some more wire

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Now I always tell myself not to buy any more books as the house is rammed with them but I coudnt resist as I do like my maps

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Finally today postie sent through my prize winning kit from John Paulding as my reward for winning Best in Show at this years MAFVA Online Competition.

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Happy modelling everyone

Well done my friend, congratulations. Naturally the Committee here at Race Towers have also award you the .

[Steve Jones]

That was the only reason I entered, so that I might get the DB's from you mate. :smiling3: :thumb2: :thumb2: Many thanks my friend