discussion What's on the Bench? 2021

[Guest]

In the world of PE there are two things I hate doing.

I thought you were going to say: bending it and glueing it in place

 

[Mini Me]

Mr. Jones, that's what brings home the "Gold" Sir. Not exactly why we do it, but some of us just like mucking about with the details more than we like building the model itself.....I know I suffer from that disease! :tongue-out3: So Moggel on and enjoy it while you still have eyes and steady hands to do it. :thumb2: Rick H.

 

[Guest]

Preparation is under way for firing the load bed.
Tickets will be available in due course.

 

[Dave Ward]

Well, the HMS Spiraea is on the bench, but not on the bench, as the clay is drying on the sea...................... I feel like I want to start something new..................I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not sure. I've picked up about four or five models that caught my eye in the stash, now when I look at them, not one really grabs my imagination - perhaps I need to dig deeper into the stash! ( I already found a Heller 1/400 Graf Spee that I didn't know I had! )
Dave

 

[saguy]

Watching battle 360 about The big easy at midway and guadalcanal .... got all the juices flowing so i have started this .... good fun it is too .......

 

[scottie3158]

In the world of PE there are two things I hate doing. One is clamps the other is hinges

It took one hour to do these two using 0.5mm styrene rod and 0.5mm pewter rivets. Fortunately there are only two more too do. Life would have been easier if I had chosen to have the hatches closed :smiling3: :thumb2:

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Hi Steve, I feel your pain. You may find it easier to use 0.3 copper wire than the styrene for the hinge pivot, it makes it easier to fold the fingers round.

 

[SteveH]

Moving onto a prototype, possible "paper Panzer"?

HobbyBoss 1/35 VK4502 (P) Hinten

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I shall try to do a Martin Kovac on the seams and armoured steel texturing.

More soon?

Steve H

 

[Mini Me]

Interesting...

 

[minitnkr]

Nice start. Looks like Elephant suspension members, must be early Porsche design.

 

[rtfoe]

I'm still on Emergency....:smiling2:

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Guest]

Nice start. Looks like Elephant suspension members, must be early Porsche design.

The (P) in “VK4502 (P)” kind of gives that away

 

[spanner570]

Moving onto a prototype, possible "paper Panzer"?

HobbyBoss 1/35 VK4502 (P) Hinten
I shall try to do a Martin Kovac on the seams and armoured steel texturing.

More soon?

Steve H

Steven, be aware the track links are not 'flat', more concave, and are a s*d to glue together. Otherwise the kit is a dream to put together......

 

[SteveH]

Morning/Afternoon/Evening

I also have the HobbyBoss Vorne kit too,

Vorne

Why?

I guess they were cheap on E-bay once upon a time!

There is a plan of the Hinten,

Photo for reference purposes only


Rumour has it, 1 Hinten was build using the Krupp turret with the curved mantle shot trap, mistakenly called the Porsche turret.

The box top artwork is quite good for a possible diorama for the Hinten.

Hinten

I am going to try carving out weld seam trenches and texture the armoured steel plating as per NightShift's recent JagdTiger build.

The turret looks very well detailed, the main tank body is more or less done as I'll leave the tools off.

The tracks are 50% clipped and sanded, and do look quite good with the edge details nice and crisp

More soon?

Regards

Steve H

 

[Lee Drennen]

This is on the bench at the time for now. I’m burned out on Millitary Models right now. So to keep the mojo running thought I would build some 1/32 scale Road Racers. This is a very simplified AMT kit that you can make it a slot car if you choose to. Enjoy the pics View attachment 428742View attachment 428743View attachment 428744View attachment 428745

 

[minitnkr]

I remember these used to try to fly over 100mph. The steering would get verryy, veerrryyy light.

 

[rtfoe]

Watching battle 360 about The big easy at midway and guadalcanal .... got all the juices flowing so i have started this .... good fun it is too .......

Looking good, just got me one of these. Always wanted a Vindicator. At one time Academy kits were hard to come by in these parts.

Cheers,
Richard

 

[Tim Marlow]

Don’t think I’ve ever seen a kit of a Vindicator made up. Interesting to see this develop. Didn’t it have some sort of cowling issue that led to it being called the “wind indicator” ?

 

[Lee Drennen]

Worked on the Vette this evening. Painted the interior, dash and installed and gearshift made from a pin. I added some Slot car wheels and tire I didn’t like the thin white walls on it so I reversed them to the inside and added the chrome Next is the decals and some more details. Then this will be leaving the bench.
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[Tim Marlow]

Hi all
Not posted much here recently, I’ve been in a bit of a slump. Still, onwards and upwards…..finished these doggies. They are 28mm Oathmark figures by North Star Miniatures…painted with Vallejo model colour and tufts by warpainter.





….and….the obligatory calibration shot……


The riders will be along next. Hopefully about a week or so to paint them. After that I have different stuff to give me a change of pace.
Hope you like them

 

[adt70hk]

As always great work indeed. Well done.

Andrew