Small Scale Military Headquarters

...That's disgusting.

Looks great! Did you sand off the decals before you applied the new paint?

Nice, fooled me for a sec there. Great work with the modeling and camera work.

Awww, who poo-poo in this thread? I didn't even get to see the pics, which judging from the replies, were made from awesomeness.

Well, he's technically not building it. He's making a Chinese company build it for him.

The details of that Abrams is horrendous, but I might overlook that, considering how awesome it looks on the move!

Tamiya Spray paints. I tried to use them when I repainted one of my Hornts to VFA-15 and the paints crackle. uckily I was able to remove the paint with VMP Naptha without damaging the plastic. Long live Model Masters Paints! Let me guess. You didn't use a primer coat. Or you used an Tamiya acrylic ...

*Edit* oops, I noticed you already noticed that it's backwards.

Ever thought of making the new air conditioner on the Abrams? Those APUs have been phased out.

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There's no definitive price for the Hooben's T-55 yet. They seem to be botching the T-55 release, as they are selling them to individual customers, yet they give different prices to different people, AND sometimes, they will change the quote they gave you. I don't think they're doing it on purpose, ...

What I am getting tired of hearing is the whole, we will never see WM prices again and how spoiled we were during that time. I know that is true, but it also doesn't help having people constantly saying we should expect to pay $100 for a repaint and be happy that it is even available at that price....

The word "fair" seems so odd in the business world. Especially when talking about non-vital commodities like toys. They're not making toys for our benefit. They're not making toys because tehy're Santa Claus and all of us have been good little boys and girls. They're making toys for profit. Nothing ...

Not really. Since when is $100 for a LE product such a mind-boggling price? We were looking at the end of the 1/18 scale a few months back (not counting the customizers), with the death of 21c and Admiral Toys, and the hibernation of Bluebox Toys. And now that we're seeing a little light a head of t...

Count me in for one. I don't have an OD Mustang yet anyway.

And if money's so tight in your life that you'd be complaining about the price of a $100 repaint toy instead of $65-$70, maybe you shouldn't purchase a toy at all, and instead save your money for family needs.

deankleines wrote:Anyone interested in taking this bird to a whole new level???

Buy me a 2nd one, and I'll post a build thread here.

Using left-over PE from my KT and Panther builds, I decided to put little details on my HL Jagdpanther. I couldn't decide which scheme to create, so I decided to model one of the last Jagdpanthers built. This was the 7 Jagdpanthers commandeered by Kampfgruppe Wiking on April 7th, 1945 directly from ...

A lot of people forget that the Patriot missile is really an anti-aircraft missile system.

And apparently, NASAMS are being used to protect the Washington DC area.

I was just a wet dream by the Germans in WWII. It was proposed, but then they snapped back to reality when they realized they were going to install that turret, to an already-overloaded Panzer IV H/J chassis. Did you just say you were "a wet dream"? Hahaha, sorry Brother, gotta keep myself entertai...

I was just a wet dream by the Germans in WWII. It was proposed, but then they snapped back to reality when they realized they were going to install that turret, to an already-overloaded Panzer IV H/J chassis.

pickelhaube wrote:

cardenas wrote:I would rather add the accents myself, and have the price remain low like they where for the 21st Century planes at $15-20.

lol Don't worry. I think most of us doesn't really expect you to make custom planes for that price.

Just get a Tamiya kit or a Matorro RC King Tiger (or a combo of both) and customize the heck out of it.

chunks wrote:Just a quick photo review of the PWP RN Hellcat ($400 shipped) I bought in Oct this year. For chuckles I've also included some photos of the Skywave P-51 ($800 shipped)that I'd bought before MTS started listing the brand.

Jesus, no matter what price, crap decal job is crap.

aferguson wrote:i bet it's over $800.

I guess it would be something around that, considering they're charging almost $400 for simple repaints.

Good job! I remember what a pain it was to remove those accessories off a BBI Sherman.

Panel lines are a must, especially on a large-scale aircraft model. It will just look silly without it. Even 21st oldest models have them, albeit simplified. Heck, even toyish PTE planes have panel lines. I am not talking about the actual panel lines themselves. I am talking about accentuating them...

Panel lines are a must, especially on a large-scale aircraft model. It will just look silly without it. Even 21st oldest models have them, albeit simplified. Heck, even toyish PTE planes have panel lines.