Small Scale Military Headquarters

I've been moaning and groaning about this for months -- I started another thread about it somewhere here. Tower has started listing SOME but not all the spray lacquer rattle cans as "available in December" or something like that. The color I REALLY need is TS-3 Flat Dark Yellow -- One of the two col...

Really like the enhancements you're making, gburch, and the in-progress pics! The shot up the length of the tube is especially striking, looking much like internal views of real rockets. If anyone is actually following this thread who might end up building a kit, I'd appreciate hearing opinions on ...

"How do you like that Mr. Hitler?", indeed -- must have been a shock when the good Nazis discovered that untermenschen were shooting down their planes . . . A nice revenge for Jessie Owens. I watched the "featurette" on the making of the movie on the same Youtube channel -- well worth the time. Seem...

As someone who spent some time working on 1/18 buildings a couple of years ago, I can say that's one of the finest I've ever seen. Truly amazing work.

More pics and notes from "finishing school:" The control section framework ready for a second coating of filler. This is after a first brushing with diluted putty, sanding, a first heavy coat of filler primer, sanding, a very few undiluted putty touch-ups to fill the little seams where the frame ele...

Very interesting application of the green stuff. Not my idea. I took the time to read Nick Karatzides' detailed build thread on his unusual helicopter trainer model: http://www.warbird-photos.com/gpxd/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=25656 Way down in there, he mentions that he uses the technique of diluting pu...

Finishing School (notes after the pics): http://gregburch.net/IMG-20111123-00212.jpg http://gregburch.net/IMG-20111124-00215.jpg http://gregburch.net/IMG-20111124-00213.jpg http://gregburch.net/IMG-20111124-00217.jpg Pic 1: On the left is an assembled tank section to which I've applied the first exp...

Definitely. I got into 1/18 after the Golden Age but, despite that, I now have at least one of every aircraft and vehicle that was made back then and, for things that are favorites of mine (e.g. P-47, Corsair) quite a few examples . . . all except the Cobra. I've never been able to find one at a pri...

I discovered these right at the end of the period when I was building structures for my GWOT dio. They're really quite neat, especially when combined with other building materials like foam core board (to make floors and roofs) and balsa stick and sheet (to make window and door frames and doors and ...

Plan C is a success !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations! Projects like this are like a long journey where you know what destination you want to arrive at, and you have a very good idea where some of the landmarks along the way are, but in other parts of the trip, you have no idea h...

Looks REALLY good!

Loose XD Huey Hoghead on ebay (not mine) The way its worded on title makes me think someone here whos been looking for one might get lucky and snag one for an ok price http://www.ebay.com/itm/2000-21ST-CENTURY-US-ARMY-HELICOPTER-W-PILOT-UH1L-/310359635324?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4842e0357c I...

An amazing piece of film and really an incredible job of piecing together the action on a second-by-second basis. It's rare to see this level of detail. And yes . . . really heart-rending to see especially the Sherman commander and know you're watching some of the last minutes of his life. It really...

I went and got all of the material to make my " rotisserie " mould machine. I hope to make it and try to pour some wings on Sunday. This is part of the project that was very questionable and I hope it will work . Otherwise I will have to split the wings and make moulds for the out side skin and ins...

(Slow) progress (notes after the pics): http://gregburch.net/IMG-20111119-00203.jpg http://gregburch.net/IMG-20111119-00204.jpg These are two pics of the current state of the redesign of the engine section and fins. The engine section body has been puttied and sanded once, then a few coats of filler...

Six Million Dollar Man. :D I would be up for some X planes in 1/18, particularly the X-15. 8) Ha! Good find! There is a market for nostagic models from retro tv shows + movies. So maybe DM can re-package this possible 1:18 spacecraft in a retro Six Million Dollar Man kit package, too! Pegasus Hobbi...

Some cute little spacecraft kids can enjoy, yet with a realistic Space / Military vibe, mature adult collectors can really appreciate, too. First pic is the X-24A NASA / Air Force. Second pic is the lifting-body sisters X-24A, M2-F3 & HL-10. ALL amazingly measure LESS in length + wingspan than one ...

There is an online hobby store in Missouri that has a pretty good selection of Tamiya rattle cans in stock. Try http://www.hobby1.com. Like any store, there are some colors that are out of stock, but they have much more in stock than out of stock. I repaint lots of models in DAK and really like Mod...

Finally had to break down this morning and do an order from Tower on some things I need . . . I'd hoped by putting it off as long as possible, the Tamiya spray lacquer rattle cans would finally be in but no such luck. Anyone hear any new news about when we might expect to see these paints again?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOC-New-JOHN-WAYNE-Horse-Dollor-Action-Figure-100th-Anniversary-/130601286522?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e68717b7a I can't find much information other than an Amazon listing A couple of my friends are huge John Wayne fans -- they'd make great Christmas gifts. I'd like t...

When do you expect to start shipping? With current progress and the constraints imposed by real life, it's looking like I could start taking orders and shipping the first kits in mid-February. A note on progress on fin redesign: I spent some time this weekend doing some slight recontouring of the f...

Have you thought of making a sleeve to join the parts ? That way you can make all the parts the same thickness . You should be able to make the sleeve to slide inside of the parts to hold and align them together. Also it should cut down on the time for the big parts and you should have shorter run ...

More experiments -- notes after the pics (and some notes about kit release timing): http://gregburch.net/IMG-20111112-00200.jpg http://gregburch.net/IMG-20111111-00198.jpg A question I've been asked by the few folks who've had access to development-level parts is why I haven't designed the rocket bo...

If there were to be merchandise for this movie, wouldn't the company have been chosen by now and be quite far deep into the project? Its really quiet, no info or rumours... unless there really is no merchandise planned :shock: Given who's making this movie, I'd have thought there would be a big mer...