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Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 11:50 pm
by plasticgeneral
I would love to be contacted first, regarding your sale of 1:32.
I must admit that it saddens me to hear that you will sell them, I could never do it, I love them too much.
I just mix both scales, big deal!
LONG LIVE 1:32!!!!!!!!
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 10:06 am
by [CAT]CplSlade
Matching tie and handkerchief, almost finished:
Had to scratchbuild a set of stowage compartments for the 251 as the Tamiya kit had none. Mine are pretty basic as I've never actually built a part before.
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:30 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2013 1:49 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2013 11:06 am
by cnq
very nice collection of model kits. I like the Mosquito and Mitchell ones. It's going to take me a good 2-3 years to finish building all of that
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 4:48 pm
by plasticgeneral
ONCE BITTEN by the 1:35 BUG, there will be NO RETURN!
But you do need to get on your 1:32 aircraft!
You are so going to ENJOY your B-25 & V-2!
Plastic General
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 4:35 am
by The_Helicopter_Pilot
Nice collection, I see a lot there I got, my favs were the 1/32 H-111, and avenger, just finished an 32 F-15, best one so far!
Up next 32 Ju-88, can't wait!
I'm thinking an African paint?
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 10:34 am
by ledhead0085
nice. your paint jobs are nice too. ive always liked looking at what you came out with in 1/32. i wish some of the stuff 1/35 was a available in 1/32. if i find everything in 1/35 that the wheels and tracks rolled id go back to 1/35. keep up the good work.
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Thu Jan 02, 2014 10:10 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Fri Jan 03, 2014 3:06 am
by plasticgeneral
I really like the way you build, CLEAN & CRISP!
But look at all those boxes, your falling behind!
Plastic General
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Sat Jan 04, 2014 9:30 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:49 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
Have added the Wespe and Tiger I to the paint queue and am starting the gun portion of the Nashorn. The first two were also Tamiya kits, but the Nashorn is a rebox of someone else's kit by Dragon. The plastic is a softer material that doesn't hold details quite as sharp but it was priced very right.
Parts have been cunningly leaned together to create the illusion of completeness:
Made my own grill screens out of the leftovers from the Mobelwind kit
Compared to its cousin kit, which also happens to be the first 1/35 kit I've ever built
Beware the sting of the Mighty Hornisse!!!
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:11 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
QUESTION for those of you who also build:
Viewing a YouTube vid on weathering gave me the notion of using the hairspray technique on most of the tools, especially the wooden-handled ones. This way I could then attach them and spray them along with the entire hull and fastenings as would have been done at the factory so everything would match up, and then weather off the paint on the handles and worky-bits to reveal the original tool color and material underneath.
I am sure I could Google this, but the hairspray trick requires the use of acrylics only over the first layer of paint (ex; the steel of a shovel blade), as the water would not penetrate enamel- or lacquer-based factory paint to get to the hair spray coating under it - is this correct?
Since I obviously will be needing to amass a quantity of base and camo color paint for the pile of kits I am cranking through, I need to know whether to do Model Master or Tamiya (or Vallejo) and by hours of usage I am biased towards MM enamels but will do what will work best. I have used Tamiya acrylics only once that I can recall but I don't remember any pros/cons which in itself could be a good sign.
It only recently occurred to me to stop being a dumbass and take a 40%-off coupon down to Hobby Lobby and buy the biggest, cheapest plane model and use that for airbrush practice rather than the more expensive kits I really can't afford to f up.
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Fri Jan 10, 2014 7:28 am
by cnq
very very nice progress so far.
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2014 1:32 am
by [CAT]CplSlade
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 8:45 am
by luftpanzer
WOW I built the Revell J2M3 Raiden kit 40 years ago as a kid. Your model of it turned out way better then mine did. LOL
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2014 10:48 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:07 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
Well, the cold has made it impossible for me to paint at the moment - my workroom is off the garage and to keep warm I would have to seal it up which counteracts ventilation while running the airbrush. And it doesn't get much above 55ºF in there which is uncomfortable while working.
So I have just kept assembling kits knowing I can pretty much base coat them all at once and then concentrate on individual camo schemes.
Adding to the paint-prep queue are:
SdKfz 234/1
SdKfz 234/2 "Puma"
SdKfz 234/3
All three are Italeri kits and went together pretty quickly. I have a 234/4 but it is a Dragon kit and does not assemble the same way.
By the time it gets warm enough again to paint, I just might have almost my entire collection ready and waiting. It also gives me time to add odds and ends to flesh out details.
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2014 1:34 am
by [CAT]CplSlade
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Fri Feb 07, 2014 12:04 am
by [CAT]CplSlade
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Tue Feb 11, 2014 4:17 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 2:19 pm
by [CAT]CplSlade
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Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 10:28 pm
by plasticgeneral
Nice collection of model kit boxes, you still have to build those things ya know??!!
The most kits I ever have on the waiting shelf at one time is 3.
I get down to one, I buy one or two more, but your pile is awesome and !@#$ INSANE!!!
On my shelf right now I have the:
1:32 OSTERWIND
1:32 THUNDERBOLT RAZORBACK
1:32 HELLCAT
Waiting patiently for their turn.
Plastic General
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:40 am
by [CAT]CplSlade
plasticgeneral wrote:Nice collection of model kit boxes, you still have to build those things ya know??!!
And all the pics in the posts preceding yours are of what?
Re: Current 1/32 kit builds
Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 2:43 pm
by plasticgeneral
"NOTHING" !!!!!
I'm pulling your chain!! I'm a !@#$% FAN!!!!!
Plastic General