[North Atlantic in a frame.]

On 10/28/2018 at 1:12 PM, Chewbacca said:

For a first ship diorama that's excellent. The sheen is spot on.  So I hope you don't mind me making a couple of suggestions for your future dioramas.  The first might be to soften the colour a little.  In 32 years in the Navy, most of it spent in the North Atlantic, I've never seen the sea that blue.  It tends to more greenish-grey tending to a darker blue the further south you go.  And the wave crests are perhaps a little too close together.  But as I said, for a first seascape that isreally good and something you can be proud of.

I am happy you liked my dio and thanks for the suggestions!

 

I live by the seaside of the Mediterrenean, I mixed blue and dark grey trying to make a cruel dark grey sea. Then I saw some photos of dios set in the Pacific Ocean and the light blue influenced me.

I also got the ships colours wrong (probably the blue it's too light).

[North Atlantic in a frame.]

On 10/24/2018 at 12:58 AM, Murdo said:

A very impressive dio mate. Well done!

 

Where did you get the 1/700 Hurricane from? Scratch built?

Thank you mate!

It's an M6A Seiran without the floats :D, from the top the 2 planes don't look too different on this scale.

[North Atlantic in a frame.]

My first ever ship diorama, it's an Hunt Destroyer recovering an Hurricane pilot.

 

The model is in 1/700 scale from the company IBG models, some photo etched were already included in the kit, this is my second ship built and the first with photo etches. Next I gotta learn rigging!

 

 

The waves are made with DAS clat, then airbrushed and covered in vallejo water effect with some cotton near the ship.

 

 

Hope you like it.

[Pz.Kpfw 38H735(f), 1:72, S-Model]

I did the same model but in french colors, love your work!

[Churchill Mk. II]

My 1/72 scale british tank, the kit was a bit on the cheap side and the rubber tracks are just...... meh.

 

Nonetheless here it is.

 

 

 

 

Hope you like it.

See you soon with an Universal Carrier with individual track links.

[Dieppe Raid Churchill with bailing crew]

37 minutes ago, Kiwikitbasher said:

The pipes came with the kit, but I replaced the over-scale connecting tie with one I made from brass sheet.

Thank you, I need to find a way to craft my own, they weren't in mine. Do you also know how the fascine was carried?

[Dieppe Raid Churchill with bailing crew]

I am doing a 1/72 dieppe raid churchill as well, were the exaust pipes included in the kit or did you build them yourself?

[Italian F-104 G 1/72]

Thank you all very much, I still have to decide which plane to do next, in the meanwhile some tanks.

[Italian F-104 G 1/72]

My second jet fighter model, I have always liked the look of the Starfighter and the Italeri kit had good reviews so I gave it a try. I didn't weather it much because I already liked how the panel lines looked.

 

 

 

 

[T-34/85]

A T-34/85 in 1/72 scale, model by dragon.

 

 

 

 

 

[Spitfire Mk IX Clipped Wings 1/72 Italeri]

59 minutes ago, Graham Boak said:

I've done both the Mk.V and the Mk.IX (although the latter is too short in the nose, it is the right length for a Mk.III - or near enough - which is what I wanted).  I didn't have any problem with the nose on either.  From memory, I attached each fuselage side and its nose together before bringing the full fuselage together.  Possibly trouble arises when a different method is tried?

If I remember correctly, I glued the nose together and then placed it on the the halves already glued.

 

The good thing is that the kit gives the option for 3 different radiators and full wings or clipped.  Iwould have liked a little bit of extra details in the cockpit but I paid it a really low price I cannot complain.

[Spitfire Mk IX Clipped Wings 1/72 Italeri]

48 minutes ago, johnd said:

Nicely done.

 

At the risk of sounding like a broken record (I ask this question whenever I see an Italeri Spitfire), did you use any particular trick to get the fuselage and cowling parts together?

 

John.

Glad you liked it!

 

I tries fitting the parts dry, then I used a lot of filling and sanding, soft and extra fine sanding sticks helped me really a lot, it took quite some time.

 

[Spitfire Mk IX Clipped Wings 1/72 Italeri]

My first aircraft after a long time, slowly learning how to set decals properly.

 

 

 

 

The interiors weren't really much detailed, the model even lacked the classic decals seat belts so i decided to model it closed, the fitting was far from perfect and it took me a long time to san everything and imperfections are still there.

But I really love clipped wings on spitfires and this model was cheap, I couldn't resist!

[AerMacchi MC205 VELTRO, 1 48 HASEGAWA - Upd. Jan.9: Family pics added]

Really good I love it!

[Hotchkiss 35 in 1/72 scale]

Thank you all!

 

Yes probably it's S-model.

[Hotchkiss 35 in 1/72 scale]

I found this little cute chubby tank at a fair stand, it was sold in a pack of 2 for a bunch of money, and i got it and divided it with a friend.

I decided to mount the short 37mm gun (more like a grenade launcher, the long barrel version was also available). A really funny and short project, I am sorry the photo are shitty. I could make a small diorama with it further on.

 

Thanks for the visit!

 

 

 

[1/35 MiniArt SU-85 1943 Early Production Model]

I got a cold only by looking at it

[AMX Ghibli - Kinetic 1/48]

This is awesome, really!

How was the kit to put together? I would like to make an AMX one day but i don't want to spend weeks filling and sanding gaps.

[Italian thoroughbred!]

Those decals are awesome!

[SOVIET BATTLE HORSE T-34/76 1943 1/35 ZVEZDA * FINISHED*]

Simply awesome.

[Yakovlev Yak 3 Eduard 1/48]

Amazing, love the masking work.

[FIAT g.55 centauro 1/48]

This is awesome, I have no words.

[Macchi 200 Saetta 150°Gruppo, 1/48]

Really a nice weathering and modification on the windshield!

[A-6E Intruder (Italeri 1/72)]

Really a nice aircraft! One of those you don't see everyday

[U-Boot Typ VII 1/350 Revell]

Thank you both very much!