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Meteors

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  1. Hi guys, A month ago I had spinal surgery, and my wife is expecting our second child any day now, so why not start another model kit! I shoved aside a half finished Speeder Bike and Scout Trooper, shelved a half done DeLorean time machine, cleaned up the bench and got ready to dive into this group build. I’ll be making the Tamiya Easy Eight for this one. I saw that Badder was doing this one too, and was happy to see he’s doing the winter whitewash, something I wasn’t too keen on as this is only my second ever tank build. I watched ‘Fury’ for some inspiration, and whilst it was pretty dumb there was one scene that inspired me. There’s a bit where they’re driving along and some Jerries ambush them from behind a row of trees with some sort of rocket launcher. I thought this would make a nice little diorama, so I just need to decide whether I’ll go with the rural setting, which could cause difficulty with the trees and bushes, etc, or go with an urban style ambush with crumbling walls and all sorts of debris and stuff. I’m going to pop to the LHS at lunch today to see what’s available. Anyway, here’s a pic of the clean desk at the start of the build, supervised as always by the The Big Chap. Looking forward to tucking into this one! Cheers! Tom
  2. I haven't used it on any large areas or for a whole model like a tank or spaceship, I've mainly used it on small pieces of equipment that I forgot about or needed to be done separately. I've found one coat does nicely as a simple primer, though I was using lighter colours than black, but I would imagine that a black would probably be good for shading too. See if you can pick up one of the small 17 ml bottles as a tester.
  3. Nice colourful DeLoreans there! Off to the shops today, will see if they have any of the Vallejo Metallic Steel 77.712. Realised I had some Mig Ammo Aluminum and Metallic Silver/Grey, so I might do some testing this weekend. I'll post pics here so that anyone interested can see the comparisons. Cheers!
  4. Great photo Andy, that camo scheme is nice and different. That would make a wicked little diarama, the Sherman at rest, with the tent and the drums, it’d look great!
  5. Wow, thanks so much guys, praise indeed! Will, I had a look at the left over bits on the decal sheet and you're right, there were little Ts in there to add to the PWL bit! Very cheeky! I don't think I'll try to add them now though as I'd probably end up knocking bits off and making a mess of it! Thanks for following along. Tom
  6. Thanks guys. I do own an airbrush so would be happier using that for the greater control compared to a spray can. I should have mentioned that I mainly use acrylics, so would probably be looking to use that. I haven't used a tin of humbrol enamel since back in the 90s! I might give the Tamiya matt aluminum a go on a practice model, see how it turns out. If not I might search for a Vallejo metal paint as I've had good results with their other stuff.
  7. Hi guys, I'm more of a sci fi builder, so I don't really do cars. But I'm doing a Back to the Future 2 DeLorean, and I'm after some advice on paint for it. Can anyone recommend a metal paint that would look good for this? I've got some Tamiya Flat Aluminium, but I'm guessing that won't look that great, and I know there are a bunch of metal paints out there, so I though I'd ask you car guys which are the best to use. Thanks! Tom
  8. Hi guys, for those of you who don’t read the WIP section here are some pics of my completed Power Loader. First up here’s a link to the WIP post: And here’s the finished piece, I don’t have any lovely studio style pics, just shots of it on my desk. Cheers, Tom
  9. Another vote for the Vallejo primers. I've found they go on very nicely with a brush.
  10. Great wear on the seats, and I love that spiky wheel. Looks like you're a bit of a natural! Looking forward to seeing it all come together.
  11. It's a great build, I've seen it pop up a few times on Instagram, people love it, and rightly so!
  12. Very, very nice! He looks great, and the stand is really cool, good stuff.
  13. Cheers, guys. Well, she’s finished! I made a safety harness out of some ribbon, a couple of bits from a stug and a king tiger to make a buckle, and some unused PE parts for lengthening/shortening bits. It looked really good, but then I accidentally bashed it whilst drunkenly handling it, and thought I was sober enough to fix it properly. I ended up overdoing it on the superglue, so now it’s all a bit patchy and wonky. Oh well, still doesn’t look too bad. So here’s a few pics of the harness: And here’s a little walkaround of the finished loader. And here are a few close ups. One from up top And one with a dark background to make it stand out. I should really do these pics with a nice background, not just on my dirty old desk! So thanks for looking guys and following along. It’s taken me a while, and I’m really looking forward to working on something else! Cheers! Tom
  14. Looking good, Carts. Have a squizz at this thread on the RPF, someone's got some nice pics of the restored small Nostromo filming model. https://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=283278
  15. Thanks, chaps! Another quick update. Did a bit of scratch building, my first attempt! Took the the bulb out of an old nightlight of my daughter. Used that as the light up top, it’s a bit large, but looks quite good. No room for the turny bit, not that you’d really notice it. Also added the foot straps. Found a bit of old ribbon and painted it, then glued it in, simple! Then I got some old wires to make the blowtorch cables/hoses. Rummaged around in the unused parts of my King Tiger kit and found some little connector parts for the bottom of the blowtorch and the connection point round the back. Then I used some rubbery plastic covering the head of an alligator clip to recreate the zip ties. Couldn’t put on as many as Ripley’s powerloader had as the PE parts were in the way, but this isn’t her loader anyway. So not much left to do, make the safety harness, paint all the tubing and then assemble! Cheers Tom
  16. Quick update, here she is all weathered up. I was worried I’d gone too far, but then I rewatched the first powerloader scene, and Spunkmeyer’s loader is filthy as, so I think I’m alright. Just need need to do a bit of scratch building to finish her off, which will be my first time doing any. There’s the toe buckles, the safety harness, the blowtorch cables, and the light to do. Then I reckon I can all it quits!
  17. I've been thinking about building a Sherman for a while now, is there room for one more?
  18. Thanks for the replies guys, I like the idea of these group builds to help me focus and keep me on target. I have so many kits in my pile of shame that I probably wouldn’t get to this one until around then anyway, so please put me down for this one if there’s room!
  19. Hi Guys, I recently purchased a Dragon Panzer IV Ausf C, and I'm keen to be involved in a group build, but I'm not too sure of how it all works, so I just have a couple of questions. What does STGB stand for? (I'm assuming the GB stands for Group Build) The dates listed for this group build have the start as in December 2018, is this correct, this build doesn't start for over a year? Thanks, Tom
  20. Really nice, the engine effect looks great.
  21. Yes, fixed! Good stuff, cheers for the prompt action, Mike, good stuff! Oh, by the way I can't see most the stuff above this text box, the icons for bold, underline, emoticons, etc. If I hover the mouse over it tells me what they are, and some are showing (Italics and Spoiler), not sure if that's a related issue, sorry to bring another thing up! Tom
  22. Hi guys, I have a problem when browsing at work and using Internet Explorer 11. The main forum page displays correctly, but when I click into a sub forum such as WIP or RFI the screen width goes massive. The little bar at the bottom that scrolls the screen left and right is huge, and I can’t see the info that should be on the left hand side of the screen such as who made the last post on a topic, and when they did it. I can see this if I scroll left for ages, as if my monitor was 36 feet wide. Does anyone else else experience this?
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