JesseNepal

Hello! I love the winter scheme and the way you use accessories to really give the model character. The blue barrel really breaks off against the green and white in a good way Very nice! / Jesse

Beautiful! I admire the simplicity of the base. It really makes your tank pop, a perfect harmony. Emil

There we go! First coat of yellow over the hull. I think I got something going here. Now it's time to rest my brain from all the enamel and thinner fumes I've been breathing in.

Hello Everyone! My name is Emil and I am still a newbie when it comes to modeling. Last year I created a thread about my Thunderjet project in 1:48 scale. I had to scrap that project due to a decal malfunction. My two year old managed to get a hold of the decal sheet and decided to put it in my dogs waterbowl. My dog is a doberman and requires a large bowl.. Anyway, it's easy to say that i lost my motivation for modeling for some time. Then university decided to pick up the pace and exams came seeping out of its pores. The educational flood ended almost a year later and I decided to get back into the hobby and start my modeling career with a bang. Here's the ingredients to my big comeback: Bam! I told you it was big. This is the venerable Stug III (Ausf g?) from the vintage classic range. There's also a piece of nicely dried birchwood directly from my property. Grown, cut down and cut up locally. The missing ingredient is the WW2 german soldiers in 1:76 scale from airfix. I can't find them right now. I have to ask the two year old marauder if she has put them in the chicken coop. "But Emil, what's so big about a simple Stug diorama?" Well I am glad you asked. You see, I am a "young" lad. I was born the same year that the Soviet union dissolved. I was born too late to experience the true golden age of modeling. So i thought to myself, what if I was a teenager in those days? What if I created a diorama at the kitchen table? And that is my premise. I will only use material i have at home, no fancy airbrushing or special modeling products will be used. Just a bit of good old problem solvning and hopefully a bucketload of fun modeling time. I painted the road wheels with Revell sandy yellow. This is the colour they recommend for most of their dunkelgelb subjects. I am not very happy about the tint of this paint and it turned out a bit chalky over the red automobile primer. I have a few ideas on how to paint the hull. That will be my next post. Better Motörhead than dead! Emil Ps: Do not worry about the very short barrel on this particular specimen. I am modeling a experimental version fondly called the Sweedy-Weedy-Snapped-Off by it's crew. And do not bother googling it, only the most tenacious researchers can find the original material i'm basing this one on.

This looks great! And a beautiful Yak as well. The base and the machine really shines together. The concept keep it simple is strong with this one! In the best of ways

Haha I agree.. I'll just assume that he knows what he's doing.

Dryfitting of the fuselage halves showed a glaring problem I should have anticipated. But it's easily fixed with some cardboard, it aint pretty but it will do the job. Thank god for paternity leave letting me work at a fast pace.

Yeah i can see that. I look forward to see how it goes!

And there we go! Much better, now time for primer and hopefully I can start painting him tomorrow. Hopefully I will not forget to fill those ejector pin holes before I do the painting. Im starting to feel confident about this old bird. / Jesse

Yeah I can see that being a problem.. Are you brushpainting?

Wow that looks great! What is the colour scheme that's on the side of the box? The black and white one. Keep it up. / Jesse

Thanks guys for all your responses! I'm in between coats of primer on the inside of the fuselage, basic assembly of all the four parts needing it is done. In the meanwhile I'm cleaning up the separate pilot figure which I will use to build a simple diorama. His face reminds me of Boris Karloff which is a good thing. Maybe I'll paint him like Karloff in The mummy. The other figures were too busted to be usable. I'll use this mans hand as an example. I think that he's crying for help since an xenomorph from Alien has burst out of his back. See you in a bit when the fuselage has been glued together! / Jesse

Made In U.S.A? Hmm I wonder. The instructions is one frame on one page. The opposite side has the painting and decals instructions. The decals look pretty ok to me. Time to start the assembly process. / Jesse

Yes I think so, looks pretty decent and should be a fun build! By the way, does anyone know how to enlargen pictures? I noticed now that my pictures are a bit small. I use Google blog for uploading.

I sure hope so! Thanks for stopping by.

Hello! I have a nostalgic affinity for old and outdated kits from the land before I was young. ( I am born in the early 90s. ) I do not know why but they speak more to me than the newer kits with their fancy details and lack of raised panel lines. And that's why I bought this kit from Gomix/Chematic. Here's the unboxing shot, the moulding itself looks okay for the most part and those raised panel lines are extra crispy. This kit is not tooled in the 70s, 80s or 60s. It is tooled in 1949 (!) by Hawk according to Scalemates. It seems likely judging by the look of these figures, poor guy has a hole in his pants. The pilot is stuck in there forever. I thought about liberating him and scratchbuilding a cockpit but no. I will build it the way it was intended back in the day with very minor modifications if at all necessary. Also, hello again! I am new to the forums, I have been lurking a while looking at you guys excellent work. This will be my second aircraft ever since i was a young lad. And back then i mostly sniffed the glue instead of doing any glueing. I hope that you will join me in this epic quest of self discovery and help me along the way with tricks, tips and valid criticism in an effort to get the best result possible. Thanks again and take care. / Jesse