Procopius Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 That Snipe is bloody dangerous. You can't impulse buy a couple of WNW kits and hope to hide it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Nice graffiti Jon - very, er, 'street'. My grey matter finally stirred up 'Nigel Rees' as the author of the graffiti books and a quick search turned up some selected examples: "Bill Posters is Innocent" - under a "Bill Posters will be prosecuted" sign, of course. "Be alert - your country needs lerts" "To do is to be - Rousseau To be is to do - Sartre Dobedobedo - Sinatra" "Back in a minute - Godot" "Free the Heinz 57" "Humpty Dumpty was pushed" "Heisenberg Probably Rules, OK" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 The Trumpeter stickers (they don't deserve the name transfers!) were the worst o have ever encountered. Somehow they contrived at the same time to be both too thin (so they curled up on themselves as soon as they were removed from the backing paper) and to have a grossly thick varnish layer, so that there is a distinct lip, particularly around the larger titles. CSLU 20ft container in 1/35 scale by jongwinnett, on Flickr This is the state of paly after several hours of swearing and half a bottle of decal softener! The wrong number of ribs was of course a complete pain in the bottom when placing the lettering and numbers. CSLU 20ft container in 1/35 scale by jongwinnett, on Flickr Fortunately I can scrub the edge off before I weather (I hope), to minimise its appearance. Remember I said I would get an Italeri box to compare. Well. I did, it’s assembled, but, nicer looking transfers (with three options) aside, it’s not a patch on the Trumpeter moulding. Too flimsy; too many joints on long panels (floor fair enough, but roof and end will need some work to disguise). It’s posed on its altogether more satisfying brethren. CSLU 20ft container in 1/35 scale by jongwinnett, on Flickr Of course, the three options on the transfer sheet mean I could do two more Trumpeter boxes – but for any more I shall have to search for 1/35 aftermarket transfers, or ask Arran Aird who owns C-Rail, a model railway container manufacturer, if he can lend me some artwork to prepare stencil masks. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 Very nice Jon, you should be pleased with that, very realistic What does the Chinese writing say - this way up? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted August 26, 2016 Author Share Posted August 26, 2016 No idea! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted August 27, 2016 Author Share Posted August 27, 2016 The multipart nature of the Trumpeter door locking bars means it would be difficult to fit them after painting. So a tricky masking job was needed: Italeri 20ft Container and Trumpeter doors by jongwinnett, on Flickr Meanwhile the Italeri version was filled, filed and then painted: Italeri 20ft Container and Trumpeter doors by jongwinnett, on Flickr Doors fitted and flat coat on, the China Shipping box is ready for weathering: Trumpeter 1/35 China Shipping 20ft ISO container by jongwinnett, on Flickr And the Italeri box is finished too, as a USMC example: Italeri 1/35 UMC 20ft Container by jongwinnett, on Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Another good one - well done that man! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 What a great thread, some truly smashing work. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Just caught up with the earlier posts on the Bradley and I hadn't realised that you'd recently bought an airbrush... which one did you get? How are you getting on with it? Congrats to Kieran for his model by the way - looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted August 28, 2016 Author Share Posted August 28, 2016 What a great thread, some truly smashing work. Kind words, thank you. I have a long way to go to match other armour modellers' standards though. Just caught up with the earlier posts on the Bradley and I hadn't realised that you'd recently bought an airbrush... which one did you get? How are you getting on with it? Congrats to Kieran for his model by the way - looks great An Aztec, and only marginally ok, I'm still using rattle cans most of the time, no faffing about cleaning and so on. I really do need to practice and I have at least one build in mind which will need NATO tricolour camp so that may force me to confront the damn thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 Kind words, thank you. I have a long way to go to match other armour modellers' standards though. Got to disagree! I've been around a while fella.....Your work can happily stand alongside anything in this forum. Anyone who can make building a shipping container interesting just has to be doing something right! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanM Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 What the Sarge Said! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Sarge never lies but on his back, and only then to sleep. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etienne Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 Hello, I agree totally with what's being said ... you turn a rather trivial container into a very interesting topic !! I'm waiting to see the weathering ... and will certainly get one of these kits, very simple volume to train on weathering technics. E 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 Scale Scotland is tomorrow, so the boxes will get their weathering. And thinking of taking along a Meng pick up (or two) to work on. Come and say hi if you see a beardy bald bloke sloshing paint and glue about 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Have a good show Jon (he of the changed avatar again!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 Like to keep you on your toes 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted September 3, 2016 Author Share Posted September 3, 2016 Progress at the show today: Scale Scotland by jongwinnett, on Flickr Scale Scotland by jongwinnett, on Flickr Not an exact copy of the original but hopefully good enough in an "in the style of" kinda way. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
06/24 Posted September 3, 2016 Author Share Posted September 3, 2016 The show itself was great, really friendly and lots of great work on show and good stuff to buy! Scale Scotland by jongwinnett, on Flickr You might recognise these next two from AFV Modeller magazine. They were even better in the flesh: Scale Scotland by jongwinnett, on Flickr Scale Scotland by jongwinnett, on Flickr Oh, and I started a new build - early stages here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted September 3, 2016 Share Posted September 3, 2016 Nice weathering Jon. I thought the yellow block was a bit excessive then I realised... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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