Pin Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 As announced, I'm entering with something unusual to me as this thing used to crawl rather than fly 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCKNEY Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Struth thats a turn up for the books I must say. Good luck mate Cheers Pat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 I opened the box in the morning with hopes of Ninja build - good moulding, not too many parts .... The first question mark was vinyl tracks. I haven't dealt with them before but have a gut feeling that they will be hard to paint. So I decided to make my own. Many moons ago I have bought a magic Japanese thing that becomes soft when put into hot water and hardens then cools down and therefore can be used for making forms. The resulting forms are not as crisp as silicon ones but a form can be made in just 5 minutes. The forms First resin cast And then .... first strike - I spilled the glue, right on the wheelhouse. It is good that I use MEK as a glue, otherwise it would be complete meltdown, MEK just has given it some .... armour texture and then I was called to fix the emergency at work ..... Ninja build is under jeopardy We all love Mark I for its trolley. Unique feature Emergency is over, I still have some time to finish it Ninja style! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 That kit makes the Airfix one look a bit on the crude side. It looks really good in paint. Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 Ninja attempt has failed. If I start applying weathering now before the paint fully set I will most likely ruin the model. Speed is not worth it. The kit comes with nice etched fret 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted May 24, 2020 Author Share Posted May 24, 2020 Dirting in progress 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 That looks great, especially the colouring on the tracks! Nice work with the Oyumaru. Regards, Adrian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Nice weathering! Pretty ambitious, casting resin tracks for a weekend build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 All the tracks and the trolley in place The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire .... Track leftovers. Enough for another one Preparing old school pigments from pastels Some final touches It is complete Time for the gallery photo session 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 Final pics With its German friend All of my crawling stuff I thoroughly enjoyed this mostly trouble free build and satisfied with the result. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan P Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 That's an excellent result, amazed by the weathering and wear effects you achieved in such a restricted timescale 👋👋👋 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 The weathering looks so realistic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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