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T-Maxx

Plug wrote:

Off topic a bit but did anyone see this in Dubland yet?:eek:

£126k:eek:

I suppose it entitles you to park on the double yellow...;)

T-Maxx

T-Maxx after a few bad landings:

g5hn710m4xpdwy

I hate being the bearer of bad news but...:
You forgot the pictures

SLIM19198

HEHE, I thought firefox had missed em here :P

Ratsathome

Pic of my new Savage X:D

vectra

Ratsathome wrote:

Pic of my new Savage X:D

Nice..

Plug

Agreed!

Manic Moran

Right, back to proper modelling.. :-P

After spending a few months sojourning in the Airplane/Chopper regime, I've returned to my roots for these two.

The Tamiya Marder 1A2, and the AFV Club Wiesel 20.

The Marder was an unusual one. I knew it wasn't exactly a modern kit (not least I bought it about ten years ago), but I was not expecting the 1977 copyright on the molds. A very good kit for the age, although the two parts of the molds didn't match up fantastically well. Something I was not expecting was the engine, and there is no indication on the box that it comes with one. Compartment is a bit bare, but it certainly would make a good start if you have an inclination to superdetail things. Not many kits come with an engine.







As I look at the pictures, it seems I forgot to Krystal Kleer the troop compartment periscopes. Oops. (They didn't come with plastic sheeting)

The AFV Wiesel is an interesting kit. For starters, it only has 16 roadwheels, unlike the normal 28 or 32 to drive you mad. The tracks on the real thing are rubber-band, but I haven't been able to properly glue them together to look seamless. Comes with a photo-etch set, most noticeable as the exhaust guard, though folding and gluing is a royal pain in the arse.







Here they are together for relative size. The Wiesel really is a tiny little model, there are 1/72 tanks which are larger than it.



Took quite a leap of faith to go from the nicely done, clean paint job to go over the lot of it with drybrush, instead of simply highlighting the raised details. I think I lucked out, the overall 'faded' look seems to have worked.

NTM

tallus

Those look excellent Manic.

Plug

tallus wrote:

Those look excellent Manic.

Are they real?:D

Plug

Are they real?:D

Manic Moran

Plug wrote:

Are they real?:D

Umm.. Yes.



NTM

coolwings

Very nice Manic.

coolwings

This is not mine.
It is a display model that goes round trade fairs.
Only once have I seen better water diorama modelling.
I took the picture for reference for when I have a go at this type of model.
Enjoy

Cmar-Ireland

coolwings wrote:

This is not mine.
It is a display model that goes round trade fairs.
Only once have I seen better water diorama modelling.
I took the picture for reference for when I have a go at this type of model.
Enjoy

Wow.... How did they get the water to look so real!!!

Manic Moran

Looks like epoxy. Lots of epoxy.

NTM

coolwings

Manic Moran wrote:

Looks like epoxy. Lots of epoxy.

NTM

Really nice paint job. That's why I took the photos for reference later.
I'm always fascinated by "a masterwork".

The best diorama I ever saw including water was a submarine pen, with refuelling & rearming going on, and all under attack from the air.
An intimidating subject - but the result was incredibly realistic.

Railway landscape buffs are usually good at water too.

Plug

Manic Moran wrote:

Umm.. Yes.



NTM

Them tanks are the smallest i ever saw and that helicopter, huge!

Manic Moran

Technically they're not tanks, they're categorised as weapons carriers. The idea is to give airmobile forces a little fire support. The chopper is a CH-53 Stallion.

NTM

zt-OctaviaN

Havent posted a pic here yet thought Id chuck one or 2 up.
Its a Jammin X1 RTR with a some Mods the JP-3 pipe I havent used yet... cant wait!

Plug

Lovely!
1/8 scale, yeah? .28 engine:eek:

vectra

Nice..!! :eek:

zt-OctaviaN

Cheers,
yup 1/8th and ya .28 came with it! tis nuts! I dunno what that JP-3 is gonna be like I have never made an engine based performance mod to one of these? hopefully Ill noticed an improvement :rolleyes:
Its me first buggy but I love it have only broken several aerials then got the K7 nylon jobby.
2 gallons gone through love this stuff! pitty about the weather.

n

ngavin2001

Cmar-Ireland wrote:

Yeah, it's a 26cc 2 stroke, 25:1 mix. It runs for about 40mins on a tank (700cc)

Just incase you do any damage the fg`s fitted with the rc230 engine run on a mix of 50:1.

damisdad

Here are a few pics of my SKI-VO as I call it. Let me know what you all think.

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coolwings

....my SKI-VO ....
Hey - that's cute !

g5hn710m4xpdwy

I congree! the ski-vo is nice
And wowah, havn't seen you in a plentyful amount of time

tallus

zt-OctaviaN wrote:

Havent posted a pic here yet thought Id chuck one or 2 up.
Its a Jammin X1 RTR with a some Mods the JP-3 pipe I havent used yet... cant wait!

That's the dogs boll0x zt, best of luck with it the pipe looks bloody excellent.

zt-OctaviaN

Cheers Tallus hopefully get out soon IF it ever stops raining! At this rate we'll all be trading our Cars for Boats...speaking of which, if you nail the throttle through a puddle in you guessed it...that Ski-Vo which is deadly, can it go on water! or to put it in scientific terms 'aquaplane'.
If it nose dives put slightly bigger skis on it! Im dying to know

n

damisdad

Hey Zt. I havent had it in water >>yet<<. But I dont see why it wouldnt work as long as i kept the rpm's up. It rips through the snow though!! I will be trying that this coming spring though. Gonna take it to the beaches and see how the ski's do in the sand.

Plug

If you go fast enough through water it will float a bit like snowmobiles. i wonder does that go for the same with 4 wheels?
*idea*

damisdad

I would think so. The swamp buggies do pretty much the same thing and basically mash the gas and go. I have another set of the paddle tires. Might have to try that in the spring. Cant wait to find out.

Plug

Yeah them paddle tires look class but are probly crap on the road, offroad, well thats a totally different storey!

The Doktor

Somthin a bit different....
Bird of Prey .jpg

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Not somthing I would normally build, but a friend of mine gave me some of these models to build for him, so here is the result of the first one. Pictures not great cos they are taken on the phone..

Cmar-Ireland

The Doktor wrote:

Somthin a bit different....

Not somthing I would normally build, but a friend of mine gave me some of these models to build for him, so here is the result of the first one. Pictures not great cos they are taken on the phone..

Wow, great deail there! Very nice...

Plug

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zt-OctaviaN

Yup any of you that havent seen this sport youll know why I asked!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8yZtCy7yk4


watch all of it cos youll seen what I mean.

Eurosprt used to televise this stuff dunno if they still do?

Plug

Didn't see that in a good while, i used to watch it. thats what i want to do to my maxx(not the revo):D

damisdad

I'm lookin to try that with my Ski-vo this spring. Have a few more things I want to do to it first.

Plug

Now what would they be?:D Jump the grand canyon?

Manic Moran

Got to increase the 'static' quotient of this thread.



1/72, Airfix. The damned kit sucked more than the EC-135, but at least it has the excuse of age.

NTM

The Doktor

Got to increase the 'static' quotient of this thread

Damn right!!
Nice Heli by the way!
I think I posted this before, but not in this thread, and besides, I never get tired of lookin at it!!

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coolwings

I really like that Panzer diorama. Lovely job!

Hypnotoad

The Doktor wrote:

Damn right!!
Nice Heli by the way!
I think I posted this before, but not in this thread, and besides, I never get tired of lookin at it!!

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Thats really nice.

BFassassin

A few pics of the model Lorry and Trailer i built.

The Doktor

looks really good. Somthin I havent done a model of in years. Since I was a kid i reckon.
Id love to do a model of a scania 111 or 141 (if one was available!)

BFassassin

I see a couple of models of 143's on ebay if that interests you.

Btw where do you buy your models and photo-etched parts from?

Plug

Looks nice, is that static or rc?

BFassassin

Its static Plug. Its an italeri 1/24 kit

Magic Eight Ball

The Doktor wrote:

Damn right!!
Nice Heli by the way!
I think I posted this before, but not in this thread, and besides, I never get tired of lookin at it!!

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PIC00040.jpg

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WOW man, that model is amazing!
I'd love to be able to make something like that.
great work man!!