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Anybody doin any interestin projects?

  • 30-08-2007 10:26AM
    #1
    The Doktor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭


    Since there hasnt been much talk about static models lately, and i didnt see anyone at the wicklow plastic open. And mostly cos im still makin a Subaru Brat that I have a pain in me arse with and cant start somthing more interesting till its finished.
    I got sooooooo many things I wanna build and I cant!! :(
    Anyone got anything interesting on the go???


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  • #2
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    Not me!
    I bet loopingfred is probly making a model plane the size of a car though....


  • #3
    The Doktor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭The Doktor


    I ment static things!! not them remote controly thingamejigs!!:D


  • #4
    Plug
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,248 ✭✭✭Plug


    i did try my arm at the subaru static things, it actually came out alright surprisingly.....


  • #5
    g5hn710m4xpdwy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭g5hn710m4xpdwy


    I made a very basic clip together Alfa something (it's old, 60's possibly?)
    Does that count?


  • #6
    The Doktor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭The Doktor


    Flunked wrote:
    I made a very basic clip together Alfa something (it's old, 60's possibly?)
    Does that count?

    Id rather that than me subaru brat


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  • #7
    hobie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,338 ✭✭✭hobie


    Plug wrote:
    Not me!
    I bet loopingfred is probly making a model plane the size of a car though....

    If Fred is about how about this one ..... 3.75 mtr wingspan .... :eek:

    that's about 12 feet in old money ...... :rolleyes:

    http://cgi.ebay.ie/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=110164618429&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=001


  • #8
    skelliser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭skelliser


    trying to get this USS NIMITZ CVN-68 i bought awhile back goin its 1:700 scale so there is millions of small parts and i need a magnifying glass thing with clamps!

    http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/internethobbies_1964_38727896


    not sure about those helping hands thingys, does anyone know are they any good


  • #9
    The Doktor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭The Doktor


    skelliser wrote:
    trying to get this USS NIMITZ CVN-68 i bought awhile back goin its 1:700 scale so there is millions of small parts and i need a magnifying glass thing with clamps!

    http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/internethobbies_1964_38727896


    not sure about those helping hands thingys, does anyone know are they any good

    Cool... I did the tamiya 1/350 Missouri a while ago.. bloody huge!!!
    Are u using any aftermarket kits on it??
    And helping hands are useless...lol


  • #10
    skelliser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭skelliser


    maybe get the lastest planes for it f-18 etc!
    thats a while off tho!!
    what did you use for the small pieces, i really want to have one of those magnifying light thingys but there very expensive


  • #11
    The Doktor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭The Doktor


    skelliser wrote:
    what did you use for the small pieces

    Me eyes...
    :D
    No really.. good lighting is important.
    I got a decent flourecent light in the room, Got a couple of those bathroom type flourecents over the work bench, and a halogen lamp just in case...
    though i would love one of those trulite types but they are silly money.


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  • #12
    skelliser
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭skelliser


    post up some pics of the missouri! wud love to see it!:D
    thats my next project although i wouldnt mind doin a 1/35 scale tiger tank


  • #13
    g5hn710m4xpdwy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭g5hn710m4xpdwy


    Correction: It's an Alfa Spider from 1932


  • #14
    The Doktor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭The Doktor


    skelliser wrote:
    post up some pics of the missouri! wud love to see it!:D
    thats my next project although i wouldnt mind doin a 1/35 scale tiger tank

    Ill take some pics of the missouri next time i see it... Its in someones garage...
    Theres a few tiger pics in the photo section above..
    Tigers are my favourite subject


  • #15
    Ciaran_Dub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 195 ✭✭Ciaran_Dub


    Does a 1/25 Aoshima Back to the Future Part III DeLorean count?

    Its unusual for me as i'm into building cars exclusively but not sci-fi/fiction. More race cars and high powered or vintage street cars


  • #16
    BFassassin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,149 ✭✭✭BFassassin


    I started that Scania truck model a while back but I have been busy lately and havent got back to it since.


  • #17
    The Doktor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭The Doktor


    Lads!! Pictures!!!


  • #18
    Ciaran_Dub
    Closed Accounts Posts: 195 ✭✭Ciaran_Dub


    Will try and organise a few pics of the DeLorean at the weekend. Actually would be interested in getting your point of few on one or two of them because its the first time I tried weathering, I did it on the exhausts at the back, personally I am happy with it as my first try.


  • #19
    The Doktor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭The Doktor


    Ciaran_Dub wrote:
    personally I am happy with it as my first try.

    Isnt that all that matters?? :D


  • #20
    loopingfred
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 351 ✭✭loopingfred


    Hi there,

    Just back from France to have a piece of summer ! :rolleyes:
    Plug wrote:
    I bet loopingfred is probly making a model plane the size of a car though....
    Well, not far ! Next one should fit the Scenic perfectly ! :p
    I'll do a building thread as usual as soon as I start.
    hobie wrote:
    If Fred is about how about this one ..... 3.75 mtr wingspan .... :eek:

    that's about 12 feet in old money ...... :rolleyes:

    Eh eh eh.. 3.75 mtrs is pretty standard for a glider ! ;) So far, the biggest I have is a 1/3 scale asw22.. That's 7.33 mtrs :D Fuselage is 2.70 mtrs long, cannot bring it back in Ireland, don't fit the car :(
    Big is beautifull ! Well, that what I keep saying to my wife ! :p


    But in static, i'm doing the finishing touch on a 1/32 Wildcat :)


  • #21
    The Doktor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,181 ✭✭✭The Doktor


    loopingfred wrote:

    But in static, i'm doing the finishing touch on a 1/32 Wildcat :)

    Oh nice!!! i like them...


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  • #22
    DennisZ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭DennisZ


    here is one :)

    275cc363982104d9f775656e90fc9ac3_full.jpg

    and more here


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