Any modeler pics

U-snafu · 12-11-06, 04:17 AM

To the modelers here. Iv'e seen the pics shown on this forum for the VIIC's by the master crafstmans. Any of you guys that just dabble or just got into this hobby have any home pics of your creations?

I just ordered the reville 1:72 VIIC "wolfpack" and the trumpeter 3:50 USS North Carolina. Even with practising on a few cheaper models first --I can only hope my creations will come close to these:
http://steelnavy.com/Trumpeter350NCfo.htm
http://steelnavy.com/TamitaBismarckDM.htm
On the Bismark--the guy actually placed 1,500 mini wood planks for his deck

Talk about exquisite detail

Any of the members here have some pics of your own creations??

Sailor Steve · 12-11-06, 12:27 PM

I'm unable to access my museum-piece Boeing 299 prototype model currently, but here are a couple of my WWI gaming pieces:

Caudron G.4

Caudron being escorted by Morane 'L' parasol and Nieuport N.10 two-seat fighters

Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter blowing his attack on a Rumpler C.1 and C.IV

tedhealy · 12-11-06, 02:02 PM

Working on the 1/72 revell VIIC got me into building models. It's a very easy and fun build and after completing it I couldn't get rid of the modeling bug. Here's just a sample from the past year and a half.

I like jugs

And last but not least

I really want to build the new 1/72 revell gato, but I have no where to put it.

U-snafu · 12-11-06, 04:47 PM

Nice pics & excellent detail

SailorSteve,
What scale is that and what game do those belong to? I take it their a little more than static models.

Sailor Steve · 12-11-06, 05:58 PM

We've been playing the system for more than thirty years. The basic WWII system is called Mustangs & Messerschmitts. The ground scale is 1/800 for WWII and 1/200 for WWI, but we use 1/72 scale models because we all like to build as much as we like to play. Ground movement is governed by a stand, vertical movement is done with a six-foot wooden dowel marked in inches. The system is slow, but that's because it allows for full 3-D movement, so each plane actually flies through maneuvers rather than just saying "I'm doing a chandelle to the right".

Flight Stand

I actually have more than 100 WWII models all stored in a suitcase with cardboard walls with slots for the wings. The WWI ones are packed in foam, as they are more delicate.

Gaggle of Albatroses. I didn't post this earlier because the thread is about models and only one of those is mine.

Sailor Steve · 12-11-06, 05:59 PM

@tedhealy: I see a nice variety (and nice work) but I also see that like any real man you prefer jugs.:rotfl:

Sailor Steve · 12-11-06, 06:13 PM

Okay, sorry to tie this up with three posts in a row, but I finally found my pride and joy.

In 1935 Boeing built the model 299 for a fly-off competition. It soundly defeated the other two entries, but during the tests the pilot took off with the controls still locked. This incedent led to the first pilot checklists, but it destroyed the plane and killed three of the five men aboard. The army service acceptance pilot was a major named Ployer P. Hill. In 1940 the new airbase in Ogden, Utah was named Hill Field in his honor.

In 1990 the base was celebrating its 50th anniversary, and I 'kit-bashed' a model of the 299, which was of course the very first B-17. These pictures were taken in June 1990 on a friends dining room table (and a fake grass mat) just before we took it up there, where it resides at the entrance to the Hill Air Force Base Museum. The pictures aren't too good, but it's one of my favorite models.

tedhealy · 12-12-06, 11:30 AM

That's a great looking build, what's the scale? It looks ultra tiny.

Sounds like it's got a great home too

Sailor Steve · 12-12-06, 12:06 PM

1/72. It's bashed from an Acadamy B-17B and an old Rareplanes YB-17 vac kit, plus a lot of individual scratchbuilding (the 299 was the only B-17 variant to have the DC-3-like dual-strut landing gear).

zaza · 12-13-06, 12:28 PM

This is my recently finished.

This is some years ago.

And I posted here 1/700 IJN escort ship.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=93961

This is my friends works. He is pro ship modeler, some of his works
can see in Model magazine in Japan.

( I dont take permit to direct link here so please put on h to each URL)

ttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~re-pre_factory/newpage14.htm

ttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~re-pre_factory/newpage13.htm

ttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~re-pre_factory/newpage12.htm

2019 · 12-13-06, 01:40 PM

two years of work.

U-snafu · 12-13-06, 04:43 PM

SailorSteve, That boeing is a beaut

zaza,
thanks for including the cig as a scale reference---looking at figures on the computer screen and seeing them in hand is completly different. I just recieved my 1:72 bridge & deck gun crew for the VIIC and it has finally dawned on me how small they really are--I can already see that painting them is going to give me fits

2019,
How long have you been working with wood?? I want to eventually get into the tall ships but gonna get the plastics and resins skills down pat first.

2019 · 12-13-06, 05:16 PM

Quote:

How long have you been working with wood?? I want to eventually get into the tall ships but gonna get the plastics and resins skills down pat first.

actually i've never made a real wooden ship, i've started with own made paper models after that i 've got interested in lightmatches, they are cheap and good enough to model with.

plastic is kinda diffrent because you make something which is moulded.
With wood, lightmatches and paper you need to be more tedious and more patient. you often work with parts that might not fit very well (in my case i've made most of parts my self).

However if you succeed with woods the satisfaction at the end is huge!
All people will take a moment to look at your masterpiece.

2019 · 12-13-06, 05:21 PM

Tedhealy
Your revel boot is very nice painted!
i hope i'll be able to paint mine as good as yours

Very very nice paint job

tedhealy · 12-13-06, 08:31 PM

Thank you very much. I did my best to copy the paint scheme and weathering from:

http://hsfeatures.com/features04/u552cw_1.htm

I didn't have a clue what I was doing so I thought it would be best to copy from one that I thought looked well done.

If I had room to show them off, I would make more. It was that type of build where every part of it was enjoyable.

12-11-06, 04:17 AM	#1
U-snafu XO Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 405 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Any modeler pics To the modelers here. Iv'e seen the pics shown on this forum for the VIIC's by the master crafstmans. Any of you guys that just dabble or just got into this hobby have any home pics of your creations? I just ordered the reville 1:72 VIIC "wolfpack" and the trumpeter 3:50 USS North Carolina. Even with practising on a few cheaper models first --I can only hope my creations will come close to these: http://steelnavy.com/Trumpeter350NCfo.htm http://steelnavy.com/TamitaBismarckDM.htm On the Bismark--the guy actually placed 1,500 mini wood planks for his deck Talk about exquisite detail Any of the members here have some pics of your own creations?? __________________ .."Some men are born mediocre, some men acheive mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them"...

12-11-06, 12:27 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I'm unable to access my museum-piece Boeing 299 prototype model currently, but here are a couple of my WWI gaming pieces: Caudron G.4 Caudron being escorted by Morane 'L' parasol and Nieuport N.10 two-seat fighters Sopwith 1-1/2 Strutter blowing his attack on a Rumpler C.1 and C.IV __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-11-06, 04:47 PM	#4
U-snafu XO Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 405 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	Nice pics & excellent detail SailorSteve, What scale is that and what game do those belong to? I take it their a little more than static models. __________________ .."Some men are born mediocre, some men acheive mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them"...

12-11-06, 05:58 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	We've been playing the system for more than thirty years. The basic WWII system is called Mustangs & Messerschmitts. The ground scale is 1/800 for WWII and 1/200 for WWI, but we use 1/72 scale models because we all like to build as much as we like to play. Ground movement is governed by a stand, vertical movement is done with a six-foot wooden dowel marked in inches. The system is slow, but that's because it allows for full 3-D movement, so each plane actually flies through maneuvers rather than just saying "I'm doing a chandelle to the right". Flight Stand I actually have more than 100 WWII models all stored in a suitcase with cardboard walls with slots for the wings. The WWI ones are packed in foam, as they are more delicate. Gaggle of Albatroses. I didn't post this earlier because the thread is about models and only one of those is mine. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-11-06, 05:59 PM	#6
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	@tedhealy: I see a nice variety (and nice work) but I also see that like any real man you prefer jugs.:rotfl: __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-11-06, 02:02 PM	#3
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Working on the 1/72 revell VIIC got me into building models. It's a very easy and fun build and after completing it I couldn't get rid of the modeling bug. Here's just a sample from the past year and a half. I like jugs And last but not least I really want to build the new 1/72 revell gato, but I have no where to put it.

12-11-06, 06:13 PM	#7
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Okay, sorry to tie this up with three posts in a row, but I finally found my pride and joy. In 1935 Boeing built the model 299 for a fly-off competition. It soundly defeated the other two entries, but during the tests the pilot took off with the controls still locked. This incedent led to the first pilot checklists, but it destroyed the plane and killed three of the five men aboard. The army service acceptance pilot was a major named Ployer P. Hill. In 1940 the new airbase in Ogden, Utah was named Hill Field in his honor. In 1990 the base was celebrating its 50th anniversary, and I 'kit-bashed' a model of the 299, which was of course the very first B-17. These pictures were taken in June 1990 on a friends dining room table (and a fake grass mat) just before we took it up there, where it resides at the entrance to the Hill Air Force Base Museum. The pictures aren't too good, but it's one of my favorite models. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-12-06, 11:30 AM	#8
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	That's a great looking build, what's the scale? It looks ultra tiny. Sounds like it's got a great home too

12-12-06, 12:06 PM	#9
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	1/72. It's bashed from an Acadamy B-17B and an old Rareplanes YB-17 vac kit, plus a lot of individual scratchbuilding (the 299 was the only B-17 variant to have the DC-3-like dual-strut landing gear). __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-13-06, 12:28 PM	#10
zaza Torpedoman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sapporo city Hokkaido JAPAN Posts: 118 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	This is my recently finished. This is some years ago. And I posted here 1/700 IJN escort ship. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=93961 This is my friends works. He is pro ship modeler, some of his works can see in Model magazine in Japan. ( I dont take permit to direct link here so please put on h to each URL) ttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~re-pre_factory/newpage14.htm ttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~re-pre_factory/newpage13.htm ttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~re-pre_factory/newpage12.htm __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

12-13-06, 01:40 PM	#11
2019 Engineer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Berlin Posts: 202 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	two years of work. __________________ IMPERIAL U-FLOTILLA 1914-1918 http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/heinrich/main.htm Current stage: 2 - Pre Alpha Status: 27%

12-13-06, 04:43 PM	#12
U-snafu XO Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 405 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	SailorSteve, That boeing is a beaut zaza, thanks for including the cig as a scale reference---looking at figures on the computer screen and seeing them in hand is completly different. I just recieved my 1:72 bridge & deck gun crew for the VIIC and it has finally dawned on me how small they really are--I can already see that painting them is going to give me fits 2019, How long have you been working with wood?? I want to eventually get into the tall ships but gonna get the plastics and resins skills down pat first. __________________ .."Some men are born mediocre, some men acheive mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them"...

12-13-06, 05:21 PM	#14
2019 Engineer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Berlin Posts: 202 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	Tedhealy Your revel boot is very nice painted! i hope i'll be able to paint mine as good as yours Very very nice paint job __________________ IMPERIAL U-FLOTILLA 1914-1918 http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/heinrich/main.htm Current stage: 2 - Pre Alpha Status: 27%

12-13-06, 08:31 PM	#15
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Thank you very much. I did my best to copy the paint scheme and weathering from: http://hsfeatures.com/features04/u552cw_1.htm I didn't have a clue what I was doing so I thought it would be best to copy from one that I thought looked well done. If I had room to show them off, I would make more. It was that type of build where every part of it was enjoyable.