Lack of Posts

Sorry for the lack of posts, there has been a massive lack of free time on my part. Hopefully, I will have some time for modelling in the following weeks. It will make it easier now that winter is coming, giving me less time outside and more for my models.

Thanks for your patience,

zaltar

Canada's Hornet Pt. 5

I finally came to a decision about the landing gear on the CF-18, and I'm leaving them down. Therefore, I decided to do a little bit of detail work on the interior of the wheel wells. I took average copper electrical wire, shaved off the protective sleeve and bent it to shape (Note: Make sure the wire isn't live or attached to anything before doing this ;D ) I then cut holes in the plastic model and glued down the wires. This added some really easy details for dirt cheap.

Tiger Tracks

I finally started the tracks, after much humming and hawing. The worst part is cutting them all out and placing them in a jig(see photo). This is not overly challenging, just very tedious. After this you just spread glue on them and wait until they are tacky. My best advice for this part is be very, very, patient. I used plastic cement and left them for 2 days and they still are bendable. More on tracks next week.

More Models! : D

Thank goodness for holidays for allowing me to see massive out of town hobby stores! As you may know from around this time last year, holidays = models! So now lets give it up for the new models!

Airfix: Bren Gun Carrier and 6 PDR AT gun (For a diorama) - 1/76 scale

Airfix: Afrika Korps (For the same diorama) - 1/76 scale

Academy: Nieuport 17 - 1/32 scale

Dragon: 88mm Flak 36 - 1/35 scale

Dragon: Firefly Vc - 1/35 scale

Tamiya: SdKfz 222 - 1/35 scale

As you can see, you'll be able to read about my modelling mishaps and magnificent results ( insert suppressed laugh!) for a long time.

Canada's Hornet: Pt. 4

In this section, I will again stress the importance of keeping filler with you at all times. I attached the turbines at the bottom of the plane, but when I dry fitted them I noticed massive gaps. I searched for a spot that could be a problem, but there wasn't one. I ended up using ridiculous amounts of filler to remove these, and it took a long time before I was happy with it. Inside the vents, there were turbines, which I painted silver. I then drybrushed a mix of white and silver onto the raised surfaces on the turbine.

Canada's Hornet Pt.3

...Or "Canada's Hornet Pt. 3: How I Learned That This Will Be A Freaking Huge Model":P.

In this step, I really realized that this model would be ginormous! In step two of the instructions, the model barely fit into the container that I use for storage. In this step, I assembled the first part of the fuelslage, and was impressed with the details. There were even little parts for the grills in the vents! From this point on, I was quite pleased.

And I figured that, since I'm not going to do a frequent tip for a long time, I'll give you this tip for these economic times. Buy cheaper models if the big ones put you into debt, and if you can't afford them, stop building models. Remember, food is more important than that new Dragon, or Tamiya kit.

Painting German Armour Pt.5

Sorry for the delay, as you all know, life comes before modelling. Now ,however, I have been able to get some work done on my Tiger. I have glued the extra tracks onto the side of the turret. It may not seem like much, but getting the tracks to sit correctly was a very fiddly process. The tank is now very near to completion and I'm getting very excited to see the end product.