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| hill4448 at (no spam) gmail.com... |
 Posted: Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:59 pm |
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Have you ever been able to do it?
Have you ever started with one of the worst
damned dogs of a kit and ended up with a
masterpiece?
If so, what kit was it, what made it better,
how long did it take?
Please, don't say, "I started out with the
'08 Tami-Hase-Tale-Jimi kit and it's _ALL_
wrong because of the panel lines being
raised... blah blah blah." Tell us about
the Lindberg kit that Had solid plastic rail-
ings around the deck and you strung cat
hair between stretched sprue for eight
years.
Here's an example: Recently I took an
OLD Hasegawa 1/72 scale (God's OWN
scale!) F-102 and with an Airwaves
seat and PE set, some decals from an
older Matchbox kit, a ton of research
photos, weapons from Hasegawa weap-
ons kits, and a lot of patience I was able
to turn out a masterpiece. I had to cut
out the canopy railing from the fuselage,
add some bulkheads, and even filled in
the weapons doors so that it appeared to
have the 2.75" Mighty Mouse rockets.
It took me about a month of effort, but I
had a blast with it.
What's your silk purse story dudes? |
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| eyeball... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:41 am |
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On Nov 5, 4:59 am, "hill4... at (no spam) gmail.com" <hill4... at (no spam) gmail.com> wrote:
Quote: Have you ever been able to do it?
Have you ever started with one of the worst
damned dogs of a kit and ended up with a
masterpiece?
If so, what kit was it, what made it better,
how long did it take?
Please, don't say, "I started out with the
'08 Tami-Hase-Tale-Jimi kit and it's _ALL_
wrong because of the panel lines being
raised... blah blah blah." Tell us about
the Lindberg kit that Had solid plastic rail-
ings around the deck and you strung cat
hair between stretched sprue for eight
years.
Here's an example: Recently I took an
OLD Hasegawa 1/72 scale (God's OWN
scale!) F-102 and with an Airwaves
seat and PE set, some decals from an
older Matchbox kit, a ton of research
photos, weapons from Hasegawa weap-
ons kits, and a lot of patience I was able
to turn out a masterpiece. I had to cut
out the canopy railing from the fuselage,
add some bulkheads, and even filled in
the weapons doors so that it appeared to
have the 2.75" Mighty Mouse rockets.
It took me about a month of effort, but I
had a blast with it.
What's your silk purse story dudes?
I've added detail to Starfix kits. 'nuff said. |
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| Don Stauffer... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:30 am |
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hill4448 at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
Quote: Have you ever been able to do it?
Have you ever started with one of the worst
damned dogs of a kit and ended up with a
masterpiece?
If so, what kit was it, what made it better,
how long did it take?
Well,I think my Glencoe Curtiss Condor is an example. It was in a
recent issue of FSM in a report of the Mad City show. It was a Glencoe
kit- need I say more? But it was the only game in town. |
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| eyeball... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 2:27 pm |
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On Nov 5, 3:30 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
Quote: hill4... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
Have you ever been able to do it?
Have you ever started with one of the worst
damned dogs of a kit and ended up with a
masterpiece?
If so, what kit was it, what made it better,
how long did it take?
Please, don't say, "I started out with the
'08 Tami-Hase-Tale-Jimi kit and it's _ALL_
wrong because of the panel lines being
raised... blah blah blah." Tell us about
the Lindberg kit that Had solid plastic rail-
ings around the deck and you strung cat
hair between stretched sprue for eight
years.
Here's an example: Recently I took an
OLD Hasegawa 1/72 scale (God's OWN
scale!) F-102 and with an Airwaves
seat and PE set, some decals from an
older Matchbox kit, a ton of research
photos, weapons from Hasegawa weap-
ons kits, and a lot of patience I was able
to turn out a masterpiece. I had to cut
out the canopy railing from the fuselage,
add some bulkheads, and even filled in
the weapons doors so that it appeared to
have the 2.75" Mighty Mouse rockets.
It took me about a month of effort, but I
had a blast with it.
What's your silk purse story dudes?
...what, and risk swine flu?
But I guess if one works in God's scale (which is FAR larger than 1/72),
God would protect one.
--
- Rufus
God WORKS in 1/1 but I have it on good authority from people who still
retain better than 20/200 vision that He models in 1/72. |
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| Rufus... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:30 pm |
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hill4448 at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
Quote: Have you ever been able to do it?
Have you ever started with one of the worst
damned dogs of a kit and ended up with a
masterpiece?
If so, what kit was it, what made it better,
how long did it take?
Please, don't say, "I started out with the
'08 Tami-Hase-Tale-Jimi kit and it's _ALL_
wrong because of the panel lines being
raised... blah blah blah." Tell us about
the Lindberg kit that Had solid plastic rail-
ings around the deck and you strung cat
hair between stretched sprue for eight
years.
Here's an example: Recently I took an
OLD Hasegawa 1/72 scale (God's OWN
scale!) F-102 and with an Airwaves
seat and PE set, some decals from an
older Matchbox kit, a ton of research
photos, weapons from Hasegawa weap-
ons kits, and a lot of patience I was able
to turn out a masterpiece. I had to cut
out the canopy railing from the fuselage,
add some bulkheads, and even filled in
the weapons doors so that it appeared to
have the 2.75" Mighty Mouse rockets.
It took me about a month of effort, but I
had a blast with it.
What's your silk purse story dudes?
....what, and risk swine flu?
But I guess if one works in God's scale (which is FAR larger than 1/72),
God would protect one.
--
- Rufus |
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| Mike Smith... |
| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:54 pm |
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"eyeball" <eyeball2002308 at (no spam) aol.com> wrote in message
news:657c784b-1baf-4ff3-b303-c2fc5b855071 at (no spam) l13g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 5, 3:30 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
Quote: hill4... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
Have you ever been able to do it?
Have you ever started with one of the worst
damned dogs of a kit and ended up with a
masterpiece?
If so, what kit was it, what made it better,
how long did it take?
Please, don't say, "I started out with the
'08 Tami-Hase-Tale-Jimi kit and it's _ALL_
wrong because of the panel lines being
raised... blah blah blah." Tell us about
the Lindberg kit that Had solid plastic rail-
ings around the deck and you strung cat
hair between stretched sprue for eight
years.
Here's an example: Recently I took an
OLD Hasegawa 1/72 scale (God's OWN
scale!) F-102 and with an Airwaves
seat and PE set, some decals from an
older Matchbox kit, a ton of research
photos, weapons from Hasegawa weap-
ons kits, and a lot of patience I was able
to turn out a masterpiece. I had to cut
out the canopy railing from the fuselage,
add some bulkheads, and even filled in
the weapons doors so that it appeared to
have the 2.75" Mighty Mouse rockets.
It took me about a month of effort, but I
had a blast with it.
What's your silk purse story dudes?
...what, and risk swine flu?
But I guess if one works in God's scale (which is FAR larger than 1/72),
God would protect one.
--
- Rufus
God WORKS in 1/1 but I have it on good authority from people who still
retain better than 20/200 vision that He models in 1/72.
Not sure it counts as silk purses but recently built some 'space craft'
(assorted, for a space base built for a kiddie) from assorted odds and ends
in the bits box, as per the Rule of Threes I needed some in triplets to
represent 'lots' and managed to get them all the same. Not great art but I
was rather chuffed they all turned out the same.
Next two projects for this include a couple of Airfix 2001 space shuttles to
convert to air-breathing closed-cycle nuclear powered hypersonic transports
with an intake duct on the top of the fuselage and wheels. Also three very
old Frog Frellon helicopters to be converted to tilt-jet jet copters (cut
away where rotor fits, add length of tube, smaller tube inside allows wings
with tip mounted jets to rotate for landing, cut down tail and add
tail-plane). Plan is to use a 1:144 airliner kit for the jets, then use the
wheels for the shuttles.
As I said not great art but -very- satisying (where was I when I was 10, I'd
have loved this stuff!).
Regards
Mike |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:25 pm |
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"Mike Smith" <mike at (no spam) invalid.invalid> writes:
Quote: "eyeball" <eyeball2002308 at (no spam) aol.com> wrote in message
news:657c784b-1baf-4ff3-b303-c2fc5b855071 at (no spam) l13g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...
On Nov 5, 3:30 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
hill4... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
Have you ever been able to do it?
Have you ever started with one of the worst
damned dogs of a kit and ended up with a
masterpiece?
Well, after I went blind from contemplating that Mach 2 kit...
Apart from scratch-building escort ships in 1/700 scale, my only real
pains in modeling have been with a 1/72 Convair Pogo which gave me a lot
of workhours both to add detail inside and out, and to give a decent
finish after puttying for the silver paintjob. All others have been fun,
with most trouble being through my own misdirected or ignorant efforts
(like using undryable water-based Hobby Color overall Navy Blue on a
1/32 Hasegawa Hellcat in the middle of a humid summer). |
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| Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:38 pm |
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eyeball wrote:
Quote: On Nov 5, 3:30 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
hill4... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
Have you ever been able to do it?
Have you ever started with one of the worst
damned dogs of a kit and ended up with a
masterpiece?
If so, what kit was it, what made it better,
how long did it take?
Please, don't say, "I started out with the
'08 Tami-Hase-Tale-Jimi kit and it's _ALL_
wrong because of the panel lines being
raised... blah blah blah." Tell us about
the Lindberg kit that Had solid plastic rail-
ings around the deck and you strung cat
hair between stretched sprue for eight
years.
Here's an example: Recently I took an
OLD Hasegawa 1/72 scale (God's OWN
scale!) F-102 and with an Airwaves
seat and PE set, some decals from an
older Matchbox kit, a ton of research
photos, weapons from Hasegawa weap-
ons kits, and a lot of patience I was able
to turn out a masterpiece. I had to cut
out the canopy railing from the fuselage,
add some bulkheads, and even filled in
the weapons doors so that it appeared to
have the 2.75" Mighty Mouse rockets.
It took me about a month of effort, but I
had a blast with it.
What's your silk purse story dudes?
...what, and risk swine flu?
But I guess if one works in God's scale (which is FAR larger than 1/72),
God would protect one.
--
- Rufus
God WORKS in 1/1 but I have it on good authority from people who still
retain better than 20/200 vision that He models in 1/72.
....models, WORKS...in God's scale it's ALL 1:1!
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- Rufus |
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| eyeball... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 5:25 am |
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On Nov 5, 8:38 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
Quote: eyeball wrote:
On Nov 5, 3:30 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
hill4... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
Have you ever been able to do it?
Have you ever started with one of the worst
damned dogs of a kit and ended up with a
masterpiece?
If so, what kit was it, what made it better,
how long did it take?
Please, don't say, "I started out with the
'08 Tami-Hase-Tale-Jimi kit and it's _ALL_
wrong because of the panel lines being
raised... blah blah blah." Tell us about
the Lindberg kit that Had solid plastic rail-
ings around the deck and you strung cat
hair between stretched sprue for eight
years.
Here's an example: Recently I took an
OLD Hasegawa 1/72 scale (God's OWN
scale!) F-102 and with an Airwaves
seat and PE set, some decals from an
older Matchbox kit, a ton of research
photos, weapons from Hasegawa weap-
ons kits, and a lot of patience I was able
to turn out a masterpiece. I had to cut
out the canopy railing from the fuselage,
add some bulkheads, and even filled in
the weapons doors so that it appeared to
have the 2.75" Mighty Mouse rockets.
It took me about a month of effort, but I
had a blast with it.
What's your silk purse story dudes?
...what, and risk swine flu?
But I guess if one works in God's scale (which is FAR larger than 1/72),
God would protect one.
--
- Rufus
God WORKS in 1/1 but I have it on good authority from people who still
retain better than 20/200 vision that He models in 1/72.
...models, WORKS...in God's scale it's ALL 1:1!
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- Rufus
So that's why the inch high pilots speak to me! |
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| Rufus... |
| Posted: Fri Nov 06, 2009 8:05 pm |
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eyeball wrote:
Quote: On Nov 5, 8:38 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
eyeball wrote:
On Nov 5, 3:30 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
hill4... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
But I guess if one works in God's scale (which is FAR larger than 1/72),
God would protect one.
--
- Rufus
God WORKS in 1/1 but I have it on good authority from people who still
retain better than 20/200 vision that He models in 1/72.
...models, WORKS...in God's scale it's ALL 1:1!
--
- Rufus
So that's why the inch high pilots speak to me!
....I don't think that's the pilots, I think that's just the voices...
--
- Rufus |
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| eyeball... |
| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 4:07 am |
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On Nov 6, 8:05 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
Quote: eyeball wrote:
On Nov 5, 8:38 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
eyeball wrote:
On Nov 5, 3:30 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
hill4... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
But I guess if one works in God's scale (which is FAR larger than 1/72),
God would protect one.
--
- Rufus
God WORKS in 1/1 but I have it on good authority from people who still
retain better than 20/200 vision that He models in 1/72.
...models, WORKS...in God's scale it's ALL 1:1!
--
- Rufus
So that's why the inch high pilots speak to me!
...I don't think that's the pilots, I think that's just the voices...
--
- Rufus
It's the pilots. I can see their lips move. |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 11:53 am |
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I took the circa 1967 Tamiya T-55 and with the help of a T-62, a
Tyresmoke turret shell, and a LOT of sheet styrene turned into...a
T-55.
Only had four parts left when done -- the steel axle (front), the two
back halves of the main gun (breech block basis) and the on/off switch
which was cleaned up, drilled out, and used as the driver's oil
pressure gauge. Took a 1st at the 1989 IPMS Nationals for 1/35 closed-
top armor (post WWII).
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 1:53 pm |
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eyeball wrote:
Quote: On Nov 6, 8:05 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
eyeball wrote:
On Nov 5, 8:38 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
eyeball wrote:
On Nov 5, 3:30 pm, Rufus <n... at (no spam) home.com> wrote:
hill4... at (no spam) gmail.com wrote:
But I guess if one works in God's scale (which is FAR larger than 1/72),
God would protect one.
--
- Rufus
God WORKS in 1/1 but I have it on good authority from people who still
retain better than 20/200 vision that He models in 1/72.
...models, WORKS...in God's scale it's ALL 1:1!
--
- Rufus
So that's why the inch high pilots speak to me!
...I don't think that's the pilots, I think that's just the voices...
--
- Rufus
It's the pilots. I can see their lips move.
....well, if you're building 1/72 you have to...right?
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any pics, cookie? is there a site with your stuff? i would love to see more of
your work. i think i've only seen a panther, some time back.
I've done a number of articles for both FSM and Military Modelling, as
well as the AMPS BORESIGHT and a few IPMS Updates and Journals. Plenty
of items out there in the ether...
Cookie Sewell |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 07, 2009 9:26 pm |
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In article <739d48d5-0843-4d25-8505-8e4fb0f6a50c at (no spam) o10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, AMPSOne at (no spam) aol.com wrote:
Quote: I took the circa 1967 Tamiya T-55 and with the help of a T-62, a
Tyresmoke turret shell, and a LOT of sheet styrene turned into...a
T-55.
Only had four parts left when done -- the steel axle (front), the two
back halves of the main gun (breech block basis) and the on/off switch
which was cleaned up, drilled out, and used as the driver's oil
pressure gauge. Took a 1st at the 1989 IPMS Nationals for 1/35 closed-
top armor (post WWII).
Cookie Sewell
any pics, cookie? is there a site with your stuff? i would love to see more of
your work. i think i've only seen a panther, some time back. |
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