Modelers Corner

[Space Ritual]

Taigen 1/16 Panther G. Finally got it back after having major internal work done and new Clark TK EPS installed. Amazing running tank

 

[Space Ritual]

Taigen T-34/85 Not finished yet but had it's first run yesterday

 

[Space Ritual]

I've posted the Sturmtiger before but one of the guys in the club posted this image of me manoeuvring the 20 lb beast through the arch yesterday while we were having a battle day.

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Made the cradle for the P-47 fuselage to be mounted to a Lionel flat car

 

[Lucius Mojo]

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Ok,I got the cradle base painted, installed the landing gear and tail wheel and got the prop in

 

[Lucius Mojo]

Flat car came in today!

 

[RocketFoot]

I'm getting closer to starting my first build in 40 years! I have been accumulating the necessary tools and equipment to do the hobby right! I bought a hobby tool kit, some cutting mats and a new Avanti airbrush compressor with dual action trigger! I am now working on paints that I will need to paint a couple 71 Mustang model kits that I purchased! I will be using my gun workbench as a hobby table for this adventure in modeling so I already have a nice area to work! This should be fun and it will give me something constructive to do over the winter months for sure! I'm starting to think that the hardest part of modeling is selecting the proper colors for hte project! What black to use for undercarriage? What silver to use for exhaust pipes? Will this yellow be close to my real 71 Mustang? Ahhh - choices, choices! LOL!

 

[jsisk]

15 years ago I walked into a local gaming store and fell in love with the little Games Workshop fantasy figures and decided to try my hand at it. I had done model railroading a long time ago, so it was a fast transition. Soon that expanded into historical figures, then models of all types. (car models and dioramas being my favorites)

10 years ago, I found that you had to go to lots of different stores to get what you needed for figure painting and modelling so I opened Competition Minis to bring it all together in one place. Two years ago, I decided to retire and sold off the inventory and closed the doors.

Here are a few pictures of the store...

 

[coffeemug]

I built this one with red transparent covering to see how it would look in the air. When I fly it on sunny days it leaves really cool looking red shadows on the ground

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I built this one with red transparent covering to see how it would look in the air. When I fly it on sunny days it leaves really cool looking red shadows on the ground

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It just dawned on me what you did there re shadows. Nice, that puts me in mind of a Super Sportster.

 

[init4fun]

It just dawned on me what you did there re shadows. Nice, that puts me in mind of a Super Sportster.

It's nice to meet a fellow RC flyer !

I figure since you correctly identified my Super Sportster you must be "one of us"

 

[coffeemug]

It's nice to meet a fellow RC flyer !

I figure since you correctly identified my Super Sportster you must be "one of us"

Oh my gosh yes, between RC, HiFi and motorcycles I've been broke since '71But lately really bummed about all the AMA/FAA stuff. Just an old pic before I discovered for myself electric is good too.

 

[coffeemug]

In fact, if I ever wrote a memoir, Balsa Dust In the Record Grooves would be a apt title.

 

[FONSguy]

After 9 years doing scale RC airplanes (Glow fuel and later, gas...) I discovered the tiny Blade mSR indoor electric 4 channel helicopter. Best toy I've purchased in 12 years. Later I got it's "big brother" the SR120. I put after market Swashplates on them to smooth out performance. Still miss my 1/4 scale Monocoupe I built from plans. It used a 38cc gas engine.

 

[coffeemug]

I tried something similar before there was any real degree of sophistication to them and found the contents of my house subject to change without notice. I appreciate your good experience! I can hang some of my models on the prop and enjoy some fairly relaxed 3d but somehow helicopters have escaped me‍

 

[FONSguy]

Heli's were difficult for me to get the hang of too.
Too practiced with fixed wing scale airplanes.
The tiny heli's weigh as much as a shuttlecock so most times just throttling back and letting them hit the grass does no damage.

 

[jsisk]

Here is the last figure I painted. 1/10 scale bust by Nuts Planet

I also do cars, tanks, planes, and dioramas; but figure painting has always been my passion.

 

[coffeemug]

That's intriguing getting so much into a 1/10 scale figure.

 

[Space Ritual]

Here is the last figure I painted. 1/10 scale bust by Nuts Planet

I also do cars, tanks, planes, and dioramas; but figure painting has always been my passion.

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I'd love to be able to paint figures for my 1/16 tanks but it's beyond me.

 

[Space Ritual]

Oh my gosh yes, between RC, HiFi and motorcycles I've been broke since '71But lately really bummed about all the AMA/FAA stuff. Just an old pic before I discovered for myself electric is good too.

Our tank field is next to one of the biggest RC airfields in Canada (maybe the biggest). RC tanks are expensive but the worst you can basically do is barrel stab or roll one over which is generally not a big deal. The barrel stab can be expensive but nothing compared to the expense of some of the crashes I've seen the fliers have