Trumpeter 1/32 A-10 2-seater N/aw - Completing It- W.I.P #1

It's very rare that someone pass to you his whole stash for you to finish it... and i'm one of the lucky few that was given an opportunity to owned such a stash..

i received around 20 boxes of kits in various conditions and scales and one of those is this BIG A-10A N/AW (2-seater tank in the sky) - (also a single seater A-10, that is for another time :o) )

my friend had joined the fuselage and have all the part glued together... but the cockpit are not in the fuselage yet.. so my task is to get it inside without much the needs for extensive surgery.

Lucky for me...it'll be easy to do so without much surgery... i guess.

A-10 kit is known for its tail-sitting-ness..

this one is no exception... so after using 15 of these fishing weight.. i manage to get it to sit properly.

and the amount of fishing-weight i use in the fuselage..

and cover it with some sticky stuff..

next will be the ejection seat :)


kuman

Hard Rock Cafe Shoglass: Edinburgh

Another updates...

latest addition to the collection..

Hard Rock Cafe Edinburgh.. ;D

until a few more updates.. :)

kuman
#hardrockcafe

Trumpeter 1/72 CH-47A Chinook Helicopter - WIP#5 (decal completed)

Updates


[The rest of the build WIP can be viewed @CH-47a Chinook WIP]

- A very productive weekend for me..

completed the decal for the chinook and a layer of future already been applied to seal the decal..

as usual i used Mr Mark Setter & Softer for decal application over a layer of clear-coated surface..

the decal fit nicely and conform well to the surface with the help of the decal solutions.

Now i let it to dry for a day before another clear coat is sprayed on and ready the surface for the next step...

1. oil wash & a bit of weathering
2. Unmasking of the clear parts.. bulge windows, windows and cockpit..

on to the photos..

 #ch47achinook

until later.. kuman

Trumpeter 1/72 CH-47A Chinook Helicopter - WIP#4 (ready for decal)

UPDATES!!

The rest of the build WIP can be viewed @CH-47a Chinook WIP

Clear coat is on and the mask is off..

After some clean-up (i always cannot get the right masking job) always need to touch-up later on

except for the masking on the cockpit and windows.. the rest is now off and coated with a clear coat..

next step will be the decal...

until then... the photos follows..

oh BTW.. the orange near the fron of the helo is a custom mix.. Tamiya flat red + Yellow

The rotor blades.

#CH-47A Chinook

Hard Rock Cafe Shoglass: Angkor

A break from all my post about Scale Model :)

another hobby of mine and a friend got this from the new Hard Rock Cafe in Cambodia..

Hard Rock Cafe Angkor..

Until next Scale model updates.. :D

kuman

Trumpeter CH-47A Chinook Helicopter - WIP#3 (olive drab is on!!)

Updates!!!

Olive drab is on... not out from bottle... mixed a bit with dark green and green and some grey for the top part... my newbie attempt at modulation

as of last night... painting is done.. the masking also off already
ready for 2nd clear coat for decal..
as of now.. the olive drab update..

decal will be next after the mask come off

 

kuman

Trumpeter CH-47A Chinook Helicopter - WIP#2 (paints)

Been busy as of late.. but need to get this done as the resolution for the new year is to built more, 

Again this will be due in March 2015 for the the Transport GB.

Been a while so i've completed the priming process and now moving on to pick the color to paint. I choose to paint the yellow and the orange first and masked it before i start with the Olive-Darb.

on to the photos 

The orange is the mix of Tamiya Yellow & Red and i clear coat the paint to protect it from peeling when i lift the mask later..

I guess i better get going and paint those olive-drab  pretty soon..

kuman

Panda Models 1/48 X-35B (Prototype) - Completed

Happy new year 2015 to everyone!!!
and i start the new year with a completed build for my Panda Models F-35B (X-35B)

It was abandoned in several stages over the past few years... i think i started this back in 2007-2008... 

i remember halt the build after surfacer treatment... after painting.. and also after decalling... and a few months (or even years even) in between those stages..

This a very old build that have seen the inside of the box countless time.... and finally after so many years i manage to finish it due to a motivation by a Campaign held by Armorama.com the "Unfinished Business Campaign"

Review of the kit can be viewed from cybermodeler.com

The mandatory box art..

Finished this a few weeks back but only manage to upload it here now..

I'll do a summary of my completed build for year 2014 later and what year 2015 holds for me is still unknown... but i sense a water related build for year 2015.. :D

enjoy for now..

kuman

F-16C: "The Flying Razorbacks" Arkansas ANG (The Unfinished Business Campaign) - COMPLETED!!

F-16C: "The Flying Razorbacks" Arkansas ANG (The Unfinished Business Campaign)

1/48 Academy F-16C: Fighting Falcon "The Flying Razorbacks"

After years of procrastinating on finishing this.. Armorama created a campaign (Unfinished Business Campaign) whereby members need to complete their uncompleted kits (due to many reasons) and i heed the call and get this done..:D

This was actually part of a 3 F-16c that i wanted to build simultaneously for a local Viper GB, but never get around to finish them in time.

The WIP can be viewed at my local forum thread... 2 of them...

WIP#1
WIP#2

anyway... its done now... and i need to check the other 2 of the F-16 that also need my attention..

its missing a pitot over the years.. but it is done..

i have another one for the campaign... Panda Models X-35B.. will post that next,,

Trumpeter CH-47A Chinook Helicopter - WIP#1

Trumpeter 1/72 CH-47A Chinook Helicopter

To get the motivation going.. i joined the build for the upcoming Land & Air Transport Group Build (from FB) coming up in March 2015.

I'm not too sure if i can physically joined the event but the spirit of the build have to continue.. so i join in with a Chinook helicopter..

this is a fairly small kit.. but i believe the mold is a shrink down version of the big sister from Trumpeter

review can be viewed@ Cybermodeler.com & @Hyperscale

first of all.. this is going to be OOB build my plan is to have it in Rotor-fold config... since the span of the rotor blade needs a hefty estate to display.. but we'll see..
anyway this is the scheme that i intend to do.. a abit more colorful choices of the provided decal other than the boring olive drab

i start with the IP.. added some wire behind it since this will be visible through the glass cockpit... and i use a creative license to put the wire in..

the cockpit is completed.. and the innard of the fuselage also done with the seatbelt although i didnt mate the fuselage just yet...
most of the thing will not be properly visible when its done...
anyway the photo follows

the "office" area

The instrument panel.. nothing fancy.. just drybrush with grey only

The windows with a "so-called" seatbelt visible from outside... maybe i need to use a thinner tape to replicate the seatbelts...

until later/... :D

IDF Merkava 2 with KMT-4 Mineroller - ITS DONE!!

And its finally DONE!!!

on Friday September 12, 2014... with 1 day to spare until the event..

the rest of the W.I.P can be viewed All my Merkava 2 WIP.

Something come up at the last minutes, so i cannot make it to the event Modern AFV Showdown.. so this will only make an appearance as a virtual entry :(

Since i'm not really into figures.. so my base for the Merkava is without any figure.

This a very good experience for me and quite frankly only my 2nd tank that i did weathering to this level...
still much.. much.. more to learn and a lot more mistakes to encounter.. but this is it for this Merkava 2.

Enjoy the photos.. :) (click on the photo for a larger view) 
comments are welcomed.

will take a few days of break before i proceed to my next project... Stryker ICV and a few pending aircraft models on the workbench....

Thanks for the visit..