WIP: British Challenger 2 MBT Op. Telic (Part 2)

Painting.. 

After a treatment of Mr Surfacer 1000 (which i think is a must for me), i sprayed a few layer of green paint on the tank. This is due (from my reading) initially before going to Ops. Telic most of these tank usually will be painted with the usual Nato green camo and they got repainted to the desert color prior to the conflict. so this is what i'm trying to accomplish (read the word :TRY :lol:).

 Here are the greens i'll be using...

 below is the result after a few coat of H302 - Green

 Preshading with H330 - Dark Green

 and lastly the overall lighter coverage of H303 - Green something

 i let it sit for a couple of hours, before i sprayed the tank with a hairspray preparing the tank for a chipped technique later on (after i sprayed on the Desert color).

Noted that i installed all the road-wheel and track on the tank prior to my painting. I rarely do this but for this tank, note that the side skirt almost cover the whole track.. so i figure it would save me sometime from painting each and individual road-wheels and the track... cheating.. yes.. but the end result i *hope* would be satisfactory...

Next post i'll show the desert color...

stay tune

WIP: British Challenger 2 MBT Op. Telic (Part 1)

A new build from me, this time a MBT (Main Battle Tank).

This a build that follows my other MBT build the Abrams (Click me) since i'm getting very inspired of a desert colored tank from the Gulf theater.

 The box shot.

 This Trumpeter kit is not a new kit in fact i got this kit way back in my early years as a modeler a few years back. The build juts going to be OOB and IIRC i didnt use any putty at all in this construction process.. just only i need to use a small plastic sheet to cover the gap between the turret and the top mantlet. Maybe they forgot to supply this little piece of plastic since i think for Tamiya version of the Challenger, they provide a separate piece of vinyl to cover the "gap".

and this kit being an old kit, i also noted that the surface didnt come with an anti-skid surface, so this i need to add and this will be my new experience as well. Here is how i do it, and i got this tips from another forum so let see if this works.

I'll be using Tamiya Diorama Texture paint...

 i just brush on the surface with the paint using a brush. Dont have to be too thick a thin layer would suffice. After that with a brush do a up and down motion perpendicular to the surface and this is the final result.

 i think it looks ok.. so i'm sticking with it... :o)

end Part 1

Happy 13th Birthday.. GOOGLE!!!

If its not because of google as my default search engine, i wouldnt have noticed that today is Google's 13th Birthday.....  so a round of Birthday wish for google for a good 13 years serving the net and a good hunderd years to come....... :D

 Above is their logo in all their default page today and thats how i know today is their birthday :D

So far from Google i used
- Search Engine (of course)
- Picasa (pretty nice image management)
- Google Chrome (not bad)
- GoogleMaps (dont leave home without it)

still waiting to test
- Google Apps (online apps thinggy)

so enjoy  your birthday Mr Google (or Ms Google) and looking forward for more stuff from you hehehe

kuman

kumanworks is back!!!!

http://kumanworks.110mb.com is back!!

 
After being out from the web for a couple of months... http://kumanworks.110mb.com is back!!!!!

This is the problem of hosting your web on a free server... you never know when the site going to be "down" and only left to wonder on what happened to it... so now i think i need to do something about this downtime.. :o) more coming soon,...

but for now.. its back and i'm looking forward to updating it as well updating my blog with (especially) scale modelling related stuff....

all my traffic update before the downtime also gone.. and now the traffic to my site reseted to "0" hmmm what to do....

by the way.. my Challenger 2 MBT is "cooking" (or rather painting) in my spray booth at the moment.. will post more once i'm almost done with it....

so for now.. head over to http://kumanworks.110mb.com for my scale modelling update (which hopefully i can do it in the next few days)

cya..

kuman

Model Skala Kemerdekaan "Sebelum & Selepas" di Muzium Negara

Ok guys...

as i hinted on my post in August 15, 2011. its now official.. the SFTPMS and Muzium Negara in a collaboration in bring in to the public a special exhibition regarding scale model from Sept 16, 2011 ~ October 14, 2011 in conjunction with Merdeka 54 years and Hari Malaysia 2011.

Details in the Muzium Negara website..  (HERE)

Here is another shot of the banner promoting the event near Muzium Negara, thanks to my friend (Argrillion) for forwarding this..

One of my model also on display there, see if you can spot it... :)
it look like this...

and this..

I'll be coming to KL to see this as well... see you guys around... :D

kuman

Its been ages since i last install Windows98!!

First post in the "new moon" (sound like that movie title already)...

Google is your friend...

As the topic suggested... today is a historic day for me since after how many decades of not installing Windows98, i got a chance to do so due to a PC malfunctioned in the production line.

This pesky machine required Windows98 to boot the software and it believe it can work with WindowsXP but some tinkering is required.. so i thought just install Windows98 and be done with it..

Lucky for me the Windows98 cd i used is of a Second Edition where the setup can be booted directly from the CD, else the problem of preparing the Boot disket etc.

As i was so used to installing modern OS's, installing this version makes me feel a bit weird... with all the extra large fonts and dark-bright-blue screen... aduhai the pain of waiting for it to install...

but at the end i survived after so-many restarts.. now installing the drivers.... i wonder if i still need to install the display driver in this ancient PC.. :lol:

till later... with some update on my Hobby.. :)

Wordless Wednesday #1

- Scale Model stuff in Muzium Negara...
..... coming soon.... :o)

Radio Topic: How/What do you feel if FB was destroyed...

This morning on the way to work, Fly-FM "Rock" Crew throw this question to all the listeners...

How/What do you feel if FB was destroyed...

(From Google)

 for me personally i dont mind, maybe because i dont own a FB account (suprise..suprise). I'm just too busy with my Hobby, work & family to have a FB account. But i do think that FB is a good social tools (if used properly and not get addicted too much to it). 

I can imagine some of my friend who owns FB might go berserk if FB was destroyed.. even if the internet connection in the office got interuption for 5 minutes resulted in they cannot update/open FB, they will be harassing the IT Department like mad.... let alone it got destroyed.... aduhai... sure pening satu office...

anyway just my take on the topic from the Radio again this morning...

till later..

Radio Topic: Thing you should not do on a public transportation...

This actually a delayed blog from me, the topic above is actually being discussed IIRC Monday morning in my favorite radio show on the road to work FLY-FM Pagi "Rock" Crew...

first an introduction why i create this topic..

i drive to work every morning altough my office is just 15-minutes away, being in the car is the only time i can listen to radio (other time i'll be watching TV and doing computer stuff). Anyway.. during my time on the road, i listen to the radio and FLY-FM fills my morning needs for laughter just nicely. Before this i listen to Phat-Fabes & Ben + Nadia in the morning but now Phat-Fabes & Ben handling the evening show (which i also enjoyed listening while on the road returning home) and the morning session now handled by Nadia (always being bullied hahaha), Hafiz & Prem. And their frequency over here is 89.9FM (from Penang).

anyway.. last monday they discussed this topic on thing that you should not do on public transportation.
As usual their lines always busy to i think i need to share it on my blog instead...

For the thing that "you should not do in public transportation" are....

1. do not talk on the phone so loudly like there no one around you (1 caller actually said the same thing, and i have to agree with her).
 I dont want to know what your friend ate yesterday during sahur/berbuka/didnt eat.  it just plain annoying... but SMS is ok.. provided its on vibrate more....

(from Google)

 2. Dont fart: doesnt matter if its not smelly or with some silencer or sound like a violin or an atomic bomb... just NO FART allowed on public transportation.

(from Google)

 3. Dont sleep so soundly that your head will "lentok" on the people sitting right next to you... and it will be worst if you have those "air liur basi" drippling all over... aduhai.....

//update

(from google)

 4. Dont pick your "gold mine".. in fact dont pick it even in your car... another people in the car infornt of you might saw this from their rear-view mirror and might lead to some other nasty consequences...( for example.. wondering what they'll do with the ""gold", might get honked due to not paying attention to the green traffic light etc.)

i'll post any other topic i heard on air and share my view here.. (since getting through to the radio station lines is a no go) 
thats it for now.... till later

M1A1 Abrams - Battle Of the Rumalyah Oilfields: Completed

MBT M1A1 Abrams - Battle Of the Rumalyah Oilfields

Main battle tank of the US Army during the Battle of the Rumalyah Oilfields in March 2nd, 1991.
This model was completed at around June 2011 and participated in the SMM2011 in KL.

 The base kit is from Dragon with the scale of 1/35 of the actual tank size (approx), and this was completed with the sand color as it was used in the said battle.

 Again this has been a straight-forward build as this kit has very minimal issue in construction. I kept the weathering to the very minimal since i'm still learning on how to properly weather a tank resulted in a not so accurate representation of the tank in that battle (which suppose to be a very USED and dirty tank).

More photo below..

WIP: 1/35 Russia KV-1 Ekhranami (Part 1)

I'm back this time trying to complete this long-overdue tanks which was suppose to be completed back in 2008 for a Soviet Group Build.

A kit by Trumpeter which i bought it from previous Miniature Hobby location in Mid-Valley way back when i just started this hobby. (Miniature Hobby is no more, they ceased operation a few months back)

This kit gives you 2 options for track-link; if you feel adventurous and up to the challenge (as i did...bad mistake but fun nonetheless); you can make use of the seperate link track where you need to glue every piece one-by-one. Tedious but worth it. OR you can use the vinyl track, an easy way out and will make for a fast & quick build.

Anyway... moving on.. :o)

The box art: (if i can get it to be a quarter of the box art image finishing; i'll be happy)

This is the where i left this project at last time

 More WIP after the jump below

Dead Island: The most powerful game trailer ever!!!

Wow!!... its been a while since i last watched a good game trailer, but a few minutes ago i found this trailer for an upcoming game for the XBOX360, PS3 and PC... Dead Island...

This trailer really POWERFUL , full of emotions and i think its a very engaging to watch it like that...
The music, the character (a family + zombies), the composition, the graphics, all intertwined nicely in this 3-minutes goodness....

If you ever watch a movie entitled MOMENTO, then you understand this video since the trailer is in reverse order and that what makes this trailer is so good..

go watch it



to watch in a standard order that we all used to.. Dead Island standard trailer!!


The game official site is at www.deadisland.com


definitely in my play list for this year...

Added new page: Scale.Stuff

To start the day, i decided to create a new page dedicated to any reference/tips for Scale-Modeller like me. Since i'm still a beginner i just thought that i would need a place to put all the tips & technique that i find useful in 1 place for easy reference by me.

for now i only added 2 tips which i think will be very useful for me in my next 2 coming projects... to know what they are.. stay tune.. :D

here is the link to the new page: Scale.Stuff

kuman

The Negotiator (1998) - one of my favorite movie

Last night while waiting for the decal to set on my KV-1 turret, i fired up my VLC Media Player for some movie and i saw this movie in my TO-RE-WATCH-LIST, so i did.

This is one of those movie that you need to watch a couple of times to really understand it (well for me at least) since the script is so brilliantly written for the movie. And to have both Kevin Spacey and Samuel L. Jackson in 1 movie is an instant watch for me.

To read all about it, go and read its wiki entry HERE..

For those that haven't watch the movie, now is the time to do so. It sure better than the recent Transformers III movie (although i still love TF3:DTM)

anyway... go find it on DVD somewhere.. although i doubt they still have it on the shelf..

nNow the other side of my KV-1 turret need decalling....

kuman

Today is IPV6 Day!! June 8, 2011

Just a small update...

A friend text me this morning informing me that today is the official IPV6 (Internet Protocol Version 6) Day.
To learn more about IPV6 click Wikipedia :o)

(the image i got from http://www.worldipv6day.org/)

I do believe that we need to move forward with the IPV6 since i think i read somewhere that the IPV4 is almost running out of number already (although i think the number is a lot already in IPV4).

The IPV6 also a mouthful to remember whereas the IPV4 is still remember-able..

anyway enjoy the unique day...

Gap found!! WIP: Revell 1/144 Space Shuttle Discovery

Last night i work alittle bit on the shuttle mainly trying to get the slight warp on the cargo bay fixed.... by adding this support inside the cargo bay. Since the cargo bay will be closed so no worry about adding stuff in there..

After i'm done with the warping i test fir the cargo bay door... and as expected... i saw a big gap between the door hinges(??) with the side of the cargo bay...

still trying to figure out the best way to tackle this...

1. the first idea is to put a plastic strip on the inside of the cargo bay and then fill the gap with putty
2. To fill the gap with a plastic strip, and then fix the join with some putty
3. similar to step one.. but instead of using putty... use bondite.. err will bondite shrink over time?

Video: Very nice youtube for Pigment Weathering..

I found this a few minutes ago, and i found that this is a very useful video for modeller like me or anyone wanted to know more about Weathering with Pigments.

I for one never used pigments before in my build, just because i dont know how to properly apply it but after watching this video, i'm definitely going to try it on my next armor build....



In fact, watch all of his video, all feature a very nice and easy to follow tutorials regarding modelling especially on how to apply all those techniques that you read so much about on the internet.

He also have a blog at http://armorfarm.blogspot.com.

thought i share it.. :)

WIP - sanding: Revell 1/144 Space Shuttle Discovery

After some sanding process last night...
here is the result.....

still need to touch-up here and there... also according to a fellow modeller from ARC (crowe-t), i maybe need to polish the window.

On top of that i also completed the assembly of the External Tank and also the SRB's.
Again a few gap & alignment occurs which i already treated with some putty and a little bit of sanding.

if you look closely, you might noticed that there are some "bling-bling" on the External tank, just ignore it for now since that is my so-called strap on the tank made using the pot-fixing-tape which i'll cover them later with Mr Surfacer.

Also in the above photo is the comparison on the size of this kit compared to the Gunze paint bottle.

More update soon... :)
kuman

Revell 1/144 Space Shuttle Discovery with Booster Rockets

 1/144 Space Shuttle Discovery, 

30 years of Space Shuttle program

 When i was in the midst of rigging my Titanic last month, i have the urge to start a new project and after discovering that this year is the 30 Years anniversary of Space Shuttle program... i thought this is a appropriate time for me to start this.... (another reason is because the box is big, attract a not needed attention to my stash)

Anyway... i got a few options out of the box, but i choose Discovery because of a nice ring to the name and easy to spell.. but to be historically right, Discovery retired (although there are talks on not to retire it just yet) in March ahead of the Endeavor & Atlantis.

Moving on.. here is the box shot..

and the sprue tree

The first problem i encounter is the gap between the windscreen and the body... a quick fix is to use plastic strip chunk-ed in the gap and them let the glue cured.

 After the glue cured.... i apply some Green putty, since this whole area (the windscreen) will be painted black.. so i just sand away and maybe try to repair it with some finer sanding later on.

Aircraft Category - photos from SMM 2011

Now the Aircraft Category.
Remember to click on the photo for a bigger view.

More in next page

Armored Vehicles - Continue of the SMM2011 event photos

As promised yesterday, below is another set of photos of the entries during the 2-day event last weekend at HHQ.

This is for the Armored Vehicles category, i just took a overview of the entry, not a specific ones.
Just to give the idea of the entries submitted during the event and also to make this page loads a little faster. :o)

Next page..

Scale Models Malaysia 2011: Awesome event!!!

Last Saturday, i was down in KL for the SMM 2011 event, and it was an awesome event (click me for detail)

With a total of 99 entries from various categories, it was the biggest entry for this event.
I was there with 7 of my models, hauled all the way from up-north in my car and i'm glad that the models survived the long journey ;o)

My entries are 1. RMS Titanic,  2. Kiowa Warrior Helicopter, 3. AAVP7A1 tank, 4. M1A2 Abrams, 5. Eagle transporter, 6. Star Wars ATAT Walker, 7. Tornado Gr1

I have a couple of shot from the event, but for now enjoy this..

 

I'm still recovering from the journey and it was a very worthwhile trip for me.. although i only there on the first day (Saturday), my modelling colleague informed me last night that some of my entries got a medal.
Once i got more detail i'll update in here.. :)

I'll post more photos in another entry after i processed it.

Stay tune...
p/s: The Result was announced on Sunday.

RMS Titanic is DONE!!!!

Just a few minutes ago... i called this project completed!!! and now ready for SMM 2011 in KL..(what is this SMM 2011.. click me!)

as a teaser here is the not-so-detail-shots of my RMS Titanic..

I'll post a better photo a little later...

Now i can look forward to another build... hmmm i wonder what will it be next..

kuman :o)

Little-Green-Pigeon ... not Little-Green-Men .. ok!!!

Little-Green-Pigeon ... not Little-Green-Men .. ok!!! 

I shoot (with a camera not with a gun) this little bird outside my office sometime last week... just thought i share here..

the bird is called "Punai Daun" or Little Green Pigeon (Treron olax)

Apparently this is only a baby.. i believe it try to fly off a palm tree infront of the office and landed on the sidewalk...

when i snapped this photo, it just stand there and i got to "sapu" the head a few times.. which is very rare for this bird..

some of my officemate told me that this bird is really delicious... luckily i'm the one who found this bird.. else it will be in someone elses curry pot already :lol:

just thought i share..

Scale Models Malaysia 2011: Annual event is coming!!!

As some of the visitor to my blog already know by now.... there's another Scale Modelling event coming up in approx. 2 weeks... and i'm for one all geared for the event...

Here is the poster of the event created by my modeller friend, i just copy and paste the location from his site.

If all goes according to plan, i'll be coming with a few of my completed models from last year and this year including my Titanic, Tornado GR1, Kiowa helicopter, my AAVP7A1,
Space 1999 transporter, M1A2 Abrams & maybe a Star Wars ATAT walker...


So if you're free and want to know what this is all about, come and join us at the event starting at 11am ~ 7pm (Sat) & 12:30pm ~ 3pm (Sun).


here is the address of Hobby HQ KL (the venue of the event)..
Address: 52-1 (TKT 1), Jalan Metro Pudu, Fraser BIZ Park, 55100, KL
Telephone number: 603-92238588, 603-92239588.


Be there!!!.. 

The END is NEAR..... Titanic almost done!!

THE END IS NEAR!!!

i continue on with this build with the process of rigging again...
a tiring process of the whole build.. since the threads are just so tiny and trying to tie-a-knot by using a tweezer is no fun at all... luckily there's SuperGlue that i can use ... although it helps but i also end-up in more than once.. manage to get my fingers "glued" to the tweezer!!!... painful...

anyway here is another round of photos for the rigging process...

after this i'll be putting the lifeboats and then maybe i call it done....
This ship is due in HHQ KL in May 21, 2011.... so come and see it live there..

Building the famous RMS Titanic - rigging...

ok back to the build....

Now the fun part of ship building.... rigging...

This is the first time ever i do rigging for ship (since  never build ship before), using the included nylon thread in the kit (although i know that there's a good thread called Lycra that is very nice in scale compared to this nylon thread which a bit oversized).

so far so good but having a big fingers didnt help a bit... i need to use twizzers for the rigging and a bit of help from CA glue to make it stick.
enjoy the photos and next i'll post on the stand/base for the titanic.

Pawn Stars, not PORNSTARS

First, dont get me wrong.. the title of the show does sound a little kinky and naughty but when you look at the spelling it does make sense...:o)

Learn about the show Here in Wiki!!

I really love this show, somehow this show makes me laugh from all their jokes.. in fact the latest 3 shows aired just a few minutes ago makes me laugh so hard until my stomach hurts and have tears in my eyes....:o)

i love their negotiation skill in getting the people that come to their shop to let go of stuff at the right price, and their way of doing it is what makes it so funny...

and to see their how they trying to get the right price for the right item that come to their shop is just hilarious.

Building the famous RMS Titanic - painting the parts

back to Titanic...

last week my compressor went kaput so all the mood for modelling kaput also.... now since i'll be getting the compressor back in a few days.. thought i share some of the progress *before* the compressor kaput...

The Funnel
The funnel already being painted with my own red + yellow mixture to make it orange...still i think i need to tone down the orange a bit more..

 The Hull paint
Also since i dont have the Hull-Red paint.. need to mix the paint as suggested by the instruction.. 1 black + 2 red.. but it doesnt seem right.. so i add another portion of red.. and the result as follows...

 The black paint is just a straight Flat Black
will need to clear coat this later

My Version: The story of a Malware Attack : Part Uno...

This is my version of the Malware Attack Story that this blog experience a couple of days back.
(Click on the image to see the bigger version of it)

A few visitor alerted me of the "Blood Screen" warning like below from Mozilla..

i really have to praise them for being so brave and click the "Ignore This Warning" to enter my blog and alerted me via my SHoutbox... thank you very much!!.

Anyway, after i noticed about this i scourge the web trying to find an answer to whats happening this is when i find a link to use Google Webmaster Tool to detect the fault in my blog. Once you login to the tools page (using your Google Account),you need to "add" you blog to the Manage list and also you need to verify that the blog is yours by inserting 1 meta code in your header and then the Tools will do it thing.

Day "minus 0.5" day: Post Malware Attack entry

Yesterday was a really dreaded day for my blog,
somehow i accidentally created an entry that have some code that deemed this site as an attack site...

According to http://onlinelinkscan.com/, my blog is now safe...

Still a bit paranoid of the whole process of recovering. This is my first post at minus 0.5 days after the attack and a bit paranoid and cautious so that i didnt put any more unwanted-codes in my blog.

I'll share the whole experience in a later entry...

Let see how this latest entry play out well to all the visitors.

Thanks to those that alerted me on the possible attack and been helping me test the blog accessibility.

Kumanworks - got updated now with VisualSlideshow 1.5

Finally after a long wait and many model built, i finally got the chance to update my modelling website with some layout enhancement.

http://kumanworks.110mb.com
kumanworks on the web

My website is located at http://kumanworks.110mb.com

I started to use VisualSlideshow 1.5 (Free version) to show my Completed Gallery.

This can be view in my AAVP7A1 Completed page (click me to go there directly)

I'm planning to continue this trend throughout my website updates from now on and see how that goes.

Next update will be of my Tornado build.

stay tune and go give my new layout a go and let me know if i need to change something on that page or how the loading for that particular page is it slow? ok or fast..:D

So far i know that it works fine on Internet Explorer and Mozilla.

thanks for all the support