Global Scale Modeller

Decals added

You've got to hand it to Harry the Hun, they certainly had a flair for the dramatic colour scheme

What a ridiculous looking wing set up; five wings is quite silly, really
There is no rear support for the top wing, might have to add something in like a brace
Someone was smoking something funny when they designed this

Weapons are loaded!

Very cool. Is that 5.56 or 7.62mm pew-pew, pew-pew?

Stokesy44 wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:15 am Very cool. Is that 5.56 or 7.62mm pew-pew, pew-pew?

Snoopy’s large calibre done for comedic effect

Sunday Funnies

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:23 pm Sunday Funnies

Poor old Snoops. Any more screw ups and they'll have him flying cargo planes full of rubber dog**** out of Hong Kong!

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 4:21 pm

Stokesy44 wrote: Sun Apr 14, 2024 7:15 am Very cool. Is that 5.56 or 7.62mm pew-pew, pew-pew?

Snoopy’s large calibre done for comedic effect

Tis the American way. Why use a grenade if you've got an F15 with a 1000lb J-DAM orbiting at 25,000 feet!

This is something maybe we can all work on during a Fall Figure Fest sig…painting skin and faces
Likely my weakest area of modelling

So for the Baron, I primed black…difficult to cover later as it turns out
Light flesh tone and let it dry. Then normal and shadow flesh tones

Chin is the light flesh tone still


Working in the other two tones





I think the black primer is good on a small figure with lots of nooks and crannies in their outfit, but for a big honking head, I wished I had done more of a reddish/pink skin human tone as background

Ordered this to try and light up the planes
Will see how it goes…exposé when it arrives

are they wirelessly connected lights?

cor wrote: Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:00 am are they wirelessly connected lights?

Yes
Induction LED ball lights
Power driven by the copper ring, like those wireless phone chargers

Ok well this is happening



Re-lacing the spokes on the wheels ; twelve one direction and then twelve the other direction

A little before vs after for one back side

Good work on the wheel(s)...

That's wheely good work!

Sunday Funnies

Cant beat Peanuts. Always good for a chuckle, thanks.

I got my light set today…no power cord


I need a usb or wall unit like this one…will hunt the house

Finished off one wheel spoke lacing. Test fitting wheels loose
This was a bit harder as the tires are on the rims, so I had to angle the spokes into place and it made placement much more difficult than a free open center hub. But it got done.

I refined my hold down for the spoke jig
This was a leather washer and then I dropped that midddle metal screw part on the floor and lost it!


Got the lathe working and made a brass screw with a threaded tube soldered through it so it that can be used either way around

Those spoked wheels are so damn cool!

Finally found a power source powerful enough to drive the lights





If you lift the ring, the lights dim quickly and go out fully at 2cm from it.
I will get a video up of that in a bit

This how I see you

Stokesy44 wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2024 7:03 am This how I see you

Oh killer funny, love this character!!!

Great Scott! It works!

Sunday Funny

Just doing some serious catching up - this is superb work.

I love the woodwork, especially on the prop and the engine looks superb.

Re-spoking the wheels is just insanity but the results look great - I wouldn't let the minions loose on them!

Looking forward to the next update now I'm all caught up

P.S. Ref priming for flesh tones see if you can find a dark brown tone as that'll help act as a shadow coat for the flesh tones

Tomcat64 wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2024 3:37 pm Just doing some serious catching up - this is superb work.

I love the woodwork, especially on the prop and the engine looks superb.

Re-spoking the wheels is just insanity but the results look great - I wouldn't let the minions loose on them!

Looking forward to the next update now I'm all caught up

P.S. Ref priming for flesh tones see if you can find a dark brown tone as that'll help act as a shadow coat for the flesh tones

Thank you for all of that mate
Re-spoking wheels is so easy, I will have to do a little video of it for our Forum tutorial section
Dark brown base would be an interesting start for flesh
Precisely the reason we want to do:


Fantastic Fall Figure Fiesta October 1- December 31st

I know I sound like a constant advert

Sunday came and trashed me out again
Some funnies

Couple hours on a rainy Sunday afternoon, got another half wheel spokes
I filmed some segments, so maybe a video

Drilling holes in the hub


Black line is the center line between two offset spoke holes


First twelve spokes in, doing the crossover twelve now


Finished all twenty four


Test fit

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Mon Apr 29, 2024 5:52 pm Fantastic Fall Figure Fiesta October 1- December 31st

Nice progress on the wheels - they really do look very tidy

Baron inspects his kite so far

Jawohl!

I sink ze airplane is satisfactory. Time for some sport viz ze Englanders!

Stokesy44 wrote: Tue May 07, 2024 6:38 am Jawohl!

I sink ze airplane is satisfactory. Time for some sport viz ze Englanders!

The figure is kind of funny considering the Red Baron was 26 yrs old or so when he was shot down, a strapping gent in the prime of his life
Certainly not an old scraggly balding guy with an eye piece...looks more like me!
Stereotypic cartoon I suppose

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Tue May 07, 2024 5:19 pm

Stokesy44 wrote: Tue May 07, 2024 6:38 am Jawohl!

I sink ze airplane is satisfactory. Time for some sport viz ze Englanders!

The figure is kind of funny considering the Red Baron was 26 yrs old or so when he was shot down, a strapping gent in the prime of his life
Certainly not an old scraggly balding guy with an eye piece...looks more like me!
Stereotypic cartoon I suppose

I think they were looking for 'zany' and the crazy old guy was a better idea than a caricature of the red baron himself.

Ahh I missed Sunday…too much yard work outside.
Monday night funnies
Wheels are all done and painted, just drying

Ok some steps forward

That is just so friggin cool!

Yep that's looking great with the wheels on and the Baron in the cockpit.

Ref the figure he looks a bit like a caricature of the German from "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" to me... but the memory may be playing tricks on me...

Tomcat64 wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 4:05 pm Yep that's looking great with the wheels on and the Baron in the cockpit.

Ref the figure he looks a bit like a caricature of the German from "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" to me... but the memory may be playing tricks on me...

Ahh yes I remember that one. Crazy guy with moustache

Twokidsnosleep wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 4:56 pm

Tomcat64 wrote: Thu May 16, 2024 4:05 pm Yep that's looking great with the wheels on and the Baron in the cockpit.

Ref the figure he looks a bit like a caricature of the German from "Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines" to me... but the memory may be playing tricks on me...

Ahh yes I remember that one. Crazy guy with moustache

Gert Frobe was the actor - "Everyzing can done by reading ze manual" - accompanied by the sound of an Oompah band ...

Sunday comes around again

Oh, and this guy is done
Snoopy diorama to follow later

Well, its ok, I guess.

If you like that sort of thing.

Its as funny as it is brilliant. As usual you've taken a decent kit and absolutely produced a beauty. The extra work you do is so far removed from my own hobby experience but I can still appreciate and boggle at the magic you add.

Great for the forum too

Stokesy44 wrote: Mon May 27, 2024 6:41 am Well, its ok, I guess.

If you like that sort of thing.

Its as funny as it is brilliant. As usual you've taken a decent kit and absolutely produced a beauty. The extra work you do is so far removed from my own hobby experience but I can still appreciate and boggle at the magic you add.

Great for the forum too

Haha Thanks you have been great moral support
I seem to get bored of a build as I get close to the finish…that’s how I know I am almost done