After being inspired by Shinzon, this thread is now the all-purpose military, game, space, railway, car, boat and plane modelling thread. Anything else apart from these is obviously clothes modelling, which is not the same.
Railway
Railway modelling comes in many forms, and, after aircraft, is one of the most modelled mediums; having good trade support makes this hobby very easy.
Gamesee Warhammer 40K thread
Game modelling (normally military) is the use of miniatures, along with scenic sets etc. to play out battles.
Space
The modelling of spacecraft and related items.
Boat
Boat modelling comes in two forms; modelling for pleasure and for racing.
Aircraft
Aircraft come in two forms; Airfix-style kits & models, and real working miniature models.
I'll start. Welcome!
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Do 5-Foot carfboard space shuttles count?
I'll be videoing my DCC Sound fitted BR Green Jubilee, soon. Watch this thread!
"Norris the Playhog"
F-8 Crusader, aka "The Last Gunfighter."
Su-27D "Sea Flanker"
S-37 Berkut (according to the model box).
RAH-66 Comanche, the stealth helicopter that will never see service.
MiG-29 "Fulcrum" with Decepticon emblems.
JAS 39 Gripen, probably one of the coolest looking aircraft in service today.
Romulan Warbird and Klingon Bird of Prey. The model also features a Ferengi Marauder on another arm.
AMT/Ertl USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-D. Getting all the windows and the Aztec pattern down was a pain in the TRIBBLE.
AMT/Ertl USS Defiant, NX-74205. My sister an I actually built and painted this one together and it's in my office.
Kotobukiya/Tomy High End Master Model Geno Saurer. Snap together model, but there a LOT of peices - took me 3-4 days to build it (partly because I built it in stages)
I used to have a model of the USS Enterprise, NCC-1701-A and a Klingon K't'inga battlecruiser, but niether survived the years - the 1701-A kept breaking at the warp pylon. I should also take some pictures of the Kotobukiya Blade Liger and Gun Sniper I built.
and IJN Musashi (The original IJN Yamato's sister ship)
One USS North Carolina (BB-55)
Several hundred Airliner models from my Airliner phase in life
Apologies for the shakiness - controlling a loco with one hand while holding the camera isn't very easy...
*rereads thread title*
Ohhh.
*runs away embarassed*
My Ghost trap on my belt. Yes I know I botched the hazard stripes and they have long since been corrected.
My Proton Pack, had to use mostly carpentry to build it to keep the budget down. Hadn't yet programmed the lights yet and the Ion-Pack (blue chasers in the Hollywood version aren't installed yet)
The Neutrina Gun from the Pack
The Para-Goggles... and me in my now 3 years past long-hair phase.
All these built just by eyeballing it.
It was a failed art project because it was too large to keep in a classroom.
Gimme some time and I'll post my modle fleet in the comming days.
Ya'll are already famaliar with the Arizona so I'll post her upon request.
Anyways. Rumor has it Hornby might be reviving the Blue Pullman moulds from Triang. Bit late as Olivias Trains/Heljan are already working on one...
awww, shucks.
It's only about 40% done. I've still got a fiddle yard, "bridge" and a mainline station to lay yet.
And then comes scenery....:cool:
i used to have some warhammer but that all went
i got some lego star wars models of some of the ships. i had the AT-ST as well which was pretty impressive but it suffered...a rebel attack...and is now in a few pieces
I've got no objections to scenery, per se. It's when scenery progresses between ballasting/platform making, and putting in buildings - i.e. grassing it all.
I'll have a cleanup session next, though, and then start constructing the Dairy building, and then finishing off that corner (the one you can see the siding in, behind the loco when the camera and loco are head-on). And then I'll finish the platforms, though I may extend the bay platform that little bit more.
And that loco, btw, was £145 - bargain, considering a normal one costs about £90, and DCC fitted about £105. Going to need some proper ex-LMS coaches tpo run with it though. And plenty more wagons.
Currently focused on slope and thermal soaring... and slope combat
we build from scratch nowadays.... using EPP (expanded polypropelene...like the tough flexible stuff TV's are packaged in)..the planes come out light..and tough. We use a lot of carbon fiber and fiberglass bagging, etc too in our build for structural integrity without much weight at all..
and hotwire/CNC cutting. and all the geeky transmitter/reciever/servo madness.
computer cad and airfoil templates, blah blah blah
here is a picture of one or the many planes we built from scratch... a Schweizer 1-26. (taken at our favorite flying site
fun hobby if your into aviation, weather, building from scratch, and airfoils/flight theory and stuff....
Anyway...anyone know how to straighten wood out quickly? My bridging piece between two parts of my model railway warped itself so badly if it's in one end it's 1cm out (in height) at the other.
Of course, I could just TRIBBLE it together annd leave it for several weeks...:D
However its just the frame, the top is still wood... but it still straights faster when screwed into the base.
So, anyone else use pink insulation foam sheets or homosote? It's like a giant sheet of papermache awesome, only without the mess and sketchy performance.
I've read about people using isulation-style boards. Providing it's a strong material, it should be fine.
And I've straightened my board. :cool: Unscrewed the central (duplicate) spine and the board almost straightened itself out! :eek:
The spine itself was warping both up and to one side by a centimeter at least!!!! So a TRIBBLE each end, and it's now fine.
Also, I have some Warhammer 40K coming.....:o
The currently only laid station has had a little tidy up, but nothing more: Pic
One or two things to note:
Platform is still incomplete. One I have finished laying my fiddle yard, and fitted a few more scale couplings, I shall be testing it all thoroughly, after which...I will start on scenics!
Yes, that is my soldering iron in the background. I left it there to cool down after I soldered some power feeds to track and rail joiners....
The progress on the fidde yard (this photo is actually several days out of date, the front line being finished and the rear one being laid....Pic
The line curving off to the right top corner is the line to the other station.
And apologies for the shakyness...the farmers siding/loop: Pic
All these photos were taken on my camera phone, which has a limit at 3.2MP.
I've always loved Starship models, I've just never really had the money to get into it, although about 10 years ago I did purchase the model of the USS Voyager, but I put the thing together before I painted it and it was the first time I had a model, I was about 15 I think.
So I kinda messed it up from the beggining, by putting it together first before I painted it. So I decided to take a TRIBBLE Driver, a Hammer and a Lighter, and then a made holes in the model in certain areas, then burnt the hull around these holes. I ended up doing a pretty amazing job at getting the model o look like teh USS Voyager in the "Year of Hell" episode.
I also stuffed some multi coloured christamas lights in the model for an added special effect! Lol
Unfortunately however, the home that the model was kept in, which was my mothers home, burnt down which I was not impressed about, as I not only left teh model there, but all of my best toys, including Ghostbuster, Robocop, Batman and Alien figues and vehicles!
I'm loving all of your pics people, really great stuff!
You have that problem too huh? There's a reason I don't let my fuzzy overlords in the extra bedroom
Alas, I can't stop cats enetering my room. They whinge loudly otherwise. And very loud it is too.
At least you have an extra bedroom! :mad:
I have to careful everytime I go into my extra bedroom. My cats have a thing about normally closed doors being opened, and if I am not careful, I'll get three cats hiding in different places in that room in short order
Yeah. My cats try to open the pantry and cupboards.
And I have just been checking over my newest coach purchases; a pair of Hornby Gresley teaks (Brake and 1st class sleeper) in BR Lined Maroon. Tasty.
Where the Class 42 and (previously mentioned in above post) coaches are is the line to the second station.
I been working off and on for about a year now to finish it, between me and LED's having arguments and my budget I needed to wait until I found a practical way to make it happen, and I FINALLY DID!
Tomorrow the Ion Battery (blue lights seen on it in the movie) But for now here's the Cyclotron and Neutrina Wand functioning. It'll have sound soon enough for the iconic KA BEEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW!!!!! noise.
I also have a trap and goggles.
This will teach you to mess with a guy with a particle collider!
Model Railway
All track is laid & wired. Scenery is being started on, mainly around the tunnel mouth next to the farmer's siding. Odd, I know, as this is a mid-point, but I'm starting there then working back along towards the station.
I wangled a free Scammel Scarrab tractor & van from Mom due to a Hobbycraft voucher.
Warhammer
Due to the cold weather (and boredom) I'm getting out my Warhammer to paint! 1 is complete, another 4 are on the "painting bench" being worked on.
So far, my entire amry consists of the "Black Reach" team plus another 3 Space Marines, I got "free" from my mother due to the Hobbycraft voucher.
Aircraft
My Airfix kit has been repaired; one of the landing gear wheels had come off from the right wing.
Enterprise F
I've started putting 'my' Enterprise Competition entry in 3d form.