Staghound's looking good. I hope the primer doesn't block the gun barrel perferations.

Both looking very good, Fred!  

Quote from: NARSES2 on October 29, 2024, 06:07:27 AMI hope the primer doesn't block the gun barrel perferations.

I don't know what Fred's using as a primer but the Tamiya Fine Surface Primer I use certainly doesn't.

I use rattle can enamel primer from Hammerbarn.
I'll mask the barrels...

Quote from: zenrat on October 30, 2024, 03:55:31 AMI use rattle can enamel primer from Hammerbarn.
I'll mask the barrels...

Better safe then sorry. It'd be a shame to spoil them, they look that good 

Both coming along very nicely mate...those .50s do look superb 👌
The Hilux looks great as it is 😆
Slammed and clean 

Great work on those wheels, Fred!  

Quote from: Wardukw on October 30, 2024, 07:09:13 AMBoth coming along very nicely mate...those .50s do look superb 👌
The Hilux looks great as it is 😆
Slammed and clean 

Thanks dudes.

With the Ute I'm going for well used rather than clean.  Not dirty but worn and shabby with a little light rust where paint is worn and chipped.  And hardly any paint left on the floor of the tub where loads have been dragged in and out.


Battle now has her legs and her exhausts in place and i've painted her torpedo.

Quote from: zenrat on October 31, 2024, 04:19:55 AM

Quote from: Wardukw on October 30, 2024, 07:09:13 AMBoth coming along very nicely mate...those .50s do look superb 👌
The Hilux looks great as it is 😆
Slammed and clean 

Thanks dudes.

With the Ute I'm going for well used rather than clean.  Not dirty but worn and shabby with a little light rust where paint is worn and chipped.  And hardly any paint left on the floor of the tub where loads have been dragged in and out.


Battle now has her legs and her exhausts in place and i've painted her torpedo.

Or battered and bent as we say here ...without much bent ...this is be impressive that I'm sure of 

Primed the Staghound today.

Wheels onto the Battle.  Tailwheel added...
...only to discover that if I use the unmodified Beaufort torpedo rack then there is a clearance issue.  Modifications are underway.

1/24 toolbox stickers for the HiLux printed.

I spent some time yesterday clearing undergrowth.
At the end of the street here is the cemetery and running between the road and the cemetery is an easement for powerlines.
When we moved here 18 years ago you used to be able to walk along the easement through the trees under the powerlines.  However over the years the undergrowth has grown and it became impassable.
On Sunday I decided to take my trusty sabre saw and reopen the path.  It wasn't easy as every time the power company crews cut back the trees under the lines they just dropped the cut branches where they stood and the undergrowth had grown up through them - blackberries and watsonias.
Also, cut back stumps had sprouted long thin whippy shoots.
At one point my glasses were flicked off by a shoot I was wrestling.  Now I am VERY short sighted and can see nothing without specs so after a token grope about at my feet I placed the saw on the ground (to indicate roughly where I had lost them) and stumbled home to get another pair.  When I returned I found them almost immediately as light was reflecting off the lenses.
Despite all that I got it done.  Princess Charlie the Wonder Dog and I can now walk along the easement instead of in the road.
And all the scratches on my arms and legs will eventually heal I am sure (yes, I know, long sleeves and legs might have been a good idea).
No Kit, no snakes.  I made sure I made enough noise that any there would have fled.

On the modelling front the Battle is now finished.  I've taken some pics and am attempting to write a back story.

Staghound is ready to paint.  I just have to make a decision about colour(s).  Original plan was Caunter Scheme but masking would be very tricky especially in the areas between the wheels where the fuel tanks and storage boxes are.

Hilox has its toolbox stickers and number plates on.  I just needs it's wombat hole muffler attaching and some more grubbing up done as certain bits look too clean.

MiG 15 got more Alclad Aluminium.  I'd tried to brush paint some panels with different metal shades and stuffed one of them up so I sanded it back and then put on an extra light coat over the whole airframe.  Looks good and has improved some thin patches from the first attempt which I had been procrastinating about.

Quote from: zenrat on November 04, 2024, 03:27:39 AMNo Kit, no snakes.  I made sure I made enough noise that any there would have fled.

But how did you avoid the carnivorous spiders, koalas, wombats, roos and other Oz-specific fauna?

Quote from: PR19_Kit on November 04, 2024, 03:39:39 AM

Quote from: zenrat on November 04, 2024, 03:27:39 AMNo Kit, no snakes.  I made sure I made enough noise that any there would have fled.

But how did you avoid the carnivorous spiders, koalas, wombats, roos and other Oz-specific fauna?

Yodelling.  Once they hear that they scarper.
 

So another one prepping the wicket ? 

Staghound now has three colour camo.  I've used Auscam colours - Pilbra, Camo Brown, and Camo Green.  All SMS lacquer.
Annoyingly the green, which I was trying to lay down in as fine a line as possible, kept clogging the nozzle despite adding a splosh of retarder.  Obviously needed to be more retarded.  Because of that the green areas are bigger than they were in my head.

I also masked and sprayed some panels on the NMF MiG 15.  Alclad Duraluminim is very close to Alclad Aluminium but it is a discernible difference.

I've also been motivated to finish a long stalled build - my surfing Gundam.  Figure is all painted and just needs detailing and clears.  The board has propulsion and has been painted but needs a gravity repulser lift frame scratchbuilt.  I've started on that.

be nice the see the Staggy under the camo finally. Really looks good