Hello Everyone, Someone sent this to me and I thought you might enjoy it.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N ... 346008881/
Anyone else build models or did so as a kid ?
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brilliant man! what i like about that model is it looks as if its just drove off the battlefield! my best friend's dad is REALLY into models. alot of ww2 planes but also a ton of tanks,vehicles, subs, etc.cisco wrote:My latest masterpiece
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Tell the truth dude, what you do is more than an airfix kitcisco wrote:Yep the exact same idea as airfix although the kits are much better quality now !gixxer wrote:fantastic job cisco, thats some paintwork,,,,,,are the models you make airfix or similar, or are they made by a specialist firm
Dude customises them with anything that will improve the look. Very talented.
Is that the one you showed me when you had just begun making it?
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damn, those tanks look amazing! that paintwork really gives the impression of old metal that has been in battles, weather, mud...
when I was young I used to like building models too. my dad was crazy about RC airplanes his whole life, so it rubbed off on me a little. I was in good company, my dad was a guru and could build RC airplanes from scratch (no kit). he would make the whole frame, wings etc out of balsawood, like a miniature of the way they made fullsize planes with the ribs etc. to make the outer shell, he would hold the sheets of balsawood over a steaming pot and little by little, bend them to the right shape when the wood is soft.
I remember being really surprised when my dad would fly these planes so high they would be BEHIND the clouds.
Later on we built some little RC boats too. when it came to the hardcore building, woodworking etc, it was mostly dad doing the hard stuff, I was mostly painting and detailing. but later again I got into the military scale models myself, and built a number of helicopters.
good times!!!!
when I was young I used to like building models too. my dad was crazy about RC airplanes his whole life, so it rubbed off on me a little. I was in good company, my dad was a guru and could build RC airplanes from scratch (no kit). he would make the whole frame, wings etc out of balsawood, like a miniature of the way they made fullsize planes with the ribs etc. to make the outer shell, he would hold the sheets of balsawood over a steaming pot and little by little, bend them to the right shape when the wood is soft.
I remember being really surprised when my dad would fly these planes so high they would be BEHIND the clouds.
Later on we built some little RC boats too. when it came to the hardcore building, woodworking etc, it was mostly dad doing the hard stuff, I was mostly painting and detailing. but later again I got into the military scale models myself, and built a number of helicopters.
good times!!!!
Its the very same ! thanks for the compliment dude ! i do regard myself more an artist than a modeller !Twichaldinho wrote:Tell the truth dude, what you do is more than an airfix kitcisco wrote:Yep the exact same idea as airfix although the kits are much better quality now !gixxer wrote:fantastic job cisco, thats some paintwork,,,,,,are the models you make airfix or similar, or are they made by a specialist firm
Dude customises them with anything that will improve the look. Very talented.
Is that the one you showed me when you had just begun making it?
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Good times indeed my friend , thats more or less how i got back into it (only been about 4/5 years)was the memories of my Dad making and painting Airfix kits for me as a kid !!bleak wrote:damn, those tanks look amazing! that paintwork really gives the impression of old metal that has been in battles, weather, mud...
when I was young I used to like building models too. my dad was crazy about RC airplanes his whole life, so it rubbed off on me a little. I was in good company, my dad was a guru and could build RC airplanes from scratch (no kit). he would make the whole frame, wings etc out of balsawood, like a miniature of the way they made fullsize planes with the ribs etc. to make the outer shell, he would hold the sheets of balsawood over a steaming pot and little by little, bend them to the right shape when the wood is soft.
I remember being really surprised when my dad would fly these planes so high they would be BEHIND the clouds.
Later on we built some little RC boats too. when it came to the hardcore building, woodworking etc, it was mostly dad doing the hard stuff, I was mostly painting and detailing. but later again I got into the military scale models myself, and built a number of helicopters.
good times!!!!
RIP Sr Cisco x
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