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Just bought Academy M-18 Hellcat from Ali Mall the storekeeper told me that the owner mark down the prices of the Academy, this would be my first tank scale ever. I was planing to buy the Damage one's battleship but it has no decal. I preyed my eyes on trumpeter USS San Francisco and USS Washington, before I set my eyes on the tanks. " now what I need is Scale Tank building for dummies" the instruction said to paint some parts. Its the inside compartment. I was also looking for the Badger spray gun, noob question where can I buy the compressor? where to refill?

Welcome back to scale modeling. I don't know how others paint their kits, I guess it's basically a culmination of aoll your experience and how you like things done. Me, I normally paint anything and everything as close to that given by the instructions. This means painting the small parts and sub-assemblies first, putting them together, masking the final kit, painting, decaling, and lastly, weathering. Canopies deserve a different treatment altogether.

But I would suggest starting with armour kits. They can be as dirty, as battered and grime filled as you want, basta flat coat lang.

Badger, as Doc Pepper has suggested may be found in National Bookstore. Tamiya Sprayworks at Lil's works well and may be gotten with its matching compressor. I personally use Aztec - sold long ago by National Bookstore.

"Mine was also painted in a kind of olive drab. If only I can find a mint vintage kit in ebay perhaps, I'd consider buying and assembling it just for nostalgia."

 

 

I'm not sure if your kit has been retooled or re-issued by Tamiya. One thing I can say is that I was able to get Tamiya's 88mm Flak gun 3-5 years ago and it was very much the same (including the Zundapp motorcycle and 8 figure Afrika Korps kit)as that made by a classmate in 1977.

 

 

"Fortunately for me I didn't have the funds to buy all the kits that I wanted. The kits that I purchased all through the years though, I have managed to build. Only the aforementioned 2 kits remain. Hopefully before this new decade ends, I would have found the time to finish everything."

Heheheh, I was like that until I finished law. In fact, I used to use elmer's glue and watercolor paints lang so I could assemble, disassemble, then re-assemble. Mahal noong araw and no funds. But basically I accumulated my kits after my marriage had been annulled. And some of these kits went as low as P60.00 (144 scale jets by Academy). Apparently, I'm averaging about 10 kits purchased in a year.

@Dr_PepPeR

 

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Sadly, the only tank that I made was a Tamiya Sherman Geppard that I somehow threw away. It had a wired transmitter that made the tank go forward and back and turn left and right. . . .

 

I'll try to post some pics of my battleships sometime next year. They somehow survived my earlier penchant of throwing old things out.

Boss CivicVTi, I remember those wired RC's. My Lola got me an SU-100 way back in the 70's yata (but it was by MRC Tamiya). It was my one and only motorized kit in 1/35 scale. One of the first rin na I painted (Olive Drab?), so brush pa.

My mom/dad hate me for being so much of a 'pack-rat' and a hoarder. I've thrown some stuff, but very few. I still have boxes of my Bismark and Tirpitz bought from Unimart. I'm trying to keep my old kits (Revell, Monogram, even Aurora).

Have you returned to the hobby? I have, sort of, at least.

Its more AMS (Advanced Modeler's Syndrome). I buy kits, paints, tools. I kid myself that I'll build them someday, but I don't even finish 4 a year. And I have more than 150 kits left. If I stop buying, I have 37.5 years to finish all these.

Try also JMG sa Harrison Plaza; they can order kits for you. If you are into bi-planes, Roden and Eduard are good brands. I got a Staaken last year - biggest German bomber for WWI.

If you are planning tp get the Tamiya Set, "Lil's" sa Megamall may still have them in stock - they are Tamiya distributors here kasi. Greenhills/Viramall, hmmm - kasi only STC Viramall ang hobbyshop na alam ko diyan, but I don't remember their having this in stock. JMG sa Harrisson Plaza and it's sister-shop sa Makati Cinema Square are other options. Note: You may also find other more specialized tools there.

guys,

 

where can i buy a starter kit? is there a shop somehwere in greenhills/virra mall area?

 

thanks

Hmmm ... I just love the memory of those long forgotten things of yesteryear -

Duco Cement - to be replaced by tubes of Revell Plastic Cement

Master's Enamel - later upgraded to Pactra Enamels (Pactra/Tamiya Enamels), Testor's, even Humbrol

from that model shop in Bricktown

Well, enough of the past.

May I just offer this small observation with regard to basic tools for a beginner to the hobby. Though this may be a little pricey, the Tamiya basic tool kit (it comes in a small plastic case) is worth its price, and may likewise serve as a sort of pressure to continue with the hobby para naman hindi sayang yung nabili.

I'm a hoarder by nature so I bought my second set as a spare more than 20 years after and while my first set is functioning well pa rin. Of course I have other tools to use (i suffer from a malady of not only collecting kits, paints, and now tools) such as drill bits, needle files scribers, scalpels knives, sprue cutters, sanding and polishing implements etc etc etc.

And I must confess, my builds SUCK.

But an important lesson that I have learnes is that, though I may be envious of the great builds by other hobbyists, the building of any kit is my creative process - and this makes me happy.

So ok na iyon. And remember, in this day and age, in our remote country beset by multiple problems and concerns, the mere fact that we are able to indulge ourselves in a rather capital intensive hobby brings us way ahead of many people, so it is a blessing that we do this.

BTW, anybody here have any experience with applying "lozenge decals" for WWI German Planes? I'm trying to build a Zepellin Staaken.

I have been a loyal Longwood Client since 1997 pa yata. In fact, nagkakamukhan ng kami ng mga staff kapag pumupunta ako doon. Longest single stay ko yata ay 4-days na tuloy-tuloy. Kaya rin I really appreciate the points rewards system which they have implemented.

In general, very satisfied naman doon, specially with the service coming from the staff. If ever there is need of improvement for me, it would be condition of their older rooms, lalo yung mga katapat pa ng kaka-renovate na rooms. Those old ones have problems with the bathroom drains and baka dapat palitan na ang carpets. Maybe they should also consider replacing/servicing the DVD players since some are medyo worn out na so problematic mag-operate, pati na rin mga remote controls. Don't get me wrong, the roomboys will be more than willing to help,i even replace the player with a working one, kaso nakaka-hasle.

At yung huli, and this is purely a request na walang basis to be demanded of from the establishment/management. It concerns lang the possibility when a loyal customer may have mistakenly brought funds na kulang. I just guess that maybe they should consider certain courtesies in cases where the track record will show that hindi naman sila gugulangan kundi lang medyo kinapos o nagkulang sa dalng pambayad. On the few occassions that this has happened to me I have had to look for ways to fully pay for my bill, to the point na mag-eextend pa ako ng another day as I await the arrival of my additional funds. When this happened to someone I knew sa Victoria Court, ang isang binigay na option was for them to simply leave something as a colateral, redeemable upon payment within a week yat. Just a thought.

Hay naku, Doc. Masyadong malala na ang aking kalagayan sa ngayon at wal pa rin akong mahanap na lunas sa aking sakit. Halong psychological na talaga nga. Kasi kahit alam ko na ang aking dapat gagawin, hindi ko pa rin maiwasan.

I compiled listing wherein I have an inventory of, not only my kits waiting construction or completion, but also all my paints, tools, and all whatnots.

OC na OC na nga. I was soooo amazed na I have about 24 shades of gray by various brands (enamel, acrylic, lacquer - huwag na yung watercolor). Namputsa.

I have even resorted to not buying 'of the shelf', thus burdening Natalie with having to order the kits from abroad. Ang ganda ng aking 1/72 Zeppilin Staaken by Roden - Germany's greatest bomber and the largest plane of the First World War. Naman!!!

I have even purchased about 5 Hasegawa Eggplanes. Naman, naman!!!

Malapit na ang November IPMS-BAC Exhibit. Ay EWAN.

I've tried future as a gloss coat after putting the decals - hand painted with a 1/4 inch wide brush. The stuff evened itself over the kit's surface and when it dried it was very even. The finish was better than the few times I tried airbrushing an acrylic clear coat. It's been more than 5 years, and the model's finish is still ok, and the decals haven't yellowed. I'd expect that wipe n' shine would work the same.

 

Haven't tried mixing future with an acrylic flat base yet.

I haven't airbrushed future as of yet, though I have brushed it to refresh the finish of my Rayban Wayfarers to a glossy 'good as new' finish. As for a matte coat, I mixed it with Tamiya Flat Base for a dull coat on a 1/72 Fokker Dr.1 Triplane. Ang ganda nasta do not put too much or you end up with a whitish finish. Repairable by adding more Future to your mix.

I'm sorry for posting a rather late reply regarding this topic, but I just wanted to share something lang. I have used both 'Future' and the local 'Wipe and Shine', and except for the initial milkiness of WnS, parang Future na nga - even smeels great too. What I would like to share though is that, even if both leave a gloss coat, should you want to make the finish matte, you can do so by adding Tamiya's Flat Base. You can read about this sa other websites on Future and modelling. I experimented at the start na trial and error and proportions ng Future/WnS with the Flat Base so be careful sa too much ng flat base or your kit will end up as if it had a winter camo pattern (powdery white overcoat). Luckilly, this may be remedied by overcoating with a better proportioned mix. FYI

FYI, lang po. Should anyone be interested in PAF decals, I was able to purchase a sheet at JMN's (2nd Floor, Harrisson Plaza). I can't remember nga lang right now how much they cost, what scale it was, and for what particular aircraft the sheet applied to.

Yes, the sweet smell of duco cement which I was too young to get addicted to. I loved the smell of enamel paints better, especially the Testor's label. I also use white glue and fishing weights. I can hammer the weights to almost any shape and besides, the oval ones are perfect for most aircraft noses. I just have to remember not to wash my model too often. The water melts the white glue.

Enamal ng Testor's, putsa Doc, your a man after my heart. Grabe I think I still have those empty bottles (glass pa with white cap). Hay, ang sarap mag-reminisce. Ever made An Aurora kit? What's your take on the new Revell kits?

Tamiya's He219 Uhu had a great review on the nose-weight that they provide with the kit. Galing nga naman.

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it's a challenger 2 w/ dozer blade (Op. Telic)

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Namputcha, ang galing eh. Wish I could inherit some talent and skill from these messages.

Yes of course. Pretty clear case of AMS. Strange how the stories are mostly alike, starting with the hobby at a young age, putting it aside when girls are discovered and then going back to it when you have the funds to splurge on it. I remember using Duco cement as a kid. When I was assembling a 1/48th plane, the instructions said to put some weight on the nose so it wouldn't be a tail sitter. Of course, I glued a rock inside the nose cone with a generous dollop of Duco cement (the more the merrier right?). The next day I found that the nose on the tabletop, looking as if it had gone limp, thanks to all the Duco cement.

Ah, Duco Cement. Yessir, I remember thee well. Siyempre Revell (Red Yellow and Blue tube) was the preferred cement but Duco. That sweet and sharp smell which, not only melted my radar antennae, strengthened my lungs. Now, spray painting fumes don't even bother me. Hehehe

Speaking of weights, what do you use to weigh down your kits? Me, I use BB pellets and white glue. It does take time to set up. I also use it to keep 1/16 figures standing. Siyempre, the more kakulitan to buy, the better. Mwahahahaha.

Well, my wife supports my hobby enthusiastically nowadays. It keeps me at home most of the time. Like many others I started to build at around 8 years old and then stopped sometime in high school when other interests beckoned. I only started to really seriously go back to the hobby in 1997. So my stash is the result of 10 years of buying more than I could actually build. I just can't seem to give any of my kits away, it's like parting with children. I'm sick, really sick.

Sabi sa iyo Doc, AMS iyan.

Since a lot of you guys have told your history, allow me to state mine. My Dad bought me my first kit, 1/72 P40 Warhawk by Monogram, way back in 1967 and made it for me. I also recall my mom building a Huey Cobra and this Multi-jetengine tanker(both Aurora) around that time too, so I must have started into the hobby at about 4yrs of age. I was into building them, no paints til most of my elementary schooling. Funds limited me to using elmers glue and watercolor so that I could build and rebuild them. I was partial to airplanes, especially since a teacher of mine, Mr. Joe Abando had brought us to BASA Airbase where I first saw our retired F-5's and touched our aging Sabres. But my Lola got me an SU-100 by MRC-Tamiya in 1977 thus starting me with my armour phase which ended when I graduated HS in 1981. With girls and cars as my major pre-occupation in college, I must have made an avarage of only one kit a year until I graduated from Law School. As a graduation present, I purchased a 1/6 Scale Porsche 911 Turbo (National Bookstore Quad) and thus got my priorities straight. This was further strengthened when I parted ways with my wife, I thus found myself buying kits almost every week. I was then appointed to the Civil Aeronautics Board (Deputy Exec Dir) so being around planes made me an airhead once more.

Tama ka Doc, my real hobby now, according to apparent priority is (1) collecting tools related to scale modelling, (2) collecting paints - acrylic, lacquer, enamel, pastel chalks, even nail polish, (3) collecting partially built kits, (4) collecting unbuilt kits. All of these are under the general mbrella of bitchin' about never finishing anything, yet buying just the same.

And that's why, I resolved that, during this holiday period, I must at least make an attempt to build something. Buti na lang at nakapag-paint ako ng Alclad sa SR-71 variant ko, same with my Starfighter, Tomcat, and Eagle. Hmmm, though none of them are really near completion at least that's something. Maybe tonight I'll look into my stash of Fokker Dr. Is, 1/72 1/48 or 1/28 scale. I just love going to the office in my barong tagalog with hands tinted with paint.

All this is mental.

wow...mga pare...i bought two battleships, the bismark and tirpitz from academy only to realize na parehong pareho sila..hehehe stupid me..hehehehe...sister ships sila (at alam ko ito...hehehe)....meron bang makakapag email sa akin ng color scheme nila para maiba naman sila sa isat isa..ty....

I can fully and wholeheartedly identify with you regarding this matter, pre. Literally decades ago (I can't remember exactly when but I'm sure that this was before I graduated from High School in 1981, maybe grade school pa nga ako noon, eh), I saved my lunch money so that I could buy a 1/720 (yata) Bismark by Revell. Subsequently, I then set my sights on the 1/720 (yata, again) Tirpitz also by Revell. I purchased both of them from the Toys Section of Unimart (yes the grocery in Greenhills, and yes they had models there at that time) so they were still in sealed boxes and thus preventing me from any comparison until I already purchased them. Aside from gridwork yata sa smokestacks on one, and very minor differences on one or two more items, talaga ngang sister ships sila - twins nga halo, eh. After building both, I gave one of them to a cousin of mine. I still have the other at home, but since I wasn't to particular with the building and painting of ships, and modeling tools consisted of styrene cement, nail clippers, cutters and sandpaper - painting was mostly just Hull Red for the hull, Flat Black stripe atop that, and three to a side na Flat Black and Flat White 'stripes'.

I was cleaning my room about 2 months ago, taking inventory of kits to build, and other related model building items. PRE, NO PROMISES, HA, but I think I still have the box of one of the ships and didn't throw it out as of yet. It might have the instructions and painting guide there. Hanapin ko and will get back to you, whether good news or bad.

I've used gasoline to thin rugby for other applications also. Several years ago, I tried this on styrene, but if I recall correctly, the mixture sort of dissolves the plastic surface. I was trying to foil an airplane at that time and I was not happy with the results.

 

The foil adhesive I'm using is from Microscale (I bought mine during a trip to the US but this can probably be ordered from JMN Hobbies). Apparently, foil glues are of the "pressure activated" type and presumably are different from the ordinary white glues obtainable from National bookstores.

Pre, yes you can order from JMN. Marami na akong mga stuff na nakuha sa kanila. Bilib ako sa mga nag-metal finish. These are for those with either very clean and neat in their work processeses or have steady hands and nerves. But when everyuthing is done and has fallen into place, what masterpieces naman. Joy joy joy. :upside: :upside:

Thanks. He was the one who wrote down the fighter pilot's edict.

Dr Pepper

 

Yes, it doesnt melt plastic unlike liquid cement. I used liquid cement for about a decade before I shifted to a combination of superglue and --- believe it or not --- chloroform.

 

Chloroform is much cheaper, and much more liquid than even the finest liquid cement available today. If I need to melt plastic parts together, I use this. And for gaps, and areas where instant bonding is required, I use superglue.

 

Yes, its hard to sand (I use a combination of 400-grit then 800-grit then 1000-grit sandpaper), but its this hardness that stops any shrinkage, giving you a more solid filler.

Ah, the Dicta. Read somewhere na it was still used by Luftwaffe sa WWII.

Hmmm, sanding, one of my newer obsessions. You can find up to 2000-grit sa mga hardware stores. JMN has Microscale abrasives up to 20,000 or Microscale na Rubbing Compound. I have one thick manila envelope of various grit sandpaper and a small toolbox of jeweler's files, etc. Get your files sa Han's Tools ng Shangri-La got a set of 12 about P110 lang, although maganda rin ang Tamiya na file set. Dammit, I even have RM's automotive rubbing compound. Has anyone tried turtle wax fininshing compound? Got one sa supermarket pero I haven't had the time to try it.

Herr Ace, Doc, and all you ASM disease carriers, I just wanted all of you to know that you, your info and insights are most appreciated by this person. All of it keep me sane but envious.

This may be out of topic but I was just wondering, if mayroon na kayong Advanced Modeller's Syndrome-Toolside. I don't just keep buying kits. Tools paints, even things na baka magagamit sa modelling. I have this small toolbox of sharps, another of abrasives, a sealed cannister for adhesives, not to mention paints-according to type. I have even a "Third Hand" from Radio Shack. Malapit na yata ang terminal stage ko.

Putty does shrink. Medyo madugo lang ang process na ito, but what I do is apply putty until almost finished na. Then I use Mr. Surfacer (Gunze) until It would seem na sobra na. After sufficient drying time, sand to be sure na the line is completely filled up. Then I use different grits of abrasive to smoothen the whole surface. Using 'Dymo" tape, I re-scribe (BMF Scriber?)any panel line that may have been lost or affected.

 

Mabusisi pero tiyaga lang pre. Since I make models for my personal satisfaction and sanity, I have been very satisfied lately sa ganitong process. I converted an Academy 1/72 SR-71 and namputsa, you can't find the jointlines, nor my re-scribed panel lines.

 

Like your handle. He was one of Herr Rittmeister's idols. Mga ka-level nila Immelmann. Wish I could join their Staffel.

By the way, I read somewhere na a mixture of talcum powder and ???? makes an easy to sand putty type. Now if I can just remember if it was Future or super glue.

By the way, plastic cement welds the parts by partly melting the plastics and then welding them together. Superglue, which is harder than polystyrene plastic when dry, doesn't melt the plastics that you are attaching. Trivia = The reason that it does a great job in sticking skin together, particularly sa mata, is because it was initially an experiment to help in sutureless surgey para wala nang tahian. Read this somewhere

Have you guys tried superglue (Mighty Bond, for example)? Parting lines or seams sometimes wont go away regardless of how much glue or putty you put into the gap because of shrinkage. Most putties Ive tried (with the exception of Milliput) suffer from some shrinkage as time goes by, and the seams begin to reappear.

 

For hairline gaps and seams superglue might just be what you need. It dries really hard and has almost no shrinkage. Just glue the parts together, then apply sparingly (just enough to cover the gap). Let dry, then sand smooth.

 

Putty does shrink. Medyo madugo lang ang process na ito, but what I do is apply putty until almost finished na. Then I use Mr. Surfacer (Gunze) until It would seem na sobra na. After sufficient drying time, sand to be sure na the line is completely filled up. Then I use different grits of abrasive to smoothen the whole surface. Using 'Dymo" tape, I re-scribe (BMF Scriber?)any panel line that may have been lost or affected.

Mabusisi pero tiyaga lang pre. Since I make models for my personal satisfaction and sanity, I have been very satisfied lately sa ganitong process. I converted an Academy 1/72 SR-71 and namputsa, you can't find the jointlines, nor my re-scribed panel lines.

Like your handle. He was one of Herr Rittmeister's idols. Mga ka-level nila Immelmann. Wish I could join their Staffel.

Yes I saw that article. The plain aluminum foil he used was the cheapest kind, so it would be really thin. I was thinking of using the foil that comes with chocnut to BMF a jet because I remembered using it to cover coins and rub it against the hair to make it appear bare metal. Problem is I'll surely get fat from eating all that chocnut. Is there anything available locally that works like Micro Mark's Foll Adhesive?

Personally, sanay ako sa medyo maruming finish, as in tanks and other armour kits or airplanes but not metal finish. the few that I've made, I just spray on a metallic paint then buff it or use a very fine abrasive so I've really never had a real metal finish. I just tried Alclad II on one, but this is basically spray on, lang. I've bought bmf sa hp before and haven't seen Micro Mark's Foil Adhesive. Can you thin rugby?

Reminds me of this article I saw in Fine Scale Modeler. Grabe, the guy was building a 1/48 P38 Lightning na metal finish. He did that by applying, not Bare Metal Foil, but rather plain aluminum foil. Putcha, ang tiyaga at ang galing. Good luck in your Sabrejet or Mig. Should you need very fine abrasives, JMN has Micromesh Finishing Abrasives. If I'm not mistaken, the finest cloth had 20,000 na grit.

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