So, I have many unfinished kits that have accumulated over many years, for many different reasons that really need to be finished. This will hopefully be the place I do that
I will start with a few that have been left on or around my desk for the past several months while we have dealt with my mother's estate and getting it ready to rent. At the same time I was doing that, I decided to give my hobby space a makeover which is almost finished.
So, first is this Matchbox 1/72 M1 Abrams tank, It is a very simplified kit, and did not present much problem in building, but I got hung up over some of the simplified details and sort of put off doing anything to finish it,
Next is the Los Angeles class sub USS Portsmouth, 1/350th scale scale kit from the Hobby Boss kit. I put this aside about the same time as I did the Abrams. I think mainly because my spray booth was not set up at the time.
I got a 3d printed prop off Ebay that is more accurate than the kit supplied one, and also includes the smaller vortex inducer as well.
The tubes on the ends of the stabilizer's aren't really round or hollow as they come from the kit, so I rounded them off with a sanding stick, and then drilled them out. The towed sensor arrays are deployed through these tubes.
And, just for good measure, this one too
This was suppose to be a quick fill in build, that hasn't been.
So, if I can knock these out and get them finished up it will be a good start
The Quest for completions
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We're rooting for you!
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Now there is no logical reason that these three cannot be finished within the near future. You’ve got this.
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Great starts! Let’s go!
To make each build less crappy than the last one. Or, put another way, "Better than the last one, not as good as the next one!"..
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Can't wait to see them finished!
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Thanks guys!
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Looks like you're at least halfway through on all of them. This should be a cinch getting them across the finish line.
Looking forward to following this one.
Looking forward to following this one.
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We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
Virtuoso of Miniatures
"Do you know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I get and beat you with 'till you understand who's in ruttin' command!"
-Jayne Cobb, Firefly Episode 2 "The Train Job"
We are modelers - the same in spirit, in hunger to insanely buy newly released kits, hustlers in hiding our stash from our better halves and experts in using garbage as replacements for after-market parts.
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Stuart Templeton 'I may not be good but I'm slow...'
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Awesome!! Way to go go Stuart!