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Maddog Manufacturing 2015 Factory is Open
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Stikpusher
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Re: Maddog Manufacturing 2015 Factory is Open
patiently awaiting the next update... "Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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BlackSheep214
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Re: Maddog Manufacturing 2015 Factory is Open
Looking forward to more updates. I'm excited to see how everything comes together. Yeah...that shuttle is a big one. Which ship are you going to do it as?
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: Maddog Manufacturing 2015 Factory is Open
Oh my, yeah se is a biggie!
Indeed, the cockpit looks good after the paintwork,
curious to see the next steps Duke!
- Kari
Indeed, the cockpit looks good after the paintwork,
curious to see the next steps Duke!
- Kari
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On the bench:
MiniArt 1:48 - Junkers F13 Float Plane
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On the bench:
MiniArt 1:48 - Junkers F13 Float Plane
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Duke Maddog
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Re: Maddog Manufacturing 2015 Factory is Open
Thanks guys! I hope to get more work done next week.
Blacksheep, I haven't quite decided yet. I may do a poll to see what everyone likes. All options are available on the decal sheet, even the Enterprise; despite her never going into space.
Blacksheep, I haven't quite decided yet. I may do a poll to see what everyone likes. All options are available on the decal sheet, even the Enterprise; despite her never going into space.
The Duke
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"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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Duke Maddog
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Okay, here's the latest on my mostly small scale, out-of-the-box projects that I've been working on.
I'll start with the Space Shuttle since there's only the one pic. Seems the bottom seam is atrocious, so I slathered a good amount of Mr. Surfacer 500 in preparation for cleaning this up:
Hopefully tomorrow I can install the interior into this model and move on....
Next I went to work on my little Huey Hog helicopter that I've been neglecting for a while. I finished up painting the pilots and adding the main rotor stem:
I also dry-brushed white on the instrument panel:
I kept it simple since I didn't expect much would be seen through the windows anyway...
Finally, I slapped it all together and set it up to dry:
More to come on that later. I have a lot of touch-up to do on that. I'll also probably need to shoot another OD coat on it.
Moving on, I also went back to another model I've been neglecting a bit. It was time to complete the cab for my Diamond T cargo truck. Before that though, I didn't like the gaps between the tanks on the running board and the forward fender. So, I took out the Mr. Surfacer 500 and added some to the gaps. Then I used Mr. Hobby Thinner to smooth it out so that I wouldn't need to try and get some kind of sanding implement in the corner:
Next I added the windshield and door windows to this. Here's the windshields:
Seems the Mr. Surfacer 500 got a little thin and opened up again. Gonna have to fix that...
Windshields were kind of hard to see in that pic, here's another one:
Then I added the windows to the doors:
Don't know where all that dirt came from on those; I already got them cleaned off. I also noticed that they didn't include a window for the back of the cab. So, I used my Micro Crystal Clear to make one:
While all that was sitting and drying, I went ahead and added the wheels to the chassis:
Gonna be painting those wheels later on, possibly tomorrow.
Finally, I got the cab finished:
I didn't add the headlight guards on this because they are solid plastic and look terrible. I'm going to try and find some P/E mesh I might have somewhere to replace it on this model. Hopefully I have some.
Finally, some more Fun With Dryfitting:
Last but not least, Jim here's your 1/48 scale Revell Stearman biplane that you sent me to build for you.
This is the box I got in the mail this week:
Some nicely molded parts in this model. It looks pretty good in the box:
After looking it over, I cleared my bench and got started. First off was the cockpits and interior:
While that was drying, and while I was waiting to find out what scheme he wanted this done in, I painted black on all the black and metallic parts. The metallic parts will be dry-brushed with aluminum or steel, depending on what I'm painting:
By the way everyone, he left it up to me to choose the scheme so I'll do the one shown on the box top. Jim, I hope you like it so far.
Tomorrow I was supposed to help someone move, but the place he's supposed to move to isn't ready yet so I have the whole day free. The airbrush is coming out so I'll be painting the Stearman interior and several other models.
Stay tuned for more! Meanwhile, comments are welcome; thanks for looking in.
I'll start with the Space Shuttle since there's only the one pic. Seems the bottom seam is atrocious, so I slathered a good amount of Mr. Surfacer 500 in preparation for cleaning this up:
Hopefully tomorrow I can install the interior into this model and move on....
Next I went to work on my little Huey Hog helicopter that I've been neglecting for a while. I finished up painting the pilots and adding the main rotor stem:
I also dry-brushed white on the instrument panel:
I kept it simple since I didn't expect much would be seen through the windows anyway...
Finally, I slapped it all together and set it up to dry:
More to come on that later. I have a lot of touch-up to do on that. I'll also probably need to shoot another OD coat on it.
Moving on, I also went back to another model I've been neglecting a bit. It was time to complete the cab for my Diamond T cargo truck. Before that though, I didn't like the gaps between the tanks on the running board and the forward fender. So, I took out the Mr. Surfacer 500 and added some to the gaps. Then I used Mr. Hobby Thinner to smooth it out so that I wouldn't need to try and get some kind of sanding implement in the corner:
Next I added the windshield and door windows to this. Here's the windshields:
Seems the Mr. Surfacer 500 got a little thin and opened up again. Gonna have to fix that...
Windshields were kind of hard to see in that pic, here's another one:
Then I added the windows to the doors:
Don't know where all that dirt came from on those; I already got them cleaned off. I also noticed that they didn't include a window for the back of the cab. So, I used my Micro Crystal Clear to make one:
While all that was sitting and drying, I went ahead and added the wheels to the chassis:
Gonna be painting those wheels later on, possibly tomorrow.
Finally, I got the cab finished:
I didn't add the headlight guards on this because they are solid plastic and look terrible. I'm going to try and find some P/E mesh I might have somewhere to replace it on this model. Hopefully I have some.
Finally, some more Fun With Dryfitting:
Last but not least, Jim here's your 1/48 scale Revell Stearman biplane that you sent me to build for you.
This is the box I got in the mail this week:
Some nicely molded parts in this model. It looks pretty good in the box:
After looking it over, I cleared my bench and got started. First off was the cockpits and interior:
While that was drying, and while I was waiting to find out what scheme he wanted this done in, I painted black on all the black and metallic parts. The metallic parts will be dry-brushed with aluminum or steel, depending on what I'm painting:
By the way everyone, he left it up to me to choose the scheme so I'll do the one shown on the box top. Jim, I hope you like it so far.
Tomorrow I was supposed to help someone move, but the place he's supposed to move to isn't ready yet so I have the whole day free. The airbrush is coming out so I'll be painting the Stearman interior and several other models.
Stay tuned for more! Meanwhile, comments are welcome; thanks for looking in.
The Duke
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.
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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BlackSheep214
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Re: Maddog Manufacturing 2015 Factory is Open
Looking good, Duke...
“Who controls the skies, controls the fate of this Earth”
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Author unknown- 352nd Fighter Group, Blue-Nosed Bastards of Bodney
“Send one plane it’s a sortie; send two planes it’s a flight; send four planes it’s a test of airpower. - Richard Kohn
Re: Maddog Manufacturing 2015 Factory is Open
Looking like you are off to a great start, Duke. Lyle sent you the kit (btw) 
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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Stikpusher
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Work, work, work... 
"Surely I have made my meaning plain? I intend to avenge myself upon you, Admiral. I have deprived your ship of power, and when I swing 'round, I intend to deprive you of your life."
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Re: Maddog Manufacturing 2015 Factory is Open
Uh, how is that Phantom coming?
how is that Phantom coming?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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Duke Maddog
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Thanks guys! Glad you like my progress so far.
Lyle I apologize; I have no idea why I put "Jim". I am stumped by that.
More to come, stay tuned.
Lyle I apologize; I have no idea why I put "Jim". I am stumped by that.
More to come, stay tuned.
The Duke
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.
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.