Maddog Manufacturing 2015 Factory is Open

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Kari! Someday I'll beat that F/A-18 into submission. I might even just brush paint the touch-ups and move on. I'm just tired of that plane.

I am also pleased with the interior of the Madge. It is too bad that most of that won't be seen, but I'm glad I got pics! I might even pint them up and place them next to my model at contests...

The big train project is going to take awhile, but I'm slowly whittling it down. It's going to be two trains too. I am also looking forward to getting them done.

I am also enjoying these SCUDS. They are fun to build with some excellent attachments that help hide seams and strengthen the joins of almost all parts. Toxso did an amazing job on these.


Thanks again Kari!

[Duke Maddog]

Well, I have a few hours to go before I have to leave for Midnight Mass, so here's the latest progress I got done today. It ain't much, just small steps here and there to try and get a few things closer to the finish line. Most of this was done with the airbrush, with a little extra work on the side.

First off, I shot a clear gloss onto the C-46 so that I could start decaling it soon:



Next, while I had the airbrush out, I shot some dullcoat on my Huey Hog to seal in the decals:



Now I can move on with that one.

While I was at it, I decided to test the Italian red that I'd gotten with the decals for the Stearman. It was the closest match I'd found yet. It's the left-most blotch of color:



So, I took a leap of faith and shot the engine cowl Italian Red:



Now that I had a red cowl, I shot another coat of cream over the whole aircraft to cover places I's sanded a little to smooth things out. The top wing is only sitting on the four inside struts:







Now I'll be adding a gloss coat to this for the decals and assembling the engine to install in the front of this plane.

After this, a friend called and while I was chatting with him, I spent the time sanding the bottom of the Space Shuttle smooth:



I was hoping to get the interior installed on this so I could add the clam shell doors and then the wings, but I ran out of time.

That's all I got done on my aircraft, now for the armor progress...


First off, I wasn't happy with the holes in the back of the T-54. I didn't want to fill them, wait for them to dry, then sand them smooth; possibly eliminating a lot of detail back there. So I came up with another idea that is slightly inaccurate, but was far easier and faster to do.

First thing, I cut a piece of styrene strip about the width of the back area and glued it on over the holes:



Here you can see the holes I'm covering:



Then I trimmed this plastic down to size:



After that, I added the upper hull; snapping it into place without glue and proceeded to sand it smooth:



The second band of white above is simply the light reflecting off the still-glossy surface of the rear upper hull.

Here is the new addition already painted. The paint is still a little wet here:




Like I said, a bit inaccurate, but much faster and easier.

While I had the green out, I figured I'd paint a couple more models. One was the little tank for the train. Here it is shot with green, and a little preliminary weathering as well:





The other model was one of the SCUDs that I jumped the gun on. I figured, lets see what it's like to get one of these painted, so I shot a coat of green one one of them:



Not bad so far. I still need to build the missile cradle on both of these first though.

Okay, while I was shooting dullcoat around on the Huey, I also shot the T-54. This one is also weathered a bit with some dusting of brown:





Right after that, I also shot a dullcoat and dusting on the Diamond T cargo truck:





You can see here I also removed the window masking. I also had to replace both the headlights with new ones since one broke off, rolled down my leg and disappeared! So I removed the other one and added two others from a different kit.

Now the T-54 just needs the roof machine gun and it'll be finished; while the Diamond T still needs rear view mirrors, spare tires, and a couple more detail parts before it's done. Maybe a day or two after Christmas, well see.


Well that's all I was able to get done this Christmas Eve morning before my wife came home. Now I'm off to Midnight Mass. Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

[CallSignOWL]

you are a MACHINE!!!

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Owl! Yeah, I think I'm coming up on my five-year tune up and hydraulic fluid change soon...

Seriously, I appreciate the compliments. I'm hoping to get a few of these finished tomorrow and the next day. Stay tuned, more to come.

[Stuart]

Crickey you have a lot on the bench - and they all look fantastic!

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Stuart! I appreciate the compliment as well!

It's the day after Christmas Day and I have the whole day for modeling so lets see what I can get done this week....

[KSaarni]

- Kari

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Kari for looking in. Now for a continuation of what's on my bench. This is a very small update for a lot of work done. First off, I finished three models so I haven't got any pics of them to show here. All I have for now are four pics showing the work I got done on three models.

To start out, I finally did what I wanted to do Christmas Eve before I ran out of time. I added the interior, clamshell doors and wings to the Space Shuttle. In these pics, the tail is only dry-fit on; I have a lot of filling and sanding to do on the engine covers first before I can permanently add the tail:



And yes, the clamshell doors do close:



Man, she's a big 'un.

Next, I assembled the missile cradles for the two SCUDs and got them installed in the models:



I then built the SCUD missiles themselves and decided to test fit them to the cradles:





Now that is all the progress I got on unfinished models. As for the rest of what I did:

->I also finished up a Huey Hog by adding the rotors, doors, weapons pylons and tail surfaces while removing the window masking.

->I also finished the Diamond T Cargo truck by adding the spare tires, rear view mirrors, and other assorted detail parts. I then completed the weathering on this truck which doesn't show too well in the pics.

-> Finally, I also finished the T-54B tank by adding the machine gun to the turret and finishing off the weathering of this tank as well.

To see those, you'll have to go to their respective Forums to see the completed pics.

Tomorrow and the next day look to be very busy, so I will probably not see much bench time. Maybe in a few days I'll have time to get more done. Meanwhile, feel free to check out my finished models and thanks for looking in. Comments are always welcome.

[KSaarni]

Man, she's a big 'un.

She is COLOSSAL !

Especially when comparing her with the armour in the background..
Man, you could fit, volumewise, pretty many of those tanks into the Shuttles belly..

- Kari

[BlackSheep214]

I'm interested in how she stacks up on booster rockets compared to the rocket he did.