Maddog Manufacturing 2018 Production

[speedgraflex]

I am glad you rested, Mark!

[Stikpusher]

Mark I am very happy to hear that your healing and feeling it! That is the best news that I have heard in several days!

[Duke Maddog]

Thank you everyone, I am sure thrilled to be feeling so much better. I am going to take it easy too; I don't need to relapse! Thank you once again for all your support and well wishes.

During all that time, I still managed to get a few short sessions in my hobby room to make some progress. I didn't get nearly as far as I'd have liked, but I'm happy to have moved forward. That is the reason for this short update.

I'll start with the one aircraft I managed to improve.

After shooting the dark blue over the top of my Japanese F-2, I masked it off with the Silly Putty:



Then I re-shot the Intermediate Blue along the edges:



After that dried, I removed the Silly Putty and then shot a gloss coat over it so it would be ready for decals:





Since I had the airbrush out, I also shot a bunch of colors on more armor.

First off, I got a basecoat on the two British Airfield vehicles:

The Tilly first:





Then the Bedford fuel truck:





I also got the windows on the Russian truck masked so I could re-paint the cab roof since it got scuffed up when I put it on:



You can see I also added the wheels and headlights and painted them up.

Next up, since my German MAN truck was already painted black, I masked off the black I wanted to keep with more Silly Putty:



Next step: shooting the brown color....





Once that was all dry, I removed the Silly Putty to see how it looked. I'm very pleased:



The cab is still loosely dry-fit; after all, I have to repaint the interior and then add the glazing to the windows.



Here it is sitting on the chassis:



Since I was doing all that to this truck, I also completed all these steps with the German M-109. First the Silly Putty over the black:



Next the brown color over the exposed areas:





And later removal of all the Silly Putty:





Now I need to find the missing decals.... or use some alternates from my backup stash.


Finally, I painted the seat and interior of the Vauxhall ambulance:



Afterward, I temporarily added the cargo bay and shot the whole thing with gloss to prepare it for decals:



Now I have at least eight or nine models ready for decals. Once I get the time and energy, I'll make an attempt to roll some of these eight or nine over the finish line.

Until then, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

[Medicman71]

Nice progress on all the kits!

[mustang1989]

You really do have a lot going on here Mark. I always like popping in here and checking out all the cool progress bud. Thumbs up man!!

[speedgraflex]

You are the Silly Put Master! Beautiful results!

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks for the awesome replies guys! I always love coming back here to see what everyone posts.

Bruce, I think I'm getting better!

[Stuart]

Everything is looking superb Duke - nice work.

I'm really pleased to hear you're feeling better!

Regards

Stuart

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks Stuart! I had a followup with my radiologist and he said I'm improving well, but to stop pushing myself. I still need to rest and recuperate some more since I am still healing. He was concerned that I could relapse. I can see his point.

My wife is on vacation until next Monday; so I don't know how much time I'll have to post pics before I head out to San Diego's Comicon on Tuesday. I'll try to get my latest progress posted if I can before I go. It ain't much as I've been stealing time in the Hobby Room whenever I can between the activities she has planned.

So, stay tuned. It might be awhile, but there will be more to come.

[speedgraflex]

Duke—if you get a chance to take pictures of the 1:8 EVA Pod from Moebius I would love to see ‘em. I missed out on the Atomic City run so this could be my second chance.