Maddog Manufacturing 2018 Production

[Stuart]

Thanks you Bruce. I did mange to get a little done before succumbing to the effects of my meds and falling asleep. Too small an update to post pics of so I'm gonna try again today. Not for long; my first radiation treatment starts tomorrow and I'll need to get up and 4:30 AM to get down to Irvine in time for it.

Good luck with it Mark - I'll be thinking of you!

[speedgraflex]

Good luck, Duke! You will be in our prayers!

[KSaarni]

That B737 will be massive when it's finished, holy malony!

- Kari

[tempestjohnny]

Good luck Mark

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks guys! I appreciate the comments. They help keep me going.

Thanks Bruce! Knowing that people are praying for me really does help.

Thanks Johnny! I'm glad to see you stopped in.

Kari, thanks! The Boeing 737 is a big one, but not as big as the B-377 I completed some time ago. That was one horse of a big bird:




I did manage to get some progress done the day before my treatment. Yesterday though, I was too tired and drained to do anything. Today I'm going to try again and I should finally have some progress pics to post here very soon. If all goes well, I could have them posted tonight.

Stay tuned, more to come.

[Stikpusher]

That 377 is a beauty Mark! But yes, the 737 is about the size of a B-17 while the 377 is based off the B-29/B-50

[speedgraflex]

What a gorgeous model! I remember the super saga of your build with this massive Pan Am “Nightingale” very, very well! You know how to build ‘em so well. There’s just no froufrou here; it’s pure. I feel as though I stepped back in time!

[Stikpusher]

I’ve always been fascinated with this Boeing airliner myself...

[Duke Maddog]

Thanks for the awesome comments guys, and to you Bruce, for that fantastic pic! Carlos, that pic is incredible too; I just wish they made that aircraft in 1/72 scale. I'd build that in a heartbeat!

In spite of the fatigue I've been fighting from my treatments, I did manage to get some things done both the day before my first treatment and the day after. Here it is so far....


I'll start with my aircraft and helicopters.

On the EH101 Merlin, I completed the painting of the interior. Now all I have to do is add the interior decals and glass in the windows and I can close this bird up:



Next I worked on my Australian HAP Tigre. I masked the canopies for painting:



That's when I noticed the gap in the top of the nose. So, I decided this was a good time to try that new Squadron putty:



I slathered some on, trying to keep it over the gap as much as possible. I was surprised that it came out looking almost clear:



Later on, when I went back to sand it after it was dry, I saw that it had caused some slight pitting in the top of the nose. I was able to sand it all away, but this was unexpected. After reading the tube, it does contain Toluene which does melt plastic a bit. So, this will take some getting used to for me. It also dries clear so that; even though it appears that I still have a gap, there is none there. I forgot to take a pic of the nose after all this. I did move on and add most of the final detail bits to this so it is almost ready for paint:





Moving on, I spent more time on the A-10, trying to bring this over the finish line. I didn't quite make it but I came close. Here's the progress I made on that so far.

First off, I shot a dullcoat over this model:



After that dried, I removed the masking from the canopy:



There were a few areas I needed to touch up, which I did later on.

After getting the canopy removed, it was time to install the landing gear and gear doors:



There was a lot of touch up needed here too since I forgot to paint the exterior of the doors. Oh well, I got them after I installed them here.

Once they were sufficiently dry, I added all the ordinance that I could fit in place. I still have one pylon I need to figure out what to mount on but otherwise this bird is loaded for bear:



You can see I also added the wheels to this. Now all I have to do is some more touch-ups on the weapons themselves.

This is by no means the final pic, but it gives you an idea of how this bird will look. I still have a lot of touch-ups to do before I can call it finished:






Moving on, I got a lot of small progress on a number of my armor and vehicles, as well as started one new one.

First off, I shot a basecoat of dark green on my Russian Zil 5 truck:





After that dried, I painted the seats inside a leather color:



Meanwhile, since I had the dark green out, I also basecoated the MAN 5-ton truck with this color:



I also dry-fit everything to see how it looks so far, as well as tried to plan how I'll paint the other two camo pattern colors:



Later, I also painted the seats inside a leather color:



I still need to fix that gear shift lever....

And still, since I had that dark green out; I shot the German M-109:





I'm not sure why that second pic turned out so yellow, but the color is the same as the previous two models. I also shot the hubs for the outer wheels:



Now I can mask this one and start the second two colors for the camouflage pattern.

After all that, it was time to change colors. I pulled out an Olive Drab ANA color and shot the Churchill bridgelayer:





I gave up on trying to make that operational again; the engineering is just a bit beyond me, especially in my fatigued state. I'm just gonna finish that as is. Next up, some color modulation, glosscoat and decals...

Finally, I started the little Roden Vauxhall ambulance that had been calling my name. First up was the delicate suspension:



I broke about three of those parts trying to put them in place. That's actually pretty good since on the Vauxhall staff car (which has the same suspension) I broke seven pieces... I'm getting better!

Next was the main body of the car. This was fairly straightforward, but I was a bit put off by the 'blast shield' they had in front of the driver. I guess he's supposed to peer over it as he drives:



Next I built the upper box area where the stretchers are carried:



I want to paint the interior and the stretchers first before I close that up. Come to think of it; I wonder why I want to do that. Nothing will be seen once this is closed up. Hmmm.....

Anyway, here is this tiny model all dry fit together so far:



Later, since I had the Olive Drab ANA out, I shot the lower part of this car with it too:



I should have waited here too until I had the fenders on and such. They need the same color. Doh!


Oh well, there is my latest progress so far. I don't know how much more I'll be able to get done after my treatment tomorrow so I may have to wait till next week to get more done. We'll see. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

[Stikpusher]

You’re doing good on your projects Mark. All of those are progressing well.