Buildings

Tim Heimer Just use the real stuff! LOL!

Arne Greve Not really. Sometimes, I have green fingers, but not from working in my garden. ;-D

Acki What kind of gras are you smoking?

Arne Greve Static Gras from Mininature and sometimes from Green Line/Fredericus Rex. It brings me a lot of fun and different colors!!! ;-D

Rui S Nice paint job, BTW.

Sebastian Schl. Wauw. Ich Stolper da jetzt erst drüber. Hier ist ja die komplette Geschichte aufgelistet

Arne Greve Thx guys. Meanwhile I put some Ivy on the Diorama. Its a work for ill peoples to put it into position.

Arne Greve The ivy is in its position.

Arne Greve Finally, its finished a year ago.

Glenn . It's quoted as being 1/192 scale with a base of 18 inches sounds about right! Revell made everything in very odd scales to fit boxes back then!
https://worthpoint.com/worth..1550-westinghouse-1806162517

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench I have seen this Kit on ebay....
Sees to bei the original from 1959
https://rover.ebay.com/rover..m%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F162833065496

Łukasz Bąk Im a producer of this building. Let me know if You would like to buy one.

Geoffrey Young Good morning Antonio, how are you?. Mate how did you go with building this kit, did it fight you all the way, or was it pain free? I'm currently building it myself and i'm not to familiar with Vac forms, so in the process i may have shaved off to much of the plastic, leaving gaps where the two halves come together and where the corners of the wall meet. So now it looks like i may have to use filler to fix this problem as well as the other fit issues. If you could help me out here that would be great......cheers Geoff Young.

Antonio van Boxtel Hello Geoff, i'm fine, thank you. It was also the first vacform kit for me and i've had the same problems. Too much plastic cut away and some big gaps here and there. I took some sheets of sandpaper and placed them on my desk using double-sided tape. Now sanding the back of the parts as smooth as possible. There were some large gaps left which i filled by melting the plastic with modelling cement (luckily the parts are made of some kind of styrene). It left a rough surface but hey, did you ever broke a brick? The breaking surface is nothing but smooth! So with a bombed house the surfaces aren't that smooth either. The only smooth surfaces are at the window sills. If the house won't fit in the space on the base, just put in some sand to fill the gap. Use the same sand behind the remains of the corner and paint as desired. As it is some sort of ruin, nobody will notice it. I will post some pics of the finished model in the future. Success with your project! Cheers, Antonio van Boxtel.

Geoffrey Young Cheers mate sounds like a plan. I had thought about using epoxy putty, to fill the gaps then sculpt it into brickwork.....should work...lol. Look forward to your pics.

Geoffrey Young Good morning Luke, how are you?. Mate how did you go with building this kit, did it fight you all the way, or was it pain free? I'm currently building it myself and i'm not to familiar with Vac forms, so in the process i may have shaved off to much of the plastic, leaving gaps where the two halves come together and where the corners of the wall meet. So now it looks like i may have to use filler to fix this problem as well as the other fit issues. If you could help me out here that would be great......cheers Geoff Young.

C Marques de Sá Soon with picture

Irving González hello, have photos?

Jean Tchao hi ! Yes.. but not finished at all ! just glued.

Irving González looks very good kit

Jean Tchao I just uploaded the Pics. very simple to build and funny to cut & glue but needs a lot of putty to mask the joints

Gareth Windsor That's looking quite impressive Łukasz.

Łukasz Gliński Well, in terms of paint cans used to spray it all, it's impressive indeed

Choppa Nutta always liked a nice bit of architecture

Erik De Smet It is more likely to be a hangar for the Mirage 5 era than for the F-16 , Lukasz, but it is a very nice setting for any type of airplane.
What glue do you use to build it ?

Łukasz Gliński Well, it's indeed intended to be the generic background architecture
The glue is "Express wood glue" by Pattex - picture is here:
Hangar | Album by Woody (1:72)

Nils Steyaert that looks great, nice work

Łukasz Gliński Thanks

Irving González very nice.

Łukasz Gliński Thanks, I still need to wash it a bit and will announce this project finished

JOHN THOMAS Nice work

JOHN THOMAS Very cool

Bernhard Schrock Very realistic! Scratch? From witch materials build?

David Funke Thank you! It´s made of lasercutted paper. After assembly, I painted it with enamel colors.

Burkhard D Awesome, you got me intrigued! Will MBSRR bring a few for sale to PMCL Lübeck in April?

David Funke I will ask Mr. Schorsch, but I think so.
Some other types of hangars will follow...

Christian Bruer Interesting subject well designed and displayed. Are they available in scale 1/144 too?

Christian Meyerhoff Good old Airfix. Always worth a build!

Erik Leijdens Childhood memories

John Bollig Just got one in my black Friday sale booty. is it hard to build ?

Łukasz Gliński @John: Well, it's an old model, some walls required CA glue and some sanding to fit ceiling and other walls...
The poles for the stairs are missing - I just left it as it is. The glass for windows is not included in the kit too.
And be careful with the doors - they like to fall inside of the building (I supported them with thin styrene from the inside)

Michal Z. nice! I started two years ago with this building my model career ))

Łukasz Gliński Brave decision Michal, as it's not the best one to (re-)start modelling

John Bollig It is an old kit but I like it. goes well with the battle of Britain set that I got... can't wait to start on mine

Kerry COX Lukasz, If all the other work you have done is any indication on what we can expect, well I am happy to sit here with my chips and beer to watch a "WIP" become a masterpiece.
Tally Ho. !!!!

Łukasz Gliński @John: I'm looking for that BoB set for some time now, hopefully I'm gonna get it next year (that's one of the resolutions )
@Kerry: Thanks a lot mate, will do my best - currently fighting with the wash for Defiant (I hate it sometimes) and the Pogo's canopy

Michal Z. John I mean "too years" not two it's a mistake from keyboard...

Kars Jans Would these fit a scale 1/20 pit box, Stefan?

Stefan Suessemilch Honestly I think they're too small. I took a picture for you, compare the 1/24 Fujimi tools with a sprue from the Tamiya Motorsport set: [img1]

The tools a very tiny, maybe the toolbox could fit in the background of the diorama.

Kars Jans Thnx, you're right. Too small. Have to look for MFH pit stuff then.

Rich Bednarz 1st kit built around January 1966....

Curtis Caden M.Julian Marles have you thought about joining The Armor Modeling and Preservation Society: AMPS? You would enjoy AMPS 2015 International Convention Apr 30-02, 2015 WW2 Victory Museum, Auburn IN, USA. Check out the website: amps-armor.org/ampssite/default.aspx
Thank you for your response, I did find the metal contraption you described as well as a Franklin Mint edition. Texaco, Sinclair, Sohio, etc were the brands I grew up with. I wish I had that Buddy L station. The lift was hinged and you could lift your favorite car into the air. Thanks to you I searched and searched until I found those pictures. Ah what memories are made of! Hope you can find time to start building and not waiting for some far off time to begin. I am grateful for my new (renewed) interest in scale modeling and enjoy this website as an outlet for my many projects (52 in 52 weeks). That is what forced retirement does to you! LOL

M.Julian Marles Yes, I have thought about amps but I think we lost our vancouver charter, anyway yes I am starting to slowly while away at the ol stash :/ ! I also used to collect toys and diecast and still pick up the odd thing. .currently I am forced to store my collectibles at a storage locker. I have approx 10,000 diecast pieces as well as some pretty nice vintage tonka and buddy l. My 2 fave toys in the 70's were my buddy L schoolbus and Tonka "rescue" cherokee chief - I remember that Christmas like it was yesterday. I have one model to pick up tomorrow, the revell '55 jukebox chevy. Apart from some accessories I wont be buying anymore kits...i have too many already. . : \ Enjoy the hols my friend!

Markus Jenke I definitely like this one. It takes you back in time and shows many nice little details. Thumbs up !

M.Julian Marles It reminds me of that scene in back to the future where like 4 guys run out to service the car

Curtis Caden Ah Memories! Thanks for the comments!

Curtis Caden Hey Julian I see there is an Armor Model Preservation Society (AMPS) Great White North Military Vehicle Show May 29-30 at the Ontario Tank Museum in Oshawa, Ontario. Perhaps you could get some vacation time and drive or take the train east. Check it out at www.ampsgreatwhitenorth.com

M.Julian Marles Thanks for the lead!

Curtis Caden I know you want to Julian!

Fabian D. Vacu is tricky...but it's looking good. tried one of these MiniArt ruins, ended up using them as mould for plaster
That blue stuff on the front is some of your extras or just paint?

M.Julian Marles Thanks Fabian..yeah, they can look nice when finished, but way too much work, I wish it was just regular styrene - it's not like they are cheap! The kit was $25 plus a tube of putty and time consuming. The blue is just Tamiya field blue, as a test. I wanted something more civilian so I mixed some old Testors white and sea blue for a lighter mix. (see attached pics)

M.Julian Marles I should mention the styrene parts inside are "old ICM" style if you know what I mean - very large sprue attachments, sink holes, flash, knock out marks, etc. You do get a few extra building accessories, presumably the same sprue goes in multiple kits. The figures are nice but not my cup of tea - Russian naval troops. (which are incidentally marked as discontinued in their figure line). Any seam lines and such will be disguised with additional rubble, furniture, floorboards, etc.

Fabian D. Yeah, MiniArt's moulding skills have thankfully improved. I have one or two of these generic sprees as well. But I still like the messing around with such spures more than all the vacuum thing...

M.Julian Marles I agree!

M.Julian Marles 90% there....some refining on paint, a couple of small details to add...and then look for a small vehicle to be trawling around the street...

M.Julian Marles They can be described as "unforgiving"

M.Julian Marles Surprised this was not yet in the data base! At some point I MAY try to get the timelines on all these little Italeri dio kits corrected if I can find the original Verlinden kit numbers....when I go back and peruse my old modelling mags sometime