Scale modeling.

[cyberninja2601 1,122]

 

Did it as a kid, getting back into it. I do the models and Diorama

 

Do 1/48 Aircraft

1/35 armor

1/24 cars 

 

Here are two samples  from a competition a few months back. The armor one came in second in its category (WWII, 1/35 armor)

 

 

 

 

[Sennex 2,137]

Very cool!

I do mainly 40k, D&D, and Gundam sets. With Gundam being the primary lately, they are just so much easier for it seems.

 

As a kid I had a ton of 1/72 scale aircraft hanging from my ceiling.

[cyberninja2601 1,122]

9 minutes ago, Sennex said:

Very cool!

I do mainly 40k, D&D, and Gundam sets. With Gundam being the primary lately, they are just so much easier for it seems.

 

As a kid I had a ton of 1/72 scale aircraft hanging from my ceiling.

 

1/72 just too small for this clumsy fingers (unless they are modern day fighter like the F-14). Lots of people I know do the 40K and Gundam. 

 

[Sennex 2,137]

Oh yea, I totally get it. I dont think I could manage 1/72 these days.

 

I swapped over to Army Painter, speed paint, because painting gets tricky these days for me at times.

[cyberninja2601 1,122]

3 hours ago, Sennex said:

Oh yea, I totally get it. I dont think I could manage 1/72 these days.

 

I swapped over to Army Painter, speed paint, because painting gets tricky these days for me at times.

 

cool. Do you use an airbrush at all? I have just started to use one. Everything you to be just brush painted with acrylics. 

[Sennex 2,137]

I don't. I have debated on getting one a few times, but still haven't done it. 

 

Once it warms up, I can start base coating again, last year got away from me, and I barely did any printing, or painting at all. I am really hoping this year is different

[cyberninja2601 1,122]

8 hours ago, Sennex said:

I don't. I have debated on getting one a few times, but still haven't done it. 

 

Once it warms up, I can start base coating again, last year got away from me, and I barely did any printing, or painting at all. I am really hoping this year is different

 

 

Lot's of us use this as a 'travelling' brush. It's actually pretty and for figures the compressor is more than good enough 

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[Sennex 2,137]

Dude, now that is pretty cool, I need to get a new car, but I might end up grabbing that

 

 

[GazzaGarratt 11,316]

That's so cool, Pat! Only thing that always puts me off models is the painting part. How long does it take for the painting, for instance on the Plane?

 

If Lego hadn't come along so much then I'd definitely look into some of this historic models. I'll have to find my cards that my Grandad used to collect for me that talks about all different planes and aircraft.

[Sennex 2,137]

Painting isn't that hard as long as you thin your paints.

 

Transfers ("Stickers") are hard as shit though, and Pat did an amazing job on that F4. He has to have hands of steel man, wow

[cyberninja2601 1,122]

On 2/18/2026 at 10:34 AM, GazzaGarratt said:

That's so cool, Pat! Only thing that always puts me off models is the painting part. How long does it take for the painting, for instance on the Plane?

 

If Lego hadn't come along so much then I'd definitely look into some of this historic models. I'll have to find my cards that my Grandad used to collect for me that talks about all different planes and aircraft.

 

Hi Lee,

 

I would say it depends and how much detail you want. I can spend as little as 2-3 hours if it's one color and nothing special.

The phantom was probably 60-80 hours. You don't see all of the detail and weathering.  The panels lines for example took close to 10 hours. There are 4 shades of gray on the model. Had it been all grey it would have been a lot faster

 

When you do something like camouflage then it takes a lot of time too because you have to paint. Wait to dry. Mask. Paint again.  

 

Personally I like the painting so it's not a problem. I also have acrylics, enamels and lacquers depending on what I paint

 

 

 

 

[cyberninja2601 1,122]

21 hours ago, Sennex said:

Painting isn't that hard as long as you thin your paints.

 

Transfers ("Stickers") are hard as shit though, and Pat did an amazing job on that F4. He has to have hands of steel man, wow

 

So you have to thin pain. You have to use retarder on paint (which slows the drying time and you to use flow improver in the airbrush to make sure it does not clog the needle. Lot of stuff to do if you are picky about results. If you just want to have fun it's simpler

 

The transfers are not that hard if you

 

1) gloss the model after painting 

2) use microset decal softener (or some other vendor)

3) use a wood tooth pick to move the decal around

4) damp with a coton swab

5) use microsol decal fixer 

 

But on a jet like the F-4 you probably have 130-150 decals to put on if you do them all. It's an exercise in patience for sure. If you look at the "no step lines" on the wing for example. I think there are 20 per wing. Tamiya is good a giving you some extras because they know you will screw some of them up. It's nice to have spares