Any modeler pics

Sailor Steve · 12-11-06, 05:59 PM

@tedhealy: I see a nice variety (and nice work) but I also see that like any real man you prefer jugs.:rotfl:

Sailor Steve · 12-11-06, 06:13 PM

Okay, sorry to tie this up with three posts in a row, but I finally found my pride and joy.

In 1935 Boeing built the model 299 for a fly-off competition. It soundly defeated the other two entries, but during the tests the pilot took off with the controls still locked. This incedent led to the first pilot checklists, but it destroyed the plane and killed three of the five men aboard. The army service acceptance pilot was a major named Ployer P. Hill. In 1940 the new airbase in Ogden, Utah was named Hill Field in his honor.

In 1990 the base was celebrating its 50th anniversary, and I 'kit-bashed' a model of the 299, which was of course the very first B-17. These pictures were taken in June 1990 on a friends dining room table (and a fake grass mat) just before we took it up there, where it resides at the entrance to the Hill Air Force Base Museum. The pictures aren't too good, but it's one of my favorite models.

tedhealy · 12-12-06, 11:30 AM

That's a great looking build, what's the scale? It looks ultra tiny.

Sounds like it's got a great home too

Sailor Steve · 12-12-06, 12:06 PM

1/72. It's bashed from an Acadamy B-17B and an old Rareplanes YB-17 vac kit, plus a lot of individual scratchbuilding (the 299 was the only B-17 variant to have the DC-3-like dual-strut landing gear).

zaza · 12-13-06, 12:28 PM

This is my recently finished.

This is some years ago.

And I posted here 1/700 IJN escort ship.
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=93961

This is my friends works. He is pro ship modeler, some of his works
can see in Model magazine in Japan.

( I dont take permit to direct link here so please put on h to each URL)

ttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~re-pre_factory/newpage14.htm

ttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~re-pre_factory/newpage13.htm

ttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~re-pre_factory/newpage12.htm

2019 · 12-13-06, 01:40 PM

two years of work.

U-snafu · 12-13-06, 04:43 PM

SailorSteve, That boeing is a beaut

zaza,
thanks for including the cig as a scale reference---looking at figures on the computer screen and seeing them in hand is completly different. I just recieved my 1:72 bridge & deck gun crew for the VIIC and it has finally dawned on me how small they really are--I can already see that painting them is going to give me fits

2019,
How long have you been working with wood?? I want to eventually get into the tall ships but gonna get the plastics and resins skills down pat first.

12-11-06, 05:59 PM	#1
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	@tedhealy: I see a nice variety (and nice work) but I also see that like any real man you prefer jugs.:rotfl: __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-11-06, 06:13 PM	#2
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Okay, sorry to tie this up with three posts in a row, but I finally found my pride and joy. In 1935 Boeing built the model 299 for a fly-off competition. It soundly defeated the other two entries, but during the tests the pilot took off with the controls still locked. This incedent led to the first pilot checklists, but it destroyed the plane and killed three of the five men aboard. The army service acceptance pilot was a major named Ployer P. Hill. In 1940 the new airbase in Ogden, Utah was named Hill Field in his honor. In 1990 the base was celebrating its 50th anniversary, and I 'kit-bashed' a model of the 299, which was of course the very first B-17. These pictures were taken in June 1990 on a friends dining room table (and a fake grass mat) just before we took it up there, where it resides at the entrance to the Hill Air Force Base Museum. The pictures aren't too good, but it's one of my favorite models. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-12-06, 12:06 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	1/72. It's bashed from an Acadamy B-17B and an old Rareplanes YB-17 vac kit, plus a lot of individual scratchbuilding (the 299 was the only B-17 variant to have the DC-3-like dual-strut landing gear). __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

12-13-06, 12:28 PM	#5
zaza Torpedoman Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sapporo city Hokkaido JAPAN Posts: 118 Downloads: 12 Uploads: 0	This is my recently finished. This is some years ago. And I posted here 1/700 IJN escort ship. http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=93961 This is my friends works. He is pro ship modeler, some of his works can see in Model magazine in Japan. ( I dont take permit to direct link here so please put on h to each URL) ttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~re-pre_factory/newpage14.htm ttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~re-pre_factory/newpage13.htm ttp://www7a.biglobe.ne.jp/~re-pre_factory/newpage12.htm __________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

12-13-06, 01:40 PM	#6
2019 Engineer Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Berlin Posts: 202 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	two years of work. __________________ IMPERIAL U-FLOTILLA 1914-1918 http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/heinrich/main.htm Current stage: 2 - Pre Alpha Status: 27%

12-12-06, 11:30 AM	#3
tedhealy Grey Wolf Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA Posts: 772 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	That's a great looking build, what's the scale? It looks ultra tiny. Sounds like it's got a great home too

12-13-06, 04:43 PM	#7
U-snafu XO Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 405 Downloads: 28 Uploads: 0	SailorSteve, That boeing is a beaut zaza, thanks for including the cig as a scale reference---looking at figures on the computer screen and seeing them in hand is completly different. I just recieved my 1:72 bridge & deck gun crew for the VIIC and it has finally dawned on me how small they really are--I can already see that painting them is going to give me fits 2019, How long have you been working with wood?? I want to eventually get into the tall ships but gonna get the plastics and resins skills down pat first. __________________ .."Some men are born mediocre, some men acheive mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them"...