Search results

What a fantastic resource! Thank you for posting all these. Please help me out… roughly what scale are these? I would like to build a few, but closer to 1/35 scale.

UDF or UFD UFD sounds like oofda! :animated:

I forgot to show the results of the base rocks under the observation post. My lady went nuts trying to get the look she wanted. I told her this is perfect. We plan to put some chalk dust in a matte sealer on what is there now. Then I have to figure out what I want the observation post to look...

That cold shop is basically what ended my ‘machinist’ career. We moved from there and I gave all my machines to my son for helping us move. Moving a packrat from a place he lived for 16 years, 150 miles… he earned every bit of it. Plus he got my knuckle boom service truck. He’s a good kid, hard...

I used to have a block of 4140 that was about 3x10x12… I wonder what happened to that? A bit heavy for model making though.

Here is why I have so much time to kill inside the house. (We finally have that NevadaBlue sky) And a bit of progress on the Hawk launcher system. I made a foam block for the base of the launcher and covered top and sides with card stock. I dug a trough through the block for the axle location...

Previous hobby of gunsmithing left me with a complete machine shop and lots of neat tools. One son has the machines, I need to get them set up for him and start teaching him the basics. Yes, the 1-2-3 blocks are handy for lots of things. In this case they were weights, other uses are to keep...

Beautiful work! I’m a bit disappointed that there appears to be only one seat. I won’t be able to go for a ride in it. Sigh…

Since I now have plenty of wheels for trailers and such, I decided to double check the Hawk Missiles for scale and workability with my little army men. This WILL work. Grin… Reference photos of the real thing first: I cut a foam block for the ‘box’ that the missiles sit on, leaned a hot...

I’m going to add the Hawk missile outfit build to my Green Army Man thread.

Ok, this works fine. Greeblies, anything flat backed that is of reasonable size will cast OK. I set up two wads of clay, one in a plastic form just for fun and started making wheels. I oiled the surface of the clay and the pattern wheel. Then the pattern was pressed into the clay and the mold...

What fun! A pool will be a hoot and the grandkids will undoubtedly be delighted.

Except, the hot glue melts the blue stuff. I will be using the blue stuff and some pellet type of similar stuff with clay and resin. I have that stuff. Today I want to experiment with using a ‘disposable’ wad of clay. I am going to oil the pattern and the surface of the clay and press the...

I got a base coat of paint on the outpost and fiddled with color around the door. I also painted the hill about 3 times and my wife decided to take over that part. Makes me grin to see her working on the model.

I have quite a few 1/35 paper models to build and a couple of scratch builds I want to do that need a ‘truck tire’. I bought a German half track kit a while back and the front wheels are perfect for my needs. There are only 2 in the kit. Since I am cheap, I didn’t want to spend a bunch of money...

Do you have the proper certifications to rebuild an ion engine? That would seem to be a rather technical task. :animated:

Great job! That little car should take pride of place in your collection. I would be proud to display it on my desk… if I still had a job and a desk. :biggrin:

This is quite an interesting project.

I got the layers trimmed and glued down today. The outpost floor (cardboard) warped pretty badly when I painted and glued the top. I should have sealed it first. It is rounded on the bottom, like a rocker. So, I hollowed out the top layer of foam, leaving a perimeter for the outpost base to sit...

Yes, I suspended reality when I retired. Well somewhat. LOL