What did you do in your modeling workshop today?

Close to 40 I think…some I’m working on them on a daily basis, I want to get a few finished this Summer.

Others I pickup when I have a free slot on the bench, it depends…the Mojo is still kicking I know that some I haven’t picked them up in months.. Those for this Summer deadline are a T-72, BMD-4, MT-LB, ICM truck, Pz.Ausf.F2, theSu-7, and with some luck the Bergepanther and the Mig-25…

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So far,no problems or issues.

I’m working on the Shelter version, when it’s finished I’ll go for the cargo bed kit.
Do you have some photos of your build ?

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Sorry I meant Kamaz 4310 I was also working on the Ural 4320 too. Here ares some pictures of my build.

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I like that camo scheme !!! very nice build you got there !!!
I still have to make the Spare Wheel Rack and finish the cabin on mine.

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Thank you, I look forward to seeing yours completed. The camo was done using premade stencils I go off of ebay.

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Wrapped up these builds and got them in their display cases. And then started in on the ACV-P while also finishing up my Zil-131 and starting on the rsov range rover.
M35A2 in O.D., LAV A2 in wooden deck tan, M977 Ambulance in NATO green, M584A1 in dark yellow over wooden deck tan. And the massive Zil-135 painted in dark blue. Followed by the new build up of the ACV-P

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More detailing on my IDF 78 campagne entry…

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Great work Bert !!!

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Sweet, great work !!!

I did that Zil truck last year. The suspension is tricky.

I’m doing the Frog-7 System on that same truck base.

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Thank you, I’ve been on a Russian truck building spree recently I love old soviet era trucks. I still have the KZKT-74282, Kamaz-6560 Pantsir-S1 and SS-1c SCUD B with MAZ-543 TEL to tackle at some point.

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It’s been way too long since I’ve picked up my models. I am in university, so I don’t have much time/space for this hobby. Now that I have some time to relax, I can return a bit. So far, I’ve reorganized my paint box and my brush box to put things away which should have been put away last year, and I tested out my vallejo primer again. Last year I was having issues with the two nozzles included. Today, I took to them with a toothpick to see if I could clear out whatever blockage there was and then tested them out. One nozzle still didn’t spray correctly, but one seems to have fixed itself. Being unable to find a good solid-color primer was one of the reasons why I had stalled with my model kits, so I hope to be able to properly prime my kits now.

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I finally painted my two tankers in pea dot camo. It’s incredibly rough, and they are somehow glossy after a matte varnish, but I’m glad to have tried it out and finished these figures.
(The wind may have made it difficult to spray the matte varnish. I’ll try again tomorrow)

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I completed assembly of the StuG today. Sturdier tweezers helped in aligning the schurtzen “handles”, even if they are quite wonky anyway. I also switched the planned broom bristles for some twisted up earbud wire for the antennas. They may not be centered on the antenna mounts, but these sure were easier to attach than trying to get the bristle to stick with CA.

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I once clogged my Badger Patriot really badly by trying to clean Vallejo out using Isopropyl. It set like concrete.
Never again.

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It was a really weird situation. I had never seen such behavior in a rattle can before, and have never seen in since in other rattle cans. It seems to work for now, though. :man_shrugging:

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I did some long overdue airbrush (x3) deep-cleaning and one nozzle/needle replacement while pondering how to go at the Ju 88A-4 camo scheme. … Mojo waning…

Meanwhile… I decided a break was in order and went into figure assembly mode. So, here’s what I cobbled together from the stash…

ICM (48085) 1/48 Luftwaffe Ground Personnel 1939-1945 (Seven figures +dog… Woof!)

ICM (48082) 1/48 German Pilots and Ground Personnel 1939-1945 (Seven figures)

Both sets feature interesting poses, crisp details, and the usual quality ICM plastic.

Thanks for having a look!
—mike :hammer_and_wrench:

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I have been painting Marines this evening for LAV vignette. They are still very much in progress.

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A big no-no

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Denatured alcohol works to dissolve dried latex / acrylic paints .

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