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[armor.se][Soviet Post WWII tanks]
topic : T-64B ProfiPack
Model Maniac
Second lieutenant
Thailand
626 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 11:09:49
SKIF's T-64B with PE from Eduard - by "Art Instructor" :
For more pics please visit my latest page :
http://www.falconbbs.com/model34d.htm
Have fun!
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Tommy
General
Sweden
940 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 12:36:28
A fine build!
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ChaosWarrior
Sergeant
Sweden
374 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 13:04:19
Looks very nice!
ChaosWarrior
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Silkensus
Sergeant
Belgium
303 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 22:50:43
Nice, I love Russian tanks.
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Model Maniac
Second lieutenant
Thailand
626 Posts
Posted - 30 Apr 2007 : 06:21:08
Many thanks for your kind words!
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[armor.se][Other countires, post WWII]
topic : Swedish STRV.122
Model Maniac
Second lieutenant
Thailand
626 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 11:11:23
Hobby Boss's Swedish STRV.122 - by "Art Instructor" :
Enjoy!
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Tommy
General
Sweden
940 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 12:35:24
Really, really nice work!
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ChaosWarrior
Sergeant
Sweden
374 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 13:07:34
Looking very nice!
ChaosWarrior
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Model Maniac
Second lieutenant
Thailand
626 Posts
Posted - 30 Apr 2007 : 06:22:08
Many thanks for your kind compliments!
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[armor.se][German tanks WWII]
topic : Sd.Kfz.251/20 Ausf. D "UHU"
Model Maniac
Second lieutenant
Thailand
626 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 11:13:19
AFV Club's Sd.Kfz.251/20 Ausf. D "UHU" - by "Art Instructor" :
For more pics please visit my latest page :
http://www.falconbbs.com/model34d.htm
Have fun!
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Tommy
General
Sweden
940 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 12:34:40
Really nice! I have one of these on my shelf that are waiting to be build!
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Model Maniac
Second lieutenant
Thailand
626 Posts
Posted - 30 Apr 2007 : 06:23:52
Many thanks for your kind words, Tommy! I still want one more for 3-color camo scheme.
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ChaosWarrior
Sergeant
Sweden
374 Posts
Posted - 30 Apr 2007 : 17:30:50
Looks nice!
ChaosWarrior
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My reply :
Many thanks for your kind comments, ChaosWarrior!
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[armor.se][US Tanks WWII]
topic : Sherman VC Firefly
Model Maniac
Second lieutenant
Thailand
627 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 11:15:49
Dragon's Sherman Vc Firefly - by "Art Instructor" :
Have fun!
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Silkensus
Sergeant
Belgium
303 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 11:42:58
Looking good.
Question, too wich unit/country does this tank belongs...?
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Tommy
General
Sweden
940 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 12:32:02
Great build!
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Richard Hedlund
Colonel
Sweden
1125 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 20:50:32
Well done. Great weathering on it...
Richard
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ChaosWarrior
Sergeant
Sweden
374 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 22:40:48
Very well done Sherman!
ChaosWarrior
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Model Maniac
Second lieutenant
Thailand
627 Posts
Posted - 30 Apr 2007 : 06:29:19
Many thanks for your kind compliments! I really appreciate them! I'll have to look up the instruction sheets to tell the unit to which this tank belongs... probably used in Italy or Poland.
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[armor.se][Russian tanks WWII]
topic : T-28 model 1936
Model Maniac
Second lieutenant
Thailand
627 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 11:18:06
Alanger's T-28 model 1936 - hand-painted by "Art Instructor" :
For more pics please visit my latest page :
http://www.falconbbs.com/model34d.htm
Have fun!
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Silkensus
Sergeant
Belgium
303 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 11:44:39
WOW, can't say he did it with the hand.
He has done a great job with that.
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Tommy
General
Sweden
940 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 12:32:46
Absolute wonderful, great work by AI!
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Richard Hedlund
Colonel
Sweden
1125 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 20:52:16
This is not a tank you see everyday...great job indeed.
Richard
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ChaosWarrior
Sergeant
Sweden
374 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 22:39:40
Looking very good!
ChaosWarrior
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Model Maniac
Second lieutenant
Thailand
627 Posts
Posted - 30 Apr 2007 : 06:31:21
Many thanks for your kind comments! AI would be glad to know...
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[armor.se][Diorama Summer]
topic : Diorama "The Tiger Tank"
Model Maniac
Second lieutenant
Thailand
627 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 11:26:43
Diorama "The Tiger Tank" using Tamiya's Tiger I Mid Production + Dragon's German Combat Unit + Mini Art's Lithunian City Building - by "Art Instructor" :
Much more pics of this dio available at my new page :
http://www.falconbbs.com/model34d.htm
Have fun!
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Silkensus
Sergeant
Belgium
303 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 11:40:25
Looks great.
I love the Black&White picture you made, gives it a great atmosphere.
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Tommy
General
Sweden
940 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 12:30:53
Go to Top of Page
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Richard Hedlund
Colonel
Sweden
1125 Posts
Posted - 23 Apr 2007 : 20:57:43
Great diorama, love the tank. Good job on the building.
Richard
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Model Maniac
Second lieutenant
Thailand
627 Posts
Posted - 30 Apr 2007 : 06:33:48
Many thanks for your kind compliments!
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[axishistory.com][modelling]
topic : Diorama "The Tiger Tank"
Model Maniac
Member
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Location: Bangkok Thailand
23 Apr 2007 19:48
Diorama "The Tiger Tank" using Tamiya's Tiger I Mid Production + Dragon's German Combat Unit + Mini Art's Lithunian City Building - by "Art Instructor" :
For more pics please try my latest page :
http://www.falconbbs.com/model34d.htm
Have fun!
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KoOkiE
Member
Joined: 18 Aug 2004
Location: Belgium
23 Apr 2007 19:57
very nice work. one of your best if i may say so
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Model Maniac
Member
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Location: Bangkok Thailand
30 Apr 2007 12:16
Many thanks for your kind compliments! It's more precise to say that this is one of "Art Instructor"'s best.
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Cobra6
Member
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: Venlo, Limburg, Holland
01 May 2007 00:02
Very nice dio! giving me ideas for my panther tank renders
Cobra 6
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Model Maniac
Member
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Location: Bangkok Thailand
02 May 2007 11:47
Many thanks for your kind words! Good luck with your Panther project.
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contactwaitout
Member
Joined: 14 Oct 2006
Location: australia
02 May 2007 18:10
This a great model kit you have made.
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My reply :
Many thanks for your kind comments! It was "Art Instructor" - my main modeler who made this.
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loyd tuvilla
Member
Joined: 14 Jun 2005
Location: Phillippines
05 May 2007 23:00
The two figures at the top of the tank reminds me of a scene in Saving Private Ryan.Nice work you got there Faisal.
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Model Maniac
Member
Joined: 01 Mar 2005
Location: Bangkok Thailand
07 May 2007 22:37
Many thanks for your kind words, Loyd! A new page will be up on Wednesday. BTW, my name is pronounced "Pi-san" meaning "far and wide"
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[finescale.com][armors]
topic : T-28 model 1936
04-23-2007, 5:02 PM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
Alanger's T-28 model 1936 - by "Art Instructor" :
Enjoy!
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04-23-2007, 8:09 PM
m1garand
Joined on 11-09-2005
Somewhere over the rainbow
Posts 1,530
This is something we don't see that often. I like the paint job.
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04-25-2007, 10:52 AM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
Many thanks for your kind comments, m1garand! For this specific white-washed tank, "Art Instructor" did the paint job by hand, not airbrush. He said airbrush cannot achieve this type of white over green...
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[finescale.com][armors]
topic : Sd.Kfz.251/20 Ausf. D "UHU"
04-23-2007, 5:00 PM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 858
AFV Club's Sd.Kfz.251/20 Ausf. D "UHU" - by "Art Instructor" :
For more pics please visit my latest page :
http://www.falconbbs.com/model34d.htm
Have fun!
Mate,
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04-23-2007, 10:37 PM
CDNTanker25
Joined on 05-05-2005
Playing in the foothills of NY
Posts 1,256
Looks good! Looks like AI is finally paying attention to the tracks eh? Only thing is they don't quite have the proper sag, but it doesn't mean it's wrong! Nice weathering, and great job on the lenses of the IR systems!
James
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04-23-2007, 11:38 PM
the doog
Joined on 01-07-2007
auburn NY
Posts 178
Who's "Art Instructor"?!?! Are you posting these for a fellow modeler? Sign - Welcome [#welcome]Just curious..Whistling [:-^] BTW, a truly excellent build! Nice, clean appearance...reminds me alot of "wbill76"s sdkf-somethinorother that was recently posted...COOL!
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04-23-2007, 11:52 PM
T26E4
Joined on 11-09-2005
Posts 987
IIRC, Art Instructor is a prolific builder and Model Maniac is his patron, commissioning his many project. Model Maniac shares photos of his latest delveries I guess. Regardless, it's always nice to see completed models.
Leave the Soot for Napoleon, Nelson, Lee and Grant. None for me, thank you!! (charter member, Clean Muzzle Coalition)
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Yesterday, 1:06 AM
tigerman
Joined on 03-06-2003
Rain USA, Vancouver WA
Posts 10,162
Cool stuff as always from AI. This is the first I've seen built up of this kit.
Eric
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Yesterday, 5:41 AM
beav
Joined on 05-09-2003
USA
Posts 1,194
I agree with Tigerman, this is the first time I've also seen an UHU. I really like it, and I want one in my 251 collection.
On a separate note, Maniac, have you built any models recently? The ones you show'd a few months ago were really nice!
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My reply :
Many thanks for your kind comments and compliments on the model! I really appreciate them!
For this one, AI weathered it lightly, perhaps in response to recent comments that some of his
armors were weathered too much, have too much rust. I still want one more of this UHU in 3-color
camo scheme, but I want the Sd.Kfz.251/17 "Luftwaffe" done first.
beav, what was the one you saw a few months ago?, the Tunguska 1:72? Recently I posted Gepard 1:48
(about a week or two ago) and a German Bunker diorama just a few days ago.
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[finescale.com][armors]
topic : Sherman Vc Firefly
04-23-2007, 5:01 PM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
Dragon's Sherman Vc Firefly - by "Art Instructor" :
Have fun!
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04-23-2007, 9:24 PM
T26E4
Joined on 11-09-2005
Posts 1,003
Thnx for the pictures. Is it an earlier effort? I noticed that the suspension units on the right side aren't straight. Also, let Art Instructor know that only the upper left tail light lens was red. The bottom lens was black as are both lenses on the right tail light.
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04-24-2007, 3:12 AM
telsono
Joined on 07-26-2006
San Francisco, CA
Posts 208
If I remember correctly, as this is a Sherman used by a Polish unit, that the circle insignia with PL should be located on a front fender as well as the right rear? I seem to remember that from maybe one of the Osprey books (Shermans in British and Allied Use?).
Mike T.
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04-25-2007, 11:06 AM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
Many thanks for your comments on the model. This is one of his latest efforts but the tracks alignment doesn't look good esp. the left tracks. Thanks for the info on tail lights' color, is this applicable to all US WWII tanks? I'll pass it on to AI.
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04-25-2007, 12:02 PM
T26E4
Joined on 11-09-2005
Posts 1,003
Yes, all US-made WW2 equipment (including trucks, jeeps, lend-lease vehicles, etc.)
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04-25-2007, 1:17 PM
ABARNE
Joined on 02-03-2003
Southern California, USA
Posts 1,050
T26E4 wrote:
Yes, all US-made WW2 equipment (including trucks, jeeps, lend-lease vehicles, etc.)
Here's a decent photo from Toadman's that shows it.
My question is, what are the technical details behind those blackish-gray slots? Looking a closeup photo in Squadron's M4 Sherman Walkaround, it looks as though the light has gray reflector with a red filament and a clear lens.
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04-25-2007, 8:59 PM
TD4438
Joined on 03-29-2006
Posts 206
Stuff like this just kills me.I loved the look of the red taillights on my last Sherman build.Sign - Oops [#oops]
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04-27-2007, 7:02 PM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
Thanks for the info and picture of the tail lights. I'll past on to my modeler.
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[finescale.com][armors]
topic : Swedish STRV.122
04-23-2007, 5:08 PM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
Today I'll post 5 topics in a row, I hope that's not too much. For some armors I'll show all pictures here and for some I'll ask you to see more at my webpage. Starting with...
Hobby Boss's Swedish STRV.122 - by "Art Instructor" :
For more pics please visit my latest page :
http://www.falconbbs.com/model34d.htm
Have fun!
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04-23-2007, 8:07 PM
m1garand
Joined on 11-09-2005
Somewhere over the rainbow
Posts 1,530
I know absolutely nothing about Swedish tanks so I really don't have much to talk about except that it looks like a pretty good kit to build.
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04-23-2007, 10:05 PM
the doog
Joined on 01-07-2007
auburn NY
Posts 197
What a rad tank!!! Looks like a stepchild of a Leopard and a UFO!!! I want one!!
Looks like a great kit, and a fine job on it too! I'm curious about the camo though; is'nt it usually seen in splinter camo? And is this a full kit in plastic, or is it a resin conversion kit for a Leopard. Lastly, where can I get one?!
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04-23-2007, 10:35 PM
CDNTanker25
Joined on 05-05-2005
Playing in the foothills of NY
Posts 1,266
This tank is a Swedish variant on the Leopard, so that's why it looks like one! As for where you can get one, Trumpeter makes this tank, as does Hobby Boss. Looks good man!
James
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04-25-2007, 10:59 AM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
Many thanks for your kind comments! Yes, this is the Swedish version of the Leopard 2 (A5?). Soon I'll show the Danish version also from Hobby Boss. I haven't seen Trumpeter kit of this one, but some say Hobby Boss is Trumpeter in another name.
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04-25-2007, 11:37 AM
Phil_H
Joined on 08-30-2005
Australia
Posts 777
Re: Swedish STRV.122
Model Maniac wrote:
I haven't seen Trumpeter kit of this one, but some say Hobby Boss is Trumpeter in another name.
I believe Trumpeter marketed a clone of Tamiya's Leopard 2 under their "Minihobby" label. The HobbyBoss kit is supposedly newly tooled.
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04-25-2007, 12:18 PM
Zero Enna
Joined on 05-12-2004
Somewhere in Lima, Peru'
Posts 633
That's a very nice build... Only one thing: There is a BIG mistake in the instruction sheet... You shouldn't use the APU box in the rear right sight of the hull... You built it like this:
And it must be like this:
BTW, How good is the kit?... I've just ordered it and due to your post, just can't wait to have it in my hands... I was thinking about ordering a second one. As far as I know, you can build four versions from this kit: Leopard 2A6EX (German), Leopardo 2E (Spanish, with a little modifications to be made), Leopard 2HEL (Greek) and the Strv. 122, of course... You must only find the adequate decals for the version you want to build, and I want to build a Strv.122 (Leopard 2A5 equivalent for me) and also want the Spanish Leopardo 2E (The first pic is from one of them, and it's like a Leopard 2A6 equivalent for me... I don't like the color scheme: overall green, but I want a collection of Leopard 2s). Thanks a lot for sharing. Most regards.
Jose'
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04-27-2007, 6:58 PM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
Phil_H wrote:
Model Maniac wrote:
I haven't seen Trumpeter kit of this one, but some say Hobby Boss is Trumpeter in another name.
I believe Trumpeter marketed a clone of Tamiya's Leopard 2 under their "Minihobby" label. The HobbyBoss kit is supposedly newly tooled.
I went to a hobby shop yesterday and saw Leopard 2 A5 from both Trumpeter (I saw it for the first time) and Mini Hobby. The shopkeeper said that Trumpeter first released it under its own name (with electric motor installed), but later on transfered it to Mini Hobby. But those are standard Leopard 2 A5, not STRV.122 which is a bit different in shape and rivettes and newly-tooled.
Jose, I think this is a good kit, you may have two if you want to build the Spanish version too.
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[finescale.com][dioramas]
topic : Diorama "The Tiger Tank"
04-23-2007, 4:58 PM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
Diorama "The Tiger Tank" using Tamiya's Tiger I Mid Production + Dragon's German Combat Unit + Mini Art's Lithunian City Building - by "Art Instructor" :
For more pics please visit my latest page :
http://www.falconbbs.com/model34d.htm
Have fun!
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04-23-2007, 8:16 PM
m1garand
Joined on 11-09-2005
Somewhere over the rainbow
Posts 1,530
MM,
Gosh, how many models did you and Art Instructor build in the past few days? I can picture Art Instructor chained to the work station desk and just building models all day long. Big Smile [:D]
Anyway. It looks great Good painting and overall diorama is good too. The soldier with ammo can looks casually walking around compared to other figures they look like they are all alerted by something.
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04-24-2007, 12:10 AM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
Many thanks for your kind comments and compliments, m1garand!
You probably missed my post last year that "Art Instructor" quitted his other job
as schoolvan driver and started working full time for me alone since the middle of last year.
As far as I know, he wakes up early in the morning at six and work through late evening
everyday so he can build 6-7 pieces in 2-3 weeks time. Recently another commissioned modeler (of another collector) showed a dio on a local board saying it took 10 days to finish.
Art Instructor can't afford to take that long, he has to make it fast and nice. He told me
that in the past he could finish one whole dio in a single day, and for urgent jobs he did
finish zimmeriting & painting two (2) Tamiya's Tiger I 1:16 tanks over night for a hobby shop
owner who came to his place and watched them being done overnight - to take them for his
customers the next morning (the tanks were already assembled with RC equipment by the shop). Is that hard to believe?
Here's the list of his present batch :
- AFV CLUB's M88 A1G
- Alanger's 2S9 120mm S.P. Gun
- Trumpeter's AS-90
- Tamiya's JS-3 with Eduard PE parts
- Italeri's Flakpanzer Oswind
- CMK's Kubelwagen Type 82
- Diorama "The Winter War" using Dragon's Nashorn + Dragon's Panzergrenadiers + 2 more figures
I can expect him to finish them in 2 weeks or 3 weeks at most.
Earlier this year, he asked me to give some jobs to "Tuk" his elder brother whose other job
is motorcycle taxi driver and I've been giving "Tuk" some jobs ever since. His present batch :
- Revell's Harbour Tug Smit 1:200
- Heller's Titanic Searcher 1:200
- Tamiya's Rommel + German Infantry 1:35
- Tamiya's Otto Carius and Crew (3) 1:35
- Diorama "The Panzergrenadiers" using Dragon's Panzergrenadiers Panzer Lehr Division 1:35
- Dragon's Obersturmfuhrer 1:16
And I can expect him to finish them in about the same period of time! I'm worrying about
storage space now, it may run out in just a year or two with this level of increment!
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04-25-2007, 5:48 AM
T-rex
Joined on 02-26-2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts 189
Nice tiger and building.
This could help me out on my tiger, I now see the too sets of outer wheels are diifrent, the front one have a hole in the middle, the ones at the back doesn't, I was have problems with the wheels. The building is mini art you say, then when you open the box the walls of the structure seems like molds, are they mold or the actuale pieces? Gonna know to do my czech building,also mini art.
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04-25-2007, 10:48 AM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
Many thanks for your kind compliments, T-rex! Glad to know that this could you out on the Tiger, I don't know much about its roadwheels. As for Mini Art's buildings, they are 2 parts vacuum-formed plastic for each side of the wall (front & back plates). You can either glue them together to form a wall or use them as mould and cast the wall using plaster cement. For the latter method, the parts will be available for future uses. Art Instructor has tried both methods, for this one he just glued the parts together.
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04-25-2007, 11:26 PM
T-rex
Joined on 02-26-2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts 189
Alright thanks!
I'll probaly use them as molds, it looks more like molds, but I notice you forgotte to add a important piece to the tank, at the back just above the jack, and the other side , there soppose to be the gas container or the exaust pipe or something else, but definatly a container.
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04-26-2007, 12:11 AM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
You're welcome. As for the Tiger, my modeler did not forget anything. The parts you mentioned were used in Early type Tigers, not Mid production or late ones. No more containers on both sides.
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04-26-2007, 6:34 AM
T-rex
Joined on 02-26-2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts 189
Really! I know your tiger is a late (the spare track on the turret) but I hear that late tigers also have containes at the back, BUT it was diffrent in apperance.
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04-26-2007, 10:30 AM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
No, this one is a mid production one, I made that clear in my original post. However, it's very similar to a late version one - this is also from Tamiya :
and same as the mid production, it didn't have containers at the back :
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04-27-2007, 5:50 AM
T-rex
Joined on 02-26-2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts 189
Ok, sorry, guess not all tigers are the same, mine is a late too but has the early containers at the back.
Nice camo too!
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04-27-2007, 7:26 AM
telsono
Joined on 07-26-2006
San Francisco, CA
Posts 208
Is the tank commander a Tamiya figure? If it is, it looks like it has the notorious Tamiya neck and hat flash! That is a pain to remove.
Mike T.
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04-27-2007, 9:17 AM
the doog
Joined on 01-07-2007
auburn NY
Posts 197
I'm just curoius, MM, what do you and "Art" do--run a custom build service, for sale to clients? Do you participate in the builds at all, or build your own? And why does Art "work for you" with regard to these models? I'M SO CONFUSED!!Sign - Dots [#dots]
I'm just having a little difficulty understanding how the term "hobby" fits with all this as I'm understanding it now; it seems kinda like you have a factory assembly line set up for mass production of kits for sale?Chef [C=
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04-27-2007, 11:03 AM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
OK, doog, I'll tell you all about 'us' - Art Instructor and I. I'm a big military models collector and "Art Instructor" is my main modeler who's been building models for me for some seven years. He's built hundreds of armors and dioramas for me as evidenced in this menu :
http://www.geocities.com/~falconbbs/modelcnt.htm In the past he built everything including warplanes and warships but for the last three years I let another modeler named "Niphon" to take charge of warplanes and warships and he has done wonderful jobs. Later last year another modeler named "Joh" volunteered to build figures for me. At first I said I already have permanent modeler and I declined his offer, but later on I let him try building some and he's built good works. Early this year "Art Instructor" asked me to give some works to "Tuk" his elder brother and I've been giving "Tuk" some works ever since and he too has done very good jobs esp. figure painting. That's how I came up with four permanent modelers working for me. So far I have never sold any of my built kits, just keep them for my collection as can be viewed in this page :
http://www.falconbbs.com/model18j.htm and an update at the end of this page :
http://www.falconbbs.com/model33d.htm
Built kits are easy to buy but hard to sell, that's what I've seen on E-bay. There are far more sellers than buyers. I don't think I can sell any of the built kits, there's so few demand out there. Factory assembly line of kit for sale just won't work, believe me!
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04-28-2007, 3:55 AM
jthurston
Joined on 10-07-2004
Houston, TX
Posts 102
Wait...You have four modelers? Is that four modelers plus a tuk-tuk driver? Or is the tuk-tuk driver your fourth modeler?
Actually, I understand, I'm just teasing. Nice Tiger, as usual, by the way.
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Yesterday, 3:57 AM
T-rex
Joined on 02-26-2007
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Posts 189
What I really want to know, is how did you do the camo? and espesially how to make it least bright or too brith, looks like you applie a coat of something over to make it more real, waht was it?
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Today, 3:01 PM
Model Maniac
Joined on 02-28-2003
Thailand
Posts 869
jthurston, thanks for your kind comments! Tuk is my fourth modeler but not a Tuk-Tuk driver.
What he drives is a motorcycle taxi (2-wheeler).
T-rex, it was "Art Instructor" my main modeler who built the dio and the Tiger tanks. To make the camo
less bright, I think he sprayed several layers of paint, each time in a lighter color. When he built the Famo
in one color (German Grey), he sprayed three times, first with grey, then added a little white, and then
added more white to make the color lighter. You may read his method in this article - the only article
he's ever written :
http://www.falconbbs.com/famo-eng.htm
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topic : Swedish STRV.122
ModelManiac
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Posts: 629
Location: Bangkok Thailand
? Thread Started on Apr 23, 2007, 5:35am ?
Hobby Boss's Swedish STRV.122 - by "Art Instructor" :
For more pics please try my latest page :
http://www.falconbbs.com/model34d.htm
Have fun!
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Bubbles
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Posts: 1,459
Location: the south
? Reply #1 on Apr 23, 2007, 8:31am ?
Ahhh finally. So that's what the kit looks like. I was contemplating on buying one for myself as it is one of the more affordable armor kits.
Very nice work!
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Bistro
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Location: Quezon City, Philippines
? Reply #2 on Apr 23, 2007, 8:54pm ?
is this kit still available in Lil's?
Bis
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scrat
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Posts: 1,052
Location: Quezon City
? Reply #3 on Apr 24, 2007, 3:48am ?
Nice work by Art Instructor. Quick build!
The kit in Lil's was bought already. The Danish 2A5DK is left. But I'll expect a resupply.
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T A N K E R
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 2,285
Location: Marikina
? Reply #4 on Apr 25, 2007, 1:40pm ?
ahhhhh it really is more gorgeous than the standard Leo2!
just curious on the camou, shouldn't it be splintered?
beautiful btw!
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Buck
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Location: Manila
? Reply #5 on Apr 25, 2007, 9:37pm ?
Nice! Ditto on Tanker's post. Shouldnt the camo be splintered?
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ModelManiac
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Posts: 629
Location: Bangkok Thailand
? Reply #6 on Apr 29, 2007, 10:41pm ?
Many thanks for your kind comments and compliments! What is "splintered camo"?
I looked up the instruction sheets, the one for painting scheme comes in full color. They're the same colors that AI used for this tank.
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TomasCTT
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 3,267
? Reply #7 on Apr 30, 2007, 3:14am ?
Splintered camo isn't "curvy". It is more like zigzag pattern, wedgy, hard-edge, straight, geometric lines rather than soft, curvy, rounded pattern.
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scrat
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Posts: 1,068
Location: Quezon City
Re: Swedish STRV.122
? Reply #8 on May 3, 2007, 12:29am ?
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The Leo2 Danish Butter Cookie in Lil's was bought! Someboday got ahead of me! Anyway, I have no budget yet. Hope the Leo2A6EX will arrive though.
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topic : Swedish STRV.122
วันนี้ขอโพสต์คนเดียว 5 กระทู้รวดครับ
Hobby Boss's Swedish STRV.122 - by "Art Instructor" :
ตามไปชมภาพเพิ่มเติมในเพจใหม่ได้ที่
ครับผม
โดย: MM [23 เม.ย. 50 15:51] ( IP A:202.183.239.136 X: )
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แวะมาชมคับพี่ สวยงามทุกงานคับ
โดย: noom (noom ) [23 เม.ย. 50 18:52] ( IP A:125.26.162.160 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 2
เพจ นี้สวยงามทุกตัวเลยครับ ชอบเจ้า UHU มากที่สุด แต่รบกวนถามความเป็นมาของเจ้า Swedish STRV.122 หน่อยครับ ดูแล้วมันเหมือน LEOLARD 2 Improve ของเยอรมันมากๆ แต่ข้างหน้าไม่เหมือนกัน หรือว่ามันคือเจ้า Leopard 2 ที่ sweden สั่งทำแบบปรับปรุงพิเศษครับ ขอบคุณครับ
โดย: \\(\'_\')/ (k_sitthiporn ) [24 เม.ย. 50 7:40] ( IP A:203.146.255.150 X: )
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ขอบคุณ มากครับสำหรับคำชม เจ้า UHU ผมยังอยากได้อีกคัน เอามาทำลายพรางครับ ส่วนเจ้า STRV.122 ก็คือ Leopard 2 (A5?) ในเวอร์ชั่นของสวีเดนนั่นเองครับ ยังจะมีเวอร์ชั่นของเดนมาร์กอีกตัว สั่งไว้แล้วแต่ยังไม่ได้ของ ส่วนเจ้า UHU นี้ที่ไฟน์สเกลหลายคนบอกว่าเพิ่งเห็นตัวนี้ทำเสร็จเป็นตัวแรก มีคนนึงชมว่า "a truly excellent build!" เลยครับ
โดย: MM [24 เม.ย. 50 8:55] ( IP A:202.183.239.136 X: )
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[aircraftmodel.pantown.com][tanks]
topic : T-28 model 1936
Alanger's T-28 model 1936 - by "Art Instructor" :
โดย: MM [23 เม.ย. 50 15:47] ( IP A:202.183.239.136 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 1
สวยมาก มีรูปอีกป่าว หลาย ๆ มุมหน่อย จะได้สะใจน่ะ
โดย: c136 [26 เม.ย. 50 12:17] ( IP A:124.121.89.82 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 2
ขอบคุณ มากครับ ลืมบอกไปว่าตัวนี้คุณ "Art Instructor" เขาเพ้นท์ด้วยมือทั้งคัน เขาบอกว่าถ้าใช้ airbrush มันจะไม่ได้สี white over green แบบนี้ ส่วนที่ขอชมภาพเพิ่มนั้นยินดีจัดให้ครับ :
โดย: MM (MM ) [26 เม.ย. 50 13:22] ( IP A:202.183.239.136 X: )
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โดย: MM (MM ) [26 เม.ย. 50 13:23] ( IP A:202.183.239.136 X: )
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โดย: MM (MM ) [26 เม.ย. 50 13:24] ( IP A:202.183.239.136 X: )
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โดย: MM (MM ) [26 เม.ย. 50 13:25] ( IP A:202.183.239.136 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 6
ไม่มี ลาย พราง พ่น เพนท์มือ ดี สุด คะ รับ รถถัง มัน ผิวหยาบ คะ รับ สวย จัง แถมใหญ่ คะ รับ ชอบ
โดย: สมงิ [26 เม.ย. 50 20:03] ( IP A:58.64.107.88 X: )
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[aircraftmodel.pantown.com][dioramas]
topic : Diorama "The Tiger Tank"
Diorama "The Tiger Tank" using Tamiya's Tiger I Mid Production + Dragon's German Combat Unit + Mini Art's Lithunian City Building - by "Art Instructor" :
โดย: MM [23 เม.ย. 50 15:53] ( IP A:202.183.239.136 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 1
ตามไปชมเพจใหม่ได้ที่
http://www.falconbbs.com/model34d.htm
ครับท่าน
โดย: MM [23 เม.ย. 50 15:55] ( IP A:202.183.239.136 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 2
ชอบภาพขาวดำคับ ดูคลาสสิคมากๆ
โดย: noom (noom ) [23 เม.ย. 50 18:56] ( IP A:125.26.162.160 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 3
สวยดีครับ แต่ดูองค์ประกอบมันแคบๆไปหน่อย คือดูมันอัดๆน่ะครับ.. เป็นความเห็นส่วนตัวนะครับพี่ MM
โดย: PANZER [23 เม.ย. 50 19:49] ( IP A:58.136.3.171 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 4
ขอบคุณ มากครับสำหรับคำชม เห็นด้วยกับท่าน Panzer ครับ น่าจะทำฐานใหญ่กว่านี้ ฐานเล็กทำให้รู้สึกอึดอัดและถ่ายภาพยากด้วยครับ ผมบอกคุณอาร์ทฯ ว่าฐานเล็กอย่างนี้ใส่รถถังคันเดียวยังแทบไม่พออยู่แล้ว ยังใส่ตึกเข้าไปอีก เขาอ้างว่าถ้าฐานใหญ่ฉากมันจะโล่ง เลยทำซะแน่นเชียว ข้อดีอย่างเดียวก็คือไม่เปลืองที่เก็บเท่านั้นเิองครับ
โดย: MM (MM ) [23 เม.ย. 50 20:11] ( IP A:124.120.223.9 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 5
รูปที่1 สวยมากครับ ถ้าไม่มีฟิกเกอร์วาง ผมว่าเหมือนภาพถ่ายของจริงสมัยสงครามโลกเลย
โดย: panda [24 เม.ย. 50 2:08] ( IP A:124.120.240.196 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 6
ขอบคุณมากครับ ภาพ greyscale ได้รับความนิยมมากเหมือนกัน
โดย: MM [24 เม.ย. 50 9:09] ( IP A:202.183.239.136 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 7
ขอถามหน่อยครับว่ารถถังที่ติดใช้อะไรเป็นตัวยึดติดครับและตัวทหารด้วยครับ
โดย: เด็กใหม่ [25 เม.ย. 50 17:01] ( IP A:124.121.73.199 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 8
คาดว่าคงยึดติดด้วยกาวทั้งรถถังและทหารแหละครับ
โดย: MM (MM ) [25 เม.ย. 50 20:42] ( IP A:124.120.229.78 X: )
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ความคิดเห็นที่ 9
ขอบคุณ ครับลืมไปข้อหนึ่งครับถ้าเราทำกล่องอะคิริคใสครอบเราจำเป็นต้องพ่นเคลีย ร์ขั้นสุดท้ายไหมครับก่อนใส่กล่องใสไหมครับ..ถ้าไม่พ่นสีจะลอกไหมครับรบกวน หน่อยครับ(คือผมอยากใส่กล่องไว้โชว์น่ะครับ)..ดูตัวอย่างของพี่แล้วชอบครับ แต่เห็นบางตัวไม่ใส่กล่อง...แล้วที่ใส่กล่องกับไม่ใส่กล่องจะแตกต่างกันไหม ครับ(เรื่องของสีน่ะครับ)สุดท้ายขอโทษทีที่ถามสะเยอะเลย
โดย: เด็กใหม่ [25 เม.ย. 50 23:50] ( IP A:124.121.72.192 X: )
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หาก พ่นหลังจากติดรูปลอกแล้วก็ไม่จำเป็นต้องพ่นอีกหรอกครับ สีที่พ่นหรือทาแล้วถึงโดนแดดก็ไม่ลอกไม่จาง เว้นแต่ว่าพื้นผิวจะเป็นกระดาษ โมของผม
ส่วนใหญ่ใส่ไว้ในตู้โชว์ครับ ไอ้ที่อยู่ในกล่องอคริลิคกันฝุ่นได้ 100% นั้นมีเพียงเรือรบขนาดใหญ่ 2-3 ลำเท่านั้น
โดย: MM [26 เม.ย. 50 8:47] ( IP A:202.183.239.136 X: )
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