It's the old Hasegawa F-104C, the cockpit is an aftermarket set which up details what the kit has, the seat is a complete replacement... The scale is 1/32nd, it was going to be Bluejay-4... (from Star Trek) It failed when I couldn't get the finish to stick properly, going to take another shot at it...
Brother I look at it as I know a little something about a little something, and a lot about nothing at all... I just go after what I get interested in and let my natural curiosity take it's course...
Patience is simply doing it over and over till you find what works, and then remembering it the next time... Whe n I first came out of Machine school I took a job at the Boeing Model shop prototyping 757/767 wings... It was a wonderful experience.... I actually got to observe a 737 all up wing destruction test where they take a fully assembled wing and break it... Snap it right in half... they had a big giant machine they did this with... we were told that model building helped immensely with what we were about to witness... So yeah it's not all about display pieces...
Thank you Ed, those were the last M1 75's that went into action with the US airborne forces in Europe... They were loaded into Horsa Gliders intended to land in zones that were secured prior to their arrival except the LZ's weren't secured... So they landed into an actual firefight... their landing path took them right over German lines to the touch down point on final approach, only about half of them made it, most were shot up pretty badly... Out of the two battalions of M1 75's that went in they managed to recover only 4 pieces and put them into action in which they were instrumental in eliminating the Germans holding half the field... After the battle they recovered most of them and they went on to help in securing the bridgehead... Shortly after that, they were replaced with the M1A1 105's....
One of the bloodiest battles the 82nd ever fought and you know what, you never read about it in the history books... Can you imagine what it was like going in on a glider on approach and having to cross the active MLR from the enemy's side at landing approach height? (75 - 100 ft)
Those were some damn brave dudes... That was my tribute to them...
That is pretty much what I have done, but now I do it on a computer via Finite Element Analysis and CFD. Very seldom w are they willing to pay for us to build full-scale prototypes and abuse them to failure, fix the weakness, and do it all over again. It's fun and very rewarding to do but it takes time and is costly. I had to learn prototyping and model building in college in my industrial design and then engineering classes.
The times that I have gotten to spend in a mechanical test and prototype shop have always been very rewarding.
Far Out. Like Ed, I am into WWII aircraft. Also into ships, particularly warships. Time periods from HMS Victory to the JFK. All of it is very interesting, though.
There used to be plastic modeling group on NT a while back that did not get a lot of attention so I guess it was removed by Perrie. Would be nice to see that started back up if we could get enough interested members.
I have the 3D part files to print a UP Big Boy, just have to figure out the scale of the model in the files and reduce it to a manageable size for a desktop display...
Currently as it is right now it builds out to approximately 5ft long without the tender...
Nice. These are awesome! There is a whole subsection of photographers that only photograph miniature scenes created from models.
I never really had the patents it takes for modeling. I like to start and finish projects in a couple of days. I do like, and am relatively good at, painting models and figures.
I want to try to do some foam carving this year to create a 3D background for my aquarium. I've seen examples on YouTube of people foam carving and then coating in a marine grade cement and then painting them. Mine of course would just be rocks, so kind of boring comparatively.
I've seen some rock sculpting from the model railroaders that would defy description, without touching them it would be impossible to distinguish them from real rock...
I had to stop building models due to my job. Deploying every other year I didn't have the time. A lot of what I built were of the various types of equipment I've driven / worked on in my military career - M109 Howitzer, M110 Howitzer, M113, M577, M925, M923, M1093, M198 Howitzers, C-141, C17 and C130 (with jumpers "in the door"). (1st half of my career I was Field Artillery and the latter I was Transportation.)
I'd love to get back into it, but in my area it's not that easy to find exactly what I'm looking for.
I'm former Artillerymen. Spent time on the M109A3, M109A6, M198 and a VERY short time in an M110 Battery. Would love to find those as well as an M113, M577, 1083 LMTV cargo truck, M925 cargo trucks and HMMWV's with cargo trailers.
M109A3, M109A6, M198 and a VERY short time in an M110 Battery. Would love to find those as well as an M113, M577, 1083 LMTV cargo truck, M925 cargo trucks and HMMWV's with cargo trailers.
There is a on line mail order company called Mega Hobby that has a pretty decent selection of armor and aircraft of all scales and eras. I had good luck with them when I was still modelling. You might want to check them out.
Scalemates , the online model database is the source for everything modeling currently...
Online hobby shops come and go everyday worldwide... Scalemates has a pretty good database of them... (showing nation location s well, very important in today's shipping environment)
But the online marketplace is worldwide.. Just remember that Covid has slowed down worldwide shipping and it can take as long as two months to get something from outside the US... There are some great manufacturers on the international scene...
Pretty good detail there. Looks you fabricated your own safety harnesses. What variant and scale is this?
It's the old Hasegawa F-104C, the cockpit is an aftermarket set which up details what the kit has, the seat is a complete replacement... The scale is 1/32nd, it was going to be Bluejay-4... (from Star Trek) It failed when I couldn't get the finish to stick properly, going to take another shot at it...
Using the more modern Hasegawa kit....
Looking good so far. Keep us updated. Myself, I was more into aircraft and armor from WW II. My favorite scales are 1/48.
Nice work NWM. You're a man of many talents.
You have quite a gift and must have the patience of a saint.
I've done some prototyping and model building but nothing that I have ever done would be shown publically.
Ed, here's one I did for D-Day, 82nd Airborne, the glider drops into enemy held territory the afternoon of the 6th...
Generally whatever strikes my fancy, sometime it is odd ball stuff, but this was something that meant something....
Brother I look at it as I know a little something about a little something, and a lot about nothing at all... I just go after what I get interested in and let my natural curiosity take it's course...
Patience is simply doing it over and over till you find what works, and then remembering it the next time... Whe n I first came out of Machine school I took a job at the Boeing Model shop prototyping 757/767 wings... It was a wonderful experience.... I actually got to observe a 737 all up wing destruction test where they take a fully assembled wing and break it... Snap it right in half... they had a big giant machine they did this with... we were told that model building helped immensely with what we were about to witness... So yeah it's not all about display pieces...
M1 75 mm Pack Howitzer with M8 carriage? Impressive work. The Marines were phasing pack howitzers out when I was assigned as a FMF Corpsman.
Thank you Ed, those were the last M1 75's that went into action with the US airborne forces in Europe... They were loaded into Horsa Gliders intended to land in zones that were secured prior to their arrival except the LZ's weren't secured... So they landed into an actual firefight... their landing path took them right over German lines to the touch down point on final approach, only about half of them made it, most were shot up pretty badly... Out of the two battalions of M1 75's that went in they managed to recover only 4 pieces and put them into action in which they were instrumental in eliminating the Germans holding half the field... After the battle they recovered most of them and they went on to help in securing the bridgehead... Shortly after that, they were replaced with the M1A1 105's....
One of the bloodiest battles the 82nd ever fought and you know what, you never read about it in the history books... Can you imagine what it was like going in on a glider on approach and having to cross the active MLR from the enemy's side at landing approach height? (75 - 100 ft)
Those were some damn brave dudes... That was my tribute to them...
That is pretty much what I have done, but now I do it on a computer via Finite Element Analysis and CFD. Very seldom w are they willing to pay for us to build full-scale prototypes and abuse them to failure, fix the weakness, and do it all over again. It's fun and very rewarding to do but it takes time and is costly. I had to learn prototyping and model building in college in my industrial design and then engineering classes.
The times that I have gotten to spend in a mechanical test and prototype shop have always been very rewarding.
The last modeling work I did for Boeing was CFD on the actuators for the landing gear struts of the 737.... immensely fun, satisfying work....
I will Ed, currently I'm finishing these two up...
A pair of H-13's A Korean War Air Ambulance and A Ft Wolters Training bird...
Far Out. Like Ed, I am into WWII aircraft. Also into ships, particularly warships. Time periods from HMS Victory to the JFK. All of it is very interesting, though.
Hey brother, long time no see!
About 9 month ago I was working on the USS Gwin... Trying to duplicate this image...
I worked on her for a while then had to take a break, this is how far I got....
I will come back to her eventually...
There used to be plastic modeling group on NT a while back that did not get a lot of attention so I guess it was removed by Perrie. Would be nice to see that started back up if we could get enough interested members.
Nice Doc!
I like model trains
I prefer beautiful models.
best kind
I have the 3D part files to print a UP Big Boy, just have to figure out the scale of the model in the files and reduce it to a manageable size for a desktop display...
Currently as it is right now it builds out to approximately 5ft long without the tender...
I am happy Union Pacific restored a Big Boy and runs it.
Thinking on printing one up at 1/48th scale, should make it about 3 feet long with tender...
Nice. These are awesome! There is a whole subsection of photographers that only photograph miniature scenes created from models.
I never really had the patents it takes for modeling. I like to start and finish projects in a couple of days. I do like, and am relatively good at, painting models and figures.
I want to try to do some foam carving this year to create a 3D background for my aquarium. I've seen examples on YouTube of people foam carving and then coating in a marine grade cement and then painting them. Mine of course would just be rocks, so kind of boring comparatively.
I've seen some rock sculpting from the model railroaders that would defy description, without touching them it would be impossible to distinguish them from real rock...
I had to stop building models due to my job. Deploying every other year I didn't have the time. A lot of what I built were of the various types of equipment I've driven / worked on in my military career - M109 Howitzer, M110 Howitzer, M113, M577, M925, M923, M1093, M198 Howitzers, C-141, C17 and C130 (with jumpers "in the door"). (1st half of my career I was Field Artillery and the latter I was Transportation.)
I'd love to get back into it, but in my area it's not that easy to find exactly what I'm looking for.
You can pretty much get anything you want on the internet these days brother... I'm an artillery nut, what are you looking for?
I'm former Artillerymen. Spent time on the M109A3, M109A6, M198 and a VERY short time in an M110 Battery. Would love to find those as well as an M113, M577, 1083 LMTV cargo truck, M925 cargo trucks and HMMWV's with cargo trailers.
Will send you a private note...
There is a on line mail order company called Mega Hobby that has a pretty decent selection of armor and aircraft of all scales and eras. I had good luck with them when I was still modelling. You might want to check them out.
Scalemates , the online model database is the source for everything modeling currently...
Online hobby shops come and go everyday worldwide... Scalemates has a pretty good database of them... (showing nation location s well, very important in today's shipping environment)
I like Sprue Bro's and Kitlinx , although Kitlinx can be slow... Mega Hobby can also be slow...
But the online marketplace is worldwide.. Just remember that Covid has slowed down worldwide shipping and it can take as long as two months to get something from outside the US... There are some great manufacturers on the international scene...