Ok, Let's back up a bit...

It's been a while since I've been posting, so here is some recent stuff:

This Bandai's Cosmo Zero from SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO 2199. Akira's Mount.

And now something completely different, a Hawk model San Francisco Trolley. Older than dirt, built OOB excepting figures, base and grinding out the openings in the wheels.

This is a 1/72 I-153. Yes, I will build ANYTHING.

So, now we are kinda caught up, I'll post more on the DMB-87 soon. Say good bye Sticky!

Yes, They Have A Funny Name...

On modelers doorsteps now:

Thank you John and Chris!

TITLE DELEATED: Building Ingmar Spijkhoven's KrAZ 255B Part 2

So lets start get started.  It's a nice change of pace from INFORMATION DELETED. I have been corresponding with this models creator, none other than the infamous I. Spijkhoven. He has a blog at: http://ingmarspijkhoven.blogspot.nl/

I think he liked what I was doing (and the $25 I sent for the plans), but seemed a little nervous that some of you swine out there who visit my blog (yes, all two of you) are going to download the build up images and reverse engineer the model.  This of course takes a lot of herring off his families table.

Here you can see CONTENT DELETED. Normally I like to DELETED and CENSORED. It just goes to show that you can CENSORED, but you can't CENSORED YET AGAIN.

The online plans really DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT. 

Sift through the SENSITIVE MATERIAL REMOVED and NOT FOR YOUR EYES, next SUPER DOUBLE TRIPLE X TOP SECRET.

Wharf? I thought you said TOO MUCH INFORMATION the dwarf!

So, if you are going to DON'T LOOK AT THE GIRL IN THE RED DRESS, I recommend TEMPORALLY OUT OF STOCK.

Here it is in its cubic glory. It is really a wonderful model, sure it THERE AIN'T NO SANITY CLAUSE, but once you have MASTERED YOUR DOMAIN, you will thank me.

Here is a shot from the WILL YOU COME BACK TO MY PLACE, BOUNCY, BOUNCY.

I leave you with a final GLIMMEND IJSJE, you can see the BEVROREN PARAPLU in action.

Many thanks to Ingmar Spijkoven for letting this amazing construction into the world and looking forward to the smoking email of J's and K's that will be rocketing my way the moment I hit publish. Publishing...now.  Cheers!

Complete Slacker: Building Ingmar Spijkhoven's KrAZ 255B

Somebody may be saying, "Hey, where is that guy who builds the models for fun?".  I'll tell you.  I've been working on the other end of my hobbies, namely gaming.  In other words, slacking off.  But here is something that jumped out a few weeks back that is almost like building a model:

I found this on the internet, I think I typed in "Crazy", but got directed to "KrAZ", which is a form of Russian Krazy.  I have a number of these in various scales and love this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcPvHobX3D0    And this one...  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ium7Cxn3TN4

I bought the plans from MOC (My Own Creation) ((WARNING, do not start looking at Lego stuff)). We had bins of old Legos and I thought hmmmm....

So, here I am sorting through bins of old Legos...I found a lot of cool stuff like some petrified Cheerios and lots of long hair.  I sorted first by color.  I limited myself to the colors used in the model, Red, Dark Blue Gray, Light Gray and Black.  If you want to replicate this experience at home, but don't have several bins of old Legos laying about, simply do the following: 1) Take a 2,000 piece jigsaw puzzle and have several small deranged children hide half the pieces around your house.  2) Take the remaining pieces and throw them in the garbage.  3) Now go find the 1,000 puzzle peices scattered around your house. 4) Figure out which pieces are missing.  Document each one.  Contact the puzzle manufacturer for replacements. 5) Assemble.

I think this is a metaphor for something.  Guantanamo Bay?

Here's most everything sorted.  It's an insidious hobby, playing on our base compulsion to organize crap into neat piles.

The next bit of business is to order all the parts I don't have.  Each must be selected individually by shape and color.  Why on god's green earth do they make Dark Blueish Gray and Black indistinguishable?  This took about 3 hours.  OK, 4.  It is an exercise in extreme tedium, there are 8,000+ elements in 53 colors. After a while they ALL LOOK THE SAME.

While patently waiting for my parts to come in (most are from Denmark), I dug out an old kit and decided to do a practice run.  In case I forgot how to snap bricks together.  Turns out it was easier than remembering my cell number.

Took about an hour.

On Friday everything but one part (from Lego!) showed up.

First thing is to make sure I got what I ordered.  So I rechecked everything off the list.  I got 4 parts in the wrong color (dark blue, my mistake) and forgot 4 parts.  It's a rare piece, but miraculously was able to find four of all the same (but wrong color) in the bins.  Oh my god, I have lost my mind.

Here it all is.  I am sure that some day this picture will resurface when I am trying to deny one of my many highly honed character flaws.

Can't wait to build this thing.  Part two....We build.  Cheers!

Royal Foogleeian Mobile Armored Throne

I built this for my FRPG Crypts-N-Creepies on my other "cooler" blog:
http://crypts-n-creepies.blogspot.com/

Yes, this not even a thinly veiled shameless plug:  Rack my counter up.  Please hit the various orange G+ buttons (there are two kinds, one for the blog in general, the other at the bottom of the post).  Obviously, don't press these but tons (he said "butt") if you think the post/blog is crapp.  Or maybe you like pushing buttons. By pushing them you help drive my blog/post up in feeds that people have and ultimately aid me in my plans to rule the world.  Just push the buttons.

Mad Polikarpov

All two of you may have noticed the lack of anything here as of late...I have been spending a lot of energy on the other blog getting my "really cool" RPG into print.  But I know, no one cares.  You just want to see pics of naked plastic models.

This my "Palm of your Hand" ontray, from a Polish publication.  It is the USSR's last production biplane, Polikarpov's I-153.  To increase speed it had retractable landing gear.  It was built as insurance in case the I-16 was a flop.

As you can see...it fit's in...never mind.   This is an ICM kit in 1/72nd scale.

I've added the flying wires.  Model will be silver dope with tiny green squiggles.  Got about two weeks to get it done.  Hrummph.

Massive Voodoo is having an online Mad Max contest, I started this last year, pulled it out of mothballs and going to finish it up:

The ORIGINAL road warrior.

Shot of bottom.  Wheels are from an Atomic Cannon and Rommel's Rod.

I am having way too much fun on this one.  Body will be natural metal.

Yet Another Distraction # 63

 

I like to think of my self like an onion, many layered.  A couple of months ago I peeled away a few more layers and rediscovered painting miniatures.  Sure beats distraction # 62 from last week, "Why salt licks are fun".

 

Here is a finished shot with a nice fuchsia background.

 

 

This was a test run...I wasn't even sure if my tired old eyes could transmit the data to my brain.

 

 

I am assuming that most of you guys out there are Plastic Modelers, so here is a scale reference.

 

 

For fun I Googled "thejoyofmodeling" and got this:

 

 

...which lead to "Do fashion models hate their jobs?".  The truly amazing thing is that I have sucked you into wasting time with me.

 

 

I have been busy.  Center stage is a 1/32 Me-110.  My paint masks came yesterday.  Oh joy!

 

 

Saved this from Ebay.  Was gonna sell it, but there are a million of them and they are not worth a dime.  50's vintage (an antique) and a pretty good model.  Excited about this one.

 

 

UX-1 from Space Battleship Yamato 2199.  I have already built a new base.  Wish it wasn't 1/144.

 

 

Cosmo Zero A2 from above mentioned show.  New base that simulates interior bay of Yamato.

 

 

My reference if we need to slug it out.

 

 

Squadron finally figured it out.  Offer models at good prices or go out of business.  At the NatCon I bought a few things from them, got a $20 off coupon and went back and bought more.  Only took them a decade to figure it out.  At the show I saw a whole bunch of cute 1/72nd scale AC.  Looks like I'm on the band wagon....