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| US Army Jeep |
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| US Army Jeep |
Wednesday 12 October 2016
M*A*S*H JEEP (Heller)
This is a Heller kit in 1:72 scale of a regular US Army Jeep which I converted to a MASH medical Jeep as seen in Korea in 1950-1953. The kit was a gift from the owner of St. John's Hobby store in Winnipeg in the early 1980s. I finished the kit in 1985. It is customized with red crosses, kit bag, and a covered trailer. Mud and snow are courtesy of a cold Winnipeg spring.
Monday 3 October 2016
CONTAINER SHIP "CARTIER"
This is an unknown scale plastic model kit of the Dong Fang "Oriental Electric Powered Container Vessel" by ZT Model of China (ztmodel.com). It is about 300mm long. I renamed it the "Cartier".
All of the containers come individually, but are moulded in six colours. I painted them the same colours and weathered and rusted them. The water line white boot-topping has been lightly weathered and rusted, as has the bow and area near the screw. All small windows were filled with clear cement, and the large windows on the bridge are made with sheets of clear plastic. I built a square funnel to replace the open-topped round funnel in the kit. I added four smoke stacks on top of the square, and put a maple leaf on both sides. A tiny radar dish has been added to the rear antenna array. The most detailing I did was to add photo-etch railings to the superstructure and stairs. This was experimental and a good way to learn without ruining a valuable kit.
The decals were only stickers, so I replaced them with decals from IPMS Canada which were for Canadian armoured units.
It was fun, but far from accurate. I have already bought another kit (side-wheeler paddlewheel ship) from them on AliExpress.
All of the containers come individually, but are moulded in six colours. I painted them the same colours and weathered and rusted them. The water line white boot-topping has been lightly weathered and rusted, as has the bow and area near the screw. All small windows were filled with clear cement, and the large windows on the bridge are made with sheets of clear plastic. I built a square funnel to replace the open-topped round funnel in the kit. I added four smoke stacks on top of the square, and put a maple leaf on both sides. A tiny radar dish has been added to the rear antenna array. The most detailing I did was to add photo-etch railings to the superstructure and stairs. This was experimental and a good way to learn without ruining a valuable kit.
The decals were only stickers, so I replaced them with decals from IPMS Canada which were for Canadian armoured units.
It was fun, but far from accurate. I have already bought another kit (side-wheeler paddlewheel ship) from them on AliExpress.
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| Third place winner in the TRIATHLON category at CAPCON 2017 on 30 September 2017. (with a tank and a train) |
Sunday 2 October 2016
CUNARD "QE2" OCEAN LINER (1967)
This is the remarkably well-detailed 1:1200 scale kit of the famous Cunard ocean liner "QUEEN ELIZABETH 2" from Revell of Germany (005806). Only 200mm long it has a lot going for it. I have never entered it in competition as it never got completely finished and the two propellers are long gone. This is the ship on which I sailed around the world in the first half of 2007, so I keep it as a memento. Although launched in 1967, the version presented here is the final version which sailed until 2008. The white boot top stripe on the hull is a very long and delicate decal.
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| QE2 |
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| QE2 |
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| QE2 |
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| QE2 |
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