Plastic/Wood/Scratch build modellers topic (not 3D modelling)

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[VirtualSkipper]

Well, since I'm both a plastic and 3D modeller for a while I thought about starting a topic about it!  

This topic can be used if you have just finished a model, if you are still working on it or when you have already finished a model(s)
Btw, bought replicas from a local store are not what this topic is about, it's about your own creation  

I will start first since I finished a model in only this weekend!  

The 1:1200 Color Fantasy of Revell  

[cptnchris]

Nice work! Good topic! Did you have to paint your model of the Color Fantasy?

[VirtualSkipper]

Yep, but what I do is first paint the parts and then start building the structure  

But the manual is a bit unreliable so always take a look on the last page which is the page for the stickers AND the paint jobs  

[larsdehaan]

hey where did you get that! i want to have one!

[VirtualSkipper]

I bought it from a local hobby store which also is a Toys 'R Us 

[cptnchris]

Yep, but what I do is first paint the parts and then start building the structure  

But the manual is a bit unreliable so always take a look on the last page which is the page for the stickers AND the paint jobs  

I see, well nice paint job!! Looks great. Do you just look at the instructions to see what paint colors you need to buy?

[VirtualSkipper]

Thanks 

[larsdehaan]

I bought it from a local hobby store which also is a Toys 'R Us  

limburg? brabant? zeeland? where?

[VirtualSkipper]

Zuid-Holland but there also is a Revell dealer in Schoonhoven in the same province, I haven't been there for years but I bought my first models there.

Check out their site: http://www.modelbrouwers.nl

[larsdehaan]

thanks im i was working on the qm2 and de waker (waker not yet started)

[The Ferry King]

i know for sure that Toys' r us is a UK
stores that has branches

so there are hundreds here
and even 2 near my house!

[Aad The Pirate]

thanks im de waker

This One?

[cptnchris]

What do you think the most popular model scale is? (If you wanted to make a fleet/harbour or something to that nature)

And how do you explain this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKXigrxeOjA&feature=related Interesting.

[Aad The Pirate]

What do you think the most popular model scale is? (If you wanted to make a fleet/harbour or something to that nature)

And how do you explain this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKXigrxeOjA&feature=related Interesting.

What's to explain? It's just a Radio-Controlled, 1:700 model!

[Ballast]

What do you think the most popular model scale is? (If you wanted to make a fleet/harbour or something to that nature)

The scale 1:50 is the most common one for RC vessels. You can put alot of details on it and you can still handle the size during transport and such 

[larsdehaan]

This One?

yep

[cptnchris]

What's to explain? It's just a Radio-Controlled, 1:700 model!

It looks more like an air hockey table than water that it's sailing on, I mean.

The scale 1:50 is the most common one for RC vessels. You can put alot of details on it and you can still handle the size during transport and such 

Would it be 1:50 scale for non-rc also?

[J.Ham]

Hello,
For RC vessels you have many diferent scales.
It depends on how big the real ship is.
Some scales are: 1:20 , 1:35 , 1:50 , 1:75, 1:100, etc.
Here are some pictures of my build rc ships from a kit.
One in 1:50 and one in 1:35

[VirtualSkipper]

Ah, looks awesome! 

Where did you got the motor parts and all to make it RC?

[J.Ham]

Hello,
There are plenty RC Hobbyshops on the internet.
Try google with "modelbouwwinkel" or "rchobbyshops"
Thats where I got it from.

[cptnchris]

So, waht is the best super glue to use with plastic modelling? Paints? I know stores vary in countries, but what do you guys suggest to a "newer" modeller 

[VirtualSkipper]

I use Humbrol and Revell units of 22ml each and a standard Revell modellers glue 

The glue


Revell and Humbrol 22ml units

[cptnchris]

 Awesome, so if you get a pack of paints like that you wont have to keep running back to the store for different colors etc right 
  Thanks for sharing.

[VirtualSkipper]

Depent how many times you have to use 1 paint, but they go longer than you think 

[Aad The Pirate]

Depent how many times you have to use 1 paint, but they go longer than you think 

Except for the colors used for the hull. Mostly black or white.
But those colors are also sold in larger containers about 100 ml