Mark Deliduka

Either the title of this thread is wrong, or the press release is. If these are 1/72 scale as is stated, I surely want a couple of these sets in my collection. I'll have to be on the lookout for these.

Thanks Greg! Now to finish some planes....

Thanks Ed. I'm not giving up on that DC-6. I may eventually concede to a less-than-acceptable coat of paint just to eventually finish it; but I am going to keep trying. Thanks again for the encouraging words.

Merry Christmas everyone! Maybe we should start a Thread showing all our model-related goodies we all got. I may do that tomorrow when I have time.

Most impressive! I'm blown away!

Now THAT'S what I'm talking about! Way to go!

This ROCKS! Brilliant detail; I especially love the "I love Model Cars" bumper sticker on the tank! I'm overwhelmed!

Welcome welcome! Glad to see you here. I'm not much into automobiles myself, but I love looking at a well built model. I do however dabble in a few eclectic styles and types. Looking forward to seeing your work

Okay, a little more progress to show from my time at St. Crispin's Hobby Day Friday. The day before, I managed to get some paint shot on the Karl on railcars. It looks okay in these pics, but I was able to see where I need to shoot more paint on this before I camouflage it: At St Crispin's Hobby Day, I got some models finished which are in my other Thread in armor. Once they were done I decided to start two other models. This first one is my ACE 1/72 scale Opel Olympia staff car. I'll be making it a captured US Army staff car. I got it all assembled up to the wheels and roof: Just for kicks, I dry-fit the roof on this to see how it was going to look: A few gaps and seams to deal with, but I gotta say, Alexei has really improved his molding! this is a fun little car to build. Next I decided to start a model I'd been given by a friend for free. This is only the third Tamiya model I ever started. It's the 1/72 scale F-4U Corsair. This is the cockpit after I assembled, painted, washed and decaled it: The instrument panel side: Here is a shot of all the parts that I painted and washed on the sprues; as well as the completed cockpit, wings and engine: After they dried, I assembled everything you see here: Next I just have to add the canopy; mask off all the engine and wheel wells, then I can paint this. Sweet! That's all my progress so far on my latest works in progress. I'm hoping to move ahead on more kits than this soon. Stay tuned! Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

That's right. Just before the last St. Crispin's Irregulars Hobby Day Friday I was able to finish seven more models to bring my armor count up to 622 finished armor models. And here they all are. I'll start out by posting a model I'd finished some weeks ago but forgot to take pics and post. This is my Trumpeter 1/72 scale Russian Drasine "Kraznaya Zvezda": Now for my most recent finished models. These first two are my smallest ones done so far. This is my MAC Distributors 1/72 scale Russian UAZ-469 scout vehicle done up as a Guards unit: That's the first MAC kit I've ever built. Next is my ACE 1/72 scale British Tourer staff car: Now on to some of my larger models. This next one is only the fourth ever resin model I have built. It darn near took off my thumb too, but I finally decided it's been sitting for far too long. Therefore, I pulled it down and finally finished it. Mark Schroeder, it's been a long time comin', but this Buds for you: Next is another model that had been sitting for too long. This was started for a Group Build on the AMPS Forums that ran until they took away our Braille Scale Forum. Once they did that, I set this model aside and almost forgot about it. While re-arranging my desk, I found it again and decided it was close enough to being done so I finished it off. Here's my Dragon 1/72 scale T-34/76 Beute: Okay, enough of the old stuff. Here's one of my models I've been working on for a Group Build on the Missing Lynx Braille Scale Forums. This is my ACE 1/72 scale Iraqi AT-3 Sagger vehicle. It ain't the best looking model I have finished lately, but I'm declaring it done: And now for my newest models finished. Newest as in least time working on them. Meet "Betty"; my Dragon 1/72 scale Canadian Churchill MkIII: Next is "Castlerobin IV", my Dragon 1/72 scale Brtish Churchill MkIV: And that is is so far. These are my latest armor models done. Now to finally finish a few aircraft to go along with these. Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.

Thanks Bill. Yeah, that would be interesting, but for this model I have some American Airlines decals I want to use. Just gotta keep trying.

Thanks for the link. Didn't see this in time, but even if I did, I'm not sure I could afford the ending price. I didn't even pay that much for the Dora. I may have to keep my eyes peeled for more of these.

Well, I managed to 'steal' a little more time to 'play' in my hobby room. Here's my latest progress so far. I'll start with my aircraft. I shot some Tamiya Gloss Aluminum on my DC-6 from the spray can. Not a good coat. It ran some and also orange peeled. Gee, I thought this stuff was supposed to go on smooth! So, I sanded down the rough spots and the runs; sanded down even more of the poor seams and joins, buffed off the whole thing (breaking off the nose gear and one main gear wheel) and I re-shot the coat of Aluminum. My second attempt at a smooth coat: A little better, but I still need to shoot it again. Man, I wonder how these other guys do such a smooth, blemish-free coat of metal! While I was at it; I shot the parts for the Thunderjet as well: Now on to my armor. I had two cars under construction, and now they have been painted. The next time you see these, they'll be completed. First, my UAZ 469: I'm going to need to scratch build a steering wheel for this truck. The kit one broke off and disappeared. Now my British Tourer staff car: These next two are my Sagger vehicles from ACE. I won't be able to finish the Israeli one since I am missing one of the wheel hubs I need to mount the rubber tires on. So, I'll be finishing one of these later on: Next I decided to finally finish something that's been sitting on my bench for far too long. This is my resin A-Stoff trailer I'd been neglecting. I painted a camo pattern on it to break up the monotony: Next I gave it a wash. This dirtied it up a bit. Now to weather it and it'll be done: Finally, I got the paint and details done on my two Churchills. Next up; decals, a wash, dullcote and then weathering and these will be done. Churchill Mk III: Churchill Mk IV: Now, the Dragon instructions show painting all those tiny roadwheels black as if they were rubber. Should I do that, or leave them as they are? That's all for now. Hopefully I'll have a bit more time to finish these and get them posted soon. Meanwhile, thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.

Thanks Gil! I've been wondering where you've been! I just picked up a box of assorted bullet sinkers recently; I'm already halfway through them! Stay tuned, I got more to come!

Thanks Bob! It was all an experimentation; I had no idea how to weather an armored train. I'm glad it's looking good.

Thanks Mark! Yeah, the AVG guys are an awesome bunch of modelers! I always love going to their shows.

Cool. I love the simple answers. I use Mozilla Firefox myself and so far have not had any other issues with my Photobucket account. That is after the first ones; but I think it was still in beta at the time.

Awesome! I would love to do something similar to all 87 of my 1/700 scale Japanese warships I have built. They sure do need an overhaul!

Welcome to the Forums. I was hoping to see you in Loveland next year too, but we'll miss each other since the 2014 Nats is too far for me to attend. Maybe another year. Glad to see you here though, hope to now see for more of your work!

The Third Place Huey on page 1 is mine. I also placed second and third with my An-12 Cub and C-160 Transall, but that didn't get determined later due to a mix-up with category placement. That's why there's no pics of them; I think I'm the only one who has pics with the awards next to them. Thanks for posting these pics Mark!

Well, here it is five weeks later and I finally have some time to post some pics! These are pics of progress done whenever I've been able to snatch some time from the jaws of life to get some building done. Okay, I'll start out with my aircraft.... At Orangecon, I picked up this little Cessna 172 on floats for about $3.00, so I figured, 'I have one with wheels, let's build this little guy with floats'. So I got it started. Here it is after I've gotten the fuselage together and the wings and stabilizers on. She's been sanded down and her floats are also nicely assembled and sanded smooth. Now to find a propeller for her. No wonder it was only $3.00..... Next, I decided to start an F-84 Thunderjet that a friend of mine from San Diego gave me at one of our Hobby Days. This is only the second Tamiya kit I've ever built; the first was an F4 Skyray. I got the cockpit finished first: Then I got the wings assembled: Since these pics were taken, I'd gotten the 'pit and the wheel wells painted but I didn't get pics of that yet. Maybe on the next update... Now all I have to do is find some weight for the nose of this little beastie and I'll be able to get the whole fuselage assembled. Onward we go to look at my Monster MiL, the Mi-26 Halo. I have the whole thing fully assembled except for engine exhaust shrouds. Once they are on, she'll be ready for paint: I had also gotten the main rotor hub assembled, as well as painting one of the three colors on the main rotors. Maybe soon I'll have more done to show. Moving right along to my armor..... Okay, I needed a diversion in my armor modeling so I got started with a couple small kits. this first one is a MAC Distributor's 1/72 scale Russian UAZ all terrain vehicle. This was meant to replace the old GAZ-69 'Jeep' from WWII. I think I'll be mounting the heavy machine gun on this: My apologies for the poor quality of that pic. My camera apparently had some difficulty seeing that little thing. It is, after all, only about an inch and a quarter long. Next I started on an ACE British Tourer staff car. I started this because someone on the Missing Lynx Braille Scale Forums wanted to see this built up. This is after about 40 minutes of assembly: Speaking of Missing Lynx Braille Scale Forums, these are my AT-3 Sagger vehicles I'm doing for an Anti-Tank Vehicle Group Build on those boards. One of these will be Iraqi, the other a vehicle captured by the Israelis: And finally, here's some pics of the Morser Karl on Railcars I've been building. I managed to get the main hull finished first: Later on, I assembled the mortar itself: Later still, I finished off the whole gun. Here she is all finished: Afterward, I tried to put it on the railcars. In the process, I lost six of the eight little pins I was supposed to use to hold this thing up. So, I pulled out a plastic rod about the same diameter as the remaining pins and promptly made some new ones. I cut them a little longer than the existing pins, flared the ends with a hot knife (I made several extra!) and then fought this thing onto it's railcars. You'll note that I had to take off the folded up side platforms to do this: I actually think this looks pretty darn good if I do say so myself! Now to get it painted. I'll be painting it a three-tone pattern given in the instructions. (God! I'm such a glutton for punishment!) Well, that's all I've been ale to do these last five weeks. I had to steal the time when I could but this is the result. Now if only I can finish some of these! Meanwhile, thanks all for looking in; comments are always welcome!

My only wish is that these all would be shrunk down to 1/72 scale. These are some incredible models you've built; I love them all.

Gil, I am stunned into speechlessness, especially after having followed the build thread thoroughly. That is one of the most incredible models I've seen yet. Way to go!

Gil, these are all Hobby Boss 1/48th scale aircraft. You can see the scale and manufacturer on the front page announcing the contest.

Beautiful work!