Mark Deliduka

Welcome Paddy! My last name doesn't reflect it but on my mother's side I hail from the O'Brien clan. Glad to have you with us. I also build postwar jets in 1/72 scale. It's the only scale to build in! :D

I'm stunned to speechlessness. I bow in the presence of greatness! :smiley32:

Man, the only thing shameful about this is that it shames my work in spades! This is one incredible aircraft model, makes mine look shamefully inadequate! Way to go!

I wold LOVE to see the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang car re-released. That is my current Holy Grail.

You go guy! Yeah, it always makes it special when one of your models is shown in the Nats issue. Enjoy!

At least I'll be able to attend one of these celebrations! I can't wait! That reminds me; I have to reserve table space for some long and large railroad subjects.....

Amazing work Chris! Awesome!

That's not bad. Thank you for the English translations as well. I may try something like this with my 1/72 scale tracks; with smaller brushes of course.... Thanks for posting this.

That is definitely a rather obscure yet interesting aircraft! Very innovative as well. I would think Anigrand would be the one to produce something like this.

Sweet! Fantastic models Greg! I'm blown away that you got to work on a 1/1 scale model of a Spitfire! That must have been heaven on earth!

Thanks Mark! Be sure to bring that Optivisor to the Colorado nationals since this train is going to be there with several others......including the Dora! You'll be able to get a first-hand look in person! Well Ed, at least I know it works! LOL!

I know I showed this on my Works in progress Thread, but I don't really know who will see it there, so I thought I'd post this here. I decided to pull out my German Panzerzug BP-44 Armored Train to apply some more weathering to it using some of the techniques I learned on the Russian Armored Train. Engine and tenders: Geschutswagens and Kommandowagens: Artilleriewagens: Panzertraegerwagens and Panzerjaagerwagens: I may not have put a deep enough wash on this, but let me know what you guys think. Thanks all, Comments are very welcome.

This week has seen some real slow progress for me. I spent most of the Hobby Day improving my German armored train. Take a look and see what you think. I tried to use many of the techniques I learned from weathering the Russian armored train. Engine and tenders: Geschutswagens and Kommandowagens: Artilleriewagens: Panzertraegerwagens and Panzerjaagerwagens: Along with that, I also got some progress done on my Trumpeter Russian Drasine. I clearcoated it and decaled it. Now all I have to do is touch up that unpainted section beneath the turret, and weather this thing and it's done: The only other model I made progress on was my Russian Mi-26 Halo. First thing I did was to paint the interior a dark "africa brown" as the instructions stated. Then I drybrushed it with successive layers of a lighter brown then a tan. Here is the interior of the two main fuselage parts: The underside of the engine deck is also the ceiling for the interior, and it has several lights on it. I got these painted before installing this inside one of the fuselage halves: Here is a shot of the fuselage with all the parts installed in it and ready to be closed up: It's amazing how many of these parts had to fit inside this thing. Not only that, but there are about five other additional fuselage parts that go on this after the fuselage had been closed up! Here it is all closed up and drying: You can see how big this monster is by the Exacto blade sitting next to it. My next step is to smooth out the seams and add some Mr. Surfacer 500 to places that need it. Then we'll be able to proceed further. That's all I was able to get done this week. Comments are welcome, thanks for looking in.

Oh, this is getting good! I love the "Israeli Panthers" too!

One thing I have done was to paint the bricks in a red brick color. Then I apply a dark wash to it, making sure more of the color is in the mortar area between the bricks. Some dark color can be on the bricks as well. Then I'll do a semi-wash of light, dust-colored pigments dissolved in water and brushed on with a coarse brush to make it look dirty. Then I'll airbrush a light layer of more dust color along the base of the wall to show all the dirt 'splashed' up on the wall from passing traffic. Hope this helps.

Stunning work Ron! You dirtied her up just right as well. Amazing job, time for me to get out of the business; there's no competing with that! LOL! :army7: :D

That is very well done, especially given the difficulty with the tracks. Yeah, Airfix tracks have always had a bad reputation for being stiff and uncontrollable. Nice work on the camo pattern. Thanks for posting this; I've wanted for awhile to see one of these built.

Oh man, that is SWEEEEET!!! Brilliant job on the props and the tail art! This is so cool! I can only hope my 1/72 scale plastic kit comes out looking half this good!

Thanks Wes!

That's an excellent way to look at it. I shoulda thought of that. Yeah, I know how it is. I almost hate weathering too and keep trying to find a simpler way to do it so I can finish something!

Oh sweet! I'll have a flood of pics for this one! :D

I am now confused. Was Jim a "member" of the club formed in Seattle at the time? Why would a move from Seattle to DFW change which chapter was first? I think what he meant was that Jim's home chapter at the time, IPMS-North Central Texas, was the birthplace for IPMS/USA. After it got started there, IPMS Seattle was the first chapter outside of IPMS-North Central Texas to be chartered under the new IPMS/USA organization. I don't think he meant to imply that Jim was a member of Seattle. It did kind of read that way though, so I hope I am right. I'm sure he'll clear things up.

Brilliant job! That is some amazing paint work on that bird. Way to go!

Awesome work James! I do think his uniform is a bit too clean for a Southern Soldier! LOL! Seriously though, I love the subtle shading and affects you've got on him; his face looks awesome too!

Welcome Wes! Sounds like a great collection you have. I like looking at all manner of Sci-Fi subjects and I'm looking forward to seeing some of your work. Have fun here.