Mark Deliduka

Thanks Chris! Yeah I've been swamped with work; everything you see here and on my workbench thread is work I've done in between jobs and sleep. Maybe things will slow down a bit so I can get more done. Thanks for the compliment! Stay tuned for more..,..

Thanks for the heads up on that info. I'll watch out for those you mentioned.

Thanks Gil! Yeah, I'm also surprised at how well this looks. I'm gonna have to try a few more Lindbergh kits to see if they look just as good as this!

I have managed to finish two more small scale armor models bringing my total count of small scale completed armor models up to 610 total pieces. Both of these are ACE kits. This first one is Rommel's Kfz 21 staff car. It does come with a small Rommel figure but I haven't gotten him painted yet. Here it is needing a car wash. It doesn't look this dusty in person though.... This next one is a piece of heavy artillery for my German Army. This is the ACE 155mm K-18 Feldhaubitz: That's all my armor I've gotten done so far. Feel free to check out my Thread in "On the Workbench" to see what else is coming down the pike. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

This is my latest aircraft from Lindbergh, a 1/72 scale F/A-18 Hornet flown by Capt. Steve "Eagle" Hiller in the movie "Independence Day". For a Lindbergh kit, it sure came out looking pretty good! Enjoy! Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome!

Wow, it's been a month and I've been working my tail off. In between times, I've tried to find a few hours to slip into my hobby room and get some progress done on some of these models that have been sitting on my workbench for far too long! Okay, today I've managed to find some time to finally get some pics and get them posted. I've also managed to complete three more models; two armor and one aircraft. You an see them in their respective Forums. Okay, I'll start with the aircraft I've been working on. These are all the large aircraft I've been working on to try and get rid of some of the big boxes that are taking up space in my hobby room. This first one is the C-160 Transall which has been detail painted and is now ready for decals. I may even get them on later tonight..... maybe. Here it is in the spray booth after being shot with Future: Next is a little Trumpeter helicopter I got that has finally gotten it's basecoat. Now to detail paint it and then apply the decals: This next one is my Privateer that I finally managed to get sanded down enough to make it look okay. I went ahead and installed the wings. They were a bear to try and line up for some reason. This model seems so much harder to build than it should be! Later I'll mask off all the clear parts and wheel wells and paint this beastie. Near the end, I'll fix all the stupid guns that I couldn't keep intact for some reason! Moving along to my last aircraft, I decaled the cockpit for the Valiant, and then added weight to the nose of this aircraft. First pic is the back of the 'pit, the second shows the instrument panel Here it is all test-fit together to see if it would sit on it's landing gear properly: Yes, I did have enough weight in the nose for this to sit right. Now time to move on.... Okay, in Armor I have managed to get the following work done. First is the Opel Bus I've been working on. I pulled the body off (it was only dry-fit on there) and shot a coat of Panzer dark grey over it. EPIC FAIL! I guess the paint was too old or something, so I'll be making another attempt later when I can get some more paint: Later; after sanding some of the roughness off, I decided to add some detail parts, as well as the Photo-etch luggage rack and ladder: Next is the German Neubau Fahrzeug No. 1 that finally got a basecoat on it. This one seems to have applied more smoothly. Now to camouflage it: This next one is my third ACE gun I started some time ago. This is an 88mm anti-tank gun that has now been basecoated: These next two are two models I started for fun. This one is an Airfix Panzer IV I got from a friend. I figured a quick and easy build; and I may even use it in my wargaming army: This one is a Doc Models Italian CV-35 tankette that I assembled in less than an hour and then added a basecoat on it: My apologies for the blurry pic; apparently it's too small for my camera to focus on! These last two are two Dragon models I started; the Churchill III and the Churchill IV. Nice little models and the suspension was a breeze to assemble! Churchill III: Churchill IV: Last but not least, here's a shot of my attempts to paint a couple of car models I'm working on. One is a raffle prize I won at a St. Crispin's Hobby Day. It is Revell's Rebel racer Corvette. I tried to shoot some red on the body. EPIC FAIL: The next one is the Denis Fire Truck I'm doing for the Summer Break Group Build on the LEM. Here is the attempt to shoot some red on it. Another EPIC FAIL: You may not be able to see it in these pics, but the paint went on so rough and coarse, I may as well have been painting sand paper! I had wiped down all the model parts, kept them clean and free of dust and was very careful when I shot the paint. To no avail; these will need to be sanded and/or stripped entirely and done again. This is why I don't do civilian vehicles..... Okay, that's my Update for now. Hopefully the next one won't take a month to do. Hopefully also, I'll have more finished models to post next time I have the time! Thanks all for looking in; comments are very welcome.

Gil has it right. Shoot a clear glosscoat over the whole model, apply decals after it's dry; then shoot another clearcoat. After that is dry again; dull it down with a flat coat. That is the best technique for making decals appear painted on. Good luck on your new direction; I'm looking forward to seeing what you do. Also, don't hesitate to keep asking questions; we got your back.

This looks great! The extras you added really make this pop. I've always wanted to build this ship, and see it built. Thanks for posting.

Welcome Russ! Glad to have you on board! Looking forward to seeing some of your work.

Well, I'd be willing to participate in a "Build something before the 80's" Group Build, since just about everything is in my comfort zone so to speak. I have a couple models that actually fit the bill. So, is this on?

I always love looking at this dio! It is beyond amazing! Always something new to see the more you look at it.

Here's an idea: ask all these guys here who do Photo-etch on a regular basis for some of their photo-etch sprue that is leftover after they've removed the P/E parts. You might get quite a bit of metal there for this. So guys, who's got some spare metal sprues for Matt?

Thanks for the comments guys! I'm hoping to soon have some of these done. Mark, I mostly just replace everything back in the box before moving on to the next model. Helps a little bit except when the box decides to spit out certain pieces (like an An-12 Cub canopy!) and I can't finish what I started. Stay tuned, more to come...

Thanks Rob! Yeah, I saw that this morning. Could be something to look into...

Welcome Steve! Man, that's a lot of interests! I am looking forward to seeing some of your work! BTW, my brother lives in Columbus. I got to spend two weeks with him there last April. I even went to the local IPMS show there during that time.

I'm overwhelmed! You are truly a master!

Some good stuff here, if you haven't seen it before: http://translate.goo...%2F&sl=fr&tl=en Thanks for the links guys. Maybe I should have been a bit more specific: I'd love to see these kits done in injection molded plastic. I don't like resin kits; check out my A-Stoff trailer in my Works in Progress Thread to see why. Darn near took my thumb off trying to fix that model!

Ok, here's a short update. I only managed to get some base coats painted and a few details done while starting another model for the Summer Break Group Build on the LEM. I'll start with the small scale armor. I have two artillery pieces that have been basecoated. Now to camouflage them: German Pak 43 88mm anti-tank gun: German K-18 heavy artillery: Next, I basecoated two T-34's I'm doing for a small scale armor group build on the AMPS site. Note that I'm still missing a sprue on the one tank that is holding the turret hatch and the hull machine gun sponson: Finally, I basecoated the A-Stoff trailer and painted the wheels. Now to detail this with washes, drybrushing and weathering. You can see the places that shattered when I finally got that tank removed to re-set it. I may try to fix it later: Finally, for the Summer Break Group Build on the LEM; I started one of my three models. This is the 1914 Dennis Fire Truck. This is after several hours of blissful building; I couldn't believe how much fun I was having building this old Airfix kit! The Ladders are actually going to extend on this! Okay, that's all I have for now. I'll keep you posted on more later when I can get something done. Thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

Was it frosted because of a flat clearcoat? If so, shoot another coat of gloss clear over it and the frost should go away. It did for me anyway. Then I was able to re-apply the flat clear properly.

I want to see one of those D9R's n 1/72 scale as well. Not to mention an MRAP too.

Oh man, I'm speechless! What an incredible project! I have a plastic kit of this plane in 1/72 scale; this is getting me fired up to start mine! Spectacular work Gil! Keep it coming!

That is coming along nicely! Most impressive! Keep this going man!

Mark, I have to admit it's been awhile since I've seen a pool cue. LOL! Okay, on to my latest progress.... Okay, here we are in another new week and I have some more progress to show from Monday's Hobby Day. I haven't had any time to paint anything at home, so I got started on a couple new subjects while trying to move ahead on others. The first of the new models I started was one of my UM Shermans. I tried starting both but the one kit is completely unbuildable due to the way the parts don't go together. They don't even match the numbers or shapes of the parts on the instruction sheet! The other one started out pretty well. I assembled the lower hull and the turret, while adding the engine deck and driver's hatches to the upper hull. The other model I started was another ACE gun; an 88mm anti-tank gun like the Pak 43. This one is on a swivel base and has been quite the challenge to build: Some parts on the instructions are very unclear so I've had to try and guess where parts go. It's coming along pretty well so far. Now for the models I've been working on. Here are the two T-34's I'm working on for the Small Scale Group Build on the AMPS Small Scale Forums. I got the photo-etch parts on them now. Time to get them ready for paint now: Later on, I got some more parts on the main part of the Dora. I wish I knew what these parts of the gun are called. I'll have to come up with something. I'll call these the main gun supports since the main gun sits between these two. I have some of the detail parts on so far: Then I noticed (with the help of a friend) the main gap that went around the inside where the inside panel went to close these off. It took a lot of Mr. Surfacer 500 to fill these in: I had gotten some sanding done on this but not enough yet. It'll take awhile. I'm actually quite surprised at how much filling and sanding I have to do! In between all this, I needed to take a break from armor, so I worked on the little Hobby Boss UH-1C Huey Hog. I got her mostly assembled now; all she needs is her two rotors and weapons systems: That's about all I have so far for today. I'm hoping to get some color on all of my models that are currently waiting for paint later today. I have quite a few en queue on my spraybooth! Okay, I hope you enjoyed seeing my latest work so far. Stay tuned for more and thanks for looking in. Comments are always welcome.

Hmm, that's an idea. I'd hate to try and hollow that out though.... Well, it's another week and yet I have a very, very small update to show since most of my work this week was mostly sanding and filling and sanding and filling; mostly on my Dora rail gun's wheel trucks. Now they are smooth enough for a coat of paint, and I've even skipped ahead a bit to add more parts to the wheel truck assemblies to further complete them. So, in armor, the only progress I made was on my Russian armored train. I attached all the P/E to all the cars; then I added all the final detail parts, including the machine gun barrels. Here it is all ready for paint: And, here it is with the first coat of primer on it so that the paint will adhere to the P/E: Now, after all the aforementioned sanding and filling etc. with the Dora, I decided to pull out something simple to build. I had gotten a Hobby Boss 1/72 scale UH-1C Huey from the San Diego Model Show so out it came. First thing of course is the cockpit and cabin interior: I then painted it up after it had dried a bit: Here's a shot of the Instrument Panel dry-brushed with a bit of light gray: Just for kicks, I decided to dry-fit this interior assembly into the fuselage halves to see how it fit. Much better than I anticipated: Now to dip the clear parts in Future and install them so I can make that last pic permanent. Yeah, it was a slow week for me. This coming weekend I'll be picking up the pace. After all, I have 7 models all ready for paint, so my spray booth will be humming this weekend! Until then, thanks for looking in and remember that comments are always welcome.

I've decided to pin this topic to the top. Many outstanding ideas here that will allow us all to save money for more kits! :D Everyone can feel free to add more to this Thread.