Mark Deliduka

Beautiful job Ron! I also built one of these and really enjoyed it. Keep them coming!

Thanks Mark! It was a simple Heller kit, but a fun diversion to some of the more difficult ones (*cough*armored train!*cough*)

Beautiful job Chris! Spectacular! And in my favorite scale too!

Dave you have been sorely missed! Glad to see you back!

Thanks Greg! Lately, this 'machine' has been needing a little oil....

What a gorgeous smile! She did awesome on that model too. Please pass on my kudos for a job very well done. It's nice to see more kids into model building, hopefully they'll always come back to the hobby.

Thanks Gil. I'm glad that YOV-10 is finally done. It fought me the whole time I was working on it. The decals also took some serious convincing to lay down! I'm actually surprised it looks as good as it does. She's no award winner, but she does look good!

This week I was able to finish two more aircraft. This first one is a simple 1/72 scale Heller Hawker Tempest. It's a basic kit that I did out of the box and painted in standard British camo pattern. This next one is an ancient 1/72 scale MPC kit of the YOV-10 Bronco, a COIN aircraft used in Vietnam. According to the instructions, I painted it wrong and made it totally inaccurate. Oh well. It's mine, and I built it to look good. Here it is after being delivered to my US Marines: Well, there are my latest aircraft models. I have several more that I have almost ready to complete. Stay tuned for more. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in, comments are welcome.

Okay people, here's my latest update. I'll start with my armor. I got the three dump trucks painted up. All that's left is to add the windshields and clearcoat for decals: Also, on the Small Scale Group Build on the Modelers Alliance Forums, I have sprayed on the green basecoat for the latest Bradley: Now all I need to do is camouflage this and then get a clearcoat on it for decals. Next I'll show my aircraft. This is my Areo Subaru. I got the nose on and added some filler for the small seam I had to fill. The windows and windscreen are already masked in preparation for paint. Here is my British C-130 with the basecoat on it: This is my Buccaneer all ready for decals. The next pic you see of this will be completed. And lastly, as we head out to my shipyards, you'll see that the USS Virginia is ready for me to put the P/E parts on. Then I'll be able to paint her up and finish her: That is all my latest progress. I may even have a few of these completed by Easter. That would be nice. I need the space in my Hobby Room! That's all for now. Thanks for looking in and as always, comments are welcome.

Mark, I don't see any issues with that model. It is a stunning display of quality workmanship! Way to go guy. Keep them coming!

Thanks Guys! I appreciate the compliments very much. I hope to have more progress done on all these. Bob, the Herc is 1/72 scale and yes the wings on the model were drooping only because I had not actually cemented them in. In actuality, the Herc's wings are level (except in flight when they flexed upwards) After having glued the wings in; I found them with a distinct upward sweep and needed to bring them down. It worked a little, it is not so pronounced, but is still there. And no, there was no reinforcement of brass rod needed. This is a well-molded model that holds up well. I have two Herc's in progress. One is a US Air Force bird that I lost the decals to some time back and has been languishing on the bench until I could find or replace them. This one has decals for multiple versions from different countries, so I'm planning on using the US Air Force decals from this one on my first Herc and then making this one a British bird. Both will be decaled at the same time, and hopefully finished then too. Stay tuned!

Well, it was a good weekend production-wise. I got some progress done on three aircraft. I also started four new armor models while finishing two others to bring my total up to 561 armor models finished. The first aircraft I got progress done on was the British C-130 which was basically masked off in preparation for the basecoat. No pics of that; there really ain't much to see. On the other hand, I got the Buccaneer masked, painted and then camo'd. Here are those pics... Base coat: Camo pattern: Next, I went to put the decals on my Bronco and once again, the main landing gear broke for the fourteenth time! That's it! I placed this little pain upside down and proceeded to cut a few pieces of copper wire. I threaded and wrapped them around and then placed them beside the landing gear parts and CA glued them all together. Here is how they look now: I'll paint silver over these and call them done. They'll look like crap, but by God they'll hold this plane up without breaking again!! Here it is standing on it's new legs waiting for decals: Now for my armor progress. This first one is another Bradley I found in my stash recently and so I decided to build it for a small scale Group Build on another Forum. Here is my progress on the first day of work on this. I started with the lower hull and suspension. Got all the roadwheels on and the rear end on: Next, I assembled the turret, all except for the main gun. I don't want to snap it during handling: Finally, I assembled the upper hull, and the side skirts separately which I left on the sprues. here is a shot of the three sub-assemblies all test-fit together. This Bradley is ready for it's basecoat: When I went looking through the stash lately, I found that I had three Hasegawa 1/72 scale GMC CCKW dump trucks. What the hey, I thought, I'll build them all. Two hours later, here they all are, ready for the first basecoat of paint: That's all I have for now. Feel free to check out the two newest armor models I've got posted as well. Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.

The count moves up. Here are two more armor models I have finished this week. This first one is the Military Wheels 1/72 scale German Afrika Korps Volkswagen that I finished yesterday. This model is a little over 1 inch long: This next one is my RevellAG 1/72 scale German Leopard bridgelayer all completed finally: That's all my armor for now. Got more coming down the pike so stay tuned. Meanwhile, thanks all for looking and comments are welcome.

I like it. You've done outstanding on that assembly. Can't wait to see it in paint.

Fantastic progress Mark. Time for me to get going on a few more.

Yeah, I'm familiar with Black Widow. On another of my Forums I frequent; one of the guys crewed her. he's done many a diorama showing some of the experiences he had on her. If I could get enough spare parts and the gumption, I'd try to build a Vietnam-era gun truck from one of my 1/72 scale trucks.

Good looking boys Lee, and I commend you on helping them through their situation with modeling. I do hope you get the books; they are some deserving boys. That being said; I haven't had any of those books myself. For decades I just plugged along, learning real slow and building everything the same until I was able to join a club and go online. Then my models dramatically improved. Before that, I never even knew books like those existed.

Thanks Gil! That must have been awesome seeing those Hunters flying! Way to go!

Thanks Rodolfo! That Zepp has been giving me fits, but soon I hope to have it finished. Thanks for the compliments on my Bradleys. I'm glad I finally got them all done. Now I have six of them on the shelf (I'd built a RevellAG one several years back) Stay tuned for more!

Thanks guys for the compliments! Yeah Mark, it's a BLACKBIRD! And it's done, which thrills me to no end since the decals gave me so much hassle! Clare, I know your canopy will come out superb! Thanks for the great comments guys!

Rodolfo, it is great seeing your fantastic work again! Thanks for posting that masterpiece! Bravo!

Thanks Von! Yeah, I finaly did win that fight with the blackbird. It's the YF-12A Interceptor. I've always wanted that bird in my collection; glad it's finally done! Now to complete a few more....

That's right people, I have now brought my count of finished armor models up to 559 pieces finished. Here are the latest models to join the collection now that my US and British Armies have taken delivery: I'll start with my Bradleys. Now I may mis-name these, but I'm only following what the Dragon instructions called them. So without further ado, this is my Dragon 1/72 scale M2A2 Bradley: Next is my Dragon 1/72 scale M3A2 Bradley: Now I have two Dragon 1/72 scale up-armored M2A2 Bradleys with ERA added to them. This is the early one: And then the later one: Finally, my last US Army Bradley variant is this Dragon 1/72 scale M-6 Linebacker Air Defense Variant: This last model is a British Warrior that has been up armored as well: Well, that's all my armor I managed to finish up. I also finished three other aircraft which can be seen in the Aircraft Forum, so feel free to check them out too. Meanwhile, comments are welcome and thanks all for stopping in!

Hey everyone! I finally did get a few models done. Three aircraft here and six more armor models as well. Here are my latest: This first one is a 1/72 scale Matchbox model I got from a friend. He had started it and then decided he didn't want to finish it, so I took over. Here it is all completed: Eventually, I'll probably add a few underwing stores to this little kit. Moving along, here is my 1/72 scale Testor's YF-12A Interceptor all completed. I finally got it done despite the decals that shattered even with three coats of liquid decal film over them! And finally, I have completed the last of my rare and difficult-to-find 1/72 scale civilian aircraft. This is the Aurora 1/72 scale Cherokee Arrow finally completed: Just for kicks, here is a shot of all six of my 1/72 scale civilian light aircraft: That's all I have for now; at least in aircraft. Feel free to go to the Armor Forum to check out my latest armor I finished. Meanwhile, thanks all for looking and comments are welcome!

Okay, here are a few of the projects I have left. This includes one model I got started on at Hobby Day. I'll start with the newest one. It is a little German Volkswagen from Military Wheels. I got the chassis done and the upper body about half done: It looks pretty crude,. but then it is a short-run model. Hopefully, I'll be able to make it look good. Next is my little coast Guard cutter in 1/600 scale from Hawk. I got the superstructure painted and the details done. All I need to do is decant a bit more of the hull paint and clean up the edges. Then, according to the box, this was hull number 31. I got to find some naval numbers to add to the bow for this, and then I can call it finished. Not bad for such a basic little kit: This is my YOV 10 Bronco finally sporting a three-tone camo pattern. Next comes clearcoat and decals, and then finish it off: And finally, I managed to get my C-130 fuselage assembled. There's going to be a few spots that need filler and sanding, but it is now together. Here it is with the main wings test-fit into place: That's all I have for now. Feel free to check out my nine finished models in the Aircraft and Armor Forums. I have six finished armor models and three finished aircraft. Meanwhile, thanks all for looking and comments are welcome.