Mark Deliduka

Haven't got pics yet, but I did start a couple projects at St. Crispin's Hobby Day: ACE 1/72 scale ERC 90 ACE 1/72 scale AML 90 Aurora 1/72 scale Piper Aztec Aurora 1/72 scale Piper Cherokee

My apologies people. All this time I've been saying that I've finished over 670 small scale armor models. Well, this past Friday, I and a fellow AMPS club member got together to get pictures for an article we're working on for the AMPS Boresight magazine. The article takes a second look at modeling small scale armor. Since I have so many models as well as kits, we did the photography at my place. After having taken the pics we needed, we proceeded (with the help of another friend) to bring my entire collection of finished small scale armor down to my carport and set it all up on a group of tables. There we proceeded to take several huge group pictures of my entire collection all together in one place for the first time ever. While all my tanks and vehicles were laid out, we counted them too. Therein lies the reason for my apology. The final count for all my small scale armor is only 545 models finished; including the latest four I posted recently, not the 670+ I'd been claiming before. Yes, I've been slacking and making myself sound more productive than I have been. I do hope you all can still accept me here despite my slacking off.... Oh, and one more thing: I can't post any of the pics yet until after the Boresight issue is published. Once that's happened, I'll flood these boards with links to some HUGE photos showing everything! Time to get back to the bench.....

I use Styrofoam cups or small plastic cups turned upside down and place my armor on them. For aircraft, I use something else. I'll have to post pics of them; they are hard to describe.

Thanks Chris. The article has to come out in the Boresight magazine first; then I'll be free to post any pics used by the mag. Otherwise, they may get upset. Give me a couple months.

Thanks Mark! Unfortunately, we don't have an Artillery Forum. I guess I'll have to start naming my Threads "Ground Equipment" or " Army Equipment" then. Besides, didn't they put boxes over those trucks and write "Tank" on them back in the day when doing maneuvers? Thanks Chris. Give it a bit of time, and you'll really get frightened. Tomorrow, (Friday) I have a friend from AMPS coming over for my assistance for a special SoCal Boresight issue. We are going to be taking a picture (or five!) of my entire completed armor collection in one spot! He's bringing over tables to put them all one and once they are laid out, I'll take a position behind the tables and we'll shoot the pics. Once the Boresight issue is published, I'll post those pics here for those not in AMPS. They will be huge sop free up some bandwidth! I also had read about 'Cuckoo' awhile back ago before the Boresight issue. I'd been working on it long before that article came out, but it still helped. I've been wanting to do that for awhile and finally I got it done. Thanks guys for the great comments and compliments. Stay tuned for more....

Thanks guys for the excellent compliments! I appreciate them very much. No, just different sites. These pics were loaded to my Photobucket page, so they should show here. Otherwise, they can be seen at my Duke Maddog Photobucket page. The ones on the Armor thread are loaded from my Webshots page. Chris, no IV bag, sorry....no room in my hobby room for such a thing! Just good ole' fashioned modeling mojo! Gil, yeah, the prop lost one of the blades. I figured I'd leave it off till the aircraft is almost done and then add it afterward when there's less of a chance to lose it again.

Hey all! Here is some more armor I managed to finish up recently. I'm finally getting a chance to post it. First off, my Russian Army is taking delivery of two more 76mm guns. These are the two ACE guns I was building in 1/72 scale. Here's the Russian F-22 76mm gun: Next is the Russian F22 USV 76mm gun: Next is my US Marine M-26 Pershing. I'm not too happy with the weathering on this yet; I may do a little more to improve it. For now though, it is finished: And finally, my British Army is taking delivery of 'Cuckoo' the captured German Panther: There you go, my latest parade of finished armor. Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.

Another day, another ten models worked on...... First off, is my BRDM I that I painted as basecoat on and then added most of the detail parts to. I saw after painting some areas that needed more filler and sanding and so I'll get to those soon: Next I had a little issue with my launcher arm on one of the Gaskins. I had to repair it so that the pin on the turret would have a place to sit so the whole launcher assembly could pivot. I took a flat piece from a spare sprue and shaped and drilled it out before attaching it to the broken part: I had also painted the main hulls when I did the BRDM I and found some gaps that needed attention too. Here they are before all that got fixed: Here are the two Gaskins side by side with their turrets test fit in place. Notice I had to remove the missile boxes to add the pivot parts. They will be re-added later today. After all that, I was looking for something simple. So, I decided to throw together the little Pak 36 gun that came with the halftrack. Here is the little door-knocker sitting finished beside the halftrack: Oh, I had also put a basecoat ion the radar truck as well. Here it is in the basecoat and with almost all detail parts added to it: I didn't only work on armor this time. I did do a little bit on one of my aircraft as well. Here is the He-70 with the basecoat of paint on it ready for the camo pattern: That is about all for now. Feel free to check out the Armor Forum for my latest finished models. Thanks all for looking, comments are welcome.

Hey! I resemble that remark! I don't race either, but I sure enjoy kicking out a lot of models. Just finished four more. Gonna see about getting pics taken and posted soon. Mark, that Achilles is coming along great! Your detail work is pristine, I love it! Keep up the great work and don't take so long showing us more. This is too good to wait too long for.

Thanks for the awesome comments guys Gil, to answer your question, I keep the box nearby and pull the sprues from it as I need them. Once I remove the parts I need from the sprue, I replace the sprue in the box. When I'm ready to move on, I replace the instruction sheet and any sub-assemblies back in the box, close it up and put is aside. Then I pull down the next one. I have a separate table to the side where I have all 'in-progress' kits stacked. Mark, I don't know about Master. I still consider my Nationals win a miracle of Biblical proportions! Bob, I do or do not. There is no try. :D

Well, here it is a couple days later, and I managed to get a bit more done. I did manage to make some progress on the three aircraft I'm working on, but not enough to warrant pics of them. I did find the cockpit canopy for my second F-86 Sabre, but as luck would have it, there's a three-way crack smack in the middle of the canopy. Don't know yet what I'll do. If anyone has a spare F-86F Canopy from Fujimi, I'd be happy to take it off your hands. Okay, moving right along. I have managed to get several armor models to the painting stage; and I have pics of one more I had started that I forgot to shoot before. Hazards of starting so many! Here is one of my models ready for paint. This is the 1/72 scale BRDM I all assembled: Next are two Russian artillery pieces The F-22 and the F-22UFW ready for paint: My little GAZ Jeep from Fort is all painted, except for the wheels which just got installed. I have a few more detail parts to add and this one will be ready for decal and/or weathering: Next, I got the interior painted on my halftrack. Most of this is finished; I may do a bit of weathering/dirtying it up before I close it up and paint the whole thing: Next, I got my rather large Russian radar truck all assembled and ready for paint: I hope to shoot paint on all these tomorrow or the next day: Finally, here are my two SA-9 Gaskins almost assembled. I still have to finish building the missile boxes and launcher assemblies to add to the turrets you see there. These turrets are not fastened down to the hulls. After I get them assembled, I'll be able to shoot paint on these as well. That's where I stand so far. By next week, you should see about 5 or 6 of these finished. Meanwhile, thanks all for looking, comments are welcome.

That's cool. I'll have to try the same thing on mine. Thanks for the pics!

Beautiful. Excellent views. I apologize for my ignorance, but what is so special about a "Janet" Boeing 737? I've never heard of them, even though there are five. Thanks for posting.

LOL! NO, Ken, although sometimes it feels like it. Thanks for the compliment. Hey, when you book a hotel room, do it out here somewhere and I'll join you. Better yet, drive on in on the evening before the second Saturday of the month and join me at St. Crispin's Hobby Day. We have a table all set up for model building and that's where I get a ton of progress done. Looking forward to more of your work too.

Thanks Gil! Anytime!

Thanks Gil! I will most likely use up the two Tamiya rattle cans of silver/aluminum that I have laying around. I hope to get paint on them this weekend.

Well, I got 'MiG Mad Marine' almost ready for paint. Here she is: Enjoy...

Welcome George. we may have briefly talked a bit at Phoenix. Glad you were able to make it.

Well people, lets talk about motivation. Phoenix really fired me up,while allowing me to pick up a bunch of models I'd been putting off getting. Not to mention a few surprises and some raffle prizes. So, once I got home and settled back in, I decided to get started on several new projects as well as move forward on some stalled ones. To start with, I'll parade the projects I've made progress on that have been stalled. Here is Cuckoo. I think I have at least one side done to my satisfaction. The other side looks like I can get it done fairly easily. Therefore, I'm declaring Cuckoo ready for dullcoat and weathering after I touch up the one side: Next, I've finally got the Marine Pershing ready for weathering and final details. I had to fix a couple decals that were silvering and peeling. I just have to get the tracks on it after I weather the rest of it, and then I'll be able to finish it off: Next up is one of my two Sabers. This one is 'MiG Mad Marine' and she's almost ready for a basecoat of silver. I have the other canopy on it now, but I didn't take a pic of it: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/Duk...abreJetsIII.jpg This is the other Sabrejet, the Japanese one. Notice it doesn't have any clear parts on it because I somehow managed to lose them even though I never took them from the box! Oh well, I'll do what I can with this one and get it as finished as I can until I either find the canopy parts or replace them: This last one one is one that has been sitting for almost a year. It is my Dragon halftrack that I lost the interior to. Well, I finally found the interior and now I was able to move on and get more finished on this model. Here it is mostly all assembled. Just a few more details to attend to after it gets painted and I'll be seeing the end of the line with this: Now on to my newest projects. I'll start with one of the three raffle prizes I won at the Nationals. This first one is an MPC PBY Catalina in 1/72 scale. I started some of the interior and also cemented together the middle wing section. I also had noticed that a number of clear parts were missing. The front turret shell is missing and several of the side windows too. They won't be a problem, but the front turret will have to be an open tub. Here is what I have done so far. I'll be starting to paint the interior here pretty soon: Next I got an old Matchbox He-70 scout aircraft from the raffle while hoping to get that massive Mi-26 Halo. This is a fun model to build so far. I got the interior finished, the fuselage assembled and wings on it. The canopies were added yesterday and so this bird is ready for paint: Next is another old model I picked up from one of the vendors. This is a very old kit of the R-100 airship with the Montreal tower. I started the tower, only to find some very very poor fit of half the parts. Lots of filling here to do. The airship itself went together fairly well, but there is a lot of sanding I'll need to do to the seam. Too bad; there is so much great raised detail. Here is what I have on it so far: Now to get our feet back on the ground. I got started a lot of modern Russian vehicles, most of which will be Russian, a couple may be other countries. I'll start with this little 1/72 scale Fort GAZ 67 Jeep I picked up at the Nationals. This one is about ready for paint, but I'll have to find a new Jeep windscreen to add to it. The kit one got lost. This little thing is only about an inch long: Next are two ACE 1/72 scale SA-9 Gaskin vehicles. I'm doing these for the AAA Group Build on the LEM. These are the main vehicles mostly done. They just need some details added and then I can start the missile launcher assemblies. One will be Russian, and the other I need to find out. This model has East German markings with it, so if I can confirm that the East Germans still had them in service when the reunification happened, I can add West German markings to it. Otherwise, it'll be Egyptian or Iraqi: I realized as I was building these Gaskins, that my Russians had a BRDM 2, but no BRDM 1. So, out came this little 1/72 scale 'jewel' and onto the workbench. This is the main hull assembled. All that's need is the suspension and wheels and some topside details and she's ready to go: Next I needed something fast and fairly simple to assemble. So out came two guns from ACE fro my Russian army again. This first one is a F-22 76mm gun: Next is another F-22 gun, this is the F-22 USV gun: Both these guns were captured by the Germans and used also, so I may end up getting one more of each for my German army. Right now, I'm just gonna keep these Russian. Well, I believe that is all I have to show for now. I hope you enjoy.Thanks all for looking in, and as always, comments are welcome.

Brilliant job Gil! That's the second awesome George I've seen here. Keep them coming!

(In his best English accent) By George I thin k you've nailed it! Ying, outstanding job. I am very impressed with the weathering on the top and the metallic variations underneath. One of these days I'm gonna learn how to do a variable metal finish!

I simply use a fan with a protected housing blowing out my hobby room window. I open the window, turn the fan around till it is blowing outside, and then airbrush on a cardboard tray in front of the fan. It may not be the safest, but I get no fumes and atomized paint anywhere.

Stunning work Ken. I love it. And to think I'd brought my whole toolbox with me to Phoenix so I could do an evening build with you as you mentioned before the Nats. Oh well. Contest models come first and you did outstanding on this one. Well deserved award!

Gil, fantastic job on that George! Way to go guy!

Well, so much for the Russians being ten feet tall during the seventies and eighties!