Mark Deliduka

Excellent. I'm already making plans for Phoenix since I can't make Columbus. Hopefully I'll make it this time. OK, now I gotta ask, who's Cyrus the Virus? Looking forward to meeting you two.

Welcome Jay! I am also one of those whose only attachment to the military was my father, and now my sister. Still, I love building military aircraft, armor and ships. That does not pull away from my overwhelming appreciation for a well made car. I bow to those who can get a mirror smooth shine on a car; that is something I've never succeeded in doing. Welcome once again; I look forward to seeing you work.

Thanks guys. Yeah, I should have them all dulled down and weathered in a day or so. Hopefully I'll be posting finished pics soon. Thanks again guys!

This is awesome Steve! It is great to see another 1/72 scale armor builder here. Hopefully I'll be able to see some of your work. I'd love to see you at an Orangecon someday.

Thanks Tim. I have run into the same thing as well. I even get alot of questions about when I'm going into the Guinness Book of Records. I always have to say I'm too far behind the guy with 1700+ finished aircraft for that!. Thanks for the post!

Great to know you John. You've had a great life. Congrats on your 40th anniversary as well. I also see how well you strategically placed your kids so no matter which area the Nationals is held, you always have a family member there to visit during the Nationals. Thanks again for posting.

Greetings everyone. I had a little time to work on some models today, but not enough to finish anything yet. I still figured I'd show some progress pics to keep you all up to date. I'll start with some of my most recent models I started. This first in is my Dragon Sdkfz 251 with the Pak36 mounted on it. I didn't get as much done on it as I wanted, but I was able to get some paint on the roadwheels and in the interior a little: My PST KV I is coming along. I have the basecoat on and a clearcoat for decals and a wash: My two little ACE guns are almost finished. I have them painted and clearcoated for washes. All that's left after that is weathering. My Russian F-22 76mm gun: My 75mm Pak50: This time I added a No. 11 Exacto blade for a size reference so you all can see how small this gun is. My Pattons all have their decals on and a dark wash done. All except for the Marine one. I gave a black wash to the tank, but on the reactive armor I'm going to give it a dark brown wash. I have to get some; that's why I didn't get the reactive armor on my Marine tank washed yet. Here they are, starting with the German one: Next is mt M-60 with Dozer blade: Now my Italian M-60 with reactive armor: And finally, my Marine Corps M-60: That's all my work done on my armor so far. Now here's a couple of my helicopters that I got decals on. This is my Mi-1 Hoplite: I realized when I was putting on the decals that I needed to still paint the underside a light sky blue. I'll do that after the decals dry overnight. Then all I have to do is fix the main rotor, add it to the model and this bird is done! This is my Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight: I was really loving these decals! They went on so well and stayed on! This was actually fun to decal! All that's left on this is a little bit of touchup paint, adding the last few detail parts and placing the rotors on and it'll be finished. Well, I appreciate any and all comments guys. Thanks all for looking in.

Mandie, good to know you more. It's also great to hear of a woman building models too. maybe someday we can meet. Meanwhile, I'd love to see pics of your work. Congrats on the wedding; the family that models together, stays together! LOL! See you around the Forums.

Hey Mike! Glad to meet you and glad to know of another modeler in Southern California. Hopefully I'll meet you at an Orangecon or other contest. See you around the Forums....

Keith, great story! Glad to finally know you better, although I am one who doesn't know Dem Brudders except through their writings. I hope someday you'll be able to come to an Orangecon, but hopefully I'll see you at the 2010 Nats. Or even sooner if you come visit family here; my Military base is open.

Thank you Keith. Just pop me an E-mail or PM next time you're gonna be in town. There's no admission fee to my Military Base. :D ;)

Welcome Alex. Glad to have you here. I also like modern armor even though I build all mine in 1/72 scale. I would love to see pics of your work someday. See you around the Forums.

Hi Brian! Welcome to the Forums and to IPMS USA. I am glad to see another ship builder here and hope to see pics of your work. I love building ships as well. Waqy to go Jack! I believe I have about 90% of the Japanese Navy on my shelves now! Yeah, I know how it is!

Cool. I'll keep my eyes peeled.

I was just going to message you today but then I saw this post. I'm sorry. I couldn't find anything in my spares box. I thought for sure I had something since I'd built some Soviet-made aircraft in different markings of air forces that had removed them. I'd also recommend Dave's suggestion too. It does sounds like it would work much better. Again, I'm sorry I couldn't help.

Thanks Jack and Kieth. Jack, I got 11 more projects working with 8 nearing completion in another day or so. They're coming sir! Kieth, thank you for the compliment. Don't worry, I've been called worse! :D :o I do hope you enjoy the rambling story.

Well, I'm moving right along here. I have six models at the clearcoat and decal stage. Here are the pics showing my latest progress. I'll start with my helicopters. This is my MI-1 Hoplite all ready for clearcoat and decals: All I have to do is fix the main rotor again and add it to this model afterward. Then I'll be able to call this one done. My Ch-46 Sea Knight is also ready for clearcoat and decals: After that, there are a couple of small detail parts to add and this one will be finished as well. Also, the main canopy is still dry fit on. That's why there is a seam there. On my CH-53 I got the basecoat on. Next is the camo pattern: It's coming along a little slower but I expect to have it done almost at the same time as the others. Now on to my armor. With the difficult camo patterns that two of my M-60's needed, I decided to concentrate on them today. Here they are all ready for clearcoat and decals. First is my M-48 for my German Army: The top is only dry fit on. I'll be able to remove it to install the tracks. Now my M-60 Dozer tank. This is with the full camo pattern on it: Next is my Italian M-60 with the reactive armor on it: And finally, my Marine Corps M-60 with reactive armor: Now, I know the Marine Corps tank is not an accurate camo pattern. Nor is the different color on the Italian tank's reactive armor correct. I got the idea for the Marine Corps tank because I have an AAVP7 with sand-colored ERA panels over a three-tone camo pattern already built. Since that looked so cool on the AAVP7, I decided to apply the same color scheme to this tank. It does look pretty cool, even if it ain't accurate. I sure like it this way! Same with the Italian one. I wanted to break up the monotonous one color with something different. Anyway, that's how these bad boys are gonna be finished. Now, while waiting for the different colors on the multi-colored camo patterns to dry, I figured I'd keep busy with a couple of quickie builds. And what's quicker than a 1/72 scale artillery piece? Not much, so I pulled a couple of them out and went to work. By the time I finished all the camo patterns, these two little gems were fully assembled. Here they are. This is my ACE 1/72 scale Russian F-22 76mm Field gun: And this is my ACE 1/72 scale 7.5cm PAK 50 anti-tank gun: By the way, that last little gun is only about 2 inches long or so. Fun stuff!! That's all I was able to get done so far. Maybe this weekend I can get some of these completed. I'll keep you posted. Meanwhile, thanks for looking in and comments are welcome.

Hmmm, I'll have to save the pics and see if I can scratch it in 1/72 scale.

Thanks Mark! I appreciate it very much. I should have some more pics up soon.

Ken, I'm glad to see this. It's great getting to know you better. Someday I do hope to meet you in person. We are certainly close enough.

Thanks Dave! I may go back to doing that since everyone on the LEM calls me 'Maddog Manufacturing'! I got that idea from a guy who does cars and shoots his in progress shoots in a model garage with several figures standing in it as if they were working on the cars. More pics forthcoming. Also, a suggestion: Instead of hitting the "REPLY button on my post, go to the bottom and hit FAST REPLY. That way you won't be adding all the text and pics from my post to your reply. Thanks again for your comment. I do appreciate it and I am always glad to see you reply.

Thanks Gil. When my wife and I were looking for a new place to live, she wanted a two bedroom place. One bedroom for us, and one for my Hobby so that she could close the door and never see it again. That's how I managed to get my own hobby room.

Short, sweet, and to the point. Thanks Matt, good to know you.

Thanks Clare, on both counts. As for pics of my hobby room, here is the most recent ones I took about four or five years ago. They are on my Photobucket account: My Hobby Room These were the best I pould do, and as you can see, I didn't get to dust too many of them before I took these pics. Also, since these were taken I've completed about 250+ models between then and now. I guess it's time to get some more pics. Thanks again!

Well, I'm already slowly working on the Tamiya Enterprise carrier so I'm halfway there kit-wise. All I'd need is a 1/350 scale starship Enterprise.