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Mark Deliduka

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  1. The first is a British Crusader tank from the North African campaign The second a British Chieftain tank, circa 1960's-1970's Third is a British Cromwell tank, WWII Fourth is an American M41 Walker Bulldog,
  2. ACE does have a number of civilian cars; mostly 1930's era GAZ types from Russia that could pass for American cars (considering most all are based on Fords). Roden has a line of civilian buses, almost all of which I've completed. Attached are about a third of the miniature civilian cars and buses I've done in the past. The cars are generally between an inch and a quarter to two inches in length, the buses are between four to six inches each, except for the big Vomag bus, it's almost eight inches long.
  3. Sweet Jean-Marc! I like that crane. Well done. Looks like you have quite the "assembly line" going as well.
  4. Ron, I always love seeing your masterful models done from ancient, nostalgia kits! They are always a thrill and this one is no different!
  5. Thank you Steve! I drybrushed that with some sand colored Model Master paint. It came out better than expected!
  6. Thank you Gil! I still have a bit to do on those guys, but hopefully I don't screw it up first. Stay tuned!
  7. Brilliant work Freddie and welcome back to the bench!
  8. Now that is most interesting and informative! I never knew this actually existed! I might have to try and replicate that in 1/72 scale if I can.
  9. Exceptional work on a most imaginative subject! Looks like you can mow lawns in any other time stream too!
  10. Ah! Good to know. I never would have recognized it as such. Thank you for identifying that.
  11. LOL! The only porno I watch is plastic porn, trying to learn new ideas and techniques from better modelers. I have done some improvement on my own model building; mostly because of my experience as a judge at various model contests. They help me see the little things that make a model less refined and allows me to fix them. Still, all my work is mostly out of the box; on extreme rare occasions will I try scratching something on any of them. I am more frequently known for modifying my models so that parts that should move on the real vehicle/aircraft/ship/space vehicle will move instead of being glued into place.
  12. Unbelievable! Superhuman effort with outstanding quality!
  13. Okay, here are two of them that I did find. The second one is a kitbash of one with the top open and a Boys rifle mounted for defense against light tanks.
  14. Wow! Exceptionally impressive! Your metalwork is stupendous!
  15. Yes, that is right, this is being included in my 1/72 scale armor/vehicle collection because; despite being a civilian vehicle, it is a 1/72 scale Model A Ford. I only managed to get one semi-decent picture of this, despite numerous efforts for a clean, sharp shot. The base sort of helped get it this good. Here it is, the 1/72 scale Zebrano Ford Model A car: Built out of the box, it was a delicate little thing; it only measures an inch and a quarter long. Completed in early September it, now joins the collection of vehicles I have in 1/72 scale. Thanks for looking; comments are welcome.
  16. Hey all! This was actually completed sometime in August, but here it is finally being posted. This is the ancient Airfix 1/76 scale Russian Zil SAM-2 transport truck.I built it all out of the box and will hopefully someday be added to my SAM-2 layout: Thank you for looking in, comments are welcome.
  17. Okay, Jean-Marc, here you go.... My apologies; I have been gone for awhile, but now I have time to actually start a new tour of Maddog Manufacturing. This will be a rather short tour, as I've had a lot going on and not as much time to work on anything much except when I got to Hobby Days. Even then, Hobby Day production was down. Anyway, without further ado, let's board the trams and get this tour started! Once again, we start in the Hangar. Not much to show, but we did get started on two models that two friends purchased for me at the latest Distressed Kit Auction back in June. These were the Matchbox F-6F Hellcat built up to this point: Next was an ancient Airfix Avenger as part of that deal. We got it this far: Again, short tour, that's all there is in the Hangar. Now to check out the work in the Shipyards.... Over here in the shipyards, only a small amount of work has been done on a couple of the small boats. First, the Vosper's Perkasa boat hull was masked for painting the lower hull: Next, we got all the greeblies added to the front and second decks of the Japanese PT-15 torpedo boat: First the front deck: The extra holes are for the railings that will be going on last. And now a shot of this with the first two forward decks cemented in and the rear deck just dry fit in place: This is almost all ready for paint at this point. The decks and greeblies and deck houses all have the same Neutral grey color. Moving on to the Motor Pool, there's been a little more done than in the previous departments, starting with a couple French vehicles that are based on the AMX-13 chassis. First is the AMX-61 102mm self propelled gun. We got it all assembled to this point and then promptly lost the gun mount assembly seen in the lower right of the picture: Looks like that won't be done for awhile until that sub assembly shows up again, or a new kit is purchased. Story of my life, especially recently... The other French vehicle is the DCA. We first got all the main roadwheels on it: By the way, the plastic is not that blue.... Later we assembled the radar set in parts as we tried figuring out how it was supposed to look. The instructions show it facing aft and I wanted mine to be facing forward: You can see above that while sub assemblies for the radar set were drying, additional parts were added to the turret. Later we got things figured out and assembled, as well as most of the remaining detail parts that won't break off during painting and handling: Finally, the lower hull for the Israeli Shot Kal Gimmel was assembled: We also had gotten the same assembly done for the Shot Kal Dalet but since it looks the same, no need for a pic. Additional progress was made on the Russian 240 mm tracked artillery piece; the tracks were added to the bogie assemblies: Later on, all the sub assemblies were put together to see what adjustments would be needed: Last but not least, we got almost all the assembly done on the South African Eland-90. The only problem now is that the main gun has gone missing so until we get another, or find the sprue that has it; this one will sit unfinished for awhile: Finally, in our semi-rarely used spare workshop, we have a couple little projects happening. First off, the chassis to the 1/24 scale Packard was glued inside the fenders since anytime we tried adding additional chassis parts, the whole chassis kept breaking apart: Hopefully, this will stay glued; this plastic is so brittle it barely holds together! Finally, for fun, we've been working on the ancient UPC model of a Roman Racing Chariot. No scale is given, but based on the size of the guys, it is probably somewhere between 1/50-1/56 scale; possibly 1/48 at a stretch. First, the Roman crew was painted up with the colors available at the time: Later, they were completely painted, waiting on washes and drybrushing: Two of the horses were done next; the other two will be black stallions. The two whites will need a bit of touch up: Finally, the chariot itself was built up and then painted. It said to make the chariot black but I decided we were going to paint it white: You can see some of the other details were painted as well. Later all the painting was done; all that's needed are some touch ups and then the decals can go on: And that concludes this latest tour of Maddog Manufacturing, I hope you enjoyed it. As always, comments are welcome.
  18. No, I'm not worried that you posted on my Thread. It is quite welcome. And yes, I'll be building more today after I get to the Hobby Day hall. Stay tuned, I hope to be posting some pics sometime this week.
  19. Jean-Marc, the guy at your club describes exactly why I also built in multiple models and finish them up. I tend to build about 7-10 to the paint stage, then spend a day airbrushing everything. Once all is dry, I finish them off. As for what I choose next, a lot of the time I choose something that is different from what I've been doing. For instance, if I've been doing armor; I'll switch to aircraft for a bit. I also have a goal to finish all my 1/72 scale motor torpedo-type boats as well so once in a while, I'll pull them down and work on them. I find changing the types I work on tends to keep the other subjects fresh when I get back to them. Another thing that helps me choose what to work on next is if I have a series or similar enough kits to do; I'll start them all. At one point I was on a 1/72 scale truck building kick; I completed about 17 before I was done. Finally, anything that catches my fancy will be worked on, such as Rocket the Raccoon and the Roman racing chariot. Like you, I only build in one scale when it comes to aircraft and armor/vehicles. I started that way back in my distant youth when a friend showed me the beauty of a consistent scale in all my models. I chose 1/72 scale because it was -> inexpensive, especially for a kid who earned $3.00 mowing lawns to buy his models -> Small enough to fit a lot on the shelves. -> I could see the size reference setting aircraft next to my vehicles. When I can find them, I'll post some pics of my entire armor collection from 2021. It's been quite a journey getting here. The models you posted are all simply outstanding, especially given they are all scratch built! Therein lies the difference between us; I'll complete a lot of models that are from kits and mostly OOB and you acgieve the same prod=cutivity doing scratch built models! Wow, way to go! Still trying to get caught up; hopefully I'll be able to get something posted soon.
  20. Thank you Jean-Marc. That is quite a queue you have going. I tend to finish somewhere between 1 and 7 per month on average; these past few months have been the exception to that rule due to a trip and other unforeseen health issues. I have finished three models that I have yet to post; I do need to start updating things soon. Thank you Gil, I'm always glad to see your posts here.
  21. Joe, I'm sorry for your loss. It is always tough losing such a good friend. My God watch over his family and help them and may He welcome Gary into His Kingdom. I sure hope his magnificent work will go someplace where he can continue to positively impact people with his skill.
  22. That is awesome! Looks magnificent! I always wondered how the concept of these egg planes came about. They are great wacky diversions!
  23. Okay, time for me to quit! This is over-the-top stupendous work! Brilliant imagination too! All I do is build out of the box with maybe a slight improvement here and there, but this is beyond comprehending for me!
  24. Wow! What unbelievably stupendous masterful work! Stunning man! And the good news is that if your wife ever gets mad at you, the box is big enough to move into for awhile!😆
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