Maddog Manufacturing 2025 Grand Re-Opening!

[Jmarc]

1 hour ago, Mark Deliduka said:

Thank you Jean Marc! Hopefully a new tour soon!

BBBBBBBBBBetter be , I already bought my ticket with a reserve place that include food, drink and a sexy hostest !...lol

[Mark Deliduka]

It's the middle of July and time for another tour of Maddog Manufacturing. This time we'll be making a brief foray into the shipyards to see one of my ships getting outfitted for launch. So, all aboard the trams for our next tour.

 

 

As mentioned, we'll start in the shipyards where the HMS Westminster has been sitting in drydock waiting for the photo-etch parts to be installed. Finally, we got them all on this ship:

 

 

Later they were all painted up, and additional detail parts were installed:

 

 

 

Finally, the decals were added, bringing this closer to launch and shakedown cruise:

 

 

 

 

Now on to the Motor Pool where we have a lot that has happened lately...

 

 

In this first bay, we have a German M113 APC that was started this past week. The running gear were installed first, sans drive sprockets as those were mounted with track links before being installed on the hull. The sharp-eyed among you will recognize this as an ancient ESCI kit too:

 

 

Later the top was built up:

 

 

The tracks went on nice and easy and the upper hull was added to the lower hull. I also base painted this a dark green:

 

 

The second camouflage color was then painted on:

 

 

Followed by the third color:

 

 

During this time, I was also working on a second ESCI M113 APC. This one is going to be added to my Canadian Army. Since everything except the camouflage was identical; I only took this pic of the Canadian APC in it's base coat:

 

 

Moving on to the next bay, I started another quick kit, this time it's the Airfix WWI-era Mk. I tank. Basic assembly was fats and easy:

 

 

After adding additional detail parts and building the 'steering wheels', this got a base coat of green:

 

 

Later I added the tracks and then took some time to paint the camouflage pattern on this tank. It's not easy to see, but there are four colors on that tank:

 

 

In this next bay, I worked on the upper hull for the previously-misnamed BTR-50PK APC:

 

 

This was later installed on the lower hull:

 

 

In this bay beside it, I started a second BTR-50PK, this time from PST. Wheels were done first:

 

 

The upper hull was then built; which was tougher to do than the previous one which is a Revell kit:

 

 

As before, the lower and upper hulls were then built up:

 

 

That one is going to take some work.

 

In this last bay is another German model. This is the German FAUN SLT-56 tank transporter. This is the Takom kit that came with a Leopard 2A7 as a load. The tank had been built already some time back so now it was time to build this transporter. First was the suspension ans axle system:

 

 

This was later added to the chassis frame: 

 

 

Some of the upper works on the body were then added, including the crew seats in the cab:

 

 

Once the cab interior was completed and painted; the cab was added to the main body:

 

 

Later the rear superstructure was added once it was fully assembled:

 

 

Later a preliminary basecoat was added:

 

 

Followed by a more solid base coat and some additional detail panting:

 

 

While all that was drying, I built the trailer up almost completely, leaving off the wheels:

 

 

When all that was dry, I painted the other two camouflage colors on and afterward added all the wheels:

 

 

 

And that completes this tour of Maddog Manufacturing, I hope you all enjoyed it. Thanks all for looking in, comments are welcome.

[Jmarc]

WHOOOOOOOOOOO !...More , more ,more .. just can stop looking at your stufff... Keep it up 'MON AMI'..GO,GO,GOOOOOOO

[Mark Deliduka]

Thank you. Stay tuned....

[Mark Deliduka]

It's been awhile, so it's time for another tour. This time we've opened up the Hangar to work on some aircraft, the Spaceport is still slowly plugging along and the Motor Pool is still in full production mode. So, all aboard the Trams and get ready for a fun tour!

 

 

First stop is in the Hangar, here we have three projects going. In this first bay is the A-model Russian Yak-28R reconnaissance plane. It goes together very roughly as you can see. The wings are not attached at this time:

 

 

Later, additional parts were added and a copious amount of putty was applied to help streamline and refine this. Again, wings still not attached:

 

 

Interestingly enough, this box also included a Hobby Boss quick-build F-86 so I figured I'd start that too. I got this far before stopping. I'm still not sure what markings I'll be applying to this since I already have a couple US jets and maybe a Canadian one already:

 

 

In between all that, I continued to try and sand and fill and sand my two B-2 bombers. For some reason, I keep finding tiny divots and holes that refuse to stay filled when I sand these planes! I keep trying to experiment with different putties and fillers:

 

 

In that pic above, you can see where I applied some plastic that I'd melted in a jar of Acetone. The wings kept snapping open so I pressed a bunch of this inside the seams; added a quantity of Tamiya Extra Thin to smooth it out and make it hold better, and then took to sanding it later.

 

 

 

That concludes the tour of the Hangar, now on to the Motor Pool.....

 

In this first bay, we continued to work on the FAUN SLT-56 tractor, adding the decals to it:

 

 

The Trailer then got decals, but also the folding loading ramps which would be painted later:

 

 

In the next bay we have another German truck, the Armory model of the Tatra T-111 cargo truck. First the cab was built up:

 

 

I then followed up with the chassis and cargo bed:

 

 

Later, the cab was added, wheels installed. The the cab roof was dry fit in this picture. You can see why with the step in the cab at the rear:

 

 

Later the tilt was added and everything painted including the cab interior. The roof was then added. I lined it up with the front of the cab:

 

 

I couldn't let that step at the rear stand, so I took some styrene strip and cemented it to the back of the roof until it was flush with the rear wall of the cab:

 

 

When it was dry, I trimmed it down flush with the roof top and sanded it smooth:

 

 

Later paint made it look like no step was ever there:

 

 

This truck was then very close to finishing. By the way, I might not have mentioned yet, but this Tatra T-111 kit came with no instructions at all; and none were available on Scalemates or any other site. This kit was built entirely blind and I think it turned out quite nicely. I guess maybe I am a modeler now instead of just an 'assembler' LOL!

 

Moving on to the next bay, I continued to work on my two BTR-50PK's. The Egyptian one went together okay (it's an ancient PST kit) and the tracks were certainly easier to install, but that seam on the side needed to go:

 

 

I added some extra detail parts first before filling and sanding:

 

 

Next came the Tamiya white putty:

 

 

You can see that I started to paint the base coat on it too. Later when it was sanded smooth, I finished painting the base coat and added the camouflage:

 

 

Once that dried, the decals went on. They are most likely fictitious, but the scream "Egyptian" so that is what I used:

 

 

The Russian BTR also went together a bit better, until I got to the tracks, which I somehow managed to wrestle into place despite constantly breaking roadwheels:

 

 

Base paint was then applied

 

 

Then I found the photo-etch fret inside the box, so I pulled it out and added it to the model, followed by the last detail parts:

 

 

A full coat of paint came later:

 

 

...followed by decals. Yes, they silvered, but I was able to save the numbers. The Guards symbol was later removed and replaced by better ones that stayed flat:

 

 

That's as far as I got on those. They are close to being finished.

 

Over in the next bay I decided to start another Egyptian subject, this time it is the Trumpeter SA-6 Gainful. Tracks and lower hull were done first:

 

 

The upper hull had the detail parts added next:

 

 

Then I built up the launcher cradle:

 

 

Put them all together and we have this:

 

 

Base paint went on next:

 

 

Later on it got camouflaged and the final detail painting was completed. 

 

Moving on to the next bay, I decided to make my Riich Models M109A2 into an Italian gun. assembly was fast and furious:

 

 

Paint went on next. Later more detailed work went on:

 

 

Moving to the next bay, I started another ancient PST kit, this one was a combo kit of a halftrack with a 38mm anti-aircraft towed gun . I started with the gun itself:

 

 

...followed by the transport cradle:

 

 

Once I put them together, I started painting it:

 

 

Naturally, if I built the gun, I needed to build the halftrack for it. This is the Zis-42M halftrack, which built up fairly fast:

 

 

Parts of it had been painted, the rest of the paint went on later:

 

 

That's what got done on these, on to the next bay where I started another large kit in order to clear the large box from the shelf. This is the Modelcollect MAN KAT tractor trailer used by the US Army. The chassis was done first; you gotta love the detail on these models:

 

 

The cab was then worked on, assembling all but the windows:

 

 

I then moved on to build the trailer:

 

 

More was added to the chassis, including the photo-etch:

 

 

The cab was then painted inside and out, and the photo-etch was applied to that as well:

 

And that's how that has progressed so far. 

 

In this last bay is another US Army truck, this time the Heller Red Ball Express deuce-and-a-half truck. Again, the chassis was started first:

 

 

 

Next came the cab, hood, and cargo bed:

 

 

Paint went on next after all that had dried sufficiently:

 

 

And that concludes the tour of the Motor Pool, now we can check out the progress in the Spaceport...

 

 

 

Here in the Space Port, I did more work on the Millennium Falcon. All the top decals went on first:

 

 

The I added all the underside decals when the top ones were dry:

 

 

After that, I started to experiment with weathering and distressing this beast. I don't want it to look decrepit, but certainly well used; or rather "rode hard and put away wet" I started with some black wash in the deepest recesses:

 

 

 

That's as far as I got while I try to determine the best way to weather the flat areas.

 

And now that completes this latest tour of Maddog Manufacturing, thank you all for looking in  and comments are always welcome.

[ghodges]

A refreshing tour indeed! I have to say that I use superglue more and more these days both for strength and speed of assembly; and also use the gel type for filling gaps. I've found it to be better in the long run though you DO need to be sanding those seams within 24hrs before it cures "rock" hard.

 

Gil 

[Mark Deliduka]

Thank you Gil! Yeah, I've been using the CA glue too, it has been a big help. I'm certainly gonna try that more on some of those divots to see if I can finally get a decent smooth surface. 

[Jmarc]

CCCCCCCCCCOOL, another super motivating tour .. . Neat lots of interesting stuff, espcialy the B-02 and MILLENIUM FALCON .. show stopper for sure !..

   Keep it up and Is the tourbus can stop at the museum hobbyshop on the way to the next tour ...lol..

[Mark Deliduka]

It looks like I missed a few months of tours here, but it's a lot of trouble to being them up to date. 

I went through the whole month of October without a tour, so here's the first one for this month. So, all aboard the trams, and let's get this tour started....

 

Here in the Hangar, we have a few things going. First up, we have this little shelf queen that needed nose weight before I could add the engine cowl to. Thanks to a friend; this one got the nose weight and is now sporting it's nose:

This later got decals, but I didn't get any shots of it. I did lose two landing gear too, so it's probably going back to the shelf of doom until they show up. 

In the next bay, the cable on the Jake's catapult was finally cemented on the launching truck of the Jake:

Later that got glued onto the catapult and this bird is about done:

Moving on to the next bay, the Yak 28R got all the camouflage pattern painted on:

Later the landing gear was added as well as a few more detail parts and this got that much closer to being done:

The next bay holds another Russian aircraft, the An-2 Colt. I've been wanting to build this for a while, so out it came again. After having assembled the cockpit, it was painted and closed up inside the fuselage:

Later the wings went on and some more filler was applied, but I didn't get pics of that.... yet

In the next bay over, I pulled out some paint and mixed a color that I felt was closer to all the images of B-2's and airbrushed one of them to see how it looks:

Hopefully I'll get both of them painted soon and I can get them finished up!

In this next bay I started an F-35 that was gifted to me by a friend. He also later provided me with the nose weight I needed to move forward on this. The nose weight went in and the forward part of this model was assembled:

Later after additional details were added, the fuselage was closed up and the wingtips, tail feathers and uprights were all added:

 

That concludes the Hangar portion of this tour, now on to the Shipyards.......

 

Here in the Shipyards we've been busy. This first slipway has the HMS Tiger all assembled and sporting painted decks:

After this, the hull and superstructure, as well as all the guns and deck parts were painted in the grey color.

Speaking of decks painted, in his next slipway, the French battleship Jean Bart got her decks painted as well, after the smaller caliber guns and other details were added:

The superstructure, also got most all of the details added and decks painted:

A test fit to see how this looks was then done, also to see what other attention this needs:

Finally, the upper hull, superstructure, and all the details got the final coat of grey:

Now about all that is needed is the addition to all the main batteries and the masts....

Moving on to the next slipway, the German carrier Peter Strasser got all the deck-edge details added, as well as some superstructure details and photo etch:

 All this was later painted:

With the carrier completely done with assembly, work was started on his air wing. Once assembled, I checked out how it was going to look on the deck:

You can see some additional painting was done on the stern. Later the decals were added to this while the air wing dried:

Moving to the next slipway, the USS Mount Whitney was fully assembled, painted and ready for decals:

After applying the decals and being ready to call this done; I noticed this: The main mast in the center was missing, as can be seen where the white dot is on the deck. I have no idea when or how it broke off and disappeared. After a fruitless search, I had no choice but to pull out my spares box and try to scratch build a new mast:

I don't think I did very well, but it looked well enough to put on this model:

Later that got painted and this ship was launched. 

In this last slipway, I got all the decals on the Marine LCAC, that as harder than I expected it to be:

After that, all the remaining detail parts were added and painted and this beastie  was launched as well. 

 

That concludes the Shipyard portion of this tour, now on to the Motor Pool where we were working on only two subjects.

 

In the Motor Pool here, the first bay has the C-911 HET sporting it's camouflage pattern:

Later the start of the weathering was done and the last details were added, most notably the rear view mirror frames:

After having done that I saw that one side mirror frame disappeared, so a scratch-build was done to replace it using spare parts from the spares bin:

Later that was painted, the rear view mirrors added, and final weathering was done. This was then rolled out to the disbursement yard for delivery to my US Army.

In the final bay here, we have the Japanese Panther 6x6 fire tender mostly built, so the decals for the windscreen and windows were added to the clear parts:

Later they were added to the cabin, and the remaining detail parts were added to this truck:

Finally the details were painted:

All this needed after that were the decals and some touch up painting and it was rolled out to the disbursement yard for delivery to my Japanese forces! 

 

And that concludes this tour of the facility here. I hope those who chose to join the tour had a good time. Thanks for looking in and comments are welcome.  

[Jmarc]

YYYYYYYYYYYes sir .. it was about tim e.. I was getting worry over here...Know I can relax , sit down with a large DrPEPPER and make the tour again 

   Thanksssssssss and keep them coming 

 

Jmarc 

[Mark Deliduka]

It's the middle of the month, more or less, and I was able to get a few more things done that were done to show in a new tour. We'll be skipping the Motor Pool as that crew is getting some well deserved time off after the marathon they did to get to the milestone of one thousand vehicles completed. Thus, this will be a bit of a short tour for all. As always, we'll start in the Hangar so all aboard the trams and get ready for this next tour....

Here in the Hangar, a couple new projects were started while work continued on the two B-2 bombers. In this first bay, we have one of those new projects. This is the 1/72 scale Cooperativa Fairey Swordfish. They included a lot of photo-etch in this as seen next to the competed cockpit:

The cockpit was then installed inside the one half of the fuselage:

Finally, the fuselage was closed up and the seams and other issues were taken care of:

That's where we left off on that. This will be the very first Swordfish in my collection.

Moving on to the next bay, the cockpit for an E-2C Hawkeye was started:

The main wing was cemented together too, but there's not much reason to shoot that so I didn't.

In this next bay, the two B-2 bombers got another coat of the dark grey, after I finally got the mix right:

Later, the undercarriage was installed and painted white on both planes:

Later these got a nice gloss coat in preparation for decals.

That concludes the tour of the Hangar for now, let's move on to the Shipyards....

Here in the Shipyards, a couple ships had been launched so a couple more slipways were opened up for new projects. Some of these are also shelf queens that had been sitting in drydock for far too long. 

In this first slipway, we continued work on the PT-109, this time working on making the wooden gun mount for the 37mm gun, using good old trusty coffee stir sticks from Starbucks: 

Then they were positioned on the deck to make sure they were the right length and to get an idea for the best positioning:

Once I was able to determine they would work, I glued them down on the deck with Gator's Grip glue and then added the gun, using Gator's Grip glue to secure it. Now to find some suitable thread to do the lashing:

On to the next slipway while that dries, I started another small boat; this time the old Revell Tugboat Long Beach that I won in a raffle. The main deck and cabin were first assembled:

Later the upper deck and pilot house were done:

As always, I dry fit everything together to see any potential fit issues or other surprises:

That's as far as I got on that, so we'll move to the next slipway to see what's happening there...

In this slipway we laid the keel for the old Revell box-scale Icewind Coast Guard icebreaker:

Not much more was done here as in the next slipway, we also laid the keel for another new ship, the Revell USS Montrose assault ship:

That one went together fast as you can see and so we let it sit while we continued with a shelf queen from long before. This next slipway has the Revell USS Enterprise in her WWII fit. First the sides went on the main hull:

Later the deck extensions were added to the fight deck edges. Some were broken (this was a "distressed kit" I got in our "distressed kit auction" so I expected broken or missing parts), but over all, most of them are on the deck:

Later the flight deck was added to the hull:

 

And that's where she sits now. That concludes the Shipyards part of this tour, now we head back into our Automotive and Miscellaneous bays for two more projects that have been sitting for far too long waiting for more progress.

First is this Phaeton Roadster that had been neglected. Now I added the wheels, the soft top and windshield frame:

That's as far as I got with that; too many significant pieces were broken or lost so further progress was halted. However, I did get some progress done on some of the Budweiser Clydesdales for my beer wagon. Using photos I'd shot during the Rose Bowl parade some years back as reference,  I painted them up using an airbrush for the white, while brush painting the brown on their coats. Any brush strokes that remained would hopefully look like their fur:

Now they are starting to look like Clydesdales! 

That concludes this short tour of the facilities. I do hope you enjoyed it. Thanks to all who came through, and comments are always welcome. 

[Jmarc]

CCCCCCCCCCCool. lots of ship .. incredible bB2 and of course love the BUDWEISER horses do you think they will be ready for the SUPERBOLD ADVERTIZEMENT ..

 Keep them coming GO,GO,GOOOOOOOOOOO !

 

  

[Mark Deliduka]

Thank you Jean Marc! I don't think so but I do want to finish that Budweiser wagon quickly. It takes up so much room.

[Jmarc]

On 12/1/2025 at 6:05 PM, Mark Deliduka said:

Thank you Jean Marc! I don't think so but I do want to finish that Budweiser wagon quickly. It takes up so much room.

OOOOOOOOOOh well, can't win them all ..lol..

  GO,GO,GOOOOOOO

[Mark Deliduka]

This month is a short tour, showing some aircraft, ships, and another miscellaneous model I wanted since I was nine. So, without further ado, let's board the trams and see what we've been doing....

Here in the Hangar, we have the cockpit assembly for an F-15E Strike Eagle in this first bay:

The wings were next, being an easy assembly. The appropriate holes were drilled out and the wings cemented together:

Later, the conformal fuel tanks were cemented to the lower fuselage:

And that is as far as we got on that. And believe it or not, it's all the progress on aircraft this month so now we move on to the Shipyards...

Here in the Shipyards the first slipway has the Hasegawa Hikamaru passenger liner. All the deck assemblies were completed and the first of the detail parts went on:

All that's left are the masts, booms and cranes, along with some additional detail parts.

In the next slipway, we made more progress on the Long Beach harbor tug. All the decks were cemented together and the hull side rails were added. Some red was slapped on the deck to see if it is a shade I want to use:

Now in this final slipway we have one of the new French frigates, mislabeled the Normandie, but this is actually the Aquitane. The keel was laid and the superstructure was added to the hull:

And that is where the work on the Shipyards ended for now. Now we divert back to the Miscellaneous area where we have a lot of work on one of my most wanted models, the Budweiser Eight-Horse Hitch...

First, here are some closeups of the lead horses of the team, all finally rigged up and ready to be hitched up:

These were then added to their hitch:

Later the rear horses were accoutred and here you see the front horses with the rear horses which are the ones on the right:

Only four more horses to harness!

Before that, I decided to build the wagon. It was tough as the largest pieces were warped and needed some persuasion to stay in place:

The Budweiser cases were a solid piece that required stickers to simulate the beer crates. I added those on next:

Lots of finagling and silvering, but they are on. Later they were washed with a brown wash to take away some of the shine and silvering.

While they were drying, the wagon got painted

Next I had to build the driver and his mascot Bud:

Based on the size of these guys, I'm thinking scale of this model is around 1/24 scale or possibly 1/18; or somewhere in between.

The wheels and suspension were then painted and assembled, ready to be mounted on the main wagon box, first the front:

The the rear:

Here's a shot of the mostly completed wagon with some of the detail paint and pin-striping:

Of course I had to test fit the driver and Bud on this:

Later the brass parts were added and the beer crates were fitted. I opted not to glue them in place so I could have a small compartment to "hide" things in:

Finally the remaining four Clydesdales were harnessed and hitched and the whole team is now close to having the reins and chains added:

Here's a closeup of the wagon with a painted driver and dog:

Later I added the reins, hooking them up to all the horses:

Another closeup of the driver and Bud with the driver holding the reins:

And there they go driving off to the finishing area where the backup bar and chains would be added to complete this model:

 

And that concludes this tour of the facilities once again. Thank you all for stopping in, comments are welcome!

 

 

[Jmarc]

On 12/16/2025 at 5:14 PM, Mark Deliduka said:

This month is a short tour, showing some aircraft, ships, and another miscellaneous model I wanted since I was nine. So, without further ado, let's board the trams and see what we've been doing....

Here in the Hangar, we have the cockpit assembly for an F-15E Strike Eagle in this first bay:

The wings were next, being an easy assembly. The appropriate holes were drilled out and the wings cemented together:

Later, the conformal fuel tanks were cemented to the lower fuselage:

And that is as far as we got on that. And believe it or not, it's all the progress on aircraft this month so now we move on to the Shipyards...

Here in the Shipyards the first slipway has the Hasegawa Hikamaru passenger liner. All the deck assemblies were completed and the first of the detail parts went on:

All that's left are the masts, booms and cranes, along with some additional detail parts.

In the next slipway, we made more progress on the Long Beach harbor tug. All the decks were cemented together and the hull side rails were added. Some red was slapped on the deck to see if it is a shade I want to use:

Now in this final slipway we have one of the new French frigates, mislabeled the Normandie, but this is actually the Aquitane. The keel was laid and the superstructure was added to the hull:

And that is where the work on the Shipyards ended for now. Now we divert back to the Miscellaneous area where we have a lot of work on one of my most wanted models, the Budweiser Eight-Horse Hitch...

First, here are some closeups of the lead horses of the team, all finally rigged up and ready to be hitched up:

These were then added to their hitch:

Later the rear horses were accoutred and here you see the front horses with the rear horses which are the ones on the right:

Only four more horses to harness!

Before that, I decided to build the wagon. It was tough as the largest pieces were warped and needed some persuasion to stay in place:

The Budweiser cases were a solid piece that required stickers to simulate the beer crates. I added those on next:

Lots of finagling and silvering, but they are on. Later they were washed with a brown wash to take away some of the shine and silvering.

While they were drying, the wagon got painted

Next I had to build the driver and his mascot Bud:

Based on the size of these guys, I'm thinking scale of this model is around 1/24 scale or possibly 1/18; or somewhere in between.

The wheels and suspension were then painted and assembled, ready to be mounted on the main wagon box, first the front:

The the rear:

Here's a shot of the mostly completed wagon with some of the detail paint and pin-striping:

Of course I had to test fit the driver and Bud on this:

Later the brass parts were added and the beer crates were fitted. I opted not to glue them in place so I could have a small compartment to "hide" things in:

Finally the remaining four Clydesdales were harnessed and hitched and the whole team is now close to having the reins and chains added:

Here's a closeup of the wagon with a painted driver and dog:

Later I added the reins, hooking them up to all the horses:

Another closeup of the driver and Bud with the driver holding the reins:

And there they go driving off to the finishing area where the backup bar and chains would be added to complete this model:

 

And that concludes this tour of the facilities once again. Thank you all for stopping in, comments are welcome!

 

 

CCCCCCCCCCool, almost true with the 'BUD' .that is quite something ..love the other stuff also ...Keep it uppppppppp !

[Mark Deliduka]

Thank you! More to come soon.

[Mark Deliduka]

Merry Christmas one and all! Despite the business of this part of the season, I still managed completing enough to do one more short tour. All aboard the trams everyone, as we head in to see what's been done.

Here we go, starting in the Hangar. This first bay shows the British Swordfish completely painted and with the upper wings finally attached: 

I think decals and rigging are all that's left to do on this.

Therefore, we started another quick and easy build in this next bay. This is a twin seat RAF Harrier. You can see how easy it was to build up:

Paint and details on that are next. As mentioned, this is a short tour, so we'll head on into the Shipyards now...

Here in the Shipyards, this first slip has the USS Montrose Assault ship, which now has the decks painted:

In the next slip, the tugboat got a lot more of the paint on it, as well as some additional detail parts:

Moving to the next slip, we have the actual French Frigate Normandie. It's all assembled and I used the resin parts that are supposed to differentiate this from the Aquitane:

Here are the resin parts, poorly installed on this ship:

I wasn't happy with that so I did some major fixing as much as I could to close that up:

Still not well done, but better. Some judicious sanding and filling will fix that. I continued to work on this so that almost all the parts are installed, bringing this closer to the paint stage:

That's as far as I got on that. However, in the last slip here we laid the keel for the USS Defiant, a Vietnam-era patrol boat that I got in the Distressed Kit Auction:

Later the superstructure was built up:

And that concludes this short tour of Maddog Manufacturing, that you all for looking in, comments are welcome.

[Jmarc]

Thanks you , hope you had a good one also ...JJJJJJJJJJJJust love it .. except for the melting parts .. OH WELL, thing happen on the way ..but please do not let these happening stop you .. keep on moving buddy , GO,GO,GOOOOOO !!

[Mark Deliduka]

No need to worry on that Jean Marc. I don't intend to stop, much less slow down. 

[Jmarc]

On 12/29/2025 at 2:42 PM, Mark Deliduka said:

No need to worry on that Jean Marc. I don't intend to stop, much less slow down. 

CCCCCCCCCCCOOL !..-as ong as you do not pull an WILD E COYOTE on us ...lol

 

[Mark Deliduka]

Not quite sure what you mean by that, but you can rest assured things will continue. I have too many kits to build and I intend to see as many of them built as possible.

[Jmarc]

16 hours ago, Mark Deliduka said:

Not quite sure what you mean by that, but you can rest assured things will continue. I have too many kits to build and I intend to see as many of them built as possible.

YYYYYYYYYour the man !! GO,GO,GOOOOOOOO