Catching Up

Man.. a lot has happened since my last post. I guess I dropped the ball on the blog.. whoops.

The Fiat is done.

http://bhop73.com/galleries/car_gal.php?model=abarth

I've also finished the Panzer III M 1/72

http://bhop73.com/galleries/mil_gal.php?model=pz3

And... i've been painting this figure. “Some say that his tears are adhesive, and that if he caught fire he’d burn for 1000 days. All we know is he’s called the Stig.”

After he's done, which should be soon.., he's all white after all, I have another car I'm planning.. it should be pretty sweet. I'll be sure to update once I get started.

Progress 03-26-15

After some setbacks, i've finally got the body of the Abarth where i'm ok with it.  It's still not perfect, but honestly, i'm tired of messing with it. It needs a coat of wax, but the main paint is done.

The 1/72 Panzer III has a little more progress as well.  Mostly still working on the photoetch bits.  It's kind of difficult because of the size, i'm probably going to leave a lot of etched parts off because they're so small and fiddly, but it's coming along nicely.

Some modeling.

Been a while since i've updated my blog... i'll try to be more on top of it. I've been building models at a more steady pace the past few months.  Finished a Macross Battroid.

http://www.bhop73.com/galleries/scifi_gal.php?model=battroid

I've also been working on a Fiat Abarth 500. My girlfriend likes this car, so I thought i'd build her one.  It's been kind of a pain in the ass to be honest.  I can't seem to get the paint right.  Everytime I try to buff out a bit of dust or orange peel, I end up going through the plastic and have to re-prime whatever panel it is and respray. Hopefully this next time i'll get it right.  The interior's been done for  a little while.  Just trying to get the body fixed.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=7157854#post7157854

.. and finally, something else I picked up again while waiting for the Abarth's body paint to cure some is this 1/72 Revell Panzer III M. I started it years ago, but got distracted by other things. It should be fun. I ordered some extra detail stuff to go with it. Stay tuned.

1/48 Early Tiger - Tamiya

So, i've been building again. It's been awhile, I think I only finished one or two things last year. I need to start digging into my closet pile.. it's around 150 deep.. probably more actually.. dunno.. but anyways..

Here's the kit.




So far i've shaved off some of the molded on hull parts and i've been replacing them with eduard photoetch. Time consuming and annoying. Everything's so damn small.. I lost a couple things and had to make stuff from scratch, but you can't tell in the pics.

Here's what i've done so far.



That's it for now. I think this post will be taking my blog into a new direction, mostly updates for my model builds. I should update this damn thing more often anyway..