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Geek Culture / This is what I do when I'm not messing around with FPSC!

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bruce3371
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Posted: 24th Sep 2011 01:59 Edited at: 24th Sep 2011 20:46
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My main hobby is building plastic armour models.

Here is just a few of my post war models;

British Challenger 1 MBT


British Challenger 2 MBT


U.S M1A1 Abrams MBT


This is a link to the full album;

http://s1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc474/bruce3371/PostWarModels/

Here is a few of my WW2 models;

British Churchill Mk VII Infantry Tank


U.S. 2 1/2 Ton Cargo Truck 'Deuce and a Half'.


U.S. M26 Tank Transporter 'Dragon Wagon'.


German Tiger 2 'King Tiger'


This is a link to the full album;

http://s1213.photobucket.com/albums/cc474/bruce3371/WW2Models/

I've been making models since I was 8, starting off with 1:72 scale aircraft, then 'graduating' to 1:35 scale armour.

I don't usually weather my models as I like the 'factory fresh' look, but I am learning weathering techniques.

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CoffeeGrunt
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Posted: 24th Sep 2011 02:15
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Use the img tags Photobucket provide...

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Seppuku Arts
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Posted: 24th Sep 2011 12:13
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I don't think the TGC forums will display them if there's a % in the URL.

Anyway, they look pretty damn cool.

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Pincho Paxton
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Posted: 24th Sep 2011 14:59 Edited at: 24th Sep 2011 15:02
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Yeah I like tanks. You should have a go at 3D modelling them. learn Anim8or it's easy. And the reason that Anim8or doesn't get much mention is because it's boned limbs don't work in DBPro. But tanks don't have boned limbs, so Anim8or is fine for making them, and using them in games. My siggy models were all made in Anim8or.

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bruce3371
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Posted: 24th Sep 2011 19:31 Edited at: 24th Sep 2011 19:35
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Quote: "I don't think the TGC forums will display them if there's a % in the URL."


Thanks, I renamed the albums without any spaces, and it works now! Lesson learnt for future albums!!

Quote: "You should have a go at 3D modelling them."


I'm currently learning how to use Milkshape, as I'll be making a couple of vehicle models for a future game project I'm planning to co-develope.

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Teh Stone
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Posted: 24th Sep 2011 20:36
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Are these made from kits or from scratch either way it's impressive
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bruce3371
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Posted: 24th Sep 2011 20:40 Edited at: 24th Sep 2011 20:43
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They're all Tamiya Kits, but with added scratchbuilt details and corrections (especially the Dragon Wagon).

[shameless plug]You can see slideshow videos of the WIPs on my youtube acc. at;

http://www.youtube.com/user/bruce3371[/shameless plug]

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Posted: 24th Sep 2011 20:43
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You should try making the USS Enterprise.

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Ocho Geek
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Posted: 24th Sep 2011 20:48
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Quote: "You should try making the USS Enterprise"



They're epic, the dragon wagon looks hard to make


Not Spanish, Not Eight, Just Ocho

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bruce3371
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Posted: 24th Sep 2011 20:50 Edited at: 24th Sep 2011 20:53
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Quote: "You should try making the USS Enterprise."


I built the Star Trek original series USS Enterprise a few years ago!!

Seriously though, I'm not really a fan of maritime models, I prefer aircraft and armour models

Quote: "They're epic, the dragon wagon looks hard to make"


Thanks! Not really, Tamiya models are engineered to be relatively easy to put together, the real challenge lies in the painting, weathering and detailing of them.

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Wolf
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Posted: 25th Sep 2011 04:12
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Do you paint these yourself?

Matter is energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively Theres no such thing as death,life is only a dream,and were the imagination of ourselves.
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bruce3371
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Posted: 25th Sep 2011 15:42 Edited at: 25th Sep 2011 15:43
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Quote: "Do you paint these yourself?"


Yes, they're all built, painted and detailed by me. As you can probably see from the pictures, I don't use an Airbrush, I hand paint all my models.

Here's a few more pictures;

U.S. PBR 31 Mk II 'Pibber'


British Chieftain Mk III MBT


German Leopard 2A5 MBT


British Cruiser Tank Mk IV A27M Cromwell


German SdKfz 232 Heavy Armoured Car


Russian T34 Medium Tank


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Pincho Paxton
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I'm not sure about that white paint finish. I looked for the white tank, and there aren't many pictures, but from what I could get from the blurry images they looked better painted than that.

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bruce3371
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Posted: 25th Sep 2011 23:20
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I too spent a long time looking for reliable pictures of T34s in Winter service, and like you, could only find blurry pictures. It's occasions like that when you have to use 'artistic license'.

In the end I decided to depict a tank that had a whitewash winter camouflage applied, over its base dark green paint, in a hurry by its crew (which is what happened in reality).

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