Author Topic: Just finished my Tamiya 1:32 Zero (Read 961 times)

mietla · « **on:** March 16, 2002, 06:32:04 PM »

JoeDirt · « **Reply #1 on:** March 16, 2002, 06:37:50 PM »

shweet!:eek:

mrfish · « **Reply #2 on:** March 16, 2002, 07:22:27 PM »

nice one.

i put off doing a 1-48 bf109k4 because i wanted to do a nice job - when i finally did it i still botched it about 25 places

i love those tamiya paints too they cover nicely in one stroke. they take a lot of stirring though.

Swager · « **Reply #3 on:** March 16, 2002, 07:58:30 PM »

Beautiful!

I wish i had the patience to do something like that!!

Nice work

mietla · « **Reply #4 on:** March 16, 2002, 08:04:59 PM »

thanks, this is the second model I've built myself. I did make a number of mistakes and I'm seriously thinking about buying another kit just like this one, just to do it right this time. After all, I have everything set up, all the paints and tools...

I'll give my wife a couple of weeks to calm down though

Kratzer · « **Reply #5 on:** March 16, 2002, 09:16:18 PM »

That's your second attempt?

I hate you.

Very, very nicely done.

mietla · « **Reply #6 on:** March 16, 2002, 10:28:00 PM »

Thank you Kratz, but I have to give all the credit to Tamiya.

This is an exceptionaly well designed model. There is a gazillion of parts, many of them highly detailed and painted, and yet, ... they are invisible after the model is finished. I really liked that.

I really enjoyed building it. I took an easy approach. I've set up the workbench, and worked on it 10-20 minutes a day. Just cut a part, paint it and let it dry. I think that this is the way to go. Do not rush it. Tamiya paints are great, cover well and are easy to work with.

~~everyone!~~

Kratzer · « **Reply #7 on:** March 16, 2002, 10:55:06 PM »

I just don't have enough space in my house. As a result, I can't have stuff set up, so when I work on a model, I do it for way too long at a sitting, and get sloppy.

pimpjoe · « **Reply #8 on:** March 17, 2002, 12:01:05 AM »

$$$

what kind of money did it cost you for the paints and model. all i can ever seem to find is those cheap bellybutton revell models that are usually so warped when ya get them that they're almost impossible to put together.

aknimitz · « **Reply #9 on:** March 17, 2002, 01:32:40 AM »

I'm very curious how much $$ this costs as well. I'd love to get into this ... but just couldnt really afford to spend much $$

Nim

Animal · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2002, 02:02:13 AM »

Quote

Originally posted by Swager
Beautiful!

I wish i had the patience to do something like that!!

Nice work

You know I was gonna post the exact same thing.

events · « **Reply #11 on:** March 17, 2002, 02:13:36 AM »

Mietla...still waiting to see what the final cost was?

I found a Tamiya kit for $72.99

http://www.internethobbies.com/internethobbies/tam132mita6z.html

But check out the same kit with engine start up, idle, throttle,
and lites. WOW.. can only imagine how that would turn out. I
wish I had the time for kits like that. (check the price out too)

http://www.internethobbies.com/internethobbies/tam132mita6z1.html

Enjoy.

Events.

Wingnut_0 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 17, 2002, 03:52:55 AM »

I love modelling but it can be either totally relaxing or extremely frustrating.

When I was 8 I started modelling and had a 3 year project going on. I had 1/48th scale's of "almost" the entire US Naval fleet from WWII. My mother and I moved several hundred miles and the movers completely wrecked the box that my models were in. Not a single ship made it out alive..hehe

Needless to say I was I was devasted.
That's why I just moved to Die-cast model's..hehe

aknimitz · « **Reply #13 on:** March 17, 2002, 09:42:24 AM »

What type of model maker are the best? I have seen some pretty cheesy ones, so dont even really know where to start. And there is no point in me gettin' a Tamiya since I havent really learned to paint 'em. Id just screw it up

Advice?

Nim

Kratzer · « **Reply #14 on:** March 17, 2002, 09:56:19 AM »

If you go down to a good model shop, they will have a bunch of different ones - and the ones to start with will be obvious and around $10.

Airfix makes some decent 1/72 that are a good place to get started, imho.

I've got a 1/72 Spit Mk IX in the works that's by Italeri - it was pretty cheap too, and a bit higher quality than the Airfix ones, it seems... or maybe I'm just improving