Model kits

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yeah, how do you get the exaust smoke stuff, i'd love to put that on my models but i haven't yet as i'l proberly ruin them .................

[BlackWolf3945]

Thank you for the kind words...

First let me apologize for the bad images, I'm not my Dad! Now THERE was a photographer...

The model is a 1/48 Hurri by Hasegawa.

The exhaust and any other tonal variations (which are mostly washed out by my poor photography) were achieved using pastels.


Fade to Black...

[dead parrot]

Right, how do you use pastels? I always see modellers in their reviews say that they applied some pastels... but they never explain what that means. Do you mean the pastel crayons for drawing?

Sorry for all the questions...

[Maestro]

Yeah, and if that's the same pastel you use for drawing, it should stay dirty. I mean, if you touch the model, your fingers should get dirty, unless you put something over it.

[JCS]

They make special pastels for weathering models. You can usually find them in the model railroad section at your hobby shop.

[dead parrot]

Okay, thanks. Going to the shop this weekend, I'll have a look then...

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i have to go all the way to plymouth for stuff like that..................

[dead parrot]

I'm pretty lucky, being about 1/2 hour walk from Akihabara in Tokyo. There's a fantastic model shop there, with a lot of kits from different companies from all over the world. They also sell very rare and old collectors kits--some of them cost over US$5000, I kid you not.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

which kits are they??

[dead parrot]

Can't remember off-hand; I think the really expensive ones were ship models. I'll have a look when I go...

[dead parrot]

Okay, I went, but they'd just moved their stock and they hadn't put their really expensive stuff out in the case yet... There were a couple of Yamato battleship kits though going for close to $1,000 dollars...

[toffi]

Himmelherrgott!!!!
I have Yamato 1:400 kit, but it is made of paper and costed about 10$!
I also have many plastic 1:72 aircraft, 1:400 ships, 1:76 tanks but just can't imagine a kit that costs 1000$!

[ev0]

Prices like that even makes a swede like me go "YIKES!" :'<

[Maestro]

Personnlay, I think anybody who buy a model over 100$ CAN (approx. 75$ US) should see a psychiatrist.

[the lancaster kicks ass]

well if you've got the money and enough of a passion..................

i mean for that price they must be pretty big and amazingly detailed so it's proberly worth it.....................