The Scale Models/War gaming discussion and pictures thread.

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Airfix-A50060-WWI-Western-Diorama/dp/B0021L9C2

Just found a Great War airfix set, but bit expensive lol...

[BBrotherwood]

I have been known to finish models two years after I start them Mainly because I have the kind of mind that goes 'ooh shiny' and gets distracted by other stuff Dont worry about finishing it quickly, work on it when you want to, you will get better results that way.

Investing in a cupboard to avoid model death might also be a plan

[AirsoftTed]

I've no experience with them, the set I had was the massive 60th anniversary set. Cost around £50 I believe. I'm led to also believe they're now collectors pieces?

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

This one teddy?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Airfix-D-Day-Operation-Overlord-Gift/dp/B00IJZIEWY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410128762&sr=8-1&keywords=airfix+dday

Please could you put a pic up of yours if you still have it? (The word had worries me lol)

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Because after seeing that one I might get that one instead lol.

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Added with this?

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Airfix-Scale-D-Day-Assault-Gift/dp/B00IJZIDSO/ref=pd_bxgy_k_h_b_cs_text_y

What you reckon?

These two,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Airfix-D-Day-Operation-Overlord-Gift/dp/B00IJZIEWY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1410128762&sr=8-1&keywords=airfix+dday

Or the three I posted before?

[BBrotherwood]

The second one is a slightly smaller scale at 1/76 - which is the same as OO scale for model railways. You would get more models in it though...

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Hmmmm

[AirsoftTed]

Unfortunately all three sets of it were binned, this is the one, its like twice the size of the ones linked!

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AIRFIX-D-DAY-1-72-Scale-60th-Anniversary-limited-edition-set-/251626169278?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item3a9616a3be

 

 

quoted to get your attention

[Lozart]

Some star wars stuff lozart:

 

[pics]

 

But it's that horrible clip on stuff...No fun

 

Yeah, the mainstream SW stuff is awful now (not that my old AMT/ERTL ones are much better to be honest. Got my eye on one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Millennium-Falcon-Japanese-Collectible-72-Scale/dp/B000B7CPN2/ref=sr_1_4?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1410134068&sr=1-4&keywords=Fine+Molds

 

Fine Molds make awesome stuff!

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Yeah, the mainstream SW stuff is awful now (not that my old AMT/ERTL ones are much better to be honest. Got my eye on one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Millennium-Falcon-Japanese-Collectible-72-Scale/dp/B000B7CPN2/ref=sr_1_4?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1410134068&sr=1-4&keywords=Fine+Molds

 

Fine Molds make awesome stuff!

Looks like a toughie!

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Some of the woodcraft stuff I got a couple of weeks back:

 

 

[BBrotherwood]

 

Yeah, the mainstream SW stuff is awful now (not that my old AMT/ERTL ones are much better to be honest. Got my eye on one of these:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Millennium-Falcon-Japanese-Collectible-72-Scale/dp/B000B7CPN2/ref=sr_1_4?s=kids&ie=UTF8&qid=1410134068&sr=1-4&keywords=Fine+Molds

 

Fine Molds make awesome stuff!

Fine Molds and a fine price

[Finius]

Fantasy/Scifi wargaming for me only at the moment!

 

Play a lot of Warhammer/40k - also really digging Dystopian Wars at the moment but would like to start building some WW1/WW2 armor models for display only purposes!

 

Will get some pictures of my better work up shortly!

[Lozart]

Fine Molds and a fine price

 

You get what you pay for! That is a 1/72nd model so it's huge and FM make spectacular detail on their kits. There is a 1/144 scale Falcon too that is about £43 and far easier to justify.....

[BBrotherwood]

I might check the 1/144 one out

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

The wooden model pic I posted today is soooo hard the instructions do bugger all and basiccally just look at the photo used to advertise this! Rrggghhhhh

[BBrotherwood]

Some of the woodcraft stuff I got a couple of weeks back:

 

 

 

It just looks like a series of diagrams for thigh gaps...

Good luck

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Gonna start a nice and easy of Focke Wulf now so I have a few more planes for the D-Day diorama! ......

I'll need more than luck, I'll need an A* in deciphering crappy instructions lol

[AirsoftTed]

Yet again all of what I ordered isn't in stock. This is becoming a habit... lol

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Happens to me too much lol....cough cough Argos cough cough

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

The Focke Wulf:

 

Hopefully it'll look better once painted!

 

 

Shame I trod on the spitfire

[Russe11]

Damn you. Because of this thread I have now ordered a couple of kits:

1:76 Matilda MkII from airfix

1:76 Australian Infantry by Revell

Now I will have to work out how to make a small patch of 1:76 jungle to put them in.

 

I imagine a bit of model making will be quite fun, I haven't done it in years.

[JamesAirsofterAgent]

Do you people use clay or expanding foam or something else for the places ,"scenes" that you put them in? I've only used clay and haven't actually bought a proper diorama kit yet but am looking at the ones I linked....

[AirsoftTed]

I'm going to be using the paper mache technique to form a landscape, then i'll buy/make trees fences and buildings.

 

Heres one way to landscape :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kQ2UAkmxZE

 

 

@ Russell (sorry if theres only one l mate I always forget!)

 

Maybe try a clearing/the edge of the jungle? Few trees on the very edge of the base, the rest can be grass/sand/soil with your tank and infantry posed there?