Late May in the Shop - Galileo

I got a little time to work on kits. What I did was to try out the new Stynylrez one two of the new Moondevil mini busts. I gave them a shot in the black, only adding a few drops of Vallejo's Retarder Medium and it sprayed on very nicely. Since the models are now just black I didn't see any need to take pics of that. Look at the previous pic and instead of the green, think black.  ;)

Then I got to thinking about the Classic Space ships I've been working on - and dug out Fantastic Plastic's Rocket Ship Galileo. 

It's a kit based on the Heinlein book of the same name. To be honest I haven't read it, but did download it to my Kindle for a summer read. Anyway, it is a typical FP kit - very nice castings with odorless, bubble free resin. The only work you'll have to do is remove some of the pour plug.  In this model you get to choose the engine you want - be it the chemical or nuclear version. I chose the nuclear.

Here are some of the parts (my nuclear cap was on my PC desk as I was removing the pour plug as I went thru my emails...  On the top left you will see the chemical engine tho.

I started assembly by putting the wings on, and although it was a tight fir the seams did show so I it them with some putty.

That's were we are as of now. Check back for more. Thanks for looking.

New Aquisitions

I've been a little spotty with my blogging here. Health and other life issues are in the way, and I only get up there when I can. 

But that doesn't stop me from buying. The latest round are a few more of the mini busts from John Dennet and MoonDevil Studios. I didn't take pics this time but I did use his image to highlight what I have. The ones circled in purple are the ones I already have. The ones circled in green are the new ones.

Thanks for looking.

Rogue 1 Images

There's been a sneak peak at some of the new characters and ships from the new SW movie Rogue 1
If you don't want to know don't click passed the break. ;) 

New Aquisitions

Been away for a while - health problems, but I'm back for now.
Just because I'm not building, doesn't mean I'm not buying. Haha  First two kits are from the Classic Horror category and from Gillman Productions. One is Fredric March';s version of Mr. Hyde. The next is Boris Karloff playing Ardeth Bay in The Mummy. I must apologize in advance for the lousy pics this time around. I'll have it fixed for next time -- 

I saw these next figures a while ago, and instantly was drawn to them. They are from Forge World and are part of the Warhammer 40K.  To me they looked like an alternate world or a sci-fi version of WW1 warriors. I picked up three horsemen, and a command crew. I little dio will be in the works. There are lots of little parts so I tried to take the pic thru the package. I think you get the idea of how it looks ---

For the next ones I jump to the sci-fi realm. The first one is from the show Farscape. It's the ship Crighton was in when he got sucked into the worm hole by Black Sun Models - 

Next is the Gaiderol Class ship from the Japanese show Yamato 2199. They are small kits, but there a lot of them and each has a unique design. I got this one from the Starship Modeler Store -- 

Now I jump to Real Space and have two busts from the Soviet space Program by the Czech Co., 2dreamers.  The first is Yuri Gagarin, and the other is Alexi Leonov --

Lastly are some new primers. Frequenting the modeling videos on You Tube, a number of the guys have been raving about Badger's Stynylrez primers, so I thought I'd give them a shot. The name indicates they they will work on styrene, vinyl and resin, so I'm hoping to have the same good results that I've seen on the vids. I picked up my set on Amazon -

 Whew, that was a long entry. Thanks if you've made it all the way to the end. Thanks for looking.