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Phicen kitbash using the Little Red Riding Hood headsculpt . For the life of me I still can't find a proper Phicen body that matches this particular headsculpt ,this is the pale body and it still doesn't match , so frustrating >:(
Prototype KWT Evans boxcar used by the ELS to haul finished product from the mills in the UP of Michigan. Many of the cars used by the ELS were dubbed Blue Bullets by fans for obvious reasons.
Converted ExactRail single door waffle boxcar to an ex Southern Pullman Standard double door car. Details on how I built it can be found at www.wc2scale.org
I picked this thing up at Reeds in LaMesa, CA 20 years ago.
I've never thought much of narrow gauge, but I think the workmanship impressed me with this little gem (and it still does by todays standards).
The main part of the carbody is a Tyco trolley and the front truck is a commercial part, beyond that it's some fine craftsmanship in wood and brass.
I knew it had some time behind it when I got it, but was surprised when I came across a photo of it in either Rail Classics or Railway Quarterly magazine from the mid 1970's.
Perhaps someone knows who the Arizona & Furnace Creek belonged to? If nothing else, their legend lives on in Americas Dairyland.
A kitbash using a Phicen body and the blonde headsculpt by Kimi , also wearing a cowgirl outfit by Super Duck .
The kit and its assembly:
This kitbashing project was a dedicated submission for the “Polar Wars” Group Build at whatifmodellers.com, and the result of a search for a military vehicle that could reflect the GB’s topic in a rather dramatic fashion but also demonstrate a certain madness and megalomania. I eventually stumbled upon the (light!) Soviet and Finnish aerosan vehicles from WWII, and wondered what a fully armored type could have looked like? I did not want to put a standard tank onto skis, though, and rather looked for a different basis – and inspiration eventually struck when I came across an 1:35 aerosan kit from Trumpeter AND the Chinese manufacturer’s 1:72 model of a Soviet armored draisine – combining both plus a radial engine with a pusher propeller should yield something …zany.
Effectively, this build was not too complex, because it is basically a slightly modified core box with add-ons. Things started slowly, with the OOB KV-1 turret as the main armament of this aerosan behemoth. The main body consists of a Soviet armored draisine from Trumpeter, but I found the body to be too long and symmetrical for my plans, so that I took out a ~2cm plug and glued everything back together. The engine came from a MisterCraft PZL 23 bomber, an ugly one-piece blob that I never expected to find a good use on a model. It was modified to look a bit more delicate, and at its rear an extension fairing was added, partly consisting of a piece from a plastic ballpoint pen casing. The pusher prop consists of a reversed F8F piece, with a metal axis and a spinner transplant from an Italeri F4U.
The suspension had been taken wholesale from the 1:35 kit, even though I had to lengthen some of the control struts. While safety was not an inherent design feature of this thing, I thought that the prop would need some protection, so I started to scratch/construct a cage for it from soft iron wire. Its ugly intersections were hidden behind a pair of fins (sections from 1:72 Panzer IV side skirts!) – though improvised it turned out better that hoped for. In parallel, the four skis were put together, too - again taken OOB from the small 1:35 aerosan kit, just w/o the delicate PE parts. Once the basic hull was assembled, I added a few more details, like entry ladders and sideboards to cross the steering struts, and an improvised shallow snowplow at the front to lift the vehicle’s body over shallow humps. On the roof some details like a ventilation opening were added, too.
Painting and markings:
Due to the model’s zaniness I wanted the livery to be rather simple, so I gave the BBS-1 an overall coat with medium green (actually RAL 6003) from the rattle can. Then the decals – all gathered from the scrap box – were applied and a coat of whitewash was simulated with thinned matt acrylic paint, applied with a flat soft brush so that the green would shine through here and there. Once dry I finally added a thin coat of simulated snow, created with white tile grout blown onto the wetted model from the front as if it had collected the stuff while speeding through the Karelian landscape. Worked out quite well, since this always bears some risk that it looks goofy and artificial. Finally, the tile grout and the paint were fixed with a generous coat of matt acrylic varnish.
I didn't like the white plastic windows and store front shop doors and bay windows...so I had to think about how I wanted to paint them.
Greenmax kitbash kits 29 & 30
I added a cut piece of two sided black card stock paper to darken up the office building
Headmaster Duros. This is a little bit of a teaser for a project I am soon to finish up. I got a little ahead of myself and wanted to post these tonigh (no pun intended)
Duros was built using mainly U. Nightstick and lower legs from a minicon, who's name I don't remember. I added HLJ ball joints at the hips giving it even more articulation. He stands about 1.75" tall.
Headmaster Duros. This is a little bit of a teaser for a project I am soon to finish up. I got a little ahead of myself and wanted to post these tonigh (no pun intended)
Duros was built using mainly U. Nightstick and lower legs from a minicon, who's name I don't remember. I added HLJ ball joints at the hips giving it even more articulation. He stands about 1.75" tall.
This is the building unpainted, not glued together and still in rough shape. Just resting on itself. I have much much much more work to do to it.
Took a long time to paint him but he's done! Sadly the body I got didn't work with the cool hand parts or leg parts from the kit, but the head did! Yay!
Miss Monster Aricebo Head on a Coo models body with Hot toys captain america hands
This is a work in progress kitbash, based on the US Army troops in the video game homefront,
they wore a very different uniform than in most games, opting for what looks like an all OD green uniform with a green digital camo helmet cover, I really liked this look, since it made me think of a very 'G.I.' basic look, so this is my attempt to recreate it,
Of course I did take some liberties with it, the patch for instance is that of the 29th infantry division, I did that just to make a nod to the unit my dad served in during his military career, in the game the US troops were elements of the 40th ID California National Guard,
Stay tuned for more of this guy if you're interested, I've got some more gear for him on the way
Here the door pannels are added along with the rest of the details. To the left of the door I added an ACI label bracket using some Evergreen C channel that I thinned down using the razor blade method. Details associates Door detailing kit supplied the door hardware.
Built it from lots of random parts, and added on some cool features.
- When the table is tilted it makes a "bzzzt" mechanical type noise
- Button on bottom front of table makes light on front of table blink and sound effects
- slider button on front of table makes light blink and more sound effects
- foot rest is on a hinge
- button on base of table makes 4 sound effects
- plastic tubes filled will blue dyed water (like energon) and plugged on the ends.
- back of table has 2 prong like things that automatically swing out when level is pressed
- string of LED lights does a "chase" type lighting sequence
Greenmax kitbash kits 29 & 30 I glued the upper section to the second section after the second section was completed with windows.
Customizing office floors, and adding window blinds. I used strapping tape for the blinds.
I got these ideas from my friend Jerry.
His blog is quinntopia.blogspot.com/