Dupes' 2015 Completions - 40 IN THE BANK

[dupes]

2014 was a very solid year for me in terms of building the stash down a bit...even knocked out a few shelf queens (although not nearly as many as I'd have liked). Shooting to beat it this year! If I can manage to keep myself healthy - which was not the case in '14 with junior in daycare - then I should have no problem hitting 50 with a little bit of focus.

Links to the previous year's logs just for reference - 2014 and 2013. Sadly I have no "roundups" for prior years.

Let's get '15 started!

#1, January 8th - 1/35 Tamiya Quad Tractor



#2, January 9th - 1/285 Reaper Mini CAV Razor



#3, January 30th - 1/350 Cosmos Models Resin Fury-Class Starfighter



#4, January 30th - 1/1000 Cosmos Models Resin YT-2000



#5, January 30th - 1/1000 Cosmos Models Resin YT-2400



#6, February 3rd - 1/76 Cromwell Models Resin Firefly (shelf queen)


#7, February 3rd - 1/72 DML T-34/76 (shelf queen)


#8, February 4th - 1/72 Zarkus Models Resin AT-PT


#9, February 19th - 1/2256 Cosmos Models Resin MC-30


#10, February 22nd - 1/35 Dragon Beutepanzer T-34 (shelf queen)


#11, February 28th - 1/72 Tamiya P-47D Thunderbolt


#12, March 7th - 1/48 Academy F-86F (shelf queen)


#13, March 13th - 1/60 Scott Murphy Resin Battletech Catapult


#14, April 10th - 1/350 Hobby Boss Type 212 German Sub (shelf queen)


#15, April 10th - 1/32 Moebius Models Colonial Viper Mk.VII


#16, May 18th - 1/144 Trumpeter Su-34 Strike Flanker


#17, August 1st - 1/48 Hasegawa F6F-5 Hellcat


#18, August 2nd - 1/20 Nitto Ma.K SAFS


#19, August 3rd - 1/76 Nitto Ma.K Nutrocker


#20, August 4th - 1/60 Tim Fusco Resin Flea Mech


#21, August 14th - 1/48 ICM Yak-7B


#22, September 2nd - 1/48 Hasegawa Ki-44 Shoki


#23, September 13th - 1/6 .JPG Productions Resin Gonk Droid


#24, September 27th - 1/25? 1/32? Batman Forever Batwing


#25, September 27th - 1/35 Italeri RSO w/PaK 40 (shelf queen)


#26, October 5th - 1/48 Trumpeter Vampire FB Mk.5


#27, October 6th - 1/60 Tim Fusco Resin Bushwacker Mech


#28, October 12th - 1/72 Revell Germany Me-262A-1


#29, October 17th - 1/35 Academy Soviet M4A2 (shelf queen)


#30, October 17th - 1/35 Tamiya Leopard 1A4 (shelf queen)


#31, October 17th - 1/48 Tamiya Ki-46 Type 100


#32, November 1st - 1/72 DML Sd.Kfz.251/22 (shelf queen)


#33, November 2nd - 1/35 Tamiya Sd.Kfz.250/9 (shelf queen)


#34, November 4th - 1/350 Airfix HMS Turbulent


#35, November 10th - 1/60(ish) SMTK Commando Mech


#36, November 14th - 1/35 Cyber Hobby Flakpanther Coelian (shelf queen)


#37, November 20th - 1/72 Academy P-47D Razorback


#38, December 1st - 1/20 Nitto Ma.K Kauz


#39, December 13th - 1/72 Hasegawa BF-109G-6 Late


#40, December 17th - 1/24 Tamiya Nissan Skyline GTR 1990

[dupes]

Because I build so many different scales of stuff, I really wanted to try to incorporate a ruler into the finished pics to give an idea of size - unfortunately it's very hard to accomplish. Example:



This one is from the same line as a fig I painted at the end of 2014...although MUCH smaller. Once I build and paint a few more of them, I'll post a comparison pic.

[Leon]

Two great additions to start the new year Dupes.

[TRM]

Nice job so far Dupes!! Get that gallery filled up!!

[JimD]

Wow. That's tiny. Makes it even more impressive.

Just had a peek at 2013 since I hadn't seen it. I have to say your best work so far is the baby. It's so real looking. Weathering is spot on.

[M1Carbine]

God thats small.....................wait thats what my wife says!

Looks awesome Dupes

Bob

[deafpanzer]

DAMN! Two already and it is only 10th of January. LOL You are kicking...

[afvfan]

Glue a base on a quarter so it stands upright and take your pics with it next to the figure to give a sense of scale. Just a thought.....

[bbrowniii]

Yeah! That's what I'm talking' about! Great addition, dupes.

I agree with that other comment - just glue a quarter on an angled base and put it in a pic of each build.

[dupes]

Hey, thanks everyone!

I'm digging the quarter idea (whether or not I can implement it with builds on stands is a different story...but I'll give it a shot). Let me see if I can dig up some sort of a mount that would look halfway decent.

[dupes]

Jan 9, 2015 22:11:46 GMT -5 JimD said:

Just had a peek at 2013 since I hadn't seen it. I have to say your best work so far is the baby. It's so real looking. Weathering is spot on.

He's got 16 months worth of wear on him...not quite as spotless as before. MUCH more realistic!

[wing_nut]

9 days... 2 build? I thought I read in the Wall Street Journal the DPM was predicting reduced production for 2105. Go figure. A journalist not checking the facts.

[Deano]

Hard at again Dupes , impressive collection already so soon into 2015 !!! keep it coming !

[wbill76]

That didn't take long. Nice work on #2!

[dupes]

The factory is in full swing, fellas - have no doubts!

Junior just fell asleep...deciding what's next on the block while I watch football. Hmmmmmm.

[82s1.]

Nice start to the year Dupes.

[dupes]

Been a while! I'm not usually one to get seasonal affective disorder or anything like that, but for the past couple weeks I've been pretty...solitary. Not very forum-y. Heck, I haven't even hung out with any of my local club dudes. Regardless, I think I'm back! Will try to get back into "participation" mode tomorrow depending how manageable junior is.

My solitary-ness did NOT mean away from the bench - quite the contrary! Got number 3-5 to post up today, and there should be more very soon. SEVERAL more! I did a quick mental tally, I think I also worked on numbers 6-12 as well in the past 24 hours. Heh. Some good stuff on the way.

Got a "quarter as a reference" pic to go with the YT-2000 above. Yeah, that thing is small.



And also a group shot to give some sense of scale.



Oh, and the theme - my buddy Nick (of Cosmos Models) installed a customer gallery on his website - figured I'd crank a few ships out to add to the collection. Check him out here:

cosmosmodels.wordpress.com/customer-gallery/

[dupes]

Further notage - the YTs are variants of the Millennium Falcon series. The Falcon is a YT-1300. There are MANY more ships in the Corellian Engineering freighter series...some of which I hope to do in muuuuuch larger scale.

[TRM]

LOL...you are still here!! Glad to see you pop in Dupes!! Even better to see you still plugging away at the bench!! Well done ...especially for that scale (whatever the hell it is...LOL!)) Looking forward to 6-12 showing up soon!!!

[dupes]

Yeah, I'm here - now! Hoping to do more than just "pop in". Blame the kid for getting me sick (yet again).

I don't know what scale those things are either. They used to make sense, sort of - 1/2256 matched the Anigrand Star Destroyer kit, 1/4222 matched the Revell Star Destroyer kit, and 1/72 matched everything else in 1/72. 1/1000? I think that's a Star Trek scale or something. Heh.

[kaytermarram]

Looks like you´ve been very busy in building and painting! Really love the Quad Tractor. First, it reminds me on the older times of model building (this kit is a classic! I mean to remember a complete set of Tractor, ammunition carrier and gun) and second, the top noch paint job with weathering. The robot is fine and the Starships look cool! Seems that I am not the only one who loves small scale stuff!

Frank

[Leon]

Dupes!Looks like this gallery is going to fill up quickly .That is some awesome work for such a small scale.

[dupes]

Hey, thanks Leon!

Frank - winter here in Maine really sucks...plenty of bench time. Thanks man!

[kaytermarram]

Maine! Man, the state of my dreams! Do I have the chance or possibility to move to the US I would definitly live in Maine! For the winter and maybe the lobster, harhar!!

Frank

[dupes]

Tell you what - you can have mine! Can't stand those sea-beetles.

[kaytermarram]

Yeah, if I could have them every day, that would maybe boring, harhar!

Frank

[wbill76]

Nice trio of scifi additions there Dupes! Tiny stuff but neat all the same!

[dupes]

Thanks Bill! My next few completions will be getting successively larger, I promise!

[dupes]

Couple more added to the case. These were both built and left unpainted a couple of years ago...don't remember why the Firefly got shelved, but the DS tracks on the T-34 split and I waited quite a while for replacements from Dragoncare.

Two more off the shelf of doooooooom!

[Leon]

Ah!!! The gallery continues to grow! Nice work on the braille builds Dupes.