Dupes' 2015 Completions - 40 IN THE BANK

[dupes]

Adoption, eh? Swing by the basement some time and we'll talk.

[dupes]

Well will you look at that...on the shelf! You might have been expecting a 32nd Wildcat to fill this spot (I might have been too), but sometimes certain builds just call out to you. I built this a few weeks ago and couldn't decide what paint scheme to go with, but finally made up my mind and went to town for a couple of days. Hope you like!

*Edit - this is the .JPG resin kit in 1/6 scale of the Power Droid seen at various point in the Star Wars movies. Inside the Jawa sandcrawler is the most obvious appearance. This kit even comes with a sound board to make the famous "Gonk" noises.

[armorguy]

Dupes, this has to be your top year in modeling !!! Incredible stuff that left your work bench, I have a soft spot for the gun tractor but in fact I like all your projects, thanks for sharing !

[dupes]

Thanks man! I would certainly take a top year in modeling.

...now I need to try to beat it.

[JimD]

Oh man that's great. This one is such a great weathering platform too. Looks like you stole it right off the set.

[dupes]

Thanks Jimmy! Now if only I can transfer these weathering skills to my armor and aircraft builds...

[wbill76]

Love the 'Gonk' droid! Nailed it perfectly IMHO. Can almost feel the grit and dankness inside that sand crawler.

[dupes]

Thanks Bill!

I've been talking to the two dudes responsible for this kit...hoping to develop some more 1/6 droids that would work in that sandcrawler.

[Leon]

Awesome finish on the droid Dupes! Weathering looks great.

[dupes]

Thanks Leon! I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

[deafpanzer]

WHOA! You nailed it... beautiful work! Looks like we lost another modeler to Star Wars bug!

[dupes]

Thanks Andy!

Sept 16, 2015 12:03:26 GMT -5 deafpanzer said:

Looks like we lost another modeler to Star Wars bug!

I think you need to look back through the archives...I got lost to the SW bug a loooong time ago!

[armorguy]

Sept 14, 2015 8:42:54 GMT -5 dupes said:

Thanks man! I would certainly take a top year in modeling.

...now I need to try to beat it.

[dupes]

Alright. Threw a couple more into the case last night. First up - the 1995 Revell "Batman Forever" Batwing kit. Didn't fit particularly well, but it's been calling to me from the stash for quite a while. Built and painted in a day and a half or so in between other stuff. I've got a big black jet build coming up, figured this would be a good testbed for some shadowing and drybrushing techniques!

[dupes]

Second one is a shelf queen that I've been throwing things at for...a long time. Finally decided it's done! The creaky old Italeri kit with the stiff-as-hell Italeri tracks (that's how this turned into a shelf queen in the first place). Drilled a couple of big holes in the undercarriage and inserted some thick brass rods to hold them down. Old school! Darn tracks barely hold paint, too - already starting to flake off despite multiple primers etc.

[Leon]

Two great additions Dupes! The bat wing looks awesome.

[JimD]

Nice stuff. I guess you've been hunkered down at the bench pretty good if you can churn out a build in a couple days. Glad you're working on the SoD too. Both are great as usual. I really like the Batwing though...despite how awful that movie was.

[dupes]

Thanks fellas!

Yeah, I'm always working on the SoD...any time I'm painting or weathering a "fresh" build I make sure I do something to one of the queens as well.

I think I've subconsciously forgotten this movie - was it the Schwarzenegger one? I just know it had very cool takes on all of the bat-vehicles.

[wbill76]

Nice pair of additions Dupes! Got to love the look of the Batwing even if the movie it belongs to is very forgettable.

[dupes]

I think "forgettable" is a pretty apt description, Bill!

[k1w1]

Aug 2, 2015 20:44:45 GMT -5 dupes said:

Thanks Leon! You might want to check out this one as well...

I've broken the seal on the world of Maschinen Krieger (I blame the guys here on the forum for making me start looking for this stuff)! So far I'm loving it up - going to be a lot of this stuff in the future.

This is the Nitto 1/20 kit of the Super Armored Fighting Suit done up completely out of box with a bit of dirt from my driveway accompanying it.

Your weathered paintwork is fantastic on this and many of the other models in your gallery. Fantastic work.

In case no one has noticed........ The finned item in the centre of the back with the bolt head in it is an  Oil Filter Cover of a 1968 to 1977 Honda CB750 Four. Not just similar but identical. Did you add it or is that how it comes ?

[John Everett]

The Italeri RSO wasn't half bad. It was the tracks which made it......."memorable". It would make a good diorama background item with tracks removed and half sunk in the mud.

Even when I was a little kid and watched Star Wars 800 times as a daily repete on HBO. I always wondered what the "Gonk" droid was meant to do. Clearly, the Gonk droid was meant to be a platform for some pretty neat paint effects!

[dupes]

Sept 29, 2015 8:52:44 GMT -5 k1w1 said:

In case no one has noticed........ The finned item in the centre of the back with the bolt head in it is an  Oil Filter Cover of a 1968 to 1977 Honda CB750 Four. Not just similar but identical. Did you add it or is that how it comes ?

Thanks man!

That kit was build 100% out of box. Kow Yokoyama the Ma.K creator is a bigtime kitbasher - I'm sure he pulled that part from another kit. Any idea what scale it is?

[dupes]

Sept 29, 2015 9:58:27 GMT -5 John Everett said:

The Italeri RSO wasn't half bad. It was the tracks which made it......."memorable". It would make a good diorama background item with tracks removed and half sunk in the mud.

Even when I was a little kid and watched Star Wars 800 times as a daily repete on HBO. I always wondered what the "Gonk" droid was meant to do. Clearly, the Gonk droid was meant to be a platform for some pretty neat paint effects!

Re: the RSO - I thought the exact same thing. Was really happy with the build until I tried to wrap those tracks around the sprockets!

Re: the Gonk - thanks! There are actually several other Gonk/power droids in the films if you know where to look...but they aren't particularly obvious.

[`Boots`]

Just gone thru this thread and i`ve decided your a modeling machine Dupes...........each and ever one of `em is superb, love the look of the Battletech stuff as well

[dupes]

Sept 30, 2015 15:57:27 GMT -5 `Boots` said:

Just gone thru this thread and i`ve decided your a modeling machine Dupes...........each and ever one of `em is superb, love the look of the Battletech stuff as well

Thanks Mark! Glad you like.

Oh, and I have more Battletech goodness on the way...VERY soon!

[k1w1]

Sept 30, 2015 14:35:31 GMT -5 dupes said:

Sept 29, 2015 8:52:44 GMT -5 k1w1 said:

In case no one has noticed........ The finned item in the centre of the back with the bolt head in it is an  Oil Filter Cover of a 1968 to 1977 Honda CB750 Four. Not just similar but identical. Did you add it or is that how it comes ?

Thanks man!

That kit was build 100% out of box. Kow Yokoyama the Ma.K creator is a bigtime kitbasher - I'm sure he pulled that part from another kit. Any idea what scale it is?

This should look familiar .  The Honda CB750 Four was a very famous and popular bike. It was available as a kit from several companies in many scales. 1/12, 1/9. 1/6 and I think also 1/16 so not sure sorry.

This is a photo of the oil filter cover that attached to the front of the engine. No doubt that this is the item on your machines back.

This is not of any importance .... I just find it a little amusing.

[k1w1]

Having trouble loading this picture for some reason.  Will try again.

[`Boots`]

Sept 30, 2015 20:21:43 GMT -5 dupes said:

Sept 30, 2015 15:57:27 GMT -5 `Boots` said:

Just gone thru this thread and i`ve decided your a modeling machine Dupes...........each and ever one of `em is superb, love the look of the Battletech stuff as well

Thanks Mark! Glad you like.

Oh, and I have more Battletech goodness on the way...VERY soon!

I shall be keepin` a beady eye for them then brudda

[dupes]

Couple more in the case! First one is NOT what I had expected to finish next...was doing a decal dive and came across a Linden Hill set for various Iraqi birds. Out came the Vampire. Vampire done! This kit was definitely done by Trumpeter's "B" team - no color callouts at all, some soft detail, dicey fit...but it's done.