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Post by plastimatic on May 5, 2012 19:14:15 GMT -6
Thanks to old school modeler (thanks, Bruce!), I get another chance at building a childhood kit.  and, yes, it's on the list! |
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Post by mykturk on May 6, 2012 6:40:47 GMT -6
Gotcha a 'Black Beard's Tub', huh?
As silly as some of those were, I liked them!
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Post by rocketeer on May 6, 2012 21:47:42 GMT -6
Does yours have the figures? And if it does, can I borrow them to cast copies? Mine is missing the figs.
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Post by plastimatic on May 9, 2012 17:28:17 GMT -6
Figures - yes. PM sent.
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Post by plastimatic on Jun 9, 2012 10:03:50 GMT -6
Deserted Island no longer!!  I was able to get some work done on this one. It's not the showrod part of the kit, but I did up the set with Roger and Lorelei first, so that they wouldn't be rushed as an afterthought. Several coats of overspray for the dune, drybrushing for the palm, and healthy, glowing tan (ah, youth) and pearls for the couple.  The chassis and motor went together rather easily. The main parts are just mocked together for the pic. The body, however, has been a bit of a slowdown. Mostly because I dropped it right before the second coat of color. It's a four-piece unit and broke badly. Old Aurora plastic must be a bit hard and brittle (at least this metalflake stuff is), so the breaks were not at the glue points.  You can see in the body pic where I've done some reinforcement. The decals did not age well. Pretty much a baggie of decal puzzle chips, so I'll have to print something new. |
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Post by redbaron on Jun 9, 2012 15:26:09 GMT -6
Your model looks great, it is a very interesting theme
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Post by rocketeer on Jun 10, 2012 12:19:00 GMT -6
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Post by gfgcollects on Jun 14, 2012 10:02:03 GMT -6
A Black-beards Tub... excellent! Your work on the desert island looks great, and in the considerably smaller 1/32 scale these things are it's even more impressive. These little old Aurora kits were pretty cool.  Gerry G |
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Post by plastimatic on Jun 14, 2012 10:28:54 GMT -6
Thanks for the scan. Should have asked around before I went and designed/burned something new. I'll hang on to it tho, for a future project. |
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Post by ira on Jun 14, 2012 10:38:36 GMT -6
Never saw one of these!
I like the figures & base..nice addition to the kit!
Fun Stuff!
;D
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Post by old school modeler on Jun 25, 2012 17:41:18 GMT -6
Outstanding job so far, can wait to see this one done!
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Post by snakeplissken81 on Aug 30, 2012 17:19:27 GMT -6
Very cool theme here.
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