The Biggest Headaches in Scale Modelling - Airfix and Chill - 24th June 2024
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- What do you struggle with when building scale models
👀 My new book "I Spilt my Tamiya Extra Thin"is available to buy!! amzn.to/3z702Aj
Buy Airfix kits and get a free coin if you spend £80 or more here prf.hn/l/J90kBeZ
Link Here the airfix watch here www.avi-8.com?sca_ref=6273405.PReBUPJlOv
For a 20% OFF Voucher use MOSMODELS20
CLICK HERE FOR THE BUNDLE prf.hn/l/1MNmvO5
www.outlawpaints.co.uk
My new substack where i will be publishing articles, photos and news is now live
please subscribe here mos6510models....
Don't forget to check out our latest Podcast Beyond the Box www.buzzsprout...
Join this channel to get access to perks:
/ @mos6510models
Buy Airfix kits here prf.hn/l/J90kBeZ
To Join the Airfix Club click here prf.hn/l/6nk5WG8
My Amazon Store www.amazon.co....
New Merch Available here teespring.com/...
Buy me a coffee or a model here www.buymeacoff...
Find me on
Substack mos6510models....
Facebook The Scale Model Club (Airfix, Revell, Tamiya, Hasegawa) / 432110501005079
Twitter : / mos6510models
instagram: / mos6510models
Reddit : / scalemodelclub
Discord : / discord
Information on kits was researched using www.scalemates...
plus other websites and forums found on the internet
Links below are affiliated and i will get a small commission which help keep the channel in models
Buy Airfix kits here prf.hn/l/J90kBeZ
Buy Humbrol Paints Here prf.hn/l/b91yeop
I listen to Amazon Music Sign up for 3 months free here amzn.to/37VUnfe
Tools....
I used Tamiya Lacquer Paints amzn.to/3r82yPO
Posca Pens are available here amzn.to/3LHHA3o
Airbrush was an Harder and Steenbeck Infinity amzn.to/3dM0PfW
Microscope LCD Display 720P Portable LED Digital Magnifier with Holder amzn.to/3wkti2t
Hardcastle 9 Drawer Red Lockable Topchest Tool Box This box was a game changer for me
Buy it here...
amzn.to/3vWO2x5 In Red
amzn.to/3BZfoGn In Black
TaoTronics LED Desk Lamp, 5 Lighting Modes with 7 Brightness Levels, Touch Control, USB Charging Port, amzn.to/3pzjIVG
Smart Weigh SWS600 Elite Pocket Sized Digital Scale amzn.to/2vgD5uc
Buy The Humbrol Workstation amzn.to/3pveHxl
I get all my Tamiya supplies from elementgames.co...
Small Acrylic Caddie For Paints, Glues Brushes ebay.us/60PFMj
Tweezers I use are amzn.to/3AAC66M
Sprue Cutters
Valtcan Prime Sharp Model Nipper amzn.to/3PDUNuL
Tamiya 74035 - amzn.to/36wqhfP
Plato Model 170 - amzn.to/37th0pT
HobbyZone Paint Stand / Rack 36mm They fit Tamiya Paints and other paints
Racks Here amzn.to/2Q2qK6g
If any clips or images are used Disclaimer
Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing
100% agree with @John Alec - my biggest headache is that final pulling everything together stage. Other things like fit, gatekeepers, photoetch etc can all be dealt with either with work or by avoidance, but you can't avoid making a kit in making a kit! There are available solutions to things like tracks, but I have the choice to build a kit or not and how to build it, so any "headache" in a kit I've committed to is my own fault - like the hangover after drinking, it's the consequence of the action!
Love the hangover analogy
Biggest headache? The tweezers fling. When you look on helplessly, as a vital component arcs majestically onto the tufted Wilton, and you have to spend ages on your hands and knees looking for it.
D'oh.. no idea how the hell I missed this!
I see making models and social media as /separate/ parts of a /process/. The actual hobby as Luke inferred is making models. Once the model is made, the hobby part is over, then the next part of the process starts. The crossover of course is filming while making a model; the camera isn't usually there, you can curse to your hearts' content as you don't have You Tube rules to follow, etc. If however you're not a YT creator and just make models then the question really is only what's a pain in the proverbial in Scale Modelling.
As for the biggest headache, nobody's mentioned having to modify a kit. Often there is advice to drill holes - which are sometimes not marked! - and the hole size advised is in a drill bit size that doesn't exist and/or you don't have, e.g. a 0.8mm hole when you have a 1mm bit (is 0.2mm really going to make any difference?). I even saw one kit where the instructions told the modeller to make the machine guns!!
Accuracy is another issue sometimes. Not the rivet counter level, but a kit say the wrong shape - for example Gary Evans made a Mistercraft Sea Harrier and the kit had entirely the wrong nose.
Luke's right about critical comments. There's a difference between /criticism/ - usually negative and confined to an unqualified opinion - and a /critique/ - always qualified feedback and usually if not all positive, then some of the feedback is. [Edit: I wrote that before Luke said essentially the same thing] Often a critique is requested, criticism isn't. For example as a Senior Tech when I gave feedback I used what I called a 'sh!t sandwich' and told the team member what they were doing right, then wrong, then right again, so they'd go off thinking 'I'm doing OK.. not perfect but I know what to work on and how.' The same is true of models.. if someone just says 'That's crap!' it's unhelpful negativity, but someone else may say 'It's not bad for a first go, but [for example] the canopy's fogged and has overspill.. next time use PVA and canopy masks.' In the second instance the person knows what they did wrong and how to correct it.
The problem with the word 'appraisal' BTW I think is that it includes the word 'praise' so there is an expectation that it be wholly positive, which in some ways is equally as unhelpful as criticism; one ignores mistakes and the other highlights them exclusively. Luke mentioned the definition is that it's from an expert. The problem with that is the world is full of people who /think/ they are experts, so they may appraise something and be completely wrong.
Instructions. Do they /instruct/ or inform and how successful are they? Do they tell the reader what they need to know? Is it in a clear concise manner? If no to either then IMHO they've failed at the only job they had. BTW it could be worse. Far Eastern companies etc. could do instructions in the direction they read, so you start with the complete model, and finish with a sprue tree *lol*
As for languages, Google Translate is often a car crash unless it's a really simple sentence. Try translating a sentence, then flip it and I guarantee the English version will be wrong.
[I've watched 1:15 so far, may add more tomorrow]
fair play matey.. its a curse as you feel you have to worry about camera angles that sometimes just to build something without that pressure is a delight
@@MOS6510Models Point taken. That's one reason if I were making models on video I'd try to have an overhead camera out of my way, or a head mounted one so my hands and field of vision would be free. All I'd have to do then is control my swearing *lol* On second thoughts, mute the recording and do a voice over :)