A10 metal kit

My Daughter gave me a couple of A10 items for Xmas this year.
One was this metalcraft model.

I've never had much interest in these, and never built one.
But hey...its a Warthog...how can I not be happy to receive this.

Its not a Metal Earth brand kit...some other brand.
Made in China, if that matters.

2 sheets of metal parts and a sheet of Instructions inside.

I have no clue, so I may mess this up terribly.
Did you want to see how it goes together?
Or just the finished model?

or not at all? LOL

Gixergs tries again

Hi all, I suddenly find my self with some free-ish time so I'm trying the paper modelling again. I present my attempts so far. First a paper Martian attacks a Lego Big Ben

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Carousel for Flea Circus

I'm in the process of building a flea circus, and I wanted to make a nice carousel for my fleas to pull. I turned to Patricia’s Agence Eureka pages again, and chose this nice Danish model. I modified the images a bit by doubling things up so there wouldn't be any plain paper showing, and had the resulting file printed on 11X17 cardstock at FedEx/Kinko's.

I added some rhinestones so that when it spun, it would catch the light.

It spins on a bearing made from a knitting needle and a brass lamp finial cap.

I built two, because the first one had the flags flying so it made sense to spin it clockwise, but I glued all the animals and riders in widdershins. Also, the bearing on the first one wasn't very good, and it didn't spin well.

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Christmas gift: Old Wooden Block

Hello everybody.
I decided to make Christmas gift to my friends. And here the result you can see.
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Old Wooden Block pendant is a lessen copy of real wooden block which used in sail ships in XVI-XVII cen. Old wooden block made from oak in old fabrication technique. It contains nielloed copper detailes and jute rope strop. Covered by linseed oil. Hand made item. There are different colors of serve of eye. Ring and spring hook are made from stainless steel.
Now it is need to fit a ship to this blocks... :-)
Marry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Dick Blick Studio Artists' Colored Pencils set of 12 Grey

Hi all,

I came across this offer in a Dick Blick email.

A set of 12 Grey coloring pencils, 6 Cool, 6 Warm.
The website has a set for $10.29
You could buy the pencils individually for $0.85 right now
http://ift.tt/2Dr9yfy


I have yet to buy this set, I have been keeping an eye on Amazon, seeing if it might be posted there.

There has been multiple mentions of using grey coloring pencils or pastels to hide the white edge, maybe this will help someone.

Please consider giving a review of the pencils if you do decide to buy a set.

Rick

Thai Paperwork Hurricane II 1/100

After giving up on my 1/33 Peashooter I decided I needed to try something a little simpler. Here is my Thai Paperwork Hurricane from the Battle of Britain.

Once again I learned a lot and the next one will be better.

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CAC Boomerang

Here's the Australian WWII fighter aircraft CAC Boomerang. I built this model out of old black & white plan, so it needed to be painted. Markings and camouflage are my grandson's(he's also modeler) job. Painting is not based on particular aircraft, our main inspiration were Boomerangs from Bougainville in 1945.
Scale 1/33

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