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I have a lot of bad models. Mostly because I still those.... :oops:


Here we go: notice the nice seam on this strikemaster and the gloss coat:

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A Yak-6 with ill fitting windows, silvered decals and a string for rigging the aerial.

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And of course a huge seam:
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Worst. Canopy. Masking. Ever.

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Gear? What gear?

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Right... :hmm:

So THOSE are you embarrassing builds?

Well if that's the level being set can I point you in the direction of my current WIP threads as non of mine are as good as that!
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JimD wrote:(...) C'mon guy and gals...share your turds...except :FM: ...you're exempt because you were always awesome. :D
Yeah, no... :hmm: I looked through my extensive (and expensive) catalogue of builds and couldn't really find anything to these low standards. I did find a model that only placed 2nd at an IPMS Nationals---that was the closest I got... :bored:
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here are some of the earliest builds I still have pics of.... :bang:

These three come all the way from 2009!!! I no longer have any of them. The fort and corsair got crushed when shelves fell on them, and my dad kidnapped the phantom.
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these ones I built a few years later (2011?)

Old Airfix dual kit, Spitfire chasing buzz-bomb, 1/72 scale. This guy got crushed when I had my shelving accident
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Revel/mono P-51 in 1/48. This is my first mustang, "Chickpea". Also got crushed
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This Schwalbe made it out of the shelving disaster mostly intact, only antenna and landing gear broke. I fixed it up and it sits in my new(er) display case. RoG 1/72
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That is a fancy color scheme on the Phantom Owl. I like it, what kind of a whiff is it?
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This pains me...a little bit!!!!

This goes way back to around 1994-ish...one of the first few kits that I built after coming back the first time.
My "bench" was an old mildewed desk, in a stone walled, dirt floored basement, that only had one light bulb hanging in a corner. My tools/supplies consisted of a handful of Testors paints, two brushes, Testors tube glue, a black, plastic handled hobby knife and a couple rattlecans. I got this kit for a buck, along with a couple Starfix kits that met their demise many years ago!

My first Zero! (no idea what company it's from)

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Fermis wrote:This pains me...a little bit!!!!

This goes way back to around 1994-ish...one of the first few kits that I built after coming back the first time.
My "bench" was an old mildewed desk, in a stone walled, dirt floored basement, that only had one light bulb hanging in a corner. My tools/supplies consisted of a handful of Testors paints, two brushes, Testors tube glue, a black, plastic handled hobby knife and a couple rattlecans. I got this kit for a buck, along with a couple Starfix kits that met their demise many years ago!

My first Zero! (no idea what company it's from)

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:yikes:

:ballbat: ...okay...that hurt me eyes a bit... :puzzle:
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My miserable attempt on the 1/9 scale Kübelwagen about ten years ago. Had a Revell Starter Kit-Airbrush back then. No compressor, just a can full of blast. Aborted build after I forced the rubber parts to shrink in hot water (tried to get rid of the plasticizer).

The engine with my first weathering-tryouts... :headslap:

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