themongoose Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Here's a fun build I started. Our local IPMS club has a MONSTER theme'd night coming up in the Fall. I've had this on my shelf for 20 years now! Time to get creative. I'm doing a combination RatRod and WWII fighter theme. This thing takes alot to clean up. The plastic is almost like what I see for vacu-form mold. Ejection pin marks all over it. And you'd think the base would have the pin marks on the back...BUT NO they are all over the top face. Geeez it's going to take tons of cleanup and bondo! Digger is all finished. Wow I'm really happy with how this turned out. The Big Red One is coming ashore! This rust method is going to take some more work. Each time I do it the colors seem to show up better. The biggest struggle has been getting the orange filter to show up. It really seems to build up slowly. I'm only assuming that since other lessons on filters say it take multiple coats. The Vallejo book doesn't really cover that though. Here are some pics I took with a clean background. Definitely going in the display case tonight [:P] MikeC, mustang1989, Gazzas and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Awesome!! It's like a Rat Fink special, super cool LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee in Texas Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Big Red 1? That’s interesting. D.B. Andrus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 3 hours ago, Out2gtcha said: Awesome!! It's like a Rat Fink special, super cool Which reminds me that I still need to grab another Revell "Angel Fink" to go along with my car models. I built the digger, and as I recall a few others, when I was just a tyke, and loved it. Yours looks great, and certainly brings back some great memories. Out2gtcha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themongoose Posted July 20, 2019 Author Share Posted July 20, 2019 20 minutes ago, LSP_K2 said: Which reminds me that I still need to grab another Revell "Angel Fink" to go along with my car models. I built the digger, and as I recall a few others, when I was just a tyke, and loved it. Yours looks great, and certainly brings back some great memories. Wow i couldn't imagine building this as a kid. Digger was completely missing 2 steps for assembly! Love the cartoon instruction sheet for sure though! I’ve never had more fun with a build. Just deciding what to do and looking at pics of other people’s Digger was fun. There are so many creative avenues with these. I have the Drag Hag in my stash as well. My wife said she may paint it if i assemble it. Sounds like fun! K2 I’ve never heard of Angel Fink, will have to look that one up LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmthamade Posted July 21, 2019 Share Posted July 21, 2019 Looks like a nice fun build!! I remember seeing these a lifetime ago at the department store toy sections. Didn't give them a second glance, weren't "serious" models. Fast forward 4-5 decades and they look like they could be something fun to do... Don LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang1989 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 Cool to see one of these built up!! Looks great bud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 On 7/20/2019 at 6:16 PM, themongoose said: K2 I’ve never heard of Angel Fink, will have to look that one up It's a kit I had when I was a kid, and I'd really like to do another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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