Troy Molitor Posted January 8, 2023 Share Posted January 8, 2023 I don't always check into the jet builds but when I do.....I love seeing your magic displayed. Thanks for the updates Chuck. Troy. chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I wish you the best of luck with your home renovation. I started renovations in my apartment in the fall of 19th year and I still need to make a balcony. I was deprived of my desktop for two years! It's long, it's expensive, it's a lot of garbage! And you write that an element of the chair was lost. I have the same problem! I don't know how it happened. I have another chair for another project and I made a shape for this item but haven't restored it yet. I will do this when it's time to finally install the chair. chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serkan Sen Posted January 9, 2023 Share Posted January 9, 2023 I wish you good luck and have fun with your home renovation. During our home renovation my wife was always complaining that I was working with modeller precision... Your build is amazing and this very instructive project. I wish I had seen it before I started my 1:48 project. But it is too late. I have nearly finished my build which is based on Academy Viper kit with self made masks and decals: Serkan chuck540z3, Rocat, Memphis and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 (edited) January 15, 2024 I’m BAAAACK! Well, sort of. It has been just over 1 year since my last post and I’m eager to get back into the modeling game, with some limitations. Retirement was supposed to give me more modeling time, but instead I seem to have less. Major renovations to our house took about 9 months, but packing stuff to move everything out and then back in took another 3 months of chaos, hard work and hassle. Ugh! I’m so glad it’s mostly over. Like most home renovations, the vast majority of the changes were what my wife wanted to do, which is fine with me, because I’m fairly useless with home design, color coordination and such, and I also really don’t care all that much. Where I did have some say, however, was in my modeling room and a new display cabinet, where I can finally display my 1/32 jets without crowding them too much. Here’s a few pics of the beast in so-so light, which measures roughly 44” wide, 25” deep and 9 feet tall from floor to ceiling in our basement. Bright LED Lighting strips are integrated into each side, with a dimmer switch if you want to tone things down. This sucker is BIG, in order to fit 2 big jets on each glass shelf. Glass doors closed Glass doors open Zoomed in a bit This cabinet was made to be integrated into my bar area, with a side window to let in more light. I’m very happy with the end results, so that my models can now be seen safely by others, while keeping the little hands of my grandchildren out! Although I haven’t modeled for a long time, I have checked out many of your models, either here in the WIP or the RFI forum. Standing back and taking it all in, these thoughts come to mind over the past year: · “Scratch” manufactured models, using 3D printing, is exploding and is clearly a big part of the modeling future · The aftermarket is rapidly growing, also using 3D printing, with never seen before detail and quality · We have new model manufacturers that weren’t around a few years ago, kicking out some fantastic kits that were not available before. Kotare and JETMADS comes to mind- and I now have a JETMADS 1:32 AJ37 Viggen kit on the way for a future build. · It’s hard to keep up with all that’s going on! One thing that I find a bit frustrating, is that I have been collecting all sorts of aftermarket items for future builds, which are mostly cast resin parts from small cottage industry vendors, that may or may not be around in the future. I have lots of jet exhausts, missiles and conversion sets that for the most part, are now garbage in my mind with all the cool new offerings that we now have, and continue to be made available. For instance, everything that ResKit now makes is a lot better than the equivalent item that I have in the stash, so I’ll never use the old stuff anymore. I’ll probably just donate most of it, so that it doesn’t go to waste. Anyway, enough rambling and back to this build of what I think is a pretty cool looking Viper Aggressor paint scheme. I am so happy that I took good notes of what I did so far, because I’d be quite lost right now without them. With the resin landing gear and cockpit now properly fit into the kit parts, it’s now time to get some paint on them. Stay tuned as I ease my way back into our fascinating hobby. Cheers, Chuck Edited January 17 by chuck540z3 scvrobeson, geedubelyer, VintageEagle and 26 others 28 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayW Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Great Chuck! Glad to see you back. chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F`s are my favs Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Nice! Happy to see this. And yeah, time certainly flies fast. The cabinet and the lights are Amazing, not to mention the combo of models - just lovely! Btw this Jetmads company also intriguied me quite a lot when I found out they would make the F-22... hopefully for real, and soon. As I'm thinking about it now, it's probably more than a year since they announced the F-22 project - do you know about anything new on that topic... chuck540z3 and Dadeo911 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Kevin Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 Welcome back, Chuck! Kev chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck540z3 Posted January 17 Author Share Posted January 17 7 minutes ago, F`s are my favs said: Btw this Jetmads company also intriguied me quite a lot when I found out they would make the F-22... hopefully for real, and soon. As I'm thinking about it now, it's probably more than a year since they announced the F-22 project - do you know about anything new on that topic... No idea when the F-22 will come out since it's still a "Future Release" with no firm timetable, while the sold out (they are always sold out) J35J Draken comes out this year. These kits are expensive at about $500 Cdn and you have to pay in advance, so it's a little intimidating to take that risk, but I always have my credit card company to fall back on if the model never arrives at my door. A friend of mine has the JA 37 Viggen and it looks awesome with excellent foam packing to avoid breakage of the delicate resin parts. He can get 2 to 3 times what he paid for it on e-bay, or at least that's the asking price these days, since they are limited to 500 copies of each model worldwide. With that in mind, I ordered my Viggen several months ago and it should now be here any day. Cheers, Chuck F`s are my favs, chaos07 and Buster99 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos07 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 (edited) Great to see you back Chuck! What an awesome display cabinet for your finished work - and that height - allows one to view the details that may often go unnoticed on the bottom of your builds. Edited January 18 by chaos07 scvrobeson and chuck540z3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scvrobeson Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Good to see you back at it. That's a truly beautiful display cabinet. Looks like you've got nice space for a few more builds to go in before having to worry about expansion. Looking forward to the resumption of the Viper Matt chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Bar you say! When's the open house! Looking forward to the continuation of your build. Cheers, Mike A-10LOADER and chuck540z3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cycling Guy Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 Nice to see you back and the cabinet looks incredible! Literally just showed my partner and she said, "I'm sure you want this somewhere in the house too?" Now I'm curious to see what your work space looks like. chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-10LOADER Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Congrats on getting your house back Chuck. Love the cabinet and I'm also curious on seeing pics of the model room. Steve chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldbaldguy Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Chuck: “Retirement was supposed to give me more modeling time, but now I seem to have less…” Yeah, no shizzle. I don’t get it either. chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael931080 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Great to see you back in the fold again Chuck! Beautiful setup for the completed masterpieces! Keep Well! chuck540z3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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