My other hobby.... [Archive]

UncaBret

10-23-2008, 10:27 PM

So, after about 30 years out of the hobby I decided to start building models again. Only this time in 1/48 scale (I used to build 1/35) and my eyes and hands aren't what they used to be. Here goes......
M4 Sherman (pop-tab for size)
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/randompics031.jpg

M10 Wolverine
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/Tanksalot008.jpg

A27M Cromwell
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/tanksalot001-3.jpg

Recon Jeeps
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/tanksalot008-1.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/tanksalot003-2.jpg

Universal Carrier
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/Tanksalot004-1.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/Tanksalot010.jpg

Sherman IC 'Firefly'
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/tanksalot001-1.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot001.jpg

That's enough for now.

The Zigman

10-23-2008, 10:36 PM

Wow!!
great work man!, And those are tiny!
Excellent paint work too!!

FISHSHROD

10-23-2008, 10:47 PM

Nice work, reminds me of when I was a kid , use to do jets and planes back in the 60's, thanks for the memories.

And I bet unca is for uncle , I'm uncamouk on youtube.

msjinkzd

10-23-2008, 10:53 PM

Those are amazing!!! Well done, i look forward to seeing more.

dirtydawg10

10-23-2008, 11:06 PM

Nice work, Bret!

Dangerdoll

10-23-2008, 11:08 PM

how cool is that!! Great work Bret!

UncaBret

10-24-2008, 12:10 AM

Thanks, everyone!

But wait! There's more!

Ahhh, yes. The Tiger I
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot008.jpg

M4A1 Sherman 'Rhino', my first attempt at making sandbags from clay
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot019.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot001-1.jpg

Stug III B
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot001-2.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot001-3.jpg

My first one (the M4 Sherman) on a new base. The falling bricks were fun.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot015.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot022.jpg

Another M4A1
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot024.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot031.jpg

Panzer IV J
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot001-4.jpg

and my latest finished kit, an M20 Armoured car
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot063.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot068.jpg

247Plants

10-24-2008, 1:07 AM

Awesome detail work....must have logged a lot of hours on those.

zzyzx85

10-24-2008, 2:07 AM

You sure love your M4 tanks.

I built a model of the USS Arizona a few years back after a very long break from building models (I used to build model fighter planes before jr. high. They weren't very good.)

No way it compares in details to yours but I'm still proud (and surprised) at how well it came out. Too bad I haven't found a case to put it in so it's collecting dust in my room.

SchizotypalVamp

10-24-2008, 3:50 AM

I def like em:)

116

10-24-2008, 4:00 AM

Oh.. em.. Gee...

Those are so awsome!!! I'd kill to have one of those in with my beardies. It'd be like watching a Godzilla movie... but foreals.

Nice work, bro. You must have a steady set of hands.

UncaBret

10-24-2008, 9:20 AM

Thanks, all!

You must have a steady set of hands.

Not really. Sometimes I need a twelve pack to get through the detail work.

Something I'm working on now, a 1/35 scale German gun. Gun and base are finished, just waiting on accessories and figures to get finished.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot076.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot078.jpg

The bases measure just under 5" by 10".

Dangerdoll

10-24-2008, 11:13 AM

I am just amazed, Bret.... they are really really good!!!

unvmyplecos

10-24-2008, 11:36 AM

i love 54mm plastic toyu soldiers and those are just awesome man, just awesome, its been a while since ive seen anything that good

kjr928

10-24-2008, 11:38 AM

These are beautiful.

You could probably sell these and make a fortune.

Reefscape

10-24-2008, 11:40 AM

Stunning job there....takes me back to my childhood.....very impressed indeed with your detail on them...

hike13

10-24-2008, 3:21 PM

I recall seeing these somewhere before. :grinyes: Nice work.

UncaBret

10-24-2008, 4:55 PM

i love 54mm plastic toyu soldiers
Really? I have over a dozen plastic shoe boxes full of 'em! American Civil War, Victorian British, World War One. Armies in Plastic is my favorite, but I also have Imex, HaT, Accurate, etc,.. My buddy and I were working on a set of rules for wargaming with them.

DrNo

10-25-2008, 1:00 AM

Bret those are truly exceptional... I'm working on a 1:29 G scale model train layout with my father-in-lawand I wish I could harness your talents! Awesome eye and attention to detail...

Redneck Woman

10-25-2008, 10:18 AM

Those are awesome!!!:thm:

Quinn1928

10-25-2008, 10:28 AM

that is really cool.......... they are so tiny

UncaBret

10-25-2008, 3:15 PM

Bret those are truly exceptional... I'm working on a 1:29 G scale model train layout with my father-in-lawand I wish I could harness your talents! Awesome eye and attention to detail...
If you need/want dead leaves like those on the Pak 40 base, find some birch trees and gather some of the seed clusters (catkins). Seperate the seeds from the leaf thingies and discard them. The bigger the tree the bigger the "leaves" you get. The smaller ones came from a 4-5" trunked tree, the larger ones came from a 14 -15" trunked tree. (1/35 figure for scale)
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot032-1.jpg

DrNo

10-25-2008, 3:16 PM

Great idea... appreciated! Will take a trip to the mountains here in Southern AZ to find birch but well worth it.

UncaBret

10-29-2008, 12:39 PM

Painting figures
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot085.jpg

noodles62

10-29-2008, 12:48 PM

amazing work! I love the settings you put them in - very authentic and great details!

unvmyplecos

10-29-2008, 6:42 PM

bret i personally like world war 2 era... if i may could i put you up to a challenge? i would like to see a german pillbox with a tiger posistion...... im sorry to sound so demanding just an idea to try to make from scratch

chefjamesscott

10-29-2008, 6:50 PM

very awesome thread ill subscribe to this for sure

very nice models

unvmyplecos

10-29-2008, 6:56 PM

got any tips for me to maximize my layout for a battlefield etc, any natural stuff i could find in my yard good websites anything that would help

Squawkbert

10-29-2008, 6:59 PM

Wow - very nice.

If you want to see this sort of stuff in action, there's a super realistic MMPORG set in W. Europe, 1940-'42.

Check it out... http://www.battlegroundeurope.com/ They frequently run free trials.

UncaBret

10-29-2008, 10:58 PM

got any tips for me to maximize my layout for a battlefield etc, any natural stuff i could find in my yard good websites anything that would help
Besides the birch seeds, you can use tree roots as trees, very small gravel can be found on the road side. Twigs can be used to make log fortifications.
I assume you want this for wargaming?

Redneck Woman

10-29-2008, 11:57 PM

I know this may sound like a stupid question but, what is the hair spray for?

UncaBret

10-30-2008, 12:05 AM

I know this may sound like a stupid question but, what is the hair spray for?
Sometimes I like to do my hair while I'm working on a model. It just makes me feel pretty!

Actually, it is one of the best things for fixing ground cover, foliage, etc.. it works like spray glue.

I wonder what it does to hair???

Redneck Woman

10-30-2008, 12:17 AM

Well, your hair just looks amazing!!!:evil_lol:

I thought maybe it took paint off or something. Interesting!:)

unvmyplecos

10-30-2008, 6:14 AM

Besides the birch seeds, you can use tree roots as trees, very small gravel can be found on the road side. Twigs can be used to make log fortifications.
I assume you want this for wargaming?
yes that is what i use it for but not any of those like, um warhammer or any of that

UncaBret

10-30-2008, 11:45 AM

Something I did fooling around while working on the Jeeps and Universal carrier vignettes. A German secret weapon!

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/tanksalot003-1.jpg

unvmyplecos

10-30-2008, 5:12 PM

lol bret..... arent we lucky they did not actually have one of those....... or did they?

Slappy*McFish

10-30-2008, 7:19 PM

Dang! That's some museum quality work there. Saweeet!

Darkness9876

10-30-2008, 7:38 PM

Spectacular. I would love to pick up this hobby someday, put them around my office.

Well if were suggesting future models, I would love to see a german halftrack coming out of a muddy ditch front wheels in the air.

unvmyplecos

10-30-2008, 8:08 PM

i am going to attempt to paint a couple things ill post something tommorow, tell me how good i do for the first time

unvmyplecos

10-30-2008, 8:53 PM

ok i got a bunch of easy things done, ive done the base coat of some sandbags, ive made and painted a cheapo cement bunker, did two faces and the top of some tank traps and ill let them dry and finish em all tommorow morning.... illl post pics bright and early when i have access to the laptop (my computer doesn't have a sandisk port)

Darkness9876

10-30-2008, 10:34 PM

so both unvmyplecos and unca bret do this, we might need to set up a judging contest here sometime.

unvmyplecos

10-31-2008, 4:40 AM

nah i dont do quality detailed work (yet) he does

unvmyplecos

10-31-2008, 5:15 AM

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UncaBret

10-31-2008, 9:10 AM

Well if were suggesting future models, I would love to see a german halftrack coming out of a muddy ditch front wheels in the air.

Well, AFV Club has a Sdkfz 251 coming out sometime soon, and it's on my list!

Darkness9876

10-31-2008, 12:45 PM

Sounds good, can't wait to see it.

Oh Unvmyplecos, yours looks better than I could do right now.

UncaBret

10-31-2008, 4:58 PM

Here are some sandbag walls/emplacements I put together several years ago using Tamiya's 1/35 scale Sandbag set;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot092.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot093.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot094.jpg

and some fences I made from basswood strips;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot095.jpg

unvmyplecos

10-31-2008, 5:13 PM

got finished painting some plastic redoubts, belgian gates and a trailer

UncaBret

11-06-2008, 7:49 PM

Finally got around to finishing the figures for the Pak 40;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot096.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot097.jpg

krazy4country

11-06-2008, 8:01 PM

cool,neat,detailed

austinpetemo

11-06-2008, 8:20 PM

those would look awsome in a fish tankshame that they probrobly arnt fish safe. nice models.

pik01

11-07-2008, 3:28 AM

I'd absolutely love to get into this. I'd go blind obsessing over every minute detail, and I'd love every minute of it!

Superb craftsmanship Uncabret, hats off.

UncaBret

11-08-2008, 10:58 AM

Thanks, all.
Now I'm trying to decide what to start on next.

UncaBret

11-27-2008, 9:36 AM

Well, I've started on a German anti-aircraft gun, but that darn Fable II.....

I did write another review for Armorama, though. I'm working on a review of the AA gun kit. And I've got a Reindeer Team With German Bomb kit I'm supposed to be writing about.

FISHSHROD

11-27-2008, 2:47 PM

I would love to experience those places , VERY NICE PICS !!!!!!!

unvmyplecos

11-27-2008, 2:48 PM

ooooooo more works hehe

fwiffo

11-28-2008, 11:24 AM

i like the tiger I and the stug 2. im a model builder myself: i have a kv-1b and an is-3 heavy tanks. its a fun hobby really. very relaxing.

UncaBret

12-30-2008, 10:46 AM

Okay, it's been awhile. Here's a German Flakvierling 38 (anti-aircraft gun), I'll get it based sometime soon.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot002-3.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot001-5.jpg

Penfan66

12-30-2008, 11:53 AM

Those are sick Bret!

Very detailed craftsmanship!

dirtydawg10

12-30-2008, 12:06 PM

Very nice, Bret!!

UncaBret

01-13-2009, 11:32 AM

Thanks. Here's another, a M10 Wolverine during the Battle of the Bulge
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot010-1.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot009.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot007.jpg
My first attempt at a real 'whitewash' finish. This will eventually go on a large base with a Greyhound armored car.

Damodred

01-13-2009, 11:46 AM

Oh my GOD. The paint on these things is freakin' fantastic! Great work!

rich311k

01-13-2009, 11:48 AM

Exceptional work!

luckydud13

01-13-2009, 4:44 PM

Hey thats crazy, I have the EXACT same models, not as good of paint job though,

OgreMkV

01-13-2009, 5:47 PM

Excellent work. I used to do that before I had a baby to take care of. I'm more of a science fiction mecha type, but my dad did the WWII stuff.

He had a full battalion of Tigers and Panthers. I've got to get back into that... I need a hobby.

luckydud13

01-13-2009, 9:43 PM

Ogre, you have a hobby. I traded models for fish :D

A. Nonymous

01-13-2009, 9:54 PM

Those are very cool models. My parents tried to get me to take up modeling when I was a kid as they felt I needed a hobby of some kind. All of my models sucked on ice. I think I still have a ship in a bottle kit laying around someplace that I've probably had for a decade or more and haven't even opened though.

Bubbles2112

01-13-2009, 9:57 PM

:thm: You do awesome work!! They are so lifelike.....in a very tiny way!!!

timbo83

01-13-2009, 10:00 PM

those models are awsome. i cant believe the detail in them. ive never seen anything like those. not even in the model its self but the background as well. WOW

josh05magnum

01-13-2009, 10:47 PM

WOW, that is AWESOME work man!
I would love to have something cool like one of those tanks decorating my desk at work. The detail you put into these is ASTONISHING, it is making me type words in CAPS it's so GOOD!
:)

Coler

01-14-2009, 1:45 PM

Really enjoying your thread - excellent work. That Wolverine is just brilliant - love the finish, and the attention to detail (the P sign etc, 'Barbie' all that).

Slappy*McFish

01-14-2009, 1:59 PM

I would love to see some WWII aircraft models or even some ships. I like how you make the water. Imagine a large diorama of some of the Naval battles with aircraft carriers, aircraft, subs and battleships....all in an ocean you made yourself.

jm1212

01-14-2009, 3:39 PM

so awesome...

A. Nonymous

01-14-2009, 5:18 PM

UncaBret

01-15-2009, 12:37 AM

Thanks, all.

but the background as well. WOW
At first the display cases were just supposed to keep the dust off. But then I decided I needed more than just a plain base, maybe some grass or dirt or something. And then it just snowballed.....
Now it seems like I spend as much time on the base as I do on the model. Or more!

FishKing14

01-21-2009, 9:16 PM

WOW, you did an excellent job on every single one! Looking at this thread inspired me to start making models like this. Well now I have another hobby haha. I just need to find time to do everything.

alleykat0498

01-21-2009, 9:33 PM

It's funny how something as simple as a model can bring back so many memories. My dad and I used to sit around in our slingshot's back in the 80's, drink coffee paint and detail all saturday long (I was like 5). I remember thinking he was the only person in the world who could build em like that. Thanks for the memories man...

luckydud13

01-21-2009, 10:01 PM

I remember me and my dad going to hobby town and I asked him which glue to get, and he said the toxic stuff. He said if it doesn't kill ya, it doesn't belong ;)

UncaBret

01-22-2009, 9:12 AM

Looking at this thread inspired me to start making models like this. Well now I have another hobby haha. I just need to find time to do everything.
This website can be very helpful, I'm UncaBret there, too;
http://armorama.kitmaker.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index

UncaBret

02-07-2009, 5:46 PM

Been a while, this is what I'm working on;
M8 Armored Car
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot032-2.jpg
On this base;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot026.jpg
with the M10

unvmyplecos

02-07-2009, 9:47 PM

its funny you posted this, i bought my first real MODEL today its a VW type 82 i thought id start off easy. i hate how the base is so wobly though =( i dont know if i should use acrylic paint or if i should just go buy model paint. any tips on weathering?

UncaBret

02-07-2009, 9:59 PM

PMed ya

unvmyplecos

02-07-2009, 10:01 PM

and i thank ya

also, i forgot to say, lookin good

UncaBret

02-12-2009, 7:54 PM

A few more pics of the M10/M8 dio. First, the M8;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot036.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot037.jpg

And the base with most likely placements;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot057.jpg

I'm waiting for the rest of my figs to arrive before I can finish it up.

UncaBret

03-05-2009, 10:56 PM

Still waiting on the figs for the M10, so I did this;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot122.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot123.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot124.jpg

Crusader AA MkIII in Polish service, just off the boat.

sed03f

03-05-2009, 10:58 PM

sweet, very nice

rocker92

03-05-2009, 11:06 PM

those details are nuts!!!!!!!

great job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

perfectionist

03-05-2009, 11:12 PM

I have never done such thing in my life but it looks great

UncaBret

03-06-2009, 11:28 AM

Thanks!

UncaBret

03-20-2009, 11:19 AM

A new use for that darn duckweed that just won't go away!
Trees!
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot109.jpg

Ground cover and ivy!
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot167.jpg

I just scoop it out and let it dry, then use it just like the other stuff! And I have so much I'm sending it to some of my fishless model building friends.

On another note, my M26 Pershing to go on the roadway base;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot163.jpg

Star_Rider

03-20-2009, 12:19 PM

brings me back to my teen years.

I use to have many of those..I had so much fun.

Fish-Addict

03-20-2009, 12:27 PM

Nice! I used to do them about a year ago, but stopped. Dunno why.
Might start again. I moved onto the army figures from the models, but have a few spare unbuilt ones somewhere...

ChrisK

03-20-2009, 5:05 PM

Great thread you do great work bret

UncaBret

03-30-2009, 8:35 AM

Thanks. I haven't done anything for about a week and a half, tooooo busy. Maybe this week.

DooSPX

03-30-2009, 1:25 PM

wow! amazing!!!

Coler

03-30-2009, 1:27 PM

Yet again really cool !

UncaBret

05-07-2009, 11:55 AM

Okay, I'm getting the "you haven't posted for a while thing", so here's something.
What-if M26 Pershing. What if Patton had gotten his wish to attack Russia after the German surrender?
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/1tanksalot214.jpg

An M26 Pershing of C Co., 66th Armored Regiment, 2nd Armored Division during Operation Red Star, autumn 1945. The 66th's Shermans were replaced with Pershings in Berlin in late June, giving the crews a little over a month to familiarize themselves with their new rides before the push towards Kiev started in late July. The operation was such a success early on that by September the U.S. forces led by Gen. Patton had taken Kiev and turned north-east heading to Moscow.

Tamiya kit, Gaso.Line figures, stowage from Black Dog and Gaso.Line. The ivy is dried duckweed from my 20g Endler farm.

Juggalo3597

05-07-2009, 1:50 PM

have you ever did that warhammer40k ? it is like a dungeons and dragons type deal of a game, only about war and you roll dice and yatta yatta yatta it's really kool it has like space type stuff 2 and diffrent kinds of games 2 with different models

http://www.games-workshop.com/gws/

it really cool cheack out that websight

UncaBret

05-12-2009, 6:08 PM

Never got into WH40K, too many other games in my inventory.

rocker92

05-12-2009, 6:15 PM

lol, great work there Bret! keep it up!!!

cjtabares

05-12-2009, 7:13 PM

I have painted warhammer 40k, my brother played the game i played with him a few time but i like painting them more then playing.

debaric

05-12-2009, 8:45 PM

nice work, i used to do fighter planes and id like to get back into it.

UncaBret

05-14-2009, 8:38 AM

Thanks, all.

Crusader III, Tunisia 1942. I was working on this while waiting for the figs for my Pershing.

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot225.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot228.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/1tanksalot226.jpg

Next up; another M10 Tank Destroyer, this time in French Marine markings.

UncaBret

08-01-2009, 11:12 AM

Wow! It's been a while since I've been here!
Here's the French M10, 99.5 % finished;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/027.jpg

unvmyplecos

08-01-2009, 9:39 PM

its funny i was just wonderin bout this.

UncaBret

08-01-2009, 10:55 PM

How ya been, buddy?

Had some trouble with the decals, but got it looking pretty good, I guess.
Need to work on the base now. I have an idea, but it will take a bit of work.

OgreMkV

08-01-2009, 11:56 PM

Man, I wish you lived close enough to wargame with.

Me and my dad had two battalions of 35th armor. One German, mostly tigers... and one American, mostly TDs and M10s. We had an acre backyard and played weekend long games.

Your work is excellent. Brings back memories, but mine were never that pretty.

UncaBret

08-07-2009, 9:58 PM

The M10 and it's mostly uncompleted base;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/005-1.jpg

UncaBret

08-22-2009, 1:56 PM

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/005.jpg

The base, so far;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/002-1.jpg
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/003-1.jpg

I might have a problem with the top of the case though. It might not fit because the crew is sitting up so high. Oh well, guess I could use it for something else.

UncaBret

10-19-2009, 12:01 PM

An ancient Bandai kit, early '70s production. Barrel replaced with an aluminum one, tracks replaced with Tamiya tracks.
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/001-10.jpg

And one-of-a-kind figures made especially by a friend of mine!
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/002-11.jpg

UncaBret

12-08-2009, 2:28 PM

Some more one-of-a-kind figures sculpted for me;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/001-14.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/002-15.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/004-7.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/008-2.jpg

http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/009-1.jpg

unvmyplecos

12-10-2009, 6:42 PM

oh man i havent seen you in A LONG time. how ya been? nice to see your still workin on these. i'm working on a cheap 1/35 hummer model. did a german listening post, a kubelwagon... just some basic junk lately.

UncaBret

12-10-2009, 9:19 PM

I've been busy with school (mine and our son's) stuff. I'm doing okay, just scored 115 out of 120 on my Meats final and 175 out of 200 on my Baking final.

unvmyplecos

12-11-2009, 5:31 PM

hmmmm i take it you are studying the culinary arts?

or are a taste tester... l0l

BigFishKeeper

12-11-2009, 5:44 PM

I am studying culinary

UncaBret

12-24-2009, 12:33 AM

I'm working on a double degree, Restaurant Management plus Culinary Arts Management. Really cuts into my model building time!

UncaBret

01-31-2010, 12:51 AM

M4A2, New Zealand Armoured Corps, Italy;
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk253/UncaBret/BFoland/001-24.jpg

Still needs a commander figure, should be in soon.

dundadundun

01-31-2010, 5:13 AM

awesome attention to detail and killians irish red on the workbench. what more could a man ask for in a thread?

btw... the recon jeeps... i thought it said BACON JEEPS at first glance. :wall:

Rbishop

01-31-2010, 6:28 AM

Looking good!

thrak76

01-31-2010, 6:45 AM

Nice work, man. I love the vignettes you place the vehicles and such in.

unvmyplecos

01-31-2010, 9:24 AM

nice one!

Michwol42795

01-31-2010, 9:32 AM

WOW!!! Very nice work!!

Bart G

01-31-2010, 9:33 AM

Great job, these are awesome. I really enjoyed the german anti tank gun you built. The scene kinda reminded me of saving private ryan. I have a MARK IV female tank I have yet to finish painting. Those things were awesome. I'm pretty obsessed with the first world war for some reason. I think you have inspired me to finish it and make a base or it. Maybe a muddy trench and some Huns on the run!