KellerModeller's chaotic cellar

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KellerModeller's chaotic cellar

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Hello all,
so that's my workbench from first person point of view:

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As you can see, I did not specifically clean it up for this picture. ;-)
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OK, I did, but that's the result.. :-D

I was recently gifted some workbench updates for my birthday, a Greenstuff Hobby Arch lamp and a tablet holder to watch reference pictures / videos while painting:

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Don't know if it will help :lol: , didn't try it yet as I am not at home for some time.

Thanks for looking
KM
I like to carve old kits into something roughly aircraft/tank shaped... :grin:
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That's an impressive workspace KM.
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Wow! Impressive! I love that lamp!
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That looks good enough to me! I can only dream of my own space since the cat owns everything.
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Super space and lamp you have there KM - it looks so organized!
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B4en wrote: February 23rd, 2024, 6:37 am Super space and lamp you have there KM - it looks so organized!
It only looks that way, I normally spend 1/4 of my modeling time searching stuff... :-D
In most cases I will find out that I already used the tool some days ago and missed to put it back, so it became part of the chaos that is surrounding the actual 20x20cm modeling area :grin:
I like to carve old kits into something roughly aircraft/tank shaped... :grin:
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Looks like a cosy corner.

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KellerModeller wrote: February 23rd, 2024, 8:41 am
B4en wrote: February 23rd, 2024, 6:37 am Super space and lamp you have there KM - it looks so organized!
It only looks that way, I normally spend 1/4 of my modeling time searching stuff... :-D
In most cases I will find out that I already used the tool some days ago and missed to put it back, so it became part of the chaos that is surrounding the actual 20x20cm modeling area :grin:
That sounds about right, on both counts. :)
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Still not at home but on a routine medical treatment, I took some modelling stuff with me...

Time for another restauration (or much belated finish with missing parts :ha:

An Esci SdKfz. 250/10, left in this state around 1995/96. What we see here is all that is left:

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The fit of lower and upper hull was not very precise, so 13yr old me sanded the seam. Seemed like a good idea at that time, but it removed the characteristic sharp edges of the vehicle:

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So the first step is to build up the edges again using stretched sprue:

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It will later be followed by sanding and filling.

Thanks for looking :beer:
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Looks small in your hand. Good work.

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"The fit of lower and upper hull was not very precise, so 13yr old me sanded the seam. Seemed like a good idea at that time, but it removed the characteristic sharp edges of the vehicle"

Ratch would probably tell you to attribute it to "Battle Damage" where as I with my ever increasing knowledge of the fine art of highly detailed model making would suggest that you "chuck some mud on it!" :ha:
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That's the way I would have tried to restore the missing edges, KM. I think it should work fine with a bit of careful sanding. Or if all else fails, you could do worse than David's advice above - chuck some mud on it :ha:
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Just thinking which kind of battle might cause this effects.. 🤔😁
Maybe retreating too fast while driving in a village with small streets and houses with very rough yet strong walls.
:-D
And the mud would need to have the consistency of cow poo to stick in that area 🐄😅

Please don't get me wrong, I am happy about every comment and don't want to malign your feedback, but as I'm not a native speaker I fear it might not be obvious I'm just kidding here 😇

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I think I said it already somewhere else - nice Keller. Unless you are not a very big guy with real big hands then this is quite a small thingie you have in your hands
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Thank you!
I actually have very small hands for my size of around 1,80m 😁
It is an 1/72 model so it's quite small, but I t seems that the 250 is also not an enormous thing in real life.. 😀
I like to carve old kits into something roughly aircraft/tank shaped... :grin:
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