Beowulfs workbench

[Evil Eye]

So... did you play with that ship in the bathtub yet?

 

[beowulf]

 

[Evil Eye]

I'll take that as a yes

 

[beowulf]

my first proper go at tanks.....not something ive ever really done before cos i have always shied away from having a go at the weathering, but you have to start somewhere i guess

Soviet SU-100 Tank Destroyer from WW2, in 1/35 scale.....aaa battery for scale.....fun to have a go at something outside my comfort zone for change

 

[Jazzy]

Amazing and what a great job you did! Thank you so much for posting it !

 

[Evil Eye]

Cool, what does the text on the side say?

 

[beowulf]

Cool, what does the text on the side say?

no idea.....something in russian......

......they were great fans for putting patriotic slogans on the sides of tanks or aircraft

 

[Flurry]

Wow man! These are really great!

 

[beowulf]

Honda RC211V Gresini MoviStar Team...........Daijiro Kato's bike from 2002/3



had the option of doing Sete Gibernau's bike but since im a Valetinik there was no way i could do his bike

for those that dont know........Kato was 2001 250 world champ.........moved to 500 (what is now moto gp) the following year with the Gresini team............he had a major accident at Suzuka in Japan in 2003...........died 2 weeks later........the FIM retired his race number after that.......how the marshalls coped with the accident caused a controversy at the time and Suzuka have not been allowed to host a GP since



treble a battery for scale

 

[Jazzy]

I

it and I want that bike!

 

[beowulf]

bit different to a harley.........0-100 kph in 2.2 secs, 0-200 kph in 5.9 secs.........top speed of @ 320 kph

 

[Jazzy]

We have a speedway track here and I'd love to take that baby for a ride. I like 'em fast...well, bikes that is

 

[Odie]

Honda RC211V Gresini MoviStar Team...........Daijiro Kato's bike from 2002/3



had the option of doing Sete Gibernau's bike but since im a Valetinik there was no way i could do his bike

for those that dont know........Kato was 2001 250 world champ.........moved to 500 (what is now moto gp) the following year with the Gresini team............he had a major accident at Suzuka in Japan in 2003...........died 2 weeks later........the FIM retired his race number after that.......how the marshalls coped with the accident caused a controversy at the time and Suzuka have not been allowed to host a GP since



treble a battery for scale

what a shame he died that way.



awesome work again, so much detail!



remember to post this one on facebook!

 

[beowulf]

what a shame he died that way.



awesome work again, so much detail!



remember to post this one on facebook!

thanks guys

at least he died doing what he loved......at the top of his game too....he was tipped for great things



theres some more info for you



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daijiro_Kato

considering how dangerous bike racing is, (Kato was the last rider to die in Moto GP.....2003.......the one before that was 1993) it dosnt have that many fatal accidents

 

[Evil Eye]

I can't believe you have the patience to put all those stickers on

 

[beowulf]

neither can i at times

theres over 60 on that bike.....just doing that took about 10 days

 

[Evil Eye]

You must have steady hands

 

[beowulf]

Trade Federation Assault Tank from Star Wars episdoe 1



my modelling forum have had a group build going, the theme is star trek or star wars...had this in the stash so decided to use it as a practice piece to try some weathering techniques to create rust on plastic and try and make a 'used' example



aaa size battery so you can judge the scale of this thing.....biggest thing ive ever built!...lord knows where im going to put it cos its too big to go in my display cabinets

 

[Jazzy]

Wow! I'm not used to seeing something so large from your workbench. I really like the weathering techniques on this. I would imagine it's very difficult to get this result on plastic.

 

[Evil Eye]

Do you have any tiny men to man all those things?