Back from my reservist

Sorry for the lack of updates for a week... I was back in te army for my reservist. Nothing serious as I was just a lowly clerk during my NSF days.. Now back to the modeling bench aka coffee table!

Super hot in Singapore

It's really hot last few days averaging 29deg at night.. Not much modeling work done except sanding down the air filter. Nowadays when I do modeling, it's to enjoy the process and to 'get that model I saw in the book'. My motivation has been encouragement from my fellow modellers and self actualization. In the past I did work towards a competition and hope to win big, but seeing how many powerful modellers and their works I was greatly humbled at my amateur works. It became too stressful and not enjoyable anymore. So, I just want to enjoy the hobby and get the kits to display at home! What's your motivation in modeling?

Falke 4 : air filter

Tiny update: constructed the air filter using just Pla plate. Will putty the gaps and sand down.

Falke 4 : minor update

Been sanding the air brakes and will make the rivet holes using a 1mm tube by first softening the styrene with the extra thin cement first. Learnt this trick from the Mak in sf3d vol 2 where max watanabe did the same thing to deepen the rivets and panel lines on the Falke.  Started to make the air filter. As I can't find good images of it online, I will build it creatively... :)

Falke 4 : Oogling the boom engine and some progress

Oogling the boom engine made by futch and from the box, sold thru ihysc roboterkampf... It's really detailed and made of 3 parts and a piece of wire which replicates the pipes.

I had initially thought I could scratch build it using pictures from the Mak books but after seeing this resin, there is no way I can get to this. Also dropped the idea of rubber casting to make a duplicate for the other side cos it's too complex a shape. Going back to the build, I added plapate to the air brakes, putty up the gaps, and added another thinner layer to simulate the front bulge being slightly thicker and being bolted on.(see the one on the back)

In parallel, I am scratch building another main weapon based on Zuru jp's sketch of a Falke mounted on a tank. I sketched it out on a piece of paper and will build it based on a lighter. Note that I dun smoke, lighters are used for lighting candles on birthday cakes.

Falke 4 : Resin engines arrived!

Look at what came in today!

A kind member of the Mak forum gave me an original Falke engine resin made by futch who made and sold the resin Falke before the styrene version which we are building, came out!
It's beautiful!
Now I gotta figure put how to fix it inside ...

Thanks so much zerobxu!!!
So exciting !!

Falke 4 : after much filing...

Almost done.. Moving on to the airbrakes!