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What nice old gentlemen pay me to do for them at night.

PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:55 am
by GooglyDooglyV.2
....building their model kits for them.

This is part of a USS Nimitz carrier commission I got a while back. While the ship is HUGE and took quite a bit of time to build, it was the Air Group that nearly killed me. 75+ aircraft, some of them have 15 or more parts each, that has to be assembled and painted...all about the size of a US quarter.
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Re: What nice old gentlemen pay me to do for them at night.

PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 12:25 pm
by Greyhaunt
reminds me of all the days I used to spend painting little gaming miniatures O.O; That'll make you go blind (and grow hair on you palms and......)

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:06 pm
by GooglyDooglyV.2
Hey I shaved my palm first before taking that pic, because people might get the wrong idea.

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 3:56 pm
by DinobotDen
...daaaaayuuuuum.... TINY JET IS TINY!!! *Cackle*

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PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:01 pm
by Sixoclock
Hmm.. Well considering your involvment, is there really a "right" idea?

:)

GooglyDooglyV.2 wrote:Hey I shaved my palm first before taking that pic, because people might get the wrong idea.

Re: What nice old gentlemen pay me to do for them at night.

PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:53 pm
by victoriavictrix
Lou, Larry says that your work is stunning.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:37 am
by Dark Angel
Oh man thats tiny!!!

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:52 pm
by Itsaiya
Jeeze..... 75 of those things makes me frightenned... but awesome work, as always! xD

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 10:31 am
by yah
wow, That is cool :shock:
I have old capsule toy plane, but it is cheap..

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 06, 2010 4:12 pm
by Geektopian
Ouch! Reason number 580 of why I don't build ship models :lol: . Did your client request a deck crew (yes, they make 1/350 scale figures!) or did you manage to avoid that torture?

Oh, and the F18... my favorite alarm clock! Back when I first moved to New Orleans, the jet jocks at Belle Chasse used to love to light up the afterburners right as they approached the river. Living near the river, I could just about count on being jolted out of bed nice and early on Sunday morning (Sunday being my only day off at the time) about once a month.