Back to part 1 On The Bench 255 As I noted previously, we thought of this kit as a “model that Aurora should have produced.” To that end, we wanted the kit to have some classic “Aurora style” packaging. I reached out to Chris White, who had painted several box covers for Polar Lights including [more]
On The Bench 254 Moebius Models has just put out The Munsters House,1313 Mockingbird Lane, home of Herman and Lily Munster. It is a kit that everyone has wanted for a very long time. It really is a kit that Aurora should have produced, but never had. And here you will read the secret story [more]
back to Part 1 Experiments. I had cut a strip of all the layers (with the exception of the plain white reflective layer) to use as a demonstration piece for this article. I replaced the white plastic reflective layer with a piece of aluminum foil glued to the back of the dispersion layer with Aleene’s [more]
Experiments in the Use of Modern Light Diffusion Techniques as Applied to Model Starships or How Do We Light Them Dang Nacelles? by Jan Madsen The purpose of this article is to explain the use of surplus monitor backlight assemblies in the use of model lighting. The first part of the article explains how the [more]
I chose the Reliant but “changed it up” a bit. I did some kitbashing using the Reliant main body and the Rio Grande Runabout struts and nacelles and sensor assembly. It is,overall, finished, but I still need to add decals, which I need to get custom one from JT-Graphics. I have the name and registry [more]
It’s been awhile but I have been back on it. Not much to show but it has moved on a bit. I have sent photos of the jockey and parts for the telescope, at least I hope that’s what they look like! Dave Tootill Check out the previous photos See the completed model
WIP pictures of 1:32 CSM Apollo 17. Getting closer to having it finished. I am adding a photo etched cockpit with resin astronauts. Hope you like it. Steven Carricato
Building the Seaview: the Observation Nose Like most Seaview fans, I was excited by the recent release of a kit of the TV version of the Seaview by Monsters-in-Motion. So, I took a break from my never-ending Lunar Model’s Seaview project to build this kit (someday I hope to build models of something other [more]
Digging in the depths of the hard drives, I was able to track down this page from 1998. It’s one of the first On The Bench pages and the oldest one that appears to survive. The first 6 installments of On The Bench are either long lost, or were moved to other sections of the [more]
For the 250th edition of On The Bench, Joel Tavera shares his Chariot build up that he did for Bob Burns.
Back to Part 1 Painting I masked off the cockpit and used Rustoleum Painter’s Touch grey primer to prepare the surface for paint. I primed the fuselage and engine exhaust assembly separately to save time making and painting the exhaust later. I pre-shaded certain areas with Tamiya XF-1 Flat Black and then over coated this [more]
Here’s a look at my build-up of Moebuis’ 1/32 Viper MKII from the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series. I added a photo-etched decal set and created a custom pilot’s nameplate and tail number. The Model The Viper MKII is kitted by Moebius in 1/32 scale and comes very well detailed and researched straight out of the [more]
Here are some photos of the Joe 90 Flying Car. It is one of two I am building. Pete Hutton
Start with part 1 Back to part 4 Jay Chaladek continues with his Constellation project
