Community Miniature Spotlight: Scale Models Edition – Weathering, Dirt, and Rigging

These are some of our favorites from this week’s Miniature Monday and WIP Wednesday on social media. Come take a look at what the community is working on!

F14B/D Super Tomcat VF11/VF31#144スケモ#ScaleModel#F14 pic.twitter.com/JRdKuAaBAx

— Saratoga (@saratog07963181) March 15, 2020

 

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#gundamuniverse #gundamstagram #gundambuilder #scalemodels #dioramas #gundamcustom #military #manga #anime #modelbuilding #tejada #japon #gunpla #gunplabuilders #gunplajapan #gunplaphilippines #gunplacanada #bandai #gunplajapan #rx78 #gbwcmontreal #gbwccanada2018 #gundamgm #gmcolonytype #gundamuc #gunplacommunity

A post shared by Nicolás Tejada Scale Modeller (@nicotejada_scale_modeller) on Mar 12, 2020 at 4:47am PDT

[エグゾフレーム]
完成しました！
ゲリラ部隊が戦車の装甲などのジャンクをつぎはぎして作った急造機体のイメージです。
オブソリートの世界観から外れないように意識しましたー。#exoframe #obsolete #エグゾフレーム　#オブソリート pic.twitter.com/ZeuTLdcKz0

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— さいそう (@Soheiheihei) March 9, 2020

 

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I started the long and painstaking process of hand-painting chips and damage on the @meng_models British Heavy Tank Mk. V Male this afternoon. She’s looking pretty beaten up at the moment, but the mud and dust effects to follow will tone this down quite a bit.

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A post shared by DAVE CLARKE | Scale Models (@scale_army) on Mar 14, 2020 at 11:32am PDT

Hasegawa 1/48 F/A-18F Super Hornet CMPL

Used ‘Black Box’ resin cockpit set for the detail up

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This complication will be listed in Korea’s modeling book ‘Modeling Guide VOL4’

韓国の模型雑誌”モデリングガイド”に収録されるスーパーホーネットです 🙂 pic.twitter.com/ySrKVT3UoU

— Daily_Scalemodel (@Mopj95raeTJnKnn) March 12, 2020

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Meng 1/35 Merkava Mk.3D Late LIC
完成しました。
台座の作成、エッチングパーツでのディテールアップ、アンテナの取り付け等、初挑戦が多い制作になりました。途中、泣きそうになる時もありましたが、なんとか完成させられてホッとしています。 pic.twitter.com/g0o89FQPnN

— わんわんお (@wanwanO) March 6, 2020

Model #MOPARMonday#Revell 1/25 1968 #Dodge Charger
Still can’t get bonnet (sorry, hood !) to close snugly but think I’m done. pic.twitter.com/rHBqNbmd5Q

— CJHM (@cjhm_models) February 10, 2020

Be sure to check out the build process on his Instagram!

 

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The USS Constitution is starting to look amazing. Still a lot to finish up including some rigging and a lot of detailing, but shes looking fantastic.. 😉👍👍#model #modeling #modellife #modelships #constitution #ussconstitution #ship #like4likers #like4follow #likeforlike #likeforlikeback #followsback #followtrain #follows #followforfollowback #shipmodeling #shipmodel #shipmodels @uss_constitution #uss_constitution #scalemodels #scale #scalemodel #scaleship #warship

A post shared by (rob) (@rjscaleships) on Mar 18, 2020 at 6:35am PDT

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Author: Mars Garrett

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