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carguy86
By carguy86
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Hi guys/gals of ltt, im wondering if there are anyone on here who likes to build model kits. (1/24 scale cars, boats, planes. Etc.) im currently waiting for my tamiya 1/24 Nissan 2000gt-r to arrive in the mail.

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Dual xeon x5679 processors, 24gb of ECC memory, Nvidia quadro 295 NVS and 48tb of storage.  (z600) 

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yep, have a few scale tanks from 1/32 to 1/16 and the odd jet, although i must say tanks are terrible, the tracks never ever fit well and look good unless your gonna splurge for a very expensive kit

cool, have you tried building any of tamiya's tank kits? (I have heard plenty of good things about tamiya kits)

My pc:

http://pcpartpicker.com/p/dvcw23 

(Black Glacier)

 

My server:

Dual xeon x5679 processors, 24gb of ECC memory, Nvidia quadro 295 NVS and 48tb of storage.  (z600) 

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Yup, have models around my room, and a HO scale layout in the basement. My models are mostly of tanks, King Tiger, Jagdpanther, M1A2 Abrams (one that I personally built), some car models, Other nick nacks, 20mm Cannon casing from WW2 (mostly likely fired by a Oerlikon) 300. Win Mag casing, 5.56 Casing, WW2 Canadian steel helmet, oh yah a Reichsmark from 1943 lol. 

Systems built (personal) | 1. Bad Wolf (Has passed on to PC Heaven): https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/zX9WGX |  2. Red Husky: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/Mwhypg

Systems built (for commission) | 1. Red Fox: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/W4LD4D | 2. Not Named: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/TMhqqs | 3. Bad Wolf 2.0: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/b/7p8Ycf upgraded Bad Wolf to an I3-7100 for my friend as a gift|

 

 

 

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Yup, have models around my room, and a HO scale layout in the basement. My models are mostly of tanks, King Tiger, Jagdpanther, M1A2 Abrams (one that I personally built), some car models, Other nick nacks, 20mm Cannon casing from WW2 (mostly likely fired by a Oerlikon) 300. Win Mag casing, 5.56 Casing, WW2 Canadian steel helmet, oh yah a Reichsmark from 1943 lol. 

should have made a tank PC..

Thats that. If you need to get in touch chances are you can find someone that knows me that can get in touch.

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I remember building a 1/36 scale Sherman tank when I was about 10. I put it on a stand that I made out of my mother's old breadboard. I covered the top of the board in glue, coated it in mud and stones so that it looked like a piece of the battlefield. It sits on my shelf to this day :P

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Other systems I've built:

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We need to start a thread about this.

Made a few ships and stuff.

Latest one was a tamiya 1/250 prince of Wales with some photoetched parts

Hey there. You are looking mighty fine today, have my virtual cookie!  :ph34r:

MY RIG: http://linustechtips.com/main/topic/34911-my-setup-gold-ghetto-gg-lots-of-pictures/#entry446883

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Looking to build a few 1:700 ship models...

Already built a 1:700 IJN Shimakaze from Tamiya, an Su-25 Frogfoot (forgot the scale) from Tamiya, and an MiG-23 Flogger...

In the middle of building a 1:700 I-400 from HobbyBoss and having trouble detailing the upper hull...

Any advice from you guys when it comes to painting and detailing?

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