Monty's Caravan

Assembly of this kit was halted in 2008/9 because of missing instruction. I did, however, got this far...

Sink mold at the back of the figures. Dreadful. A little epoxy putty should fix this.

Diorama base painted. I use various tone of red brown for the pavement. I believe pavement in Britain should have dark gray tone but I want to add some 'colour' to the diorama.

I apply flat black on the vehicles as base coat.

Apply the Dark Green.

Add some colours to the interior of the Retriever.

Composition test.

Everything's painted and waiting for decal job and light weathering.

I use Tamiya's Diorama Texture paint - Soil Effect for the rubbles.

Luckily the decals still in good condition - except that it's a bit on the thicker side. Although the kit is a very old one, the decals didn't disintegrate when I dip them in the water. Gunze's Mr. Mark Setter was used make sure the decals stuck in it's place and Mr Mark Softener used to coax the decal to conform to the surface.

The figures - I use tire black as base coat and using drybrush technique, I just highlight the clothes on the figures.

SMM 2010/2011

Scale Models Malaysia (SMM) is a premier event for local modellers. It is an event organized by Selangor and Federal Territory Plastic Model Society (SFTPMS) and supported by local hobby stores. This year's event was held at Hobby HQ, Kuala Lumpur.

This year's turn up was great! Only one entry shy of 100 entries. Aircraft genre dominates the list of entries. Some photos of the event...

My entries managed to win a Bronze medal in Aircraft genre and Gold medal in Sci-fi genre.

1/20 Hasegawa's Maschinen Krieger (Ma.K) Pkf.85 Falke Antigravity Armored Raider

1/48 Hasegawa's Seaking HAR. 3

Muzium TUDM quick trip

Juniors posing dgn Ferret Scout Car

Dalam hangar

Si Abang dlm cockpit Aermacchi

Adik pun try jugak


Si Adik nak bawak Allouette


Si Abang lak jadi passenger.


Pastu Abang pun nak try jugak terbangkan Allouette


Juniors dlm Bell Sioux

Abang: Ready for take-off?

Adik: Jap... lobang kunci tak jumpa nih...

Dalam Caribou


Ibu, yg sana tak naik lagi!

Si Adik dlm Wasp


Si Abang pun...


Nak terbang!


Bawah 'Rajawali'


Juniors impersonation of the Sabre

Forummer Behavior

Jenis2 forummer

Threadstarter yg paranoid:
Pokemon tu ada pengaruh Freemason!... Cuba korg dgr perkataan Pikachu tu... bunyi mcm 'Pick A Jew' kan. Lagi satu, Pokemon tu maksud dia 'babi' dlm bahasa Jepun.

Respon dari forummer yg kuat menggelupur:
Alamak!! Camne ni? Semalam baru je beli patung Pokemon utk anak!... nak kena samak ke ni?

Respon dari forummer yg kuat OT:
Doraemon pun Freemason jugak.

Respon forummer yg tak tau citer tapi nak menyampuk (kejar posting):
Pokemon tu ape?

Respon forummer yg informatif:
Pokemon tu sebenarnya adaptation US daripada amine Jepun "Pocket Monster" tapi diorg ubah jadi Pokemon supaya bunyi lebih catchy: POcKEt MONster = POKEMON. Pasal Pikachu tu pulak, dlm bahasa Jepun 'Pika' tu bunyi cetusan api manakala 'Chu' tu pulak bunyi tikus. Maka Pikachu tu secara am bermaksud Tikus Berapi.

... lepas 10 tahun ...

Respon newbie nak kejar posting:
Baru aku tau POKEMON tu apa

Disclaimer: Entry ni utk suka2 aje based on my observation on general forummer behavior. Kalau ada yg terasa aku mintak maaf ye.

HFMD

Junior's school is closed today and tomorrow due to HFMD. Last week, there were some student infected with the disease and were absent. It's good that the school took precautionary measure by informing the parents about this. They also advice parents to look after the children for any signs of fever and rash around the hand, foot and mouth area.