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Santa's coming by stealth. The B-2 Christmas bomber.

Started by seadude, September 15, 2021, 04:26:58 PM

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kerick

I'm thinking of a little dab of putty at the right consistency might form a point. Of course no two will be the same.
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

Rick Lowe

But no two Santa Hats ever sit the same way, anyway... and Individualism will have its' affect...

seadude

Quote from: kerick on December 04, 2025, 07:59:04 PMI'm thinking of a little dab of putty at the right consistency might form a point. Of course no two will be the same.

I was kind of thinking that too. But you're right, consistancy is key.
Modeling isn't just about how good the gluing or painting, etc. looks. It's also about how creative and imaginative you can be with a subject.
My modeling philosophy is: Don't build what everyone else has done. Build instead what nobody has seen or done before.

kerick

Quote from: seadude on December 05, 2025, 06:42:05 AM
Quote from: kerick on December 04, 2025, 07:59:04 PMI'm thinking of a little dab of putty at the right consistency might form a point. Of course no two will be the same.

I was kind of thinking that too. But you're right, consistancy is key.

And then if you want the hat to stand up you might have to hang the figure upside down for a little while.
" Somewhere, between half true, and completely crazy, is a rainbow of nice colours "
Tophe the Wise

seadude

#49
Next on the To Do list: More airfield equipment!
But how much, if any, I use is undecided yet. But I figured I'll build some of it "just in case".




Modeling isn't just about how good the gluing or painting, etc. looks. It's also about how creative and imaginative you can be with a subject.
My modeling philosophy is: Don't build what everyone else has done. Build instead what nobody has seen or done before.

Rick Lowe

Might as well, while you're on the go.
It's annoying to have to make more later on, to fill gaps... :thumbsup:

seadude

Quote from: Rick Lowe on December 06, 2025, 05:54:01 PMMight as well, while you're on the go.
It's annoying to have to make more later on, to fill gaps... :thumbsup:

True. Build it now so I don't have to worry about it later.
I probably won't use any of the ground equipment set as most of it is for "maintenance purposes" of aircraft.
What I'd rather show for my B-2 diorama is the bomber getting loaded with Christmas gifts and other items which is why I'd prefer to use the earlier weapon loading set that I built.
But things may change in the future. Who knows? We'll have to wait and see.
Modeling isn't just about how good the gluing or painting, etc. looks. It's also about how creative and imaginative you can be with a subject.
My modeling philosophy is: Don't build what everyone else has done. Build instead what nobody has seen or done before.

seadude

#52
As of right now, I am temporarily not hosting any model progress pics on Imgur. Every time I try to go to that site, my anti-virus software gives me a warning about malicious crap. So until Imgur clears it up (I hope), I'll continue to use this website forum's picture upload feature.
Anyway, the vast majority of the airfield equipment and figures is 99.999999% done. How much I actually use is undecided yet.
Next on the To Do list in forthcoming days will probably be some bombs and missiles to use for the Christmas bomber diorama.










Modeling isn't just about how good the gluing or painting, etc. looks. It's also about how creative and imaginative you can be with a subject.
My modeling philosophy is: Don't build what everyone else has done. Build instead what nobody has seen or done before.


seadude

#54
As far as armament goes for this B-2 Christmas bomber diorama, there's not much that I have at home to use. But pictures below show what I do have. How much and what types of armament I use are undecided yet. Let's face it. Santa can't rely only on the B-2's stealth features to help him get into a hostile country's airspace to deliver presents. He's going to have to carry some armament to help knock out military defenses that are trying to shoot him down and prevent him from delivering gifts. I can think of a few Middle East and Asian countries that are on the "naughty list".  ;)  ;D
So anyway, armament building and painting begins this weekend.






Modeling isn't just about how good the gluing or painting, etc. looks. It's also about how creative and imaginative you can be with a subject.
My modeling philosophy is: Don't build what everyone else has done. Build instead what nobody has seen or done before.

seadude

#55
Well, I did start to build some weapons today for the bomber. But after awhile, I started getting second thoughts.  :-\
I'm thinking that I'd really like to concentrate more instead on the weapons bay being loaded with Christmas presents.
I would like to have some weapons for the diorama. But I'm now undecided on how much and what types............and if I want to even add any at all?
Below are pics of the boxes and crates I'm using as presents. It's all I've got to work with. 



Modeling isn't just about how good the gluing or painting, etc. looks. It's also about how creative and imaginative you can be with a subject.
My modeling philosophy is: Don't build what everyone else has done. Build instead what nobody has seen or done before.

Rick Lowe

 :thumbsup:
I see no problem with Santa's B-2 being unarmed - and the ground equipment can still be used to load presents.  :thumbsup:

NARSES2

Quote from: Rick Lowe on December 15, 2025, 08:23:11 PM:thumbsup:
I see no problem with Santa's B-2 being unarmed - and the ground equipment can still be used to load presents.  :thumbsup:

Indeed  :thumbsup:
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Where's my beer ?

seadude

#59
Christmas presents are done! I didn't detail them as a lot of them are too small for my eyesight to handle.
So I just kept things plain and simple.
Just don't ask me to paint the other 8,162,478,036 presents. I'm not doing it!  :banghead:

Modeling isn't just about how good the gluing or painting, etc. looks. It's also about how creative and imaginative you can be with a subject.
My modeling philosophy is: Don't build what everyone else has done. Build instead what nobody has seen or done before.