Fuck Yeah Model Kits

I couldn't believe there wasn't a blog dedicated to the hobby of the model kit...so I decided to make one.

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So, of course, the time I return to tumblr, its to memorialise the greatest box artist of all time, Roy Cross. He passed the day after 100th birthday on April 24, 2024. Like every modeller, his art help sell the kits under their boxtops. That B-17 is one of the best known model boxes of all time.

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CREEPY KIDS HOBBY CRYPT

MPC Creepy T

Circa 1971

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That classic airfix look...

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A Japanese artist who goes by monde has made a series of wooden bookend dioramas that replicate the back alleys of his hometown of Tokyo. 

Sources: x x

@stick-arms @lunaticobscurity

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these are SO COOL

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Because scratch building isn't just done in plastic and metal...

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Modeller unknown, excellent detail on such small scale

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Insane weathering detail

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Art by IG: @eddieputera Instagram: @artwoonz

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Elite building right here. This is skill we can all strive for.

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IJN Takao, Singapore 1945 (Fujimi 1/700) by Area_45

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The level of detail that makes your eyes cross...

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Airfix - Apollo Saturn V

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You just don't see box art like this anymore...

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I wonder if you could sell model kits like this these days?

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1/48 Tamiya F4U-1a by Dean Armitage over at Wild Weasles Scale Models on facebook. Check out his awesome work

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F14-D Super Tomcat by Cao Nguyen

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Because some people are just too talented...

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Nemesis Dreadknight

painted by Javier González; “Arsies" 

From putty and paint

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One for the Warhammer fans. I love the shades of metallic paint used here, giving a super realistic worn and aged metal appearance.

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F-20 b/n Tigershark

Freedom model kits 1.48

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That classic Airfix though...

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L'ORAGE AVANT LA GLOIRE (The storm before the glory) beautiful dio of the french 1st Imperial Horse Artillery unit at Austerlitz, 1805. 1/35 scale.   builder unknown. (Look at the rain drops!!!) 

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Amazing figures. I’ve never seen rain done like this

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amazing model of an P-47, “Kansas Tornado II”

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As anyone whoever modeled an A-1 knows, a little bit of grime is never enough!!