The next time my observation group made an appearance at a club meeting, it was the 222 and the 250 again, but they had been painted with a base coat of Testor's Desert Tan and the interior of the 250 had been painted and detailed out. These pictures pretty well tell that story.
Another thing you should know about me when it comes to modeling, I'm a bit of a tightwad. If it isn't I'm my parts box, I won't buy it from an after-market manufacturer. I will do a one-off casting of a part that is on one of my other vehicles or I will scratch build what I need. I just hate paying for something I could probably do myself.
I also like to put a lot of what I call "soft details" into visible crew compartments. Paper items, etc; a lot of times with computer generated artwork that I have made myself or adapted from images.
Another thing you should know about me when it comes to modeling, I'm a bit of a tightwad. If it isn't I'm my parts box, I won't buy it from an after-market manufacturer. I will do a one-off casting of a part that is on one of my other vehicles or I will scratch build what I need. I just hate paying for something I could probably do myself.
I also like to put a lot of what I call "soft details" into visible crew compartments. Paper items, etc; a lot of times with computer generated artwork that I have made myself or adapted from images.
The blog entry below is one that I did right before our 2014 FIGURECON. The observation group was one of two displays that I did at that show. Here you see the four vehicle group painted, lettered and weathered and this is what they still look like in 2020 (though a good bit more dusty).