Ben Builds Season Six: Albatros D.III ep 12

What's up modelers! After a few weeks being away from the bench, we are back at our Eduard, 1/48th scale, Albatros D.III. It is good to be back.

Today, we are going to paint the tail surfaces, the wheels, the propeller hub, the wing struts and a few other odds and ends. We will be using Tamiya Flat White, Gunze Flat Red and a custom gray-green color mixed with Vallejo paints. This should be fun.

A side form a bit of touch ups here and there, I think we will have the majority of the painting done. That means that next episode will have to be the beginning of the building and rigging phases. Those should be interesting to try.

A big thank you to everyone hanging in there with this one. For my first WWI aircraft, I am really taking my time. I really appreciate everyone watching and happy building!

-Intro Music by Chillhop: http://youtube.com/chillhopdotcom

Artist - Title: Birocratic - Sleepyface

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/birocratic

-Video music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com)

4Wheel Fridays - Revell '41 Chevy Pickup - Ep. 6 Final

Welcome back to another episode of 4Wheel Fridays! Today we are finally finishing the Chevy Truck Month, '41 Chevy Pickup! Let's get on with it.

We have a few things left to do such as painting some whitewalls on the tires, a gloss cost of future, some black washes on the grill and the main final assembly. After all of that, we will be done.

I have to say, this kit was a lot of fun. Not only was it my very first truck kit, it was also my first civilian vehicle since the late 1990s. I had a super time with this one and I'm thinking, I'm going to need to get a few more trucks.

As always, a big shout out to Fred Henry over at West Georgia Rod and Customs! I know this was a week late, but I still had a ton of fun. Thanks Pappy!

Check out "Pappy's" YouTube channel for more awesome builds: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuE3MANu2RDKINwDWtUBZA

Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy!

Music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epi

Ben Builds Season Six: Albatros D.III ep 11

Welcome back to our Eduard, 1/48th scale, Albatros D.III.

Today, we are going to start preparing for the rigging. A few episodes ago, I created some wire loops to act as anchor points. I want to try my luck at installing the majority of those loops. I figure that that will be enough to tackle right now, since they are very small and will probably be difficult to work with.

Just a short update this time, but next episode should be a bit more intensive.

Until next week, thank you for watching and happy building!

-Intro Music by Chillhop: http://youtube.com/chillhopdotcom

Artist - Title: Birocratic - Sleepyface

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/birocratic

-Video music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com)

4Wheel Fridays - Revell '41 Chevy Pickup - Ep. 5

Welcome back to 4Wheel Fridays and Chevy Truck Month! Thanks for stopping by.

Today, we are going to try and get as far as we can, but we have a ton of work still to do and little time to do it. Based on that alone, I'm afraid that I am not going to be able to finish Chevy truck Month within the month of June. I know Pappy is pretty relaxed about it, but I had high hopes that I would finish it today. Oh well, it is what it is. We are still going to get it done, so next week should be the finale.

For this episode, not only do we have exterior painting to do, there is masking that needs to be done, a lot of fitting and of course final assembly. I also wanted to paint on some whitewalls to the tires, but that will be next episode. I think one more week should really help me to get this truck off the bench, but in the meantime let's see how far we can get.

Again, a big shout out to Fred Henry over at West Georgia Rod and Customs! I'm sorry I wan't able to make the deadline.

For more Chevy Truck Month info, Check out "Pappy's" YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmuE3MANu2RDKINwDWtUBZA

Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy!

Music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemi

Sci-Fi Wednesdays - Bandai A-Wing - Ep. 8 - Final

This is it everyone, this is the last episode for this cool, little 1/72nd A-Wing. Today, we are wrapping this one up.

For the last few steps today: we airbrushed Future on the Turbo Laser tower and the stand, dry brushed and flat-coated the pilot and weathered up the A-Wing with pastels, oils, colored pencil and powders. I used earthen tone pastels to add some subtle color shifts, some Lamp Black oil paint for laser burns and my trusty AIM weathering powder for staining around the engines and guns.

Once that was all finished up, I over-coated it all with Mr Hobby Top Coat - Flat. That helped to seal everything in and reduce the shine from the Future.

The Turbo Laser tower and stand also received a coat of future, a then a wash of lamp black and some oil paints to represent laser burns.

It took eight episodes to finish this kit and I can't tell you enough, how much fun it was! I highly recommend that if you are a Star Wars fan, go out and pick up a few of these Bandai kits. They are super fun to build, very easy for modelers of all skill levels and they look excellent, when finished. 

As always, a huge thank you to everyone for watching and I hope you all enjoyed this journey! I'm not sure what is next on the Sc-Fi bench, but I'll look at the stash and we'll see what speaks to me.

Until then, take your time, build something new and have as much fun as you can!

(Just a quick side note on the video. I'm still learning about video editing and all of that, so I'm sorry for the color balance on this one. For some reason, the Red looks really Brown, but I assure you it is not Brown, it is actually Red.)

Ben Builds Season Six: Albatros D.III ep 10

Welcome back modelers, to Military Mondays! We are continuing to push through on our Eduard, 1/48th scale, Albatros D.III. I hope you enjoy this quick update.

Today, we are going to do more detail painting on the fuselage. I have to paint some vents, hatches and a few other things in a Gray/Green color.  I'll need to match the front "metal" panels around the engine and nose that I painted last time. These are small details, so I'll probably brush paint them to eliminate excessive masking. We'll see how it goes, brush painting can be a bit of a challenge.

I also want to start working on the tail. There is a black, fuselage band that we will need to paint, so I'll get on that today as well.

I hope everyone is having fun on their kits! Until next time, thank you for watching and happy building!

-Intro Music by Chillhop: http://youtube.com/chillhopdotcom

Artist - Title: Birocratic - Sleepyface

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/birocratic

-Video music by Epidemic Sound (http://www.epidemicsound.com)

Ben Builds - Channel Update and Shout Out

Just a quick channel update a BIG shout out to a good friend, Al Wood​.

Al surprised me with an awesome gift and I wanted to share it will everyone and let him know how much it meant to me.

A big thank you to Al. Go check out his YouTube Channel and show him some love. He is an awesome builder and an all around great guy. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm-mUkECW9RwZnkeA22uEZw

That's all for now. Thanks for watching and we'll see you all soon.