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Help: Remember this Author/Modeler? I’m hoping that there is a fellow Planeteer who was involved in our hobby in the 1980s and remembers Kalmbach Publishing Company, Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA. Some years before 2000 Kalmbach produced a series of soft cover books (approximately 8 inches wide by 11...

Perhaps some of you do recall the Tom Cruise movie, War of the Worlds that was released circa 2005. Well, when I bought this Pegasus kit, I realized I needed to see the movie again, to refresh my memory. A good thing I did. In the film, once the Aliens come up out of the ground and attack, the...

This is a 54mm Latorre figure from the era of the ACW (American Civil War) of a Lieutenant serving with the 5th Georgia Infantry. The unit was known as the Clinch Rifles, 1862. The figure was painted with oils. Critical comments from you fine ladies and gentlemen, fellow Planeteers, are most...

Here is a resin kit I bought on line, quite some time ago, from King Kong Model Mansion. And the bust is in 1:6th scale. An excellent casting with very little clean up. THANK YOU! It was a lot of fun to paint. I tried to remember all the shades and colours and tones on the left side of the...

I purchased this Rancor Monster kit some years ago, and I am sorry to say I do not remember what scale it is, but the creature is very large, about 12 inches tall; or approximately 30. 4794 Centimeters. Regarding the fit of the parts, i.e. arms to body, legs to body, head to the shoulders, it...

Like a lot of other modelers, I live on a limited budget. Yet when I started to do figure modeling, I realized that we learn by doing. So IMHO, that meant I needed to paint a lot of figures. And so less expensive figures were my marketplace. So not only did I work on some of those small scale...

I have mentioned in the past, when posting a thread here that all the modeling projects I do are for competition — contest models. I started model building aircraft in the 1960s. And for a while, I just quickly put them together for the fun of it. But now I find that I don’t get the fun out of...

Some time back I purchased this well casted 75mm Pegaso Germanic Warrior figure. The base coat — as you see in the first three photos — was applied with acrylic paints. Then all other painting was done with oils. I particularly like oils for leather. I can not now find the Osprey soft cover book...

Below are some quicky photos I shot of my latest efforts regarding my War of the Worlds vignette. I’m getting closer to completion regarding the base, but there is still quite a bit to do regarding completing the Alien figure. I haven’t solved the problem of those two gaps, left and right in the...

Altho I completed this Tamiya 1:16th Scale figure of a German Machine Gunner some time ago, I’ve been wanted to display it here on Planet Figure. As mentioned in other threads I’ve posted, I have been an active member in the IPMS/USA IPMS Society (Internat’l Plastic Modelers Society) which...

Below is my latest efforts on a rather poor Pegasus kit of the Alien from the Tom Cruise and Dakota Fanning/Steven Spielberg film from 2005, War of the Worlds. The kit is 1:8th scale and vinyl. I think vinyl is not easy to work with — regarding removing mold marks and mold seams. I've had to use...

This is the Mini Art 1:16th scale Netherlands Musketeer. And I worked on it, on and off from 2006 until the middle of 2008. Sheesh, where did the time fly? I’ve numbered the 13 photos included in the post to make the text more clear, hopefully. Photo #1 is a portion of the box art. And when I...

A one thirty-fifth styrene figure of a British Tommy in North Africa, WWII.

First off, I will state that I haven’t posted any work on the PF website for a number of years. As I now crawl into my 78th year of age, I find I’m not getting to the hobby table as much as I use to. But I’m now trying to correct that. I feel we all need to find ways to express what we feel...

Alright fellow Planeteers: Yes, I have not posted any work on this site in quite some time. I got really involved in a mostly scratch built Polish Armored Car model in 1:32nd scale, and it took a year to complete. That's fine but my figure painting really has suffered since I haven't done any in...

Hello fellow Planeteers: OK, I'll admit I just don't seem to really understand how to search for specifics on the internet. I spent over an hour yesterday trying to find details about the French Infantry uniform from the Franco Prussian War, 1870-71. Saw a lot of colour pictures...

Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen and a sincere Happy New Year wish to each of you. I wantd to share with you information about one of our Planeteer gentlemen. As we know because of Gordy’s intelligence and wise management of Planet Figure we are blessed to be a part of a web site where each person...

Since the IPMS/USA National Convention has been over a while, I've had time to work on the final Soviet WWII soldier for that "Take the High Ground" vignette that I displayed on PF some time ago. So now all three of the Mountain Troopers are in place. I used only acrylics, painted by hand...

This is a small vignette in 1:35th using the Zvezda Russian WWII Mountain Troops. When finished this vignette will have a trio of climbers on the outcropping. The title will be "Take the High Ground". The third figure, not shown will be on hands and knees in the back near the top of the...