Novinky

Guy Rump Autor
This will be one of two PR.XIXs that I will be building, one WW2 and one post war. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Ditto!

Łukasz Gliński
Watching with envy, still haven't managed to get this set 👍

Guy Rump Autor
Have made a start on the Swedish PR Spitfire. Cockpit and internal of fuselage painted. Main difference between this version and the Club Ltd Edition is that the decals are more detailed in the Ltd Edition. Note this version not even a control panel decal. 🙂

Welcome along for the ride Robert & Lukasz, you're both very welcome. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Robert P, Moreno B, Lukasz G, Patryk S, Martin W, Neil & Villiers DV. 👍

Guy Rump Autor
Fuselage together and wings prepared with Vallejo Model Air interior green. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Duster_d. 👍

Alex K
👀

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest!

Cuajete
Me 3!

Nicolas
Me 4

Michael Kohl
Which color did you use for the green?

J35J Autor
Thanks mates for your interest.
@Micheal Kohl - I used Tamiya spray paint TS-43 Racing Green for the 1/48 build.

Michael Kohl
Did you choose it after research, as an (educated) guess or because it looks good - which it does?

Christoph Kunz
Taking my seat too.

J35J Autor
@Michael Kohl - Good question! Researching the green colour for the DH88 took some time and effort.

Reviewing some kit's manuals from different manufacturers the following came up:
• Mikromir: BS381C:225, Light Brunswick Green,
• Airfix: Humbrol Hu3 Brunswick green
• Clear prop: British Racing Green (no code ref mentioned)
• KP: Humbrol Hu3 Brunswick Green, stated as British Racing Green
• S.B.S model: Brunswick green (no code mentioned ref)

Conclusion - BS381C:225, Light Brunswick Green is the colour to go with if you want to be right on spot.
British Racing Green may be a little bit too dark, but it looks very good!😎
De Havilland DH 88 Comet | Album by J35J (1:48)

J35J Autor
Welcome Christoph Kunz & thanks for the interest!

Cuajete
It seems to have a good dry fit 👍

J35J Autor
@Cuajete - Dry fit is quite good regarding wings and airframe, some filler will be needed. The engine nacelles was molded in one piece and the fitting to the wing was perfect. Saved a lot of work.
The cabin is very detailed. A lot of small PE stuff that the rug monster craving for…

Michael Kohl
Thanks J35J for your answer. The new ClearProp-kit for the green version recommends Mr. Hobby Color H-383. Just to confuse even more. 😉. But actually you already summed it up in a pretty clear way.

You chose wood for the interior color. This is in line with the recommendation of the red ClearProp machine and the replica, which was left wooden on the inside. Judging from the bw-pictures available to me I interpreted the pretty dark appearance of the interior as black and colored the interior of my model accordingly.

Various | Album by panorama

What I missed is the sunshade these machines had. Maybe you want to fashion one for yours.

Various | Album by panorama

Various | Album by panorama

J35J Autor
Thanks Michael for your input. I also went with black interior building the green version in 1/48
This time I will throw in some artistic license and go with wood interior.
The sun shades was new to me. That really need to be considered as I will go with open canopy on this build.

Air no
C'est beau, bravo !

J35J Autor
Thanks Air no for your kind comments!👍🏻

Cuajete
Very nice shape 👍

bughunter
Great work so far 👍
The kit seems to provide more details compared to the MikroMir in 1:48?

J35J Autor
Thanks bughunter! The kit is excellent with great detail level and fitting.
Resin moulding is top quality. White metal parts for the landing gear have minimum flesh.
Big difference compared the MikroMir 1/48. Would be nice if SBS models also went for a 1/48 version.

bughunter
All what I have seen from S.B🤔. was that nice.
Another hope is Clear Prop, but until now they provide in 1:48 only a new decal sheet for the MikroMir kit.

J35J Autor
Thanks Cuajete!👍🏻

Guy Rump
Looking great!

Cuajete
Very nice metallized 👍

J35J Autor
Thank Cuajete!
Tried AK extreme metal paints for the first time. Wanted an worn alu dope effect and after the first layer it came out too shiny. So went with the matte alu and some flat varnish. Finalized with some light weathering.

J35J Autor
Thanks Guy!

J35J Autor
Project finalized, more pics to come during the weekend.

Robert Podkoński
Great job!

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

J35J Autor
Thanks Robert & Guy!
Was a nice build. Great kit with top resin moulds.

Cuajete
Very nice. Great job 👍
Congrats!

J35J Autor
Thanks Cuajete for your nice comments.

Mark Sherwood
Lovely sheen on that Comet, nice build too. 👍🥸👍

Neuling
I agree with Mark. 👍

Alex K
I agree with all the above gentlemen. 👍

J35J Autor
Thanks Mark, Neuling & Alex for your kind comments!

Nicolas
Very nice result. 👍

Air no
Je connaissais mal cet avion, il est magnifique de pureté.
Quand à la maquette, elle n'a pas l'air simple.
Alors bravo pour ce travail.
Philippe.

Guy Rump Autor
This is the second of PR.XIXs that I will be building, the WW2 RAF version. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
I will follow your both builds with interest, Guy 😉

Guy Rump Autor
Made a start on the WW2 version which will be from late Nov 1944 as this is when the first operational PRXIXs started flying. 🙂

Welcome Robert as always! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Robert P, Moreno B, Lukasz G & Villiers DV. 👍

Guy Rump Autor
Fuselage together and preparing wings with Vallejo Model Air interior green. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and like Duster_d & Dom SAVE 👍

Guy Rump Autor
Another older kit to start after the RAF Hudson. 🙂

Matti Thomaes
I'll follow, probably one of the most whaky aircraft of WW2.

Finn
I'm in

Guy Rump Autor
Today I made a start on the BV 141, cockpit painted with Vazllejo Model Air RLM02. Crew added. 🙂

Welcome Matti & Finn, hopefully this strange aircraft will take shape soon. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Lukasz G & Franck G. 👍

Djordje Nikolic
I hope that model doesn't cause too much trouble. I've never seen it done so I'm looking forward to it!

Guy Rump Autor
Fuselage and wings now together. 🙂

I think the main issue will be the amount of transparencies and whether or not they fit sufficiently Djordje. I have dry fitted them and they do seem ok though. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Matt T, Djordje N, Vincent & 1 other mate. 👍

Nicolas
I'm in. I love the asymetrical concept of the late 30s and early 40s Blohm & Voss planes.

Dave
Let me find a chair and cup of coffee

Guy Rump Autor
Wings, fuselage and cupola all together now. Next will be masking the canopies and fitting them. 🙂

Welcome Nicolas & Dave! 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Pietro DA. 👍

Guy Rump Autor
Canopies and masks attached (quite a lot of them!). Engine nose now attached. 🙂

Guy Rump Autor
Primer and pre-shading added. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Живко Джаков, Mark K, Bernd G, David RM & 1 other mate. 👍

Villiers de Vos
A unique subject. Following.

Guy Rump Autor
Underside painted with Vallejo Model Air RLM65 Light Blue and in the wheel wells, RLM02. 🙂

A warm welcome to you Villiers. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Alexander R, Villiers DV & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Good progress, following. 👍

Mr James
Lovely wood grain effects. Looking forward

Neuling
Very promising .......

Rui S
Looking good, indeed 👍

Teeage
Very nice!

DuperScale
Awesome paintjob. Well done

CarlosR
looks cool

Rui S
Great work again Łukasz 👍 Beautiful Paintjob, looking forward to see it in a Dio 😉

Neuling
Same as Rui S .............

Guy Rump
A real beauty! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Michael Kohl
Me 2

Rui S
Looking good 👍

Clair Greenwood Autor
It's been busy around here so sorry for the lack of updates but I really haven't done much in the last 2 months. I'm hoping to get back into it this weekend but I'm also learning 3D printing. My grown kids all chipped in and surprised the hell out of me getting me a Elegoo Saturn 3 Ultra printer for Christmas. I was floored and still have rug burn on my lower jaw. I then had to double my pleasure and get an Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro to make automotive parts and toys for my granddaughter 🙂 She loves watching it do its thing Hahaha! Anyway, this weekend Im hoping to finally start using the Saturn to create tank parts, especially track for this one. I just have to have track with pins like the real thing. Ok, Im off to fix a washing machine, then maybe a lil tank time. There will be pics soon.... I hope 😛 (edit becuz old man cant speel )

Clair Greenwood Autor
Id love some honest feedback on my attempt at the canvas mantlet cover, it started out the base early IDF sand, then brushed with Ivory. Then numerous washes and drybrushings of many colors, finishing with a 3 colors mixed together of soft pastels lightly brushed on. I think I've got it close but the pics do appear a bit darker than it looks in person.

Ben M
I think it looks convincing. It looks "dusty" like pores in fabric have accumulated dirt in a way the surrounding metal would not. I think that's why it works well. If you could get it to be more flat that would help, but it might just be the lighting.

Clair Greenwood Autor
Thanks Ben, right now the rest of the tank is still glossed for decals and washes, so a few light coats of matte will be coming soon.

Clair Greenwood Autor
I hope no one minds me sharing a couple non tank pics just to show what I've been up to for a month. I got carried away with my resin 3D printer. lol

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Clair Greenwood Autor
Thank you Jennifer 🙂

Desert Marlin
Looks really clean so far!!!

Clair Greenwood Autor
Thank ya kindly Marlin.

Rui S
I also like your resin statues 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very intricate work on those tracks.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Clair Greenwood Autor
Thank You Rui, it was a ton of fun doing them. Villiers I'm still at working these wires in between the links ... hahahaha!!! Thanks Guy!

Guy Rump Autor
Another aircraft to add to my Japanese WW2 stable. Unfortunately, this one is an old tool but hopefully I can do it justice. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
That will be a bit of a lump. Even in 1.72, I'm in.

Moreno Baruffini
Massive! Following for sure!

Stephen Lesley
Absolutely following.

Finn
I'm in

Guy Rump Autor
I've finally made a start on this monster of an aeroplane. The insides have been painted with Vallejo Model Air Aotake Green. Cockpit now completed as is the cockpit controls. Next will be inserting and masking all of the transparencies before I can put the fuselage together. 🙂

Welcome Mark, Stephen & Finn. I hope you enjoy the build. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Franck D, Lukasz G, Moreno B, Mark S, Stephen L, Rafael, Djordje N & Piettro DA. 👍

Ben M
👁️👁️

Mr D
Very nice Guy 👍 great subjects.... definitely be popular this one.
What length is that fuselage roughly??
👀

Mark Sherwood
How are you finding Vallejo to spray? I switched to AKRC and stuck with Tamiya, after trial and error with other Acrylics. Which is why I shaved my head to stop me tearing my hair out. 🥸🤟😳🤘🥸

Mr D
@Mark
I've used Vallejo quite a lot, and I'm mainly using AK and ICM lately.
Paint has been a big learning curve that I'm still on.
I'm found that from one paint to the next and from one colour to the next the behaviour of the paint change's. White's, greys need much more thinning ....alot of it seems to be all about the thinning raschio for that particular paint, water will thin Vallejo...but it doesn't get it out the gun/airbrush well.
Mr leveling thinner is a good go-to and always pays to experiment with small amount before job to find nice mix.
I've lost few hairs 🫣 and blamed the brush, changed the needle, pressure...all the time it was thinning right.😤.

Thomas Bischoff
I'm in 👍

Mark Sherwood
Mr D. Yep, went down that route paint to thinner ratio, needle size, air pressure the "new" acrylics. When it came to detail work especially on Luftwaffe mottling they just don't cut the mustard. I prefer the hybrids Tamiya, AKRC don't smell as much as lacquers (keeps Our Lass of me back) and do the job. Although AKRC may have tweaked the formula a bit. I'll keep the Vallejo's for figure and brush work. Since I came back to the hobby and at 63 the less hassle the better. 🤘🥸🤟

Nicolas
Following

Guy Rump Autor
Internal windows added and then cockpit and cockpit controls added after a lot of hassle getting the alignment correct. Finally, fuselage put together. 🙂

Welcome along for the ride Ben, Mr D, Mark, Thomas & Nicolas. 👍

Mark, I mainly use Vallejo Model Air for airbrushing. I find it OK and, in the main, don't need to thin it. Vallejo Model Color is a different proposition. I tend to use that for brush work. I also use some Hataka paints for airbrushing. Most of those need a little thinning (with Hataka thinners, I find best). 👍

Mr D, the fuselage is 33.5 cm long and the wingspan 55.35 cm. 👍
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Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Duster_D, Mr D, Ben M, Matti T & 2 other mates. 👍

Stephen Lesley
Coming along nicely. This one's going a need a big shelf !

Guy Rump Autor
The rest of the transparencies added (masked) and the wing stanchions. The fuselage is now ready for primer. 🙂

Thanks Stephen for the comment. I agree! I'm going to have to find somewhere to put this once completed! 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Daniel K. 👍

Dave Flitton
Looking good.

Guy Rump Autor
Vallejo primer added and then a bit of pre-shading. The fuselage is ready for painting. 🙂

Thanks Dave for the kind comment, welcome along. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Zbynek H, Jean Louis D, Dave F & Stephan H. 👍

Paul
Beautiful plane, I'm hoping Hasegawa will rleease a new mould as they did with the Emily. Great start on this venerable kit!

Guy Rump Autor
Upper side of fuselage painted Vallejo Model Air IJN Deep Dark Green. 🙂

Many thanks Paul for your kind comment. I hope Hasegawa produce a new tool for this aircraft, this one is pretty dated and of course raised panels. 👍

Guy Rump Autor
Underside of fuselage painted Vallejo Model Air IJN Medium Grey. 🙂

Mr D
Looking good 👍👍

Guy Rump Autor
Wings and tail plane have had primer & pre-shading added. 🙂

Thanks for the encouragement Mr D, I appreciate it, it's going slowly but steadily. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like William J. 👍

J35J
How did I miss this big bird? Following👍🏻

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat. Coming along nicely.

Guy Rump Autor
Wings and tail painted with Vallejo Model IJN Air Deep Dark Green. RLM04 added to main wing part. 🙂

A warm welcome J35J & Villiers! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Alexander R, Geert, Major Oak, J35J, Felix, Jocaj & Villiers DV. 👍
Villiers DV

Nicolas
Following, great start.

Michael Kohl
Me too.

Ben M
👁️👁️

Jan Peters Autor
This will be build straight from the box, for an old school Tamiya Group build over on twenot forums.
I will share my ventures here too 😉

gorby
Taking a seat. 🙂

Jan Peters Autor
Welcome mate 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Me 2!

Jan Peters Autor
A warm welcome for you as well Robert 🙂

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Jan Peters Autor
Welcome Rui 🙂

Djordje Nikolic
Following

Jan Peters Autor
Welcome Djordje🙂

Jan Peters Autor
Started 🙂

István Szücs
Watching!

Jan Peters Autor
Welcome István 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
Ohhh... following

Jan Peters Autor
Welcome Jennifer 🙂

Jan Peters Autor
More building done tonight, had a nice evening with some friends coming over, chatting, drinking and building 🙂 

J R
Looks great so far, will love to see it complete

Jan Peters Autor
Thanks JR, and welcome 🙂

David Taylor
Watching.

Jan Peters Autor
Welcome David 🙂

Jan Peters Autor
More work done.
It amazes me how much detail there is in this kit. Also how everything fits just great. Tamiya has a reputation, which is well deserved 🫡

David Taylor
I've built a couple of Tamiya Landys and found the first one the suspension was lacking so I Cannibilised the Italeri steering and suspension.Fits great.

Jan Peters Autor
For a kit tooled in 1976, I think it is exceptionally good

Jan Peters Autor
More details added.

gorby
Looks good so far Jan particularly with the extra detailing you are adding.

Jan Peters Autor
Thanks Gorby 🙏🏻

Patrick Hagelstein
Cool build! Following along!

Jan Peters Autor
Thanks and welcome!

Jan Peters Autor
Almost ready to paint

Jennifer Franklin
Stowage is a nice addition.

David Taylor
looking good.

Jan Peters Autor
Thanks mates!

Jan Peters Autor
I started to paint this one.
It is coated in Tamiya X18, this will be over sprayed with old rose as a basecoat, before the final layer of beige pink is layed on.
I've managed to knock off one of the smoke dischargers, and I still haven't found it yet 🙈

Jan Peters Autor
Turning Pink!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Jan Peters Autor
Thanks Guy, and welcome mate 😊

Rui S
Another well done vignette 👍

Mathieu CACAULT Autor
Salut , merci 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Mathieu CACAULT Autor
Salut , merci Villiers de Vos 🙂

Guy Rump
Very nice build! 👍

Ed Froix Autor
Thank you

Dave
Very nice work.

Rui S
Beautiful model👍

gorby
Nice work!

Neil
Brilliant!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Lochsa River
....Beautiful...the sails really stand out....

Paul Moore
That's a fantastic build! What a striking piece you've created. Do you just keep a paper log of the time spent or do you have some more high tech time keeping methods. 200 hours seems pretty quick for something this complicated. Congratulations!

Nick Dragone Autor
Thanks Paul ! I usually put in two hours a day at the bench, give or take. This build was started in January and finished in March with no other projects going at the same time. I'm retired now after a 35 year career with IBM so I have the time but find I get fatigued at the two hour mark. This was the first sailing ship I completed since the early 1970's. I plan on building more of them !

Guy Rump
Great job, congrats! 👍

Rui S
Nice PZ III 👍

P1NKY Autor
Thanks Rui. I'll keep practicing and see if I can get nearer the standard of some of the excellent contributors on Scalemates

Guy Rump
Looks good! 👍

Tibor Szilvai
👀

Jan Janssen
#me too

DerMattes
Following 👍

Zsolt Czegle
I take a seat! Following!

Cristian A
👀 I'm in

Łukasz Gliński
Following of course 👍

Prieur Gaël
Chouette tu nous refais un bel hélico !

Harry Eder
Following of course!

Ronan Autor
Welcome everybody 😉

Cuajete
Great! I can't miss this 👍

Tom Spiegelberg
Following 😃

Adam Gudynowski
Following

Shar Dipree
Following. 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
need to watch,....

Alec K
Taking a seat.

Bernd Kehm
Following with great pleasure. From where do You get the ideas or plans for all this changes, corrections and improvements you make (mostly with sheet) at your models?

J35J
Great and inspirational work as always Ronan. Watching with great interest as I have one in my stash. Will definitely use your build log as instruction for my future build.

Michael Kohl
Ahhh, Ronan and his Styrenomania. That will be fun to watch.

Ronan Autor
Many thanks for your comments and interest for this build ,
@Bernd : i don't have plans, i just look at detail pix of each aircraft , part by part. When i was in the air force, i have shot every aircraft i could with my camera, so i have a little stock of pix 😉

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Neuling
Top small scale build!

Marc .
Great looking Tank!

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic work!

Rui S
Very nice big cat 👍

Guy Rump
Like it! 👍

David Taylor
Stunning collection.

Michael Kohl
All of them are beauties - even the ugly ones. 😉

Neil
Agreed!

Rui S
Excellent collection 👍

Guy Rump
Great collection! 👍

Rui S
A Beauty 👍

Guy Rump
Very nice build! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Guy Rump
Very impressive! 👍

Rui S
An eye cacther. Beautifuly done 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Dietmar Bogatzki
Great build and paintjob 👍

Neuling
So it is.

Thomas Kolb
Lovely display, and super nice modeling too!

J35J
Excelllent work! 👍🏻

Arif Saeed
Fantastic work !

Rui S
Great pair & Dio 👍

Kirill K.
Nice!

Guy Rump
Great builds and dio, congrats! 👍

Guy Rump
Lovely job, congrats! 👍

gorby
Interested to see what's going to happen.

Alex K
Me too...

Nicolas Autor
Thanks for watching. I'm not entirely sure what will happen myself, but it will be some kind of diorama with a RC-Airfield and a lake. The not sure part mostly relates to how deep the lake will be and whether I need an additional frame or can I get by with my usual picture frame.

Nicolas Autor
The planes are ready to paint, the lake is redy for the water, about half of the figures are cleand up, but that is a good job for afrer work when I usually get just about 15-30 minutes for modelling per day.

Nicolas Autor
A short update:
The diorama is currently at a standstill because I made a mistake when weighing the resin. The resin is still sticky, but is currently on the radiator to dry (not to cure). I hope that when the resin is halfway solid I can fix the problem with another layer.

Ralf Topeters
I mean the project stash alone looks promising. I have to follow this. ...can't resist...

Nicolas Autor
Wilkommen Ralf

Jennifer Franklin
Taking a seat, this looks amazing 👀

Nicolas Autor
Thank you.

Spanjaard
I was going to say... exactly what gorby did 🙂

Shar Dipree
funny idea - watching 🙂

Nicolas Autor
You are weklome Spanjaard &Shar.

Nicolas Autor
Due to the problems with the resin not hardening, I decided to start the base plate all over again. I bought a new picture frame today and have already glued the plywood panel in place. Of course I will try to salvage as many parts as possible from the first attempt, e.g. the bridge and the reed plants from Eduard.

Nicolas Autor
The new construction of the base plate is making good progress.

Jennifer Franklin
I hope attempt two goes much better; so far, so good.

Shar Dipree
I'm keeping my fingers crossed that things will work better noch.

Nicolas Autor
Thank you, I hope so too.

Atomicdelirium
Cool project! Good luck with the second attempt with the water.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Respekt!!! 👍 Viel zu klein für mich … glaub ich bleib bei 1/72 und größer 🤣

Nicolas Autor
Thank you both very much. @Atomicdelirium: I Hope to get so far next weekend. Before that, a few washes need to be applied to make the ground more interesting and the aquatic plants need to be added. @Thomas: 1/72 ist mir eigentlich auch lieber, aber als ich die Figuren gesehen habe konnte ich nicht wiederstehen.

Łukasz Gliński
Regarding the Walrus' windows - decal stripes perhaps? Black or silver?

Nicolas Autor
Hi Łukasz, thanks for the Idea. I will use an Instruction, scale it down and cut the decals from an "Balkenkreuz" decal from the sparesbox.

Today I tried again with the water. My diorama seems to be tight this time, although the water level has also dropped this time. Hopefully everything will be hard too. But I won't be able to say for a few days. There won't be any pictures until then, unfortunately the diorama can't be moved at the moment.

Jennifer Franklin
My fingers are crossed it works out this time.

David Taylor
Is this a stealth fighter.

Nicolas Autor
Thanks Jennifer. This Time it worked better. There is still some internal leakage, as the water level droped about 3 mm over night, but there is no resin on the outside. The resin-residue in the mixing container is after 26 h harder than the first try after 2 month. But with about 5 days cureing time I'm not totally sure yet.

Nicolas Autor
I made good progress this weekend, but I discovered, that "planting" the reeds is suprisingly time consuming with about half of it done in nearly 5 hours.

Guy Rump
Looking good Nicolas, very creative! 👍

S M
Well made environment!

Mr James
Agree with Guy

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice Nicolas

Nicolas Autor
Thanks a lot everyone.

Johne 69
👍

Nicolas Autor
Since I didn't get to build last weekend due to a hand injury and my visit to the exhibition, I made some progress on the diorama this weekend. Almost 3 hours of work on grass and reeds, as well as the first flowers and preparations for the first bushes / trees and the place for the couple in the reeds have taken place.

Shar Dipree
Get well soon. Looks good so far. I think the lake turned out great with the stuff floating in it.

Nicolas Autor
Hi Shar, thank you. The lake isn't done. The floating stuff is there just by acident. I'm going to clean is, add some drifting wood in the reeds and a second layer of resin. Than the 2 boats and all the floating gras can be added and fixed with some water effects. I do it that way for two reasons:
1: I got the leak where resin went missing under the frame and the water level is not high enogh.
2: I hope the resin in the first layer has seald the gaps in the reeds, so the second layer will not "climb" due to the capillary effect.

Nicolas Autor
This weekend I didn't do much, but still a little bit of progress.

Nicolas Autor
Thanks for your interest and the likes.
Last week I worked at the figures, partly repainting with acrylics, and starting modifying everything with oils. Work still in progress. there are 2 figures I don't realy like so far, perhaps that will change after a matt coat.

Nicolas Autor
Most of the parts ar together now. Having trouble with my Printer means the decals for the Windows of the plane are still missing. I also realized today that I forgot to build toolboxes, so I made up for that today.
Thanks for your likes and your interest.

bughunter
The new landscape works much better! A lot of details to discover ...

Nicolas Autor
I'm nearli done with this project. Oll that's missing now is the second Plane witch I managed to demage today. I got the spare perts, bit the paint isn't dry yet. I didn't manage tho get the cockpitwindows from Decals to my liking, so I used paint today. the result is not perfekt but I can life with it.
Thanks everyone for the likes.

Nicolas Autor
I declare this one finished. Thanks for the likes and the nice coments.

Łukasz Gliński
Lovely dio of the Walrus fan-club 😄 Love all the sweet details, like the dogs 😄

Guy Rump
Great result Nicolas. Congrats! 👍

Nicolas Autor
Thank you very much for your comments, I really appreciate it.

S M
Very well done dio! It's so detailed it could be from Miniatur Wunderland 😉

Shar Dipree
Looks great. Something completely different. 👍👍👍

Alex K
Lovely work, utterly enjoyable to watch this progress until the grand finale - congrats! 👍 👍

Nicolas Autor
Thank you very much. 🙂

Neuling
Lovely! 👍

Ralf Topeters
Your dio is not only filled with life it is filled with several different stories. So wonderful! So much love for detail! I enjoyed the whole ride from the beginning. As I finally saw the last plane, I thought it would have been a funny twist if it would have been a camera drone over the reed. 😄
Great work, keep it going! 👍

Nicolas Autor
Thanks you for your kind words. I realy like the Idea with the camera drone. Perhaps I use is with one of my future projects.

bughunter
I have seen this diorama at the EME in Lingen and it looks in real even better 👍
It was also nice to meet the builder but I would not be able to recognise your avatar picture 🙂

Nicolas
👀

Cuajete
Very interesting project to start the year 👍
Good start!

Kenneth
Följer…

Harry Eder
Very promising start! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Quadruple build? Ambitious! Watching with pleasure!

Łukasz Gliński
Oh man, 4*Viggen 😮

Patrick Hagelstein
Very cool! I'll join in! 🍿

J35J
Massive project! I'm in!👍🏻

Spanjaard
4 Viggens? print row, please!

Guido
Taking a seat as well. 👍🏻

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Michael Kohl
Me too. Already learned to better open up the RAT turbine at my Viggen. A step I lazily omitted.

Daniel Mysak
Nice start👍! ...will follow your progress.

Mid Franconian
😎 Following!

Thomas Kolb Autor
Main assermbly done on all four models, but now I have a few days to spend sanding and filling unwanted seams and crude areas. A bit tedious, but that's what you get when you choose to build four nearly identical models at the same time.

Łukasz Gliński
That escalates damn quickly! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Impressive progress indeed

Mirko Römer
Oh my... Good luck, Thomas! 🙂
I own two of them and was thinking of a double build but rejected the idea. Thanks for the encouragement!

S M
Very ambitious project and well explained steps! Following indeed! 😄👍

Cuajete
Good progress! 👍

Mr D
Great project 👍
Was there much difference between the kits ?

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow! That's a quick build! 😳 I can only dream to build ONE kit that fast, let alone four at once!

Thomas Kolb Autor
Mr D, no, they are pretty much the same. Most of the parts for all versions are provided in every kit. But there are some subtle differences that need attention, like the extension of the fuselage for the fighter version.

Thomas Kolb Autor
Patrick, haha, I am a pretty fast builder, but I am extremely slow when it comes to painting. That's where my projects usually come to a crawl.

Juergen Klinglhuber
watching with interest - I love SAAB aircraft anyhow, but 4 of them in one project --great!!

Skyhiker
This is more interesting than I thought it would be. The subtle difference between them are pretty cool.

Thomas Kolb Autor
With only a few minutes of modeling here and there this week, it's quite a slow progress, but I am still inching closer to the finished assembly.

Cuajete
Veryt nice wapons and pods 👍

Dave Flitton
Excellent work. Can't wait for the finished product!

Cuajete
I agree with Dave 👍

★ Starfish ★
Really looking forward to the paint jobs! Great work so far!

Clement
What a glorious project!

Thomas Kolb Autor
Primer coat applied, a few filling errors need to be fixed. Time is unfortunately very difficult to find because of work, so the project moves very slowly for a while.

Cristian A
Following along

Thomas Kolb Autor
Undersides sprayed blue-gray with Mr Paint. Now let's wait a day for the paint to dry and then it's time to start working on the splinter camo. With my current speed, I expect to be finished by midsummer.

Patrick Hagelstein
Oh yes, once you get used to MRP, you'll never want another paint brand anymore! I love their colors, pigmentation and general ease of use. And, as a bonus, their sheen is perfect for adding decals directly on top.

Cristian A
Nice work Thomas, keep it going!

Finn
Following

Thomas Kolb Autor
I am trying to find a way to avoid tiny gaps between the splinter camo color zones. I think I have figured it out - before spraying a color zone, also remove the masks for all adjacent surfaces not yet painted. Thereby a slight spray overlap is created, so even if the mask is then replaced with a tiny bit of offset, it should not be visible. Special Hobby writes something like that in the mask description, but it's written in a very obscure way.

Martin Weinpold
Wow, looks good!

Nicolas Lopez
Thanks for sharing, Thomas. Following.

Łukasz Gliński
Ahhh, dat splinter! One&only!

Frank Brzobohaty
Looks great just give the corporal in charge of painting a reprimand on his record and send the plane to the flight line......do you know how much it cost to paint aircraft, lol.

Spanjaard
macro is a bitch for this kind of details... if you place the model in the display cabinet, can you see that microline with wrong color? i think you can not 😉

Thomas Kolb Autor
I have now started to add the masks to the models. It's quite a tricky task because I need to be extremely precise with the application - even the tiniest errors will be magnified as more mask segments are added, until things no longer add up. So it's a matter of constantly realigning the segments, which makes it all rather time consuming. BTW, I noticed that the pattern has a few minor errors, but I definitely won't lose any sleep over it.

Cuajete
Thanks for your explain, Thomas. I thinked to would be more easy to apply 👍

Spanjaard
this camo is one of the most complicated to achieve and the fact that you are doing it 4 models at once... my deepest respect!

Łukasz Gliński
Your the master of splinter suspense! Dosing it bit by bit 😄

Thomas Kolb Autor
Cuajete, Spanjaard and Łukasz, thank you for your interest! I am certainly not doing any cliffhanging on purpose - I am actually this glacially slow in reality. I also try to avoid aggravating the wifey by disappearing in my modeling man-cave for hours.

Łukasz Gliński
Good and fully understood strategy 😄
As our common colleague (the one, you share initials with 😛) used to say: "Happy wife? Happy life!"

Juergen Klinglhuber
Watching with interest. You will master the splinter camo for sure 👍

Thomas Kolb Autor
I am still struggling with the masks, trying to making sure that they are applied exactly identical on all three models, which slows down the process a bit. Not that anybody except me would notice.

Daniel Mysak
Nice progress, I'm looking forward to the splinter camouflage. On my AJ-37 I used vinyl masks from DM Models, it looks like the masks you are using are a bit easier to handle.

Kenneth
I have always had the conspirational theory that the Danish air force had a secret department dedicated to making life miserable for modellers, with their odd fonts, colours and aircraft modifications. The splinter camouflage is clear evidence of a similar department in the Swedish air force.

Thomas Kolb Autor
Daniel, thank you! I am right now hoping that my end result will be at least in the general vicinity of your beautiful Viggen in flight!

Thomas Kolb Autor
Phew, the second color is finally on. Now it's time to cover also the dark green areas and proceed with the black.

Michael Kohl
Was anxious to see how you handle the masking but see that you struggle with the three tone camo too. Cross my fingers for a satisfactory end result.

Thomas Kolb Autor
Michael, it is really not that difficult, only extremely time-consuming and require a very good eye-sight (or magnifying glasses). Too bad that the masks only partially reflect the actual camo pattern, I was hoping that they would be near perfect.

Michael Kohl
I was wrecking my brain for a simple elegant technique to apply 3-tone camos without the need for re-covering extensively. So - yes the concept is easy, but the work is plenty. 😉. Keep it up. Looking good.

Thomas Kolb Autor
Actually, the best method is to have two mask sets. I find that it is very difficult to do it all with just one mask set, as the masks will be slightly stretched and distorted when removed and reapplied and will no longer fit perfectly.

1. Spray the model light green.
2. Place all the masks from the first mask set.
3. Remove all masks segments except the light green ones and throw them away.
4. Spray the model dark green.
5. Add the dark green masks from the second mask set.
6. Spray the model black.
7. Add the black masks from the second mask set.
8. Spray the remaining exposed areas tan.

Also, when spraying a color, do not mask areas that you will be painting with a different color later, or you will end up with tiny strips of areas where the previous color shines through.

Michael Kohl
Maybe to add that such a camo be best postshaded or oil rendered as the various colors have different amounts of paint layers and so preshading gives an inconsistent result.

Cuajete
Great job with the painting masks, Thomas!
Thank you for the explain and the steps for apply 👍

Nicolas
Thanks for the detailed explanation Thomas. Is there a particular reason for the order of the colors? I would probably have worked from light to dark.

Shar Dipree
Following

Kenneth
Admirable stamina, looking forward to the inevitably great result 👍 I have Fujimi 1/72 Boeing Vertol/Hkp 4 in my stash and Swedish decals for it… even the rotor blades have splinter camouflage.. 😳🙄

Thomas Kolb Autor
Thank you all for your interest and encouragement! Nicolas, the tan areas are relatively few and with difficult shapes that are squeezed in between the other colors, so I figured that they would be easiest to leave for last. And for the three other colors, I indeed went from lightest to darkest as you suggested. Kenneth, yes, I would love to do the Hkp 4, it looks awesome in the splinter paintwork! I am however not sure if the Fujimi is available any more.

Nicolas
Thank you Thomas. I wasn't quite aware how little is actually painted tan.

Łukasz Gliński
Thomas, some say HB is equally good, but it lacks the big sponsons.

Thomas Kolb Autor
Łukasz, thank you! Kenneth actually provided me with a link to a German web shop (Modellbau Huber) where the Fujimi was still available, so I placed an order for it. I also ordered the Swedish decal set, so I might as well check if I have some MRP splinter camo paint left. And Valium for the nerves.

Cuajete
Wow, Thomas... It will be great to see that Fujimi with splinter camo in your hands 👍. I wanted to do the same too, but unfortunately I got another version instead.

Kenneth
Lukasz, I initially bought the 1/72 Hobby Boss CH-46 by mistake and it's useless for a Swedish Hkp 4. You basically need to make completely new rear sponsons yourself, and their shape is relatively complex.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
OMG. A lot of work in this camo scheme - I sure at the very end all the efforts definitively will pay off. I'm really curios for next pictures....

Cuajete
I agree with Juergen 👍

Michael Kohl
@pic92: ok?! That looks freakin perfect! I cross my fingers for a similar result on all surfaces on all planes.

Shar Dipree
Colours looks great and the result is perfect. Continued success! 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Those colors look awesome already! Very tight demarcations as well! 👌🏼

Cuajete
Great! Fantastic result.
The great (and hard) masking effort is paying off, Thomas 👍

Dave
Your paint scheme looks great. Very nice work.

Spanjaard
looks of work, but you are certainly nailing it!

DuperScale
Lots of viggen here, Great paintjob

CaptGPF
A little late, but watching with interest - especially if you go insane over FOUR viggen camo jobs!

Desert Marlin
Nice job on the camouflage!

Clement
This is genuinely impressive, wow!

Mid Franconian
I take my hat off! I just would not have the patience to do every step 4 times - especially the masking (ok, 3 times here…). Great job on the masking Thomas!

Martin Weinpold
Excelent!

gorby
Your question basically boils down to which are the best paints - I have no idea which ones you have tried. I suspect most of the amazing bare metal we see on here aren't acrylic paints, Alcad II produces some great finishes but I hate using it due to the smell. Sticking with acrylic, I've seen some excellent builds painted with Vallejo acrylic Metal Color – although not used it myself. Have a look at this:
davecoleysemporium.c..Colours-How-to-.html
Incidentally, many people spray metal finishes over a black base coat as they think it intensifies the metal sheen.

bughunter
Acrylics itself has nothing to do with the solvent (and so with smell), also all the new solvent based paints like Mr. Paint, Tamiya Lacquer LQ series, Gunze Acrysion, AK Real colors and more are acrylics, but solvent based instead of water based. The handling is much more forgiving and results are so much better, so many paint manufacturers move in that direction or at least offer a paint series additionally - they cannot ignore this trend.
Because of the handling quality and the results I love Alclad metal paints, but also AK Extreme metal are not bad (also solvent based). I started airbrushing at all with Alclad paints and was surprised how easy it was to get great results (my 1:16 aircraft engine project).
The smell is not a problem if you were a mask with filters and use an airbrush cabinet with exhaust. At least a mask is anyway recommended also with water based acrylics. The fact that they do not smell does not mean that the pigments in the lungs are healthy. And there are always pigments in the air because they are atomized so finely by the airbrush.

Nick Dragone Autor
Thank you. My latest build and album is a 1:72 P-51 done with Vallejo aluminum over a semi gloss black base. I'm pleased with the results and ease of cleanup. I over sprayed it with gloss for ease of handling and to level out the decals.

Augie
So there is an alternative that you could give a try. Its what I use on mine and I've had pretty decent results.

Its Wax Gilt, amazon.co.uk/Treasur..ng-Wax/dp/B00HVUTMH4

Its expensive, but goes so far its not that bad.

These were done with it

Opps | Album by Augie (1:32)
In Progress | Album by Augie (1:48)
Building the Javelin | Album by Augie (1:48)
Fishbed 3 | Album by Augie (1:48)
F-86D Royal Danish Airforce | Project by Augie (1:48)
Build | Album by Augie (1:48)

Apply direct to the plastic with a soft brush and after about 15 mins, lightly buff it.

bughunter
As Augie mentioned wax: there are also some wax metal tones available as "AK True Metal" e.g. steel, alu, dark alu, silver, gun metal, copper, ....
I own dark alu, but not much experience yet (only used on a little part).

Nick Dragone Autor
Thanks Augie, I can get this on Amazon but here in the US a similar product is called RubNBuff

Augie
From what I remember, a few other members tried rub and buff and the results were different, I've not tried it myself.

Villiers de Vos
Beautiful work on the Sabre.

Mr D
Nice 👍👍 very good job, l did this one in desert colour in 1:72, was nice kit, only issue was the back wheel came away.
But was nice build, well done 👌

Nick Dragone Autor
Thank you ! I got this kit as a gift for subscribing to Airfix Model World several years ago and decided to build it. Quick build and overall a very nice little kit.

Guy Rump
Very nice build! 👍

Nick Dragone Autor
Thank you. The colors in some of the pictures appear more green probably due to the lighting

Villiers de Vos
A very nice finish on this aeroplane.

Mark
Wow! A wonderful kit assembled to stunning effect. 👍

Michael Kohl Autor
Thanx Mark. Happy to hear. It was no homerun and sat again and again for month until I gathered the motivation to overcome the hurdles I faced. But now I am happy to look at it.

Robert Podkoński
I am deeply impressed with your perseverance...And the effect is stunning indeed!

Michael Kohl Autor
Thanks Robert for your kind reply. Much appreciated.

bughunter
Nicely done! It was a good decision to replace the closed cowling with the engine, luckily Karaya re-released the old ExtraTech sets.
One day I will solder this kit too as addition to the other stripdown kits of this series.

Dominik Weitzer
super!

Michael Kohl Autor
Danke Bughunter und Dominik.
I hope that Eduard will re-release those strip down kits with improved styrene or/and resin parts as they did with the Fokker Dr.I.

Rui S
Filigrana. Incredible work 👍

Ralf Topeters
Could it be I saw this one in Lingen yesterday? It is a masterpiece of skill and concentration. You must be a Zen-master! 😉 👍 👍 👍

Michael Kohl Autor
Hi Ralf, thanks for your nice comment. Indeed, this kit tested my skills, patience and perseverance as it is very fragile and some parts, like the leading edge slats, are quite tricky to assemble. But what you have seen in Lingen must have been another Zen-Master as I happen to work this weekend. 🙂
I case you like that Strip Down stuff, you are welcome to visit my Fokker Dr. I- build too. A kit which is much easier to handle.

Fokker Dr.I strip down 1:72 | Album by panorama (1:72)

gorby
Incredible work!

Michael Kohl Autor
Thanks Gorby.
I gotta take some decent pics of this model too. Somehow I always forget.

Finn
Awesome!

Dominik Weitzer
Wow, das sieht Klasse aus 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Guy Rump
Great work. 👍

Michael Kohl Autor
Thanks guys for the nice feedback, much appreciated.

Neuling
Great achievement. Nice feedback mandatory!

Michael Kohl Autor
🙂 Thanks Neuling.

Michael Kohl Autor
Finally added some new and better pictures.

Michael Kohl Autor
And Thank you guys for your likes.

Michael Kohl Autor
Thanks Dean to you too. Appreciated.

Neuling
👍

Lothar Linke
beautiful aircraft and job

Michael Kohl Autor
Thanks Neuling and Loghar29 for the thumbs up.

Michael Kohl Autor
And thanks again for more likes. Am a little proud to have finished this one after the hard times it gave me. 🙂

Michael Kohl Autor
Thank you guys for sneeking in and leaving a like. 🙂

Zbynek Honzik
Great job, Michael! 👏👏👏

Gary
1/72 scale wow amazing work

CaptGPF
Wow, Michael! Well done and plated!

Michael Kohl Autor
Thank you guys and welcome to the last meters. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Great to see this jewel again!

Thomas Kolb
I am at a loss for words. Simply amazing.

Dave
That looks amazing.

Andrei
How is it possible to build?! Amazing work!

Michael Kohl Autor
Thanks a ton mates for the nice feedback. Makes me happy.
@Andrei: actually it is not that difficult as the layout of the kits is quite smart - most of the time. But I admit that some steps are a tad fumbly and tricky indeed.

MS K
Amazing!!!

bughunter
After seeing pic32: looks a bit crazy, because the legs are too long -> in flight position.
I know this only as I built the 1:48 Storch from Tamiya, see how it looks like on ground: Fieseler Fi 156 Storch - A-99 of Switzerland | Album by bughunter (1:48)
Tamiya offers a accessory kit: Fi156C Storch In-Flight Land..lay Set (Tamiya 12620, 1:48) which contains a stand and new parts for a in-flight extended landing gear, so yours looks more like this.

Perhaps an excuse could be that the aircraft is very light because it is only half built and has no fuel and no cargo, so the suspension lifts it up 🙂

Michael Kohl Autor
That was precisely my reasoning:😉
Otherwise I would have modified the hell out of this landing gear.

Michael Kohl Autor
Kidding aside, thanks Frank for your input. Always nice to learn.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Whoow Michael, in dem Maßstab so was zu bauen 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
👀

Sergej I
following

Johannes Schendlinger Autor
Nice to have you here guys! 😊

Music_On
I have the original Two Bobs version in the stash - following with interest!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Mark Sherwood
I do like the shape of the Buckeye, nice start Johannes.👍

Neuling
Top work! Base wanted!

Maik Berlin Autor
Thanks Mate! I added a picture with the small display I choosed for the model with an Lord Strathcona's Horse Cap Badge 🙂

Mark K
Very nice!

Andrej Bassich
Excellent work!

Rui S
Great work 👍