Novinky

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!
(Perhaps the transparencies and propellers from this kit would work:
Soviet Tu-2 Bomber (HobbyBoss 80298, 1:72))

Thomas Kolb
Thank you Robert! The three-bladed standard propellers in the kit are actually fine, it is the transparencies I am a bit worried about.

Łukasz Gliński
Me 2, must watch this - wondering how good/bad this kit is

Dave Flitton
Watching!!

J35J
Me 3, this will be another great build to follow.

Cuajete
Me 5!
I still don't understand why they haven't released a more updated tool for this model yet.

Moreno Baruffini
Thomas, you are a specialist in reminding me the models I started and non finished (yet)! Super inspiring, and a great build to follow for sure!

Thomas Kolb
Dear friends, thank you for your interest. I am a bit curious myself how this model will turn out - I have read some pretty nasty things about it in reviews, but I am not sure it's so bad. It certainly looks very intricately designed, not your usual shake 'n' bake kit for sure.

Gergő Takács
Thomas, you are doing always the same project what I want to do in the future with the same kits. 😀 I'm always taking a seat and save your work for motivation.

Finn
I'm in

Łukasz Gliński
Thomas, your tutorial is priceless! 👍

Mr D
Like this 👍👍
Big fan of soviet n russian stuff, will have to look up history on this one as new to me.
Interesting subject, Nice 😁

Cuajete
Good start, Thomas. Thank you so much for your tutorial 👍

Thomas Kolb
I must say, I am pretty impressed with this kit so far. At first sight it looked like an Amodel kit, but everything is very cleverly designed and all parts fits together beautifully without any problems. The only gripe I have is with the plastic itself - it's very soft and stretchy and definitely does not like to be sanded.

Nicolas
Nice start, joining.

Живко Джаков
I'm here too. I have one in a box and we only see each other with it 🙂

Cuajete
Great job so far, Thomas 👍
I never bought this kit because I thought it would be difficult to deal with.

Thomas Kolb
Cuajete, I must say, I am pretty impressed with this kit so far. At first sight it looked like an Amodel kit, but everything is very cleverly designed and the parts almost fall together by themselves without any problems. The only gripe I have is with the plastic itself - it's very soft and kind of stretchy, and all sanding needs to be followed by polishing to result in a smooth surface.

Cuajete
Thanks, Thomas. I'll have to consider buying the latest ICM box 👍.

Cuajete
Good progress, Thomas 👍

Mr D
Looking good 👍, the canopy is fine, be ok when all printed up, fits fuselage well, the canopy on the Revell FW-190 l did was horrendous!! Would be good for bathroom privacy glass 🤣.
What glue do you use to fix canopy??

Thomas Kolb
Mr D, Thank you! I used regular Revell styrene cement (the blue one with the needle tip). Just added a string of solvent around the fuselage edges and then placed the canopy on. I normallt use water-based cement for transparencies to avoid fogging, but if you are careful, it's not a problem to use solvent based cement.

Mr D
Brilliant thank you 👍👍

Thomas Kolb
Using the precut masks would be so much easier if they actually fit the model... But the flight deck glasshouse parts seem to be designed for a different kit, so I am back to using Tamiya masking tape.

Mr James
Great effect. Is that salt you've used

littleblackbear
Thanks a bunch. It's heavy chipping fluid on top of a black base coat, that I sprayed a highly diluted white overtop. Then chipped the heck out of it.

Unfortunately I'll be reworking a lot of this as I need to do some additional work to distort the gear on top and remove the rubber around the wheels and return rollers. But that's part of the fun of these destroyed kits; they're easily reworkable, and it's hard to truly mess up. 😂

Mr James
Ah I see. Its looks like a fun build. A good point about the rubber wheels. the idlers would at least caught fire. It looking damn good so far.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Guy Rump
I agree with Villiers. 👍

Vincent
Very nice clean paint finish!!

GUILLAUME C
Thank you all.
Not finished yet. Still one or two things to do.

Mr D
Very nice, like it 👌👍👍 Done good job on the Antenna's all round nice looking project 👍

GUILLAUME C
Thank you

Lex Jassies
Planning to make a forced perspective diorama? If so, looks like a great idea 🙂 following!

Finn
This looks really interesting - will follow

Lorraine Lin
Yes, my first time to try forced perspective diorama. I Also prepared two Akagi, 1:700 and 1:2000. Will try to finish by this weekend.

Thomas Kolb
This is really interesting and creative! And the models look absolutely beautiful too.

Spanjaard
really curious about the final results. beginning is very promising 🙂

gorby
Interesting idea. Beautiful work so far.

Neuling
Same as gorby ..........

Villiers de Vos
A very original pose. Very nice progress.

CaptGPF
Following too!

Vincent
This looks interesting!! Good luck🙂

Nicolas
Very nice.

Spanjaard
explosion looks amazing

Pietro De Angelis
Truly scenic!

Lorraine Lin
Thanks for everyone's encourage, my first forced perspective diorama project just completed.

Finn
Very cool, congrats!

Doubtingmango
Fun!

Bernhard Schrock
Great idea and perfect illusion! Very clever photo set🙂! Chapeau.

David H
Love your work , incredible perspective , thank you for sharing 😎

Spanjaard
amazing!!!!

Ben M
Wow, very creative! The results are amazing.

Duster_d
It looks cool! How much work has been invested in it! 👍

William Joel
Sky, you did a wonderful job. I have to agree, there is a lot of work put into this effort. Thanks for sharing.

Christoph Kunz
Now that is different. I have never seen something like this before. RESPECT!

Spanjaard
you could actually have all of this in a box, with a small window that would allow to see only the right perspective. a show stopper in any modelling event!

Lorraine Lin
Great idea! Thank you Spanjaard

CaptGPF
Definitely impressive! I don't know which is more impressive - the forced perspective, the insane painting of the small aircraft, the beautiful water and explosive effects, or the overall orchestration! This is definitely the "Neuling" of air and sea dioramas!

Nicolas
Absolutly phantastic job. I can only agree with CaptGPF.

Lorraine Lin
Thank you for everyone, Thank you for your kind words.

Mr James
Everything CaptGPF wrote

Robert Podkoński
Simply breathtaking... Awesome! A masterpiece!

Mr D
You do some really nice work 👍👍 next level 👌
I've just purchased the skyhawk SBD , did the build go well ??