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Interesting start!

Simon O'Gorman
I felt very uncomfortable cutting out the fuselage sections - I'd never done that before - but with the doors dropped open it means the cockpit will be more open.

Ben M
Watching… I built this one last year.

Simon O'Gorman
Ah, cool! It's my first go at airbrushing and all going very slowly. But I'll get there in the end.

Michael Jonker
Great show. Watching with interest 🍿

LucLuke B
I'll be building this one soonish so am following.

Alex K
Me too... I've built the ancient-tool Airfix, but I have also bought the new one, and watching your work progress helps a lot.

Simon O'Gorman
Ah, look forward to seeing how you go lads. I'm no expert I'm afraid but you may pick up some tips as to what not to do
🙂

Ben M
Watching.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Following too. Good job so far, keep it up!

Andy M
Never built a biplane before so watching this with interest!

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Robert. Slow going, but I'll get there.

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice work, looking forward to seeing a finished model. 👍

Dave
Watching progress on this one, looks good.

Łukasz Gliński
Joining the party , looks promising 👍

Thomas Espe
👀

Benny Michiels
Following.

Andy Ball
Terrific journalism on this build, I see the learning curve has yielded results! Bravo.

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Andy, I'm recording the all the disasters along with the little wins. And the learning curve has been dramatic!

Ethan Flory
Looking very good Simon!!

Simon O'Gorman
Thank you Ethan, and to everyone above. Encouraging comments are like a little shot adrenaline. They are all very much appreciated.

Nicolas
Looks very good so far. Joining for the final.

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Nicolas, nearly there!

Alec K
Nice work there, looks like it was a fruitful learning journey 👍

Guy Rump
Nice result! 👍

LucLuke B
Well done. It looks like a fiddly model to build.

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Guy!

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Luke, to be honest I couldn't tell if the model was fiddly or I wasn't doing it right.

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Alec, and yes, it was a great learning journey.

Dave Flitton
Some good work there, glad you finished it.

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Dave, it became a saga alright.

Ben M
I built that kit too, and it's tricky to get all the struts and such for the upper wing

Simon O'Gorman
Yeah, that was really tricky for me too, Ben. Huge learning curve! What I should have done was glue the outer struts to the bottom and dry-fitted the top until it was set - then glued the centre struts into the top wing, and put the two together. Getting this wrong can ruin the build.

Ben M
I did the center ones first, glued top wing on, and then fit the outboard ones: Leger VVC Batavia Tiger Moth | Album by Bourgeois Detailism (1:72)

Simon O'Gorman
Just looked at your album Ben, a really nice build. Loved your prop and the rigging looks great. Very nice!

Alex K
Front row seat, please! 🙂

Ben M
I started on this, and funny thing, the instructions have you carve out the rear fuselage and replace it with some other parts, but after I do that, I look at my reference picture above and realize that the rear fuselage on this plane more closely resembles the original fuselage without the other part. So now I'm gluing back in and puttying the parts that were originally there... that'll teach me to look at reference pictures more closely! I've done a bunch of minor assembly and painting, especially of the interior.

Alex K
From Wiki: "From 1941 onwards all military and many civil Tiger Moths were outfitted with anti-spin strakes positioned on the junction between the fuselage and the leading edge of the tailplane, known as Mod 112". I think the (new) Airfix tooling gives this option (unlike the old-tool kit I built a few months ago), but, no, your Batavia examples didn't seem to have the said anti-spin strakes.

Stefan Schacht
curious 🙂

Ben M
So I've never rigged a biplane before - started rigging this one and realized what I was doing wasn't going to end well. So I removed what I've done and will think a bit more before trying again.

Ben M
The Kora models decals aren't really worth it. They are missing the wing markings entirely. All I ended up using was the markings on the prop and the tiny lettering under the "v.v.c." On the cowling. Also included are some resin wheels which don't seem different or better than the ones in the kit. The Dutch decals sheet is nice. I have often had problems with their decals shattering but these seem strong.

Alex K
Thumbs up! 👍

Ben M
It is complete, built a new windscreen to replace the one I lost. Weather should be nice tomorrow and I can take some pics.

Mark K
Very, very nice! I have always avoided painting anything yellow because I have yet to find a yellow paint that covers decently - but clearly it can be done.

Ben M
Hi Mark - I just used Tamiya gloss yellow. The trick is to use white primer underneath it.

Mark K
Thanks for the tip!

Ben M
Complete - I can't believe how tiny it is! I would like to thank @eliask for his advice on how to rig 1:72 biplanes - thank you.

Ben M
Netherlands East Indies training aircraft PK-VVJ, August 1941. A few of these Tiger Moths were evacuated to Australia after the fall of the Netherlands East Indies to Japan.

Alex K
Absolutely lovely, Ben! The rigging turned out fine, congrats! 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Beautiful Moth, rigging looks very realistic and the woodeffect on the prop is just as convincing !

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

Ben M
Thank you. I painted the prop Polly scale rust and then drew laminations on it with a brown marker pen.

Łukasz Gliński
Nice, the rigging went great 👍

Simon O'Gorman
Looks brilliant!

gorby
Looking very good so far Kesa.

gorby
Nice work. Don't forget that any loose oil drums or boxes would probably fall off when a real tank moves, so they would most like be strapped down.

Kesa Tiho
I would add straps but i dont have any polystyrene nor the precision to paint them. And on this Sherman in particular it's in place, sniping tigers and any other IFVs so i can imagine it wont be moving much. Though maybe ill try painting straps on the oil drum later.

Spanjaard
you can take the the metal that covers wine bottles (tin?), cut it with scissors, and paint it in any color. or even paint it and then cut in thin stripes. serves really good for this kind of applications. it is possible to buy that kind of material. but if there is any bottle of wine being open at home, you have it for free.... another material that can be used is thin aluminium. Nesquick used to have a thin layer alumium under the lid of their cans for example. pretty useful stuff
a can of cola or similar drinks can be also cut with any scissors, but is is stronger than the other two i mentioned, so it may not be the best for those stripes. but you have some waiting to be used at home for sure. just be careful with your fingers, this stuff can be quite sharp 😉

gorby
If you have any masking tape in works well as straps if you cut narrow strips.

Spanjaard
true, i was going to mention that too, but it seems i forgot at the end.

Kesa Tiho
Thanks for the tips. Ill keep em,' in mind

Kesa Tiho
Since i cant upload pictures for whatever reason *exasperated sigh* ill just update yall through the comments. Started working on the brass shells. Got shell casings onto the Sherman now im painting the APC rounds

Spanjaard
it may one of those days that SCM runs out of disk space and we have to wait until is resolved 😉 I has happened a fre times

Spanjaard
looking good Sherman