Novinky

Alex K
I'm in - of course...

Rui S
Me too 😎

gorby
Thanks for tagging along Alex & Rui. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Looks like a tuk tuk, anyways its really nice to see you on another project. Im excited to see the fuck ups and final result. Hope your misses doesn't mind you being in love with another woman 😄

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here, of course 🙂

gorby
Welcome Kesa & Robert. 🙂
Kesa Mrs Gorby is used to my plastic passion obsessions. 😄
And yes it does look a bit like a tuk tuk. Incidentally there have been a couple of screw up so far but obviously I won't be telling everyone as I want to make it look like I know what I'm doing. 🙂

Spanjaard
certainly joining this new gorby's strange subject being created 🙂

gorby
Thanks Spanjaard, you're always welcome. 🙂

Mr D
Hi Gorby 👋
Another interesting one 😃👍
Nice project, they used 3wheel trucks like these at Cadburys factory as they need tighter turning circles round the plant.

gorby
Glad you're tagging along Mr D.
Their turning circle was one of the reasons they where so successful. Do you have any association with Cadburys - other than eating their products of course. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Remember these trundling down Zetland Road and Linthorpe Road from the train station. BR and their parcel/freight division use to operate them.

gorby
Hi Mark, apparently British Rail was the main user of these things.

bughunter
That will be another session of scratch modeling of famous (with 30,000 it must be famous) British cars 👍 So ugly that they begin to be beautiful.

gorby
Hi Frank, they certainly are famous in Britland...although probably only with men of a certain age. 😄

Mr D
Hi Gorby...No just eating 😂 l live not far from factory n seen documentary on it too.
Like the project 😁👍

gorby
Thanks Mr D.
Been on their factory tour, as a chocoholic it was wonderful. 🙂

Alex K
One interesting thing to have in mind is that Gorby set to build the ancient 1962 tool of the Scarab and scratch the Mechanical Horse precisely when there appeared recent (and immeasurably better, as for the Scarab - I guess) 3d-printed 1:72 kits of both the Scarab and the French relatives of the MH (i.e. FAR tractors)... But that's Gorby (much to our delight!) 👍

gorby
THERE'S 3D PRINTED KITS!!!??? 😄 😄
I'd be too tight to buy them anyway.
I'm about a month into the build so far and quite enjoying it....mostly.

Alex K
We know you would enjoy this - and we enjoy too... Plus: if you are going to turn the Scarab into a wrecker / recovery vehicle (!!!)... extra joy. Very Gorby-esque work! 👍 👍

gorby
Thanks Alex. 🙂

Ben M
👀

Mr D
"Would you like some parts with that Flash sir" 😂
I know you will pull a great job out of it Gorby 😀👍

Jan Peters
Following this masochistic exercise 😄
The tow truck you fell in love with, was it used to tow Reliant Robins?

Zsolt Czegle
I take a seat!

Intresting project! Go Gorby Go!

gorby
Good grief, I appear to have attracted a crowd. 😳
I didn't realise the Robin was globally infamous. That would be a great idea Jan if I can find a cheapish 1/76 one. 😄
Thanks all for taking an interest. 🙂

Alec K
Taking a seat. The nasties the kit, the more Gorby likes it… I'll forgo spelling out the logical conclusion from this. 😄 😄 😄

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Welcome to the show Alec. I have some nice kits in my mini stash, for some reason they keep being overlooked. Maybe I choose kits which make scratch-building feel like an easier option. 😄

David Taylor
Always worth a watch.

Mr D
X2 trucks under way 😁👍

Jan Peters
Great job on the fiddly bits Gorby 👍🏻

gorby
Thanks mates....as usual I'm playing catch-up with the build report.
(I'll let you into a secret. I don't start the report until I have a very good idea that things might work out. If I'd completely screwed up - you'd never know about it.) 😳

Mr D
🤣🤣 prevention better than cure 😜
Where about in the UK were they produced ?
I vaguely remember the 3 wheel electric milk floats as a kid.

gorby
I think they were built at Scammell Lorries Ltd in Watford.
In fact there is now a road in the area called Scammell Way.
Typical of Britain, close the factory and name a new road after it to remind us that we used to actually make stuff. 🙁

bughunter
Your 'secret' is a good idea: start a build report lately not only shows a success, but also makes the build look quick! Must copy this idea 😉

gorby
😄
The one down side is that as I only do one project at a time it looks like I'm doing bugger all for about a month. 😄

Alec K
Gorby, I follow the same strategy with build reports. Trouble is, I eventually catch up and then snail-pace it to the finish…

gorby
😄

Alex K
Fabulous work going on (as it was to be expected)...

gorby
Thanks very much Alex. 🙂

Jan Peters
What a load of rubbish, in a good way that is 🙂

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Lex Jassies
Nice to see this kit. Build the Scammel Scarab as a youngster from Airfix. And looking at the sprues I would say these are from the the former Airfix kit.
Have fun building it 😉

Alec K
Great progress and entertaining narrative 🙂. The trailer wheels turned out nice, I can't imagine making something like that. Just curious: why not make one and cast a copy (I think you have done that in the past)? Or does this have to do with that logical thing…

gorby
Thanks for the comment mates. 🙂
Lex: Yes this is from the old Airfix kit. Quite enjoying the build so far - although that's probably because most of the build is scratch work. 😄
Alec: Typically the trailer wheels look like a different size to the other wheels in the kit which is why I had to cobble something together rather than cast them. I've been meaning to try and scratch wheels for a while so it was also a bit of an experiment. Hopefully future ones will be better.

Michael Kohl
Love the subject and the build. Not really knowing what I'm talking about I'd say it's as british as british can be

gorby
Thanks Michael. You're quite right, they are as quirkily British as it's possible to be and unlike most quirky British vehicles these were a actually successful. 🙂

Mr D
Like what you have done so far, good thinking on utilising items , l always look at a item before l throw it away to see if it could be useful.
My fire extinguisher handle was just offcuts laying in my scrap tub., ps it finished now will photo tomorrow.
Your right...a MC Donald's or frozen pizza box would be bit out of place 🤣 Fire ash, tin cans, spud peel n bit of dog poo most likely 😄.
Quite rewarding the scratch build l imagine.
Looking good 👍👍

Michael Schubert
Looks like I'm a bit late to the party, but pulling up a chair way in the back to follow along 🤣 looks like a fun little project

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂
I have to fight against an inherited hoarding gene, so it's a bit of a fine line I have to walk with saving odd and sods for scratching.
At the moment it's very enjoyable project. It's helping to keep my grey matter from seizing up completely, working out how to make something from a pile of bits.

Jennifer Franklin
I am pulling up a seat. I can't wait to see what you do with the scratch building of an I beam.

gorby
Thanks Jennifer. Hopefully I'l show more work soon. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Really creative way to make rubbish. Im honestly surprised at how well you can DIY and scratch stuff, top notch stuff. Either way the progress is nice.
Also if you don't mind me asking, what operation did your missus go through? Having to administer blood thinners sounds pretty serious.

gorby
Thanks Kesa. 🙂
Mrs Gorby had a hip replacement op. Normally she'd just need medication for the blood thinning but fortunately for my scratch-building junk pile, they thought injections would be better.
Okay, that makes me sound like a bad person. 😄

shadowlight
Not at all... you are aware of your "waste footprint" ^^

Kesa Tiho
Gotta agree with shadowlight. Your not a bad person 🙂. This reminds me of a quote from one of my favourite games: "I'm not an angel, but when you see Trevor your gonna swear I am one." Except It's "I'm not an angel, but when you see Kesa your gonna swear I am one." 😄

Mr D
@ Kesa
GTA-5 by any chance Kesa ??
Interesting build this one ... good to follow.
Did you have any 3wheel vehicles in your part of the world ?
👍😄

Kesa Tiho
Yeah Mr D! Do you play the game?

Mr D
Kesa ...l have played it,
I like retro gaming mostly now👍

Mark Sherwood
Holy Chewbacca on a bagel. Who's, who?

Kesa Tiho
I like the exhaust (yeah i know, a half assed comment) but good god I have never seen a more perfect card... ever.... Truly a masterpiece 😄👍

Thomas K.
Passt 🙂, 👍

Whiskey Actual
That's some of the most realistic grass I've ever seen in a diorama. Amazing work

Chris T. An
Thank you guys. ????

Neuling
Very good diorama. I would like to see more GDR ordnance on scalemates.

Spanjaard
1/72? wow, that is amazing result

Tom B.
Very cool one 👍 Looks really realistic

Bas Tonn
Nice

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

Simon Nagorsnik
Really nice dio with a lot of stuff👍
The vegitation is great work
Also the weathering is well done

Alex Rodionov
Excelent diorama. At first I thought it's 1/35. 👍

Rui S
Very Nice Dio 👍

Christoph Kunz
Watching with interesst.
I've done one landing gear yesterday, very fiddly.

J35J
I'm in. Following👍🏻

Jakub Biganovsky
I am wondering how landing gear subassembly will fit; it will be next step.

Cuajete
Well done so far. Following!

Finn
I'm in

Łukasz Gliński
Joining the party

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat.

Nicolas
Joining the fun.

J35J
The kit looks more "build friendly" than the DH88 Mikromir kit 1:48.
Looking forward to see the final result 👍🏻

Jakub Biganovsky
Yep, Clear props brough realy high level of plastic kits. They are not same level as Tamyia/Eduard or...., but still very high.
Nice fitting and approximate details make a building friendly. Some small part surfaces keep milling prints due to local missing polishing of mould, but still fine.

Michael Kohl
Following closely your progress as I have an eye on this kit. Nice additions you make and valuable experiences you share.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Cuajete
Good progress! 👍

Christoph Kunz
Thank you for your detailed buildlog.
I'm staying tuned.

Cuajete
Great (hard) job so far 👍

Kenneth
Following 😳

Michael Kohl
Fit of the wing halfes is a problem indeed (bought the kit in the meantime), but I think you chose the harder route. Sanding/scraping down the contact areas between the upper and lower wing halfes should solve the problem without the need for extensive use of putty afterwards.

Jakub Biganovsky
Michael Kohl, your recommendation could work. But, evidently not in my case.
Although that I thinned both halfs to try to fit them precisely as possible, a micro step was there after glueing halfs togther.
The gap between shorter lower and longer upper half was relatively big.
And the last think is, that lower and upper "profile" did not correspond to each other.

Moreno Baruffini
Finally the winter holidays have arrived, it's time to show my projects for the following weeks! 🙂

Nicolas
👀

DerMattes
Following 👍

Ekki
And me.

Moreno Baruffini
Thanks to all of you mates ! Hope to share the first update soon!

Guy Rump
Following! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here.

Cristian A
Following!

Alec K
Ditto.

Moreno Baruffini
Thanks a lot dear mates! Added today a couple of pictures with the first steps: I'm scratchbuilmding the inner cockpit, in order to make it similar to the Romanian one, and I started preparing the parts for the engine.

Kyle DeHart
Very nice!

Curtis Caden
Thank you Kyle DeHart.

Spanjaard
lovely

Curtis Caden
Thank you Spanjaard. The 1955 Indianapolis 500 pace car was a Chevrolet Bel Air convertible with a 265 small block V8 engine. The 1955 Bel Air pace car was significant because it featured a new small block engine design that became very successful.

Kyle DeHart
You're welcome!! I need to build this one too!!

Rui S
I like it 👍

Martin Oostrom
You did a great job.

Dontsniffglue
Next project. AMT.... yuck.... Spent hours cleaning all the pin mold marks, flashing, mold lines.... exhaust pipes are twisted. But hey! It's one of my favorite cars.

Planned color theme:
Body - TS-40 Metallic Black
Stripes - TS-87 Titanium Gold
Interior - X1 Black, XF-79 Deck Brown (for wood grain), XF-57 Buff, X-11 Silver Chrome
Motor - X-4 Blue

István Szücs
Watching with interest!

Bob Hall
Been worshiping at the Shelby alter for 50 years ! Here, this may help in your endeavor !
mustangattitude.com/mustang/1968shelby.shtml

Dontsniffglue
Thanks Bob! I originally wanted to do it in wimbledon white with the blue stripes, but I was having a hard time finding good matches. I ended up using this source as an example for a detail work.

noreserveclassics.co..by-gt500-convertible

Bob Hall
I own a 2008 GT500KR 40th anniversary I bought when I was home on leave from Iraq, but I'd trade it for an original 1968 in a heart beat ! I know the AMT kits kinda suck, as the molds are 40 something years old, the early 90's seem to be of a better quality! But if your looking for Mustang kits, I do believe I have the biggest stash of Mustangs here, just let me know what you are needing !

István Szücs
The details are amazing!

George Williams
I used to have a T-shirt with the slogan "I thought Carroll was a girl's name".

Martin Oostrom
Very nice work on your custom stripes 👍🏻

Łukasz Gliński
Following

Christoph Kunz
Da schau ich Dir mal über die Schulter.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, for sure!

Alex K
... sure!

Michael Kohl
Welcome mates. Happy to have you around.

Michael Kohl
Those familiar with the kit might have noticed the absence of the firewall. I simply lost it and decided that I will just omit it as it is invisible anyway.

bughunter
A very interesting plane! You made a good progress with another (parallel?) project 👍

Michael Kohl
Parallllllel, alternating. You name it. 😉

J35J
Great start!👀

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Michael Kohl
Thanks and welcome.

Nicolas
Great start.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Interesting build and very promising start - I´m in for this 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Michael Kohl
Moin zusammen Thomas und Nicolas.

Michael Kohl
...and Jennifer too, of course. 🙂

Nicolas
Interesting approach to simply sand the control surface structure in the primer. I'll keep my fingers crossed for a good result.

Denis Dogadov
As a base for the red color, you need to use yellow, then the red will be bright.If you put red on white, you will get just pink.

bughunter
Michael, using different primers for one top coat is my idea! The usage of my idea is geBIERenpflichtig! 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Looks like you're the partial member of The Infanous Order of The Pink Primer 😋

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Michael Kohl
@ Nicolas: I cross my fingers too. But looks like I have to do some homework before the final coat (see below 🙂 )

@ Denis: thanks for your input. I tested your suggestion on a scrab wing. With LP-7 I get a nice hue as well over white primer and pink base alike. Problem is that there is almost no difference between them. Over yellow (XF-3) the red receives a rather orange hue which I do not like for this project. But I am optimistic to finetune that and use lighter yellow or buff as base coat and see how that turns out. I'll keep you posted.

@Frank: So, se wollen erheben ne kleene GeBIER?!
Da trifft es sich ja gut, dass mein diesjähriger Adventskalender aus 24 Flaschen feinem fränkischen Bier aus 24 verschiedenen Brauereien besteht. Es wird mir eine Freude sein, ein-zwei-drei mit Dir zu teilen - in N?! In M?! Gruß 🙂

@Lukasz: I applied, but as PartPrimerer I am only allowed into the Entree so far. Full membetship pending. 🙂

Welcome Guy

Denis Dogadov
Yes, I will be interested in what your red color will turn out to be. I recently painted small parts red, but there was a noticeable difference in color, depending on the color of the soil. Perhaps your LP-7 is better.

Michael Kohl
I tested a couple of base coat variations for LP-7. A nice combination in my eyes is achieved when using Mr. Hobbycolor H413 yellow as base for the darker areas and pink (Tamiya X-17) for the lighter ones. But that would have meant to redo the whole base paint. So I stuck to my combination and mourned the loss of contrast.

Mark Sherwood
Looks good to me Michael. 🤘🥸👍

Cuajete
Me 2! 👍

Jennifer Franklin
That is a gorgeous colour red

Christoph Kunz
I say the same as Mark and Jennifer. 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Add some white today and it will be perfect Xmas gift just in time 😋

Jennifer Franklin
There's the white! Perfect Xmas gift.

Jakub Biganovsky
Really great job. I appreciate your approach.
I didn`t test different base color. I used GS Aquarius H23 at first piece at black surfacer, and it wasn`t fine. I will use gloss yellow at 2nd piece.
How did you do such perfect wing bottom side. It looks really nice. I had relatively big gap there and some residual step although I precisely brushed big material layer out from both wing half. Maybe, the used glue did a step at the end.
I thing, that this, wings bottom, is weakest part of this model although, as you ar writing, engine nacceles also need some attention.

Bernhard Schrock
A nice red! 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Good job!

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice work, beautiful painting job on the figures, not an easy thing to do.

Rui S
Like it, too 👍

Thomas Wirsching
interesting vehicle of an exotic operator. Nice work!

Géza Szekér
Thank You Thomas!

Shar Dipree
Very nice MSTA-S and interesting camouflage. 👍🏻

Géza Szekér
Thank you Shar!

Rui S
I like it 👍

Treehugger
I suspect waterline modelers get to have all the fun. 🙂

Mike Szwarc
I love your display frames/cases. Are they home-made?

Guy Rump
Great display and models. 👍

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Thanks Gentleman!
Hello Mike,
Ther IKEA frames and home made inlay.

Guillaume Blanchet
Love the presentation 👍

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Thanks Guillaume

Pierre Pierre
very intersting display, they are all 1/700 ?

Hans-Jürgen Haag
O yes all of them 1/700

Pierre Pierre
impressive !

Robert
looks pretty cool

Landlubber Mike
Wow Hans, as a builder of 1/700 kits myself, I'm really impressed by your work! What a collection!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Thanks Gentleman!
This is approximately 1/2 of my present kits. The carries and Battleship are to large for the displaycases from IKEA.

Neuling
Cool display. Do I see you on pic 17 ?

Hans-Jürgen Haag
O yes Neuling!

Neuling
👍

CaptGPF
Well assembled, and very nicely plated for presentation!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Thanks Gentleman!

Felix
Wow, sieht toll aus!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Wonderful collection Hans-Jürgen! It's a great way to display them in the frames with the flags in the background.

Treehugger
I wonder, is it possible to buy a comprehensive set of kits for say WW1 warships, or are there some ships that never ended up as a scale model kit in say 1:700 scale?

Hans-Jürgen Haag
High Treehugger!
There are a number of 1/700 kits on the market.
unfortunately most of them are made of epoxy and are quite rudimentary and expensive.
However, compared to the World War 2 era, there are much fewer.
Luckily there are more and more every year.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Thanks Robin!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Klasse Presentation Hans-Jürgen!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Danke Dieter,
mittlerweile sind die meisten weggepackt und eingelagert.

Jennifer Franklin
That is an incredible collection, no doubt years of work. I love the country markings and overall organization.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Thanks Gentleman!

Rui S
I like it, very much 👍

Rui S
I like it 👍

Thomas O'Eh
Looking good so far! I have the item on order, also planning to build a RAF Polish sqn from it, 315 in my case. Curious about your comment: What's wrong with the canopy? According to the manual a Malcolm canopy should be included?
Did you consciously choose the rear wheel bay color to be the same as the rest of the interior? My references show a zinc chromate yellow (e.g. Tamiya XF-4) for the rear wheel bay…

Spanjaard
looks great

Marcel
Great looking Williams. Well done.

Martin Oostrom
Very clean work. Well done!

Rui S
I like it, too 👍

Rui S
mlike it, a lot. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦💪✌️

Markus Helmers
Keeping an eye on this one! Where can I get that cockpit and figure from?

Gareth Lloyd
Hi Markus, I got it from the maker's shop on Etsy etsy.com/uk/shop/MosEisleyModelworks?

Markus Helmers
Thanks for the link Gareth, doesn't seem to ship to Germany though, guess I'll have to work with what I got.

CaptGPF
I managed to snag one of these kits at my local hobby store - so watching how yours turns out with the moseisley mods! BYW - looking good so far!

Gareth Lloyd
Welcome aboard 😄

Robert Podkoński
Looks great!

Mid Franconian
Thanks Robert! I had such a fun time with this kit. In fact it is already finished but I want to share some in-progress pictures. It went together smoothly without any issues. Japanese aircraft of WWII had never really interested me until a few months ago. Now I am on fire and discover a long neglected area of great kits, cool markings and very interesting historical facts 😄. That is one of the great pros of our hobby - it never gets boring.

Mark Sherwood
Looking good,. True, the hobby does not get boring.

Alberto
I like the paint job 👍

Thomas Wirsching
All the build (exept for the 3d printed steel ropes and the headlight glasses) is finished and ready for painting. This is my first CSM kit and I have to say I am deeply impressed of the quality of the instructions, historical chapter, fit of all the parts. This build was one of the most comfortable I did so far and everything fell together as easy as a stroll in the park. The resin figures had a few bubbles in some arms to fill but nothing worth to worry about. I am very looking forward to paint this exotic multi color camouflage now!

gorby
Good to see a different take on camo. 😄 😄 😄
I like the Cromwell, it looks psychedelic.
Doing a pink T34 is still on my to-do list.

Peter Hardy
That's awesome! Love it!

David Goodchild
Thanks gorby, thanks Peter! Appreciate it! They were fun and yep I want to do a 'proper' winter camo one now too! A few more Pride flags left too! Loads of cheap to buy 'Vintage Classic' tanks I see, so I'll do a few more... 😉

LucLuke B
Way to go!

David Goodchild
Cheers! I appreciate it!

Ben M
Creative, I like it!

Kesa Tiho
Being gay myself i can enjoy some pride every once in a while. Though i still dont understand how people are proud but none of my business. Great builds and weathering

Kesa Tiho
Dude... I just brought it up because its PRIDE tanks. Which have GAY flags on them. And i dont even make being gay a part of my personality if you mean by that in the "it gets old having to see this brought up in every aspect of our society" infact i try to hide it because i similarly dont like people who make their sexuality a part of their personality. In my message legitimately 3 words were about me being gay. And you cant tell me "oh pride is everywhere its so overwhelming" well it isnt for me. I havent seen a drop of pride or even a gay person in estonia for at least 8 years, even on the internet the most pride i see is my boyfriend posting a pride tiktok.
If your so angry about some people mentioning they're gay then maybe its time to go outside and touch some grass

Andrei Ionut Roman
@Rick P Nobody here really cares about your opinion. Why dont you go to make your own group with your people in it and leave people enjoy this hobby and what they like/want. Its a model he built, on his time, with his money and so on. He can paint it whatever the f he wants, ITS AN HOBBY. Nobody forced this on you or anything else so you can just keep your frustration to yourself. Seriously, let people enjoy what they want. If its something you dont like, you can scroll away and so on. Peace. Let people enjoy what they like.

gorby
I see loads of models of half naked women on Scalemates which to me is suggesting a sexual preference. I haven't seen you complain about those Rick. I don't like the models depicting young girls in provocative clothing. I don't complain about them because that would highlight the thing I don't like by sending it to the top of the newsfeed.
Gay was mentioned once before your comment and this is the first time I can remember 'Pride' colours being used on a model shown on Scalemates, so it's not exactly taking over is it?
If you don't like David's post, try ignoring it.
If you want to reply to my comment PM me.

David Goodchild
Thanks for the positive comments everyone. I could delete Rick P's comment, but I don't like censorship, as a queer person I've been censored a lot in my life so I don't think I want to play that game. I will say that it's interesting that Rick thinks he has the right to express his opinions in whatever way suits him, but us queers should shut up and 'stay in the bedroom..' Nah mate, you're OK, I'll do what I want, you do what you want, it's a free country and all that.

Robert Podkoński
Cool stuff, David. BTW: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_biathlon

David Goodchild
gorby, thank you for that I agree with you, and isn't there a company that make strange Japanese hentai style schoolgirl figures in sexualised poses? I admit I thought this album might attract some contempt but I was a bit surprised anyone would bother to actually express that in the comments, I mean, if you don't want to see it, don't look, it's simple enough. I have no intention of bringing sexual imagery into it, and the first person to talk about that was the person who is so annoyed with this, so that's a bit strange. Anyway, the next one will be the Trans flag, and I will be adding photos here... And Robert, thanks, that is so cool, I am definitely considering doing a tank biathlon diorama now!!

David Goodchild
Oh, and @Roman Ionut cheers mate! 👍😎

Ben M
Some more prototypes:
en.m.wikipedia.org/w..to_Soviet_Tank_Crews

reddit.com/r/Militar.._elblag_poland_2010/

wikimapia.org/2013856/Pink-T-34-Stompie

pennsylvaniamilitary..-pink-tank-incident/

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David Goodchild
Thanks @Ben M, these are fantastic and great inspiration, as well as a justification, were one needed (and it is not) for doing tanks in pink and other non-traditional colours... The first one had me a bit shocked for a minute and then I realised it was a middle finger, not something else! Excellent, cheers! 😎🤣

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Ben M
Last one, I promise.

zonein.com.au/milita..k/sentinel_tank.html

David Goodchild
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Don't stop on my account, they're great! Life is stranger than fiction blah blah and all that! 😎

Robert Podkoński
👍
Even more psychodelic:
Youtube Video

David Goodchild
I will never watch the WRC again!

Robert Podkoński
😄 😄 😄

Thomas Bischoff
sorry Rick - either keep your thoughts private or phrase it in a non offending way

Spanjaard
fully agree with Thomas

Sebastian Meyner
@David: Interesting take 😎 and nicely executed 👍
@Rick P: I'm with basically everybody else. SCM is not the place for your "thoughts"..... if we are kind enough to call it that. You're promoting some dark sh**, that shouldn't have a place here or anywhere else really.

scalemates
All I can say is, great models, interesting camo and thank you for sharing.

If you don't like it this single post: there is a hide button
If you feel it is taking over: BS!!

And always free to leave!

👍 end of discussion. (I want no reply unless it is about the models)

gorby
Interesting concept I've not seen before. Very weird...I like weird. 🙂

Curtis Caden
The Amtronic is the car of the future as AMT thought it would look like back in 1969. AMT created this iconic concept model kit after a Detroit car show. The Amtronic is actually two vehicles in one. The two-place forward section could separate and travel on its own. For longer trips, the rear "station wagon" module would attach to the forward section for significantly more capacity. The Amtronic has aircraft-like retractable wheels. For longer range transport, this vehicle would engage a magnetic rail system that would allow the car to be propelled several hundred miles per hour. The car would generate its own lift thrust using two turbine-powered lift fans while engaged on the magnetic rail system.

gorby
👍

Robert Podkoński
Cool! (I like weird too 😉 )

Curtis Caden
Thank you Gorby and Robert Podkonski! I bought this at model swap show this past spring. Just had to have it. The only difficulty is that with retractable wheels, I have no way to keep them in the down position. Still not sure how to pose it on the shelf. I recently added some photos with the mag-lev track.

Ben M
I love this

Bozzer
Yep, I gotta admit it, this is a neat little kit! I'll have to keep an eye out for one.

Curtis Caden
Thank you Ben M and Bozzer. I saw another one for sale at our local IPMS Chapter in Lorain Ohio Sunday. I do like the futuristic stuff. Bozzer I did check out Ollie's and only found a good selection of Atlantis models. I will have to keep checking for those trucks you mentioned. atlantis-models.com/

Bozzer
Curtis, definitely keep checking. I believe that Walmart have some kits at Christmas too, though I've never seen them at my old local store. But definitely, Ollie's have them around this time. Last time, I got the Ratfink International and the trailer, for $20 a pop. I've also had the KW123, International 4300 and the AMT Chrome tanker trailer, all for $20 a pop. It's definitely worth checking out. 👍

Mr D
Fun project 😁👍
We should all be driving these now.... future hasn't arrived yet
Nice job 👌

Curtis Caden
Thank you Mr D. Magnetic levitation, is a system of transportation that suspends, guides, and propels vehicles, predominantly trains, using magnetic levitation from a very large number of magnets for lift and propulsion. The highest recorded speed of a maglev train is 603 kilometers per hour (374.69 mph), achieved in Japan on 21 April 2015; 28.2 km/h faster than the conventional TGV speed record. Maglev trains exist in Asia and include Central Japan Railway Company's superconducting maglev train and Shanghai's maglev train, the oldest commercial maglev still in operation.

Dominik Weitzer
this is cooooool...never saw hat kit built.

Mr D
Thanks Curtis 👍
Nice collection piece 👌

Curtis Caden
Thank you Dominik Weitzer and Mr D. If you should build one of these kits use tape to keep the doors closed when positioning them and replace the pins of the wheels with some small screws.

Mr D
😃👍👍
Definitely a conversation peice in any collection.
Enjoy Curtis

Christian W
I even don't know the kit! Special thing. Cool!

Spanjaard
amazing idea, and great model.

Curtis Caden
Thank you Mr D, Christian W, and Spanjaard. Outside of Disneyland and Disney World with the monorail I have not been made aware of magnetic levitation vehicles. Even now it seems futuristic, but this model was made in 1969. Incredibly visionary.

Bozzer
I could be wrong, and I've not googled it yet, but didn't the Japanese mess around with Mag-Lev? Now you've got the best of my curiosity! I'm off to Googleland

Curtis Caden
Japan has several maglev trains, including the Linimo line and the SCMaglev system:
- Linimo line
This 9 km train in Aichi Prefecture runs from Fujigaoka Station in Nagoya to Yakuza Station in Toyota. It has a top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph).
- SCMaglev
This superconducting maglev system is being developed by Central Japan Railway Company (JR Central) and the Railway Technical Research Institute. It's planned to be used on the Chūō Shinkansen rail line between Tokyo and Nagoya. The SCMaglev uses electrodynamic suspension (EDS) to levitate, guide, and propel the train. The L0 Series, a prototype vehicle based on SCMaglev technology, holds the record for fastest crewed rail vehicle at 603 km/h (375 mph).
Japanese Maglev Train: World's Fastest Bullet Train - JRailPass
The SCMaglev system is expected to revolutionize travel times in Japan. The Chūō Shinkansen is planned to connect Tokyo and Nagoya by 2027, and then extend to Osaka by 2045. Once completed, the line is expected to reduce travel time between Tokyo and Nagoya to 40 minutes, and between Tokyo and Osaka to 67 minutes.

Martin Oostrom
Very nice one Brett

George Williams
Nice model of a great car.

Martin Oostrom
Good start Sniff!

gorby
Very nice work!

Neuling
Yes!

Ben M
watching

Luka Novak
General idea is to have these troops in a farm yard setting.

Neuling
Well done!

Cuajete
The new tool 👍
Good start.
Following!

Cuajete
Well done so far.

Dave Flitton
Watching

Alex K
Watching with interest too - this will certainly look nice next to your Bonanza...

Casey Beckett
Thanks Alex - The Bonanza has stalled as I am trying to figure out how to make the camo look hastily applied without being just a crappy paintjob!

Łukasz Gliński
Following

Skyhiker
I'll follow this.

Casey Beckett
No exhausts in the kit! Yikes. Slight oversight there, KP!

Skyhiker
KP is KP. Plenty to do to make things work. One of the best brands to learn how to scratch build, because they won't do the work for you. In fact 90% of the time they do it wrong just to give you the skills to correct things.

Cuajete
I think that's the best excuse I've seen to justify a high-selling brand making a bad kit 😄
In any case, you're doing a great job so far 🙂 👍

Skyhiker
Hmmm maybe I should have worked in marketing. Lol

Casey Beckett
Interesting take, Skyhiker. And probably not far off the mark!

Casey Beckett
Thanks to a sharp eyed fella at Britmodeller shown as follasha, he points out the EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ARE HERE - KP has shown them in the instructions as landing gear parts!

Anyone knows him, tell him THANKS!

Nicolas
Interessting, I'll join. Great work so far.

gorby
Very nice work! I'd love to be able afford some of those Accurate Armour kits, they look amazing.

Andy Dallibar
Splendid work, accurate armour are a lovely company, making some great stuff. You did a great job sir.

Neuling
Something different. Very well done! 👍

Ben M
👀

Bohrmann
👀 Thanks for sharing lots of high quality,work in progress pictures. Enjoying your project 😃. I'm observing and learning. here

Eddy Marshall
Hey Bohrmann... Hope you're enjoying the paintwork as much as I am... Happy modelling mate...!

Villiers de Vos
Nice work on the modulation.

Ben M
Yeah really cool. I like to add X-22 also. Seems to help it spray better and be a bit more transparent of course. I also find I can decal without a gloss coat usually too. Then I put on a flat coat.

Eddy Marshall
Chees Ben... I use X22 mostly to ensure the colours are fully saturated and don't change when overcoating with varnish.Transparency I tend to control via reducing the paint more (ie adding more thinner) but it certainly assists with paintflow... Have fun bud... Don't just collect those models...! #nightshift

Ben M
I find adding too much thinner gives me spiderwebbing so if my paint gets too thin I add a little x-22 to thicken it up while preserving the transparency. I'm enjoying watching your post shading technique.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Doubtingmango
Love the narrative. A virtual painting clinic!

Eddy Marshall
Cheers DoubtingMango... Hope you're enjoying it... I promise not to write an essay under each pic... Lol... Happy modelling mate...

veenee
Interesting project, well done so far!

Eddy Marshall
Cheers Veenee... A little different from the norm... Cheers mate...

Villiers de Vos
The chipping came out very nice.

Bozo
What a paint mastery for a beautiful result.

Eddy Marshall
Cheers Villiers... Amazing what a sponge can produce in the way of chipping...

Eddy Marshall
Cheers Bozo... Hoping I don't wreck it all when it comes to earth weathering... Lol

Lebloge
Captivating real step by step painting demonstration. thanks for that 🫡

Eddy Marshall
Cheers Lebloge... Hope you're enjoying it mate... Happy modelling...

Michael Kohl
Nice 1-0-1 into the spanish style of tank coloring. I like where you are heading at.

Neuling
High end modelling on display ........

Eddy Marshall
Cheers Michael... Yeah opted for bright and cheery on this one... I know it's far from accurate but it's pretty close to one of the reference photos I was using... The brighter the better... Once you take you model out from u per the work lights all this hard work tends to disappear...

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Eddy Marshall
Cheers Neuling... Don't know if it's high end but it's certainly coming to an end... Lol... Appreciate it mate... Happy modelling....

Mr D
Very nice 👌👍

Eddy Marshall
Thanks Villiers... Almost there mate...

Eddy Marshall
Cheers Mr D...!

Mr D
AK paint is very good 👍 lve been using lately along side my Vallejo set , lve been using ICM paints lately too "Highly Recommend" never by Ammo clear... it's horrendous never dries and can be rubbed of with wet finger tip.
Like the Paint job here ... very authentic 👌

Eddy Marshall
Cheers Mr D... I'm a little concerned over AK's Enamel's shelf life... I think that goes for most modern Enamels though... But they seem to work nonetheless... I do use ammo nut only they're Enamels too... Not heard of ICM paints... Don't think we get them here... Cheers for the props mate... Happy modelling...

Andrzej Rygiel
Nice collection of WTF box arts 🙂. To be fair, majority of them are from the ancient era (60's/70's/80's) of modelling, nobody focused that much on what's on the box back then (but there were also really nice looking artistic pieces from those times that I remember). I'll try to find some newer (90's and onward) box arts that I consider a "failed mission in marketing" - this one is a nice example from 2021 --> Saab TF-35 Draken (Skale Wings SS-72001, 1:72), and this one a bit older (2003), but also has a high WTF factor --> Messerschmitt Bf-109E 3/4 "H..tenkrad (Academy 2214, 1:72).

gorby
Oooohh! That Draken box art is dreadful.

Robert Podkoński
And the next one to your collection, gorby:
Saunders-Roe SR-53 (URSUS , 1:72)

Ben M
I built that thunderceptor (photo 32) when I was a kid. I got it at a 5 and dime store. I recall I painted it testors metallic gloss red.

Robert Podkoński
Aaaaaand my favourite:
PZL P-23 a Karas (RUCH MK006, 1:72)
PZL P-23a (Coopexim , 1:72)
PZL-23A Karaś (RUCH , 1:72)
PZL P.23A Karaś (PZW , 1:72)
which one do you like most? 😄
Don't you dare look at the contents - what's most unbelievable: the same moulds are used now to produce "new" kits:
PZL P-23B Karas (BIGMODEL K72046, 1:72)

Robert Podkoński
Some more fun:
Boeing B-707 (ZTS Plastyk S-114, 1:144)

gorby
Thanks for your comments. Some excellent examples Robert, particularly the first three PZL P.23. 😄

Erik Off
There was still action on the covers. Cool stuff! 😄

gorby
Yes it bugs me when classic box-art is altered to remove any sign of unpleasantness. This is an ideal example.
Superfortress (Airfix 07001-4, 1:72)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Airfix A07001, 1:72)
One is full of action and the other is dull.

Robert Podkoński
Still, I love the Lindberg's rendering of MiG-19... and Soviet "Warhawk" - quite inspiring, isn't it 😉

gorby
The Warhawk is unbelievable! It looks nothing like the real aircraft. I'd love to see the model.

Ben M
P-40B Tomahawk (Zvezda 7201, 1:72)

You can find out for 15 euro, gorby

Mark Sherwood
That Airfix B-29 re-mastered cover art is an affront to the Royal Cross original.

Martin Oostrom
I love that the markings for the Corvair 880 are DIE 880

gorby
I've just Googled it Ben and it doesn't great, but not as bad as I thought it would. I think I'll save my 15 euro. 😉
I agree Mark (incidentally, the predictive text has change Roy to Royal).
I didn't notice that Martin. 😄

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Gorby, I didn't notice 😳 👍

Robert Podkoński
Convair on the picture apparently has no engines, but drop tanks instead 😄 😄 😄t
And here is the next piece of art from Trumpeter:
MiG-15 UTI mixed with Caproni-Stipa by Chinese:
PLA Air Force FT-5 Trainer (Trumpeter 02203, 1:32)
And a few more from Trumpeter:
Chinese Y-5 (Trumpeter 01602, 1:72)
and Airbus Beluga with all-moving tail 😄
A300-600ST Beluga (Trumpeter 00604, 1:144)
and finally, Iliushin Il-28:
Chinese Bomb-5 (Trumpeter 01603, 1:72)

Mark Sherwood
To my previous post, re the B29 box art. It is the inimitable Roy Cross. The reason I bought Airfix. 🤟🥸🤘

gorby
Trumpeter have a rich history of dreadful box-art, that Y-5 is particularly painful. 😄

Robert Podkoński
I like the title on Il-28: "Chinese Bomb - 5"... 😄

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Treehugger
Oh, wow, what a weird looking Voodoo F-101. Hm, I suppose it might be some prototype jet variant.

Ludvík Kružík
Very interesting collection of boxart. 👍

There is a reason for the shape of the boxarts made in the Soviet Union. The incompetence of the Soviet industry and the political situation influenced the creation not only of boxarts, but of entire kits produced in the former Soviet Union. Lousy boxarts were defended by claiming that the attractive color pictures on Western boxarts were just capitalist tinsel and bourgeois detailism. And a socialist doesn't need such things.
The model's box was made of poor quality cardboard with mostly two-color printing. From the modest Cyrillic inscription on the box one could read that the box contained a kit of model aircraft number xxxx, or at best, even more accurately, that it was, for example, a fighter aircraft. The instructions for building the model were printed on stiff paper, which could be successfully used as sheet metal. It contained only pictorial instructions for building the model. Any detailed information (colours, camouflage, what kind of machine it was and where it was used...) was missing. In most cases, decals were also missing. In some kits the decals were replaced by stickers. Most of these kits were pressed by the leading company Frog, which was acquired by the Soviets in the second half of the 1970s.
Curiously, the same models, but intended for the Western market, were produced under the NOVO brand. The quality and content of these kits were comparable to the original FROG kits.

gorby
Thanks Ludvik, that was interesting.

Ben M
This whole hobby is bourgeois detaillism.

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Robert Podkoński
Actually, Beaufighter is described here as "morskoj shturmovik" = "sea/navy assault plane"...

Spitfire14
I live your comments and the selection (also fron the commentors contributing! Can't wait for the extension of the collection...definitely made my day.

gorby
Glad you enjoyed it Spitfire. 🙂

Denis Dogadov
If you are really interested in the topic of amazing boxarts, here is a website created by enthusiasts about models in the USSR Where you will find many more pictures-
retromodels.org

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Jan Peters
This is really hilarious 😂

gorby
Jan - it was your excellent 'All sorts' album which gave me the idea of posting them on Scalemates, so thanks. 👍