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Ben M Autor
Hmm. I realize now I should have painted the deck first. It's my first ship.

gorby
Good grief this kit is older than me. I thought it was just dinosaurs which are older than me. 😄
Interested to see what you can do with it.

Martin Oostrom
And people actually crossed oceans in these oversized bathtubs

Ben M Autor
Yeah this kit is one of the oldest I've built. Still, going to try to make it look good.

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

Jan Peters
It looks quite toy like, but it is a cool subject.
Will follow this 👀

Ben M Autor
This is a very helpful reference: Youtube Video

gorby
The video was fascinating, thanks for posting.

Jennifer Franklin
I'm excited, this looks to be a bigger project. Do you know how many pieces there are?

Ben M Autor
Hi Jennifer, not that many. It's an old kit from the 50s.

Jennifer Franklin
Well, 100% for the character.

Naram
following

Troy Campbell
Oooh nice Ben!!
Grabing a chair and popcorn!

Ben M Autor
Major colors now blocked out. Need to do next round of masking and painting after the blue dries.

Ben M Autor
Painted after masking and did some detail painting. Will have to mask and paint the hull two more times I think.

ScaleModelAndCoffee
Nice, a shipyard! Following.

Rui S
Great work 👍

Björn Leichsenring
Looks very well.

Rui S
Very Nice work 👍

Dimko Pimko Autor
@Rui S

Thank you for your feedback! I am very pleased!

Skyhiker Autor
Starting a very rare bird. (I am getting bored with the other 9 builds I have still in progress).

Cuajete
I didn't know about this oddity.
Following!

Robert Podkoński
Interesting - watching!

Ben M
👁️👁️ I have this problem of starting too many things also

Cuajete
A lot of work ahead...

Skyhiker Autor
One step closer today.

Neil
Following, looks good 👍

Skyhiker Autor
Working on the fuselage today

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Thomas Kolb
Coming along nicely!

Skyhiker Autor
Rescribing and re-riveting the fuselage today.

Dave
This looks interesting. Let me find a chair.

Mr D
Nice project Skyhiker 👍👍 you build alot of Soviet stuff, don't see to many of these... nice choice 😃👍

Skyhiker Autor
I finally got the riveting done.

Skyhiker Autor
Got the wings on today.

Dave
The riveting looks good.

Skyhiker Autor
Thanks Dave. It took me a while to get the riveting done. Hopefully after priming I won't have to do it again.

Thomas Kolb
Very straight riveting. What a difference it makes!

Carlo
Looks like a rare Soviet bird and kit.

Skyhiker Autor
Yes, it's definitely not something you see very often.

Jennifer Franklin
Oh fun, late to the party but following.

Skyhiker Autor
A little more progress today

Skyhiker Autor
Fixing the canopy issues.

Dave
That's a nice fix

Ben M
Alternatively you could have coated the entire fuselage with putty, building it up to the required size.

Jennifer Franklin
Love the edging on the canopy.

Skyhiker Autor
Ben, I may have actually done that if the plane were to be painted with a camo but since this will be bare metal finish I decided to avoid putty as much as possible. I'm not 100 convinced with my solution but it will do for now. If I hate it after painting I'll take it off and have a rethink.

Ben M
You could carve a new fuselage out of a block of putty. 🤔

gorby
The quality of the kit looks almost as good as Starfix. 😄
Excellent work so far.

Christian W Autor
I got this Trans Am of my brother. It was painted by brush and I tried to get it apart. Luckily it worked good. After stripping the paint off, The result was pretty good. Sadly some small pieces broke of so I had to repair it.
My grand child (6) was looking, what I was doing and showed interesst so I decided, to let him chose, which color the interior should have. He chose a dark red - what I was happy with.
After airbrushing that, He get a lesson in handling with the airbrush and did very well (no, I painted teh interior at the end). With some training, he could do that nexttime by himself.
When I did some detaillig, he found "steal grey" in my stash so that was another good choice for the body color. Good! I was thinking on a silver because I always wanted one Trans Am in silver. I painted the body with rattle cans including three layers of clear cote.

So far, the moste work is done. When this Trans Am is done, he will get it a s his first "full kit". He got his first experiences in modelling with two snapkits (Corvette C5 and Ford GT by Revell) so this will be his first full kit.

Schwarzadler
Clean your car, it's a bit dusty!👍🏻

Bogicevic Vladimir Autor
😁👍

Neuling
It´s the dust, stupid ! 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Nice start. Following!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Michael Kohl
Me too

ScaleModelAndCoffee Autor
Thank you all. Will upload more tomorrow !

Rui S
Excellent work 👍

Thomas K.
Very impressive 👍

Ben M
Must have been hot…

ScaleModelAndCoffee Autor
Thank you all!

Neuling
Top notch! Looks like a bigger scale build.

Michael Kohl
Following

István Szücs
Beautiful paintjob! What color or paint did you use for the body?

Denis Dogadov Autor
Hello, Istvan!
I used this paint- Mr.Color 313
Yellow FS33531
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scaleffect
Excellent work so far

István Szücs
Thank you, Denis!

Chris Reimann
Looks great!

Neuling
Very nice presentation of this beautiful model!

Neuling
Congrats for #7 !

Rui S
Great work 👍

Chris Reimann
Very nice and clean build!

Simon O'Gorman
Stunning!

Lex Jassies
Nice and shiny! 👍

Neuling
Charming. Very well done!

Rui S
Very nice model 👍

Chris Reimann
Great job, looks awesome!

Thorsten Höse
Nice one 🙂

Neuling
Clean and careful. 👍

Neuling
Impressive model of this giant!

Zbynek Honzik
Very nice and clean job! I like it very much. 👍

Rui S
I like it too. Very well done 👍

Mark K
Excellent!

Gary Victory
Really nice build and finish Daniel. Top job Sir.

scalemates
checking

scalemates
fixed 👍

scalemates
👍 merged

scalemates
👍

Yngve N
I'm in for this one 🙋🏽‍♂️

István Szücs
Great start, I'm curious!

Christian W Autor
Thanks, mates! Hope to get my hands on it soon.

Christian W Autor
Basically all parts are painted and the body is fillered and wet sanded. The color isn't decided yet and I'm thinking about the chromed rims. I think, I will paint them silver too because on my point of view, this kind of chrome doesn't match with a modern car well. Particullarly at this one.

Christian W Autor
I painted the body black to get a better result for the final color. My experinces the last month told me, that somehow the edges and "panel lines" came through the paint and stayed brownish. To avoid that I decided to paint the whole car black. As you see, the edges and panel lines are well painted too. But .... after two days of drying, I have some scratches on the drivers side and the hood. Great. Love it like pest....

Christian W Autor
Stripping of the color didn't work on the first shot. Only the black paint was gone, not the primer. On top, the primer was week and sticky. So I decided to change Dowanol (the fluid, which is a paint stripper) because it can be, that it is to old. I thought. And was right. I never changed it since a hand full of years. I can't even remember, that I changed it anyway.
So I have to report, that the primer is gone and I can start with painting again.

István Szücs
You have no luck with the black paint... Heads up, I'm sure, another beauty is borning!

Christian W Autor
Thank you. Meanwhile I think it is just the Dodge. Maybe you remember the same issue with the 1973 Dodge Charger (1973 Dodge Charger - wip | Album by christian-w (1:25)). Same material, even the same rattle cans caused the same problem. I repainted that thing 😉 with enamel by Revell. That worked out.

But - and now the big but: around Christmas I painted a C5 Corvette the same way. Same filler, same black out of the same rattle cans and nothing happened! The only different was the producer of the kits: both Dodge are made by MPC and AMT/ERTL (in the 1970s and 1990s) and the Corvette by Revell. I don't think, that MPC / AMT/ERTL used the same plastics 20 years long. I think this is totally impossible. I don't get it.

So I'll repaint this Dodge Stealth again but not the black. I'll throw this bottle into the farest corner and will only use it for small parts.

Nigel Chapman
The curse of the black paint strikes again.
So what colour now?

Christian W Autor
I will tackle the challenge and will beat the system *lol* I'll paint it black again but with enamel of Revell. Then the decided color. What worked on the Charger lately should work here on the second try too.

Martin Oostrom
Very Nice paint Job. That black is shiny!

Christian W Autor
Thank you! I'm aming for a layer of clear cote or a second layer of black after wetsamding. There are some dust and blunt spots. The roof is not theat shiny like the sides for example.

Michael Kohl
I am in.

Matteo Pescarin
looks interesting already! nice challenge

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Yngve N
I'm here too. "It is expected to be a pure assembly with little modification" 🤔 whatever it means when you're building 😉

Martin Oostrom
Sure, oob. That would be ams for me.

Greg Baker Autor
So here's an interesting Tintin project I've been working on for a while now. The hardest part was getting the electronics to work. After beating an ESP32 microcontroller into submission I was finally able to get my tiny screen to display the video/audio clip I trimmed from the Tintin animated series. With that success, I moved on to 3D design of the awesome Professor Calculus invention, The Supercolor-Tryphonar (as seen in the Castafiore Emerald album). Next up... 3D printing and assembly.

In the meantime, here's the proof-of-concept video...

youtube.com/shorts/U..?si=u-ootNYEMdGWY8cm

Alec K
Man, your electronics skills are master level! Taking a seat 👍

Robert Podkoński
That's a terrific job!

gorby
Amazing stuff Greg!

Thomas Espe
👀

Cuajete
Wow... I have no words to express that I can't miss this wit!

Greg Baker Autor
Thanks guys! First batch of files just came off the 3D printer. Will need to make a couple of adjustments to the screen size, but it's looking good so far. Also, I knew the steel bar supports were going to be too small to print properly (they warp while they dry), but I've got a bit of metal screen that I can cut into strips. Hopefully will look better and actually support the thing.

Greg Baker Autor
Ok, so all the main pieces are off the 3D printer and I've cut the metal sheet into the straightest strips I could manage. It was quite difficult to bend it tightly along a single line. Much thicker than a regular PE part, but hopefully will look the part.

I had a lot of difficulty getting the electronics to work. I followed another maker's project (there are several versions of the ESP32 Mini TV projects on YouTube), but it was both a hardware problem because none of them seemed to wire up the screen's backlight, but until I did, I had not even a flicker. It was also a software problem because the library code was out of date, so I needed to go backwards to make it compatible, which led to other problems. Anyway, I vowed to use my Easter long weekend to either solve it for good, or give up forever (yeah, right!). After sourcing each of the issues one by one, I finally got it to work. Next is the assembly!

Ben M
👁️👁️

Lorraine Lin
watching...
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walaroo Autor
So here are two Hobby Boss 1/48 kits; F8F-1 and F8F-1B. They both have the Eduard cockpit PE set for the Hobbycraft kit, which took some cutting to make fit. Like most Hobby Boss kits that I have experience with, there are a larrge number of inaccuracies and oversimplifications. Still, they will look like Bearcats when completed. The fit is very good, the panel line look like they will take a wash well, and there is an option to fold the wings! I decided I want to do a US Navy with folded wings, and a silver Thai Air Force...

Ben M
👁️👁️

Marcel Klemmer
👀

Rebecca Hayley Polachek
Amazing detail and very clean work for such a tiny aeroplane

MarSeif Autor
Thank you!

Cosiek
That cockpit looks great. Are these decals?

MarSeif Autor
Thank you and yes that are decals.

Robert Podkoński
Good job!

Bozzer
Here we go again!
You're gonna run out of kits, at this pace?

Bozzer
There's a couple more, for you to seek out 😉

Qwertzel Autor
Thanks Boozer. But I think I will build my Unimog first before building this truck. So I won't run out of kits. I always wanted to buy the recovery truck and convert it to a German one, simply changing the cab to a Mercedes Benz Actros or MAN TGM.

Andre Louis
I also got that kit recently! Looking forward to your modifications. My one will be probably just out of the box

Esoteric Surgeon
I seem to remember KFS used to offer a off-road conversion kit for MAN trucks. I'm pretty sure it at least included the bumper which might be hard to scratch build if you can't print it. Can't find the kit anymore tho

Qwertzel Autor
I searched on the internet for this kit but I couldn't find it either. We will see how this trick turns out

Esoteric Surgeon
Just realized the bumper out of the box is accurate for offroad already since it's a 4x4, and the same as in your pictures. I had started working on a similar project but with the older MAN TGA kit from Revell as a basis and that required heavy modifications all around. I'm glad you're moving towards more custom projects because they are a lot of fun to get into, and watch other people get into...

Goldman
Nice stocking up and scratch building... Should be a very interesting build.
Actually, I never saw this concept of fire truck with a rear lift and wheeled equipment carts. Can see the benefits of this when a lot of equipment needed to be moved fast (at least until hitting the first step...).

Qwertzel Autor
Thanks Goldman. There is another reason why these trucks make sense: You can carry different stuff which is normally loaded by special vehicles. So you don't need different vehicles just this one and the equipment carts and you are ready for nearly everything

Goldman
The headlights guard looks very good to me. Did you use plastic or metal rods? I don't think you can get any thinner with plastic

Qwertzel Autor
Thank you Goldman! I used cables. I bended them to the right shape. The outer and inner parts are from the same cable just with and without isolation

Goldman
The tires looks great. Much better than those in the kit. Well worth the investment

Esoteric Surgeon
I have had some success printing thin parts for the kind of headlight detail you are working on. They are very fragile and I've never tried painting them but I think there's a lot of potential for this kind of application. I uploaded a picture here: FDM 3D Printer experiments | Album by Ecko

Qwertzel Autor
Currently I don't have a 3D printer but I think of buying a resin printer for such purposes. It would help me a lot with scratch building. Lets see wat the future brings

Andre Louis
Just make sure that you are aware of potential hazards that come along with resin printing.

Esoteric Surgeon
Yes handling resin and post processing it takes a lot of extra work to do properly. And space too. I can't do it at home because I live in a flat with my cat and I have found a filament 3d printer can unlock many possibilities to enhance scratch builds without the hassle and hazards of resin.

Bozzer
I've gotta admit, I had fun with my entry level filament printer, but I now own 3 resin printers too, and they're never turned off. Yes, they do have to be taken care of, especially with regards to the resin, but it's worth it.
At this point I'd better add, all mine are in my purpose built mancave, however I did run them in the house kitchen, for a while.
Each one has it's own personality, kinda like a cat or a car? But once you hone into it, you can create almost anything? The details are immense and your own imagination, is your limit!
I've literally just printed a 1/14 truck, with all the bells and whistles, and I'm happy with the results. It's taken me around 2 weeks, but I did use 6 bottles of High Speed Resin, which without, probably would've taken me another 3-4 weeks?
For you guys in the know, Standard resin prints at roughly 4 layers a minute. High Speed Resin is around 12 layers a minute.
My love for the printers, is because I can print models, that we can't buy?
I love scratchbuilding, but now I can flick my finger and the cab, hood and sleeper are printing, while I'm building the chassis? It's definitely been a game changer in my life, without a doubt.
You definitely need to be aware of the dangers though. Plenty of ventilation, gloves, mask and goggles. I also have mini air purifiers in each printer, and heaters.
And whatever you do, don't smoke near the 99% alcohol!
And most importantly, don't drink it!

Qwertzel Autor
Thank you Bozzer for your information and opinion. I will see what the future brings and if it's time to by a printer, I will definitely research and inform myself about it a little more and maybe come back to you guys, because you know the terms of 3D printers definitely better than I.

And don't worry, I do not smoke or drink alcohol. So this won't be a problem 🙂

Goldman
One tough looking rolling chassis 🙂

Adam Gudynowski
Following

gorby
Thanks for taking the time to post the photos. I enjoyed looking though them. 👍

Rui S
So many beautiful Dios and Vignettes. Thanks for sharing 👍

Lebloge
The level is high... thanks for sharing 🤝

Rui S
Another big one 😉 Joining 😎

Desert Marlin Autor
It's a beast!!!

Desert Marlin Autor
I suppose it will be a week or two before all the parts are here...

Cristian A
Booking my spot 🫡

Desert Marlin Autor
I'm still waiting on the correct seats and cockpit details... Looks like I have to scratch build details for the wheel wells!

Desert Marlin Autor
Just got the IAF F-15I Ra'am decals from Cartograph!!! Things are coming together!!!

Sun Cooperation
А что купил откуда какие дополнения?

Desert Marlin Autor
Мне пришлось купить декали, катапультные кресла и антенные конвертеры F-15I. Детали F-15I были куплены в IsraDecal.

Sun Cooperation
если есть дача можно самим производить без всякого оборудования

Desert Marlin Autor
Just a couple more items to go!

Desert Marlin Autor
Well... It's time to begin. I believe I have all the parts now!!!

bughunter
👀

Desert Marlin Autor
Okay, I have to wait as it's time for my wedding anniversary with my wife this weekend! But in a few days, I will actually be able to start!

Rui S
Congratulations. How many years?

Desert Marlin Autor
This is 10. Been an amazing time!

Rui S
👍

DuperScale
Thats gonna be a Big Bird

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Davide Vitali
Guys, save me a seat. Popcorns are on me!

Oh, and happy anniversary! 🙂

Desert Marlin Autor
Thanks very much!

Desert Marlin Autor
Today is prepping the ResKit wheels and the ejection seats!

Desert Marlin Autor
I'm kinda bummed about the ResKit wheels. ResKit tires are Good Year which is a fine guess but the F-15I uses Michelin tires. Oddly, the Tamiya kit (from Japan) uses rubber tires for the kit that are in fact Michelin. Sooo... It looks like I am relegated to using the kit wheels instead of the ResKit. This does simplify mounting of course. But the flattened surface of the ResKit tires gets left out. Man, I never thought this was going to be a complicated addition to the build. Sadly, here we are!

KyMustang
You can achieve flattening on the rubber tyres, particularly in this scale. Just carefully drill a hole and then use a flat-crowned screw straight into the tire tread and into the hub until you get the desired flat spot. The flat crown of the screw hides it.

Desert Marlin Autor
Thanks! may give that a try! The kit is going to be pretty heavy when it's done so sounds like something I can try at the end!

Desert Marlin Autor
I used the Eduard Zoom panels for the Control Panels. However, they start out in the normal FS36320 base color which conflicts with the F-15I cockpits which are in a dark or black gray color. So, I need to adjust the paint on the panels before assembly. The rear panel is nearly done. (needs weathering).

gorby
Amazing result on both of them!

Neuling
I agree!

Erik Leijdens
A fantastic duo John! They look awesome. Very well build and beautiful weathering.

John
Love the shark teeth!

Guy Rump
Very impressive duo, congrats! 👍

KyMustang
Very impressive. I'd pay good money to take a master class from you on how you did the OD one! Struggling along with an OD Mustang right now.

Randy Soule Autor
Thanks Ben.

Ben M
I heard my local hobby shop can't get gunpla anymore. I don't build that but you know how it is first they come for the gunpla modelers, then they'll go after the gundam modelers and eventually they'll ban model ships.

Lorraine Lin
The packages worth less than US$800 be taxed now?

Ben M
I think the problem is the uncertainty. If a distributor or a shop owner has ordered goods, they are unsure what the resulting costs can be. So sometimes if the tariffs are too high they do not pick up the package from customs or the container from port.

Then the sender is informed they have to ship the product back to the point of origin which results in a huge financial loss. This has apparently become a common problem so some senders are just refusing to ship to the us rather than take the risk that the buyer won't pay the (fairly unpredictable) tax

Patrick Hagelstein
Never thought that global politics would have such an impact on my little hobby room in the confines of my home.

Lorraine Lin
Would you consider ordering directly from Chinese online stores? This could cut out some distributor markups, and the final landed price might not be much different. Personally, I've ordered many model kits from different countries(US, Europe and Japan)—not for cheaper prices, but for rare kits and editions.

Ben M
I have ordered direct from China before but if shippers in China have returns due to people not paying the tariffs once the item arrives in the US, and have to pay to have the goods shipped back to China, then they will stop shipping to the US. Currently many containers of goods are being returned to China from the US because US companies do not have the cash on hand to get their items out of the container port.

Lorraine Lin
Suddenly became so chaotic, hope it doesn't last too long.

bossy122
Good thing I already have too much in the stash anyway. But now, without fail, a MFH Lotus 94 will pop up somewhere outside Mrica. Thanks, donny.

Rui S
Looking Great 👍

George Williams
Fantastic model of a fantastic car.

Chris Derksen
Was in a completely different Tiger at Villers Bocage to boot.

me109g10 Autor
exactly! He was in a normal Tiger (Number is not clear to date, could be 212, 205, 232 or another) and the Tiger in which he died was a Befehlspanzer with 007 number.

Herr Migraenz
The whole "Wittman at Bocage" thing is also a fable in its entirety yet nobody really cares (because reading is boring and hard duuuh). Also, Bocage wasn't the fame earner for Michael, he became uncle Addie's poster boy long prior to that.
As per the Tiger acing, revisionists and wehrmacht apologists to this very day parrot the "SHERMAN COULD NEVER KILL A TIGER" mythos and happen to be the loudest at it. There are several reports (although I no longer have links, so you're free to doubt) of 75mm knocking tigers out, both on Eastern and Western fronts, but don't you even dare challenge the narrative!

me109g10 Autor
Yeah Herr Migraenz There is a theory by that Wittman was killed by a 75mm Sherman from the lleft flank. Just search for WW2TV on Youtube. briliant youtuber that ahs many leading authors of ww2 books on his channel and they do a 1hr powerpoint of the books they wrote. Great stuff for free that would be thousands of euros in books. Grüße

Herr Migraenz
Yeah, Paul is definitely better than most buffoons on the platform these days.
To be entirely frank, I couldn't care less about what offed Wittman for I don't find him particularly to be awfully interesting. Just like Rudel, Michael was little more than an upstart overutilized by Propagandaministerium. He is still being credited to this day with all the kills of the Villers Bocage battle, when in reality all these loses were dealt by an entire panzer abteilung, which over 2 following days got nearly entirely wiped out by American artillery, meanwhile Wittman only took out a half-track and damaged ONE Cromwell CS. Makes you think how bloated his kill count actually is.
All I'm saying is, Sherman's 75mm was a very capable gun especially in the most crucial of its roles - supporting breakthroughs with some excellent HE shells, while APs were definitely capable of taking on Teutonic armor here and there.

Back to the topic at hand, I do wholly support your notion, Dragon's re-boxing practices are frankly mildly unpleasant and have been this way for quite the period now. Adam Mann did a review on Tauchpanzer III H 6775 nearly a decade ago which does good job at outlining the issues: they just want to re-pack whatever they can, toss a heap of sprews in, sprinkle whatever decals in and still charge you 50 bucks for it! Big shame. I love Dragon, they are among the most competent on the market, they know whom to take advice from, but marketing and business practices are subpar lately (not to mention the complete absence of entirely new kits).
TLDR, cheers to you indeed!

me109g10 Autor
😄 Yeah Paul is great. Nice to see another modeller with a similar viewpoint. Just to note that Dragon is from China so they have a different view point on our european "troubles" from the last century. Same as almost nobody here knows anything that happened in China and who did what etc. Its just the usual take like a Hollywood movie with headlines because somebody connects the Fletcher Destroyer to the Atlantic battle and boom you have Greyhound with psycho Uboats and stuff that never happened and is not even possible (Like the Kommandant talking like a creap to some random frequency that happened to be the ont that the destroyer has on loudspeaker and stuff). 😄 my 2 cents. Cheers and have a great one and fun modellng 🙂

Herr Migraenz
Hollywood alone has done more damage to history and public perception of it as well ensuring the incessant violation of sanity for anyone remotely interested in actual studies than the likes of Halder and Manstein ever achieved with their "It was all Ay-dolph, I swear to Gott!". Fury alone featured so many ill prepared segments (every scene featuring combat is purely idiotic and fictitious, not just the tank ambush fragment), it almost feels insulting to the poor old 131.

me109g10 Autor
yeah I hated Fury tbh. I really dislike it BUT I have info on the combat scenes: They used the only Tiger in the world currently driving and they thought that it was too bad to just have it sit in ambush and kill all shermans from the distance so they had the Tiger drive and give it a more action. The Tank museum was all for this since they are so proud of their verhicle being a star and showing off as onlyone left in the world. So I can see this in the movie that is shit all over. 😄 It did not make it more bad since it was already below zero 😄

Robert Podkoński
Wow! This is going to be a true masterpiece... Watching with pleasure and interest!

Ben M
🤯

CaptGPF
That PE work is insane! Gotta watch this!

Michael Kohl
Very interesting project

Pietro De Angelis
😲

gorby
Looks very interesting build.

Desert Marlin
Oh, very nice!

Hanno Kleinecke
Hell(cat) yeah ! 👍

Mr D
Wow 😲 brilliant 👌👌👍

John Thomas
Very nice work

Desert Marlin
Okay, that's getting crazy good!

Lorraine Lin Autor
Thank you for the encouragement, will keep on working on this.

Lochsa River
very cool....

Pepe
😳😳😳😍

Neuling
Wow !

David Taylor
Wow.

CaptGPF
Looking more awesome each time I check in on it! Keep up the amazing work!

J35J
Impressive work! Watching with great intrest.

Matt Schloss
That is really cool!

Michael Kohl
Made me look immediately for Jasmodel kits.

Олег О
Это что-то необыкновенное! Потрясающе!

Robert Podkoński
Makes me wonder, what happens next... You've managed this skeleton kit absolutely perfectly. Chapeau bas!

Michael Kohl
How - if all all - did you prep the metal?

tyu
Nice, VERY nice! How did you attach the metal parts: glueing or soldering? Very clean build, impressive1

CaptGPF
Here's a dumb question - how do you keep the paint from chipping off of the PE? I tried spraying Mr Surfacer on it, prior to painting, but it still chips very easily.

Lorraine Lin Autor
Thank you everyone!
@Michael Kohl, this kits are from Jasmine Model. The PEs are great, while the instructions a little bit difficult to understand.
@tyu, I used instant adhesive to glue them together. Some small parts, I used UV glue.
@CaptGPF, I used Mr. Color C series to paint it directly after assembly, keep the paint as thin as possible. But yes, it still chips easily, try not to touch it : )

ZHIDONG Li
大佬

bughunter
Great project!
As I build some Stripdown aircraft already I thought about this one too, but the kit is hard to get here and pricey so it was only an idea.

@CaptGPF You can apply Mr.MetalPrimer from Gunze first. It is a acrylic clear coat which hardens to a thin robust layer even if applied with a brush. I prefer the glass bottle over the rattle can.
SF-242 Mr. Metal Primer, Mr.COLOR , Lacquer, 40ml

Skyhiker
Lorraine what are you using for a skin on the fuselage?

Michael Kohl
I have used Mr Metal Primer for a while too with satisfying results. Paint adheres much better.

Michael Kohl
Copper foil plating and going for a french version. This is getting better every day. 🙂

bughunter
There is a newer version with an additional "-R" on the name, I don't know what was changed. I still use the original one.
Tamiya has also a product for this (have not tried it): 204 Metal Primer, Tamiya Gloss, Enamel, 40ml

Mr D
Now Lorraine....That is dedication to accuracy 😲.
This is why the Chinese were making Ming vases.. while the rest of the world made clay pots 🤣.
Very talented n clever 💯%

Lorraine Lin Autor
Thank you Mates!

@skyhiker, It is 0.02mm cooper foil, and it needs to be annealed first (>650 degree C, a cigar lighter or gas cooker is good enough.)

@Micheal and bughunter, thank you for the suggestion, I just ordered Mr. Metal Primer-R.

Lorraine Lin Autor
Thank you Mr D.

Lorraine Lin Autor
@bughunter, I just received the new "-R" version. The new label says "improved transparency".

Skyhiker
The rivets on the copper look a bit strange because they are not in alignment with the plane's ribs. On a real aircraft wouldn't they be?

Lorraine Lin Autor
@skyhiker, thank you for the comment. This is to verify my idea, I am making a new skin. And will try to make the rivets to align with the ribs. Thank you again.

bughunter
Thank you for the info!
I hope it still sticks to metal like the original.

Mr James
Outstanding work. This goes beyond modelling to precise engineering.

bughunter
Wnat to mention another usage:
The Mr.MetalPrimer can also be used, if the metal should not be painted. It protects the metal surface and prevents tarnishing and oxidation over time.

Alexander Grivonev
Additionally to the metal primer you can treat your PE parts with a fiberglass eraser pen beforehand. It cleans the metal from the oxide layers and roughens it up just a tiny amount to create perfect conditions for paint adhesion.

Dominik Weitzer
Wow. what a great work. excellent!

CaptGPF
Fantastic progress! It's a pity that the beautiful framing is covered up. Did you press the foil against the kit to get the detailing?

Kesa Tiho
Absolutely stunning, alas i cant help but feel suspicious

Alexander Grivonev
What makes you feel suspicious? @Kesa

Kesa Tiho
I cant put my finger on it but it seems too perfect. Too good to be true

Robert Podkoński
If you look closer, you will spot a few imperfections, Kesa (both on the side of the Jasmine model kit, and in the assembly). Notwithstanding, is a fantastic piece of workmanship.

Alexander Grivonev
I agree with Robert, everything looks authentic and not "doctored". I absolutely do not want to take away from Lorraine's craftsmanship, but there is nothing "too good to be true" about this. Great idea, very well executed, just fantastic craftsmanship. Every step is plausible and well documented and I don't even know how or why you would fake something like this 😄

Skyhiker
Well for 300 Euros per kit some people might have to fake it. That's a lot of money.

Alexander Grivonev
but faked HOW is what I wonder about. CGI? Yeah, it looks impressive, but it is still a kit. You cut the parts out, you assemble them and you paint the whole thing, no black magic to it really. It would be much more difficult to "fake" it imho

bughunter
@Skyhiker Do you mean 300€ for the whole project, with the Eduard kits and accesories?
The Jasmine Hellcat can be found from below 130€ from aliexpress (ok tax and co needs to be added) and around 150€ in ebay, but not 300! List price at Jasmin own shop is 169$

CaptGPF
@Kesa - if you think this is too perfect, wait till you see some of the other posters like Neuling, Mr James, Markus and Jörg (to name a few)- their stiff will also blow your mind!!!! However, Lorraine is definitely the God of PE!!!!!

Skyhiker
Bughunter I was looking at the price from Hobby Link Japan.

Kesa Tiho
I think i started a war

Kesa Tiho
@alexander grivionev i would say its just a pre built set but because of the WIP photos i cant :/

Kesa Tiho
I didnt mean my comment as an insult to her and her ability to build, paint etc builds. I just found her build oddly good

Mr D
Kesa, sometimes things can come across wrong way, so it's best to keep comment positive or just hold back... Everyone including yourself has nice experience here.
The site is a community forum and not competition ground.
There are people who are starting out ...brush painting over sticky fingerprint's.
Also there are amazingly talented artists like Lorraine here.
Everybody work n project is important to them, it's the enjoyment of the hobby above all, as you know for the nice work you have created yourself... Hopefully subject will move on now..🤣

Alexander Grivonev
What war mate, we are just having a chat 😄

Alexander Grivonev
Do they come pre built? I don't know..

Lorraine Lin Autor
I believe that the friends in this community enjoy the process of building models, the satisfaction of removing the painting masks, and the interaction and sharing with mates here. Rather than showing off a pre-built model. I joined this community a little over a month ago, and I've seen many excellent works here, learned a lot of building techniques, and most importantly, had the opportunity to communicate with mates from all over the world. I feel connected with everyone, and I will continue to complete this project. Thank you for all your comments and support.

Kesa Tiho
I feel bad now

Lorraine Lin Autor
@CaptGPF, yes, I press the copper foil against the kits to get the shape and details. I don't know "rubbing" is the right word the describe the process. And I plan to cover half of the fuselage. So it is called "cut away": )

Lorraine Lin Autor
@Kesa, Don't be. Following your aircraft carrier project: )

Lorraine Lin Autor
I applied Mr. Metal Primer-R as mates suggested here, it works well. The only thing is the surface is a little bit sticky even after 12 hrs. I guess this is how it prevents the painting from chipping.

Kesa Tiho
@lorraine i can see, i feel honoured to have one of my builds be followed by a skillful builder like you

CaptGPF
@Kesa - I don't think anyone took your post as inflammatory or starting a war - it's nice having conversations like this - and I think it's the best compliment once can receive when someone says "it looks too good". Be yourself!

Augie
Just awesome work.. a stunner!

Greg Baker
Now this is a project. Wow! Great work!

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Mr D
Wander if the 🧸 bear gets sticky paws gluing all that PE together .... they make a talented team there pair..🤣
Coming on really well Lorraine.... interesting to see a different technique 🐻✌️

Desert Marlin
Excellent product.

Ben M
Very creative modeling. I enjoy seeing someone build something to this high of a standard as well as trying new things.

Lorraine Lin Autor
Thank you Mates!
@Mr D, haha, actually she is a lovely fox, Lina Bell. My favorite friend in Disney Land 😄 I built a helicopter for her.
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Mr D
😁 your right a 🦊 fox got the pointy ears..fox's need to get about too 🤣
Really good...👍👍

Robert Podkoński
Looks awesome! Are you going to cover other fragments, Lorraine?

Alex Rakhimgulov
This is truly amazing, dedicated and insane project! Awesome!

Mr D
Propeller looking 👍 nice.
Care you planning to cover it all ??
Or have some of the model skeletal for a display-cutaway effect??

Lorraine Lin Autor
Thank you Mate!
Robert and Mr D, I will not cover it all, maybe some part of the wing. Will leave it as cutaway effect.

Robert Podkoński
👍

Greg Baker
This MUST be left at least partially as a cutaway. Would be a crime to cover up all that intricate detail!

Lorraine Lin Autor
Haha Greg, will not cover it all. Actually the skin is also removable as I attached it to the fuselage with TAMIYA craft bond.

Ludwig Micallef
Amazing work! 👏

gorby
WOW, stunning work!

Guy Rump
Excellent work! 👍

Mr D
Excellent, clever and Educational, Exhibition worthy work.
Been a joy to follow 😃🦊
✌️👍👍👍

Pietro De Angelis
I'm speechless, simply impressive!

Ben M
This is so great, and the skin is such a creative touch.

Alexander Grivonev
That is truly awesome👍

Robert Podkoński
Awesome indeed! Fantastic models and photos. You're a master modeller, Lorraine!

Desert Marlin
Awesome work! The contrast with a traditional kit makes the reality very clear!

BetterTimes-Henry
Wow!!!

Doubtingmango
Absolutely incredible! I can't imagine the patience required.

Lorraine Lin Autor
Thank you for all your supports, gentlemen!

CaptGPF
Agree with doubtingmango - nothing less than incredible! I love the mounting and final presentation!

Jennifer Franklin
Absolutely gorgeous, very nice work.

Michael Kohl
Impressive result.

bughunter
From start to finish a fantastic project with beautiful models as result 👍

Lorraine Lin Autor
Thank you mates!

Qnb
WOW!!

Rui S
Impressiv work 👍

Jennifer Franklin
Love the mounting, gorgeous models.

Lorraine Lin Autor
Thank you mates!
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