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Jeremias H
The weathering looks good. Great job!

Simon Nagorsnik Autor
Thanks a lot mate! 😁
It shouldn't be too intrusive. I think it fits.

Ian Doody Autor
Just picked up the 15" 1/48 Space 1999 Hawk Mk IX Interceptor. Looks to be a very nice kit. Pleasantly surprised at the details, nice heavy plastic. I really wanted a big one of these, and this is the largest I could afford, so far it's well worth the money. Plus I bought it straight from the Gerry Anderson site, as it was cheaper than anywhere else. Thinking about scratching a cockpit interior for it, although in the show it didn't have one. Not sure what version I'll do, pre production, from the episode, or a custom version. But it'll be a fun build.

Ben M
Looks cool!

Ian Doody Autor
That's it for today, just basic construction of engine rocket boosters, sponson rockets and painted the inside black, can't be bothered to scratch an interior this time, I'll tint the windows yellow, for a moody 70s look.

David Taylor
Count me in.

Ian Doody Autor
Where I'm at so far, added the cockpit glass, slightly tinted. I'm painting anti flash black around the cockpit windows, as this seems logical.

Christian W
Quite ineressting the story around the car (not only the naming in Argentina). I like it, when people built their original car as a kit. It looks good in silver and of cause - with the vinyl roof 🙂

Gustavo Antonelli Autor
Thanks Christian! There's also a Citroen 2CV (3 CV in Argentina) that I owned long time ago, waiting for me in the bench.

Dave
That's patience. Nice work.

Jakub Fiala Autor
I started another quick OOB build. After a super small Spitfire, it's a small Bf-109

Jakub Fiala Autor
OK, not 100% OOB. Eduard steel seatbelts added 🙂

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Mark Sherwood
In. 👍

Thomas Kolb
Beautiful already!

Nicolas
👀

Cuajete
Nice start 👍

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you, mates, and wellcome!

Alec K
Taking a seat for esenbáka 👍

Jakub Fiala Autor
😄

David R. Meizoso
Lovely paint work!

Michael Kohl
In Police Service? Are you kidding me? What did they want to do with it?
Anyway, nice start. Peeking at this one for a nice OOB build too.

Alec K
Michael, they used them to keep deluded citizens from leaving the warm embrace of the homeland. And to interdict spies and other Western miscreans. Mostly flown by military pilots, so it was really a part of the Air Force. Czechoslovakia had a similar institution before 1939, primarily to keep Luftwaffe spy planes from infiltrating, and this continued this tradition, just against different enemies.

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you, gents!
Michael, Alec's explanation is very accurate. There is nothing to add.
Thank you, Alec

Bohrmann
👀 Taking a seat. Another masterpiece in the making.

Łukasz Gliński
Following 👍

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you, mates!
I completed the main build. The fit of parts is absolutely excellent 👍

Martin Weinpold
Paradne rozjety!

Robert Blaschke
Na to sa veľmi dobre pozerá. 👍👍👍

Jakub Fiala Autor
Díky chlapi!

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
interesting topic and very promising progress Jakub! Taking a seat 🙂

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you, Thomas!

Steve Desarzens
it looks excellent ! Well done 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Absolutely gorgeous! 🤩

Cuajete
Very nice job so far 👍

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thanks a lot, Steve and Patrick!

Dave Flitton
Watching! I think I should send you my kits to have them built. I can't come close to this one!

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you Cuajete and Dave!

Jakub Fiala Autor
The first of the camouflage colors is sprayed

Cuajete
Nice 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Very curious what red you're gonna use

Patrick Hagelstein
Oh man! That color and those nuances look soooo cool! 😍

Martin Weinpold
Ouuuu! Krasnej progress.

Bohrmann
A quick OOB build @jakub?😉 The construction and paintwork is so well done that you would almost forget that this model is only a few cm tall. The pictures are a feast for the eyes.

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thanks mates, for your comments!

Lukasz, i´m curious too 😄 I wiil try to mix it to match the red color used on decals.
Bohrmann, i thought i would be faster 😄

Skyhiker
Looks good

Alec K
Agreed, super airbrush job 👍

Alberto
It looks excellent. Love the subtlety of the shading, but you can still definitely see it on the photos. May I ask how you use that Wauchop mix on pic 18?

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you, mates!
Alberto, i use ,,wauchop mix´´ and insignia white both the same way. First i spray camouflge color. Then i mix this color with wauchop mix and spray darker patterns (over panel lines and some random rivet lines) Then i do the same with the mix of camo color and white. Finaly, i respray the whole surface with diluted camouflage color to achieve the desired contrast. this procedure can be repeated until you are satisfied.

Patrick Hagelstein
So, Wauchop mix is a murky brown to use as a contrasting warm mixing color to the camouflage color? Whereas the white is the color for the bleached variant of that same camouflage color?

Jakub Fiala Autor
Yes Patrick. I am using it this way. And during weathering steps, you may use this black-brown mix to create some dirt using an airbrush gun.

Patrick Hagelstein
Looking at your results, this might be a very interesting way to obtain some differentiating shading. Do you have a mixing ratio at hand, so I can give it a try myself? Thanks in advance! 🙂

Jakub Fiala Autor
I'm sorry Patrick, i'm not able to tell you a mixing ratio. I just mixed some amount of black and brown to create some ,,dirty color". But i think, that it is not very important. For this purpose you just need some dark color. Maybe dark grey will work the same way.
This is how Chris Wauchop use his mix for postshading: chriswauchop.com/201..s-a-kittyhawk-mk-1a/

Patrick Hagelstein
No worries! I'll just mix a dirty brown concoction and experiment a bit. 😉 Thanks for that Kittyhawk link btw!

Alec K
Nice progress, šarlatová looks great 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Been waiting for that, the red looks grand 👍

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you Alec and Lukasz!
In the end i changed a mix ratio a little bit. So, the final ratio was app: 55% C81 russet
35% H17 cocoa brown
10% LP35 insignia white

Cuajete
I agree with Alec and Łukasz. Very nice painting job.

@Jakub, thanks for the red color mix information 👍

Alec K
It's a very good looking red IMHO (on my monitor at least)

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thanks mates!
I finished the airbrush gun work and applied a layer of glossy varnish. Now, i´m ready for decals.

Martin Weinpold
Luxus.

Zbynek Honzik
Really great work, Jakube! Fantastic job with the painting and tonal layers of each shade.

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank ýou Martine a Zbynku!

Nicolas
Great work so far. I like the paint job, but the decals bring her realy to life. I can't wait to see her finished. 👍

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thanks a lot, Nicolas!

Cuajete
I agree with Nicolas 👍

Mark Sherwood
A nice looking bird (that is not a euphemism or a double entendre) Jakub. 🤘🥸🤟

Mr D
Nice paint tones and riveting on the wings 👍 Nice

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you Mark 😄

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you, Mr D! Riveting is not my work. This kit is comletely riveted by the producer

Bozo
It's more beautiful every day

Mr D
That's a good brand for you 👍👍

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you, Bozo!

Jakub Fiala Autor
Stencils and wash in panel lines applied

Patrick Hagelstein
Very subtle panel lines. 👌🏼

Daniel Klink
Awesome paint job Jakub 👍

Martin Weinpold
Ou!!! Paradni!

Łukasz Gliński
Masking over decals? You're brave man! 👍

Moreno Baruffini
Mamma mia! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Alberto
It looks very smart and clean. Great build!

Neuling
Same as Roberto!

Bohrmann
It's really fascinating to see how this model is developing, step by step. What strikes me is that you just can't tell that this is a 1/72 scale model, even when you zoom in with the camera., also considering that the ME-109 is a small aircraft in real life. It is just flawless and made with very great care. Should I be told that this is a 1/32 I would have no doubt that it is. Great work!

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you very much, mates, for your kind comments!
Lukasz, i was definitely more drunk then brave when i was overspraying decals 😄 Of course, i screw it up, so it took two evenings to fix it 😄

Rui S
Looking good, as always 👍

Zbynek Honzik
Jakube, it looks really great!
And if I didn't know it is in 1/72, I'd bet it's in 1/48.

Jan Peters
Beautiful painting!

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you , gents!

Lorraine Lin
Looks very OK!
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Jakub Fiala Autor
I started working on the weathering.

Thomas Kolb
That is what I call beautiful painting! And a very clean and neat build too.

Alec K
Damn, looks cool. That WINGROOT!! 👍👍👍

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thanks a lot Thomas and Alec!

Jakub Fiala Autor
Ready for final assembly

Skyhiker
Looks good

Simon O'Gorman
This looks incredible!

Moreno Baruffini
Yes, it really looks incredible!!! Wow!

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you, mates!

Cuajete
Great!

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you, Cuajete!

Alec K
Gorgeous!

Rui S
Excellent 👍

Skyhiker
Top job. Congratulations

Tibor Szilvai
Absolutely Pro! 👍

Neil
Fabulous!

Guy Rump
Great job! Congrats! 👍

Jan Peters
Very nice indeed 👍🏻👍🏻

bughunter
Jakub, I must admit I'm a bit tired to see 109, because you see so many on every exhibition. But at least yours got a different livre painted on. And your build and paintwork are, as always, beyond any doubt.

Moreno Baruffini
Absolutely a top job!!!

Cuajete
I agree with the mates. Fantastic result. Top job 👍
Congrats!

Zbynek Honzik
Bughunter wrote it exactly as I feel it.
And it's beautifully done!

Jakub Fiala Autor
Thank you very much, mates, for your kind comments! I really appreciate your support! Bughunter and Zbyněk, I agree with you, 109's are everywhere. But I wanted to have an Avia in this livery in my showcase. Next on the workbench is Morane Saulnier M.S. 406 and then Sopwith Camel. So I believe it won't be that mainstream anymore 😄

Jakub Fiala Autor
I've uploaded all the photos of the finished model. There are probably a bit more than needed, so I hope you won't find it boring to look through them. I have to admit, I'm too lazy to decide which ones to choose 😄

builder_squirrel
amazing! I thought it was 1:48 or 1:32 scale , so much details

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!

Steven Van Dyck Autor
For a review on the aftermarket products shown see shipmodels.info/mws_..p;p=1027734#p1027734

Matti Thomaes
Wauw Steven, already a new mahousive project , looking forward to the build, 👍

Ingmar Stöhr
Oh wow! Following!

Gary Victory
Enjoy the Build Steven.

Treehugger
What is the significance, or the meaning of the name 'Jacobsen' on that coin in photo 13? Anyone know? 'Jacobsen' is a more or less common surname.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Thanks for the interest. For Jacobsen see fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famille_Jacobsen , it's apparently a family of infamous corsairs also related to Jean Bart. It even mentions the medal at the end.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Both medals have now arrived. These will be useful as nameplates on the base. One had the description "paquebot Strasbourg", translated as cargo ship, and would be cast in 1950. I started with sanding the hulls to remove the casting traces, these are apparently broken off the sprue leaving two scabs. I noticed one difference, Strasbourg got a degaussing cable. I removed one breakwater from the front deck, taking care not to remove the detail around it. The drilling locations are not very clear, indicator lines passing multiple holes. I started removing Dunkerques sloop rails as I noticed that in the Strasbourg Woodhunter deck there are some PE ones, but now I notice that Shipyard wasn't planning on replacing the plastic rails in their wooden deck. And these rails are lying on the wooden deck, so they're very thin. I'll have to compare very well.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
I wanted to fix Dunkerque's deck. The hull is a bit narrow so I introduced a fitting piece of sprue before I glued the deck in. So there are no unnecessary tensions on the deck. The Shipyard watertight doors are replacing the kit ones, that are actually as detailed as the PE but I saw on pictures that these doors are all placed open. Some drilling is done to open up the doorways. The front of the conning tower should not have much of armour contrary to the rest of it, because only the internal communication channel is armoured. I therefore did not simply glue the PE plating on it, but removed the thick plastic first.

Ingmar Stöhr
You are putting a lot of effort into these! Great work so far!!!

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Thanks, Ingmar. Now the deck of Strasbourg is fixed, but the Bigblueboy set has some extra requirements. The doors now have a backside structure, though not the correct one I suspect. I found a rectangular profile in stead of their diamond pattern. They also request to open up the airplane hangar in two levels. Then the atlantic bow deck is completely covered with a large PE plate sporting the correct anti-slip pattern. It's so nice I rue that it won't be available for Dunkerque, that has got a bland chequered pattern from Hobbyboss.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
The Strasbourg deck is further elaborated. The front splash guard has 32 triangular teeth, but you get 2 spares for each of the instances. So you can lose an entire set without stalling the project. You also get some 2D bitts that I rather changed to 3D, using PE rings and wire. The front deck house is replaced with PE, but it has 8 windows so I painted the inside black. The airplane hangar is a complicated design but it has a fully functional elevator.

Jörg Schäfer
A real Steven Van Dyck, I'll stay on board. 😁
As always, excellent precision.

Ingmar Stöhr
I always like it, if you get some spares for the tiniest parts! As long as there is space on the fret, it doesn't cost the manufacturer anything and it helps calm your nerves.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Thanks for the attention, today there is much PE work to be seen on Strasbourg. Large anti-skid surfaces are provided, that don't always seem to be carried in reality. This is hard to corroborate because the topside is rarely seen in detail on the pictures, the one I found didn't have it. All doors and bollards for Strasbourg are replaced. I hope to find some for Dunkerque this weekend too when I'm at IPMS Houten, the set for Dunkerque doesn't have these.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
The searchlight platform on both ships is getting wire supports in stead of clunky plastic. Then the Dunkerque funnel is upgraded. I decided to cut a hole in the plastic part under the funnel cap, though I think the grid should have been canted like in the diagram from Wikipedia. But this is so schematic that won't try to change that. Lots of footrails are added, I drilled holes for these.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
A minor setback, in stead of fret G I got twice fret H in the BBB Strasbourg set. What should have been included are most of the smokestack parts you see on Dunkerque already and a lot of railing. But that can be replaced of course.

Ingmar Stöhr
Coming along nicely! Great work with the support pillars and also all the microscopic PE parts! Sorry to hear that you got the wrong sprue. Hope you can sort this out!

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Thanks Ingmar, I was already able to construct most of the Strasbourg smokestack. You can see it in this update together with the Dunkerque conning tower that is growing level by level.

Ingmar Stöhr
You are really keeping up the pace!

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Here I am again, with an update on Dunkerque's superstructure. Some complicated railings to shape, the director top with a radio mast and seven searchlights are all improved with Shipyard. But for the bollards and the anti-skid plates I did an order at MB König. It appears the Flyhawk bollards 1 and 3 can be used. But the IJN anti-skid is too fine so I ordered Ace a-002 now, this should be identical to Strasbourg.

Treehugger
Q1: Have you decided on any one paint scheme? (unsure if you pointed this out in the past)
I think a plain gray would look nicer than one with camo, as a plain gray would I think enhance all the details, while a camo will be distracting I think.

Q2: Any idea if MicroMaster big-turret parts for these ships, are old products or if they were created recently? I think I've seen photos of yellow'ish color.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
I've bought the paint yesterday, it will be Atlantic scheme. These ships were both plain dark grey in their later career, even after arriving in the Mediterranean. For the turrets there is at least this 4 year old link: britmodeller.com/for..que-hobby-boss-1350/

Steven Van Dyck Autor
I scratched a replacement bow plate for Dunkerque, by engraving lots of small lines with a scalpel. Then the piece was hammered and glued to the bow, some holes were filled in. The Flyhawk bollards #2 were a perfect fit, #3 is slightly overscale (test-fit pic 136) so I sunk these in the deck plates for a bit. Now the Strasbourg conning tower is tackled.

Ingmar Stöhr
Wow, nice job on your own makeshift PE!

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Thanks, Ingmar. Even more PE is schratched for the sides of the conning tower. The supports for the tower of Strasbourg come from 3 locations, A is from Hobbyboss' own PE set, B is from Bigblueboy and C was apparently forgotten by them and is being retrieved from the pre-1940 platform Shipyard provided for Dunkerque. I also used some wire for the supports.

Ingmar Stöhr
Wow! Great effort and great result!

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Now the Strasbourg conning tower received a PE front structure and also the director assembly that Dunkerque had. But the platforms on that are not to be embellished like Shipyard did, so I managed that with some lingering Essex catwalk parts. The searchlights have a nice elevation cogwheel and some steel deck houses are added.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
The superstructure is now adorned with lots of small PE particles like ammo lockers, venting tubes and davits. For the rear director a brass plate is rolled in a cylinder. The rear mast got some fine yardarms and a radio antenna. The typical French Marine motto plates are compared and BBB with version B comes out as best, with the octagonal edge correctly shaped. Nevertheless they omit some spacing on the sides. Shipyard (C) has the spacing but the vertical edge is too short and Hobbyboss (A and D) has them almost rectangular with a coarse surface. The Micromaster main turrets are true to the plans of the ships . The top view of these plans shows the guns a lot shorter than the side view, so I cross-checked with pictures. I only noticed that the muzzles of the turret barrels are overscale, so replacing the barrels with brass will improve that. Thr printing was set to medium quality, so I treated the surfaces with a sharp blade to remove the small ridges.

Ingmar Stöhr
You really keep up the high pace and the quality! Looking all great so far!

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Thanks, Ingmar. Now both main turrets have their barrels replaced, one with the BBB brass barrels and one with Master Models aluminum ones that have the correct muzzle. Dunkerque's wood deck is coming over the scratched anti-skid plate so that one will have to be trimmed.

Treehugger
Nice work on those turret barrels. 🙂

Hugh CAST.
Your job is really amazing. I've some nice PDFs on these elegant battleships. If you want me to send you these documents, give me your E-Mail adress by private message.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Thanks for the info, Hugh. The update today is mostly about the smaller guns. For the 90mm coaxial guns I decided to add the Shipyard anti-skid platform PE on top of the resin turrets. I had to replicate these parts for Strasbourg out of IJN anti-skid plating. Then the 130mm guns are improved. BBB got the calibre wrong so I used Master Models barrels instead, but its mantlet hatches are the better ones and it has opened and closed versions. I used those for both ships then. Shipyard had the better director PE, but there is none left for Strasbourg. Now the large director on Dunkerque's mast is built like those built earlier, but with only railing in stead of a plate around the lookuout.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
The aft director of Dunkerque is built, also with a mast a little different. Now the 37mm guns are built, but only Strasbourg gets brass guns for now. I'm looking for a three-bladed prop for her, while Dunkerque gets the four-bladed kit props like they are showing on a reference pic. They had different engines and thus different propulsion.

Ingmar Stöhr
Great work - as always! In a picture 215 the yard arm on top of the rear range finder??? Seems to be at a strange angle, or is it only the camera and perspective?

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Thanks, Ingmar! You should compare with picture 170, the shape is an uneven X.

Ingmar Stöhr
Perspective.... LOL

Steven Van Dyck Autor
The boats are now constructed with BBB PE, that brings planking on the otherwise bland plastic deck, together with brass propellers, railing and steering equipment. I painted the interior of the covered boats black. Shipyard PE is without the planking parts, so I will try there too to scratch something. I also ordered 5 sets from Master Models to have some brass 13.2mm guns and a complementary 37mm set for Dunkerque.

Treehugger
Looks like you have proper counter rotating propellers. On the Hobby Boss 1:350 Guam kit, they didn't bother adding counter rotating propellers. I had to saw two of the four propellers, separating the spinner from the prop blades, flipping the prop blades part around, and gluing the spinner back on, on the "other" side. An easy fix.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Eight more boats are done for Strasbourg. Here I forgot to paint the interior...

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Today the Dunkerque boats are finished, with plastic superstructures and scratchbuilt wood decks. I need to keep some parts as a dry-fit to paint these, like the decks and the carts.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
The catapults are made, with some differences between BBB and Shipyard, but both are an improvement over the kit. I scratched the pressure cylinders. Strasbourg's ship cranes are also built, but suffer from brittleness.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
The crane story is continued with Dunkerque's plastic boat cranes and airplane crane and the full metal Strasbourg crane. Two small pieces of railing kept falling off that one. I then removed the superstructures and added the bilge keels and propulsion system. I added the BBB lettering to the stern, choosing the individual lettering. Both sides needed multiple attempts, the starboard letters were all set when it became apparent that the portholes are not symmetrical. I had to move all letters again. For Dunkerque this lettering is not included in the Shipyard set and I dind't find enough generic lettering yet.

Ingmar Stöhr
Wow! The name from individual letters looks very clean and in line! Great work!

Lorraine Lin
Agree with Ingmar, the PE letter looks perfect!

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Thanks, guys. For Dunkerque I had no brass lettering left. But for some reason I kept the plastic lettering that I had scraped from the Trumpeter logo under the Essex flight decks. Because I had two of these, each letter featured at least twice in the bag. I could almost spell Dunkerque because it looks like "Trumpeter". Only K and Q had to be scratched. with Tamiya glue they were attached to the hull. It's not as shiny as Strasbourg, but it's a lot better than nothing.

Ingmar Stöhr
Amazing!

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Thanks, Ingmar. Now I have the anti-skid plating, I was able to apply this to all Dunkerque's concerned superstructure parts. It's got the same patterning dimension as BBB's Strasbourg set, only a bit coarser. I also got the Master Models AA guns now, these are for the next update.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
The boat supports are now added on Dunkerque's new anti-skid plate. Also the superstructure is finally united. To do this, I removed the platform of the conning tower to better fit this to the deck. Then I built the five sets of AA guns from Master. The 13.2 mm set is very easy compared to the other brands, because all PE parts are added to the resin with a fitting frame. I first looked at the BBB and Shipyard PE for these guns. Shipyard seems totally overscale compared to the other two, though I didn't measure overall dimensions. BBB seemed comparable to Master, and at first I tried to combine that PE with the Master barrel block, but parts of the BBB PE are interfering with the cog on the breech block. Eventuelly I used the Master sets exclusively.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Dunkerque is now receiving the last details before painting. Both splash guards, all doors, railing, ladders, munition lockers and even the large mainstays on the conning towers are now added. Next will be the same for Strasbourg and then the painting stage can begin.

Doubtingmango
Just grabbed a seat. Beautiful work and detail!

Guy Rump
Impressive modelling, watching. 👍

Rui S
Impressive, indeed, as always 👍

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Thanks guys, today it's Strasbourg stealing the show with the A-turret splash guard and some deck houses that are replaced with PE. I also bought some model ship supports, but these are for wooden ships with a center keel. Therefore they are sunk into the plastic hulls. The diameter is 11mm, so it takes some wriggling to make these holes out of a 10mm drill. A countersunk is used and then the edge is scraped until the support passes.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Strasbourg now got the yardarms to its superstructure. These are even nicer than Dunkerque's. I managed to fix the ship supports to the plank and the ships sink around them with ease. I bought a third commemorative coin for MN Richelieu, though that build lies somewhere in the future. To show these coins, I wanted them to rest in plexiglass supports. I had some trouble at first to drill a fitting hole. I had a broken saw for 51mm but that's too big and very slow to turn by hand. I then bought a new one drilling much better but the hole was only 48mm. I found a way to get to 50mm with the core of the 51mm drill that fit into the 48mm hole, using my Proxxon drill to remove the last mm while turning the support around the core. after some sanding the coin stuck into the support and it will not fall out. Now the second bracket will be made quite soon.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Both coins are now installed on the base in such a manner that both sides remain visible and the names can be read from a side view. The turret guidance rails are added to Strasbourg, it has them for both turrets where Shipyard has only the second one. But BBB doesn't have the railing for the second turret base, I'll have to scratch that.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
I made the catwalk around the second Strasbourg turret from Joefix extra fine metal net and a piece of railing from the fret that was delivered double. Then I started the 4 Loire 135 floatplanes. When the blue painted canopies were closed, the two planes for the catapults got BBB PE. It was a good thing I have a reference book for them, the instructions in the PE manual are not very detailed. It's not clear from the wing parts that a bit of dihedral is needed. Because of that, If you fix the spanners for the floats parallel to the wing, the floats are not parallel to the fuselage. The two planes that will be made in stowed condition, will get Shipyard PE. That will probably not be easy.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Both ship hulls are now painted using Gunze H 333 as base, Taniya NATO black as dark tone and a drop of white to tone down. For the hull red is used Gunze russet, Tamiya dark brown and Gunze H 7. The deck is painted NATO brown to eliminate the wood grain and then Vallejo light sand primer was applied until it was tan again. The two planes I have left got the wings clipped and plied back. A lot of components were unmounted to get the planes into the hangar.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
The wood decks are fixed with an extra glue layer under the sticker. The boat rails of Strasbourg were a lot of work for something you wont see appearing through the thick wood deck. They have to be applied perfectly along the etchlines but they don't protrude far enough through the deck to show that they are placed on spacers. But I guess the kit rails wouldn't even have appeared at all. In Dunkerque there was no PE for the rails, but there is a transparent film showing up through the slits. I also painted the foredeck and th superstructure decks in Gunze H54 Deck Blue. This will now have to be masked for the final camo paint.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
The stowed planes are finished with PE braces. The superstructure of Dunkerque is then masked and painted Gunze H333. I also finished the armament, cranes and cataputl camo. There is a lateral difference in the two upgrade brand's railings. The reference image shows that the long distance in Shipyard's version is only correct between two chocks. Long sections of railing are better represented with Bigblueboy's PE, and I have an additional fret of these in my set. Both ships will get this now. The railing height is better in Shipyard, though.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
The planes are now painted and decals are applied, but the Hobbyboss decals are not correct. The blue is too dark, so that is cut off and replaced with a lighter blue that I painted on the rudder and the roundels with a brush. The "battleship" insigne was omitted by H. so I made this out of some Sea King arrow decals and a fineliner. I needed Microscale Decalfilm to seal this, but it turned out all right on 3 of the 4 planes. The fourth one will enter into the Strasbourg hangar, this appears to fit. I also sprayed the boot topping of both ships and the superstructure of Strasbourg.

Steven Van Dyck Autor
Both funnels got their identification stripes, single for Dunkerque and double for Strasbourg. The telemeters also had to be painted white according to written sources. The planes got a wash and a matt coat. One of them was installed in the hangar and both superstructures could then be fixed on deck. Strasbourg got its anchor chains and PE but Dunkerque still needed some scratch chocks. One of the two BBB railing sets is already used on Dunkerque.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Rodrigo José Barbosa Francisco Autor
thank you very much

Łukasz Gliński
Interesting, let's see if the conversion set is worth its price

Tim Powell Autor
I had to modify the fuselage due to the warpage and some fit issues, but with no real options for this type of aircraft it was this or nothing.

Michael Kohl
Although being pushed out of the market by the big twins I consider this one of the most elegant airliner. Interesting project. Would you mind showing a closeup of the draw decals as I had some issues with them on other projects.
Let me share a tip with you I came across in a Youtube video. The guy there spraypainted the window areas before all assembly in MRP white, put then the glas parts in and covered the whole window line then for the main paint job after assembly - thus eliminating the need to mask all the windows individually.
And another one the Lehmann-brothers of Authentic-Airliners and authentic-airliner-decals gave me concerning the classic Lufthansa-Blau. They recommend to basepaint the vertical stab MRP-183 Oxford Blue als base color and then to give it a thin coat of MRP-155 Burnt Metal Blue

Tim Powell Autor
All of my windows will be decals from Authentic Airliners and the Livery will be Virgin Atlantic by Draw decals. I love the 3D cockpit decals instead of the normal silver or clear plastic.

Kenneth
I went there too; great exhibition (in the middle of nowhere 😆) 👍

Jan Peters
Thanks for sharing

Thomas K. Autor
Ergolding (Landshut) is a important City in Bavaria :BMW is here and a historic point (Landshuter Hochzeit) 🙂

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Thanks for sharing!

Lorraine Lin
Thank you for sharing! Really wish I could also be there and participate in such an activity.
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Neuling
Vielen Dank, Thomas! Wird in Ergolding noch mehr gezeigt als in Ried?

gorby
Thanks for taking the time to post the photos. It looks like it was an excellent show. My fave is the Wessex on the roof.

Thomas K. Autor
Nichts zu Danken 😉 @Neuling: kommt drauf an wie erfolgreich ich mit neuen Projekten bin 😉

bughunter
And in the very first picture, my biplanes are in the foreground 🙂

Tim
Fun

entophile Autor
It will be a fun build. I want to experiment a bit with washes on this one, and try more streaking effects 🙂.

Dave
The weathering looks good. If you go into Albums than manage and look for Advance, you can rotate your pictures.

entophile Autor
Thanks for the kudos, and the advice on the photos! I will go in and rotate them now that I know how to do it.

scalemates
It was great talking to you today!

Juergen Klinglhuber
thx for sharing.....great!

Acki
It was a great exhibition. Thanks for the pics!

bughunter
Oh yes - and it was a pleasure to see this fleet of Seakings and the other great models 👍

Treehugger
I don't like this Airfix kit but I do like to see you finish it. 🙂

Nicolas
I'm in.

Jennifer Franklin
It is an interesting subject, equally interesting scale, going to be a big one, definitely following 👀

Mike Thomas
Looking good so far, Chris.

The black ring you are referring to was painted on the test vehicles, SA-500, which both Revell and Airfix used as reference for their respective kits. If you're not accurately modelling a specific Saturn V, don't worry about it. As to your other curiosity, the real Saturn V was 363 feet (110.6 meters) tall and weighed an average of 6.3 million pounds (2.8 million kilograms) at takeoff, depending on the mission.

Chris Autor
Thank you, Mike. That clarified a few things. As I do not want to build a specific Rocket, I agree and don't mind the painting. There are some things I learned during building, so I would have to build a second one, that woukd be more accurate. 😉

Jean
Great job ! How was the fit of the parts on this old tool ?

Chris Autor
I had no problems. All the stages can still be separated and reconnected using a kind of bayonet. Of course, you shouldn't look at the kit from 5cm away - a few steps back and everything looks fine. The stand, as mentioned in the kit, does not work and the rocket would fall to the ground. That's why my Saturn stands on its engines. I've read that some of the details are off and the color scheme is wrong - that doesn't bother me: I see it as an old model kit that I always wanted to build when I was a kit aahh, a kid.

When I was a kid, I watched the Apollo 9 launch on TV and all I can remember are black and white pictures. So to me the rocket looks the way I remember it.

Dave Flitton
Nice start!

Mark Sherwood Autor
Cheers Dave. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Autor
Thank you Matti and the previous two Mate's for the likes. 🤘🥸🤟

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

Mark Sherwood Autor
Could be a painful watch Robert. 🤣🤟🥸🤘🤣

Mark Sherwood Autor
Thank you Pietro for the like. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood Autor
Thanks Neil for the like. 🤟🥸🤘

Gary Curling
The cockpit is looking good

gorby
Plonking me bum down to take in the show. 🙂

Mark Sherwood Autor
Cheers Gary, Gorby as I mentioned to Robert it could be painful and a meandering journey of bitter tears, but you are welcome. 🤘🥸🤟

Gary Curling
Its all practise,and a sign of a good modeler if they can turn a kit around,Good luck with it.

Mark Sherwood Autor
Cheers Gary, but you may see a phenomenon over at M'bro me turning 360 in frustration. 👍🤣🤘

John
She's looking good, Mark! 👍

Jakub Fiala
Hello Mark, it looks good to me 👍 The cockpit is really nice. Keep the good work going on! For example, on picture 11, i can´t find any imperfection 😄

Mark Sherwood Autor
Hi Jakub, I hold up my hands I copied/referenced the cockpit from your current excellent build of the aerial police car. I must admit too that Pic' 11 was one of my better projects 😜and the subsequent six that followed. 🥴👍🤣🤘🥸🤟😜

Mark Sherwood Autor
Thank you John for the like and everyone else too who pushed the button. 🤟🥸🤘

Guy Rump
I'm late but following now. Looking good, Mark! 👍

Mark Sherwood Autor
Thank you Guy. 👍🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Autor
Thanks Lorraine. 🤟🥸🤘

Jakub Fiala
You're doing it right, Mark. Diversifying projects is important 👍 😄

Mark Sherwood Autor
J35J, thanks for the like. 🤘🥸🤟

Neil
Sand, pint, sand, pint, sand, nah! Pint! 🍺 Pint! 🍺 Pint! 🍺 Good work so far mate.

Mark Sherwood Autor
Like the sound of that Neil👍 Going forward that shall be my working practice 😅 Cheers for the compliment too. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Autor
Thanks for the like Rui. 👍🥸🤟

neo
pic No. 6, the real a/c has this offset of the "centerline" at this part. Please check references.

Mark Sherwood Autor
Thanks neo for the pointer. But I'm building it O.O.B. And to be honest I really don't care, if it looks fairly like a 109 then it looks like a 109.

Mark Sherwood Autor
Cheers Lebloge for the like. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Autor
neo sent me a PM, explaining the misunderstanding. So, if you're going to like my reply I would hesitate to hit the button. Many thanks Mates.

Mark Sherwood Autor
Cheers Tino for the like.👍🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Autor
Thanks for the like Johannes. 🤟🥸🤘

Doubtingmango
Keep fighting Mark! Love the Eduard kits, but I always laugh at the "Weekend Edition" title. I mean you still need to eat, sleep, use the bathroom…

Mark Sherwood Autor
True. Doubtingmango (Fuck, I'm exhausted typing that out) can we shorten it to Dou, or go? Besides the Loo and Fries, Yer gotta ave' a Beer. I'll werk' the Heavy Bag termerrow ' at the gym 🙄😅 Ave' A Good Un' Mate 🤟🥸🤘

István Szücs
Great start, I'm watching!

Bill Newcomer
I am in for the ride too.

István Szücs
Yes, she looks good!

Christian W
Great result!

Bill Newcomer
Very nice result. How did the kit go together for you?

Kenneth Gifford Autor
Bill, The kit went together perfectly. As a matter of fact, there is no glue holding the body on to the chassis

gweller Autor
While I've ben waiting for the varnish to dry on the AMX I made some progress with the F18D. It is going together quite well but some carefully fitting and rubbing down was needed to get the air intakes to fit ok

Thomas Kolb
I think it looks very nice indeed! Just push it over the finishing line!

Frank Brzobohaty
I see they have the windows covered to practice instrument flying. Love those Naval Aviators.

(Blue skies and tailwinds Iceman)

gweller Autor
Thanks for the encouragement Thomas, and Frank, yes I guess it's time to take that masking tape off!

Erik Leijdens Autor
Finally added A-4E Skyhwak kit to my stash, it had to be started immediately! Off course a agressor version!!

Erik Leijdens Autor
Started a big kit! This one is laying around in the stash for a while now. Looks like a nice kit, will be oob. Kept the cockpit simple as it will hardly be visible.

Jennifer Franklin
I love your cat!

J K
Love the detail in the cockpit. Also love your watcher.

Erik Leijdens Autor
Thanks mates! My cat is always watching what I'm doing 😎

Dave
Details in cockpit look good and I see that your supervisor is keeping an eye it.

Lost_Erik
Nice cat too!

Dave Flitton
Watching.

bossy122
That black needs a little touch up on the chest area. Otherwise, beautiful finish.

Gary Victory
Nice start Erik. Loving the furry supervision.

DerMattes
Watching!

Lebloge
My supervisor has the same look... like: you can't afford to make a mistake 🫡

Cuajete
Looks like a nice furry supervisor. Following!

Landlubber Mike
Nice start so far! I have the kit in the stash and was looking at it the other day thinking I might start it in the new year.

Love your project manager too! He looks very serious!

Erik Leijdens Autor
Welcome all!! Nice to see this kit gets so much attention already! My cat Kitty likes it too 😄!

Remco van Haren
Following.

Alec K
Wow, a BIG one! Following along 👍

Dave Flitton
Still watching!!

gorby
Looks like an interesting build to follow. 🙂

Nicolas
I got this kit in my stash too. So I'm following with interest. 👍

Treehugger
I had no idea such a seaplane existed. How did I miss this?

Łukasz Gliński
Following this Behemoth 👍

Erik Leijdens Autor
Thanks mates nice to see you all!!

Mr D
Now this is a nice interesting project with a luck 🐈‍⬛ cat as supervisor 😄.
Nice interior work, would like to follow up on this one.
Good luck with build 👍👍

J35J
Great start! Following with interest👍🏻

Ben M
👀 I love flying boats.

Eelco Gregoire
Great start Erik!

Marius
Erik, good to see in the first picture you have expert advice for this project.

Jan Peters
Not my cup of tea, but very interesting to see how you tackle this huge plane.
And being a cat lover myself, its always fun to see Kitty inspect your proceedings 🐈‍⬛

J K
Coming along.

Erik Leijdens Autor
The fit of the parts is pretty good on this kit but the halves with the engines do need some work. Also, the parts with the exhausts are moulded in 2 halves but therefore shows a seam which needs to go. This is because of the moulding process I think to create the tiny exhausts.

Jennifer Franklin
The seam sounds frustrating, there is great progress so far.

Erik Leijdens Autor
Dryfitted the wings which fit very good. They only need some support to prevent them from sagging.

Alec K
Man, this project is clipping along! Very nice progress Erik 👍

Erik Leijdens Autor
Thanks Alec, this is a really nice, easy to build kit. A bit of monster due to it's size off course! Also nice to build a kit without any conversions etc, just old school straight from the box.

Cuajete
Well done so far, Erik 👍

J K
Loving this so far 👍

Живко Джаков
This black cat has a very bad eye. I'm not sure he likes the model. My son's white cat is staying with us temporarily. I keep him away from the models. I think the seaplane runs great. Are there any problems with it?

Michael Kohl
Massive

Erik Leijdens Autor
Thanks mates!
@ Живко, well the kit is quite good fit wise. Only negative thing I can point out at this moment is the engineering of the exhaust parts, they are in 2 pieces which creates a seam that should not be present. This takes a bit of work, times 6 😅

Живко Джаков
I really like big seaplanes. And this one is a "big" temptation.

Landlubber Mike
Coming along really nicely. Looks fantastic!

Thomas Bischoff
missed this! I join the show - I am not too late for the paint job 👍

Erik Leijdens Autor
Already on to the paint job; sprayed some RLM65 on the underside. Next up is RLM73

Naram
look like a monster

Skyhiker
Looks good

Jennifer Franklin
starting to look really good.

Rui S
What a Monster i'm in 😎

Cuajete
Great! 👍

Erik Leijdens Autor
Not much progress here, camouflage done and added a panel wash.

Dave Flitton
Looking good so far.