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CaptGPF
following another Markus special!

Bruce Huxtable
If my best were as good as your worst, I would be very happy 🙂👍 A-Model do provide lots of fun challenges 😉

Robert Podkoński
Either you are too kind to me, Bruce, or too harsh to yourself 😉 Your models are much better than mine. Thanks, nevertheless 🙂

Bruce Huxtable
Au contraire, Robert. I have yet to try my hand at a bare metal finish, or indeed add fine antennae or rigging. I've only tried a few PE extras, and still only add paint by brush. The finishes you achieve are superb and thus inspirational, and there is never a hint of dodgy filler anywhere 👍👍👍

Robert Podkoński
Merci beaucoup, Bruce. I just try to do my best...

Robert Blokker
A bit of wash filter or pinwash here and there would already lift them up but actually they are not bad at all

Robert Podkoński
Thanks again, Robert... actually almost all of these flew away to my friends' sons already 😉

Villiers de Vos
Robert, Bruce captured it perfectly.

Alex Rodionov
WoW. Fine collection of rare jets. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Villiers and Alex, you are too kind to me 🙂

Mark
Another collection of fantastic beasts, all beautifully finished. 👍 May I ask of photo 19, what is the aircraft type?

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Mark, you're too kind to me. This is a kit of a prototype VTOL plane with thrust augmented wing concept:
Rockwell International XFV-1..nd Craftswork AA-2026, 1:72)

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Very nice collection, Robert.

Robert Podkoński
Thanks, WhiteGlint 🙂

Neil
Hi Robert. Very nice, love the XFV 😎

Robert Podkoński
Thanks, Neil 🙂

Lochsa River
quite the eclectic collection! don't you ever make anything "normal"...you don't have to answer that....

Robert Podkoński
LOL 😄 Speaking about "normal", Lochsa River:
Easy Ones | Album by podkon (1:72)

Alex K
I very much like the Ford Flivver, the Payen and the Bugatti...! 👍 ... and, of course, I do wish my not-so-well built models were as good as your "not-so-well" built models!

Robert Podkoński
Thank you very much, Alex, you're too kind to me 🙂 It seems like we like similar topics 😉 The three you mentioned are my favourite ones too.

Sebastian Meyner
Very nice builds of rarely seen subjects mate 👍

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Sebastian!

Marcin Dudek
I saw some of them (including Ford) and they are grate. Plus It is always a nice suprise to discover a machine I have never heard about before.

Robert Podkoński
Thanks, Marcin! 😉

Mark
Robert, thank you for info on: Rockwell International XFV-1..nd Craftswork AA-2026, 1:72)

Villiers de Vos
A very unique collection. Very interesting and expertly finished.

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Villiers, much appreciated! 🙂 @Mark: My pleasure! 😉

Bruce Huxtable
I'm enjoying and am impressed by these latest additions to you album, Robert. Looking superb 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Thanks, Bruce! Welcome! 🙂

Alex K
Oh! A cute Yak! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Alex 🙂

Charlie Spitfire
why do yaks make bad sports players

because they yak and yak and yak

Robert Podkoński
😄

Łukasz Gliński
Some are nicer, some not, but Ford & Arado are the best 👍

Robert Podkoński
Thanks for your appreciation, Łukasz 😉

Guy Rump
A very nice collection you have there Robert. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Thanks again, Guy 😉

gorby
That's a remarkable collection Robert!

Robert Podkoński
Thanks for taking a look, Gorby! 😉

David Liney
Really interesting models. Lovely collection!

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, David. I am glad you like them.

Patryk S.
Outstanding collection Robert! The subjects are real stunners!

Robert Podkoński
Thanks, Patryk 😉

Alex K
Welcoming the newest additions 👍 👍

Robert Podkoński
🙂

Łukasz Gliński
So many nice builds not to belong to such album 😛 (Ford, Arado, DC-9, Dewoitine, Chaika, Delta, Optica and Saro... where the heck did you find the latter one?! 😮 )
And Eclipse doesn't seem to be such a past build either 😛

Alec K
An excellent collection of unique aircraft and nicely built for sure 👍

Neuling
I agree with Alec. Thanks for showing!

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Mates, much appreciated.
@Lukasz - there are many different reasons to archivize the photos. I am sure you're smart enough to figure it out by yourself (hint - the printed modellers' magazine in the descriptions of some models presented 😉 )

Villiers de Vos
A beautiful and unique collection Robert. Thank you for sharing.

Robert Podkoński
Thank you for your kind words, Villiers 🙂

Andy Ball
What an eclectic bunch of builds! All wonderfully done too, don't know why you haven't shared them sooner!!

Robert Podkoński
You're too kind, Andy, thank you. (Frankly - I had to find these photos on my 15 years old computer and transfer them "manually" with a memory stick 🙂 )

Jv
Very interesting collection Robert

Robert Podkoński
Thanks Jv!

John
Very nice collection Robert. Love the unique types, thank you, very inspiring !

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, John. I am glad to hear that 🙂

Spanjaard
Excellent collection, pictures look good, and models look fantastic. Only thing wrong is the introduction "not so well assembled" 😉

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Spanjaard, you're too kind 🙂

Thomas Ehrensperger
great, all the weird stuff you have built 😍

Robert Podkoński
Thanks for reaching these out, Thomas.

Bruce Huxtable
So many stunners, so many favourites!

Robert Podkoński
I am glad you like them, Bruce 😉

Michael Kohl
No Me-109? How dare you?! 😜

Robert Podkoński
No Spitfire neither Mustang, too... (in fact, I am going to assemble my very first Bf-109 in near future... in the Luftwaffe der R.O.A markings 😉 )

Łukasz Gliński
Similarly to me, but different camo 😋

Henry Ch.
I love your "Ford" plane.

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Henry 🙂 It took me some time to find the kit, but it was worth the trouble...

Alex K
Aaaa! So, you've already built one of Aerobases's PE Lilienthal's! 👍

Robert Podkoński
It was a long time ago, Alex...

Bruce Huxtable
Oh, a moth died and landed on your window cill! 😉

Robert Podkoński
😄 😄 😄

Zbynek Honzik
That's a very original collection! I like it very much.
The ones I like the most are the Ford Flivver, AG-4 Crusader, Bristol Racer and of course the Edgley Optica. Awesome pieces! 👏👏👏

Robert Podkoński
Thank you again, Zbynek 🙂 You're too kind 🙂

Philippe Cartault
Superbe boulot! quelle finesse! 🙂 Cela m'évoque Léonard de Vinci et également "L'Éole" de Clément Ader! En tout cas, encore bravo.

bughunter
Cool little glider! 1:160 seems to be very little as it is not big in bigger scales.

Robert Podkoński
Thank you very much, Philippe and Bughunter. @Philippe - I purchased it when I visited Le Bourget museum for a very first time - they sold AeroBase kits at that time... I heard somewhere that AeroBase kits are now to be purchased in some shop in the underground gallery adjacent to the entrance to the Louvre Museum...
@Bughunter - I plan to build the famous Lilienthal biplane glider soon from the same manufacturer 😉 Its span is about 4 cm actually...so not very small 😉

gorby
Fantastic diorama!

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

Philippe Cartault
Merci Gorbi, merci Robert Podkonski (pardon je ne sais pas faire le "n" avec accent sur mon clavier mac 🙁
Et vive l'échelle 1/72e 🙂

Guy Rump
Great dio, very effective. 👍

Robert Podkoński
No problem, Philippe 🙂 (in fact this is not an accent but a Polish letter - pronounced like Spanish: ñ 😉 )

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

bughunter
After a health problem, I stopped modelling for a short time. I didn't want to continue the projects I had started because I wasn't in the mood for scratch modelling. I wanted to make a quick project - almost oob. Of course with a wooden propeller, because building one is just fun.
Working on two Pfalz D.IIIa (one as a triplane conversion) a long time ago was great fun and there was still a special kit waiting in my stash: a Limited Edition Dual Combo Pfalz D.III. No, I haven't forgotten the "a", this really is the forerunner of the D.IIIa. Eduard has re-released the D.IIIa kit often, but this Edition is from 2005 and was never released again. I hear some voices: Limited Editions are for collecting, not building. Never mind, I'm building the kit now!

I'm building the machine from the cover picture - and because there's a heart on it, I'm dedicating the build to my wife, who always supports me!

John
Looks great!

Nathan Dempsey
Following. Welcome back!

Kyle DeHart
Excellent to see you Frank!! I can't wait to follow along with this. Which is sure to be another beautiful build. Any edition…Limited, or otherwise sounds like something to build to me!! But maybe I'm doing things wrong. Ha!!

Erik
Zum Glück bist Du wieder fit! 👍
Sieht mal wieder klasse aus, die kleinen Steuerseile sind geil. 🙂

gorby
Looks like an interesting project Frank. I must admit that I don't know much about WWI aircraft and your builds are often a lesson about the real machines as well as a lesson in modelling.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!

bughunter
Thank you very much mates! Great to know that you are following 👍
Yeah Kyle, all kits can be build. But some collects rare kits as investment and hope to sell it later for higher prices. Once started the value goes near zero. But we have fun building them and that is invaluable!
@gorby You will see later that the Pfalz fighters are elegant planes!

Alec K
Taking a seat for this, sure to be another beauty 👍

gorby
Thanks for taking an interest Alec. I should get this completed very soon. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking my seat too 🙂

gorby
Welcome Robert. 🙂

Neuling
May I join?

gorby
Of course Neuling. The more the merrier. 🙂

Philippe EVE
Impressionnant!😀😀

gorby
Thanks Philippe. I hope to get the next update done later today. 👍

Philippe EVE
👌👍!

gorby
New photos start at number 10.
This may give the impression that I've completed this in a couple of weeks...it's been nearer two months. Although the build is complete this update doesn't take us to the end of the build process.
Thanks for having a look. 🙂

John Hughes
Looking good! I made mine into a 6pdr portee many decades ago.

gorby
Thanks John. 🙂

Alec K
This looks really good Gorb 👍. I like your resin casts, they look superb.

gorby
Thanks Alec. I've tried cast parts in resin before and it wasn't very successful, this time I used silicon as the mould and that made all the difference. It's really easy with silicon. 🙂

Alec K
Hmm, I'll have to check silicone rubber out.

bughunter
Holy moly - what a nice little model! Great work so far 👍 Sorry, I was not in the mood to follow all the nice builds here, so I discovered it lately.
And thank you very much for mention me in the album info 😉

gorby
No problem mate, I have times I'm not in the mood to comment, quite often really as I'm a grumpy old git. 😄
I hope to get the final photos posted at the weekend, it's finally stopped raining here so busy doing other jobs at the moment. 🙂

Guy Rump
Looking great! 👍

gorby
Thanks Guy. 👍

gorby
Finally got around to taking some photos of this ridiculous beast, thanks you all for following the build. 🙂

Neuling
A nice one! Diorama wanted!

David Taylor
Nice one.

gorby
Thanks David. 👍
Thanks Neuling, although you're mistaking me for a proper modeller if you expect a dio. 😄 😄
I have to be in the right mood to to do a dio and at the moment I just feel like building models. 🙂

Neuling
Okay. Better luck next time! 🙂

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

gorby
Thanks Guy. 🙂

Christian Bruer
Wow, very impressive and excellent work with a lot of scratchbuilt parts - love it 👍

gorby
Thanks very much Christian. Apparently the drivers didn't love them because they were sooooo slow. 🙂

Christian Bruer
But they looked so cool. Well more a slow rider than a low rider 😄

gorby
😄 😄 😄

CaptGPF
That scratch building at that scale is insane! ❤️❤️❤️

gorby
Thanks Capt, I like the challenge of building in 1/72. 👍

bughunter
A small piece of tarpaulin over the first bows would make it even more interesting.
No, it was a joke 🙂 Nice model of a vehicle with British style.

Michael Kohl
Thanks for CaptGPF for poiting out the scrstch building. I would have completely missed it and thus a very enjoyable build report.
One of those builds that would have looked really good without paint too.
I got stuck with my QLD over the humps as I did not manage to shape them identically. Your idea with the jig might breath in some life into that build again. Thanks for that too.

Spanjaard
simply stunning detail gorby, it is just gorgeous!! wow

gorby
Thanks very much matiepoos! 🙂
Buggy, I'll let you in on a secret just as long as you don't tell aaanyone else....I just got fed up with working out how I was going to put the tarp on the back and do the lacing onto the tie-downs. Therefore I decreed that it was nice day and they wanted to have the roof down. 😄 😄
Michael: I managed to confuse some others on a different forum about how much of this was scratch-built. Confusion seems to be my natural state and maybe I'm infecting everyone else. 😄
Spanjaard: I've even surprised myself with this one. Am I finally getting the hang of this modelling lark....then I see Frank's work and think how much further I have to go. 🙂

Thanks again everyone for you nice comments and to anyone who has clicked on 'Like'. 🙂

bughunter
Thank you very much for the trust you have placed in me, gorby! Of course I won't pass on this secret, but will take it to my grave.

Rui S
Great scratch work as always 👍

gorby
😄 😄 I knew I could rely on you Bugs. 😉

Thanks very much Rui, glad you like it. 🙂

Philippe Cartault
I look at your works Gorbi and I am impressed! O_o Bravo and thank you again for your comment on my dio… Coming from you, it gives me confidence! 🙂

gorby
Thanks Philippe! I haven't the confidence to do a diorama with water - particularly as a first dio, so you're one ahead of me. 😉

Palo M
Fantastic paint job, Rob! How did you achieve that?