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Ludvík Kružík
I still miss this small helicopter in my collection of flying machines used in Czechoslovakia. The time has come for me to rectify that. 😉

Villiers de Vos
I will follow along.

Ludvík Kružík
Welcome Villiers! 🙂

Greg Baker
Oh. I built a 1/72 version of the Mi-1M... This should be interesting.

Ludvík Kružík
Hello, Greg. I know there's a Mi-1M kit in 1/72nd scale. Unfortunately, only this and a rather old kit from Special Hobby exists in 1/48 scale. In addition, this kit is an older version of the Mi-1A, which is different from the upgraded version of the Mi-1M. It has a different nose shape, different cockpit glazing and other minor changes. And since I decided to build the upgraded version of the Mi-1M, I will not avoid modifications to the kit.
To give you a better idea of the extent of the modifications to the kit, I've included a picture with the differences between the Mi-1A and Mi-1M versions color coded.

Greg Baker
Oh, neat! I didn't realize there were so many changes between the versions. This is going to look great!

Ludvík Kružík
Greg, thank you for your support.
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I started building the model by making new transparent parts.

Alec K
Taking a seat, this brings back memories of ABC magazine 😜👍

gorby
Nice work moulding the new transparent parts.

Greg Baker
Yeah. Nice work on the heat-n-smash moulding for the clear parts. That can be tricky to do.

Ludvík Kružík
@Alec K
I used to buy ABC magazine regularly as a kid and eagerly awaited each new issue 🙂. I assume your mention of ABC magazine refers to the occasional modeling tutorial section.

@gorby, @Greg Baker
It's not too difficult to make new transparent parts by stretching warmed transparent foil over a pre-made template. Preparing the template is the most work. Stretching the warmed foil onto the template is just a routine that anyone can do after a few attempts.

Alec K
Correct 🙂👍👍

Robert Podkoński
How have I missed this? Taking a seat for sure! 🙂

Ludvík Kružík
Hello, Robert! Good to see you here. You haven't missed much so far. Up to this point I've been more concerned with preparation than building the model.

Ludvík Kružík
I want to try to use the sandwich construction in the production of new glass parts for the coptics. So I made (using the same process as the transparent parts) parts out of white plastic sheeting. These parts will have holes cut out for the windows. The transparent part will then be inserted between these two parts. The white outer and inner parts will form the embossed framing of the transparent part.

Jennifer Franklin
That looks great (as per usual 😛)

Ludvík Kružík
Welcome, Jennifer, we're glad to have you on board and thank you for your goodwill. 🙂

Ludvík Kružík
I came back from vacation and it started to rain. Ideal conditions for modelling. 🙂

So I'm back and continuing to work on the model. I need to glue the finished nose to the glued fuselage so the cockpit overlay fits exactly. That determines the workflow. First I have to finish the nose and the inside of the fuselage and glue all the parts that need to be glued to the fuselage halves from the inside. After gluing the fuselage halves together, I would no longer be able to get to these parts (or only with great difficulty).

Photos of the work progress will be coming soon.

Alexander Grivonev
Oh some modeling for big boys, not glueing perfectly fitting parts together and throwing on some paint! Following 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Welcome, Alexander! 🙂

Ludvík Kružík
I glued several parts to both halves of the fuselage. These parts are glued from the inside, so they have to be glued before the fuselage is closed.
I also started working on making new parts for the cockpit.

Landlubber Mike
Wow, this is incredible work Ludvik! Thank you for sharing your steps - I've learned a lot from your pictures and descriptions!

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic scratch build skills.

Ludvík Kružík
@Landlubber Mike
Mike, thank you for your interest. Welcome aboard!
I've had the idea for this rebuild in my head for a few years now. Mainly because I've been waiting to see if anyone would start making 1:48 scale Mi-1M kits. Unfortunately, to this day, no manufacturer has this kit in their lineup. So I decided not to wait any longer and start building a model from what I have available.
My rebuild is just beginning. Most of the work on the model is yet to be done. I'd also like to try some new techniques that came to mind while planning to build this model.

@Villiers
Thank you for the compliment. I appreciate it very much.

Ludvík Kružík
I didn't have much time today, so I didn't make much progress on the build. But every little bit of progress counts. 😉

J35J
Great progress and detailing! Following

Bruce Huxtable
Wow! You don't shy away from challenges! Watchinh with admiration, and hoping to learn lots too. Hoping you are not amongst the floods? Stay safe!

Ludvík Kružík
J35J welcome! I hope you like it here.

Bruce, I like a challenge like that. I like to experiment and enjoy thinking of and then implementing ways to improve my model.

I appreciate your concern for my safety. I live in a town in the highlands that wasn't badly affected by the floods. Only the river that runs through our town has increased flow, but it hasn't spilled out of its bed. Moreover, our house is 80 metres above the river, so even if the river had spilled out of its bed, it would certainly not have reached our house.

Bruce Huxtable
It sounds an idyllic location.....Opravdu, česka příroda je krasná....

Ludvík Kružík
Bruce, thank you for the compliment. I'm sure the nature is beautiful in England too. 😉

Ludvík Kružík
I'm slowly continuing to make small parts.

Alec K
Nice progress, this will be a beauty 👍

bughunter
Another big bunch of parts, not to mention some kit parts, come together to form one big model! Not to be missed!
I'm late, but I have an excuse. First I was on holiday, and then this stupid C-virus knocked me out.

Ludvík Kružík
Alec, thank you for your support and your kind words.

Welcome, Frank. I hope you're okay, and I'm really glad you're one of my guests.
It's definitely not too late. I still have most of my work ahead of me. In fact, you could say I'm just getting started.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Uhhhhhh … this is going to be another good one from you! I'm in 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Thomas, welcome. It's good to see you among my guests. 🙂

Ludvík Kružík
I'm struggling with time rather than the model at the moment. At least I managed to draw a new dashboard. After printing it in scale (1/48) on photo paper I will use it instead of the kit part.

John
Another Ludvik conversion build with all the accuracy and attention to detail.we've come to expect. It's looking good, can't wait to see the final result! 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Welcome, John. Please have a little patience. This project is quite demanding and I will need a lot of time to complete it.

John
Ok, I aimed that to "I can wait to see the final result" (but I'm still eager) 😉

Alec K
Wow, the dashboard looks amazing. I can only imagine how much time that took. Really interested how it looks completed 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Alec, I drew the dashboard in the evenings for 5 days (about 3 to 4 hours each day). Add to that additional time (about 5 hours) for test printing and subsequent corrections.

I am attaching a photo of a test black and white print of the dashboard after all the modifications are complete. I will print the dashboard for the model in color later.

Ludvík Kružík
According to the photos I modified the fuselage where the main landing gear is attached to it.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Jakub Biganovsky
Good morning.
Realy nice and fine work.

Robert Podkoński
These modifications are just perfect, Ludviku...

Ludvík Kružík
Guy, Jakub and Robert thank you for your comments, it's a nice encouragement for further work.

After today, the hull is glued together. Now I'm adjusting the shape of the transparent cockpit cover.

Ben M
I continue to enjoy seeing this one take shape. Quite the effort to convert it!

Ludvík Kružík
Hello, Ben. I'm glad you're interested in my project.

Greg Baker
This is looking good!

Ludvík Kružík
Thank you Greg!

Villiers de Vos
Starting to take shape.

Ludvík Kružík
Villiers, the completion of the fuselage is only temporary at this time. It's only to modify the shape of the transparent cockpit cover.
Once the cockpit cover is the correct shape, I will take the fuselage nose down again to continue work on the cockpit interior.

Ludvík Kružík
Work on the model continues with the production of the cockpit.

Greg Baker
This is becoming a scratchbuilding masterclass!

Ludvík Kružík
Greg, thank you for the compliment.

A small shift in the work on the internal equipment of the helicopter's nose.

Jennifer Franklin
Ludvik, I greatly admire your skill.

Rando
Ludvik, a modeling god. The detail and scratchbuilding is just otherworldly and I always learn so much from your build logs

Ludvík Kružík
Jennifer, thank you for your kind words.

Randa, thank you so much for your contribution. Although I don't consider myself a modeling god, your comment made me very happy. Thank you.

Ludvík Kružík
This afternoon I continued making details for the nose of the helicopter.

Ludvík Kružík
Little progress today. The cockpit got a floor, internal construction and a coat of grey paint. Now I can start to get the cockpit "settled in".

Alec K
Great job on that instrument panel, turned out great 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Thanks Alec! The dashboard isn't complete yet. I still need to add a few more details. But I'll add those after gluing the dashboard to the nose of the helicopter, because I would (very likely) break them off while gluing the dashboard to the nose.

Ludvík Kružík
Again, little progress. I'm prepping the seats for the helicopter crew.

Jennifer Franklin
The red on the seat and cushion pops, starting to look natural.

Alec K
This build made me cautiously open the MPM 1/72 version of this chopper. I closed it back up very quickly… 🤣

Ludvík Kružík
Alec, I don't blame you for making that decision. The MPM kit isn't very good. To build a nice model out of this kit requires a really large amount of work on virtually all parts of the kit. Plus the plastic the kit is made of is quite hard and cracks easily.

Alec K
Agreed. The original MPM kits are now almost in the same category as the original KP: collectors' items. To be sighed over, but not disturbed 😁

Ludvík Kružík
I'm continuing to work on the seats. I finished the backrest of the rear bench and glued the assembled bench into the cockpit.

Alec K
Nice progress Ludviku. The dash and the canopy look super 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Thanks Alec! 😄

Ludvík Kružík
The new cockpit cover is slowly starting to resemble its model. The inner frame inserted into the transparent part of the cockpit and attached to the fuselage already shows the future shape of the cockpit cover.

gorby
Excellent work on the canopy.

Ludvík Kružík
Thank you gorby, glad you like it.

Ludvík Kružík
After a short break I continue building the model. I have finished the instruments and controls in the cockpit and am now working on the details located on the inside of the canopy.

bughunter
Not much of this coarse kits are build. And among those is no model with details like yours! To scratch all little things needs time but is worth the effort. Your hard way to do the canopy frame is a good example.
I think the instrument panel will not very visible at the end but for more contrast individual decals for the instruments are an option. Tom Anyz offers greatly printed universal dials in black and white, e.g. Universal cockpit dials 1.00 mm - 1.80mm (ANYZ AN037, No)

Ludvík Kružík
Bughunter thank you for the recommendation. Looks like the ANYZ decals are a great idea for simplifying dashboard fabrication.

bughunter
Yes! And Tom is a modeler too, so he provides things he need for his own models. So from modeler to modeler 🙂
The decals are well designed and printed by Cartograf.

Ludvík Kružík
It's always good to have someone who has experience from their own practice.
I had a look at Tom's site and apart from the cockpit decals, I liked the other nifty bits. Looks like I'll do myself a favor and buy some of Tom's accessories. 🙂

Ludvík Kružík
After a short break I am resuming work on the model. I finished the interior and glued the cockpit canopy. Now I have to finish the outer cabin window frames.

Bart Goesaert
Some brilliant and very nice modelling... Nice work

John
Really great bit of scratchbuilding, Ludvik! 👍 cockpit details are fantastic.

Villiers de Vos
Amazing detailed work.

Robert Podkoński
The canopy is an impressive masterpiece in itself, Ludviku. Chapeau bas!

Ludvík Kružík
Work on the cabin canopy is complete. The model has been sprayed with surfacer for the first time.

Jennifer Franklin
Starting to look like a helicopter. It's going to be a true work of art.

bughunter
This sandwich framing of the windows seems to be a lot of work but gives an awesome result 👍

Ludvík Kružík
The method of layering multiple layers on top of each other was my first time.
When I was thinking how best to make the new bow and cockpit cover, I thought of making these new parts as a sandwich. It seemed like a good solution and I wanted to give it a try.
Truth be told, the fabrication was more challenging than I had originally imagined. But I'm glad I took the plunge. I'm happy with the result.

Ludvík Kružík
After a break caused by the Christmas and New Year holidays, I returned to work on MI-1 again. According to the drawing I started to engrave new panel lines on the fuselage.
It's slow going and there's nothing to photograph yet.

Ludvík Kružík
I've finished the first round of engraving the panel lines. The lines will still need some aftercare to achieve the final look.

gorby
Nice work with the rescribing. It couldn't have been easy with such an awkwardly shaped model.

Ludvík Kružík
Gorby, you got it exactly right. The shape of the helicopter fuselage with its rounded surfaces and large number of panels and various covers makes it difficult to overwrite the lines.
I found Dymo tape very helpful in transcribing the lines. I use it instead of a ruler when transcribing lines on rounded and complex model shapes. The Dymo tape is flexible yet strong enough. When taped to the model, the tape conforms to the shape of the fuselage and holds well in place (unlike a flexible ruler). And once the line is engraved, the tape can be peeled off easily.

Alec K
I was thinking the same thing. Fine saw blade works for me on curved areas, in conjunction with a good scriber.

Jennifer Franklin
This is a smart way to practice techniques. Good luck with the pre-shading and exhaust effects.

Marcin Dudek
👀

Mr D
Thanks Jennifer 👍
Hi Marcin 👋

Spanjaard
curious to see where thus is going

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here as well

gorby
Looking very impressive for a four quid, 1/144 kit.

Mr D
Thanks Gorby 👍 l like things a bit left-field 😆

Mr D
Hi Jakub 👋
Thanks 👍👍

gorby
I'd like to see how this turns out. The tank looks excellent.

Neuling
Looking forward too ..........

Rui S
Great paintjob 👍 deserves better photos 🤔

Gary Victory
Lovely build and finish. Top Job.

Christoph Kunz
WOW, that's how a real warrior needs to look like.

gorby
Another "WOW" from me. Stunning build.

Robert Podkoński
Awesome job!

Neuling
This guy has seen action for sure. Top build!

Harald Besold
Great chipping and painting.

Dave Flitton
Nice paint!!

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful job, congrats!

Shar Dipree
Incredible work! Phenomenal overall impression! 👍👍👍👍👍

Vincent
Beautiful. Very nice paint finish and weathering!!

J35J
Great one! Paintwork and weathering is top level.

CaptGPF
Amazing weathering - certainly looks like a veteran of many bombing runs!

twelve_birds
Thanks guys; I appreciate it!

Rui S
Beautifully done 👍

Spanjaard
great job

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank you!

Dave
Dieter, I'm really liking your sci-fi work. Very creative

gorby
I agree. We all know they are made from odds and sods (that's small bits and pieces in Britain) but they look look like believable real machines. It does help that your photography and photo editing is excellent as well.

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank's Dave and gorby!
The model is now almost a quarter of a century old. I achieved a silver medal at the Scale Modelworld in Telford in 2000.

Robert Podkoński
I can only echo Gorby's words. Chapeau bas, Dieter!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👀😍

Mr D
Excellent 👌👍

Bernhard Schrock
Great! Has the story already been movie? If not yet, I would like to acquire the movie rights🙂

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank you mates!

Stephan H.
Nice work. But sacrificing a Starfury kit today would be quite an investment 😉

Dieter Bihlmaier
Hi Stephan, thank's! I still have a "half"one in reserve...;)

Mr James
The rust mottling on the exhaust is superb. Lovely work

gorby
WOW, fantastic weathering!

Shar Dipree
Wow. he has already experienced a lot. Fine detail with the front outer wheel, which was often left out by the crew. Great! 👍👍👍👍

Neuling
I agree with everyone above. Excellent details and weathering. It would be interesting to know what exactly this tank has gone through to get this amount of dirt on the upper side of the turret. Maybe remains of camouflage?

CaptGPF
Can;t say anything more than the gents above - other than..

🤩

Schwarzadler
Unfassbar! You should discipline the tank crew for not cleaning their panzer...

Mathias Decommere
Very impressive work!

twelve_birds
Thank you all for your feedback and encouragement.

Spanjaard
crew will be servery punished, as Schwarzadler said, no doubt. fantastic job.

Rui S
Great weathering 👍

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Mona
looking forward to seeing more of this project👍.my uncle(5th SF) was in country just after TET and one of the few things he ever... spoke of more than once, was about riding on top of a M113 that rolled over a mine

Mathias Decommere
Thank you Mona, that must have been a terrifying experience. The idea would be a fortified position in the Mekong Delta. I'm planning to build a sandback bunker and a piece of ricefield. The M113's will be stationary in a defensive position. Soldiers will be relaxed not knowing what is coming. But the layout is still evolving. Haven't decide the size of the groundwork yet. I'll be starting the diorama base soon... Will be continued 😉

Neuling
Looking forward ........

Spanjaard
vehicles look really good, looking forward the rest of the dio

Kim Branders
Love the dusty look.

Mathias Decommere
Thank you Neuling, Spanjaard and Kim! I'm starting the diobase this week!

Mr James
Looking good Mathias. Lovely work on the M113's. What did you use as the 50 cal casings?

Mathias Decommere
Thanks Mr James, I used simply the copper of an electric wire. An idea I got from lasercreationworld. It is a bit too narrow, but the overal impression works I think.

Rui S
The vehicles turned out great 👍

Thomas E.
Very nice looking vehicles, above all the interior; also the entire scene - I'm very curious about this diorama.

Mathias Decommere
Thx Rui and Thomas E.! I hope it turns out as I am imagening it!

Mark Sherwood
Progress looks good Mathias, looking forward to the end result.

Michael Kohl
Following too.

Shar Dipree
Looks great so far. Following.

Pietro De Angelis
Great subject, good work Mathias!

Mathias Decommere
Thank you for the support guys!

gorby
This is starting to look spectacular!

Thomas E.
completely agree with him!

Kim Branders
Knap Mathias.

Ben M
👀

Stuart Fowle
Looking good, following 🙂

Thomas E.
you may find this helpful (I hope so 🙂): data.opendevelopment..tnam-.compressed.pdf (5.11.2024)

Mathias Decommere
Wauw! That information is very specific! Thanks!

gorby
I like the palm tree leaf. Did you make it yourself?

Mathias Decommere
I did, another 79 to go...😅

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

Rui S
Me too 😎

gorby
Thanks for tagging along Alex & Rui. 🙂

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

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here, of course 🙂

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

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

gorby
Thanks Spanjaard, you're always welcome. 🙂

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

gorby
Thanks Alex. 🙂

Ben M
👀

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

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

Zsolt Czegle
I take a seat!

Intresting project! Go Gorby Go!

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

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

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

David Taylor
Always worth a watch.

Mr D
X2 trucks under way 😁👍

Jan Peters
Great job on the fiddly bits Gorby 👍🏻

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

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

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

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

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

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

gorby
😄

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

gorby
Thanks very much Alex. 🙂

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

gorby
😄 😄 😄

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

gorby
Progress has been slow. I have a problem with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) so everything slows down including brain and enthusiasm. Particularly enthusiasm. It's the part of the year I have more difficulty working out how to make parts and usually the first or second attempts end in disaster before something passable emerges.
Perhaps I should drum into myself "Must do KITS in the winter…. Must do KITS in the winter..."

Alec K
Sounds like a road trip to southern Spain is in order. 😊

gorby
😄 😄 😄
I'll see if I can work up some enthusiasm for that. 😉

Mr D
Great work and like the updates, taking shape well now.😃👍

Jan Peters
You're on a roll now Gorby!

gorby
Thanks Mr D, Jan, and the other peeps for their likes. 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
The second attempt on the engine cover looks nice!

gorby
Thanks Jennifer. 👍
It almost certainly isn't accurate but I won't be loosing any sleep over it. 🙂

Rui S
Excellent scratch work, as usual 👍

gorby
Thanks Rui. 🙂

Spanjaard
that jib is just AWESOME!!! amazing job my friend, amazing.

Ben M
I love your GuP builds!!!

Xu Ho
Thanks Ben! More on the way~

Neuling
I rather enjoy girls and panzers separately. 🙂 - This Tiger looks very good! 👍

Rui S
Great paint job indeed 👍

Lorraine Lin
Looks great, is she 西住真穂?

Nicolas
Following

Ben M
👀

Ekki
And me.

Gergely Rácz
Welcome on board, everyone! I've been informed that the PR.7 conversion set is available for order, so I'm waiting for one from Air-Graphics (it's going to arrive in about two weeks). This bird is going to be finished sooner than I expected. 🙂

playtime 222
I have a PR7 build to do at some point so following

Ekki
I'm in too.

Eddie Mann
They are locked, as they are correct, people were going in and wrongly editing paints. Very few, if any, have EAN codes.

Ben M
Perfect!

Marc .
Beautiful!

Neuling
This tank looks excellent. What do the decals mean?

Rui S
Great weathering 👍

Ben M
Neuling: gup.fandom.com/wiki/KV-2

Robert Podkoński
Interesting and ambitious project! Taking a seat here, for sure.

Spanjaard
indeed, me too

gorby
Ooooh! Definitely following this one. 🙂

Doubtingmango
On board

David Taylor
In on.

Ben M
I love this subject! Great scratchbuilding on display.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Woho I'm in!

Michael Kohl
Absolutely impressive.

David Taylor
Brilliant so far.

J35J
Wow, excellent stuff!

Christoph Kunz
Scratchbuild? For real? I'm in!

Pietro De Angelis
Impressive monster, scratchbuild by master craftsman, congrats!

Alexander Grivonev
Nothing but utmost respect for this kind of dedication 👍 This is true modeling mastery

Skyhiker
👀

Rui S
following 😎

Thomas Espe
👀

Alex K
That's not "next level", that's "out of this world" level...

Guy Rump
Following! 👍

Robert Podkoński
I fully agree with Alex!

Kenneth
Overvældende 😳

José Pires
Wow! Thanks for sharing the building process for this gorgeous project.
The Dornier is beautiful, and your building skills on a all different level.
Plain beautiful work.
My utmost sincere congratulations.
José Pedro Pires

Guy Rump
Excellent build! 👍

Michael Kohl
Masterclass modelling. Fantastic result.

Neil
Wow! Astounding! 😲 This is big, brilliant and different. And fantastic to see build pictures. Lovely skilled work 👏

Alexander Grivonev
I think you cannot call yourself a modeler until you have built something from scratch. This is insane, I am unworthy 😮

Robert Podkoński
Awesome!

Christoph Kunz
Simply WOW.

Thomas Bischoff
outstanding 👍 👍 👍

Ben M
This is really amazing. I see figures in the project inventory, are you building a diorama?

Kent Karlsen
Thank you all 😉 I'm making a vignette with the crew of N24 & N25...

Ben M
I'm looking forward to it. The wal is fantastic, thank you for sharing it with us.

Spanjaard
great improvement on those spikes. interesting idea doing it only half and then the other half to keep it center without using a jig etc.

Weizenbrot
Thank you Spanjaard! I think jig is a pretty clever idea, but I'm just lazy haha. This method is really a shortcut.

Spanjaard
it looks as it works pretty well 🙂

Kesa Tiho
FINALLY!!! THE GODS HAVE BLESSED US!!!

Jennifer Franklin
Oh, very nice, those pieces will fit!!!

Jakko ‌
"Removing seams from roadwheels the Jakko way." Thanks for the shout-out 🙂

Though TBH, I find it takes about as long as clamping the wheel in a vice and scraping the seam down — the lathe is less effort but not really a timesaver, IMHO. Could be that's down to my lack of lathing skills, though.

Ben M
It took a long time but it's fun. Not every day I get to use a lathe.

Kyriakos Vafiadis
This wasn't a successful build, I did some serious mistakes. However, it had to be finished. I will revisit this kit soon..

Snake Plissken
Well I like it. I had long forgotten I have one of these old kits. The red white blue color scheme was too daunting for me so I rendered it in USAF Gray (aka gray primer, lol).

Villiers de Vos
Beautiful colour combination.

Ben M
I remember brush painting this in red white and blue as a kid. I used scotch tape to mask which creates almost as many problems as it solves. Good result!

Christian W
It's a long time ago, that I built any military stuff. But then, on last years christmas, I got this Boxer of our youngest son. You know the rule: get it as a present, it has to be built. So I started it 10 days ago. I never thought, that (in this scale!) only the chassis needs this much time, what I needed. I have to say, that I go through the instruction, like I should. Step by step. But as always, I try to build components for painting because of the camouflage theme.
So far I finished the chassis and transport box only without the little parts. This will be next.

I had some trouble with "mixing up" parts. When I started it, I thought, that I mixed them up during the process. But yesterday, when I finished the stearing and chassiparts, I put every single part onto the instructions and it's location. At the end, the parts for the stearing construction on the corners at the front (step 13 / #C18, step 15 / #C17) and tie rods (step 15 / #D24, step 18 / #D23) where reversed. I'm really sure. And on one side the tie rods didn't fit anyway because one of them had it's mounting pin upside down somehow. Maybe I'm to dumb. Very strange.

I fact, that this is new terrain for me, I pay a lot of more attention as when I build a car. So I don't understand that.... Wo cares. Everything look right now *lol*

Christian W
BTW: I do not modify this kit (eg. tow hooks, lashing eyes (shackles instead of hooks)). I will build it straight out of the box. I know, there is some (a lot) improvement given, to get it as near as possible to the original. But as said: new terrain and I'll be happy with it, if the paintjob looks as wished too.

Breaking news: I will not be painting it as described in the instructions. I am aiming for a color scheme as supplied for training purposes.

Zbynek Honzik
Taking a seat and I keep my fingers crossed that the building will be joyful and successful, Michael!

Mr D
Really like the subject 😁👍👍 Good stuff, l built one as a boy in the 1990's

Łukasz Gliński
Can't miss an IF project 👍
That windshield is terrible - what's your plan for it?
And most importantly - are you going to build Lady Agnes? 🙂

Michael Kohl
Hi mates. Nice to have your interest and you on board. Thanks Zbynek. So far it took much more effort than I expected. Lets see how it continues.
@Mr D: childhood memories. I suppose you build it in scale 1:100? VEB Plasticard?
Lukasz, I bent and glued it und sanded it flush afterwards. As I will use the Authentic Airliner decals for the cockpit windows, they do not need to be transparent.

Mr D
Hi Michael 👋,
Yes it was the Veb version, very basic....but l was enjoying building it as fast as l could.... Glue finger prints n all 🤣
Can you sort the cockpit glass ?? Surprised.... Zvezda usually very good.
Thanks for your upload..... I'm big Soviet era fan.

Łukasz Gliński
Good choice Sir, the AA window decals are super cool.
Unfortunately some of their livery decals have some errors.

Michael Kohl
Yeah, I was surprised by the fit issue too. On the upside are definitely very fine and consistent engravings which I hope to preserve.
And - by the way - it won't be Lady Agnes¹. I like to represent the plane I flew to Moscow with. Unfortunately I do not have a picture of this particular aircraft and am thus not sure about it's actual registration. The history of some a/c is available to me, so I can rule out some. And I photographed two parked IL-62M too while taxiing which I can rule out too.
With these informations I ruled out registration: SEW, SEC, SEF, SEG, SEY and SEK. So right now I will go for registration DDR-SET.

¹ a word for those not familiar with Lady Agnes. She is obviously an IL-62M too and was flown to Stölln. After being stripped of everything unnecessary she landed on a 900m grasstrip (how on earth did they manage to get a permission for that?!) and is used now as a Cafe there in it's original Interflug livery.
You've never heard of Stölln? It is located in the federal state of Brandenburg, about 40km west of Berlin and is the oldest aviation site on earth and in the history of mankind. No other that Otto Lilienthal tested some of his gliders there.

Robert Podkoński
Watchimg with pleasure! Of course, I remember VEB Plasticard kit very well 😉 And thanks for the interesting story!

bughunter
Oh, a very personal project - watching! Sorry, I digged so deep into my build that I missed yours.
So I'm now in and good luck!
Regarding putty: I'm now a fan of Tamiya light curing putty which hardens quickly with UV light.
If wee meet again I like to hear more background about this trip and can provide other insights 😉

Michael Kohl
Hi Frank. No reason for apologies. You are welcome anytime.
Looking forward to our next meeting.

Spanjaard
a bit late, but I am in. nice detail added in this intakes

Ben M
💺

Mr D
Looking good, really nice shaped Airliner 👍
Do you use the black to find imperfections?? Or is it a pre-shading??
I'm in process of building the Veb Be-6 Soviet flying boat, and may help me to do similar.
Thanks for your uploads... Like anything from Soviet era n russian.

Michael Kohl
Welcome mate. Always nice to have you around.
Yes, Mr D, I use the black primer to identify imperfections as the grey one is too close to the plastic color and with the white one, flaws are not that visible. The downside is that it takes a lot of color to cover the black. So next time I will most likely go for a lighter primer color.

Shar Dipree
Following!

Mr D
Thanks 👍👍 for letting me know, l built the Yak-3 made by Zvezda, lit was quite nice to build, some of the fine parts were really accurate, but then it was bit gapy around the wing, but otherwise pretty good.

Michael Kohl
Welcome Shar.
Construction and first paint stages of the engines done.

Mr D
Nice to see the update on this one 😀.
The PE parts give a more crisp realistic effect.
Good stuff 👍👍

DuperScale
Awesome, i'll follow

Michael Kohl
Welcome. Another set of blemishes is fixed and the primer coat repaired. A light sanding with grid 1200 ensured a good base for the polishing steps which will be next. No pics as all looks more or less the same.

Landlubber Mike
Hey Michael - really beautiful subject you are modeling here and it's looking fantastic! I thought the fit issues on my JRS-1 made for a complicated build - this kit makes my JRS-1 look like it's a Tamiya kit! You did a really great job getting around that canopy issue and the PE engine fans are a really nice upgrade. Well done!

Alexander Grivonev
Oh man, two steps forward one step back. What, a grind, keep it up!

Ben M
I just finished this book, might be interesting to you: a.co/d/c2WPeYB

Mr D
Good work take's time, it's coming along nicely, good subject.... worth getting how you want it.
Like it 👍👍👍

Michael Kohl
Welcome mates and thanks for your encouragement and tips. Hope to continue in about a week.

Michael Kohl
One round of polishing didn't result yet in the desired effect. So, in for another one.

Michael Kohl
Started the paint job with the leading edges of wings, vertical and horizontal stabilizer. Started with Alclad stainless steel after another two rounds of sanding and polishing the wings. Unfortunately even a very thin mist of this color ate at the primer, dissolving it partly. Second attempt was done with Mr. Metalcolor 213 steel. This worked but gave a much less nice finish. As you can polish this color range I did that and got close to the Alclad finish by this. But with polishing I partly lost coverage at the trailing edges. These defects could be restored with the application of UvdR pigments Steel. Next will be the grey lower parts

Zbynek Honzik
I'm glad to see, Michael, that you're making good progress with the project.
What primer did you use? I've had very good experiences with Alclad, so I'm surprised that Alclad has eaten into the primer.
Fingers crossed!

Michael Kohl
Not all the Alclads do it the same way. I found stainless steel and airframe aluminum to be particularly aggressive. Primer was Mr. Surfacer 1500.

Zbynek Honzik
Oh, that's some stuff! 🧐
Admittedly, I've never sprayed Alclad stainless steel and airframe aluminum on surfacer, but always on polished Mr.Color C. And I've never had a similar experience. I usually paint the metallic leading edges and air inlets last before decalling. But I wouldn't say at all that these paints will behave that way.
I've used Alclad on a polished Mr.Surfacer before, it was fine, but I haven't used these Alclads.
So I learned something important again. Thank you, Michael!
Well, I hope things are going well for you now without any tricky surprises. 👍

Łukasz Gliński
I think there might also be a difference between these old Alclads and the 2nd generation (not mentioning the MiG rebottlings). I have a sample of each and the older it is the more agressive it seems.

Michael Kohl
In my case the two shades mentioned were aquired last.
I was pondering to do the metallic parts first or last. I think masking is easier this way. Let's see how it further progresses. I actually was highly motivated to go for the grey but had then to realise that a bit of detail stuff is required first.
Thanks guys for your input.

Jennifer Franklin
Progress!! That is a nice paint job so far, it is very clean looking.

Shar Dipree
Great job so far.

Alexander
Great work so far, looking forward to the rest of the project. 👍

Michael Kohl
Thanks mates. First layers of white applied. I am excited how the MRP paint sprayed right from the bottle. The black base is of course hard to cover and I will need another round, but the paint is so fine that all details that I didn't ruin before are preserved.
Was a happy surprise to find out that I have the necessary grey paint from MRP too.

bughunter
Is this your first use of Mr Paint?
I LOVE them ❤️️ Wonderful paint to work with and beautiful color shades 👍
The paint is just not available in many shops, but can be ordered directly from the manufacturer: mrpaint.sk

Michael Kohl
Yes, I actually tried it after your recommendation. Now I am pondering whether it is smarter to apply the decals first and seal them and paint the underside grey after that or to finish the paint job first. I think I will go for option 1 as I think masking will be easier that way.

bughunter
Masking on decal is always a bit risky ... I would try to avoid masking tape on them. May be you can cover the decaled areas with paper (Tempo tissue) and use only small tapes.

Michael Kohl
I will definitely seal them with varnish before. But there is only a small strip of white below the red window band and I am afraid that I won't be able to mask it beforehand as precise as I would like to have it.

Łukasz Gliński
Masking decals is risky, maybe a white decal stripe could help? There are some decal stripes available here and there.

Spanjaard
or a white decal that you can cut in stripes like 95 x140 mm white (Interdecal CO01, No)

Spanjaard
actually any white decal paper (meant to print own decals) would do and you can have in A4 size

Michael Kohl
Actually I do have white decal stripes. I will consider that. Thanks for your input.

Landlubber Mike
Looking really good! Even at 1/144, this looks to be a very big model. Nice job!

Erik Leijdens
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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!

Mark D
Following, same in stash to build (the tiger version). I've heard that you need quite some tape to hold all the parts together and quite some putty at the intakes. In the end it will always be a nice Tornado, good luck!

Siegfried Van den Bosch
So far so good...

George Williams
Gorgeous.

Radek Falcone
Thank you 🙂

Finn
Following. best of luck

Chris T. An
Welcome Finn. Well, "luck" is not necessarily what you need with this kit, but thanks anyway. 😛 It is probably more patience. But as a model builder, you have to have that at best anyway.

Ekki
Watching too.

Nicolas
Following too.

Cuajete
Me 4!

DerMattes
Den Brocken schau ich mir an 😉 Following 👍

Kenneth
Muss ich auch folgen 👍 Following too 👍

Shar Dipree
Following.

S M
Funny pilots you have found. Following I will 😄

S B
Sehr cool! Ich bin dabei. So wie es aussieht, brauchst du starke Nerven und Durchhaltevermögen. Ich wünsche dir beides!!!! Das Modell gefällt mir bisher sehr gut und der Co-Pilot ist jetzt schon ein Held!

Guido
Some very interesting (and challenging) progress. Love the additional self fabricated pieces. 👌🏻

Daniel H
Checking in. Came for the pilots, staying for the excellent scratch work. 😁

DerMattes
At least the pilot knows the way... yeah, sry 😉

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Cuajete
Very nice job so far 👍

Fabrice TIMMERMAN
Nice work. It makes me want to start the one I have in my statch.

Chris T. An
Thanks to everyone for being there. I have to vent my frustration about this kit now. I'm getting to the point where painting is next and it's hard to get a clean finish on the seams, especially the center seam of the two fuselage halves. I wouldn't have thought that (Revell) could still produce such a mess in the 21st century. The fit is worse than some kits from the sixties. I've already built a few Revell models, but I've never experienced anything so terrible. Even filling, sanding, priming, filling again and sanding doesn't help. Let's see what it looks like when the gray paint is on. In any case, I'm expecting a sobering result. I will therefore play around a bit with mottling so that the surface perhaps doesn't look quite so "monotonous" and conceals the problems. I hope that works.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Taking a seat - I agreed on a commission build for this one and unfortunately you are now confirming my thoughts about the fit when I put the fuselage together for the first time. I did not start yet and I´m a bit scared ... anything else besides the horrendous fit I should know?

Erik De Smet
Maybe you just got a poor kit, other modelers who built the same do not signal fitting problems, but the U/C seems to be too weak

Robert Podkoński
Looks great already. Keep it up, Chris!

Thomas Kolb
Oboy, that mottling looks awesome! The whole model does in fact!

Guido
Great progress! 👍🏻

Cuajete
Great mottling! 👍

Chris T. An
Thanks guys. To your questions:

@Thomas: I think the most important thing to pay attention to is to do all the work on the engine cowlings BEFORE mounting them on the wings. Especially detail painting and masking is difficult to do on the inner casings when they are already assembled. Well, and you can read everywhere that the wheels should be built with metal tubes instead of the thin plastic parts. Fortunately I'm spared that with the inflight version.

@Erik: It may well be that some people get good kits, but a lot of people seem to have the same problems. I've read about it in various forums (community.revell.de/viewtopic.php?t=10172 and britmodeller.com/for..us-a400m-revell-172/) and even in the German trade magazine "ModellFan" (April 2024 issue) the author/modeler mentioned problems. I'm probably just extremely unlucky.

Neuling
Remarkable build of a remarkable automobile!

Radek Falcone
Thank you 🙂

George Williams
A true classic.

Rui S
Another Beauty👍

Cristian A
Following

Nicolas
👀

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Nicolas
Following

Roland
Hardcore!

Skyhiker
The air intake on this kit needs to be rebuilt. It's not too difficult. Worse is the flash on the nose cone. Mine was a blob of plastic that needed to be filed down to shape.

Johne 69
Thank you Nicolas, Roland and Skyhiker 👍
@Skyhiker : which air intake do you mean ?

Johne 69
Thank you for your tip Skyhiker 👍 but when i start to correct the mistakes of this kit where does it end ? How did you rebuilt the air intake at your kit ?

Skyhiker
It's been awhile since I finished this kit. I think what I did was separate part of the top half and put a styrene sheet in there. Here is a photo: P-51 D Mustang | Album by Skyhiker (1:72)

berni
Hi Johne, a nice paintjob. 👍

Johne 69
Thank you Skyhiker & Berni

Nicolas
Nice result.

Johne 69
Thank you Nicolas 😃

Roland
Excellent!

J35J
Great work bringing that old kit to life! Congrats👍🏻

Mr D
Come out well, really nice job, like the rivet's nice n clear.
Good choice in kit, interesting pain scheme.
😁Nice👍

Johne 69
Thank you Roland, J35J and Mr D 👍

Johne 69
Started with the decals at the Tamiya Mustang.
Can somebody recommend me a decalsofter for
the Tamiya armorplatedecals?

Mr D
The Velejo decal soft worked ok on my Tamiya Harrier.....The roundals definitely needed good dose.
Good softener.
Nice paint job 👌👍👍

Johne 69
Thanx Mr D perhaps you mean vallejo 🤔
I have tested 3 different softener but I havent got the vallejo in my stash 😭
By the next possibillity i will buy one.

Mr D
Sorry Johne Vallejo 🤔
Yes it's definitely worth a dry, l was really impressed but it, the Rudder on my current HB lAR-80 ...the decal was bit oversized n a bump in the surface! the Vallejo just shrank to shape n looked painted.

Johne 69
Thanks a lot Mr D👍
I hope to get the Vallejo softener soon.

Mr D
Turnd out good....sets it of nice 👌👍

gorby
Very nice work so far.

Eric Martin
Thank you very much

Mr James
Beautiful detailed engine

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Is this seat taken?
Nice work so far.

CaptGPF
Watching!

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Neuling
Joining .............

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
It's coming along very nicely! 👍

Rui S
Excellent 👍

Eric Martin
Merci

Denis Dogadov
Great job, I really liked it, sheep like real ones !
I didn't like the exaggerated texture of the wood on the boards.
Processed and painted boards do not look like this.

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Outre le reste, les moutons sont effectivement une grande réussite! 😉

Michael Kohl
Looking really good

CaptGPF
This build just keeps getting better and better! I love the nice touch of the sheep. IMHO, the wood looks right to me, I don't think they process and paint wood for fencing for farms, but then again, I'm not a farmer. 😀

Denis Dogadov
I meant the boards on the car, not the boards on the fence. 😊

Eric Martin
Ok thank you for the remark, I will try to improve my painting of wood panels

Mr James
Those sheep are amazing. I often find model animals to look like toys due to the fur. But these sheeps are brilliantly done. 🙂 Rui S also has a brilliant looking horse which comes to mind.

CaptGPF
Agree with Mr James - Rui and Eric have definitely mastered the Zen art of animal figures!

Eric Martin
Thank you very much

Rui S
As for me, I want to thank Mr James and CaptGPF for your kind words. Apreciated.
I've never made any sheep, but I hope that when I do, I'll be able to achieve at least, half the great quality of this Eric's sheep 👍
So far I have done a bird, a chicken and its chick, a German Shepherd and a horse. I'm currently doing another dog.

Eric Martin
It is indeed a difficult exercise to paint animals. I tried several techniques and finally I succeeded in this work with oil paintings by gradually going from the darkest to the lightest and with a succession of washes

Neuling
Top result! 👍👍

Shar Dipree
Great dio. 👍

Acki
Wow! I love it!

Guy Rump
Great result! 👍

Ben M
So the British had combat double decker busses? Amazing.

Eric Martin
Yes, the famous London double-decker buses were transformed and used to transport the troops