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gorby
Very nice work!

Robert Podkoński
Very nice indeed!

Finn
Following

Rui S
I'm in too 😎

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3

Bas Tonn
Interesting subject

Zsolt Czegle
Welcome mates on the aboard!

Robert Podkoński
Watching for sure!

Bohrmann
👀 on board

Jakub Fiala
👍 following

Tom B.
Looking nice so far! Following along on this one 👍

Neuling
Very nice work. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Neuling. Much appreciated 🙂

gorby
Wow that ridiculously small! Lovely work Robert.

Robert Podkoński
Thank you very much, Gorby 🙂 The kit is quite well designed: I only had to remove main wheels to be able to paint them and scratch build the tail wheel. Also I added the rudimentary windscreen.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Super !! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Cheers, Juergen! Thanks!

Villiers de Vos
A beautiful little gem.

bughunter
That's quite a feat!
After you showed the kit, I mailed the company about a 1:48 version (the normal one would be enough for me) but even they produce 1:48 sailplanes I don't get an answer 🙁
May be some other mates can ask them too?

Robert Podkoński
Thank you, Villiers! Thank you, Bughunter! Perhaps we should ask them indeed.

Alec K
Very nice Robert, I like it!

Bugs, you can scratch this in 1/48 in no time 😉👍

Robert Podkoński
I am glad you like it, Alec! 🙂

Alex K
Fantastic job, Robert, once again! 👍 👍 Great idea (and implementation) to go with a varnished wood fuselage, for this stripped-down Flea (and thanks for posting the relevant reference pics). Although I do have the old Aeroclub 1:72 Pou in my stash (still afraid to tackle it - but some day it will be built into the Greek Pou, now in the HAF museum, in Tatoi - as per my profile photo), you tempt me to also acquire this strip-down version... Last thing: can we perhaps also have a Size Comparison photo #4 with your 1:144 Pou? -

bughunter
Alec, I also own the reference Book: Henri Mignet and His Flying Fleas (by Ken Ellis, Geoff Jones), but I prefer a kit over scratch work. At least as long as I have enough unbuilt kits.

Robert Podkoński
Thanks for your kind comment, Alex K 🙂 Sure, I will take and post such a photo 🙂
(I own the book on Pou-du-Ciels by Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume 🙂 )

Robert Podkoński
Both models compared, Alex 🙂

Alex K
You must be proud (and I am jealous - in a good sense!) 👍

Robert Podkoński
Proud? Not very much, Alex - just I am glad I managed to finish them 🙂

Kyriakos Vafiadis
Very beautiful and detailed kits!!! Impressive and inspiring!

Robert Podkoński
Hi there, Kyriakos! Thanks for your kind words.

Mark
Excellent work and fun subjects as always Robert! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Thanks for your kind words, Mark 🙂

bughunter
No need to bomb LACI with questions for a 1:48 version anymore! It is already released 👍
It is not yet listed on LACIs homepage, but I ordered mine already on Aviationmegastore 🙂 At the monent still 4 available, hurry up!
Added it to the SM database and look forward to the build!

bughunter
Robert, thanks for mention this book! It is now also in the database (and on order for me 🙂)
Book: Flying Flea (by Arthur W. J. G. Ord-Hume)

Robert Podkoński
That's a great news! I cannot wait to see it assembled by you 🙂 And the book is a treasure-den of photos.

Rui S
Beautifully done 👍

Dave
Nice. The weathering looks great.

Neuling
Excellent small scale build!

Ingo Fuchs
Great Work in Little Scale! 👍

Tom B.
Thx mates 👍

Łukasz Gliński
What a nice Puma, somehow I missed it until now 👍

Bohrmann
Great small build. Your work is an inspiration to me.

Tom B.
Thank you both for the motivating comments!

Robert Podkoński
Great! (I am a bit jealous looking at your collection of prototype planes, Dave 😉 )

Dave Burgess
Thx Robert! Lots more to come! I'm looking forward to building the McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat,

Dave Burgess
Robert, I actually got the idea for the U.S.Fighters collection back in the early '80s when I got the Lloyd S Jones book from a military book club I subscribed to (remember them? Book of the Month clubs?) I started collecting all the models I could, but I gave up in the early '90s because there were so many gaps. When the late '90s and the internet came along, it was suddenly much easier to find all of the garage businesses selling vacuform and resin kits, and I realized I could get a much more complete list. So I started collecting them again, waiting for the time when I was retired and had the time and display space to build & display them. Now, at 71, I've been retired for 15 Years, and I have ever decreasing time to get them built, so I've gone into high gear to get them done!

Robert Podkoński
That's a great plan, Dave. I will keep my fingers crossed 🙂 I have a similar idea. After I got the book on X-planes, I want to build all of them - or at least all manned ones...

Gábor Vermes
It's very impressive Thud! Nice painting and weathering. Congrat!
I am jealous of decals. I built the Hasegawa version but that has flying skull on only left side.

Ogre-Trombone
Now I don't want to post my P-47... yours is too good. Really fine work!

Cuajete
Top job. Very nice result. Are you sure it's 72nd scale or larger? 😉
Congrats!

J35J
Great build! More pictures please 🙏🏼 👍🏻

Bozo
I agree with J35J

Cuajete
Great job one more time. Very nice result 👍
Congrats!

Bozo
Wow first release of this kit 1966, respect.

Cuajete
Very nice paint scheme. Great result and fantastic job.
Congrats!

Roberto Rocat
I like it, bravo!

Robert Podkoński
Great job on this venerable kit!

Alec K
Same, very well done 👍

Cuajete
Fantastic result. Great job.
Enhorabuena! 😉

Bozo
In fact, I like everthing you made

Villiers de Vos
Another master piece starting to take shape.

Jörg Schäfer
Let's hope so. The conditions are particularly good this time. Not only do I have a Pontos set for this model, I also have an MK 1 set on top. So let's see what I can conjure up from it

David Taylor
Back in.

Jörg Schäfer
Top. 😃

Jan Peters
Jetzt gehts los!
Another two year build Jörg?
Following 👀

Jörg Schäfer
I think so Jan. 😅
Nice that you be there.

Sven Schönyan
Zur Entspannung jetzt was bodenständigeres?

Ich bin auf jeden Fall dabei!

Jörg Schäfer
Schön Sven.
Ja, der Ausflug ins Star Wars Universum war nett, aber ich baue doch am liebsten Schiffchen. 😉
Sehen wir uns auf der EME?

Sven Schönyan
Leider nicht. An dem Wochenende kann ich nicht und ich muss dieses Jahr etwas Urlaub sparen. Ich habe für Hamburg im September gebucht.

Jörg Schäfer
Sehr Schade.
Und Hamburg im September kann ich leider nicht.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Schön zu sehen, das japanisch Bügeleisen ist im Bau. Bin schon gespannt auf das Ergebnis!😳

Tini Hendriks
Ganz neu für mich, schiffe. Gespannt wo's hingeht. Hals & Beinbruch 💪🏼

Jörg Schäfer
Fein, das freut mich euch dabei zu haben.
Glaubt mir, bin auch gespannt wo ich lande. 😄😉

Michael Kohl
Nicht ohne mich! 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
Klasse. 👍😀

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Jörg Schäfer
It's nice that you're there, Jennifer. 😀

Dietmar Bogatzki
Taking a seat 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
I forgot that you came on board, Dietmar. Nice to have you there. 😀

Dietmar Bogatzki
want to see how you build this iconic ship 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
Very nice. 👍

Michael Kohl
Nice workbench. And how on earth do you keep your cutting mat that clean?
Das Modell? Ja das Modell wird halt wieder super. Eh klar! 😉

Jörg Schäfer
Thanks Michael.
That's easy. Before I started building the Mikasa, I rotated it 180 degrees. If you look at the picture with the bow view, you will notice the paint and glue residue in the back corner. 😁

Dietmar Bogatzki
Fantastic seein how you build a nother Masterpiece, Jörg 👍

Jörg Schäfer
And my best thanks again, Dietmar. 😃

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you, and nice to have you on board.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Fantastisch was du mit dem Rumpf gezaubert hast, Jörg und das in der kurzen Zeit 👍

Tini Hendriks
Looking great! Steady hand! I would think hullred but I had to look up the word "antifouling" 🤔🦐🦞🐙🦑

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you both.
It's unbelievable what was mixed into the antifouling paint back then, Tini. 😲

Jan Peters
Excellent progress, looking forward to seeing more

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you very much, Jan. I'll try to hurry....😅

Sy Bar
Great work so far 🍿

Slight off topic I'm interested in the storage you have behind it. Particularly the one between the brush storage and the three tall draws. My question is de you convert another storage to give the racks for your tray things and if so how/what did you convert? I have the same storage system but have not found anything like that rack and it's a great idea I'd like to use.
Cheers and keep the good work going as it's going to be a great model. 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Hello Sy Bar.
Thank you.
Do you mean this rack?!

hobbyzone.pl/en/modu..niversal-drawer.html

It is very modular and can be adapted to the respective use. I use them to store the organizer drawers for my etched parts.

Sy Bar
Cheers #Jörg keep up good work

Joerg R.
Alter! Hier sieht man erst, welch gigantische Arbeit du jetzt schon wieder investiert hast. Namensvetter, das wird wieder was richtig feines von dir, da bin ich mir zu 100% sicher.
Bin auf jeden Fall wieder dabei und staune und staune.
gruss
Jörg

Jörg Schäfer
Das freut mich, Jörg.
Schön dich an Bord begrüßen zu dürfen. 😄

NLAWScametovisit
Showed up because I heard there was a grinding orgy of chiseling, but now i'm staying for this incredible build!

Jörg Schäfer
😂 Thank you very much, nice to have you there.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Es wächst und gedeiht! Schön mit anzusehen. Der dunkle Anstrich sieht wirklich super aus, gefällt mir ! Weiter so Jörg 👍👍👍

CaptGPF
Jörg - you always have the most interesting, detailed and fascinating builds! I love how you convey your thought process as you build your masterpieces! Definitely watching to see this new masterpiece!

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Hans-Jürgen. 😉
I'm very pleased, CaptGPF, that you like my little construction reports so much. 😁

Dietmar Bogatzki
Awesome weathering Jörg 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Many thanks, Dietmar. 😊

Rui S
Looking Great as always 👍

NLAWScametovisit
This weathering is outstanding! Also, you're giving me severe desk envy for your workshop setup!

Jörg Schäfer
Many thanks to you both.
Yes my workbench turned out really cool, NLAWScametovisit.

Matti Thomaes
Sorry for your los, Jörg, but it's good to see you're getting back to our wonderfull hobby.

Jörg Schäfer
Many many thanks, Matti.

Michael Kohl
Rough seas you had to steer through lately. My condolences. Hope future waters will be much calmer and this build helps navigate them Looking for more progress here. 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you for the kind words Michael.
Yes, I hope that things are going well again now.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Kommt gut raus dein Bügeleisen 😎 sehr gut gemacht 👍👍👍

Jörg Schäfer
Schön daß es dir gefällt, Hans-Jürgen. 👍

gorby
Looks like you are doing amazing work! Definitely following this build. 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you very much, Gorby.
Nice to welcome you on board.

Ingmar Stöhr
Wow, how did I miss out on this awesome project? Very involved detailing going on! I love the paint finish so far!

Jörg Schäfer
Many thanks Ingmar. 😊
We'll see how it goes.

Dietmar Bogatzki
The Master of Shipmodels again in action, hope everyting is well

Ingmar Stöhr
Very nice guns!

Jan Peters
Those guns are fantastic!

Jennifer Franklin
Those guns are amazing!

Spanjaard
looks like a very nice C-3P0

Markus Helmers
Not the most accurate but I've grown fond of it. And at the large 1:4 scale they make for really nice display pieces.

berni
Hello markus, it is a respectable result for this difficult material 👍

Sebastian Meyner
Interesting subject & very well build, mate 👍

Alex K
Ah... great to see that, not enough MS-760s around... Excellent job! 👍 👍

Kenneth
Wow, something different and very well done too 👍

Bozo
Again a rare plane. Well done sir. I like argentine scheme too.

Cuajete
Fantastic job and an unusual (and hard) model. Great result 👍
Congrats!

Steven Van Dyck
I was planning to have lots of figures in this diorama, but the guy who uploaded this kit to Scalemates had guessed the scale as 1/100 and it is rather 1/250. Therefore my HO scale Greeks are completely overscale and will not be used.

Rui S
Interesting 👍

Steven Van Dyck
I started with changes to the access steps, I had to saw these flush with the base as can be seen on reference pictures. Also I had to remove a terrible warp, I did this without a base plank by connecting the corners with thick wire and bending that. I found out that Italeri reconstructed the inner naos columns like on old drawings with both colonnades equal in length. Most of the modern day reconstructions show the top row smaller, so I sawed of the first row and used this as a lengthening part. I also made the architraves thinner, these are really ugly from the box with a slanting side.

Ben M
👀 perhaps 1/250 Greeks can be resin printed.

gorby
Looks interesting. 🙂
If some bloke called Elgin turns up you may have to tell him to bugger off. 😉

Thomas Espe
👀

Ben M
I bet you could get some z scale figures (1:220) and paint them however you like

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks for the tip, Ben, but I will solve the problem with some 1/200modern figures I got yesterday. I'll slice them and add 1mm, then cover it with a stola. I also had to perform lots of changes to the interior structure of the temple, using a floor plan I rescaled to 1/250. It appears Italeri has moved the pronaos and opisthodomos colonnades to the inside, to make up for the walls they made much thinner. I sawed out these floor parts and moved the colonnades to the outside. I thickened or replaced these walls with styrene. That meant engraving the outside of the styrene walls with block patterns. I also reversed some entrance walls because only one side of the gate part got a stone texture. I made the textureless side to go inside the wall. I moved the first two Ionic columns to fill the new space. I don't understand why Italeri is messing with the proportions of this building, just to be able to minimize the sprue variety to two shapes and as little wall surface as they could, while wanting to show off the inside. They also added the arm support to the statue, though that existed only on marble copies.

Steven Van Dyck
The increase in length of the sidewalls is compensated with the unused inner wall parts. The four cutouts are made but I changed the sizes by recutting each part. The inside of the walls is covered with the cutout parts, taking care to continue the masonry. Between the layers I will add another sheet of the same thickness to get to 4.5mm. I will have to use styrene for the plinths, all of these were used for the gates.

Steven Van Dyck
The inner walls are now connected to the outside with spacers. The plinths are machined from styrene plate so the walls fit to them. Four antes are added to the front walls. The inner tympanons are connected to the colonnade, that will fit in newly drilled postholes. I will remove the triglyphs there, they should only go on the outside and not be inclined. This colonnade isn't lined up with the outside anymore, the architrave will have to be skewed. More than 40 columns are now prepared.

Bozo
It looks like 1/48. Great job. I like the white not white

Nicolas
👀

Jennifer Franklin
I am following too

Chrisswe
This is my first aircraft build in modern times not counting an aborted attempt half a year ago when I had just returned to scale modeling.
I hope I can follow this one through.
I'm happy with the cockpit but could have been better if I hadn't rushed it.

J35J
Great start! 👍🏻
I returned to the hobby myself last year after being in model kit hibernation for 30 years.
Looking forward to see the final result!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Chrisswe
Thanks J35J and Guy Rump! Also congratulations to returning to the hobby J35J. Only problem with scale modeling is that it is so addictive 😅

Thomas O'Eh
looking good so far!

Alberto
Nice freehand camo on the top side!

Chrisswe
Thanks Thomas and Alberto! It was my first try at soft borders camouflage without masking. Worked better than I expected but I used the wrong scheme, A instead of B. Hope it won't hurt the eyes of Spitfire experts too much.

Alberto
It looks very good to me. I have not tried yet a free hand camo without masking! 😬

Kenneth
42-451 is the aircraft for which markings are provided in the kit

Kenneth
Lateral and lower camera ports added by drilling out the required holes, attaching masking tape to a piece of clear plastic, punching out the transparencies and fixing them from the inside with Kristal Klear

Kenneth
Struggling a bit with the cockpit; the part constituting the rudder pedal assembly is too short, and the very small pictures in the instructions not very helpful either…

Nicolas
Intresting, watching.

Moreno Baruffini
Watching too!

Kenneth
Thank you for your interest, Nicolas and Moreno. More progress photos next week….

J35J
Great start! Taking a chair

Kenneth
Tack så mycket 👍

Kenneth
Additional information: Frowned upon by many, I use Revell Aqua paints and like them. Unfortunately, the range is not very complete. My imitation of RAF Interior Green is Revell Aqua Olive Green toned down with White. I'm quite pleased with the result (comes across a bit dark in the photos).

bughunter
You wrote in the project description: "The shape of the „1" in the serial number is wrong." What is the height of the number? Should I try to cut masks?

Jennifer Franklin
Following 👀

Kenneth
Thanks, I may get back to you. It's 5 mm high. They cut off the upper right-hand corner of the „1" so that it is angled at 45 deg. It should be a 90 deg angle. I'm contemplating „repairing" that corner it with small section of a white stripe from TL Decals. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it …

bughunter
Hmm, 5mm is very small for a cutting plotter. Could be tried but I cannot promise anything. Maybe your decal solution will work better.

Kenneth
Yes, I have my doubts too, having seen what plotters can do. We will see, but many thanks for the offer nonetheless.

Nicolas
Don't worry about your speed Kenneth. There is no deadline. All that matters is that you are satisfied with the result and enjoy the time spend. BTW, you are much faster than I am.
So far it's locking very nice.

Jennifer Franklin
I don't think speed is necessarily the goal Kenneth. You are also faster than me. I hope you are enjoying yourself and, as Nicolas said, that you are happy with your result. It's looking good so far.

Kenneth
Many thanks, Nicolas and Jennifer! I'm definitely enjoying myself, and am pleased with the resutls!

Moreno Baruffini
I can only say that I totally agree with the above! Looking good 👍

Kenneth
Many thanks, Moreno!

Gordon Sørensen
Nice looking cockpit! I built the Mk.X boxing and wondered the same thing about the floor/bulkhead fit… I probably have some spare Stoppel decals if you need a '1'.

Kenneth
Tak, Gordon 🇩🇰!

Kenneth
Another accuracy issue with the kit, which I only realised lately, is the rear cockpit bulkhead. Seems that KP retained the solid bulkhead from the (pressurized) PR Mk. X, which is incorrect for the (unpressurized) PR Mk. XI. Oh well 🙄

Moreno Baruffini
Great to see you again working on this...And... Thanks for the last comment, I never heard about this issue...

bughunter
It's good that the break is over!
I think the little metal marks are ok considering that this is much smaller in real.

Kenneth
👍 Frank

Moreno Baruffini
I agree with bughunter 👍🏼

Gordon Sørensen
The chipping looks good, athough I would add a bit more to the bottom of the fuselage-side camera panel. From the pics I have seen, it looks like there is a lot of wear from loading and removing the cameras. I haven't tried the AK pencils, but have used the Prismacolour Silver before.
How do you like the PeeWit masks?

Kenneth
Thanks everyone. The masks were fine, haven't used those for the wheels yet though.

Skyhiker
Looks like someone is having a good time.

Jennifer Franklin
I am sorry the decals are a mess; they still look good.

Kenneth
Thank you, Jenny 👍

bughunter
The model has already evolved a lot!
Too bad, the white of the decals is hardly recognizable on the light blue sheet, otherwise they could have been cut out along the red.

Kenneth
That's exactly the issue!

Moreno Baruffini
I like it!

George Williams
Many thanks for sharing this information.

gorby
I'm interested to see this go together.

schecter87
I also bought this kit. Have a plan to start it on February.

Lane McConnell
Thanks all. I wanted to wait for more reference and some paint but I just gave in.

Be sure to check back often as I will post updates as I go.

Alexander Grivonev
Definitely following, cast metal effect turned out great 👍

Michael Kohl
Me too

Antoine Meylan
Je suis aussi!

Kenneth
Following! My Revell-version of that kit has been sitting on the shelf of doom for years now, although only the landing gear and the stores need to be done. Absolutely the worst fitting kit I've ever come across.

Skyhiker
This is a test...this is only a test. If this were a real emergency my AMS would take over. I want to see if I can do an out of the box build. So far I have almost never been able to. Wish me luck.

Skyhiker
I think this is my first time with an ICM mold. The kit has a lot of flash and is very subtle in its markings. This creates a bit of a challenge cleaning things up because I have to stop and figure out what to take away and what to keep. But I think when everything is cleaned up it should be pretty straightforward.

Thomas O'Eh
following!

Michael Kohl
Me too. I have my ICM to finish too.

Skyhiker
I think I am becoming an ICM fan. The mold is not the easiest but the subtle details and perfect scaling are great.

Robert Podkoński
I will keep my fingers crossed 😉

Cuajete
Following.

Alec K
Same. Fingers crossed for the OOB goal to last 👍

Skyhiker
There was one piece that was too big to fit. The instructions said that it was the backing for the control panel for the navigator. I started filing it down but then realized that Revell screwed up the instructions and it was actually the pilot's headboard. Now I have to repair the headboard.

Chris T. An
I'm in. Good luck with that kit. 😉

Nicolas
Watching with interest.

Skyhiker
Well I blamed Revell for getting the instructions wrong but when I checked the ICM instructions they had the same mistake. The piece clearly belongs behind the pilot if you look at the kit. So either the engineers who designed the kit got it wrong or the graphics department got something wrong. Either way I went with the kit and not the instructions.

Skyhiker
Today I was going to paint most of the day but my airbrushes were not cooperating so I ended up brushing the interior.

Skyhiker
I finished the cockpit and started with the wings today

yngvenett
I'm in for the ride

Martin Oostrom
Shotgun!

Spanjaard
i will seat behind Martin then 😄
i would have never thought of bending stuff in the dishwasher, good idea!

MS K
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@Spanjaard - I use often method 😉

Michael Kohl
"If there's trouble from the beginning like this, there are often troubles throughout the work,..."
Well, one way to look at it. I'd rather say: whatever problem might come along, you will find a way to fix it.
I am in for the ride.

MS K
Thanks Michael. Another trouble has occurred again. but your words are encouraging. I'll try to finish it this year if possible. 😄

Denis Dogadov
And why do you need to make this unit removable?

MS K
@Denis Dogadov - Because I want to have both versions.
0:54, 13:55 Attached Ext light.
Youtube Video

Denis Dogadov
The problem is that this removable unit will scratch the paint on the hood every time you take it off, a bad idea.

MS K
motorart.tistory.com/465
Oh, I've used magnets occasionally, but I've never scratched it yet. Thank you for your advise. 😉

Martin Oostrom
It looks like you went too wet on the white. A shame as you were progressing so quickly

Woit
Greetings for Artur and we're waiting for an update on this project.

yngvenett
I'm definitely following this! The idea of using drilling holes in small parts and inserting the needles is brilliant. Wish I saw this 2 weeks ago 😳

Martin Oostrom
New lessons to be learned

Robert Podkoński
Taking a first row seat on this talent show!

Alexander Grivonev
Welcome guys, yes holding spoilers is sometimes a real pain in the a**, I've learned this the hard way

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Mike Bird
This kit is on my Christmas list! Watching along!

Dominik Weitzer
i will take a seat! awesome kit.

MS K
😎🍿

Martin Oostrom
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mark W
Weirdly the X series acrylic paint is compatible with Tamiya's Lacquer Thinner, and it then acts a lot like lacquer. I have switched to buying lacquers only but still have some X series acrylics that I will ONLY put through an airbrush once thinned with their lacquer thinner.

Alexander Grivonev
Interesting, will try this out 👍

Martin Oostrom
I understand that the LP's are basically the rattle can lacquers in a jar. For 5 times the price.

Emanuele Matteucci
Top idea to use the official Porsche config on the website! Tank you i'll configure one to better see all the details for the model. Double fun!

Alexander Grivonev
I can also recommend walkaround videos like these

Youtube Video
Youtube Video

great source for all kinds of detail inside, outside and from below

Mark W
@Alexander I'm still new to polishing paint, especially metallics, but my 1st gen Civic build was sprayed with X-34 thinned with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner. Main reason I've switched to this is using acrylic thinner constantly clogged my AB tip with the weather here.
Honda Civic GL (SB-1) | Album by Marktastrophe (1:24)

@Martin it's wild how prices change per locale, a jar of LP is a little less than half the price of a rattle can here and covers 3-5 times as much sprayed through an airbrush. (The low end of coverage is yellows and reds, of course.)

Dominik Weitzer
great work so far!

bughunter
I really like your careful work and painting 👍
@Martin Tamiya follow simply the trend to lacquer paints, after Mr. Paint and and other started this trend. Ok, there is a smell but I really like the fast drying times and they are much more forgiving for airbrushing. When the Mr.Paint colors were new and people asked about them, my answer was always "It's like Alclad in color" 😉

Ben M
The use of pins is a great idea. I've used this technique when I planned to pin the parts later, like on a resin kit, but hadn't considered it in other contexts before.

Alexander Grivonev
Lacquer or organic solvent paints are superior almost in every way to waterbased colors, some people might even prefer the smell 😄 I am just bewildered there is a trend towards something clearly not "environmentally friendly" in our supposedly eco friendly, green and polar bear loving world. Not that I am complaining...

Martin Oostrom
I decant the Tamiya rattle cans and get +/- 75ml out of them. For approximately €8. The 10ml LP's are €5 each. If the paint indeed is the same , that's a huge difference.
And I mostly airbrush with lacquers. Much more forgiving in my hands than acrylics. I donated most of my acrylics to Spanjaard. The only ones I kept are for detail brush painting.

Alexander Grivonev
5€ for 10ml LP?? I sourced them for 2,69 a jar. I have to admit, I have never used decanted paint. Tried decanting once but was repelled by the messiness and did not end up using the paint. I think I still would prefer getting the jars. And if you consider you add up to 2/3 of thinner to the jar to make it airbrush ready the price difference isn't that great anymore...

bughunter
@Martin To avoid to confuse people: the new lacquers are still acrylics! They are in solvent based thinner, in opposite to the water based acrylics. See for example a MrPaint label: "Acrylic lacquer based paint".
For completeness, enamels are another (oil based) paint class.
Sorry Alexander for hijacking your thread!

Mark W
@Martin that could be the difference, I have never decanted a rattle can either. A 10ml jar is less than €5 here where a rattle can is around €12.50. I also average a 1:1 paint to thinner ratio so the thinner goes quite far.
(Currency conversions courtesy of Google)

Alexander Grivonev
@bughunter: I did not want to open the pandora's box either because it is an insanely broad topic but hey who does not like a healthy discussion! I get the feeling the word "acrylic" has become somewhat of a marketing term because it sounds cool and modern. So the consumer will think, "hey I have heard this before, this must be good".

It is basically the umbrella term for the "sticky stuff" in your paint. Paint consists in very broad terms from 3 parts: 1."colored stuff", the pigment 2."sticky stuff", the binder which binds the pigments 3. "runny stuff", the solvent which makes the paint more liquidy for easier application.

The "sticky stuff" is the aforementioned acryl, again a broad term for a myriad of different compounds. There are other categories of sticky stuff: oils, resins like polyurethane and many many more. In the earlier days the painters used compounds found in nature like shellac, tree resin or even eggs. When you paint an object, the solvent evaporates and the sticky stuff with the bound pigments inside remains on the object becoming hard and dry leaving you with an object in your desired color.

Depending on the chemical properties of the "sticky stuff" it can be soluble by different solvents like organic solvents or waterbased ones. Again in very broad terms the organic solvents are the "smelly" ones. But there are also overlappings like alcohol based paints which also can be diluted with water (Tamiya X and XF and alike)

Alexander Grivonev
It is an insanely broad topic, I would say just stick to what you are most comfortable with and enjoy the process!

Martin Oostrom
Or learn something new by following Mr Shiny 😉
And I thin my decanted cans with 20-30 Mr SLT as well. To each his own, like Alexander says.

Alexander Grivonev
I am making progress guys, just the uploading is lagging behind. More pictures in the following days 👍

Mike Bird
Looking forward to the pictures! Santa was good to me and I'm now the proud owner of this kit!

Bozzer
Just to throw my English spanner in the works, if you guys can get hold of some Winsor and Newton Galleria retarder, you should find that works too? Obviously testing, before you commit to the model, but it's an artists go-to, and you just need a tiny drop. Lasts for years, and for the money, it'll probably outlive each of us? Give it a Google and see if it's available in your area?

Michael Kohl
Joining the crowd and start with two cents of mine: I never got along with Tamiya paints. Exasperated I switched to Mr. Hobbcolor then. Improved my results further since using Mr. Color Levelling Thinner and closed the circle with Tamiya and Mr. Hobbycolor paints using the same thinner and about 10% retarder. Now I can use up my paints.

Michael Kohl
By the way: nice explanation of yours, Alexander.

Bozzer
Apparently, all retarder contains glycerine. I'm no scientist, so don't hang me if I'm wrong! However, I did manage to dig this out, from years ago, and if anyone would like to look at the following link, then please do so.
My belief is, that sharing information, expands the knowledge of the hive?
Obviously, it's not my thread, so please feel free to PM/DM me with your experiences?
Alexander, thank you for your patience 🙂

Alexander Grivonev
Guys, thanks for your input and feel free to share your thoughts 👍

When using a brush for paint application I personally almost exclusively use Vallejo Model Color nowadays (similar paints from other brand as well, in the 17ml droplet flask). You apply a couple of droplets of your desired paints onto a wet palette an off you go, you can mix the paint on the go while you are working, it dries really fast, the droplet flask is very convenient. Great stuff. Almost never used Tamiya Acrylics with a brush with the seldom exception here and there. The glossy ones for example for springs, used a couple of times already.

Vice versa I for the love of me cannot stand airbrushing the Vallejo/MiG waterbased acrylics. I tried, i did not like the result. Something about airbrushing these paints just rubs me the wrong way...The way they clog the airbrush and the way they can be treated afterwards goes against my moideling habits. I know some modelers swear by them, I am not one of them.

So where were we? Paint retarder, so far I am d'accord with the Tamiya branded one and since I use it very seldomly it will be probably enough for a lifetime. So I am not seeing myself purchasing a bottle of Winsor and Newton anytime soon, but hey who knows, never say never!

Alexander
Awesome work as always, taking a seat for the remainder of the project! 👍

MS K
Suede of interior is very nice. genius!!!

Pepe
Nice

Alexander Grivonev
Thx guys and welcome!

bughunter
Picture 91 - I would say: Bingo 👍

Mark W
This is a mad amount of interior detail. It's very impressive.

bughunter
That is a very kinky, ähhh creative show here!

Alexander
Agreed, very much like the creativity of trying stuff like this. Definitely an interesting pattern. 👍
Would it be possible to try sewing yourself a fabric for the desired effect?

bughunter
With thin parts it is may be possible to wound a thread or wire around it as mask.

Bozzer
I once saw a guy stretch a fishnet stocking over a motorcycle petrol tank and spray over it. The result was a perfect, snakeskin effect. Man, that was the coolest thing I ever saw! I think it was on Orange County Choppers, but I can't swear to it. I definitely admire your attempt to deliver the right impression. Creativity is what makes us stand out 100%

Paul Shearer
Haha just sneak in while she's not home. You definitely proved the concept just need to fiddle with the medium

Alexander Grivonev
Hey gents, Happy New Year!

Here is the video in question btw

Youtube Video

Kenneth
Amazing 😳 This could make me having a go at building car kits instead of only aircraft.

bughunter
Is dry fitting necessary after all?
The bad fit of the mask and the missing B-pillar looks like they pressed this project out of the door for Xmas business? May be also Tamiya needs money in this though times, but it is bad if that kills quality.

Byron
once again I'm blown away by your level of detail and ideas to create stuff out of thin air... honestly mindblowing. Thanks so much, I'm always learning something new when looking at your posts

Martin Oostrom
Not to rain on this parade, but according to the instructions, mask C goes on part D5, not D6. Could it be that even Alexander the Great is capable of a mistake? Now my entire universe shall collapse!

Alexander Grivonev
Martin, you are absolutely correct and I have made an embarrassing mistake🙂

Alexander Grivonev
Tamiya, I take everything back! Okay not everything, the missing B pillar is still not cool...

Adam Gudynowski
Great work so far!

Martin Oostrom
I only knew where to look, as I have made the same mistake more than once!

bughunter
Martin, that is the "experience of an engineer": you recognise that you have made the same mistake before. 🙂

Martin Oostrom
So that's what my engineer degree is for!
Still another masterpiece in the making Alexander

Nicolas
👀

gorby
Looks like an interesting build.

Michael Osadciw
That's gonna be a lot of shelf space!

Roman Rieger-Grepl
Hello guys, thanks for your feedback. The kit is very good but not perfect. More pictures to follow....

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Treehugger
Nice PE detailing on that radiator. 🙂 Adding photo etch parts to a vehicle build is so rewarding I think.

Roman Rieger-Grepl
I absolutely agree with you!

Pepe
Looking

Neuling
Looking forward here ...........

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.

Kesa Tiho
Looks like quite an eventful year. Beautiful builds/dioramas as always 👍 keep up the good work

Lorraine Lin
Thank you Kesa Tiho. Merry Christmas!

gorby
Top quality work Lorraine. Looking forward to see what you do in 2025. 🙂

Lorraine Lin
Gorby, thank you. New project WIP😋 Merry Christmas and happy new year.

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work.

Robert Podkoński
Each and every built/project is just awesome. Chapeau bas!

Mr D
Some great subjects and interesting work.
Is it street fighter??
👍

Lorraine Lin
Yes, Mr D, street fighter. Ryu vs. Guile😋

Mr D
Classic....l still play Snes game regular 😁👍

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 😆

Maciej Bellos
Following!

Ricardo Reis
Welcome Maciej.

Nathan Dempsey
Following 👀

Ricardo Reis
Welcome Nathan

Maciej Bellos
Ricardo, imagine this same grainy surface on the 72nd edition of this kit. I took a closeup of the wing and it looked, well, hideous!!!

Ricardo Reis
Yes... and the fit is also not... perfect... 🙂

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Coming along nicely. 👀

Ricardo Reis
Yes, the plane is very nice, although I got some nasty gaps on the fuselage joint on some point - not sure if it's the kit or if it was me...

Jos Jansen
Iam in Ricardo...promising start!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
I think it is the kit. I built the 1:72 scale version from Zvezda and faced pretty much the problems you did.

Ricardo Reis
Thanks mates; @WhiteGlint, thank you for you feedback - always comforting to know it probably wasn't my bad modeling that caused the bad alignment! 🙂

Maciej Bellos
It's the kit... As WhiteGlint, I am working on the 72nd kit, whose basic engineering was used in 48th scale kit and I see the same problems. My intakes look hideous so I will just finish it without much of a fuss.

Ricardo Reis
Yes, a lot of Perfect Plastic Putty to remedy this; the fuselage (front to wings comparison) is also a little crooked, but only I can see it! 🙂

Ricardo Reis
Progressing now with the painting, slowly

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Super clean paintjob!

Ricardo Reis
Thank you @WhiteGlint - the dirty part will come after, with some restrained weathering made with oils

Gidge
Nice! I've been inveterate in this kit for a while. How is it to work on?

Ricardo Reis
Thanks. It has some fitting problems between upper and lower halves; apart from that, it's ok, although not very accurate: a lot of missing panels and venting grid due to over-simplification; for example, the grids below the intakes are decals!

Ricardo Reis
Decalling complete, now moving to panel line pin washes...

Ricardo Reis
This on is complete; final photos of the model in this album -> Su-57 "The President" | Album by RReis (1:48)

Spanjaard
quite a tutorial in masking. amazing job. she looks gorgeous!

Ricardo Reis
Thank you @Spanjaard

Samko222954
what color did you use on the nose of the plane? @Ricardo Reis

Trev
Nice. I'm definitely going to try the "pencils and tape in engine" trick, that looks really useful.

Jurica Antić
You need to make holders somehow 😄

gorby
Nice work.

Gary Kitchen
Defo following along. 1:24 scale Andy? That's a big change of pace 😄

Andy Ball
Thanks for looking me out Gary, it's a commission so not my usual scale, correct. Having done the original SuperKit of the Mk.1a I'm hoping this 1975 moulding will not be too difficult…watch this space!

Bozzer
I'm gonna have to slide in for this. I've always been curious about the Stuka? Done the Spit, Hurricane and 109, and had the Hellcat, but gifted it to my brother. Judging at what I had to work with, you've got a tough ride! But, that's why we do it, right? 😉

Gary Victory
Watching.....good luck with the build Andy.

Andy Ball
Hello Bozzer yes I'll suffer for my art! And thanks Gary V - hope to progress soon- more photos coming up.

Andy Ball
Thanks Matti, I hope to entertain!

Andy Ball
Nice to have a like, Neil!

DerMattes
This thing is gross, as we say in germany 😉 Taking a seat.

Guy Rump
That's going to be a big aircraft, I wonder if the sirens will work? 😉 Following. 👍

DarthPanzer
Hi Andy! This looks very impressive build. I was wondering if you could tell me if this is a new tool or not. Looking forward to see the final product!

David Taylor
I'm in.

Michael Kohl
@DarthPanzer: you can figure it out yourself: klick on the kit in the project, then scroll down to the timeline and you will see, that it was a new tool - back in 1975. Everything after that were only reboxes.
I more than once cherished this timeline as it will tell how old the stuff in the new box really is.

Neil Patrick
Well done Andy! I know I'm late to the show, but looks like you're well on the way. Is this an old one or the new Classic boxing?

Skyhiker
Wow a big one!

Andy Ball
Thank-you, as always Villiers!

Andy Ball
Well, I have kick-started this carcass….
Work resumes…
It's a 1976 kit FFS.
So much prep required, and I'm determined to make a good result for an "auld Scottish Pal" who asked me to make a "Stalingrad Stuka" and I couldn't say "no"!!

Andy Ball
Thanks Neil and Skyhiker….the glacial pace of this build continues….slowly and "with plenty of lumps"….

Guy Rump
Glad to see you're back on the bike Andy. 🙂

Andy Ball
@Guy, thank-you, model making has many important benefits in terms of mental health! And I've been really lazy too…I'll swing by and have a look at your stuff!!

Andy Ball
Guillaume, merci!!

gorby
It's looking good so far.
I remember building this when I was a kid back in the 70's. It was a mind-blowing kit back then.

Robert Podkoński
Somehow I have missed this thread - taking a seat!

Andy Ball
Thanks Gorby and Robert!, seasons greetings- I'm going to push on with this over the holidays- welcome aboard!!

Jennifer Franklin
Late to the party but following!

Andy Ball
You are most welcome Jennifer!
Thank-you J35J for the acknowledgment too.

Andy Ball
In the twilight of '24 I have pushed ahead before the winter (what the Germans should have done in 1941!)…around 20 hours of work provides a good progress report on here…

Andy Ball
Thanks Lorraine Lin & Mid Franconian

David Taylor
Looks good Andy.

Andy Ball
Thank-you David and Alex

Andy Ball
Appreciate the visit Skyhiker!

Rui S
looking great 👍

Andy Ball
Thank-you Rui, the output of Christmas holidays!

Denis Dogadov
Bombs should not be black!
And they were usually color-coded to indicate the type of bomb. For a 24-scale model, I think these details matter.

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Denis Dogadov
Well, I can offer more interesting ideas for " Just artistic license."
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