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Kesa Tiho
Tiger I 👍

Mona
🙂 👍

Neuling
Top work in scale 1/72 !

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic!

Guido
A bit more progress on the Retrokit cockpit.

Guido
Fuselage is glued together.

Villiers de Vos
These egg subjects shows a lot of details despite the "seriousness". Very nice work so far.

Guido
Thanks Villiers!

Bit more progress.

Villiers de Vos
The size and shape of the aeroplane allows it to look as being able to be strapped on by the pilot.

gorby
Ahhh that's cute!

Robert Podkoński
Nice!

Cuajete
Following 🙂

Alex K
👀

Robert Podkoński
Feel warmly welcomed, My Friends!

Łukasz Gliński
Curious what connects that plane with Mr Gorbs 😄

Jan Peters
More stranger things from the Podkónski stables, I'm in 👍🏻

Cuajete
You are not the only one, Łukasz 😄

Robert Podkoński
I am happy to have you all on board, Mates 🙂 @Łukasz & Cuajete - read the description of the project 😉

Thomas Espe
👀

Robert Podkoński
Welcome, Thomas!

Łukasz Gliński
The airplane of the size of an earbud, interesting

Nicolas
'I'm in.

gorby
Wow the audience is filling out already. It'll be standing-room only soon. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Feel warmly welcomed, Nicolas. @gorby - it is such only because your sobriquet appears in the title, methinks 😉

gorby
😄
Noooo. I think your preference for building strange stuff is just as well known as mine. I do weird wheels, you do wacky wings. 😉

Robert Podkoński
Out of modesty, I won't deny it 😉

John Hughes
Another of Robert's weird & wonderful selections? Count me in!

Robert Blaschke
I never heard about this one 🙂

Marko
a flying object that was completely unknown to me.
A real curiosity ends up at Robert's work table.
I'm excited to see how the construction process goes and of course to see the finished plane.
Good luck and enjoy the construction👋👍

Robert Podkoński
Welcome, My Friends! I hope not to dissapoint you all...taking into account that Roland has put the bar very high already:
Lesher Teal | Album by Roland (1:72)

Steven Van Dyck
The frame is constructed in the first building step. It's a bit complicated to analyse, but you have to get through this to get all the components ready to fit between the profiles.

Lenny Li
Looks fun with all those PE sheets!

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

Steven Van Dyck
All welcome, I now assembled the front and 4th axles. All are movable in a steering position, but as usual you have to decide and then fix everything. Also I found that one set of wheels is not parallel, so I cut the steering arm and added a millimeter of sprue roundel. Does this not appear if they test-fit these kits, or did I make a build error?

Steven Van Dyck
All 4 axles are now added to the frame, together with the shock absorbers that I had to shorten a bit at the front axle. The torsion bars are fixed at one side so I can remove the air bellows for painting.

Steven Van Dyck
The fuel tank hoops and steps are now replaced with PE. The steps are quite hard to bend in the right order and no dimensions or angles are given to mount them.

Steven Van Dyck
The radiator is now detailed with the Voyager silver mesh. You only see the front side now, it's on both sides. When it was assembled I realised that the air horns also need a PE part. There is some warping in the sump and the top cover, I hope it isn't evident looking through the front grille later on. The air tanks must be stripped like the fuel tanks, but you get equal lengths of PE strips to attach two kinds of tank. Therefore I clipped 4 of them and redrilled the hole on the end. The assembly with the 2 tanks and the container is suspended on a single PE part that I had first bent the wrong direction, I hope it doesn't get fatigued.

Steven Van Dyck
I started the interior with some colored PE from Eduard. The Black Dog figures are assembled and also a Maim figure and two Legend armament sets were added to the project. But the Maim gunner appeared to have a large backpack, so I don't know he's feasible.

Steven Van Dyck
Continuing the interior with the seats. Also the fenders are completed, it's very important to align the bent beams that sometimes are replaced woth Voyager assemblies. It's preferable to use that, the replacements are sturdier than the originals.

Steven Van Dyck
The cabin exterior is done using some original kit PE and clearparts, but both have problems. The clearparts are not calibrated and have distortion because of this. I will be replacing the large parts with plexiglass. The kit PE is wobbly because it's not thick enough., I even had to hammer it quite a while. Then I found out Voyager does replace half of the protection kit, but not the large parts behind the doors. At least half of the creases are removed then. But Voyager messed up at the hood closing strip, providing two identical parts in stead of mirrored ones. This could be remedied with some re-riveting.

Steven Van Dyck
The pVoyager photo etch cabin roof is constructed with all its nightmarish embossing deformities corrected, the badly fitting airco module that was mosly bent the wrong way around so it broke at one instance. I replaced the 3 largest clearparts with a piece of Trumpeter 1/350 airplane set transparent box cover, that has the right thickness to be able to sand the corner roundings in it. The air purifier system is not installed completely, because that would impede the clearpart masking. So now it's down to interior painting.

gorby
Looks amazing so far!
I'm also amazed at the number of projects you have on the go and still manage to achieve such remarkable results.

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks Gorby, this was now put to wait for the Essex carriers, but as these are awaiting some last details it can go ahead now. The NATO green interior is painted after the appliance of the Eduard masking set. This replaces the kit masking set and has a cool black film, but still needs some trimming on the outside masks of the smaller windows.

Steven Van Dyck
The truck cabin is now finished with the Eduard safety straps. While fixing the roof I noticed that a small strip should pass over the rear to make the internal frame fit to the rivets in the PE.

Steven Van Dyck
The hood is dry-fit on the frame and it seemed that one fender had to be rearranged. I prepared the PE for the rear view mirrors that are quite complicated. I also built the Gecko Models pallet truck as a dio element. It's a very fine kit, there is only one pallet contrary to the image with the 4 pallets on the truck.

Steven Van Dyck
I added the Italeri 20ft container to the project as one of these is clearly visible on the Tankograd pictures. I got it from the store next door. I might cjt up the container to get a better composition on the dio and like that I can get 2 out of 1.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Steven Van Dyck
Welcome. I assembled the container in a few hours, an easy process if you wanted to show it closed down. But the option with open doors is incorrect and needs some changes to the locking system. I had done this with the right door, but it would make no sense to have the pallet loader blocked by the left door so I have to change that one too. I made a sketch of the design for the dio, though the cut might be more oblique to gain some volume.

Steven Van Dyck
The container is sawn in two and painted in some typical shipping container colors.

Steven Van Dyck
The rear view mirror and the winches are built. The chassis part for this has some sink and needs sanding. It will be difficult to add the cable to this assembly, the drums will not revolve because of a narrow fit.

Goldman
Looking great. Very nice details. Sometime it is a shame to cover all this shining brass with paint...

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks, Goldman. In this case I think the many colors will improve the aspect. I added a folding ladder to the exhaust frame and used the Voyager turned bolts for the bumper. then I built the Hardox container with the kevlar blankets. Small parts are used for the connections to the container. I decided the two splintershields for the gunners are oversized and should be replaced with Evergreen, making them half as thick. I also looked at the Legend armament, the Mk19 will improve on the barrel proportions and the M2 might be a bit overkill with the televisor. But the kit M2 is in 2 halves and has a bad cooling sleeve.

Goldman
Beautiful work Steven.
Does this kit include the parts to be able to build it as a tractor unit (the fifth wheel etc.)?

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks, Goldman. The fifth wheel remains even with the armored box on it, but the rear frame covers guiding the trailer are not used. They can be found. I also noticed a flashlight on the cab is left off in this version. The mudflaps are connected lower on the frame.

Steven Van Dyck
Both weapons are built without the special visor, even if that meant cutting into the M2 to remove the support. I discovered flaws in the armored container from the kit and decided to correct them. In Tankograd you can see the rear of the truck and it shows that the support frame for the container should fit between the towing eyes of the truck. Hobbyboss seems to have missed this in their contruction and now the frame goes on the outside of the towing eyes. Also one of the access ladder rungs seemed to fit under this frame. That was the Hobbyboss solution for having shortened the container with 3mm, also visible on the Tankograd picture. I had to rebuild the container frame and add an edge to the container to make that ladder fit again. Another strange observation is the shadow from the gunner's position, showing that the M2 turntable was fit in a rectangular hole. No trace of that is found in the Hobbyboss container roof. Maybe I'll correct that one before I start painting.

Steven Van Dyck
After a good wire brush polishing round of the cabin PE, painting started. I had only enough NATO green for the cabin, but I was able to do the armored container in rust colors. Even the interior should be like that, so it was real fun to bring up all those corrosion colors. I started with Gunze H7 orange and then shadowed in a mix of Tamiya black and Gunze Russet. Then a mix of Gunze H7 and yellow lighted everything up.

Steven Van Dyck
The M1070 frame takes a complete Tamiya paint jar to fill every nook and cranny. The armament is primered black and I alos found a photoframe that fits the dio.

Goldman
Well done diorama. The angled containers really add interest

Bozzer
Qwerty, are you at it again?

Qwertzel
Yes I am and I am curious what this old model has in it

Bozzer
Lol, I said that exact same thing, about my wife!
Be warned, it'll cost ya! 😄 😄 😄

Martin Oostrom
O the memories! I had this one as a teenager. I always enjoyed extending the ladder upright. In my memory it will reach about a meter high.

Goldman
Built the Italeri version of this truck with the Iveco-Magirus cab (#784) about 5 years ago. Fun kit - don't remember any issues. Managed to get a very nice paint finish on it using Tamiya LP and AK Extreme Metal paints.

Qwertzel
I would also like to order the Italeri Kit, but I still have enough to build and so many plans and hardly any time

Bozzer
It's definitely coming together now. Won't be long before it's on the shelf, with the rest 😄

Qwertzel
You remember right Martin. The ladder is over a meter long.

Bozzer
I've just remembered why I bought this kit myself. I picked it up, just for the ladder. I have a future build, that incorporates several kits. However, I can't remember at the moment, if I've gathered all the parts I need? Something I'll have to check, when I'm off work next week, and back in my cave 😉

Goldman
Good steady progress Qwertzel. The final assembly stage is always fun

Simon Nagorsnik
😍

Spanjaard
eye catcher no doubt

Goldman
Amazing model especially the paint job - smooth and shining. The decals are gorgeous.
Never saw this Revell kit before. They really need to start re-releasing their old truck models again.

Spanjaard
very nice dio!

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Spanjaard. 🤘🥸🤟

gorby
Nice dio Mark. The extra stowage looks very good.

Mark Sherwood
Thanks Gorby. Although the title let me down there's a question mark where there should be an emoji. 😤👍🤨🤘🥸

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Randy and everyone else for the likes. 🤟🥸🤘

Neuling
I agree with Spanjaard and gorby. I especially like the moderate weathering here.

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Neuling, I did not want to go overboard with weathering just tried to produce a nice dio. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Maxprime and all who liked. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood
Thanks Dave. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Claire for the like. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood
Derek, thank you for the like. 🤟🥸🤘

perry leung wai ho
Well done! i like it.

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks, it's incredibly small

Ekki
Excellent work!

Hans Johansson
nice work looks good

Denis Dogadov
Rivets, like on a steam locomotive, would be better without them.
The stickers need to be glued onto a glossy varnish, then the base will not be visible.
The edges of the transparent parts must be painted over with a black marker so that they are not visible.
I'm not sure if there was an MD500C version in Finland, I only found information about the MD500D and E.

John Hughes
Got to like a model which is named after me! Not so sure about the incredibly small comment, though 🤣

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you Ekki, Hans & John. That must be fun John 😄
Dear Denis, I appreciate your frankness, however it might hamper your attempts to make friends on this page.
Your input in other topics as well makes me think you might be missing the most important element that makes this community standing out among other modelling forums.
The thing is, we understand not everyone has jeweller's steady hands, a Hawkeye sight of a watchmaker or simply can't afford better tools/materials, but they love to assemble model kits and to paint them.
This community is hobby-centered, not quality/prize focused - what brings us together is finding fun in not being perfect. And we're well aware of it.
I don't take an offence, at all, just to be clear.
But, back to the topic's context 🙂
The kit is mainly OOB, though it was my probably first attempt to scratchbuild anything - I added an extinguisher in the cockpit 😄 Thus, the rivets are OOB too.
The build has been finished in 2014 (or even earlier), by that time I couldn't afford either an airbrush nor proper reading glasses. Well, yes, from optician's point of view I should've given up this hobby before I started it 😄
The unit emblem is printed on paper, yes, such decals were not available by then down here and I really wanted the Ilmavoimat's MD500.
I don't think I even knew the difference between C & D variants, I might even not know it today 😄 I guess E is the pointy canopy one.
And last, but not least, yes I wasn't aware by that time that kits should be sealed with a varnish 😄 It has been added years later.
I understand some kits might seem too bad to be shown in public and offend your sense of aestethics, but this is the rule that doesn't apply here and I hope never will.
It's all about encouraging mates to have fun and improve (if possible) - sometimes it happens even if slowly, see my later builds. I also plan to build more MD500s in the future! 🙂
TL;DR, isn't it? 😄
Everyone, enjoy your weekend and don't forget to share your results, sharing is caring! 👍

gorby
Well said Lukasz. 👍
And nice model as well. 🙂

Denis Dogadov
Dear Lukasz, I also appreciate your frankness, thank you.
I have been here recently, but I have already gained some experience and drawn conclusions. I have already been told that only laudatory reviews are allowed here, but I strongly disagree with this.
And as it turned out, I wasn't the only one, but my feedback and advice were useful to someone.
From experience on other sites, the most annoying thing is when no one pays attention to your work at all, it would be better to be scolded.When I started modeling, no one advised me anything, but it's a pity.Personally, I like learning from others.
I understand that nothing can be fixed on the finished model displayed here, but other people can see it (700-800 online...), they may remember something.
And I like to have fun too. 😊

Mark Sherwood
Very nice cat Jose. 👍

Jose Freire
Thanks, Mark. It´s a great kit by Eduard. I had problems with the landing gear alignments but the rest just went fine.

Mark Sherwood
I seem to just have problems with Eduardarrrgghh!!!! 🤣🤟🥸🤘🤣

Jose Freire
Eduard kits just seem to me to be the best kits available in the market right know, with the pe sets and masks and level of detail, has nothing to envy the japanese or chinese brands on the market. But that´s my humble opinion.

Mark Sherwood
Jose, don't get me wrong. They are highly detailed and build into nice representations. It's the build, the Fw190 A8 I built was a pig, the Tempest, the Me 109F all nice looking, but the instructions trying to decipher them I would have to be an alumni of Bletchley and the decals it is not a pleasurable experience. I have recently downgraded to a Weekend version. So far so good. Happy Modelling Mate. 🤟🥸🤘

stigg
Superb build.

Tasmo Cavalcade
Thanks, I do my best.

Rui S
Nice work 👍 more photos 🤔

Tasmo Cavalcade
Thanks too and here are some more photos as requested

Johannes Schendlinger
Here are the first impressions of my current project. The F3H-2M Demon from Hobby Boss. I also install an Aries cockpit and Aries electronics bays.

Mr D
Very nice start to an interesting build 👍👍

Guido
Taking a seat.

Johannes Schendlinger
Thank you guys, nice to have you there.

Johannes Schendlinger
Happy new year mates!😊 Here are some new impressions of my build.

Robert Podkoński
Watching too.

Guido
Nice clean cut on the wings 👍🏻

Michael Kohl
Fine work so far.

Johannes Schendlinger
Welcome Robert, thanks for your interest.
Today I assembled the wings and the fuselage. The fit is mediocre, here some Acrylic Putty will help.

Maciej
Following. I have the same model in my stash so I'm very interested in your final result. So far it looks very nice 🙂

Johannes Schendlinger
Thank you Maciej, nice to have you there. It's fun to build, the kit is fine. However, there are some areas that require a bit more attention, which means the fit is worse than what I'm used to from Hobbyboss.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Looks promising - need to follow too. 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Desert Marlin
Looks great so far!

Johannes Schendlinger
Thank you, so far I´m pretty happy with the outcome. Next step is some weathering.