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John Thomas
Very nice

Rui S
Great Dio & work alround 👍

Mark Sherwood
Excellent diorama in all aspects Mathias. 👍🥸🤘

Mathias Decommere Autor
Thank you for the nice comments guys!

gorby
WOW! An all round amazing diorama Mathias.

Dominik Weitzer
great work on that simple kit! Wich widebodykit is this?

Villiers de Vos
Amazing work. Especially the decals.

Robert Podkoński
Absolutely awesome effect! I am speechless...

James C
WOW! 👀 Now that's some of, if not THE most impressive looking modelling paintwork that I have ever seen!!! 👍👍👍

Erik Off
I want this design on my car! 😎 👍

Brandon H
Very cool effect! Nice work!

Blaposphere
I may have missed it somewhere but how did you do the decals?

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Jv
Amazing

Dominik Weitzer
That paintjob is great!

Villiers de Vos
Like a mirror.

Greg Baker Autor
So here's an interesting Tintin project I've been working on for a while now. The hardest part was getting the electronics to work. After beating an ESP32 microcontroller into submission I was finally able to get my tiny screen to display the video/audio clip I trimmed from the Tintin animated series. With that success, I moved on to 3D design of the awesome Professor Calculus invention, The Supercolor-Tryphonar (as seen in the Castafiore Emerald album). Next up... 3D printing and assembly.

In the meantime, here's the proof-of-concept video...

youtube.com/shorts/U..?si=u-ootNYEMdGWY8cm

Alec K
Man, your electronics skills are master level! Taking a seat 👍

Robert Podkoński
That's a terrific job!

gorby
Amazing stuff Greg!

Thomas Espe
👀

Cuajete
Wow... I have no words to express that I can't miss this wit!

Greg Baker Autor
Thanks guys! First batch of files just came off the 3D printer. Will need to make a couple of adjustments to the screen size, but it's looking good so far. Also, I knew the steel bar supports were going to be too small to print properly (they warp while they dry), but I've got a bit of metal screen that I can cut into strips. Hopefully will look better and actually support the thing.

Greg Baker Autor
Ok, so all the main pieces are off the 3D printer and I've cut the metal sheet into the straightest strips I could manage. It was quite difficult to bend it tightly along a single line. Much thicker than a regular PE part, but hopefully will look the part.

I had a lot of difficulty getting the electronics to work. I followed another maker's project (there are several versions of the ESP32 Mini TV projects on YouTube), but it was both a hardware problem because none of them seemed to wire up the screen's backlight, but until I did, I had not even a flicker. It was also a software problem because the library code was out of date, so I needed to go backwards to make it compatible, which led to other problems. Anyway, I vowed to use my Easter long weekend to either solve it for good, or give up forever (yeah, right!). After sourcing each of the issues one by one, I finally got it to work. Next is the assembly!

Ben M
👁️👁️

Lorraine Lin
watching...
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René (Lord Bilbo) Bartholemy
I'm sooo watching this!

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Greg Baker Autor
Welcome to the show everyone!

First round of painting is done. After drilling out slots for both the USB power hookup and the microSD card slot, I also used some of the leftover MDF planks from my Unicorn project to add a bit of thickness to the base.

Martin Oostrom
Four wheels and a bright colour, I like it!

Tim Ryan Autor
Thanks! This was a quick slump breaker. I've got several of these kits to make various versions. Hopefully they will all get better.

Dominik Weitzer
nice built. well done 🙂

Christian W
The huge rear wing is not my taste but your built of the car is pretty nice. Also underneath. Nice.

Dominik Weitzer
well done! looks very nice.

gorby
Scalemates is not a shop. Some companies and members use it to sell items but the site itself does not.
Go to the page of the item you are interested in and there may be some on offer - about half way down the page to the 'Marketplace' section.
Alternately, click on the 'brand' name on the page you have seen the item you are interested in and then click on the 'Homepage' link.

Neuling
Excellent work!

VINCENT BOCQUEE Autor
Thanks mate!

Mr James
I agree, beautiful painting

Gary Victory
That's really nice.... Love the build and finish. Top job Vincent.

VINCENT BOCQUEE Autor
Thanks mates!

ANDRES VARGAS
Superb job. Any issues fitting the engine nozzles? any tips ?

Michael Kohl
That's about the way I would like my F-15 to look like

VINCENT BOCQUEE Autor
Thanks a lot guys!
No fitting problem with Reskit engine nozzles HASEGAWA on the tamiya model but it's not perfect!!!

Mr James
Well done Pawel. Nice build

Rui S
I agree 👍

brad.G1965x
You shouldn't have the vision port blocked.

Mark K
Very well done!

Neuling
Very good work on this Tamiya oldie! Skill makes good models!

Robert Podkoński
Nice start. Following!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Michael Kohl
Me too

ScaleModelAndCoffee Autor
Thank you all. Will upload more tomorrow !

Rui S
Excellent work 👍

Thomas K.
Very impressive 👍

Ben M
Must have been hot…

ScaleModelAndCoffee Autor
Thank you all!

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Tibor Szilvai
Nice work! 👍

Ben M
It looks great on the diorama. Such an interesting bit of military history as well.

Ben M
Tried to edit previous message but no luck: tankmuseum.org/artic..ark-ii-tanks-in-gaza

ScaleModelAndCoffee Autor
Thanks Ben for the reference. I like these WW I subjects, but the documentation is rare...

Neuling
Excellent small scale diorama!

Nicolas
I'm in. Great start. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat too. (Remember to install the rear/dorsal window (CP 8 ) before installing the wing - in the way proposed in the instructions it does not work well...)

Martin Weinpold Autor
Thanks, Robert!

Thomas Kolb
Looks promising! I will be watching this!

Łukasz Gliński
Following, built this kit some time ago too

Oleg Bogolei
Following

Michael Kohl
Following too.

Zbynek Honzik
Taking a seat.

Martin Weinpold Autor
Progress! Love these colors. ❤️

Skyhiker
Grand

Nicolas
Looks great.

CaptGPF
👀

Finn
I'm in

Martin Weinpold Autor
Done!!!

Łukasz Gliński
Very well done indeed! Great to see you coped well with the transparencies, which are the weakest part of this kit in my opinion 👍

Guy Rump
Very nice build! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Terrific model and photos, Martin! Congrats!

Mark K
Great!

Michael Kohl
Turned out really nice.

Martin Weinpold Autor
Thanks all mates!

Neuling
Very well done! 👍

Thomas Bischoff
excellent work!

Robert Podkoński
Terrific!

Spanjaard
she looks amazing in NMF and yellow!

Michael Kohl
Indeed

Mark K
Spectacular!

Andreas Apostolopoulos Autor
Thank you friends, its amazing how easy someone can build a model if it isn't oriented for contests 🙂

Martin Weinpold
Fantastic!

Neuling
A masterpiece.

Christian W
Great work under the hood! I'm very happy to see one of these built. I see, that it fits better than the AMT/ERTL brother (especially the wheels/track width) Am I surprised? No. Not really. I already noticed the difference between Revell/Monogram and AMT/ERTL with the Camaro (4th generation), and the two vehicles are – as we all know – almost identical.

Nicely built. A great paint job, as always. Since you used red, it fits perfectly into my shelf 😉

Neuling
Sehr schönes Modell und gute Fotos!

Michael Kohl
I am in.

Matteo Pescarin
looks interesting already! nice challenge

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Yngve N
I'm here too. "It is expected to be a pure assembly with little modification" 🤔 whatever it means when you're building 😉

Martin Oostrom
Sure, oob. That would be ams for me.

Matteo Pescarin
oh that's really cool work you did with the aluminum rod, what did you use as a chisel?

MS K Autor
@Matteo - What you see in the photo is a lathe blade.
At first I used a lathe blade, but I don't know if it's because the aluminum is so soft, but it doesn't cut sharp 🙁
So, unlike in the photo, I carved with a diamond file, cut with an art knife, and polished with sandpaper.
I would like to recommend Oilstone.

Christian W
You are crazy 😉

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Michael Kohl
Following

István Szücs
Beautiful paintjob! What color or paint did you use for the body?

Denis Dogadov Autor
Hello, Istvan!
I used this paint- Mr.Color 313
Yellow FS33531
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scaleffect
Excellent work so far

István Szücs
Thank you, Denis!

Chris Reimann
Looks great!

Neuling
Very nice presentation of this beautiful model!

Hovercraft
Отличная работа. Как живой

Liane Lonesome
Looks awesome! Which color did you use?

Denis Dogadov Autor
Thanks, I already wrote about the color in the comments above.^^

István Szücs
Wonderful result!

Christian W
Beautiful 🙂 A Beetle always gives me a smile. Your paint job looks fantastic. I like the grade of shine.

Bozzer
Here we go again!
You're gonna run out of kits, at this pace?

Bozzer
There's a couple more, for you to seek out 😉

Qwertzel Autor
Thanks Boozer. But I think I will build my Unimog first before building this truck. So I won't run out of kits. I always wanted to buy the recovery truck and convert it to a German one, simply changing the cab to a Mercedes Benz Actros or MAN TGM.

Andre Louis
I also got that kit recently! Looking forward to your modifications. My one will be probably just out of the box

Esoteric Surgeon
I seem to remember KFS used to offer a off-road conversion kit for MAN trucks. I'm pretty sure it at least included the bumper which might be hard to scratch build if you can't print it. Can't find the kit anymore tho

Qwertzel Autor
I searched on the internet for this kit but I couldn't find it either. We will see how this trick turns out

Esoteric Surgeon
Just realized the bumper out of the box is accurate for offroad already since it's a 4x4, and the same as in your pictures. I had started working on a similar project but with the older MAN TGA kit from Revell as a basis and that required heavy modifications all around. I'm glad you're moving towards more custom projects because they are a lot of fun to get into, and watch other people get into...

Goldman
Nice stocking up and scratch building... Should be a very interesting build.
Actually, I never saw this concept of fire truck with a rear lift and wheeled equipment carts. Can see the benefits of this when a lot of equipment needed to be moved fast (at least until hitting the first step...).

Qwertzel Autor
Thanks Goldman. There is another reason why these trucks make sense: You can carry different stuff which is normally loaded by special vehicles. So you don't need different vehicles just this one and the equipment carts and you are ready for nearly everything

Goldman
The headlights guard looks very good to me. Did you use plastic or metal rods? I don't think you can get any thinner with plastic

Qwertzel Autor
Thank you Goldman! I used cables. I bended them to the right shape. The outer and inner parts are from the same cable just with and without isolation

Goldman
The tires looks great. Much better than those in the kit. Well worth the investment

Esoteric Surgeon
I have had some success printing thin parts for the kind of headlight detail you are working on. They are very fragile and I've never tried painting them but I think there's a lot of potential for this kind of application. I uploaded a picture here: FDM 3D Printer experiments | Album by Ecko

Qwertzel Autor
Currently I don't have a 3D printer but I think of buying a resin printer for such purposes. It would help me a lot with scratch building. Lets see wat the future brings

Andre Louis
Just make sure that you are aware of potential hazards that come along with resin printing.

Esoteric Surgeon
Yes handling resin and post processing it takes a lot of extra work to do properly. And space too. I can't do it at home because I live in a flat with my cat and I have found a filament 3d printer can unlock many possibilities to enhance scratch builds without the hassle and hazards of resin.

Bozzer
I've gotta admit, I had fun with my entry level filament printer, but I now own 3 resin printers too, and they're never turned off. Yes, they do have to be taken care of, especially with regards to the resin, but it's worth it.
At this point I'd better add, all mine are in my purpose built mancave, however I did run them in the house kitchen, for a while.
Each one has it's own personality, kinda like a cat or a car? But once you hone into it, you can create almost anything? The details are immense and your own imagination, is your limit!
I've literally just printed a 1/14 truck, with all the bells and whistles, and I'm happy with the results. It's taken me around 2 weeks, but I did use 6 bottles of High Speed Resin, which without, probably would've taken me another 3-4 weeks?
For you guys in the know, Standard resin prints at roughly 4 layers a minute. High Speed Resin is around 12 layers a minute.
My love for the printers, is because I can print models, that we can't buy?
I love scratchbuilding, but now I can flick my finger and the cab, hood and sleeper are printing, while I'm building the chassis? It's definitely been a game changer in my life, without a doubt.
You definitely need to be aware of the dangers though. Plenty of ventilation, gloves, mask and goggles. I also have mini air purifiers in each printer, and heaters.
And whatever you do, don't smoke near the 99% alcohol!
And most importantly, don't drink it!

Qwertzel Autor
Thank you Bozzer for your information and opinion. I will see what the future brings and if it's time to by a printer, I will definitely research and inform myself about it a little more and maybe come back to you guys, because you know the terms of 3D printers definitely better than I.

And don't worry, I do not smoke or drink alcohol. So this won't be a problem 🙂

Goldman
One tough looking rolling chassis 🙂

Adam Gudynowski
Following

Christian W Autor
I got this Trans Am of my brother. It was painted by brush and I tried to get it apart. Luckily it worked good. After stripping the paint off, The result was pretty good. Sadly some small pieces broke of so I had to repair it.
My grand child (6) was looking, what I was doing and showed interesst so I decided, to let him chose, which color the interior should have. He chose a dark red - what I was happy with.
After airbrushing that, He get a lesson in handling with the airbrush and did very well (no, I painted teh interior at the end). With some training, he could do that nexttime by himself.
When I did some detaillig, he found "steal grey" in my stash so that was another good choice for the body color. Good! I was thinking on a silver because I always wanted one Trans Am in silver. I painted the body with rattle cans including three layers of clear cote.

So far, the moste work is done. When this Trans Am is done, he will get it a s his first "full kit". He got his first experiences in modelling with two snapkits (Corvette C5 and Ford GT by Revell) so this will be his first full kit.

István Szücs
Yes, it also looks good... I mean VERY good

Christian W Autor
Thank you very much! When this T/A is done, I will give it to my grandson as a gift. Because of that, I'll go for another one for my collection *lol*. But first I have to finish the two coupes.

Yesterday I painted the window sealings and the rest of the body details. I've chosen the chrome trim instead of black. I think the black trim could be ugly somehow. So far it is chrome but I rethink it to paint it aluminum. I will add some rubber between the trim and body to get a better effect.
Then I spent the most time to paint the rear lights transparent red.

btw: the hood fits now into it's place 😉

Alexander
Looks promising, taking a seat.

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Marcin Dudek Autor
You're welcome Guy 🙂

Dave
Dave I'm curious as to which version you're going to build. Looking through your photos I saw a couple of really nice planes.

Ben M
36 🤯

Robert Podkoński
Watching too

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here as well 🙂

Skyhiker Autor
Starting a very rare bird. (I am getting bored with the other 9 builds I have still in progress).

Cuajete
I didn't know about this oddity.
Following!

Robert Podkoński
Interesting - watching!

Ben M
👁️👁️ I have this problem of starting too many things also

Cuajete
A lot of work ahead...

Skyhiker Autor
One step closer today.

Neil
Following, looks good 👍

Skyhiker Autor
Working on the fuselage today

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Thomas Kolb
Coming along nicely!

Skyhiker Autor
Rescribing and re-riveting the fuselage today.

Dave
This looks interesting. Let me find a chair.

Mr D
Nice project Skyhiker 👍👍 you build alot of Soviet stuff, don't see to many of these... nice choice 😃👍

Skyhiker Autor
I finally got the riveting done.

Skyhiker Autor
Got the wings on today.

Dave
The riveting looks good.

Skyhiker Autor
Thanks Dave. It took me a while to get the riveting done. Hopefully after priming I won't have to do it again.

Thomas Kolb
Very straight riveting. What a difference it makes!

Carlo
Looks like a rare Soviet bird and kit.

Skyhiker Autor
Yes, it's definitely not something you see very often.

Jennifer Franklin
Oh fun, late to the party but following.

Skyhiker Autor
A little more progress today

Skyhiker Autor
Fixing the canopy issues.

Dave
That's a nice fix

Ben M
Alternatively you could have coated the entire fuselage with putty, building it up to the required size.

Jennifer Franklin
Love the edging on the canopy.

Skyhiker Autor
Ben, I may have actually done that if the plane were to be painted with a camo but since this will be bare metal finish I decided to avoid putty as much as possible. I'm not 100 convinced with my solution but it will do for now. If I hate it after painting I'll take it off and have a rethink.

Ben M
You could carve a new fuselage out of a block of putty. 🤔

gorby
The quality of the kit looks almost as good as Starfix. 😄
Excellent work so far.

Skyhiker Autor
The pilots look like blobs of hot glue. Maybe I should have formed the fuselage out of hot glue to match them.

Skyhiker Autor
ww2aircraft.net/foru..-trials-1.32229/full

Can anyone guess what the pipes on the side of the plane are? The kit has only the front section of the pipe and interpreted it as an exhaust, but it looks like a pipe to me.

Mr D
I would say it's a streamlined exhaust system??
The plastic looks a little waxy on this kit , lve had similar stuff on my 1:144 Tomcat.
Doing a 👍👍 Job.

Skyhiker Autor
It looks like the front half is not painted and has two steel brackets. The back half could be a continuation of the pipe painted or is it an indented surface with no pipe? The kit just has the front part. If it's a long pipe is it open in the back for exhaust?

Ben M
I think it's a schnorchel.

Lorraine Lin
So many great builds, thank you for sharing Michael!

Robert Podkoński
Thanks for sharing! A few models look familiar 😉

gorby
Fantastic work and excellent photos. Thanks 🙂

Robin long
Never leave home to see the world's highest-level model exhibition. The details of the model are unobstructed. It's wonderful and super cool. Thank you very much.

Michael Kohl Autor
Happy to bring a glimpse of this impressive exhibition to your doorstep. Great shopping opportunities there too - from garage companies to big(ger) players to vendors.
Really nice to read your appreciation.
Happy modelling.

Neil
There's some astoundingly fantastic work in here, thanks for adding this album 👍

Ben M
I'm trying to understand photo 148. What is happening?

Michael Kohl Autor
Here's the way I interpret it: it is a Mig-21 exhibited in a polish aviation museum. Some parts of the plane are removed already and undergo restoration as depicted in the lower level of the dio. If I recall it right the dio won Gold in it's category.

Ben M
It's a marvelous diorama but I don't understand… is the plane about to fall into a sinkhole?

Robert Podkoński
Following!