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Michael Kohl
Nice progress

Bozzer
A nice change, from glossy cars and trucks. A diorama project, maybe?

Ben M
👀

Qwertzel
Looking great!

yngvenett
Following to learn

David Taylor
Looks brill.

Neuling
Crisp and careful work, very realistic paintwork and weathering. Top!

Olivier
I like amongst other things the almost bare engine bay.
The poor soldier looks quite dejected.

Olivier
Nice end result. Pity one does not see much of the engine.

Mr D
Nice 👍👍
Like the colour, Eduard do a good variation of WW1 German aircraft.
What engine was in this one ??
Nice job done 👌

David M
Thanks! 😀 It's the first WW1 aircraft I've made so was a bit hairy at times, but it seems to have come out reasonably okay 😅
Eduard say the engine is a "160HPMercedesD.III".

BetterTimes-Henry
Very nice. Great fine detailed machine guns!👍 David M, you have inspired me to have a crack on my first WW1 aircraft. 😊

Desert Marlin
Wonderful when we get to step outside the drab of the later aircraft! Looks great!

bughunter
Not bad, but I must admit I do not like the violet, which is much to "strong" and has nothing to do with the original shade.
Yes, that is a problem with paints for models - more than 50 shades of gray but many other color shades are not available.
Luckily I have wonderful "German purpur" and "Mauve" shades from "Drooling Bulldog" in my stash (really pity this brand seems to be out of business now; the website is still there).
AK offers also a WWI set with mauve and lilac (I don't know it personally as I do not work with water acrylics): ak-interactive.com/p..n-aircraft-colors-2/

Here are examples of my interpretations.
Mauve on Junker D.I: Junkers D.I 5185/18, Hombeek, MFJG, November 1918 | Album by bughunter (1:48)
On my Fokker E.V I used oil paints: Fokker E.V | Album by bughunter (1:48)

David M
Thanks for your likes mates, and your kind comments BetterTimes-Henry and Desert Marlin! 😀

David M
Thanks for the perspective bughunter. I'm new to WW1 planes so simply followed the paint scheme in the instructions (Mr Color C67 'purple'). I don't use aqueous acrylics either but it's good to know there are better colour sets out there. Your models look great!

Mr D
I like the colour, also purple is one of the worst colours for fading in time so good job it's vivid.
It's a good all over job 👍👍

David M
Thanks Mr D, I appreciate it 😃

bughunter
Ah, that explains it. Eduard calls for the closest match form the Gunze range, but as I mentioned above the range is limited.
Other manufacturers like Revel would start then the famous mixings in the manual.

I want to mention another possibility: the Wingnut Wing web page is still active. In the manuals (you can look also for other German types) there are also mixing guides based on Tamiya and Humbrol paints, e.g. see color q in this page from the Rumpler C.IV manual:
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Desert Marlin
I have two WWI kits from Rodan to work. I need to remember this build!

Mark Sherwood
Ooh! That's neat!

Desert Marlin
I have overcome the order!

Gary Victory
Very nice set up.... i can only envy .

Rui S
Very nice work bench, indeed 👍 cleaannn 😄
That fighter jet its going for a nose dive in an istant 🤔

Desert Marlin
Nah... it's pretty tail heavy...

Villiers de Vos
A very nice space.

Neuling
So clean and tidy .......

Villiers de Vos
Indeed, My work place resembles a disaster zone.....

Desert Marlin
Make no mistake, I can dirty it up to a massive disaster at times! Cheers! 🍻

BetterTimes-Henry
Looks great. I have the kit in my stash, will have to build it soon 👍

Desert Marlin
After two hours, the whole cockpit, wings and "fuselage" were together. I got totally sucked in after the first two hours and it really got in the way of other projects! So fun!!!

Desert Marlin
Biggest issue is the choice of D-Day markings. The white bands are 60 mm on each wing and on the booms. This makes the individual stripes 12 mm. Pretty easy once you see it. I started out with 50 mm white band. That was clearly too short.

Desert Marlin
Model Master Neutral Gray on the underside and Vallejo 71.043 (US Olive Drab) on top. Lots of Tamiya Panel Line accent black overall.

Desert Marlin
The Mig Rigging is pretty fine... takes some "getting used to".

Desert Marlin
I have seen claims that Olds first two kills were in this specific aircraft.

Gary Victory
Really nice work DM....Lovely build.
Best story around Robin Olds in a P-38 was that he got behind a flight of 109's.....he was ready to open fire when his engines cut - dead. He had forgot to switch tanks to his internals when he jettisoned his external tanks. Instead of resolving his fuel transfer issues he just carried on lining up on the 109 and shot it down while in 'glide mode'. That's calmness under pressure for you.

Never a Pro
Great build! The nose wheel is up, does the the nose weight ball included in the kit need to be reinforced with extra lead?

Neuling
Top result!

Desert Marlin
Thanks all…
The nose wheel appears elevated because I use a sheet of glass on my bench. The glass is 1/4" thickness.

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful, fantastic details and finiture!

Desert Marlin
Thank you!

Desert Marlin
Now if I can get my antenna insulators to compare with Bernhard Schrock's Sea King! Definitely a worthy target!

Rui S
Great Paintjob & weathering 👍 very Nice antena too 😄

Desert Marlin
Thanks!

Mr James
Lovely lovely work. Great painting and the weathering is just right

Desert Marlin
Aye! Thanks!

George Adamopoulos
Great result! Congratulations!

After reading Olds' biography, I have just started building the same kit, although I plan to do the narural metal version. How were the decals from kitsworld? Are they ok or do they require special attention?

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Marcin Dudek
Superb job 👏 Very nice Lightning

Desert Marlin
Hi George. I would be careful with the KitsWorld decals. They really don't have much film on them. I recommend getting the decal placed and see if it needs any attention after it dries. Aggressive setting solutions are not needed. Go slow!

Desert Marlin
Thanks all for the comments! I really like this kit!

Víctor Rosas
Stunning! Great job!

George Adamopoulos
Thank you!

Mark Sherwood
Ah, Ha DM! (Referencing Danger Mouse UK TV Cartoon) That is a lovely build of Robin Old's P38. 👍🥸🤘

Shar Dipree
Fantastic P38 👍

David H
Really gorgeous, love the clean finish with minimal weathering

Desert Marlin
Danger Mouse! Seems a generation we will only remember. Something like the current younger generation may not know the pain of dialing "0" on a rotary phone... I love the reference!

Desert Marlin
David H, the clean finish presumes they just received these birds from other squadrons that were at the time converting to the new P-51's. This particular bird was cleaned up and hastily painted with stripes. Not long after all this, Olds moved over to the new P-51D, which is why I have another. of the Tamiya P-51Ds so I can make it up as SCAT III... in 1/32nd Scale.

Desert Marlin
Thanks again for all the great comments! Cheers!

David H
Oooh 1/32 "stang" looking forward to that !😎 , I've packed most of my kits for an impending house move but have the 1/32 revell aka special hobby in there somewhere .👍🏻

Desert Marlin
David H, they are always fun to build!!!

Alain Brshl
Masterful work on the antennas in addition to a very successful painting and weathering ! Congratulations!

Desert Marlin
Thanks Alain!

Rui S
Great paintjob 👍

Neuling
Yes!

John Hughes
I've had my eye on a few of these eary war Gecko British tanks, but never got around to getting one as the company is a bit of an unknown to me. Have you found it a good kit to build? The results are certainly impressive!

David Taylor
Same here I'm waiting on a Scimitar MK2.How did it build.

Simon Nagorsnik
Fine work!
Well done counter scheme👍

gvizbi
Thank you, guys.

This was my first Gecko kit, and I can say that I am absolutely impressed! One of the best kits I have ever built. Dragon's kits are the most similar, but the instructions are much better (no errors at least) and maybe a bit better engineering. The only issue with this kit was the exhaust, which was unnecessarily complex (it took me 25% of the time to assemble the damn exhaust 🙂
Also, I see that some reviews are complaining about the tracks, but except for being a bit time-consuming, I didn't have any issues with them. And they look fantastic.

Overall, strongly recommended. At least this kit 🙂

David Taylor
Just got my Scimitar 2 looks well detailed and thought out.If it turns out as good as your cruiser I will be chuffed.

gvizbi
Thank you David.

F Matthews
Looks fantastic! Like you, I found the tracks to be fine. A lot of work, sure, but they look great and are workable. I've built three full sets (A10 and two A9s) and still here. Your camo looks perfect.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work, especially the restrained weathering came out top notch.

gvizbi
Thank you guys. F Matthews, I have a few more in the stash as well. I will probably build A10, in the Greek campaign next.

Doubtingmango
Beautiful work and background!

Michael Kohl
Another well done and well photographed work from your bench.

Olivier
Very convincing model !