Noticias

Roland Sachsenhofer
In view of the start of this build, I was tempted by the following motto: "From ugly duckling to swan": the kit offers a number of interesting challenges, but gives an idea of the potential both as a model and as a representation of a true aircraft beauty! I will try my best to make the swan appear....
A first challenge: roughly moulded parts, poor fit and a wing that wants too much in a positive V-position.... A second challenge will follow in the form of a Vacu canopy that has turned yellow with age; this will give me the opportunity to try out the doing in Vac-canopy myself. More of that next time...

Harald Besold
Starts promising! Nice details. 👍

Harry Eder
Great start! I´ll take a seat 🙂

Daniel Mysak
Nice start👍. Looking forward to your build. I´am curious to see the pros and cons of the kit.

Alec K
What! No rotor blades? 😂. I am in, nice detailing as always 👍

Hajo Lippke
Great, another Ronan-project!

Oleg Bogolei
I didn't dare to cut main weels bays, I just swore loudly at Trumpeter)
And there are some other remakes need to be done to make "A' from this model...

Maciej Bellos
I am in too. Source of inspiration this build will be 😄

Łukasz Gliński
Been waiting for this 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Oh yes! A combo of Ronan and Intruder: obligatory to follow! 🙂

Ronan
Many thanks , mates 😉
For those who wish to assemble this model, it will be necessary to plan a little surgery on the main landing gear bays.
Other than that, I will say that the kit is better than Italeri or Fujimi but that's just my opinion. The level of detail is much higher than the other two

Ronan
Maybe a little more information about the different versions of A-6 :
tailspintopics.blogs..-vs-6e-intruder.html

Sergej I
AWESOME! 👍

Maciej Bellos
Oh WOW!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Jaw dropping detailing -as usally! All looks so easy and still perfectly clean and we all know how hard this is (especially in 72) - great job!

Ronan
Many thanks,
For the moment, I don't find any difficulty in building this kit.
I only used putty in the air intakes, the fitting is quite good

Skyhiker
Another straight out of the box build I see. 😉

Bas Tonn
Great, can't wait for more pics

Ronan
Many thanks,
The build keeps on quietly 😉

Alec K
Nice progress, the cockpit looks amazing 👍

Ronan
Thanks Alek 😉

Dearest readers,
For those who would like to build this model but are not happy about having to open the gear hatches, you should know that these famous hatches can be closed on the ground. Yesterday, I found a photo which attests to the thing in the book "lock on" by Verlinden. These hatches are closed manually by the ground mechanics during a prolonged stop of the plane, a sort of storage, this avoids FOD. Of course, this is very rare, but nevertheless it is possible. Also, it's up to you 😉

Oliver Zwiener
Take a seat

Patrick Hagelstein
Thanks for the encouragement Ronan! Let's have a look at references then. ☺️👍🏼

Michael Kohl
Following

Alec K
It's looking excellent 👍

Eric Duval
Joli travail 🙂

Ronan
Merci camarade 😊

Ronan
😉

Skyhiker
These planes always remind me of giant bugs for some reason.

Ronan
I think it looks like a tapdole 😉

Bernd Grün
Nice progress, Ronan! 👌 Looking for the final result.

Ronan
Thanks Bernd, i hope to finish it very soon 😉

Skyhiker
A tadpole I can see. But at least it's not a FROG or you would have your work cut out for you. 😉

Micky
Love the Intruder Ronan. Nice cockpit and build so far!!

Palo M
Beautiful work so far, especially love the paint scheme with tan nose - that's what I'd like to build as well. I found some pictures with the "NE" on tail in the same paint scheme, so hope to avoid aftermarket decals. Just got the same kit, so have to follow this thread 🙂

Is the "Hobbyboss" in the album title a joke or a mistake?

Ronan
Of course , it is a mistake : the correct title should be trumpeter 😉

Ronan
although Hobbyboss and Trumpeter are the same company ...

Ronan
The decals step is done 😉

Guy Rump
Looking great, I know I'm late but following. 👍

Spanjaard
it simply looks magnificent. what a wonderful added detail and paint job.... wow.....

J35J
Great progress, another gem from you!👍🏻

Ronan
Many thanks 😉

Palo M
Fantastic and clean work, verry impressive!

Alec K
It's looking glorious Ronan 👍

Ronan
Many thanks, mates 😉
Trumpeter's decals are very crude, especially the lettering. The roundels are all the same size while in reality the wing roundels are larger than those on the fuselage. If you can, get the KA-6D intruder decals from Italeri which are printed by Cartograf.

Shar Dipree
Looks great so far. 👍

Eric Duval
Salut Ronan, il est magnifique et le résultat va encore une fois être incroyable 🙂

Ronan
Merci Eric,
Je ne sais pas s'il va être incroyable mais il devrait être sympa 👍

Ronan
That's it, I finished it 😉

Spanjaard
fantastic, congratulations

Eric Duval
Ben voilà, il est magnifique 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Magnificent! 👌🏼

DerMattes
Fantastic build!

Harry Eder
Great job Ronan! 👍 What would you say, a comparson between the Trumpeter and the old Italeri kit?

Shar Dipree
Great result. 👍

Ronan
Many thanks,mates 👍
@Harry : i would Say that neither is perfect. The Trumpeter one is much detailled but the italeri IS not so Bad . I would say you need a box of each to make a nice intruder. From Italeri you Can get the decals, the wheels, the main Gear doors, the ordonnance...
That's why i bought two New italeri intruders 😂

J35J
Excellent work! Congrats👍🏻

Micky
Masterpiece!!

Oliver Zwiener
Klasse Ding !

Łukasz Gliński
Outstanding, love that hi-vis USN/USMC camo 👍

WAHO LEU
Great Job. I loving it.

Ronan
Many thanks, mates 👍

Michael Kohl
I am starting to like the Intruder and I definitely like your model of it.

Alec K
Outstanding and inspirational build 👍

Ekki
Excellent!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Ronan - real great job 👍 👍

Ronan
Many thanks, mates 😉

Tibor Szilvai
Superb! 👍

Daniel Mysak
Great looking Intruder👍

Thomas Kolb
That looks spectacular! I really like the folded wings! And the painting with that careful weathering is beautifully done. I wouldn't have been surprised if it was 1:48.

Ray Loch
This level of detail and paint quality in 1/72, Bravo. Hoping my 1/48 turns out this well.

Ronan
Many thanks all for nice coments 😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
These pictures start a build that gives me my first experience with 'Clear Prop' - and they are good ones! The fineness of the shapes, the accuracy of fit and the meaningfulness of the construction steps seem to combine to create a pleasurable building experience!
This plane is also highly interesting: originally derived as a drone for shooting practice from a small civilian predecessor model, hundreds were pulverised in the air. Some of those that survived this use went on to have an amazing career as light sports aircraft and enjoyed great popularity in the 1940s.

bughunter
Oh, a brand new kit?
It is hard to keep track all your parallel running builds! You speed of building all those birds is simply unbelievable and a great mystery to me!

Robert Podkoński
I have the same impressions as Bughunter, frankly speaking 🙂 Following this build for sure.

Michael Kohl
Me too

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hello mates! How nice that this small but lovely project has your interest and positive feedback! Indeed, a brand new kit that immediately caught my interest when I stumbled across it - so it ended up on the workbench straight away.
To answer the question about the current density of my projects: on the one hand, I sometimes wonder myself 🙂 On the other hand, I suspect that it has something to do with running three or four, maybe even five (at the moment, for example) projects in parallel . Something is 'always' being finished or started.

Roland Sachsenhofer
I made the following preparations for the bright red of the final surface: first I applied yellow followed by a layer of white to the model. After drying, I sanded this base, which should make the following red "glow", with 1000, 1200 and 2000 grit sandpaper to make the colour layers more transparent again, to get a smooth surface and to find any flaws - you can see a few exposed on the fuselage and tail unit. I am surprised by the very high quality of the kit and look forward to finishing it!

Roland Sachsenhofer
It looks like the Culver PQ-14 is ready! This was a most enjoyable project from start to finish. I am delighted with my first "clear prop" kit and I enjoyed the unusual history of the original. I made the seat belts and the aerial wiring, everything else can be found in the beautifully finished kit.
Thank you for your interest and your helpful and motivating comments!

Robert Podkoński
Simply beautiful!

Neuling
Yes! And good photos.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you very much, mates- very appreciated!!

gorby
Lovely!
I've not seen this aircraft before.

Alex K
Beautiful! Great work as always... 👍 And also: thanks for showing this - it gave me the opportunity to revisit Culver's lineage: the Culver Dart, Cadet, Model V... the role played by Al Mooney... the PQ drones... Lovely!

Guy Rump
Great job of yet another unusual aircraft. 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you for your motivating comments and your interest in a not often seen aircraft, mates! Alex, your list was an inspiration for me to have a look - and to find some interesting aircraft and interesting references - Culver: an amazing manufacturer! thanks!

CaptGPF
Very beautiful build - subtle shading on the camo - down to the subtle heat staining on the nozzle!

Nathan Dempsey
Wow, that looks great!

Neuling
Top work and presentation!

Nathan Dempsey
What decals did you use?

dawei xu
Nathan Dempsey：Patchwork，

Mr James
CaptGPF says it all. 👌

Arif Saeed
Very nice 👌

Finn
Interesting, will follow

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Very good looking cockpit. 👍

Ekki
Following.

Tzonglin Wu
Thank you all.
I spent quite a bit of time with jagged camo.
There is no special method, just patience.
Looks like a success now, just need a little patch.

Finn
That "lövhög" (meaning heap of leaves in Swedish) pattern is looking really good. Well done!

Robert Podkoński
Really good job on this intricate camo.

Tzonglin Wu
Thank you Finn for your introduction. This is the first time I know the name of this camouflage, and I also found its introduction in the WIKI. I try to write a short story of this interesting camouflage in Traditional Chinese and will introduce it to my Taiwanese friends.

You can watch it by Google Translate：
從國外模友提供的資訊，我找到這種由硬線條幾何形狀組成的迷彩被稱為FOA 迷彩，瑞典政府在 1960 年代決定資助和開發國內迷彩設計，而不是複製另一個國家所使用的圖案。用以確保在瑞典的地形中發揮最大效力，同時也是為了將新圖案作為國家象徵，一種瑞典武裝部隊專用的瑞典設計，希望能有助於公民對軍隊的認同。瑞典國防研究所(瑞典文：Försvarets forskningsanstalt, FOA) 的科學家在 1970 年代透過廣泛的測試和實驗過程（包括航拍和實地試驗）對車輛迷彩圖案進行了研究，當時瑞典的軍事學說設想飛機被分散在各地機堡中，需要一種在溫帶森林裡和平原上可以有效隱藏的偽裝。當這種圖案在1970年代推出時，它被稱為"FOA 迷彩"，反映了它的起源。FOA迷彩被大量使用在AJ-37 Viggen上，也使它被稱為Viggenkamouflage。它在瑞典士兵中被暱稱為lövhög即瑞典文"樹葉堆"的意思。

Tzonglin Wu
Thank you Robert, I am glad you like it.

Spanjaard
Splinter camo looks fabulous

Łukasz Gliński
Oh wow, what a splinter! 👍

Spanjaard
And thanks for the historical background, I did not know it, very interesting

Andy Ball
More splinters than a splintery thing…a great testament to the painting patience

Vincent
The camo looks amazing. Really sharp work. I also like the work you did on the engine.

Patrick Hagelstein
What a stunner! 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
I put it through Google Translate: cool story! 🙂

Tzonglin Wu
Thank you Spanjaard, Łukasz, Andy, Vincent and Patrick. Now I know that this camouflage is called Splinter camo in English. WIKI also has a article to introduce it. I still love the word "lövhög" , because it is beautiful.

en.wikipedia.org/wik..r_pattern_camouflage

I called it "鋸齒狀迷彩" before this discussion. In Chinese "鋸" means saw. "齒" means tooth.
So, I wrote it as jaggled camo before. I thought that the opposite is smooth type camo just like south east asia camouflage. 😄

Andy Ball
I have been described as a lövhög before 😂

Michael Kohl
Impressive camo, even more so, as you obviously didn't use special masks.

David R. Meizoso
Been 2 days thinking about how you did this beautiful camo, in terms of which color must be applied first, how you shape the masks and so on. In the end, my conclusion is: magic!

Neuling
Very beautiful camouflage!

Tzonglin Wu
Hi Andy, does your mother often tell you to clean up the room? 😛

Tzonglin Wu
Thank you Michael, David and Neuling. I used the most stupid method to do the masking slowly. It does take a lot of time. I paint the dark green first, then light green and tan. Finally paint the black.

Marcin Dudek
Splendod job. Perfect paintjob 👏. This had to tske tons of making tape to achieve 😉

Rui S
A eye catcher, indeed 👍

CaptGPF
❤️❤️❤️

J35J
Excelllent👍🏻

Ekki
Brilliant!

Dietmar Bogatzki
Thanks for the idea and great build so far

Diorama Dude
Thank you Dietmar Bogatzki for your comment. I thank all Mates for her Likes and her Interest on this build. I posted a few new images about the progess.

Nathan Dempsey
Following 👀 I want to see the progress on this one.

Diorama Dude
I added a few new images about the progress and i thank all Mates for her Likes and her Interest.

Remco van Haren
That looks promising. Following!

Gary Kitchen
Taking a seat here. Looking very interesting so far.

Diorama Dude
Thank you Nathan Dempsey, Remco van Haren and Gary Kitchen for your comment and following. I thank all Mates for her Likes and her Interest. I added a few new images about the progress on this build.

Jens J.
Rotor blades will not break apart in large pieces like that. Also, all four main rotor blades would be damaged due to the rotor spinning upon impact.

Diorama Dude
I thank all Mates for her Likes and her Interest in the last weeks on this build. I added a few new layout images about the progress.

Diorama Dude
@ Jens J.: I thank you for your comment. That is not the final diorama. I do not risk to destroy the original rotor during this build. The main rotor and the tail rotor are placeholder, they are not fixed on the helicopter. The broken parts also placeholder.

Bob Hall
Very good lay out, I remember when that happened and was all set to deploy there, but the administration at the time decided to run away with their tail between their legs.

John Ballman
Wow, very ambitious project here. Thanks for sharing your vision.
JB

Diorama Dude
Thank you Bob Hall and John Ballman for your Comment and your Interest.

Cristian A
what a beautiful project!

Diorama Dude
Thank you Cristian for your Comment and your Interest. I thank all Mates for her Likes and her Interest on this build.

Mark de Boer
Looks amazing. Well done, very beautifull job.

Bob Hall
I was planning to do a a little dio as a tribute to Gordon and Shugart, the CMH receipts.

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Diorama Dude
@ Bob Hall: Interesting project! A tribute for two american heros. MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shugart, the two Delta Force sniper they volunteere to secure the crash site of Super Six Four. They give her life to defending the surviving crew. Both posthumously awarded with the Metal of Honor and Purple Heart for their actions.

Diorama Dude
Thank you Mark de Boer for your Comment and your Interest on this build. I thank all Mates for her Likes and her Interest. I added a few new images about the progress in the last weeks.

Mr James
What a great scene. The Coke sign is superbly done.

Diorama Dude
Thank you Mr James for your Comment and your Interest on this project.

Diorama Dude
Diorama "Crashsite Super Six One" is finished.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

gorby
Remarkable dio!

Guy Rump
Great dio, congrats! 👍

Nathan Dempsey
A great finish. So much action to see 🙂

Bob Hall
This is epic-ally awesome !

Audrius N
Hell of a work you did. Great result!

Diorama Dude
Thank you Villiers de Vos, gorby, Guy Rump, Nathan Dempsey, Bob Hall and Audrius N for your Comment and your Interest. I thank all Mates for her Likes and her Interest on this build.

Diorama Dude
@ Bob Hall: Thank you for the interesting video with Norm Hooten. I visit 2015 the "Battle of Mogadishu" Exhibit in the US Army Airborne & Special Operations Museum (A SOM). I added a few images from the Exhibit to the album.

CaptGPF
Boy, you can really see the frenetic gunfight going on. This Dio really captures the essence of that hellish day. Well done!

Diorama Dude
Thank you CaptGPF for your Comment and your Interest. I thank all Mates for her Likes and her Interest.

Paul Eden
Fabulous diorama, incredible work

Nicolas
Following

Freak
Wow, beautiful shading!!

CaptGPF
Agree with Freak

Bruce Huxtable
Watching in anticipation of the final unveiling 🙂