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Sergej I
Great weathering overall, especially the tools/weapons! 👍 We don't see minis and figures here often enough.

Villiers de Vos
An interesting subject. Very nice work.

Michał Koziejko
Thank you guys. I agree, we need more of wargaming subject here on scalemates.

Erik Off
The machine god smiles. 😉 Nice Dreadnought!

Thomas Kolb
This looks like a fun project! I will definitely take a seat!

DerMattes
Welcome and thank you 🙂

Bernd Grün
Schöner Start! Bin dabei.

Michael Rotthowe
Since I have started the exact same kit, turning it into a Marineflieger 104 with Kormorans, I will most definitely be following 🙂

DerMattes
Danke Bernd 🙂
@Michael I only have the kit without the Marineflieger decals, hence the Peddinghaus ones. I 3d printed the Kormorans with the specific pylons for the F-104G. They were designed by cults3d.com/@Sufa312 after photos I have taken at the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung in Koblenz. I think he did a great job and the files are free 🙂

Ekki
Taking a seat.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

S M
Following!

DerMattes
Welcome guys and thank you for your interest 🙂
Started working on the ejection seat. Decided to add the PE to the seat from the kit and see how this will look. Alternatively I have a resin MB MK.GQ-7(A) from Aires, but this thing does not look very different from the kit's seat. And the straps, etc. are PE as well.

Christian Lehmann
👍

Martin
Good Start!

DerMattes
Thank you Christian and Martin! Worked on the ejection seat, besides some weird curve in the PE strap I am quite happy with the result.

S M
Really good looking ejection seat!👍

Łukasz Gliński
Joining the party, the cockpit looks really good 👍

DerMattes
Thank you S M and Łukasz 🙂

DerMattes
Well, it seems like I need to do something about the main gear.

Łukasz Gliński
Or move the inner pylon outside, that should be simpler to do

S M
👀 What museum is that reference picture taken from? Is that MBB's CCV test plane?

DerMattes
Yes, it is the CCV test plane. How did you recognise it? I took the picture at the Wehrtechnische Studiensammlung Koblenz earlier this year.

S M
In the full picture #14 it reads on the plane. Thanks for the tip! I have the Hasegawa's kit of it (F-104G Starfighter (Hasegawa 01987, 1:72)) and wish to dare to build it someday.

DerMattes
I can post some more pictures from it, at least in museum condition. It is a very interesting plane and surely makes for a great model! 👍

DerMattes
Did some modifications to the main gear (angle) and the Kormoran fins to better match the photos I took and the picture in the Duke Hawkins F-104 book.
@Łukasz moving th pylon to the outside would be the easiest way, yes. But as the wings are angled down, the clearance to the ground may become too low. Cutting the gear struts with a sharp knife was surprisingly easy 😉

Robert Podkoński
How have I missed this build so far... Taking a seat!

DerMattes
Welcome Robert and thank you for your interest.

M4A1
Started building the Asuka Firefly. No pics from the actual build but Asuka builts very nice and fast. Everything fits very well. Using a detail set from Black Dog with the hessian camouflage. Started to add hessian tape made from masking tape to make the transitions from the hull to the pieces of tape more smooth. Also pictured are the tank crew busts I'm gonna use.

M4A1
Figure busts are from Resicast. I really like the stuff Graham from Resicast makes.

M4A1
I'm gonna add additional stuff on the front part the hull. First I have to finish the lower hull part with the suspension and finish the tracks because the hessian tape pieces cover the upper part of the tracks and hull. Then upper and lower hull parts can be glued together and additional stuff like spare tracks and/or boxes can be adder.

Michael Osadciw
Nice! I'm using the same kit for a French did soon. Good to hear it went together well as its my first Asuka kit.

Michael Osadciw
I'm curious: once you have the figs in the hatches is it obvious at all that this kit has no turret interior or 17pdr breech?

M4A1
Thanks Michael! Currently building 4 Asuka Sherman kits and they all are excellent. When you use the Asuka turret and you put full figures in the turret you won't see that the kit hasn't turret interior because they will fill most of the hatch opening. The turret I'm using here is the turret of the Black Dog detail set. In that toen there's only room for half figures.

M4A1
Gave the Firefly it's first layer of gray paint. Build the MiniArt British tank riders with heads of Hornet I'm gonna use. Also working on the Bronco T62 workable tracks instead of the belt type tracks in the kit. This is not a project I'm working on regularly, but more as a side project while working on others.

M4A1
Finished construction of the Bronco tracks. They fit well. Next step is painting and wheatering. The pictures show the dry fit of the tracks.

Jan Peters
Almost in my hometown... I will follow this one 🙂

M4A1
Thanks Jan. 🙂 Nice to read.

Pepe
Atento!!!

M4A1
Thanks. 🙂

M4A1
After a long time working on this one again. The Firefly has got it's base color.

Skyhiker
That's a cool idea using a car sponge to hold the model. I think I will have to get one.

John
Regarding the Gnat, use white or pink (really!) as a base coat for yellow and it covers in fewer coats. Tamiya's yellow is probably better than most but it's still a difficult color to work with.

Mr D
Great 👍 thanks for letting me know, l been a bit confused when I've seen people spraying pink 🤔?? Then paint over. Now it makes sense will try it next time. Cheers 😀

Johne 69
Some very nice Modells and a lot of fun 👍

bughunter
What a nice RC-bird 👍 But it is an Albatros 😉

Neuling
Nice collection!

Mr D
Thanks Neuling...👍👍

Mr D
Very smart 👌 Amazing aircraft 👍

Mr D
Was it a good kit to build ?

Vicente
Thanks mate! This is not the best for zvezda, I had fun but if you can get a better model go for it

babak chalangi
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Mr D
Thanks Vicente 👍
I have a Zvezda Mi-8 kit to build soon....so wanted an idea on Zvezda kit's.
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