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Spanjaard
insane detailing. a work or art. it is almost a pity to paint it. but will be certainly be a stunner when finished!

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks for your comment, Spanjaard!
To be honest - I feel much more comfort with construction, than with painting and weathering.
I thought of finding a fellow modeler, who has the opposite preference, but I'm not quite sure how we can manage the sharing of a finished model 😉

Spanjaard
yes, the operational part my work, but keeping them would be a delicate operation! unless you do two of each kind of course 😉

David Taylor
Superb.

Alec K
Well, what is there to say… following along, of course. 🙂

Michael Kohl
Another scratch building gem of yours.

gorby
Scratch building at it's best. Of course I'll be following.

Angel Yovtshev
Thanks for your kind words David, Alec, Michael and Gorby!

It's good to be back- where I left 7 years ago.
Hopefully my mojo lasts to finish this Shelf Queen...

Cheers,
Angel

Murad ÖZER
oh wow.

Maciej Bellos
Impressive!

Nic Zuraw
Superb

Mathieu
Hi Murad, Maciej & Nic. Thank you and welcome aboard. Tighten your straps as this bird will soon be cruising Mach2+
Cheers

Michael Kohl
Great metal painting.

Sergej I
sweet 👍

Daniel
already epic 👍 👍

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Phantastic! 👀

Patrick Hagelstein
Beautiful!!! 😮

Spanjaard
Phantastic Spook!!!

Augie
Really cool progress 🙂

Mathieu
Hi friends, thank you for your kind comments and welcome !
Work done on the exhaust, several tints used to get the dirty filthy metal look on the feathers.

I received a very nice package from Japan, hypersonic products are really top of the breed, the clean top tail is a drop fit.
The Martin baker H5 seats are looking tremendous, almost a shame to hide them with a sitting crew.
Cheers

Mathieu
Hi gentlemen,

Work on the hot end, and the stand.

Stand was finally done doing a circle of surfacer sanded mirror (I wish it really was..) painted it black. Then I glued over plastic parts cut and painted for the skull. all in all it's better looking (imo) than an all painted logo as there is some 3d relief on the bone parts.

The hot end was done using lot of metal shades, masks, and sponge rubing, finished with a layer of tamiya panel liner.

Cheers.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Holy! Engine nozzles and metal plates look awesome!

Daniel
absolutely convincing effects there 👍 👍

Spanjaard
Really nice burnt metal

Mathieu
Hey guys ! Thank you Spanjaard, Daniel & Whiteglint for your kind words! Appreciated.

I have some long overdue progress to post. In the form of a crew, all happy with their new orange suits and adequately decorated helmets.

Helmet decals were sent to me by a fine Canadian gentleman that had them in extra from the academy J boxing. I can't be gratefull enough as these are the most visible bits under the big closed canopy.

A few more work on the seats, stencils & joining straps, and the cockpit will be finished.
Cheers

Spanjaard
they look certainly good

Mathieu
Hi fellow scalematers. An update finally.
Here is the result of 2 days of strike at work. With no access to the office, another desk took priority.
First step with no pictures was to fill and sand smooth the last uneven spots remaining.
Then a final coat of alu to reveal the next final uneven spots, and so on until there was none left.
Marbling is done with Rlm66, excuse the choice but it's a good dark grey tone.
Then navy white is sprayed in fine passes until the white looks uneven, but not too much..
The next day same process is done on the upper side with the navy grey.

Then the fun is beginning with the mask application and the start of the marking spraying.
Next session is due soon.
Cheers

Mathieu
Hey Roland, thank you mate ! Glad you like it!

Some kind of an update with eduard's stencils application. I put them on the traditional way, with only the micro-sol (blue one, at least I'm sure of the colour)
Then I peeled the film with scalpel to lift it up and tweezers. The remnants of the film glue were cleaned up with a q-tip imbibed with mineral spirit. Be careful on this last step as rubbing too hard will also wear down and ultimately makes disappear the decal ink. It's interesting for weathering purpose but must be handled with care.
Next up are the wings stencils.
Cheers

Mathieu
A few motivational pictures to keep the mojo level for the last steps.
I need to finish the missiles and tank. There is a few decals to add as well.
Cheers

Sergej I
Looks just perfect! What finish coat will you go with?

Michael Kohl
I am not a natiph Phantom phan, but I really do like your build. Comin´ along very nicely. In flight? You´re my man! 🙂

Mathieu
Hi guys, thank you for the encouragements Sergej & Michael!
@Sergej, il will try to keep it slightly shiny, like it is now, think I will have to varnish it as the weathering is add a bare flat finish where it is applied.
@Michael, i was not a Phantom phanatic either, but the love for the type grows as the build goes on. In flight is my compulsary display for 1/48 models. Cheers

Rui S
I like it 👍

John Ballman
Well done, Appreciate some of your building solutions on this one. Thanks for sharing this.
JB

Mathieu
Hi Rui and John, thank you for your comments. I need to put and end to this one quickly before my taste switch to other subject. Cheers

Paul Moore
Mathieu,
Beautiful model! Your gear door scratch build are labeled #1-7. Are those one try after another till you were satisfied? Seems like we're missing the final photos on this masterpiece. Most of us will never achieve this level of craftsmanship.

Mathieu
Hi Paul, Yes 7 Tries. I could have gone with a few more, but elected to manually crafte the little areas needing care for a good fit.
I have to report this build is still lying unfinished on top of a shelf. I am a bit lazy doing the missiles and tanks.
Now that I see the date on the pictures (2 years ago!!) I'll probably kick my ass and finish this up.

Cheers.

Bernd Korte
I didn't know what to build next after Bandai's B-Wing was completed. So I let fate decide. Do I already regret it? I'm not sure. After reading some build logs on the internet my list of improvements and corrections is quite long. But then again - I'm sure it'll all work out 🙂 In any case this will be different from the Bandai kit which required nearly no putty and took me merely a month to build.

Cuajete
Curious and original way to choose the next kit. I'm sure the resulting model will be very good.
Following!

Łukasz Gliński
Me 2 🙂

Oliver Zwiener
Back to the roots of MV 26.03.2011 😉

Bernd Korte
Thanks for all your interest!
@JD: Who knows. Perhaps's I'll use this method for choosing the next kit again in the future. The Star Destroyer is still "in the pod" 🙂
@Oliver Zwiener: Yes, kind of! I've already built Revell's new tool Gannet AS Mk.4 and Trumpeter's T.Mk.5. The AEW.3 will now complete my Gannet collection.
By the way, my fiancée said "That's a cute plane, and it has a propeller" when she saw Sword's box art. Well, there is somethign to it. With a bit of imagination the Gannet could be one of Pixar's "Planes" characters...

Matthew A
Could easily be in Jimbo and the Jetset

Juergen Klinglhuber
Schau ich mir natürlich wieder an,....gruss

Bernd Korte
Thanks for your interest!
I didn't know "Jimbo and the Jetset" before but youtube is your friend. So, yes, I can also picture the Gannet in that show 😄
By the way, for full disclosure: I'm more or less following what this guy did with his Gannet: obscureco.wordpress...egory/fairey-gannet/
Or at least I'll try.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Da schau ich dem Experten mal über die Schulter, was er aus einer Gannet zaubert, vielleicht versuche ich dann die von Revell doch mal zu bauen..

Bernd Korte
Hallo Dietmar! Die Revell Gannet ließ sich ganz gut bauen, soweit ich mich erinnern kann.

Some more progress in the last couple of weeks. The fuselage is now closed. Despite some very careful dry fitting the seams will need some filling and sanding. But nothing too bad. Next I'll ad some detailwork to the main landing gear wells.

Ricardo Reis
Following this beautiful ugly plane build, Bernd! 🙂

Alexander Grivonev
Phew, I am not the only one using a random numbers generator to choose my next project 😄 😄

Oliver Zwiener
Kabelbinder und Klemmen - super - auf die Idee bin ich bisher noch nicht gekommen !

Bernd Korte
Thanks, Ricardo!
@Alexander: Yes, perhaps I'll choose the next project like this again. It certainly adds some excitement to the hobby 😄
@Oliver: Kabelbinder nutze ich gern für ovale Formen wie Flugzeugrümpfe. Und wenn man den kleinen Pin im "Schloss" der Kabelbinder nach oben drückt, kann man sie wieder öffnen und erneut verwenden.

David Funke
I´m in. I can't miss the Gannet...

Bernd Korte
Welcome, David!
During the last week I spent some more time on wheel bay details and the exhausts. Building this kit is really time consuming, at least when I compare it with the "shake'n bake" Bandai B-Wing kit that I've built before this one.

Nathan Dempsey
I'd love to build this in 1:48 but since the only one was a unicorn-like resin kit I'll happily watch your build 🙂 Looks like you've made a fine start!

Bernd Korte
Thanks, Nathan! I'm glad you like what you're seeing!
Over the last couple of days I finished the wheel bays and glued the wings together. Today I spent the morning working on the landing and position lights in the wings. For the landing lights there are in fact some transparent parts in the kit. The position lights need to be added from scratch. I really like how it turned out 🙂

Ricardo Reis
All your attention to detail is turning this into a fine build indeed, Bernd! 👍

Skyhiker
Looks like you are doing a stellar job.

Stefan Schacht
Interesting choice of model 🙂 and very nice so far. Count me in.

Cuajete
Nice details!

Simontie
Been awhile since i saw one of these, they flew out of Lossiemouth when it was a naval base can't remember its name just now, I'm sure there was one as a gate guard as well, will watch with interest looking good so far

Simontie
Hms Fulmar 1946-1972

Bernd Korte
Thanks for all your encouraging comments!
@Simontie: You're lucky! I'm not sure if I every saw a Gannet AEW.3 in person at all.

David Funke
Nice work on the lights! I´m sad that I have to wait until March 2022 to see the model...

Nathan Dempsey
Nice work on all that added detail Bernd. ?

Bernd Korte
Thanks David and Nathan! @David: Yes, I'm also looking forward to meet again in person some time!
The Gannet project is slowly coming along. All wings are now attached which required quite a bit of sanding.

Cuajete
Nice painting 👍

Bernd Korte
Thanks Cuajete! In the meantime I finished decal work. As some fellow modeller's have already noted the decals of this kit are very thin. So it's best to slide them from the paper directly onto the model surface. Otherwise they will curl up.

Ricardo Reis
Coming out nicely, Bernd! 👍

Bernd Korte
Thanks Ricardo! There was a minor set back, though - when I confused ultra thin plastic cement with decal soft. Luckily the decal could be saved as described in the picture.

Guy Rump
Looking really good 👍

Bernd Korte
Thanks Guy Rump! The finish line is now almost there. The build takes more time during these final steps as I discovered a few details just now which I still had to add - for example the fuel dump pipes coming out at the end of the pylons.

Robert Podkoński
I wholeheartedly agree with Roland - absloutely excellent work.

Guy Rump
Great result, excellent modelling 👍

Bernd Korte
Thanks Roland, Robert and Guy!
I managed to finish the kit this weekeend. Here are a few photos that I just took. In the end the build was quite demanding in some places, but now I'm quite happy with the result 🙂
Next I'll finish the Palouste Jet Air Starter Trolley and then I need to build a small display base to finish this project.

Nathan Dempsey
That's a beautiful build Bernd. I'm really wishing for one of these in 1/48 now.

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic effect. Looking really awesome, Bernd! Chapeau bas!

Łukasz Gliński
Lovely! Good to know I have the same feeling towards the damn aerials 😉

Christian Bruer
Excellent work and finish on the Gannet and nice to read and follow your WIP.

ForestFan
Beautiful

Ricardo Reis
Awesome!!! 👍

Mark
Beautiful work. JLTRT! An ugly prototype, but a long time favourite of mine. Really enjoyed following the build and eagerly anticipating the finale. 👍

Alec K
Great build and excellent WIP log 👍

David Funke
Very nice, Sir!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Great result! Well done.

Neuling
Excellent work indeed!

Dave Flitton
Wow, nice work!!

Bernd Korte
Thanks, fellow scalemates! Your feedback is much appreciated in these "model show-less" times - one way less to feed the modeler's ego 😉
Frankly I had already started on the Palouste some time ago. So here's already a photo of the finished mini-kit. Continuing with the display base now...

Cuajete
Fantastic job and very nice result.
Congrats!

Oliver Zwiener
Klasse Ding ! Aus welchen Material sind denn die Drahtantennen ?

Bernd Korte
Thanks Cuajete and Oliver!
@Oliver: Das ist "Rig that Thing" von Uschi van der Rosten. Eine Alternative wäre "Aero Black Rigging" von Infini Model.

Harry Eder
Great Gannet Bernd! 👍

Edward Cornelio
Wonderful aircraft, magnificent work!

Oliver Zwiener
" Rig that Thing" von Uschi van der Rosten , die Lernkurve steigt wieder an 🙂

Mirko Römer
Alles andere als tölpelhaft! Klasse Modell! (Gannet= Basstölpel)

Oliver Zwiener
Welche Stärke hat denn Rigg that thing in 1:72 ???

Bernd Korte
Es gibt verschiedene: Standard, Fine und Superfine. Superfine soll für 1:72 sein, aber das ist mir schon fast zu dünn. Ich glaube ich habe hier "Fine" genommen.

Christoph Schnarr
Very nice model bernd - as always with you 👍

Bernd Korte
Thanks, Christoph! I just realized that we haven't met in ages - I hope that will change next year when hobby shows will hopefully again take place.

I just added a few new "eye level" shots.

Christoph Schnarr
Yes, it has been a long time since we last met. Let's hope that we can meet again soon at a show.

Cuajete
Impressive!

Micky
Excellent work and good to see pics of all the building process.

Bernd Korte
Thanks Cuajete and Micky! Taking the in progress photos always helps me to keep up the motivation. Especially concerning extra detail work that is not out of the box.

Hanno Kleinecke
What an excellent result ! This would go for 1/48 without question 👍

Clifford Keesler
Very nice job.

Paweł W.
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Bernd Korte
Thanks Hanno, Clifford and Pawel! Your feedback is very motivating!

Thomas Bischoff
Brilliant work - would never thought this to be in 1:72!

Cuajete
Nice name plate, Bernd 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Top result! Chapeau.

Oleg Smilyk
Fantastic Gannet, absolutely top result, Bernd!

Pz_MelOtt
I love this. I want to build this in 1/72 now that you've done it right for me to follow.

Bernd Grün
Excellent build and paint job! 👌👌👌 Congratulation!

Bernd Korte
Thank you MellOtt and Bernd for your comments! Despite being short run, Sword has become one of my favorite brands as they tend to kit subjects overlooked by others.

Clifford Keesler
It turned out really great. I have 2 of them in the stash. @ Nathan, your wish has come to pass, The Airfix 1/48 one looks great. I want one!

Guy Rump
Beautiful build. 👍

Bernd Korte
Thanks Clifford and Guy! It is now more than two years since I completed the build..And the kit was purchased even longer ago. But I guess it has become topical again now that Sword has reissued the kit.

Tony Stark
That's an incredibly detailed build!
Can I ask what drill you used for the coper rod one wheel axle?
I have the drill buts but need the dremel/drill to use them.

Clifford Keesler
I think I saw where Sword is releasing a 1/48 scale version.

Bernd Korte
Thank you for your kind comments.
It's just a regular no name micro hand drill. You can find different models online and they cost about eight Euros.

David Orr
It may be an ugly duckling, but it makes a beautiful model. You did a fantastic job on it.

Daniel Mysak
Very well done, the Gunnet looks superb👍. Also nice to see some pics of all the hidden details in the pit and wheel bays. Sword kits are always a lot of work, but as you show, they are worth it.

Finn
Beautiful and awesome!

Michael Kohl
Quite a few Gannets seen around here lately. Yours is as well a nice model of this ugly bird.

Bernd Korte
Thank you for pushing my old build to the top of the news feed 🙂 Over time I became a true Sword fan and have quite a few of their kits in my stash or on my wishlist.
However, since the birth of my twins roughly 1.5 years ago I haven't had any time to start another one…

Tony Stark
Thanks for the info Bernd!
I have a few hobby drills but none fit my new drill bits and there simular to the ones you have.
Congrats on the top news feed build!

Peter Mollenhauer
Phantastic build, Bernd! My congrats!

Guillaume Blanchet
Very nice result! I like the paint job a lot.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice and realistic.

Vincent
very clean result. Great work!!!

Mathieu
Hi Guillaume, Villiers and Vincent! Thank you for your kind words mates! Very appreciated !
@Guillaume, seeing your past quality work, you should definitely try 1/32 models at some time!
Cheers

Guy Rump
Very impressive build Mathieu 👍

Gary Victory
You gotta love the P-40....Really nice work Mathieu. Great job Sir.

Neuling
Top build and presentation!

Rui S
Another Beauty 👍

Mathieu
Guy, Gary, Neuling & Rui! Thanks a lot for your kind words! Being finally able to put an album on theses P-40 builds restarted the warhawk fire burning inside, there are 2 teethed birds back on the bench. More in the appropriate album.
Cheers

James C
Gorgeous looking P-40 👍

Paul Moore
Looking at this, it makes me reconsider buying the GWH P-40 when I can buy this kit for $40. But then again, I don't have your skills. Beautiful model!

J35J
Great build! Congrats👍🏻

gorby
Beautiful model and photos!

Desert Marlin
Nice Tiger!!!

Eelco Gregoire
Great built Mathieu!

Hang Li
masterpiece!👍

Mathieu
Thanks guys for bringing this one back. I took great pleasure all along, except for the rear window and tail integration. Lot of filling and sanding.
@Paul, GWH Hawk is light years ahead, I have two in the stash and consider starting one in the near future.
Cheer

Roland Sachsenhofer
This project has been waiting long enough, now the time has come! The "shell", seen here, is quickly put together, the glued seams are still wet, so to speak. I plan to show the A90 in a proper dio - gliding just above the water!

Roland Sachsenhofer
With these pictures I am starting a project that I am deliberately building parallel to the Boeing 307 'Stratoliner': both aeroplanes are apparently based on the same concept and not only have identical designs, but also share components such as wings, landing gear and engines. The Academy kit has an excellent fit and a refreshing simplicity, so to speak: the interiors would be practically empty except for the simplest seats. So I borrowed a little from my etched parts box and fitted the metal seats with matching upholstery. It certainly looks better than originally! 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here as well 😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
That´s a pleasure!

Cuajete
Good interiors and magnificent detail on the seats 👍

Following (one more time)!

Pietro De Angelis
Fantastic interiors, waiting for another masterpiece!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Motivating words - thank you!

Roland Sachsenhofer
The fuselage halves are now together - the accuracy of fit remains excellent...

Cuajete
Roland, thanks for showing the comparison between the two fuselages 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
You're welcome - I always like something so descriptive myself

Juergen Klinglhuber
Schau ich mir an,....

Ben M
👀

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you both for your reactions. Jürgen und Ben!

Finn
Looking good - following

Dave Flitton
Watching!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you mates!
The pictures are no longer up to date, but show an important step forward: all clear parts are masked!

Roland Sachsenhofer
To avoid giving the impression that nothing has happened: the first layer of Alclad 'White Aluminium' has already been applied over this black!

Michael Kohl
Following.
(Finally you are building stuff I don't have 😜)

Nicolas
Great work so far, following.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Your comments are very appreciated- thank you!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Now the B-17B has its NMF dress and will not take it off: in the meantime I have sprayed a layer of gloss paint so that I can start applying the decals tomorrow.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Great work - looking forward to the next steps,....

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Jürgen!

Cuajete
NMF looks great, Roland! 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
That makes me very happy - thank you!
A few quick pictures of the current state: I tried to apply the decals yesterday, but the Academy material turned out to be extremely brittle. The beautiful decal marking in red-white-blue on the rudder was a complete self-destructior - and that to such a clear and impressive extent that I even wanted to take a photo of it, because it looked funny 🙂
Well, no big deal, I'll just spray this part myself. In general, the photos make it clear that the decals need to be repaired or even redone in some places.

Cuajete
Many times it is better to paint instead of using some decals. Luckily that has an easy solution, Roland. You do much more complicated arrangements than this and always have very good results. Cheer up!

Roland Sachsenhofer
These are encouraging words - thank you for them!

Roland Sachsenhofer
A few new pictures of the B-17B under construction: the tail is now in the characteristic red-white-blue colour scheme, now the phase begins in which the need for improvement and touch ups is recognised and the various small parts such as antennas, brake lines or the engines/cowling - well, here one can no longer speak of "small parts" due to the amount of etched parts. I can't wait to see how the clear parts have held up under the masking!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Die B-17B ist gestern fertig geworden; ein den letzten Tagen ein wenig foto-faul überfalle ich Euch jetzt mit den Bildern der fertig gestellten "Flying Fortress" in der ersten in Serie gebauten Version!
Wenn man so will, kann man sagen, dass die B-17 ein fotogenes Flugzeug abgibt; dazu trägt auch das blinkende NMF bei.
Die meisten Panel-Strukturen wurden nur mit unterschiedlichen Alclad- Metalltönen geschaffen, das Academy Modell selbst zeigt relativ wenig Strukturen
Ich bin jedenfalls froh, dass die ganze Abkleberei gut gegangen ist und die Klarteile zum größten Teil auch nichts an ihrer Klarheit eingebüßt haben. Bei den Fotos kommt ab und an als Größenvergleich eine Pilotenfigur und wie schon bei vielen 1:72 Modellen als "runing gag" mein Motorrad....
Ich hoffe die Bilder gefallen Euch so, wie mir der kurzweilige Bau Spaß gemacht hat- jetzt auf zum "zivilen" Bruder der B-17, der Boeing 307 Stratoliner!

Łukasz Gliński
My poor command of Tschürman tells me it's done - congrats, it looks very cool in this colourful NMF 👍

Clement
Fantastic work, well done!

Ben M
Wow, that looks great! I enjoyed seeing the progression.

Shar Dipree
Great result. 👍👍👍👍

Nicolas
Great result.

Zbynek Honzik
What a beauty, Roland! Great job! 👏👏👏

Finn
Well done indeed

gorby
WOW beautiful result!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Your comments make me very happy and motivate me - thank you for your encouraging words indeed, mates!

Guy Rump
Great job, congrats! 👍

Pietro De Angelis
Fantastic result, congrats!

Transall NG
Very nicely built !

Michael Kohl
Auch die bunte B17 ist wieder sehr schön geworden.

Neuling
Absolut! Sehr beeindruckende Aufnahmen vom Inneren des Flugzeuges!

Cuajete
Wow... fantastic result. Great NMF. I love it!
Congrats!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Your words are really much appreciated - I'm very happy about your recognition and the positive feedback, as you can imagine. I say a big thank you, mates!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Die B-17 ist super geworden! Ich mag die frühen Modelle mit ihren klaren fliesenden Konturen. Keine Türme nur Tropfenformen. 👍👍👍mal wieder ein kleines Kunstwerk!

Roland Sachsenhofer
With these pictures I open the book report on Roden's Junkers D.1: I tried to extend the interior with some steel wire, the seat belts are from Eduard. For the detailing I downloaded the very interesting building instructions from Wingnut Wings for the large D.1 in 1:32, which is quite helpful if you want to have a good documentation as a basis for detailing. I'm also going to realise one of the WW variants, which I immediately liked: all in Dural/ NMF with only a minimal set of markings.

gorby
Nice work so far. Looking forward to this. 🙂