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Torsten
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Munkyslut
That's fantastic!
My favourite Gerry Anderson TV prog back in the early 70's, such cool machines, the SHADO's, the Interceptors, even Strakers car

Konrad -
Nice 👍

Spanjaard
Fantastic job gorbygould!!! I have to remember your gorbygamy technique!

gorby
I'm glad you like it, I'm quite pleased how it turned out.
Thanks for taking the time to comment. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
That astronaut on the ground reminded me of something. I saw a clip from a movie about some war on the moon. It made me think about the fact that war on earth is bad enough but war in space is horrifying. When you get shot on earth you can hide in a ditch, take some rest, tend to your wound and either go back to base or into the fight. If you get shot in space and it penetrates your suit your done for, you just die, no amount of bandages can help you in the few seconds you have. The last thing you see is the vast emptiness of space and/or the person who killed you. Your body dosent even decompose into the earth. You just lay there till you get back to earth or incinerated. Wow, see gorby a good build makes a person think about more than what meets the eye, this build is a perfect example. It makes you think. 11/10

gorby
Thanks Kesa. That's an interesting point.

Alec K
Very cool! No wip? 😢

gorby
Thanks Alec. There was a wip but unfortunately the site it was on disappeared. 🙁

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Nice job 👍👍

gorby
Thanks Hans. 👍

Mark Sherwood
UFO. One the best Gerry Anderson TV series. As far as world building and back story, intelligent scripts. Two things though the Moon Base Interceptors should of had cannons in case those humoungous missile's missed and Gabrielle Drake, fuelled a lot of fever dreams in my early teens. I could of been eleven though!

gorby
It seems we had a similar youthful love interest. 🙂
Thanks for the comment Mark.

Mark Sherwood
You're welcome, Gorby. 👍

Neuling
Respect for the scratchwork!

gorby
Thanks Neuling. 🙂

Bohrmann
Very nice job gorby. Scratchbuilding is still a special discipline in modelling, one that you clearly master..

gorby
Thanks very much Bohrmann, with scratch-building I think I still have plenty to learn. 🙂

Doubtingmango
Love that camo!

Eelco Gregoire
Mooi pitje Sid! Het ziet er allemaal weer top uit.

Sid de Koning
Thanks guys!

John
Beautiful Spit, Sid. Love the paintjob and details. Looks like Eduard couldn't decide between A and B camo but you caught it.

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.