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Daniel
Very neat work, looks killer!
Maybe you didnt glue the fins on the belly too tight? Cause those should be reversed 😉

Spanjaard
beautiful tomcat. nice choice of picture for the project album 🙂

Juskifo
It's nice thank you
@Daniel 😅 the cat was learning to swim in back crawl I noticed the mistake last night and luckily these pieces weren't glued 😬
we can count on your expert eye🤙

Daniel
Ah, good thing tamiya doesnt need glue 😉 now its mucho perfecto 👍

Juskifo
yes I replaced the photos of the incorrect assembly or almost 🤙

Alexander
Awesome and clean build + paintjob! 👍
Also great assembly of your (Tom)cats 😉

Joachim P.
Awesome from the build to the pictures, thank you for this pleasure! 🙂

Juskifo
it's nice of you thank you guys

Gary Curling
A fantastic model,the best l have seen on this site,and the photos just blow everything out of the water.Well done you must be pleased with it 👏

Juskifo
There are some very beautiful and well made ones on the forum
Thanks Gary

Neuling
Top build and photography! 👍👍

Juskifo
🙏🙏Tank you Neuling it's nice

Thomas Bischoff
another Jolly Roger cat 🙂
nice build 👍 but what happened to the black vertical stabilizer on picture 15? The surface looks spotty and rough

Spanjaard
wonderful cat(s)

Eric Thornton
Top kitties! 🙂

Jos Jansen
Nice presentation...!

Juskifo
Thanks to you modelers🙏
@Thomas all the black painted parts received
a set of matte and satin varnish to give a worn appearance

Michael Kohl
Beautiful Tomcat. And it flys!

Juskifo
it's nice Michael Yes it changes

Guy Rump
Very impressive. 👍

Juskifo
🙏Guy

CaptGPF
❤️❤️❤️ - love this Tomcat + your helpers.

Mark Sherwood
Modern jets ain't my thing. But that is one well turned out build. Congrats Jusfiko. 👍🥸🤟

Jennifer Franklin
Oh, love the babies, beautiful photography on the model. It came out really well, very nice work.

Mr D
Nice 👍👍
Amazing model and one of the best looking aircraft of all time, l built a 1:144 version and it's one of my favourites it's No:205
I was watching ( The final countdown ) movie..... there is some great footage in that of Jolly Rodgers Tomcats.....really nice n up close better than top gun.

Rui S
A Beauty 👍

gorby
Most of my scratch builds are in 1/48 and I make raised rivets by using a rivet wheel or pointed object on 0.2mm plastic sheet and then use that as a 'skin' for the model. This is the effect: 100% Scratch-Built Angry Slug – A7V in 1/48! | Album by gorby (1:48)

Alternately, Green Stuff World sell a rivet mould. Go to photos 73 & 74 of this album: Gorby's wondrously weird whatsit – The Fowler Steeplechaser | Album by gorby (1:48)

shadowlight
On photo 19 of the second album did you used the rivet wheel on a very thin sheet so you could "bend" the back side of the sheet around the round surface? It seems so - is it what you mean by "skin"? For 1/48 and the Green Stuff World only the smallest ones might be useable?

gorby
Yes that is what I mean by 'skin'. I found the best way to attach the skin to the model is by double using sided tape, or super glue on curved sections. The usual plastic glues melt the rivets.
The GSW mould - the smallest ones are good for largish rivets in 1/48.

shadowlight
Has no one experiences with rivet decals or other methods then rivet wheels?

Tony May
Interesting technique gorby, I never thought to use a tracing wheel on card stock & flip it to make raised rivets. Wouldn't the extra sheet of card stock put whatever was in 1/48 slightly out of scale though? Hmm.

shadowlight, I've never personally tried the 3D printed rivets on decals but I've seen some fantastic results. I'm obsessed with detail but even for me that's a bridge too far. I like the rivet wheel for 1/72 well enough because it allows you to bring them out with a good preshading treatment or an oil wash. Even as I say this it nags at me that I cannot apply a wash to the base of rivets & then dry brush highlights to the tops of them! This is becoming a dangerous topic for both my wallet & my modeling future. 😉

Pepe
Woooooooow!!!! Nice work

Rui S
Excellent. Great photos too 👍

The Blytonian
Nice. Enjoying the build?

Someday, fingers crossed. On my opportunity buy watchlist.

Desert Marlin
Yes! It's a great kit. I got one of the special edition with the white metal German Shepherd and the Ernst Rüdel figure. The combinations of parts between Jg 1 and Jg 2 are something to be mindful of however. There are several decals for the car parts so I'm still sorting through that. Time and care must be taken on the cockpit and the figures as there is a lot of posing and seating to be performed before everything is painted. And I am coming back to this one after having started it almost 15 years ago...

Desert Marlin
Completing the cockpit makes the whole project move along!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Rui S
I'm in too 😎
I've a big Stuka in my stash too, so I'm learning here.

Gary Victory
Really nice build and finish James, Love the base. Top Job Sir.....and "Fear the Bones".....

Juskifo
Superbe 👏 réalisation du matou

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Rui S
A Beauty 👍

gorby
Nice work!

Bozzer
Bloody hell Pedro, that's a nice shine! Good to see you, back on the dark side 😉

Martin Oostrom
She does look gorgeous. The black and blue make it a regal car indeed.

Peter Hardy
Marty, colours are all SMS, Midnight Blue, Bright Blue, some Cold Chrome but it is mostly kit chrome and SMS 2k Clear.

Peter Hardy
Thanks Gordy! Bozz I have the sore arm to back that up!

Alexander Grivonev
Nice work mate, shiny!👍

Spanjaard
so shiny it reflects all in your bench, wow Peter, fantastic job as usual!

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
great

Peter Hardy
Alex G, Spanjaard and Laurent thank you! T'was a long build but I like it! Hope you enjoyed the pics.

bughunter
B - E - A - U - T - I - F - U - L 👍

Peter Hardy
Thank you Bughunter!

Rui S
Shiny 👍

Martin von Schreckenstein
parada!

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Great job !

Spanjaard
gorgeous Nieuport, and with perfect rigging in 1/72! respect and admiration!

Alec K
Veeery nice 👍

Erik De Smet
beautiful Nieuport and well done. I am still struggling with this kit 🙁

David Henyk
I know what you are talking about, Erik. It wasn't easy build 🙁

Bozo
I would like highligh your entire job with this little jewel.
Inspiring.
Thank you for sharing

Marcin Dudek
1/72?! Are You kidding? It looks astonishing 👏

Simon O'Gorman
That looks brilliant. Great work.

Skyhiker
Really great job... Respect!

Guy Rump
Wow! great job! 👍

Curatorm
Very exquisite model. Fine job!

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful!

Lex Jassies
You're not kidding me, this is at least 1:48..........right? 😉

Neuling
So beautiful - model and photos!

Rui S
Wow, I like it 👍

Lebloge
Thanks for your «Like», Mates 🤝

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work.

Dave
Nice job. Looks great. I like how the supervisor decided that was time for a nap.

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Neuling
Good work. Crew and base wanted!

Lebloge
Thank you for your kind words 🫡
@Neuling-I unfortunately don't have your incredible talent for dio. I tried figurines a long time ago, without much results. So I stick to the vehicles that have always given me good times 😉
@Dave-for once the supervisor didn't fall asleep ON my equipment 😬

Neuling
Let the good times roll, Lebloge! 🙂 This M 113 looks very good.

gorby
Very nice!

Lebloge
Thanks a lot Gorby 🤝

Lebloge
thanks so much for all the like 🫡

Dietmar Bogatzki
Great building and paintjob, Lebloge 👍

Spanjaard
beautiful job on that M113 (very nice supervisor too 🙂 )

Michael Kohl
Decent looking factory fresh M113.

Lebloge
Thanks for the kind comments, lads 🤝

Mr James
Good work indeed. The added details are a great touch

Rui S
Very well done 👍 It deserves a base 🤔

Doubtingmango
Watching

Rui S
Me too 😎

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat too.

Neuling
Heavy but convincing weathering. Top fob!

Michael Kohl
So it is.

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work.

Kirill K.
Great model.

Doubtingmango
Great finish! You really pulled off the whitewash

Guy Rump
Lovely job. 👍

veenee
Thank you all, much appreciated!

Sergej I
Watching! Top riveting there, looks very exact and well cleaned after 👍

Tony Tonov
Great start, taking a seat 👍

Harald Besold
Impressive start! I'm really looking forward to the following photos.

Neil Patrick
Following. for sure. This looks like it will be epic!

DerMattes
Following 👍

Dave Flitton
Watching!!!!

Romain Sablou
Thank you ! Welcome aboard the Milk Run Special 😉

gorby
Remarkable work so far! Very impressive riveting.

Alec K
Taking a seat in the classroom 👍. What is happening in picture 8?

Живко Джаков
Following

Romain Sablou
Picture 8 : I screw up riveting on the second wing. 😅 I was thinking that doubling the number of rivet lines was a good idea on this part of the wing, turned out it wasn't...
I used Tamiya Surfacer to cover everything and start again

Alberto
Very promising start, I'm in!

Fabien
Wow impressionnant. super beau boulot

Alec K
Thanks for the explanation. I thought maybe you were implementing some hight end stressed skin technique 🙂. Amazing work all around 👍

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Romain Sablou
Thanks mates !

Et merci Fabien 🙂

Eric Thornton
+1 following

Guy Rump
Watching. 👍

Thomas Bischoff
watching too 👍

Christoph Kunz
Awesome! 👍
Taking also a seat.

Nicolas
Great work so far, following

Gary Victory
A real pain doing the riveting but so satisfying once it's done. Lovely work Romain.

Romain Sablou
Thank you all for your interest ! This is my first attempt on riveting an all airplane, I wouldn't say it was painful, but rather a looong and sometime tiring job. Overall I really enjoyed the experience and the satisfation when highlighting the rivets with a black wash 👌

Jakub Fiala
Very nice work, so far. Riveting looks perfect 👍 I´ve just ordered a new release of Edugawa F/G Marauder, so i will look for some inspiration here.

Romain Sablou
Thanks ! Yes, this new release of the F/G version is great news for all Marauder fan 👌

Dietmar Bogatzki
Fantastic riveting job and also the wash 👍

Alec K
Outstanding progress 👍

Romain Sablou
Thanks guys, glad to finally paint something after all this preliminary work !

Pietro De Angelis
Impressive work, congrats!

Bernhard Schrock
Great work especially you very exactly riveting job. Chapeau.

Jakub Fiala
Great progress, beautiful details!

Alec K
Superb work all around 👍

Mike Siemers
I'm in, can't wait to see the finished kit. Great job on the interior.

Romain Sablou
Thank you all for following this project 🙂

CaptGPF
Same with others - looking great!

Finn
Following

Tzonglin Wu
It is so incredible. Following.

Spanjaard
my respect for somebody who can do a complete riveting of a plane... and you said it was your first? how, that looks truly amazing! beautiful cockpit too!

Romain Sablou
Thank you all ! Yes first time, pretty happy with the result. I received good advices from my French "Sensei" Julien Haccoun 🙏

Alex Rakhimgulov
Outstanding project!

Dave
Beautiful details, this is looking amazing

Robert Podkoński
Looks awesome already! Keep it up, Romain!

Gary Victory
Totally echo Roberts's comments. Awesome work so far on this build Romain.

Christoph Kunz
👍 👍 👍

skyfox22
wow that's amazing how on earth did you get the finish so good

Alec K
Outstanding work on those invasion stripes 👍

Romain Sablou
Many thanks everyone ! It means a lot during this time consuming project. The finish is acheived by cleaning and polishing the model prior to paint stage. Then by using well diluted paint for thin and smooth coats of paint.

Gary Victory
NMF finishes are more work, but so much more rewarding when done. Super metallics for me definitely the metals paints available.

Yury
Why haven't I seen this miracle before?! Magnificent, super! Fabuleux!

Jakub Fiala
Those worn invasion stripes look great! 👍

CaptGPF
Agree with Alex, the invasion stripes are sooowell done. Roman - how are the Mr Hobby metallics compared to the AK Xtreme metals?

Romain Sablou
Thanks mates 🙂
Mr. Hobby Super Metallic pros : much stronger during weathering steps. cons : dilution can be tricky, not much choices in shades.
AK pros : more variety of color , perfect pre dilution for airbrush, cons : very sensitive to solvant during weathering, high drying time.

Tony Tonov
Great build, I've been following it from the beginning. Impressive result and attention to details. It is an inspiration for my next model 👍

Gary Victory
Absolutely love how this build is coming together. Love the paint work Romain.

Romain Sablou
Thanks guys ! I can't wait to fully dive into weathering

Clement
At this point, I feel like most of us are just speechless, your work is really awe inspiring!

Lebloge
😮 Just one word in mind...perfection ! 😮

Sven Schönyan
Tremendeous work and a extremely good result! What solvent do you use for manipulating the artist pen brushe colours?

Shar Dipree
Awesome work. The rivets alone enliven the model immensely and then the great paintwork and conclusive weathering. Very very beauftiful B-26 so far. 👍

Neuling
Same as Shar Dipree. 👍👍

Romain Sablou
@Clement, and I lack words to thank you all for your support on this long term project. Thanks again everyone ! 🙏
@Sven, I don't use any solvent, you can manipulate the ink fresh out of the pen. But if you still want to dilute or erase something, you can simply use tap water !

Sven Schönyan
Thank you Romain!

Rui S
Looking impecable 👍

Neil
Stunning work! 👏 And a really lovely informative build album 👍

Alec K
A biplane?!? Taking a seat for sure. Your engine looks nice and greasy 🙂 👍

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Alec! Yes, this is my very first project of WWI plane 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Good luck. 🥸👍

Simon O'Gorman
Really impressive.

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Mark and Simon!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Alec K
Cockpit looks excellent Jakube 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Jakub, the construction progress so far looks very good.
Maybe you'll find a liking in WWI models. 😉

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, mates!
Ludvíku, i must say, that i am enjoing it so far. But there will be more challenges later( riggings, lozenge....) So, i will see. But i believe, that WWII will remains my priority 🙂

bughunter
I'm a bit late in commenting do to my holiday - nice work so far!
Since there are some pitfalls: do you want a fun build or should it be correct?
Which specific serial do you plan to build?

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Frank!
I want to build 8244/17 of Jasta 54. This marking is, according Eduard instructions, just a reconstruction based on the description in the flight log, revealed in the Jasta Color book. So, in my opinion it will be difficult to buid it 100% correct 🙂 However, I will of course be grateful for any advice and recommendations

bughunter
Ok, on a Pfalz D.IIIa the engine is different. The very simplified Eduard (the pipe work on the lower end of the cylinders is the water, what you have painted dark red - but this is not much visible later) engine shows a older 160hp Mercedes D.III. This is especially shown by the valve train, which can be seen on top of the engine.
Two bolts on top, and the valve in the middle: [img1]

The later 185hp Mercedes D.IIIa was also available for some Pfalz D.III, and nearly all of Pfalz D.IIIa pictures shows this stronger version. The drawings I know too. The engine is a little bit bigger, but the valve train looks very different - four bolts and the valves rockers comes out of the side:
[img1]

Roden has a better representation of this engine (same sprue on all kits), and it is also more correct in size. That means I cannot get it into this model 🙁

No worries mate, only an expert will notice on the finished model 🙂

And regarding the wings: I strongly recommend Aviattic decals. The ones printed on clear paper (normal) and the ones printed on white for rib tapes. Or you use the Eduard rib tapes. I have some build logs explaining the usage.

Jakub Fiala
Thank you very much, Frank, for your help!
While going through the photos and drawings of the engines, I noticed that each type is different, but I was quite confused as to which engine was the right one. In the end I didn't deal with it and just tried to scratchbuild some visible details that are missing from the kit. For example the air pump, pipes and hoses leading from the radiator on the upper wing etc. I use the WnW manual and kit ( borrowed from a friend of mine) as the main source of information 🙂

Thanks for the advice on decals. I'll try to get the Aviattic ones. But I don't know if it will be easier for me to use the lozenge decals from the kit, which are already prepared in the shape of a wing. I will see...

Alec K
Regardless the path you take, I am sure this will be a superb build 🙂👍

Michael Kohl
Following with interest.

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Alec! I hope I won't disappoint you 🙂
Welcome here, Michael.

bughunter
Yes, the WNW manuals are a good source! You can download the manuals as PDF, the web site is still available.
But I suggest to download all what you need (also for other projects) soon. The site was away for a while already and I heard rumors that it was paid then for some additional time only.

For the Linux users among us, I suggest using "wget" with the recursive option so you can get all the PDFs, reference images and more to your hard drive without making millions of clicks,

CaptGPF
Ditto - following!

Jakub Fiala
I heard the same, bughunter. Nobody knows, how long the WnW site will be available.

Jakub Fiala
I added a few external details from PE, Evergreen, and my favourite plastic yogurt container 🙂
The fuselage with lower wing is almost ready to paint.

bughunter
Good progress!
It's nice to see some reused ideas! 😉

Jakub Fiala
Thanks!

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Am I too late to take a seat? 😊

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Jakub Fiala
Thanks and welcome here, guys!

gorby
Fantastic work so far.

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Gorby!

Alec K
Superb progress Jakube. The tail skid looks very authentic, as do the rigging buckles 👍

Ben M
This sure looks nice!

Jakub Fiala
Thank you Alec and Ben

Spanjaard
looks really great so far

Ludvík Kružík
Jakub, you're doing a good job. All the detail you put into it looks very good and adds credibility to the model. 👍

Jakub Fiala
Thanks a lot Ludvíku and Spanjaard

Jakub Fiala
I sprayed the colors on the fuselage and applied the first layer of lozenge decal from Eduard. Unfortunately, I could not find those from Aviattic at any of the e-shops. I have to admit I'm too lazy to order them directly from the UK manufacturer 🙂

Mark Sherwood
The Pfalz is looking good Jakub, despite the mishaps. I have had similar problems, even though I de-tacked the tape. Still it looks like it's coming good. 🤘🥸🤟

Mr D
Looking great... Definitely a future model for me, lve not built an Eduard yet.
Good luck with next steps 😀👍

Ludvík Kružík
Accidents like this always hurt. But you did a great job fixing it.

What manufacturer did you use for the lozenge decals?

Alec K
Very nice! What silver paint did you use? Looks excellent.

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, mates!
As you wrote, these masking troubles sometimes happens. Luckily, this one was easy to fix.
Ludvíku, lozenge decals are Eduard. It´s in my previous comment, with an explanation why 🙂
Alec, the silver paint is Tamiya LP-11. I would say, it´s very similar to a "classic" gunze C-8

bughunter
Good progress 👍 When I saw picture 31, my first thought was "Nice weathering!" 😉
I once read that almost all liquid masking agents are based on latex, and that needs ammonia as a thinner to keep it liquid. But ammonia also attacks acrylic paints 🙁

Jakub Fiala
Yes Frank i thought that thing with weathering too 😄. But I wasn't sure if it wasn't nonsense, so I resprayed it instead.

Jakub Fiala
Added new photos. I finished applying decals and spraying paints. Now I will try to add some weathering before the final assembly.

Bohrmann
I am new to modelling and I enjoy every picture I see here, full of admiration for the details and degree of finish. Then when I realise how small this model is I am blown off my feet. Fantastic.

Pietro De Angelis
Fantastic build, congrats!

Desert Marlin
Looks great! I'm waiting for more pictures!

Desert Marlin
The pre-rigging provides some great ideas! Thanks for those pictures!
Photo #26 is in millimeters?

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, mates, for your kind comments!
Yes Desert Marlin, it is in milimeters

Marek Nagy
👍 to bude na bednu.

Jakub Fiala
😄 dík Máro!
Ale nejdřív ho musím včas dodělat ...

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Spanjaard
excellent

Zbynek Honzik
Very nice!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Rui S
Excellent 👍