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Живко Джаков
Interesting start!

Simon O'Gorman
I felt very uncomfortable cutting out the fuselage sections - I'd never done that before - but with the doors dropped open it means the cockpit will be more open.

Ben M
Watching… I built this one last year.

Simon O'Gorman
Ah, cool! It's my first go at airbrushing and all going very slowly. But I'll get there in the end.

Michael Jonker
Great show. Watching with interest 🍿

LucLuke B
I'll be building this one soonish so am following.

Alex K
Me too... I've built the ancient-tool Airfix, but I have also bought the new one, and watching your work progress helps a lot.

Simon O'Gorman
Ah, look forward to seeing how you go lads. I'm no expert I'm afraid but you may pick up some tips as to what not to do
🙂

Ben M
Watching.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Following too. Good job so far, keep it up!

Andy M
Never built a biplane before so watching this with interest!

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Robert. Slow going, but I'll get there.

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice work, looking forward to seeing a finished model. 👍

Dave
Watching progress on this one, looks good.

Łukasz Gliński
Joining the party , looks promising 👍

Thomas Espe
👀

Benny Michiels
Following.

Andy Ball
Terrific journalism on this build, I see the learning curve has yielded results! Bravo.

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Andy, I'm recording the all the disasters along with the little wins. And the learning curve has been dramatic!

Ethan Flory
Looking very good Simon!!

Simon O'Gorman
Thank you Ethan, and to everyone above. Encouraging comments are like a little shot adrenaline. They are all very much appreciated.

Nicolas
Looks very good so far. Joining for the final.

Simon O'Gorman
Thanks Nicolas, nearly there!

Alec K
Nice work there, looks like it was a fruitful learning journey 👍

Guy Rump
Nice result! 👍

LucLuke B
Well done. It looks like a fiddly model to build.

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

gorby
It's almost as if I know how special this dio will be. 😉

Cristian A
Definitely watching this one!

Ricardo Reis
Welcome Cristian; it'll be a slow build, together with the Su-27 I'm building simultaneously 🙂

Skyhiker
👀

Desert Marlin
Gonna be great!!!

Guy Rump
Another aircraft from the Special Hobby stable, this one my first Finnish Air Force plane. 👍

Guy Rump
Made a start on this one. The internals colour is Vallejo Model Air Light gull gray. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Moreno B, Rui, Sukhoi242, Gergo T, Djordje N, Bernd G & 1 other mate. 👍

Nicolas
I'm very intrestet in finish wwII planes, following.

Guy Rump
Fuselage together, wings and tailplane added. Filler required on fit between fuselage and wings. 🙂

Welcome aboard Nicolas. 👍

Many thanks for your interest and likes Matti T, Duster_d, Jocaj & Franck D. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest, too.

Guy Rump
Nose/engine now fitted. 🙂

Welcome Robert! 👍

Many thanks for your interest and likes Robert P, Neil & Vincent. 👍

Guy Rump
Cockpit masked and added. Primer applied and pre-shading of panels etc. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Dave A. 👍

Guy Rump
Vallejo Model Air Light Gull Gray added all over as base colour. This will be the main underside colour. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Живко Джаков & walaroo. 👍

Guy Rump
Camouflage added to top of aircraft Vallejo Model Air NATO Black, Dark Slate Grey & Light Gull Grey. RLM04 used for the stripe and underside of wings. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes William J & airjuneau. 👍

Guy Rump
Decals now added. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Patryk S

Marco Gallmann
A rare subject, I cannot remind if I ever seen this Aircraft before. I will take a seat and looking forward to the further progress.

Moreno Baruffini
Well done on the camo and the decals! I have a similar plane I my stash, following with interest!

Guy Rump
I now declare this aircraft completed. The aircraft denoted was flown by 2 Lt Veikko Taina of 3.LLv 30 at Hyvinkaa in Oct 1941. Thanks for joining me mates. 🙂

A warm welcome Marco & Moreno, both of you pull up a stool. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Saerani, Marco G, LynC, Ignacio vB & Pietro DA. 👍

Nicolas
Nice result Guy.

Moreno Baruffini
I agree, well done!

Marco Gallmann
Thanks Guy and congratulations for the final result, looks great 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Ben M, Cuajete, Daniel K, Freak & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks Nicolas, Moreno & Marco for your very kind comments. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Sebastian M & Neil P 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Remco v H, Ignacio v B & Villiers DV. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes scaleffect & Dom S. 👍

Sebastijan Videc
great job! -got a couple waiting for me in the stash

J35J
Great work Guy!👍🏻

Guy Rump
Many thanks for your kind comments Sebastijan & J35J. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Sebastijan V, J35J, Lukasz G, Marc & 2 other mates. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes David C, Sebastien C & LucLuke. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Andrew B, megagnome & Lukas M. 👍

Thomas E.
Do you know Finnish Wartime Archive? If you like: www.sa-kuva.fi
There is a search engine. Type in: Fokker
May be you are interested.

Guy Rump
Thanks for the information Thomas, I've had a look and it's really good, many thanks. 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Thomas E. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes SM, Noel B & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Lost Erik & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Dave F. 👍

Stephen Lesley
Easily one of your best. Just nailed the camo to perfection.

Guy Rump
Thank you for your kind comment Stephen, I greatly appreciate it. 🙂 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Stephen L & Ravlich01. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Derek B. 👍

bughunter
Oh, the place of our dreams - realized true to scale 👍

gorby
Nice work!

Jorge Ferreira
Ó Ricardo achas mesmo que essas decals 3d têm bom aspecto ? Na foto não acho.

Spanjaard
those 3D decals look good, but the details in the original cockpit look just amazing!

Desert Marlin
The 3D decals seem like a mixed bag...

Ricardo Reis
@Jorge, têm sim... o problema é que o cockpit tem o detalhes ainda mais definido, é mesmo lindo, o sacana...

@Spanjaard, the details in the cockpit are more crisp than the details on the decals... it breaks my heart! 🙁

@Desert Marlin, yup, quite. :\

Ben M
You might leave a comment on the 3d decal page so people know what they're getting in to.

Ricardo Reis
@Ben, with GWH this is always the case, I had to do the same thing with my F-15 some years ago; Eduard has done it better, because they always have parts with details and parts that are flat, for this purpose

Cristian A
Grabbing a seat!

Ricardo Reis
Welcome @Cristian

Guy Rump
Vallejo Model Air Interior Green & Black for inside fuselage. Bomb bay, Vallejo Model Air Black & Silver for structure, BS Dark Green for bombs.

Guy Rump
Fuselage together. I am using the newer Airfix version of the Eduard masks which seem to fit the clear parts ok so far...

Guy Rump
Very welcome as usual Roland 🙂

Guy Rump
Primer on and shading completed, ready for painting very soon. 🙂

Guy Rump
Thanks Roland, it's coming along very slowly at the moment...hopefully I will get a move on and make some further progress soon 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo BS Dark Green and BS Earth applied to the top of aircraft. 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo Black applied to fuselage, wings and tail.

Guy Rump
Undercarriage engine completed. Second one almost done as well. 🙂

Guy Rump
Finally regarded as complete. My first attempt at a 4 engined bomber and my first attempt at rigging (aerial wires).

The aircraft denoted here is from 1943. PH-H (LM321) was the Squadron marking of 12 Sqn RAF. LM321 flew with a number of Squadrons including 460, 550 and 100. It was finally lost on the night of 10/11 June 1944 over Acheres.

Two pilots that flew in PH-H with 12 Squadron were Flight Leader Sqn Ldr FS Knight and Pilot Officer Thomas Forbes.
Thomas Forbes flew PH-H on 22 June 1943 on an operation to Mulheim whilst serving with 12 Sqn C Flight. Plt Offr Forbes was killed in action on an operation to Turin on 12 July 1943.
C Flight leader Sqn Ldr Knight and his crew failed to return from an operation to Cologne on 28 June 1943. Four are buried in Dutch cemeteries and three are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Their average age was 23.

Guy Rump
Many thanks Roland 🙂

Guy Rump
Thanks for the like Albert. 👍

Guy Rump
Thanks for the like Carlos C 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Tom B. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Matti T, Mark S, Cuajete & 2 other mates. 👍

Guy Rump
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Landlubber Mike
Wow this is beautiful! Well done!

Guy Rump
Many thanks for your very kind comment Landlubber Mike, I greatly appreciate it. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Transall NG, Duster_d, Landlubber Mike, Zbynek H, J35J, Edouard C, William J & 1 other mate. 👍

István Szücs
Great work!

Guy Rump
Thanks for your very kind comment Istvan! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Gary, Martin, Istvan S, Richard D & Neil. 👍

Stephen Lesley
What a superb build. Nailed the colours and the "feel" of the Lancaster. I must also commend you on your consistently excellent work with Vallejo paints. When applied correctly they are outstanding and so smooth.

Guy Rump
Many thanks for your very kind comment Stephen, I really appreciate it. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Stephen L, Dave, Rona, Mr D & Djordje N. 👍