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Alberto Michieletto
a ajouté un nouvel album.
8 26 April, 14:37
Guy Rump
Interesting build, following. 👍
 26 April, 15:20
Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat for sure!
 26 April, 16:24
Ben M
👁️👁️
 26 April, 17:05
Ben M
Ah here's the album. Looks good so far 🛟
 26 April, 17:05
Alberto Michieletto Auteur
Thank you very much! Unfortunately, there are a few issues... some decals have deteriorated over time, and the red stripe didn't turn out as it should have.
 26 April, 17:30
Rui S
That's a diferent one. Looking good 👍
 28 April, 21:48
Ben M
Progress looks great
 1 May, 02:55
Nick Dragone
Curious as to what others use as a gloss, satin and dull coat. The best dull coat I have found and use is Testors Dullcoat from the bottle airbrushed. As far as gloss I use Quik Shine floor polish airbrushed. I haven't found a good choice for satin however. I'm not sure if a 50 50 mix of Testors Dullcoat and Quik Shine are compatible? Thoughts ?
1 1 May, 00:10
Desert Marlin
So far, depending on what it's being sprayed over, I like the Mr. Color Gloss.
 1 May, 00:24
Nick Dragone Auteur
I have also used Liquitex artists mediums but I'm not 100% convinced with them.
1  1 May, 00:54
Ben M
I like the Vallejo flat coat. It's duller than dullcote and far less toxic and expensive.

For gloss I use Tamiya x-22 and I like the result but it's $$$
 1 May, 02:52
Nir Levy
a ajouté un nouvel album.
5 30 April, 08:30
Rui S
A Beauty 👍
1  30 April, 12:06
Mike Thomas
Very nice!
 1 May, 02:26
Ben M
Really cool!
 1 May, 02:49
Curtis Caden
a ajouté un nouvel album.
7 18 January, 00:54
Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.
 1 May, 01:09
Mike Thomas
Wow. Is that ever....green! I like it!
 1 May, 02:20
Rui Reis
a ajouté un nouvel album.
12 27 June 2023, 19:40
CaptGPF
Wow! I can't believe I didn't see this! I love the dramatic, yet subtle mods! ❤️❤️❤️
1  1 May, 01:09
Curtis Caden
a ajouté un nouvel album.
6 18 January, 00:58
Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.
 1 May, 01:09
Curtis Caden
a ajouté un nouvel album.
4 18 January, 00:51
Curtis Caden Auteur
The 1957 Ford Fairlane has appeared in several movies, including Thunder Road, Die Another Day, and The Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
 18 January, 21:08
Villiers de Vos
A nice colour combination. Beautiful work.
 1 May, 01:08
Curtis Caden
a ajouté un nouvel album.
17 18 January, 01:09
Bozzer
That's amazing, mate!
 18 January, 06:41
Curtis Caden Auteur
Thanks Bozzer. It is for a club monthly contest coming up on Villains. Elsewhere you will find my Joker Goon car. Harley Quinn (Dr. Harleen Frances Quinzel, PhD) a former psychologist who fell in love with the Joker during her internship at Gotham City's Arkham Asylum. She has transformed into the Joker's villainous accomplice Harley Quinn. Her relationship with the Joker is known for its abusive and codependent nature. Harley Quinn possesses multiple superhuman abilities, having won a gymnastics scholarship at Gotham City's Gotham State University. Harley Quinn is skilled in using various weapons, often employing weaponized clown-themed gag items, including pop guns, rubber chickens, and a gun that shoots a boxing glove, as well as oversized pistols and mallets, the latter being her signature weapon.
1  18 January, 21:05
Rui S
Beautiful work 👍
 19 January, 17:03
Curtis Caden Auteur
Thank you Rui S. Perhaps not as interesting as the Polar Lights Coca-Cola or Herbie but it is for a contest of Villain vehicles.
 25 January, 21:42
Villiers de Vos
I love the bug.
 1 May, 01:07
Curtis Caden
a ajouté un nouvel album.
8 3 April, 18:05
Villiers de Vos
A nice clean build.
 1 May, 01:04
Curtis Caden
a ajouté un nouvel album.
6 15 April, 21:39
Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.
 1 May, 01:04
Curtis Caden
a ajouté un nouvel album.
8 15 April, 21:43
Villiers de Vos
A real head turner.
 1 May, 01:03
Curtis Caden
a ajouté un nouvel album.
12 11 October 2024, 00:41
Ben M
Never seen stars like those before. Looks cool.
 11 October 2024, 02:12
Curtis Caden Auteur
An interesting build. We have a club contest in November for dive bombers. I selected this one because it seemed like a good kit to build. I was a bit concerned about painting the canopy, but a fellow club member told me that FrogTape® Delicate Surface Painter's Tape worked great. It allows you to see where to cut as it is somewhat translucent. The aircraft is two-tone although my paint choices may not have brought that out as well as it could be done. As to the stars, all I can say is that it is a Navy aircraft!
 11 October 2024, 17:40
Ben M
The canopy masking is super precise.
 11 October 2024, 21:22
Troy Campbell
Niiicccceeee!!!! Great work..
 17 April, 20:40
Curtis Caden Auteur
Thank you Ben M and Troy Campbell. No masks available so I used FrogTape® Delicate Surface Painter's Tape. It is translucent enough and much cheaper than Tamiya tape.
1  1 May, 01:02
Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.
1  1 May, 01:03
Chrisswe
a ajouté un nouvel album.
39 16 December 2024, 18:05
Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.
 19 December 2024, 03:12
Chrisswe Auteur
Hope I can make it interesting to follow.
The kit doesn't seem very complicated and the Eduard photo etch is mild level. Just the open doors are a new thing for me. They might cause problems when painting and building modules together.
1  20 December 2024, 11:12
Guy Rump
Following too! 👍
 19 January, 20:05
Chrisswe Auteur
Progress has been slow but I got some work done last days.
1  19 January, 20:23
Jörg Schäfer
Come on board too.
1  23 February, 08:51
Chrisswe Auteur
I think this project will pick up pace now when I have finished Schleswig-holstein. This is the first ship I build with waterline option and it was very hard to fix the hull seam. I did several cycles of filling, sanding and priming and still it is very visible.
 23 February, 09:06
Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.
 23 February, 19:00
Chrisswe Auteur
Thanks Villiers! My daughter asked me today if I had only built two ships and one small plane after working such a long time. She looked incredulous when I told her that was actually the case🙂
2  23 February, 20:57
CaptGPF
The notorious "pocket battleship" Graf Spee! Taking a seat for this one!
1  27 February, 20:14
Alec K
Had this in my stash for years, watching with interest 👍
1  21 March, 21:25
David Taylor
Watching.
1  21 March, 21:37
Jan Peters
Cool subject, will follow this 👀
 4 April, 18:01
Villiers de Vos
Very nice clean lines on the hull. My respect working with the small and delicate photo etch assemblies.
 4 April, 19:00
Chrisswe Auteur
Thanks Villiers! The PE isn't very complicated on this kit but I do feel I have made improvements since my last ship.
1  4 April, 19:52
Agnius
Following. Nice progress!
 10 April, 19:33
Chrisswe Auteur
Thanks Agnius. I'm trying to stay focused on this project and progress has been good lately.
Unfortunately I had an accident today, I dropped the turmmast on the floor and two PE pieces were knocked off. I think it is repairable and could have been much worse.
 10 April, 20:16
J35J
Great progress!👍🏻
1  10 April, 20:20
Ricardo Reis
Nice, following!
 10 April, 20:59
Jörg Schäfer
Fantastically painted. 👍
1  11 April, 11:19
Chrisswe Auteur
Thanks J35J, Ricardo and Jörg! I'm happy with the painting, trying to find the right balance between the contrast effects and realism. I know ww2 ships and planes shouldn't look like space marines but I like when shading and highlights make models pop a little.
1  11 April, 12:57
Rui S
Looking Great 👍
 13 April, 15:07
Chrisswe Auteur
Thanks Rui! I hope I can surpass my previous work.
 13 April, 17:58
Chrisswe Auteur
Working on the boats and the result is ok for my Graf Spee. But comparing them with the boats Jörg are doing is like comparing a kids crayon painting with the Mona Lisa😥
1  30 April, 18:35
Jörg Schäfer
Come on, your boats look very good. And I build on a larger scale, which is easier. 😉
 30 April, 18:57
Villiers de Vos
Very good progress. Exceptional detail painting skills.
 1 May, 01:02
Patryk S.
a ajouté un nouvel album.
31 images
Bell XP-77View album, image #31Nouveau: 30 April, 18:10
1:72
Decalling done. I chose 915 in her later stages of testing - aparently after hand over to USAAF. I identified 4 liveries...
Projet: Bell XP-77
1:72 Bell XP-77 (Special Hobby SH72012)1:72 P-39 Airacobra Stencils (Foxbot 72-031)1:72 3D Surface Panels decal (Eduard ER72004)
46 10 February 2022, 20:20
Patryk S. Auteur
As I travel often between Germany and Poland and did move my workshop to DEU I decided to duplicate it in Poland as to not loose time without my hobby. This is my first pararel project in the workbench in Poland. Another short run.
 10 February 2022, 20:31
Cuajete
Unusual model... Following!
Lucky to have duplicated your workshop 🙂 👍
 10 February 2022, 20:46
Guy Rump
Watching 👍
 10 February 2022, 20:52
Patryk S. Auteur
Cleaned up the wing today and deepened the first wheel well. Did use pattex sos glue to fill the edges. I can not reccomend this glue enough - it works far better than any filler and is easy to sand. I use it also as glue where possible as it gives a strong join.
 11 February 2022, 19:53
Patryk S. Auteur
@Cuajete and Guy: welcome! I bought jut the tools needed to do simple kits so I do not waste my time on not modeling 🙂
 11 February 2022, 19:59
Patryk S. Auteur
Deepend the second wheel well and removed the injection stubs. The plastic is very hard to sand but very easy prone to overscraping wit a scalpel blade. This is going to be a greater challenge than the hawk.
 13 February 2022, 18:54
Cuajete
Good job so far 👍
 13 February 2022, 19:28
Villiers de Vos
This little gem will need a lot of TLC. I looking forward to following your progress.
 14 February 2022, 01:35
Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest for sure! (just a word of warning here, Patryk - I remeber from one review of this kit that the vacu canopy is too small - have you checked it already?)
 22 February 2022, 20:44
Daniel Klink
You're a brave man Patryk 🙂
Following👍
 22 February 2022, 20:45
Patryk S. Auteur
Thank you for joining Robert and Daniel! @Robert: I did a search for builds of this kit - there is a problem with canopy fit but nothing not to overcome. I did actualy stumble on an open canopy picture of the XP-77 during the search - the canopy didn't slide back but went rotating downwards flush into the fuselage so only the front frame is visible after opening. If I will have to much problems with fit I might replicate it in the open position.
 23 February 2022, 12:55
Vincent
Well this is interesting good luck on this one!!!
 23 February 2022, 13:34
Robert Podkoński
Open canopy surely would add more interest to this fascinating plane, Patryk 😉
 23 February 2022, 13:38
Patryk S. Auteur
Managed to cut of and sand the resin from the castings block, unfortunately breaking the rear cockpit wall in the proces. Glued it and the control stick to the tub with pattex sos glue. Additionaly i managed to prime the resin parts.
Thank you for joining and the comments Mates!
 6 March 2022, 16:41
Patryk S. Auteur
Dry fitted the resin inserts - they fit very good to the fuselage halves - no sidewall trimming needed. After that I primed the back portion of the seat and the insides of the fuselage.
 13 March 2022, 17:40
Łukasz Gliński
Missed this one so far. Thx for the glue tip 👍
 15 March 2022, 21:41
Neil
Following also mate 👍👀
 15 March 2022, 23:32
Patryk S. Auteur
Thanks for joining Łukasz and Neil!
 16 March 2022, 12:23
Patryk S. Auteur
First layer on the resin parts and fuselage interior painted. I prefer to brush paint small parts in this scale, saves a lot of time of paintbrush cleaning and after a clear coat and wash you don't actually see any difference. The Ranger V770 engine on 99% of pictures I have seen was pained Neutral Gray, so I went with this suggestion. The instruction states that it was black.
 18 March 2022, 14:59
Patryk S. Auteur
Second layer on. Started some detail painting in the cockpit and did clean up some of the kits parts. Thank you for joining Villiers!
 19 March 2022, 17:44
Cuajete
Well done so far 👍
 19 March 2022, 18:19
Patryk S. Auteur
Did some rought preliminary detail painting on the seat and engine - it will be corrected after the second layer. Need to get sone rust and copper colors from my workbench in Germany to finish the engine detail paintig. Did also test fit the exaust ports to the fuselage sides - much trimming was needed for both the ports and fulelage to get a good fit. You can see the difference - lower on the picture is the fuselage side which is allready corrected.
 20 March 2022, 18:24
Patryk S. Auteur
More datail painting and silver drybrushing for the seat and cockpit. Small corrections needed, the camera catches more than my eyes. Next a coat of clear flat and a dark wash awaits.
 28 March 2022, 10:37
Patryk S. Auteur
Managed to glue the cockpit together, working on parts cleanup, which is extremely difficult due to the plastic beeing extremely sanding paper resistant. Reworking the exhaust system to beter match the original.
 22 May 2022, 16:30
Robert Podkoński
I am impressed with your perseverance here, Patryk. Keep it up!
 22 May 2022, 17:02
Patryk S. Auteur
Thank you Robert!
 26 May 2022, 07:31
Patryk S. Auteur
Cleaned up all of the parts and sanded them to 2500 grit, now they are ready for priming. Assembled the propeller and glued the engine front in one of the fuselage sides.
 25 December 2022, 16:44
Robert Blaschke
Fingers crossed 🙂
One of special features of this plane was, that the canopy was not opening by sliding, but rotating backwards into the back fuselage. 🙂
Youtube Video
 
 25 December 2022, 23:23
Patryk S. Auteur
Thank You for this valuable reference Robert! It helped to solve some questions that I had, might reeork the exhaust system after seeing this.
 26 December 2022, 08:28
Patryk S. Auteur
Primed the small parts with the 1st layer of Tamiya spray matt black.
 26 December 2022, 18:08
Patryk S. Auteur
Did prime the other side of the small parts with the 1st layer of tamiya black matt. Rescribed one side of the fuselage as the original scribing was almost invisible and added a document pocket to make the cocpit a bit more busy. Did also put the first layer of Interrior green to the front wheel bay.
 30 December 2022, 18:32
Cuajete
👍
 31 December 2022, 19:38
Patryk S. Auteur
Glued the wheel bay and cockpit to the fuselage side today. No issues with fit.
 3 January 2023, 20:39
Cuajete
That sounds really good, Patryk 👍
 3 January 2023, 21:10
Moreno Baruffini
I agree with Cuajete, very good!
 3 January 2023, 21:22
Patryk S. Auteur
Thanks Mates, dry fitted the fuselage halves together and no issues besides some putty will be needed in the lower part of the front fuselage. The wing will need some shimming of material where it meets the front wheel bay but nothing significant. Having more fun with this one than the P-36 or the mainstream U-2A.
 3 January 2023, 21:39
Patryk S. Auteur
Some advice needed dear Mates: what glue is best to use by vacuform canopies? This is my first attempt, do not want to mess it up.
 3 January 2023, 21:41
Robert Podkoński
In such cases I first glue some pieces of stretched sprue (made square-ish in section first with a knife) around the edge of the opening (in distance from the outer edge equal-ish to the canopy thickness) and then I use drops of thin cyanoacrylate glue one-by-one letting each flow under the edge of the canopy and dry for few seconds before applying the next one... But it is quite time and nerve consuming...
 3 January 2023, 21:49
Patryk S. Auteur
Thanks for the advice Robert!
 3 January 2023, 21:55
Łukasz Gliński
Well, I guess there are as many ideas as the mates who use the vacu canopies. I'm afraid of putting together transparent parts and CA glue, so I either stick to some sort of PVA/Kristal Klear (forget the sanding afterwards) or UV glue (usually Bondic, can be sanded after drying very well in UV light).
 4 January 2023, 11:12
Patryk S. Auteur
Thank You for the advice Łukasz, maybe the ye olde card modeling technique wil be also a feasible solution - butapren glue 😜
 4 January 2023, 17:14
Patryk S. Auteur
Will look for the Bondic if its available also.
 4 January 2023, 17:15
Robert Podkoński
Bondic is a good idea, much less risky than CA glue - the UV setting glue was available in Germany under Revell brand too (I bought such a set few years ago while visiting Erfurt)
 4 January 2023, 17:59
Łukasz Gliński
Ahhh, butapren, never forget 😁How did it go?
- Granma, have you seen my butapren?
- Nope, but have you seen that dragon in the kitchen?
For the non-Polish readers: this glue used to contain trichloroethylene when we were young 😄
 4 January 2023, 18:42
Thomas Espe
Oi, missed this one so far. 👀
Looking good
 4 January 2023, 19:58
Patryk S. Auteur
Welcome Thomas!
@Łukasz: Thats a good one😂. I remeber in my town the nice lady that worked in the shop that had then in the 90's would sell me only one tube at a time because she was concerned about my health.😜 I was a card modeler for many years, converted to plastic only a few years ago.
 4 January 2023, 21:06
Patryk S. Auteur
@Robert: Thanks, I will try too look it up next week in Germany.
 4 January 2023, 21:08
Cuajete
In injected plastic, it usually works to protect the cockpit from the ciano by immersing it in Future (or similar) and letting it dry before gluing with ciano. In vacu I don't know, but I guess it will work too. However, I wouldn't risk it if you only have one copy of the vacu.
 5 January 2023, 20:00
Patryk S. Auteur
@Cuajete: thank you, this is an interresting method indeed. Thinking about making an opened canopy which will reduce the effort and show more detail in the cockpit.
 6 January 2023, 20:17
Patryk S. Auteur
Progress so far. Added weight to the fuselage an closed it. Managed to paint most of the small parts also. Fit was good in regards of joining the fuselage. A long sanding session awaits in order to get a smooth effect before adding black primer. Also rescribed the panel lines as they were too shalow. Also need to rework the exhaust in the closed position as depicted on the reference I got.
 1 May 2023, 15:30
Robert Podkoński
Keep it up, Patryk!
 1 May 2023, 15:38
Patryk S. Auteur
I will Robert! It will be done, currently working on 5 projects divided between homes in Poland and Germany, so it might take some time. Thanks for still beeing here!
 1 May 2023, 15:42
Jennifer Franklin
Looking good, keep it up!
 1 May 2023, 17:14
Patryk S. Auteur
Thank You Jennifer!
 2 May 2023, 19:57
S M
Good dedication on details. Following!
 3 May 2023, 18:12
Thomas Espe
👀
 4 May 2023, 19:56
Patryk S. Auteur
Welcome S M and Thomas! Thanks for watching!
 5 May 2023, 06:04
Patryk S. Auteur
Update: scribed the lover wing using photo s and the 1:48 czech model kit as references. Small corrections will be needed but under a few coats of black primer and then silver the effect will be ok. The kit had almost no detail on the underside of the wing.
 19 August 2023, 19:06
Cuajete
Good progress 👍
 19 August 2023, 20:53
Patryk S. Auteur
The fight continues. Rescribed the right side and reworked the exhaust according to photos and the czech model kit. Painted all the small bits. Looks maybe a bit rough on the picture but pretty much ok for the normal eye - it will be refined before priming
 22 December 2023, 19:15
Robert Podkoński
It is good to see some progress here. Keep it up, Patryk!
 22 December 2023, 20:34
Cuajete
I agree with Robert 👍
 7 January 2024, 19:51
Patryk S. Auteur
Thank you Robert and Cuajete!
 7 January 2024, 19:58
Patryk S. Auteur
The fight continues. Did attach the wings to the fuselage, the fit was very poor. I filled the gaps with pattex sos glue which I use as filler with very good results. Sanded one side with 800 grit sanding paper and got a flush join.
 27 January 2024, 17:58
Nicolas
I'm taking a seat.
 27 January 2024, 20:21
Patryk S. Auteur
Welcome Nicolas!
 27 January 2024, 20:22
Cuajete
Good progress.
 27 January 2024, 20:42
Patryk S. Auteur
Done also with the other side with rescribing, reshaping of the exhhaust system anf filling and sanding gaps between the wing and the fuselage. The underside awaits.
 31 January 2024, 12:06
Michael Kohl
The old Special Hobby kits are not for the faint of heart.
Keep going. Looks good what you achieved so far.
I like the Pattex super glue too.
 31 January 2024, 19:47
Patryk S. Auteur
Thank you for you kind comment Michael! I am satisfied with the progress so far as it is a very challenging kit to get right.
 31 January 2024, 20:04
Patryk S. Auteur
Work continues. Rescribed and scribed all the missing detail as seen on period photos. Got over the hardest part which was canopy attachment. Dipped it with a german equivalent of future clear first, then fitted it to the fuselage and carefully worked around it with super glue to good effect. Need to do this a few times in order to blend the canopy into the fuselage. There were some gaps between the canopy and fuselage but they were filled succesfully with super glue.
 8 April 2024, 17:36
Robert Podkoński
Great job with the canopy, Patryk! The finish line is on a horizon now 😉
 8 April 2024, 18:37
Cuajete
Patryk, you did well to immerse the transparent part in Future to protect it from the gases produced by the cyano.
You are doing a fantastic job with this kit 👍
 8 April 2024, 18:50
Patryk S. Auteur
Thank you for your kind comment. The build will still take some time as I want to experiment with the new eduard 3d panels and see if they can withstand spray can painting. I will try to coat them with this german Future gloss equvalent as I already tested it on decals and several spray can paints and sealers and this stuff withstands everything I was able to test it on to this time.
 9 April 2024, 10:37
Patryk S. Auteur
Completed the sanding around the canopy. I am very satisfied with the result. It is maybe not visible on the picture but I managed to get a flush connection of the canopy to the fuselage.
 21 April 2024, 18:21
Patryk S. Auteur
Attached the horizontal stabilisers with pattex gel glue to have time to tweak their position as they do not have any attachment points. Had to sand both to get a similar look as one was bigger as the other. It is ready for painting, now on to test the eduard panel decals and to see how they stick to the plastic and react to tamiya spray paints.
 22 May 2024, 18:32
Cuajete
Well done so far 👍
 23 May 2024, 18:13
Patryk S. Auteur
Thank You Cuajete!
 23 May 2024, 18:44
Patryk S. Auteur
Propeller done.
 26 May 2024, 18:10
Patryk S. Auteur
The fight continues. Corrected the rudder and reshaped the nose a bit to more resemble the original - unfotunately the ca gel I used went into reaction with the painted resin engine and I need to repaint it after I paint the fuselage. Did prime it with the first coat but unfortunately found many areas to correct - its an old short run after all. Did rework the cooling system - it looks better live then on the picture. I think it begins to turn out ok. Time for the next coat.
1  10 March, 20:43
Daniel Klink
Respect.your endurance is really impressive 👍
1  10 March, 20:46
Patryk S. Auteur
Thank you Daniel. No kit gets left behind on my bench😜
2  10 March, 20:48
Łukasz Gliński
Respect keep it up 👍 It looks really smooth on the last pic
1  10 March, 21:03
Patryk S. Auteur
Thank you Łukasz!
 10 March, 21:05
Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.
1  10 March, 21:08
Michael Kohl
Keep it up. Looking good.
 10 March, 22:12
Jennifer Franklin
The propellor looks good. Looking good in general.
 11 March, 02:22
Cuajete
I agree with the mates 👍
Cheer up!
1  11 March, 19:52
Moreno Baruffini
I also agree with the above!!!! 👍🏼
 12 March, 06:40
Patryk S. Auteur
Thank you for you kind comments Mates!
1  12 March, 20:12
Patryk S. Auteur
After 3 surface correction sessions it is finally ready for the first coat of paint.
3  10 April, 17:54
Patryk S. Auteur
Main paint job done. Now on to seal it and to start detail painting.
1  15 April, 17:56
Villiers de Vos
Nice progress.
 15 April, 18:15
Łukasz Gliński
That's shiny 👍
 16 April, 19:27
Patryk S. Auteur
Paint work sealed and small detail painting done. The panel lines were highlighted with tamiya panel line accent black. Next  another gloss coat and decalling. The model is too glossy so I decided that the final coats will be matt.
 19 April, 19:14
Jennifer Franklin
It's a gorgeous silver.
 19 April, 22:02
Patryk S. Auteur
Thanks Jennifer!
 19 April, 22:15
Patryk S. Auteur
Decalling done. I chose 915 in her later stages of testing - aparently after hand over to USAAF. I identified 4 liveries that 915 had in her lifespan:
1. Without stenciling with Bell logo;
2. Without logo, with stenciling, gun ports covered;
3. Without logo, modified stenciling, gun ports open;
4. Gate guard without stenciling with red added to stars and bars, big type description on nose an stripes on rudder.
The first 3 also have been seen on 916.
I went for option 3 as it is good documented besides the uderside of the fuselage. I used FOXBOT P-39 AIRACOBRA stencils. The kit decals are somewhat brittle - if using the microscale system do not set as this will give you only a few seconds untill the decal is immovable which I learned the hard way on the upper wing national marking. Sol is enough after the decal settled on its own. I did the same with the FOXBOT decals and it worked fine. Upper and underside decals are my best guess based on the P-39 layout - no photos of the underside exist to my knowledge and the upperside is hard to see.
3  30 April, 18:11
Cuajete
Looks great, Patryk 👍
1  30 April, 18:18
Robert Podkoński
I agree with Cuajete. The finish line is on the horizon... 😉
 30 April, 19:03
Villiers de Vos
Fantastic progress. It is an inspirational build.
 1 May, 01:00
Ben M
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24 29 September 2024, 22:28
Ben M Auteur
Hmm. I realize now I should have painted the deck first. It's my first ship.
 30 September 2024, 01:03
gorby
Good grief this kit is older than me. I thought it was just dinosaurs which are older than me. 😄
Interested to see what you can do with it.
 14 December 2024, 09:38
Martin Oostrom
And people actually crossed oceans in these oversized bathtubs
 14 December 2024, 12:14
Ben M Auteur
Yeah this kit is one of the oldest I've built. Still, going to try to make it look good.
 14 December 2024, 14:46
Robert Podkoński
Cool!
 14 December 2024, 15:10
Jan Peters
It looks quite toy like, but it is a cool subject.
Will follow this 👀
1  14 December 2024, 15:14
Ben M Auteur
This is a very helpful reference: Youtube Video
 
2  14 December 2024, 15:26
gorby
The video was fascinating, thanks for posting.
 14 December 2024, 16:22
Jennifer Franklin
I'm excited, this looks to be a bigger project. Do you know how many pieces there are?
 4 January, 22:18
Ben M Auteur
Hi Jennifer, not that many. It's an old kit from the 50s.
 5 January, 00:05
Jennifer Franklin
Well, 100% for the character.
 5 January, 00:41
Naram
following
 1 February, 04:29
Troy Campbell
Oooh nice Ben!!
Grabing a chair and popcorn!
 16 February, 16:47
Ben M Auteur
Major colors now blocked out. Need to do next round of masking and painting after the blue dries.
1  19 April, 18:14
Ben M Auteur
Painted after masking and did some detail painting. Will have to mask and paint the hull two more times I think.
1  21 April, 01:55
ScaleModelAndCoffee
Nice, a shipyard! Following.
 29 April, 07:35
kab5100
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20 images
MyAlbumView album, image #4
1:32
1:32 Ho 229B (Takom 32002)
4 21 April, 01:44
gorby
Excellent work!
1  21 April, 08:59
Corentin Donzé
what's the lore behind this model ? why does it have russian markings ?
1  30 April, 16:24
Hans-Jürgen Haag
👍🥰
1  30 April, 18:48
Robert Podkoński
Great work! (there were a lot of russians fighing on the side of Nazis during II WW, see for example: feldgrau.com/WW2-German-RONA-Kaminski-Brigade/)
1  30 April, 19:09
kab5100 Auteur
Since this very variant of ho-229 is just huge What-if, I decided to go down this What-if route even further. It's not just a russian marking, it represent, at least in my fantasy, the infamous Russian Liberation Army(Русская освободительная армия). I saw a fictional picture of me-262 in ROA camouflage and marking before and when I decided to build this model I thought the ROA markings would be fine here.
 1 May, 00:48
Jan Peters
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28 25 March 2021, 11:26
Jan Peters Auteur
Sticking to the Japanese theme, this was staring at me from my stash, begging to be build 🙂
Being a Meng kit, this will be a treat after the AZ kikka....
 25 March 2021, 11:29
Skyhiker
This will be fun.
 25 March 2021, 19:25
Sebastian Meyner
Following 🙂 👍
 25 March 2021, 19:33
Jan Peters Auteur
No pressure then 🙂
 25 March 2021, 23:37
Jan Peters Auteur
This is now ready for paint, hope to paint it this weekend if I can find the time 🙂
 26 March 2021, 17:50
Skyhiker
Sweet
 27 March 2021, 20:01
Daniel Klink
Ah very cool Jan is infected with the Nippon What If Virus...🙂
Well done and great progress so far Mate 👍
 1 April 2021, 12:22
Jan Peters Auteur
Thanks Daniel.
I was infected a while ago, seems the incubation time is over now 🙂
 1 April 2021, 12:33
Daniel Klink
You got a Reppu or Keiun in your stash?
perhaps an idea for a mini gb in the future 🙂
 1 April 2021, 12:51
Jan Peters Auteur
No, I have not, I do have a zero, Ki98 and a shiden though.... Zero Group build would be Nice
 1 April 2021, 13:20
Daniel Klink
Always wanted to take a hand on the A6M8 by Hasegawa that sleeps in my stash for nearly 20 years now.
Mitsubishi A6M8 Zero Fighter Type 54/64 (Hasegawa 51946, 1:72)

51946
 
 1 April 2021, 13:36
Sebastian Meyner
Very nice progress Jan 👍
Did I just hear Zero GB?! 🙂 I'm in!

@Daniel: Is that the A6M8 with resin cowling and so on? I use to have one but ended p using it for spares since I was not impressed with the quality of the resin parts. A couple of years back Hasegawa issued another A6M8 in all plastic (kit no. 09821) You can still pick one up for under 25,-€. Worth having a look 😉

Mitsubishi A6M8 Zero Fighter Type 54/64 (Hasegawa 09821, 1:48)

09821
 
 1 April 2021, 13:45
Jan Peters Auteur
I have a 1:72 hasegawa A6M3 in my stash, was just about to start on a Hurricane, but like the thought of a zero gb......
Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero Fighter Type 22 (Hasegawa 51315, 1:72)

51315
 
 1 April 2021, 14:02
Daniel Klink
Hi Sebastian,. Yes the Resin Cast is the reason why the kit is still in its box🙂
But 1/48 is not my scale sorry
 1 April 2021, 14:04
Jan Peters Auteur
Scalemates Mitsubishi A6M Zero Group build 2021 (1. Aprilie pana cand 31. Decembrie, )
Just added the group build to the list of events 🙂
 1 April 2021, 14:24
Sebastian Meyner
Daniel I have the utmost respect for you '1:72 people' 👍 I'm currently working on Arma's Yak-1 in said scale....boy I couldn't do that kind of tiny stuff all the time 😛

So....who's creating the GB then?! 😄
 1 April 2021, 14:26
Jan Peters Auteur
Allready created Sebastian 🙂
 1 April 2021, 14:29
Sebastian Meyner
👍
 1 April 2021, 14:29
Jan Peters Auteur
Ready for weathering and chipping
 2 April 2021, 11:50
Sebastian Meyner
Nice chipping Jan 👍 What did you use for the chipping?
 2 April 2021, 13:25
Jan Peters Auteur
All done!🙂
Thanks Sebastian, I used valejo aluminium and new wood and a fine brush for the chipping.
 2 April 2021, 13:30
Sebastian Meyner
Very well done Jan!
 2 April 2021, 13:44
Jan Peters Auteur
Thanks Sebastian!
 3 April 2021, 12:00
Jan Peters Auteur
Thanks Roland 🙂
 3 April 2021, 19:06
Simon Nagorsnik
I like this one, i've never seen before- nice!
 10 October 2021, 13:22
Jan Peters Auteur
Thanks Simon
 10 October 2021, 13:27
Skyhiker
Very nice.
 12 October 2021, 16:57
Jan Peters Auteur
Thanks Skywalker
 12 October 2021, 19:19
Finn
Cool
1  30 April, 19:29
Jan Peters Auteur
Thanks Finn!
 30 April, 21:13
Mark K
Excelent!
 1 May, 00:38
Ricardo Reis
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6 30 April, 21:22
Mark K
Great work - love the camouflage pattern!
 1 May, 00:36
Eddie Bosano-Andrews
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11 27 April, 14:43
J35J
Great outcome of the that challenging kit, well done!👍🏻
1  30 April, 21:49
Eddie Bosano-Andrews Auteur
Thank you.
I may have gone a little heavy on the weathering as I was trying out some new techniques.
 30 April, 23:26
Mark K
Looks great to me!
 1 May, 00:31
Alexander Grivonev
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14 30 April, 08:55
Rui S
Excellent work 👍 As always.
1  30 April, 12:06
Dave
Nice paint work, great effects.
1  30 April, 14:11
subotai
Before someone else will say it: looks like 1:35 😄
1  30 April, 15:12
Spanjaard
i wish my 1/35 models would look half as good as your 1/72, amazing!
1  30 April, 15:24
Jeremias H
Amazing detailing! Colours on the three-tone camo blend nicely together.
 30 April, 23:52
Mark K
Very nice!
 1 May, 00:30
Ricardo Reis
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22 images
Focke-Wolf Fw 190F-8 (WIP)View album, image #22Nouveau: 30 April, 21:19
1:72
And it's finished - the problem with the corrugated surface from the chipping fluid is still there, but disguised!
1:72 Focke-Wulf Fw190 F-8/A-8 (Airfix A02066)1:72 Fw 190F-8 (Eduard 73505)1:72 Focke Wulf Fw 190A-5/A-9 wheels & paint masks (Aires 7237)2+
35 6 February, 20:28
J K
Following with interest
 8 February, 20:05
Ricardo Reis Auteur
Welcome J K
 8 February, 20:07
Sergej I
Following! Looks great so far!
 10 March, 13:59
Ricardo Reis Auteur
Hello, thank you and welcome 🙂
 10 March, 17:44
Clement
What a bummer to see that paint crack. I hope you'll be able to save it.
 25 April, 20:14
Ricardo Reis Auteur
Thanks... the cracked paint is "fixable"... more worried now about the weird texture... I think I'll spend a fair amount of varnish + sanding to disguised it...
 25 April, 23:48
Ricardo Reis Auteur
That's a wrap! Thank you for following, final photos can be found here: Focke-Wolf Fw 190F-8 | Album by RReis (1:72)
 30 April, 23:34
Jakub Fiala
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2 30 April, 22:23
Doubtingmango
Great cockpit detail!
 30 April, 23:16
Mark Sherwood
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35 4 March, 22:01
Dave Flitton
Nice start!
1  4 March, 22:47
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Cheers Dave. 🤟🥸🤘
1  5 March, 06:24
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Thank you Matti and the previous two Mate's for the likes. 🤘🥸🤟
 5 March, 06:25
Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!
1  8 March, 10:50
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Could be a painful watch Robert. 🤣🤟🥸🤘🤣
 8 March, 10:53
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Thank you Pietro for the like. 🤘🥸🤟
1  8 March, 17:47
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Thanks Neil for the like. 🤟🥸🤘
 13 March, 05:25
Gary Curling
The cockpit is looking good
1  13 March, 07:36
gorby
Plonking me bum down to take in the show. 🙂
1  13 March, 07:41
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Cheers Gary, Gorby as I mentioned to Robert it could be painful and a meandering journey of bitter tears, but you are welcome. 🤘🥸🤟
1  13 March, 08:43
Gary Curling
Its all practise,and a sign of a good modeler if they can turn a kit around,Good luck with it.
 13 March, 11:13
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Cheers Gary, but you may see a phenomenon over at M'bro me turning 360 in frustration. 👍🤣🤘
 13 March, 12:33
John
She's looking good, Mark! 👍
1  21 March, 20:14
Jakub Fiala
Hello Mark, it looks good to me 👍 The cockpit is really nice. Keep the good work going on! For example, on picture 11, i can´t find any imperfection 😄
1  22 March, 10:51
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Hi Jakub, I hold up my hands I copied/referenced the cockpit from your current excellent build of the aerial police car. I must admit too that Pic' 11 was one of my better projects 😜and the subsequent six that followed. 🥴👍🤣🤘🥸🤟😜
1  22 March, 11:01
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Thank you John for the like and everyone else too who pushed the button. 🤟🥸🤘
 22 March, 11:04
Guy Rump
I'm late but following now. Looking good, Mark! 👍
1  22 March, 13:51
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Thank you Guy. 👍🥸🤘
 22 March, 14:46
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Thanks Lorraine. 🤟🥸🤘
 22 March, 17:34
Jakub Fiala
You're doing it right, Mark. Diversifying projects is important 👍 😄
1  22 March, 17:52
Mark Sherwood Auteur
J35J, thanks for the like. 🤘🥸🤟
 22 March, 19:41
Neil
Sand, pint, sand, pint, sand, nah! Pint! 🍺 Pint! 🍺 Pint! 🍺 Good work so far mate.
1  22 March, 19:53
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Like the sound of that Neil👍 Going forward that shall be my working practice 😅 Cheers for the compliment too. 🤟🥸🤘
1  23 March, 12:19
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Thanks for the like Rui. 👍🥸🤟
 23 March, 12:20
neo
pic No. 6, the real a/c has this offset of the "centerline" at this part. Please check references.
 23 March, 13:24
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Thanks neo for the pointer. But I'm building it O.O.B. And to be honest I really don't care, if it looks fairly like a 109 then it looks like a 109.
1  23 March, 15:38
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Cheers Lebloge for the like. 🤟🥸🤘
 23 March, 15:39
Mark Sherwood Auteur
neo sent me a PM, explaining the misunderstanding. So, if you're going to like my reply I would hesitate to hit the button. Many thanks Mates.
 23 March, 16:15
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Cheers Tino for the like.👍🥸🤘
 23 March, 16:48
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Thanks for the like Johannes. 🤟🥸🤘
 29 March, 19:50
Doubtingmango
Keep fighting Mark! Love the Eduard kits, but I always laugh at the "Weekend Edition" title. I mean you still need to eat, sleep, use the bathroom…
2  29 March, 22:55
Mark Sherwood Auteur
True. Doubtingmango (Fuck, I'm exhausted typing that out) can we shorten it to Dou, or go? Besides the Loo and Fries, Yer gotta ave' a Beer. I'll werk' the Heavy Bag termerrow ' at the gym 🙄😅 Ave' A Good Un' Mate 🤟🥸🤘
1  29 March, 23:32
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Thank you John, for the like and everyone else too who liked the album. 👍🥸👍
 5 April, 04:25
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Villers thank you for the like and everyone else who liked too.
 5 April, 10:25
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Cheers Gary for the like. 👍🥸🤘
 5 April, 12:18
Nick Dragone
Nice start and I feel your pain. I just finished a Hasagawa/Dragon FW190 from 1992. At the time of purchase this was state of the art. I finished it and posted the results on my page if you care to look, but I couldn't wait for it to be done. It came very close to a life on the Shelf of Doom but escaped that fate. 😀
1  8 April, 16:31
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Thank you for the like Alberto. 🤟🥸🤘
 10 April, 16:45
Nick Dragone
😄😄agreed ! Eduard had great box art but nothing beats a Tamiya build. Beautiful work on this one. Can't wait until the final pictures.
1  16 April, 01:24
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Nick, Eduard. Nice box art, enticing, beguiling and alluring. Detail Mhmmm! Construction infuriating, decals frustrating. Still like them however. I think I have just described Marriage 😳 😅
1  16 April, 10:18
Desert Marlin
Still looks fantastic! Fortunately, it looks like the black is the most effected in the decals. I would sand with high grit (2500 or higher) paper and then paint the black... Looks great so far!
1  16 April, 15:54
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Desert Marlin thanks yes she's kept her looks. You are right about the black, there was some indication on the other crosses in that grey blooms were appearing. I used a cotton bud to press them out, but unfortunately when applying solution to that cross it broke. I agree way to go high grit and paint, but I'll let them settle a bit longer. 🤘🥸👍
1  16 April, 16:49
Desert Marlin
Aye! Great work!
1  16 April, 16:55
Rui S
Looking Great 👍
1  25 April, 17:46
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Cheers Rui S. 🤟🥸🤘
 25 April, 18:30
Doubtingmango
Nice progress!
1  25 April, 19:33
John
Keep fighting the good fight Mark. Looks like the end is in sight! Nice mottle job by the way 👍
1  25 April, 19:38
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Doubtingmango, John thank you both for the compliments. Aye John just the dangley bits and sticky out bits to put on and final weathering etc. 🤘🥸👍
 26 April, 07:34
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Thanks again Sergej I. 🤘👍
 27 April, 19:10
Mark Sherwood Auteur
Cheers Alessandro. 🤘🥸🤟
 27 April, 21:10
Gary Curling
Look great
 30 April, 22:51
★ Starfish ★
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12 26 April, 18:57
Rui S
Beautiful models 👍 Thx for sharing.
1  28 April, 21:40
Spanjaard
great exhibition, thanks for sharing!
1  28 April, 22:09
DerMattes
Looking forward to the Eurofighter build with the new decals 👍
1  30 April, 16:58
★ Starfish ★ Auteur
@DerMattes I've been working on them since I returned from the show. It's a challenge to say the least... 😅
 30 April, 21:26
S M
Thanks for sharing! I spotted one MikroMir's Draken. Great to see ones built.
1  30 April, 21:44
J35J
Thanks for sharing, great exhibition! Is the ME 323 in 1/72? it is a quite big build😅
1  30 April, 21:46
★ Starfish ★ Auteur
@J35J the 323 is 1/32! It absolutely stole the show!
 30 April, 22:48
David Orr
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10 images
Italeri Fiat 131 AbarthView album, image #1
1:24
One of my favourite Fiat's from the 1970's. You don't see many around in New Zealand any more as they have mostly rusted...
1:24 Fiat 131 Abarth (Italeri 3621)
11 23 April, 12:02
George Williams
Nicely done, David, I don't think the rust problem is unique to New Zealand.
 30 April, 12:33
David Orr Auteur
Thanks George. You're right, the rust issue was everywhere. There's a beautiful late model 131 near me that somehow survived. It's so nice to see it driving around.
 30 April, 22:18
Arnold Mertens
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30 April, 20:22
Rui S
Beautiful work 👍 photo 15 could be the teaser in my opinion 🤔
 30 April, 21:29
Jason Marson
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7 17 December 2024, 01:53
Mr D
Very nice... looking great 👍👍 well done 👏 Nice to see this version 😃
1  30 April, 21:22
Martin Weinpold
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47 24 January, 16:34
Nicolas
I'm in. Great start. 👍
1  25 January, 17:37
Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat too. (Remember to install the rear/dorsal window (CP 8 ) before installing the wing - in the way proposed in the instructions it does not work well...)
2  26 January, 07:15
Martin Weinpold Auteur
Thanks, Robert!
 26 January, 08:38
Thomas Kolb
Looks promising! I will be watching this!
1  26 January, 09:47
Łukasz Gliński
Following, built this kit some time ago too
1  27 January, 10:37
Oleg Bogolei
Following
1  27 January, 10:42
Michael Kohl
Following too.
1  27 January, 11:07
Zbynek Honzik
Taking a seat.
1  27 January, 12:04
Martin Weinpold Auteur
Progress! Love these colors. ❤️
 29 January, 14:12
Skyhiker
Grand
1  9 February, 13:29
Nicolas
Looks great.
1  9 February, 14:07
CaptGPF
👀
1  1 March, 15:46
Finn
I'm in
1  1 March, 20:26
Martin Weinpold Auteur
Done!!!
 29 April, 14:51
Łukasz Gliński
Very well done indeed! Great to see you coped well with the transparencies, which are the weakest part of this kit in my opinion 👍
1  29 April, 15:18
Guy Rump
Very nice build! 👍
1  29 April, 18:55
Robert Podkoński
Terrific model and photos, Martin! Congrats!
1  29 April, 19:01
Mark K
Great!
1  29 April, 19:11
Michael Kohl
Turned out really nice.
1  29 April, 21:29
Martin Weinpold Auteur
Thanks all mates!
 30 April, 04:58
Neuling
Very well done! 👍
1  30 April, 06:02
Rui S
Beautiful work 👍
2  30 April, 12:08
Neil
Agree with Rui 👍
 30 April, 21:18
Neil
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42 images
ESCI/Humbrol | No. 4060 | 1:48 | Aermacchi MB-326K ImpalaView album, image #1
1:48
2023/24: OOB build of the vintage '81 ESCI 1/48 kit.
1:48 Aermacchi MB-326K IMPALA (ESCI 4060)
53 4 December 2023, 11:03
gorby
Looking good so far.
1  11 April 2024, 14:40
Neil Auteur
Thanks Gorby! 🙂 and to others for liking also. Pretty much finished this one now, armament added, etc... More images to come soon... 👍
 12 July 2024, 11:22
Felix
fantastic paintjob, superb subtle weathering!
1  13 October 2024, 17:52
Desert Marlin
Very nice!
1  14 October 2024, 13:14
Neil Auteur
Hi Felix and Desert Marlin. Thanks very much for your kind words. I have a few builds that are now complete, so reveal images coming for a handful of albums soon! 😉 Thanks also for the likes all 👍
1  14 October 2024, 20:17
Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍
1  14 October 2024, 20:55
Neil Auteur
Thanks Guy! 👍
 15 October 2024, 10:07
Neil Auteur
Hi mates 🙂 Here's another build I've finally crossed the finishing line with! Have got around to adding the reveal photos, hope you like it 🙂 enjoyed this one, a pretty tidy kit tbh 👍
1  29 April, 10:00
Rui S
Beautiful work 👍
1  29 April, 13:40
Guy Rump
A real beauty, congrats! 👍
1  29 April, 14:25
Jose Freire
Great build. Congrats.
1  29 April, 15:32
Martin Weinpold
Fantastic.
1  29 April, 18:04
Mark Sherwood
Oh Ho! Very nice. 🤟🥸👍
1  29 April, 18:51
Neil Auteur
Thanks mates! You're all very kind to comment and say such nice stuff 😊 I really enjoyed this build. For an old Esci kit, I think it built up pretty sweet! Albeit simplistic by today's standards I appreciate. Thanks also to those who have seperately liked too 👍
1  30 April, 21:17
Łukasz Gliński
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36 6 March, 20:16
Łukasz Gliński Auteur
While being on holidays last week I came across this kit in the local hobby store.
I was very happy to get it, but disappointment appeared when I looked at it more closely back home - Hasegawa kit with raised panel lines! 😮
So, I decided to give it a quick go, no rescribing included.
 6 March, 20:18
Robert Podkoński
Taking a (back) seat! 😉
 6 March, 20:30
Lost_Erik
Agreed; Have fun with it regardless of panel lines!
 7 March, 00:39
Cuajete
Hi Łukasz! I had this kit, but I changed it when the Platz one came out. I'm sure this Hasegawa one will have a magnificent finish in your hands.
Nice cockpit 👍
 7 March, 19:33
Łukasz Gliński Auteur
Thx, I believe Platz is way better, but after bringing it 9000kms back home, I decided to stop hunting for Platz, it's a very rare sight!
 7 March, 21:06
Michael Kohl
I'm in.
 8 March, 11:20
Finn
As I
 8 March, 19:14
Łukasz Gliński Auteur
Welcome mates!
Of course I wouldn't be myself if I haven't started adding some handmade details.
I try to restrict it to cockpit only so far 😄
I plan to start priming next.
 12 March, 19:50
Cuajete
Those details look good, Łukasz 👍
Now it looks like a Fuji T-1.
 13 March, 19:30
Thomas Kolb
Wow, a model of an aircraft I haven't heard of! Will it be red and white like the photo?
 13 March, 21:19
Łukasz Gliński Auteur
So it would seem 😉
 13 March, 21:27
Djordje Nikolic
Love it and that camo will be interesting. Every time when I hear Fuji I think film cameras hah
1  14 March, 04:23
Adam Gudynowski
Following
 14 March, 10:32
Thomas Kolb
Cool! Glossy red-and-white is my nemesis, so I will take notes.
 14 March, 10:51
Nicolas
I'm watching as well.
 14 March, 15:08
Łukasz Gliński Auteur
Welcome to my little white and red project.
Tomorrow I'm off for Bytom Scale Modelling Festival, but I hope to spray something on Sunday.
2  14 March, 15:45
Juergen Klinglhuber
checking this one out,...interesting
 15 March, 17:37
Łukasz Gliński Auteur
Herzlich wilkommen JK 👍
I managed to spray some pink this evening, enjoy 🙂
 15 March, 21:15
Łukasz Gliński Auteur
The plan was to highlight the raised panel lines with a pencil and wash the recessed ones with dark gray marker and then to cover everything in white until they're slightly visible.
I have the feeling my cunning plan worked so far.
 18 March, 19:59
Cuajete
I also think it works... Or so it seems to me 👍
 18 March, 20:42
Thomas Kolb
Clever trick with the pencil, I have a set of AK acrylic pencils, and I will definitely try them.
1  18 March, 20:52
Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍
 18 March, 21:35
Łukasz Gliński Auteur
Started decalling and well the decals' fit is poor if not worse- see the pics.
Luckily Signal Red marker by AK is almost the same shade of red. And the orange will be corrected using AK orange marker too.
2  22 March, 20:40
Lost_Erik
👍
1  22 March, 20:49
Skyhiker
Sweet
1  6 April, 00:40
Thomas Kolb
This is coming along quite nicely! Great save on the decal misalignment issue with the AK paints.
1  6 April, 08:33
Cuajete
I agree with Thomas 👍
1  6 April, 17:53
Lost_Erik
Looking good!
1  7 April, 04:46
Adam Gudynowski
Nice!
1  7 April, 10:26
Łukasz Gliński Auteur
Completed. Not very happy with the raised panel lines and the thick decals, but here it is.
Will add some daylight pics tomorrow.
1  30 April, 21:15
Jan Peters
a ajouté un nouvel album.
40 images
U96 Das Boot View album, image #40
1:144
Finally delivered to its new owner :-)
1:144 Das Boot Collector's Edition (Revell 05675)1:350 German WWII ensign flags STEEL (Eduard 53234)1:144 U-Boot im Focus Typ IIB + VIIC (Luftfahrtverlag Start LD 005)
51 1 December 2022, 05:15
Treehugger
A really nice model, shape wise,
Btw, Revell is about to release a 1:144 kit of the IX submarine. Apparently the kit has been delayed from earlier this year, release still pending by the looks of it. Some have preorders put up, but I'll wait for it to come in stock at my local hobby store.
 28 November 2023, 10:16
Jan Peters Auteur
I've seen the test shots at the Dutch IPMS show last Saturday, I must say it looked rather crude. It's supposed to be available in 2024
 28 November 2023, 11:08
Jan Peters Auteur
I have just found out the U-boot on the poster is in fact U-572, not U-96.
The picture has been taken from the bridge of U-96 by Buchheim, who was on board of U-96 as a war correspondent. The picture is printed in his book U-boot krieg.
en.wikipedia.org/wik..oned%20on%2029%20May.
 2 December 2023, 14:54
Jan Peters Auteur
Rudders and screws added.
This is a really nice model indeed 🙂
 4 December 2023, 15:46
Jan Peters Auteur
Still working on this, very slowly 🙂
 17 December 2023, 12:22
Jan Peters Auteur
Very little progress made 🤔
 6 January 2024, 16:46
Jan Peters Auteur
About ready for paint
 20 January 2024, 14:21
Jan Peters Auteur
Got some painting done, brushed on, as I have a serious lack of time, and really wanted to get on with this one.
 6 February 2024, 14:11
Robert Podkoński
Great job so far, Jan. Keep it up! (Is it all brush-painted?)
 11 February 2024, 12:41
Guy Rump
Looking good Jan. 👍
 11 February 2024, 14:17
Jan Peters Auteur
Thanks mates.
Yes, I've painted it all by hand Robert. During the weathering stage I always use a brush anyway, and I decided to do it like this so I don't have to set up the paintbooth.
 11 February 2024, 14:36
Jan Peters Auteur
I'm using the paint that Revell included in the box by the way, it is ideal for hand painting 🙂
 11 February 2024, 14:37
Robert Podkoński
That's impressive nevertheless. Brush painting such extensive surfaces is a master-class skill for me.
 11 February 2024, 16:14
Jan Peters Auteur
You're too kind Robert.
Like I said, the paint is very nice to use.
 11 February 2024, 16:39
Jennifer Franklin
Following
 12 February 2024, 14:21
Jan Peters Auteur
Although I usually like my models to be historically correct, I may swap the decals for the ones in the box anyway, seeing this is the 40th anniversary edition of the film.
 14 February 2024, 08:17
Jan Peters Auteur
Back to work on this one
 16 March 2024, 08:58
Jan Peters Auteur
Finished it today! 🙂
 26 March 2024, 10:45
Guy Rump
Great job Jan! 👍
 26 March 2024, 15:57
Robert Podkoński
Fantastic job! Congrats, Jan!
 26 March 2024, 16:28
Jan Peters Auteur
Thanks mates!
It will soon be off to the display cabinet of a mate, who is a uge fan of the movie. He has bought me another one of these, in exchange for this model ☺️
 26 March 2024, 17:58
Agnius
Congrats! Very good looking model!
 26 March 2024, 20:50
Jan Peters Auteur
Thanks Agnius 🤝🏻
 28 March 2024, 12:19
Schwarzadler
Fette Beute!
 5 July 2024, 16:55
Jan Peters Auteur
Danke Schwarzadler
 5 July 2024, 18:41
Neuling
Well done!
 6 July 2024, 07:53
Jan Peters Auteur
Danke Neuling
 6 July 2024, 08:02
CaptGPF
das Güttentag!
 6 July 2024, 08:56
Jan Peters Auteur
Thanks CaptGPF
 6 July 2024, 10:15
Jan Peters Auteur
Finally delivered to its new owner 🙂
 21 September 2024, 12:51
Jennifer Franklin
I hope they love it cause it's very fine.
1  25 September 2024, 00:43
Finn
Well done indeed
1  30 April, 19:25
Jan Peters Auteur
Thanks!🙏🏻
Yes he liked it Jennifer, it is in his living room.
 30 April, 21:14
Jan Peters
a ajouté un nouvel album.
4 30 December 2020, 15:18
Jan Peters Auteur
Added some more damage, and started to make new seats as the old ones did not fit.
 2 January 2021, 09:20
Finn
Did you ever find time to finish this one? If so, please post some more pictures!
 30 April, 19:32
Jan Peters Auteur
No Finn, I have not finished it as I tend to get sidetracked by so many other things 🙃
 30 April, 21:12
Michael Kohl
a ajouté un nouvel album.
11 28 April, 16:02
gorby
Looks like it was an excellent show, thanks for the photos.
 28 April, 16:44
Spanjaard
impressive show, and I am sure this is just the tip of a fantastic iceberg
 28 April, 22:31
Hans-Jürgen Haag
Excellent ! Thanks for Sharing!👍
 30 April, 19:24
René (Lord Bilbo) Bartholemy
The "Love forever" (pic 92) is the most romantic thing I ever saw in this hobby! Sniffle...
 30 April, 21:02
Paweł Fibakiewicz
a ajouté un nouvel album.
21 2 April 2024, 16:08
Mr James
Well done Pawel. Nice build
 2 April 2024, 16:13
Rui S
I agree 👍
 7 April 2024, 12:21
brad.G1965x
You shouldn't have the vision port blocked.
 30 April, 02:46
Mark K
Very well done!
 30 April, 03:02
Neuling
Very good work on this Tamiya oldie! Skill makes good models!
 30 April, 06:08
Ignacio von Braun
@brad.G1965x why?
 30 April, 13:57
Michael Hatch
Excellent paint job. Thanks for posting.
 30 April, 17:08
Robert Podkoński
Fantastic!
 30 April, 17:12
brad.G1965x
Ignacio von Braun, because it's difficult to drive a tank if you can't see. I guess you could go into battle with your head hanging out of an open hatch, but that makes no sense. The extra plates were on either side of the vision port.
 30 April, 20:37
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