Hírfolyam

gorby
Lovely work!

Felix
Thank you, Gorby!

Alec K
Well done, despite challenges 👍

Dave
Very well done, so used to seeing a lancaster with Merlin engines. Forgot about the few with radio engines. Nice work.

Neuling
Top work. Beautiful colors and camouflage paintwork!

wilky
Looking good, mate

gorby
Thanks mate, it's a much nicer place to work so it was worth the effort. It's not so tidy now.

Spanjaard
looking good gorbygould. i have to finish my space now... so i may actually copy some of your ideas!

gorby
Thanks Spanjaard. I'm making minor improvements to the set up as I use the space, but it's much more ergonomically laid out. I also raised the worktop level so that I'm not bending over as much as I used to, and that's much better for my back. Just make sure you have plenty of storage when you do yours. I've filled all the drawers and have still got stuff that needs a home.
The magnetic, under-shelf tool storage works very well so I'd recommend that.

Urban Gardini
I like your improvements of your sanity room...

Gordon Sørensen
Great looking work area, gorby! If only mine was as neat and organized...

gorby
Thanks mates.
That's a good name for the room Urban, although I'm not sure I would be classed as entirely sane.
Gordon: I wish mine was that neat and organised as well! The photos are before any plastic was mangled. I've added another photo on the end to give a more accurate image of what's it's like in use.

Spanjaard
ventilation shaft will certainly be copied 🙂

Urban Gardini
Well, of course you're not able to classify as sane. You're after all a modeller...

gorby
😄 (I assume that is supposed to represent laughing – it looks more like constipation to me).
Spanjaard: The ducting was one of my slightly better ideas. It doesn't get rid of the paint smells completely, but it's much better than it was. Incidentally the stuff I used is called 'Kair System 100 Rectangular'. I bought it from a well known South American river😉 and it was quite a reasonable price - £37 all in. The brackets are overpriced but I managed to do it with just one of them.

Alec K
Very nice job Gorby, and considering your self-reported aversion to labor a laudable effort indeed. I envy the natural light (my cave is in the basement, so no cigar). Nice work on the tool storage and compressor mounting as well 👍

gorby
Thanks Alec. I had hoped those years of manual labour were behind me, it's not good for your health you know. The compressor mounting works well – the rubber shelf mounting and the rubber mat absorb quite a lot of the vibration, so it sounds much quieter.

Spanjaard
i actually have part of the stuff already... i had a couple of tubes leftover from some crazy idea during the renovation of our place... i just need the ends of it, and i have it almost done. well, i need to connect it to the window, but i have an idea about it 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Nice one. It's given me some ideas. 👍🥸🤘

Doubtingmango
Love the magnetic inverted shelf!!!

Kesa Tiho
Wow, cool to see the cave where all the magic happenes. Also interested to see what the mouse looking build on your desk is (you might have posted about it already but i havent checked your profile so gonna go do that now 👍)

gorby
Thanks all. 🙂
Kesa, that was my SHADO 1 build: Where have all the Aliens gone? Scratching my SHADO. | Album by gorby (1:48)

Lebloge
order, method, organization, a very inspiring place 🫡

Mr D
Set up looking 👍👍 will make a pleasant place to work.
I noticed you have to water trap on your airbrush..... Would you recommend l use my one for spraying Tamiya paints ??
I've just used straight air pipe up to now on my water base acrylics ... mainly Velejo.

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂
Mr. D, it's a bit odd....when I don't use the trap I have problems with the airbrush, but the trap appears to have never trapped any water. My advice would be - if you don't have any problems, don't change what you're doing.

Mr D
Ok.. thanks 👍
Sometimes l get clogging up with clear, but generally it's ok, l have a Iwata clone airbrush and it's quite reliable most the time.
Think l will have to get better compressor with tank at some point.
Cheers 👍

Rui S
Very Nice and tidy. Great building spot. Well done

gorby
Thanks Rui. 🙂

S B
That is a perfectly organized and well laid out workspace. Nice to see such „projects" here, too! Thanks for sharing! 👍

gorby
Thanks S B. It does work well for me so it was worth all the planning and the work. five years on it's significantly less tidy though. 😳

S B
Oh yes, I see now that your post is from 2019! 😂 But believe me it doesn't need 5 years. I reorganized my workspace in April (this year) and it's already looking pretty messy again! 😂😂🙈

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Neuling
Clever arrangement, well organized. Happy modelling!

gorby
Thanks Neuling. 👍

DuperScale
Man i like all these MB's, awesome planes and nice build 👍

Jim O'Halloran
Yeah, it's an older tooling, but a really quick little plane to build too, once the cockpit was done the rest of the airframe went together in a single session! I'm very happy with how it turned out.

Neuling
Well done quickie!

Doubtingmango
So I just finished this little Italian job. The decals came out with a lot of the edges showing, which then got a lot worse when I added some washes. I used Microset on the decals, and then sealed them with Tamiya semi-gloss before the washes, but it actually looks like the washes got under the decals. Any thoughts?

Bogicevic Vladimir
It looks like you haven't spray gloss coat before you applied decals. Or decals didn't set well. There are two solutions. One is lacquer thinner. Put the thinner with fine brush in dots over the place where you have silvering. Thinner should destroy the film. If it raises paint under, just leave it, it will settle back. Important thing here is that, once you applied thinner, you shouldn't touch decal for something like 20 minutes, at least. Second way is mix of sugar and water, half - half. You make a hole with a needle on the decal, than you put mix on the top. It should enter in the space between decal and paint and, when drayed, make a gloss film in between them which will act as a gloss under the decal. Wipe excess mix with wet cloath and you are done.

Mr James
How annoying. I've never heard of the sugar water trick from Bogicevic. I'll be interested if this works. If the thinner, sugar trick fails, what else can you do but use a scalpel to cut around them, since you've sealed it,

Mr James
Oh, nice paintjob by the way

Doubtingmango
Thanks mates! I believe Bogicevic is right. I think I did fail to gloss coat before the decals. I think I'll try the sugar water first

Bogicevic Vladimir
Ok. There are few small tings I should add then. Heat the water first, when hot it will disolve sugar beter and apply it while it's still warm, it will have more viscosity. Make small hole or slice with modeling knife, put few drops of mix on the top and let it dry. You will see emidiatly if it's penatrating. When dry, wipe carefully excess mix with moist cloth. Repeat where neaded. I know it sounds ridiculous, but it worked for me many times.

Doubtingmango
Thanks Bogicevic! I'll give it a shot. If it doesn't work I'll try the lacquer thinner technique. I love this site!

Mark Sherwood
Where the *uck's this been hiding. Very nice build Mr Mango and I hope the decal solution from Bogicevic work's out🤞

Doubtingmango
Thanks Mark! So I punched some holes in the decals and applied the warm sugar water, but unfortunately it did not seem to make a noticeable difference. I decided my best shot was to just grab the scalpel and remove the decals, which was very easy. Bogicevic said the solution would get under the decals! I have successfully applied new decals, and my little Italian job is now base-worthy. New pics to come.

Bogicevic Vladimir
Well, you find a solution, which is the most important thing. I can not know why something that worked for me many times does not work for you in this case. Maybe that what I think is silvering is residual glue from decal paper. Who knows... Anyway, good luck with your project.

Doubtingmango
Thanks Bogicevic! You were definitely part of the solution

John
All's well that ends well. 👍 Mango, your builds have me hankering to do some armor but I still have commitments to do a couple more a/c. When I do get a chance, part of me wants to start small with a Pz IV, but another part says go for broke and do a Maus!

gorby
Very nice work!

Neuling
Good result anyway!

Doubtingmango
Thanks guys!

Doubtingmango
As promised, new pics of the new decals have been added, along with pics of the work I have started on the base. Once again, thank you for the help Bogicevic!

John
Really cool base! 👍

Guy Rump
Great result on the tank, the base looks good too. 👍

Doubtingmango
Thanks John and Guy!

Doubtingmango
More work on the base. Just need to paint up the base and add foliage

Doubtingmango
And it's finished

Rui S
Great work allround 👍 Beautiful vignette

Doubtingmango
Thanks Rui! Always appreciate the feedback

Tcamp
Awesome work

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful work, congrats!

M0rce
That's pretty cool 😎

Bobby Thumbs
hey man that palm tree is badass excellent work

Doubtingmango
Thank you all! The palm tree is badass, but I can only take credit for the placement. I got it off an Ebay seller from Thailand, Thannan Diorama Exporters. Not cheap, but I had to get one to see if they were as good as they look. They are! Also need to give a shout out to Value Gear for much of the stowage.

Landlubber Mike
Wow, this is fantastic!! The model and the base looks amazing, but that palm tree really pulls it all together in an extra special way. Well done!

Doubtingmango
Thanks Mike!

Spanjaard
great you resolved the decals issue, fantastic dio

Doubtingmango
Thanks Spanjaard! It was a nice save

Bobby Thumbs
aww man I thought you was a next level tree maker - i was gonna hit you up for hints

jaero
thats stunning!! the rocky terrain looks great, and so does the camo

Doubtingmango
Thanks Jaero!

Clair Greenwood
I sure hope one day my models would look half as good as your work sir 🙂

Doubtingmango
Thanks Clair!

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Nice one !

Kesa Tiho
Kõpuks saime ka paar ehitamise protsessi pilti kaa! Väga ilus

Alexander Grivonev
Wow, never seen Estonian markings. So cool 👍 black/white/blue is a nice combo

Clement
Nicely done, mate. The Estonian colors suits her very well.

gorby
Fantastic result! It does look good in the Estonian colours.

Neuling
Same as gorby!

Robert Podkoński
Great! Fantastic rendering of the memorable scene from the movie.

Rui S
Excellent small scale vignete 👍

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Super nice dio👍👍👍

Jörg Schäfer
A great diorama. 👍

Spanjaard
excellent dio!

Torsten
Awesome, so 😎

gorby
Fantastic diorama!

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Thx for all the nice comments

Michael Kohl
Cool

Spanjaard
missed this beauty before, excellent

Mr James
Super build.

Doubtingmango
That is absolutely wonderful!

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Thanks again to everyone for the positive comments. Really enjoyed the build.

jaero
love this! the mud and tank are my favourite parts'

gorby
Excellent dio!

Neuling
I like the "Matsch" 🙂 In my opinion the heavy tank could have sunk in a little bit deeper.

Hister Farjas
Yo voy armar el mio esta semana ,pero será de Malvinas en el 82

Alejandro Vucko
Que bueno... me encantaría verlo ¡¡No olvides ponerle peso en la nariz!!

gorby
Excellent work!

Neuling
Beautiful colors!