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Lochsa River
Really nice package!

Spanjaard
very nice

Jiri Vybihal
very nice collection

Neuling
Very clean work on all these planes!👍

Dmitry Agafonov
Very attractive! Perfect collection.

Alexander
Nice collection with some very nice models. 👍

Eric Thornton
Awesome collection of models! Where did you find the Russian Air Force patches. Can't find any good ones on ebay lol

Spanjaard
i would like to know that too 🙂

Mieczysław Orwat
Ebay, allegro.pl and airshows of course 🙂

valiente84
Wow, that's so cool mate!

Guy Rump
Very nice 👍

Oleg Smilyk
Awesome collection!

Spanjaard
Beautiful Ghost

Julian Herrero aka Yuri
Cool !!!!!

art81
Very impressive collection,I like the photos to 👍

Peter Wu
Great job and nice collection.

Neil
GENIUS! What an intriguing album and fantastic presentation, every image sets the scene perfectly (especially love your night vision interpretation on 33) you could start your own air war with this collection! 🙂 👍

Jeramy Boileau
Awesome collection, loved seeing the cash from all the different countries!

Rui S
Beautiful.👍 SLAVA UKRAINE 🇺🇦💪

Arthur Kirkland
I'm in Japan now and everything there is familiar! ：）

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work. Thank you for sharing.

Jennifer Franklin
A new way to stage your models, that is a lot of models, and as Villiers says, very nice work.

Maku Komuri
Incredible style

John E
Impressive collection and lovely presentation. 👍

Mr D
Nice choice of kit, like the way your clock's/ instruments have turned out.
Was each clock individual??
Good stuff, my next kit is a Tamiya, was good quality.
Thanks for uploading 👍👍

John
Thanks Mr D. You can't go wrong with a Tamiya, at least in terms of fit. Sometimes their details get simplified and supposedly a few kits have accuracy issues, but for assembly they are great. Had to do this one after the A-20G since it was so painfully fussy to fit together. This is a nice change!

I thought about punching out each instrument individually but it's so small it would have driven me mad. Fortunately, the decal is sized perfectly to the panel so if you align it carefully, it turns out fine.

This kit doesn't specifically say it, but you can do both open and closed engine panel. Since the engine fits with pins and poly caps, you can change them out, which I intend to do. It's a nice touch and the kit is fairly cheap. Pick one up if you haven't already.

Mark Sherwood
I agree,after a frustrating build. You can go to a Tamiya kit and get back to what the hobby is about. . . Enjoyment, satisfaction, reasonable accuracy and a decent finish. Good interior John, looks like the 162 is on track as I would expect from your good self. 🤘🥸🤟🥸👍

Mr D
Brilliant thanks for the Advice John..😃👍👍. Appreciate it.
Good luck with rest of build ...nice subject 👌

Doubtingmango
Fantastic work on the instruments! Nothing like a nice Tamiya kit to keep the blood pressure down to acceptable levels

bughunter
Yep, nice work 👍

Ian Doody
Made a start on the 1/32 Trumpeter F4F-4 Wildcat, I'm having my wings permanently folded, this is just all dry fitted so far, I'll add more detail later when the wing is added. No point cleaning up the inside part of the wing of ejection holes, as this will be hidden behind the wing. Think it looks ok so far.

Ian Doody
So today I've semi painted up the other sides wing root fold system. And started dry fitting the engine. Need to pick a scheme from the Techmod decals at some point, thinking of 1 or 4 so far.

Ian Doody
Ooh landing gear and engine support structure. Just needs a few touchups, thats it done for now, have to glue it all up straight away, doing it later would be a pain in the ass. Looks ok, I'm no expert on these things. Just for fun build in-between other stuff.

Ian Doody
I think, as an engine that'll do really, don't need anymore detail on it. Couldn't see it if it was there anyway. I'll paint the rear bank of cylinders, but that's probably it.

Ian Doody
That's all for today, making the most of what you get in the kit, only added bits of wire, no sense going mad with detailing parts you wont see. Prop tomorrow, finish the rear bank of Cylinders, and make a start on the cockpit. Looking nice so far, looks like an engine to me.

Ian Doody
Engine, exhaust manifold system and front bulkhead done. For what you can see, the kit parts are good enough. No point spending lots of money on a resin engine. Just some wire and a bit of paint.

Rui S
Looking special 👍 I'm in 😎

Guy Rump
Looking good and detailed build notes, following. 👍

Ian Doody
That's it for today, don't think I can handle seatbelts as well. So far so good, looks like a cockpit, when it's in the plane, you won't see anything. I tarted up the kit seat, as I couldn't stomach making the PE eduard one.

Rui S
hum, hum 😎 looking good 👍

Ian Doody
So I can do seat belts, but I hate doing seatbelts, not brilliant, but for all you'll see, it'll do me. My fear of PE is lessening, I'm getting a bit more confident each time, next the top straps. Then I can tackle the joining of the fuselage halves together, which is tricky on the 1/32 Trumpeter F4F-4 Wildcat, as a few parts need extra sanding to fit. Looks ok to me so far.

Ian Doody
Seatbelts done, that'll do. With my eyesight it'll look amazing from far away lol 😆 but for me, as a learning exercise, looks fine. I would wholeheartedly recommend HGW Laser seatbelts, they make it a lot easier.

Ian Doody
Tomorrow I'll make a start on the Empennage and getting everything to fit. I'm not using any of the PE hinges either. Then wings.

J35J
Great work and progress so far!👍🏻

Ian Doody
Back to the 1/32 Wildcat. Start of paint.

Ian Doody
Hmm, this is going to be interesting. As usual no idea what I'm doing, just riding by the seat of my pants. I'll try and block in all the colours then look into weathering. Who knows how this'll look.

Ian Doody
Well, it's blueish grey now, or greyish blue. Because I'm a cantankerous stubborn fool, I paint everything with brushes, Main colours blocked in, teeny tiny fiddly bits added, now I've just got to build some more layers up, start lightening and shading areas. It won't be brilliant, but it may look good on my shelf. Which is the main thing, due to lack of space, pretty much all the aircraft I'm going to build will have folded wings.

Mr D
Very nice, the wing internal colour looks spot on👌, l tried mixing this colour but struggled to get right tone.
Nice looking kit, what do you make of the Trumpeter kits??
Good luck with the next steps 👍👍

Ian Doody
Hello Mr D, so far I've only looked at early Trumpeter kits, panel lines are a bit too light for me, the early ones have gimmicks like working wing folds, and the PE hinges, but they build up quite well, and to me look like what it says on the box. I've got a lot more Trumpeter and Hobby Boss kits to build up in the future.

Ian Doody
As is my usual way, I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing, just going with the flow, it seems to want to be like this.
A very, very long way to go still, it'll be a lot lighter than it is now, and not so stark. I know, I shouldn't weather it until later, but i can't help it, it's a curse.

Mr D
It's a cracking looking model 👍👍
The weathering is looking good nice balance.
The internal metal parts ....the yellow/green..Did you mix or have the colour ready in a bottle

Bozzer
I don't know how I missed this, but I'll get in the rocking chair for it. Word of warning though, my friend... I was at this point, when the kit, put me in a false sense of security. It's the final details, that drive you crazy.

Mona
yes weird details like the cab interior tub being a little tweeked away from the door, had to to heat the top side lip and bend slightly toward door to fit . and the work around to getting the cab, on is to fit the grill piece on the frame then the cab to the grill piece ..Lol 😉

Bozzer
Don't ya just love a challenge?
If I ever went completely insane, I'd position every single piece on the outside, then drill holes for tiny pins, to enable positive mounting of the chrome parts. And I'd do that before I even hit the cab with paint. And I'd totally get some aftermarket mirrors! I try not to touch my trucks, once they go on the shelf, but I only have to look at my freight shaker and something else falls off! I watched so many videos and read so many forums, about the joint of death, that it threw my sleep pattern, out of sync. Eventually, I taped a full sheet of 1200 grit, to a sheet of glass, and went in random circular motions, on both sides. The joint took me 3 days to glue together properly. Then, I put masking tape, as close as possible, to each side of the joint, and filled. I first filed right upto the tape, then sanded through the tape with the grit. Doing it this week, helped me preserve the rivets on the roof. I'd love to have a daycab version, like yours, but I'm still pretty sane, so I guess it's just a waiting game? Lol

Mona
yer words of wisdom are a words of warning ..Lol , like the crazy old wizard warning the King and the Knights of the Round table About the cute little bunny rabbit that guards the cave entrance 😉

David Taylor
Ni.

Jonathon Herring
Was thinking of getting this kit but, the seem scared me off. Life is too short.😢

Mona
yes .. Jackhammer its a pain all right but its a Old School kit ..it won't be perfect its just practice 👍 😉

Jonathon Herring
Love day cab cab overs. Will have to tackle it eventually 😏

Mona
@ David T ...and then it hit me I remembered "we want a shrubbery" . @Jackhammer I've wanted to build a cab over for a long time ..figured no time better than the present, I'm not getting any younger ..Lol 🙂

Bozzer
Mona, the 352 Pete, KW 123, International Eagle 2, and in fairness, the Hideout Truck, are decent kits. The cruiseliner is a little bit tricky. The Revell K100 is very detailed and time consuming, however, it's extremely satisfying, if you can get one? You just picked a bad kit, that dates back to 1970, I think? I'd still rather build this, than any Euro truck, that we have over here. My next one, and last, will be a MACK (Renault) Magnum. Still collecting parts for that though.

Jonathon Herring
Bozzer! You tease! Now…….who can explain to me how to pace on the interweb?

Bozzer
Lol, personally, I'd look for the cheapest cabover you can find, from that list? I picked up my KW K123 from Ollie's, for 20 bucks, but that was a good while ago. They still sell kits, but you have to be on the ball! I chopped the roof and slammed a rocket on the back. Man, it was a piece of engineering! I should really get some pictures of it? But for $20 I didn't care? I know that you guys have large flea markets over there. I've picked up some good kits from them, and a cheap airbrush and compressor, used once, for $20 bucks! They're definitely worth checking out, if you have any close to you? Over here, I've just gone mad with everything. I'm still a big kid, who can now afford the kits I always wanted? Unfortunately, I also have the kits that I didn't know I wanted too, so I'm gonna be very busy in the future! You should see that new London Bus that I just picked up! With all the photo etch, I reckon that it's going to take me a year to build? Lol

Jonathon Herring
May the Gods of Bonding smile apon your endeavors and the imps of Hades squeal and Nash their teeth in the face of your tenacity. But beware the Omnipotent Carpet Monster🤪. Photo-etch is a mixed bag for me. Sometimes they would have us replace a 3d item with a 2d pe part. Soldering is a new ( as in practicing) skill that is light years away from consistent. Still, I use what I think enhances the model, save the rest for gizmology.

Jennifer Franklin
This all sounds ominous, but it is starting well 🙂

Bill Newcomer
I got two of those kits awhile back and built both of them. Neither were the configuration offered in the box. They have their challenges but they do turn out nice.
Freightliner COE triple drive | Album by musclecarfan (1:25)

Bozzer
I gotta admit, Bill made a superb job on his! I might send him one over, to do for me! 🙂

Mona
Bozzer not only did Bill do a fantastic job on Freightliner COE triple drive ..he provided a handy build tip, in his album ..the foam insulation in the tires 👍 😉

Bozzer
Yeah, he's a handy chap, our Bill. Hints and tips should be on everyone's profile, as an album. I've certainly picked up a few, during my time here, on Scalemates. It's a great community of people who enjoy the passion for paint and plastic. And there's some cracking banter along the way, too.

Bill Newcomer
Thanks Mona, I came up with that one on my own. Models just look wrong when you see the rim lip hanging out without tire bead up against it. AMT's wimpy tires need all the help they can get.

Bozzer
Bill, have you tried the Moebius set yet?

Bill Newcomer
Bozzer, I have. That is what I used on the black and gold Freightliner. Nice tires. Decent enough rims. Not a fan of the axle mounts. Had to get creative to hang them on my AMT kit.

Bozzer
Lol, there's always something to keep us busy mate. I missed out on a few sets, a couple of years ago, at a show here. Now, I can't find any over here? They're on my shopping list, for when I'm over there next though. I find them a little stiffer and more convincing. I have some resin stuff, but it's just as much work as the AMT tires. Nice prints, but lots of cleaning up, to make convincing.

Mona
little slow on this build not the pace of the previous truck ....I've been out in the garage working on my Beetle now that is warmer 🙂

Bill Newcomer
Mona, Yes summertime keeps away from the bench. Especially when the spouse has doubled the vegetable garden and you get to be the "free" labor.

Bozzer
And I'm prepping up the new Mancave, getting it all ready for the big push. Still got a few more weekends before it's ready to go up though. Bench time this week= zero

Bozzer
Mona, Modeltruckin has decals. Jerry is in the states. Don't give up now, this build is tough, but no reason to quit 100%

Casey Beckett
Mona-Just saw these CF decals on e bay - says they are custom -

"Consolidated Freightways Truck Decals 1:24 Scale Custom"

Seller says they are here in US

Mona
Hi, thank you 👍 for the info guy's ... wasn't too worried knew there had to be options 🙂

Bill Newcomer
Mona, I have the decals that I did not and will not use from building both of my Freightliners. I will mail them to you for free if you are interested. I did use bits and pieces from the decal sheets. I can post pics of the remaining if you are curious. They are a fairly fresh set too.

Martin Oostrom
That's cruel!! Coming all this way to have your decals fractured.

Mona
ahh no big deal ..just another step in the build 🙂

Bozzer
You gotta love this community, for stepping upto the plate, when s@#t happens. Kinda restores your faith in humanity 🙂

Bill Newcomer
Decals put in the mail this morning. 🙂

Mona
Thank you Bill 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress. Belatedly booking my seat.

Mona
Hi Villiers 🙂

Bozzer
Gotta love the AFV's in the background. I wish I could still paint, that small! I've got a s*@t load of bits and pieces, in 1/35, I'll never use. I need to get them sorted out and given to the right person.

Mona
@ Bozzer ... several tanks on my desk a little cluttered, but I have some room to work 😉

David Taylor
Coming along nicely.

Mona
Hi, David ..it's a slow project but it will be completed soon 🙂

Jonathon Herring
I bought a larger desk to help with organizing yet……I reached critical mess about a week after setting it up. Just happens to the best of us ( not counting myself of course. 🫨)

David Taylor
Slowly does it.Just completed a Saxon APC 6mnths in the making.

Mona
Jonathon .. 😉 you should see my "work" bench in the garage, Lol organized chaos . but on my desk top seems the paint bottles rule the "parking lot" 👍

Mona
David ..I have a Dingo Mk1b awaiting completion and it's companion jeep almost 4yr's . It's for a diorama yet to be built ...slow build

Jonathon Herring
Paint is everywhere around my bench. Let's see: Mission Models, AK 3rd gen, Vallejo, Tamiya x's, Mr Color Aqueous, Ammo by MiG, VMS, Army Painter, and even some craft paints for hydrocal casting. Let's not even discuss pigments, washes, oils and peripheral supplies. Even worse is the amount of paint that decorates (spills) on my desk. It's work, straighten, poke around, receive product, then reorganize so I can work again. I love it🤪

Jonathon Herring
Way to go Mona. I think you have gotten more done in the past couple of weeks than I did in about 3 months👍

Bill Newcomer
Have the decals I sent arrived yet?

Mona
Hi Bill no they haven't not yet ..it's been soggy and windy lately been checking the mail box ,so I could catch them before they got soaked

Mona
Jonathon I been looking at this for months wondering if I could even paint one stripe ..still much to do

Bozzer
Mona, a friendly tip :
Bleed is created by a poor seal on tape.
Bind your edges with a blunt, but solid tip. The edge of a paintbrush, can work.
Now, shoot it with clear coat.
That will seal any secret gaps!
Then, blow over your colour.
Count to seven, then blow again.
These should be light coats, I might add!
Eventually, build up to the colour you want, but you have to give it more time, between coats.
Eventually, you'll have a smile, as wide as the Grand Canyon 🙂

Mona
@ Bozzer I appreciate the tip: many aspects of which I did apply ..but I might Add the Bleed may also be caused by the application of a: Poor quality tape b: the Incorrect type of tape . as it has been in this case. the first stripe ..the red one was first taped and the base painted with a brush ....the second stripe green was done with the air brush ...with the cheap tape from the "hobby lobby" . I purchased a better type tape yesterday ..taped it out again and shot the Red stripe the second time ...also I'm using water based acrylics on this build , and they are very light & air dried between coats.. not yet done 🙂

Bozzer
If I'm honest, the tape I use, is just ordinary masking tape. I tried tamiya and found it to be rubbish. The only thing I use tamiya tape for now, is spacing, to create lines. Then, I mask upto the tamiya tape, and remove it.

Jonathon Herring
@ Bozzer is this one of those "how do you keep a moron in suspense" things?🤷 Cause, you go me hooked (not a haha Herring;f fish; hooked pun. Yet it works😏) What tape do you use? Frog? Blue 3M? Memorex? Please, Bozzer, Please tell us. Also, should we pay attention to the man behind the curtain?

Bozzer
@Jonathon. I use the cheap dollar store stuff. Granted, some of it can be sketchy. I usually buy a roll, then tear off a strip, and see how it comes off? The glue has to be even across the width, and not patchy? I also stick it on my cutting mat, to mark it out. The advantage of doing this is, when you remove it, and apply it to the model, you know exactly where to place it. Also, you can buy this tape in various widths, so it's awesome for doing murals etc. However, I don't keep the tape forever, because I find that it welds to itself, over time? So I always buy a new roll, every 6 months or so. It's only a dollar, right?

Mona
@ Bill decals arrived today intact Thank you very much 😉 👍

Bozzer
@Bill. Nice work mate 👍

Bill Newcomer
Glad I could help. 🙂

Bozzer
Hey Mona!
Nice to see you, glue sniffing again 🙂
Are you calling this done?

Mona
lol , no Bozzer it's still not complete ,couple things to do yet ...soon