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Lex Jassies
Looks very realistic. A lot of work and time must have gone into weathering it, but with a great result 👍

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work. A beautiful scene.

Robert Podkoński
Astounding details, fantastic dio!

Mr James
Bloody hell thats good. The sheer amount of detail is astounding. The decay on the fuselage and the aluminium oxidizing is top drawer. The chipping and rust on the missile carriage needs to be mentioned as do the figures.

Alexander Grivonev
Bloody hell, I need to take a day off to properly study the pictures....Simply stunning work 👍👍 Plane aside, the figurines look so natural and authentic...amazing

Alec K
Very well done 👍

Rafael Michael Drozdowski (RMD Manufaktur)
Thank guys 🙂 I appreciate 🙂

John E
Amazing work. Love it! 👍

Dietmar Bogatzki
Awesome, fantastic dio with realistic weathering 👍

Findus
Super Idee und Diorama. Top!

Shar Dipree
Amazing paintwork an weathering. Looks absolutly realistic and the figures are fantastic. 👍👍👍👍👍

Bernhard Schrock
More realistic than original🙂. Great work!

Zbynek Honzik
Fantastic work and excellent idea for a diorama! 👏👏👏

George Tetsios
Great work mate!!!Gongrats!!

Michael Kohl
Fantastic. My kinda stuff.

Rui S
Excellent work 👍

Daniel Schlosser
Echt stark geworden!!!

Daniel
The detoriation effects are amazing! Very true inspirational 👍

Spanjaard
wow, amazing job, weathering, model, figures, details, top of the line!

Spanjaard
I do not see references to the figures in the project inventory, are they 3D printed? they excellent

Rafael Michael Drozdowski (RMD Manufaktur)
Thank guys 🙂 I appreciate 🙂

Spanjaard ... The figures are 3D printed. I purchased the files on Cults3D, but currently I don't see them available

Michael Kohl
I really like those figures too. A good alternative and readily available are the civilians from FC Model Trend.

Spanjaard
thanks Rafael

PK99
Fantastic Work!

Naram
master class congratulation !

Dave
WOW beautiful work. The little touches add great depth to this diorama.

J4Juliet
Nice work. I especially like how you have customised the spoiler on the car to mirror the folded wing tips of the plane.

Brendon W
Thanks appreciate it, Yeah i tried to tie in a number of aspects across the 2

Łukasz Gliński
Following 👍

Martin Weinpold
Following!

Nicolas
Me 3

DerMattes
Following! 👍

Rui S
Impressive work 👍

Sergej I
Following, great work so far! 👍

DerMattes
Good to see this going forward 👍

Cristian A
Booking my seat, I like the fine pre-shading 🙂

Lost_Erik
👍 Good progress.

Ben M
How do you do pre-shading like that in 1:72?

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Ben M
👁️👁️

gorby
Excellent work for 1/72!

Shar Dipree
Great work. Doesn't look like 1/72. 👍

Rui S
Beautifully done pair 👍

gorby
Another beauty! Excellent weathering.

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful!

DJ Fajardo
Love the weathering details!

Rui S
Great Paintjob 👍

Rui S
Another beauty 👍

Rui S
Very Nice big One 👍

Cristian A
Nice, following this project

Nathan Dempsey
Of course I'm following this one 🙂

CaptGPF
Welcome Christian \, Nathan! Lots of F-q6 builds going on at the moment, so I hope to do this one justice!

@Christian - I absolutely love your Su-30 eggplant build!
@Nathan - following your Ukrainian F-16 build with interest - already used your resin drop tanks to improve my bare bones drop tanks! 😀

Nathan Dempsey
Those ResKit drop tanks look great when attached. Your build is looking excellent.

CaptGPF
Thanks Nathan! It's coming along too slowly for me, but should be done this weekend. 😀

gorby
Nice work with the camo.

CaptGPF
Thanks Gorby! Interesting scratch building you have going on your workbench!

Dave
That F-16 looks sharp.

Nathan Dempsey
Excellent work Capt! This is giving me the inspiration to finish my F-16s.

Rui S
Great work, indeed 👍

Bill Gilman
This is the third generation tooling from Hobbycraft. The first two were pretty bad, but they improved a lot with this one. The size, shape, and profile of the fuselage matches drawings quite nicely. Still, there is room for improvement. Some tips if anyone is building this bad boy:

First, the part numbers in the instructions bear no resemblance to reality. Pretty much anything labelled sprue A is actually on D, and vice versa. The actual numbers are wrong as well, so you really have to pay attention and make sure you have the correct part. How does a company make such a mistake? Second, there is no front coaming. The real aircraft had one, and it's really skinny to fit inside that wedge-shaped windscreen.

Third, in David Winter's build review on ARC, he mentions that the decals for the front and rear instrument panels are backwards in the instructions and should be switched. This would make perfect sense based on the shape and location of the instrument panels as shown in Step #2 being placed into the cockpit. Those locations are, of course, where I glued them. However, the fuselage halves would not join together properly due to interference with these panels, and I resorted to some significant sanding, re-profiling, and modification. It was only after I finished that I realised it's not the decal placement that is backward, it's the location of the panels! What they showed as the front should really be the rear, and vice versa. When I finished re-shaping the rear panel (that I had glued in the front) it looked just like the front panel (that I had glued in the rear). Of course, I then had to modify the front panel glued in the rear to look like the back panel glued in the front prior to my mods. Did you follow that? Look at the panels at lower right in picture 5. Hobbycraft have you use the one on the left in the back, and the other in the front. Now look at my cockpit (after all those mods) in picture 13 - see what I mean?

More to come...Cheers, Bill

gorby
Looks a very interesting project. 🙂

Dave
Let me fine a chair for this one.

Nicolas
Interesting, I'm in.

Łukasz Gliński
Wow, the famous last edition by Hobbycraft, as often seen as the yeti - will follow
I'll have to stick to the 2nd edition and need still to source the decals

DerMattes
Following 👍

Robert Podkoński
Watching for sure!

Cuajete
Following.

Bill Gilman
@Łukasz Gliński - as rare as the Yeti, for sure. I bought the kit when it first came out back in 2012, hoping that it really was a new tooling as stated on the box. Lo and behold, it was! I've never seen it since in any hobby shop. I figured I would take a chance on it, because it's only money, right? Cheers, Bill

Олег О
What an interesting set. I'll take a look.

Łukasz Gliński
Lucky you! I envy a lot 👍
I don't think it ever made it to Yurop via official channels

Bill Gilman
I've added a few more photos. I cut out the inboard flaps as I wanted to have them drooped a bit. I noticed that the cut lines top to bottom didn't align and thought I'd made a big mistake - the bottom hinge line was at a different angle to the top. I taped everything back together to see how big of a fix I was looking at, but everything looks fine (see photos). 3D geometry flummoxes me again! Cheers, Bill

Ben M
Watching this, a cool project

Bill Gilman
Hi mates, I've uploaded some more photos that show how I've fixed the issue of the kit having no wing anhedral. Have a look and tell me if I'm crazy or not. Cheers, Bill

Bernd Korte
Bill, great topic! Have you seen this one? As I understand he offers parts to improve the HC kit, too: britmodeller.com/for..ase/#comment-4787800

Bill Gilman
@Bernd - Yes, I have been communicating with Zsolt regarding 1:72 versions of his amazing CAD design, specifically the open canopies. He is concentrating at present with the 1:48 scale version since he has many orders for that. He intends to produce a 1:72 version in due time. He is not able to provide the canopies for me at present, since these require more than just 3D printing in order to be perfectly clear. For the larger versions he used the 3D printed parts as masters, polished and clear-coated, and used them to pour clear resin copies.

Anyone with an interest in the Arrow should take a look at what Zsolt has accomplished by following the link in Bernd's post. Cheers, Bill

Cuajete
Well solved the anhedral 👍

Bill Gilman
I've added a few more photos. Lots of putty and reworking of parts - fun, fun, fun. Cheers, Bill

Cuajete
Well done so far, Bill 👍

J35J
Watching with interest!

Ben M
Lots of improvements!

Guido
Hopping in and taking a seat.
You seem on a roll Bill! 👌🏻

Dave Flitton
A must watch build!!

Vincent
This looks great already!

Cuajete
I agree with mates 👍

Bill Gilman
Man, that took forever to paint white. Once that is good and dry I'll proceed with the rest of the scheme. Cheers, Bill

Dave
Looking good

Cuajete
White color looks great 👍

Ben M
When I have to paint white or yellow or red or pink I always use tamiya white primer underneath

Thomas Bischoff
a lot of aftermarket sets - curious how the fit so I watch the show 👍

Alexander
Same, very curious how the additional detail turns out 👍

Sergej I
Awesome aftermarket p0rn! 👍, I like your cautious approach, can never dry-fit too much.

And a hint... the new 3D printed sidewinders from ResKit are awesome, without any assembly needed, consider changing over Edo's...

Sid de Koning
I ageer, they are awesome! But still different than the needed CATM-9, so I have tried to adjust the Tamiya winder to a CATM.

Patrick Hagelstein
I agree with Sergej, this looks like aftermarket p0rn! But hey, that's what we are here for! 😅 Bring it on, Sid! 💪🏼

Robert Podkoński
Impressive work so far. Watching with interest!

Jean-François Lacoste
Thanks Rob' 😉

Finn
Following

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3, interesting preshading

Alex K
Absolutely following this...

Alec K
Fantastic preshading, following 👍

Alec K
Nice progress! The rib shading looks excellent 👍

Dave
Looks good.

Skyhiker
That's not something you see every day.

Cuajete
Following.

Cuajete
Nice interior 👍

Guy Rump
Me too! 👍

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Cuajete
Daniel Kainz, how does it fit? It's a hard kit?

Daniel Kainz
A lot of sanding and filling work, nothing fits, you have to rework everything....

Dave
Nice diorama

Bozo
Strange paint scheme. Never seen before. Another Great discover

Air no
La peinture c'est bêtement RLM02 et 70 ou 71 ? Je ne sais plus. A l'époque je n'avais pas d'aérographe, c'est donc du pinceau.

Patrick Hagelstein
Beautifully done! Unbelievable that it's 36 years old!

Skyhiker
Good luck Jennifer

Robert Podkoński
I'm taking my first row seat here 😉

Kenneth
Wow 👍 The kit looks fantastic but also very challenging. Best of luck, Jenny, looking forward to the build!

Jennifer Franklin
Welcome, Skyhiker, Robert, and Kenneth.

Kesa Tiho
Looking forward to the complete build. Hope your little helper doesn't get any stray fur under your decals which FYI: is not a good time 😄

Jennifer Franklin
Hi Kesa, welcome. Yes, fur is a constant challenge.

Naram
following !

Jennifer Franklin
Welcome, Pierre!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👀👍

Jennifer Franklin
Welcome Hans-Jürgen!

shuai shao
A perfect first step

Guy Rump
Following! 👍

Michael Kohl
It is supposed to be a very nice kit. Wish you happy modelling hours.

Jennifer Franklin
Welcome shuai, Guy, and Micheal!

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat as well.

Felix
Taking a seat!

Mr D
Nice project Jennifer 👍 put your masking skills to the test .
Good luck with the build 😀👍

Mr D
If you collect enough Airfix flying hours..... They include a free 🐈😺 cat on you next purchase, Good British value folks 😁👍

Jennifer Franklin
Welcome, Villiers de Vos, Felix, and Mr D. My current cat models might object to this free cat you speak of.

Jennifer Franklin
New printer enclosure and spray booth all properly vented.

Dave
You have a very nice workplace set up there and this kit looks interesting as what finial version will be.

Guy Rump
Your spray booth and workspace are so impressive!!! 👍

Rui S
Great setup 👍

Naram
that proffesionnal level 🙂 I envy you ! (have a table 1/3modelkit,1/3 work station and 1/3 dinning (it long it is a dinning table).

Lorraine Lin
Very nice workplace, and a nice box for your 😽 supervisor.

Mark Sherwood
Wow! That's impressive. 🤘🥸👍

Jennifer Franklin
Thanks everyone, I promise I'll post some photos of the model soon, especially now that I can airbrush again even in this cold weather.

Jennifer Franklin
I posted a few photos of my hand-painted parts. If anyone remembers my Memphis Belle, you can see I am improving.

Dave
The detailing is look very sharp 👍

Naram
some progress. good ! (i did not do anything this week end me....)

Jennifer Franklin
Thank you, Dave and Naram, a mate has given me some suggestions on how to further improve so expect better soon.

Desert Marlin
Wow Jennifer, nice workshop!

Jennifer Franklin
Thanks, Desert Marlin; living in a cold climate makes it a necessity if I want to do anything in the winter.

Naram
@ Jennifer, if I may : an easy way to quickly make it look great would be to put a panel liner wash with oils (tamyia) or even easier a pass a acrylic contrast paint (like vallejo or citadel) quite easy and will make pop out the instrutment and tools on the wall.

Naram
... also will define the structure.

Jennifer Franklin
Thank you, Naram; I will do that. I just bought the contrast paint; it will be here on the 21st.

Dave
That looked like a interesting day at the war museum. just might have put that on the bucket list. Noting that Panther and T-34 in the back ground.

Naram
Indeed must be cool to do model kit in this!

Mr D
Looking good so far Jenn 😃👍

Dave
That a nice touch.

Desert Marlin
Excellent work! Looking well used for sure!

Jennifer Franklin
Thank you Mr D, Dave, and Desert Marlin. It's very motivating to get everyone's feedback.

Felix
This is looking great! Is the kit fun so far, Jennifer? Me wants too!

Villiers de Vos
Good weathering/wear and tear in the cockpit.

Jennifer Franklin
Thank you Felix and Villiers de Vos. Felix, yes, the kit has been fun, in fact it has been a dream to put together so far.

Guy Rump
Taking shape beautifully! 👍

Mick Burdett
Looking good, good choice to make

Skyhiker
That's a pretty cool spray booth you have there. Is that custom made?

Marc .
Great diorama with fantastic groundwork and great looking tank!

Jean-Frédéric VILLATTE
thanks 🙂

Rui S
I agree with Marc. Very well done 👍

Jean-Frédéric VILLATTE
Thanks 😀

Łukasz Gliński
Following

Christoph Kunz
Da schau ich Dir mal über die Schulter.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, for sure!

Alex K
... sure!

Michael Kohl
Welcome mates. Happy to have you around.

Michael Kohl
Those familiar with the kit might have noticed the absence of the firewall. I simply lost it and decided that I will just omit it as it is invisible anyway.

bughunter
A very interesting plane! You made a good progress with another (parallel?) project 👍

Michael Kohl
Parallllllel, alternating. You name it. 😉

J35J
Great start!👀

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Michael Kohl
Thanks and welcome.

Nicolas
Great start.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Interesting build and very promising start - I´m in for this 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Michael Kohl
Moin zusammen Thomas und Nicolas.

Michael Kohl
...and Jennifer too, of course. 🙂

Nicolas
Interesting approach to simply sand the control surface structure in the primer. I'll keep my fingers crossed for a good result.

Denis Dogadov
As a base for the red color, you need to use yellow, then the red will be bright.If you put red on white, you will get just pink.

bughunter
Michael, using different primers for one top coat is my idea! The usage of my idea is geBIERenpflichtig! 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Looks like you're the partial member of The Infanous Order of The Pink Primer 😋

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Michael Kohl
@ Nicolas: I cross my fingers too. But looks like I have to do some homework before the final coat (see below 🙂 )

@ Denis: thanks for your input. I tested your suggestion on a scrab wing. With LP-7 I get a nice hue as well over white primer and pink base alike. Problem is that there is almost no difference between them. Over yellow (XF-3) the red receives a rather orange hue which I do not like for this project. But I am optimistic to finetune that and use lighter yellow or buff as base coat and see how that turns out. I'll keep you posted.

@Frank: So, se wollen erheben ne kleene GeBIER?!
Da trifft es sich ja gut, dass mein diesjähriger Adventskalender aus 24 Flaschen feinem fränkischen Bier aus 24 verschiedenen Brauereien besteht. Es wird mir eine Freude sein, ein-zwei-drei mit Dir zu teilen - in N?! In M?! Gruß 🙂

@Lukasz: I applied, but as PartPrimerer I am only allowed into the Entree so far. Full membetship pending. 🙂

Welcome Guy

Denis Dogadov
Yes, I will be interested in what your red color will turn out to be. I recently painted small parts red, but there was a noticeable difference in color, depending on the color of the soil. Perhaps your LP-7 is better.

Michael Kohl
I tested a couple of base coat variations for LP-7. A nice combination in my eyes is achieved when using Mr. Hobbycolor H413 yellow as base for the darker areas and pink (Tamiya X-17) for the lighter ones. But that would have meant to redo the whole base paint. So I stuck to my combination and mourned the loss of contrast.

Mark Sherwood
Looks good to me Michael. 🤘🥸👍

Cuajete
Me 2! 👍

Jennifer Franklin
That is a gorgeous colour red

Christoph Kunz
I say the same as Mark and Jennifer. 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Add some white today and it will be perfect Xmas gift just in time 😋

Jennifer Franklin
There's the white! Perfect Xmas gift.

Jakub Biganovsky
Really great job. I appreciate your approach.
I didn`t test different base color. I used GS Aquarius H23 at first piece at black surfacer, and it wasn`t fine. I will use gloss yellow at 2nd piece.
How did you do such perfect wing bottom side. It looks really nice. I had relatively big gap there and some residual step although I precisely brushed big material layer out from both wing half. Maybe, the used glue did a step at the end.
I thing, that this, wings bottom, is weakest part of this model although, as you ar writing, engine nacceles also need some attention.

Bernhard Schrock
A nice red! 🙂

Michael Kohl
Welcome mates and thanks for your encouraging and funny comments. Bottomline I am quite happy with the shade of red. I just haven't made up my mind about how gloss it should appear finally. If I would have had access to a cutter I would have scanned the bigger decals and cut masks for painting the letters.
Now what's left are the tail skid and a few bits and pieces at the wings and the stabiliser.

@Jakub: wing assembly requires some scraping and dry fitting. With super thin cement I didn't encounter any issues afterwards. But there still remains a considerable gap towards the flaps and ailerons which I filled with super glue.

Mark Sherwood
By Gum. That's a lovely looking aircraft. Kudos Michael. 🤘🥸🤟

Robert Podkoński
Looks beautiful already, Michael!

J35J
Almost there! Great build & paintwork👍🏻

Michael Kohl
Thanks mates. Let's see whether the year is still long enough to finish the plane.

bughunter
Nice 👍
Regarding the cutter - you know I can always help here! If you still want to do it may another mate can scan the decals ... or next project.

Cuajete
Fantastic job. Very nice result. Great!
Congrats!

Zbynek Honzik
Great job! I like it very much, Michael. 👍

Jennifer Franklin
I agree with everyone; great job, nice result, and I like it very much.

Rui S
I like it, a Lot 👍

Michael Kohl
Thank you all for sneaking in.
Couldn't finish it last year, so might be the first to be completed this year.
Wish you all a lot of happy modelling in 2025.

Neuling
Very beautiful model. A good start into 2025 !

Nicolas
Great looking model. 👍 Happy 2025 to everyone.

J35J
Excellent! Your setting the scene for the 2025 build year👍🏻

Robert Podkoński
Absolutely fabulously looking model!

Guy Rump
Great result, congrats!

Michael Kohl
Thanks mates for yor very nice feedback. Is a nice kit. Still pondering about a few details for a little vignette.

U1 PLAMO
Beautiful! That's a wonderful piece of work!

Michael Kohl
Thanks mate

Christoph Kunz
High End Modelling. 👍

Cuajete
The figures and other elements look great. Are they 3D printed or commercial?

Michael Kohl
Thanks Christoph and Cuajete,
all items are commercial, some classic resin casts, some 3D-printed.

Jennifer Franklin
I love the additional elements, especially the bike.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
The comet turned out beautifully 😊 - excited to see the finished dio my friend 👌🤞

Michael Kohl
Thank you Thomas.
progress is a bit slow as the last figure I bought needed a decent makeover due to casting imperfections. Same with the barrels I bought. Issues I weren't used to from.Balaton and White Storck Models.

gorby
Taking a seat. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Me 2!

Augie
Thanks guys, fingers crossed I do it justice.

MARCO ORSENIGO
how did you the balistic protection on the sidewalls?

Augie
@Marco They are from the Kelic set, the only thing I would say about them is that, I had to superglue them in.

Augie
You'll have to mind the white stuff on the roof as one of the glazing cracked in half so I am trying to get a piece of acetate to fit and need the pva to dry so I have an outline of the hole.

Augie
Washed.. now letting it settle a bit before I mush much more with it.

CaptGPF
Following!

Augie
Welp, I think its about done.. there are things I would have done differently and tbh will do differently with the next one. But for a quick break away from the decal fest that is the JASDF F-4 that its in progress then I'm happy.

gorby
Very nice result! I really like the camo.

Augie
Thanks Gorby

Its no perfect, but gives me a smile. Dunno what it is with the O-2 its just a funky little plane.

Clifford Keesler
Nice looking O-2 Augie. I dug mine out the other day, finally got the 3-D decals for the interior. Trying to decide which will be next it or the Kitty Hawk F-94C.

Augie
Thanks Clifford, give the O-2 a spin, its a lovely little kit

Dominik Weitzer
great work so far!

David R. Meizoso
I admire your skills, not only with plastic but also electronics and lighting. Following!

Denis Dogadov
Thanks!
But this is a lot of things for me for the first time. I've never made electrified models before. This is the largest airplane model I've ever made.

David R. Meizoso
Even more impressive! So, may I ask how did you learn about all the electronic stuff? I guess it also involves programming light pattern sequences in Arduino. It's on my to do list!

Denis Dogadov
Theoretically, it is possible to purchase ready-made electronics to illuminate the model, but I did not succeed. Then I turned to a fellow modeler who had already made a backlit model. He agreed to sell me a set of electronic parts. As a result, I received a package containing separate electronic elements. I didn't know what to do with all this. But I have a friend who works on a smart home system and knows what an Arduino is. He helped me a lot. But the hardest part turned out to be soldering the LEDs.
As my friend said, all these electronic parts can be bought on Aliexpress, inexpensively.
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David R. Meizoso
Thanks for sharing your experience, mate. I purchased a starter pack with an Arduino board (much bigger than the one you used) some time ago, but don't know where to begin. I was hoping my kids would teach me, but they're not that much interested...

Denis Dogadov
My friend said that I have a large Arduino board, but Aliexpress can buy a smaller one.

Denis Dogadov
I drew a plane on a piece of cardboard, and we made a fully working circuit with LEDs on it. Then I transferred this scheme to the model.

Greg Baker
Oooooo…. Arduino's are FUN! You need an Arduino Nano. I've done several Arduino projects. You can do all kinds of neat things with them. My two favourite projects are Ghibli: If an Ohm falls in the Forest (Nausicaa + Ohm) | Album by strobez (1:144) and Destination Moon (XFLR-6 Test Rocket) | Album by strobez (1:72).

If you want some help with Arduino projects, feel free to ask~

Greg Baker
Oh… I also lit up a 747 using an Arduino. So much fun! AREA 88 : "A Close Shave" | Album by strobez (1:144)

Denis Dogadov
Greg Baker I looked at your work with interest. I wish it had happened sooner, because I had so many questions...
And no one told me that the inside of the fuselage needed to be painted over with black paint.
I found this photo funny (bombs + B747)

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Greg Baker
Well… first off, it's not a rule that the inside has to be painted. I did it for two reasons though… a) it helps to stop the light from coming through the skin of the fuselage. It's not so bad with a large (for 1/144 scale) commercial airliner, but I lit up a Learjet in 1/144 and it looked like I was taking an X-Ray. 😉 And b) it helps diffuse the light so each LED doesn't look like a lonely lamppost at night, with only a small circle of light.

Ha. As for the bombs, well, I didn't like how the engines looked originally and I needed something rounded and pointy to stick out the back. I think those came from an Academy F4U. Always handy to keep leftover parts in the spares box. 😉

Greg Baker
I've also lit up a B-707 (AREA 88: "Sitting on the Tarmac" (B-707) | Album by strobez (1:144)) and a DC-10 (AREA 88: "The Upside Down Bomb" (DC-10-30) | Album by strobez (1:144)). Oh, and I also post my builds on my blog (strobez.ca) and usually talk about the main challenges (or triumphs) with each project. You might find that a bit helpful too.

I didn't start lighting up the DC-10 until after I started the project, so ai had to undo a bit first. I also used simple capacitors to make the lights blink instead of an Arduino. You only really need an Arduino if you want to do some fancy light sequence.

Denis Dogadov
These are German bombs, I was interested in the design and coloring of bombs.
I've looked at your work. Yes, you can do without Arduino.
There's a lot of my work here, if you're interested-
karopka.ru/community/user/21568/

Greg Baker
That's some great work! Maybe the bombs with from a Me262? I dunno... they were the right kind of pointy... I didn't ask any more questions than that. 🙂

Denis Dogadov
Greg Baker-" it helps diffuse the light so each LED doesn't look like a lonely lamppost at night, with only a small circle of light."

I have seen that it is possible to use transparent rods from the model parts to evenly distribute the light. And I even bought these rods on Aliexpress specifically for this. But I didn't like this option and I just increased the number of LEDs in the fuselage.
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Mr D
Very nice Build Denis, Led kit worked out great 👍👍

Greg Baker
Yeah. I've tried those acrylic rods as well. Didn't really work all that well for me either, but it does help if you sand them to make them less clear. I think I'd always put them more directly behind the windows too.. The correct plan is to increase the number of LEDs you're using, but on some builds that also impacts how much power you need. I usually keep all my builds to 5 volts (basically USB power plugs), but you can run a 9V battery or even a 12V plug in if necessary.

★ Starfish ★
I've been working on this project for months but never found the time to share it—until now. This is the largest aircraft I've built so far. When someone from Qatar asked me to take on this project, I was immediately on board. I knew the Hercules' sheer size compared to my other kits would make this a challenging and exciting project!

Rui S
Nice pair 👍. I'm in 😎

★ Starfish ★
Thanks Rui! More about the Eagles can be found here: F-15C Dual Build 1/72 | Album by Mike_AUT (1:72)

DerMattes
Following 👍

Nicolas
👀

Cristian A
This is an amazing project, taking a seat and popcorn 🙂 The size of the Hercules model is s satisfying to see !

★ Starfish ★
Thanks Cristian! For me this is almost too large so I'm looking forward to build something "normal" soon 😅

★ Starfish ★
Another update on the Herc. The cockpit isn't very detailed, so I spent more time painting the crew. Beforehand, I tested which of my paints best matched the uniforms of the Qatari Air Force.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Rui S
Great figure painting Too 👍

Cristian A
Cockpit interior and Qatari pilots look awesome, keep going. Cannot wait to see this big boy wearing its Qatari Air Force roundel.

Finn
Following

Nicolas
Am I the only one who is reminded of the Terminator by the co-pilot figure? I'm not sure why.
Nice start with the cockpit. 👍

★ Starfish ★
Thank you all! Now that you mention it, yes 😅

Mr D
The cockpit is 💯% looking great.
Nice project 👍👍

CaptGPF
Damn! That is some slick work! Following!

Jennifer Franklin
Nice detail on the pilots and the interior.

Ekki
Watching.

Skyhiker
Ok you caught my attention.

★ Starfish ★
@Skyhiker, klingt gut 🙂

Mr D
Looking great, the cockpit is next level 👌👍

★ Starfish ★
Thanks Mr D. I wasted too much time on the cockpit, considering that you can't see anything once the model is finished 🤦‍♂️

Jennifer Franklin
But you'll know it is there 😛

Mr D
@ starfish.
I know the situation 🤣 modern fighter jets are good for cockpit displays, Desert Marlin has built some great examples.
I quite enjoy the cockpit work and always have the Snaps 📸 , l have to confess..l sometimes takes to the cabinet with my 🔎 have a look through the cockpit window 😆

Ben M
Interesting build! I just traveled to Qatar.

★ Starfish ★
The Zvezda C-130J-30 Hercules in Qatar Emiri Air Force markings is finally done! Although I had some issues with decal silvering, the kit was a pleasure to build. As always, you can check out the full build video on my YouTube channel: Youtube Video

Cristian A
Beautiful result as always! Congrats!

Guy Rump
Great result! 👍

Nicolas
Looks great. 👍

Clement
Very nice result, well done.

★ Starfish ★
Thank you all for the kind comments 😊

Mr D
What a great job... Enjoyed watching the process. 10/10😁👍

★ Starfish ★
I really appreciate it Mr D 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
Stellar result. It's absolutely gorgeous; great job!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Robert Blaschke
So - that is simply beautiful. Congratulations! 👍

Gary Victory
Really nice build and finish. Top job Starfish.

Finn
Beautiful!

Neuling
Excellent work!

★ Starfish ★
Thank you so much everybody 🙂

Martin Weinpold
Fantastic!

★ Starfish ★
Thank you Martin!

CaptGPF
Oh wow! You outdid yourself on that one! Your build was so inspiring that even I wanted to build one! My apologies for being greedy - but can you post a few more photos of the finished product?! Just make sure you put Starfish on it so Zvesda can't rip it off and use it in their marketing materials without compensating you!

★ Starfish ★
Haha thank you CaptGPF! I will post more photos tomorrow, in the meantime you could check out the slideshow in my video linked above 😉

Thomas Kolb
Wow, this is a beautiful model! You really managed to break up the monochrome color with your preshading, super impressing work! Your Eagles are also fantastic, you are obviously very skilled with the airbrush. Thanks for the inspiration mate.

★ Starfish ★
Thank you for the kind words Thomas! I really appreciate it 😊

Zbynek Honzik
Beautiful Hercules! Great job! 👏👏👏

★ Starfish ★
Thank you 😊

Tom M
very nicely built model

Mr D
Very nicely done, l thought it was a bigger scale with the quality of the detail.
Excellent 👍

Pierre Snappe
Thanks !

Ronald Clanton
Great detail!

Pierre Snappe
Thank you !

Alex K
I'm in - of course...

Rui S
Me too 😎

gorby
Thanks for tagging along Alex & Rui. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Looks like a tuk tuk, anyways its really nice to see you on another project. Im excited to see the fuck ups and final result. Hope your misses doesn't mind you being in love with another woman 😄

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here, of course 🙂

gorby
Welcome Kesa & Robert. 🙂
Kesa Mrs Gorby is used to my plastic passion obsessions. 😄
And yes it does look a bit like a tuk tuk. Incidentally there have been a couple of screw up so far but obviously I won't be telling everyone as I want to make it look like I know what I'm doing. 🙂

Spanjaard
certainly joining this new gorby's strange subject being created 🙂

gorby
Thanks Spanjaard, you're always welcome. 🙂

Mr D
Hi Gorby 👋
Another interesting one 😃👍
Nice project, they used 3wheel trucks like these at Cadburys factory as they need tighter turning circles round the plant.

gorby
Glad you're tagging along Mr D.
Their turning circle was one of the reasons they where so successful. Do you have any association with Cadburys - other than eating their products of course. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Remember these trundling down Zetland Road and Linthorpe Road from the train station. BR and their parcel/freight division use to operate them.

gorby
Hi Mark, apparently British Rail was the main user of these things.

bughunter
That will be another session of scratch modeling of famous (with 30,000 it must be famous) British cars 👍 So ugly that they begin to be beautiful.

gorby
Hi Frank, they certainly are famous in Britland...although probably only with men of a certain age. 😄

Mr D
Hi Gorby...No just eating 😂 l live not far from factory n seen documentary on it too.
Like the project 😁👍

gorby
Thanks Mr D.
Been on their factory tour, as a chocoholic it was wonderful. 🙂

Alex K
One interesting thing to have in mind is that Gorby set to build the ancient 1962 tool of the Scarab and scratch the Mechanical Horse precisely when there appeared recent (and immeasurably better, as for the Scarab - I guess) 3d-printed 1:72 kits of both the Scarab and the French relatives of the MH (i.e. FAR tractors)... But that's Gorby (much to our delight!) 👍

gorby
THERE'S 3D PRINTED KITS!!!??? 😄 😄
I'd be too tight to buy them anyway.
I'm about a month into the build so far and quite enjoying it....mostly.

Alex K
We know you would enjoy this - and we enjoy too... Plus: if you are going to turn the Scarab into a wrecker / recovery vehicle (!!!)... extra joy. Very Gorby-esque work! 👍 👍

gorby
Thanks Alex. 🙂

Ben M
👀

Mr D
"Would you like some parts with that Flash sir" 😂
I know you will pull a great job out of it Gorby 😀👍

Jan Peters
Following this masochistic exercise 😄
The tow truck you fell in love with, was it used to tow Reliant Robins?

Zsolt Czegle
I take a seat!

Intresting project! Go Gorby Go!

gorby
Good grief, I appear to have attracted a crowd. 😳
I didn't realise the Robin was globally infamous. That would be a great idea Jan if I can find a cheapish 1/76 one. 😄
Thanks all for taking an interest. 🙂

Alec K
Taking a seat. The nasties the kit, the more Gorby likes it… I'll forgo spelling out the logical conclusion from this. 😄 😄 😄

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Welcome to the show Alec. I have some nice kits in my mini stash, for some reason they keep being overlooked. Maybe I choose kits which make scratch-building feel like an easier option. 😄

David Taylor
Always worth a watch.

Mr D
X2 trucks under way 😁👍

Jan Peters
Great job on the fiddly bits Gorby 👍🏻

gorby
Thanks mates....as usual I'm playing catch-up with the build report.
(I'll let you into a secret. I don't start the report until I have a very good idea that things might work out. If I'd completely screwed up - you'd never know about it.) 😳

Mr D
🤣🤣 prevention better than cure 😜
Where about in the UK were they produced ?
I vaguely remember the 3 wheel electric milk floats as a kid.

gorby
I think they were built at Scammell Lorries Ltd in Watford.
In fact there is now a road in the area called Scammell Way.
Typical of Britain, close the factory and name a new road after it to remind us that we used to actually make stuff. 🙁

bughunter
Your 'secret' is a good idea: start a build report lately not only shows a success, but also makes the build look quick! Must copy this idea 😉

gorby
😄
The one down side is that as I only do one project at a time it looks like I'm doing bugger all for about a month. 😄

Alec K
Gorby, I follow the same strategy with build reports. Trouble is, I eventually catch up and then snail-pace it to the finish…

gorby
😄

Alex K
Fabulous work going on (as it was to be expected)...

gorby
Thanks very much Alex. 🙂

Jan Peters
What a load of rubbish, in a good way that is 🙂

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Lex Jassies
Nice to see this kit. Build the Scammel Scarab as a youngster from Airfix. And looking at the sprues I would say these are from the the former Airfix kit.
Have fun building it 😉

Alec K
Great progress and entertaining narrative 🙂. The trailer wheels turned out nice, I can't imagine making something like that. Just curious: why not make one and cast a copy (I think you have done that in the past)? Or does this have to do with that logical thing…

gorby
Thanks for the comment mates. 🙂
Lex: Yes this is from the old Airfix kit. Quite enjoying the build so far - although that's probably because most of the build is scratch work. 😄
Alec: Typically the trailer wheels look like a different size to the other wheels in the kit which is why I had to cobble something together rather than cast them. I've been meaning to try and scratch wheels for a while so it was also a bit of an experiment. Hopefully future ones will be better.

Michael Kohl
Love the subject and the build. Not really knowing what I'm talking about I'd say it's as british as british can be

gorby
Thanks Michael. You're quite right, they are as quirkily British as it's possible to be and unlike most quirky British vehicles these were a actually successful. 🙂

Mr D
Like what you have done so far, good thinking on utilising items , l always look at a item before l throw it away to see if it could be useful.
My fire extinguisher handle was just offcuts laying in my scrap tub., ps it finished now will photo tomorrow.
Your right...a MC Donald's or frozen pizza box would be bit out of place 🤣 Fire ash, tin cans, spud peel n bit of dog poo most likely 😄.
Quite rewarding the scratch build l imagine.
Looking good 👍👍

Michael Schubert
Looks like I'm a bit late to the party, but pulling up a chair way in the back to follow along 🤣 looks like a fun little project

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂
I have to fight against an inherited hoarding gene, so it's a bit of a fine line I have to walk with saving odd and sods for scratching.
At the moment it's very enjoyable project. It's helping to keep my grey matter from seizing up completely, working out how to make something from a pile of bits.

Jennifer Franklin
I am pulling up a seat. I can't wait to see what you do with the scratch building of an I beam.

gorby
Thanks Jennifer. Hopefully I'l show more work soon. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Really creative way to make rubbish. Im honestly surprised at how well you can DIY and scratch stuff, top notch stuff. Either way the progress is nice.
Also if you don't mind me asking, what operation did your missus go through? Having to administer blood thinners sounds pretty serious.

gorby
Thanks Kesa. 🙂
Mrs Gorby had a hip replacement op. Normally she'd just need medication for the blood thinning but fortunately for my scratch-building junk pile, they thought injections would be better.
Okay, that makes me sound like a bad person. 😄

shadowlight
Not at all... you are aware of your "waste footprint" ^^

Kesa Tiho
Gotta agree with shadowlight. Your not a bad person 🙂. This reminds me of a quote from one of my favourite games: "I'm not an angel, but when you see Trevor your gonna swear I am one." Except It's "I'm not an angel, but when you see Kesa your gonna swear I am one." 😄

Mr D
@ Kesa
GTA-5 by any chance Kesa ??
Interesting build this one ... good to follow.
Did you have any 3wheel vehicles in your part of the world ?
👍😄

Kesa Tiho
Yeah Mr D! Do you play the game?

Mr D
Kesa ...l have played it,
I like retro gaming mostly now👍

Mark Sherwood
Holy Chewbacca on a bagel. Who's, who?

Kesa Tiho
I like the exhaust (yeah i know, a half assed comment) but good god I have never seen a more perfect card... ever.... Truly a masterpiece gifted to us from the scratch building god 😄

gorby
Progress has been slow. I have a problem with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) so everything slows down including brain and enthusiasm. Particularly enthusiasm. It's the part of the year I have more difficulty working out how to make parts and usually the first or second attempts end in disaster before something passable emerges.
Perhaps I should drum into myself "Must do KITS in the winter…. Must do KITS in the winter..."

Alec K
Sounds like a road trip to southern Spain is in order. 😊

gorby
😄 😄 😄
I'll see if I can work up some enthusiasm for that. 😉

Mr D
Great work and like the updates, taking shape well now.😃👍

Jan Peters
You're on a roll now Gorby!

gorby
Thanks Mr D, Jan, and the other peeps for their likes. 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
The second attempt on the engine cover looks nice!

gorby
Thanks Jennifer. 👍
It almost certainly isn't accurate but I won't be loosing any sleep over it. 🙂

Rui S
Excellent scratch work, as usual 👍

gorby
Thanks Rui. 🙂

Spanjaard
that jib is just AWESOME!!! amazing job my friend, amazing.

gorby
Wow, thank you Spanjaard! 🙂

Robert Podkoński
I fully agree with Spanjaard! AWESOME!

bughunter
Luckily this dusty work in between didn't kill you (even if the mask looks like it tried hard), so now we see new marvellous scratch work 👍

gorby
Thanks Robert and Frank. 🙂
It was quite a good mask Frank, it's now black on the outside but completely white inside. Mind you my entire workshop* is completely covered in a fine black dust which I haven't had the enthusiasm to clean up yet. Maybe tomorrow.....or the day after. 😄

* I call my workshop 'The Hutch'. I'm a veggie, which means I eat rabbit food, therefor.... 🙂

Mr D
Hi Gorby 👋
The trailer looks great 👍 pulling of some nice scratch work 😁👍

Jennifer Franklin
Learning a tonne about scratch work, thanks for all the details. Everything looks amazing.

Alec K
Wow, impressive scratchbuilding. I love it. Nice to see you do something useful once in a while… 😂😂😂

Jan Peters
I agree, quite impressive scratch building.

Michael Kohl
As expected a joy to follow.

gorby
Thanks very much everyone for your nice comments.
I must admit that this part of the build was more irritating than enjoyable, although having said that it was certainly preferable to 'Useful work'. 🙂

Mr D
Thought I'd pop n see how Gorby is getting on with his scratch building 👀.
Very nice... Great job on the Jib 👏 very skillful to pull this build off the way you have.
Pleasure to follow 😀👍

Stefan Schacht
very nice, I take a seat.

Jan Peters
After the labour of love you did for your daughter, which of course isn't a chore being the loving dad you are, it's back to the salt mines to get some real hard work done 😀
That's some great scratch building on the jib, and the
Scammell is really looking the part.

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂
Hopefully there should be another update in the next couple of days.

Marko
It's great what's being created again - the kit base seems to be a challenge.
Good succeed!

gorby
Thanks Marko.
Of the two builds, I'm finding the kit conversion (the Scarab) to be more of a challenge than the full scratch-build (The Mechanical Horse & trailer) which isn't what I was expecting at all.

gorby
Still progressing slooooowly. These tiny 1/76 bits seem to take longer to make than they do in larger scales. 1/48 feels huge in comparison and 1/35 would probably blow my mind.
This update means the Mechanical Horse is now complete, yaaaaaayyyy. 🙂
Eeeerm, except the tiresome colouring-in bit of course. 🙁

Spanjaard
looks great as it is!!

David Taylor
I had a brush very similar to that one.Had it for twenty years,changed the head a few times and the handle thrice.LOL.

Mr D
Trigger has got his broom 😉
Great 👍

bughunter
gorby, your pic 73 reminds me an old joke:
A drunk man comes home and his wife is waiting for him with a broom. He asks her: "Do you want to clean or are you going to fly off again?"
Nice scratch work again 👍

Robert Podkoński
This is simply the master-class scratch work tutorial. Chapeau bas!

Jan Peters
Small scale scratch building at its best 🫡

gorby
Wow, thanks very much for the comments mates. 🙂

Alec K
You managed some magic with this build (y )

gorby
Thanks very much Alec. 🙂

Michael Kohl
Really fine stuff

Mark Sherwood
True about the binmen, pick a metal bin off the floor to their back, everything was in it. No recycling back then. By the way that's a rather fetching brush ( Erm, Boom, Boom)

gorby
Thanks Michael & Mark. 🙂

Mr D
Gets better every time 👏, the old bin wagon used to have a storage bucket on the side... remember they had brooms n couple shovels...for when the stuff fell everywhere,
I remember they used to come round the back of the house open the gate "which they never closed" and Cary the old black rubber type bin on there back, they used to hopp on the side of the wagon between streets " Before Health n safety 🤣" most bin-men were on the sick with bad backs before 50.
Remember the heavy rubber lids that said "No Hot Ashes"
No faffing getting it built 🤣 famous word's.
Great work so far 😀👍

Dave Flitton
Another Gorby Masterpiece.

Jennifer Franklin
Gorby this is a little mind-blowing the things that you can do.

Mark Sherwood
A funny thing happened to me the other day, this duck said. . . . . . . . . . . . .

gorby
Thanks very much for your comments mates. 🙂
Mr D: I'm old enough to remember the predecessor to the black plastic bins, the galvanised steel ones – the ones which rusted and sometimes when they were picked up the bottom fell out. Thankfully they were replaced before I started to work nights because bin day used to be a very noisy business. 😄
Thanks to everyone again. 👍

Daniel H
Such an interesting subject. I'm enjoying both your writing *and* watching the build. 🙂

Jan Peters
I was just about to write the same, love the humorous comments to the updates Gorby

gorby
Thanks very much Daniel & Jan. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
We all love Gorby's works and narrations, as it seems!

gorby
Thanks Robert...you'll make me blush. 😳
🙂

Spanjaard
fully agree with Robert!! 🙂

gorby
Thanks mate. 🙂

Alec K
Aye aye, I think Gorby may have missed his true calling 😉

I love the garbage collection nostalgia. I got the feel for the British variety from Mr. Bean. 😄

Mark Sherwood
@Alec K. Try the Dustbinmen, you can get episode's on You Tube. A late sixties, early-ish seventies sit com. The cart was nicknamed Thunderbird 3. I think it was written by Jack Rosenthal , which I think he wrote London's Burning too.

Bas Tonn
Hmmm... what iis this? Strange, unusual, I like it. Will have to check it out.

gorby
Thanks for the nice comments mates.
Alec: When I left school in the late 70's there wasn't much call for someone who talked rubbish in Coventry. The politicians were mostly in London. 😄
Mark: I've never head of that programme.
Bas: welcome to the oddness. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Gorby: Based in Manchester cast of characters included Heavy Breathing, Cheese and Egg, Winston and Eric. Cheese and egg was the gaffer of No.3 Gang, Heavy Breathing the lothario, Winston fervent Man City fan and Eric who was Welsh.

David Taylor
May I humbly bow to the king of faff.LOL

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Oh, dear I'm not sure I can keep up the same standard of utter drivel. 😄

Mark Sherwood
Two buttons and a milk token , surely a man of affluence. Very nice scratch building Gorby.

Ben M
Gorby can set up a side business making buttons.

Michael Schubert
Apart from the amazing scratch building going on, i think the commentary near takes the cake, i check in every day for further updates and have a really good chuckle after work..really brightens my day, thanks @gorby!

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Thanks all. I think my button business might struggle with two buttons per hour. Mind you, they're hand-made….Etsy here I come. 🙂
Michael: I can't guarantee the quality of my prattling but it's nice to hear my own flavour of odd is appreciated. Also, I like your little furry friend (No that ISN'T a euphemism 😄 ).
Although progress has been slow there was a bit of a boost yesterday and I'm hoping that something (hopefully not the kitchen) will get painted by next weekend. 😮
Now that's jinxed it hasn't it.

Mr D
A Wheely good job 🫣 , They would say it was a visual obstruction now days.
Keeping to the photos nicely 👍

gorby
Thanks Mr D. 👍

gorby
I'm slowly getting the the finish line. Someone pointed out this nice video about the Scarab which shows what a game changer it was (why does everything on YouTube have to claim it's a 'GAME CHANGER!!!!!' and when you watch it seems they've only found the cure for insomnia.).
Youtube Video

Robert Podkoński
These details you've made from scratch are simply unbelievably awesome... I suppose I should buy the same glasses (photo #99 😉

Alec K
Nice magnifiers! I have been using an optivisior in conjunction with 3+ magnification readers for years. The trick is not to let anyone see you wearing that. What magnification is that Amazon find you are sporting?

Jan Peters
Watching in awe, yet again. Really enjoying the ride Gorby 😀
Oh, and warm beer is an awful nightmare to us savage continentals 🍻

gorby
It isn't the first time I've used magnifying glasses but these are a GAME CHANGER!!! 😄
Alec: I usually use the 3X magnification although these do go up to 5X – which may take some getting used to as it's like being drunk without any of the pleasure. 🙂
Jan: Obviously non Brits have to chill their beer to hide the flavour. 😉

Thanks all for taking the time to comment mates. 👍

Ben M
I went to Zenni optical website and got on the online chat. Told the person I wanted glasses with my short distance correction for doing close up intricate work with +2 magnification. He helped me adjust my prescription to this and they made me a set for $35 that are an amazing help.

Spanjaard
that seems a great idea Ben. gorby, those details are truly stunning.....

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂
Ben: The new eyes cost me £35. The built in LED light is a revelation as much as the better vision. The old mag glasses had a light but the extra batteries made it too heavy and very uncomfortable to wear so I didn't put batteries in it. The new one has a rechargeable battery built in which make it much more comfortable. Which is just as well as I need it for about 90% of my modelling now.

Mr D
Better...got to have the tools , project looking great 👍👍

gorby
Sorry about my tardiness in updating this album, blame my daughter. I keep telling her I've retired and should be leading a life of leisure but that apparently means nothing to daughters. I can't hold her entirely to account as I've been pruning a tree this morning. I can be a bit, errm, lets say "vigorous" when it comes to pruning. The trees probably think of it more as a near-death experience 😳 . Is attempted arborecide a thing?
Aaaannnnyyyway, the fun is over. Now it's time to suffer. Yes I've arrived at the colouring-in bit where I traditionally snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. 🙁

Jan Peters
Great job on the colouring and marking Gorby.
The captions to the pictures make it an even more enjoyable experience 😄

gorby
Thanks very much Jan. 🙂

Alex K
No need to apologize, dear Gorby, the Feb 22 update was something worthy for us in the gallery to wait for... 👍 👍

Mark Sherwood
That's why I sent my Daughter to Canada.

gorby
I think Mrs Gorby wouldn't be impressed if I sent our daughter to a different continent so I could spend more time playing with plastic. Might be worth considering though. 😄
Thanks very much for taking the time to comment Alex and Mark. 🙂

Alec K
😂🤣😂👍

Rui S
Great teaser photo109. Incredible Beautifull small scale work

Spanjaard
wow, paint looks really good in this flea with wheels 🙂

Diorama Dude
Great scratch-conversions with this old Scammell Sacrab kit. Impressive work.👍

gorby
Thanks very much mates. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
You're welcome, she did it under her own volition (I think the smell of lacquer thinners drove her) a nice outcome on your Scammels too, brought back some memories of when I were a lad.

Mr D
Looks great.... should be very proud 👍 you put a lot of work in and created something very unique... Great model work 😁👍

gorby
Thanks Mr D. 🙂

Dominik Weitzer
what tiny models . great work so far

gorby
Thanks Dominik. 🙂

Michael Kohl
Fun to follow, fun to read, fun to watch. I dare say: the jaws of victory are still open...

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Thanks Michael, I'm glad you're enjoying it. 👍

CaptGPF
That level of MICROSCOPIC scratch building is OBSCENE! I'm always at awe of your projects (including the roller of death)!

Guy Rump
This is the first of two Hawks that I will be building, this is the 81-A-2 as flown by the Flying Tigers by US volunteers in China. 🙂

CaptGPF
Watching!

Thomas Kolb
This should be interesting to follow!

Guy Rump
Made a start on this aircraft, the interior colour is Vallejo Model Air US Interior Yellow. 🙂

Welcome CaptGPF & Thomas, great to have you along. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes J35J, Jean, Duster_d & Jun Chung. 👍

Guy Rump
Main part of the fuselage put together and wing tops added to the bottom. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Franck G. 👍

Dave Flitton
Watching

J35J
Joining!

Guy Rump
Wings and cockpit added to fuselage. 🙂

Welcome Dave & J35J, you're both extremely welcome. 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Franck G. 👍

Guy Rump
Tail, engine covering etc. added. Next will be primer and pre-shading. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Matti T & 2 other mates. 👍

Kenneth
Looks great 👍 Which colour have you used for the interior? Looks remarkably spot-on for what I've read/seen described as „Curtiss Interior Green".

Guy Rump
Light grey primer added and then a bit of pre-shading. 🙂

Thanks for the kind comment Kenneth, the colour used is Vallejo Model Air US Interior Yellow. 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Kenneth. 👍

Guy Rump
Underside painted with Vallejo Model Air Light Gull Gray ANA 620. 👍

Guy Rump
Upper side first camouflage colour painted Vallejo Model Air USAF Brown ANA 628. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Zbynek H. 👍

Thomas Kolb
Coming along nicely!

Geert
Great result!

Volker Schaak
Thanks!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Nice!👍

Volker Schaak
Dankeschön!

Ronald Clanton
Really nice paint!

bughunter
A while ago I have started the Junkers F.13 from MikroMir, which is on hold because I was not happy with some details and was not in the mood of scratch work to fix things.

Then I had the chance to see the new Junkers F.13 😮 I'm now a proud owner of that damn great kit!
With the finish of the Stearman and the new year I put it on the bench. And after Kenneth had the chance to see this build with his own eyes I should give the other usual followers a chance to see it too.

Made a good progress the last days - a relaxing out-of-the-box build so far 👍 I have seen no other builds here yet?

Robert Podkoński
Looks like it is a well designed kit. Watching with pleasure!

bughunter
Yeah Robert, it is fantastic! As I'm not a tank builder this is my first kit from MiniArt. The plastic is softer then usual, but that is ok for me.
I have read bad things about the fit, but I think it is perfect, at least what I have seen so far. Sometime the fit is very tight - you need to understand how it should be. Add a good amount of ultra thin glue until it fits. So you avoid later problems.

Marcel
That looks great. Lots of detail. I recently saw a YouTube video by Plasmo for this model, which gives a good showcase of this kit: Youtube Video

bughunter
One question: Does anyone know any information about the original D-188 "Dohle" (Jackdaw) ? I would like to build this green/black one.

Kenneth
There are the photos … and then seeing these models (e.g. the Stearman) live. Unbelievable 😳 The F.13 just has to be shown here too. Looking forward to the rest 👍

bughunter
Thank you very much, Kenneth, for your very pleasant comment!
We were both impressed by this modern kit and its fits.

gorby
Oh! I didn't realise there was a new Buggy build, and it looks like another interesting one. 🙂

MoJo
👍

bughunter
Welcome mates!
@gorby, You didn't recognise my style? No wonder as there is no scratch work so far 😉
@Marcel Yes, I have seen this video. Not my style of work to glue many parts together and try then to paint them with individual colors. I try it the other way around. May be his way is faster and he get a nice end result.

bughunter
The fuselage is closed but I'm a bit torn at the moment because I can't decide whether to build the Junkers with or without wings. The decision has to be made now, as I may have to saw off the wing spar and fit the wing stubs with alternative parts.

With wings it looks more like an aeroplane, but the plane will be quite big for my display case. It will probably just about fit in, but it needs a lot of space.

The kit contains very nicely designed end ribs for the display with the wings removed, but behind them there is a yawning void.
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However, this would require a small diorama to make sense, but this makes more work again.

So there are pros and cons to everything. What do you think?

Lorraine Lin
Wow, the instrument panel looks fantastic, I can even read the needle at this scale. Cannot wait to see more progress😜

Robert Podkoński
Both options seem interesting, Frank... sorry, I will not help you decide... 😉

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work on the interior.

Kenneth
Struggling very hard not to buy this kit as well for my ever increasing stash (because Lima November Decals has made very nice Danish decals), I am personally in favour of a complete aircraft. Disassembled aircraft at least need a very detailed diorama to come across well.

Thomas Bischoff
I am definitely in - but a bit disappointed so far by your OOB build - lol. The idea of building it with wings detached is teasing ...
Minicraft promised to bring a Swissair boxing!

bughunter
A warm welcome to the new visitors! Thank you very much!
Some progress shown with new pictures - the fuselage is closed now.
@Kenneth I know your feelings. Lately I increased my stash a lot because I can't resist if I see a nice kit of an nice plane. And yes, If I go the way with removed wings I will need a little diorama with figures. I have a little idea ...
@Thomas An OOB build can be relaxing 😉 Please the pics how a removed wing will look like.

Bernhard Schrock
Very cool project! As usual very precise and filigree work in the cockpit. Leather looks like leather!! Lingen 25 live on board?

bughunter
Thanks Bernhard! I hope to have it finished until Lingen.
Found a nice picture (link here do not work) ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/junkers-f13-03-jpg.499629

Christoph Kunz
Ui, you started the next one.
Interior looks great.

bughunter
Welcome Christoph!
I will continue here soon, after the short break for the (now finished) Flying Flea 🙂

Skyhiker
With wings of course

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👍😍wunderschöner Wellblechesel! Super gebaut!

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
I´m in for this one! Even it´s a last row seat i have to follow this. A very promising start 🙃 excited what you are gonna make out of this kit 😁

Kyle DeHart
I'm squeezing in at the back next to Thomas. Always a pleasure to see something on the bughunter bench

Alec K
Looking for an empty seat… there still is one! Looks like it will another grand show. But no rigging 😢

bughunter
Thank you very much to all!
OK, the decision is: with wings! I glued already some supports in, so no way back 🙂

Moreno Baruffini
What a little jem!!! I just discovered it...Hope there's still room for another follower!

Ben M
watching the corrugated goodness.

Kyle DeHart
With wings!! Excellent choice. Although it would have looked very cool either way

CaptGPF
Following!

Kenneth
Was ist los, Frank 😁 Magst Du nimmer?

bughunter
Yeah, I painted it - but the used green looks much too military for my taste! I tried to fix it with another layer, but ant the end I washed the whole paint away.
MiniArt recommends Tamiya XF-05 for it, much that looks totally different compared to the 3D view in manual.
This week I had the chance to look in the other new MiniArt box "Military Service", the 3D view looks much different regarding the green shade compared to my instructions but the same XF-05 is recommended?!
I need to find a better green or mix my own.
But I will finish the Vega first, as I received today a letter with used spare decals - which fits to my needs 🙂

Canarindamix
Just finished mine in black and yellow yesterday, can't wait to see yours in green.

Cristian A
beautiful result, I don't usually build WW2 aircraft, but this sparked my interest in one 🙂