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Guy Rump Autore
Another older kit to start after the RAF Hudson. 🙂

Matti Thomaes
I'll follow, probably one of the most whaky aircraft of WW2.

Finn
I'm in

Guy Rump Autore
Today I made a start on the BV 141, cockpit painted with Vazllejo Model Air RLM02. Crew added. 🙂

Welcome Matti & Finn, hopefully this strange aircraft will take shape soon. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Lukasz G & Franck G. 👍

Djordje Nikolic
I hope that model doesn't cause too much trouble. I've never seen it done so I'm looking forward to it!

Guy Rump Autore
Fuselage and wings now together. 🙂

I think the main issue will be the amount of transparencies and whether or not they fit sufficiently Djordje. I have dry fitted them and they do seem ok though. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Matt T, Djordje N, Vincent & 1 other mate. 👍

Nicolas
I'm in. I love the asymetrical concept of the late 30s and early 40s Blohm & Voss planes.

Dave
Let me find a chair and cup of coffee

Guy Rump Autore
Wings, fuselage and cupola all together now. Next will be masking the canopies and fitting them. 🙂

Welcome Nicolas & Dave! 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Pietro DA. 👍

Guy Rump Autore
Canopies and masks attached (quite a lot of them!). Engine nose now attached. 🙂

Guy Rump Autore
Primer and pre-shading added. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Живко Джаков, Mark K, Bernd G, David RM & 1 other mate. 👍

Villiers de Vos
A unique subject. Following.

Guy Rump Autore
Underside painted with Vallejo Model Air RLM65 Light Blue and in the wheel wells, RLM02. 🙂

A warm welcome to you Villiers. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Alexander R, Villiers DV & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump Autore
Upper side of aircraft painted with first of two colours for the splinter camouflage, Vallejo Model Air Dark Green RLM71. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Fritz01 & Neil. 👍

Ben M
👁️👁️

Guy Rump Autore
Vallejo Model Air RLM70 Black Green splinter camouflage added. 🙂

Good to have you along Ben, welcome! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Marcel C, Dom SAVE & 1 other mate. 👍

Ben M
Looks really good so far. I remember seeing this in an airplane book when I was a kid.

Guy Rump Autore
Decals now added. The tail decal is from a after market decal source. Next will be the undercarriage etc and a coat of matt varnish. 🙂

Thanks for the kind comment Ben, greatly appreciated. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Antoine M, Calvin G, Alberto M & Mr D. 👍

Bozzer
Here we go again!
You're gonna run out of kits, at this pace?

Bozzer
There's a couple more, for you to seek out 😉

Qwertzel Autore
Thanks Boozer. But I think I will build my Unimog first before building this truck. So I won't run out of kits. I always wanted to buy the recovery truck and convert it to a German one, simply changing the cab to a Mercedes Benz Actros or MAN TGM.

Andre Louis
I also got that kit recently! Looking forward to your modifications. My one will be probably just out of the box

Esoteric Surgeon
I seem to remember KFS used to offer a off-road conversion kit for MAN trucks. I'm pretty sure it at least included the bumper which might be hard to scratch build if you can't print it. Can't find the kit anymore tho

Qwertzel Autore
I searched on the internet for this kit but I couldn't find it either. We will see how this trick turns out

Esoteric Surgeon
Just realized the bumper out of the box is accurate for offroad already since it's a 4x4, and the same as in your pictures. I had started working on a similar project but with the older MAN TGA kit from Revell as a basis and that required heavy modifications all around. I'm glad you're moving towards more custom projects because they are a lot of fun to get into, and watch other people get into...

Goldman
Nice stocking up and scratch building... Should be a very interesting build.
Actually, I never saw this concept of fire truck with a rear lift and wheeled equipment carts. Can see the benefits of this when a lot of equipment needed to be moved fast (at least until hitting the first step...).

Qwertzel Autore
Thanks Goldman. There is another reason why these trucks make sense: You can carry different stuff which is normally loaded by special vehicles. So you don't need different vehicles just this one and the equipment carts and you are ready for nearly everything

Goldman
The headlights guard looks very good to me. Did you use plastic or metal rods? I don't think you can get any thinner with plastic

Qwertzel Autore
Thank you Goldman! I used cables. I bended them to the right shape. The outer and inner parts are from the same cable just with and without isolation

Goldman
The tires looks great. Much better than those in the kit. Well worth the investment

Esoteric Surgeon
I have had some success printing thin parts for the kind of headlight detail you are working on. They are very fragile and I've never tried painting them but I think there's a lot of potential for this kind of application. I uploaded a picture here: FDM 3D Printer experiments | Album by Ecko

Qwertzel Autore
Currently I don't have a 3D printer but I think of buying a resin printer for such purposes. It would help me a lot with scratch building. Lets see wat the future brings

Andre Louis
Just make sure that you are aware of potential hazards that come along with resin printing.

Esoteric Surgeon
Yes handling resin and post processing it takes a lot of extra work to do properly. And space too. I can't do it at home because I live in a flat with my cat and I have found a filament 3d printer can unlock many possibilities to enhance scratch builds without the hassle and hazards of resin.

Bozzer
I've gotta admit, I had fun with my entry level filament printer, but I now own 3 resin printers too, and they're never turned off. Yes, they do have to be taken care of, especially with regards to the resin, but it's worth it.
At this point I'd better add, all mine are in my purpose built mancave, however I did run them in the house kitchen, for a while.
Each one has it's own personality, kinda like a cat or a car? But once you hone into it, you can create almost anything? The details are immense and your own imagination, is your limit!
I've literally just printed a 1/14 truck, with all the bells and whistles, and I'm happy with the results. It's taken me around 2 weeks, but I did use 6 bottles of High Speed Resin, which without, probably would've taken me another 3-4 weeks?
For you guys in the know, Standard resin prints at roughly 4 layers a minute. High Speed Resin is around 12 layers a minute.
My love for the printers, is because I can print models, that we can't buy?
I love scratchbuilding, but now I can flick my finger and the cab, hood and sleeper are printing, while I'm building the chassis? It's definitely been a game changer in my life, without a doubt.
You definitely need to be aware of the dangers though. Plenty of ventilation, gloves, mask and goggles. I also have mini air purifiers in each printer, and heaters.
And whatever you do, don't smoke near the 99% alcohol!
And most importantly, don't drink it!

Qwertzel Autore
Thank you Bozzer for your information and opinion. I will see what the future brings and if it's time to by a printer, I will definitely research and inform myself about it a little more and maybe come back to you guys, because you know the terms of 3D printers definitely better than I.

And don't worry, I do not smoke or drink alcohol. So this won't be a problem 🙂

Goldman
One tough looking rolling chassis 🙂

Adam Gudynowski
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Leif Hellström Autore
It seems you can remove the topic entirely: somebody moved away all the entries.

Tom
Schöne Vetten! Wenns nur auch eine C6 GS in klein gäbe...

István Szücs
Beautiful duo!

Spanjaard
truck? I am curious what you do with it

Rod -
Maybe there is some mold release still on the plastic. Instructions often say to wash parts. I never do and never have had trouble but I guess it's possible?.

Spanjaard
MS K did that already 😉 see picture 1

Rod -
Lol ok... so its not that.

Martin Oostrom
That's a bummer

Goldman
Strange. Never had such issue with Italeri truck panels before. Don't think it is ABS - try to glue some sprue bits with Tamiya Extra Thin. I don't think this glue will work on anything that is not styrene. Never used Gaia primer - only using Mr. Surfacer and Mr. Priming Surfacer. Is the Gaia primer lacquer or acrylic? Not sure if you have already did it but try to scuff the panels with Tamiya 3000 or 2000 grit sanding sponge (or similar) before priming. Another idea worth trying is to clean the panel with IPA - maybe the release agent Italeri used don't come off easily with just water and soap.

Alexander Grivonev
Truck with upgrade? I am so in...

MS K Autore
Oh no guys, this time it's just a straight build...
@Goldman - Yeah As you said, it doesn't seem to be ABS, and I sanded it and used a lacquer surfacer, but strangely the paint didn't stick. Washing with IPA is a good tip, thanks.

Bozzer
Late to the party! Apologies, work has taken over my life 🙁
I'm definitely in for the duration, on this one!

Bozzer
The paint is definitely your issue. Most of my trucks are painted with Tamiya paint. I've never had much luck with model air paint. AK doesn't work for me either. I find it best to use a primer, the lads have already pointed out the best, but I've also used Tamiya primer from a rattle can, as well as decanted. However, I've also used both Tamiya and Mr Colour, straight onto the plastic. Some colours over here, are hard to match, so I go to the automotive store and get the colour I want, and also the matching primer. Again, I decant these into a glass jar, and I leave the lid loose, to allow the gasses to fully disperse from the paint. After a day, I simply add a little cellulose thinner and then mix it up, and airbrush it.

Michael Kohl
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Rui S
I'm in 😎

Goldman
Interesting pattern! Can wait to see it assembled

Goldman
Custom decals - that's new. Really nice design. Looks like a huge amount of work

Goldman
Great idea scribing the part numbers. I used a POSCA marker to write them (usually the last digit is enough) but it is too easy to erase the POSCA marks by just handling the parts.

Goldman
Bummer with the fuel tank. I think all metallic paints are hard to mask. Sometimes it works most times you get these (unwanted but very realistic) "chipping" effect.
For fuel tanks I gave up "proper" metallic and just use Mr. Hobby Silver C8. It is not a metallic paint but it looks very good and very durable. Got this tip from Jan Rosecky excellent book "The Complete Guide to Truck Modelling"

Michael Kohl
When you sand for gloss, don't you have difficulties that when sanding red areas in your instance, the dust ruins the white surfaces?

Andre Louis
I guess he used a top layer of clear gloss which was sanded and then polished. So, effectively the colors are protected by the clear coat

MS K Autore
@Andre - Yeah, that's correct. I had clear coated twice before sanding. 🙂
@Michael - And in that case, you can erase it by gently wiping it with a compound.

Michael Kohl
Ah. Thanks for the inside. I understood that you sanded the colors to prepare them for a clear coat. Hence my question. Now it's clear to me.

Bozzer
@Michael.
;) Clear to me! That made me chuckle, probably too much 🙂

Martin Grafeneder
Amazing Work 👍

bughunter
Very clean impressive work 👍

Goldman
Italeri do have this kinds of stupid random errors in its kits. Annoying, but since Italeri is the only company that still offers European plastic moulded kits of trucks I guess beggars can't be choosers.
I *think* that there is no clear decal film between the lettering for the tyres to improve appearance. It will be almost impossible to hide the clear film on the rubber tyres. Not sure that having separate letters is the best solution. If you want I think MBM sells PE templates to airbrush the words on tyres.

MS K Autore
@Goldman - I'm ok without it. I don't care anymore. hahaha!!! Thanks bro~ 😄

Spanjaard
if the decals are still in the sheet (misaligned but there) its easy to scan, convert to vectors, align, make masks in vinyl and try to paint them with mask 😉 and if decals are gone, well, MS K knows how to vector them, and has the cutter already available 😉

Spanjaard
i see your post now, problem solved 😄 😄

MS K Autore
@Spanjaard - I thought about making my own decals, but I was too lazy to change the toner to print white. LOL
And since the base color of the self-made decal shows through a lot, it is better to avoid attaching it on top of a dark color. 😉

Spanjaard
i did not say anything about making decals, but masking to airbrush the missing decals 😉

Bozzer
I'm loving what I'm seeing.
Honestly, my expectations were high, but you've done this "stock build" with the right amount of cheeky adaptations. It's not a clever, "this is what you do", it's more of a, "this is the correct way, to make it better"
And like all your other builds I've followed, the MS touch, is fully endorsed 🙂

Christian W
Super build so far! Attention and hopefully you can fix it: your licensplate at the front belongs to the rear. At the front you only have one round sticker after the letters UL (it's the city of Ulm in Baden Württemberg). The upper *round* sticker is from the TÜV (Technical Inspection Association), which means a road safety inspection. It's attached to the back.
If there were a hexagonal sticker (AU - emission test), the license plate would be for the front. But since 2010, hexagonal stickers have no longer been used.

MS K Autore
@Bozzer - Your compliments made me feel good. 😉
@Christian W - Really? I didn't know license plates had that kind of meaning.
I just picked a pretty one and stuck it on without thinking much about it.
I guess I'll have to change the front and back later or cover it with another decal, thanks for the clarification.

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic work!

Goldman
Amazing model! Beautiful color combination and overall outstanding build

Andre Louis
Congratulations! Truly an amazing model.

Rui S
Another Great build log and Beautiful model. As always 👍

István Szücs
Goddamn, it's beautiful! Awesome result!

Rui S Autore
For future memory, since it will suffer weathering for the diorama.
Thx Danny_Aviation.

James C
Looks fantastic Rui. Will be a pity to dirty it up 👍

Mathias Decommere
You're brave Rui! Go for it

Alec K
Nice! So… you built this thing?? I am confused.

Michael Kohl
Nice. 4 pics are enough to sufficiently memorize it?! 😉

Rui S Autore
@ James C, thank you for your kind comment. It was born for the Dio so it will end up in it. But I must confess that your words pass my mind 🙂

@ Mathias thx mate, yap I definitely go for it, not sure about the results but that comes with every project, so...

@ Alec K, thx. No need for that. Yap, I built it. You can see the "build log"? in my Mariupol album.

@ Michael, thx, well, this are the photos of the exhibition hall side. The other sides are already a bit damaged for the Dio, so 4 will have to do. If I had a bit more detail in the lower part on this side before weathering, I may change the side ones.

Neuling
"He always likes to keep his fire engine clean ... it´s a clean machine ...... " (Penny Lane - The Beatles) 👍

Dave
Looks great as is.

Guy Rump
very nice build. 👍

Rui S Autore
Thank you mates. I Apreciate your comments. Glad you like it.

Alec K
Glorious. Dumb me found the build album 😉 👍

Mariupol 1941 | Album by MIG (1:35)

Victor I
Looks great👍

Benoit Rey
Fantastic build & paint. Thank you for the pictures.

Vagabond
Great build. Especially interesting as I'm a retired Firefighter

Jean-Michel Tilquin
Original and superbly done!

Robert Podkoński
Good work, Rui!

Neil
This is just lovely work Rui 👏 much admired 👍

Mark Sherwood
Very nice work and a nice subject. 🤟🥸👍

Sergio Ordonez
That wooden boxes are impressive, friend!

Kurt Shepard
I think it looks great!

gvizbi
Not my cup of tea, but looks fantastic! Top job!

Rui S Autore
Hello mates. Sorry for the late reply. Didn't notice so many nice comments. Thank you all very much. Apreciated.
@ Alec K, np mate with so many great works in here it's easy to lose it. Thx for your appreciation anyways
@ Victor Ivlev, thx glad you like it, the saloon version it's finished. Can't show the left side because I've already shot the window 😉
@ Benoit, my pleasure mate, glad you stop by and comment. Thx.
@ Vagabond, glad you liked it. Coming from a professional it feels great. When I was a small boy I liked everything about firefighting trucks. I I remember opening a Christmas present Before Christmas, playing with the remotely controlled semi trailer truck until the truck's steering broke. wrap it up again and wait for better days crying my heart out 😄
@ Jean-Michel Tilquin, thx for your kind words and recognition. Coming from such a talented modeler feels even better.
@ Robert Podkoński, thank you. Really glad you liked it, and comment.
@ Neil, you are to kind mate thx a lot.
@ Mark Sherwood, thank you for stopping by and such nice comment on this different and unique subject indeed.
@ Sergio Ordonez, thx my friend I'm very glad you like the wood work, apreciated.
@ Kurt Shepard, thx I hope you are right.
@ gvizbi, I really admire your work too my friend. I'm glad you comment a different kind of tea 😄. Also not my comfort zone subject but I'm really happy that I've got the courage to embark on such endeavor. It was a great experience for me and enjoy it a lot.

MS K
I think this big project that required a lot of patience.
Congratulations on a great finish. 👏

Rui S Autore
Hi MS K, Sorry for the late reply. Yap I enjoyed the lot of scratch to be done.
Thank you for your kind comment. Apreciated

Neuling
Very beautiful fire engine, very well presented!

Rui S Autore
Thank you Neuling, a comment from such talented modeler is always very welcome. Appreciated.
The Challenge now, is to weather it and take her to Mariupol 1941 😉
I take the opportunity to upload some photos of the real deal. I Hope the firefighters mates like them.

GuyW
Wow, looks great. The wood looks very real. Nice work.

Randy Kriegel
Beautifully done 👏

Mathieu CACAULT
Salut Rui S , c'est encore une fois du superbe travail , félicitation 🙂

Rui S Autore
@ GuyW, Thank you for commenting. Some of it it's realy wood;
@ Randy Kriegel, Thx for stoping by. It's now a little bit uglier because I've already started the weathering process to put it in my "Mariupol, October 8, 1941" dio;
@ Mathieu CACAULT, Thank you so much for your kind words, it was a very interesting scratch build project, to put in my above named dio.

Arnold Mertens
very nice work Rui

Rui S Autore
@ Arnold Mertens, Thank you so much for stoping by. Glad you like this one.

Peter Hardy
Well that is rather nice Rui!

Rui S Autore
Thank you for your comment, Peter. Enjoyable project, indeed.

Evan H
What a awesome build very pro build

Rui S Autore
Thank you for your kind comment Evan H. Much apreciated.
The full scratch building process of this Fire Engine can be seen in My Mariupol album.

gorby
Interested to see how this will turn out. Doesn't look a great kit.

Villiers de Vos Autore
The kit shows its age. I hope, with a bit of work will turnout alright.

Mr D
Very smart... Great job 👍👍

Michael Kohl
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Mr D
Will be keeping eye out for updates.
The messy glue tubes, the Beriev lm building came with a little pot of glue that you Peirce with pin on one side 🤣
Long dried up.... I did use it back when l was a kid....lots of sticky thumb prints.
Nice project 👍

Villiers de Vos Autore
Gentlemen, thank you all for your kind remarks. I have been chipping away slowly. The part count of the kit is not that high, but the version I chose as well as the paint scheme results in a lot of challenges to my skill level which I thoroughly enjoy.

Mr D
Hi Villiers 👋
Your doing a good job...it looking really good 👍
Nice kit... who is the manufacturer??

Villiers de Vos Autore
Hello Mr D. The manufacturer is Gakken.

Mr D
👍 Thanks Villiers ...l like to look different manufacturers up n see there range 👍

István Szücs
So much work, it's awesome! It turns out well!

Mr D
Heading towards being a nice model this one, like the engine and interior work.
Good little kit 👌👍

Villiers de Vos Autore
Thank you Mr. D for your comments. The kit certainly shows its age. I remain a sucker for the larger scale classic cars.

Stéphane Jayet
Promising one !

MS K
Oh, This manufacturer I've never heard before.
I don't think it will be easy. 👍

Villiers de Vos Autore
I have experienced several paint disasters. Enamel paint kept on forming scales. In the end I had to strip the paint back several times to the primer level. Progress should be quicker from here on.

Mr D
Hi Villiers 👋
Glad your getting on track a bit now, do you think the plastic reached with the paint ?
Nice to see it taking shape 👍👍

Villiers de Vos Autore
Hello Mr D
I started off with a primer, Mr. Surfacer 1500 thinned down with Mr. Color Leveling Thinner which came out just fine.
I believe that the paint layers were perhaps too thick working with enamels. I believe that I should do thin layers (well thinned) stretched over more than one day.

Mr D
Annoying when the hard work is undone! ... Just have to pull it back ....and you done that, hopefully be good going forward 👍
I only use water based acrylics, Humbrol and Deluxe gloss dried nice n hard after few days, some of the other brands are bits soft!!
I've had to many dramas with Enamel 🤣 but l expected it's a better option for a car ?
I mainly use Vallejo, AK and recently been using the new ICM paints (very impressed 👍)
Did you have to do some Chrome n conducive paint striping on this one ?
👍👍

Jennifer Franklin
late to the party but following

Lorraine Lin
Still remember the smell of tube cement😜

Guy Rump
Same as Jennifer! 👍

Mr D
@Lorraine ...yes and the glue had a habit of going everywhere but on the model 🫣🤣
Looking nice Villiers 👍 taking shape now,l ike the leather tone of the leather seats 👌

Dean Cikins
That is a beautiful machine. Nice detail

Dave
Your car is really taking shape, love colors you have chosen. As for the tube glue, i remember as kid thinking that getting a model kit with supplied glue was great until you open it. (That was the first mistake)

Guido
Checking in to get the updates 👍🏻🙋🏼‍♂️

Mr D
Getting Leather to look right is not easy " But you more than succeed on the door cards"
Doing some nice work 👍👍

Villiers de Vos Autore
The Mercedes is on its own wheels at last. I am now tackling the light clusters.

Jennifer Franklin
Thanks for documenting the surfacer process. Looking very nice too!

Mr D
Looking great Villiers 👍
The Tire's look very original and radiator grill turned out very good.
How do you get on for the Hood/bonnet hinge??
Nice work 👏

Villiers de Vos Autore
Thank you Jennifer and Mr D.
Mr D, it is a real hinge supplied with the model. See photo 36.

Mr D
Great...it looks the part 👍

Alexander Romanov
ahh - cool

Konstantin Zhiltsov
I love the egg carton idea! Absolutely ingeniously!

Great work on the model too.

Villiers de Vos Autore
Gentlemen, thank you for your kind comments.
I hope to stick a fork in this project by the end of this weekend.

CaptGPF
Amazing step by step process! I love your technique for painting / reducing the fine detailed caps - absolutely brilliant!

Creature
👀

Steven Van Dyck Autore
Today I received a collection of two partly built 1/350 Lexington class carriers with extra planes, wooden decks and PE plus a CV1 Langley expansion set and an old 1/570 Revell Bismarck kit. These pictures show what was in the box. I will now first look for extra reference for the two ships. I ordered better wooden decks because I saw that Artwox didn't include plank endings and Shipyard does this. Moreover I like the prepainted blue deck for Lex. I will also look for brass barrels. Some paint removal will be necessary as I prefer to add as much PE as possible before painting.

Neuling
Here I would like to have some information. 🙂

Sebastian Em Autore
Ok this just my own idea: turret od Tiger I (early) with body of Panther ausf.G

Neuling
Is there any message?

Goldman
Yes. A bit annoying that Italeri recycles old chassis but it is easier\cheaper to update the chassis with aftermarket parts than the cabs. Italeri is the last company to release new plastic models with updated cabs from time to time so I guess beggars can't be choosers.
May I ask what paints did you use? Really like the finish and the dark grey shade.

Andre Louis Autore
Yes, that is Revells Email Color in a 50/50 mix of 07 and 378.

Martin Oostrom
Yup. Better some subpar trucks than none. Luckily not much of the chassis should be seen, especially with a trailer hitched.

Bozzer
On my Scania, I was advised not to put on the cab mounts, until the very last minute. I took the advice, because it made sense, because the parts are so delicate. To my annoyance, when everything had dried, it became apparent that the cab only raised about an inch? All the work on the engine, was lost 🙁

Qwertzel
Sieht bis super aus!

Andre Louis Autore
Danke, Qwertzel!

Andre Louis Autore
@Bozzer: Thanks for the input. It is always interesting to learn new strategies. In this case I put the cab mounts on early to make sure they are properly glued to the chassis. I also took them as one of a few reference points to make sure the parts are aligned well and that the chassis is straight. However, I just realized that I lost the two pins (parts 80B) that finally connect the cabine and the chassis. Looks like I have to be creative there...

Andre Louis Autore
@Martin: You have a point there and I am indeed happy that Italeri makes those kits. Just if you see how well the new parts of the cabine fit, it is sad that the chassis is not on the same level.

Dimko Pimko
Andre! If you have lost the pins for attaching the cabin and chassis, 0.9-1mm bolts are a great replacement. I have lost these pins myself and these bolts have really helped me out. I have a lot of them from old PC components.

Andre Louis Autore
Good idea, lets see if I can find similar bolts in my house. I was also considering to stretch sprue parts to the right diameter. Kind of scratch build pins...

Goldman
The interior looks great. Very realistic

Andre Louis Autore
Thank you, Goldman! I tried to add also those red trim elements on the dashboard... Finally, I had to drop the idea due to lack of skill.

Goldman
Well, the exterior looks great too...
The yellow looks spot on Scania Yellow - too bad it is a Tamiya spray can - they can't be shipped by air so no way for me to get them.
Super clean work on masking and painting the black trim. Beautiful.

Andre Louis Autore
Before applying the Tamiya color, I seriously considered the Vallejo Metallic Yellow. Its a truly beautiful color with a more golden look to it than the Tamiya. However, I had difficulties with spraying it in a longer painting process and it is impossible to sand it. It forms a layer and when one tries to sand it, that layer comes simply off. So, it is impossible to fix imperfections. And in my paint process imperfections occur as some dust always finds its way on the model... grrr!

Goldman
Never got Vallejo paints to work by airbrush for me. Great for hand-brushing small details but each of my airbrushing sessions that involved Vallejo paints ended with tears...

Goldman
Hard to see from the photo if they are bubbles or some particles stuck to clear coat. If bubbles, than yes, I will get a new #11 blade and try to poke one or two to see what happen. Maybe another coat of decal solution and leave it. If they are dust stuck to the clear than I will let it cure for a week and lightly sand it with Tamitya 3000 sanding sponge. A light coat of clear may be required afterward.

Andre Louis Autore
They were bubbles indeed. I mostly fixed it by now, but a few bubbles were leaving imperfections behind. So, just another layer of clear will not work, as those spots need some rework. I parked it for now and will get back to it after finishing another project first. Sometimes, some distance helps...

gorby
Beautiful work!

Maciel Leandro Zang Autore
Thanks

Ben M
Looks great. Is this one of those mini art kits?

Dave
Very nice looking truck.

Maciel Leandro Zang Autore
thanks guys, it's a 1/24 italeri's kit.

Maciel Leandro Zang Autore
this kit
Blitz (Italeri 773, 1:24)

Steve Deering
yikes !

Spanjaard
+1

John Hughes
I'm beginning to think Leif is a member of the modelling mafia, here to make hostile takeover."What a lovely website! It would be a pity if the owner was to meet with an unfortunate... accident."🤣

Leif Hellström Autore
Yes, some of the topics look ever so flammable!
But jokes aside, there was another website where people spent untold hours entering data, until one day the site just closed down. The owner apparently got bored and wandered off.

John Hughes
Management here seems to be a team effort, so I would think you're fairly safe here.

Leif Hellström Autore
Well, yes, but there is somebody's name on "the lease", and once payments to the web hotel stops, pop goes the site.
As I said, I have been burned.

gorby
A site I was an admin of also ended without notice, just because the person with their name on the lease had a bit of a tantrum one day.
Thousands of hours of members contributions were lost instantly.

Alec K
Nicely done 👍

Adam Gudynowski
Following

Alec K
Same 👍

Gordon Sørensen
Wow! The completed Mistel looks fantastic, Alec!

Jens
made absolutely ingenious 👍 👍 👍 the Fw 56 by Heller is just a hunk of plastic as a model in shape, beautiful and successful, my respect for the many work 👍

Stephan Ryll
Very nice work 👍

Chris Greathouse
very cool duo of planes!

gorby
Wow! Exceptionally good result Alec.

Marcel Klemmer
Fantastic project and a cool result.

Stefan Schacht
fantastic result 👍

Christian Bruer
Great work 👍

Alec K Autore
Thanks very much mates! It took more time than I imagined, but then I was building two planes, wasn't I 😄

Jens, the Heller kit does indeed show its age, but I think it held up much better than the Airfix or KP kits from the same era. I would say that the short run Dfs kit was more frustrating. Cheers!

Soeren R.
Fantastic work!

David Januska
Awesome work and very interesting project. The result is great. Congratulations.

Neuling
I agee with David!

Alec K Autore
Thanks guys! The history of the Mistel trials is very interesting indeed. Hope to build some of the other combinations at some point.

Mike Grant
That is just excellent work 👍

Alec K Autore
Thanks Mike!

Finn
Cool!

Mark K
Superb!

Bart L
those crazy Germans!

Vincent
Great build. Never saw this before.

Skyhiker
That's an interesting take on the mistel. Two completely different planes than expected.

Guy Rump
Excellent, never seen this mistel before. 👍

Alec K Autore
Thanks guys! This and two other combinations (featuring different fighter component) were design to explore troop delivery for operation Sea Lion. The latter, and better known, missile concept used the learnings from these early trials.

scalemates
If that is possible, I would argue the LCM(6) should not exist and be part of the same topic as the LCM(3)

Leif Hellström Autore
Well, the conversion involves inserting a plug to lengthen the hull, so there is a fairly major difference between the two. Still, you may be right.
Anyway, it is maybe academic until I find the darn thing ...

scalemates
🙂

Richmond
I can never work out if the LCM(6)s are converted (lengthened) LCM(3)s - in which case Tims point is correct or whether they are in fact new vessels built to a revised LCM(3) design in which case the seperation of topics is probably correct. Worth noting that several of the Vietnam war vessels are in fact converted LCM(6)s and perhaps could be grouped under the LCM(6) topic? -

Information on these LCM vessels is somewhat limited - I may need to review some of the instruction sheets for the LCM(6) kits to see if they can point us in the right direction.

Leif Hellström Autore
An interesting subject, although perhaps not the right forum for it ...
As far as I can tell, the LCM(6) were newly built: it would no doubt be easier than converting existing craft. They were only used by the USN in WWII; the RN had none, it seems.

Dave Flitton
Nice start!

Mark Sherwood Autore
Cheers Dave. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Autore
Thank you Matti and the previous two Mate's for the likes. 🤘🥸🤟

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

Mark Sherwood Autore
Could be a painful watch Robert. 🤣🤟🥸🤘🤣

Mark Sherwood Autore
Thank you Pietro for the like. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood Autore
Thanks Neil for the like. 🤟🥸🤘

Gary Curling
The cockpit is looking good

gorby
Plonking me bum down to take in the show. 🙂

Mark Sherwood Autore
Cheers Gary, Gorby as I mentioned to Robert it could be painful and a meandering journey of bitter tears, but you are welcome. 🤘🥸🤟

Gary Curling
Its all practise,and a sign of a good modeler if they can turn a kit around,Good luck with it.

Mark Sherwood Autore
Cheers Gary, but you may see a phenomenon over at M'bro me turning 360 in frustration. 👍🤣🤘

John
She's looking good, Mark! 👍

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 😄

Mark Sherwood Autore
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. 🥴👍🤣🤘🥸🤟😜

Mark Sherwood Autore
Thank you John for the like and everyone else too who pushed the button. 🤟🥸🤘

Guy Rump
I'm late but following now. Looking good, Mark! 👍

Mark Sherwood Autore
Thank you Guy. 👍🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Autore
Thanks Lorraine. 🤟🥸🤘

Jakub Fiala
You're doing it right, Mark. Diversifying projects is important 👍 😄

Mark Sherwood Autore
J35J, thanks for the like. 🤘🥸🤟

Neil
Sand, pint, sand, pint, sand, nah! Pint! 🍺 Pint! 🍺 Pint! 🍺 Good work so far mate.

Mark Sherwood Autore
Like the sound of that Neil👍 Going forward that shall be my working practice 😅 Cheers for the compliment too. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Autore
Thanks for the like Rui. 👍🥸🤟

neo
pic No. 6, the real a/c has this offset of the "centerline" at this part. Please check references.

Mark Sherwood Autore
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.

Mark Sherwood Autore
Cheers Lebloge for the like. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Autore
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.

Mark Sherwood Autore
Cheers Tino for the like.👍🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Autore
Thanks for the like Johannes. 🤟🥸🤘

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…

Mark Sherwood Autore
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 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Autore
Thank you John, for the like and everyone else too who liked the album. 👍🥸👍

Mark Sherwood Autore
Villers thank you for the like and everyone else who liked too.

Mark Sherwood Autore
Cheers Gary for the like. 👍🥸🤘

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. 😀

Mark Sherwood Autore
Thank you for the like Alberto. 🤟🥸🤘

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.

Mark Sherwood Autore
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 😳 😅

Leif Hellström Autore
I changed the branding to Reality in Scale for all the items concerned. But now there are a few duplicate items under slightly different kit numbers, e.g. DIO72-019 - which is the more correct one - and 72019.
Presumably only admin can remove items?

Eddie Mann
As I understand, DIO72 is a brand, Reality in Scale is a manufacturer and a brand.
See:
SCM Brand: QUICKTRACKS , a brand.
SCM Brand: Quickwheel , a manufacturer and a brand.

Leif Hellström Autore
Hmm. Looking at their web site, it is unclear: there are no other, similar "separate brands".
I've sent them a message, asking for their own views on this. We'll see what they say.

scalemates
DIO72 is the brand we need use on scalemates. (we don't care about the company, we care about the brand)

scalemates
I merged all duplicates 👍
I moved all DIO72 items back to DIO72

Leif Hellström Autore
I received a message from the manufacturer that, in their view, the items all come under the Reality in Scale brand. Just FYI.