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Nathan Dempsey
Following 👀

Desert Marlin
I'm looking forward to seeing this one come together!!!

Ben M
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Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

CaptGPF
Taking a seat with popcorn!

Cristian A
Welcome my friends, I'm doing my best, the kit is very complex and so far things worked well.

Rui S
Belo trabalho 👍

Alex K
It shows that there has been some extra work on this rather simple kit - I like it very much 👍

Geert
Very nicely done! Inspirational. Thnx for uploading.

Stuart Fowle
Great looking build and finish.

Andrew Chia
Thank you gents!

Rui S
Beautiful work 👍

Andrew Chia
Thank you!

Neuling
Good work!

Andrew Chia
Thank you!

Rui S
Another great work 👍

Andrew Chia
Thank you!

Rui S
Looking good 👍 I'm in 😎

Noël Bossaert
thank you Rui S

Rui S
Looking good 👍 I'm in 😎

Jean-Daniel Aebischer
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gorby
Excellent diorama!

Roland Sachsenhofer
I really like the subject and your skills- quite wonderful, great work!!

Benoit Rey
Great subject, nice colors and painting,
Thank you for sharing

CaptGPF
Beautifully done! The horses are particularly impressive!

Neuling
I agree with everyone above!

Rui S
Beautiful dio 👍
Only the tires could be a bit more dirty 🤔 my two cent.

Markus Meyer
Thank you all for yur kind words.
@Rui S - you are right. I should have dusted them or added some dirt.

Rui S
Beautiful anyway 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work and composition.

Rui S
Beautiful Dio, as usual 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work and composition.

Rui S
I like it , a Lot 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work and finish.

Clair Greenwood
Beautiful work 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic! Perfect paintjob.

Shar Dipree
Nice Merkava and dio 👍

Neuling
I agree with everyone above!

Attila Papp
Thank you! Happy New Year! 😄

DerMattes
Fantastic Mirage! 👍

dawei xu
Thank U!

Guy Rump
What a beauty! 👍

Ekki
Excellent work!

Rui S
I agree 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Jakub Fiala
Super!

Neuling
Yes!

Daniel Křivánek
Thanks

Bas Tonn
Very nice

Fabrice TIMMERMAN
Nice decals.it is not common painting

Rui S
I agree with Bas 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat for sure!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome Robert.

Alec K
Same! Great start 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Alec. Nice to have you on board too.

Juergen Klinglhuber
A bit history related to this aircraft as I found that quite interessting,....
In 1932, a Junkers F13 was made available for the then Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr. Engelbert Dollfuß, for various trips abroad. The pilot, with the rank of a government pilot, was Wilhelm Elssler (a great-nephew of Fanny Elssler the famous ballet dancer). When Dollfuss became Chancellor on 20 May, his business trips often took him to Rome to see Mussolini. He always used the latest JuF 13 machines (A48, A57, A58).
When the Douglas DC 2 emerged as the clear winner of the England-Australia race and also clearly distanced the competitors in the average cruising speed, Elssler lobbied Dollfuss for the purchase of such an aircraft. Packed in boxes, the DC2 arrived by sea from New York to Cherbourg and was assembled at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. On 1 November 1934, it flew to Vienna-Aspern with the special registration A500, piloted by pilot Elssler and flight mechanic Hölzl.
Dollfuss himself did not to see the commissioning of the DC2 as a government aircraft, because he was murdered on July 25, 1934. His successor was Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg. The new DC2 could not be integrated into scheduled service, as it had to be ready for take-off at Aspern airfield at all times for government flights. Beside this it was only used for sightseeing flights and some special short trips. Due to the low capacity utilization, the DC2 was sold to Swiss Air on 12 March 1936 with only 124 flight hours and 37 flight minutes. Swiss Air already had this type of aircraft in use and added the "new one" with the registration number HB-JSA to its air fleet. Through a broker,"our" DC2 was sold to Spain on October 28, 1936, where it was used by the Republicans during the Civil War.

Ben M
That's interesting.

Zbynek Honzik
Taking a seat. 🙋🏼‍♂️

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi guys - a warm welcome.

Michael Kohl
Following

Bas Tonn
Good story Juergen, that DC-2 winning the Melbourne air race was the Dutch PH-AJU, 'Uiver' which means stork (storch?).
I have a book on that somewhere.
Following this project with interest, as always. Good luck and enjoy.

Łukasz Gliński
Very interesting topic and also the context story of the Ö-Force One 😉.
I'm curious how good/bad the kit is as it waits in my stash to be re-engined.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx for your interest Micheal & Bas Tonn. And thanks for the "Storch" up-date.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Lukasz. The fit of the window panes is great. I wish that would be a standard on other model kits too. I did some "dry-fit" on the fuselage and nosecone - I have to report: 🙁 oops! opposite from good. I will post some pic's later.

Nicolas
following

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome Nicolas.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi - Hope you all had a good wekend - I have now up-loaded some pic showing the progress and the "questionable" fit of some components. 😉
Some putty and sanding will be required,...let's go!

Łukasz Gliński
My goodness! That nose has been spectacularily f***ed up! 😲

Juergen Klinglhuber
🙂 ...that much that I first thought the mistake happened at my end - but that wasn't the case,... 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
That requires some serious nosejob, I'd try cuttong it at the back on top and on the bottom, to make it bit wider and than fill the cuts, but it's just me 😋

Kenneth
Following..

Rui S
Nice collection 👍 I especially like the Cromwell IV IDF 1948

Bozzer
I'm in, just to see how that trailer goes! That's some ambitious project, right there, brother!

Martin Oostrom
My son printed these parts a while ago and they were in the way on my bench. So I'll be working on the cargo first and then we'll see where it goes from there truck and trailer wise.

Ben M
👀 what a cool subject…

Spanjaard
so now you have access to 3D printers, cool

Bozzer
I couldn't help wonder, what that thing is? I'm guessing that it's some kind of silo? Probably fictional, but not uncommon for unusual things to be carried around the country. I'm definitely all for unusual loads. They keep our hobby, that little bit more interesting.

Martin Oostrom
In game it is called an Industrial Condenser.

Bozzer
Some nifty little hacks, there Martin. Keep them coming 😉

Martin Oostrom
Too bad is will me a one colour beast.
I might try some preshading to see how that turns out…

bughunter
Another level of great scratch work! That will be a unique model 👍

Martin Oostrom
I had some primer left over from the Merc and the Lambo, so why not use it on this one?
And then I couldn't help myself.

Kyle DeHart
Stopping by to watch this too.

Spanjaard
unique, my friend. really looking forward the end result

Jonathon Herring
Gotta love large complex loads. Gonna watch fascinated.

Martin Oostrom
Slow progress. Today I clearcoated the cargo with Zeropaint 2k flat

Bozzer
Just wondering how things are moving, with this project?

Martin Oostrom
Stuck in traffic. There's a slow moving Beetle in front of an on old Australian Truck holding things up.

Spanjaard
LOL

Bozzer
Oddly enough, I have a road at the back of my cave, just like that? The chassis for my Australian Truck, is currently the test bed, for my resin cabs! It does look good, with double hump fenders though 😉

Martin Oostrom
The Aussie truck is done and the Beetles paint is curing.
Now building a new bed for the trailer.

Bozzer
Oh, I'm glued to my seat! Let's go!!!

Martin Oostrom
I do hope that the Mrs will bring some food and drink every now and then. It's going to take a while Bozzer.
Decision time. Do I make my own cross members or do I glue the new bed on top of the old one?

Bozzer
That's a tough call mate.
Personally, I'd go for it and build my own. However, I'd check the time, by building one, and see how long it takes me? Then I'd multiply that, by the amount of cross members, plus the rails and end pieces.
I'd do this because, my time is limited and nobody really looks at the bottom of a trailer?
That being said, I have plans to build some very interesting trailers, in the future, all from scratch!
If time is on your side, go for it. If not, straight on top of the old, works too.

Martin Oostrom
The kit bed has 'just' 21 crossmembers. I think I'll pass on recreating those.

Martin Oostrom
At ESM last Saturday, I met this guy Mark Spiers. He is supplying me with another set of axles and the wheels and such. At a reasonable price, I can get this setup look a bit more 'heavy transport'.

Bozzer
On the Idea picture, your image shows smaller wheels on the trailer, than the truck. Obviously those are offset by the gooseneck. Options for wheels should be available by 3D printing? They'd definitely be steel wheels. Revell have a Heavy Duty Trailer with a beavertail. I can measure those wheels and tyres, if you want that information? That's definitely the way I'd go, for a heavy trailer like that 👍

Martin Oostrom
💡 Yoe mean this one? Heavy Duty Trailer (Revell 07533, 1:25)
The one that's in my stash? And the size of the lower half is just big enough for my cargo? Because I got it out and measured it?
You're a genius Bozzer. It would rearrange my projects a bit, but that's been done before.

Bozzer
Lol, exactly that one, my mate!
May I suggest you make a mould of the wheels, and cast your own? There's enough knowledge in this forum, to help you? But a smart man with a 3D printer, could also help you out 😉

Martin Oostrom
The parts from Mark Spier arrived in the post today. Just like we agreed, with a couple of figurines tossed in.
Mark is a fellow modeller, who doesn't want to let parts go to waste. He has a collection of leftover parts. You can contact him on his email marxpier0512@gmail.com. He just might have the parts you need. Just give it a try.
Full disclosure: I don't get a cent from whatever he charges.

Martin Oostrom
So the switch is made to the Revell Heavy Duty trailer. I got punished right away, more ejection marks than parts. Guess what I did in the last few hours?

Martin Oostrom
Another hour, another question. I removed some wiring/piping. First I intended to replace it with 0.5mm brass rod. But it looks a bit thin. I also have 0.8mm lead wire. More to size, but a bit bendy.
What to use? And what to simulate the clasps with?

Ben M
You can use brass or even paper for the clasps

bughunter
Copper! It is harder then lead. You can glow it to get it more soft.
Foil from a whine bottle, not all are usable. Often the have two alu with clear plastic in between. I often use the removed outer blacked alu.

Bozzer
Bloody hell, I've created a monster!
I agree with bugsy, but you might also have some black plastic tubing, hidden in your other kits? Usually AMT and Revell. See if that works for you?

yngvenett
I really want to keep watching this 😮

Martin Oostrom
Brass sheet is on its way, with a selection of different rod sizes too.
Welcome to the party Yngve, normally you would be a bit late as the trailer was 2/3 done with prepping. But thanks to mr Bozzer here, I had to start all over. On a filler, scraped, sander kit no less. A monster he created indeed.

Peter Hardy
A "Mammoth" project Martin! I have to admit you are making one heck of a mess so you must be having fun! Looking forward to learning with the brass or copper!

Mr D
Nice progress 👍 extra work be worthwhile in the end ... Like the project 😁👍

Martin Oostrom
This kit needs a lot of work. The fit is decent to good. But there are so many mold lines. Each part needs cutting, filing, scraping and sanding. Slow and tedious.
Bozzer! You made me do this! 😉

Goldman
Impressive work Martin.

I have found that the best solution to the ejector pin marks Italeri and Revell like so much is CA glue (superglue) mixed with Talcum Powder. Make sure you have "real" talcum powder that contains Talc and not corn starch (apparently, recently Jonshon replaced the Talc in its products with corn starch so check the ingredients on the package). For CA I use the cheap Loctite from the supermarket. The Talc make the CA easier to sand.

I also use Dspiae self adhesive sanding strips (280 and 800 grits) with their aluminum boards to get a flat area:
Alumimium Alloy Sanding Boar..2+2pcs) (DSPIAE AS-RD15, No)
Pre-cut self adhesive Sandpa..00grain (DSPIAE MSP-400, No)

bughunter
... or fill the ejector pin marks with round discs of styrene, made with punch&die. It has the advantage of same material and no shrinking.

Martin Oostrom
Thanks for the tips mates.
Today I spent 4 hours replacing the awful wood grain on the ramps with some tread plates. It took so long because I hade to carve out enough space in a solid part of the ramps

Goldman
Time well spent. Looks good. Much more heavy duty.

Mr D
Good job on the ramps.... nice n crisp.👍👍

Spanjaard
very nice

Bozzer
Looks like time well spent, to me? Wouldn't it be great, if they had a router or some kind of milling machine, for our hobby? Something I might have a play with, in the summer.
This trailer can't be far away from primer, now? Or does Mr Martin, have a few more tricks up his sleeve? 😉

Peter Hardy
Quite impressive "carving" old mate. But, why is there always a but with me and trucks, what goes underneath?

Martin Oostrom
I'm waiting on some rods and pipes to arrive. I need those for wiring and piping. And I'm trying to find some spare air tanks
My thumb tried to paint the parts prematurely, after a knife took an unplanned detour. A band aid or two took care of that.

Kyle DeHart
I really like tread plate addition. That's was a good idea. Hopefully your thumb didn't get it too badly!!

Spanjaard
@Bozzer, you may mean MF 70 (Proxxon 27110, No) . there is even the CNC version, but it is more for metal than plastic, in my opinion

bughunter
Very clean work Martin 👍
Spanjaard is right about the mill. The rotation speed can be set between 5000 and 20000, which is too high for plastic.

Goldman
If you already have a Proxxon or similar grinder you can just get a drill stand (MB200) and the sliding table (KT70) and save some money. Will probably not be as accurate as the MF70 but I think it will be good enough for plastic. I actually considered buying this combination (I already have Proxxon FBS240 grinder) but after considering the cost and, more importantly, how often I will use this setup I decided not to.

Ben M
If you do as Goldman suggests, you can use one of those analog speed controls. I have one for my dremel that goes all the way down to zero rpm.

Bozzer
You guys have given me some food for thought. I can see myself getting busy, after the holidays. 😉

Bill Newcomer
Cool project. Following. I too am working on a trailer. Much smaller project though.

Jennifer Franklin
This is ambitious! At least your son has a 3D printer. Are you seriously thinking of getting one yourself? They have come down in price a great deal. The Bambu Lab A1 is an excellent printer and is much more reasonably priced than they used to be.

Bozzer
Jennifer, I'd like to hear more about the Bambu Lab A1? I'm looking for something larger? Keep your ears on 👍

Martin Oostrom
Today a summary of the last three or four weeks.
I keep drinking George Clooney's coffee swill, but no change in my complexion. So I decide to cut up the aluminium cups for a greater good. After drinking the coffee of course.
Brass pipe has been cut into small segments as guides through the chassis and as holders for electrical wiring, which will be added near the end of the build.
Lead wire is used to simulate hydraulic or airlines.
I replaced some bendy plastic with nickel rod on the ramp-keep-upside-topside thingies.
And I'm working on replacing some springs with aluminium tube and nickel rod.
All in all not much progress for the amount of work put in.

RE: 3d printer, haven't got the space to place/use one. My room is cramped with my stash and stuff.

Treehugger
Nice! I haven't yet started on mine. 🙂 Those aftermarket thrusters look tempting.

Q: I guess you have some stuff inside the model that alter the "natural" center point of weight, but I want to ask, how well balanced is your current solution the way you have the rod connected to the model?

Jozef Goos
Great job I like the led lights on the Star Destroyer

RaynaButler
It's absolutley solid. Check here for the inside: lychee.indee.de/#15083322889400/15205117938600

Oliver Zwiener
State of the art and a wonder. I've never seen anything like it.

gorby
I'm not normally into this sort of thing, but the work you've done on the lighting is staggering. It really brings the model to life.

Spanjaard
truly impressive work on this model! welcome to SCM!

Sebastian Kaupe
Outstanding work! I was wondering: What's the diameter of the fiberwire you've used?

Torsten
Very impressive, top work 😎

Dietmar Bogatzki
Fantastic lightning and photography 👍

RaynaButler
Diameter of the fiber is 0.3 mm. Thanks for your nice comments 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic.

Dash Rendar
Absolutely wonderful work! Very well done.

Paul Eden
Excellent work

Rui S
I agree. Beautiful 👍

Rui S
A beauty 👍 More photos🤔

Neuling
Impressive collection!

George Williams
Some great models there, Christian, I particularly like the Mike Hailwood Ducati.

Christian Leo-Pernold
Thanks! That MHR kit is from 1983 (!); decals were super brittle. The seller only wanted 60 bucks for it and offered me a 900 MHR in 1:1 scale too 😉

Rui S
Very nice collection 👍

Rui S
Nice pair 👍 More photos 🤔

Kenneth
Following! My Revell-version of that kit has been sitting on the shelf of doom for years now, although only the landing gear and the stores need to be done. Absolutely the worst fitting kit I've ever come across.

Alberto Michieletto
WTF!!! It's massive! Fantastic work mate!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank You Alberto 🙂

gorby
Excellent and imaginative modelling. Love it!
You must have a remarkable spares box.

Robert Podkoński
Cool! I love it too!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank's gorby and Robert!
# gorby: In addition to my spare parts box, there is also a hardware store nearby 😉

Dave
Very impressive project. Nice work.

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank you Dave!

Bernhard Schrock
It is once again amazing what can be processed into a model. Thank you for sharing with us the WIP photo. By the way, a great idea, implementation, color scheme and photography!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Thank you Bernhard! As I say: It's all in the colour;)

Lebloge
A truly imaginative project...and, indeed, the painting that gives it all credibility 👏🏻

Rui S
Great work 👍

Finn
Following. best of luck

Chris T. An
Welcome Finn. Well, "luck" is not necessarily what you need with this kit, but thanks anyway. 😛 It is probably more patience. But as a model builder, you have to have that at best anyway.

Ekki
Watching too.

Nicolas
Following too.

Cuajete
Me 4!

DerMattes
Den Brocken schau ich mir an 😉 Following 👍

Kenneth
Muss ich auch folgen 👍 Following too 👍

Shar Dipree
Following.

S M
Funny pilots you have found. Following I will 😄

S B
Sehr cool! Ich bin dabei. So wie es aussieht, brauchst du starke Nerven und Durchhaltevermögen. Ich wünsche dir beides!!!! Das Modell gefällt mir bisher sehr gut und der Co-Pilot ist jetzt schon ein Held!

Guido
Some very interesting (and challenging) progress. Love the additional self fabricated pieces. 👌🏻

Daniel H
Checking in. Came for the pilots, staying for the excellent scratch work. 😁

DerMattes
At least the pilot knows the way... yeah, sry 😉

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Cuajete
Very nice job so far 👍

Fabrice TIMMERMAN
Nice work. It makes me want to start the one I have in my statch.

Lebloge
Great work 👍🏻

Pepe
Very nice work!!!!!!

Rui S
Excellent work 👍 It deserves a base 🤔

Stuart Fowle
Great looking Cold War Spitfire, especially in 1/144!

Jakub Fiala
Thanks a lot Stuart!
I wouldn't call this plane a Cold War machine just yet. It is from the summer of 1945 - the return of Czechoslovak airmen fighting in the RAF back to their homeland. Communist hell began a few years later.

Bas Tonn
1/144? Really small, nice model

Spanjaard
fantastic in any scale, in 144, amazing. looking forward the end result

Jakub Fiala
Thank you, Bas Tonn and Spanjaard!
Uploaded last pictures before final assembly.

Rui S
What a small scale great work 👍