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George Williams
Amazing.

Carlos Proença
Flawless.

Rui S
That's something diferent. 👍

Villiers de Vos
Nice attention to detail.

Carlos Proença
Iconic car. Amazing details.

Manuel Verde
Capa de negro Nato, para las luces de los paneles.

CaptGPF
In-be-lievable…. This is going to be an interesting build!

Landlubber Mike
I have one of these in the stash. Thanks for posting such great detailed pictures - your build will be of great help when I start mine!

George Williams
Great work on that engine.

Villiers de Vos
Nice detail. The paint work is top notch.

Carlos Proença
Beautiful piece of art!!!!

Jennifer Franklin
Looks like an impressive project, following 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Watching for sure!

Steve Desarzens
This project is huge ! Love it 🤩
I also have the kit and the idea to build it one day. Didn't look for reference photos yet. Do you already have some ?

Ard S.
I am curious how it will go. Looks like a great project so far.

Villiers de Vos
Jennifer, Robert, Steve and Ard: Welcome aboard.

Steve, there are plenty of photographs and videos available online.

Villiers de Vos
The first phase's assembly is straight forward. The only portion that I did not enjoy was using a hot blade to melt the components of thee front suspension together. There is not a lot of plastic to melt. I plan to use a soldering iron on the drive chain.

Jennifer Franklin
Lots of good progress, curious to see how the instrument panel works out.

Mr James
Nice progress pics. Is that actual brass on the chassis or very good painting?

bughunter
The next big car parts comes together - I'm in!

Villiers de Vos
Jennifer, your wish is my command. The Micro Kristal Klear securing the bezels is still drying, but I am happy with the outcome.
James, painting only. First airbrush (I had to paint engine parts as well). I then cut the painting fine by hand. Thank you for the compliment.
Bughunter, you are welcome.

Jennifer Franklin
Oh, very nice!

Villiers de Vos
I am still following the instructions/assembly sequence. No major issues so far.

Ard S.
It looks really good so far.

Bruce Huxtable
Looking very smart indeed 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Ard and Bruce.
I have started on the engine. Except for drive chains the engine seems to be the focal point in as far complexity and colour. This is not a "shake and bake" kit, but I have enjoyed it very much so far. Fortunately there are a lot of reference photographs available online.

bughunter
Incredible what kind of details are possible in this scale 👍 And you know I love details!

Ard S.
What would be the size?
Cause it looks great on all the details

Mr James
Pic42. Again, its hard to believe that that's painted plastic.

Jv
Yes fantastic work Villiers

Jennifer Franklin
That engine is gorgeous.

Kyle DeHart
Diving into another one of these? I've missed it somehow up until now. Can't wait to see it get finished up. That engine is a work of art. It's all looking great.

Stéphane Jayet
what an engine !!!

Jv
Engine is is different word for motor

Guillaume Blanchet
Nice project. I have always loved this car

Andy Ball
Wonderful- can't wait to see it pass the chequered flag.

Bavel Cat
Wow! A huge model. It seems that it will need a garage for storage 😀
A very interesting project 👍

Jean-Daniel Aebischer
Superbe travail Villiers, pour moi qui suis mécanicien c'est un vrai régal. Bonne continuation 👍👏

Zsolt Czegle
Great work! 👍

Lochsa River
sittin in....

Alexander Grivonev
Oh niiiice 👍

Kyle DeHart
That engine is just a lovely work of art.

Rui S
Looking great 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you my fellow Scale mates for your kind words. Believe me when I say that it is humbling.
I am nearly finished with the wiring of the engine (a real mojo killer), the carburettors and fuel and oil lines.
Photographs of my adventures on page 15 of the instructions will be published soon.

Richard Berrie
Outstanding work Villers. Really love the subject and the reference photos. Your attention to detail is inspiring. Awesome work!

Hanno Kleinecke
Wow, rhat engine is just phnatastic !

Villiers de Vos
Richard and Hanno, Thank you for your kind words.
The wiring of the engine has been completed. Fortunately there are many reference photographs available.

Bruce Huxtable
I will be shocked if that engine doesn't run, by the time you have added the fuel lines, etc! Very smart and pristine work 👍

Michael Kohl
Coming along nicely.

Pietro De Angelis
Impressive!

Kyle DeHart
Really making me want to track one of these down Villiers

George Williams
Lovely model of a real monster of a car.

Villiers de Vos
Bruce, Michael, Pietro, Kyle and George, thank you for your kind words.
At long last some progress. The wiring of the engine was difficult, but adds a lot of realism. The next steps are straight forward up to assembling the drive chains.

Kyle DeHart
Ah man. It really looks awesome sitting down in the car. Fantastic work.

Jennifer Franklin
I've been out of the loop, so I'm a little late to comment, but I have to say that the engine is magnificent!

Guy Rump
Beautiful modelling! 👍

Mick Burdett
That is brilliant work

Villiers de Vos
Kyle, Jennifer, Guy and Mick, thank you for your kind words.
Progress should be quicker until the drive chains are reached.

Kyle DeHart
It's been an outstanding build to follow along with. Should I ever acquire this kit I'll certainly be returning here for reference

Villiers de Vos
Kyle and JD, thank you for your kind comments.
Work inside the engine compartment is nearing completion.

Rui S
A motor with wheels 😄 👍

Kyle DeHart
More fantastic work. This thing is too cool

Villiers de Vos
Well summarized Rui!
Kyle, thank you for your kind words.

Slow progress continues.

bughunter
Wow, that is sooo beautiful 👍

Alexander Grivonev
Really lovely work, I like it very much 👍👍

Kyle DeHart
Surely is a beautiful build.

DuperScale
Love the details.

Giannis Kaltapanidis
What a beauty...

Villiers de Vos
Gentlemen, thank you for your kind comments.
The end of the build is in sight.
All those welding points as well as cleaning up points led me in assembling the drive chains led me to explore alternatives. The closest that I could find was Tamiya's Assembly Chain Set for 1/6 Scale Motorcycle, part number 12674.

Villiers de Vos
I am calling this one completed. In general this is a very detailed model.

Thank you to everyone that stopped by, liked and your fantastic comments.

Guy Rump
Beautiful build, congrats! 👍

Tom ...
Wow, Villiers. That is outstanding work! And a lot of it! Well done. One day I will do this kit and I'll use your build as reference!

Kyle DeHart
I agree with Tom. An incredible build and an incredibly excellent build log. Thank you for sharing the entire process. I have designs on building this one day as well and will surely return here to make my own build go more smoothly.

Jv
Congratulations Villiers fantastic work

Villiers de Vos
Guy, Tom, Kyle and Jv: Thank you for your kind comments.

Andy Ball
Bravo, V!!

Villiers de Vos
Thanks Andy.

Anthony lfk
Wow, nice vintage car built ! Great built catalogue you have here, very detailed.

gorby
Beautiful result!

Neuling
Definitely! 👍

Carlos Proença
Piece of art!!!!

Doubtingmango
Watching

Ingmar Stöhr
Nice progress so far! Overall nice paintjob, but maybe try to use a little less paint on the railings. I see a lot of small paint balls forming there.

Guy Rump
Great job so far, following. 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Following!

Chrisswe
Thanks for your interest and comments. I did something wrong with the primer when painting the railings which caused the paint balls. Also I'm not great at working with PE yet and the glue residue is often visible even if try to paint over it. All in all I still think I'm making some improvements compared to my last build. Rigging will be my greatest challenge for this build.

Ingmar Stöhr
Ah, ok! Well yes, your glue is visible here an there, but otherwise I find your application of PE is not bad at all! What works for me with railings is to hold them in place with one hand (and tweezers) and with the other hand apply a tiny amount of very thin super glue from a piece of thin copper wire fixed to a toothpick as handle. This will instantly wick into the gap and also instantly fix the railing in place. After that I paint over the seam with the appropriate colour and mostly end up with very nice glue joints.

Chrisswe
That is probably the correct way to do it Ingmar. I find it difficult to only use the thin super glue as it has zero adhesive effect until it bonds. I use super glue gel to fix one end of the railing and then use your method for the rest.

Chrisswe
I'm testing a grey-brown panel liner instead of the black one I used for all of my last ship. It looks good closeup but might be to subtle when you look at the whole ship. Is it a bad idea to use anything else than black panel liner even on lighter colours when doing 1:350 scale?

Ingmar Stöhr
Actually super glue should set / cure / stick faster the thinner it is. A gel does lengthen the setting time. I start at one side, place the railing, put a tiny bit of thin super glue at the joint and it will typically set withing 2-3 seconds. Then I move a bit further down, align the PE, put glue there and so on. What also increases the setting time is a larger gap. If the gap ist very small and the glue very thin it will usually literally set instantly.

I like my wash with a lot of contrast. On my modern US Navy builds (kind of a medium gray) I will use blue-black panel line wash from AMIG. On a lighter gray, as with the superstructure on DKM units, that might be a bit to much contrast though.

Chrisswe
I will try to master the thin super glue but I think the sticky property of the gel before it cures is very helpful. I can still use gel when gluing where it will not be visible at all.
Another thing I have done differently with this build is to just base paint the details and railings before I attach them to the superstructure and hulI. I will gloss coat, weather, matt coat and oil highlight the superstructure mostly built together but excluding the masts and funnels. I will do the same thing with the hull with everything added except main guns.
I noticed the super glue attacks the paint much more than when everything was already gloss and matt coated before gluing but maybe the end result will be better.

Ingmar Stöhr
Strange. I never have noticed my glue attacking or damaging the painted surfaces. Usually, I build my ships in sections which get painted separately before final assembly. Also, I always airbrush my railing before gluing it to the model. There will be scratches from tweezers, but for me it is much easier to make some touch-ups than to brush paint the whole railing on the ship.

Chrisswe
Could the glue react differently because I use Mr Hobby Lacquer paint this time and Tamiya Acrylic paint for my last build?