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Mr D
Thanks Alberto 👍
How's the Be-12 going?

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest 🙂

Mr D
Thanks Robert 😁👍
I've built few of these little guy,s there nice n easy n refreshing after bigger builds.

Mr D
Thanks Villiers 👋😃👍
.fun little builds good for filling gaps on the shelf .

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Skyhiker
I think you should do the factory test model red AND the conservative grey scheme! They are both cool. Heck maybe you should do 20 or 30 of these little suckers. That would be fun.

Mr D
Hi Skyhiker 👋
Thanks.... the red looks smart, quite a few weapons to paint up too.. going to need my magnifying visor.
I have the German F4 phantom and the hornet lined up in the stash 🤣

Mr D
Thanks Edouard 👍
I noticed you have the Airfix Tomahawk on order?
That's a really nice kit to build ...goes together well , the back wheel n control stick are bit fragile! So be careful.

Ben M
Is that a Su-9 in photo 10?

Mr D
Hi Ben 👋
It's
Starfighter,
F-14 tomcat,
Mig-21
Mig-23 ground attack version.
👍

Ben M
😍

Guy Rump
Lovely collection. 👍

Mr D
Thanks Guy 😁👍
The little 1:144 good for saving room 🤣.
I would like to do full size Starfighter at some point .

Mr D
^^ full size 🤣🤣 1:48 ^^

Ben M
Hahaha! I have a "full size" starfighter coming up too. It's such a beautiful aircraft.

gorby
Nice result on all of them.

Mr D
Thanks Gorby Appreciate it....there my little fill-in substitutes ....till l get round to 1:48
Definitely want to do a Starfighter in larger scale.
Good luck with your projects 👍

Mr D
Thanks for the lovely Likes 😁👍
Will have to look into the fiddly weapons next.

Skyhiker
Looking good

Andrzej Rygiel
I like to do 144th scale minis in between some bigger scale models and your Tigershark is an eye-catcher, it will really stand out in this bright livery! Gives me some ideas for my next builds 😉

Mr D
Hi Andrzej.
Thanks 👍 yes they are nice to do now n then between or after bigger builds.
Yes it's a nice bright red, the Northrop factory colour.
Good luck with your projects 👍👍

Mr D
Thanks for the Likes everyone 😀👍
Nice quick easy little build, the paints are AK Intense acrylic.

Miguel Vaquero
Looking pretty good D. Amazing as always

Mr D
Hi Miguel 👋, thanks ... appreciate it.
This one was moulded quite good, l had to build up the bottom intake on one side a little, but l think that was me not fitting the part level.
I have an F-4 phantom from this range in the stash, l managed to get so 144 German decals for it ....they cost more than the kit 🙄🤣.

Miguel Vaquero
Well I'm really hoping to see more of your 144 work because it's impressive. And as for the F4 decals, well, spending money is the biggest part of this hobby 🤣🤣

Mr D
True 🤣 l need a good soviet cockpit paint now 🙄

Trez
I think Eduard used to do a 1:144 Me262 which might be your cup of tea!

gorby
Impressive painting! I like the scheme.

Mr D
Thanks Trez 👍 l will look the model up, sounds interesting 🤔 👍

Hi Gorby 👋 thanks 👍 it's a nice bright scheme....will be heavily loaded with weapons soon.

S B
Excellent! 1/144 scale is such a crazy thing!!! You have all of my respect.

Mr D
Hi S B👋
🤣 Yes ....need a good magnifying visor with light.

Thanks

S B
I do need those magnifiers even on my 1/48 scale jets! 😂😂😂

Ben M
This doesn't seem to be a feature request for scalemates.

Busch Olsen
Roger...

Francky
it is not a feature request for scalemates but definitvely a relevant issue

Ben M
I tried to watch the video but it seemed like just a long way of saying "too many parts in modern kits may discourage people."

I imagine the market will speak; if these complex kits don't sell then they will make something else.

Busch Olsen
For many years there had been talks about getting new Modellers for this relaxing hobby. I guess that a lot of new comers will get scared away when looking at a too complicated kit with all too many parts. At Scalemates it seems that there are room for all types of Modellers so general information like this link could be just what someone needed.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
This project was fun so far but I am not done yet, because I forgot to print one part of her gear that is placed on the back of her hip.
Once I got that I will also upload more images, showing all sides of the figure.
Had to do touch ups of previously painted areas again and again because I kept being sloppy,.

I am quite happy with how her face and eyes turned out.

What I also enjoyed with this project are the rusted steel beams and pipes. First time I tried something like that. I stippled dark red to orange and yellow tones.

Motatim Stanislaw
Great result! How did you paint your eyes? At first, I even thought it was a decal.

Steve Wilson
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Top job Rui S!!!👍😄

Rui S
thanks for your nice words Steve. I see you are always aware...

Kim Branders
Top.

Rui S
Thanks' Mate, but not yet Top

Rui S
Thanks' Michael. Coming from a Pro it's a great compliment...

Ulf Petersen
Very nice scene!👍
The Italeri-RSO and Tamiya-Kettenkrad are another ones of my first model kits of the early 80s. 🙂 Nice to see that they still are able to make attractive models.

Rui S
Thanks for your nice comments Ulf. I used to look to the RSO as a very strange vehicle but after building this kit, I started to like it a lot...

Rui S
Thanks for your nice comment Hanno. I'm very glad that this dio made you remember your grandfather and relive his stories (I'm sure very interesting ones)...
P.S. Thanks for sharing that information...

Donald Medley
Kind of reminds me of Alaska Huh?

Rui S
hehehe because of the RSO?

Thomas (Tommy) Rumley
This is so realistic, excellent work.

Rui S
Thank you for stopping by and your kind comment Thomas.
Glad you like this one.
Much Apreciated.

Neuling
You really brought these old kits to life. Nice to see them in this realistic scenery.

Rui S
Thank you for your kind words and stopping by and comment, Neuling.
Comming from a Dio Master, feels even better. Much Apreciated.
And also thank you James C (Jim C); Paulo ( Parrais)
and all mates for the new likes.

Николай Романов
Rui S, отлично выглядит..очень реалистично👍

Rui S
Wow, another Master commenting. I'm feeling proud Now.

большое спасибо, что заглянули и прокомментировали Николай Романов

ценится.

I hope the translater got it right🙂

Николай Романов
Все ок..мне приятно слышать это от вас🤝

Neil Patrick
Only just saw this Rui. I love how the Steyr RSO turned out. I think I have one in the stash somewhere and you've prompted to me to go searching. 🙂

Johne 69
Well done Rui 👍

Olivier
2015 ? Better late than never...

John
Amazing dio, Rui.

Ingo Green
Nice one… Great job

Rui S
@Николай Романов, it's what I think.

@Neil, thanks for stopping by and comment with your kindness. I look forward and will be watching your RSO project.

@Johne 69, thank you for your comment. I'm glad you like this one.

@Olivier, thank you, yap a very old project already, but another one that was done in 2 diferent phases and a enjoyable one.

@John, thx for stopping by and for your kind comment.

@Ingo, thank you for your kind comment, I'm really glad you like and stopped by on this one. Like all the others it helped a lot in the learning curve.

I also wish to thank All the 31 mates that liked this album. Apreciated.

Alan G
Excellent work again Rui

Rui S
Thank you for your kind comment Alan. Apreciated.
This is a old one and with some bad photos. Maybe one day I will take new photos.
I also thank the 16 mates for the new likes. Apreciated.

Lothar Linke
I really like how you work the camouflage

Rui S
Thank you for your comment Lothar29. Glad you like this old one. Apreciated

Kurt Shepard
Beautiful model, Great work!

Roy Seine
Amazing work, i think the weathering is just right

Rui S
@ Kurt, thank you, I'm really glad you like this old one.
@ Roy, thx a lot, I apreciatte your kind comment.

gvizbi
Beautiful work in every regard. Very nice scene and the weathering is fantastic.

Pietro De Angelis
It's always incredible what you can get out of old models,
congratulations Rui!

Mr James
Really good rust effect on the exhaust. Lovely diorama

Rui S
@ gvizbi, thx a lot for your kind comment on this old one. Coming from such a talented modeler it feels great
@ Pietro, Thank you very much for your kind support. Much appreciated. I really enjoy work on oldies.
@ Mr James. Glad you like this one. Thank you.
Interesting to see this oldies come to surface 🤔

Doubtingmango
The weathering really is beautiful. I love the old Italeri kits. My first kits were the old Testors brand.

Rui S
Hi Doubtingmango, thank you for your comment. Apreciated.
I still like Italeri kits, and I have great respect for them and also some in stash that I hope to build 😉

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Pavlo Yakovenko
unusual model, very nice

Rui S
@Villiers de Vos, thank you for your comment. Glad you like this oldie
@Pavlo, thx for your kind words, when I was very young I thought this was a "what if" or science fiction vehicle 😄

Владимир Ловцов
Good job. RSO is especially good.

Rui S
Thank you for your comment Владимир Ловцов . Apreciated.
The kettenkraft was hand painted, later on the RSO was already done with airbrush, and it's easy to see the improvement from that.

Rui
Great work Rui! 👍

Jennifer Franklin
You were doing work of this caliber eight years ago!!!!

Mr James
We've got lots of catching up to do Jennifer 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
You're not kidding Mr. James

Rui S
@ Rui, Thank you for stopping by and comment, apreciated, glad you liked this one

@ Jennifer, not quite. 8 years ago I discover scalemates, and posted it, but this one was my 2nd or 3rd Dio??? Done so long ago that I don't even remember when. And I'm such a slow intermittent modeler that I used to stay years without one single build.
Than scalemates enter the scene and I was more motivated but even so my mojo it's better but still very inconsistent

@ Mr James, you may be right but don't worry, scalemates it's a never ending source of Great and new and Beautiful work's that are always appearing, that's why I'm here every single day since.

Jennifer Franklin
Okay, Rui, now I am even more impressed. For someone who started working on models about a month ago, the idea of working on them for that many years is incredible.

Rui S
Be aware Jennifer, it's an addition 😄😄 😄 but a good one, has you can confirm here in scalemates 😉

Jennifer Franklin
Yes, I think I may be addicted 🙂 🙂 🙂

Rui S
We all hope so 😉

Maxime
Hi, Rui S 🙂 ! Out of all your models, I think this one reaches the greatest level of realism and meticulousness. It's not as big as your Panther diorama but still it must have taken a long time to complete. That is some great work right there and it is definitely inspiring. I hope you have another one like this in the near future 🤙

Rui S
Hi Maxime, Thank you for your nice comment. Apreciated.
I don't know if you access all my dios. This one is an old one and I enjoy doing it and the result I got on the RSO, but in my opinion not my best work. And also not even the one with the Panther.
Anyway don't get me wrong, I'm really glad you like this one.

Thomas E.
Oldie but goldie! A "Raupenschlepper Ost" is always a great subject in my opinion. And Sa-Kuva - Please type in: RSO
There is a lovely picture. The Finns had used 10 RSO in continuation war. I think the colour is German sand, the PAK is estimated finnish 3-Tone (green-brown-grey). Finnish green and brown may be very similar on bw-photographs.

Rui S
Thank you Thomas E. apreciated. Sorry for the late reply and I agree It's a great but somehow strange subject.