Harvester SK-5 Niva
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201 18 May 2022, 17:52
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Hey guys! You are more than welcome. Thanks for your likes too. Much appreciated.
3 June 2022, 20:01
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My goodness, does it come with a Haynes Manual? 😉 Looks like a lots of challenges to overcome, but I'm sure the end results will be fantastic!
3 June 2022, 21:01
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@Bruce: unfortunately it doesn't. There are some areas where location of parts is not clear. So, if you happen to have a Haynes Manual for this russian harvester, please let me know. 😉
5 June 2022, 16:35
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@Ben M: I am happy with the reel too, so I thought I had a run and tried my soldering skills at the access ladder - and failed miserably. Everything that worked so smooth at the reel, would just not work at the ladder (for now 🙂).
5 June 2022, 16:40
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Cool project, something different it sure is. Question: in pic 19, is that a magnetic base?
13 June 2022, 12:44
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Hi Finn, Alec and Spajaard, nice to have you around.
@Alec: it is not a magnetic base but a ceramic one. It is meant for soldering as it can take any kind of heat.
13 June 2022, 18:26
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Thanks for your likes, folks. I am happily surprised about the attention this niche project receives. Stay tuned.
15 June 2022, 10:38
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As much as we love the "normal stuff", I think many people are excited to see something unusual off the trodden path.
Keep up the good work, Michael. 👍
Your PE handling is top, are you soldering the parts?
15 June 2022, 11:19
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Hallo Michael.
Sehe das wie Robin, sehr schön mal was anderes zu sehen als immer nur Panzer und Flugzeuge.
Sehr akkurate Verarbeitung der Ätzteile.
Ich werde das hier weiter verfolgen.
18 June 2022, 14:24
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Thanx mates for your encouragement and welcome
@Robin: not least to further improve my skills, I wanted to solder particularly the bigger pieces. Soldered they are much more stable and can take some handling. But with some pieces I prefered super glue.
@Jörg: Danke dir, freut mich, wenn Du vorbeischaust
@Alex: the plan is to show it in its natural habitat - meaning harvesting, maybe together with a russian or czech truck. The original idea was to display it with a Cmelak and to build a second one (Cmelak) after I made my life miserable with the first one. But now I feel that the plane will take to much attention from the harvester.
18 June 2022, 17:42
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So much work to do, my respect for your progress mate 😁
Great job with the PE`s!
22 June 2022, 18:30
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A proper engineering project for sure 👍 I'm impressed with your soldering skills, it's kinda like you have completed an apprenticeship!
22 June 2022, 19:14
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@Bruce: Well actually I did - but that was 31 years ago. 😉 And it was only basic training in high temperature soldering with a flame. So for soldering brass I had to start from scratch. But with practice success is achieved more often. 🙂
28 June 2022, 20:03
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Krass, der Michael pflanzt Weizen.
Immer wieder geil dir bei deinen Baufortschritten zu zu sehen.
10 July 2022, 11:50
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Danke dir Jörg. Ein Kompliment das ich nur zurückgeben kann. 🙂
Thanx Spanjaard, nice to have you around.
Bughunter, you are absolutely right, as the "grain" I put on for layout purposes is hemp - plumpers hemp - indeed. 🙂 I experimented with it to do the grain, but the fibers are too uneven.
19 July 2022, 15:28
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Great build, its very similar to the combine my Dad used in the 70's. My son is harvesting in Claas combine this year thats like a space ship in comparison.
20 July 2022, 08:38
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Oh my god. In my childhood we played on this monster in a machine graveyard. It was not so safety from now but exciting... Michael this is a very cool kit i'll follow your project.
20 July 2022, 18:18
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Sehr erfrischend etwas zu sehen, was total aus dem Rahmen fällt! 🙂 die Lötstellen sehen sehr sauber aus. Womit hast du gelötet?
20 July 2022, 19:31
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Thanx Mark and Laliscale. Nice thought that this brings on some childhood memories. Concerning safety: when I watch the YouTube-Videos of this machine and look at all the moving parts of the various transmissions, I ask myself how many fingers have been sacrificed to the god of Niva.
30 July 2022, 18:24
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Danke Bernd. Ich nehme nen einfachen Lötkolben, verzinne die Spitze und verzinne damit die zu lötenden Kanten nachdem ich diese mit feinem Schleifpapier und Alkohol gereinigt habe. Alles wird nur mit Handschuhen angefasst und ich nutze viel Flussmittel. An Lot nehme ich normales Elektrolot.
30 July 2022, 18:28
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Welcome Dean and Zsolt!
Haha Zsolt, I would like to peek into your stash. I suppose there are some goodies to be found there. 🙂
And thanks alot for all the likes for my projects. Much appreciated.
15 October 2022, 12:22
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Thanks Dariusz. With two bigger hurdles cleared I think it will progress more smoothly for a while. Stay tuned.
9 November 2022, 07:18
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Thanks mates for your motivating comments. Nice to see your interest in this niche build.
@Alex. The kit is a bit complex indeed. With that in mind one can only congratulate Snake Model for their very good engineering. Unfortunately instructions are not on the same level. So some experimenting, creativity and research on behalf of the modeller is needed.
15 November 2022, 09:32
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Ohohooo, that´s FANTASTIC!!! Great, great, great! Where do you buy Snake model´s kit, please? They have so many so cool objects, in their offer!
26 November 2022, 12:12
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Thanx mates for your interest. Miloss, I saw this kit in the newsfeed here on scalemates and was looking around. I found mine at panzerfux.de. They still offer a few kits, right now the Harvester for 72€ as a black friday offer.
27 November 2022, 00:03
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Coming along nicely 👍 Nearly made me buy one myself! But I settled for the tracked carrier thingy (TDT-55)...
29 November 2022, 18:43
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Great progress 👍
pic 67: you can not chip into plastic, because there is only resin 😉
29 November 2022, 19:14
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Thanks folks for your nice feedback and the likes. Much appreciated. Tom, good luck on your tracked carrier. Keep us posted.
1 December 2022, 12:07
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This looks absolutely super Michael. That chipped red turned out great 👍
1 December 2022, 19:37
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Thank you, Alec. I have to admit, that I am quite happy with how it turned out so far.
3 December 2022, 23:22
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Thanx mates for your encouraging feedback and all the likes for this non-mainstream subject. Looks like the finish line is not too far away anymore.
14 December 2022, 09:59
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The harvester looks great, I love the weathering and chipping.
14 December 2022, 11:37
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1:72 is not my scale but that's really impressive. I would have sworn it was 1:35.
15 December 2022, 01:44
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That's just amazing, Michael! I am impressed with your work (and perseverance)!
15 December 2022, 14:53
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I wanted to wait till the end, but I stopped by again to say your agricultural thingy is one of the best models in 1:72 I have seen here lately.
Will there be a diorama with it?
18 December 2022, 15:59
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Marius, I am quite moved by your statement. And - yes - a dio is in the making.
20 December 2022, 10:12
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You have done a really outstanding piece of work here!!
Congratulations on this complicated project.
Good work with the pe- parts.
It was s plessure to follow your progress
Oh man, The painting looks really fantastic and deserves respect for that👏
The whole weathering is just outsanding!
But haven't I seen a base somewhere😉
22 December 2022, 05:13
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Oh mate, simply exquisite 😮 👍
Extremely hard to believe this is 1/72
22 December 2022, 09:03
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Very nice near-final pictures, but it will look even better on the pic 50 base 👍
Very impressive PE and paint work!
22 December 2022, 09:14
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Thanks so much. I am really flabbergasted by your comments.
@ bughunter: the base is in the making
26 December 2022, 20:23
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Top result! I hope to see this masterpiece live. Lingen 2023?
28 December 2022, 06:18
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Thank you guys for sneeking in and commenting so positively.
Bernhard, I am afraid that Lingen will not be the place to see it as I live in Nürnberg and Lingen is quite a ride from there. In former times - while still living further north - Lingen was compulsory of course. But - maybe I can motivate some other guys from around here...
Daniemalan, a field is in the making.
29 December 2022, 17:23
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I love this. It's different, and it's built and painted extremely well.
31 December 2022, 02:08
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Rudi Ratlos vor dem Mähdrescher ......... looks like a 1/35 build, very well done .............
11 February 2023, 11:23
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Danke Neuling. 😀 Rudi Ratlos bekommt noch ein bisschen Werkzeug damit er die Kiste wieder richten kann. Űbrigens ne tolle Figur von Reedoak.
14 February 2023, 08:51
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Thanks Jakub and all who liked that one. It really makes me happy to receive such a nice feedback for this unusual subject.
16 February 2023, 18:34
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When it fits the subject every good response is more then well earned! Absolutely great build! 👍
16 February 2023, 18:51
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Thanks Frank (bughunter). Only a few square centimeters are to be done. Then all the spikes will have been planted. Quite a tedious job but I have not found another way then to put them individually one by one.
Thanks James and to all of you mates for your likes. I really hope to get it ready for the Model Show in Moson.
24 March 2023, 18:43
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ypur wheat is perfect!!! It can not get more realistic that pic 130, simply WOW!!!!
24 March 2023, 20:24
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Hi Spanjaard. I have to admit that I am very pleased too how the wheat turned out. Only the harvested part of the field is not yet to my liking. But I got an idea... 🙂
25 March 2023, 23:17
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That is so real, pic 149 and 150 (with another background) can be used to create fake news 🙂
28 March 2023, 07:01
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This one looks so real if it weren't on a diorama base it would have totally fooled me. My honest truth. What a masterpiece. It is an early stage of the year but I have to admitt that this one has the potential to become the buld of the year for me on this plattform. Congrats to your skills. 👍 I bow before you! 🙂
28 March 2023, 10:24
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Amazing work and a fantastic example of rework (the harvested part of the field) paying off!
28 March 2023, 11:23
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Guys, you comments are extremely flattering and they mean a lot to me. It is really nice to have you on board.
2 April 2023, 12:10
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That figure has an absolutely spot-on pose for the setting... one can litteraly feel the headache creeping up on that guy wondering what even happened to fix his harvester in the midlle of the field!
16 April 2023, 19:57
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Awesome work on the figure, especially the shading and highlighting on the overalls!
17 April 2023, 12:08
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Astonishing at 1:35, but this is 1:72! Superb skills, patience, creativity, and determination have created a jewel!
17 April 2023, 12:39
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i wish i could paint 1/35 (or any scale for that mattes) half as good as you did that figure in 1/72, it is fantastic
17 April 2023, 12:49
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@Tom B: jep, I really like the pose of that figure too. I can only repeat my recommendation for the Reedoak figures. The ones I have are really fabulous.
bughunter, Spanjaard, Christian, Tyson Tu, Bruce, coporada thanks for the feedback, really made my day.
And a warm Thanks to all who sneeked in and left a like. Very much liked. 🙂
18 April 2023, 10:37
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AWESOME work. I'm really happy to see it in person in Moson this weekend! See you there!
18 April 2023, 11:32
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This keeps getting even better ! The adition of the figure and tools makes it look even more convincing, especially considering the tiny scale ! 👍
18 April 2023, 14:35
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Thanks Zsolt and Hanno. Such positive comments from mates whose models I cherish means a lot.
Looking forward to meet in person, Zsolt. 🙂
19 April 2023, 13:30
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Here are some pictures of the finished project. Started in May 2022 it took me less than a year to complete. Thus it qualifies as a speed build according to my standards. 😉
It was really moving to see the interest in this build, to read your comments and the likes after you visited. You made this a special experience. Thanks a ton for that.
To me this build was special for another reason too, as it is my first model which in the end really looks the way I envisioned it when I started.
A big Thanks to Snake Model too. This well done kit gave me a really good time.
Happy modelling to all of you mates out there.
20 April 2023, 19:18
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Thanks for this journey! It was a pleasure to watch the creation of this award winning dio 👍 Good luck for Moson!
20 April 2023, 19:26
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Jaw-dropping result on this 1/72 project. 👀
All my respect for this workman skills. Hat's off.
21 April 2023, 05:41
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As I said it before, this turned out to be one of the prettiest dioramas in 1:72 I have seen here lately.
And that is because of different reasons more or less subtle:
#1 Between tanks and jets there is suddenly an agricultural thingy, certainly an eye catcher
#2 The high level and sharpness of detail on the machine
#3 Spot on weathering with a very realistic look and just the right amount
#4 Very beautiful diorama in itself (the figure painting, the wheat, etc.)
#5 ....and the most important one surpassing the previous points is the genuine amtosphere. It feels like in the 70's in a sunny and very hot summer day in some Eastern steppe. Somehow time stands still in a different era, when the notion of tight schedules and constant rushing weren't an issue.
21 April 2023, 06:16
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Thanks again Frank, Spanjaard, Kyle, Juergen, Marius, Neuling and Vincent for your flattering comments and to all of you guys who visited and left a like.
@Marius: points #2-4 were aspects that I strived to achieve. That you point them out particularly means a lot to me. That this machine evoked childhood memories and the atmosphere you mentioned is more than one cherry on the cake.
22 April 2023, 22:01
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Всем привет. Отличная работа. Очень понравилась!!! Сначало увидел фото с Мосона. Потом скинули ссылку на автора работы.
23 April 2023, 20:10
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Yes Frank. Thanks for your interest. 🙂 One was a special recognition as Excellent Model 2023 by Civilian Scale Model Building and in the official category "Master-Class: Diorama civilian vehicles" it received a third place. But maybe even more rewarding than the official awards were a few positive personal comments and seeing it being photographed by other modellers. And - last but not least - it came back into my cabinet without damage. 🙂
24 April 2023, 22:33
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Congratulations. The logistics of built models is always my biggest fear - and you made it so far and back without any damage! 👍
25 April 2023, 07:33
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Congratulation Michael! It's a really awesome work.
I'm glad to met you and be able to see your works in person! See you next year in Moson!
26 April 2023, 21:00
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Michael, congratulations on winning the award for this model. You really deserve it!
26 April 2023, 21:36
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Again, thank you mates for your congratulations.
Zsolt, that was really nice meeting you in Moson and seeing your models live.
Looking forward to next year.
30 April 2023, 19:02
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This is incredible work. I can see why you won an award. Very inspiring.
30 April 2023, 19:08