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George Williams
It's coming along, the wheels look great.

Rui S
Looking good 👍

John Mulhall
Nice weathering on both cockpits. What is your impression of the mini-art kit against the Tamiya kit?

Dmitriy 著者
John, I haven't gotten my hands on Tamiya's P-47, but I've done other Tamiya aircraft in 1:48 scale and I would say that their engineering is still unbeaten. The detail on the MiniArt kits is I think the pinnacle of what is possible with injection molding, but in some aspects the kit is over engineered and unnecessarily complex.

John Mulhall
Thanks Dmitriy. Your thoughts are tracking with several other reports I have been reading lately.

Steven Van Dyck 著者
It was a rowdy start with the left part of the frame warped. I removed the warp with a thread tended between the wheelbays. Some changes were done to the interior to place the PE parts. A lot of parts are still dry-fit until after painting everything black. A strange thing is the gauge decal that has to be reversed from the sheet.

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Yngve N
I'm here to learn

István Szücs
Looks great, I'm in!

Steven Van Dyck 著者
Bienvenuti everybody, today some PE is fixed to the body after it was cleaned of sprue parts with a saw, to save the window styles. I wanted to open up the deaeration ducts before placing the PE gills. I also felt the need to sand the orange monobloc clearparts, they have visible sinkmarks.

George Williams
Great work so far, Steven, and a nice reference book. What colour have you painted the bodywork?

Steven Van Dyck 著者
Thanks, George. At this moment no paint has been applied yet. Instructions for the entire frame are a mix semi gloss/ matt black, but my reference for the interior seems to be leather brown. This will be done with Tamiya and Gunze paints. The outside will be the emerald green paint I showed on the pictures. I think this is solvent based, it's ten years ago I used that in an airbrush.

George Williams
Thanks, Steven, looking forward to it.

Neuling
A flawless beauty!

George Williams
Perfect.

Hang Li
Very Nice!

John Thomas
Nice work

Richard Cheals
Nice one, Sergey! Which figures did you use?

Dietmar Bogatzki
Nice little Diorama, Sergey 👍

Simon Nagorsnik
Beautiful scene from everyday life!
Very well implemented 👍

Dash Rendar
Very nice! You don't see many busses being built. Well done.

Christian W
Somehow I like this diorama. Pretty well done!

Neuling
Very appealing diorama!

George Williams
This is great, well done.

Patryk S.
Following!

Neil 著者
Welcome Patryk! 🙂

Stefan Fraundorfer
I'll take a close look at your model. I have the same one in my stash and would like to build it myself in the near future. Have fun Neil!

J35J
Taking a chair👍🏻

Mark Sherwood
Parked the 360, watching. You should have prolific as your middle name, the amount of builds dude. It would make me more confused than I am. Hurrichurchspitwell anyone. 🤟😵‍💫🤘😵‍💫🖖😵‍💫👍🤣🥸

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat of course!

Chris
Che bello aereo!

Neil 著者
Wow! Welcome all. Really great to have interest from such a talented bunch of fellow modellers. @stephan, looking forward to your version very much also 👍👍 @mark, I know, I'm a bit nuts! I love having lots of the go, takes a while to complete and I'm useless at doing reveal photos. But it keeps it all fresh for me! My job is all about multiple projects, so similar state of mind! 😂

John
I do NOT envy you your masking job but it should look amazing when you finish (or run out of tape). 👍

Neil 著者
Hi John, thanks for your interest mate. I should be ok tbh as the kit comes with a superdecal (cheat) sheet! So although there's some stressful masking on a metallic finish, it's hopefully all doable 👍 I've added some more images today. Thanks for your likes also to all who've dropped by too 🙂

J35J
Looking great! 👍🏻

Donald Dickson II
I did this one as well. Those decals are actually pretty good.

I tried acrylic metallics for the first and last time on this one. When I removed the masking for the red, it pulled EVERYTHING, primer included, right up. The finish was awesome until then. Alclad and Metalizer for me from there out.
Diavoli Rossi F-84 | Album by smokeriderdon (1:48)

Neil 著者
Hi J35J - thanks very much 👍 🙂

Hi Donald, Yes, I agree, the kit decals are nice - though they are on the thicker side. On application they hide a lot of the kits surface detail in my opinion. However subsequent passes with more (and more!) softening and setting solution is doing them justice - more pictures to follow. Sorry to hear of your paint issues when building. Yes. My version is painted solely with Vallejo acrylics: Vallejo primer, Vallejo colour and Metal Colour 👍 You rescued your version well, looks good 🙂

Donald Dickson II
Thank you. In person you can see the areas that pulled fairly clearly.

I used Solvaset on the decals. That managed to get them to settle down fairly well. But yeah, it did hide a bit. BUT, i liked the thickness as those large ones required a good bit of fiddling to get where they needed to be and they stood up to the handling perfectly.

Francky
Metalisers require a certain sense of masochism 🙂 I always try to paint the metaliser last, although mskign the red in this case is challenging, I admit. In general, the sequence of paints is very important in all cases and is certainly important with pesky colors such as yellow

Neil 著者
Agreed! 🙂 👍

Rui S
Looking Great 👍

Mr D
Looks 👍👍 😃 Great, nice job on the paint n decals

Mr James
Great painting scheme

Neil 著者
Thanks very much mates 👍 🙂

Donald Dickson II
I completely ignored the directions on the wing tip thing. LOL I figured the decals went all the way, thats what they were gonna do, right or wrong. There are pics suggesting both would be correct. Look here. aerobaticteams.net/e..html#google_vignette I chose not to mess with red for the top though.

John
Great job! The decals look like a nightmare. Really love this scheme.

Neil 著者
Thanks very much, very kind 🙂

Neuling
Well done! Base wanted!

Mojo DeVirus
Very neat kit.

Arif Saeed
Looking good Neil

Neil 著者
Hi Arif 🙂 HNY! Thanks for the like. Very kind. 👍 Kit is currently 'cooking' next to boiler, as the basis/pre-shade for my metallic painting style is having a hard time curing in my cold garage! 😅

Naram
Look good, what kind of paint did you use for the intrado ? look nice

Neil 著者
Hi Pierre 🙂 Thanks for your comment and interest. I used mainly Vallejo paints for this build. The NMF image (14) shows early passes at creating some colour depth within the metallic. I used the same technique on both my Mig-21 and F-5 builds, both on here also. Have uploaded some further NMF imagery and early shading passes today 👍

Naram
that is a siper intersting effect. I think I am going to go for a serie of Mig 15 and 19 build this year to improve my metallic, can you please let me know what primer and metallic paint did you use ? look amazing

Neil 著者
Hi Pierre - thanks! The build you're looking at here is still in very early stages, so it's a bit garish and heavy on shading. Better examples from me can be found here:

Revell | H-237 | 1:48 | MiG-21PF Fishbed | Album by djferrisbueller (1:48)

Italeri | 802 | 1:48 | Northrop F-5A | Album by djferrisbueller (1:48)

The builders on here achieve a neater, more measured and more realistic NMF finish than I do. This is only metallic build number 3 for me and I too am learning how to paint with Vallejo metal color... I would say that is an art itself! It's a thinner liquid and you need to adjust your PSI differently in my limited experience.

I'll add some further notes within the imagery of this album detailing as you request. No problem 👍 🙂

Naram
thanks definitivelly following

Guy Rump
Looking good Neil 👍

Neil 著者
Thanks Guy 👍

David H
If this comes out as nice as that f5 a , it's going to be stunning..😎

Neil 著者
Hi David, that's such a kind thing for you to say - I'm chuffed. Cheers mate 🙂 We're still in the early stages of this one, so of course there's lots I could stuff up! However, let's hope I do your comment justice 👍

Remco van Haren
Following. I really like the old Mirages.

Neil 著者
Welcome Remco! 👍 Me too - it's all about the delta! 😄

Jv
Looking like its going to be a butiful model after some hard work
Love the colours

Neil 著者
Hi, so I wish to start with a cheeky disclaimer this time: This kit is not my best work!

I started this build over four years ago. And then left it alone for approximately three years. In the interim, I built other kits, and lost pieces for this one too. Oh dear! The reason I left it alone in solitude on a shelf... It was hard work as the fit was terrible (and I'm used to building some poor fitting stuff). I think the kit had been warped from being stored in someone's garage or loft as it was another cheap car boot find.
Here it is (somewhat) finished. In the end I used it as an opportunity to try out this colour scheme, practice my metallic finish and weathering ability and work with and subsequently apply very old decals. I thought I'd go for the South African version, rather than build the Israeli version. I totally acknowledge it's not great and unrealistic! I will build a better MIrage III in the future. But at least it's finished, and I can now close off this album. Better builds to view are on my profile and more to follow very soon 👍 🙂

Gary Curling
Beautiful,welldone.

Jose Freire 著者
Thanks for the compliment Gary.

gorby
Lovely result!

Jose Freire 著者
Thanks for you compliment gorby

Arnold Mertens
nicely done. Nice paintjob on the D-Day stripes and camouflage pattern

Jose Freire 著者
Thanks Arnold, not so bad for my first time doing D-Day stripes on a build.

Nicolas
👀

Cuajete
Very interesting project to start the year 👍
Good start!

Kenneth
Följer…

Harry Eder
Very promising start! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Quadruple build? Ambitious! Watching with pleasure!

Łukasz Gliński
Oh man, 4*Viggen 😮

Patrick Hagelstein
Very cool! I'll join in! 🍿

J35J
Massive project! I'm in!👍🏻

Spanjaard
4 Viggens? print row, please!

Guido
Taking a seat as well. 👍🏻

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Michael Kohl
Me too. Already learned to better open up the RAT turbine at my Viggen. A step I lazily omitted.

Daniel Mysak
Nice start👍! ...will follow your progress.

Mid Franconian
😎 Following!

Thomas Kolb 著者
Main assermbly done on all four models, but now I have a few days to spend sanding and filling unwanted seams and crude areas. A bit tedious, but that's what you get when you choose to build four nearly identical models at the same time.

Łukasz Gliński
That escalates damn quickly! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Impressive progress indeed

Mirko Römer
Oh my... Good luck, Thomas! 🙂
I own two of them and was thinking of a double build but rejected the idea. Thanks for the encouragement!

S M
Very ambitious project and well explained steps! Following indeed! 😄👍

Cuajete
Good progress! 👍

Mr D
Great project 👍
Was there much difference between the kits ?

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow! That's a quick build! 😳 I can only dream to build ONE kit that fast, let alone four at once!

Thomas Kolb 著者
Mr D, no, they are pretty much the same. Most of the parts for all versions are provided in every kit. But there are some subtle differences that need attention, like the extension of the fuselage for the fighter version.

Thomas Kolb 著者
Patrick, haha, I am a pretty fast builder, but I am extremely slow when it comes to painting. That's where my projects usually come to a crawl.

Juergen Klinglhuber
watching with interest - I love SAAB aircraft anyhow, but 4 of them in one project --great!!

Skyhiker
This is more interesting than I thought it would be. The subtle difference between them are pretty cool.

Thomas Kolb 著者
With only a few minutes of modeling here and there this week, it's quite a slow progress, but I am still inching closer to the finished assembly.

Cuajete
Veryt nice wapons and pods 👍

Dave Flitton
Excellent work. Can't wait for the finished product!

Cuajete
I agree with Dave 👍

★ Starfish ★
Really looking forward to the paint jobs! Great work so far!

Clement
What a glorious project!

Thomas Kolb 著者
Primer coat applied, a few filling errors need to be fixed. Time is unfortunately very difficult to find because of work, so the project moves very slowly for a while.

Cristian A
Following along

Thomas Kolb 著者
Undersides sprayed blue-gray with Mr Paint. Now let's wait a day for the paint to dry and then it's time to start working on the splinter camo. With my current speed, I expect to be finished by midsummer.

Patrick Hagelstein
Oh yes, once you get used to MRP, you'll never want another paint brand anymore! I love their colors, pigmentation and general ease of use. And, as a bonus, their sheen is perfect for adding decals directly on top.

Cristian A
Nice work Thomas, keep it going!

Finn
Following

Thomas Kolb 著者
I am trying to find a way to avoid tiny gaps between the splinter camo color zones. I think I have figured it out - before spraying a color zone, also remove the masks for all adjacent surfaces not yet painted. Thereby a slight spray overlap is created, so even if the mask is then replaced with a tiny bit of offset, it should not be visible. Special Hobby writes something like that in the mask description, but it's written in a very obscure way.

Martin Weinpold
Wow, looks good!

Nicolas Lopez
Thanks for sharing, Thomas. Following.

Łukasz Gliński
Ahhh, dat splinter! One&only!

Frank Brzobohaty
Looks great just give the corporal in charge of painting a reprimand on his record and send the plane to the flight line......do you know how much it cost to paint aircraft, lol.

Spanjaard
macro is a bitch for this kind of details... if you place the model in the display cabinet, can you see that microline with wrong color? i think you can not 😉

Thomas Kolb 著者
I have now started to add the masks to the models. It's quite a tricky task because I need to be extremely precise with the application - even the tiniest errors will be magnified as more mask segments are added, until things no longer add up. So it's a matter of constantly realigning the segments, which makes it all rather time consuming. BTW, I noticed that the pattern has a few minor errors, but I definitely won't lose any sleep over it.

Cuajete
Thanks for your explain, Thomas. I thinked to would be more easy to apply 👍

Spanjaard
this camo is one of the most complicated to achieve and the fact that you are doing it 4 models at once... my deepest respect!

Łukasz Gliński
Your the master of splinter suspense! Dosing it bit by bit 😄

Thomas Kolb 著者
Cuajete, Spanjaard and Łukasz, thank you for your interest! I am certainly not doing any cliffhanging on purpose - I am actually this glacially slow in reality. I also try to avoid aggravating the wifey by disappearing in my modeling man-cave for hours.

Łukasz Gliński
Good and fully understood strategy 😄
As our common colleague (the one, you share initials with 😛) used to say: "Happy wife? Happy life!"

Juergen Klinglhuber
Watching with interest. You will master the splinter camo for sure 👍

Thomas Kolb 著者
I am still struggling with the masks, trying to making sure that they are applied exactly identical on all three models, which slows down the process a bit. Not that anybody except me would notice.

Daniel Mysak
Nice progress, I'm looking forward to the splinter camouflage. On my AJ-37 I used vinyl masks from DM Models, it looks like the masks you are using are a bit easier to handle.

Kenneth
I have always had the conspirational theory that the Danish air force had a secret department dedicated to making life miserable for modellers, with their odd fonts, colours and aircraft modifications. The splinter camouflage is clear evidence of a similar department in the Swedish air force.

Thomas Kolb 著者
Daniel, thank you! I am right now hoping that my end result will be at least in the general vicinity of your beautiful Viggen in flight!

Thomas Kolb 著者
Phew, the second color is finally on. Now it's time to cover also the dark green areas and proceed with the black.

Michael Kohl
Was anxious to see how you handle the masking but see that you struggle with the three tone camo too. Cross my fingers for a satisfactory end result.

Thomas Kolb 著者
Michael, it is really not that difficult, only extremely time-consuming and require a very good eye-sight (or magnifying glasses). Too bad that the masks only partially reflect the actual camo pattern, I was hoping that they would be near perfect.

Clement
That's a very interesting project, best of luck!

Cuajete
Hi Thomas, Very nice project. I'm sorry to see the resin conversion for the two-seat version turned out to be a disaster. Can't the ventral hump behind the cockpit be salvaged by trimming it to try to fit it onto the Hasegawa part?

Maybe you can build this two-seater in the future:
Saab TF-35 Draken (Skale Wings SS-72001, 1:72)

Very nice cockpit 👍
Following!

Robert Podkoński
Watching, of course!

Thomas Kolb 著者
Cuajete, yes, I tried to salvage the "hump" and for a while it seemed to be working. However the two-seater also has a different, shorter tail part, but the resin molding is terrible and it doesn't fit to the fuselage at all. Hm, that Skale Wings TF-35 looks very interesting, I would be very tempted to try to splice it together with the Hasegawa kit to build a Swedish SK 35! I will see if I can get hold of it from somewhere! Thanks for the tip!

Cuajete
You're welcome, Thomas.
Wow, I didn't realize the glue is different. I bought the TF-35 here, but it seems to be out of stock now:
modelsua.com/saab-ft..-scale-wings-ss72001

I have a friend who knows the shop owner. I can ask if he'll restock it.

J35J
Sorry to see that the conversion kit had a really poor fit, or more to the point no fit at all…
I know that Top Gun models did a Sk 35 C conversion kit with quite nice resin parts. But even that one has it flaws.
Taking a seat, always great inspiration watching your builds👍🏻

Thomas Kolb 著者
Thank you mates, feel free to stick around!

Robert Podkoński
I am happy that I have the same kit in my stash 😉 I have the impression that it is a very modeller-friendly kit.

Thomas Kolb 著者
Robert, yes, it is actually a very nice and easy kit to build. It only takes a couple of hours to get most of it together (minus the painting), and still make you feel good about yourself. I would say it is one of the most relaxing builds I have done in a long while - no traps or pitfalls whatsoever.

Cuajete
Fantastic quick progress, Thomas 👍

Thomas, Skale Wings may no longer be available. I'm sorry. You'll have to get this kit through other means. Perhaps other stores that still have it available, or perhaps on the secondhand market.

Łukasz Gliński
Should I write: finally? 😄 We've been waiting for this me thinks

Thomas Kolb 著者
Cuajete, thanks a lot for looking into this! Łukasz, haha, yep, it's about time.

Łukasz Gliński
Only now I saw the resin part of the story. Maybe you could cut out the hump after all? Even for another, future kit?

Patrick Hagelstein
Ow! I love this plane! I'll be tagging along again! 👍

Thomas Kolb 著者
I am still trying to make up my mind - standard green-blue camo or grey livery with large red dayglo numbers? They both look awesome!

J35J
Some thought on your question🙂
A sun faded green-blue Foxtrot or even a green-blue Juliet with the mix of fresh paint in front of the fuselage until approx the ventral hump and then the old sun faded paint for the rest of the plane. When upgraded from F to J version this part was repainted.

In addition to create further interest you can also paint the gun cover panel in white or day-glow orange, often used in various exercises on squadron or wing level.

Patrick Hagelstein
J35J, that sounds like a very interesting color scheme. I can imagine a faded/freshly painted aircraft in my mind already.

Thomas Kolb 著者
Hm, interesting, I am however thinking that it might look like I am rubbish at painting... which is actually not far from the truth.

Patrick Hagelstein
😄

J35J
You are very modest regarding your painting skills😄

Łukasz Gliński
Thomas, that was the scalemates' joke of the month (at least) 😄

Robert Podkoński
I agree with Łukasz! 😄

Thomas Kolb 著者
Dear friends, you are too kind .... Blue-green camo it shall be, just kind of reasonably sun-bleached, nothing too fancy. I am still experimenting with the MRP range, so I will need to be a bit careful not to mess up.

S M
Following late! Shame to see the C-conversion set is wrong-sized. Was it one-time bad luck or could it apply to all sets? One reason could be mold and resin shrinking that is normally very small but with that large and long part the shrinking became significant factor.

Juergen Klinglhuber
me too,----👀

Finn
Following

Shar Dipree
Great SU-27 👍

Cristian A
Top result, congrats

Neuling
A masterpiece.

DuperScale
Wow, very nice. Love the finish

Jakub Fiala
Excellent work! 👍

Major Oak
Amazing detail looking 👍

Jakub Fiala 著者
I started another quick OOB build. After a super small Spitfire, it's a small Bf-109

Jakub Fiala 著者
OK, not 100% OOB. Eduard steel seatbelts added 🙂

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Mark Sherwood
In. 👍

Thomas Kolb
Beautiful already!

Nicolas
👀

Cuajete
Nice start 👍

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank you, mates, and wellcome!

Alec K
Taking a seat for esenbáka 👍

Jakub Fiala 著者
😄

David R. Meizoso
Lovely paint work!

Michael Kohl
In Police Service? Are you kidding me? What did they want to do with it?
Anyway, nice start. Peeking at this one for a nice OOB build too.

Alec K
Michael, they used them to keep deluded citizens from leaving the warm embrace of the homeland. And to interdict spies and other Western miscreans. Mostly flown by military pilots, so it was really a part of the Air Force. Czechoslovakia had a similar institution before 1939, primarily to keep Luftwaffe spy planes from infiltrating, and this continued this tradition, just against different enemies.

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank you, gents!
Michael, Alec's explanation is very accurate. There is nothing to add.
Thank you, Alec

Bohrmann
👀 Taking a seat. Another masterpiece in the making.

Łukasz Gliński
Following 👍

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank you, mates!
I completed the main build. The fit of parts is absolutely excellent 👍

Martin Weinpold
Paradne rozjety!

Robert Blaschke
Na to sa veľmi dobre pozerá. 👍👍👍

Jakub Fiala 著者
Díky chlapi!

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
interesting topic and very promising progress Jakub! Taking a seat 🙂

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank you, Thomas!

Steve Desarzens
it looks excellent ! Well done 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Absolutely gorgeous! 🤩

Cuajete
Very nice job so far 👍

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thanks a lot, Steve and Patrick!

Dave Flitton
Watching! I think I should send you my kits to have them built. I can't come close to this one!

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank you Cuajete and Dave!

Jakub Fiala 著者
The first of the camouflage colors is sprayed

Cuajete
Nice 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Very curious what red you're gonna use

Patrick Hagelstein
Oh man! That color and those nuances look soooo cool! 😍

Martin Weinpold
Ouuuu! Krasnej progress.

Bohrmann
A quick OOB build @jakub?😉 The construction and paintwork is so well done that you would almost forget that this model is only a few cm tall. The pictures are a feast for the eyes.

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thanks mates, for your comments!

Lukasz, i´m curious too 😄 I wiil try to mix it to match the red color used on decals.
Bohrmann, i thought i would be faster 😄

Skyhiker
Looks good

Alec K
Agreed, super airbrush job 👍

Alberto
It looks excellent. Love the subtlety of the shading, but you can still definitely see it on the photos. May I ask how you use that Wauchop mix on pic 18?

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank you, mates!
Alberto, i use ,,wauchop mix´´ and insignia white both the same way. First i spray camouflge color. Then i mix this color with wauchop mix and spray darker patterns (over panel lines and some random rivet lines) Then i do the same with the mix of camo color and white. Finaly, i respray the whole surface with diluted camouflage color to achieve the desired contrast. this procedure can be repeated until you are satisfied.

Patrick Hagelstein
So, Wauchop mix is a murky brown to use as a contrasting warm mixing color to the camouflage color? Whereas the white is the color for the bleached variant of that same camouflage color?

Jakub Fiala 著者
Yes Patrick. I am using it this way. And during weathering steps, you may use this black-brown mix to create some dirt using an airbrush gun.

Patrick Hagelstein
Looking at your results, this might be a very interesting way to obtain some differentiating shading. Do you have a mixing ratio at hand, so I can give it a try myself? Thanks in advance! 🙂

Jakub Fiala 著者
I'm sorry Patrick, i'm not able to tell you a mixing ratio. I just mixed some amount of black and brown to create some ,,dirty color". But i think, that it is not very important. For this purpose you just need some dark color. Maybe dark grey will work the same way.
This is how Chris Wauchop use his mix for postshading: chriswauchop.com/201..s-a-kittyhawk-mk-1a/

Patrick Hagelstein
No worries! I'll just mix a dirty brown concoction and experiment a bit. 😉 Thanks for that Kittyhawk link btw!

Alec K
Nice progress, šarlatová looks great 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Been waiting for that, the red looks grand 👍

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank you Alec and Lukasz!
In the end i changed a mix ratio a little bit. So, the final ratio was app: 55% C81 russet
35% H17 cocoa brown
10% LP35 insignia white

Cuajete
I agree with Alec and Łukasz. Very nice painting job.

@Jakub, thanks for the red color mix information 👍

Alec K
It's a very good looking red IMHO (on my monitor at least)

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thanks mates!
I finished the airbrush gun work and applied a layer of glossy varnish. Now, i´m ready for decals.

Martin Weinpold
Luxus.

Zbynek Honzik
Really great work, Jakube! Fantastic job with the painting and tonal layers of each shade.

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank ýou Martine a Zbynku!

Nicolas
Great work so far. I like the paint job, but the decals bring her realy to life. I can't wait to see her finished. 👍

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thanks a lot, Nicolas!

Cuajete
I agree with Nicolas 👍

Mark Sherwood
A nice looking bird (that is not a euphemism or a double entendre) Jakub. 🤘🥸🤟

Mr D
Nice paint tones and riveting on the wings 👍 Nice

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank you Mark 😄

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank you, Mr D! Riveting is not my work. This kit is comletely riveted by the producer

Bozo
It's more beautiful every day

Mr D
That's a good brand for you 👍👍

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank you, Bozo!

Jakub Fiala 著者
Stencils and wash in panel lines applied

Patrick Hagelstein
Very subtle panel lines. 👌🏼

Daniel Klink
Awesome paint job Jakub 👍

Martin Weinpold
Ou!!! Paradni!

Łukasz Gliński
Masking over decals? You're brave man! 👍

Moreno Baruffini
Mamma mia! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Alberto
It looks very smart and clean. Great build!

Neuling
Same as Roberto!

Bohrmann
It's really fascinating to see how this model is developing, step by step. What strikes me is that you just can't tell that this is a 1/72 scale model, even when you zoom in with the camera., also considering that the ME-109 is a small aircraft in real life. It is just flawless and made with very great care. Should I be told that this is a 1/32 I would have no doubt that it is. Great work!

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank you very much, mates, for your kind comments!
Lukasz, i was definitely more drunk then brave when i was overspraying decals 😄 Of course, i screw it up, so it took two evenings to fix it 😄

Rui S
Looking good, as always 👍

Zbynek Honzik
Jakube, it looks really great!
And if I didn't know it is in 1/72, I'd bet it's in 1/48.

Jan Peters
Beautiful painting!

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thank you , gents!

Lorraine Lin
Looks very OK!
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Jakub Fiala 著者
I started working on the weathering.

Thomas Kolb
That is what I call beautiful painting! And a very clean and neat build too.

Alec K
Damn, looks cool. That WINGROOT!! 👍👍👍

Jakub Fiala 著者
Thanks a lot Thomas and Alec!

Mark K
Delightful!

Rui S
Great work. 👍

Gustavo Antonelli 著者
Thanks Mark and Rui!

Dave
That's a nice looking build. Good work.

Neuling
Same as Dave!

Robert Podkoński
Good job!

Jeremias H
awesome paintjob!

Finn
Awesome indeed!

Rui S
Excellent work alround👍

Major Oak
I love the early abrams with the 105mm gun reminds me of exercise reforger in the 80s great work 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Impressive job, shading in particular 👍

aojun 著者
Thanks everyone! The early Abrams has a dictinctive olive drab color, which is darker and more bluish than WW2 era, and special color for it is available from Modelkasten. I tried to use it with color modulation tech.

Simon Nagorsnik
😍

Neuling
Top small scale build!

miloss
I like to build them, the whole family. The biggest trucks of my childbood... buy they are pretty expensive and very difficult to buy.

Bavel Cat 著者
miloss, I bought it from us for 39 euros. Relative to other models, it can be expensive, but I think it's worth it. Don't they bring them to you?((((

miloss
Well, 39€ is reasonable price. But it is nearly impossible to buy any AVD models here. Because of STUPID "reasons".

gorby
Looks a very interesting project. 🙂

Ben M
👁️👁️

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

bughunter
Looks nice so far 👍
Are you planning to put in some floors and ceilings, perhaps made of cardboard? This would prevent identical lighting conditions behind all the windows and perhaps make it look even more realistic.

Chris T. An 著者
Welcome to all. @bughunter: for this pilot project (it's my first building) I won't be using any interior fittings (ceilings and walls) or lighting. It's mainly about testing whether the construction works without any problems and how something like this could look when finished. For my colleague, who drew and printed it in 3D, it's also the first time he's tried something like this and he needs feedback.
Let's see if and how I can create curtains. Because that's all you can see on a bright day when you look into a building from the outside.

Łukasz Gliński
Oh wow, impressive project 👍
So now, with the 3D printing we could have any building actually me thinks

gorby
WOW, impressive!

Zbynek Honzik
Beautiful! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Great job!

Alex K
Congratulations to both you and your colleague! 👍 👍

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Super, hab ich so noch nie gesehen!

bughunter
Very good news of the new possibilities together with superb craftsmanship 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Lovely finish, is it still there in Anklam for comparison? 😉

Rui S
Excellent work 👍

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Chris T. An 著者
Thank you guys. @Łukasz: Unfortunately, the building no longer exists as it was destroyed in an air raid when the Americans actually wanted to hit the Arado aircraft factory. There are only 2-3 photos left, one of them see picture 1 in the album.

Neuling
Schön geworden!

Cristian A
Following

Ekki
Me too

Motatim Stanislaw 著者
Thank you, comrades. I must say right away that among the additions there will be FAB bombs with the UMPK module printed by me

Shar Dipree
SU-34?! Following!
How good is the kit and fit?

Motatim Stanislaw 著者
Thank you, Sharp
This is a well-detailed set, but with an extremely terrible connection. The only thing that stuck in normally was the halves of the fuselage (thanks to Italeri on this) and the cockpit. The rest had to be adjusted, cut, puttyed, sanded. Part of the parachute compartment with the tail radar in general with a mismatch in the spacer.
For 1995, a good model, which used to be only the Su-32FN, but in our time it is extremely strange that Zvezda decided to continue repackaging the old stuff from Italeri, although it has vast experience in the design of Russian aviation.
Alas, there is no alternative(Trumpeter does not count, he is bad in aviation, and the price is unreasonably high) , I took it, because I really like this "duck"

Shar Dipree
Thank you. What you say doesn't sound really good.

Motatim Stanislaw 著者
Alas, yes. The only plus is a large sheet of decals for 3 Syrian options. And even the inscriptions "За наших" and "За Париж"

Nicolas
👀

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Duck ahead! 👀
Looking good, you even printed some bombs. 👍

Did you print them because they were not included in the kit or were you not happy with the details of the ordnance?

Martin Weinpold
Im in!

Nicolas
👀

Alberto
Nice start 👍

Dave Flitton
Nice start.

servalpe 著者
It has been painted mani body color with AK Real Color RC914 Have Glass Grey FS36170.

Nathan Dempsey
Following 👀

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

Ben M
👀

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

CaptGPF
Taking a seat with popcorn!

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

Alexander
Interested too, following!

Michael Kohl
Nice build so far.

Mr D
Nice project 👍 your doing a good job, there an impressive model when built....lve watched few videos on the ....as l have the 1/72 version to build soon.
Good luck with it 😃👍

Cristian A 著者
Thank you, everyone, for the kind words and encouragement! 🙂

@Michael Kohl – Appreciate the support! 😊

@Mr D – Thanks a lot! The 1/72 version sounds like a great build; I'm sure it'll look fantastic when you get started, best of luck with yours as well! Please share updates, would love to see how it turns out. 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Gerald
👍

★ Starfish ★
That's some crazy detail!

Cristian A 著者
Thanks Starfish, I'm adding magnets to them as well so I can play around with the loadout 🙂 Welcome Guy and Gerald!

Desert Marlin
Lots of windows! Love the complexity!

CaptGPF
Following!

Nathan Dempsey
Nice progress 🙂

Mr D
Great project, coming along nicely.... Now don't spray out your pre-shading like l did on my SU-30 🙄🤣.
Nice work 👍👍

CaptGPF
Excellent idea on the pre-shade before the second layering!

Alberto
Nice paint job 👍

Cristian A 著者
Thanks gents!

Mr D's comment really made me pay attention to the pre-shading on the second layer, kudos to him. That made me think of a solution to keep the pre-shading so I ended up with this solution. Will keep the build updated, my target is to finish it by Sunday 🙂

Mr D
That worked out 👍👍 Great, Nice build....it's really going to benefit from the shading you pulled off here.
Enjoying following as it will help when l start my 1:72 version.
😃👍

Desert Marlin
I really like this phase of painting! Seeing the seams disappear and the strength of the kit being revealed!

Cristian A 著者
Wanted to finish the Mi-8 by today, but there are always plenty of details that pop-up and require attention. Anyway since it's close to completion, I decided to spend more time and do it in a relaxed fashion. Thanks Mr.D and Marlin. @Mr. D I want to build another Mi-8 on the Russian Blue-Gray camouflage, I think it looks awesome with the simple scheme as well: MRP-398 Gray Blue - Russian ..4,26,28,35 & Ka-52, MR.Paint Satin, Acrylic Lacquer, 30ml

Alexander
The double pre-shading did help indeed - looks really good already! 👍
Waiting for the wash and weathering!

Desert Marlin
It's always a good idea to take a little more time and see what it can become! Cheers!

Mr D
Top job on the paint, Zvezda do a nice Mi8 kit, Enjoy following this build 👍👍
The blue/Grey be nice 👍 build

Desert Marlin
I like where this one is headed!!!

Volker Schaak
A pleasure to follow your build!

Cristian A 著者
Thanks Volker and Desert Marlin!

★ Starfish ★
Very very impressive Cristian!

Desert Marlin
I really like this work! Excellent progress!!!

Villiers de Vos
The paint work on the fuselage came out veery nice.

Cristian A 著者
Thanks a ton for the incredible support! I'm absolutely captivated by this model, very complex but amazing fun to build ! 😃✨

Arnold Mertens
nice build. How is the Zvesda kit? Had some poor experience with an ISU-122 body all warped.

Neuling
Top models!

Arnold Mertens
beautiful

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍
Bay wheels and cockpit looks great! 👍

Cristian A
Following 👍

Alex K
I'm in - of course...

Rui S
Me too 😎

gorby 著者
Thanks for tagging along Alex & Rui. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Looks like a tuk tuk, anyways its really nice to see you on another project. Im excited to see the fuck ups and final result. Hope your misses doesn't mind you being in love with another woman 😄

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here, of course 🙂

gorby 著者
Welcome Kesa & Robert. 🙂
Kesa Mrs Gorby is used to my plastic passion obsessions. 😄
And yes it does look a bit like a tuk tuk. Incidentally there have been a couple of screw up so far but obviously I won't be telling everyone as I want to make it look like I know what I'm doing. 🙂

Spanjaard
certainly joining this new gorby's strange subject being created 🙂

gorby 著者
Thanks Spanjaard, you're always welcome. 🙂

Mr D
Hi Gorby 👋
Another interesting one 😃👍
Nice project, they used 3wheel trucks like these at Cadburys factory as they need tighter turning circles round the plant.

gorby 著者
Glad you're tagging along Mr D.
Their turning circle was one of the reasons they where so successful. Do you have any association with Cadburys - other than eating their products of course. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Remember these trundling down Zetland Road and Linthorpe Road from the train station. BR and their parcel/freight division use to operate them.

gorby 著者
Hi Mark, apparently British Rail was the main user of these things.

bughunter
That will be another session of scratch modeling of famous (with 30,000 it must be famous) British cars 👍 So ugly that they begin to be beautiful.

gorby 著者
Hi Frank, they certainly are famous in Britland...although probably only with men of a certain age. 😄

Mr D
Hi Gorby...No just eating 😂 l live not far from factory n seen documentary on it too.
Like the project 😁👍

gorby 著者
Thanks Mr D.
Been on their factory tour, as a chocoholic it was wonderful. 🙂

Alex K
One interesting thing to have in mind is that Gorby set to build the ancient 1962 tool of the Scarab and scratch the Mechanical Horse precisely when there appeared recent (and immeasurably better, as for the Scarab - I guess) 3d-printed 1:72 kits of both the Scarab and the French relatives of the MH (i.e. FAR tractors)... But that's Gorby (much to our delight!) 👍

gorby 著者
THERE'S 3D PRINTED KITS!!!??? 😄 😄
I'd be too tight to buy them anyway.
I'm about a month into the build so far and quite enjoying it....mostly.

Alex K
We know you would enjoy this - and we enjoy too... Plus: if you are going to turn the Scarab into a wrecker / recovery vehicle (!!!)... extra joy. Very Gorby-esque work! 👍 👍

gorby 著者
Thanks Alex. 🙂

Ben M
👀

Mr D
"Would you like some parts with that Flash sir" 😂
I know you will pull a great job out of it Gorby 😀👍

Jan Peters
Following this masochistic exercise 😄
The tow truck you fell in love with, was it used to tow Reliant Robins?

Zsolt Czegle
I take a seat!

Intresting project! Go Gorby Go!

gorby 著者
Good grief, I appear to have attracted a crowd. 😳
I didn't realise the Robin was globally infamous. That would be a great idea Jan if I can find a cheapish 1/76 one. 😄
Thanks all for taking an interest. 🙂

Alec K
Taking a seat. The nasties the kit, the more Gorby likes it… I'll forgo spelling out the logical conclusion from this. 😄 😄 😄

gorby 著者
😄 😄 😄
Welcome to the show Alec. I have some nice kits in my mini stash, for some reason they keep being overlooked. Maybe I choose kits which make scratch-building feel like an easier option. 😄

David Taylor
Always worth a watch.

Mr D
X2 trucks under way 😁👍

Jan Peters
Great job on the fiddly bits Gorby 👍🏻

gorby 著者
Thanks mates....as usual I'm playing catch-up with the build report.
(I'll let you into a secret. I don't start the report until I have a very good idea that things might work out. If I'd completely screwed up - you'd never know about it.) 😳

Mr D
🤣🤣 prevention better than cure 😜
Where about in the UK were they produced ?
I vaguely remember the 3 wheel electric milk floats as a kid.

gorby 著者
I think they were built at Scammell Lorries Ltd in Watford.
In fact there is now a road in the area called Scammell Way.
Typical of Britain, close the factory and name a new road after it to remind us that we used to actually make stuff. 🙁

bughunter
Your 'secret' is a good idea: start a build report lately not only shows a success, but also makes the build look quick! Must copy this idea 😉

gorby 著者
😄
The one down side is that as I only do one project at a time it looks like I'm doing bugger all for about a month. 😄

Alec K
Gorby, I follow the same strategy with build reports. Trouble is, I eventually catch up and then snail-pace it to the finish…

gorby 著者
😄

Alex K
Fabulous work going on (as it was to be expected)...

gorby 著者
Thanks very much Alex. 🙂

Jan Peters
What a load of rubbish, in a good way that is 🙂

gorby 著者
😄 😄 😄

Lex Jassies
Nice to see this kit. Build the Scammel Scarab as a youngster from Airfix. And looking at the sprues I would say these are from the the former Airfix kit.
Have fun building it 😉

Alec K
Great progress and entertaining narrative 🙂. The trailer wheels turned out nice, I can't imagine making something like that. Just curious: why not make one and cast a copy (I think you have done that in the past)? Or does this have to do with that logical thing…

gorby 著者
Thanks for the comment mates. 🙂
Lex: Yes this is from the old Airfix kit. Quite enjoying the build so far - although that's probably because most of the build is scratch work. 😄
Alec: Typically the trailer wheels look like a different size to the other wheels in the kit which is why I had to cobble something together rather than cast them. I've been meaning to try and scratch wheels for a while so it was also a bit of an experiment. Hopefully future ones will be better.

Michael Kohl
Love the subject and the build. Not really knowing what I'm talking about I'd say it's as british as british can be

gorby 著者
Thanks Michael. You're quite right, they are as quirkily British as it's possible to be and unlike most quirky British vehicles these were a actually successful. 🙂

Mr D
Like what you have done so far, good thinking on utilising items , l always look at a item before l throw it away to see if it could be useful.
My fire extinguisher handle was just offcuts laying in my scrap tub., ps it finished now will photo tomorrow.
Your right...a MC Donald's or frozen pizza box would be bit out of place 🤣 Fire ash, tin cans, spud peel n bit of dog poo most likely 😄.
Quite rewarding the scratch build l imagine.
Looking good 👍👍

Michael Schubert
Looks like I'm a bit late to the party, but pulling up a chair way in the back to follow along 🤣 looks like a fun little project

gorby 著者
Thanks mates. 🙂
I have to fight against an inherited hoarding gene, so it's a bit of a fine line I have to walk with saving odd and sods for scratching.
At the moment it's very enjoyable project. It's helping to keep my grey matter from seizing up completely, working out how to make something from a pile of bits.

Jennifer Franklin
I am pulling up a seat. I can't wait to see what you do with the scratch building of an I beam.

gorby 著者
Thanks Jennifer. Hopefully I'l show more work soon. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Really creative way to make rubbish. Im honestly surprised at how well you can DIY and scratch stuff, top notch stuff. Either way the progress is nice.
Also if you don't mind me asking, what operation did your missus go through? Having to administer blood thinners sounds pretty serious.

gorby 著者
Thanks Kesa. 🙂
Mrs Gorby had a hip replacement op. Normally she'd just need medication for the blood thinning but fortunately for my scratch-building junk pile, they thought injections would be better.
Okay, that makes me sound like a bad person. 😄

shadowlight
Not at all... you are aware of your "waste footprint" ^^

Kesa Tiho
Gotta agree with shadowlight. Your not a bad person 🙂. This reminds me of a quote from one of my favourite games: "I'm not an angel, but when you see Trevor your gonna swear I am one." Except It's "I'm not an angel, but when you see Kesa your gonna swear I am one." 😄

Mr D
@ Kesa
GTA-5 by any chance Kesa ??
Interesting build this one ... good to follow.
Did you have any 3wheel vehicles in your part of the world ?
👍😄

Kesa Tiho
Yeah Mr D! Do you play the game?

Mr D
Kesa ...l have played it,
I like retro gaming mostly now👍

Mark Sherwood
Holy Chewbacca on a bagel. Who's, who?

Kesa Tiho
I like the exhaust (yeah i know, a half assed comment) but good god I have never seen a more perfect card... ever.... Truly a masterpiece gifted to us from the scratch building god 😄

gorby 著者
Progress has been slow. I have a problem with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) so everything slows down including brain and enthusiasm. Particularly enthusiasm. It's the part of the year I have more difficulty working out how to make parts and usually the first or second attempts end in disaster before something passable emerges.
Perhaps I should drum into myself "Must do KITS in the winter…. Must do KITS in the winter..."

Alec K
Sounds like a road trip to southern Spain is in order. 😊

gorby 著者
😄 😄 😄
I'll see if I can work up some enthusiasm for that. 😉

Mr D
Great work and like the updates, taking shape well now.😃👍

Jan Peters
You're on a roll now Gorby!

gorby 著者
Thanks Mr D, Jan, and the other peeps for their likes. 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
The second attempt on the engine cover looks nice!

gorby 著者
Thanks Jennifer. 👍
It almost certainly isn't accurate but I won't be loosing any sleep over it. 🙂

Rui S
Excellent scratch work, as usual 👍

gorby 著者
Thanks Rui. 🙂

Spanjaard
that jib is just AWESOME!!! amazing job my friend, amazing.

gorby 著者
Wow, thank you Spanjaard! 🙂

Robert Podkoński
I fully agree with Spanjaard! AWESOME!

bughunter
Luckily this dusty work in between didn't kill you (even if the mask looks like it tried hard), so now we see new marvellous scratch work 👍

gorby 著者
Thanks Robert and Frank. 🙂
It was quite a good mask Frank, it's now black on the outside but completely white inside. Mind you my entire workshop* is completely covered in a fine black dust which I haven't had the enthusiasm to clean up yet. Maybe tomorrow.....or the day after. 😄

* I call my workshop 'The Hutch'. I'm a veggie, which means I eat rabbit food, therefor.... 🙂

Mr D
Hi Gorby 👋
The trailer looks great 👍 pulling of some nice scratch work 😁👍

Jennifer Franklin
Learning a tonne about scratch work, thanks for all the details. Everything looks amazing.

Alec K
Wow, impressive scratchbuilding. I love it. Nice to see you do something useful once in a while… 😂😂😂

Jan Peters
I agree, quite impressive scratch building.

Michael Kohl
As expected a joy to follow.

gorby 著者
Thanks very much everyone for your nice comments.
I must admit that this part of the build was more irritating than enjoyable, although having said that it was certainly preferable to 'Useful work'. 🙂

Mr D
Thought I'd pop n see how Gorby is getting on with his scratch building 👀.
Very nice... Great job on the Jib 👏 very skillful to pull this build off the way you have.
Pleasure to follow 😀👍

Stefan Schacht
very nice, I take a seat.

Jan Peters
After the labour of love you did for your daughter, which of course isn't a chore being the loving dad you are, it's back to the salt mines to get some real hard work done 😀
That's some great scratch building on the jib, and the
Scammell is really looking the part.

gorby 著者
Thanks mates. 🙂
Hopefully there should be another update in the next couple of days.

Marko
It's great what's being created again - the kit base seems to be a challenge.
Good succeed!

gorby 著者
Thanks Marko.
Of the two builds, I'm finding the kit conversion (the Scarab) to be more of a challenge than the full scratch-build (The Mechanical Horse & trailer) which isn't what I was expecting at all.

gorby 著者
Still progressing slooooowly. These tiny 1/76 bits seem to take longer to make than they do in larger scales. 1/48 feels huge in comparison and 1/35 would probably blow my mind.
This update means the Mechanical Horse is now complete, yaaaaaayyyy. 🙂
Eeeerm, except the tiresome colouring-in bit of course. 🙁

Spanjaard
looks great as it is!!

David Taylor
I had a brush very similar to that one.Had it for twenty years,changed the head a few times and the handle thrice.LOL.

Mr D
Trigger has got his broom 😉
Great 👍

bughunter
gorby, your pic 73 reminds me an old joke:
A drunk man comes home and his wife is waiting for him with a broom. He asks her: "Do you want to clean or are you going to fly off again?"
Nice scratch work again 👍

Robert Podkoński
This is simply the master-class scratch work tutorial. Chapeau bas!

Jan Peters
Small scale scratch building at its best 🫡

gorby 著者
Wow, thanks very much for the comments mates. 🙂

Alec K
You managed some magic with this build (y )

gorby 著者
Thanks very much Alec. 🙂

Michael Kohl
Really fine stuff

Mark Sherwood
True about the binmen, pick a metal bin off the floor to their back, everything was in it. No recycling back then. By the way that's a rather fetching brush ( Erm, Boom, Boom)

gorby 著者
Thanks Michael & Mark. 🙂

Mr D
Gets better every time 👏, the old bin wagon used to have a storage bucket on the side... remember they had brooms n couple shovels...for when the stuff fell everywhere,
I remember they used to come round the back of the house open the gate "which they never closed" and Cary the old black rubber type bin on there back, they used to hopp on the side of the wagon between streets " Before Health n safety 🤣" most bin-men were on the sick with bad backs before 50.
Remember the heavy rubber lids that said "No Hot Ashes"
No faffing getting it built 🤣 famous word's.
Great work so far 😀👍

Dave Flitton
Another Gorby Masterpiece.

Jennifer Franklin
Gorby this is a little mind-blowing the things that you can do.

Mark Sherwood
A funny thing happened to me the other day, this duck said. . . . . . . . . . . . .

gorby 著者
Thanks very much for your comments mates. 🙂
Mr D: I'm old enough to remember the predecessor to the black plastic bins, the galvanised steel ones – the ones which rusted and sometimes when they were picked up the bottom fell out. Thankfully they were replaced before I started to work nights because bin day used to be a very noisy business. 😄
Thanks to everyone again. 👍

Daniel H
Such an interesting subject. I'm enjoying both your writing *and* watching the build. 🙂

Jan Peters
I was just about to write the same, love the humorous comments to the updates Gorby

gorby 著者
Thanks very much Daniel & Jan. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
We all love Gorby's works and narrations, as it seems!

gorby 著者
Thanks Robert...you'll make me blush. 😳
🙂

Spanjaard
fully agree with Robert!! 🙂

gorby 著者
Thanks mate. 🙂

Alec K
Aye aye, I think Gorby may have missed his true calling 😉

I love the garbage collection nostalgia. I got the feel for the British variety from Mr. Bean. 😄

Mark Sherwood
@Alec K. Try the Dustbinmen, you can get episode's on You Tube. A late sixties, early-ish seventies sit com. The cart was nicknamed Thunderbird 3. I think it was written by Jack Rosenthal , which I think he wrote London's Burning too.

Bas Tonn
Hmmm... what iis this? Strange, unusual, I like it. Will have to check it out.

gorby 著者
Thanks for the nice comments mates.
Alec: When I left school in the late 70's there wasn't much call for someone who talked rubbish in Coventry. The politicians were mostly in London. 😄
Mark: I've never head of that programme.
Bas: welcome to the oddness. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Gorby: Based in Manchester cast of characters included Heavy Breathing, Cheese and Egg, Winston and Eric. Cheese and egg was the gaffer of No.3 Gang, Heavy Breathing the lothario, Winston fervent Man City fan and Eric who was Welsh.

David Taylor
May I humbly bow to the king of faff.LOL

gorby 著者
😄 😄 😄
Oh, dear I'm not sure I can keep up the same standard of utter drivel. 😄

Mark Sherwood
Two buttons and a milk token , surely a man of affluence. Very nice scratch building Gorby.

Ben M
Gorby can set up a side business making buttons.

Michael Schubert
Apart from the amazing scratch building going on, i think the commentary near takes the cake, i check in every day for further updates and have a really good chuckle after work..really brightens my day, thanks @gorby!

gorby 著者
😄 😄 😄
Thanks all. I think my button business might struggle with two buttons per hour. Mind you, they're hand-made….Etsy here I come. 🙂
Michael: I can't guarantee the quality of my prattling but it's nice to hear my own flavour of odd is appreciated. Also, I like your little furry friend (No that ISN'T a euphemism 😄 ).
Although progress has been slow there was a bit of a boost yesterday and I'm hoping that something (hopefully not the kitchen) will get painted by next weekend. 😮
Now that's jinxed it hasn't it.

Mr D
A Wheely good job 🫣 , They would say it was a visual obstruction now days.
Keeping to the photos nicely 👍

gorby 著者
Thanks Mr D. 👍

gorby 著者
I'm slowly getting the the finish line. Someone pointed out this nice video about the Scarab which shows what a game changer it was (why does everything on YouTube have to claim it's a 'GAME CHANGER!!!!!' and when you watch it seems they've only found the cure for insomnia.).
Youtube Video

Robert Podkoński
These details you've made from scratch are simply unbelievably awesome... I suppose I should buy the same glasses (photo #99 😉

Alec K
Nice magnifiers! I have been using an optivisior in conjunction with 3+ magnification readers for years. The trick is not to let anyone see you wearing that. What magnification is that Amazon find you are sporting?

Jan Peters
Watching in awe, yet again. Really enjoying the ride Gorby 😀
Oh, and warm beer is an awful nightmare to us savage continentals 🍻

gorby 著者
It isn't the first time I've used magnifying glasses but these are a GAME CHANGER!!! 😄
Alec: I usually use the 3X magnification although these do go up to 5X – which may take some getting used to as it's like being drunk without any of the pleasure. 🙂
Jan: Obviously non Brits have to chill their beer to hide the flavour. 😉

Thanks all for taking the time to comment mates. 👍

Ben M
I went to Zenni optical website and got on the online chat. Told the person I wanted glasses with my short distance correction for doing close up intricate work with +2 magnification. He helped me adjust my prescription to this and they made me a set for $35 that are an amazing help.

Spanjaard
that seems a great idea Ben. gorby, those details are truly stunning.....

gorby 著者
Thanks mates. 🙂
Ben: The new eyes cost me £35. The built in LED light is a revelation as much as the better vision. The old mag glasses had a light but the extra batteries made it too heavy and very uncomfortable to wear so I didn't put batteries in it. The new one has a rechargeable battery built in which make it much more comfortable. Which is just as well as I need it for about 90% of my modelling now.

Mr D
Better...got to have the tools , project looking great 👍👍

gorby 著者
Sorry about my tardiness in updating this album, blame my daughter. I keep telling her I've retired and should be leading a life of leisure but that apparently means nothing to daughters. I can't hold her entirely to account as I've been pruning a tree this morning. I can be a bit, errm, lets say "vigorous" when it comes to pruning. The trees probably think of it more as a near-death experience 😳 . Is attempted arborecide a thing?
Aaaannnnyyyway, the fun is over. Now it's time to suffer. Yes I've arrived at the colouring-in bit where I traditionally snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. 🙁

Jan Peters
Great job on the colouring and marking Gorby.
The captions to the pictures make it an even more enjoyable experience 😄

gorby 著者
Thanks very much Jan. 🙂

Alex K
No need to apologize, dear Gorby, the Feb 22 update was something worthy for us in the gallery to wait for... 👍 👍

Mark Sherwood
That's why I sent my Daughter to Canada.

gorby 著者
I think Mrs Gorby wouldn't be impressed if I sent our daughter to a different continent so I could spend more time playing with plastic. Might be worth considering though. 😄
Thanks very much for taking the time to comment Alex and Mark. 🙂

Alec K
😂🤣😂👍

Rui S
Great teaser photo109. Incredible Beautifull small scale work

Spanjaard
wow, paint looks really good in this flea with wheels 🙂

Diorama Dude
Great scratch-conversions with this old Scammell Sacrab kit. Impressive work.👍

gorby 著者
Thanks very much mates. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
You're welcome, she did it under her own volition (I think the smell of lacquer thinners drove her) a nice outcome on your Scammels too, brought back some memories of when I were a lad.

Mr D
Looks great.... should be very proud 👍 you put a lot of work in and created something very unique... Great model work 😁👍

gorby 著者
Thanks Mr D. 🙂

Dominik Weitzer
what tiny models . great work so far

gorby 著者
Thanks Dominik. 🙂

Michael Kohl
Fun to follow, fun to read, fun to watch. I dare say: the jaws of victory are still open...

gorby 著者
😄 😄 😄
Thanks Michael, I'm glad you're enjoying it. 👍

CaptGPF
That level of MICROSCOPIC scratch building is OBSCENE! I'm always at awe of your projects (including the roller of death)!

gorby 著者
Thanks Capt & Lorraine. 🙂

gorby 著者
A couple of months ago Jan said something and it's taken me this long to think it though. Thinking isn't a natural state for me, when it happens the neighbours complain about the noise. The idea for the perfect extra vehicle jumped into my head in the early hours of the morning. This project is invading my dreams! 😮
I'll let you try and work out what it is as I take you though the build. A clue: Most people in Britland would have seen these on the roads, but not one of us wanted one.

Jan Peters
Great job on the car of your dreams Gorby, love the Robin, the car only the British would build.
You keep amazing me with your scratch building marvels, and I thoroughly enjoyed the comments 😄

gorby 著者
Thanks Jan, and thanks for the idea which I sort of took and twisted a little ( incidentally, it isn't a Robin 😉 ).

bughunter
Now, after reading your funny captions for a long time, I'm up to date again. For a non-native English speaker it was sometimes difficult to understand, but thanks to the great help from DeepL I was able to giggle a few times 🙂
At first I thought, and you would definitely be able to do this, that you were folding a Trabant (that iconic East German vehicle) out of cardboard true to the original!

Jan Peters
Ah, I just found out it is an AC invacar, never heard of outside of the British isles I think? 🤔 Still, great scratch building!!

Rui S
Oh my, what a beautiful result 👍

Robert Podkoński
That Invacar of yours is a masterpiece of scratchbuilding, Gorby! I am astonished!

gorby 著者
Thanks all for your nice comments.
Jan: These monstrosities were very common and infamous on the roads here in Britain particularly in the 1970's.
Sorry Frank, I am prone to quite a lot of antiquated Britishisms. I like to keep them alive well beyond their expiry date. 😉 I think the Trabant would sue if it knew you were likening it to the Invacar. 😄
Thanks again mates. 🙂

Alex K
Unbelievable... You turn for just a bit your attention away from the Scammel brothers... and Gorby appears out of the blue with a finished scratched 1:72/1:76 Invacar...!!! You are on fire, mate! 👍 👍

gorby 著者
Thanks very much Alex.
Maybe it's just that I have difficulty focusing on one subject. 😄

Jennifer Franklin
I can't believe you scratch built everything in this album. I have never heard of an Invacar before today, but now I feel like I know them.

gorby 著者
Thanks Jennifer I'm glad you like it/them. Don't forget I can't claim credit for the Scarab cab as that was the basic kit which started all this nonsense. 🙂
Incidentally there were quite a few different types of Invacar based on a similar design. This is the one I was mostly aware of in the 1970's 80's.

Mr D
Hi Gorby the Invacar looks 👍 great .....l remember them parked outside the P.O on a Monday morning.... Motorcycle handlebar,s , they did a great job holding up the traffic 🤣.
Like the gorilla glue headlights ..... good little technique 👍
Nice your keeping the memories alive 😃👍

gorby 著者
Thanks Mr D. Now it's difficult to believe these death traps were allowed on the roads.
I was chatting to the heating engineer today while he was servicing our boiler. He was saying he needs a hobby which isn't too expensive. When I mentioned modelling he asked to see my models and was blown away that it's possible to build things like the tiny Invacar from scratch. He ended up late for his next appointment as he wanted to see my whole collection. 😄

Spanjaard
quite a lucky guy that engineer!

Mr D
@Jennifer it was a part of Socialism..... a dirty word in north America 🤣
The french Invacar made these look like a Bentley 😂 l think in the 80's the french would restrict you down to an Invacar licence for Drink driving.... Definitely a punishment 😮

bughunter
The one in East Germany was also for sure an attack against the health of the driver!
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category: Simson_Duo
Please remove the blank in between - otherwise a smiley is generated and destroys the link 🙁

Mr D
images.app.goo.gl/FNkM8pZLjELHKT5i6

Interesting read 😄

gorby 著者
I'm much more interested in weird tiny vehicles than muscle cars.

Mr D
You should definitely consider building a bubble car in future then Gorby..... keep an eye out for right blister packaging or make that vacform, you can get a small dental on for about £90 I've seen a few Mates use.
Time, money,time, money.... never enough to fulfill the modeling dreams 🤣

Mr D
I just found this on AliExpress:
￡97.19 | Dental Vacuum Forming Molding Machine 1000W Former Thermoforming Tool Mouthguard Forming Machine with Steel Balls
a.aliexpress.com/_EzfnBIo

Jennifer Franklin
That is hilarious! I had no idea about VSP's. It's a good idea, though.

gorby 著者
£90!! Do you think I'm made of money. 😄
No, I want to have a go at making a vac forming machine myself….and if I screw that up maybe then I'll look for the key to unlock the padlock on my wallet. 😄

Air no
Super mignon ton véhicule !!

gorby 著者
Merci Air no. 🙂

Alec K
I have to say, to whip out that little car from scratch over a WEEKEND is amazing to me. That's pro scratch-building skill in action 👍

gorby 著者
Thanks Alec....although it is significantly less amazing that it took just over a week rather than a weekend. 🙂

Mr D
Yes you can make them, make a box with a vacuum nozzle size hole, the top of box has lots of holes, add a hinge frame with wing nuts, so box n frame open like book,
You can use halogen heater or hot air gun to soften medium.
Be an interesting project.....and have plenty of good uses.
I wish l had one when l broke my mig-23 canopy!😬
You will have to give use a group display of you builds sometime 😃👍

Alec K
Ah, my bad. Amazing feat nonetheless 👍👍👍

gorby 著者
Mr D: I've already put all my scratch-builds in a collection you can view anytime you like. 🙂

Mr D
I never realised you had built so many from scratch .... You will need a panoramic camera 🤣
Very impressive work 👏😁

Alec K
Outstanding progress and creative writing, entertaining as usual 👍

Mark Sherwood
BMW Driver's indicate through telepathy, fortunately my tin foil hat (milk bottle tops and scraps of old bacofoil) prevents this and allows me to ignore their ignorance/arrogance. But then again I find most people who drive German machines are prone to this. H'mmm, is this a leftover Teutonic plan from WW2, to annexe the B6325. Very, very impressive modelling there too. Whoa, a Wartburg just nosed down our road. Be seeing you.

gorby 著者
😄 😄 😄
Thanks for commenting mates.
I hope you enjoyed your Wartburg Mark (I assume it wasn't Wartburg castle? 🙂 ).

Rui S
A tiny beauty 👍

Mark Sherwood
If I remember rightly (This is were the tinfoil works t'other way) Wartburg's were a step up from a Trabant.

gorby 著者
Thanks Rui. 🙂
They certainly look like they were Mark.

Jennifer Franklin
Love the tools; they look ultrarealistic.

gorby 著者
Thanks very much Jennifer. I wasn't sure the shovel was good enough until I slapped some paint on. Quite please with it now. 🙂

Rui S
Amazing scratch work. At such scale it's Unbelievable 😮 👍

gorby 著者
Thanks very much for your comment Rui. 🙂

Mr D
Like the dust cart , nice colour too 👏👍

bughunter
The colour looks noble, sublime ... uhh, royal?

gorby 著者
Thanks Mates. 🙂
The colour certainly brings back memories for me although I'm not sure 'Royal Cov' will catch on, particularity with ANYONE who has ever been here. 😄

Michael Schubert
Gees, they've come together beautifully..I reckon you just may have done Coventry proud haha..as always love the commentary..build on!

gorby 著者
Thanks very much Michael. 🙂
I might have some way to go before I outdo Frank Whittle. 😉

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Super scratch work! Extremely nice results!👍😍

gorby 著者
Thanks Hans-Jurgen. 👍

Mr D
Remember to keep those old beer barrels? You may want to do a Donkey Kong Dio some days 🤣 just a dozen more scratch builds and a vacform to get out the way first 🙄🤣.
Glad you managed to create the decal you needed 😀👍👍

gorby 著者
😄 😄 😄
Yes I have kept the barrels from the kit although I'm not sure why as I'm 99% certain I'll never end up using them. Maybe they might make some sort of sense in that freaky 1/35 scale.
Thanks Mr D. 🙂

gorby 著者
This will be the last update in this build report thingy as it's DONE! I hope to get the final photos and some drivel written in the next few days as it looks like I've got the whole of next week free 🙂.
Daughter must think she's been working me too hard on my one day a week job, as next week she's given me the week (well, the day) off. Generously she said that it would be on double pay! I pointed out she didn't pay me anything and she said "Exactly. Your welcome".
Ummm, I think I might be one of the exploited, downtrodden masses. 🙁

Hope you've enjoyed the ride. I have. 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
I am very happy to see something that is completely out of the frame. And also scratch build! The tools are incredible! 🙂

Rui S
The tool roll & those bases look fantastic, more over when you help the world by recycling the drawers fronts 😄 👍

gorby 著者
Thanks very much Bernhard and Rui, I'm pleased you approve. 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
Those two bases look, as Rui says, fantastic. The tool roll is outright cool.

gorby 著者
Thanks Jennifer. 🙂
I forgot to say the tool roll already had the silver of the spanners - I painted the other colours, I reeeeaally needed my magnifying specs fort that.

Jan Peters
Those bases are the bees knees Gorby!

gorby 著者
Aaaaarrggh those damn bees again!
😄 😄 Thanks Jan. 🙂

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 著者
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 著者
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 著者
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 著者
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

Tom B.
Interesting 👍 Consider me following along!

Dave Flitton
Watching.

Bohrmann
👀

Finn
Following

Zsolt Czegle 著者
Welcome mates on the aboard!

Zsolt Czegle 著者
The only upgrades are the mirrors, so I can start with the painting! 😉

Stefan Schacht
nice start, count me in.

Zsolt Czegle 著者
Thank you Stefan, welcome here!

Zsolt Czegle 著者
I painted the green base color and airbrushed the 4tones camo pattern by freehand. Honestly it was awfull. So I deicided to strip the paint and start over again.
So I airbrushed the light brown color with highlights and masked the brown patches. The next color is the light yellow.

Zsolt Czegle 著者
Painting masks are removed. I'm statisfied with the outcome!

Alexander
Very nice camo work! 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Nice one! Is it a 3D print?

Zsolt Czegle 著者
Thank you mates!

Łukasz: yes it's a 3D printed resin

Bob Hall 著者
Just for Mr Liver ! LOL !

Chris Greathouse
Niiiice!! 😛 😛 😛 You can call me anything Bob!! Just don't call me late for dinner 😛

Bob Hall 著者
Deal !

Christian W
Just tumbled over this built. How far are you with it? Did you made some progress?

Rod -
Cool looking car 🙂 I'm gonna have to find one of those kits now!

johann cheng 著者
Yeah. it was a fun kit to build.

Christian W
I like this kit a lot. I think it is one of the best model kits those years by Revell. Good color choice also with the interior! That looks pretty good together.

Sy Bar
Got to say if this only your third attempt at a kit you have made a masterful start to your new hobby. Afraid can offer any advise as if this was my kit I'd be very pleased 👍

Rando
Beautiful work, wow

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
@Sy Bar and @Rando many thanks for your feedback - I really appreciate that and I´m really happy you like this build 🙂

Neuling
Same as Sy Bar and Rando. Clean and careful build with excellent paintwork and weathering!

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
@Neuling thank you for your honest and positive feedback.

Stefan Fraundorfer
I like the colors and the weathering. Very well done Thomas.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
@Stefan: many thanks!

CaptGPF
Very beautiful, very photo realistic

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
Thanks @CaptGPF - I cheated and took pictures of the real copter 🤣😝 but don´t tell anybody ...

Cliff Kidd
Most excellent model - agree your modulation, finish and weathering is superb - I've done the ICM cobra 1:32 so know how good you version has come out. Its great to do something a bit different!

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
Thank you @Cliff! I appreciate your feedback and I´m glad you like it. Weathering white paint can be quite tricky, but I guess you know that from your build 🤨

Michael Kohl
Excellent result and very nice photography

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
Thank you @Micheal 😊 appreciate your feedback a lot

db362
Looks great. I like your creative camera shots as well.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
Thanks @db362! Glad you like it 🙂

Mr James
Agree with db362

Juergen Klinglhuber
WOW, super paint job and weathering! 👍

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
Many thanks @Jürgen and @Mr. James - I really appreciate your positive feedback 🙏

Rafael Gonzalez
Fantastic work, paint tones spot on!. Well done Thomas 👌🏼

DunRig
Great coloring and perfect finish. Very well done !

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
Many thanks for your kind words @Rafa and @DunRig - appreciate it a lot 🙏

Simon Nagorsnik
That's cool stuff! Like it!! 👍

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
Many thanks @Simon 🙏

Robert Podkoński
That's simply awesome!

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
Many many thanks Robert! The model was finished beginning of this year but I recently finished the base I made so I thought why not to share it 🤷‍♂️

Guy Rump
Gorgeous modelling. 👍

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
Many thanks Guy! Appreciate the kind words 🙏

Rui S
Beautiful model 👍

Stefan Fraundorfer
Hello Thomas, I saw your great model today at Plastic Winter in Bratislava. Did you get an award for it? The Cobra definitely deserved it.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
Many thanks @Rui! @Stefan: many many thanks - glad you like it. Unfortunately, the competition level was too high this time and the Cobra was not awarded - there were really outstanding builds there that deserved the Snowman way more. But it was nice to be there and see all the amazing talents. Shame that I didn't know you are there … we could have met 🤷‍♂️

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
Arctic Cobra was awarded at Scale and Paint Vienna this weekend - very happy about that. There was no helicopter category so even more happy that she could manage an award 🙃

Stefan Fraundorfer
Congratulations Thomas. The Cobra really deserves the award.

Alexander
For your third kit the result looks fantastic - very nice paintjob and the simple weathering also adds positively to the final look! 👍👍
Also great presentation!

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
many thanks @Alexander - glad you like it! @Stefan: thank you so much, finally she managed .... 🤣

gorby
WOW, fantastic!

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS 著者
many thanks @gorby! Glad you like it

Mark W
This is shaping up to be really awesome!
Is putty your preferred method for attaching resin parts to plastic kits?

Cam Saunders 著者
Hey Mark, I used araldite to attach the resin headlights to the body and filled the gaps with putty. It's taking alot of time sanding.

Mark W
Thanks for the info!

Cam Saunders 著者
Next time I'll use the pop up lights on the tamiya r1 with some aoshima parts bit kit bashin