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gorby
Nice. I like the Bergepanther.

De Lange
Thanks. I'm also really happy with how it turned out

DuperScale
Man, the ship guys are something special i guess. 😮 awesome

Alberto Michieletto
Mmm.. very interesting livery. I'll take my seat! 🙂

Cristian A
Very interesting project, following!

Dominik Weitzer
oh thats a great camouflage! interesting project.

Spanjaard
really curious about the camo idea, i am certainly in.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Hello and welcome mates. Nice to have you here.
Hopefully , I will lay down some paint today.

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
First pictures of the first steps in the construction of a B-17G, whose mission role particularly appealed to me: I had long been fascinated by the sea rescue missions of this B-17 equipped with a droppable lifeboat! So I was delighted when I found one of the rare kits on the subject here on scalemates.
A few months ago I had already built an Academy 'Flying Fortress' in an early B version, the kit qualities of which I thoroughly enjoyed. The accuracy of fit is not far from 'perfect' and the details that are often missing in these Academy kits have to be added wherever it is important. In this case that means A set of etched parts for the cockpit and nose area, as well as an exterior set, especially for the engines and undercarriage, and resin tyres, also from Eduard. Not to forget: the seat cushions from Kits World were used in the cockpit

Łukasz Gliński
Lucky you! Following

Finn
I'm in

Roland Sachsenhofer
That makes me happy, Łukasz and Finn!
The SB-17G is slowly taking shape. The V-position of the wings needs to be changed: in my opinion, Academy has set a much too steep angle here! The corrected position of the wings also results in the distances at the wing-fuselage bonding points.... the fit here would be excellent!

Juergen Klinglhuber
following 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Das freut mich! 🙂

Roland Sachsenhofer
In preparation for the surface colours, I have now done the following: I have masked those stripes over the black primer that are to remain visible as black lines separating the NMF surfaces from the large yellow zones using suitably wide Tamiya masking tape. I also masked the areas on the leading edges that carry the rubber 'de-icers'.
Next, the anti-glare areas in front of the cockpit and on the inside of the engine nacelles are sprayed, then.... then come the Alclad metal colours!

Cuajete
Great! 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you!
There was not much to see of the SB-17 for a short time - the application of the yellow required extensive masking!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress. I hope that there is no bleeding with that yellow paint 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Somehow I have missed this build... But I will follow from now!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Villiers and Robert! Indeed, I had to sand over the colour edges a little....

Roland Sachsenhofer
At last I can replace the unattractive sanitary towel pictures of the SB-17 with ones that show their true appearance! 🙂
The new pictures are already close: the high gloss level comes from the sealing of the decals.... now it will be adjusted with different clear coats.

Cuajete
Very nice painting job so far 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you, Cuajete!

Łukasz Gliński
Love that colours, waiting for the details

Michael Kohl
Ahh, this is going to be a beauty.

Juergen Klinglhuber
nice one,....👍

Rui S
Looking Great as always 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Łukasz, Jürgen, Michael and Rui: thank you for your motivating comments!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Now the sea rescue SB-17 has been completed!
A final challenge was the attachment of the lifeboat: as the original photos show, the gunwale should be more or less flush with the underside of the B-17, but this was impossible to achieve with the moulds of the kit boat! I have now created a new gunwale with Tamiya masking tape and painted it yellow after cutting it to size. After that, and with careful adjustments, I was able to fit the boat correctly.

I am very pleased to have found this kit here on scalemates from a colleague, so that I have been able to realise an old dream: I have always been very enthusiastic about this version! Thank you for your input and your motivating comments!

Cuajete
Top job one more time. Great result, Roland 👍
Congrats!

bughunter
Great build with perfect masking and painting!

Crazy! The sailors might first lose their ship and then be bombarded with a boat!
Seriously, how did they drop the boat exactly where it was needed? Flying low? With a parachute?

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you both! That is very appreciated! I am attaching a very descriptive link that could answer your question....

planehistoria.com/sb-17/

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful model and photos, Roland! As always from your workshop... Chapeau bas!

Skyhiker
It looks like it's wearing a yellow sweater. Top job as always.

Łukasz Gliński
Fabulous, I'm in envy 👍 Wish I could get this boxing too

Rui S
Beautiful outcome as always 👍

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work. A real head turner.

gorby
Amazing work!

Michael Kohl
Turned out as beautifully as expected.

Neuling
A masterpiece.

Skyhiker
Still seeing a yellow sweater vest here. Like a nerd plane that saves people's lives.

Pietro De Angelis
Another masterpiece,
mr. Roland no longer surprises us...

Roland Sachsenhofer
Now I can thank you for all your animating and motivating reactions, mates! I am very pleased that you like the 'B-17 in the yellow sweater'! (Thanks for the marvellous association, Skyhiker!) I'm sure you can imagine how pleased and motivated I am - thank you!
What I'm looking for now is a conversion option for a passenger-carrying variant, which I also find unusual and, well , cool.

S B
Very interesting subject and perfectly bult and painted! Very nice job. Congrats.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you very much- very appreciated!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Excelent! Flying destiny in person!👍👍👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you indeed for your encouraging wird's, Hans-Jürgen!

Juergen Klinglhuber
An eye-catcher perfectly done - congrats Roland. Good job as always!!

DuperScale
I kind of like it. 😅

Alex K
Will follow with great interest... not only because I like ag-planes, but also because I love such projects with personal/sentimental value, memories from childhood etc... Good luck! 👍

Chris T. An
Thank you for following Alex and yes, those memories are very strong and impressive, so I will try my best to make a small vignette with the "Bumblebee".

Skyhiker
I've never heard of one of these. Looks interesting.

Taylor Durbon
Schöne Bemalung bisher. Freu mich auf die Interflugbemalung👍

Alex K
Good work!

Chris T. An
@Taylor: vielen Dank. Ich werde nicht die ursprüngliche Lieferbemalung verwenden. Da ich die Flugzeuge eher zum Ende ihrer Einsatzzeit als kleiner Junge gesehen habe, muss es auch diese Version sein. Es fehlen also all die roten Streifen, die über die Jahre einfach in gelb überlackiert wurden. Rote Farbe war wohl Bückware. 😉

Taylor Durbon
Da bin ich mal auf deine Interpretation gespannt. Sieht auf jeden Fall gut aus bis jetzt. Schöne Weihnachten!

Chris T. An
Danke Taylor. Hoffe der Weihnachtsmann war fleißig.
Zum Thema: ich habe viel gesucht und recherchiert, aber es ist schwierig herauszufinden, welche Versionen damals wirklich bei meinem Dorf geflogen sind bzw. welche Kennung diese hatten. Das einzige was ich noch weiß und was auch Angehörige bestätigt haben ist, dass die Flugzeuge so ziemlich komplett gelb waren, ohne viel rote Bemalung. Also versuche ich das irgendwie darzustellen. Es gibt einige wenige Fotos auf denen man Maschinen sieht, die zumindest mal in Anklam (nähere Stadt) stationiert waren und von dort aus die umliegenden Flugfelder ansteuerten. Hier sieht man mal Beispiele wie die Hummeln ausgesehen haben könnten:
flickr.com/photos/korom/523854024
abpic.co.uk/pictures/view/1636951

Bernhard Pethe
Z-37, mein Thema. Bis jetzt sieht alles ganz gut aus, nur der Glanzgrad etwas zu glänzend. Vor dem Cockpit und die Tragflächen oben, eher ein Seidenmatt.
Wenn etwas in East Germany keine Bückware gewesen ist, dann war es rote Farbe. 😉
Der Hinterrumpf wurde bei der Grundüberholung neu bespannt und somit auch neu lackiert. Um Zeit und Kosten zu sparen, wurde in den 80er Jahren irgendwann die rote Farbe weggelassen.

Chris T. An
Danke für die Infos Bernhard, gerade was den Glanzgrad angeht. Hast oder hattest du direkt mit den Maschinen zu tun? Habe zwar eine Z-37 genau vor meiner Haustür (Flugplatz Anklam), aber das Museumsstück wurde erst kürzlich neu lackiert um vor Witterung geschützt zu sein, die glänzt total. Das kann als Referenz natürlich nicht herhalten. Mein Modell bekommt noch ein anderes Finish, der Glanzlack war für das Washing nötig. Interessant auch die Sache mit der Neubespannung.

Bernhard Pethe
Ja, ich hab beim Agrarflug 17 Jahre gearbeitet, davon 7 Jahre Z-37 und 10 Jahre Ka-26.
Die Museumsflieger sehen meist immer besser aus, als die Maschinen im Einsatz. Die Flugzeuge standen ja doch die meiste Zeit im Freien und waren selbst im Winter nur notdürftig abgedeckt.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice painting effects.

Michael Kohl
Mir gefällt deine Cmelak bus jetzt sehr gut. Bin auf den Rest gespannt.

Neuling
Ich stimme zu.

Michael Kohl
Sieht klasse aus, richtig nach dem Arbeitspferd, das es war. Auch die Fülleinrichtung ist prima geworden. Das ruft nach einem Dio.

Taylor Durbon
Wunderschön geworden. Ein so filigraner Bausatz erfordert schon ein entsprechend sauberes Arbeiten und eine feine Bemalung. Und viele schöne Details hast du wirklich toll umgesetzt. Die Griffe, die angestellten Klappen und vor allem die Leine zum öffnen der Einfüllklappe. Hab ich noch an keinem Cmelak Modell gesehen. Klasse😍.

Michael Kohl
Kann Taylor nur zustimmen. Wirklich sehr schön und überzeugend geworden.

Paul Gallagher
Lovely😉

Bernhard Pethe
Ach Chris, der Propeller war nur hinten Schwarz. Die Vorderseiten Hellgrau.

Chris T. An
Vielen Dank Leute. Freut mich, wenn sie euch gefällt. Und Bernhard, du hast natürlich recht. Das fiel mir auch auf, als es eigentlich schon zu spät war, da waren die Fotos schon im Kasten. Hab das aber noch korrigiert und die Vorderseiten des Propellers grau gesprüht. Endgültige Fotos gibt es dann mit dem Dio-Finale.

Skyhiker
Looks super

Chris T. An
I'm still struggeling with printing bigger 3-D parts and have to learn a lot on exposure times and support settings. Besides the Trabant, I also wanted to print a Lada Niva, but it broke away from the supports. So I will need to try it again.

Alex K
You've done an exquisite job on the Z-37 - and the addition of the 3D-printed loading device and Trabby (and eventually Niva) really adds a lot - keep up the great work! 👍

Marius
Very beautiful so far! I am curious about the end result of the Trabant as well, what will you do with the windshield/glass parts?

Daniel Klink
Drabbi Go! 👍

Chris T. An
Thanks guys. Marius, I fear there is no special surprise on the classes. Im happy that the print was successfull and in 1/72 I really do not want to drill and cut. Having no experience it would ruin the print. So I am only able to paint ot in black color. No problem for me, the "Trabbi" is only a small and quick background accessory.

Marius
Maybe you can try a second print of the Trabi in two parts: one part is from below up to the door handles (approximately) and a second one being only for the upper frame without the resin "glass parts". Like this you can add a simple interior and the glass to the upper frame. I know it's a lot more work to adapt the 3D geometry than it sounds, but maybe this motivates you.

Otherwise there is of course nothing wrong with your initial plan. Good luck!

Chris T. An
Thank you for your hints, Marius. I'm afraid in my current life I won't become an expert in using 3D software. I am already happy when I find suitable finished and printable files and get them printed reasonably.

It's more exhausting as a plastic modeler these days anyway. 25 years ago I glued and painted with brushes. Today you have to be an airbrush artist, electrical engineer and professional photographer as well. 😉

Michael Kohl
Chris, you are right, but look at the fine model you created and the amount of people you brought joy to by looking at the nice pictures of it. I dare say it is worth the effort. 😉

Chris T. An
You are right, Michael, I really want to put more effort to this project and scenery, but not on the Trabi (it blurs in the background later). So I ordered the T-174 from Balaton to pimp the base/diorama. I think that is much more impressive and enhances the project much more than a Trabi.

Chris T. An
I have now decided to make a completely new base. If the scene is to take place where I watched as a child, then it must be built that way.

For this purpose I found aerial photos from 1991, on which the area can be seen well, as it was used. Of course, I was also directly on location, but there everything is overgrown. One can hardly guess the structures. At least I could still recognize some concrete slabs and determine the exact size for the reconstruction.

Marius
The Trabi looks great!

Daniel Klink
That Trabbi looks just amazing 👍

Robert Podkoński
I agree with Marius and Daniel - this "soap dish" looks fantastic 😉 (Trabant was given a slang name: "soap dish" in Poland... or "Ford Karton = "Cardboard Ford" 😄 )

Michael Kohl
The Trabbi looks realy spot on. Your Cmelak will be happy for sure to have such a well matching company.

bughunter
I hear the Trabbi sound "Rin-tin-tin-tin" 👍

Chris T. An
Nice to hear that you like the "Renn-Pappe" (called "Race-Cardbord" here). 😉

Just noticed that I forgot to share the short video file I made with the Z-37:
Youtube Video

Stefan Schacht
Very nice 👍

Michael Kohl
My kinda project. You feel the heart that is in this. I am anxious about the base.

Finn
Really like the car - great addition to a very well build plane!

Arthur Kirkland
Good Ostalgie！

Dominik Weitzer
this Trabbi looks GREAT - so tiny and small. well done!!!

Alec K
Superb work, taking a tardy seat.

Bernhard Schrock
Top result !

Robert Podkoński
Indeed!

Ho Ko
Really great, grossartig! Zurück zu früheren Zeiten 🙂 In meiner Jugend waren es 2 km mit dem Fahrrad zum Feldfluplatz. Oft zugeschaut. Danke!

Erik Leijdens
Fantastic dio! Well build too!

Robert Podkoński
Awesome! Simson motors were 'Holy Grails' for my friends in the 1980ties...

bughunter
Come on, the Simson needs spoked wheels! 😉

Chris T. An
Yes, of course, spoked wheels would be great. But the 3D file only was made in this version. As I said before, I am not a Pro in 3D design, so maybe in that size it is not easy to print spokes. I have already broken the handlebars and a turn signal when removing the supports. It is really very very small and delicate.

Rui S
Great work 👍

Alex K
Respects! 👍

Michael Kohl
Two Cmelaks! One on steroids. I told them: it will do you no good!

Kidding aside. Two beautiful anc special models you present us here.

Chris T. An
So I finally finished the complete diorama. Hope you like it.

Rui S
Excellent 👍

Szilard
That Simson is sick! 🙂

Alec K
Fantastic. Did not even notice that Trabi's windows are painted 🙂

Michael Kohl
Each and every model would be nice by itself, the combination is a really great East Germany dio. Where did Trabant and Simpson come from?

Robert Podkoński
👍

Finn
Awesome!

Marius
Unique and special diorama! Congratulations!

Ben M
I especially enjoy the 3d printed dromedary. Despite it being fairly low detail, you made it look great with the painting.

Chris T. An
Thank you very much guys. @Michael: the .stl files of the Trabi and the S51 are free from thingiverse.com.

Michael Kohl
Danke dir.
Ich hatte mir ja auch ne C-37 geholt, um sie mit nem Mähdrescher zu positionieren. Hab mich dann aber dagegen entschieden, weil ich befürchtete, dass beide Modelle sich gegenseitig die Show stehlen. Aber bei deinem Dio passt trotz der vielen schönen Einzelstücke alles super zusammen. Macht richtig Spaß.

Neuling
Excellent diorama. Looks like a bigger scale work. Paintwork and weathering are superb. Great modelling!

Dominik Weitzer
as Neuling said: excellent diorama!

Mr James
Totally agree with Neuling

Jan Peters
Very nice indeed 👍🏻
Love the crude look of the dromedar.

Chris T. An
Just made a short video of the finished diorama, please see here:

Youtube Video

DuperScale
Sehr sehr cool, mit dem Trabant usw sehr stimmig. Gute Inspiration, ich hab die noch in 1/48 liegen.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!

bughunter
Welcome Robert! Which one you want to take, the yellow or a green one? 😉

Please do not miss the project description, for the _VERY_ important reason for this project!

Robert Podkoński
👍 A green one, please 🙂

Marcel Klemmer
Hi Frank, I am in and do not need a seat. 😉

Ludvík Kružík
I'll sit down too. If I'm not mistaken, one green seat is still open. 😉

Spanjaard
I am certainly in

Martin Oostrom
Green two for me

David H
Be rude not to join in. 👍🏻

gorby
I'll join the audience as well. 🙂

bughunter
Hello my friends! A warm welcome to each and every one of you!

Working on the parts of this kit can be considered bodily harm! The bright yellow hurts your eyes and you can't see any details or damaged areas that need work. I would have preferred a more common gray!

Michael Kohl
Moin Frank. Nimmst mich mit?

bughunter
Aber sicher doch, wenn Du eine wilde Fahrt aushälst 😉

Kenneth
Hallo Frank, the set with lap belts only could be intended for the US Navy variant of the Stearman, the N2S. Until US entry in WW2, US Navy aircraft mostly did not have shoulder belts. I read this in a review of a 1/32 Vought Kingfisher while looking for seatbelts and wondering about the same thing for my 1/32 Revell/ICM N2S Stearman kit.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Schau ich mir auch an,...

bughunter
Welcome! Thanks Kenneth! That makes sense, as the kit offers also a yellow Navy plane with red stripes. Luckily my wife want it blue-yellow. All the pictures I found shows also shoulder belts, but that was mostly still flying machines and I guess the shoulder belts was added later.
I had already downloaded the ICM manual as an additional reference and looked at reviews because of an oddity on the upper wing. More on this later.

bughunter
Because I was still in soldering mode after the seats, I immediately turned my attention to the tank on the upper wing. I like the look of the metal fuel tank now.

Robert Podkoński
Perhaps you will find my photos useful for your build:
Hangar 10 | Album by podkon

bughunter
Yes, definitely 👍 Thanks!

bughunter
Found a nice page: stearman-aero.com/

bughunter
The wing is yellow again, but now the look is better!
I used here MRP-142 Orange Yellow. If someone remembers my Piper: the yellow was "Dark Chrome Yellow" also from MRP. Even this one here called "Orange Yellow" it looks more yellow compared to the Piper.

Ben M
👀

Alec K
I was just wondering where the heck is Bughunter, and here he is! Lovely progress and topic, following of course 👍

bughunter
Welcome Ben and Alec!
The lower wing is now also painted yellow. I only not sure about the blue. I want to go with the darker later blue, tried AK Pure Blue, but I will also try others.

Jakub Fiala
Nice work on this interesting type of aircraft so far 👍 Following for sure!

Ben M
Love these old trainers. They used to show up at airshows a lot when I was a kid.

Greg Baker
Sign me up!

Zbynek Honzik
A joy and pleasure to follow such a project! 👍

Christoph Kunz
Ui, da habe ich den Start ja irgendwie verpennt. 🙁
Aber jetzt bin ich dabei.

Kenneth
Noch was, je nach dem, was das Vorbild ist: Part 71 in Point 4 of the instructions is in my opinion not correct for a WW2-era Stearman. Such a box typically houses a radio, intercom, transponder etc. on modern, restored examples

David Taylor
Watching.

bughunter
In the spirit of "Piano man": the regular crowd shuffled in ...
Welcome!
Oh, can someone wake up Kyle? 😉

Juergen Klinglhuber
Kyle! - come on, you will miss a good portion of the show and have to put the stool again in the back... 😉 Just kidding. It is never to late for a bughunter-show

bughunter
Kenneth, thanks for the hint! Interestingly the Eduard manual of the PE set here on SM told me to remove the mount points for this part 71. After that hint I checked some pictures of original machines and found the modern equipment. So thanks for the confirmation! After my PE set arrived I found out the remove of that mount points is missing in my paper version! Luckily I have checked the corrected online version first.

I would like to build a original equipped plane, but this is somehow limited. I have only the kit decals for a US Army plane "136" dated 1941. There is no serial number mentioned. I have not found photos of that plane yet. So I will build it according the information I have, with "educated guesses" on some points. Later more.

bughunter
I made the instrument panels. May be you know the Eduard sandwich method of multiple PE parts? Here we have a special thing!

Kenneth
Fuselage innner side colours are also totally wrong in the instructions (overall aluminium). See flugzeugforum.de/thr...103126/post-3062086 where I posted some thoughts about this.

The „thick" plate on the instrument panel which you chose is correct for the period, it's a padding saving an unfortunate student pilot's face when smashing it against the instrument panel…

bughunter
Kenneth, thank you very much for your great support 👍 Highly appreciated!
Now I understand, why the bolts of the instruments are hidden by this padding.
According to your picture I painted the fuselage halves bright linen and added the read brown tensioning varnish. It will not be very visible after closing the halves.

The inner structure is not in scale: much too thick! As it will be not very visible later I do not go the extra mile to replace the structure by brass wires!
Did someone say Jehovah? 😎

bughunter
The seat belts (what a fiddly job), the seats and the cockpit as a whole are finished. What beautiful interior!

Have I forgotten something, or can the fuselage halves be glued?

Ben M
Pancakes! (IYKYK)

gorby
Lovely work on the cockpit Bugs. 🙂

Kenneth
Looks perfect 👍 I was wondering whether there shouldn't be a fuel cock (the red lever on the lower left side in the front cockpit) in the rear cockpit as well, but found quite a few photos were this indeed not the case (but also some with one).

And while the ICM fuselage structure is indeed very delicate, it stops short of the rear cockpit!

bughunter
Thank you mates!
Beside the thick structure it is a nice kit (and Eduard PE set) with great fit. Sometimes even with the famous Tamiya click 🙂

@Ben Pancakes?! You say if you know you know, but I do not know 🙁
If you mean the upholstery of the seats - I think that this task was taken over by the parachutes.

bughunter
The kit includes a clear lamp to be installed on the back of the fuselage for Navy and Army. I have not found a reference photo.
Is this perhaps an anti-collision light on modern aircraft? Add it or leave it out?

Kenneth
That fuselage lamp (probably a modern strobe light) does not appear in the manual available on the Stearman Aero site (p. 105)… from which I've also just learned that the red lever I mentioned earlier is control lock and not a fuel cock.

bughunter
Thanks for the confirmation of my guess Kenneth! I glued stretched sprue into the socket for later sanding.

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Bughunter "not going the extra mile"? 🤔
Usurper!
What have you done to the real Bughunter? 🤣

bughunter
Don't worry, I'm okay. I still go the extra mile, but where it makes sense and is visible.
The fuselage is now closed and other small things done.

Alec K
You are making a lightning progress Frank. I can barely keep up! The added detail is, as usual, superb 👍

babak chalangi
definitely watching this

bughunter
Alec, that is a Revell Level 4 kit with only 58 parts according to the box. Ok, the PE set and the belts doubles the number and there is room for a little scratch work, but the fit is fantastic! That saves a lot of time.
I have the Mr.Paint True Blue on order and hope it will arrive soon.

bughunter
Some more little details are prepared, for example a Venturi pipe. This idea is maybe useful for other types.
But I also decided to go the extra mile to meet all expectations and made it possible to mount the rudder in an angled position for more liveness.

Martin Oostrom
Great work from the master

Ludvík Kružík
Your work is gaining momentum. It's a pleasure to watch the model grow under your hands.

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
How could I miss this build .... very very nice progress so far and kudos for the soldering work!!!! I was thinking of this approach very often, but I´m too scared and always came back to CA removing the excess with debonder. Watching this build with interest 😊

bughunter
Thank you mates for your very kind words!
@Thomas I was lucky enough to have been drilled in the art of soldering at a young age during my training as a telecommunications technician. Even though my studies were more theoretical afterwards, I now have 45 years of soldering experience. It was therefore obvious to use this experience in model making. This is also how I soldered my strip downs (see projects) 🙂

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Well, that explains it all - you can be glad having this kind of skills man 🤘

bughunter
Today the MrPaint "True Blue" arrived - exactly the beautiful shade I hoped for! Not too dark and not as bright as some of the actual airplanes flying around. With a hint of turquoise as often discussed.
The paint shades of the Mr.Paints are very nice, some examples: the Dark Chrome Yellow on my Piper (I was asked during the last exhibition about it), the PC12 on the Sopwith Triplane (some chocolate brown), the linen color shades .... and this True Blue is no exception 👍

Desert Marlin
Looking great!

Kenneth
Tolles blau 👍 Sieht sehr richtig aus!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Spitze !! 👍

bughunter
Thank you mates!
After some clear gloss coat I started to apply the decals. I also had an idea for a little scratch work - stay tuned!

Martin Oostrom
Marvellous work

bughunter
Thanks Martin!

Alec K
Scratch work?! Can't wait!

bughunter
Alec, you will need a bit of patience as I have to do other things first.
The wings are decorated. When the decals (and softener) are dry I can add more clear coat. The fuselage is not yet completed.

Desert Marlin
Nothing more pleasing than a fine "yellow-wing" from an era long passed!!!

Ricardo Reis
Another beauty? Arriving late, but I guess still on time! 👀

bughunter
Thank you mates!
Ricardo, it will have to be a beauty if my wife wants me to build this machine! There is still a lot on the ToDo list ....

Alec K
Patience I do have 😉. Your progress is superb 👍

Kyle DeHart
I am late, but I am here!! Up to your usual fantastic standards so far, my friend. Beautiful work. My father recently got to take a ride in a restored Stearman and had a blast with it!! So I think this is very cool indeed.

bughunter
Very nice to see you here Kyle and thanks! A ride in a Stearman would be nice indeed.

bughunter
After the wings was painted with satin coat to protect the decals I could realize my idea for which Alec has been waiting! Maybe some others too?

I had read somewhere that the position of the bracing on this model is incorrectly marked. Think again, when I leafed through the original manual I saw small windows to enable the check of control linkages etc instead of rigging points!

If Eduard has already realized the pulleys under windows so nicely on the Camel wings, something should work here too.

Desert Marlin
Looks fantastic. I like when these little treasures get found!

bughunter
Thanks!

There is still work to be done on the fuselage, but I was more tempted by the engine. Its done but ignition wires needs to be added.
I mentioned the thick push rods, here a ref pic for comparison (Source enginehistory.org):
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Landlubber Mike
Wow, this is incredible work man! The Eduard PE has some nice details, but your scratch details take this model up a few notches for sure. Well done!

Kyle DeHart
Beautiful work. I very much like how that engine looks. Will add nicely to the finished build with so much visible. Your replaced pushrods look perfect. An excellent touch.

Alec K
Great work on the engine. I also like the position light idea! One always learns something from your builds 👍

bughunter
Thank you mates!
Alec, there are typically six different sizes on the Eduard PE frames. Since I used the larger ones, the smaller seem to be usable for you 1:72 guys.

bughunter
Next chapter was the undercarriage - I'm happy with the look!

Juergen Klinglhuber
You can be happy - it is looking alright & very good. 👍 👍