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George Williams
Nice model of one of my favourite sports cars.

Christian W
Mine too! Nicely built. Very nice paintjob and finishing. Beautiful.

Spence Wilson
Nicely done. Beautiful paint.

Neuling
Beautiful!

Emanuele Matteucci
Wow....

Alister Curnow
Thanks everyone! It's refreshing to build a model clean and without weathering haha. An enjoyable hobby indeed. Thank you.

Rui S
Neat and shiny 👍

Guido
Nice finish!

Alister Curnow
Thanks and thanks! 🙂

Dominik Weitzer
i missed a wonderful build of a great car. well built!

Dietmar Bogatzki
Der Start sieht schon mal vielversprechend aus, Jörg 👍

David Taylor
watching.

Jörg Schäfer
Danke, schön das ihr dabei seid.

Villiers de Vos
Beautiful camouflage scheme.

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you. Yes, it wasn't easy to get it clean on the superstructure. But it is the distinguishing feature of this ship.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Whoow du legst aber ein ganz schönes Tempo vor, Jörg 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
Das ist einfach, da ich inzwischen fast anderthalb Fahre an dem Modell baue. 😉
Das letzte Foto ist jetzt aber der aktuelle Stand des Projektes.
Ich hoffe um Weihnachten rum fertig zu sein.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Ok ich dachte schon, so schnell und so gut gebaut....

Jörg Schäfer
Dann könnte ich zaubern. Lach.

Dietmar Bogatzki
🙂

Joerg R.
Huhu Namenvetter, wusste gar nicht, dass du auch auf Scalemates bist 👍 😉

Jörg Schäfer
Hallo Jörg. Bin ich auch erst seit kurzen. 😉

David Taylor
Just gets better.

Jörg Schäfer
I hope so. Now scratching goes on...

Dietmar Bogatzki
Wieder schöne Details wie die Abdeckunfgen für die Signalflaggen, Jörg 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Dietmar. Hat auch Spaß gemacht. Morgen muß ich mir was einfallen lassen um die Seile für die Signalflagen an der Plattform zu befestigen.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Da schau ich dir bestimmt über die Schulter, wie du das löst 🙂

Dietmar Bogatzki
Coole Idee mit den Leitern als Befestigungspunkte, ist gespeichert 🙂

Thomas Wirsching
Ui hab diesen Bau zufällig heute zum erstenmal gesehen und bin schwer beeindruckt von Deiner Qualität - das Weathering ist super realistisch 👍. Verrätst Du welche Farben Du benutzt hast? Ich hab das Ding auch in 1:350 im Hafen liegen 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
Freut mich das sie dir gefällt. 🙂
Ich benutze hauptsächlich Vallejo Acryl Farben. Model Color und Model Air.
Zum altern dann die Naval Serie von AK und das chipping erledige ich seit neusten mit den Dry Brush Farben von Ammo, die ich natürlich auch zum Trockenmalen benutze.
Früher habe ich das chipping mit Ölfarben gemacht. Versuche aber inzwischen möglichst auf Terpentin zu verzichten.
Du schwingst aber auch einen feinen Pinsel, Thomas. Deine Langley ist absolut klasse geworden.

Jau Dietmar, mit den halben Leitern hat gut funktioniert.

Ralf Topeters
Bin spät dran aber muss ich dabei sein. Sieht jetzt schon soooo gut aus. Wahnsinn!

David Taylor
Exellent.

Guy Rump
Very nice modelling 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Vielen Dank. 🙂

Christian Lehmann
👍

Juskifo
👏beautiful work

Oleg Smilyk
Great work!!!

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Männers.

gorby
WOW! That's stunning work.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice.

Rui S
How. Excellent work 👍

Simon Nagorsnik
Each photo of this album is a highlight in itself!
Your work looks so fantastic👌

Villiers de Vos
The scout plane is a gem on its own.

Spanjaard
great job!

Jörg Schäfer
Vielen lieben Dank meine Modellbau Freunde.
Ich habe ein Menge Zeit in dieses große Modell investiert, aber ich denke das es sich rentiert.
An der kleinen Arado bau ich nun eine Woche.

Guy Rump
Looking better and better. 👍

Neuling
Dran bleiben, sieht alles super aus!

Michael Kohl
Neuling hat recht! Sieht wirklich alles super aus. Wenn ich mir allein die Arado ansehe...

Thomas Wirsching
Mann das sieht wirklich bis jetzt alles fantastisch aus👍

Jörg Schäfer
Cool, freu mich sehr dass mein Schiffchen so gut ankommt. 🙂

Dietmar Bogatzki
Klasse gemacht mit dem Flieger, nicht wie sonst üblich auf dem Katapult 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Stimmt Dietmar.
Ich wollte das mal etwas anders darstellen mit der Arado. Zumal das Schienensystem beim Pontos Satz mit dabei ist. Werde jetzt noch eine Mannschaft zusammen stellen die den Vogel auf seinem Schlitten schiebt. Habe originales Bildmaterial von diesem Vorgang.

Joerg R.
Mal ne Frage an euch Bismarck Experten. Waren die Balkenkreuze auf den Flügeln des Fliegers so schmal oder waren die nicht etwas dicker?
Die kommen mir am Modell etwas schmal vor.

Jörg Schäfer
Hallo Jörg. Die Balkenkreuze waren ober- und unterhalb der Flügeln unterschiedlich.
Unter den Flügeln waren sie wesentlich dicker. Schau mal hier.
scalemates.com/de/ki..o-ar-196a-3--1118587

Joerg R.
Ok danke dir, kam mir halt etwas schmal vor oben

Michael Kohl
The level of detail is just amazing - and color and weathering look convincing too.

Jörg Schäfer
Dank dir Micha.
Ja ich versuche den Detaillierungsgrad so hoch wie möglich anzusetzen.
Infos über dieses Schiff gibt es wahrlich genug und viele meiner Modellbaufreunde sind wahre Kenner der Bismarck.
Es wäre sträflich, das dann nicht auszunutzen.

Simontie
Great build 🙂👍

Paul Moore
Wow ….WOW!!

Jörg Schäfer
Danke ihr beiden.

Dietmar Bogatzki
wahnsinn wäre froh halb so viel zu können, jörg 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Jeder wie er kann Dietmar, die Hauptsache ist doch das man Spaß an seinem Hobby hat. 😉

gorby
Absolutely STUNNING work!!!!

Transall NG
Wunderbar ! I have very recently finished Takom's Bruno in 1/72, and your level of details is astonishing !

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you gentleman

Thomas Wirsching
Sieht verdammt gut aus Jörg 👍

David Taylor
Gets better and better.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Tolle Fortschritte, Jörg 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Jungs. 🙂

Christian Bruer
Klasse Arbeit und viele viele interessante Details - Photo # 49 u. 50 z.B. 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Christian.
Das von einem exzellenten Modellbauer zu lesen, ein großes Lob.
Habe deine tollen Modelle heute erst entdeckt.

Harald Besold
Super gebaut! Besser kann man das nicht mehr machen! Kompliment!

Jörg Schäfer
Vielen Dank Harald. 🙂

Villiers de Vos
A great project.

Jan Peters
A mammoth of a project, but what great details you are adding 👍🏻

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Männers.
Ich hoffe ja das ich dieses Mammut Projekt im Herbst endlich abschließen kann.

David Taylor
Superb detailing

Dietmar Bogatzki
Immer wieder eine Freude die Bilder anzusehen Jörg, aber haben sich beim Hauptmast ein paar Fäden gelöst oder sieht das nur so aus? (Bild65)

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Jungs.
Ein gutes Auge Dietmar.
Aber Gott sei Dank ist daß so gewollt. Das sind die Seile die den Masten abspannen. Die werden endgültig angebracht wenn die Reling und Leiter zu den Verkehrsbooten angebracht wurde. Im Moment wären sie nur im Weg.

Michael Kohl
I dare say that there are not a lot of Bismarcks around with your standard of detail, paint proficiency and convincing weathering. It takes a bit to hook me with WW II german stuff, but you definitely got me.

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Roland.
Das freut mich zu lesen, Michael. Schön das ich dich mit diesem alten WWII Pott ein bisschen locken konnte! 🙂

Dietmar Bogatzki
Einfach nur geil, Jörg 👍

Thomas Wirsching
Hallo Jörg, ich ahnte ja nicht, dass Du auch noch ein Takelmeister bist 🙂. Ich erstarre in Ehrfurcht vor Deiner sauberen Arbeit 👍

P.S.: Hab mir die Yamato geholt, allerdings die neue von Tamiya in 1:350 mit einem Premium-Upgrade-Set von MK1-Design für einen sehr fairen Preis...

Jörg Schäfer
Danke schön ihr beiden. 🙂
Das hört sich vielversprechend an Thomas und freut mich. Bin schon gespannt auf deinen Baubericht.

Paul Moore
I've seen better ….. 😎

Absolutely amazing!

Paul Moore
Makes me want to quit my shipbuild.

Jörg Schäfer
Lol. Thanks.

Fritz01
Überragend! Details über Details. Da möchte man am liebsten verkleinert in 1:200 über die Decks und die Brücke laufen!

Jörg Schäfer
🙂 ein schöner Gedanke.
Danke Fritz.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Allein die Kräne sind schon genial, Jörg 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Dietmar.
Aber ich muss auf passen jetzt kurz vor Schluss nicht schlampig zu werden.
Man sieht langsam des erwünschte Bauende und möchte schnell dahin.
Das nächste Projekt wartet und man ist schon heiß darauf. 😉

Roland Roth
Hier ist definitiv ein Filigran-High-End-Modellbauer am Werk ☝️
Andere würden behaupten - ein Nietenzähler 🤣

Ich bin hin und weg von dem Handwerksgeschick und der Detailverliebtheit 😍

Jörg Schäfer
Vielen Dank für die Blumen Roland. 😊

Joerg R.
Ja da schau her, der Roland hat Jörgs Meisterwerk gefunden 😄 😄

Michael Kohl
fehlt bei der Takelage nicht noch ein Tau? 😉

Jörg Schäfer
Der Micha passt aber ganz genau auf. 😅

Treehugger
I haven't read all the comments, but I wonder: How do you work with airbrushing on varnish? Presumably, after airbrushing on paint, you add a gloss coat and then some varnish to control the shine. Do you airbrush on varnish on the entire model, or separate parts perhaps?

Jörg Schäfer
I do not fully understand the question. I only work with matte finishes anyway. Whether brush or airbrush. If I then attach something with superglue, I paint over the spot again with a brush and matt clear varnish

Treehugger
Aha. So I always thought that airbrushing on a gloss coat, added protection against scrapes and fingerprints (and that adding gloss coat to a model was sort of necessary). I do think a smooth matte surface looks nice on my models, but they don't stay nice for long if I keep handling a model with my hands as I keep working. That is why I thought you other modelers always added a gloss coat on top and a varnish (to remove the high shine of the protective gloss coat).

Paul Moore
Jorg:

Where is this model displayed? I hope it's at a public place where people can enjoy and be educated by it.

Jörg Schäfer
So to avoid fingerprints I always use self-made handles for the individual sections. On the handles, mostly square pieces of wood and sawn-off tool handles, I then glue individual construction sections with Blu Tack. You can see it in picture 24 or 36.

Jörg Schäfer
Hello Paul.
Unfortunately I'm afraid not. I think it's too dangerous to go to a trade fair with this giant pot. I'm afraid of damage in transit. 😒

Paul Moore
I understand. You don't just put this in a briefcase! I was rather thinking of a permanent location. Like a museum, the entrance to a public building, foyer of a university building, a German navy headquarters, etc. Just a thought. People are so ignorant of their own countries history (at least in America).

Jörg Schäfer
I would find the idea very nice, but you will probably only be able to admire it in my private collection. Especially since the swastika is not allowed to be shown publicly in Germany, but only privately in connection with the historical model construction.

Michael Kohl
At a german university I would expect the lifespan of this model to be shorter than you can say: Alle Mann von Bord.

Michael Kohl
@Trehugger: consider gloves too. A big box doesn't cost a fortune and makes quite a difference.

Jörg Schäfer
Stimmt Michael 😅

JoRRuPoRNiKAS
Hello Master Jörg.
Very fine and clean execution, great detail. Full respect to the creator. A very powerful end result. Congratulations on completing the job!

Is there also a display-protection showcase for the model?

Shar Dipree
Hallo Jörg.
Wow, ich kann meine Begeisterung kaum in Worte fassen. Absolut tolle und echt wirkende Arbeit, finde ich. Spitzenmäßig! Teilweise hatte ich den Eindruck, ein leichter anderer Hintergrund und ich hätte gedacht, es wären Aufnahmen von der echten Bismark. HAMMERSPITZENMÄSSIG! Vielen Dank für die Bilder.

Jörg Schäfer
Vielen Dank Jungs. Freu mich sehr über diese tollen Kommentare.
Ja, natürlich kommt das Schiff unter eine Vitrine. Hab den riesigen Kasten auch schon zuhause.
Hoffe mal das wenn alles glatt läuft, die Bismarck nächsten Monat unter die Haube kommt.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Das mit der Reeli9ng glaube ich dir aufs Wort, Jörg.
elbst in 1/200 dürfte das noch fitzelig genug gewesen sein, sieht aber stark aus 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Danke schön Dietmar.
Da hat Pontos auch wieder gute Voraussetzungen geschaffen, indem sie einen ganzen Satz einzelner Reling Stützen als PE Satz dazu gelegt haben.
Durch die Ösen kann man ganz hervorragend Takelgarn fädeln, was ich um die Anker dann auch gemacht habe.
Bei der Reling um den Flaggenstock herum war es wieder eine Herausforderung. Das habe ich mit 0,2 mm Bleidraht gelöst.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Super, die Putzkolone, belebt das Ganze 🙂

Paulo
Amazing work! And big! A have a Tirpits half build since...35 years, but maybe will never finish it...

Michael Kohl
Die Butzkolonn muss bloos uffpasse dasse meim Schrubbe nit runnerfalle.

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Männers.
Wie ich sehe, ist dein Panzer auch recht groß Paulo.... 😄👍
Ich hoffe, das die Reling das in Zukunft verhindert Micha. 😁

Spanjaard
looking at this album from picture 1 to last.... supreme craftmanship and incredible details. my respect and admiration, what an amazing job

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you, I'm feeling honored. 😊

Juskifo
Yes it's fantastic master piece
Well well done👏👏

Jörg Schäfer
Many thanks, Juskifo. 🤝

Juskifo
proof that patience pays

Jörg Schäfer
true spoken

subotai
heißer scheiß 🙂

Thomas Bischoff
Wahnsinn die vielen Details!
Was visiting many times but only now browsed through the whole buildlog. Great work 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Many thanks.

Stefan Fraundorfer
Jörg, deine Bismarck gehört ohne Zweifel zum Besten, was ich je im Schiffsmodellbau gesehen habe. Ein sensationelles Gesamtkunstwerk hast du da erschaffen.

Michael Kohl
Ne glückliche Hand auf den letzten Metern... 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
Vielen Dank dafür. 😊

David Taylor
Fantastic build.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Goil Jörg, jetzt so mit Reelings und der Besatzung 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Jungs.

Thomas Wirsching
Ein epischer Bau auf den Du Stolz sein kannst Jörg! herzlicher Glückwunsch zur Indienststellung 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Vielen Dank Thomas. 😊

Michael Kohl
That I look at a model from all perspectives and think: "That is the way I would like it to look like if I would build it." doesn't happen often. Here it does. Everything you showed is just spot on. I salute your slow and steady progress too. I am anxious about the final pics. My model of the year.

Jörg Schäfer
Many thanks Michael. A big praise. 😊

Jan Peters
Congratulations on a monster project well ended.

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Jan

Neuling
A masterpiece. Danke für Deine Ausdauer, Jörg! Sie hat sich mehr als gelohnt.

Jörg Schäfer
Vielen Dank Neuling.

Spanjaard
now that it is possible to add comments again, it is time to bring this beauty back to the newsfeed 😉

Jörg Schäfer
The whole thing is very strange, Spanjaard. But the main thing is that the comments are working again.
But you're right, so my darling comes to the surface again. 😉

JoRRuPoRNiKAS
It is like reality; the result is a truly masterful work!
Congratulations on the completion of the great work!

Dominik Weitzer
great build!

Kesa Tiho
Wow 2 years is a while. Longer than ive been modelling. For 2 years i would have expected a lot more photos considering ive seen builds that have taken a maximum of 5 months have over 1100 pictures. All in all very nice build, love it 👍

Skyhiker
Well worth the effort... Congratulations.

Cristian A
Taking a seat and popcorn 🍿

Skyhiker
Welcome Cristian A.

Dave Flitton
Watching

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat too!

Skyhiker
Welcome gentlemen

Ben M
It is like a duck

Skyhiker
Yeah, it's a bit like the Su-34, just a little less flat.

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Skyhiker
Hi, DerMattes, welcome.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Skyhiker
Wings are on and surface details beginning.

Mr D
Coming along nicely 👍👍 More building 🤣 going ahead,
Smart and interesting aircraft, lm going to have to research n watch some YouTube videos on this aircraft.
Like the cockpit 👌

Mr D
Watching a YouTube video on the Berkut now, interesting aircraft 🤔 ..

Skyhiker
Yeah, it's kinda cool. Certainly it's different from the other Russian planes in looks.

Skyhiker
Worked on more details today.

Mr D
Better job on the nose shaping now, it was probably quite dependent on front aero due to wing position and design.
Could help with sonic boom too ??

Skyhiker
Infrared search scanner attached and corrected.

Martin Oostrom
Try this support.airfix.com/h..5080-Product-Support

gorby
Very nice work!

Alex K
👍 👍

Dominik Weitzer
nice plane - like those civil machines. well done!

Doubtingmango
Watching

Miguel Vaquero
Probably, my most ambitous project yet. Im going to try and recreate a sinking of a submarine with depth charges, droped from a destroyer. Everything in 1/700 scale. For this, i bought the Battle of the Atlantic set, wich comes with a J-Claas destroyer, a type VII German submarine and a Short Sunderland amphibous plane.

gorby
Sounds like an interesting project, I'll tag along. 🙂

David Taylor
Yuup.

Jay Dubya
Permission to come aboard Captain Vaquero?

Landlubber Mike
Looking forward to following this one!

Miguel Vaquero
Welcome aboard guys!! Happy to have you along.

Of course Jay! There's always room in my ships😁😁

Miguel Vaquero
Sub already done! It was small but detailed. The PE parts were really a challenge. Some weathering it's all it's left.

Miguel Vaquero
Today i wanted to work on how i want my diorama to look. So i hoped on blender and downloded some free assets and placed them together to see how i want it to look. I think for the quantity of resin and the accuracy of the scene this is going to be more or less the final desing of my diorama.

Miguel Vaquero
Starting with the destroyer. Awesome detail too but a million tiny parts. Good challenge for sure

Miguel Vaquero
Destroyer assembly done! To the paint booth

Jay Dubya
RAAF 10 Squadron Flying Porcupine next please, Miguel ?!!?

Kesa Tiho
I am in love
Fantastic build

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Kesa!!

Miguel Vaquero
I don't know if I'm going to finish the Sunderland😞😞. The fitting between the fuselages is too bad and fragile, using putty is not going to do the trick this time cause it will hide a lot of the nice detail and I will not be satisfied. I'll think about how to do it but there's not much hope now😓

Miguel Vaquero
To get my mind of the plane. I decided to destroy the sub.it turned out perfect, as I intended

Jay Dubya
Not really where you are headed with your diorama, but this might give a bit of context to my 'historical' comment Miguel.

"A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Sunderland (of No. 10 Squadron) made the type's first unassisted kill of a U-boat on 17 July 1940.[3]"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sunderland

Flying Porcupine
"Two examples, in particular, stand out: on the 13th of April 1940, a Sunderland operating off the coast of Norway was attacked by six Ju-88C heavy fighters – the Sunderland shot down one JU-88, damaged another so seriously it had to quit the fight, and drove the rest away.

A 1943 encounter with JU-88 was even more savage when a Sunderland from 461 Sqn RAAF was attacked by eight JU-88C long-range fighters. Despite the Sunderland being heavily damaged with most of the crew wounded, the Sunderland downed three attackers, damaged and drove off the rest and made the 560-kilometre return journey to Britain where the heavily damaged aircraft was beached at Cornwall."
planehistoria.com/short-sunderland/

10Sqn RAAF Photos -
adf-serials.com.au/sunderland.htm

Keep up the great work on these tiny models.
Cheers

PS The nickname 'Flying Porcupine' was probably just a bit of allied propaganda as there's not a lot of evidence the Germans ever referred to a Sunderland as one. It's a lot like the Japanese with the Beaufighter and Whispering Death.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks for all the info Jay! I really appreciate it. And they could fit very well with this diorama. They actually performed anti submarine operations from GB and they actually sunk 6 U-boats.

I'm sure if I'm able to fix my Sunderland, I'll paint it with their colours. I loved their history

Miguel Vaquero
The U-Boat has exploded!!💥💥

gorby
The explosion effect is very realistic.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Gorby!!

Miguel Vaquero
I've already glued the U-Boat to the acrylic sheet. As the background for the diorama states that the aft reserve torpedo exploded, to hide the cables I made some bubbles coming down from the exploded compartment. It's not the best but it's better than to have some cables seen.

Miguel Vaquero
The acrylic sheets mold is done. The ship is now lifted with nylon cord to place on to the resin without sinking. And the u-Boat is secured in the container.

Next step, the resin pouring. I've never been so nervous about a model.

gorby
Good luck with the resin Miguel.

Shar Dipree
following

Miguel Vaquero
Some bubbles formed. Not the best result, also they are positioned in places where some bubbles would be formed. Overall I think it turned out great.

Jay Dubya
Absolutely 'killed it' - well done Miguel!

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Jay!

That bubble on the bow is killing me. It's right on the surface of the resin but I don't know how to get rid of it, and if I'll make it worse if I try something

talbot
wow, absolutely love this

David Taylor
Brill.

Landlubber Mike
Wow, really cool man! Well done!

Rui S
Excellent work 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks a lot guys! There's still some work to do. But it's getting there.

I've made the form of the waves with some acrylic gel. Let's wait for it to dry and then to make some foam

Guy Rump
Great job, very impressive. 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Guy!

I ended up making and painting the Sunderland, flying the colors Jay suggested. The end result, I think it's salvageable. I'm wondering if I should put it in the diorama. The downside is ill have to stick it with some transparent acrylic rod. It's going to be visible but not too much. I think if I mask the bottom part of the rod, the one closer to the water, as a droped depth charge from the porcupine, the result might not be bad at all.
What do you guys think

Jan Peters
Very cool set up, and very ambitious. You're a braver man than I.
Love the effect of the explosion, very convincing.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Jan!! Im not really brave, I was really really scared 🤣🤣. Its just a matter of trying and if I fail well, from everything we learn. In the end it turned out great, so that is that.

It's really great having all the support from all you experienced guys. I've only been modelling for a year or so, so your comments are really encouraging

Miguel Vaquero
Testing the Sunderland. What do you guys think. I'm not sure If I loved or hate it

gorby
I like it, I think it adds another element of interest (mind you I reeeeeally like the Sunderland so I might be biased). 🙂
I just want to comment on the how you've done the surface of the water - excellent, particularly the effect of the exploding depth charges.

Mr D
That looks fantastic Miguel 👌👍👍

Miguel Vaquero
It really does add a lot to the scene Gorby. I'll have to think thoroughly but I'm starting to like the diorama more with the Sunderland in it.

Also thank you and thanks Mr D for you kind words! The good thing about this diorama is that it really doesn't need any special abilities. It's as simple as it can get and it will give you a great result

Mr D
It's has plenty of life to it 👏👌.
How did you get the bubbles in the right place 🤔??
I am starting a Diorama once l get my next build sorted, lm trying to rap up the X2 projects I'm working on and then l start my Mi-8 it's going to be part of a Chernobyl disaster Diorama, l have the damaged power station ready for paint,
I would like to create explosion n smoke like you have done here and LED.
Nice work 😀👍

Villiers de Vos
This is epic. You manage to capture the observer with your dynamic and realistic scene.

Ben M
Remarkable diorama. How did you get the resin so deep? The stuff I use, you can only pour 1/8" at a time. The diorama is so dynamic and exciting!

Miguel Vaquero
Thank you Villiers. Really glad that you like it. Your words really mean a lot coming from such a great modeller.

Well Mr D, the big bubbles coming out of the explosion are mainly produced by the gap a created when cutting the U-Boat. The air trapped inside came to the surface while the resin was curing, and it cured faster than the bubbles could scape to the surface. They as well appear because of the cotton I used to create the explosion effect, but mainly because of the first reason. Also Ill make sure to follow your build. It really sound amazing, and watching your prior work, Im sure it's going to be awesome.

Thank you also Ben!! I'm glad you enjoyed the work. As per the resin, I really used the cheap one from AliExpress. I mixed well the two parts till the resin and hardener were completely clear. Then I poured it and that's it. The instructions said I could pour up to 2 centimeters per pour. I did four centimeters deep at once and it cured great. The only downside I found is that not all small bubbles rised to the surface and couldn't be popped with a torch. I should have poured a little, then torched and then poured the rest. I didn't expect such a Good result from this but guess I got lucky.

Mr D
Thanks for the Info Miguel 👍 it's all worked out for the best.

Miguel Vaquero
It did worked. Now the only thing left is to crate a base to go with it and finish the wiring.

Bruce Huxtable
Very impressed with your execution of this evocative scene. No escape for those poor souls..... Your creative solutions worked very well indeed, but I'm curious as to how you formed the surface of the sea? There's a lot going on, including the expanding circular waves. Superb!

Dominik Weitzer
great!

Nigel Chapman
Very nice. Box stock?

Dominik Weitzer
i wished could build it box stock. the decals were missing, so i choosed a similar color. Perhaps, i will find some decals some day.

Bozzer
A very nice, clean build, Dom. She's showroom perfect!
Now about those decals?
Let me check a little later, and I may be able to help 😉

Goldman
Great looking model. Very well done. Like the colors you chose

Bill Newcomer
Cool to see one built up. Yeah, definitely needs decals. Did you dechrome the fuel tanks?

Bozzer
Dom, there's a guy on SM who has a kit for sale, that's started. I'm trying to find out if the decals are present? If they are, he only wants €20 for the kit. That's a good reason to get it. Then you could have a blank canvas for something else too?

Dominik Weitzer
Thank you very much mates! Much appreciated.

@Bozzer: you have my attention 😉 That sound good! I can contact the seller - he is in austria. That would be great and is a perfect idea!!!

@Bill: yes, i dechromed them, glued together and sanded the "gluelines". After painting, i used Bare Metal Foil for the Chromestripes. Same on the Airboxes.

Bozzer
Glad to be of assistance, Dom 🙂

Nigel Chapman
I agree the painted fuel tanks look much better

Christian W
Agree too! Less chrome on it is not that bad anyway. I like the color. Well built!

Is it possible to aply the decals afterwards? On my Freightliner it will be a bigge issue because of all that handlebars on the cabin and sleeper.

Dominik Weitzer
luckily, and hughe thanks to Bozzer! - i got the decals with the started kit.
It looks like, they can be aplied afterwards. the are not as complicated as i had in mind. exciting :-D . Time to lay my hands on.