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Lebloge
Thanks for your «Like», Mates 🤝

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work.

Dave
Nice job. Looks great. I like how the supervisor decided that was time for a nap.

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Neuling
Good work. Crew and base wanted!

Lebloge
Thank you for your kind words 🫡
@Neuling-I unfortunately don't have your incredible talent for dio. I tried figurines a long time ago, without much results. So I stick to the vehicles that have always given me good times 😉
@Dave-for once the supervisor didn't fall asleep ON my equipment 😬

Neuling
Let the good times roll, Lebloge! 🙂 This M 113 looks very good.

gorby
Very nice!

Lebloge
Thanks a lot Gorby 🤝

Lebloge
thanks so much for all the like 🫡

Dietmar Bogatzki
Great building and paintjob, Lebloge 👍

Spanjaard
beautiful job on that M113 (very nice supervisor too 🙂 )

Michael Kohl
Decent looking factory fresh M113.

Lebloge
Thanks for the kind comments, lads 🤝

Mr James
Good work indeed. The added details are a great touch

Rui S
Welcome to scalemates🙂

Spanjaard
excellent

Lukas Muller
nice!

scalemates
👍

Scot R
That's a really gorgeous model. You did an amazing job.

Soeren R.
Really nice! Whats your opinion about this kit?`

Guy Rump
A beauty! 👍

Soeren R.
Awesome! What do you think about this kit?

Ben M
👀

Bohrmann
👀 Thanks for sharing lots of high quality,work in progress pictures. Enjoying your project 😃. I'm observing and learning. here

Eddy Marshall
Hey Bohrmann... Hope you're enjoying the paintwork as much as I am... Happy modelling mate...!

Torsten
Follow 👀

JD
Me too. Any plans for lighting?

John Hughes
I've got four of the old ISD kits with fibreoptic lighting in my stash. I was thinking of doing one of them as Booster's ship.

JD
That will be cool, I'm looking forward to it🙂

jan zumack
Hi Guys, @ JD i will use some fibreoptics and this Kit have a lighting unit. I also do some Upgrades for the Body. I found many stuff at the net. 😅

Torsten
WOW 👀 👀

JD
Looking good! What size of fiber optics are you using here?

jan zumack
@ JD 0.5mm

JD
Thanks! I'm interested to see how you trim the ends of the fibers. I'm still unsure how to do that..

jan zumack
Me too, it is very small and tight. I think, i use a Nail Cutter.😅

JD
Woah, that's some heavy modifications there, I see what you mean by "Errant Venture"

jan zumack
Its an portable spaceport, i find some Pictures with many Docking stations, i Hope the endproduct Looks cool...

Torsten
Still watching with great interest, great idea with the docking station 😎

Roman Modelar
hmm, very interesting 😉

JD
Looking good, are you cutting the fibers with a sharp blade or nail clippers? I'd like to see a pic of how you do it. 😁

jan zumack
I make a pic for you. 😅

JD
Thanks, but I don't see the cutting process. Blade or clippers?

jan zumack
I Cut after painting

John
Very nice!
The Empire always had the coolest equipment...

Rui S
Impressive lighting 👍

JD
Woah… red?

jan zumack
@ JD starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Errant_Venture

JD
Ok thanks! I was unaware of this..🤓

JD
Hey thanks for showing how you're cutting the fibers. The cutter looks huge by comparison! Are you able to cut close enough? Maybe a sharp blade is not ideal, or would take forever to cut them all.. very interesting 🙂

jan zumack
For some Fibers i use a Skalpell, but the Most with my tuned Cutter. I Dremel the cutters top, so he ist smaller. And yeah i Cut Close enough. 👍😉

jan zumack
Mainship done 😁

Villiers de Vos
Very nice weathering.

Torsten
Great turn out, the painting is very nice 😎

Ralf Topeters
The Errant Venture in scale, what a great idea. I love it because it is so well done. Only thing left is a green X-Wing in scale entering the hangar bay. 😉

Robin (WhiteGlint)
A red Star Destroyer, very cool!

Simon Nagorsnik
Fantastic- great job so far!!😄

jan zumack
Its Not ready yet. Thanks 😁

Torsten
Nice progress 👍

jan zumack
Thanks.

Jeramy Boileau
WOW! Jan your work is Awesome!

jan zumack
Thanks Jeramy. 🤗

Shar Dipree
Awesome work! Impressive 👍

Skyhiker
That's a cool idea using a car sponge to hold the model. I think I will have to get one.

John
Regarding the Gnat, use white or pink (really!) as a base coat for yellow and it covers in fewer coats. Tamiya's yellow is probably better than most but it's still a difficult color to work with.

Mr D
Great 👍 thanks for letting me know, l been a bit confused when I've seen people spraying pink 🤔?? Then paint over. Now it makes sense will try it next time. Cheers 😀

Johne 69
Some very nice Modells and a lot of fun 👍

Neuling
Nice collection!

Mr D
Thanks Neuling...👍👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for sharing.

Mr D
Hi Villiers 👋, l like to see people's build processes, find it interesting and learn too.
So l try to upload myself.
👍

Guy Rump
Interesting and helpful tips. Very nice builds! 👍

Mr D
Hi Guy👋 thanks 👍
I like following build processes myself as l have leaned alot and been inspired from other model builders yourself included.
Thanks for interest👍

gorby
Very nice work converting the M35 to a ZIL.

Mr D
Hi Gorby 👋
Thanks 👍 l wanted a ZiL to put beside my Beriev ( got to painted today) The ZiL kits didn't look that great for the money, l like scratch building up little bits so got a cheap M-35 4D kit unfortunately they didn't do a ZiL.
it's ABS so all work in S-glue.

John
I agree with gorby, great bit of scratch building on that conversion! 👍

Skyhiker
Why do you have all of this different stuff in the same album?

Mr D
Hi Skyhiker 👋.
This was my first Album, it was made up before l knew how to sort individual projects ect.
I wasn't to sure if l would find the 4D M35 kit ... So just added it the old album.
I have organised some projects out of it. .. l do move the photos of the current build up to the front.
But it is a bit of a mess that album..🤣

Mr D
Really nice model.... Presented in a clever way, be a shame to hide that engine work.
Like it 👍👍

Rocky-84
Thank you! Unfortunately there is a bit of dust behind the clear part. The seam between the two halfs needs a lot of sanding and filler and I couldn't avoid it completly.

Nicolas
Great work.

Alberto
Very nicely done. I have the same kit in my stash, I'm in two minds about using the clear half or not

John
Great start and cockpit. I am a big fan of the Tamiya kits from this era. A very fun "canvas" to play with for detailing and painting. They still hold up compared to modern tooling if done right.

Mark Sherwood
I'm in. 🥸

Alberto
Thanks John and Mark. The cockpit is excellent just OOB, considering the year this tool was released. And the kit is still pretty inexpensive these days.

Mark Sherwood
Mine did, when I applied the VMS Gloss on the Shiden, prior to decalling. Did lose a bit of subtly, but not much. Looking good so far Alberto.

Alberto
Thanks Mark. It's tricky to guess when's the right time to stop the blending without loosing the pre-shading once the model is finished 😄

John
That's exactly my experience Alberto. The line between too much and not enough is very thin for sure. I've noticed that's especially true with darker colors like olive drabs or the IJN green like here. In those cases, some post shading with some lighter versions of the base color might be necessary to restore some of the tonal variation. Looking good 👍