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Andreas Koziol
Ein Meisterstück! Perfect in details & painting! 👍

Spanjaard
excellent, as all your builds 🙂

Murad ÖZER
lovely scene. 🙂

HMR
Really great job and nice pictures. Photo 12 looks amazing!

Holger Kranich
Absolute nice scene! Well done! 👍 But what happened to the rotorhead? Got too hot in the desert?😉

Jean-Michel Tilquin
Wow very fine!

Neuling
Gentlemen, thank you for your interest in my diorama and your appreciation! Holger, I built this one in 1999, so I don´t remember the whereabout of the rotorhead and the temperatures. I was naive and trusted in the brand name of the kit manufacturer MRC (Model Rectifier Corporation). Help me: Where should the rotorhead be placed and how does it look like?

Holger Kranich
Moin! Gerade auf Bild 19 fällt die Ausrichtung des gesamten Rotors auf. Der müßte eigentlich kerzengerade sein und nicht nach vorn und hinten runterhängen. Daher mein Spaß mit der Hitze.😉

Neuling
Vielen Dank, Holger. Die Bauanleitung schrieb vor, die Rotoren in "a drooping way" zu montieren. Referenzbilder hatte ich damals nicht, im Netz war ich noch nicht unterwegs, so daß ich des Guten zuviel getan habe. Deine Bilder zeigen ein deutlich geringeres "Durchhängen" der Rotorblätter. Da gehe ich nochmals ran ans Modell! Ein Bauteil habe ich aber nicht verschlampt, oder?

Daniel Klink
Again wonderful stuff you show here! Really amazing detailwork 👍

Holger Kranich
Nein "Neuling, alles Bestens! Ist ein klasse Dio! 👍 👍 🙂

Andreas Koziol
@neuling hast du das damals geairbrusht oder nur mit dem pinsel gearbeitet?

Neuling
Danke Daniel und Holger! Andreas, ich verwende bei den Fahrzeugen und Flugzeugen Tamiya-Farbspraydosen und arbeite dann mit Pinsel und Tupfer noch etwas nach.

Andy W.
Kann mich nur anschließen. Schöne modelle und ein klasse Diorama

Saeed Ezadi
Nice Cobra Neuling. Always pleasure to see Cobra's specially with desrt scheme

Michael Hickey
What an awesome dio, so much for the eye to look at.👍

Neuling
Andy, Saeed and Michael, thank you for your interest in my diorama and your appreciation!

Zsolt Czegle
Klasse Arbeit! 👍

Neuling
Danke Zsolt.

Stuart Perry
Love it

Neuling
Thank you Stuart.

Neuling
Not a new build, just better pictures with my new camera. - And I readjusted the rotor blades according to Holgers proposal.

David Taylor
Brill.

Jean-Michel Tilquin
Maybe not a new build, but still eye-catching. Looks like your new camera is working fine, Neuling!

Jan Peters
Great job all'round Neuling 👍🏻

Hanno Kleinecke
The fact that this build is already over 20 years old, makes the very high skill level even more obvious !
Another super dense atmospheric dio off the bench of Neuling- Works 👍

gorby
That looks great Neuling.
Amazing to think you've been producing such excellent quality for so long.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Another Masterpiece of Neuling 👍 👍

John
Very cool! I have the MRC AH-1W kit in the stash. Tempted to start it now, but for certain I will pay attention to the rotor head placement!

Mathias Decommere
Wauw! This one is amazing! I love the activity, composition and subject in this one. And the paintjob is offcourse superb. I always enjoy your work Neuling!

Neuling
Thanks a lot mates! Much appreciated! - Jean-Michel, my old Panasonic was good, but my new Sony is better indeed (and admittedly I´ve learned about diorama photography here on scalemates). - John, the rotor head of the kit is okay, the drooping rotors were my own mistake.

Jv
I showed one of my friends some pics of one of your builds
He said wtf I thought it was real
You always surprise whed your level of detail

Thomas K.
Schaut wie immer super aus 👍

Christian Bruer
Excellent work and finish 👍

Neuling
Thank you, Jv ! Danke Thomas und Christian !

Kyle DeHart
Just seeing this. Incredible work and photos as always.

Olivier
The system needed 1 days to bring this 'new' wonder to my attention. I am happy I can enjoy it now.

Neuling
Thank you Kyle! Merci Olivier!

Pietro De Angelis
Wow!

Tommy Agne
Top 👍!

Neuling
Thank you, Pietro and Tommy!

Mr James
Not only are your builds stunning. Its your photography that sets you apart . Your use of lighting, shadows and the realistic POV angels is an enviable talent.

Neuling
Thank you Mr James, also for the many kind likes!

Shar Dipree
Hi Neuling. Another WOW from me. Great idea, something completely different. great implemented.

Neuling
Thanks a lot Shar Dipree!

Paul Eden
Excellent work, full size chopper + truck + jeep is epic.

coporado
Fantastic build, composition and presentation - 10/10

Neuling
Many thanks, Paul and coporado! Much appreciated!

Lebloge
Beautiful work 😲... beautifull pictures 😮... 🤔 as usual ☺️

Kendrick Brown
This is so well done. Appreciate you posting this for some inspiration!

J35J
Excellent work! Congrats 👍🏻

Roy Seine
Amazing attention to detail, great work!

Neuling
Many thanks Lebloge, Kendrick, J35J and Roy! Glad you like my stuff!

Rick402
Where'd you get the placards at? Those are sweet! IMHO I think those little details sale the whole thing!

Neuling
Thanks Rick402 for the feedback! Which placards do you mean?

Guy Rump
Another great dio! 👍

CaptGPF
Your dios always leave me speechless - the builds, details, choreography and the photos are just done to perfection. My only complaint is that anyone can spend too much time looking at so many little details done to perfection that they may forget to finish their own kits!

Bruce Huxtable
Welcome, Matti. This is going to be an interesting journey....

Nicolas
Following

Bruce Huxtable
Welcome, Nicolas. This kit has raised panel lines, and I have no idea how they will enhance or detract... Some might re-scribe, but I'm going to work with it, as is.

Bruce Huxtable
Progress on the painting is progressing today.

Bruce Huxtable
Welcome, Mirko. I've moved onto the decals, so more photos later in the week. Lots of small parts to add, plus the canopy too, of course.

Bruce Huxtable
Welcome, Andrew. I won't be able to finish this before going on summer holiday, but hopefully I'll install the undercarriage and their covers.

Bruce Huxtable
Welcome, Neil, and many thanks for your 'likes'. No more progress til after returning from summer break .

Alec K
Taking a seat for this, sure to be another beauty 👍

gorby
Thanks for taking an interest Alec. I should get this completed very soon. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking my seat too 🙂

gorby
Welcome Robert. 🙂

Neuling
May I join?

gorby
Of course Neuling. The more the merrier. 🙂

Philippe EVE
Impressionnant!😀😀

gorby
Thanks Philippe. I hope to get the next update done later today. 👍

Philippe EVE
👌👍!

gorby
New photos start at number 10.
This may give the impression that I've completed this in a couple of weeks...it's been nearer two months. Although the build is complete this update doesn't take us to the end of the build process.
Thanks for having a look. 🙂

John Hughes
Looking good! I made mine into a 6pdr portee many decades ago.

gorby
Thanks John. 🙂

Alec K
This looks really good Gorb 👍. I like your resin casts, they look superb.

gorby
Thanks Alec. I've tried cast parts in resin before and it wasn't very successful, this time I used silicon as the mould and that made all the difference. It's really easy with silicon. 🙂

Alec K
Hmm, I'll have to check silicone rubber out.

bughunter
Holy moly - what a nice little model! Great work so far 👍 Sorry, I was not in the mood to follow all the nice builds here, so I discovered it lately.
And thank you very much for mention me in the album info 😉

gorby
No problem mate, I have times I'm not in the mood to comment, quite often really as I'm a grumpy old git. 😄
I hope to get the final photos posted at the weekend, it's finally stopped raining here so busy doing other jobs at the moment. 🙂

Guy Rump
Looking great! 👍

gorby
Thanks Guy. 👍

gorby
Finally got around to taking some photos of this ridiculous beast, thanks you all for following the build. 🙂

Neuling
A nice one! Diorama wanted!

David Taylor
Nice one.

gorby
Thanks David. 👍
Thanks Neuling, although you're mistaking me for a proper modeller if you expect a dio. 😄 😄
I have to be in the right mood to to do a dio and at the moment I just feel like building models. 🙂

Neuling
Okay. Better luck next time! 🙂

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

gorby
Thanks Guy. 🙂

Christian Bruer
Wow, very impressive and excellent work with a lot of scratchbuilt parts - love it 👍

gorby
Thanks very much Christian. Apparently the drivers didn't love them because they were sooooo slow. 🙂

Christian Bruer
But they looked so cool. Well more a slow rider than a low rider 😄

gorby
😄 😄 😄

CaptGPF
That scratch building at that scale is insane! ❤️❤️❤️

gorby
Thanks Capt, I like the challenge of building in 1/72. 👍

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉

Ray Loch
Excellent subject from a not so excellent kit, but then again I haven't attempted my Kittyhawk Jaguar yet. Will be watching this one..

Moaske
The Kittyhawk kit is indeed much better. Enjoy building that one. Also operation Granby scheme?
I'm gonna put mine on hold until these arrive: reskit-models.com/in..49&search=jaguar
The kit nozzles are downright unusable (they don't even fit properly! 😂)

Michael Kohl
Good kit? Bad kit? It's a Jag. I follow.

Ray Loch
Most definitely will be doing the Kittyhawk in a Granby scheme. I might get those nozzles as well.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Moaske
Still waiting for the resin nozzles, but otherwise finished... 🙂

Additionally to the aftermarket sets, I've so far scratch built and/or raided from the spares box:
-Intake trunks & turbine fans : 3D printed
-Dorsal and wingtip navigation lights
-Some wiring and extra detailing in the wheel wells
-Canopy lift mechanism and inner frame
-Boundary layer fences: butchered from the overwing pylons
-Pitot tube
-Main gear door pull rods
-Stores stabilizer brackets (are these called this way?) on the free hardpoints
-Got low-vis roundel decals from a Tornado kit

The Heller kit itself is very poor...everything about it, even the decals. I'd say avoid it, unless you want a real challenge :-P

David Taylor
Nice.

CaptGPF
Poor kit or not, you certainly brought it to its full potential! Can't wait to see the finished build with the cans. 😀

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉

Guy Rump
Another Japanese WW2 aircraft for my stable. 🙂

Nicolas
Following

Guy Rump
Made a start on the Ki-46. The interior main colour is Ammo-Mig Interior Mitsubishi. 🙂

Welcome Nicolas, pull up a stool. 🙂 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Sukhoi 242. 👍

Jan Voorbij
Nice!

Guy Rump
Today I put the wings together and sprayed the parts which will be the undercarriage with Ammo Mig Mitsubishi interior green.

Thanks Jan! 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Patryk S. 👍

Guy Rump
Fuselage together and undercarriage area added to wings. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Pietro DA, Villiers DV & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Fuselage joined to wings and tail plane added. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Matti T, Vincent, scaleffect & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Engines now on. Engine covers and masking of canopy next. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes J35J, Mojo DV & Franck D. 👍

Guy Rump
Cockpit masked and attached. Primer and pre-shading added. 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo IJA Grey Green added to the underside. 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo IJA Dark Green added to the top side of the fuselage and wings. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Franck G. 👍

Guy Rump
Gloss varnish applied and Decals added. Wash applied to panels to weather the aircraft. 🙂

Lost_Erik
Right on! 👍

Guy Rump
And finally complete! Thanks mates for your comments & likes. 👍

Many thanks Lost_Erik for your kind comment, I appreciate it greatlt. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes William J, Lost Erik, Dave F & NordMito. 👍