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gorby
Nice!

Rui S
Very nice clean build 👍

Don Oberempt
Nice!

Eero K Author
Thank You for kind feedback. Hopefully more professional pictures coming soon 🙂

builder_squirrel
Impressive! how do you finish the paint to lock so bright?

Lebloge
Superb!

gorby
Fantastic work!

Djordje Nikolic Author
Thanks gorby 🙂

Pepe
😍

Lebloge
Excellent work 🤩

gorby
Nice job.

Skyhiker
Jamie that Yak came out great. Did you hand paint that or are you using an airbrush now?

gorby
Nice work.

gorby
Very nice work, I love the scheme!

Spanjaard
wonderful job!

gorby
Lovely result!

Spanjaard
beautiful dio

Gustavo Sarmento
Excellent!

Rui S
Very well done birds 👍

builder_squirrel Author
thanks! 🙂 First models after 20 years, going back to the hobby after a christmas gift!

Jennifer Franklin
It's a lovely set of planes.

gorby
Nice work on both of them, and welcome back to the hobby. 🙂

CaptGPF
I'd have never thought you even left the hobby with these builds!

Spanjaard
you come back with a blast! beautiful models!

Spanjaard
I just realized they are 1/72, I was sure they were 1/48, amazing!

Ray Loch
Well done, especially the weathering.

Rui S
I like it 👍

Neil
Very nice 👍

builder_squirrel Author
thanks! Weathering done with oil paints, all model paint with brush only

Jennifer Franklin
impressive

Lebloge
Great job 👏🏻

CaptGPF
Agree with Ray - the weathering really makes elevates the flawless build!

Spanjaard
only brush?! wow, respect! it looks fabulous

Prieur Gaël Author
It is a very easy and pleasant assembly, no trap for the moment.
I used the color of the cockpit which is not black for the first machines but blue gray (gunze H337)

Maciej Bellos
That's a rare sight! A perouvian Mirage! Looking good!

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
good job !

Prieur Gaël Author
merci laurent
@Maciej I loved to see the french airplane with exotic scheme

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Bravo Gael !

Prieur Gaël Author
Merci Pierre

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
pas eu trop de mal avec la découpe du kit ( dessous? )

Prieur Gaël Author
Non pas trop, il me sert de montage de déverminage, je repère des trucs pour ceux qui suivront,comme limer certaines parties des entrées d'air (sur le dessous) qui gène un peu la bonne pose du ventre et crée une petite marche juste derrière la case de tain

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
ok...la découpe du bas est bizarre , mais sinon le kit est très détaillé

Alain Courouge
Bravo à toi.

Prieur Gaël Author
Merci Alain

Cristian A
Nice, beautiful result

babak chalangi Author
UMa models were kind enough to give me some photos, details and painting guides of their harrier plus model

babak chalangi Author
The model looks superb

Juergen Klinglhuber
That is looking interesting.
+ Where are the crowd of prectators from? (is this a kit? 3D print?)

babak chalangi Author
Hello Juergen the crowds are from 3d files I gathered from the internet over the years ( I had this idea for many years now )
I 3d printed them on my friend's Anycubic 3d printed
I'm planing to add more since I forgot to add any females on the initial print 😄

babak chalangi Author
of course one of the participators are 3d scan of one of my friends 😄

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx for the info - 👍

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Cristian A
Taking a seat on this one + popcorn

John Author
Thanks Rui and Christian! The painting phase slowly comes into view...

Desert Marlin
Always love a well done Falcon!!!

John Author
Thanks DM! Big fan of your Sufa too, and that display cabinet is awesome. 👍

Rui S
Great work on this big One 👍

Neil
A fantastic Falcon mate 😊

Jennifer Franklin
*wow* very impressive

Desert Marlin
Looks really great! I like the tones on the exhaust!

Desert Marlin
These are a huge amount of work!!!

Richard Sellei
Nice work 🙂 Congratulation 🙂

CaptGPF
Engaging build process with a fabulous result! The subtle tonal variations really paid off after your eternity of doodling over the black base, and the subtle weathering is done to perfection! ❤️❤️❤️

John Author
Thanks for the comments everyone! And yes, Capt it did feel kind of eternal when doodling 😄 I have since learned when using a darker color that your doodle coat should be a lot lighter than you think you need as you can always blend coat a touch more to tone it down but if it's not light enough, poof, it's gone even with the most minimal of blend coats.

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 Author
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 Author
Thank you mates, feel free to stick around!

Thomas Bischoff
a lot of aftermarket sets - curious how the fit so I watch the show 👍

Alexander
Same, very curious how the additional detail turns out 👍

Sergej I
Awesome aftermarket p0rn! 👍, I like your cautious approach, can never dry-fit too much.

And a hint... the new 3D printed sidewinders from ResKit are awesome, without any assembly needed, consider changing over Edo's...

Sid de Koning Author
I ageer, they are awesome! But still different than the needed CATM-9, so I have tried to adjust the Tamiya winder to a CATM.

Patrick Hagelstein
I agree with Sergej, this looks like aftermarket p0rn! But hey, that's what we are here for! 😅 Bring it on, Sid! 💪🏼

Martin Weinpold
Nice!

John
Nice that you managed to overcome the carpet monster and recover the nozzle pieces!

Rui S
Very Nice camo 👍

Sergej I
Great camo, colours are matching perfectly! 👍
I spotted some overspray on the bottom right wing, did you manage to fix that? If so, how? - as it is an irregular shape...

Sid de Koning Author
Where exactly Sergej, because I haven't noticed it yet?

Sergej I
Pic 41, right wing, bottom, white/blue demarcation near the flap between load points 7 and 8,

but now looking again it may be just off-focus on the camera...

Patrick Hagelstein
I see what you mean; the demarcation is ever so slightly softer than the rest of this card edged pattern. Ik looks like the mask has lifted.

Patrick Hagelstein
Hmmmm…. In picture 51 it's gone! 🤔 Might be a camera glitch after all… 😅

Sergej I
Yup, all the rivets are correct on photo 51 😉 👍

CaptGPF
Boy, those gravity checks are really rough on your nozzles! Looking amazing so far! 👀

Jan Peters
Taking a seat, following this 👀

Gerrit Rost
The "new" revell modell is a nice job to do, the old one was terror 😜

Chris T. An Author
Welcome Jan and Gerrit. And yes, the old 1963 model is horrible. this "new" one from 1997 is much better.

Gerrit Rost
If you take the landing gear inside, place some small parts of spruey under the doors for better fit in the boxes, especially for the front wheel

Nicolas
Following as well.

Skyhiker
Revell canopies always suck.

Jan Peters
The canopy is the weakest point of the Revell 262. That, and the boxed in landing gear bay.
Mind you, some boxes hold better canopies than others, it is kind of a lottery.

Gerrit Rost
Get a file and tune it to a nice fit, and use white/ Wood glue for the canopy . I have build a dozen of this kit .

Chris T. An Author
Thanks for all your hints. The canopy is glued now. Still some work needed but I think it will be ok in the end. I am not a fan of buying all the aftermarket parts and accessories, so the parts OOB must be enough. No extra vac formed canopy. 😜

Spanjaard
following, got two of them.... 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

V G
Great job thus far mate! I've built the same kit and the canopy fit was atrocious (could be individual error but Revell isn't famous for the fit of their models. Can't wait to see the progress!

Rudy Poseika
I did the ME262 from this kit earlier this year. The P51 is next in line after my current build. Your progress is looking 👍

DerMattes
Following 👍

Transall NG
Following !

Jan Peters
Looking good 👍🏻

Villiers de Vos
Nice progress.

Spanjaard
excellent result!

Łukasz Gliński
Impressive 👍 Did you add some sort of filter over the camo to soften the colours' borders?

Pietro De Angelis
Beatiful!

Chris T. An Author
Hey Lukasz, I just masked the top of the fuselage and the wings with Tamiya tape for the sharp edge. The spots and transitions on the side are simply sprayed by hand. After applying the 2 colors, I lightened them again with white and sprayed over them in places to create a little more variation

Skyhiker
That was fast. Great results. Congratulations!

Jan Peters
Excellent result, great finish 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Chris T. An Author
Thanks guys. I made a short video of the model, please see here:

Youtube Video

Marius
Superb model!

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work. Nice photographs too.

Guy Rump
Excellent modelling. 👍

Neuling
I fully agree!

Nicolas
Very nice. 👍

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Nice job👍

Rui S
Beautiful work 👍

builder_squirrel
Amazing model!! beatifull paint job

Jennifer Franklin
Love the photography as well as the subject. Very nice model.

Mark Sherwood
Nice looking 262, excellent build, paint and weathering. 👍🥸🤘

CaptGPF
Looks like you got the entire German Lufwaffe over there! ❤️❤️

Villiers de Vos
Another master piece starting to take shape.

Jörg Schäfer Author
Let's hope so. The conditions are particularly good this time. Not only do I have a Pontos set for this model, I also have an MK 1 set on top. So let's see what I can conjure up from it

David Taylor
Back in.

Jörg Schäfer Author
Top. 😃

Jan Peters
Jetzt gehts los!
Another two year build Jörg?
Following 👀

Jörg Schäfer Author
I think so Jan. 😅
Nice that you be there.

Sven Schönyan
Zur Entspannung jetzt was bodenständigeres?

Ich bin auf jeden Fall dabei!

Jörg Schäfer Author
Schön Sven.
Ja, der Ausflug ins Star Wars Universum war nett, aber ich baue doch am liebsten Schiffchen. 😉
Sehen wir uns auf der EME?

Sven Schönyan
Leider nicht. An dem Wochenende kann ich nicht und ich muss dieses Jahr etwas Urlaub sparen. Ich habe für Hamburg im September gebucht.

Jörg Schäfer Author
Sehr Schade.
Und Hamburg im September kann ich leider nicht.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Schön zu sehen, das japanisch Bügeleisen ist im Bau. Bin schon gespannt auf das Ergebnis!😳

Teeage
Ganz neu für mich, schiffe. Gespannt wo's hingeht. Hals & Beinbruch 💪🏼

Jörg Schäfer Author
Fein, das freut mich euch dabei zu haben.
Glaubt mir, bin auch gespannt wo ich lande. 😄😉

Michael Kohl
Nicht ohne mich! 🙂

Jörg Schäfer Author
Klasse. 👍😀

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Jörg Schäfer Author
It's nice that you're there, Jennifer. 😀

Dietmar Bogatzki
Taking a seat 🙂

Jörg Schäfer Author
I forgot that you came on board, Dietmar. Nice to have you there. 😀

Dietmar Bogatzki
want to see how you build this iconic ship 🙂

Jörg Schäfer Author
Very nice. 👍

Michael Kohl
Nice workbench. And how on earth do you keep your cutting mat that clean?
Das Modell? Ja das Modell wird halt wieder super. Eh klar! 😉

Jörg Schäfer Author
Thanks Michael.
That's easy. Before I started building the Mikasa, I rotated it 180 degrees. If you look at the picture with the bow view, you will notice the paint and glue residue in the back corner. 😁

Dietmar Bogatzki
Fantastic seein how you build a nother Masterpiece, Jörg 👍

Jörg Schäfer Author
And my best thanks again, Dietmar. 😃

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jörg Schäfer Author
Thank you, and nice to have you on board.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Fantastisch was du mit dem Rumpf gezaubert hast, Jörg und das in der kurzen Zeit 👍

Teeage
Looking great! Steady hand! I would think hullred but I had to look up the word "antifouling" 🤔🦐🦞🐙🦑

Jörg Schäfer Author
Thank you both.
It's unbelievable what was mixed into the antifouling paint back then, Tini. 😲

Jan Peters
Excellent progress, looking forward to seeing more

Jörg Schäfer Author
Thank you very much, Jan. I'll try to hurry....😅

Sy Bar
Great work so far 🍿

Slight off topic I'm interested in the storage you have behind it. Particularly the one between the brush storage and the three tall draws. My question is de you convert another storage to give the racks for your tray things and if so how/what did you convert? I have the same storage system but have not found anything like that rack and it's a great idea I'd like to use.
Cheers and keep the good work going as it's going to be a great model. 👍

Jörg Schäfer Author
Hello Sy Bar.
Thank you.
Do you mean this rack?!

hobbyzone.pl/en/modu..niversal-drawer.html

It is very modular and can be adapted to the respective use. I use them to store the organizer drawers for my etched parts.

Sy Bar
Cheers #Jörg keep up good work

Joerg R.
Alter! Hier sieht man erst, welch gigantische Arbeit du jetzt schon wieder investiert hast. Namensvetter, das wird wieder was richtig feines von dir, da bin ich mir zu 100% sicher.
Bin auf jeden Fall wieder dabei und staune und staune.
gruss
Jörg

Jörg Schäfer Author
Das freut mich, Jörg.
Schön dich an Bord begrüßen zu dürfen. 😄

NLAWScametovisit
Showed up because I heard there was a grinding orgy of chiseling, but now i'm staying for this incredible build!

Jörg Schäfer Author
😂 Thank you very much, nice to have you there.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Es wächst und gedeiht! Schön mit anzusehen. Der dunkle Anstrich sieht wirklich super aus, gefällt mir ! Weiter so Jörg 👍👍👍

CaptGPF
Jörg - you always have the most interesting, detailed and fascinating builds! I love how you convey your thought process as you build your masterpieces! Definitely watching to see this new masterpiece!

Jörg Schäfer Author
Danke Hans-Jürgen. 😉
I'm very pleased, CaptGPF, that you like my little construction reports so much. 😁

Dietmar Bogatzki
Awesome weathering Jörg 👍

Jörg Schäfer Author
Many thanks, Dietmar. 😊

Rui S
Looking Great as always 👍

NLAWScametovisit
This weathering is outstanding! Also, you're giving me severe desk envy for your workshop setup!

Jörg Schäfer Author
Many thanks to you both.
Yes my workbench turned out really cool, NLAWScametovisit.

Matti Thomaes
Sorry for your los, Jörg, but it's good to see you're getting back to our wonderfull hobby.

Jörg Schäfer Author
Many many thanks, Matti.

Michael Kohl
Rough seas you had to steer through lately. My condolences. Hope future waters will be much calmer and this build helps navigate them Looking for more progress here. 🙂

Jörg Schäfer Author
Thank you for the kind words Michael.
Yes, I hope that things are going well again now.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Kommt gut raus dein Bügeleisen 😎 sehr gut gemacht 👍👍👍

Jörg Schäfer Author
Schön daß es dir gefällt, Hans-Jürgen. 👍

gorby
Looks like you are doing amazing work! Definitely following this build. 🙂

Jörg Schäfer Author
Thank you very much, Gorby.
Nice to welcome you on board.

Ingmar Stöhr
Wow, how did I miss out on this awesome project? Very involved detailing going on! I love the paint finish so far!

Jörg Schäfer Author
Many thanks Ingmar. 😊
We'll see how it goes.

Dietmar Bogatzki
The Master of Shipmodels again in action, hope everyting is well

Ingmar Stöhr
Very nice guns!

Jan Peters
Those guns are fantastic!

Jennifer Franklin
Those guns are amazing!

Jörg Schäfer Author
Thank you, everyone. Yes, the Pontos guns are truly phenomenal.
Thanks for asking Dietmar, everything is fine again.

Chrisswe
Fantastic detail on a beautiful ship! You make it hard to resist getting converted to the 1:200 scale 🙂

Jörg Schäfer Author
Thank you Chrisswe.
Yes, you can really conjure up some great details at this scale. But from what I see in your scale, you rock it too. 👍

Teeage
Everytime a party to see the progress. Carry on😉 💪🏼

Jörg Schäfer Author
Thank you very much Tini.
But at the moment I'm taking a little break. Let's see if it continues again next week.

George Williams
Looking very nice, you're right, this a great kit.

Vladimir Belyakov Author
Thanks

Skyhiker
Good luck Jennifer

Robert Podkoński
I'm taking my first row seat here 😉

Kenneth
Wow 👍 The kit looks fantastic but also very challenging. Best of luck, Jenny, looking forward to the build!

Jennifer Franklin Author
Welcome, Skyhiker, Robert, and Kenneth.

Kesa Tiho
Looking forward to the complete build. Hope your little helper doesn't get any stray fur under your decals which FYI: is not a good time 😄

Jennifer Franklin Author
Hi Kesa, welcome. Yes, fur is a constant challenge.

Naram
following !

Jennifer Franklin Author
Welcome, Pierre!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👀👍

Jennifer Franklin Author
Welcome Hans-Jürgen!

shuai shao
A perfect first step

Guy Rump
Following! 👍

Michael Kohl
It is supposed to be a very nice kit. Wish you happy modelling hours.

Jennifer Franklin Author
Welcome shuai, Guy, and Micheal!

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat as well.

Felix
Taking a seat!

Mr D
Nice project Jennifer 👍 put your masking skills to the test .
Good luck with the build 😀👍

Mr D
If you collect enough Airfix flying hours..... They include a free 🐈😺 cat on you next purchase, Good British value folks 😁👍

Jennifer Franklin Author
Welcome, Villiers de Vos, Felix, and Mr D. My current cat models might object to this free cat you speak of.

Jennifer Franklin Author
New printer enclosure and spray booth all properly vented.

Dave
You have a very nice workplace set up there and this kit looks interesting as what finial version will be.

Guy Rump
Your spray booth and workspace are so impressive!!! 👍

Rui S
Great setup 👍

Naram
that proffesionnal level 🙂 I envy you ! (have a table 1/3modelkit,1/3 work station and 1/3 dinning (it long it is a dinning table).

Lorraine Lin
Very nice workplace, and a nice box for your 😽 supervisor.

Mark Sherwood
Wow! That's impressive. 🤘🥸👍

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thanks everyone, I promise I'll post some photos of the model soon, especially now that I can airbrush again even in this cold weather.

Jennifer Franklin Author
I posted a few photos of my hand-painted parts. If anyone remembers my Memphis Belle, you can see I am improving.

Dave
The detailing is look very sharp 👍

Naram
some progress. good ! (i did not do anything this week end me....)

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thank you, Dave and Naram, a mate has given me some suggestions on how to further improve so expect better soon.

Desert Marlin
Wow Jennifer, nice workshop!

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thanks, Desert Marlin; living in a cold climate makes it a necessity if I want to do anything in the winter.

Naram
@ Jennifer, if I may : an easy way to quickly make it look great would be to put a panel liner wash with oils (tamyia) or even easier a pass a acrylic contrast paint (like vallejo or citadel) quite easy and will make pop out the instrutment and tools on the wall.

Naram
... also will define the structure.

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thank you, Naram; I will do that. I just bought the contrast paint; it will be here on the 21st.

Dave
That looked like a interesting day at the war museum. just might have put that on the bucket list. Noting that Panther and T-34 in the back ground.

Naram
Indeed must be cool to do model kit in this!

Mr D
Looking good so far Jenn 😃👍

Dave
That a nice touch.

Desert Marlin
Excellent work! Looking well used for sure!

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thank you Mr D, Dave, and Desert Marlin. It's very motivating to get everyone's feedback.

Felix
This is looking great! Is the kit fun so far, Jennifer? Me wants too!

Villiers de Vos
Good weathering/wear and tear in the cockpit.

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thank you Felix and Villiers de Vos. Felix, yes, the kit has been fun, in fact it has been a dream to put together so far.

Guy Rump
Taking shape beautifully! 👍

Mick Burdett
Looking good, good choice to make

Skyhiker
That's a pretty cool spray booth you have there. Is that custom made?

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thank you, Guy and Mike. Skyhiker, I bought the spray booth from Amazon. It's one with a water curtain.

Desert Marlin
Very nice tool for painting!

Jennifer Franklin Author
I love it, Desert Marlin; I live in Canada, so it gets too cold to open a window for a couple of months of the year, and with my pets, I am not willing to risk their health.

Felix
You have a very nice workplace, Jennifer! That Anson is coming along nicely. I might have to get one of the first series before they sell out. The new schemes do not appeal to me too much, frankly.

Mr D
Nice 👍 take shape now Jenn, enjoy following 👍

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thank you, Felix and Mr. D. Felix, so far, this has been a dream to put together, and I would recommend picking one up for sure.

bughunter
That is a lovely strut work around the cockpit! Looks nice so far.

Troy Campbell
I agree that is nice work..

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thank you, bughunter and Troy.

Mr D
Hi Jenn, the wet palette 🎨 looks good, l was thinking of getting one,
If you ever need very fine tip brushes for detail work, (Nail lines brushes) are definitely worth a try/consideration, they use them in beauty Parlours to paint flowers n star's on ladies nails....so they have incredible accurate tips.
I buy the short 6mm ones.
Build is looking really good, looks like a nice kit. 😀👍

Desert Marlin
The cowlings are turning out great!

David Taylor
looking good Jennifer.

Felix
Lovely progress!

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thank you, Mr. D, Desert Marlin, David, and Felix. I must pick some up, Mr D. Thanks for the tip.

Troy Campbell
Awesome work

Skyhiker
Looking good Jennifer. I can already see a dramatic improvement in your skills from your last build. A few more builds under your belt and you will be winning awards. Keep it up. You're doing great!

Pietro De Angelis
Good job Jennifer and congrats for your workspace!

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thank you, Troy, Skyhiker, and Pietro De Angelis!

Rui S
Looking good, indeed 👍

gorby
Very nice progress so far.

Ludvík Kružík
Jennifer, the beginning of this year has been a busy one for me and I have had very little free time for my hobbies. That's why I discovered your new project so late. But I have to say right off the bat that I'm very intrigued by it. Your modeling skills are improving at an incredible pace. If the growth of your skills continues at this rate, the time will soon come when I will turn to you for advice 🙂.
Perhaps the change in scale from 1/72 to 1/48 has contributed to this. Anyway, you're doing very well and I'll be happy to follow the continuation of your build.

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thank you, Rui, gorby, and Ludvik!

Jennifer Franklin Author
I am super happy. I managed to pick up a second-hand light box for photography, and the difference in the quality of my photos is lovely.

Dave
If you decide to try and apply quick shine to a project. In an airbrush, applying lite coats. If you want to apply it with a brush, I find using a nylon one works the best with no brush marks. Personally I like using tester's 1/4" nylon brush and painting it on.

Jennifer Franklin Author
Thanks, Dave, I will follow your advice.

gorby
I'm sure your cats will love your new light box. 😄

bughunter
Congrats to your light box! I'm using also a cheap foldable one (due to space reasons) with my working lamps. You know the result from the Goblin project for example.
Some photographic tip: for a big depth of field I use the "A" setting of my camera, close the aperture (high value like 14) and let the camera select the rest. This will result in high exposure times so a tripod is needed for the camera (use self-timer or remote shutter release).

Mark Sherwood
Congrats on the light box. Your build is coming along nicely. 🥸👍

Ludvík Kružík
Just a little clarification on bughunter's post. The camera setup mode that bughunter describes in his post belongs to a group of pre-installed programs that determine camera behavior. And the mode described is called aperture priority mode.

It very much depends on what camera you own. Not all cameras allow such settings. Moreover, different manufacturers use different designations for different photographic modes. One manufacturer's "A" may stand for aperture priority mode but another manufacturer's "A" may stand for auto mode.
The best way to find out what this is for your camera is to consult your camera manual. The mode selector itself is a definite help. If you find "AUTO" and "A" on it, then "A" is aperture priority mode. But it is possible that the manufacturer used the letter "A" to indicate auto mode. And the semi-automatic aperture priority mode on the selector is marked with the letters "AV" or "Av" (aperture value).

Qwertzel
Following this one

George Williams
Looking good.

Qwertzel
Looking Great! Which Crome or silver color do you use?

Jules Bye Author
I used Mr Hobby H8 Metallic Silver. Really pleased with the results

Qwertzel
Looking very good, mate!

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you Matti for the like and the previous plastic basher. 🤘🥸👍

gorby
Nice work Mark.

Neil
Agreed! Great work mate! 👏

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you Gorby and Neil for your kind comments. Not as prolific as you Neil, nice work on your Diavoli by the way. Gorby, re: Scammel Scarab. British Transport information films keep popping up on my YouTube feed about these 😳 regressing me to my Yoof' and making me suspicious of these algorithms, insidious?🤔🤨🤣🤘🥸👍

gorby
Must mean that deep down you reaaaaaally want to build a Scarab. The algorithm can't be wrong, you must obey. 😄

Mark Sherwood Author
Gorby. 🤣🤣🤣👍

Mark Sherwood Author
Thanks Noel and everyone else for the likes. 🤟🥸🤘

Guy Rump
Great job Mark! 👍

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you Guy for the support and like 🤘🥸👍

Dave
Mark you did a great job with my favorite aircraft. feel bad about that wing snapping off, but end results is nice. If i get time in the next little while i'll make my way over to the local air museum to get photos of the one they had restored a few years ago.

Mark Sherwood Author
Cheers Dave. My favourite plane too in all it's iterations.

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you for the like J35J 👍and everyone else too 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood Author
Thanks Sergej, for the like. 👍🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you Marc for the like. 🤘🥸👍

Mark Sherwood Author
Lorraine thanks for the like 👍🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood Author
This is a challenge. Thank you Ceprin (no reverse Cyrillic N on me qwerty) AHA piaHOB. (Apologies mate for mangling your name.) for the like 🤟🥸👍🇺🇦🤘

Mark Sherwood Author
Desert Marlin, thank you for the like and everyone else too. 👍🥸🤘

Jose Freire
Is it a nice kit? I am planning to build a Hurricane and have not decided which one to buy yet.

Mark Sherwood Author
It is a nice kit considering it's age. The problem being, the wing comprises five parts. Gear bay, front of the gear bay, port/ starboard upper wings and a whole under wing. Because the build was going well, I duped myself and constructed the wing. This caused alignment problems and a massive step on the portside. Subsequently, it snapped on forcing the issue. Luckily I have a donor kit, which I am dry fitting at the moment to see how it aligns and the best way to fit it. Posting pic's and description soon.

Mark Sherwood Author
Rich K, thanks for the like. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood Author
Rui Rodriguez, thanks for the like and every other plastic basher and beer drinkers too. I've had a fort, Beer Drinkers and Plastic Bashers sung to the toon of Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers by ZZ Top (I'll have to stop listening to my brane when I'm on 6/2)

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you for the like John. 👍🥸👍

Pietro De Angelis
Good work Mark

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you Pietro, came home from a 6/4 Shift yesterday just to tired to fettle the Hurri' and apply paint. Think I'll wait till the weekend. Cheers for the like too. 👍🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you Carlos for the like. 🤘🥸🤟

J35J
Great one Mark! Congrats👍🏻

Mark Sherwood Author
Thanks J35J👍

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you for the like Andrzej 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you Johannes for the like. 🤘🥸🤟

Mr D
You done a great job there Mark👏 very nice Hurricane build.... Well done 👍👍

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you Mr D. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Author
Ronald, thanks for the like and everyone else too. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you Gary for the like and everyone else too. 👍🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Author
Atomschlumpf thank you for the likes. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood Author
Cheers Tino for the like. 🤟🥸🤘

Dave Flitton
Nice start!

Mark Sherwood Author
Cheers Dave. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you Matti and the previous two Mate's for the likes. 🤘🥸🤟

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

Mark Sherwood Author
Could be a painful watch Robert. 🤣🤟🥸🤘🤣

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you Pietro for the like. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood Author
Thanks Neil for the like. 🤟🥸🤘

Gary Curling
The cockpit is looking good

gorby
Plonking me bum down to take in the show. 🙂

Mark Sherwood Author
Cheers Gary, Gorby as I mentioned to Robert it could be painful and a meandering journey of bitter tears, but you are welcome. 🤘🥸🤟

Gary Curling
Its all practise,and a sign of a good modeler if they can turn a kit around,Good luck with it.

Mark Sherwood Author
Cheers Gary, but you may see a phenomenon over at M'bro me turning 360 in frustration. 👍🤣🤘

Bob Leader
Mine is the only one I've ever seen!

Tony May Author
You're so lucky! I'd love to "see" one built on my shelf too! I've only seen two of those hard to find Fleet Fort Airframe kits too. I gave one to my friend Simon Wolff, because he loves RCAF subjects & I lucked into a trade for the one I have now. I need to tackle that thing sooner than later...

Bob Leader
You are ahead on that one, I thought I had one in the stash and bought the decals for the Fort but cant find it!

Tony May Author
I didn't know anyone had made decals for her. I figured I'd have to cobble them together! Are you certain it's not in hiding?

Bob Leader
It may be, I'll have to open a lot of boxes. The decals come from Above & Below Graphics.

DerMattes
Following 👍

Cam Saunders Author
The kit has a few issues with the pastic

gorby
Fantastic!

Rui S
Beautiful Dio 👍

gorby
Very nice work!

István Szücs
Incredible!

Mr James
Wow, thats outstanding work. The weathering is quite superb.

gorby
WOW, stunning job!

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

Rui S
Me too 😎

gorby Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
😄 😄 😄
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
😄
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 Author
😄

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

gorby Author
Thanks very much Alex. 🙂

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

gorby Author
😄 😄 😄

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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
😄 😄 😄
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 Author
Thanks Mr D, Jan, and the other peeps for their likes. 🙂

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

gorby Author
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 Author
Thanks Rui. 🙂

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

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

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

gorby Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
Thanks very much Daniel & Jan. 🙂

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

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

Spanjaard
fully agree with Robert!! 🙂

gorby Author
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 Author
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 Author
😄 😄 😄
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 Author
😄 😄 😄
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 Author
Thanks Mr D. 👍

gorby Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
Thanks Mr D. 🙂

Dominik Weitzer
what tiny models . great work so far

gorby Author
Thanks Dominik. 🙂

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

gorby Author
😄 😄 😄
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 Author
Thanks Capt & Lorraine. 🙂

gorby Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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!
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Mr D
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Interesting read 😄

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

gorby Author
£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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
😄 😄 😄
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 Author
Thanks Rui. 🙂
They certainly look like they were Mark.

Jennifer Franklin
Love the tools; they look ultrarealistic.

gorby Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
Thanks Hans-Jurgen. 👍