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Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!

bughunter
Great start - the subtile structure on the leather is nice 👍

Tom Spiegelberg
Eine gute Bausatzwahl Bernhard! Hier ist viel anpassen und säubern angesagt, aber dann passt das gut zusammen. Problem ist das Dach, da musst Du einerseits an den Rumpfschalen bei den Streben etwas wegnehmen und an der Oberseite. Dann überlistet man diese Hürde. Hab so einige Fotos vom HUK-1 bei Flickr gefunden. Als Fotosuche einfach HUK-1 eingeben.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you Mattes: A lot of seats are free yet.🙂
Tom : danke für die wertvollen Hinweise. In der Tat habe ich schon geahnt, dass das Dach nur theoretisch passt. Heute Abend willl ich mich an den Zusammenbau wagen.

Augie
Oh am in for this.

gorby
I'll plonk my bum on one of the available seats and strap in for the your next plastic spectacular. 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
🙂. You are welcome: as usual popcorn for all! 🙂
I found the most usable sequence for installation of the fuselage parts:
cockpit to the left half. Right half. Bottom. Upper roof inserted without gluing. Lower roof inserted without gluing. Front bubble glued to the bottom and to the lower roof. Both roofs glued to the fuselage. Air inlet glued in. Ready without mess and disaster. 🙂

Mr D
😀 Nice little project 👍

Spanjaard
not the everyday subject, and built by Berhard? I am in!, pass the popcorn, please 🙂

Alec K
Popcorn is almost gone!?! Looking for an empty seat… ahh, there still room 🙂

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

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

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

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

Alex K
Good work!

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

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

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

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

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

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

Villiers de Vos
Very nice painting effects.

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

Neuling
Ich stimme zu.

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

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

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

Paul Gallagher
Lovely😉

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

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

Skyhiker
Looks super

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

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

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

Daniel Klink
Drabbi Go! 👍

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marius
The Trabi looks great!

Daniel Klink
That Trabbi looks just amazing 👍

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

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

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

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

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

Stefan Schacht
Very nice 👍

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

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

Arthur Kirkland
Good Ostalgie！

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

Alec K
Superb work, taking a tardy seat.

Bernhard Schrock
Top result !

Robert Podkoński
Indeed!

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

Erik Leijdens
Fantastic dio! Well build too!

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

bughunter
Come on, the Simson needs spoked wheels! 😉

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

Rui S
Great work 👍

Alex K
Respects! 👍

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

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

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

Rui S
Excellent 👍

Szilard
That Simson is sick! 🙂

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

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

Robert Podkoński
👍

Finn
Awesome!

Marius
Unique and special diorama! Congratulations!

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

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

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

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

Dominik Weitzer
as Neuling said: excellent diorama!

Mr James
Totally agree with Neuling

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

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

Youtube Video

Dominik Weitzer
very nice! well done.

Spanjaard
impressive show

bughunter
Thank you for this virtual exhibition visit!

Alex K
I was looking forward, this week, to someone posting a photo-report from Telford... Thank you for sharing these photo-albums!
(also: special thanks for not by-passing the civilian aircraft entries!) 👍 👍

Michael Kohl
My pleasure.
I strive(d) to give an idea about the variety on display, particularly concerning lesser addressed fields and even stuff I am personally not so interested in, but which might be cherished by others.
Nice to receive a feedback that this is welcomed.

Dominik Weitzer
Thanks a lot for sharing!

Neuling
Good teamwork!

Danny Ray
This looks fantastic. I'm a bit jealous because I'm planning a build with a Sherman III (in British terms), Crusaders and Stuart's, Matilda's, etc (though maybe not all at once. I don't think 2nd El Alamein had ALL allied tanks fighting, from every era?)
Anyway, the build is for a tribute to my old grandad who co-drove Crusaders and Shermans. His unit was 10th Royal Hussars and if you see the markings and paint schemes they used, it's the most plain out of them all. No camo whatsoever. Also, rather than the yellow tinged sand/stone colour used by most, they used a brown (think it's RAL8000).
In order to be accurate I'll do it in the correct colours but I'd have liked to camo it up!
(By the way I'm very much a novice and it'll take me a long time to attempt this. I have over 40 kits to practice on though 😳😍😁🤓😂)

Scott Dutton
Don't worry about being a novice, just enjoy what you do, that way you improve

Danny Ray
Good advice Scott. Can you remember who made this kit? I'm having trouble deciding which one to go for. I'm contemplating plastic individual track links and using 0.2mm wire cut down as pins (no glue), so I guess that limits my choice? (By the way and I bet you get this a LOT. Isn't Dutton the name that Kevin Costner's family have in the show Yellowstone?. You ain't a Montana cattle baron, are you? 😃).

Danny Ray
Sorry. I saw the kit. It's a Dragon 6573. It doesn't have the correct Markings for my grandads memorial (10th Hussars, 2nd arm brig, 1st arm div) but they are available after market. I got some already actually from eBay. I don't suppose anyone here would know off the top of their heads if this type of Sherman fought at 2nd Alamein battle? It gets a bit confusing because Sherman III's were known as Sherman II's by the Brits. So I'm led to believe?

Danny Ray
Sorry for all the questions Scott but the aerials and pennants some use (like the 2 here), are they part of the kit or do you buy those separately? I've never seen them in any kit.

George Williams
Thank you very much for sharing these photos.

gorby
Thanks for the photos.

Alex K
Thank you! 👍

Michael Kohl
Welcome mates.

Dominik Weitzer
Thank you very much for the pictures Michael! Some great and amazing builds.