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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 Author
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 Author
@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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
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 Author
Just made a short video of the finished diorama, please see here:

Youtube Video

DuperScale
Sehr sehr cool, mit dem Trabant usw sehr stimmig. Gute Inspiration, ich hab die noch in 1/48 liegen.

Greg Baker Author
So here's an interesting Tintin project I've been working on for a while now. The hardest part was getting the electronics to work. After beating an ESP32 microcontroller into submission I was finally able to get my tiny screen to display the video/audio clip I trimmed from the Tintin animated series. With that success, I moved on to 3D design of the awesome Professor Calculus invention, The Supercolor-Tryphonar (as seen in the Castafiore Emerald album). Next up... 3D printing and assembly.

In the meantime, here's the proof-of-concept video...

youtube.com/shorts/U..?si=u-ootNYEMdGWY8cm

Alec K
Man, your electronics skills are master level! Taking a seat 👍

Robert Podkoński
That's a terrific job!

gorby
Amazing stuff Greg!

Thomas Espe
👀

Cuajete
Wow... I have no words to express that I can't miss this wit!

Greg Baker Author
Thanks guys! First batch of files just came off the 3D printer. Will need to make a couple of adjustments to the screen size, but it's looking good so far. Also, I knew the steel bar supports were going to be too small to print properly (they warp while they dry), but I've got a bit of metal screen that I can cut into strips. Hopefully will look better and actually support the thing.

Greg Baker Author
Ok, so all the main pieces are off the 3D printer and I've cut the metal sheet into the straightest strips I could manage. It was quite difficult to bend it tightly along a single line. Much thicker than a regular PE part, but hopefully will look the part.

I had a lot of difficulty getting the electronics to work. I followed another maker's project (there are several versions of the ESP32 Mini TV projects on YouTube), but it was both a hardware problem because none of them seemed to wire up the screen's backlight, but until I did, I had not even a flicker. It was also a software problem because the library code was out of date, so I needed to go backwards to make it compatible, which led to other problems. Anyway, I vowed to use my Easter long weekend to either solve it for good, or give up forever (yeah, right!). After sourcing each of the issues one by one, I finally got it to work. Next is the assembly!

Ben M
👁️👁️

Lorraine Lin
watching...
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René (Lord Bilbo) Bartholemy
I'm sooo watching this!

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Robert Podkoński
Fantastic job!

Neuling
So it is! 👍👍

Rui S
Excellent work 👍

J35J
Great work!👍🏻

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Mona
looking forward to seeing more of this project👍.my uncle(5th SF) was in country just after TET and one of the few things he ever... spoke of more than once, was about riding on top of a M113 that rolled over a mine

Mathias Decommere Author
Thank you Mona, that must have been a terrifying experience. The idea would be a fortified position in the Mekong Delta. I'm planning to build a sandback bunker and a piece of ricefield. The M113's will be stationary in a defensive position. Soldiers will be relaxed not knowing what is coming. But the layout is still evolving. Haven't decide the size of the groundwork yet. I'll be starting the diorama base soon... Will be continued 😉

Neuling
Looking forward ........

Spanjaard
vehicles look really good, looking forward the rest of the dio

Kim Branders
Love the dusty look.

Mathias Decommere Author
Thank you Neuling, Spanjaard and Kim! I'm starting the diobase this week!

Mr James
Looking good Mathias. Lovely work on the M113's. What did you use as the 50 cal casings?

Mathias Decommere Author
Thanks Mr James, I used simply the copper of an electric wire. An idea I got from lasercreationworld. It is a bit too narrow, but the overal impression works I think.

Rui S
The vehicles turned out great 👍

Thomas E.
Very nice looking vehicles, above all the interior; also the entire scene - I'm very curious about this diorama.

Mathias Decommere Author
Thx Rui and Thomas E.! I hope it turns out as I am imagening it!

Mark Sherwood
Progress looks good Mathias, looking forward to the end result.

Michael Kohl
Following too.

Shar Dipree
Looks great so far. Following.

Pietro De Angelis
Great subject, good work Mathias!

Mathias Decommere Author
Thank you for the support guys!

gorby
This is starting to look spectacular!

Thomas E.
completely agree with him!

Kim Branders
Knap Mathias.

Ben M
👀

Stuart Fowle
Looking good, following 🙂

Thomas E.
you may find this helpful (I hope so 🙂): data.opendevelopment..tnam-.compressed.pdf (5.11.2024)

Mathias Decommere Author
Wauw! That information is very specific! Thanks!

gorby
I like the palm tree leaf. Did you make it yourself?

Mathias Decommere Author
I did, another 79 to go...😅

gorby
Nice work. What did you make out of, paper?

Pietro De Angelis
Good "gardening" work then Mathias,
you will have all my comprehension!🤗

Spanjaard
more details about the palm tree please 🙂

Mathias Decommere Author
I'm experimenting with a thermoplastic called Worbla. This leaf was manually made. Next try is to lasercut it. If this is possible, the possibilities will be endless!!

gorby
I've not heard of Worbla before. This is an interesting video about using it:
Youtube Video

Mathias Decommere Author
I used it for my other artwork: instagram.com/artrop..gsh=OWh4c2Jyd2Vqamgy

Thx!

Mark Sherwood
Looking good Mathias, like the bag work on the outpost. 👍🥸👍

Spanjaard
nice yo see those old Verlinden being still usted in a dio 🙂

Rui S
Nice progress 👍 Keep it coming

CaptGPF
OMG - I'm so glad I saw this. The M113s are simply stunning! The Dio is really shaping up to be a killer as well - don't know how you havent\'t gone crazy building the palm leaves, but wow!!!!

Mathias Decommere Author
@CaptGPF, thanks man! I cheated a bit on the palmleaves. I lasercutter the leafs in a thermoplast sheet, but there is still a lot of finalising to do offcourse. I don't think this method has been tried before... Also thank you Rui!

Spanjaard
cheated? i certainly disagree. you did a great use of what you have at hand. why should you buy the same stuff as aftermarket if you can make your own? 😉 great job

CaptGPF
Totally agree with Spanjaard - it's not cheating if you make it yourself. Making kits doesn't mean you have to suffer if a more efficient way can be used!

Mathias Decommere Author
Thanks for the approval guys! Very excited to see the end result

Mona
amazing work ..mad skills, Mathias

Mathias Decommere Author
Love your comment Mona!

gorby
Looking excellent so far. The palm trees are the most realistically modelled ones I've seen.

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful and realistic palms, masterpiece!

Spanjaard
amazing job on thiae palm trees

Mathias Decommere Author
Thanks for the encouragement you guys!

Rui S
Nice army 😉

gorby
It's looking very impressive.

Major Oak
Love it

Pietro De Angelis
What a show!

Mathias Decommere Author
Thank you for the encouragement! Deadline is 27th of april...

Rui S
Beautiful details 👍 keep on the great work.

Lebloge
incredibly detailed indeed,
superb work🫡

Neuling
I agree with Lebloge. Living history in scale 1/35. Congrats for the well deserved prize! 👍

CaptGPF
Superb job Mathias! Thanks for sharing - thoroughly enjoyed the details you poured into this!

Mathias Decommere Author
Thank you for the loving comments! Final album is coming soon!

Pietro De Angelis
Well deserved award Mathias,
congratulations!

Spanjaard
great job , congratulations for the (deserved) recognition

Mr James
Well done Mathias. a well deserved award. A great dio

J35J
Congrats to a well deserved award!👏🏼

Mark Sherwood Author
Rui Rodrigues, thank you for the like. 👍

Nick Dragone
Looking good, forge ahead. Funny, I can and have used tons of photoetch on ships without any issues. Outside of seat harnesses I have no desire to add or use PE on aircraft. Most if not all of it is hidden or not that much better than the kit part. Just my humble opinion 😄

Mark Sherwood Author
I hate photo etch with a passion Nick. I would rather use the kit part, like yourself than photo etch. If I can get hold of fabric set's of seatbelts I use them. Or mock them up with masking tape. Thank you for the compliment too. 🤟🥸🤘

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

Mark Sherwood Author
Cheers Major Oak for the like. 🤘🥸🤟

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

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

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

J35J
Cool kit! I'm in👍🏻

Rui S
Beautiful work and presentation 👍

Cliff Kidd Author
USS Nimitz update....amazingly awarded 'Best in Show' at IPMS Scotland Nationals at the weekend!

Jörg Schäfer
Earned.👍

Rui S
Well deserved. Congratulations 👍

Max Otten Author
My second Defiant. This time from the Battle of Britain. Main differences with the night fighter are the camouflage scheme (of course) and the type of radio. Here it was the TR.9 which has much more detail than the TR.1133 and also required an aerial wire between the antennas.
I had done a lot of - subtle - shading of the dark earth and dark green. And then, by the time I had done the decals it had all faded and was completely invisible! No way to redo shading with the decals on so I decided to try a black wash. I applied the wash over all the dark green/earth, let it dry and then removed selectively with cotton swabs.
There are supposed to be lots of stencils for incidence board. But of the 18 only five have the white under the red in registry. So the numbers 1 (wings) and 2 (empennage) disappear. So I removed what I had done.
The flat on the wheels wasn't flat enough so I decided to use a dremel to remove some from the bottom so the wheels sit properly flat. Should have done that before the wheels were glued in position. Now I sprayed small plastic particles all over. And you cannot remove them by blowing or wiping with a soft brush because the model is static and what you remove in one place simply pops up in another. Finally used low-tack masking tape to remove them.
The squadron codes were painted and masked, decals were not used.

Skyhiker Author
Starting a very rare bird. (I am getting bored with the other 9 builds I have still in progress).

Cuajete
I didn't know about this oddity.
Following!

Robert Podkoński
Interesting - watching!

Ben M
👁️👁️ I have this problem of starting too many things also

Cuajete
A lot of work ahead...

Skyhiker Author
One step closer today.

Neil
Following, looks good 👍

Skyhiker Author
Working on the fuselage today

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Thomas Kolb
Coming along nicely!

Skyhiker Author
Rescribing and re-riveting the fuselage today.

Dave
This looks interesting. Let me find a chair.

Mr D
Nice project Skyhiker 👍👍 you build alot of Soviet stuff, don't see to many of these... nice choice 😃👍

Skyhiker Author
I finally got the riveting done.

Skyhiker Author
Got the wings on today.

Dave
The riveting looks good.

Skyhiker Author
Thanks Dave. It took me a while to get the riveting done. Hopefully after priming I won't have to do it again.

Thomas Kolb
Very straight riveting. What a difference it makes!

Carlo
Looks like a rare Soviet bird and kit.

Skyhiker Author
Yes, it's definitely not something you see very often.

Jennifer Franklin
Oh fun, late to the party but following.

Skyhiker Author
A little more progress today

Skyhiker Author
Fixing the canopy issues.

Dave
That's a nice fix

Ben M
Alternatively you could have coated the entire fuselage with putty, building it up to the required size.

Jennifer Franklin
Love the edging on the canopy.

Skyhiker Author
Ben, I may have actually done that if the plane were to be painted with a camo but since this will be bare metal finish I decided to avoid putty as much as possible. I'm not 100 convinced with my solution but it will do for now. If I hate it after painting I'll take it off and have a rethink.

Ben M
You could carve a new fuselage out of a block of putty. 🤔

gorby
The quality of the kit looks almost as good as Starfix. 😄
Excellent work so far.

Skyhiker Author
The pilots look like blobs of hot glue. Maybe I should have formed the fuselage out of hot glue to match them.

Skyhiker Author
ww2aircraft.net/foru..-trials-1.32229/full

Can anyone guess what the pipes on the side of the plane are? The kit has only the front section of the pipe and interpreted it as an exhaust, but it looks like a pipe to me.

Michael Kohl
Will it be painted?

gorby
Looking good so far.

Neil Author
Thanks Gorby! 🙂 and to others for liking also. Pretty much finished this one now, armament added, etc... More images to come soon... 👍

Felix
fantastic paintjob, superb subtle weathering!

Desert Marlin
Very nice!

Neil Author
Hi Felix and Desert Marlin. Thanks very much for your kind words. I have a few builds that are now complete, so reveal images coming for a handful of albums soon! 😉 Thanks also for the likes all 👍

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Neil Author
Thanks Guy! 👍

Neil Author
Hi mates 🙂 Here's another build I've finally crossed the finishing line with! Have got around to adding the reveal photos, hope you like it 🙂 enjoyed this one, a pretty tidy kit tbh 👍

Tom B.
Interesting 👍 Consider me following along!

Dave Flitton
Watching.

Bohrmann
👀

Finn
Following

Zsolt Czegle Author
Welcome mates on the aboard!

Zsolt Czegle Author
The only upgrades are the mirrors, so I can start with the painting! 😉

Stefan Schacht
nice start, count me in.

Zsolt Czegle Author
Thank you Stefan, welcome here!

Zsolt Czegle Author
I painted the green base color and airbrushed the 4tones camo pattern by freehand. Honestly it was awfull. So I deicided to strip the paint and start over again.
So I airbrushed the light brown color with highlights and masked the brown patches. The next color is the light yellow.

Zsolt Czegle Author
Painting masks are removed. I'm statisfied with the outcome!

Alexander
Very nice camo work! 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Nice one! Is it a 3D print?

Zsolt Czegle Author
Thank you mates!

Łukasz: yes it's a 3D printed resin

Oleg Bogolei
Very nice done!

Zsolt Czegle Author
Painting process done: 4tones camouflage maskedamd airbrushed. It's shaded before pinwash. Now comes the varnish and I can start with the weathering. Meanwhile I also started tó Paint the base.

Łukasz Gliński
Very interesting colours 👍

Zsolt Czegle Author
Enamel piwash done

Neuling
Top small scale dio!

Rui S
Very Well done vighnette 👍

Guy Rump
Great result! 👍

Finn
Well done, congrats

Vincent
Great work!!

Bohrmann
Great work. I'm surprised you used masking tape to paint the camo scheme. It worked very well.

Zsolt Czegle Author
Thank mates!

Bohrmann: why are you surprised?

Bohrmann
Without being hindered by any knowledge of the matter,😀 I was of the opinion that it is better to use poster tack or special elastic puty for this to avoid paint bleeding. This is certainly not the case here.

Zsolt Czegle Author
Bohrmann: my experience is that masking putty is good to use when I mask one color and remove it after painting. If I mask multiple layers with putty, the size of the putty in the covered areas changes due to the enviroment temperature, and when I remove the mask, I don't get the result I expected. This is especially true when I paint 4-color camo, because then the mask stays on for several days due to the time between drying each color.

Bohrmann
Zsolt: This makes sense. Thanks for sharing your experience.

Zsolt Czegle Author
The colors are faded and highlighted with oilpaints.

Alexander
Looking really good! The markings look quite realistically faded 👍

Zsolt Czegle Author
Thank you Alexander!

Zsolt Czegle Author
I say it's completed now. I can take better photos next week....

Zsolt Czegle Author
The new photos are uploaded I hope you like them! 😉

Łukasz Gliński
Of course we do, a lot, as with the Lynx itself 👍

Michael Kohl
I am in.

Matteo Pescarin
looks interesting already! nice challenge

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Yngve N
I'm here too. "It is expected to be a pure assembly with little modification" 🤔 whatever it means when you're building 😉

Martin Oostrom
Sure, oob. That would be ams for me.

Matteo Pescarin
oh that's really cool work you did with the aluminum rod, what did you use as a chisel?

MS K Author
@Matteo - What you see in the photo is a lathe blade.
At first I used a lathe blade, but I don't know if it's because the aluminum is so soft, but it doesn't cut sharp 🙁
So, unlike in the photo, I carved with a diamond file, cut with an art knife, and polished with sandpaper.
I would like to recommend Oilstone.

Mr D
Looking really good... nice interior 😀👍

Neuling
Top work! Also on the aircraft´s interior!

Igor Zhuravlev Author
My hat off to Eduard: it was probably the best kit I've had

Marcin Terlikowski
very nice painting/weathering. What exactly paints/colours did you use?

John
Beautiful! Nothing against the home team but I love the Spit in Aussie colors.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work all-round.

Rui S
An eye catcher. Great work 👍

Igor Zhuravlev Author
Marcin, these are all MRP paints, you can lookup in this project profile.
Weathering with AK enamels and oilbrushers and shaders

Mr D
Turned out fantastic 👏 well done 👍👍

Bogicevic Vladimir
Great Spitfire, mate!

Curatorm
Impressive paint job.

John Ballman
Your project is coming along nicely.
JB

Huberetus
What model kit is this? Or is it a kitbash? It looks sooo goood!

Adam Gudynowski
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Felix
Following

Villiers de Vos
Very nice detailed paint work.

John
Very impressive

Adam Gudynowski
Great job painting pilots!

Ben M Author
Hmm. I realize now I should have painted the deck first. It's my first ship.

gorby
Good grief this kit is older than me. I thought it was just dinosaurs which are older than me. 😄
Interested to see what you can do with it.

Martin Oostrom
And people actually crossed oceans in these oversized bathtubs

Ben M Author
Yeah this kit is one of the oldest I've built. Still, going to try to make it look good.

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

Jan Peters
It looks quite toy like, but it is a cool subject.
Will follow this 👀

Ben M Author
This is a very helpful reference: Youtube Video

gorby
The video was fascinating, thanks for posting.

Jennifer Franklin
I'm excited, this looks to be a bigger project. Do you know how many pieces there are?

Ben M Author
Hi Jennifer, not that many. It's an old kit from the 50s.

Jennifer Franklin
Well, 100% for the character.

Naram
following

Troy Campbell
Oooh nice Ben!!
Grabing a chair and popcorn!

Ben M Author
Major colors now blocked out. Need to do next round of masking and painting after the blue dries.

Ben M Author
Painted after masking and did some detail painting. Will have to mask and paint the hull two more times I think.

ScaleModelAndCoffee
Nice, a shipyard! Following.

Rui S
Great work 👍

Björn Leichsenring
Looks very well.

Rui S
Very Nice work 👍

Dimko Pimko Author
@Rui S

Thank you for your feedback! I am very pleased!

Christian W Author
I got this Trans Am of my brother. It was painted by brush and I tried to get it apart. Luckily it worked good. After stripping the paint off, The result was pretty good. Sadly some small pieces broke of so I had to repair it.
My grand child (6) was looking, what I was doing and showed interesst so I decided, to let him chose, which color the interior should have. He chose a dark red - what I was happy with.
After airbrushing that, He get a lesson in handling with the airbrush and did very well (no, I painted teh interior at the end). With some training, he could do that nexttime by himself.
When I did some detaillig, he found "steal grey" in my stash so that was another good choice for the body color. Good! I was thinking on a silver because I always wanted one Trans Am in silver. I painted the body with rattle cans including three layers of clear cote.

So far, the moste work is done. When this Trans Am is done, he will get it a s his first "full kit". He got his first experiences in modelling with two snapkits (Corvette C5 and Ford GT by Revell) so this will be his first full kit.

Schwarzadler
Clean your car, it's a bit dusty!👍🏻

Bogicevic Vladimir Author
😁👍

Neuling
It´s the dust, stupid ! 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Nice start. Following!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Michael Kohl
Me too

ScaleModelAndCoffee Author
Thank you all. Will upload more tomorrow !

Rui S
Excellent work 👍

Thomas K.
Very impressive 👍

Ben M
Must have been hot…

ScaleModelAndCoffee Author
Thank you all!

Neuling
Top notch! Looks like a bigger scale build.

Michael Kohl
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István Szücs
Beautiful paintjob! What color or paint did you use for the body?

Denis Dogadov Author
Hello, Istvan!
I used this paint- Mr.Color 313
Yellow FS33531
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scaleffect
Excellent work so far

István Szücs
Thank you, Denis!

Chris Reimann
Looks great!

Neuling
Very nice presentation of this beautiful model!

Neuling
Congrats for #7 !

Rui S
Great work 👍

Chris Reimann
Very nice and clean build!

Simon O'Gorman
Stunning!

Lex Jassies
Nice and shiny! 👍

Neuling
Charming. Very well done!