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Rui S
Great clean build 👍

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Великолепно! Поздравляю!

Bozzer
That's a nice looking colour. Can't wait to see it finished.

Liane Lonesome Author
Thank you very much! It means a lot to me! ♥

Liane Lonesome Author
I just ordered Vallejo Gloss Polyurethane Varnish and try to get rid of the chassis hardware store varnish fail. Oooh jeeez.... :.-( Until Tuesday I cannot finish my chassis, which I wanted to.

Bozzer
I've just been playing with some SMS paint. It's called Abyss. It's airbrush ready, and the effects are amazing, in natural daylight. I sprayed mine over white, at first, and it took too much paint. So I swallowed my pride and covered everything in Semi Gloss Black, then shot the Abyss. It was an expensive lesson, but worth it.

Liane Lonesome Author
I can feel with you! ^_~ But I'm glad you could made it! I also lost so much money in my childhood and ... uhm yeah, still today. Haha.

Rui S
Looking good 👍

Rui S
Nice work 👍

gorby
Wow this is going to be a biggie.

Spanjaard
very interesting, no doubt.

bughunter
Another big (and heavy 😉 ) beauty - I'm in!

bughunter
Working electric window lifters 👍 On a model? 😮 Never seen that!

Alexander Grivonev
Following!

Roger Trewenack Author
the window are manually lifted, sorry - you lift up the gull-wing door, and that reveals the bottom cog which you can wind with your finger

CaptGPF
Does that window also roll up and down?! That's truly sick! Watching!

Alex Rakhimgulov
What kind of oil will you use? 😮

Roger Trewenack Author
thet'd be....... "the good oil"!!! !;^)

Lorraine Lin
wow, how can I miss this fantastic project
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Roger Trewenack Author
Thanks Lorraine, I'm starting to get my momentum back.....

Robert Podkoński
Wow! That's huge! Does it have all the functionalities of the original? 😄

Roger Trewenack Author
Yeah, everything except the 88mph & time travel bits!!! 🙂
it certainly has the weight, around 7kg at the moment!

Robert Podkoński
That's impressive...

Neuling
It sure is .............

Rui S
This is for sure, going to the future 😉 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat.

Mark Sherwood
Me too.

gorby
Me three. 🙂

jan zumack Author
Hi mates, hope you enjoy. 😄😄

Robert Podkoński
Great job! (Where did you get the proper canopy from? As far as I remember the one in the kit is inadequately shaped, am I right?) And we would like to see more photos of this jewel 🙂

alxzinbox Author
The canopy was the kit part. It seems to be in proportion to the rest of the model.

Robert Podkoński
Thanks for your reply. Good to know! 🙂 (in other Trumpeter small scale kits it is sometimes the main issue...)

Neuling
More pictures would be nice!

Rui S
I agree 🤔

Rui S
Beautiful pair 👍

Doubtingmango
Well done! Great figs

gorby
Excellent!

Neuling
Paintwork, weathering, accessories, position of figures: everything just fine!

Lebloge
Fully agree with Neuling 🫡

Robert H. Author
thank you all 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Robert H. Author
thanks Guy 👍🏻

H.G.
great T-34 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Robert H. Author
thanks H.G.

Danny Ray
Wow!! God, I'm so jealous! Still I'm but a baby in modelling terms. I be a toddler soon hopefully. Then a child. Then I might even make teenager! lol

Great work Robert
Ps you bought the figures separately?

Danny Ray
Do you do YouTube videos? I've got so many questions. What's the part hanging in the back of the turret for example?

Jakko ‌
On both sides in the grab rails, you mean? They're two links of spare track.

Anže Zajc
Looking good!

Robert H. Author
@Danny, many thanks, you make a good job !!! no one is born a master.... I don't have a YT channel or similar, no drive and time for that, I'm already so slow with the build of a kit, also patience and research take time. On the back of the turret are lashing straps for a tarpaulin or something similar (is that what you mean?). I always make research and watch historical photos and film footage to get ideas that can be applied to the model. The two top figures are from Master Box set MB3568, the driver is a left over one from an old T-34 Tamiya kit (which I never build because of a missing sprue) [img1] [img2]

Danny Ray
@jakko and @Robert H, you see the 6 very small u shaped parts? One set angled upwards and the bottom set angled downwards? Where the decal is? Or would be if followed the Airfix guide? Where it says 329 on the drawings, you have a square item on top of the small u shaped parts. Are they spare track as Jakko suggests? They're not the same colour as the rest of the track. I don't think. Actually I think it is a tarp as you said Robert. And you should know 🙂

By the way that's the first t34 pic I've seen with the fuel tank slots without the drums attached. I just watched a Russian film called Iron Fury with a T34 that was sans fuel tanks and it threw me for a moment. Since beginning modelling I'm constantly looking at the vehicles and boring my brother about it all. 😂

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. 👍🤣🤘

John
She's looking good, Mark! 👍

Jakub Fiala
Hello Mark, it looks good to me 👍 The cockpit is really nice. Keep the good work going on! For example, on picture 11, i can´t find any imperfection 😄

Mark Sherwood Author
Hi Jakub, I hold up my hands I copied/referenced the cockpit from your current excellent build of the aerial police car. I must admit too that Pic' 11 was one of my better projects 😜and the subsequent six that followed. 🥴👍🤣🤘🥸🤟😜

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you John for the like and everyone else too who pushed the button. 🤟🥸🤘

Guy Rump
I'm late but following now. Looking good, Mark! 👍

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you Guy. 👍🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Author
Thanks Lorraine. 🤟🥸🤘

Jakub Fiala
You're doing it right, Mark. Diversifying projects is important 👍 😄

Mark Sherwood Author
J35J, thanks for the like. 🤘🥸🤟

Neil
Sand, pint, sand, pint, sand, nah! Pint! 🍺 Pint! 🍺 Pint! 🍺 Good work so far mate.

Mark Sherwood Author
Like the sound of that Neil👍 Going forward that shall be my working practice 😅 Cheers for the compliment too. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Author
Thanks for the like Rui. 👍🥸🤟

neo
pic No. 6, the real a/c has this offset of the "centerline" at this part. Please check references.

Mark Sherwood Author
Thanks neo for the pointer. But I'm building it O.O.B. And to be honest I really don't care, if it looks fairly like a 109 then it looks like a 109.

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

Mark Sherwood Author
neo sent me a PM, explaining the misunderstanding. So, if you're going to like my reply I would hesitate to hit the button. Many thanks Mates.

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

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

Doubtingmango
Keep fighting Mark! Love the Eduard kits, but I always laugh at the "Weekend Edition" title. I mean you still need to eat, sleep, use the bathroom…

Mark Sherwood Author
True. Doubtingmango (Fuck, I'm exhausted typing that out) can we shorten it to Dou, or go? Besides the Loo and Fries, Yer gotta ave' a Beer. I'll werk' the Heavy Bag termerrow ' at the gym 🙄😅 Ave' A Good Un' Mate 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood Author
Thank you John, for the like and everyone else too who liked the album. 👍🥸👍

Mark Sherwood Author
Villers thank you for the like and everyone else who liked too.

Mark Sherwood Author
Cheers Gary for the like. 👍🥸🤘

Nick Dragone
Nice start and I feel your pain. I just finished a Hasagawa/Dragon FW190 from 1992. At the time of purchase this was state of the art. I finished it and posted the results on my page if you care to look, but I couldn't wait for it to be done. It came very close to a life on the Shelf of Doom but escaped that fate. 😀

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

Nick Dragone
😄😄agreed ! Eduard had great box art but nothing beats a Tamiya build. Beautiful work on this one. Can't wait until the final pictures.

Mark Sherwood Author
Nick, Eduard. Nice box art, enticing, beguiling and alluring. Detail Mhmmm! Construction infuriating, decals frustrating. Still like them however. I think I have just described Marriage 😳 😅

Desert Marlin
Still looks fantastic! Fortunately, it looks like the black is the most effected in the decals. I would sand with high grit (2500 or higher) paper and then paint the black... Looks great so far!

Mark Sherwood Author
Desert Marlin thanks yes she's kept her looks. You are right about the black, there was some indication on the other crosses in that grey blooms were appearing. I used a cotton bud to press them out, but unfortunately when applying solution to that cross it broke. I agree way to go high grit and paint, but I'll let them settle a bit longer. 🤘🥸👍

Desert Marlin
Aye! Great work!

Rui S
Looking Great 👍

Alec K
Excellent work 👍

Paul Author
Thanks Alec, that's a really quick response!

Alec K
Your pics hit the newsfeed just as I sat down to browse it. Serendipity! 😄

In any case, very well done. I'll have to work up a nerve to do a ship one day...

Neuling
Excellent work indeed! 👍

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Wow! 👍

David Januska
Great job, looks awesome! 👍

Paul Author
Thanks all for the kind words and likes!

Rui S
Very Well done indeed👍

Chan Li
This is a great job, one of my friends builds ships, I know the difficulty, your ship deserves more pictures.

Phil M
superb!!

TankDrifter08
I know this post is old but I'm thinking of buying this model and I wanted to know: How have you made this great-looking wooden deck? I agree the included one is too bright

Rui S
It's always a pleasure to see a Great build 👍

Jan Peters Author
Just a bit of fun mates 🫣

Neil Patrick
Amen Jan. 🙂

Dominik Weitzer
...because they don't like challenges *lol*

kidding. ofcourse.

Jorge Ferreira
....because they are so many.......😎

Alberto
😄 😄

Alessandro Pettinacci
I wish Tamiya used their toolings more. As an exaple: they have debatably the best F-16 in 1/48, and easily the best one in 1/72, but they only come in one or two variants. I feel like if they released many more variants, like Hasegawa do, they would take over the market when it comes to some subjects.

Eric Thornton
ahahaha this is perfect 😄 😄

Robert Podkoński
I need to know who has recorded and used here an argument I had with my wife! 😄

Ard S.
Too much fun this.

bughunter
And I really start there to build my first Tamiya kit. Instead of like a man the usual biplanes including rigging!

Jan Peters Author
Alesandro, I agree, it would be great to see Tamiya doing that.

Robert, We've all been there 🤣

Bughunter, no-one is questioning your manly builds 👍🏻 they are superb!

Shar Dipree
yea, picture 4 hits the mark. brilliant. 👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻

bughunter
Pic 4 ... and put to the others into the stash 😉

John Hughes
Mo'stash man.

Rui
LMAO !!! 🤣
Briliant 👍

Alberto
😂😂😂 Hahahaha, these are great!!

bughunter
Last night was seen a good German female cabaret artist, who described life:
The man is at work - good, the woman has time for herself.
The man dies early - good, the woman has time for herself.
But in between it is problematic, the man is retired. Best she sends him to the hobby cellar. What kind of hobby doesn't matter, the main thing is the cellar - the woman has time for herself.
🤣🤣🤣

Jan Peters Author
🤣🤣

Torsten
😄

Rui S
😄

Naram
🙂

Andy W.
😂🤣 Absolutely Great 👍🏻

David Taylor
Poor Centurion.

bughunter
But the Tamiya lettering on the bottom is great 👍

Michael Kohl
Love the Toyota poster. I had a tour guide back in Argentine who argued that he bought a Hilux because Bin Laden had one. So it should be reliable, shouldn't it?

Jan Peters Author
I would not use reliable and Bin Laden in one sentence normally, but Toyota's are reliable for sure 🙂

gorby
I love this album. Thanks Jan. 👍

Alberto
I agree with Gorby. I can relate to most of the stuff 😄

Andrzej Rygiel
"I'm on these pictures and I don't like it" 😄

Neil
🤣 love it! So true! I can hear my wife's voice in some of them! 😂

CaptGPF
ROFL!

Spanjaard
LOL

Treehugger
Hehe "Stupid markings".

Dave Flitton
Love it... keep it coming.

Rui S
Ahhh, so it's that...😄

Kesa Tiho
Felt like i just went through a modeling fever dream. Need more of these 😄

gorby
Just had another chuckle at this album. Pic No. 1 & 11 are my faves. 🙂
Thanks Jan. 🙂

Jan Peters Author
Glad you liked it Gorby, laughter is good for the soul.

Gary Curling
So,so funny,keep modeling alive.

Yngve N
🤣🤣🤣

Naram
still fun even after 20 time looking at it. moooore pleaase ! 🙂

Bob Hall

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Jan Peters Author
Hahahaha 😆 added to the album!

Naram
illarious

Rui S
😄 😄 😄

Skyhiker
That's a pretty big plane for 1:48 scale. Watching with interest.

J35J
Good progress so far! The canopy looks great, what approach did you use to get the nice tint?

Igor Zhuravlev Author
It's highly diluted Tamiya clear green sprayed from a somewhat long distance (about 12cm). It takes many passes and you can get a very subtle tint

Moaske
Got this kit in my stash too .... so following 🙂
And nice to see someone else who also mounts the gear struts before any painting goes on 🙂

Igor Zhuravlev Author
I usually avoid it, for the sake of painting, but it's quite a complex gear, I wouldn't be able to assemble it properly on a painted aircraft. I normally dry fit, then decide

Moaske
Ì usually do it because unpainted plastic fuses best to have a really sturdy undercarriage .... but indeed, not every build alows it 🙂

Shar Dipree
S-3 Viking? I absolutely have to be there.

Marek Valko Author
Then welcome and enjoy 🙂

Alexander
Also taking a seat.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

Sergej I
Grabbing popcorn for this one 🙂 👍

Maciej Bellos
An old ESCI kit? Definately in!

Thomas Bischoff
visited the album more than once before - a joy to follow now 👍

Shar Dipree
How easy was it to install the upgrade set for the folded wings?

Marek Valko Author
Shar not so difficult. On the wing for cut you just follow the panel lines and on the resin you have to adjust some surfaces and create it shorter a bit.
But you have to create much more space for mechanism which connect separated pars of the wings

Shar Dipree
Thx Marek.

István Szücs
Looks good.

Rui S
Beautiful work 👍

Shar Dipree
Beautiful Viking 👍

Bozzer
That's a very nice truck mate 👍
I was trying to place that roof? Is it shared with one of the Italeri Fords?

Goldman Author
Thanks!
Do you mean the roof spoiler? I don't think so. It fits this cab and sleeper very well

Martin Oostrom
It came out very well, as it should. There's 25 years of work in this.

Christian W
Pretty nice. Somehow I'm not convinced about the rear tires. They're too far inboard for my taste. Somehow.
The truck itself looks really good. Did you have any problems building it? The front axle on mine didn't fit properly, and the hood didn't close properly. I had to make a lot of adjustments to the chassis with the add-on parts. Without extending the front frame, the bumper would have been too far back on one side. I can't even count how many times I added, adjusted, and removed the body and other add-on parts.

Goldman Author
Thank you Christian. Yes, I had to modify the hood hinges (check photo #8 in this project WIP album), the air intake pipe (photo #21) and the front bumper mounts (photo #22).
Moving the exhaust stacks to behind the sleeper took some work but it was my decision the kit had them mounted besides the cab.

Oleg Bogolei Author
Almost every night can hear how this beast deffending peace from cruds....

Rui S
Beautiful work 👍 Sorry to know that, you are all, in my thoughts. SLAVA UKRAINE 👍

Hajo Lippke
Nice Gepard! Have the original barrels from the kit been bent as well? I see you used aftermarket barrels for the 35mm....

Oleg Bogolei Author
big thanks Rui S! Героям Слава!
Big thanks Hajo Lippke as well) Yep, original were bent and brouken... But this one aftermarket barrels are too messive... Planing to do another Gepard. Have anover one from Best resin. Printing is horrible, but barrels are metal and very good from the first sight)

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic job, Oleg

Hajo Lippke
How do you feel about this model? I built the SSModel Gepard and when I compared it with my Revell Leopard 1, I had the feeling the Gepard is significantly bigger in size, meaning the scale is wrong and not really 1/72....

Mark K
Very nice!

András Csilléry Author
Thanks Mark!

builder_squirrel
Mayestic

Ferenc Sarka
Top result!!!!

Bozo
The best decoration ever, the VF111 Sundowners with a legendary fighter. Well done

Zbynek Honzik
Beautiful!

Patrick Hagelstein
Beautiful! 🤩

Tibor Szilvai
Great work! 👍

Rui S
I agree. Beautiful Dio 👍

gorby
Very nice!

Thomas Kolb
Amazing work! The detailing and the weathering is absolutely spot-on.

Spanjaard
wow, amazing

András Csilléry Author
Thanks a lot to you all, this one is one of my Mosonshow 2025 contestants this weekend. 🙂

Skyhiker
Oh, this looks like fun!

Chris Parsons
Oh ya!
Built a couple of Broplan vac kits, a real challenge but great for the feeling of overcoming a challenge and creative accomplishment

Thomas Kolb
OMG, what a challenge! 🙂 Those panel lines look quite uneven, will you try to rescribe them or just take them for what they are? In any way, I am super curious how these sheets of plastic can be turned into a model, so I will watch with interest!

DuperScale Author
Welcome mates, the panellines are aweful but the material is so thin, i'm scarred that i cut right trough it when i try to rescribe them.

Łukasz Gliński
Another BroPlan fan, welcome to the club 😄

Nicolas
Following. Got my first vacu kit this weekend. I hope I can learn something here.

Robert Podkoński
Ambitious project! Watching.

Chris Parsons
Hi DuperScale, I built a couple of Broplan vac ATR kits, converting one 72 500 to a 42 300. A few pics of the work in my "albums" if you're interested in the kind of model you can achieve from a Broplan kit with a bit of work…sweat and tears, foul language, alcohol and time….

Cristian A
Following along.

Michael Kohl
Mee too.

J35J
Following with intrest! 👍🏻

Finn
This will be good

Ben M
👀

Treehugger
DuperScale, how about scribing into a layer of primer paint?
This way, scribing should be a lot easier afaik, scribing into the primer layer of paing, and not plastic.
This guy on youtube did this, on regular plastic models though.

Treehugger
As for the clear parts, I wonder if it could be done this way
1) Cut out a square/rectangle shape, removing the oval form from windows. The larger the hole the better, to create some extra space around the old window shape. Enough space to work with putty later on.
2) Glue in a flat thin strip of transparent styrene on inside of model.
3) Glue in a square/rectangle shape transparent styrene, outside the model, laminated with the existing strip of transparent styrene on inside, so double layered.

If keeping the new window parts larger than the old window shape it should be easier to use some putty after adding masking tape that have the shape of the old windows. The larger these new outer square/rectangle window shapes are, the easier it is to add putty to create a smooth surface, then hopefully the center part is clear enough, to mask off the final shape of the old window shape, before painting.

Afaik a common issue using Mikro Kristal Klear is that you can't sand the clear part afterwards, because the clear part is like rubber iirc. You can iirc easily remove this clear part though, just poke/pull it out. Unsure if there would be any residue left after removing the rubber like liquid clear stuff after it dries.

Treehugger
Another thing one could do with clear parts an idea:
1) Glue in a long strip of transparent styrene on inside of plane.
2) Add some kind of epoxy or something that can be sanded, without the epoxy damaging the underlying transparent styrene.
3) Idea is to use the liquid stuff to fill in the perfectly shaped holes for the windows, then sand the liquid stuff flush after it dries.

What won't work imo, is doing multiple rounds of adding liquids to create some goo that goes transparent. I think if you sand this stuff multiple times adding more liquid stuff, you get a flawed result I think. I tried something like that with gloss varnish, trying to build up a solid clear shape. Did not work as expected.

Treehugger
In this thread, and in photo #13, the guy apparently put tape outside, and poured clear resin on the inside to fill the window holes. Unsure if such resin will react and maybe eat up or warp any thin parts ala vacuum kits. I guess this can be tested with some scrap plastic if having some piece left over.

Boeing 737-530 Smart Wings 1:144 | Album by Zbynek (1:144)

Łukasz Gliński
The UV transparent resin is usually sandable (to some degree), maybe that might help?
Similarly to Treehugger I'd reinforce it with a transparent styrene from the inside of the fuselage anyway.
Or you might leave the windows open and fill them with Kristal Klear after painting - this is what I did on my Jetstream, Avanti & Yak-40. But if you want to seal it with gloss varnish, remember to keep very thin layers (guess how I learned it 🙂).
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Blue Jetstream (SP-KWN) | Album by Woody (1:72)
Avanti! | Album by Woody (1:72)

DuperScale Author
Hi, thanks for the input mates. I'm quite happy with the kristal clear on the small windows and i think i do it like Lukasz said. After everything is done i do the windows as the last step.

The windscreen window could work but i think i used little to much of the kristal clear.

Mr D
Good to see a vacform 😃👍

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

David Taylor
Watching.

J35J
Great work so far with the vac👍🏻

Mr D
Like the cockpit..👍
Lots of work but doing a 👍 job... Be rewarding when done.

Cuajete
Great (hard) job so far. Go on!

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Chris Parsons
Very nicely done and great progress!
Keep up the great work

David Taylor
You have definitely got your work cut out.

J35J
The kit is coming together very good. You are skilled and brave!
Great to follow the journey to see the final result. 👍🏻

Dave Flitton
Wow! Keep going. it's going to work out. It looks good.

Mr D
Looking great 👍👍
Be interesting model.

DuperScale Author
Thanks for the nice comments, from far away it looks good but the fit, lack of detail and scale problems are really annoying.😅

Nicolas
That's the main reason why I've never dared to try a vacu kit before. I've learned a lot from you. Looks good so far.

Chris Parsons
Yaaaaa! that's looking damned fine!!

Skyhiker
You need to update the cover image

Michael Kohl
Yeah, much better this way. Good progress too.

Music_On
You have the patience of a saint!

Skyhiker
Yes, that looks just like a Global Eye.

Cuajete
I agree with mates 👍
@DuperScale, I'm glad you're taking up this project again.

Cuajete
Nice primer and first color 👍

Martin Weinpold
Wow

Łukasz Gliński
That looks great in that grey now, for a BroPlan kit in particular 👍

Cuajete
Very nice result so far.
Waiting for the finish 👍

Finn
Awesome, brilliant and a bunch of other nice thing to say! Congrats

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic job! I am impressed with your skills and perseverance, chapeau bas!

DuperScale Author
Oh wow, thank you guys for the kind words.

David Taylor
Looks superb.

Ben M
Well that's impressive.

DuperScale Author
Close to the finish, at the Moment i try to get the windows done….man i cant get them the way i want. I already tried 3 times and messed them up. Stay tuned….. 😅

Cuajete
DuperScale, cheer up. You can do it! 💪

Urban Gardini
So tell us what you really feel about Vaccuform! Don't hold back on us...

DuperScale Author
I'm done, from this point it's just getting worse… 🤪 my opinion, for that price (over 50€) it is really not worth it… the amount of headache you get with a kit like that you can build 10 normal kits. The lack of detail and wrong shapes is so massiv, it's stupid i paid that price 😂

Ben M
You fought and won. Smells like … victory

Robert Podkoński
I agree with Ben. Chapeau bas!

Michael Kohl
High price? No details? Pain in the a***? Hey, this is the holy grail of modelling. Just bought my first vacu-kit. Ask me again after I build it. 😉

Łukasz Gliński
You fought bravely and didn't surrender! Respect!
Of course the transparencies would look better on a Tamiya kit, but hey that's not what vacu is about! 😉

DuperScale Author
@Michael, i will follow that one for shure

@all thank you mates 😁👍

Guy Rump
Excellent build of a difficult kit. I've never been brave enough to tackle a vacu kit so far. The closest I got was cutting a vacu canopy to fit on a build and I found that a challenge! 👍

J35J
I think you did a great work with the kit, pushing through the challenges! Hat's off👏🏼
Vacu tends to be a real pain in some stages of the builds. Nevertheless it's a good way to challenge yourself and develop your modelling skills
As some wise fellow modeller said: "Why buy a Tamiya instead of vacu when you can have great fun, rip your hair, spend hours on dry fitting, putty, sanding & rescribing, question your choice of kit during the build…" 😉😅

Finn
You did really well and did not go quietly into the dark night!

Michael Kohl
Following

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

Guy Rump Author
Another UK Trainer jet aircraft to add to my collection. 🙂

Nicolas
I saw the Red Arrows last year in Duxford. Great show. I'll have a look over your shoulder.

Guy Rump Author
I've made a start on the Hawk trainer. I've put weight in the nose so hopefully it won't be a tail sitter! Cockpit put together and inserted into aircraft. So far, so good. 🙂

Welcome Nicolas, pull up a chair! 👍

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Guy Rump Author
Fuselage together with cockpit and rear engine added. Wings and air intakes added too. 🙂

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Guy Rump Author
After a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, I managed to get the canopy on. (masked). Next will be primer. 🙂

Guy Rump Author
Primer and pre-shading added. 🙂

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Guy Rump Author
Hawk painted with Hataka Signal red. Next will be varnishing and decals. 🙂

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Mr D
Nice project Guy👍 keeping busy l see

Guy Rump Author
Gloss varnish added and then the fun part of the decals was next. Underneath, by the wheels, I had to paint in where the decal should have been due to them tearing badly. Next will be painting all of the additions that need to be added. 🙂

Hi Mr D, yes this one has kept me busy and, to a certain extent frustrated. 👍

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Mr D
Decaling looking good👏👍
I had to touch in the stars on my Be-6 tail.....cracked on the fin to rudder hinge line.!
People don't notice unless you point it out
Good luck on next steps Guy 👍

Nicolas
Nice result.👍

Thomas Kolb
What a cool little red machine! I like that you managed the pre-shading to shine through the red paint coat! Decaling is awesome too, that couldn't have been easy.

Guy Rump Author
And finally. the last bits were added and the masks taken off. I'm glad to say that the Red Arrows BAe Hawk is finally completed. Thanks for all of your comments and likes.

Once again, many thanks Mr D for your kind comment. I appreciate your encouragement! 👍

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Rui S
Very nice work 👍

Mr D
Hi Guy👋
Very nice.... great job and a really nice item for the collection, a great set of 3 there.
Well done 👍👍

Guy Rump Author
Many thanks for your kind words Rui & Mr D, I appreciate them greatly. 👍

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Robert Podkoński
Good job, Guy!

Guy Rump Author
Thanks for your kind comment Robert, I appreciate it greatly! 👍

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Stephen Lesley
Wow, what a spectacular scheme! This one snuck past me. One of my favourite trainer jets, a very capable aircraft.

Guy Rump Author
Thanks for your kind comment Stephen, I appreciate it greatly. 👍

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Nick Dragone
Bravo ! Red is a tough color to get correct. You did it !

Nicolas
👀

Cuajete
Very interesting project to start the year 👍
Good start!

Kenneth
Följer…

Harry Eder
Very promising start! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Quadruple build? Ambitious! Watching with pleasure!

Łukasz Gliński
Oh man, 4*Viggen 😮

Patrick Hagelstein
Very cool! I'll join in! 🍿

J35J
Massive project! I'm in!👍🏻

Spanjaard
4 Viggens? print row, please!

Guido
Taking a seat as well. 👍🏻

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Michael Kohl
Me too. Already learned to better open up the RAT turbine at my Viggen. A step I lazily omitted.

Daniel Mysak
Nice start👍! ...will follow your progress.

Mid Franconian
😎 Following!

Thomas Kolb Author
Main assermbly done on all four models, but now I have a few days to spend sanding and filling unwanted seams and crude areas. A bit tedious, but that's what you get when you choose to build four nearly identical models at the same time.

Łukasz Gliński
That escalates damn quickly! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Impressive progress indeed

Mirko Römer
Oh my... Good luck, Thomas! 🙂
I own two of them and was thinking of a double build but rejected the idea. Thanks for the encouragement!

S M
Very ambitious project and well explained steps! Following indeed! 😄👍

Cuajete
Good progress! 👍

Mr D
Great project 👍
Was there much difference between the kits ?

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow! That's a quick build! 😳 I can only dream to build ONE kit that fast, let alone four at once!

Thomas Kolb Author
Mr D, no, they are pretty much the same. Most of the parts for all versions are provided in every kit. But there are some subtle differences that need attention, like the extension of the fuselage for the fighter version.

Thomas Kolb Author
Patrick, haha, I am a pretty fast builder, but I am extremely slow when it comes to painting. That's where my projects usually come to a crawl.

Juergen Klinglhuber
watching with interest - I love SAAB aircraft anyhow, but 4 of them in one project --great!!

Skyhiker
This is more interesting than I thought it would be. The subtle difference between them are pretty cool.

Thomas Kolb Author
With only a few minutes of modeling here and there this week, it's quite a slow progress, but I am still inching closer to the finished assembly.

Cuajete
Veryt nice wapons and pods 👍

Dave Flitton
Excellent work. Can't wait for the finished product!

Cuajete
I agree with Dave 👍

★ Starfish ★
Really looking forward to the paint jobs! Great work so far!

Clement
What a glorious project!

Thomas Kolb Author
Primer coat applied, a few filling errors need to be fixed. Time is unfortunately very difficult to find because of work, so the project moves very slowly for a while.

Cristian A
Following along

Thomas Kolb Author
Undersides sprayed blue-gray with Mr Paint. Now let's wait a day for the paint to dry and then it's time to start working on the splinter camo. With my current speed, I expect to be finished by midsummer.

Patrick Hagelstein
Oh yes, once you get used to MRP, you'll never want another paint brand anymore! I love their colors, pigmentation and general ease of use. And, as a bonus, their sheen is perfect for adding decals directly on top.

Cristian A
Nice work Thomas, keep it going!

Finn
Following

Thomas Kolb Author
I am trying to find a way to avoid tiny gaps between the splinter camo color zones. I think I have figured it out - before spraying a color zone, also remove the masks for all adjacent surfaces not yet painted. Thereby a slight spray overlap is created, so even if the mask is then replaced with a tiny bit of offset, it should not be visible. Special Hobby writes something like that in the mask description, but it's written in a very obscure way.

Martin Weinpold
Wow, looks good!

Nicolas Lopez
Thanks for sharing, Thomas. Following.

Łukasz Gliński
Ahhh, dat splinter! One&only!

Frank Brzobohaty
Looks great just give the corporal in charge of painting a reprimand on his record and send the plane to the flight line......do you know how much it cost to paint aircraft, lol.

Spanjaard
macro is a bitch for this kind of details... if you place the model in the display cabinet, can you see that microline with wrong color? i think you can not 😉

Thomas Kolb Author
I have now started to add the masks to the models. It's quite a tricky task because I need to be extremely precise with the application - even the tiniest errors will be magnified as more mask segments are added, until things no longer add up. So it's a matter of constantly realigning the segments, which makes it all rather time consuming. BTW, I noticed that the pattern has a few minor errors, but I definitely won't lose any sleep over it.

Cuajete
Thanks for your explain, Thomas. I thinked to would be more easy to apply 👍

Spanjaard
this camo is one of the most complicated to achieve and the fact that you are doing it 4 models at once... my deepest respect!

Łukasz Gliński
Your the master of splinter suspense! Dosing it bit by bit 😄

Thomas Kolb Author
Cuajete, Spanjaard and Łukasz, thank you for your interest! I am certainly not doing any cliffhanging on purpose - I am actually this glacially slow in reality. I also try to avoid aggravating the wifey by disappearing in my modeling man-cave for hours.

Łukasz Gliński
Good and fully understood strategy 😄
As our common colleague (the one, you share initials with 😛) used to say: "Happy wife? Happy life!"

Juergen Klinglhuber
Watching with interest. You will master the splinter camo for sure 👍

Thomas Kolb Author
I am still struggling with the masks, trying to making sure that they are applied exactly identical on all three models, which slows down the process a bit. Not that anybody except me would notice.

Daniel Mysak
Nice progress, I'm looking forward to the splinter camouflage. On my AJ-37 I used vinyl masks from DM Models, it looks like the masks you are using are a bit easier to handle.

Kenneth
I have always had the conspirational theory that the Danish air force had a secret department dedicated to making life miserable for modellers, with their odd fonts, colours and aircraft modifications. The splinter camouflage is clear evidence of a similar department in the Swedish air force.

Thomas Kolb Author
Daniel, thank you! I am right now hoping that my end result will be at least in the general vicinity of your beautiful Viggen in flight!

Thomas Kolb Author
Phew, the second color is finally on. Now it's time to cover also the dark green areas and proceed with the black.

Michael Kohl
Was anxious to see how you handle the masking but see that you struggle with the three tone camo too. Cross my fingers for a satisfactory end result.

Thomas Kolb Author
Michael, it is really not that difficult, only extremely time-consuming and require a very good eye-sight (or magnifying glasses). Too bad that the masks only partially reflect the actual camo pattern, I was hoping that they would be near perfect.

Michael Kohl
I was wrecking my brain for a simple elegant technique to apply 3-tone camos without the need for re-covering extensively. So - yes the concept is easy, but the work is plenty. 😉. Keep it up. Looking good.

Thomas Kolb Author
Actually, the best method is to have two mask sets. I find that it is very difficult to do it all with just one mask set, as the masks will be slightly stretched and distorted when removed and reapplied and will no longer fit perfectly.

1. Spray the model light green.
2. Place all the masks from the first mask set.
3. Remove all masks segments except the light green ones and throw them away.
4. Spray the model dark green.
5. Add the dark green masks from the second mask set.
6. Spray the model black.
7. Add the black masks from the second mask set.
8. Spray the remaining exposed areas tan.

Also, when spraying a color, do not mask areas that you will be painting with a different color later, or you will end up with tiny strips of areas where the previous color shines through.

Michael Kohl
Maybe to add that such a camo be best postshaded or oil rendered as the various colors have different amounts of paint layers and so preshading gives an inconsistent result.

Cuajete
Great job with the painting masks, Thomas!
Thank you for the explain and the steps for apply 👍

Nicolas
Thanks for the detailed explanation Thomas. Is there a particular reason for the order of the colors? I would probably have worked from light to dark.

Shar Dipree
Following

Kenneth
Admirable stamina, looking forward to the inevitably great result 👍 I have Fujimi 1/72 Boeing Vertol/Hkp 4 in my stash and Swedish decals for it… even the rotor blades have splinter camouflage.. 😳🙄

Thomas Kolb Author
Thank you all for your interest and encouragement! Nicolas, the tan areas are relatively few and with difficult shapes that are squeezed in between the other colors, so I figured that they would be easiest to leave for last. And for the three other colors, I indeed went from lightest to darkest as you suggested. Kenneth, yes, I would love to do the Hkp 4, it looks awesome in the splinter paintwork! I am however not sure if the Fujimi is available any more.

Nicolas
Thank you Thomas. I wasn't quite aware how little is actually painted tan.

Łukasz Gliński
Thomas, some say HB is equally good, but it lacks the big sponsons.

Thomas Kolb Author
Łukasz, thank you! Kenneth actually provided me with a link to a German web shop (Modellbau Huber) where the Fujimi was still available, so I placed an order for it. I also ordered the Swedish decal set, so I might as well check if I have some MRP splinter camo paint left. And Valium for the nerves.

Cuajete
Wow, Thomas... It will be great to see that Fujimi with splinter camo in your hands 👍. I wanted to do the same too, but unfortunately I got another version instead.

Kenneth
Lukasz, I initially bought the 1/72 Hobby Boss CH-46 by mistake and it's useless for a Swedish Hkp 4. You basically need to make completely new rear sponsons yourself, and their shape is relatively complex.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
OMG. A lot of work in this camo scheme - I sure at the very end all the efforts definitively will pay off. I'm really curios for next pictures....

Cuajete
I agree with Juergen 👍

Michael Kohl
@pic92: ok?! That looks freakin perfect! I cross my fingers for a similar result on all surfaces on all planes.

Shar Dipree
Colours looks great and the result is perfect. Continued success! 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Those colors look awesome already! Very tight demarcations as well! 👌🏼

Cuajete
Great! Fantastic result.
The great (and hard) masking effort is paying off, Thomas 👍

Dave
Your paint scheme looks great. Very nice work.

Spanjaard
looks of work, but you are certainly nailing it!

DuperScale
Lots of viggen here, Great paintjob

CaptGPF
A little late, but watching with interest - especially if you go insane over FOUR viggen camo jobs!

Desert Marlin
Nice job on the camouflage!

Clement
This is genuinely impressive, wow!

Mid Franconian
I take my hat off! I just would not have the patience to do every step 4 times - especially the masking (ok, 3 times here…). Great job on the masking Thomas!

Martin Weinpold
Excelent!

Spanjaard
you certainly pulled it off! and 3 times, no least! great result

Thomas Kolb Author
Thank you all, dear mates for your kind words. They mean a lot to me! But to be fair, at least half the cred goes to MRP for its paints - they are simply incredible to work with. For airbrush work, I cannot see myself going back to anything else again.

Cuajete
Wow... Thomas, the patience and work you put in to achieve such a magnificent result is admirable.

Desert Marlin
Beautiful work!!!

Łukasz Gliński
Congratulations on conversion to the lacquer paints 😄 Welcome to the club 😄
Hint: the other lacquers are great too, but might need thinning.
I'm very sorry to state that the grey one looks so incredibly dull now 😉

Thomas Kolb Author
Łukasz, haha, yes, the grey JA certainly does look boring in comparison, but well, that's what they looked like in real life. Perhaps the large red day-glo numbers on the wings might spruce it up a bit.

Florencio Torre
Wow, my friend, what an incredible job! How can you do something so complicated?

Thomas Kolb Author
Florencio, because masochist? 🙂

Spanjaard
that is a very common illness around here 😄 😄

Thomas Kolb Author
Little time for modeling these days, but some progress is done on the details. Next is that fiddly undercarriage and then the part I am dreading a bit, the decals.

Cristian A
Excellent detailing—an amazing project with outstanding results Thomas!

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

Guy Rump Author
This is the second of 2 Hawks that I will be building, this is a P-40B flown during the Pearl Harbour (Hawaii) attack by the Japanese. 🙂

Guy Rump Author
Made a start on the aircraft. The internal colour is Vallejo Model Air US Light Green. 🙂

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J35J
A little late to the show, great start! 👍🏻

Guy Rump Author
Main part of the fuselage put together and wing tops added to the bottom. 🙂

Welcome J35J, and thanks for your comment! 👍

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Dave Flitton
Watching this one too.

Guy Rump Author
Wings added to fuselage, next will be the tail plane. 🙂

Welcome Dave and thanks for your interest. 👍

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Guy Rump Author
Tail, engine covering etc. added. Next will be primer and pre-shading. 🙂

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Guy Rump Author
Primer and pre-shading added. 🙂

Guy Rump Author
Underside painted with Vallejo Model Air Neutral Gray. 🙂

Guy Rump Author
Upper side painted Vallejo Model Air US Olive Drab. 🙂

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Guy Rump Author
Decals now on. Panel lines to be done and then matt varnish. 🙂

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Guy Rump Author
Now completed. 👍

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Mark Sherwood
Nice looking P-40 Guy. Weird I can hear Capt Wild Bill Kelso in the background.

J35J
Great result! Congrats👍🏻

Djordje Nikolic
Another great kit!

Guy Rump Author
A man of action until the day he died, 2 Lt George Welch won the DSC for his actions at Pearl Harbour,Hawaii in a P40B Hawk on the day the Japanese attacked (Dec 7 1941). He shot down 3 Aichi Vals and a Mitsubishi Zero.
Flying a P-39 Airacobra, he shot down 2 Vals and a Zero on Dec 7 1942 (first anniversary of Pearl Harbour) in New Guinea.
Between 21 Jun and 2 Sep 1943 flying a P-38H, he shot down 9 Japanese aircraft, 2 Zeros, 3 Ki-61 Tonys, 3 Ki-43 Oscars and a Ki-46 Dinah.
Due to malaria, Welch's combat tours came to an end after 348 missions. He resigned his commission and became a test pilot for North American Aviation.
As an instructor for North American Aviation during the Korean War, he shot down several MIG 15s. As he was not officially flying in combat, his "kills" were distributed amongst his students.
After the Korean War he returned to testing. While flying a F-100 Super Sabre he became the first to break the sound barrier with this type of aircraft on May 25 1953.
On Oct 12 1954, test flying a F-100A-1-NA Super Sabre, his aircraft crashed during a 7G pull out at Mach 1.5. On arrival at hospital, he was pronounced dead.

Very many thanks for your kind comments Lorraine, Djordje, J35J & Mark. They are greatly appreciated. 👍

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Djordje N, Vincent, Jean, subotai & 3 other mates. 👍

Guy Rump Author
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Guy Rump Author
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Dave Adel
Beautiful. Nice job.

Andy W. Author
Thank you Dave

Bill Newcomer
Very nice!

Andy W. Author
Thanks for your reply Bill.

Treehugger
How do you handle chrome parts that are snipped off from the sprue, as there would be no chrome paint on the exposed area. Having said that, I don't currently do car kits, so I guess there is always the chance that kit manufacturers managed to hide the location of the stubs.

Treehugger
I think black was a nice choice, as it contrasts nicely with the chrome metal paint. 🙂

Andy W. Author
Hi. Treehugger, and thanks for Words.
By the time i've build this truck, i've used a Chrome Marker and sometimes strips of Bare Metal Foil Ultra Bright Chrome for touchups. The stubs are all but not hidden. There is always a part where the Chrome is damaged. On my next Truck i will use the new Molotow Chrome Pens. All the tests with them i've made so far gave me absolutley great results.

Christian W
That trailer fits really good to the truck. Well done!

Neuling
Well done indeed!

Andy W. Author
Hello Christian and Neuling,
many thanks for your words, these are much appreciated.
@Christian
I got many different Trailers in my Stash, but this was by far the best for this Project.

Greg Baker Author
This should be an adventure... I'm entering a 120 step program... 🙂

Greg Baker Author
Ok... so a bit of an explanation seems in order for this project. As most of you know, I have a large and ever growing Tintin project - trains, planes, automobiles, boats... and ships... that were featured in the various Tintin albums. Amongst the long list there are the "Big Three" - The Lunar Rocket, Marlinspike Hall/Chateau Moulinsart, and the Unicorn. For the first two, I've been doing some preparation work to be able to tackle them with 3D model building and printing. But the Unicorn... well, that's a different beast altogether. A sailing ship as complex as the Unicorn is not something easily 3D printed. That's were this set comes in. In 2011-2012 Hachette released a Unicorn "kit" - basically on a "one part per week" schedule. You buy the booklet and the part... and little by little the Unicorn comes to life. I've known about this set for a while, but didn't really have a hope of ever getting my hands on it. I missed the weekly release, which, while still expensive (about $10 a shot... for a 120 shots...) would have maybe been manageable over the long haul. However, trying to get your hands on all the parts at this point is not easy... and generally costs a mint. So, I'd more or less resigned myself to not getting this.

Greg Baker Author
However, as luck would have it, I seem to be getting a bit of a reputation as a builder of Tintin models on a few spots on the internet and after making a few connections ran across a guy who HAD gone to the book store 120 times... and then got in over his head. So for over 10 years this partially started project has sat in his basement... until this past week. There was a bit of negotiation, but the price was quite reasonable (all things considered) and, after finding a few unloved boxes of comic books and sports cards in MY basement, I was able to a 3-way trade and close the deal. 😄

Greg Baker Author
Yesterday the box showed up on my front doorstep... in less than stellar condition. I'm really glad this box was only being shipped across the country and not overseas, because I'm sure I would lost half the parts somewhere over the Atlantic. 🙂 I get the impression that the seller doesn't do a lot of online sales... because he basically threw whatever was on the table in his basement into a flimsy box, threw a scrap of bubble wrap on top and put a piece of tape over the top. However, after a close inspection I was very glad to find that everything arrived more or less intact. I thought I was going to have to craft a few bits to replace the broken off tips on a few of the pieces, but luckily I actually found them on my front step this afternoon. Anyway, it's been cleaned up, all the bags have been inventoried, the broken bits glued back on... and it's ready to go. The first 9 steps have been completed so I'm starting from step 10... only 110 more to go! Stay tuned! This one's going to take a while...

Cuajete
Interesting story. Glad you were able to get it, Greg 👍
110 updates ahead seem to promise hours of fun and days of watching it here 🙂
I can't miss this!

Greg Baker Author
Thanks Cuajete. One of the problems with inheriting a partially started model like this is that sometimes you need to undo someone else's mistakes. This is a rather precise "kit" and I've already had to partially disassemble it to a) clear out a glob of wood glue that was pushing up one of the ribs and would make the deck warp, and b) sand down the cut edges so that the little burs don't keep the parts from sitting flush. Luckily the previous owner didn't do such a great job to glue the pieces in place, so it's coming apart relatively easily. Maybe I should tear the whole thing down and start over…

LucLuke B
Count me in.
Yes, maybe a good idea to go back to step one.

Alec K
Taking a seat. What a journey so far!

Greg Baker Author
Thanks guys. LucLuke - I've inspected the rest of the pieces closely and there are 3 that I think were originally mis-aligned. So, I think after a bit or regluing I should be good going forward now. I'm a little warry of the MDF wood - it's a lot less forgiving than plastic. I don't want to break and of the pieces by trying to take them apart because they're unlikely to simply break cleanly like polystyrene. The MDF will tear and become full of fibre. That will make it almost impossible to get it back in position.

Cuajete
I agree with you, Greg. The cure could be worse than the disease 👍

Spanjaard
this will cer6be an epic project, not to be missed 🙂

Greg Baker Author
It'll be an epic... one way or the other. 😉

I just hope Lode doesn't show up until it actually looks like a ship... and not just leftovers from a home building project. 🙂

CaptGPF
Taking a seat - this is definitely going to be insteresting!

Matti Thomaes
Permission to come on board, Sir? very interrested in this one.

Ben M
🏴‍☠️

Greg Baker Author
Thanks guys. This one promises to be a long and plodding project. It'll be a new experience for me though, that's for sure.

bughunter
Great story and nice that you don't have to wait another week or more to get next set parts 👍 The rather large gunship looks really small compared to this new ship.
Watching no matter how long it takes!

Greg Baker Author
Thanks Frank. The pirate ship does look small, but I'm happy to note that I think I got the scaling bang on. My original thought for this project was the Heller 1/100 Soleil Royal (with heavy modifications) and the pirate ship is a 1/110 scale Bounty. Both of which were (at least to my eyeballs) pretty close to perfect for the scale given that this one is "scientifically calculated" to be 1/72 scale.

Anyway, I'm still in the re-do mode. I can tell that the previous owner was a bit less than careful in putting some of the pieces together. I've had to break down a few more parts, do a bit of sanding and then re-glueing them back in the proper place. The trim along the hull for the canons was particularly sloppy and I think that would have caused me a lot of grief once I try to get the hull put together because they would've caused gaps in the planking.

LucLuke B
What's worse is that you've got to build three.

Greg Baker Author
Hahaha! I wouldn't survive. 🙂

Anyway, my last bit of re-do work, re-aligning the gun ports, is now done. I've now opened my first bag of parts (10) and have officially started moving forward rather than backward. I've glued one row of planks on the deck. 🙂

Greg Baker Author
After days of cutting the staves into 45mm strips, sanding and glueing them in place, I now have the first deck completed. It still needs to be sanded and varnished, but I'm more or less happy with it. I did deviate from the instructions a bit though. Instead of two mirrored sides, I tried to plank it as one piece and try to avoid the seam. It didn't quite work as well as I hoped, as I can still see a bit of a seam, but I think it's better… right?

David Taylor
I'm in.

Greg Baker Author
Welcome aboard David. The next few steps of me cutting wooden strips into 45mm lengths and gluing them to the deck should be riveting action! I'll wake you up when it's done!

David Taylor
Your comment about being a bit of a Tin Tin modeller is a bit harsh Greg Tin Tin Baker.LOL.

Guy Rump Author
Another for my Japanese WW2 stable. The Ki-106 was an all wood version of the Ki-84. It was in response to the shortage of materials the Japanese were experiencing during WW2. 🙂

Kenneth
The teaser photo is incredibly realistic 😳👍

Luc B
Fantasique!

(Please attached this album to a project (with the items you used), this will make your amazing album visible on the kit page)

Michael Kohl
Another beauty from your workbench. I like the variety in your portfolio.

Rui S
Excellent 👍

Robert Podkoński
Terrific job!

Spanjaard
amazing model and perfect photography! fully agree with Luc B

Michael Kohl
That's what I call low level flight. Excellent.

Rui S
Beautiful 👍

Robert Podkoński
WOW!

Dave
That's nice

gorby
Fantastic display!

Spanjaard
fantastic indeed, that is a great dynamic presentation

Robert Podkoński
Great job!

gorby
Very nice!

Spanjaard
very nice!

Guy Rump Author
This will be the next model to be built, another Japanese Air Force aircraft to add to my growing collection. This will be the first RS model that I will build so I will see what I think of it. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Looking forward to the build, but like Neil (DJ Ferris Bueller) I can't keep up with you, you are so prolific. 👍🥸🤘

Robert Podkoński
Watching too. (Mark and Neil are right... 😉 )

Guy Rump Author
Made a start on this one. Fuselage and cockpit put together. The kit seems to be a short run build as there are no guidance join pins and the instructions are sparse to say the least.
Main internal colour is Ammo Aotake blue. No decals as yet so controls, seat belts etc painted. 🙂

Welcome Mark & Robert! I hope you both enjoy and like this one. 🙂 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Mark S, Robert P, J35J, Vincent, Alexander R & 1 other mate. 👍

Rui S
Great work 👍

gorby
Beautiful work!

Spanjaard
wow, fantastic!!!