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DerMattes
Fantastic, the wheels look great! 👍

Kruno01 Schrijver
Thanks

Palo M Schrijver
I heard mixed comments about this model previously, but so far, it has been excellent. Maybe not at the level of the Wildcat from Eduard, but still goes together very well and the instruction manual is easier to follow than Eduard's. In a few hours today, managed to finish the cockpit and the main weapon's bay (unpainted for now).

Palo M Schrijver
Is it just me where I got a point with the kit where I can't be bothered to continue? Filling a gap with putty and sanding it to get is smooth at the engine intakes and having no will to go on. Hope it's fixed soon so I get excited about the kit again

Palo M Schrijver
I'm quite happy with the tester, I think it works, just want to wait for 24h to see how it changes color after drying. In the picture, the individual colours are hard to tell apart, but check the metallic effect on the right side - that's MRP "have glass" and it really needs a video to appreciate. From what I've seen so far, highly recommended!

Neil
Nice work Palo 👍 following...

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Palo M Schrijver
Finally it's worth uploading a picture again. Apart from being busy with other things, there were lots of corrections in the engine exhaust area and some minor ones in the cockpit as well. First layer of black is on, will need at least 1-2 more.

Cristian A
Following, good job so far.

Palo M Schrijver
Thank you Cristian! Taking a break for the summer, hope to continue in late August.

James C
Looking good 👍

Palo M Schrijver
Disaster struck, with a big puddle of alclad Alu on a wing. Lots of cleanup work since, hopefully to be soon wrapped up. If all goes well, should be back to the state of last photo soon.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Desert Marlin
Looks great!

Jennifer Franklin
That's a rough break, glad you are managing to clean it up.

Desert Marlin
Yep, hate when that happens...

Palo M Schrijver
Of all my models so far, this one goes the slowest. All individual pieces are now done - painting and all decals. Weathering and final assembly are the final steps - perhaps in some two weeks 🙂

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Ben M
👁️👁️

Starbase101
Always thought it was weird that in season 1 they wore environmental suits in the cockpit (I guess in case of life support failure, and too bad for anyone in the passenger compartment), but in season 2 they piloted wearing their regular clothing.

Jörg Schäfer
Interesting, I'll take a look at that.

Skyhiker
Always love the Eagle

scalemates
weird and great catch! checking and moved to Feature Requests (as this is a bug)

Eddie Mann
In the meantime, you can copy/paste the first topic.

Michael Kohl
Will it be painted?

Rui S
Excellent Paintjob 👍 SLAVA UKRAINE 💪🇺🇦

Michael Kohl
I fully agree

Rui S
Great work & model collection 👍 Congratulations

David Taylor
Brill.

Daniel Schrijver
Thank you!

Michael Kohl
Nice Landy. Particularly beautiful together with the Nissen hut.

Ben M
If you scanned them you should be able to make them yourself or get them made from stsdecals.com/ or similar.

Robert Podkoński
I'll keep my fingers crossed!

Guy Rump
Following with interest. 👍

Geoff Murphy
Excellent paint work! Hoping the rest of the decals are good.

Martin Weinpold
Im in!

Christian Abraham
The model is looking nice. How is fit of it?

NantraKs Schrijver
there are a few simplifications but overall the model is really good

Alexander
Looks interesting, following.

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Michael Kohl
Toll geworden, leidet aber an Bildarmut. 😉

Daniel Schrijver
Stimmt :-D Muss mal noch welche machen.

Rui S
Excellent Paintjob 👍

Daniel Schrijver
Thank you Rui!

Gary Curling
Well done,a lovely little diorama.

Bozo
Hello mister,
I like your job.
Now , you have to share more pictures, please.

gorby
Nice.
I agree with Bozo, more pictures please. 🙂

scalemates
2 brands from my perspective

Leif Hellström Schrijver
OK

Ben M
What kind of clear resin did you use?

Uwe Kaeding Schrijver
I use Monocure Crystal Clear Pro 3D Printer Resin (an Australian brand). I've had good success with it, using an Elegoo Mars 2P printer.

Tim
Interesting

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Sergej I
Following! 👍

Spanjaard
I am sure i have seen somebody posting pictures not of an over, but something used to dry food, but i can not remember who that was. but it was being used to get the paint dry quicker, i think.

Liane Lonesome Schrijver
Now that's interesting. Thank you very much!

Liane Lonesome Schrijver
Got it: Found a video on YT for how to use a Dehydrator for drying paint and I am fascinated. Next I will buy a Dehydrator! ^-^

Spanjaard
👍 i must say i have not tried myself but it seems better than the oven

gorby
I assume you want something to make enamel paint dry faster Liane? If so I'm not sure how enamel paint would react to being in a dehydrator. Maybe it would just dry the surface of the paint, leaving it liquid inside.
Alternately…..you could do what many modellers do and have more than one build at the same time so when the paint is drying on one, you could be working on another model.
Or you could do what others do, including myself, you could use acrylic paint which drys much faster.

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

Neuling
Very well done!

Danumurthi Mahendra Schrijver
Thanks, @Neuling!

Rui S
Nice figure Paintjob 👍

Danumurthi Mahendra Schrijver
Thanks, @Rui!

gorby
I'd like to see how this turns out. 🙂

Marc . Schrijver
Thanks Gorby me too 😁

Nick N
Looks daunting!

Jennifer Franklin
following 👀

Vincent
Very nice!!! I really like the scheme.

Mark K
Beautiful

Thomas Kolb
That weathered metal surface looks really nice! Good job on the hinomaru being weathered just the right amount.

Neuling
I agree with everyone above!

gorby
Excellent!

Bozo
Beautiful built and painting. This scheme highlight the ki84

Guy Rump
Excellent build, congrats! 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Following

Christoph Kunz
Da schau ich Dir mal über die Schulter.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, for sure!

Alex K
... sure!

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Welcome mates. Happy to have you around.

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Those familiar with the kit might have noticed the absence of the firewall. I simply lost it and decided that I will just omit it as it is invisible anyway.

bughunter
A very interesting plane! You made a good progress with another (parallel?) project 👍

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Parallllllel, alternating. You name it. 😉

J35J
Great start!👀

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thanks and welcome.

Nicolas
Great start.

Thomas Haberl - (TH SCALE MODELS)
Interesting build and very promising start - I´m in for this 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Moin zusammen Thomas und Nicolas.

Michael Kohl Schrijver
...and Jennifer too, of course. 🙂

Nicolas
Interesting approach to simply sand the control surface structure in the primer. I'll keep my fingers crossed for a good result.

Denis Dogadov
As a base for the red color, you need to use yellow, then the red will be bright.If you put red on white, you will get just pink.

bughunter
Michael, using different primers for one top coat is my idea! The usage of my idea is geBIERenpflichtig! 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Looks like you're the partial member of The Infanous Order of The Pink Primer 😋

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Michael Kohl Schrijver
@ Nicolas: I cross my fingers too. But looks like I have to do some homework before the final coat (see below 🙂 )

@ Denis: thanks for your input. I tested your suggestion on a scrab wing. With LP-7 I get a nice hue as well over white primer and pink base alike. Problem is that there is almost no difference between them. Over yellow (XF-3) the red receives a rather orange hue which I do not like for this project. But I am optimistic to finetune that and use lighter yellow or buff as base coat and see how that turns out. I'll keep you posted.

@Frank: So, se wollen erheben ne kleene GeBIER?!
Da trifft es sich ja gut, dass mein diesjähriger Adventskalender aus 24 Flaschen feinem fränkischen Bier aus 24 verschiedenen Brauereien besteht. Es wird mir eine Freude sein, ein-zwei-drei mit Dir zu teilen - in N?! In M?! Gruß 🙂

@Lukasz: I applied, but as PartPrimerer I am only allowed into the Entree so far. Full membetship pending. 🙂

Welcome Guy

Denis Dogadov
Yes, I will be interested in what your red color will turn out to be. I recently painted small parts red, but there was a noticeable difference in color, depending on the color of the soil. Perhaps your LP-7 is better.

Michael Kohl Schrijver
I tested a couple of base coat variations for LP-7. A nice combination in my eyes is achieved when using Mr. Hobbycolor H413 yellow as base for the darker areas and pink (Tamiya X-17) for the lighter ones. But that would have meant to redo the whole base paint. So I stuck to my combination and mourned the loss of contrast.

Mark Sherwood
Looks good to me Michael. 🤘🥸👍

Cuajete
Me 2! 👍

Jennifer Franklin
That is a gorgeous colour red

Christoph Kunz
I say the same as Mark and Jennifer. 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Add some white today and it will be perfect Xmas gift just in time 😋

Jennifer Franklin
There's the white! Perfect Xmas gift.

Jakub Biganovsky
Really great job. I appreciate your approach.
I didn`t test different base color. I used GS Aquarius H23 at first piece at black surfacer, and it wasn`t fine. I will use gloss yellow at 2nd piece.
How did you do such perfect wing bottom side. It looks really nice. I had relatively big gap there and some residual step although I precisely brushed big material layer out from both wing half. Maybe, the used glue did a step at the end.
I thing, that this, wings bottom, is weakest part of this model although, as you ar writing, engine nacceles also need some attention.

Bernhard Schrock
A nice red! 🙂

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Welcome mates and thanks for your encouraging and funny comments. Bottomline I am quite happy with the shade of red. I just haven't made up my mind about how gloss it should appear finally. If I would have had access to a cutter I would have scanned the bigger decals and cut masks for painting the letters.
Now what's left are the tail skid and a few bits and pieces at the wings and the stabiliser.

@Jakub: wing assembly requires some scraping and dry fitting. With super thin cement I didn't encounter any issues afterwards. But there still remains a considerable gap towards the flaps and ailerons which I filled with super glue.

Mark Sherwood
By Gum. That's a lovely looking aircraft. Kudos Michael. 🤘🥸🤟

Robert Podkoński
Looks beautiful already, Michael!

J35J
Almost there! Great build & paintwork👍🏻

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thanks mates. Let's see whether the year is still long enough to finish the plane.

bughunter
Nice 👍
Regarding the cutter - you know I can always help here! If you still want to do it may another mate can scan the decals ... or next project.

Cuajete
Fantastic job. Very nice result. Great!
Congrats!

Zbynek Honzik
Great job! I like it very much, Michael. 👍

Jennifer Franklin
I agree with everyone; great job, nice result, and I like it very much.

Rui S
I like it, a Lot 👍

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thank you all for sneaking in.
Couldn't finish it last year, so might be the first to be completed this year.
Wish you all a lot of happy modelling in 2025.

Neuling
Very beautiful model. A good start into 2025 !

Nicolas
Great looking model. 👍 Happy 2025 to everyone.

J35J
Excellent! Your setting the scene for the 2025 build year👍🏻

Robert Podkoński
Absolutely fabulously looking model!

Guy Rump
Great result, congrats!

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thanks mates for yor very nice feedback. Is a nice kit. Still pondering about a few details for a little vignette.

U1 PLAMO
Beautiful! That's a wonderful piece of work!

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thanks mate

Christoph Kunz
High End Modelling. 👍

Cuajete
The figures and other elements look great. Are they 3D printed or commercial?

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thanks Christoph and Cuajete,
all items are commercial, some classic resin casts, some 3D-printed.

Jennifer Franklin
I love the additional elements, especially the bike.

Thomas Haberl - (TH SCALE MODELS)
The comet turned out beautifully 😊 - excited to see the finished dio my friend 👌🤞

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thank you Thomas.
progress is a bit slow as the last figure I bought needed a decent makeover due to casting imperfections. Same with the barrels I bought. Issues I weren't used to from.Balaton and White Storck Models.

Alec K
Very nicely done 👍

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thanks Alec. Yesterday two figures were painted, the barrels redone and after I went full circle I am back again at the high base which I left for - first a bigger, then a smaller one with different layouts. Now I am confident with the actual concept and I am optimistic that I can still finish it for the Moson Model Show end of april.

Nick Dragone
Stellar!

Jennifer Franklin
I like the red headdress; the pump on the barrel looks nice, and I'm getting excited about the completed dio.

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thanks Nick and Jennifer for the heads up. I finished preparing the base and should be able to put things into place within the next days.

Cuajete
I agree with Jennifer 👍

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thanks Cuajete. Little by little I inch myself toward the finish line.

Ignacio
Excellent! I have this kit in my stash so I don't only love the pictures but your comments on the building too!

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Nice to hear that my statements might be helpful.

Michael Kohl Schrijver
If I don't change my mind again, then this build is completed. I shot some preliminary pictures but hope to add better ones under daylight conditions.
Thanks for joining, for your interest and your feedback.

Rui S
Impressive work and small scale Dio 👍. Congratulations

Christoph Kunz
Beautifull, simply beautifull.
Thank's for sharing.

J35J
Excellent dio, taking every part to the next level! Congrats👍🏻

Zbynek Honzik
The combination of the beautiful aircraft and very impressive mini diorama is truly extraordinary. And precise figures that look as if they were at least in 1/48 and not in 1/72. Really great work. A joy to behold. 👏👏👏

Guy Rump Schrijver
This will be one of two PR.XIXs that I will be building, one WW2 and one post war. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Ditto!

Łukasz Gliński
Watching with envy, still haven't managed to get this set 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Have made a start on the Swedish PR Spitfire. Cockpit and internal of fuselage painted. Main difference between this version and the Club Ltd Edition is that the decals are more detailed in the Ltd Edition. Note this version not even a control panel decal. 🙂

Welcome along for the ride Robert & Lukasz, you're both very welcome. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Robert P, Moreno B, Lukasz G, Patryk S, Martin W, Neil & Villiers DV. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Fuselage together and wings prepared with Vallejo Model Air interior green. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Duster_d. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Wings and tail plane now attached. The wings required masking tape to hold them to the required angle. 🙂

Guy Rump Schrijver
Primer and pre-shading added and then Vallejo Model Air Faded PR Blue airbrushed on to upper and lower side. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Живко Джаков, Bozo & Tibor S. 👍

J35J
Joining, an S31 is always of intrest👍🏻

Guy Rump Schrijver
Gloss varnish added and then decals. Panel line wash added. 🙂

Welcome along J35J, not too long to go now.

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes J35J & Alexander R. 👍

Thomas Kolb
S 31, very nice! I built one of these some time ago, yours looks much more weathered and aged. Cool!

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

Guy Rump Schrijver
Another aircraft from the Special Hobby stable, this one my first Finnish Air Force plane. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Made a start on this one. The internals colour is Vallejo Model Air Light gull gray. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Moreno B, Rui, Sukhoi242, Gergo T, Djordje N, Bernd G & 1 other mate. 👍

Nicolas
I'm very intrestet in finish wwII planes, following.

Guy Rump Schrijver
Fuselage together, wings and tailplane added. Filler required on fit between fuselage and wings. 🙂

Welcome aboard Nicolas. 👍

Many thanks for your interest and likes Matti T, Duster_d, Jocaj & Franck D. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest, too.

Guy Rump Schrijver
Nose/engine now fitted. 🙂

Welcome Robert! 👍

Many thanks for your interest and likes Robert P, Neil & Vincent. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Cockpit masked and added. Primer applied and pre-shading of panels etc. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Dave A. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Vallejo Model Air Light Gull Gray added all over as base colour. This will be the main underside colour. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Живко Джаков & walaroo. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Camouflage added to top of aircraft Vallejo Model Air NATO Black, Dark Slate Grey & Light Gull Grey. RLM04 used for the stripe and underside of wings. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes William J & airjuneau. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Decals now added. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Patryk S

Marco Gallmann
A rare subject, I cannot remind if I ever seen this Aircraft before. I will take a seat and looking forward to the further progress.

Moreno Baruffini
Well done on the camo and the decals! I have a similar plane I my stash, following with interest!

Guy Rump Schrijver
I now declare this aircraft completed. The aircraft denoted was flown by 2 Lt Veikko Taina of 3.LLv 30 at Hyvinkaa in Oct 1941. Thanks for joining me mates. 🙂

A warm welcome Marco & Moreno, both of you pull up a stool. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Saerani, Marco G, LynC, Ignacio vB & Pietro DA. 👍

Nicolas
Nice result Guy.

Moreno Baruffini
I agree, well done!

Marco Gallmann
Thanks Guy and congratulations for the final result, looks great 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Ben M, Cuajete, Daniel K, Freak & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks Nicolas, Moreno & Marco for your very kind comments. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Sebastian M & Neil P 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Remco v H, Ignacio v B & Villiers DV. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes scaleffect & Dom S. 👍

Sebastijan Videc
great job! -got a couple waiting for me in the stash

J35J
Great work Guy!👍🏻

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks for your kind comments Sebastijan & J35J. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Sebastijan V, J35J, Lukasz G, Marc & 2 other mates. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes David C, Sebastien C & LucLuke. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Andrew B, megagnome & Lukas M. 👍

Thomas E.
Do you know Finnish Wartime Archive? If you like: www.sa-kuva.fi
There is a search engine. Type in: Fokker
May be you are interested.

Guy Rump Schrijver
Thanks for the information Thomas, I've had a look and it's really good, many thanks. 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Thomas E. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes SM, Noel B & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Lost Erik & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Dave F. 👍

Stephen Lesley
Easily one of your best. Just nailed the camo to perfection.

Guy Rump Schrijver
Thank you for your kind comment Stephen, I greatly appreciate it. 🙂 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Stephen L & Ravlich01. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Derek B. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks for your interest and like Simon OG. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Ignacio, Andre S & Rudy P. 👍

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice work!

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks for the kind comment and like Jennifer, I appreciate it greatly. 👍

Mr D
Great Model Guy 👍
The blue swastikas...was that pre war ??

Nicolas
@Mr D:From March 1918, the Finnish Air Force used a blue swastika (a common symbol of good luck at the time) to mark its aircraft on the orders of Mannerheim. In 1944, after the peace treaty with the Soviets, the marking was banned by the Allied Control Commission because of its similarity to the swastika of the 3rd Reich.

Mr D
Hi Nicolas 👋
Many thanks 👍 I've seen it few times but wasn't sure on the history 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Thank you for your kind comment Mr D, Nicolas has answered you better than I could! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Dave, Mr D & Anatolii S. 👍

Mr D
Well done Guy 👍 great job... nice aircraft to have in the collection, canopy looks good.
👏

Denis Dogadov
I want to clarify what colleague Nicholas said.
The blue swastika was the luck symbol of the famous Swedish scientist and philanthropist, Count von Rosen. The first aircraft in the Finnish Air Force was the Moran-Saulnier L, donated by the Count. And there was a swastika on the plane, his personal emblem.
This has nothing to do with fascism.
The swastika remained on the Finnish Air Force flag until recently, when they were forced to remove it.
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The new emblem of the Finnish Air Force, since 2017
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Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks for your kind comment Mr D. 👍 Denis, thanks for your information regarding the Finnish Air Force. 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Lorraine L. 👍

Transall NG
Nice choice ! 🙂
Let's also add, to be precise, that this emblem for sure has nothing to do with fascism, nor with with german national-socialism, which has itself nothing to do with fascism (Italy 1921-1943) !!!!!
Those political doctrines are both faces of socialism.
One can still hear far too many inexact comments about this solar symbole.

Guy Rump Schrijver
Thanks Transall NG for the kind comment and further clarification of the Finnish Air Force markings. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Miklospatkany & Finn. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Carlos M. 👍

Mark K
Beautiful!

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks Mark for your kind comment, I greatly appreciate it. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Mark K, Ronald C & Eddie BA. 👍

Guy Rump Schrijver
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Neuling & Alexander R. 👍