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gorby
Love it. 😄
Great idea. 👍

Clair Greenwood
Oh I simply must copy your work here, thats great !!

Neuling
Nice idea! Is the tractor really so big compared to the MBT ?

Jakko ‌
You had me wondering, so I went and looked it up. Going by the markings (I'm not a tractor expert 🙂) this is a John Deere 9530, which is 24.0 feet long (veritread.com/specs/..tors/john-deere/9530), or in real-world units: 7.3 metres. A T-72 is 6.7 to 6.9 metres long without the gun. In other words: the hull is only slightly shorter than the tractor overall. Yet in the photos of the model, it seems to be only about two-thirds the length. Is the tractor 1:24 scale?

William Banker
Thanks for all the kind comments
It was for a Ukrainian fund raising event
The John Deere Tractor is an off the shelf metal toy that I just weathered up
Regarding scale? I think it's 1/16th model 9320.... I didn't spend a lot of time looking for a scale model for the tractor as I had to do several other builds for the fund raiser.... This was the closest I could find of a picture I had seen online of a Ukrainian farmer using this model tractor to drag away an abandoned T-72 during the early days of the war

Neuling
🙂

Rui S
SLAVA UKRAINE 👍

William Banker
OK....I went back through my purchase records and apparently this is a 1/32 scale
https://ebay.com/itm/3562571..15H0D_JEvB0PYoYaAoD7EALw_wcB

Jakko ‌
Easiest way to figure it out would to be measure the length of the model and divide 7.3 metres by it 🙂

William Banker
I'd do that --- but it's gone --- in a donor's hands right now over 300 miles from me. I'm pretty sure it's the 1/32 scale version of the toy. I remember wanting to get as close to 1/35 as I could and I picked one off Ebay. That said i was surprised at the size. Remember how low to the ground is Soviet armor (by design and that is why their crewman were recruited from small men --- typically under 5'7" when possible --- and the tractor in height is HUGE. If you have ever been next to one you can appreciated why they have the ladder to get up into the cab

Spanjaard
really interested in seeing what you do with it 🙂

Miguel Vaquero
Welcome aboard Spanjaard.

I've decided I'm going to represent the plane putting out a wild fire. For that I will need to make the plane with the gear up and flaps down, wich the kit doesn't include an option for neither. I'm also going to make it with the water door open, so plenty of scratch builds for this project. It's going to be a long one again

Martin Weinpold
Looks good!

Alec K
Taking a seat. A much anticipated kit!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👀😍

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3, I have to follow that for the same reason 👍

gorby
Nice work Duncan. Is this an old build or something more resent?

Neuling
Beautiful finish!

Denis Dogadov
The hatch in the front bow was only for the Chinese-built Mig-15, it needed to be plastered.
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Denis Dogadov
There was no white-on-white color on the identification plates of the Korean Air Force during the Korean War.
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Jens J.
Can you be a bit more specific? Where and what colours, and what do you mean by the model of F-16 is wrong?

Doubtingmango
Just incredible scratch work! Watching

Davide Vitali
Thank you, Mango!

Pepe
Great

Mr James
Same as Doubtingmango...

Davide Vitali
Thank you Pepe and Mr James!

gorby
WOW, remarkable work so far!

Davide Vitali
Thank you gorby!

Rui S
I agree. Great scratch and detailing. 👍 I'm in 😎

Davide Vitali
Thank you Rui!

Modelmaker131
Remember me from Reddit? Looks great so far

Kesa Tiho
Looks interesting, following

Davide Vitali
Thanks guys! @modelmaker131 you'd need to refresh my memory 🙂

Modelmaker131
@davide Vitali I'm the guy who Said 15 months is crazy

Davide Vitali
@Modelmaker131 LOL now I remember 😂

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jakko ‌
That is a very good job you're doing on that old kit 🙂 Though I am wondering why you're bothering to correct the Tamiya kit when the Asuka and Meng M4A3E2 kits would be much less work? Oh, also: the machine gun in photo 80 is an M2 HB, not an M1919 🙂

Davide Vitali
@Jakko thanks for the clarification on the gun! As for the kit it's a gift from my brother… couldn't really throw it 😄

Remco van Haren
Wow, great work! Following. 😎

gorby
Amazing work on the turret!

Ben M
Very enjoyable. Can't believe you carved your own turret.

J35J
Great work so far, very impressed by your scratch work in all different materials

Naram
taking a sit

Naram
I not a tank fan but your modification and scratch a instructive and impressive !

Skyhiker
This is a test...this is only a test. If this were a real emergency my AMS would take over. I want to see if I can do an out of the box build. So far I have almost never been able to. Wish me luck.

Skyhiker
I think this is my first time with an ICM mold. The kit has a lot of flash and is very subtle in its markings. This creates a bit of a challenge cleaning things up because I have to stop and figure out what to take away and what to keep. But I think when everything is cleaned up it should be pretty straightforward.

Thomas O'Eh
following!

Michael Kohl
Me too. I have my ICM to finish too.

Skyhiker
I think I am becoming an ICM fan. The mold is not the easiest but the subtle details and perfect scaling are great.

Robert Podkoński
I will keep my fingers crossed 😉

Cuajete
Following.

Alec K
Same. Fingers crossed for the OOB goal to last 👍

Skyhiker
There was one piece that was too big to fit. The instructions said that it was the backing for the control panel for the navigator. I started filing it down but then realized that Revell screwed up the instructions and it was actually the pilot's headboard. Now I have to repair the headboard.

Chris T. An
I'm in. Good luck with that kit. 😉

Nicolas
Watching with interest.

Skyhiker
Well I blamed Revell for getting the instructions wrong but when I checked the ICM instructions they had the same mistake. The piece clearly belongs behind the pilot if you look at the kit. So either the engineers who designed the kit got it wrong or the graphics department got something wrong. Either way I went with the kit and not the instructions.

Skyhiker
Today I was going to paint most of the day but my airbrushes were not cooperating so I ended up brushing the interior.

Skyhiker
I finished the cockpit and started with the wings today

Alec K
Nice progress 👍

Skyhiker
The more I work with this model the more I am truly amazed at how finely detailed ICM was able to make the mold. It's incredible. I hope I can keep any of those details without the paint just filling it all in.

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Skyhiker
More progress made

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Neil Patrick
I'm definitely in for this.

Skyhiker
Welcome everyone. It's starting to come together. Soon it may even look like a plane.

Skyhiker
A bit more progress made today. Now I have to wait for everything to dry before attempting to put on the landing gear.

Skyhiker
Landing gear is on.

Skyhiker
A set of masks would have saved me a lot of time, but after shipping they would have cost more than the kit.

Bozo
Ouch, seen the very first picture.
few flashes but lovely plane with this inline engine version.

Skyhiker
Yeah, there was a lot of flash on the kit. It took me a day to get all the parts cleaned up but in the end the kit is actually not too bad.

Skyhiker
I primed the model today. Tomorrow I will start painting.

Moreno Baruffini
Really a great progress! Bravo!

Cuajete
I agree with Moreno 👍

Skyhiker
I got the bottom painted but I think I am going to give it a day to cure before masking it.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Skyhiker
This build is making me question why I predominantly use an airbrush instead of a paintbrush.

Moreno Baruffini
I agree with you, I use use mainly the brush when modelling

Mr D
Hi Skyhiker 👋
Always pays to give paint good drying time before more work, l like 48hrs on main airframe, probably why l tend to have couple of builds on the go ..... something to do between drying periods.
Looking good , l always hand paint my wheels, lve done 67 in 2yrs 🫣
Good luck on next steps 👍

Skyhiker
I got the base layer of RLM71 down. I'm not happy with the windows but I couldn't sand them down flat without damaging a lot of details. I'll have to see how it looks when the paint is dry.

Mr D
Coming along nicely 👍
An interesting wing shape.. interesting aircraft generally, nice 🙂👍

Skyhiker
The wing shape reminds me of a flying fish.

Michael Kohl
The wing shape actually gave inspiration for the Spitfire. Rolls Royce - if I recall that right - acquired a He-70 for test purposes. Here the designer of the Spitfire saw the plane.

Skyhiker
That's an interesting bit of history Michael. I didn't know that but I did notice the similarities. As a matter of fact I was just comparing the two a few days ago.

Skyhiker
Well, somehow the landing gear broke on me, so I had to scratch build a new part. Seems to be working now.

Skyhiker
Camo down

Cuajete
Good progress 👍

Mr D
Good job on the camo, every plane probably has variations in camo so box art is good, it does work well as a camouflage that pattern, breaks up the profile well.
Nice build 👍

Jennifer Franklin
The camo looks great.

Skyhiker
I managed to get the flu so I'm not getting much done right now.

Nicolas
Gute Besserung.

Skyhiker
Danke Nicolas

Thomas Kolb
Get better soon!

Cuajete
Get well, Skyhiker!

Jennifer Franklin
Get well soon!

Skyhiker
Working out the kinks today.

Jennifer Franklin
I hope this means you are feeling better

Skyhiker
Thanks for asking Jennifer. I'm slowly getting back on my feet. My fever is gone now, but I'm still pretty tired. I'm taking it one day at a time.

Mr D
Very nice 👍👍

Spanjaard
very nice dio!

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Spanjaard. 🤘🥸🤟

gorby
Nice dio Mark. The extra stowage looks very good.

Mark Sherwood
Thanks Gorby. Although the title let me down there's a question mark where there should be an emoji. 😤👍🤨🤘🥸

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Randy and everyone else for the likes. 🤟🥸🤘

Neuling
I agree with Spanjaard and gorby. I especially like the moderate weathering here.

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Neuling, I did not want to go overboard with weathering just tried to produce a nice dio. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Maxprime and all who liked. 🤟🥸🤘

Jam Fjord
Incidentally, I forgot to mention that the Wikipedia page above states that the Kitmaster/Dapol kit is indeed based on the BR Class 04 aka 204HP 0-6-0 Drewry Shunter.
I still haven't been able to find any information stating that a 'Junior 0-6-0 Diesel Shunter' is a real vehicle.

Jam Fjord
Just following up on this. Are topic name corrections helpful or should I avoid suggesting them?

Eddie Mann
Hi, It can take Tim some time to get round to all posts, but yes, keep providing updates.
On the subject of SCM Topic: Junior 0-6-0 Diesel Shunter , I would suggest naming it 'BR Class 04' with '204HP 0-6-0 Drewry Shunter'

Jam Fjord
Hi Eddie, no problem at all, just thought I'd check - fully understand that it's a lot for one person to keep on top of! I was wondering whether the railway kits were not being updated in anticipation of a transfer to railwaymates.com or something... just a guess.

Your naming suggestion makes a lot of sense; 'BR Class 04' is what most people will have known the prototype as for around 50 of the 63 years the kit has been around. Thanks 🙂
I have updated the topic with '204HP 0-6-0 Drewry Shunter' as Synonym 1 and 'British Rail Class 04' as Synonym 2 - hope that makes it a little quicker and easier for Tim not having to look around for the info.

Jam Fjord
Hi again, any update? Please let me know if additional info is needed. TIA

scalemates
renamed to BR Class 04

Jam Fjord
Awesome, thanks Tim 🙂

gorby
Nice work!

Neuling
I agree! But where is the Kettenkraftrad?

Rui S
Great paintjob & weathering 👍

Spanjaard
nice 262

Lorraine Lin
Wow, take a front seat, I cannot miss this
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Rui S
Humm, this will be another interesting subject as all you've built 😎

gorby
Joining the audience for this. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat as well!

Naram
following

Alexander Grivonev
Welcome everybody!

Davide Vitali
Wow! With your skills this is gonna be an absolute masterpiece. Also, I wanna see how you'll handle the black overall paint... Popcorns are on me, guys!

Palo M
Taking a seat. Very curious how the extra details will work - I have the base kit, but haven't decided whether to expand it with such nice details yet. Good luck!

Spanjaard
really curious about what you do with it. joining the club.

Frank Krause
Wenn ich groß bin, möchte ich auch so bauen können!

Jedes Teil ein Hingucker und klasse in Szene gesetzt! An den vielen, kleinen Details kann man sich gar nicht satt sehen.

Gruß
Frank

SCM79
nice diorama Roland!

Marko Paakkanen
very nice dio! Lots of actions.. ilove it!

Steve Wilson
Excellent, top build Roland 👍

Paul Waggett
Wow - that's a serious diorama - and at 1:35 it probably justifies a room of its own!

Bill Gilman
Very nice! Well done, sir! 🙂

Holger Kranich
What the hell...!
Why the f**k have i missed that???
Truly a great work! And i love the Wiesel´s, since they first hit me in OLDB Bümmerstede!

Shahriar Khalvati
excellent job!well done,ronald

Burkhard D
Great skills but this definitely doesn't look like a place where I would want to land my helicopter: Soft/wet ground, flying debris, unstable structures, slope nearby :\

Christian Keller
Absolut hammermässiges Diorama Gratuliere :-D

Frank Krause
Hehe, you can't always choose a nice place to land:

Youtube Video

Burkhard D
I knew someone would come up with that particular video 😄 👍

Dirk Heyer
Very skilful work!
A lot of nice little gimmicks are included!
Amazing!

Ludovic
Wow. Just amazing!

Holger Kranich
I can watch it again and again!

Christian Ristits
Wahnsinns Arbeit, Gratuliere!

Spanjaard
very nice diorama.

Trez
Ausgezeichnet!

Cristian A
Absolutely amazing!

Roland
Taking a seat!

Guy Rump
Following as well. 👍

Sy Bar
Welcome aboard, it's an interesting build sofar updates incoming

Łukasz Gliński
Following, planning to get this kit at some point in time

Sy Bar
So far so good. Apart from the parts A9 A10 everything going together well the gaps you see in pic 4 are my fault I did check then promptly forgot to sand my bad gate removal fully but it wouldn't be modelling if there was nothing to fill then sand

Matti Thomaes
Following

Martin Weinpold
Looks good!

Sy Bar
I used Ammo's Cobra acrylic paint - 'Gulf Orange' as I had it to hand and like the colour. The Cobra paints are good covering and tough. One caution do not use their "cleaner & lacquer thinner" to thin it as I did, by not reading label, before adding to the acrylic unless you want an airbrush full of a custard like substance 🫣🙄. When you use their Acrylic thinner it works a treat 👍

Roland
Looks like a relatively straightforward built👍 I think I need one of this too in addition to the Severn Class kit.

Sy Bar
Welcome all those following
The decals are great and work well with micro sol/set. I was concerned I'd mess the long single colour stripe so cut it into smaller sections. The first went well but the second split into smaller pieces on the paper while soaking, not sure if I did this by forcing it flat? Apart from that they work great as can be seen in the hatch decal on front of boat. I still chickened out with the other side but only cut in half and didn't unfurl till transferring and it remained in complete sections 👍

#Roland I too have the Severn kit but have heard it trickier than this modern example

Ben M
I love these colors so much.

Sy Bar
If you are going to replace the solid mooring cleats with your own leave till near the end as I've now managed to knock most of them off at t once 🙄

Łukasz Gliński
Love these RNLI colours too 👍

Sy Bar
All was going well until I looked closer and realised I'd forgot the windows 🤪 I had added the ones I cut out at the rear but some how left the main one out 😳. I also used CA glue and do the cabin is now solid and the whole thing will be bin fodder if I attempt to remove it.
Do I'll try and add the glass pane by pane 🤞I don't make it worse

Neuling
Cool build of a hot car!👍

Guillaume Blanchet
My fisrts car! Nice work on the sand

D P
Wow!!!

Dominik Weitzer
amazing built! the sand looks incredible.

Łukasz Bąk
I used 2 batteries AA and a switch from some old toy - lamp. It had ready battery and switch nest. I just soldered everything up.

Carlos Malfitani
Amazing Work! Congratulations!

Alexandros Marinos
Sunday and some basic progress was done with the cabin and tail cone section!

Alexandros Marinos
More progress,
-Masking of clear parts with Eduard masks
-Some details on the main fuselage were not suitable for the variant -B so I removed them but also added some others from my spare parts
-Resque hoist provided by Italeri is suitable for -A variant only,so I made another from my spare box which is almost the correct one (will add some wiring also in the end)
-Added seatbelts on the seats

Cuajete
Good start 👍
Following.

Oleg Bogolei
Following!

Alexandros Marinos
Weekend's progress:
-Cockpit-cabin painting
-Added clear parts and weight (10 grm) at the nose section
-Close the main fuselage
-Added tail cone section
-Checked alignment and proper fitting

Michael Kohl
Great metal effect on the double radial engine, but very basic in detail. 😉

Ok, kidding aside. Lovely progress. I am in for the ride.

Alexandros Marinos
Back on the bench and I found the time to:
-Add the main landing system with hydraulic lines from tin wire
-Add the low grille on the engine cover despite the fact that Italeri missed that part in the instructions
-Fill a gup (maybe missed spot at the factory) with evergreen rod at the tail cone section
-Add the resque hoist and and it's wiring
-Prepared the main and tail rotor blades
-For the end I primed the model with black 1500 finishing surfacer
That's for today!

Cuajete
Good progress! 👍

Alexandros Marinos
Thank you for watching mates!Stay tuned,soon more progress with metal finish!

Alexandros Marinos
Re-primed the model again with gloss black and then painted with Alclad white aluminum!
Decals will follow!

Michael Kohl
Nice progress. Time to swap the teaser to a pic of your model.

Zsolt Czegle
Greeat work! Following!

Naram
nice metallic paint

Michael Kohl
Nice new teaser. 😉

Alexandros Marinos
Final WIP here:
-Decals by LM Decals
-Gloss varnish gunze uv cut
-Pin wash with tamiya black panel liner
-Unmasking clear parts
-Added the main and tail rotor, wheels and antennas on the upper part of the fuselage.
Final photos will follow!

Tibor Szilvai
Nice! 👍

Cuajete
Great! 👍

Rui S
Beautiful work. Impec. 👍

gorby
Lovely job!

Clement
Such a simple and elegant livery. Nicely done!

Naram
very cool !

Martin Weinpold
wow!!!

Thomas Kolb
Absolutely beautiful!

Живко Джаков
It looks great.

Agnius
Lovely!

Alexandros Marinos
Thank you all for your comments!

J35J
Great work! Congrats 👍🏻

Nik Watson
Very nice indeed, smashing job 👏👏👏

Elias Korompilis
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Naram
hi everyone, starting a new kit simple build I hope for the begining of the year.
first step opening windows and hole in the hull.

Naram
1ststep working on the openings windows, gouvernail, and decks to give a less toyish look. uploaded photos. Let me know if you have further suggestion of modifiction on deck and hull. thanks !

Naram
additional pics to show progress. Santa Maria Carack did have the main bridge open and not closed. The kit propose you to have solid walls and paint them in black. I decided to open them. but I has also to create the prolongation of the main deck now visible.
Filled also the masts crippled with ejection pins..

Ben M
👀

Naram
additinal pics I did research and it seem the bow of the boart is incorrect as it is in the recent replica of the santa maria or in the plands. I cut the upper breadge at the bow and will replace it by a triangular platform as seen in the pics. work in progress.

Naram
Finshed painting of the main desk using 1mm band with 3 different wood collor to give some detail to the deck. May be not really accurate but give some interest on it. Next step masking and painting the hull. let me know what you think.

Villiers de Vos
Beautiful wood effects.

Naram
now I getting stuck trying to paint the the hull. I tried to start by a clear tone ochre yellow and a wash with Citadel constrat seraphim. but I am far to obtain what I want in the ref pic I found on the wen. any thought shal I mask aslo the hull to make planck and fill it with more redish brown tone ?

Ben M
I'm building a similar small ship and decided to just use a wash to add realism. Masking individual boards on such a small model seemed not worth it to me.

Naram
indeed will take a lot of time and there is a lot of reinforcment in the way. thanks for the advise.

Ben M
Also the hulls are very curved. Maybe next time I will try it but not this time.

Naram
second layers with vallejo colors (I do not have oil paint with me). still too light for a boat that crossed the ocean. need more work on the hull.

Ben M
I think you got it right.

Jennifer Franklin
Following!

Ben M
You have to lighten up small objects or they are just black holes. My little ship is too dark but oh well. Yours looks great. I should have painted before assembling like you are.

Davide Vitali
I like the way you've painted the hull last! Very nice

gorby
Very nice dio!

Lebloge
Superb !

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic!

Neuling
Excellent!

Spanjaard
fantastic!

Jun Chung
gorby, Lebloge, Robert Podkoński, Neuling, Spanjaard~
Thank you for your encouraging message. ^^

Dietmar Bogatzki
Awesome 👍

Jun Chung
Dietmar Bogatzki~
Thank you ^^

Rui S
That's a awesome Dio 👍 Congratulations

Jun Chung
Rui S
Thank you for your comment. ^^

Guy Rump
Excellent dio. 👍

Jun Chung
Guy Rump~
Thank you ^^

Lebloge
Nice work ! 👍🏻

Doubtingmango
Nicely done

Neuling
Top job on this Tamiya oldie!

Jun Chung
Thank you ^^
This kit was released on 1977.
This is very old kit but still attractive on my eyes.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

David Taylor
Nice.

Jun Chung
Thank you ^^

Rui S
Very nice work, indeed 👍

Jun Chung
Thank you ^^

Rui S
Great work, as always 👍
Any issues with the kit? 🤔

Martin Oostrom
Good start Sniff!

Dontsniffglue
Finally got the airbrush and spray booth set up (after doing the motor by hand). Color inspiration I'm using is this:
dodgegarage.com/news..ic-for-tomorrow.html

After some extensive searching, I've found a paint I want to use for the body. Sunburst Orange from Barbatos Rex. I'll probably top coat it over a metallic grey, or gunmetal grey to get the color depth I'm wanting. Here's what it looks like:
Youtube Video

Jennifer Franklin
Nice colour and new too!

Bob Hall
Sweet Mopar ! I used this kit for my Bullit car chase combo, good kit. 👍

Dontsniffglue
Finally have my paints ordered for the body. Also making full use of my new airbrush setup. The finish it so much better than brushed. Ended up going with Mecha Empires Copper Fire, which I'll put over top a base coat of gloss black. I MIGHT do a very thin coat of clear red on top to deepen the color. That might require some practice pieces first...
I'll upload a sample of those colors

Dave
Watching this project. Have to admit that the candy red has nice depth.

Martin Oostrom
I like it with some clear red. So much warmer.

Ben M
The color looks fantastic.

Martin Oostrom
Smokin'!

George Williams
Lovely colour.

Lorraine Lin
beautiful!

Rui S
Indeed. 👍 I'm in 😎

Rui S
Very nice work 👍 Deserving a base 🤔

gorby
Excellent display! I recommend changing the 'teaser' photo to one of the completed diorama so that more people will notice this beauty - I'd use photo number 66.
Also, you can change the orientation of the photos by going to 'Manage' and then 'Advanced options'.

Harry Brunner
Hio Thanks ! Yes i know, was in a hurry, have it done now.

John Lambert
That's an amazing diorama. You can practically hear the engine noise.

Robert Podkoński
I fully agree with John! Chapeau bas!

Neuling
Ich schließe mich den Lobeshymnen an. Etwas ganz Besonderes!

Rui S
Impressive 👍

Pietro De Angelis
Fascinating theme and work,
congrats!

Ben M
They look like space ships 🙂

Harry Brunner
Ben M thats what the Crowd thinking i guess ,-) I saw the only Survivor of this Race, the Mercedes Benz with the V12 ( the Car of von brauchitsch, Carraciola and hermann drive the Staight (' ) it looks really like a SF Fantasy.

Rui S
They sure were ahead of their time 👍

Neuling
Clean, careful, beautiful!

Rui S
I agree, very well done, as usual 👍

Tim Ryan
Great color on the block, seems accurate. Looking forward to seeing the kit completed.

Christian W
Agree! That silver parts looking great too. What color did you take? And: what do I have to imagine behind "Milton's Corvette"? I didn't google that so far 😉

George Williams
Looking forward to seeing this built.

Kenneth
I like the green colour, I've seen one in 1:1 in that colour, really nce!

Alexander Grivonev
Wow, did you actually apply CF decal onto the roll over bars? I tried too but with no success. Which decals and softener did you use?

Tobias Lewandovski
Kenneth: Same here! Last spring, so cool!
I always thought my first 992 GT3 RS would be ruby ​​red after my old missing 964 RS, but I better practice a bit before then. 😄
fjollrosa.se/gallery..ntorp-1/PIT/0B7A3744 <--- 1:1

Tobias Lewandovski
Alexander: Yep, never thought it would work.
Used this, Tamiya 12682, Microscale Micro-Set and Micro-Sol.

Your build will be awesome!
Took the tip about drilling the wing blade and mirror feets, thanks! 🙂

Alexander Grivonev
Man, that looks incredible 👍 Seriously. The decals I used did not want to go around that curved of an area or maybe I gave up too early! Anyway I have to give Tamiya CF decals a try on occasion. Looks like you will finish before me, good luck! Great color you have chosen.

schecter87
Alexander, have you tried Tamiya Mark Fit Super Strong? It's always works in such situations.

Yngve N
Joining in 🙋🏽‍♂️

Mr D
Great Paint 🎨👍

Pepe
Nice

Alexander Grivonev
Wow, already finished? Nice !👍

Tobias Lewandovski
Alexander: Trying to work calmly and methodically, and halfway through the build I feel like I'm almost done.
Maybe I'll try to do what you do, build stuff myself.
A little tempted to build a complete roll cage in the next car.

Also trying to cut out my own carbon fiber decals.
Since the ones included really aren't 100% in appearance.....

Chris Vandegrift
Beautiful gloss and just overall construction!! I definitely gained some insight for my build 👍

Christian W
This is awesome! Great buid-

Yngve N
I'm definitely following this! The idea of using drilling holes in small parts and inserting the needles is brilliant. Wish I saw this 2 weeks ago 😳

Martin Oostrom
New lessons to be learned

Robert Podkoński
Taking a first row seat on this talent show!

Alexander Grivonev
Welcome guys, yes holding spoilers is sometimes a real pain in the a**, I've learned this the hard way

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Mike Bird
This kit is on my Christmas list! Watching along!

Dominik Weitzer
i will take a seat! awesome kit.

MS K
😎🍿

Martin Oostrom
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mark W
Weirdly the X series acrylic paint is compatible with Tamiya's Lacquer Thinner, and it then acts a lot like lacquer. I have switched to buying lacquers only but still have some X series acrylics that I will ONLY put through an airbrush once thinned with their lacquer thinner.

Alexander Grivonev
Interesting, will try this out 👍

Martin Oostrom
I understand that the LP's are basically the rattle can lacquers in a jar. For 5 times the price.

Emanuele Matteucci
Top idea to use the official Porsche config on the website! Tank you i'll configure one to better see all the details for the model. Double fun!

Alexander Grivonev
I can also recommend walkaround videos like these

Youtube Video
Youtube Video

great source for all kinds of detail inside, outside and from below

Mark W
@Alexander I'm still new to polishing paint, especially metallics, but my 1st gen Civic build was sprayed with X-34 thinned with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner. Main reason I've switched to this is using acrylic thinner constantly clogged my AB tip with the weather here.
Honda Civic GL (SB-1) | Album by Marktastrophe (1:24)

@Martin it's wild how prices change per locale, a jar of LP is a little less than half the price of a rattle can here and covers 3-5 times as much sprayed through an airbrush. (The low end of coverage is yellows and reds, of course.)

Dominik Weitzer
great work so far!

bughunter
I really like your careful work and painting 👍
@Martin Tamiya follow simply the trend to lacquer paints, after Mr. Paint and and other started this trend. Ok, there is a smell but I really like the fast drying times and they are much more forgiving for airbrushing. When the Mr.Paint colors were new and people asked about them, my answer was always "It's like Alclad in color" 😉

Ben M
The use of pins is a great idea. I've used this technique when I planned to pin the parts later, like on a resin kit, but hadn't considered it in other contexts before.

Alexander Grivonev
Lacquer or organic solvent paints are superior almost in every way to waterbased colors, some people might even prefer the smell 😄 I am just bewildered there is a trend towards something clearly not "environmentally friendly" in our supposedly eco friendly, green and polar bear loving world. Not that I am complaining...

Martin Oostrom
I decant the Tamiya rattle cans and get +/- 75ml out of them. For approximately €8. The 10ml LP's are €5 each. If the paint indeed is the same , that's a huge difference.
And I mostly airbrush with lacquers. Much more forgiving in my hands than acrylics. I donated most of my acrylics to Spanjaard. The only ones I kept are for detail brush painting.

Alexander Grivonev
5€ for 10ml LP?? I sourced them for 2,69 a jar. I have to admit, I have never used decanted paint. Tried decanting once but was repelled by the messiness and did not end up using the paint. I think I still would prefer getting the jars. And if you consider you add up to 2/3 of thinner to the jar to make it airbrush ready the price difference isn't that great anymore...

bughunter
@Martin To avoid to confuse people: the new lacquers are still acrylics! They are in solvent based thinner, in opposite to the water based acrylics. See for example a MrPaint label: "Acrylic lacquer based paint".
For completeness, enamels are another (oil based) paint class.
Sorry Alexander for hijacking your thread!

Mark W
@Martin that could be the difference, I have never decanted a rattle can either. A 10ml jar is less than €5 here where a rattle can is around €12.50. I also average a 1:1 paint to thinner ratio so the thinner goes quite far.
(Currency conversions courtesy of Google)

Alexander Grivonev
@bughunter: I did not want to open the pandora's box either because it is an insanely broad topic but hey who does not like a healthy discussion! I get the feeling the word "acrylic" has become somewhat of a marketing term because it sounds cool and modern. So the consumer will think, "hey I have heard this before, this must be good".

It is basically the umbrella term for the "sticky stuff" in your paint. Paint consists in very broad terms from 3 parts: 1."colored stuff", the pigment 2."sticky stuff", the binder which binds the pigments 3. "runny stuff", the solvent which makes the paint more liquidy for easier application.

The "sticky stuff" is the aforementioned acryl, again a broad term for a myriad of different compounds. There are other categories of sticky stuff: oils, resins like polyurethane and many many more. In the earlier days the painters used compounds found in nature like shellac, tree resin or even eggs. When you paint an object, the solvent evaporates and the sticky stuff with the bound pigments inside remains on the object becoming hard and dry leaving you with an object in your desired color.

Depending on the chemical properties of the "sticky stuff" it can be soluble by different solvents like organic solvents or waterbased ones. Again in very broad terms the organic solvents are the "smelly" ones. But there are also overlappings like alcohol based paints which also can be diluted with water (Tamiya X and XF and alike)

Alexander Grivonev
It is an insanely broad topic, I would say just stick to what you are most comfortable with and enjoy the process!

Martin Oostrom
Or learn something new by following Mr Shiny 😉
And I thin my decanted cans with 20-30 Mr SLT as well. To each his own, like Alexander says.

Alexander Grivonev
I am making progress guys, just the uploading is lagging behind. More pictures in the following days 👍

Mike Bird
Looking forward to the pictures! Santa was good to me and I'm now the proud owner of this kit!

Bozzer
Just to throw my English spanner in the works, if you guys can get hold of some Winsor and Newton Galleria retarder, you should find that works too? Obviously testing, before you commit to the model, but it's an artists go-to, and you just need a tiny drop. Lasts for years, and for the money, it'll probably outlive each of us? Give it a Google and see if it's available in your area?

Michael Kohl
Joining the crowd and start with two cents of mine: I never got along with Tamiya paints. Exasperated I switched to Mr. Hobbcolor then. Improved my results further since using Mr. Color Levelling Thinner and closed the circle with Tamiya and Mr. Hobbycolor paints using the same thinner and about 10% retarder. Now I can use up my paints.

Michael Kohl
By the way: nice explanation of yours, Alexander.

Bozzer
Apparently, all retarder contains glycerine. I'm no scientist, so don't hang me if I'm wrong! However, I did manage to dig this out, from years ago, and if anyone would like to look at the following link, then please do so.
My belief is, that sharing information, expands the knowledge of the hive?
Obviously, it's not my thread, so please feel free to PM/DM me with your experiences?
Alexander, thank you for your patience 🙂

Alexander Grivonev
Guys, thanks for your input and feel free to share your thoughts 👍

When using a brush for paint application I personally almost exclusively use Vallejo Model Color nowadays (similar paints from other brand as well, in the 17ml droplet flask). You apply a couple of droplets of your desired paints onto a wet palette an off you go, you can mix the paint on the go while you are working, it dries really fast, the droplet flask is very convenient. Great stuff. Almost never used Tamiya Acrylics with a brush with the seldom exception here and there. The glossy ones for example for springs, used a couple of times already.

Vice versa I for the love of me cannot stand airbrushing the Vallejo/MiG waterbased acrylics. I tried, i did not like the result. Something about airbrushing these paints just rubs me the wrong way...The way they clog the airbrush and the way they can be treated afterwards goes against my moideling habits. I know some modelers swear by them, I am not one of them.

So where were we? Paint retarder, so far I am d'accord with the Tamiya branded one and since I use it very seldomly it will be probably enough for a lifetime. So I am not seeing myself purchasing a bottle of Winsor and Newton anytime soon, but hey who knows, never say never!

Alexander
Awesome work as always, taking a seat for the remainder of the project! 👍

MS K
Suede of interior is very nice. genius!!!

Pepe
Nice

Alexander Grivonev
Thx guys and welcome!

bughunter
Picture 91 - I would say: Bingo 👍

Mark W
This is a mad amount of interior detail. It's very impressive.

bughunter
That is a very kinky, ähhh creative show here!

Alexander
Agreed, very much like the creativity of trying stuff like this. Definitely an interesting pattern. 👍
Would it be possible to try sewing yourself a fabric for the desired effect?

bughunter
With thin parts it is may be possible to wound a thread or wire around it as mask.

Bozzer
I once saw a guy stretch a fishnet stocking over a motorcycle petrol tank and spray over it. The result was a perfect, snakeskin effect. Man, that was the coolest thing I ever saw! I think it was on Orange County Choppers, but I can't swear to it. I definitely admire your attempt to deliver the right impression. Creativity is what makes us stand out 100%

Paul Shearer
Haha just sneak in while she's not home. You definitely proved the concept just need to fiddle with the medium

Alexander Grivonev
Hey gents, Happy New Year!

Here is the video in question btw

Youtube Video

Kenneth
Amazing 😳 This could make me having a go at building car kits instead of only aircraft.

bughunter
Is dry fitting necessary after all?
The bad fit of the mask and the missing B-pillar looks like they pressed this project out of the door for Xmas business? May be also Tamiya needs money in this though times, but it is bad if that kills quality.

Byron
once again I'm blown away by your level of detail and ideas to create stuff out of thin air... honestly mindblowing. Thanks so much, I'm always learning something new when looking at your posts

Martin Oostrom
Not to rain on this parade, but according to the instructions, mask C goes on part D5, not D6. Could it be that even Alexander the Great is capable of a mistake? Now my entire universe shall collapse!

Alexander Grivonev
Martin, you are absolutely correct and I have made an embarrassing mistake🙂

Alexander Grivonev
Tamiya, I take everything back! Okay not everything, the missing B pillar is still not cool...

Adam Gudynowski
Great work so far!

Martin Oostrom
I only knew where to look, as I have made the same mistake more than once!

bughunter
Martin, that is the "experience of an engineer": you recognise that you have made the same mistake before. 🙂

Martin Oostrom
So that's what my engineer degree is for!
Still another masterpiece in the making Alexander

Spanjaard
masterpiece indeed

Bozzer
Yeah, that's cool.
Forgive me, I've just drooled all over my phone screen?
I'll be back, when the trauma team have evaluated me!
WOW!!!

Lorraine Lin
The details of the seats look awesome!

Robert Podkoński
I agree - the seat is a masterpiece in itself!

Alexander Grivonev
Thx guys, I am very happy with the seats too!

Yngve N
#141-146 adding details to the details. The level of skills makes this project really fun to follow

Alexander
Yes, I agree. Very inspiring and a good reference for similar builds.

Peter Hardy
The carpet texture process was fascinating Alex. CF has got the better of me but think I will have another try! Thanks mate! When will you start a You Tube channel???

Alexander Grivonev
Thx guys, you are too kind. Peter, CF is not that scary, really. Once you`ve got the hang of it it is actually a really relaxing and enjoyable process, you should give it a try 👍

Concerning Youtube, I have thought about it and calculated it through. It will require an insane amount of dedication and time. Time which I will have to chop off from modeling and invest in filming, editing, uploading etc etc. Besides by now there are tons of modeling channels with maybe a couple of hundreds or few thousands of subs. It is very difficult to stick out and those who do have started their channels 10+years ago. Honestly, I think the golden days of Youtube are over anyway.

bughunter
Yes Alexander, and it is not only a big effort for you - it steals a lot of time from all the viewers! I prefer a build report with good pictures over the tons of videos.

George Williams
Watching a video of someone opening a box is a waste of time.

Peter Hardy
George, I understand your point and yes watching an 'unboxing' would I think be a little pointless but there are those out there that like them. In my case, when I took up the hobby I lived in a small mining town in Central Queensland Australia. No mentors, no clubs and the only modellers I met were on Scalemates. I now count quite a few as good friends, sometimes advisors and full time cheer squad members when I learn something new or build something they recognise as a step up for me. The camaraderie on Scalemates is wonderful and I will be eternally grateful to Tim for this site. All that said, a large part of my learning comes from You Tube. As I said I lived in a small, dusty little town 3 hours from the closest hobby shop, any other modeller or club. You Tube was a life saver for me. Yesterday I learned that a Tamiya Extra Thin cement bottle brush can be extended (and designed to do so) to reach the bottom of the bottle. The sort of stuff you learn from a bloke in the club in London, Berlin, New York or Pretoria. A lot of us don't have access to that wealth of experience for a question we didn't know to ask. It may not be applicable to you in your situation but it has a purpose for me.

Alexander Grivonev
I don't watch "unboxing" videos either but Youtube is an incredible useful tool if you use it wisely and purposefully. It is a gold mine of useful information and I've learned an incredible amount from it and am very thankful to the content creators. Personally I wouldn's start a channel though because of the mentioned reasons

George Williams
I live in a "small" city in north east China, I say small but it has a population of approx one million. You Tube, along with most western social media, is not available in China. There is a web site called bilibili.com that seems to get some You Tube material, a lot of it is Japanese. However, modelling is very much a minority interest here, so the internet is my only companion. I like this site and iModeler.com.

Peter Hardy
The mirrors look unbelievably good Alex! I wallow in jealousy!!

Lorraine Lin
The Mirrors !!!
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bughunter
The polished result looks fantastic, the mirror too! I'm sure this little bubble will not be visible at the end ...

Lorraine Lin
Stuttgart factory needs your help!

Alexander Grivonev
Nah, Stuttgart will be fine but Shizuoka might need a few tips😄

Yngve N
Whatever you did with the armrest on the door panel (the gray stuff that looks like fabric) looks amazing!

Alexander Grivonev
Hey yngvenett, the same I did with the center console (pic 90) and dashboard underside (pic 175). Underneath it is the same dark grey paint like the rest of the part. Additionally I applied a mixture of XF-86 and X-21 (10:3 ratio) If you spray it fairly dry you get this fuzzy effect

Alexander Grivonev
My dear mates, the build is progressing rathier quickly since I have a few days off right now. Looks like I might finish until the end of the week 👍

Bozzer
This level of detail, is worthy of an award.
You've removed the bar, and created a whole new game!
Excellent work on the whole project, Alexander 👍

Peter Hardy
Why do I always feel inadequate when poking through Alex' genius!

Spanjaard
hard to get anything better than this.... but I am sure Alexander will just exactly do that in the next build 😉

Mike Thomas
Unbelievable stuff, Alexander! I was confused for a minute when I clicked on pics of the real car vs pics of your model, especially the interior. Great work, sir!

Marcel
That interior looks fantastic. Perhaps you can chop the roof off and turn it into a convertible so it stays visible. 😉

Michael Kohl
Impressive indeed

Bozzer
@Marcel. If he chops anything off this, I'll personally fly to his part of the world, and apply a high voltage, to his genitals! This is where we're all lucky, because Alexander knows that it's there, and we've seen it being created. Once the lid is on, it'll all be hidden, like a great king's tomb 😉

Evan
That's excellent work Alexander! Since such a knowledgeable bunch of modellers hung out here right now, can someone explain to me why my clear coating results have a satin finish at best? I usually airbrush on top of Vallejo air colors, and only with the alclad's clear could I achieve some shining results but that has been discontinued as far I know.

Alexander Grivonev
Marcel, I thought about your offer but Mr. Bozzer's strenuous appeal made me reconsider

Alexander Grivonev
Hey Evan, it is a broad topic but you can roughly boil it down to three things: 1. Surface preparation 2. Clear coat used 3. Thickness of the layer/ number of layers

I will use the terms paint/clear/clear coat/varnish interchangeably

1. If your surface is smooth, the applied varnish will also appear smooth and glossy, no brainer. This also applies to the paint you apply the gloss coat OVER, if it is flat (matte) or rough in texture etc the gloss coat will appear similar.

2. You can roughly divide clear in two categories: one component (1K) and two component (2K). Without going too deep into the chemistry the layer of 1K clears shrinks down considerably while it is drying, the solvent which is the bulk of the paint evaporates, leaving you with a thin layer of dry clear coat. 2K clears cure/dry by chemical reaction between the two components, while just a small portion of solvent evaporates leaving you with a thicker (glossier) layer. 2K paints are still a niche in scale modeling but if you want to achieve a nice car body finish there is almost no way around it

3. The more layers you apply, the better the result becomes. Also a no brainer. If you use 1K paints you need many more layers than with 2K paints. If I am saying more layers I mean the following: you apply 1-2 layers in one go, let it dry, carefully sand the surface with very fine paper (2000 or finer, just to get rid of the dust particles), apply 1-2 coats, let it dry.....repeat until you are satisfied. With 2K you will need less layers and less repeats.

Alexander Grivonev
This is the gist of it from my personal experience, everyone welcome to add their two cents.

Lorraine Lin
I want to click 👍 for every picture!
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Evan
Thanks Alexander, I had a feeling that there is no lazy way around it, so lots of (smooth) layers is the answer to a shiny result. I will commit and put the effort on my next project.

Martin Oostrom
What also helps with solvent based clears, is using Mr Self Levelling Thinner instead of regular thinners. That stuff is worth its weight in gold.
It slows the drying time a bit, so the clear can level off a bit more. Flip side, if applied too thick a coat, runners are a possibility.

Mike Bird
What a tease! Looking forward to seeing those "many parts" go together!

Alexander Grivonev
What a beautiful sunny day it was today...

Alexander Grivonev
Thanks a lot at all dear mates, at those who have followed this report and gave a thumbs up or two. I hope I did not bore you too much with my long winded explanations. Maybe you could even pick up some inspiration here and there. Another nice project, another lovely result, tried new techniques, learned something new. Stay healthy, stay positive, see you at the next project!

Spanjaard
congratulations on a fantastic job!!

Mike Bird
Congratulations, this was an incredibly enjoyable build to follow and the end result is fantastic!

Yngve N
Congratulations! It was a fantastic journey and I am very glad that you added lots of information during this building process. I took screenshots and actually bookmarked it because of some of your teaching skills. The finished car looks great, both on the inside and outside.

Alexander
Congrats! As said by many others, inspiring build and the result does not disappoint! A very good job also for the nice presentation with the mirror, looks like something actual marketing of the real car would do too! 👍👍👍

Bozzer
She's a beauty mate! Your tutorial was informative and very professional. I particularly liked the chopstick sander. Definitely something worth remembering! The outcome certainly paid off!
I'm also glad to see, that you kept the roof? Your soprano skills are saved for another time!
Well done mate, put her in a case, and grab yourself a beer, you earned it 👍

MS K
Nice car. 👏👏👏

Michael Kohl
The daylight shots wonderfully add to the overall impression of a superb build.

Kenneth
Fantastic 👍👍👍

Peter Hardy
"I may even pick up an inspiration here and there". Understatement of the year! Alex G, you just drawing breath I use as an inspiration!!! Again, Peter Hardy is dumbfounded by your level!

Robert Podkoński
Looks better than a real car. Awesome photos!

Emanuele Matteucci
Jesus Christ on a motorbike...

Marcel
It's almost like you photographed the real thing. Outstanding work. And don't let Bozzer intimidate you. I'm sure he means well, but a convertible definitely would be an interesting option given your highly detailed interior work. 🙂 For this kit it would even save you the hassle with that b-pillar. Maybe Tamiya is working on that version and is that why they didn't bother with that pillar!

Dennis
Wow. Just wow. Fantastic result as always mate. Thanks for sharing the Mr. Shiny full experience 👍🏿👍🏿👍🏿🥳🥳🥳

Also reminds me that I miss my beloved hobby really bad. But in the moment there is no chance because there is no bench nor mancave 😞

Alexander Grivonev
Hey Dennis, kitchen table, basic set of tools, off you go! I was in a similar situation 5 years ago while moving places and had no bench for like half a year, everything was stashed away in a storage facility. That did not stop me from realizing a few projects including a BMW Z3 and the green Opel GT. All fun and relaxing OOB builds. Unless you are homeless of course 😄

Bozzer
@Dennis. I know some guys, who model from the back of their semi? (Obviously not while driving)
It's possible to do it anywhere, as long as you have the time. Don't dishearten buddy, you don't need all the fancy stuff, to have a good time? Please remember, it's a hobby, and it's fun! Just glue and paint, are enough to make a convincing model? You could always paint it white and hide it in the snow? 😉

Bozzer
Note to self:
Don't spray grey primer on a truck, in a cardboard box, in the kitchen, because it's warmer than any other room in the house!
Two days later and I was still cleaning up the residue of the overspray and whatever else hit the fan!
I'd rather clean up the mould lines on an old Italeri kit, than do that crap again!!!

Peter Hardy
Note to self. If I am as silly as Bozzer do not admit it publicly. Keep it to yourself.

Martin Oostrom
The teacher in Bozzer is helping new hobbyists to avoid some divorce inducing painting methods.
I can appreciate that.
😂

Bozzer
Lol, I'm just trying to protect you guys and your kahonies? Believe me, it's eye watering, when your Mrs see's a dusting of grey, all over her kitchen! Now you all know why I built the mancaves? She's much happier now that I've taken my hobby to my palace of plastic. I can only imagine the pain, if she smells three resin printers, banging away, on the kitchen worktops?
Stay safe out there, fellas 100% 😉

Chris Vandegrift
Glorious work!! Makes me want to start mine right now! I better finish what's on the bench first though

Lebloge
Awesome work 🤩👏🏻

Rui S
Impeccable Beauty👍 as always excellent work; great photos and build log.

Nicolas
👀

Moreno Baruffini
Following as well!

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

Michael Kohl
Me too

J35J
Taking a seat

Shar Dipree
Look great so far.

Dave Flitton
I have this kit. It will not look as wonderful as this one you are building though!

Rui S
A jewel 👍

Guy Rump
Excellent job so far, following. 👍

Alec K
Lovely 👍

Skyhiker
That sure did come out fabulous. Congratulations.

Shar Dipree
Fantastic Typhoon. 👍

Nicolas
Superb 👍👍👍

Robert Podkoński
Great!

Neuling
I agree with everyone above!

gorby
That would be an excellent result for 1/48. In 1/72 it's stunning!

Thomas Kolb
Well, that's a competition winner, but I guess you know this already. Excellent!

Andrea Brenco
Thanks to all for your comments and for the time spent following the construction and finishing of this model! The beautiful 3D printed engine from CMK helped a lot with the final result, even if being in a single piece it was not easy to paint it and enhance all the minute details

Moreno Baruffini
Ciao Andrea, your builds are always awesome, but this one it's probably one of the best!

Felix
Incredibile!!