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Rui S
Looking good 👍 I'm in 😎

Rui S
Great work & presentation👍

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
I started another quick OOB build. After a super small Spitfire, it's a small Bf-109

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
OK, not 100% OOB. Eduard steel seatbelts added 🙂

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Mark Sherwood
In. 👍

Thomas Kolb
Beautiful already!

Nicolas
👀

Cuajete
Nice start 👍

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you, mates, and wellcome!

Alec K
Taking a seat for esenbáka 👍

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
😄

David R. Meizoso
Lovely paint work!

Michael Kohl
In Police Service? Are you kidding me? What did they want to do with it?
Anyway, nice start. Peeking at this one for a nice OOB build too.

Alec K
Michael, they used them to keep deluded citizens from leaving the warm embrace of the homeland. And to interdict spies and other Western miscreans. Mostly flown by military pilots, so it was really a part of the Air Force. Czechoslovakia had a similar institution before 1939, primarily to keep Luftwaffe spy planes from infiltrating, and this continued this tradition, just against different enemies.

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you, gents!
Michael, Alec's explanation is very accurate. There is nothing to add.
Thank you, Alec

Bohrmann
👀 Taking a seat. Another masterpiece in the making.

Łukasz Gliński
Following 👍

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you, mates!
I completed the main build. The fit of parts is absolutely excellent 👍

Martin Weinpold
Paradne rozjety!

Robert Blaschke
Na to sa veľmi dobre pozerá. 👍👍👍

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Díky chlapi!

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
interesting topic and very promising progress Jakub! Taking a seat 🙂

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you, Thomas!

Steve Desarzens
it looks excellent ! Well done 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Absolutely gorgeous! 🤩

Cuajete
Very nice job so far 👍

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thanks a lot, Steve and Patrick!

Dave Flitton
Watching! I think I should send you my kits to have them built. I can't come close to this one!

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you Cuajete and Dave!

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
The first of the camouflage colors is sprayed

Cuajete
Nice 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Very curious what red you're gonna use

Patrick Hagelstein
Oh man! That color and those nuances look soooo cool! 😍

Martin Weinpold
Ouuuu! Krasnej progress.

Bohrmann
A quick OOB build @jakub?😉 The construction and paintwork is so well done that you would almost forget that this model is only a few cm tall. The pictures are a feast for the eyes.

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thanks mates, for your comments!

Lukasz, i´m curious too 😄 I wiil try to mix it to match the red color used on decals.
Bohrmann, i thought i would be faster 😄

Skyhiker
Looks good

Alec K
Agreed, super airbrush job 👍

Alberto
It looks excellent. Love the subtlety of the shading, but you can still definitely see it on the photos. May I ask how you use that Wauchop mix on pic 18?

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you, mates!
Alberto, i use ,,wauchop mix´´ and insignia white both the same way. First i spray camouflge color. Then i mix this color with wauchop mix and spray darker patterns (over panel lines and some random rivet lines) Then i do the same with the mix of camo color and white. Finaly, i respray the whole surface with diluted camouflage color to achieve the desired contrast. this procedure can be repeated until you are satisfied.

Patrick Hagelstein
So, Wauchop mix is a murky brown to use as a contrasting warm mixing color to the camouflage color? Whereas the white is the color for the bleached variant of that same camouflage color?

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Yes Patrick. I am using it this way. And during weathering steps, you may use this black-brown mix to create some dirt using an airbrush gun.

Patrick Hagelstein
Looking at your results, this might be a very interesting way to obtain some differentiating shading. Do you have a mixing ratio at hand, so I can give it a try myself? Thanks in advance! 🙂

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
I'm sorry Patrick, i'm not able to tell you a mixing ratio. I just mixed some amount of black and brown to create some ,,dirty color". But i think, that it is not very important. For this purpose you just need some dark color. Maybe dark grey will work the same way.
This is how Chris Wauchop use his mix for postshading: chriswauchop.com/201..s-a-kittyhawk-mk-1a/

Patrick Hagelstein
No worries! I'll just mix a dirty brown concoction and experiment a bit. 😉 Thanks for that Kittyhawk link btw!

Alec K
Nice progress, šarlatová looks great 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Been waiting for that, the red looks grand 👍

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you Alec and Lukasz!
In the end i changed a mix ratio a little bit. So, the final ratio was app: 55% C81 russet
35% H17 cocoa brown
10% LP35 insignia white

Cuajete
I agree with Alec and Łukasz. Very nice painting job.

@Jakub, thanks for the red color mix information 👍

Alec K
It's a very good looking red IMHO (on my monitor at least)

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thanks mates!
I finished the airbrush gun work and applied a layer of glossy varnish. Now, i´m ready for decals.

Martin Weinpold
Luxus.

Zbynek Honzik
Really great work, Jakube! Fantastic job with the painting and tonal layers of each shade.

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank ýou Martine a Zbynku!

Nicolas
Great work so far. I like the paint job, but the decals bring her realy to life. I can't wait to see her finished. 👍

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thanks a lot, Nicolas!

Cuajete
I agree with Nicolas 👍

Mark Sherwood
A nice looking bird (that is not a euphemism or a double entendre) Jakub. 🤘🥸🤟

Mr D
Nice paint tones and riveting on the wings 👍 Nice

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you Mark 😄

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you, Mr D! Riveting is not my work. This kit is comletely riveted by the producer

Bozo
It's more beautiful every day

Mr D
That's a good brand for you 👍👍

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you, Bozo!

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Stencils and wash in panel lines applied

Patrick Hagelstein
Very subtle panel lines. 👌🏼

Daniel Klink
Awesome paint job Jakub 👍

Martin Weinpold
Ou!!! Paradni!

Łukasz Gliński
Masking over decals? You're brave man! 👍

Moreno Baruffini
Mamma mia! 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Alberto
It looks very smart and clean. Great build!

Neuling
Same as Roberto!

Bohrmann
It's really fascinating to see how this model is developing, step by step. What strikes me is that you just can't tell that this is a 1/72 scale model, even when you zoom in with the camera., also considering that the ME-109 is a small aircraft in real life. It is just flawless and made with very great care. Should I be told that this is a 1/32 I would have no doubt that it is. Great work!

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you very much, mates, for your kind comments!
Lukasz, i was definitely more drunk then brave when i was overspraying decals 😄 Of course, i screw it up, so it took two evenings to fix it 😄

Rui S
Looking good, as always 👍

Zbynek Honzik
Jakube, it looks really great!
And if I didn't know it is in 1/72, I'd bet it's in 1/48.

Jan Peters
Beautiful painting!

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you , gents!

Lorraine Lin
Looks very OK!
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Jakub Fiala Schrijver
I started working on the weathering.

Thomas Kolb
That is what I call beautiful painting! And a very clean and neat build too.

Alec K
Damn, looks cool. That WINGROOT!! 👍👍👍

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thanks a lot Thomas and Alec!

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Ready for final assembly

Skyhiker
Looks good

Simon O'Gorman
This looks incredible!

Moreno Baruffini
Yes, it really looks incredible!!! Wow!

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you, mates!

Cuajete
Great!

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you, Cuajete!

Alec K
Gorgeous!

Rui S
Excellent 👍

Skyhiker
Top job. Congratulations

Tibor Szilvai
Absolutely Pro! 👍

Neil
Fabulous!

Guy Rump
Great job! Congrats! 👍

Jan Peters
Very nice indeed 👍🏻👍🏻

bughunter
Jakub, I must admit I'm a bit tired to see 109, because you see so many on every exhibition. But at least yours got a different livre painted on. And your build and paintwork are, as always, beyond any doubt.

Moreno Baruffini
Absolutely a top job!!!

Cuajete
I agree with the mates. Fantastic result. Top job 👍
Congrats!

Zbynek Honzik
Bughunter wrote it exactly as I feel it.
And it's beautifully done!

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thank you very much, mates, for your kind comments! I really appreciate your support! Bughunter and Zbyněk, I agree with you, 109's are everywhere. But I wanted to have an Avia in this livery in my showcase. Next on the workbench is Morane Saulnier M.S. 406 and then Sopwith Camel. So I believe it won't be that mainstream anymore 😄

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
I've uploaded all the photos of the finished model. There are probably a bit more than needed, so I hope you won't find it boring to look through them. I have to admit, I'm too lazy to decide which ones to choose 😄

builder_squirrel
amazing! I thought it was 1:48 or 1:32 scale , so much details

Mark Sherwood
Top notch, Jakub.👍🥸🤟

Jakub Fiala Schrijver
Thanks a lot Mark and builder squirrel!

Alec K
Moc hezký Messer Jakube! Ten nátěr nemá chybu. Na toho Morana se těším 👍

Fritz01
Superb Finish and Details!

Michael Kohl
Clean and precise build with a top notch paint job

Cuajete
Simply wonderful... It can't get bored looking at those final pics.

Congrats once again, Jakub!

Mark Sherwood
Nice scheme Jakub, impressive build. 🤘🥸👍

Marek Nagy
Your skillful is 👍 and Your paint job is superb. Trochu dost me s…š 😉

Łukasz Gliński
Outstanding job 👍 Love the shading and the overpaints 👍

Ludvík Kružík
Jakub, very nice mule. Excellent finish with fine details and service wear. 👍 👍 👍
Air Force Security markings match the Avia very well. 😉

Roland Sachsenhofer Schrijver
The 'Field Workshop' from Minicraft has been running for a while now, and now I've decided to finish it: I can use parts of it quite well when equipping the Junkers D.1 picture-documentation!
I would have liked a little more detail in one or two places - for example on the fittings of the pressurised bottles - Minicraft has a very good reputation here, but otherwise I'm very pleased with the subject matter and the kit design. The pictures show my attempt to breathe a little life into this beautiful and well-made kit parts. You should be able to find excerpts of them in pictures of completed models - so there will be a chance to see them again! 🙂

Paul Eden
Very nice. I am going to use this kit in a plane diorama.yours is beautifully painted.

gorby
Very nice! All the items look very effective and should make your completed builds look even more realistic.

Roland Sachsenhofer Schrijver
Thank you very much, mates! Great that you like it- I wish a lot of enjoyment with this modelling project a little off the beaten track

Rui S
Beautiful work 👍

Marc .
Great work!!

Rui S
Very well done 👍 SLAVA UKRAINE 👍

Jean-Christophe Zeus
Very nice work!

mannmitbrille wasd Schrijver
Thank you!
Unfortunately i cracked the Upper hull while drilling the cable insert for the lights.
Put it on hold for now till my temper about brittle plastic wears off.

Jean-Christophe Zeus
I know the feeling! In my case it's a lost positioning light that caused to put my Sd.Kfz. 7 on hold. It was a half-round clear part, difficult to hold with tweezers. Fling! And off it went, never to be seen again...

mannmitbrille wasd Schrijver
Yeah I the insane search and rescue on the floor.
Lost one of the towing hooks on this kit too.
Lucky it has almost all minor parts double included.
Actually pretty good kit, the plastic is just not suited for further reworking.
Started a KV-1 for now.

Jean-Christophe Zeus
What a coincidence: I'm also building a KV-1, the 1942 model with the simplified welded turret from Trumpeter. I tried to imitate cast steel on the gun mantlet and trunnion, although I have to say you did a much better job on your T-34 turret!

mannmitbrille wasd Schrijver
Thank you very much, I guess beginners luck.
For the T-34/76 I used Cement in combination with Mr. 500 which worked really well.
The casting was partially already on the kit (turret & MG mantlet) but it was extremely coarse and completely out of scale. I sanded it down and redid it with mentioned method above. Rolled steel was done with the same method only sanded much finer and almost to a flat finish.
Nice I started with KV-1E.
Will upload some pictures.
Did textures there as well, this time a bit different as I followed a recommendation using Cement & Tamiya basic putty.

Villiers de Vos
The surface texturing you applied came out very good. It is a technique which I wish to emulate in future.

Bruce Huxtable
Very impressed not only with the finished results, but also your attention to the smallest details! Respect 🙂

Michael Osadciw
@Villiers, Night Shift on YouTube has a great tutorial about doing the surfacing texture. It adds so much and it seems pretty simple.

Rui S
Looking Great 👍 How was the kit any issues?

Rui S
Very nice paintjob 👍

Mark Sherwood
Ooh! That's neat!

Desert Marlin Schrijver
I have overcome the order!

Gary Victory
Very nice set up.... i can only envy .

Rui S
Very nice work bench, indeed 👍 cleaannn 😄
That fighter jet its going for a nose dive in an istant 🤔

Desert Marlin Schrijver
Nah... it's pretty tail heavy...

Villiers de Vos
A very nice space.

Neuling
So clean and tidy .......

Villiers de Vos
Indeed, My work place resembles a disaster zone.....

Desert Marlin Schrijver
Make no mistake, I can dirty it up to a massive disaster at times! Cheers! 🍻

Desert Marlin Schrijver
I added my Library...

Rui S
Nice 👍

Martin Oostrom
I sense a preference for WWII armor and stuff 😄
Very nice place you got!

Rui S Schrijver
Hi Martin, Thx for your words, and yes, nowadays only 1/35 & 1/32 WWII Kits😉

John Thomas
Nice work area

Rui S Schrijver
Thx Thomas,
I´m hoping my new man cave will be better organized😉

Thomas K.
interest! 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
Thx for your interest, Thomas,

Nathan Dempsey
Nice workspace.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Nathan.
I've still a lot of work to finish My man cave🙂

Rui S Schrijver
Hi James. Thank you for your Nice words. The collection got Much bigger since😉

Michael Hickey
Awesome Man Cave and stash.👍🙂

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your Nice words Michael.

Mathieu
Cool place to hang out !

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Math. My new man cave is Almost ready i Will take new photos and start modeling again. I hope.

Urban Gardini
Nice to see mate!

Holger Kranich
Yeah, nice to see your cave!

gorby
I'm always interested to see where others work (well, play really). I'm rebuilding my workspace as well at the moment, I'll post some pics when it's done.

Rui S Schrijver
Hi mates, thank you for your words.
@gorbygould, i hope your play pode Will be ready soon🙂

Alec K
Very nice room 👍

Treehugger
Are those RGB bulbs on the ceiling?

Treehugger
Nice to see a clean floor, makes it easy to keep the floor clean, as opposed to having stuff cluttered all around the floor.

Arnaud Hascoet
Hi! Nice cave and collection! Does your air-brush compressor come from Ali-Express? They sell the same one. Is it good or not?

Rui S Schrijver
Hi mates,
@ Alec & Roland thank you for your Nice words, apreciated.
@Treehugger, no i think they are osram classic 6500k E27 led value A60 9w =60w cool white 806lm:

google.com/search?q=..imgrc=jv4UmI6z25LORM

As to the floor the colour is good but i wish it add smaller rectificated joints, but that's wat i got so i just try to have footers all the way arround to avoid Losing smal flying pieces.
@ Arnoud, most of My new stuff came from evelbay. This compressors machines are all from China and then several brands give them another name.
It's working well but still i have to test it much more.

Rui S Schrijver
Thx, Spanjaard. Slowly its getting there😢

coporado
What a nice place to be/ work/ relax. Looking at your stash there´s a lot work to do in your cave 🙂

Richmond
Re: compressor, looks similar to the HSeng I have, quiet, cheap at only 190 AUD, and, so far, reliable.

Günther Decock
Mooie werkruimte en nog een stash voor een tijdje. Zit met hetzelfde probleem 🙂. 👍

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you mates for your Nice comments, much aprecaited.

@Coporado, it was a storage room, so there are two problems, one does not have natural light or the other does not have running water, but that's what you get. now it is a little different, as I moved the drawer modules over the drawing board.
the stash is much bigger than what i will be able to chew, thanks to evilbay.

@Richmond, Yap another evilbay buy. No problems whatsoever with it.

@ Gunther, the only thing I'm m missing now is a sprayboth. I'm thinking building one myself😉

Richmond
I think Plasmo built one from scratch but a work colleague said you have to carefully select the electrical /mechanical parts as they can ignite the fumes

Michael Moerkens
Good looking workplace Rui, with a well originised stash. You can spend many happy hours there 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
Thanks you very much for the heads up 👍. I'm thinking using a WC fan...

coporado
Rui, everything is well organized and you made it really nice place to work. For having natural light you might find appropriate lamps on the market. Daylight has a range of 5000 - 6000 Kelvin, which these lamps should cover. You can get them for around 20 EUR. I´m happy with 2 lamps providing that range. Particularly for figure painting I love it. Concerning the airbrush both a bathroom/ WC fan is great. You may just put it behind a filter of a kitchen hood. I did mine the same way, putting it in a wooden box and attached some LED stripes inside around the painting area.

Rui S Schrijver
Hi Coporado, I'm quite happy with my led lights. I have 3 on the celling, two on the drawing board, and a third (hot and could each with ajustements) in the magnifying glass that i always use because I am seeing worse and worse and I already use 2.5 glasses. i Was talking more about an inclosed space without a glass window.
As to the booth, yes that's what I'm planing and use a conduit directly to the ventilation grilles on the left

Rui S Schrijver
New Layout. Now on the left there is place to a spray booth. One day, one day

Jakub Krzysztofiak
clean and tidy very nice

Rui S Schrijver
Thanks Jakub. Also a never ending WIP. 😄

Guillaume Blanchet
Nice setup and impressive Stash!

Rui S Schrijver
Thanks you Guillaume. My stash is more like a collection, Because I Will never finish all those kits bought mainly in evelbay😉

Logan Eden
Good Morning, Rui Thanks for sharing the photo's of the Man Cave - Work area. For modellers, it's great to see how others have things set up. Looks like a place that a craftsman can enjoy the Art of Modelling. Catch Ya, Logan Post Script: Thanks for the comment on my Sherman.

Rui S Schrijver
Thx, Logan. And yes, I also like to see Mates Man caves and their setups.

hammer
I especially like the precision modeling tool in workbench picture #11, in front of the gold statue. Sometimes you need a little something special when a model just won't go together. Lol

Rui S Schrijver
@hammer, LOOLLL, I knew that I have a gold statue (offered by my young sun in fathers day). But precision modeling tools, I don't have many, so I had to look and you made me laugh.Thank God I haven't had to use it on any model, yet 😄

DAVID C
Que buen lugar para relajarse! Que envidia sana... ???
Una pregunta, veo que tienes muchas maquetas de la marca ITALERI que tal calidad son? Yo solo hize el tanque FURY y fue bastante malo. Un saludo

John Thomas
Nice modeling area.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you mates.
@DAVID, não me posso queixar, mas luz exterior e água corrente seria óptimo 😉
Eu gosto bastante dos Italeri, já fiz o Elephant, o RSO, o Opel Blitz e seu atrelado, todos eles tiveram a sua dose de scratch build, mas isso também faz parte do gozo do hobby, certo?
São kits mais antigos que não estão ao nivel de detalhes dos kits actuais, mas lembro-me de ver obras primas feitas com italeris, por exemplo por Verliden e outros mestres 😉
Já para não falar numa óptima relação qualidade/preço ...

Kerry COX
Rui. Image 12 has me a little concerned mate. ! What the hell is a 500g rubber hammer used for when you model. ???? :-O
I know that some parts don't go together as planned, but wow, a hammer. ??? 😉 LOL

Rui S Schrijver
Obrigado Jorge, sinto que ainda há muita coisa a melhorar na funcionalidade do posto de trabalho, mas com o tempo e prática vai_se compondo a coisa. O prazer foi meu.
@ Kezza, you made me lough a lot with your funny comment. The hammer was handy when I was mouting the cabinnets, but it's still there just in case 😄

Urban Gardini
It's there for that Pioneer 2 kit in the future...

Kerry COX
I must admit Rui. I do understand the hammer now, having had to use something similar when I put my IKEA display cases together, but the sight of it did raise some alarm bells here. hahahahaha 😉 👍

Rui S Schrijver
@ Urban, I'm not sure wich pioneer 2 kit, you are Talking about???
@Kezza, no stress, at least for the time beeing LOL 😉

Urban Gardini
The one you'll buy in error...

Rui S Schrijver
Ahh, that One, it Will have to wait, because I'm trying hard not to buy anymore kits 😉

Urban Gardini
ROFL

Rui S Schrijver
Thx Mona, glad you like it. it's a bit changed since.

Kerry COX
It's great to have things all organized, all within easy reach and bright. ! Your a great modeller now Rui, but watch how much you improve now things are, "As they should be". 🙂 🙂 🙂 👍 I have just done the same thing Rui, and I really have got more enthusiasm than ever before to do what I like to do,

Rui S Schrijver
Thanks Kezza. Yes I understand what you mean, and I can add that with work and practice, there is always more to improve functionality 😉

Bruce Huxtable
More glass cabinets filling up? I'm liking all that space you have given yourself. ?

Rui S Schrijver
Yap, I've one that isn't shown here, but yes, I will need more.

Mike Kryza
Really a very nice cave, Rui! 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you, Mike. I can't complain 😄

Phil M
Its way too clean haha....amazing!

Bruce Huxtable
Can't quite see what's on your bench, Rui ?

Rui S Schrijver
Thx Phil M, yap. It's always Clean between builds.
@ Bruce, at the moment you can see it in my album:
Somewhere in/arround Rostov, 1941 | Album by mig (1:35)

BetterTimes-Henry
Really nice work space and impressive stash! You keep it nice and organised, ready for new projects.

Rui S Schrijver
Thx BetterTimes, at the moment I've only one new project going.

Marder III
Jealous ! great set up
Wait till you have collected that many kits, they start overflowing to other rooms for storage 😉

Lenny Li
I noitce the white PC speakers next ot the window - must be at least 20 years new!

Rui S Schrijver
Thx mates.
@ Jonn, the idea was good but they are not very adjustable any more, because the joints are in poor quality plastic. But they work.
Glad you like my dios, your comment is much apreciated. The autumm One is not finished yet. I intend to add a horse (already Started) and some figures... One day... 🤔

@ Marder III, Thx but don't be, this is a storage room 3 stors down from my apartment... But ofcourse I can't complain.
I'm not interested in (well, interested I would be, but making an efort not to) buying more kits now and I've been able to do that, for some years now. So...
Now what I want, it's to take the boxes out, build them and ocuppy the same space with dios 😉

@ Lenny, hehehe, you are right, they are old (like the majority of my stash), but they still work just fine 😄

Sebastian Spluszka
Great workshop !!

Simon Nagorsnik
I wish I had such a nice workplace 😣

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you mates, it has ups and downs 😄 but I can't complain.

Villiers de Vos
An ever improving and expanding empire! 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
Thx, Villiers de Vos. Improving yes, I hope so. Expanding 🤔 ? Not so sure about that 🙂

Kerry COX
I do hope you have a tread mill close by, or at least some where you can get to for some physical attention. ? As being more confined that most times, and sitting for longer periods of time, exercise is now your best friend. !

Sergej I
Nice cave! Love your stash aswel 👍 and great to see young blood helping 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
@ Kezza, you are absolutely right, but I'm not a exercise fan, unless it his to Carry a big beer package 😄

@Sergej I, thx for your words. The Young is my older son, 21 now and did not repeat the experience, unfortunately 🙁 I Will have to handle my stash Alone 🤔

Viacheslav
realistic)

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Viacheslav

Chan Li
Haha, I'm jealous that you have a grown up son, my destructive two year old boy captures 90% territory of my home and my dog and me share the rest 10% on balcony, was creepy freezing out there!

Rui S Schrijver
Hehehe, you have to enjoy him now, because no time your son Will be in school, and you Will miss the time he was the sovereign 😉

Kerry COX
Rui. I whole heartedly agree with you and your thoughts about being a dad.
My boy had the attention span of a gold fish at four, but now, he is a petty officer in the RAN. Go figure. !
But sharing those formative years I would gladly do again.
BTW, your man cave look like it is a relatively dust free area. Yes. ?

Rui S Schrijver
@ Kerry, Yap that's it, thx for the suport 😉
My cave has a ventilation grille on the right, that overlooks the sidewalk. the street doesn't have a lot of traffic, and I put an acrylic on the inside, but even so... not completely free from dust and not a big problem. I don't have to clean it often, Why do you ask?

CaptGPF
I loved the pic of your son helping out the most - it's a great bonding exercise - and more importantly, it keeps the hobby alive! 😀. I've managed to get my wife and daughter to participate in a build with me, but still working on the last kid! 😱

Jennifer Franklin
I am envious, you had a fantastic space, and now you have an even better space.

Lukas Muller
I envy you Rui because I work on a 78x52cm table. This is Kingdom for me 😄

Mr James
So impressed with how clean and tidy and very organised 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
@ CaptGPF, I wish I could say it worked, but no, after this kit, he didn't do any more, apparently I couldn't motivate him enough 🙁
@ Jennifer Franklin, Thank you for your words, but in fact the previous space was indoors so it had better conditions, this one is in a storage room and therefore has less natural light but the worst thing is the lack of water, so to wash my hands I have to climb 3 floors, but I shouldn't complain, as this is my own space and of reasonable dimensions 😉
@ Lukas Muller, I understand your envy, so I can't complain. But the most important thing is to have mojo, because any space will do 🙂
@ Mr James, Only between buildings, because I stop to clean and tidy up before starting the next one. During, it is more or less desorganized chaos. 😄

Anthony lfk
Rui, i really envy your special model workshop...its only a dream for me.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Anthony. Apreciated having this space is Great but also important is the good old mojo 😉

Ade
Wow, now that's what I call a workspace! I have a kitchen worktop lol

Rui S Schrijver
Thx Ade,
Yap, can't complain, but at least you have plenty water available 😄

Randy Kriegel
Nice work space, looks neat and organized.

Rui S Schrijver
Thx mate. Mostly in Inbetween builds, I can say that 😉

Олег
I also want a good workspace ( but for now, as it is)

Kerry COX
When do you move in Rui. ? 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
Hi kezza,.my friend I moved a long time ago: 😄

Kerry COX
👍 😉

Lebloge
A great place that makes you want to spend time there 👍🏻

Major Oak
🙂👌

Hans-Jürgen Haag
🥰👌

Rui S Schrijver
Thx mates, glad you like my cave. It's is now a bit diferent 👍

Desert Marlin
Great looking cave and stash!

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you mate. Glad you like, them. Can't complain 😉

Живко Джаков
Great workshop. I'm glad to see someone create such a place. I worked at a desk for a long time, but after my older son decided to live independently, a place was found for me in the house as well. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get any of my children involved in the hobby. I've got three. On the other hand, my nephew is already building his sixth plane.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you. I'm glad you now have a Nice man cave too. 👍 I've two boys and nether follow the hobby, but I've tried 😉

Doubtingmango
Love it!

Rui S Schrijver
@ Doubtingmango, Thank you. I'm glad you like it.

My brother-in-law gave me his bookshelf and I decided to recycle it, to make a new custom-made display case/vitrine, for our living room (had to convince my wife that it would be acording to her hi standards).
She had to put her doubts (unfounded of course) aside and in the end she ended up giving me 5 stars 😄
Now, I can finish my Mariupol dio (started to work on it again) and must do some more dios 😉 I'm happy 🙂
Even without a carpentry, I always enjoyed working with chipboard (you know, cuting half a mm more, or a mm less, wherever it was) and making custom cabinets.

P.S. Added the items for a scratch spray booth 🤔

Lorraine Lin
Taking a seat from here😜

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your support Lorraine Lin, much appreciated.
As for the spray booth, for many years, whenever I used the airbrush I had intense smells in the house and now in the man cave, but now it's time to stop spreading the fumes from my Humbrol enamels and synthetic thinners around the man cave and surroundings. Now everything will come out through the facade ventilation grill. I hope 🤔

Mark Sherwood
That's one impressive work/man/study/studio/cave. But. Where's the fridge packed with cold ones Rui 🤔? 🤟🥸🤘

CaptGPF
Books?!?! and non-modelling related ones? Get rid of them Rui! That's prime display space for your builds and dioramas!

Rui S Schrijver
Hi There, @ Mark, the fridge is just under the drawing board;
@ CaptGPF, 😄 😄 😄 That was a photo of my brother-in-law book shelf, and ofcourse he keept the books.
I've just recycled it to make the 5 star display case in the corner of my living room 😉
I chose to use magnets instead of hinges, which allows for a completely tight and dust-free front.
Ok I change the teaser 🙂

Desert Marlin
I will have to send a picture of my "bookshelf" with model library...

Here is my "Library":
Tools | Album by DesertMarlin (1:32)

Rui S Schrijver
My physical model libary it's small, manly it is digital and in a biiggg tera external hard drive 😉

Desert Marlin
Same here! I have a collection of "In Action" books and then a bunch of other long ago books like "Log of the Liberators".

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Ben M
👁️👁️👁️

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Danny Ray
This looks better than my Panther. Then again my Tamiya was/is (it's in the paint shop) my first ever 1:35 scale AFV…if I ever get to your level of build quality I'll be a happy cockney 😘😇😊😊😁

Danny Ray
By the way, you can always trust you Jakko to have an interesting subject matter. Something a little quirky or different. Never knew the allies had one. It was relatively common to use an enemy's vehicles I believe but it's still somewhat of a shock when you actually see it.

Jakko ‌ Schrijver
There are a good number of photos of captured Panthers used by the Allies, but Cuckoo is probably the best-known. For a lot more pictures of all kinds of captured German vehicles, take a look at this thread on Missing-Lynx: tapatalk.com/groups/..-allies-t337227.html

Danny Ray
If you look at the new hatch door you built, if you zoom in a little it looks a little bit like the palm tree part of the DAK marking that has the tree with a swastika half way down its trunk. Or am I going mad? They do say the human brain tries to find familiar shapes in everything. Could be a case of that! 🙂

Jakko ‌ Schrijver
You mean on the Zimmerit? That's an arrow pointing up, to ensure the hatch would end up the right way round 🙂 I had to take care that the ridges and grid pattern on the hatch line up with those on the turret, and the arrow helps with that.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress so far. This threat also is a good tutorial.

Jakko ‌ Schrijver
Thanks, I like model threads that actually show what the builder is doing rather than just posting the finished article 🙂

Danny Ray
Ahhh thanks for the explanation Jakko. I thought it must've been intentional!

John
That's a nice interior. Will you make the hull lift off? I personally lack the patience for doing detail that won't be seen. I used to be in the "at least I know it's there" camp but the stash is large and life is short!

alessandro magrelli Schrijver
Hi John, thanks. I am just like you, if it's not seen, not worth it. In this case the kit expressly direct you not to glue some parts. More specifically top of turret and turret can be removed, drum and drum cover as well. Engine cover can be lifted also. Only the driver seat will be sacrificed but the latch will be open. The kit is very demanding, in terms of patience, the sprues are listed all the way to the letter "Z" and some are duplicated (3 sprues "F"..) and many parts, to get together, direct you through 3 or 4 different sprues. Instructions (30 pages) are not tge best around. It took me a while to start this subject and it is my first (and last) tank, btw...

Rui S
Interesting 🤔 I'm in 😎

Rui S
Wow, it's done already. Great work on this diferent one 👍

Andrea Brenco Schrijver
Thanks Rui! Well I have not been really this quick, I started it together with my 205 early last year, I then left it in a box after having primed it. I resume working on it because I need something more relaxing after my disassembled Fokker F.I ...

Robert Podkoński
Taking a first row seat, of course! 🙂

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Welcome Robert, nice to see you again at my model build. 🙂
It will again be a plane with a special paint job.

Robert Podkoński
How could I miss such a talent show? 😉

Rando
Love me a Swedish delta 🙂 or I guess Czech in this case

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Robert, you've come at the right time. I started airing my show today. 😉

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Welcome, Rando. I'm glad you're here. You're not wrong, the plane will be in Czech colors. 😄

Mark D
Nice and following this build! I heard that the panellines of this Italeri kit are a bit soft or a bit deep, are they? It looks, well, acceptable.

J35J
Taking a chair 👍🏻

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Mark, it's true that the plastic of this kit is a bit softer than the standard kit, but it's nothing terrible. Also, the panel lines are a bit thicker (compared to Tamiya or Eduard kits), but again, not entirely bad. The kit does have a few minor shape flaws as well, but overall it's pretty good and with a little effort you can build a nice JAS-39 model from it.

I will describe the kit's faults and how to fix them, including modifications to the "C" version (the kit represents the original "A" version), as the model is built.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
J35J, welcome. I hope you have a good time. 🙂

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Little progress on the model.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I'm preparing the hull for its closure. I've glued the assembled engine and cockpit to the left half of the fuselage.

Alec K
Looking great! Taking a seat for sure 👍

Vloudila se ti tam čeština, pics 13-16. Jen v případě že to nebylo úmyslně 😉

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Hello, Alec! There's always room for you at my place. 🙂
Thank you for letting me know. It was my fault. The texts are already in English.

Jos Jansen
Watching

Michael Kohl
Me too

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Jos and Michael, welcome!

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
The fuselage halves are already glued together.

Jos Jansen
How's the fitting...?

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I haven't put much together yet. The fuselage halves can be glued together without any problems, they fit together well and the panel lines follow each other. The glued joints are gapless, just sand them lightly. When gluing the fuselage tip, care must be taken to ensure that it is turned correctly. If the tip is glued to the fuselage with the bottom side up, it will not follow the shape of the fuselage correctly when viewed from the side.

If there are any problems during construction, I will point them out.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Work on the model continues. The first problems are appearing. It was necessary to modify the joints between the upper and lower half of the wings and also the joint between the fuselage and the wings. The use of putty and sanding is unavoidable.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Little progress today. I glued the wings to the fuselage and started prepping the other parts.

Rando
Really cool techniques Ludvik! Taking notes on how you reduced the gaps

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Rando, thank you for the compliments. 🙂

The technique of extending the fuselage by gluing struts from inside the fuselage is nothing new. I have been using it successfully for many years. In my opinion, this technique is better than gluing the wings to the fuselage without extending the fuselage and then repairing by filling large gaps with putty and sanding.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I'm continuing with modifications to fix some bugs in the model and rebuild it to version "C".

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I sanded and puttyed the model. And I got to the point where it was hard to recognize the places that still needed to be repaired. So tomorrow (time permitting) it's surfacer's turn. I'll take some pictures tomorrow.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
The Gripen model has been sprayed with Surfacer.

Alec K
Looking good! What Surfacer do you use (1000, 1200)?

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Hi Alec, I use Surfacer 500. After finishing minor finishing work and sanding the Surfacer, I spray Base white 1000 (both are Gunze) on top.
I then spray the camouflage paints on top of that prepared surface.

Alec K
Thanks 👍

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Most of the errors are already corrected after sealing. Now I will add some small details on the surface of the aircraft. I'll have to scratch most of them.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Not much time to work on the model this week. But some progress was made on the model after all.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
When I looking the photos I found minor differences in the details on the underside of the rear fuselage. The model will need to be modified.

Christian
Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing all of this tremendous research detail - very fascinating. I have this same kit on my "to-do" shelf, so I'll be looking over your shoulder for tips and ideas.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Christian, welcome aboard! I'm glad you're interested in my project.

When you look over my shoulder, make sure you don't make the same mistakes I did. I've just discovered that my inattention has caused the flare hole to be too far forward. I'm working on correcting that mistake right now.

And I remind you that the modifications described are only for Czech Gripen. For other users' aircraft these details may differ.

Vintagemodeler
Another one to join to the observation, as I will have to do it at some point aswell . Is it the Front Noise need to be replaced by the quick boost?

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Welcome Vintagemodeler! I hope that in the course of building my model you will find inspiration for building your Gripen.

I'm very sorry, but my English skills are not perfect and I don't understand your question. Could you elaborate on your question a bit?
Thank you.

Vintagemodeler
Yes mr! I cant believe how you did those amazing scratch! i just mean if front noise looks good, as few people told me that it need the QUICKBOOST upgrade part, i get it for mig 29 and Su-27, but didnt get it for JAS-39 yet, as i didnt saw that much difference.
kind regards

Mark D
JAS 39C/D Gripen - Correct Nose (Quickboost QB 48 227, 1:48)

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Vintagemodeler + Mark D, thanks for the explanation.

I think the QUICKBOOST nose is not necessary. According to the drawing, the nose from the kit has a good shape matching the drawing. The bad shape of the nose is elsewhere. The top of the nose needs to be corrected. The windshield in the kit rests on a raised area that is not on the real model. However, this can easily be corrected with a little putty.

A clear description of the basic modifications to the Italeri kit can be found here: kits.kitreview.com/jas39agripenreviewrw_1.htm

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Moving the flare launcher to the correct position is done. I will fix minor errors after spraying the model with Surfacer.

Vintagemodeler
Amazing article! What a nice work mr!

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Vintagemodeler, thanks you!
I agree, the article clearly describes the modifications of Italeri's biggest faults. But since this article was published (2005) many JAS-39s have been upgraded (some machines more than once) and the appearance of some details on Gripen aircraft has changed. When building a particular machine, it's good to have not only a drawing, but also photos of the particular machine.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I'm continuing to restore the lines between the panels. It's slow going, but the lines being restored are increasing.

Alec K
It's looking good Ludvíku (👍

Vintagemodeler
Will be an epic build 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Thank you Alec!
Vintagemodelerer, the quality of the Italeri kit (considering the time of release) is somewhat half-hearted. But with some effort it can be used to build a nice model. I've already made most of the modifications. Once I finish restoring the panel lines, the model building will go faster.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Welcome Guy Rump! Good to see you.

Jennifer Franklin
It's been a while since I looked at this one, Ludvik; it is progressing nicely. Your work is exceptional; the attention to detail is beyond my imagination. I love watching what you have done.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Jennifer, thank you for your kind post. I'm just trying to build my models as best I can and it's great fun for me too.

bughunter
Oh, two Saab at once - no wonder that I nearly missed it! Nicely done too.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Yes, I'm building two Gripens at the same time. Both aircraft have a large number of the same parts and the same basic grey paint. It makes my job easier.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Italeri kit contains only one additional tank. But I need two tanks. That's why I decided to make them. To make both tanks the same, I made two.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
The auxiliary fuel tanks are ground down.

Alec K
Very interesting way to make the auxiliary tanks 👍

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Hi, Alec!
There are resin tank castings that can be purchased as separate accessories. However, their price, along with the cost of shipping, is high. It's much more than half the price of the Gripen kit I bought from Italeri. So I decided to make the additional tanks myself.

The choice of how to make the tanks was simple. Making the moulds and then casting the tanks is quite laborious. In addition, I do not have a vacuum pump, so air bubbles would form in the castings. I also don't have a 3D printer and I don't know how to model in 3D software.
Therefore, I figured that making tanks out of paper was the easiest way for me to make them at home.
I think paper is an underrated raw material in plastic modeling. With a little knowledge and skill, you can make various accessories (e.g. additional fuel tanks) out of paper. And as a bonus for the work involved, paper add-on tanks are very light and don't put unnecessary strain on the landing gear. 😄

Alec K
I agree, all good points. For what it's worth, here are my few observations regarding casting from personal experience: for a small job like the tanks, you really don't need a vacuum pump (nor, and IMHO more importantly, a pressure tank). Yes, you will likely get some bubbles in the resulting cast, but those can be fixed relatively easily 👍

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Alec, I also have experience with making parts from cast resin.You are right that bubbles can be fixed fairly easily with putty. But for making 2 tanks I find casting unnecessarily laborious.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I'm continuing to build the Gripen. I finished restoring the lines between the panels and added more details to the fuselage.

Alec K
👍

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I'm continuing to fix the minor surface errors that surfacer showed. I've also started riveting.

CaptGPF
Love the super detailing - as well as the extensive riveting work. Are you planning to rivet the wings as well? I will need to use your trick of using wires to pull the wings up to close the gaps on the next build. The Italeri kit is a good foundation for the Gripen, but it is sorely lacking in details - I'm glad to see you putting that into the kit.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
@CaptGPF
Thank you for your comment. I'm really glad that my ideas will serve someone else.

I don't plan to rivet the wings. None of the photos (that I have) or the drawing show any rivet lines on the wing surfaces. Except for a few rivets on the leading and trailing edges of the wings. And I have already made these few rivets on the wings. If there are any rivets on the wing surfaces, they are ground in with the surface and not visible under the camouflage paint.
On the other hand, I'm considering removing the rivets from the Gripen Kitty Hawk wings (Kitty Hawk made the rivets marked all over the wing surfaces).
I will definitely do some weathering on the wings though. It's very visible on all Czech machines.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I have little time to build models lately. So at least in one short spare moment I made an experiment with tinting the transparent cockpit covers.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Hi Ludvik! This build turns out t be another "crazy" build ... your view for details is amazing. Do you spend more time on research or building? I´m not sure 😉 again something spectacular is going to come here. Keep going (❁´◡`❁)

bughunter
Wow, your tinted canopies are looking great! I once used a mix with Alclad (on a egg plane) and nearly ruined the clear plastic as it was dull matt afterwards 🙁

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Thomas, at the moment my lack of free time doesn't allow me to pursue modelling as much as I would like 🙁. It's just a transitional period and I hope it will end soon.

As far as research is concerned, I have a database on my computer with information, drawings and photos of aircraft, literature ..., for all the aircraft that interest me and I would like to build models of them. And I am constantly adding to this database. So the moment I start building a model, I simply open the appropriate folder in the database and draw from the information I have stored there.

In some cases, for example, when I was building the MI-24, I was lucky enough to work with a guy who works in an aircraft repair shop as a mechanic, and he would take pictures of various details of the helicopter's structural elements and email them to me, according to my instructions.
I am now using similar friendly help in building both Gripens.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Bughunter, the procedure I used, I found on the website of a Czech modeller. With long-term testing of different color types from different manufacturers, it achieved the best results with metallic Gunze paints (MC series) and Gunze Mr. Leveling Thinner. The procedure is simple. I mixed gold (MC219 - brass) and brown (H017) into about 1 ml of diluent. From each colour to just a small drop (on the tip of the brush). Metallic paint does a partial transparency effect based on your point of view. From a certain angle, the cabin appears opaque, and from a different angle, you can see right through it. And that little bit of brown puts a slight damper on it.
The original instructions recommend the metallic colour MC215 - copper, but the author used this on American machines. According to the photos, the Gripen cabins are toned to a tawny colour and this is better matched by the golden hue of brass combined with brown. The precise dilution ratio is not critical, but he wants to test it. The important thing is to spray gradually a few thin layers (just to dust lightly) and spray the next layer of paint until the previous one has dried. With a thick layer, diluted metallic paint makes irregular spots.

And if it doesn't work, just wipe off the paint with a soft cloth dipped in thinner and start over.

Jennifer Franklin
That is impressive, tinted canopies. Thank you for sharing the technique.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Jennifer, it was my first attempt at a tinted canopy. I found a tutorial online and decided to give tinting a try. I did a few experiments on pieces of clear plastic first so I wouldn't ruin my canopy if it didn't work out. During these experiments, I tried different shades of metallic paints and chose the best combination of colors based on the results.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Gripen is ready to be sprayed with primer.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Gripen got a smart white coat (primer). Once the cockpit equipment is completed, it will be the turn of spraying camouflage colours.

Mark D
Have you dipped the canopy in for example Alclad Aqua Gloss? It helps for transparency.

CaptGPF
I read on Finescale modeler that you could get a golden tint using a mix of transparent smoke + transparent yellow diluted down with thinner.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
@Mark D
The canopy in the photo of the partially assembled model is not the final solution. I'm still experimenting with tinting the cockpit canopy. The goal is a canopy that will be transparent from a certain angle and partially act as a mirror from another angle. I'm well on my way, but it still needs to be fine-tuned.
@CaptGPF
There are more ways to colour the canopy, of course. Using transparent paints is probably the easiest way. But it doesn't achieve the mirror effect described above. To give you a better idea, I have included a picture of the cockpit canopy from several different angles.

CaptGPF
I'd love to see how you can achieve that angled transparency effect!

Daniel
I had good results with holo nail powder:
Starting Pic 24
Fat Amy WIP | Album by halohead (1:48)

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
@CaptGPF
A very thin layer of metallic paint takes care of the angled transparency effect.
@Daniel
Thank you for the illustrative example. Your canopy looks great.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I'm continuing work on the cockpit. I am gradually adding more details to it.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
The "box" at the rear cockpit wall had to be modified. After correcting its dimensions and location, I added a few cables to the rear of the cockpit. More cables will follow shortly.

Jennifer Franklin
The couple of wires that are in there look great.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Jennifer, thank you! I hope the cockpit will look even better with the addition of more "cables" and the scope slide. 😉

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I wasn't in the mood for the delicate work of adding wiring today. So I busied myself with fixing a badly shaped engine nozzle.

Robert Podkoński
That's a true craftmanship on this nozzle, Chapeau bas!

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Robert, thank you for the compliment! 😉

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I continue to work on completing the cockpit wiring.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
The cockpit cables are in place. I glued a few more PE parts to the fuselage and now I will prepare the model for spraying.

Jennifer Franklin
The cables look amazing, Ludvik; your attention to detail pays off.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Jennifer, thank you for the compliments. 🙂 I appreciate it.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I prepared the model for spraying with camouflage paints.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Gripen is ready for decals application. 🙂

Daniel
Beautiful work + you're really fast! 👍

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Thank you, Daniel! My speed is only temporary. Soon I will start making smaller parts and the model building will slow down. 🙁

I have started applying decals to the painted model. So far I have only managed to apply the decals with the special anniversary coloring.

bughunter
What a colorful nice looking outfit 👍

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
The colour scheme of the in-line machines in a combination of two grey colours with little visible markings is practical for military purposes, but somewhat boring. It's good that there are aircraft with special paint! 😄

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Due to the extraordinary activities that took place during the day, I only got to the model briefly today. In those few minutes I only managed to glue a few decals. I added the national emblems and a few small labels. I will add photos later, when all decals are on the model.

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful scheme indeed.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Robert, from the first moment I saw the pictures of this Gripen in the attractive anniversary livery, I knew I would eventually build one. When the decals for this machine appeared on the market, I didn't hesitate a moment and bought them immediately. And now the moment has come when I am fulfilling my resolution.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I "painted" the cockpit canopy with strips cut from painted decal paper.

Jennifer Franklin
The canopy looks amazing

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Jennifer, thank you for your compliment. 🙂

The work on the baldachin will continue. I've only finished the outer part. I'm still working on the inside of the canopy. The inner frame, cross brace, rear view mirrors and the "collar" in the front need to be completed.

"Sparky"
Great idea. I have always wondered why there is not a product to just stick to canopies instead of painting them for the frames.

CaptGPF
Thanks for the tips on the canopy - I have an AH-64D in the queue and was wondering how to achieve the same effects you just taught us! thank you, Sensei! 🙇‍♂️

bughunter
Ludvik, your macro is merciless! I guess in real size it will look better.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I'm so glad you found my tutorial on painting canopy frames helpful. 🙂

Since masking the canopy, spraying the frame and a thin strip of gasket is laborious and the result is not always 100%, I was looking for another method that would be easier and less laborious. Using decals met my requirements. The application is simple and the results are accurate. And when layering the decals, even a very thin line of gasket can be easily created. And the use of decals also eliminates the laborious cleaning of paint that occasionally runs under the mask.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I painted the auxiliary tanks this afternoon. Like the plane, the tanks have a special paint job.

Jennifer Franklin
The auxiliary tanks look amazing Ludvik

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Jennifer, thank you for your kind words. 🙂

I worked on the hangers today. For the middle hanger under the fuselage I used a part from the Italeri kit, but first I modified it slightly, sanded it, made new joints and added rivets. For the underwing hangers and rocket adapters I used Kitty Hawk parts. These were left over from an earlier Gripen 9241 build where I replaced them with castings from CMK. For the wing hangers, I replaced the plastic pins with wire ones so I could accurately glue the hangers to the wing. For one thing, the plastic pins were large in diameter and would not fit into the holes in the wings, but more importantly, the wire pins served me well when spraying the hangers and then applying the decals.
The fewer stencils on the aircraft, the more there are on the hangers. I applied 54 decals on all five hangers combined (5234 did not have a forward fuselage hanger when it carried the annual livery). And I still haven't glued the decals on the rocket adapters.

bughunter
Attractive combination of grays and colors 👍 Well done so far!

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Frank, I was intrigued by this machine from the first moment I saw it. The combination of the dark grey motif on the upper surfaces of the wings and fuselage with the red, blue and white accessories on the vertical tailplane and canards is (at least to me) very attractive. Although I find the special colour scheme of Czech tiger-themed machines very successful, this annual livery was a very pleasant change for me. As soon as I found out that there was a decal set for this livery, I knew I would definitely build this aircraft. 😄

This week unfortunately my work obligations did not give me free time to work on the model. I only managed to apply decals for the AIM-120 rocket adapters.
I also ordered a set of AIM-9 rockets from Eduard. The rockets in the Italeri kit are inaccurate and modifying them would basically amount to making new rockets.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
After a short break, I continue working on the model. Gripen has all decals applied and repainted with clear coat. Now it's time to work on illustrating the operational wear and surface contamination.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Today I did weathering and minor surface damage to the aircraft.
... and I also glued all the racks.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Turning out great Ludvik 👍👍👍

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Hi, Thomas.
I'm so glad you like the weathering. I did a little experiment. Instead of traditional oils, I used Agama patina powder. I was pleasantly surprised. The powders work very well. Unlike oils, using patination powders is easy, fast and accurate. And if something goes wrong, the applied patina can simply be washed off with a cloth or cotton swab dipped in clean water (with a little detergent if necessary). 😉

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I'm sure I won't get to work on the Gripen today. So at least I took two photos of the Gripen in daylight with the auxiliary tanks temporarily installed. I like the result, the painted add-on tanks nicely complement the special anniversary livery of the aircraft. 🙂

Alec K
This will be a beauty 👍

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jennifer Franklin
Looks amazing!

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Alec, Guy and Jennifer, thank you so much for your kind posts. It is a great support for me to continue working on the model. 🙂

Michael .
Love the decal work.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Michael, thank you.
All decals used on this kit are from Czech manufacturer of modelling accessories JBr Decals. I think he did his job perfectly.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I'm kind of running out of free time lately. Every time I think I'm finally going to get around to building a model, something creeps in. So at least I bought a few accessories for my models, including a set of Sidewinders rockets from Eduard. The ones in the Italeri kit didn't work out so well. 🙁

Rando
Thanks for the nice look at Eduard's Sidewinders, I'm going to have to buy some for my Hasegawa jets that have none eventually. Glad to know they come with a jig too! And I hear ya on the free time thing, my Mosquito probably would have been done weeks ago

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Rando, if you are concerned with the various suspension armaments, check out Eduard's site. Eduard offers quite a wide range of rockets, bombs and other armaments in various scales.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I spent time this afternoon making the main landing gear legs. I also finished the nozzle.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
I have modified the appearance of the landing gear wheels and am continuing work on the landing gear legs.

Robert Podkoński
Landing gear looks awesome, Ludviku! When finished, your model should stand on a mirror surface!

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Thank you, Robert. I've only finished the front landing gear leg so far. I started with it because it's the most complicated. Filling the "tubes" on the main landing gear legs will go faster. Compared to the front landing gear, they are almost wiring free.

Building the finished model on a mirror base is a good idea. However, I have a slightly different solution. The model will be placed in my display case of finished models on a glass shelf that is approximately eye level (of an adult). If you lean slightly forward, you can see the bottom of the aircraft with the armament and landing gear due to the glass shelf.

Alec K
Great progress 👍

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
After a break I resume building the model again. I'm adding hydraulic and electrical wiring to the main landing gear legs.

bughunter
Was your break due to a visit of the Mosonshow?
Your lastest work on the model parts looks nice!

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Bughunter, thank you for your kind contribution.

My break was due to a much less fun thing than attending the Mosonshow. A colleague and I have rented a space where we have offices. At this point, our lease is up. We had to find a new place and prepare to move. We already have the offices, now we have to move in and get everything ready to work in them. So there will be more breaks.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
After this afternoon, both landing gear legs of the main landing gear are complete.

Cristian A
OMG this is so satisfying to watch!! Great model, you are super talented 👍🏼

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Cristian, thank you for your compliments. I appreciate it.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
The first part of the wiring and hydraulics in the main landing gear shafts is in place.

Jennifer Franklin
Looking amazing! I love the detail of your work.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Jennifer, thank you. I appreciate your kindness.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
After a forced break, I'm back and resuming work on the Gripen. 🙂

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
In May last year, Gripen had an accident. During careless handling, the model fell off my desk. Several small parts broke off and the glued joint on the underside of the nose cracked. This accident threw me for a loop and I had to take some time to get back in the mood to continue building the Gripen.
And now it was time for me to continue building.

Alec K
Ah, bad luck. Glad you got your mojo back and bringing this beauty to the finish line 👍

DuperScale
Oh man, thats hard. Hope you can finish the gripen.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
DuperScale and Alec, thank you for your support. As they say, everything takes its time. Yes, the successful repair has given me my mojo back. 🙂
The home straight is in sight, but there are still a few details to finish. I'm looking forward to finishing the colorful "bird" and putting it in the display case. In my opinion it is one of the most beautiful Czech Gripens.

CaptGPF
I think everyone here has had their fair share of accidents - my worst one was when my cat decided to play with my A-10 and send it "flying" into the ground!

That repair looks fantastic! I can't even tell where it was damaged! It's great to seeing you recover from this mishap, especially after the beautiful work you put into it!

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
CaptGPF, thank you for your kind words.

The aftermath of the crash has been repaired, but I still need to finish highlighting the lines and shading the panels on the repaired bow.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
One more step closer to the finish line.

Ludvík Kružík Schrijver
Today another small shift in the work on the model.

Neil Schrijver
Thanks Villiers de Vos!

Neil Schrijver
Thanks Rui Da Silva! 🙂

Rui S
I'm in this one too 😎

Andrew Horton
Another beautiful work from you, Neil! I look forward to seeing the completion of this project.

Jake Poyner
nice soft edge

Neil Schrijver
Excellent! Glad to have you aboard Rui 😊

Neil Schrijver
Thanks Flight Line Media and Jake 🙂

Bruce Huxtable
On the home stretch, Neil, and she's looking good 🙂

Neil Schrijver
Hi Bruce 🙂 yeah we're almost there 👍 washes all done and she's been matt coated also, so just canopy etc... Thanks for your comment very kind 🙂

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀

Neil Schrijver
Excellent, great to have you aboard WhiteGlint 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good 👍

Neil Schrijver
Cheers Guy 👍

Neil Schrijver
Yes, iconic would be a gross understatement. Thanks for commenting Gaston 🙂👍

Gary Victory
Nice work on the Spit Neil. 👍

Neil Schrijver
Hi Gary 🙂 Thanks very much. Kind of you to comment 👍

Mark Sherwood
Nice build on the Spot Neil. You're hand painting the inside of the canopy?!?!?!?!?! Kudos! 👍🥸🤘🥸🤟

Neil Schrijver
Yeap! 😁 Thanks Mark! 👍

Charlie Spitfire
i love how you give some detail what a spit was ps it is my favorite plane

Neil Schrijver
Thanks Charlie! 👍I agree. An iconic machine indeed 😉

Alberto
Great interior and paint job. Looking forward to the next steps!

Neil Schrijver
Thanks very much Alberto! 👍

John
Both Merlin powered machines Spit and P-51 are great looking but I have to give the edge to the Spit, just a beautiful bird. Nice build. 👍

Neil Schrijver
Hi John, agreed! Yes, both (with all their various upgrades/engines) are mighty machines indeed. I couldn't bring myself to make the option of the Spit in this kit with clipped wings, it just spoils that iconic shape... When I returned to this hobby in 2019, my first build was a Monogram P-51 - that tells you something as well 😉 Thanks for your comment on my build 🙂

Chan Li
I like the edged camo spots, with them the whole plane looks neat👍

John
Ha, I know what you mean about the clipped wing Spits. It's like taking a beautiful girl and lopping off her ears. Aerodynamically it made sense but aesthetically it was an atrocity.

Neil Schrijver
Thanks Chan Li 😊 very kind of you.... Totally agree John 👍

Neil Schrijver
Hi all 🙂 I've finally got around to taking 'reveal' pictures for many of my previous build albums. I shall be updating each and including a few build notes in the description too.

Here is my version of the Revell Spitfire kit completed in 2022. Much thanks to all who showed an interest and liked my efforts 👍

Jennifer Franklin
Nice reveal photos, looks good.

Landlubber Mike
Wow, nicely done!

Neil Schrijver
Thanks very much Jennifer 🙂

Neil Schrijver
Thanks Landlubber Mike 👍 and also to others for likes 😊

Nathan Dempsey
The hits just keep coming Neil. Lovely result.

John
Turned out great, Neil.

Rui S
Great work indeed 👍

Neil Schrijver
Cheers Nathan!

Guy Rump
Very nice work Neil. 👍

Neil Schrijver
Thanks very much John, Rui and Guy, much appreciated 👍 and to all who've liked too.

Gary Victory
Very nice work and finish Neil. Lovely job Sir.

Neil Schrijver
Thanks very much Gary 🙂 much appreciated 👍

Hang Li
very nice

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful!

Neil Schrijver
Thanks very much for your kind comments Hang Li and Pietro - much appreciated 🙂 👍

Doubtingmango
Beautiful spit!

Neil Schrijver
Thanks mate! 😁 And thanks to those who have liked also 👍

Robert Podkoński
Good job!

Ulf Petersen
Frank, this model is one of my favourites out of your kitchen as I had the honour to see it live in Wilnsdorf this year.
What you have achieved here is simply a masterpiece!👍
My deepest respect, master of soldering!

Bernhard Schrock
Manchmal greife ich auch zum
Lötkolben und fluche wenn beim Löten an einer Stell drei benachbarte fertige Lötstellen wieder aufgehen. Daher wie Ulf treffend schrieb: Meisterleistung und auch von mir ein gaaaanz großer Respekt. Fand AJP immer schon klasse, hab mich aber nie getraut auch wenn es m.E. der einzige Weg ist, Rippen und Stoff realistisch darzustellen. Hut ab!!!

Ben STONE
Beautiful

bughunter Schrijver
Thank you all 😄
I should post my soldered Strip downs too. In 1:72 this is more complicated as this AJP Kit.
BTW: Sorry for the duplicate pictures, but I haven't found out yet, how to delete them.

Ulf Petersen
You definitely should, Frank!
You just can't deprive this community of your artworks!

Mathias Carl
Maybe you should show some work-in-Progress Pictures here. Your scratchbuild engine is simply awesome. 👍

Bart Goesaert
that's a rigging party I've luckily missed, but as with your other models... splendid work...

bughunter Schrijver
Thx! Good idea, I added some pics of the building process, especially for the engine.

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!!!

Choppa Nutta
gem

Bart Goesaert
superb work, how did you make the linen?

bughunter Schrijver
The wings of the AJP Kits are PE parts, contains also thin yellow paper. I painted the brass wood brown to avoid the yellow brass shine and covered both sides with this paper as described in manual (it is a bit tricky). I added again some picture to explain.

Bart Goesaert
thx for the info.

Es-haq Khosravi
Wow!

bughunter Schrijver
If you move with such paper models to exhibitions you have to care for air humidity during transport and show!

Lex Jassies
Chapeau! It's a small gem.

Dave Jones
Wow

Urban Gardini
Fantastic job mate! The pioneers of flight for sure either had big balls or was insane to get up in the sky with contraptions like this!

bughunter Schrijver
Thank you! The pilots were really cool B) The guide during my build was this picture of the Demoiselle in Le Bourget (full resolution in wikipedia):[img1]

Erik Leijdens
Another impressive build 👍

MRMLA
Really impressive work here Sir! 👍 👍 👍 And You are Great Modeller Magician! No more words, just silently gazing...

bughunter Schrijver
Thank you very much!

Spanjaard
an absolute masterpiece.

gorby
Nothing short of a work of art – again! I wish I had a tenth of your patience and skill.

Mike Grant
Good grief. Amazing work 👍

bughunter Schrijver
Mates, thx for your nice words! 😄

Robert Podkoński
This is amazing indeed!

bughunter Schrijver
Thank you Robert!
I have to admit that the pictures are a bit small by today's standards. I'll see if I can replace them with larger versions.

Robert Podkoński
That's a fantastic idea 👍

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
Hello Mates, I am currently building the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) from Tamiya in 1/350. For better detailing I use etched parts from Eduard. Here are the first pictures.

Ingmar Stöhr
Oh, I don't want to miss out on this one!

Dietmar Bogatzki
Great Job, Stefan, i will follow your progress

Michael Papay
Sehr schön mit den PE. Da bleib ich sitzen ^^

James C
Cool and following 👍

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
Thank you for your interest gentlemen. In the meantime I've added a few more PE parts.

Norbert Steffens
Huge Project. I'm in

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
Here are a few more photos (including before/after pictures) of the construction progress of the USS Enterprise. Eduard did a great job, but I don't use all of the photo-etched parts.

Oliver Zwiener
USS Enterprise CVN-65 - Carrier Vessel Nuclear - mein absoluter Favorit ! Klasse Projekt , da sitze ich doch in der ersten Reihe , da ich aktuell an einer UH-2B Seasprite BuNo 150139 HC-1 USS Enterprise CVAN-65 1966 arbeite 😉

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
The construction progress on the Enterprise continues slowly but steadily. I need a lot of time to tape the flight deck. The fuselage is completely painted except for the weathering.

Michael Papay
Sehr gut die Lackierung bis jetzt!
Aber das Flugdeck in seinen drei Einzelteilen? Bekommst da später noch recht große Spalten zwischen den Deckteilen...

Dietmar Bogatzki
Sehr schöne Fortschritte Stefan, aber mit dem Deck bin ich auch gespannt..

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
Danke Michael und Dietmar, eure Worte motivieren mich.

Das Thema mit dem dreigeteilten Flugdeck habe ich mir auch überlegt und eine Trockenpassung vorgenommen, die recht zufriedenstellend war. Es zeigten sich nur minimale Spalten, die später noch überarbeitet werden müssen.

Ja, das kostet Zeit, aber die Alternative wäre ein vollständiger Zusammenbau des Decks auf dem Rumpf gewesen. Das Modell wird ca. einen Meter lang - da geht einfach die Handlichkeit verloren. Daher habe ich mich entschlossen, alle drei Teile erstmal getrennt zu lackieren.

Oliver Zwiener
Meines Erachtens die richtige Entscheidung , ich finde Deine Vorgehensweise nachvollziehbar. Der fehlende Platz für das später fertige Modell hat mich bis heute davon abgehalten, mir den Bausatz samt EDUARD Zubehör anzuschaffen, dafür freue mich umso mehr, hier mit dabei zu sein !!!

Michael Papay
Das mit dem Platz ist immer so eine Sache. 1 Meter muss man erst mal rangieren, verständlich. Wenn ich mit meiner da irgendwann mal angekommen bin hab ich eine Werkstadt im Keller die groß genug ist. Nach deine Aktuellen Lackierung zu urteilen würde ich sagen das man es am Ende bei dir nicht sehen wird. 😉

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
Meine Herren, es wird noch ein Weilchen dauern, bis wir wissen, wie genau das dreigeteilte Deck zusammenpassen wird. Mit etwas Nacharbeit rechne ich schon.
Bis dahin habe ich einen Veranlagungstipp für euch: Kauft Aktien von Tamiya - mein Tapeverbrauch ist derzeit gigantisch.

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
Hello mates, here you can see the result of hours of masking and painting work. The flight deck of the Enterprise has not yet been weathered or assembled.

Spanjaard
Crazy work on masking. but it is certainly paying off! looking quite good already.

David Taylor
Definitely a flat top.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Vielleicht sollten wir gleich Tamiya aufkaufen 😉
Jedenfalls tolle Fortschritte, besonders beim Flugdeck 👍

Dupont Steve
Wow sieht super aus mit den ätzteilen

Michael Papay
Sehr schön!!! Dachte die Trennspalte würde mehr auffallen

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
Here is a small update of the work in progress. The weathering of the hull is almost complete.

David Taylor
Weathering is looking good.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Superb weathering 👍

Sven Schönyan
Oh, it seems I´ve missed something here. Watching!

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
Thank you very much gentlemen! Here is a small update on the building progress on the Enterprise. The platforms on the fuselage are attached and the flight deck is fixed. Two gaps still have to be worked on here and the weathering is still missing.

Oliver Zwiener
Klasse Ding - weiter so - sieht spitzenmässig aus !!!

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
Thank you Oliver!
Here are a few more photos of the current building progress on the Big E. The island with its radar systems and railings can be upgraded enormously with PE parts from Eduard.

Zach Wilson
Damn. I am working on the Constellation right now and I can't even come close to how precise and clean your PE railings are. Really inspirational.

Oliver Zwiener
Die Radarantenne ist der Knaller - super und dafür 5 ***** !!!

Dietmar Bogatzki
Und die Reelings an der Brücke, verrat mir mal den Trick wie du das hin gekriegt hast.. 👍

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
Zach, Oliver and Dietmar - thank you for your motivating comments mates. That gives me a boost for the last meters.
@Dietmar: Eduards Fotoätzteile sind extrem filigran und - zumindest für mich - nicht leicht zu verarbeiten. Ich habe auch bei weitem nicht alle Teile verwendet, weil sie teilweise einfach zu klein und viel zu kompliziert zu verbauen sind. Aber die, die ich verwendet habe, bringen schon eine deutliche Aufwertung des gesamten Modells.
Manche Relings sind sehr lang. Man klebt sie an einer Stelle an und biegt sie anschließend nach dem Verlauf der Plastikteile, wobei die Knickpunkte an den PE-Teilen vorgegeben sind. Dabei stellt sich leider öfters heraus, dass diese nicht unbedingt perfekt passen und sie liegen dann nicht überall genau an der Kante an.
Die gebogenen Relings habe ich vorher mit einem passenden Metallrohr gewalzt, damit sie dich leichter an die Rundungen anlegen.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Danke für die Erklärung Stefan, das mit den Relings steht mir demnächst auch bevor..

Piotr Sarniński-Górecki
Damn how could I miss that built ? Great looking ship !!! Hope your build will be inspiration to continue work on my Nimitz 🙂

Jv
Taking a seat

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
After a long time I can finally report something new from the Big E: The 27 airplanes and 3 helicopters of Carrier Air Wing 8, which will later be set up on the deck of the Enterprise, are finally ready. I used Starfighter decals - unfortunately the colored ones were very much out of register, the single-colored ones were okay.
On the pictures you can understand a little how the models were made.

Oliver Zwiener
Wahnsinn , die Geschwader in 1:350 so detailliert zu lackieren. Das Weathering vom Rumpf ist nicht minder beeindruckend. Freue mich schon auf das Endergebnis !

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
Danke Oliver! Ich habe versucht, alles soweit wie möglich mit dem Airbrush zu lackieren - also auch die Cockpitkanzeln. Ganz ist es mir leider nicht gelungen, die Prowlers und die Hawkeyes war zu kompliziert abzukleben, da musste ich mit dem Pinsel ran - was man auf den Vergrößerungen leider auch deutlich sieht.

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
After more than two years of construction, I was finally able to complete the Big E. I am quite satisfied with the result, even if the weathering seems exaggerated in places. This is also due to the sometimes high magnification of the images.

I hope you like the Enterprise too and I wish you a lot of fun with the pictures.

James C
Impressive looking build Stefan. Congrats 👍

Spanjaard
She certainly looks impressive!

Oliver Zwiener
Ein Meisterwerk - absolute Spitzenklasse !!!

Neuling
Impressive build. Very well done. Great modelling for sure!

Stefan Fraundorfer Schrijver
Thank you mates for your nice comments and the likes.

Andrew Gledhill
Brilliant work mate. I have recently started my CV65 kit too. Unfortunately, I can't afford the £130 for the 2 Eduard Big Ed sets for it. So, I will be building mostly out of the box. I do have extra decals for the ship and aircraft.

David Taylor
Superb build.

Mark de Boer
Amazing

CaptGPF
❤️❤️❤️❤️

Cliff Kidd
Inspiring work!

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Schwarzadler
Cute.

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 Schrijver
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 Schrijver
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 Schrijver
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 Schrijver
Oh wow, thank you guys for the kind words.

David Taylor
Looks superb.

Michael Kohl
No Stratos without me 😉

Andrei Schrijver
What do you mean? 🙂

Michael Kohl
That I will follow your build with keen interest as I have a soft spot for this car.

Andrei Schrijver
I hope the final result of the project will not disappoint you 😉

Michael Kohl
My opinion doesn't really matter. What matters is that you enjoy the build - or the overcoming of obstacles it presents - and at last be satisfied with your result. I follow along with interest. 🙂

Andrei Schrijver
You are absolutely right. It is a kind of rest for me. But sometimes very difficult and nervous 🙂

Yngve N
Looks great so far. I'm in

Carlos Martin Schrijver
One of my favourite airplanes, in 1:48 as my eyesight is not what it just to be. Model is great so far and I haven't messed anything so far... What can possibly go wrong?

Giorgos
Amazing!

Neil
Lovely! 👍

J35J
Great work!👍🏻

Phenix Outis Schrijver
thanks guys 🙂

John
Amazing! I love the metal finish but also the layered marking, covering up up the US, it tells a story by itself. Also the paint wear/chipping is top notch!

Andrei D
Epic!

Christian W
I like that color schema! Looks pretty fresh 🙂

Andrei
Unusual livery

J4Juliet
This livery is great. Which rally is this from? I can see it if from the Monte Carlo Rally but I can't make out the year.

Nicolas
Following, great start.

Michael Kohl
Me too.

Ben M
👁️👁️

Nicolas
Great result. 👍

Edouard Carr Schrijver
Thanks Nicolas. 😄

scalemates
merged 👍

Eddie Mann Schrijver
Thank you.