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Stéphane Ponceletheeft dit item voltooid
Nakajima Ki44 Shoki (Tojo) Prototype '47th Independent Flight Company'
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07302 2012 Nieuwe onderdelen 9 August, 21:19
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7.5cm PaK40 Ammo Boxes with Shells, set 2
MiniArt 1:3535402 2023 Nieuwe onderdelen Meervoudig onderwerp (2)
MiniArt 1:359 August, 21:18
Łukasz Glińskiheeft een nieuw fotoalbum toegevoegd.
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The most famous Bird Dog ever (and its vintage companion)
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Greenhouse completed + wings + tail (there some putty was needed)
Project: The most famous Bird Dog ever
23 30 June, 13:17
Michael KohlI only and sincerely hope that you quadruple checked your references that the original plane didn't have an "Airfix" molded on the cockpit side walls - lest you have to scratch new ones. 😉
30 June, 15:00
NicolasI'm in. Got the Airfix kit and the Pavla detail set in my stash, but I'm thinking about replacing it with the AVI kit. I think your report will be a big help there.
30 June, 17:42
CuajeteGreat! The Bird Dog Society has begun. I have felt a great disturbance in the Force, but I remembered that Łukasz is a great tamer of hard plastics 😉
It looks like those photo-etches are doing a good job 👌
30 June, 18:19
Alex KSo... if the AVI kit is destined for the representation of Major Buang-Ly's plane... I'm also eager to see what the Airfix kit will be...
30 June, 18:34
Łukasz GlińskiYou're absolutely right Alex - AVI's going to be Major's BirdDog and Airfix is destined to be boxart DJ-coded one.
I was thinking of Maltese markings for it, but there are none available.
Cuajete, the PE are quite good, but the Airwaves set has quite unclear hand-drawn instructions, which is challenging sometimes.
Nicolas, wish I could fetch the Pavla tail set, I need to try restoring the raised lines after having to remove the injection marks.
30 June, 19:22
NicolasI'd wish there would be a conversion kit to a Siai SM 1019. But I think I have to scratchbuild the different cowling, propeller and tailsection.
1 July, 04:46
Łukasz GlińskiThanks and good to see you. I progressed a bit with AVI set as Airfix requires some corrections, namely tail and windows
9 August, 21:13
Christian Bruerheeft een nieuw fotoalbum toegevoegd.
49 30 January 2022, 09:09
Christian BruerRecently I stepped into the 3d printed product range from Fat Frog Scale Models. This company from Hongkong offers highly detailed 3d printed tracks for all common German WWII tanks in scale 1/72. In the case of these Pz. III tracks the driving wheel is printedt together with the tracks. They fit for Dragon, Revell, Vespid etc. Because of the sag it will not properly fit with other brands Pz. III kits, but I'll give it a try later.
So I start this project just to look how it works. You have to build the main chassis and running gear except the driving wheels. You can glue all the wheels in place, except the idler wheels. Here I recommend to dry fit first, to make sure everything is aligned correctly. In my case the tracks seems to me 2-3 mm to short, so that I had to adjust the position of the idler wheel to get a proper fit. Here I only made an oval whole out of the round whole to fix the idler wheel a bit more forward. I also add a brass pin inside of the driving wheel to get a correct fit as well.
Well it is not a shake and bake as I first thought, but with just a little work you will get excellent tracks for your scale 1/72 tanks.
I can highly recommend this product and hope they will increase their range.
About the Dragon Stug III, nothing else to say, because it is an excellent kit!
Happy Modelling, Christian
30 January 2022, 09:25
Christian BruerWelcome aboard Simon and Tom. Still enough place in the first row.
31 January 2022, 17:26
Christian BruerLast modelmaking in 2023, progress on the Stug III.
Happy Modelling and a Happy New Year to all Scalemates🙂
31 December 2023, 01:09
Christian BruerYou're welcome Dave 🙂
WIP Stug III, Dragon scale 1/72. I finished the basic work today. I made some improvements and added storage items on the engine deck.
Tracks are 3D printed from Fat Frog Scale Models, accessoires are Black Dog and ModellTrans Modellbau, figures are Dynamo Models.
Happy Modelling
Christian
2 January, 19:54
Christian BruerWIP on my Stug III, basic painting is done, next colour modulation with oils.
Happy Modelling
Christian
11 January, 20:15
Christian BruerFirst figure is painted. Dynamo Models figures, 3D printed in excellent and sharp quality and figures with lifelike and interesting poses.
Happy Modelling
Christian
12 January, 19:26
Christian BruerWIP on my Dragon Stug III painting process.
1. Basic painting using Vallejo 71.025 (Dark Yellow) and highlights 71.025 + 71.001 (White)
2. Chipping and scratches using Vallejo 70.862 (Black Grey) + 71.001 and contours using 71.025 + 71.001
3. Washes using oils, Yellow Ocre, Medium Yellow, Raw Umber and White
4. Highlights using oils, Yellow Ocre, Medium Yellow, and White
Now the paint needs to dry completely before I can add final touches with oils and acrylics.
Happy Modelling
Christian
7 August, 16:39
Christian BruerThanx Spanjaard 🙂
The Sturmgeschütz is done. The last detail I have added was a cover in between the gun mantlet and the casemate to keep it clear from water and dust. Only later versions got this modification out of the factory. Before it is often seen as a field modification.
Finally a crew is added. I used the excellent Dynamo-models Stug crew.
Next will be a small vignette to present the Sturmgeschütz.
Happy Modelling
Christian
8 August, 19:30
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