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gorby
Excellent model and photos!

Dominik Weitzer
wow, great!

Marcel
Great work. It looks almost like the real thing.

Rui S
Excellent model & photos 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

onetwentyfan
Thank you Mates!

Neuling
I can only repeat: excellent model and photos!

Nathan Dempsey
Very nice choice of markings! Makes me want to build my Hasegawa F4U-5N...

Gary Victory
Nice build Jon, This reminds me of back in the 1980's an F4U-7 on the airshow circuit.

Neuling
Excellent!

gorby
Wonderful work!

Rui S
Very nice indeed 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice paintwork and weathering.

Gary Victory
Really nice build and finish Eelco. Good job.

Eelco Gregoire
Thank you guys!

Neuling
I agree with everyone above. Top job!

Cristian A
Wonderful work! How was the kit?

Neuling
Top build and presentation.

Anthony lfk
Cristian, the kit was a fast built, fittings on par with tamiya. Fantastic details for 1/72 ! Highly recommended.

Anthony lfk
Thanks Neuling. I have yet to pull off diorama yet like yours !

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work. The paint work came out first rate.

Cristian A
Thanks @Anthony for the response, great to hear that. I've added this kit to my wish-list.

Jennifer Franklin
Looks like an impressive project, following 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Watching for sure!

Steve Desarzens
This project is huge ! Love it 🤩
I also have the kit and the idea to build it one day. Didn't look for reference photos yet. Do you already have some ?

Ard S.
I am curious how it will go. Looks like a great project so far.

Villiers de Vos
Jennifer, Robert, Steve and Ard: Welcome aboard.

Steve, there are plenty of photographs and videos available online.

Villiers de Vos
The first phase's assembly is straight forward. The only portion that I did not enjoy was using a hot blade to melt the components of thee front suspension together. There is not a lot of plastic to melt. I plan to use a soldering iron on the drive chain.

Jennifer Franklin
Lots of good progress, curious to see how the instrument panel works out.

Mr James
Nice progress pics. Is that actual brass on the chassis or very good painting?

bughunter
The next big car parts comes together - I'm in!

Villiers de Vos
Jennifer, your wish is my command. The Micro Kristal Klear securing the bezels is still drying, but I am happy with the outcome.
James, painting only. First airbrush (I had to paint engine parts as well). I then cut the painting fine by hand. Thank you for the compliment.
Bughunter, you are welcome.

Jennifer Franklin
Oh, very nice!

Villiers de Vos
I am still following the instructions/assembly sequence. No major issues so far.

Ard S.
It looks really good so far.

Bruce Huxtable
Looking very smart indeed 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Ard and Bruce.
I have started on the engine. Except for drive chains the engine seems to be the focal point in as far complexity and colour. This is not a "shake and bake" kit, but I have enjoyed it very much so far. Fortunately there are a lot of reference photographs available online.

bughunter
Incredible what kind of details are possible in this scale 👍 And you know I love details!

Ard S.
What would be the size?
Cause it looks great on all the details

Mr James
Pic42. Again, its hard to believe that that's painted plastic.

Jv
Yes fantastic work Villiers

Jennifer Franklin
That engine is gorgeous.

Kyle DeHart
Diving into another one of these? I've missed it somehow up until now. Can't wait to see it get finished up. That engine is a work of art. It's all looking great.

Stéphane Jayet
what an engine !!!

Jv
Engine is is different word for motor

Guillaume Blanchet
Nice project. I have always loved this car

Andy Ball
Wonderful- can't wait to see it pass the chequered flag.

Bavel Cat
Wow! A huge model. It seems that it will need a garage for storage 😀
A very interesting project 👍

Jean-Daniel Aebischer
Superbe travail Villiers, pour moi qui suis mécanicien c'est un vrai régal. Bonne continuation 👍👏

Zsolt Czegle
Great work! 👍

Lochsa River
sittin in....

Alexander Grivonev
Oh niiiice 👍

Kyle DeHart
That engine is just a lovely work of art.

Rui S
Looking great 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you my fellow Scale mates for your kind words. Believe me when I say that it is humbling.
I am nearly finished with the wiring of the engine (a real mojo killer), the carburettors and fuel and oil lines.
Photographs of my adventures on page 15 of the instructions will be published soon.

Richard Berrie
Outstanding work Villers. Really love the subject and the reference photos. Your attention to detail is inspiring. Awesome work!

Hanno Kleinecke
Wow, rhat engine is just phnatastic !

Villiers de Vos
Richard and Hanno, Thank you for your kind words.
The wiring of the engine has been completed. Fortunately there are many reference photographs available.

Bruce Huxtable
I will be shocked if that engine doesn't run, by the time you have added the fuel lines, etc! Very smart and pristine work 👍

Michael Kohl
Coming along nicely.

Pietro De Angelis
Impressive!

Kyle DeHart
Really making me want to track one of these down Villiers

George Williams
Lovely model of a real monster of a car.

Villiers de Vos
Bruce, Michael, Pietro, Kyle and George, thank you for your kind words.
At long last some progress. The wiring of the engine was difficult, but adds a lot of realism. The next steps are straight forward up to assembling the drive chains.

Kyle DeHart
Ah man. It really looks awesome sitting down in the car. Fantastic work.

Jennifer Franklin
I've been out of the loop, so I'm a little late to comment, but I have to say that the engine is magnificent!

Guy Rump
Beautiful modelling! 👍

Mick Burdett
That is brilliant work

Villiers de Vos
Kyle, Jennifer, Guy and Mick, thank you for your kind words.
Progress should be quicker until the drive chains are reached.

Kyle DeHart
It's been an outstanding build to follow along with. Should I ever acquire this kit I'll certainly be returning here for reference

Villiers de Vos
Kyle and JD, thank you for your kind comments.
Work inside the engine compartment is nearing completion.

Rui S
A motor with wheels 😄 👍

Kyle DeHart
More fantastic work. This thing is too cool

Villiers de Vos
Well summarized Rui!
Kyle, thank you for your kind words.

Slow progress continues.

bughunter
Wow, that is sooo beautiful 👍

Alexander Grivonev
Really lovely work, I like it very much 👍👍

Kyle DeHart
Surely is a beautiful build.

DuperScale
Love the details.

Giannis Kaltapanidis
What a beauty...

Villiers de Vos
Gentlemen, thank you for your kind comments.
The end of the build is in sight.
All those welding points as well as cleaning up points led me in assembling the drive chains led me to explore alternatives. The closest that I could find was Tamiya's Assembly Chain Set for 1/6 Scale Motorcycle, part number 12674.

Villiers de Vos
I am calling this one completed. In general this is a very detailed model.

Thank you to everyone that stopped by, liked and your fantastic comments.

Guy Rump
Beautiful build, congrats! 👍

Tom ...
Wow, Villiers. That is outstanding work! And a lot of it! Well done. One day I will do this kit and I'll use your build as reference!

Kyle DeHart
I agree with Tom. An incredible build and an incredibly excellent build log. Thank you for sharing the entire process. I have designs on building this one day as well and will surely return here to make my own build go more smoothly.

Jv
Congratulations Villiers fantastic work

Villiers de Vos
Guy, Tom, Kyle and Jv: Thank you for your kind comments.

Andy Ball
Bravo, V!!

Villiers de Vos
Thanks Andy.

Anthony lfk
Wow, nice vintage car built ! Great built catalogue you have here, very detailed.

gorby
Beautiful result!

Neuling
Definitely! 👍

Holger Kranich
Hey Nelson!
Your dio´s are high level work! I like them very much! Congrats!

nelson
thank you my friend. A lot of time invested in them.

Holger Kranich
I can imagine!

Holger Kranich
The SEAL dio is amazing!!! Did you used the Dragon or the Verlinden LSSC?

Michal Z.
really nice dio's! 🙂

nelson
it is the dragon model. Fyi the nipa palms are lime colored paper with a coat of HU38

Luc B
👍

Hunter Cummins
Awesome where is the barrel on the 48 in the second to last picture??? And can we have some more poctures of the prime mover diorama??
But som awesome stuff

Choppa Nutta
awesomo !!!!!!!! 😄

Anthony Flanagan
I am with Holger. The SEAL dio was my favorite too. Really, really nice body of work. My compliments on your camera work. 👍👍

Alan Rush
Hi Nelson. Great work and a real pleasure to look at! Lots of activity to attract your eyes and figures and vehicles look great.

nelson
thank you for ur kind comments. Its encouraging.

nelson
concerning the short barrel of the M48 its in fact a M728 CEV 😉

nelson
new batch of photos long overdue

Marcin Jakubowicz
Great job!

J K
These are excellent

Rui S
Nice Dio collection 👍

nelson
Thanks Guys 4 ur kind comments

Neuling
A large collection of creative dioramas. Inspiring.

Guy Rump
Like it! 👍

Cristian A
Thanks Guy!! 👍👍

Anthony lfk
Nice Mig-29, this kit look as good as the GWH kit !

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work on the Mig.

Cristian A
Thanks a lot AceFactor I really enjoyed building this kit, especially after working on Italeri's MiG-29. The quality difference is extremely noticeable—Zvezda's MiG-29 9-13 stands out with excellent fit and overall precision. I also have Zvezda's MiG-29 SMT, which shares a similar look, and I'm looking forward to adding that one to my collection next!

Many thanks Villiers !

subotai
Good looking train!

Rui S
Very nice work 👍 and displaycase also.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work. The complete line-up brings real scale to the subject.

AJ
This was a relatively easy build that took less than a week - the base/rails took longer to create. As always with my models, I build/paint/decal how I want and am not that bothered about historical accuracy. These models are very simple and would be great for a younger/novice modeller. Good, quick and enjoyable fun.