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Rui S Schrijver
I've some Miniart dios in stash, so I decided to do something diferent for me.

Villiers de Vos
I am booking my seat in the front row and will be following your progress.

René (Lord Bilbo) Bartholemy
Same here. Front seat.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your vote of confidence and encouragement mates.
I Apreciate it and i hope I will not disappoint you.

Michael Osadciw
Me too. I have two of these MiniArt building kits in the stash for two different dios. I'm looking forward to your progress.

Mike Kryza
Hi Rui, I'm in!

Bruce Huxtable
Hi Rui, if you were to press this wall face down into something like Plasticine, and then pour the plaster onto the Plasticine, that might give you a crisper copy. Good luck with your experiments - I'm watching with interest (as these kits are not cheap....) 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your vote of confidence and encouragement. I'm very pleased to have you on board mates. Now I'm feeling the pressure growing 🙂
@ Bruce, Thank you for your tip. Yes, It seems quite easier to do it Plasticine. I don't have any at the moment but...🤔
I also decided to duplicate the plastic windows in wood. So I've always other alternate molds up to scale.
I will try to make some scaled bricks in modeling paste, and other stuff to improve the overall detail.
I'm hoping to enjoy the work on this little scene.
Let's see how it's going to workout 😎

René (Lord Bilbo) Bartholemy
Hi guys, pouring plaster in plasticine will soften the plasticine considerably (tried it), leaving you with a very difficult to clean plaster positive. I talked already of the Silicone & Cornstarch technique in another post. Here's a link to a YT clip: Youtube Video (as ever, the music sucks!) to show how easy this solution can be.
Hope to be of service... 😉

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your heads up and video, René.
It sure makes things easier to understand.

gorby
Interesting. No doubt this will be transformed into something special.

Bruce Huxtable
Great tip, René. Looks easy so will give that a try myself too ?

Rui S Schrijver
@ gorbygould, Thank you Mate. Apreciated.
I'm Hopping to do something about it, but I don't know how special it wil be 😄 😄 😄

Kerry COX
The masters machinations. !
Make room for me on your brick fence there Rui. ! 🙂 👍

Rui S Schrijver
You know I'm always proud to get a master on board. So you know you are always most welcome, Kezza. The pressure is on, hehehe

Rui S Schrijver
Here is the reason why i will never be able to make a weekend model, at least with these old kits 😉

gorby
Good grief, that little bike model has more parts than some aircraft kits I've done.
It's looking good so far and I'm interested to see how this develops.

Bruce Huxtable
Watching and learning 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your kind words mates, apreciated.
@Gorby, this is an old kit and could be more detailed. I hope you will like what I'm planing 😉
@Bruce, you're welcome. I hope it can help in someway, because you have more experience than me in Miniart dio kits 😉

Bruce Huxtable
I have a few motorcycles and bicycles in my stash, that I have put off attempting, as they have PE and tiny parts. Your added extras are encouraging me to make a start (when I am next in UK, and can get near my stash!)

Rui S Schrijver
This one, unfortunatly dosen't have PE spokes on the weels 🙁
Looking forward to see your next builds.

Bruce Huxtable
Me too, Rui! I have been away for eight weeks, and don't yet know when I will be home again. I'm suffering withdrawal symptoms....

Rui S Schrijver
😄

Villiers de Vos
Rui, a beautiful build and impressive attention to detail.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for stoping by Villiers de Vos, I apreciate your comment 👍
I've finished the build and starting the paint work on the bike. More photos to follow 😉

Jean-Michel Tilquin
Nice work as ever so far Rui. Waiting for more!

Rui S Schrijver
Well come abord and thank you for your comment Jean-Michel Tilquin.
"Your order is my command" 😉 🤔 😄

Kerry COX
Simply outstanding Rui. 👍 👍 👍
I am wondering about the crease in the drivers and pillions saddles, if that was hollow or left as you have it there. ?

Rui S Schrijver
Hi, Kezza. Nice of you to stop by and leave your kind and wise words. Always very much apreciated.
If I get you right, you are speaking about the holes in the seats?
That completely scaped my attention. I have to study that issue... Thx again

Simon Nagorsnik
It will be getting a nice dio, i think!
Good detailed bike- good job on an old kit👍

Kerry COX
Rui. I just did a Google search for BMW seats for WWII army type M/Cycles. And it looks like you have it right. The seat has no slots or open cavities. 😉

Rui S Schrijver
@Simon, thx a lot for commenting with encouraging words. I appreciate it.
@ Kezza It looks YOU are right Mate. I've looked at my research material and it seems they are mostly flat. I've seen one or two that have a slight depression on the front seat, but nothing so deep like in the kit.
Now I will have to further detail the seats 😄

Rui S Schrijver
Kezza, I've Uploaded two photos 😎 second bike on the Left in the first photo.
In the second the front seat, apear to have 3 recess 😎

Kerry COX
Good spotting Rui. I wasn't being a smart ass. I genuinely wondered if they had the hole there for letting water drain away rather than pool, or cause a wet bum if you were not paying attention before you threw your leg over in a bit of a hurry to get away. (Just a thought mate. 😉)

Rui S Schrijver
Of course you weren't Mate, you never where a smart ass, I'm sure you don't intend to start now 😄 More so, because what you say makes total sense. We motorcyclistes know how bad it is when water arrives to your Balls 😄 but normaly this guys use rubber suites on the winter.
I thank your insight and headsup. I've decided to change only the back seat and i've done it already 😉

Kerry COX
LOL. 🙂 I was only trying to be logical Rui. 😉
I am really looking forward to the progress images, as the final result will look so real, it will have us all opening our doors to let the engine fumes out. !!!! 👍 hehehehehe

Rui S Schrijver
😄 Me too Mate 😄
Thanks for your encouraging words. I hope I don't disappoint your expectations.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice Rui, especially all the small details that you have added.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your suporting words Villiers de Vos. Apreciated.
I didn't go the extra mile, but there is always space to further detailling 😉

Villiers de Vos
Rui, very nicely done.

Bruce Huxtable
Liking the realism all the extra wiring, etc brings 👍 Is that an ignition key too ?!!

Jim Bob McCabe
That motorbike combo looks great, Rui; i hope you don't mind but i am going to copy your ideas as i have one of those combos waiting to be built and detailed.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you mates, for stopping by and comment this album. A good motivation.
@ Villiers, Glad you are following, and like it, so far 😉
@ Bruce, when you pick an old kit you know you will have extra work to do, but I'm not going the extra mile because this is tiny (for me ofcourse). That piece it is not the key. I think, it is for tighten / loosen / lock ? the steering shaft? 🤔
@ Jim, Welcome abord, Be my guest. I'm flatered, you are more than welcome 😄

James C
I'm not much of a fan of motorcycles in general, but your detailing and attention to detail with this build is fantastic 👍

Kerry COX
What ever the season you choose Rui. I am sure you will do it justice my friend. 👍 👍 👍 🙂

Simon Nagorsnik
a good job with the bike!
I also think that it still needs some dust and also on the floor of the sidecar

Teeage
Nice job, again, Rui 💪🏼

Olivier
The R75 was produced between 1941 and 1944.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your comments mates.
@James, In the past I've done a Tamiya ketenkraft, 9 SS Panzerdivision | Album by mig (1:35)
and I always look at it and think, "why didn't you made the cables??? 🙁" So this time I was more comitted.
@ Kezza, well this time I'm going for a dry season 😉 apreciate your encourgement

Rui S Schrijver
@ Simon, thank you for stopping by and comment. I'm going to try a soft urban dust weathering
@ Tini, I'm really glad you also like this litle thing.thanks a lot
@Olivier, Thanks a lot for your headsup. Apreciated mate.
I was so engrossed in building the bike that I didn't even go to see its production story. I already had a Dio in mind and now I have to change all the plans. I saw so many images of motorcycles invading Poland in 1939, that I was going for that. As you can see, I'm already thinking about the alternative, same context, same unit, but later in the war, 21/11/1941 – 27/11/1941.

Olivier
Sounds good to me.

Rui S Schrijver
Thanks Olivier I'm glad you concor 😉.
I'm going to extend the time frame a little from 04/10/1941 – 27/11/1941, so there are no more inconsistencies 😄

Bobby Thumbs
The bike is awesome rui

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much Bobby, I realy like it very much too and I'm not trying to be cocky. What I mean, is that I'm very happy with the result so far 🙂

Kerry COX
When your work is constantly of such high quality Rui. You can afford to be cocky mate. 👍 👍 👍 😉

Rui S Schrijver
Hi Kezza, I know to well my limitations, so I prefer to be humble, (and believe me that's not false modesty) even more so, when I see the top modeling level here in scalemates. 🙂

Daniel Klink
Truly a fantastic result mate👏👏👏👏👍

Rui S Schrijver
Well Daniel, Thank you so much for your kind comment Mate. It means a lot to me, comming from a top modeler like you.

Kerry COX
Well said my friend. 👍 😉

Rui S Schrijver
Thx Mate. Glad you agree Kezza 👍

Artur Z.
Hi Rui, it's looks like next exellent work 🙂. I will wait for final result.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you, for your vote of cofidence, Artur. Apreciated.
After aborting the 1939 Poland dio project, I've to redirect the all thing. But I've a plan B in mind.

Mathias Decommere
Nice motorcycle-paintjob!

Villiers de Vos
Rui, this is pure eye candy.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Mathias and Villiers de Vos, I'm very glad you like this one. A long way too go, but I'm very proud it took your attention.

Jac Fleming
I love the pose of the bike, I wouldn't change anything. The road and building are super objects by their simplicity

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Jack. Nice of you to stop by and coment this one, Apreciated.
I see what you mean but I want to make an efort to do this dio more real, like I always try, and so y see that I still have lot's of work to do. 😉
P.S. Owh, and the Rommel unfinished figure, is just a touch for scale purpose.

Rui S Schrijver
Some update photos, of the third kit for the dio.
My first Alan/Dragon Kit (definitely not for beginners).
Scratch on Zis truck, started 🙂

gorby
That does look like a very challenging kit. Fortunately your skills can easily master it.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your kind words Mate.
Well, the kit is bad enough yep, but I'm challenging my scratch build with it, so I'm hoping to make something interesting out of it with spares and trash that I've accumulated in the man cave 😉

Rui S Schrijver
This is the state that the transformation from Zis 5 (Zavod imeni Stalina 5) to PMZ-1 (Zis-11) special chassis developed for the fire departmant, is currently in.

It's a Autopump on a Amo-4 (Awtomobilnoje Moskowskoje Obschtschestvo-4) chassis, from Miusskaya fire engines plant almost in the center of Moscow.

PMZ-1 also (ПМЗ-1) or (ЗИС-11) is the first model of this plant, realeased in 1934. This fire truck had a engine power of 55kW, a load capacity of 3 tons, was designed for 12 people, equiped with a centrifugal pump that suplied 1340l/min, and a tank for 360 liters of water to extinguish fire.

Villiers de Vos
Simply, outstanding work Rui.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much for stopping by and comment, Villiers de Vos. You are to kind Mate. But yeah, I'm enjoying it a lot.

miloss
Very nice and detailed build, thank you for very helpful photos and comments. Can you suggest me, please, some good source to learn how (from which point to where) to draw cables in German BMW and Zundapp bikes, please? Your pictures are detailed, but sometimes I´m not sure, which cable is it, in other picture.
Thank you very much.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you miloss for your words.
Well, my album is certainly not the best place to understand how to put wires and cables in the BMW.
I did my wiring by looking at a lot of images of this motorcycle available on the internet and also some knowledge acquired since I was little because I have always ridden motorcycles.
I'm not an expert or rivet counter but I can say that there are always n cables, some electrical and others steel, that connect, for example, the levers to the brake hub on the front wheel and to the clutch. then there's the accelerator that goes to the carbs, there's also the speedometer cable that goes from the front wheel to the dial.
Then do we have electrical cables that go for example from the spark plugs on the pistons to the alternator? and all the lighting cables coming out of the battery, to the front and rear lights, etc.
So if you want to get it perfect what I can advise is a lot of research on the net maybee try to find the diagrams of the complex electric systems and also on YouTube, there are lots of this bikes with lot's of fan's still nowadays, so you will find What you're looking for. I hope this helps, a bit 😉

miloss
Hi Rui,
thank you very much for your answer. I´d like to accentuate, that your amount of pictures, done during building of models is not usual in positive meaning of words, and so I´m really grateful for it. My intention was not to diminish your effort, only to point to my lack of knowledge and ability to fully use them for my own education. And yes, my question is a part of my searching on internet for good source of information. Different of you , although I´m not a young boy already, I´ve never ridden a motorbike. Actually I started to like motorbikes (old veterans I mean) only since my , let´s say, upper age. 😮 🙂 So I have to learn a lot. I love books, but they can be expensive and to buy something and then realize it was not worth money is not optimal way of learning ... but it´s also learning, isn´t it? 🙂
Thank you very much, have a nice day!

Rui S Schrijver
Hi miloss,
Thx again. I didn't understand your comment as derogatory, quite the opposite.
I appreciate the same and apologize if my answer or English words chosen were or sound arrogant, as that was clearly not my intention so i'm hoping no harm done.
I understand What you mean and I'm sending you a private message so I can try to help a little more and talk about the matter at hand 😉

miloss
Hi Rui,
thank you very much! No harm was dome, don´t worry! I´m also not very clever speaker in English, it´s much better in Slovak, I think. 🙂 The way of thinking and speaking in my language is different comparing to English - there are some cultural differences, what´s OK, but can cause difference in what wanted to be told and what was told. 🙂Thatś why I´m not always sure, how my questions sounds to other people. And I don´t want to be rude (without reason). 🙂
Thakk you very much for your PM.
Keep well!
Miloš

Rui S Schrijver
Hi miloss,
Ok, nice, for me would be better in Portuguese 😄 otherwise misunderstanding can always happen, and hey, you're younger than me 😉
Cheers.

gorby
If the main language of Scalemates was Portuguese, Slovak etc. I wouldn't have a clue what was going on. Everyone on here who speaks English as a second language deserves respect from those of us who use it as our native tongue. In fact, it's often embarrassing when many of you write English far better than many of the English.
Rui: your scratch building on the truck is excellent. I love the way you made the back fenders/mudguards.

miloss
Hi guys,
yes,you are right. You know, I´m greenhorn.🙂🙂🙂
Cheers!

miloss
Hi gorby,
let me ask you, please:I see that you started Panzer Soldiers Set 1. Are you able to remove molding lines of miniatures and do not destroy all details around, please? Because I´m not. So I would really appreciate some advice, how to do it. I tried thin cement, to freeze it and use low temperature, to use acetone, and, of course, sand paper, scalpel and razor blade. Razor blade works, but it´s too big to use it in area around delicate details.
Thank you very much.
Cheers!

Rui S Schrijver
@ gorby, thank you for your words and understanding. One thing I'm sure, my English is rough and I wish I had your sense of humor, or at least be able to transmite mine in English as perfect as you do with your 's in all your álbums, like the introduction words of your panther 1/48 project.
Let me introduce you to my first and ONLY attempt to model a tank with a full interior. | Album by gorby (1:48)
Outstanding. I always laugh and enjoy reading your comments.
As to the fenders I think we both have that improvisation in common, right? So Thx again.

@ Miloss, I think you should ask gorby about his project's on his albums. Please don't get me wrong. I don't mind you doing it here, but I thing it's fare enough if you you do it in Gorby albums, they surely deserve it.
Btw I never was able to remove 1/72 figures seam lines
So thank you both.

gorby
Hi Miloss, the Panzer soldiers set is my first experience of Orion figures and I was quite impressed with them, they are the best 1/72 figures I've tried. Mine only had a faint seam line on most of them although there was a few which needed trimming. I found a sharp scalpel used with a sawing action worked well enough and then, if that left a rough patch I used Tamiya Extra Thin. Do you know that you should prime the figures before painting with diluted PVA glue? I used plastic primer on top of that as well. I hope that helps.
Thanks you for your kind words Rui. It's particularly pleasing as I had to re-learn to speak and write after a stroke 18 years ago.
Isn't Scalemates a lovely place? 🙂

miloss
Hi guis, thank you very much for your answers and sorry for my question placed on not correct place. I'm really not a fan of social medias and my knoleadge of the manners there are really poor. I felt the post similar to Room of discussing people and I wanted to use opportunity to ask someone who is present there.But you are right, no doubts, and I know how to do it correctly, next time. 😁🤔👍 Thanks.
Cheers!

P S.: I tried Extra Thin glue and scalpel, but with poor success. But I didn't know anything about diluted PVA. Thanks!

Rui S Schrijver
@Gorby, I'm sorry to know about your misfortune but very Glad that you recover very well from that stroke Mate.
I'm 100% with you, scalemates it's a lovely place 👍
So Keep safe.
@Miloss, I'm sure, no harm done. 🙂
Cheers

Neil Patrick
Great craftsmanship Rui. Two major projects in one build! The Zundapp looks wonderful and I am sure the ZIS will too very soon. Looking forward to seeing the next steps.

Rui S Schrijver
@Neil thank you very much for your kind words and for stopping by and comment. Yah I'm back from holidays and I've to restart working on this project. It will be a long one as all my other work but hopefully I will manage to do something that will make me proud.
P.s. it's a BMW 😉

Thank you Tom Harris (MHBeergeek) for the 53 like. Much Apreciated

Neil Patrick
You're welcome Rui. Duh, How did I make that mistake? I think I was probably just too distracted by the fine detailing! 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much Neil.
No harm done 😄 on the contrary.

Thank you tom svk-atfor the 54 like. Much Apreciated

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Jac Fleming for another 54 like on this album. And Hang Li fot the 55...or should I say the 56 🤔
Much Apreciated

Simon Nagorsnik
Fantastic scratch build elements!
Really like them, they´re looking great 👍
I'm already curious how it will look finished.

Pietro De Angelis
Remarkable work,
congratulations for the detail work on the vehicles.

John
Is that a water pump in the back of the ZiS? Amazing level of detail and scratchbuilding Rui!

Villiers de Vos
Over the top scratch building skills.

James C
Coming along nicely Rui 👍

Kerry COX
Will this give us frost bite Rui. ? 😉
I can imagine all kinds of scenarios and blood in the snow is one of them, if a field ambulance is required. 👍
What are you using for the bolts that will be holding all your timber add on's. ?
Brass pin nails like the naval modellers use for their planking are good. :-/
Love your work mate. 'No covid blues here' obviously. 🙂 👍
Cheerz .😉

Rui S Schrijver
@Simon, thank you for your comment and vote of confidence. I'm also very curious how it will end 😉
@Pietro, thank you for stopping by and your kind words. Appreciated.
@John, thank you very much, I can say that you nailed it.
@Villiers, you are to kind Mate. Thank you.
@James thx Mate .I'm really glad you like it.
@Kezza, my friend, thank you for stopping by and comment. I'm really glad to hear from you Mate. Hope everything is good now.
Well, I'm trying to keep some secret about this one, but I can say that, yes it will have blood (but not on the snow), and that John as raised the tip of the veil 😉 😄
You know I'm not a rivet counter, so I think this will not need any visible bolts.

I also would like to thank all the 60 mates that pressed the like in this one and also on my other albums. Appreciated

Kerry COX
Sweet as mate. !! 🙂 (y_

Rui S Schrijver
Start working again on this project, and the mojo comeback 🙂
Also thanks for the new likes. (thx to all 63 mates).

Villiers de Vos
Rui, it simply stated work of the highest standard. I am glad you have your mojo back.
What is the kind of tape that you used to make the hoses please?

Rui S Schrijver
Hi Villiers, thank you for your kind words Mate. I've used it before in my project
Outono / Autumn 1944 | Album by mig (1:35)
To simulate zimmerit.
It is used by wall painters when they have to mask out circled areas. it allows you to extend (straighten) one side while keeping the other side short and rough.
And yes, I'm such a slow modeler that I also really enjoy when I'm motivated.

@ ribellinu, Thank you for the 64 like. Appreciated

Villiers de Vos
Thanks Rui. I agree with your feelings.

Rui S Schrijver
Starting the bodywork, paintjob. Complitely noob on shiny paint work... The only gloss kit I have is a 1/72 Kubelwagen from centurys ago when I only had some clossy paints and brushes.
Some dry fiting test also.
Getting ready for the marriage.
@ Villiers de Vos 👍
@ DaveTheGun, Thank you for the 65 like. Appreciated

Kyle DeHart
Very cool!

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Kyle, I'm glad you like it and comment. Apreciated
Also, thank you and to David (DaveTheGun), and Robert Hessler (RobCol)
for the 3 new likes, 68.

Kyle DeHart
I do like it. Most impressive!!

Mathias Decommere
Your building proces is really mind blowing... Perfection in the smallest detail.

Villiers de Vos
Phenomenal.

Rui S Schrijver
@ Kyle thx again, you are to kind.
@ Mathias, thank you very much for your kind comment. Don't we all seek that impossible aim 😄. ? Much appreciated comment.
@ Villiers de Vos, thx for your support & motivating comments Mate, you are so kind.

And thank, Viacheslav (touristTula) & Dmitry Melnikov (Ditrich) for the 2 new likes, 70.

Riho Sakrits
Will be watching that project!
Boa Sorte!

James C
Looks to be progressing nicely Rui 👍

Rui S Schrijver
@ Riho, Thank you for your interest and comment. I hope you will find this interesting till the end. Obrigado 😄
@ James, Thank you for your comment. Apreciated. My redemption from ZIS - 11 or PMZ - 1, is nearing completion.
And thank you Dmitry Melnikov (Ditrich); Raditz; Neil (djferrisbueller) and Mark K (Ladislas) for the new Likes. (74).
I've uploaded some more scratch detail work on the kit. I Hope you find it interesting, I sure enjoyed doing it a lot.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work so far. It is a joy studying the small details in each photograph.

Kerry COX
As always. It's a trip back in time and a great rendition of that moment in time. Then, there is the detail. Thanks for the pleasure you give us all when admiring your skills.
None better. 👍 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
@ Villiers de Vos, thank you for your kind comment and continuous suport, very apreciated. I'm really glad you like the detailing.

@ Kezza, thank you my friend. you are without a doubt one of my main mentors here. It was with you and through your albums that I learned a lot, and I even tried to use your sharing methods in my Albums. It is fair and deserves my respect and public recognition for what I am saying. I am far from reaching your heels but your support from the beginning was one of the reasons that led me to try to do more and better. so thanks for your support. for me it means a lot and I am always proud of your comments. Thank you for your unconditional friendship, without it I would not be what I am in scalemates.
P.S. if I'm something at all. One thing I'm sure, I'm for ever grateful to you.

Rui S Schrijver
Now lifting one more edge of the veil, reveling a little more about this project, I leave you with Sturmbannführer Kurt Meyer (nicknamed "Steel Fist") , commander of the motorized reconnaissance battalion "SS Leibstandarte" memories, about that noon on Wednesday, October 8, 1941:

(...)- My armored car drove into a round city square. Trams were moving in our direction, and trucks, horse-drawn carts and hundreds of people were spinning around. My armored car almost ran into a fire truck, the driver of which stopped in confusion. The second armored vehicle, which was following mine, suddenly opened up with a whole hail of fragmentation shells, and the fire truck, frozen in front of me, was literally torn in half!
Next, the machine guns of our motorcyclists rumbled, echoing with an eerie echo somewhere in the courtyards of the houses surrounding us. (...)

Robert Podkoński
Your skills and perseverance are simply impressive, Rui. Keep it up!

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much for your comment and encouragement Robert, much appreciated.
The clean and shiny version (Diecast type with a little accident) of the fire truck is almost finished.
I just need to take more photos.

Rui S Schrijver
Now I can start to concentrate on the dio and figures.

Kerry COX
As always. Your skills and attention to the details have shon through mate. Well planned and executed. 👍 👍 🙂
What will next year bring I wonder. ? hehehe
More surprises no doubt. 😉
Happy New Years too mate.

Rui S Schrijver
Hi Kezza, thanks for your nice comment. Apreciated.
You Know mate, I realy fell proud doing this original, never saw one built, so... 😉
Anyway, at the start of the new year I want to finish this dio, so let's see how long it will take 😄
Best wishes to you and a Great and Healthy New Year 👍

Villiers de Vos
Rui, outstanding and inspiring. Best wishes for 2023.

Kyle DeHart
Really great Rui!

gorby
WOW! The fire truck is fantastic Rui! Up there with the best modelling I've seen on Scalemates.

Mathias Decommere
Just... Superb!

Rui S Schrijver
@ Villiers, thank you very much for your comment and kind support. Happy 2023, Mate.
@ Kyle, thank you for your comment, glad you like it.
@Gorby, thx a lot for stoping by and comment. You are to kind mate. I know very well your scratch skills and originals, and I also know I'm still some miles away from the best modelling here, but always learning on each project and so, improving.
@ Mathias, thank you very much for your kind comment. Apreciated, and it means a lot.

Thank you also for the new likes and to all, Happy 2023.

Rui S Schrijver
Frankenstein at work. This was easy the poor guy was already dead. Last figure worked out.

John
Nice work Dr. Frankenstein! Very realistic pose of an unfortunate participant.

Rui S Schrijver
Thx a lot John. Apreciated.
Yap, obviously some work still to be done, but I'm also quite happy with the pose.

Rui S Schrijver
Started the new challenge. Making a good interesting scratched base.
For those interested in this historic events or If someone wants to know more about this episode, you can translate from this interesting UKRAINE site:

dniprovsky-project.b..om/2021/07/1941.html

It also has a video, but unfortunately without subtitle's.

Villiers de Vos
I am still nailed to my chair. Following each development, big and small with great interest.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much Villiers de Vos, I realy apreciate your resiliance 😄 and the endeless suport. Thx a lot.
I've finished the scratched Tram Pole, it's ready for painting 😉
Another small detail but one less to do in all the scratch work I've been doing in this project.
They sure take double time, old fashion work, from finding the right pieces and work them to a viable result, at least for my hapiness.

Rui S Schrijver
Start the work on the dio base.
I also want to thank all the new likes on this album. Apreciated.

Alec K
Amazing build 👍

James C
That cobble stone road looks fantastic! The manhole cover and tram lines are a nice touch as well 👍

Robert Podkoński
Soo realistic... You're a wizard, Rui!

gorby
The base is stunning! Remarkable.

John
Incredible base Rui! 👍

Mathias Decommere
Just perfect!

Rui S Schrijver
Well mates, I love this hobby yes, but with the kind words of support from such talented friends, I enjoy it even more.
Thank you all, I really fell great with such comments, they help me endure any hardship I encouter. Let's see if I can keep up with the standards.
Thank you also for the new likes.

Pietro De Angelis
Besutiful base!

Kerry COX
Rui. I do hope that all those cobble stones came in a packet mate. But knowing how enthusiastic and fussy you are about your work. I wouldn't be at all surprised if you hand picked them from some construction site. 🙂 🙂 But as always. Your the best. 👍 👍 😉

Neil Patrick
Just catching up with your amazing project Rui. Quite apart from the fantastic modelling, it was great to see the photos from this event all in one place. I think most of us have seen some of them before, but the books I have seen them in do not give much context or info about the actual events they depict.. Your extra research makes the whole project historically fascinating too. Great work!

Tierra del Fuego Alejandro
1. in my little opinion, as a rule, there is always a puddle from the inner thread of the rail of the tramway, or it dries up or has just formed 2. too clean street too clean path. although I myself love cleanliness, it's hard to achieve cleanliness on the street for a number of reasons independent of each other

Rui S Schrijver
Some progress done, I've start painting figures and weathering the tram pole, truck, and a bit more on the bike.
@ Pietro, Thank you, glad you like the base. Still work to be done but I'm happy the way its going,
@Kezza, Thx Mate. The cobble stones had already appeared in this album (photo 18). They came from a beach in Algarve.
@Neil, Thx mate. Yap this events are very well documented, as i discovered with the progress in my research.
I also would like to thank Austin Steenkamp; Lothar29 and all the new mates that pressed the like botton. Apreciated.
Still a lot of work to finish the dio, but I've now a glyinps of the final result.

Pepe
😲😍

Mathias Decommere
It sure will be a beauty!

Robert Podkoński
Faces are just perfect, Rui (as everything else 😉 )

Guy Rump
Looking better and better. 👍

Shar Dipree
Great work and a phantastic overall impression. 👍 👍 👍

Villiers de Vos
The motorbike and crew is a beautiful little gem. The wear and tear on the backrest of the sidecar is a nice touch.

Olivier
I fully agree with Villiers. Your motorcycle crew look almost real.

Pietro De Angelis
Amazing crew and motorbike Rui!
I'm so sorry, from the bottom of my miserable modeling and cultural historical skills I would never allow myself to give advice but if the scene is set in Mariupol during the Battle of the Sea of ​​Azov in 1941 the BMW R75 if I'm not mistaken was not yet available for the German Army, the model available at the time was the R12.
Anyway great work, congrats!

James C
Those figures look fantastic. Awesome job on the paintwork! 👍

Rui S Schrijver
@Pepe, thx
@Mathias, thank you for your support, I hope you are right.
@Robert, thanks for your kind comment. I was nicely surprised on how fast they got into this result. I think they are well sculpt and has they say, when you have that one's "they paint themselves easily"?
@Guy, I'm glad you think so. Thank you for that
@Shar, welcome and thank you for your comment and like. I'm also hoping in the end, to have that nice overall impression to be satisfied with all the effort applied on it.
@Villiers de Vos, what to say to your always motivating comments, thx a lot? I'm glad you noticed that soft weathering too. Apreciated
@Pietro, thank you. I'm pleased you like the R75 and crew. Has to the historical accuracy I will respond next.
@James, your comment is always very apreciated. I know and recognize the high quality of your work, so it's most rewarding to see you stopping by. Thx

Rui S Schrijver
Now Pietro, you probably right, that it should be a R12, but has you can see the matter was already discussed up in this album with Oliver early in 23 November 2021.
When I started the BMW I only had the idea of making something different from what I had been doing, than I thought about Poland invasion but that was a blunder has Oliver pointed out. So I changed plans and look for a date when the BMW was already running. And 1941 was the beginning of that.
In BMW Group Archive, I found that:

In 1941 the production of civilian motorcycles was stopped. Germany was at war and production was adjusted to the needs of the Wehrmacht. BMW motorcycles have always been popular with authorities - and thus also with the military. Single-cylinder models were used as light courier and training machines, and the R 12 was delivered to the Wehrmacht as a side car.
However, the war policy of the Germans required a motorcycle Side car that could be safely mastered on any surface - mud, ice, gravel, desert sand - and that required only little maintenance even at extreme temperatures and heavy loads. In addition, the motorcycle should also be able to cope with longer distances at low marching speeds without any problems.
No German motorcycle manufacturer had such a machine in their range, which is why a special development order was placed with BMW and Zündapp. In the winter of 1938, BMW began work on this project based on the R 71 engine. The beams of the bolted tubular frame were divided. This enabled the engine to be installed and removed quickly, as the lower frame part could simply be folded away. A rear wheel suspension was omitted for better stability. But while the frame proved itself during the test drives, there were thermal problems with the side-controlled motor in off-road use and on longer trips at walking speed. So BMW developed a new engine.
The result was a 750 cc unit with an output of 26 hp at 4000 rpm. The engine developed an enormous torque and, since it had a very low compression ratio of 5.8:1, it could also easily tolerate poor-quality or synthetically produced fuel. In contrast to the R 71 engine, no heat problems occurred during testing, so that the R 75 could go into series production in 1941.

And

Series production of the R 75 begins
date from07.1941.
Description
In July 1941, the first R 75 sidecars rolled off the assembly line in Munich. However, after production was relocated from Munich to Eisenach in June/July 1942, the majority of the R 75 was manufactured in Thuringia. The R 75, with seven forward and two reverse gears and a powered sidecar, was specially developed and produced for the German Wehrmacht.

Rui S Schrijver
So my conscience his ok with using this kit has eventually a single replacement new side car in October, for the first SS division formed based on the Hitler personal bodyguard regiment ( probably with a great influence) in theory it could be possible?. Has said already above in this album I'm not a rivet counter (I can't read the licence plate in one of the reference photos, the one that looks like a Zundapp?...just joking 😉) and my dioramas don't intend to be historically correct they simply aim to be ideas historically based, with lots of the so called "artistic" liberty.
Anyways Thx again for your comments. I apreciate them all.

Pietro De Angelis
👍

Alec K
Awesome progress Rui, I love the expressions on those motorcyclists' faces 👍

Gary Curling
Motorbkes and bikes are fiddly models to do,so well done on this one

Kerry COX
Hi Rui. 🙂 🙂 🙂 I have just finished browsing through you work using the mosaic view and pulling up the ones I saw that showed the detail you included.
It took a LONG time to do as every image had something of interest and wonderment included.
No need to say your attention to detail is superb, as I have said it every time I see your work, especially with the images of the original scenes in black and white you have used to help you define that moment in time.
It takes a while before the smile on my face goes after seeing what you have accomplished.
It really is hard to separate the final results from the images you used as reference material.
That is some skill you have my friend and there is not one build I have seen of yours that one can find any sub standard workmanship.
Your skills and abilities are truly something special mate.
Thank you for all the years of enjoyment and inspiration. 👍
Cheers good buddy. 🙂 👍

Rui S Schrijver
@Alec k, thank you, glad you think so and like them and yes this figures are well sculpted.
@Gary, thank you for stopping by and comment. Apreciated. Not the best motorcycle kit in the market I think but it was a nice kit to build and improve. Thank you for your like too.
@Kezza, my friend, your words put a big smile on my face. Thx a lot Mate, coming from a Master makes me feel very proud. Also Knowing that my work was interesting enough for you to have all that work and time spent looking at it ... Yap makes me feel Great and motivated for doing better every time.
I know I should be more selective in chosing the lot of photos I upload but as I've a lot of work in improving the old models I find difficult not to share that in here, so I end up uploading more than I should, but hey, that's just one of my disabilities.
I really enjoyed reading your comment. Thx again good Yoda 😉

Kerry COX
Hi Rui. 👍 I am pleased to know you 'rescue' some of your builds. 🙂 I have from time to time pulled a few off death row and repatriated them to their former glory. Just as much fun as unpacking them for the first time. 🙂 Right now, I am eying off the Erickson Sky Crane from ICM in 1/35 scale. But I want to do it as the 'Elvis' fire fighter. Bright orange with a huge tank slung under the rotor and engine assy. Almost $300.00 AU. But with the war in Ukraine, it's understandable. Also. I am eagerly awaiting the 1/35 Mi-28 'Havoc' Russian attack helicopter from Meng. The 1/72 scale was a shit model. Happy Easter my friend. BTW. I meant every word about your skills and abilities. You have given me so many ideas and tips without saying a word. 😉

FTilhonLinden
Excellent work! My deepest respect!

Rui S Schrijver
Hi Kezza, I think I didn't express my self correctly as sometimes occour. I meant old kits and not, my old models. That ones I never go back and touch them, not because i don't fell that urge, it's more because they tell the story of my skills at the moment I built them and so I like to see what progress I'm geting from newer experiences. So I let them stay like they where when I finish them. Also, I've so many kits in stash that I prefer to start a new project from scratch. If not I always consider that a model his never completelly finished, so it would be a never ending process arround the same subject, plus you know I'm a very slow modeler. I always have to enjoy one less on the stash.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to see you Back in Action Mate, I missed that for a long time now, so I'm eager to study your new albums. Please, go for it, you know my scale is 1/35; 1/32 right👍
Happy Easter to you too, my friend and thx again for your kind words, they are always most welcome. I'm really happy to know that my work still has some tips for the interested mates, that makes me try harder to work better, (and ofcourse some abuse in uploading it) 😄.
@ FTilhonLinden, Thank you very much for your kind comment. Much apreciated and I'm really glad you like my work here.

Kerry COX
I did misunderstand, but 'no foul' as they say. hehehehe I am looking around for a display case that will take all my 1/32 scale birds and choppers, those being the 'Super Stallion, the Apache, and four Ju-87's and Skyraider, but with the two future additions, I will be pushing for space to put the case too. :-/ Not long now before I have the confidence to tackle an other big project. It's been a while. 😉

Mark Sherwood
That is a very nice BMW Combination, kudos on your figure painting. The dio' looks pretty nifty too.

Mr James
I know its been mentioned by others, but your attention to detail and the documentation of your process, is very impressive Rui. It inspires me to build the R12 in my stash to your standard. I will be referencing your work when the time comes and for that I thank you. I was really impressed by the painting of the bike riders. They wonderfully painted and the expression on their faces you brought out, is superb. The scratch building of the fire truck is a stand out and the cobbled street is beautifully painted. Bloody good work Rui 🙂

Villiers de Vos
As always, phenomenal detail. Master class.

Neuling
Mr James says it all. - To me picture 313 seems to show the completed diorama. More photos would be more than welcome!

Kerry COX
Rui. Your simply, the best. ! Salute. 😉

Kyle DeHart
This has been great following along with. A really stunning result. The attention to detail has been next level across the board.

Jean-Michel Tilquin
It's all been said above... Superbly detailed and the figures are really realistic.
Like Neuling, suggested, more photos with a cleaner background would make your dio more justice! Congrats, Rui!

Lawrence Landis
Your work is phenomenal. Very enlightening.

Kyrylo
This is a very titanic work ... I am delighted with the realization of this idea! You are an incredible cool modelist because this work is truly difficult. I am pleased that you have chosen the subject of Mariupol because it is the city of my student years. Thank you for it! I will look forward to new works!

Walton
Hi guy !! I'm very impressed by your face painting.. It looks sooo human !!!!! 👍👍👍

Villiers de Vos
All the elements are starting to come together. Fantastic.

Mike Kryza
I like the result! Well done!

Rui S Schrijver
As mentioned some time ago, I would like to respond and thank all the last comments that have been posted here, now that I've resumed this project and hadding it to completion.
I intend to emphasize the great appreciation I have for all of them and so, responding to everyone:

@Kerry COX, Kezza my friend, I hope you are well. Thank you very much for your unconditional support, which was one of the reasons why I always continued to work and present my dios here and always try to do my best to reach your level. I look forward to seeing a new project of yours;
@Mark Sherwood, Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I'm so glad you like this dio. The BMW is a really nice kit, although the Italeri always needs some work, but it's worth it IMHO;
@ Mr. James, Thank you very much for your kind and encouraging comment. Appreciated. The details make the difference as they say, so it makes sense to spend time executing them. I highly recommend making a sidecar, as mentioned above, it is a small piece, but in itself it is worth many larger ones. As for the figures, they almost painted themselves, the molds were so good. I'm glad you liked my scratch work too. As for the street, the stones came from a beach in Algarve;
@Villiers de Vos, Thx a lot for your nice comment. Always appreciated;
@Neuling, Thanks for commenting on this work of mine. Photo 313 is just another one of the work in progress. As I love sharing all my work and details here, you already know that my albums have a lot of photos. But yes, I can say that I will be happy to continue presenting more, until the final result, which by the way, is almost arriving;
@Kyle DeHart, Thanks so much for stopping by. I appreciate that you enjoyed the development of this dio. The final result is to be shared soon. I hope you will like it;
@Jean-Michel Tilquin, Thank you, it is a pleasure to read your words here, as I know the quality of your Dios. The photos still represent WIP, but as mentioned above, this work is in its final stages. Stay tuned;
@Lawrence Landis, I'm really glad you like my work so much. Thank you very much for your comment;
@Kyrylo, Thank you. It was really a leap in the dark for me. I always wanted to make a sidecar with every possible detail and the fire truck came along the way and it was really captivating.
Your words are really kind as they reflect all the effort I put into this work. The fact that you are directly involved with this city makes me even happier, as I intend to make this work a tribute, to all the martyrs of the invasions it suffered.
@Walton, Thx for stoping by and comment. Appreciated
@Villiers de Vos, thank you. Yes, as mentioned above this work is in the final stages. New photos are added:

-New fire truck details and weathering, (including battle damage and the flat tire), as well as street weathering.
- Missing the finalization of the figures and the base corner, and the final weathering on the sidecar.

P.S. Hi Mika, I apreciate your comment. Glad you like it. The final result is shortly in sight 😉

Villiers de Vos
Welcome back at your worktable.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Villiers de Vos, but I've been at my wortable finishing two "shelf queens" :
- Outono / Autumn 1944_Jagdpanzer Tiger (P) Elefant;
- Esci sdkfz 10/4.
But yes, now finishing this one and thinking wich one I'm going to pick froms stahsh next 🤔

I´ve finished the base corner.

gorby
The base is looking remarkable! 😮

CaptGPF
A little late to the party, but following! That motorbike looks fantastic!

Rui S Schrijver
@ Gorby, Thanks a lot. I'm so glad you think so, it envolved a lot of commitment 😉
@ CaptGPF, Thank you very much for your comment. As we say "better late than ever" 😄 and always apreciated.

The motorbike and figures are now finished and in place. One big step closer to the finish line.

Lebloge
I'm taking the train on the way,😬 how could I have missed this incredible work...😶‍🌫️ I have no words for it...🤔 except waaaw 🤩🤩

Villiers de Vos
The motorbike and figures came out super.

Rui S Schrijver
@ Lebloge, Welcomw abord, we are reaching the end station 😄 Thx a lot for your comment. Apreciated;
@ Villiers de Vos, I want to express my depest apreciation for all your suport on this project. It was very important and motivating for me, so Thank you very much for all your kind comments.

Now, finishing the weathering and last details on the fire engine.

Pietro De Angelis
What a dio show Rui is coming out with,
the bike and the bikers are really fascinating!
I have them in my stash too,
when one day I get around to making them I hope they look at least a little like yours!

Alec K
It's great to see this awesome project inching toward the finish line Rui. It's gonna be epic 👍

Rui S Schrijver
@ Pietro De Angelis, wow, such words and praise fill me with joy and pride. Thank you so much for your comment. I'm sure your work on the subject will be great;
@ Alec K, Thank you so much for your kind comment. I don't know about the epic thing but I'm just hopping I will not let you down.

Add some detail photos of the finishing work on the fire engine, that I'm happy to say, it's now finished.

Mathias Decommere
Fantastic progress Rui, keep up the good work!

gorby
Fantastic work Rui, I'm pleased you've completed it.
Some photos of the entire diorama would be good. 👍

Rui S Schrijver
@ Mathias Decommere Thank you for your nice comment and your suport. Always much apreciated.
@ Gorby thx again. I'm glad you think só and also that I finally finished this important Dio for me. I'm currently doing a loonnngggg photo shutting session for this one, as I intend it to tell the story as truthful as I can. Please stay tuned, because now start another phase of it.

Mark Sherwood
I concur with Gorby, looking forward to seeing the dio' in it's entirety. The snaps and snippets show some excellent work. A testament to your skills.🤘🥸🤟

Gary Curling
The weathering on the fire truck is outsanding,well done

Rui S Schrijver
@ Mark Sherwood, thank you so much for your kind comment, it means a lot to me;

@ Gary Curling, Thank you for stoping by and for the nice comment, always apreciatted. The weathering on the fire truck was done at late hours, after a nicelly "watered" dinner and so I think I was going a bit to far covering almost all the shiny surfaces with residues from the botton of my syintetic diluent jar. I was experimenting (and taking a bit of a risk, because although the base paint for the red gloss was acrylic, the one for the black gloss was also synthetic, but it had dried a long time ago.) but it seemed to work so I carried on. Afterwards I had to clean it a bit more because I felt it was to dirty, but the original photos also shows a dirty fire engine so,... I now let the mates judge.

I upload now, the requested photos. 365 birdseye view of the completed dio. I Hope it dosen't desapoint anyone.

Guy Rump
Outstanding dio! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Outstanding work Rui. A very accurate representation of the original photographs.

Makariel
Breathtaking! Fantastic work and fascinating to see you create this step by step 🙂

Mathias Decommere
Congratulations! Sublime in every way!

Andrzej Rygiel
Nice collection of WTF box arts 🙂. To be fair, majority of them are from the ancient era (60's/70's/80's) of modelling, nobody focused that much on what's on the box back then (but there were also really nice looking artistic pieces from those times that I remember). I'll try to find some newer (90's and onward) box arts that I consider a "failed mission in marketing" - this one is a nice example from 2021 --> Saab TF-35 Draken (Skale Wings SS-72001, 1:72), and this one a bit older (2003), but also has a high WTF factor --> Messerschmitt Bf-109E 3/4 "H..tenkrad (Academy 2214, 1:72).

gorby Schrijver
Oooohh! That Draken box art is dreadful.

Robert Podkoński
And the next one to your collection, gorby:
Saunders-Roe SR-53 (URSUS , 1:72)

Ben M
I built that thunderceptor (photo 32) when I was a kid. I got it at a 5 and dime store. I recall I painted it testors metallic gloss red.

Robert Podkoński
Aaaaaand my favourite:
PZL P-23 a Karas (RUCH MK006, 1:72)
PZL P-23a (Coopexim , 1:72)
PZL-23A Karaś (RUCH , 1:72)
PZL P.23A Karaś (PZW , 1:72)
which one do you like most? 😄
Don't you dare look at the contents - what's most unbelievable: the same moulds are used now to produce "new" kits:
PZL P-23B Karas (BIGMODEL K72046, 1:72)

Robert Podkoński
Some more fun:
Boeing B-707 (ZTS Plastyk S-114, 1:144)

gorby Schrijver
Thanks for your comments. Some excellent examples Robert, particularly the first three PZL P.23. 😄

Erik Off
There was still action on the covers. Cool stuff! 😄

gorby Schrijver
Yes it bugs me when classic box-art is altered to remove any sign of unpleasantness. This is an ideal example.
Superfortress (Airfix 07001-4, 1:72)
Boeing B-29 Superfortress (Airfix A07001, 1:72)
One is full of action and the other is dull.

Robert Podkoński
Still, I love the Lindberg's rendering of MiG-19... and Soviet "Warhawk" - quite inspiring, isn't it 😉

gorby Schrijver
The Warhawk is unbelievable! It looks nothing like the real aircraft. I'd love to see the model.

Ben M
P-40B Tomahawk (Zvezda 7201, 1:72)

You can find out for 15 euro, gorby

Mark Sherwood
That Airfix B-29 re-mastered cover art is an affront to the Royal Cross original.

Martin Oostrom
I love that the markings for the Corvair 880 are DIE 880

gorby Schrijver
I've just Googled it Ben and it doesn't great, but not as bad as I thought it would. I think I'll save my 15 euro. 😉
I agree Mark (incidentally, the predictive text has change Roy to Royal).
I didn't notice that Martin. 😄

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Gorby, I didn't notice 😳 👍

Robert Podkoński
Convair on the picture apparently has no engines, but drop tanks instead 😄 😄 😄t
And here is the next piece of art from Trumpeter:
MiG-15 UTI mixed with Caproni-Stipa by Chinese:
PLA Air Force FT-5 Trainer (Trumpeter 02203, 1:32)
And a few more from Trumpeter:
Chinese Y-5 (Trumpeter 01602, 1:72)
and Airbus Beluga with all-moving tail 😄
A300-600ST Beluga (Trumpeter 00604, 1:144)
and finally, Iliushin Il-28:
Chinese Bomb-5 (Trumpeter 01603, 1:72)

Mark Sherwood
To my previous post, re the B29 box art. It is the inimitable Roy Cross. The reason I bought Airfix. 🤟🥸🤘

gorby Schrijver
Trumpeter have a rich history of dreadful box-art, that Y-5 is particularly painful. 😄

Robert Podkoński
I like the title on Il-28: "Chinese Bomb - 5"... 😄

gorby Schrijver
😄 😄 😄

Treehugger
Oh, wow, what a weird looking Voodoo F-101. Hm, I suppose it might be some prototype jet variant.

Ludvík Kružík
Very interesting collection of boxart. 👍

There is a reason for the shape of the boxarts made in the Soviet Union. The incompetence of the Soviet industry and the political situation influenced the creation not only of boxarts, but of entire kits produced in the former Soviet Union. Lousy boxarts were defended by claiming that the attractive color pictures on Western boxarts were just capitalist tinsel and bourgeois detailism. And a socialist doesn't need such things.
The model's box was made of poor quality cardboard with mostly two-color printing. From the modest Cyrillic inscription on the box one could read that the box contained a kit of model aircraft number xxxx, or at best, even more accurately, that it was, for example, a fighter aircraft. The instructions for building the model were printed on stiff paper, which could be successfully used as sheet metal. It contained only pictorial instructions for building the model. Any detailed information (colours, camouflage, what kind of machine it was and where it was used...) was missing. In most cases, decals were also missing. In some kits the decals were replaced by stickers. Most of these kits were pressed by the leading company Frog, which was acquired by the Soviets in the second half of the 1970s.
Curiously, the same models, but intended for the Western market, were produced under the NOVO brand. The quality and content of these kits were comparable to the original FROG kits.

gorby Schrijver
Thanks Ludvik, that was interesting.

Ben M
This whole hobby is bourgeois detaillism.

gorby Schrijver
😄 😄 😄

Robert Podkoński
Actually, Beaufighter is described here as "morskoj shturmovik" = "sea/navy assault plane"...

Spitfire14
I live your comments and the selection (also fron the commentors contributing! Can't wait for the extension of the collection...definitely made my day.

gorby Schrijver
Glad you enjoyed it Spitfire. 🙂

Denis Dogadov
If you are really interested in the topic of amazing boxarts, here is a website created by enthusiasts about models in the USSR Where you will find many more pictures-
retromodels.org

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Jan Peters
This is really hilarious 😂

gorby Schrijver
Jan - it was your excellent 'All sorts' album which gave me the idea of posting them on Scalemates, so thanks. 👍

Air no
Sympa. J'ai eu le Wellington Camojet en provenance directe d'Urss. Merci pour ta visite Gorbie.

Mr D
Interesting 👍 the Google translate helps. Thanks for link.

bossy122
That Convair 880 is going 6 different directions, all at once. Impressive.

gorby Schrijver
😄 😄 😄
It takes a 'special' artist to create such greatness. 😄

Jan Peters
Cross eyed I guess 🫣😀

gorby Schrijver
😄 😄 😄

Lochsa River
....beyond brilliant....

Lochsa River
...and so inspiring...more funky box art added by helpful SCM members....

Neuling
Very interesting art gallery .......... 🙂

Alec K
Indeed! How the heck I missed this, I don't know. Some real pearls here for sure 👍🤣

gorby Schrijver
Thanks mates. I'm pleased you enjoyed the awfulness. 🙂

Mr D
The Tomahawk looks like it a cross between a Mustang and a Policarpov 🤣
Would have a terrible C.G
But it's good to see nice n innocent basic art work for kids l assume .

Łukasz Gliński
I know I'm late but both are brilliant and made my day - the pics and the comments equally 😄

gorby Schrijver
I'm pleased you enjoyed the album Łukasz. 🙂
Thanks for your comment Mr D. I'm not sure if some of the art work was for kids, or by kids. 😉

Mr D
😂 think many are reimagined to fit the box 😄

Makariel
This gallery belongs into a museum 😂 the James Bond and Oddjob dance scene had me nearly fall off my chair

Simon Nagorsnik
Looks nice so far, keep on😄

John Thomas
Nice work

EnsignExpendabl
Ark is not a company for the faint of heart, well done!

Robert Podkoński
Good work so far! 🙂

Rui S
Very well done, nice base too 👍

Simon Nagorsnik
pretty good work!, like the style of these cars!
nice base

Gary Curling
A lovely model and weathering,well done.

Mark K
Looks great!

Rolf Rolf
I love your weathering

Neuling
So do I

Mr James
Mee too. lovely build

Rui S
Great weathering work 👍

Lukas Muller
nice !!!!

Marc .
Beautiful !!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work. The weathering is realistic.

Mark K
Impressive!

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much for your kind words Michael. I will post some more photos soon 🙂 ... But, real outstanding is your Work Michael 👍

Fabian D.
Nice work on the brigde. Hope you can ceep the niveau... not building up pressure here😉

Rui S Schrijver
Is my (almost finished so no pressure at all) first dio in the snow, as such, it is not possible to achieve yours high levels 🤔

Rui S Schrijver
Hum???, maybe... But your Airplanes are simply TOP... 😮

Rui S Schrijver
I've seen your projects... You rock mate. I Hope you still have more decades to enjoy...

Donald Medley
What references did you use?

Fabian D.
Rui, take your time, I´m in the game for more than a decade now (and about 4 years in 1:35)... not a day without learing something new. Saying you´re on a pretty good way is probably not enough.😉

Urban Gardini
Do the Tamiya Panther come with the option to do it as an early Ausf. A? Black 701 is a rather famous early Ausf. A as it's one of very few Ausf. A's that didn't have zimmerit. All Ausf. A's with the MG kugelblende on the front glacis had zimmerit. It was only a few, possible less than ten of the first 50 Ausf. A's with the MG hatch like the Ausf. D's that lacked zimmerit.

Excellent work on the bridge and your diorama is going to be a marvel to behold! This will be nice to follow...

Fabian D.
No, not without cutting the Kuglblende from the glacis, which would be an interresting approach though. But probably a mess to clean up.

H K
I would use scalemates.com/kits/108116-dragon-6160-panther-a which was rereleased at the end of last year, so should be available, and has the decals for 701.
I am a Tamiya fanboy 🙂 but their Panther A is best used for selfmade Zimmerit practise and such things 😉

Rui S Schrijver
Sorry for the late answer, Mates. Donald, I've made a big study in all my books and magazines and ended up with more then 200 photos of wwII wooden bridges (Black and white and colour) ...

Rui S Schrijver
Fabian, every comment is more than enough for me, and very important, so I Thank you all for them (Good or bad) doesn't matter. I'm here to learn and exchange experiences, not to impress the Judges, Purists, or Experts. I think I've something to show, so I do. without pulling narrow goods?... Strange for me was the fact that no one answered, to my comment «Help needed»... 🤔

Rui S Schrijver
Urban, I was so concentrated in my bridge, that I neglected the panther study. I thought that if the turret was equal them it would be a ausf A. It was to late when I discovered that the "A" didn't have the hull machine gun. Not historically accurate as you will see, that's true. But I wanted to make one without the Zimmerit, so I think mine is one of that 10 from the first 50 ones...😉 As said above, sorry to disappoint you guys but I'm not a Panther expert and this will be the first and the last one I have built (unless is the recovery one). Like the Tiger and all the other ones, I want to build different model's. If I start buying ausfs a, b, c, d, etc, My wife would divorce me in a instant hehehe. As I said in "About me" keep the hobby cheap that's my thing... Not Keep on looking for the Ultimate perfection. I'm not a pro...😉 Anyhow I like to Imagine my projects in somewhat real circumstances that happened in the war and study them Like what happened in the Gniloy-Tikich river. Hope you understand my point of view... P.S Thank you for your nice words...

Rui S Schrijver
Sorry HK, but as you can imagine I have to disagree with you...

Urban Gardini
You can make it without zimmerit if you like, it's your build but that kit wouln't be historically correct without zimmerit.

Rui S Schrijver
Wich one, the ausf D? the kit is done Urban...

Urban Gardini
The Tamiya Ausf. A

Rui S Schrijver
Sorry Urban, but I don't understand. The first images show an ausf. A n.º 701 without the Zimmerit, how can it be historically incorrect???

Urban Gardini
If you use the Tamiya Ausf. A for building Black 701 it'll be historically incorrect due to the kugelblende in the front glacis plate that is the only option in that kit. Black 701 was one of the first 50 Ausf. A's that all lacked the kugelblende on the front glacis plate and instead had the same MG hatch as the earlier Ausf. D had.

Rui S Schrijver
Ok, thank you Gardini. Therefore has nothing to do with the issue of zimme. As said above I only notice that to late so it's not historically correct, yes. I had to leave with that. Unless I change that hatch. Is that the only difference?

Urban Gardini
No zimmerit is correct for Black 701 so that's ok. It's just the main feature with the hatch that's not ok. But there's nothing to to about that now as it's been built. I'm sure that you've done as fine job building the Panther as you've done with the bridge. So what's most important in the end is that you're ok with your build. I was too late with my input for you to be able to make something out of it. What you can do with it if you want to compete with your build is to put zimmerit on it and repaint the Panther and use some other suitable markings for it other than Black 701. Why? Here's why, all Ausf. A's with the fixed MG in the kugelblende on the front glacis had zimmerit, no exceptions there. Either way you do it I'm sure it'll be a great diorama in the end.

Rui S Schrijver
Thanks' for your help and nice words Urban. I'm going to stick with the historically incorrect version. Compete is one thing that I'm sure that I shouldn't do, ever. I'm not that skillfull, so don't reach that kind of level...
Added some new bridge photos with snow...

Rui S Schrijver
Humm, let's see, white paint, talcum powder, and Christmas Traditions, snow spray aerosol, sprayed over a bakery mesh...😄

Rui S Schrijver
hehehe... Some photos from the "Thing"

Rui S Schrijver
Thx Michael. "Alternative" I might say...

Rui S Schrijver
Thx😉 , I think it's like we say: "the need the mother of invention" it's a bit difficult to find good modelling materials in Portugal, and when you find them they are expensive so... "Future" or "Pledge" are things that we can't find, for instance...

Rui S Schrijver
hehehe... Not so far in Portugal... but I also do that with my ever growing stash. you change your Profile image?

George Bacon
Great project! Can't wait to see more 👍👍👍

Rui S Schrijver
😢

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much George. Your words are a great compliment... I will post some more photos soon 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
Painting the thing. As they say in the first image «is a freshly delivered tank. Whitewash camouflage was applied with notable care». Some new photos...

Gábor Bélik
Impressive. The snow looks great.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much Gabor, Your words are very important for me...😢

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much Michael, for your motivating words. Glad you like it...

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

Rui S Schrijver
Thx Es-haq Khosravi, do you really think so? 🙂

Urban Gardini
GAAAAAH! That L/70 doesn't look the way it should. I've got an Dragon barrel that you can have if you want it!

Rui S Schrijver
Thank You Very Much for your very friendly offer Urban 👍 , but I've already fix the L/70 with Humbrol model filler, and I think it's just fine now, as you will see in the next photos...😉

Urban Gardini
Good mate!

Rui S Schrijver
Can't thank you enough Urban, really a nice unexpected offer 👍

Urban Gardini
Nothing special I'd say, it's just the way our community work. A bit of modelling karma as you get help from a fellow modeller with a missing part or decals or something else without any real value and it just happens so that a fellow modeller have just that part in his/hers box of spares. I common answer when the receiver ask what the giver want as a compensation is nothing, it's free of charge but somewhere down the line the situation may be reversed and you happen to be able to help someone out, do that then. So it's modelling karma with it's ripples that spreads all over the world. We modellers do help each others in as many ways we can, be it with parts, advice or tricks, you name it. It's just the way the modelling community works!

Rui S Schrijver
I understand that, Urban. It's good to belong, and know mates that are willing to help... 👍

Leif Adams
So cool! The tank, is of course, awesome. What really impresses me? The tread marks/leavings of the tracks in the snow. Wow. Just, wow.

Urban Gardini
Looking great mate! But I spotted an error that is easy to correct for you. The panzerfaust should be dunkelgelb.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much for your nice comments Leif...

Leif Adams
All your projects are impressive, Rui!

Rui S Schrijver
I'm Very glad you like them Leif... hoping to do better in the next one, after completion of the last 3... 🤔 Always in the end I feel that I could/should done better 😄

Rui S Schrijver
Hi Urban, that's completely true, I've been making that mistake since my "9 SS Panzerdivision - SOMEWHERE NEAR THE TRAIN STATION". project... 😠 Like we say in Portugal "What is born crooked, later or never straightens"😉 I've looked in all my extensive reference library for one in grey (just for excuse) and I think I never found one, hehehe. Nice to know you saw it with attention...

Urban Gardini
Glad to help!

Rui S Schrijver
Thx👍

Rui S Schrijver
Hi Urban, I've look again and manage to do a new photoalbum with some strange coloured Panzerfaust's. Might after all not be an error??? 😮

Matthias Weiss
Like it! Looks great!

Rui S Schrijver
Thanks a lot Matthias, it's a great compliment coming from you. I'm really glad that you like it...

Ivo Fanczi
Awesome,great,go on with the good work!

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

Rodders61
Hi Rui.
Do you still have the instructions for the panzerkampfwagen V panther nr 30223 I have this kit but no instructions. If you have could you supply me with a copy.
Kind regards. Rod

Rui S Schrijver
Hi Rodders61, I have to scanner them. You can send me a PM with your email and when I can I will send you the PDF.

John Dunbar
The bridge construction is awesome! Very inspiring!

Rui S Schrijver
Thx mate. The photos are a bit hold, and don't show the finalized dio.

Richard
Nice work, thanks for sharing, and some ideas...

Spanjaard
really fasntastic panther and great dio, really good
about those instructions, i would suggest that once you scan them you can upload them to the kit database, so other people in need may use them in the future😉

Michael Hickey
Very pleasing to the eye with lots to look at. 👍

gorby
Exceptionally good Diorama Rui.

Rui S Schrijver
Hi mates,
Thank you all for your nice words & comments. Much appreciated.
As usual on my latest projects the photos aren't the final ones, but they show the idea...😢

@Spanjaard, I'm currently photographing my stash instructions to upload then in the future.

Spanjaard
thanks in everybody's name 🙂

John Dunbar
Really cool, Rui! 👍

Donald Medley
Beautiful

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your nice comments, John and Donald.
Much appreciated. Maybe one day I will take the final photos...😉

Xerxes
like the dio. great build

Ulf Petersen
Excellent Diorama!👍 Everything matches perfectly.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much, Mates.
@Ulf, coming from an expert in dios, your comments feel like honey😉

Ulf Petersen
Wow! Thank you so much for this compliment, Rui!🙂

MarSeif
Very well done, Rui S!

Dietmar Bogatzki
Eye Candy Rui 👍

Villiers de Vos
Great work and lots of visual interest

Günther Decock
Dag Rui, knap gedaan. En mooie details. Ooit wil ik ook met een dio starten, maar weet niet waar te beginnen. 🙂

DAVID C
Rui S, extraordinario trabajo, muy detallado, casi se puede ver a PanzerMeyer viendo a los granaderos marchar al frente. Un trabajo genial, gracias por compartir

Rui S Schrijver
Mates. Thank you for all your kind comments and likes.
I thought this One had gone to Oblivion 😄
@ MarSeif, glad you like this work. After this photos i've made 3 more figures and some other bridge details.
@ Dietmar Bogatzki, I think I may take new photos of the finished dio.
@ Günther Decock, if you see the álbum of my first dio "My very first - project". I just used a wood plank gypsun and pepper 😄 in the second "9 SS Panzerdivision" I used a photo frame, coffe, hair net from my grandmather, and some vegetation.
@ DAVID Cuesta, obrigado pelo seu simpático comentário. Fico feliz por ter gostado. O prazer é meu. Quando tirar as fotos do trabalho concluido, o oficial já está acompanhado.

Spanjaard
Certainly deserves not to go into oblivion! 👍

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Spanjaard, very kind of you.
I will take photos of the new figures and the bridge detail I added after this photos.

Ben M
This is fantastic, the figures really make the scene.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your nice comment Ben, I apreciate it very much.
Some Mobilphone photos are not so good. Sorry for that.

Ingo F
Awesome mate! 👍 Love it!

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your kind comment Ingo, I'm really glad that you like it.

Jan Peters
Very nice work, love the amount of figures you've added, really brings the scene to life

Neuling
I agree with Jan. Some pictures look like real life photos.

playtime 222
Oh damn that's good.

Martin
really really good one

Rui S Schrijver
Thank You very much for your comments, mates. (and for the likes too).
@ Jan, I thought (and write) in the Marder II D_16 Inf Mot Div_Rasputitsa_Kalmykiya album, that 14 figures where a alltime record, but afterall this one has 15 figures 😄
@ Neuling, glad you stoped by. I don't know how to work with photoshop, so Improvised and started to use the pc screen in the background 😉
@ playtime 222, It's great to read your comment.
@ Martin, I'm very glad you like it.

Jean-Michel Tilquin
Just wow!

James C
I don't recall seeing this one before... unless I'm going senile? LOL. Very nice dio mate and great job on painting that Panther a single colour, yet still making it look interesting 👍

Rui S Schrijver
Woh, some more kind comments from two excellent and most talented modelers.
I must be doing something right and nice 😉
@ James, judging by your work, one thing I'm sure senile you aren't. 🙂
Thank you both very much. I really really apreciate it.

Jean-Michel Tilquin
Sure you are!

Rui S Schrijver
Thanks Mate. Still so much to learn. But I'm happy that I'm finishing some old projects and practicing.

Peter Batin
Very thorough and serious work!? Bravo!??

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your kind comment Peter. Coming from such a tallented modeler as you are, it feels really good 👍

Peter Hardy
Mind blowing in every detail. Another work of art! Bravo Rui. What's next?

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your kind words Mate. Apreciated.
I have also been thinking about what to do next 🤔
I still have two projects to complete. The Autumn 1944 Jagdpanzer Tiger (P) Elefant, with a horse and maybe two figures and the base and diorama for the Esci sdkfz 10/4.
But I'm also in the mood to build something, like a armoured car motorcycle or tank for the beginning of WWII ... Not feeling ready yet for a plane. I Don't know yet.
We'll see 😉

Peter Hardy
Well you know my thoughts but considering I know nothing about German armour or the European theatre I will wait to see what you come up with.

Peter Batin
I like your approach to work. It is featured in documentary photos. Very few modelers do this. This is a classic quality style. Thanks for the compliment. Good luck and inspiration!

Rui S Schrijver
@Peter Hardy, please, share your thoughts with us 🤔
@Peter Batin, thank you again, I use that approach to see if I can and help making something more real. That's a defensive move from me 😉 but, I get the inspiration on those old photos. Some are unbelievable, and others great storytellers just by themselves

Peter Batin
This is very correct.? This is how real masterpieces are built.?

Peter Hardy
Rui, desert scene before the charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba. Model Ts and horses.

Peter Hardy
Wow!

Rui S Schrijver
Well Peter, I've started a horse for my elefant on the Outono / Autumn 1944 album, that's what i can do for now 😉

Peter Hardy
There were 800 horses Rui, maybe you should make some molds? Nobody will notice if you do two the same!

Vytautas
Same here, agree with all the others, a top job. Just super!

Bruce Huxtable
Inspirational in all aspects - great work for sure ?

Hekafi1932
This is amazing

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Mates. This is already a old work, but I apreciate your kind comments very much.
@ Vytautas, coming from a weathering Expert, I'm really honored.
@ Bruce, I'm very glad you like and comment it.
@ OttovonLindberg, I also enjoy and Respect your amazing work.

Peter Schijvens
Really love all the details, beautiful ?

David Pearson
Excellent work, love the detail.

Rui S Schrijver
@ Peerke, Thank you for your kind comment. Not my most recent Dio but I sure enjoy a lot doing it.
@ David, Thank you very much for your comment. I'm really happy that you like it.

Günther Decock
Hey Rui, knap gedaan. Een dio met een verhaal. Volgens de knepen van het vak. Als ik ooit aan een dio start kom ik zeker bij u voor raad.

Rui S Schrijver
Hi Günther, Thank you for your kind comment. I'm really glad you enjoy this one.
I look forward to see a dio from you soon and yes, you can count on me to help, if I know how 😉

Pedro Braga
Brutal!!!
Rui, os seus dioramas são fantásticos!

grappa_0_0_0
It's incredible what you managed to accomplish with such an old kit. great job.

Bobby Thumbs
very nice work

Günther Decock
Thx, Riu. 🙂

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much mates, your comments are most welcome.
@ Pedro, fico feliz por gostar e pelo termo usado 😄
@ grappa_0_0_0, That's what I've been trying to achieve, nice results with outdated materials glad you noticed 😉
@ Bobby, I'm glad you like my dio
@ Günther, be welcome, but I'm not sure why...
Also I would like to take the oportunity to thank all the likes from mates that i didn't correspond. Thank you all.

David Taylor
Smart dio.

Daniel Klink
Very catchy and excellent in detailing and storytelling!!
Excelente Rui!!! Bravo 👍👍

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you for your kind words, mates. I apreciate it.
@David, glad you think so.
@Daniel, glad you stoped by and comment, this One. Comming from such a tallented modeler, your words mean a lot to me.

Chan Li
awesome
great effort and great job, I'm planning to build up a German panther D down the road, but I would never be that good to rebuild a story scene like you did.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Chan Li, I'm glad you like this one.
I'm sure that if you dig into it, you manage to choose the story and do a good dio.

Alan G
Very nice indeed Rui

Robert Blokker
That turned out into a nice diorama. Was fun to go through the progress.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much mates. I apreciate your coments.
@ Alan, I'm very glad You stop by and like this one.
@ Robert, I just hope my dios evolve into something as near as possible to your magnificent dios. I'm really glad you enjoy my journy in this one, it means a lot to me. Thank you.

Rewop
Beautifully done. Looks fantastic.

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you very much Rewop, I'm glad you like it and sotp by to comment it. Apreciated.

Mr James
It really does look the bees knees. I've got a soft spot for winter dio's.

Rui S Schrijver
@ Mr James, thank you for your comment. This was my first attempt on that, and I know it could be improved a lot but I always prefer not to come back on old dios, to spend that time in doing other new kits and see the improvements

Mr James
I wish I was more disciplined, I cant help but tinker as a go along. Probably why I have finished as the stuff I started.

Rui S Schrijver
I understand you, sometimes it's difficult not to come back, but another advantage is that at least you don't mess it up if it goes all wrong 😄

Ben
Great work there mate!

Clair Greenwood
Holy Moly good golly miss Molly, thats one hell of a top notch dio!

Rui S Schrijver
@ Ben, Thank you. Glad to receive your comment. Apreciated.
@ Clair Greenwood, Thank you so much for your kind comment. I'm very happy that you fell like so about this old one.

Major Oak
Great diorama every angle something going on and I think doing a winter scheme that looks realistic is very hard but you nailed it well done 👏

Doubtingmango
Great work Rui! Love the use of the photo backdrop

Andy
Every time I see a Rui diorama I loose a good 15 minutes just admiring the craftsmanship. The photo backdrop is a brilliant idea

Rui S Schrijver
@ Major Oak, Thx a lot for your support. I'm glad you like this one. it was a bit like my Tunís - Panzer III N - Panzer II F - 251/1 Dio. It was growing over time, but in this case, only with regard to the amount of figures;
@ Doubtingmango, Thx for stoping by and comment this one. Glad you think so. I don't know how to work with photoshop, so I use a pc monitor to make the backdrop;
@ Andy, Thank you so much for your kind comment. I'm honored and hopping that you didn't completly "loose" your time, 😉 😄 but it´s great to know that you got some joy admiring my work.

Makariel
Great work! Would you recommend the Tamiya Panther kit you have been using or were the frustrations while building (other than the barrel)?

Rui S Schrijver
Thank you Makariel, comment apreciated.
As to the tamiya Panther, I can only recommend it for the price you can find one nowadays.
It's a to simple build that you have to improve in lot's of aspects, so there are now much better kits for that one on the market.

Mark Sherwood
That's a tiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnnnyyyyy ketten, nice build. 🤘🥸🤟

Xa Char Schrijver
Thanx Mark, it is tiny indeed, but stil my favorite scale 🙂

gorby
Very nice work. My favourite scale as well.

Neuling
Not my favorite scale (to clumsy fingers and bad eyes) , though I like to see those little gems ........

Oliver Schulz Schrijver
colors used :

Atom 200100 , 20010 , 20062 , 20129 , 20133

Mr D
Very nice clean build 10/10 👍👍

Mark K
Beautiful work!

Rui S
Beautifully done, indeed 👍

gorby
Looking forward to another bargain basement wonder. 🙂

Mr D Schrijver
🤣👍 Hopefully 😁

Tianyi
Nice pick! I can't imagine they sell this kit in UK. It is one of those kits commonly seen in stores near schools in China. When I was a kid, I usually spent my pocket money of the week and enjoyed them during the weekend.

Mr D Schrijver
Hi Tianyi 👍
We can purchase them on eBay and Alibaba, some model shops stock Minihobby models, they are a sister company to Trumpeter.
They are fun inexpensive little kits ...this is my 5th one.... they can have big gaps sometimes but l enjoy making-good
Thanks for your interest 😃👍

Lorraine Lin
Another interesting one. Indeed, Mig-25 or Mig-31 are so big compared with other jet fighters. Following.
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Vincent
This looks like a hard build. I'm looking forward to see what you can do with this.

Mr D Schrijver
Hi Vincent 👋
Thanks...glad your interested👍 keep turned 😃

Skyhiker
I've got a fox... I've got a bat... Uhhh... FoxBat.
Youtube Video

Mr D Schrijver
Hi Lorraine 👋 it's definitely an interesting aircraft, tremendously powerful engines.
Like the Watchful cat 😺.
Hope 🦊 sill helping you build 😃👍

Neil
Following 🙂👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Mr D Schrijver
Hi Guy, thanks..... slowly getting back into the build after hose move.
Good luck on your work 👍

annie shikinami
the main gear doors can be closed with little work. the nose gear doors fit better than on the F-35A, but would need a lot of work to close up nicely. the big issue is the clear part that forms the forward edge of the gear bay and EOTS lens. both the gear doors and the clear part need some serious trimming.

however all of the control surfaces are fixed in the parked position (flaps down, rudders toed out) and there's no real way to change that with the kit parts as they are.

Skyhiker
Good luck Jennifer

Robert Podkoński
I'm taking my first row seat here 😉

Kenneth
Wow 👍 The kit looks fantastic but also very challenging. Best of luck, Jenny, looking forward to the build!

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Welcome, Skyhiker, Robert, and Kenneth.

Kesa Tiho
Looking forward to the complete build. Hope your little helper doesn't get any stray fur under your decals which FYI: is not a good time 😄

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Hi Kesa, welcome. Yes, fur is a constant challenge.

Naram
following !

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Welcome, Pierre!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👀👍

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Welcome Hans-Jürgen!

shuai shao
A perfect first step

Guy Rump
Following! 👍

Michael Kohl
It is supposed to be a very nice kit. Wish you happy modelling hours.

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Welcome shuai, Guy, and Micheal!

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat as well.

Felix
Taking a seat!

Mr D
Nice project Jennifer 👍 put your masking skills to the test .
Good luck with the build 😀👍

Mr D
If you collect enough Airfix flying hours..... They include a free 🐈😺 cat on you next purchase, Good British value folks 😁👍

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Welcome, Villiers de Vos, Felix, and Mr D. My current cat models might object to this free cat you speak of.

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
New printer enclosure and spray booth all properly vented.

Dave
You have a very nice workplace set up there and this kit looks interesting as what finial version will be.

Guy Rump
Your spray booth and workspace are so impressive!!! 👍

Rui S
Great setup 👍

Naram
that proffesionnal level 🙂 I envy you ! (have a table 1/3modelkit,1/3 work station and 1/3 dinning (it long it is a dinning table).

Lorraine Lin
Very nice workplace, and a nice box for your 😽 supervisor.

Mark Sherwood
Wow! That's impressive. 🤘🥸👍

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thanks everyone, I promise I'll post some photos of the model soon, especially now that I can airbrush again even in this cold weather.

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
I posted a few photos of my hand-painted parts. If anyone remembers my Memphis Belle, you can see I am improving.

Dave
The detailing is look very sharp 👍

Naram
some progress. good ! (i did not do anything this week end me....)

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you, Dave and Naram, a mate has given me some suggestions on how to further improve so expect better soon.

Desert Marlin
Wow Jennifer, nice workshop!

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thanks, Desert Marlin; living in a cold climate makes it a necessity if I want to do anything in the winter.

Naram
@ Jennifer, if I may : an easy way to quickly make it look great would be to put a panel liner wash with oils (tamyia) or even easier a pass a acrylic contrast paint (like vallejo or citadel) quite easy and will make pop out the instrutment and tools on the wall.

Naram
... also will define the structure.

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you, Naram; I will do that. I just bought the contrast paint; it will be here on the 21st.

Dave
That looked like a interesting day at the war museum. just might have put that on the bucket list. Noting that Panther and T-34 in the back ground.

Naram
Indeed must be cool to do model kit in this!

Mr D
Looking good so far Jenn 😃👍

Dave
That a nice touch.

Desert Marlin
Excellent work! Looking well used for sure!

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you Mr D, Dave, and Desert Marlin. It's very motivating to get everyone's feedback.

Felix
This is looking great! Is the kit fun so far, Jennifer? Me wants too!

Villiers de Vos
Good weathering/wear and tear in the cockpit.

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you Felix and Villiers de Vos. Felix, yes, the kit has been fun, in fact it has been a dream to put together so far.

Guy Rump
Taking shape beautifully! 👍

Mick Burdett
Looking good, good choice to make

Skyhiker
That's a pretty cool spray booth you have there. Is that custom made?

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you, Guy and Mike. Skyhiker, I bought the spray booth from Amazon. It's one with a water curtain.

Desert Marlin
Very nice tool for painting!

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
I love it, Desert Marlin; I live in Canada, so it gets too cold to open a window for a couple of months of the year, and with my pets, I am not willing to risk their health.

Felix
You have a very nice workplace, Jennifer! That Anson is coming along nicely. I might have to get one of the first series before they sell out. The new schemes do not appeal to me too much, frankly.

Mr D
Nice 👍 take shape now Jenn, enjoy following 👍

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you, Felix and Mr. D. Felix, so far, this has been a dream to put together, and I would recommend picking one up for sure.

bughunter
That is a lovely strut work around the cockpit! Looks nice so far.

Troy Campbell
I agree that is nice work..

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you, bughunter and Troy.

Mr D
Hi Jenn, the wet palette 🎨 looks good, l was thinking of getting one,
If you ever need very fine tip brushes for detail work, (Nail lines brushes) are definitely worth a try/consideration, they use them in beauty Parlours to paint flowers n star's on ladies nails....so they have incredible accurate tips.
I buy the short 6mm ones.
Build is looking really good, looks like a nice kit. 😀👍

Desert Marlin
The cowlings are turning out great!

David Taylor
looking good Jennifer.

Felix
Lovely progress!

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you, Mr. D, Desert Marlin, David, and Felix. I must pick some up, Mr D. Thanks for the tip.

Troy Campbell
Awesome work

Skyhiker
Looking good Jennifer. I can already see a dramatic improvement in your skills from your last build. A few more builds under your belt and you will be winning awards. Keep it up. You're doing great!

Pietro De Angelis
Good job Jennifer and congrats for your workspace!

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you, Troy, Skyhiker, and Pietro De Angelis!

Rui S
Looking good, indeed 👍

gorby
Very nice progress so far.

Ludvík Kružík
Jennifer, the beginning of this year has been a busy one for me and I have had very little free time for my hobbies. That's why I discovered your new project so late. But I have to say right off the bat that I'm very intrigued by it. Your modeling skills are improving at an incredible pace. If the growth of your skills continues at this rate, the time will soon come when I will turn to you for advice 🙂.
Perhaps the change in scale from 1/72 to 1/48 has contributed to this. Anyway, you're doing very well and I'll be happy to follow the continuation of your build.

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you, Rui, gorby, and Ludvik!

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
I am super happy. I managed to pick up a second-hand light box for photography, and the difference in the quality of my photos is lovely.

Dave
If you decide to try and apply quick shine to a project. In an airbrush, applying lite coats. If you want to apply it with a brush, I find using a nylon one works the best with no brush marks. Personally I like using tester's 1/4" nylon brush and painting it on.

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thanks, Dave, I will follow your advice.

gorby
I'm sure your cats will love your new light box. 😄

bughunter
Congrats to your light box! I'm using also a cheap foldable one (due to space reasons) with my working lamps. You know the result from the Goblin project for example.
Some photographic tip: for a big depth of field I use the "A" setting of my camera, close the aperture (high value like 14) and let the camera select the rest. This will result in high exposure times so a tripod is needed for the camera (use self-timer or remote shutter release).

Mark Sherwood
Congrats on the light box. Your build is coming along nicely. 🥸👍

Ludvík Kružík
Just a little clarification on bughunter's post. The camera setup mode that bughunter describes in his post belongs to a group of pre-installed programs that determine camera behavior. And the mode described is called aperture priority mode.

It very much depends on what camera you own. Not all cameras allow such settings. Moreover, different manufacturers use different designations for different photographic modes. One manufacturer's "A" may stand for aperture priority mode but another manufacturer's "A" may stand for auto mode.
The best way to find out what this is for your camera is to consult your camera manual. The mode selector itself is a definite help. If you find "AUTO" and "A" on it, then "A" is aperture priority mode. But it is possible that the manufacturer used the letter "A" to indicate auto mode. And the semi-automatic aperture priority mode on the selector is marked with the letters "AV" or "Av" (aperture value).

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
@gorby, it's funny you should say that. Within an hour of me setting up the light box, my boy was lying on top of it.
@bughunter, I use a Samsung Galaxy S24, so I will figure out how to use it as you describe. I don't have a tripod yet, but I will add it to my wishlist.
@Mark, thank you
@Ludvik, good to know

Ludvík Kružík
Mobile phone cameras inherently have a large depth of field due to the miniature size of the lens and sensor chip. (A more detailed explanation of why this is so would be a long story.) But that doesn't mean they can't handle depth of field. Manufacturers get around this problem by using two or more lenses with different settings, and using clever algorithms and filters to compose the resulting image from each lens and adjust the resulting image to match the desired effect. What the mobile camera loses in optics, it can make up for in hearty help from sophisticated electronics.

Desert Marlin
All my photos have been from an iPhone 12. Distance, zoom level and lighting definitely affect all the choices be tween Program mode, Aperture priority and Automatic type features. Image compression is perhaps the hardest effect since there is such a short lens(s) on these phones.

Djordje Nikolic
Jennifer I agree the photo quality is really good. I tried a very cheap photo booth and I didn't do it justice, this is looking very serious

Felix
Dear Jennifer, that Anson is really lovely. Any issues with gaps? I heard of some problems with the cowlings.

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
@Ludvik Kružik, interesting, I did not know that about mobile phone cameras.
@Djordje Nikolic, thank you
@Felix, I found putting the cowlings together challenging (take three pieces and turn them into a perfect circle) but in the end they both fit together well. No major gaps to speak of really.

Troy Campbell
Really cool detail .... nicely done!

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you, Troy!

Mr D
I was wondering how they moulded the cowlings as it's a complex shape.
Looking good Jenn. Keep up the good work 👍👍

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you, Mr D.

Mr D
Hi Jen, model looking good, the light box is good 💡 idea.
Could you let us know how you get on with the Acrylic floor shine ? as I'm sure a pledge future replacement would interest many... As supplies run out.
Good luck on next steps of build and hope your buddy 😺is not moving into the light box anytime soon 🤣
👍

John Hughes
Yes, this one is a bit of a flying greenhouse, isn't it? I managed to snag a bottle of pledge a few years back. Not actually used it yet.

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Mr D, I will keep everyone posted re: the acrylic floor shine. I am adopting a puppy so I may be offline for a little while.

gorby
Gizmo looks great and I hope he will become a well loved member of your family! I'm sure you won't be one of those foolish people who think that small dogs don't need training.

Ludvík Kružík
Very nice puppy, for sure it will be a great companion. And he will surely reward you generously for the love, tenderness and care you surely give him.

Jennifer Franklin Schrijver
Thank you Ludvik and gorby. gorby don't worry, this is my second small dog, and I have spent a lot of time and money training my current dog.

Dave
THATS a cool addition to your family. Looking forward to the stories in the future.

Rui S
I'm hoping Gizmo, bringing a lot of happiness to you 👍 but it also brings a bit less time to spend on the hobby 🤔

Mr D
Gizmo is great 😃👍👍 more pet hairs too get on the masking tape 🤣
Build is looking good

gorby
Very impressive work, although I think the album deserves to have a better 'teaser' pic so that more people will notice it.

Neuling
I agree with gorby!

Makariel Schrijver
Thank you! I'm still a bit confused how to edit and manage albums and proect
I've now changed the teaser picture.

gorby
You've managed to link your album to a kit so you're doing better than many. 🙂

Rui S
Another Great work 👍

Makariel Schrijver
thank you 🙂

Rui S
I'm in 😎

André Silva
Me too.

Felix
Following

Adam Gudynowski
Following

Felix
Following

gorby
Nice work.

Steven Van Dyck
Beautiful camo tones. Can you correct the shape of the eyes? That would improve the model greatly.

Scott Dutton Schrijver
Steven, agree but it's down at my skill level

gorby
Scott, do you know you can buy eye decals? I know someone on another site who uses them because eyes are so difficult to paint.

Palo M
Would a wash help with the eyes? Some warm grey perhaps?

Steven Van Dyck
It happens to me too that some figures end up with involuntary results, in that case I apply skin color again, until the eye white is reduced to appropriate dimensions. But I should add that I only once worked in this scale, and that was on a cartoon figure. I see that you work with airbrushing too. A solution for the eye pupil would be to use a round hole in a piece of tape mask, and then spraying it. That would give extra control to the shape.

Nicolas
👀

Spanjaard
omg!! built this one so long ago I do not even want to remember when. where did you found this goldie??

Spanjaard
I rebuilt mine as a "low visibility" one, with a thin layer of paint on top of the decals (not such decal option available to me back then 😛 )

Cuajete
Many years ago I made this kit of the Desert Storm reissued by Revell:

Corsair A-7D (Revell 40137, 1:72)

It wasn't a great kit, but I enjoyed it very much.

Spanjaard
yeah, my Mig-29 was from the same collection, I think (first or second issue I believe)

Alberto Schrijver
Thanks for the company mates! @Spanjaard, I didn't have to go far to get this, I bought it myself when I was 12 😆

Spanjaard
😄 😄 😄 it is being waiting for a while 😉

Alberto Schrijver
A few more pics uploaded. There are some assembly issues that I hope I can overcome, like the toy-like hinges in the wings

Cuajete
Well solved the hinges in the wings 👍

Thomas Kolb
OMG, what a vintage kit - I am super curious what you will be able to accomplish with it! Following!

Alberto Schrijver
Slowly progressing, nearly at the painting stage now

Kenneth
Very interesting 👍 Brings back many memories, I built that kit 40-45 years ago 😳

Cuajete
Well done so far, Alberto 👍

Alberto Schrijver
Thanks cuajete!

Lee Fogel
This is turning out very nicely! I like the old Matchbox kits.

Neil
I agree, shaping up very well. You gotta love a Matchbox kit. Great work mate 👏

Alberto Schrijver
Thanks Lee, Neil, for your comments. I have not been able to work on it a lot these last weeks but hope to resume the build soon!

Mid Franconian
Built this kit years ago. Watching!!!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Matchbox improved 👍🥰

Bozo
I like the way you bring back to life the old models dear to our childhood. Great job

Alberto Schrijver
Thanks Bozo. I still have a few left, I will try to do them justice 😄

Dave
Late to the party, this build looks good.

DerMattes
Very nice progress so far! 👍

Spanjaard
are u using something similar to old Future as clear coat?

Cuajete
Very nice progress, Alberto. Good primer and marbling 👍. Where did you get the Ultimate Primer? I can't find it around here.

@Spanjaard, It's the Bosque Verde wax sold at Mercadona. It's the equivalent of Future in Spain.

Alberto Schrijver
Thanks guys! @Spanjaard: Cuajete is right. I've been using it for a long time, it even brushes great as it is self-leveling. Good stuff.
@Cuajete: I bought the Ultimate primer online from their own website in the UK (umpretail.com). But I believe it is the same thing as the Ammo One Shot primer (and Badger Stynilrez)

Cuajete
Gracias, Alberto 🙂👍

Finn
Looking good,following

Michael Kohl
Me too

Spanjaard
looking good!

Petar Žorić Schrijver
Thanks guys! It is an very exciting build!

Clement
Lovely stuff!
Nice choice of scheme too.
Best of luck with the hundreds of stencils, I hope the thick decals aren't too much of a pain.

Sergej I
Great Ferris! 👍 What is "Magic 900" btw? 😉

Patrick Hagelstein
Very cool! 👍

Petar Žorić Schrijver
@Clement Thanks a lot man, i just did all the stencils! Photos are to follow 😄
@Sergej Thanks! Hahahah its not magic 900 😂 its magic goo, melted transparend sprues in tamiya extra thin cement, i sometimes use it as a filler
Thank you @Patrick!

Augie
Nice going 🙂

Thorsten Höse
Nice! 🙂

Harry Eder
Very nice Phantom! 👍

Greg Baker
You're going to be seeing stencils in your dreams after that.... great work!

Michael Kohl
Oh, the plane seems to have deceasls.

Patrick Hagelstein
That's a cool idea, Petar. I use sprue goo made from colored sprues but it tends to dry slowly. Does clear sprue goo dry quickly?

Łukasz Gliński
Definitely a reason to be proud of, not only the decals.
Interested in the pros & cons of the Magic 900 too 😄

Sergej I
I started using black CA instead of magic 900... adding some filler dust also makes it dry faster, one hour more than enough for full cure and much less reducing, making one application enough even for deeper gaps. For me it is a go-to 900 now.
Tested also UV glue, but it doesn't sand as well as CA.

Petar Žorić Schrijver
So many nice comments, and funny ones too haha. I was a bit off guys, but expect some progress soon.

Patrick, hey, I dont know what's the difference but I can tell you that clear one does need quite a bit of time to dry too. I leave if for 24h just to be sure, i do think it's sandable after few hours though.

Lukasz haha thanks man. I would say pro is it's plastic once it's try it's pretty much part of the model, won't snap or crack. Bad thing is drying yime so if you are in a hurry yiu don't want to use it. Also, sometimes needs few hands for it to fill big holes.

@Sergei I'll try it out man, thanks for lettimg me know, i hear people use it but i havent tryed it myself. I did go with supergule, its good but hard to sand sometimes.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work and finish.

Rui S
Very nice camo 👍

Dave
Beautiful work

Rui S
Beautiful pair 👍

Doubtingmango
Well done! Great figs

gorby
Excellent!

Neuling
Paintwork, weathering, accessories, position of figures: everything just fine!

Lebloge
Fully agree with Neuling 🫡

Robert H. Schrijver
thank you all 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Lorraine Lin
Looking great, following

Alessandro Vaselli Schrijver
Closed the canopy and added some details to the engine nacelles. The water radiators under the wings are also very basic and will need some work to open the flaps and improve the look of the radiators.

Villiers de Vos
Coming along nicely.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

Neuling
Cool build of a hot car!👍

Guillaume Blanchet
My fisrts car! Nice work on the sand

D P
Wow!!!

Dominik Weitzer
amazing built! the sand looks incredible.

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

Carlos Malfitani
Amazing Work! Congratulations!

Rui S
Nice work & presentation 👍
I'm thinking on making some dunes also

nikfrost
Perfection!

Chris Reimann
Looks extremely realistic!

Michael Kohl
Nicely done dynamic display

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work. The dio captures the intended scene very accurately.

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Back to ship modelling, USS Santee out of the Trumpeter USS Sangamon. I choose Santee for her Ms17 scheme.
Working on the hull and airwing has already started.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Thomas Wirsching
good luck for this interesting build Christian; will follow with interest!

Spanjaard
first row still available? great 🙂

Christian Bruer Schrijver
You're welcome Thomas and Spanjaard. Still enough seats in the first row.

Jörg Schäfer
I'll sit down when Christian builds a ship..

Thomas Bischoff
always fancied the smaller flattops - count me in!

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Hey Jörg and Thomas, good to see you here in the first row 🙂

gorby
I'll book my seat as well. 🙂

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Welcome gorby 🙂

Rui
I'm also taking a seat 🪑

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Welcome Rui 🙂 Good that you brought your own chair 😁

Alec K
A big one! Following of course 🙂

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Welcome Alec 🙂

bughunter
Watching as this will be a great show! The little aircraft parts looks impressive - I do not complain anymore about small parts.

Guy Rump
Following with interest. 👍

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Welcome bughunter and Guy 🙂

Christian Bruer Schrijver
So let's have a start. Preparing the model for scratchbuilt and PE details.
Happy Modelling
Christian

David Taylor
Watching.

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Welcome David 🙂

WIP on my USS Santee. The kit has some inaccuracies, f.e. hawse pipes in a wrong position. Also a lot of details are missing.
Today's progress, hawse pipes in correct position, framework and bollards added at the bow.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Christian Lehmann
👍

Robert Podkoński
Perhaps I am a bit late, but ready to watch this talent show! 🙂

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Thank you Christian and Robert 🙂

Michael Kohl
Following too.

Christian Bruer Schrijver
You're welcome 🙂

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Welcome Rui 🙂

Christian Bruer Schrijver
WIP on my USS Santee. More details and scratchbuilt modifications.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Scratchbuilt aft elevator.

Happy Modelling
Christian

Hang Li
Wow, nice build, following

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Thank you Hang Li 🙂
Forward elevator is done.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Christian Bruer Schrijver
WIP on my USS Santee. The forecastle is nearly done. Several modifications were done to give it a more realistic touch.
I start to replace the forward flight deck supports. Trumpeter designed the as a solid section instead of a I-section.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Agnius
Very interesting! Following 👍

Michael Kohl
Some fine detailing going on here.

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Thank you Agnius and Michael 🙂

Christian Bruer Schrijver
WIP on my USS Santee.
I replaced the supports below the flight deck. The moulded supports were much to thick and the replacements look much better.
The four flight deck supports on the bow are in place now. All in all it comes together as expected.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Alec K
Nice progress Christian, I like all the scratched additions and replacements you are implementing 👍

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Thank you very much Alec 🙂

WIP on my USS Santee.
According to ongoing research the forward flight deck supports needs to be modified.
The forward AA gun plattform has a different shape, therfore I scratchbuilt a new one.
Well, step by step it all comes together.

Happy Modelling
Christian

gorby
You scratch-building work is astoundingly neat.

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Thank you very much gorby 🙂

Christian Bruer Schrijver
WIP on my USS Santee. First PE used fore and aft and more extra details added.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Christian Bruer Schrijver
WIP on my USS Santee. More details added and the sea base started.

Happy Modelling
Christian

bughunter
Wow, what a progress 👍
Happy and successful new year!

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Thank you bughunter 🙂
Same to you and yours 🍀

Christian Bruer Schrijver
WIP on my USS Santee.

Today's progress on the sea base. Once I have maeked the contour of the ships waves I start grinding the contours using a round wire brush in a motor tool. It's a bit dusty, believe me, but it gives a good monitoring to create the contours.

Next step sanding using ssnding paper to breake the rough surface a little bit.

Upon disangaging myself from all the dust a first layer of wall paint was added to the surface in a stippling motion.
The stippling motion create a wavy irregular surface. But to get the final result some more layers are needed. It is important not to paint layers to thick to avoid cracking when the paint dries.

At last I cut off the raised contour marking the boot topping and added a new marking using a line marking tool.

Happy Modelling
Christian

Spanjaard
very nice tutorial about the base. happy new year Christian for you and those close to you 🙂

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Thank you Spanjaard, same to you and yours - a Happy New Year 🙂

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Meanwhile I seperated the AA gun tubs and the catwalks to replace the later with Eduard PE. The bulwarks on the gun tubs are thinned down repsectively replaced by 0,2mm styrene. At the moment I am working to cut of the doors along the catwalks and replace it with oval openings. The openings need to be cutted into the side wall and the plastic from the backside to be thinned out. Unfortunately I missed to do this before I added a lot of details to the flight deck. So carfully working is needed and to keep in mind for better planing next time 😄

Johne 69
So far so mercyless good 👍

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Thank you Johne 🙂

Christian Bruer Schrijver
It has been a while since my latest post, because I was to busy with real work.
Anyhow, I mades some progress, adding the PE catwalks and stairs and start working on the island. I rebuilt the island to make it fit to Santees outfit in late 1942.

Happy Modelling, Christian

Jan Peters
Very nice indeed Christian 👍🏻
Following this from now on 👀

Alec K
Good to see you back at the bench 👍

bughunter
Good to see some progress - the island looks wonderful 👍

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Thank you Jan, Alec and bughunter 🙂

Meanwhile I have scratchbuilt the derick, it's supports and a rangefinder and I started adding details along the starbord site of the hull, like support structure below the island and mounts for both antenna masts.

Happy Modelling, Christian

Rui S
Fantastic scratch work as always 👍

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Thank you Rui 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
That looks fantastic. 👍

gorby
Virtually every photo is a 'WOW!' moment. 😮

Robert Podkoński
I have the same impressions as Gorby... Chapeau bas, Christian!

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Thank you Jörg, gorby and Robert 🙂

@gorby, same here with the "WOW" noticing all your kind comments 🙂

bughunter
After coming home from our club exhibition this weekend I really look forward to see you and your models in Lingen soon 👍

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Same here bughunter 🙂

Christian Bruer Schrijver
Latest update and progress with more details along the hull and catwalks and finally 3D printed Avenger from 3D Wild.
Happy Modelling, Christian

David Taylor
It,s all been said WOW.

Rui S
A what... 😮 1:350 Avenger???

George Williams
Really nice.

Dave
This is looking good.

Neuling
I agree!

MS K
The large decals with a lot of transparent margins would have been difficult to apply because silvering and they wrinkle easily, but it looks like you did a great job of calmly applying them. The same goes for the CF decals.
Nice work. 👏

Rui S
A Beauty 👍

Łukasz Bąk Schrijver
Full video of building process here: Youtube Video

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Guy Rump
Good progress, following. 👍

Mr James
Lovely wood grain effects. Looking forward

Neuling
Very promising .......

Rui S
Looking good, indeed 👍

Teeage
Very nice!

DuperScale
Awesome paintjob. Well done

CarlosR
looks cool

Rui S
Great work again Łukasz 👍 Beautiful Paintjob, looking forward to see it in a Dio 😉

Neuling
Same as Rui S .............

Guy Rump
A real beauty! 👍

Pepe
Very nice!!!!

Rui S
Excellent Dio & Great figure painting; ballast and vegetation 👍 Congratulations

Villiers de Vos
Impressive building and painting skills. a very nice little dio.

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Chrisswe Schrijver
Hope I can make it interesting to follow.
The kit doesn't seem very complicated and the Eduard photo etch is mild level. Just the open doors are a new thing for me. They might cause problems when painting and building modules together.

Guy Rump
Following too! 👍

Chrisswe Schrijver
Progress has been slow but I got some work done last days.

Jörg Schäfer
Come on board too.

Chrisswe Schrijver
I think this project will pick up pace now when I have finished Schleswig-holstein. This is the first ship I build with waterline option and it was very hard to fix the hull seam. I did several cycles of filling, sanding and priming and still it is very visible.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

Chrisswe Schrijver
Thanks Villiers! My daughter asked me today if I had only built two ships and one small plane after working such a long time. She looked incredulous when I told her that was actually the case🙂

CaptGPF
The notorious "pocket battleship" Graf Spee! Taking a seat for this one!

Alec K
Had this in my stash for years, watching with interest 👍

David Taylor
Watching.

Jan Peters
Cool subject, will follow this 👀

Villiers de Vos
Very nice clean lines on the hull. My respect working with the small and delicate photo etch assemblies.

Chrisswe Schrijver
Thanks Villiers! The PE isn't very complicated on this kit but I do feel I have made improvements since my last ship.

Agnius
Following. Nice progress!

Chrisswe Schrijver
Thanks Agnius. I'm trying to stay focused on this project and progress has been good lately.
Unfortunately I had an accident today, I dropped the turmmast on the floor and two PE pieces were knocked off. I think it is repairable and could have been much worse.

J35J
Great progress!👍🏻

Ricardo Reis
Nice, following!

Jörg Schäfer
Fantastically painted. 👍

Chrisswe Schrijver
Thanks J35J, Ricardo and Jörg! I'm happy with the painting, trying to find the right balance between the contrast effects and realism. I know ww2 ships and planes shouldn't look like space marines but I like when shading and highlights make models pop a little.

Rui S
Looking Great 👍

Chrisswe Schrijver
Thanks Rui! I hope I can surpass my previous work.

Troy Campbell Schrijver
I figured since ive built the charles w morgan whaler i would build her sister ship the wanderer....

Dave
Is this the same scale as your last one. If so this will be a good looking bookends.

Ben M
👁️👁️

Troy Campbell Schrijver
Hello dave
Its 1/87 a bit bigger it will go on top ( if all goes well) ha ha and the morgan will go inside of cabinet i think the morgan is 1/110 its box scale ( 1968)
Thanks

Troy Campbell Schrijver
Thanks ben

Troy Campbell Schrijver
Well so far so good....
Those 60's decals i had to pull off of the backing!!!! Whew...
Also im impressed with the details in my opinion it rivals even some of todays kits

Jennifer Franklin
Following!

Troy Campbell Schrijver
Thanks jennifer

Troy Campbell Schrijver
LET THE FUN BEGIN!

Dave
The hull looks great. Now for the nightmare (Rigging).

Troy Campbell Schrijver
Ha ha ...
Yeah the fun starts... i am looking forward to it though... also to the molded sails/ yards im curious what i can do with them...

Dietmar Bogatzki
Never seen this kit before looking like a easy build so far, nice paintjob 👍

Troy Campbell Schrijver
Thanks dietmar
Its old aurora 1966 well made ive never built this one i think i built the cutty sark as a kid. Too bad they are out of business

Troy Campbell Schrijver
Cant do anything mast wise until they set.. so working on the molded sails they havent turned out too bad

Lochsa River
...love this....great detail work....

Troy Campbell Schrijver
Thanks lochsa river wasnt quite sure on the sails but they are shaping up for what they are

Troy Campbell Schrijver
Thanks murtaza

Troy Campbell Schrijver
Thanks walaroo

David Taylor
Looks great.

Troy Campbell Schrijver
Thanks david... slow process ran out of white and black thread! ....
No way! ( ha,ha )

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Sergej I
Following! 👍

Guy Rump
Following too. 👍

Villiers de Vos
The camouflage scheme came out very nice.

Ricardo Gonzalez Ramos
Nice little bird

John E Schrijver
Thank you, Ricardo.

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

John E Schrijver
Thank you!

Hanno Kleinecke
Clean and beautyful job !

Soeren R.
Looks awesome!

soheil moghisi
very nice.

John E Schrijver
Thank you Hanno, Soeren, and Soheil! I appreciate your comments. It's a fun little kit.

Ulf Petersen
Hi John, nice Buffalo and beautiful presentation!👍

John E Schrijver
Thanks Ulf!

Michael O'Hagan
seriously good John lovely model.

John E Schrijver
Thanks Michael. It wasn't a lot of work but I was happy with the result.

Bill Davis
Looks very good. The Buffalo is one of my favorite forgotten fighters.

John E Schrijver
Thank you, Bill.

Rui S
A Beauty 👍

Mark K
Great job!

John E Schrijver
Thank you, mates!

Bozo
Love the yellow wings. You made it very right

Łukasz Gliński
Following

Christoph Kunz
Da schau ich Dir mal über die Schulter.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, for sure!

Alex K
... sure!

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

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

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

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

J35J
Great start!👀

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thanks and welcome.

Nicolas
Great start.

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

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Moin zusammen Thomas und Nicolas.

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

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

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

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

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

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

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

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

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

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

Welcome Guy

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

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

Mark Sherwood
Looks good to me Michael. 🤘🥸👍

Cuajete
Me 2! 👍

Jennifer Franklin
That is a gorgeous colour red

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

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

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

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

Bernhard Schrock
A nice red! 🙂

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

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

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

Robert Podkoński
Looks beautiful already, Michael!

J35J
Almost there! Great build & paintwork👍🏻

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

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

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

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

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

Rui S
I like it, a Lot 👍

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

Neuling
Very beautiful model. A good start into 2025 !

Nicolas
Great looking model. 👍 Happy 2025 to everyone.

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

Robert Podkoński
Absolutely fabulously looking model!

Guy Rump
Great result, congrats!

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

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

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thanks mate

Christoph Kunz
High End Modelling. 👍

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

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

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

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

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

Alec K
Very nicely done 👍

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

Nick Dragone
Stellar!

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

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

Cuajete
I agree with Jennifer 👍

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

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

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

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

Rui S
Impressive work and small scale Dio 👍. Congratulations

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

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

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

Cuajete
Wow... great scene. Fantastic job! 👍

Jennifer Franklin
I love the dio, the airplane is sharp too. Is that a dog or a cat?

Łukasz Gliński
Outstanding dio! I bet it's a cat 🙂

Robert Podkoński
I echo all the praises!

Teeage
Due to circumstances I missed this build completely. Very nice build! I reccon the strugle for the good color of a basecolor.

Michael Kohl Schrijver
Thanks a ton to all of you for your kind comments and praise. I feel flattered.
Maybe a word about the idea for the vignette. As said this plane was the winner of the Mcrobertson Air Race which was initiated for the centennials of Melburne and took place in 1934. When announced it was clear that the Americans would win it anyway as some fast and reliable aircraft had been released from there. 'But not without a fight' stated DeHavilland then and developed the DH.88 for this purpose. The race had some compulsory stops and Allahabad in then India (nowadays Pakistan) was one of it. Unfortunately I haven't found any pics of Allahabad airfield of this time and mused that it probably was a dirt strip. So that is the setting.

Teeage
Sehr schön ausgedacht 💪🏼

Michael Kohl Schrijver
🙂 by the way Jennifer and Lukasz - it is a cat. But I did struggle to paint it the way to make this obvious (and I obviously failed 🙂 ).

Thanks Teeage. (to prevent misunderstandings: all information concerning the race are historically accurate (at least to the best of my knowledge), only the Allahabad setting is the result of my imagination.)

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MacRobertson_Air_Race

gorby
Nice work!

David Taylor
Nice.

Zbynek Honzik
👏👏👏

CaptGPF
Perfect - down to the wood grain on the deck!

Nick Dragone
Fabulous job. The planes really make this pop.

Rui S
I like it 👍

John Mulhall
Very nicely done Paul

Jörg Schäfer
That looks damn good. 👍

Steven Van Dyck
Nice result. Is this the Trumpeter additional PE or another brand? I recently acquired that. I read about somebody assembling that from the upside down deck, and now I see it assembled from the hull up. What would be the best solution?

Desert Marlin
Fabulous works going on here!!!

Paul Moore Schrijver
It is the Trumpeter PE set. As far as assembling it from the deck downwards …. Hmmm, I'd have to think about that…? That's certainly an out of the box solution. Off the top of my head, building it UP (the way I did) allows for a "multitude of sins" to be compensated for at the end when the flight deck is put on. You just don't notice glue compensating for less than perfect fit under the flight deck. It's hard to see and dark. Dropping the flight deck DOWN to the main deck will allow those "sins" to be exposed on the main deck where they will be more noticeable. Is that what you were referring to or something else? Some of the PE stantions just didn't fit perfectly. You can see it in a couple of photos. Maybe operator error.

Dave
Absolutely beautiful work. love the details. just curious as to how hard it was painting the figures.

Steven Van Dyck
The build log for that upside down technique I found here:forum.finescale.com/..eakthrough/257372/28 . But it also has its problems because the columns for carrying the deck did not fit well in the hull. The author also replaced some of the cross latticework by heavier plastic parts, it might be the part you mentioned as error. I hope I will be able to use it, when I get to find an affordable ship kit. I love how you added the resin figures.

Paul Moore Schrijver
Dave,
Not as hard as it looks probably. I definitely used my head mounted super glasses. A quick swipe of flesh color for face and hands, brown for hair, dark blue for trousers and light blue for shirt and didn't worry too much about the details. It's a little difficult to see with the super glasses so it's REAL HARD for the naked eye to see when looking at it. So I'd summarize by saying it's actually not as challenging as it looks. That being said …some calm music and a cold glass of before is not a bad idea. 😎

Robert Podkoński
That's sooo far beyond my skills (and patience...). Terrific job!

Paul Moore Schrijver
Thanks for all the nice comments. It's very encouraging! I'll say this ….if you're going to do photo-etch, buy yourself some good Tamiya PE bending tools and MIG AMMO "ULTRA GLUE". It's just the cats meow for working with PE. I'd probably self harm myself if I had to work with PE without that glue. 😎

Desert Marlin
Is the ULTRA GLUE a slow-drying CA?

David Taylor
The more you look the more detail,well done.

Desert Marlin Schrijver
I spent the last week working on this one. Still needs a little more weathering, a little touch up and antenna added. Pretty close to complete...

Dave
That's looks great.

Desert Marlin Schrijver
The Tamiya kit is amazing. The features of having the cowling open (or closed) just by taking the prop off and then removing the closed cowling and replacing it with the open cowling is awesome. I was fretting which way to make the kit, but this is not a choice I had to make. It's made with both options simultaneously and configured as needed for display!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work. I like the detailing and paint work.

Desert Marlin Schrijver
Thanks!The mottling is really kinda unpredictable depending on the paint I use. Right now, I am running out of the Model Master Luftwaffe colors so I am switching over to the Mr. Hobby Aqueous colors. They are really fine for sure!

Mark Sherwood
Very Nice Mr Marlin, Very Nice. Mottling looks good too.

John Mulhall
Wonderful work Sir, Your airbrush work is first rate.

Desert Marlin Schrijver
Thank you gentlemen!

Neuling
I agree with Mark and John!

Jakub Fiala
Very nice work indeed! 👍

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Neil
Agreed 👍 stupendous work!

BetterTimes-Henry
Excellent 109! Great result.

Rui S
I agree. Excellent work 👍

Stefan Fraundorfer
Great work, I really like your 109.

Desert Marlin Schrijver
Thanks guys!!!

Nick Dragone
Nice work ! Beautiful airbrush work. And of course a Tamiya kit ! 👍😄

Paul Moore
Looks awesome! Great cockpit work/photos.

Jose Freire
Nice Gustav. Congrats.

Desert Marlin Schrijver
I plan on building the other two variants of the Tamiya G-6...