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Michael Valentan Forfatter
I bet if i start scratching one Saladin into a Saracen it will come...like in the film "Fields of Dreams"..."If you build it, he will come...!!!

David Taylor
Bit like the Stolly.AA finishes,Airfix take up the reigns.If you have read the latest Airfix magazine it looks like a few versions will be coming along that is if SMM dones'nt get there first.

Michael Valentan Forfatter
Airfix can be a candidate for releasing a Saracen...thought it would be Dragon (Black Label), they already had a Saladin long ago...So lets wait a little bit longer...and no, i won´t start to scratch one...

David Taylor
The Saladin is an exellent kit,although a few omissions dictate aftermarket bits.If you have the hatches open there is a gaping hole so I made the internal turret basket.

Guy Rump Forfatter
Another post war aircraft, remember these when we lived at Leuchars low flying over the married quarters. 🙂

Nicolas
Following

Ekki
I'm in too.

Guy Rump Forfatter
Made a start on the Phantom. Cockpit and pilots plus internal decals added. 🙂

Welcome as always Nicolas & Ekki. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Andre K, NordMito, Lukasz G, zhsv, J35J, Villiers DV, Bernd G & 1 other mate. 👍

Rolf Rolf
Nice, what's the kit like? I've been looking at getting it

Sergej I
Watching, good start! 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Weights added to the nose. Internal part where cockpit will go sprayed Vallejo Model Air intermediate blue. Engine intake internals painted Vallejo Model Air Insignia white. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Mr D, Sukhoi242 & Austin LAI. 👍

@Rolf Rolf, Thanks for the kind comment. The kit is quite complex with a lot of parts and, as with some of the newer Airfix kits you have to be accurate as the fit is very tight. Other than that, so far, so good! 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Intakes added to fuselage and cockpit added. 🙂

Welcome Segej! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Tibor S & Matti T. 👍

DerMattes
Following 👍

Dave Flitton
Watching!

Mike Montgomery
I wonder if they got the engines right for the RAF Phantom. That's one area where kit manufacturers constantly get wrong.

Guy Rump Forfatter
Fuselage now together. 🙂

Welcome DerMattes, Dave & Mike. 👍 @Mike, not certain about the engines, not an expert at all. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Sergej I, Mona, Dave F, Maciej B & Arif S. 👍

Mirko Römer
Nice progress 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Air intake covers on, wings and flaps on as well. 🙂

Many thanks for the kind comment Mirko. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Martin G, Mirko R, Patryk S & Oliver. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
All pf the flaps on, engine burners on, ready for primer. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Jonathan L, Sergio O, Hajo L & Johann C. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Primer added and pre-shading. I have put the main canopy on to protect the cockpit. I'll be using the open canopies for the final result. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Der Mattes. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Main underside done, Hataka BS Light Aircraft Grey, Hataka Traffic White, Vallejo Model Air Gun Metal & silver used. Next will be the camouflage on top. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Dave & Neil. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Main base colour applied for camouflage (Hataka BS Dark Sea Grey) 🙂

Mr D
Looking good Guy 👋👍
Smart aircraft.
I have a little 1:144 one in the stash, lm going to do the German version.
Keep up good work 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
The camouflage, nose and tail planes now done in Hataka BS Dark Green & BS Dark Sea Grey, Vallejo Model Air NATO Black, Gun Metal, Silver and Aluminium. 🙂 Next will be varnishing and decals. 🙂

Thanks Mr D for your kind comment, looking forward to seeing your 1/144 scale one. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Sarunas D, Marcel, Bernd B & strds90. 👍

Mr D
Paint is looking really good, smart looking aircraft 👍

Stephen Lesley
I agree with Mr D, very smart looking paint 🎨! Following 👍🏻

Guy Rump Forfatter
After quite a few sessions, the decals are now on, in excess of 250 of them! 🙂 Next will be the undercarriage and the weapons. 🙂

Many thanks for your kind comments Mr D & Stephen. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Rui R, David C, Djordje N, Dave F & Stephen L. 👍

Mr D
Decal Marathon...Guy 🤣
I thought my Harrier had alot but this takes the biscuit, l quite enjoy doing decals myself.
Looks good for it now... brings the model to life.
👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Undercarriage, weapons, canopy etc all added, a wash was used, especially on the top. I now think this can be regarded as completed.

The aircraft denoted is one from 43 Sqn RAF at RAF Leuchars in 1974. 🙂

Thanks for the kind comment Mr D, I agree with you. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Andre S & Clair G. 👍

Rui S
Very well done 👍

gorby
very nice work.

Nicolas
👍

Mr D
Well done Guy 👌👍 Brilliant job looks great .
Be nice addition to collection..... Finished before Christmas too 😁

Ekki
Excellent result and presentation.

Stephen Lesley
Beautiful end result. Looks imposing.👍🏻

DerMattes
Well done, beautiful Phantom! 👍

Marcel
Excellent result. It looks ready for takeoff!

Neuling
Same as Marcel!

Guy Rump Forfatter
Thank you very much for your kind comments Rui, gorby, Nicolas, Mr D, Ekki, Stephen, DerMattes, Marcel & Neuling. I really appreciate them mates. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Arif S, JK, Marius, Der Mattes, J35J, nikfrost, Neuling, Growler 96, Pietro DA, Mark dB, Istvan S, Franck D, Andre K, Cuajete & 4 other mates. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Andy B. 👍

CaptGPF
Beautiful Phantom!❤️❤️❤️

Guy Rump Forfatter
Many thanks CaptGPF for your very kind comment, I appreciate it greatly! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes CaptGPF, Agustin P, Alain C & Carlos M. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Jean, Jose F, Nicolas, Geert & Hans JH. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Jan J & Vincent. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Papa L. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Mark K & Sergey K. 👍

Nick Dragone
Very nice build and paint work. Impressive and an eye catcher

Ben M
👁️👁️

Shawn Brownstein Forfatter
Twizzer are your friends on this model little parts and magnifying glasses and great help to

Shawn Brownstein Forfatter
4 days of work and step one is done 3/21/25

Shawn Brownstein Forfatter
Steps 5-6 are done

Shawn Brownstein Forfatter
Almost done 2 weeks so far

Dietmar Bogatzki
Nothing for a novice like me, great job so far 👍

Shawn Brownstein Forfatter
Build a few armor kits before tackling this one this is one of the kids that need to be gone very slow and very patiently

Shawn Brownstein Forfatter
I still have things to put on the weasel decals putting in the figure putting on the tarp and maybe putting it on a base or a small vignette

Neuling
Top small scale build!

Marc .
Great looking Tank!

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic work!

Oleg Smilyk
Great job with amazing detailing! Both look fantastic!

Cristian A
Definitely watching this one!

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
Welcome Cristian; it'll be a slow build, together with the Su-27 I'm building simultaneously 🙂

Skyhiker
👀

Desert Marlin
Gonna be great!!!

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
Thanks, hope so! 🤓 The kit has a few errors, but it is quite imposing

Desert Marlin
Yeah, I have had to make some of those decisions lately...

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
Thanks, and welcome Guy

Skyhiker
Ricardo, are you satisfied with the tones of the MPR colors? These early Flankers seem to be greyer than the more vibrant blues that came later. I am working on a SU-30 that has the same color scheme but I have to find an acrylic equivalent for the colors.

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
@Skyhiker, from the pictures I've seen, these colors seem right; also, although the weathering is light, I still haven't applied any

Jorge Ferreira
Ó Ricardo achas mesmo que essas decals 3d têm bom aspecto ? Na foto não acho.

Spanjaard
those 3D decals look good, but the details in the original cockpit look just amazing!

Desert Marlin
The 3D decals seem like a mixed bag...

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
@Jorge, têm sim... o problema é que o cockpit tem o detalhes ainda mais definido, é mesmo lindo, o sacana...

@Spanjaard, the details in the cockpit are more crisp than the details on the decals... it breaks my heart! 🙁

@Desert Marlin, yup, quite. :\

Ben M
You might leave a comment on the 3d decal page so people know what they're getting in to.

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
@Ben, with GWH this is always the case, I had to do the same thing with my F-15 some years ago; Eduard has done it better, because they always have parts with details and parts that are flat, for this purpose

Cristian A
Grabbing a seat!

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
Welcome @Cristian

Ben M
Nice work on the line. I've never done that but definitely will give it a try sometime now that I see how well it works. I wonder if I dare use my non imbedding polishing compound or if I should get the hobby stuff.

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
Thanks; I only use the traditional Tamiya compounds, they work for me, so I'm not changing 🙂

Nathan Dempsey
I'm a bit late. Nice work so far Ricardo.

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
Hello Nathan; thank you, I delayed these builds a little during Christmas time and New Year, I hope I can pick up the pace now, again 🙂

Desert Marlin
Excellent work! Very crisp detail!

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
Hello Desert Marlin, welcome and thank you 🙂

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
Thanks, and welcome Guy

Jorge Ferreira
Ricardo. Esses grampos todos para colar o avião ? Isso é da Revell ou quê ? Mais essa carlinga com riscos por limpar........mais uma boa bo......sta de kit sim senhor. Louvo-te o trabalho mas por 20 paus compro o da revell 😁😁😁

Desert Marlin
That really is a lot of clamps! The canopy came out great! This mold line they put in the top of the glass seems to be pretty common for all the 4th generation fighter aircraft. You make it look great!

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
Caro @Jorge, the clamp is to hold the temporary canopy in place while the white glue sets, no biggie; the glass seam is a pain, but solved in 5 minutes of careful sanding and polish 🙂

Jorge Ferreira
Oh Ricardo não são esses grampos são os outros..... Ou montaste isso mal ou o kit é mau 😁😁😁😁

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
@Jorge, os outros foram para assegurar que encaixava tudo bem e apertadinho: os encaixes não são maus, mas também não são Tamiya!

Alexander
Very nice progress all around, looking forward to the digital camo! 👍

Desert Marlin
Shading is looking great!!!

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
Thank you mates, these colors are indeed very beautiful 🤩

Brontax3000
Nice build! now i am eager to start mine!

Ricardo Reis Forfatter
Thank you @Brontax3000; the plane is really nice, but prepare for a lengthy build

Guy Rump
Lovely job, congrats! 👍

aojun Forfatter
@Guy Rump I'm glad you're interested, thank you!

Patrick Hagelstein
Very cool that you achieved this splendid result with the raised panel lines of this older Italeri kit. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a first row seat!

Bohrmann
👀 taking a seat.

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3! Cool topic 👍
The print looks like a very smooth one

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Watching as well 😊

Michael Kohl
Me too

Bernhard Schrock
Ha! There come the memories of my childhood! Please a seat in the front row and a bottle of Oranżada! 🙂🙂

Alec K
Watching as well 👍

Finn
I'm in

Tom B.
Nice! Seeing this Eastern European military workhorse done justice in 1/72 definetly has my attention 👍

Zsolt Czegle Forfatter
Welcome mates aboard!

Zsolt Czegle Forfatter
The assembly phase is done. The painting process is comming soon

Zsolt Czegle Forfatter
The green base color with color modulation is airbrushed.

Mirko Römer
Although it looks like a rolling coffin, Zsolt started a great party with it! The modulation looks very convincing.

Zsolt Czegle Forfatter
Thank you Mirko!

Zsolt Czegle Forfatter
Decals applied, and shaded with Ammo's Shader

Nicolas
👀

Cuajete
Very interesting project to start the year 👍
Good start!

Kenneth
Följer…

Harry Eder
Very promising start! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Quadruple build? Ambitious! Watching with pleasure!

Łukasz Gliński
Oh man, 4*Viggen 😮

Patrick Hagelstein
Very cool! I'll join in! 🍿

J35J
Massive project! I'm in!👍🏻

Spanjaard
4 Viggens? print row, please!

Guido
Taking a seat as well. 👍🏻

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Michael Kohl
Me too. Already learned to better open up the RAT turbine at my Viggen. A step I lazily omitted.

Daniel Mysak
Nice start👍! ...will follow your progress.

Mid Franconian
😎 Following!

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
Main assermbly done on all four models, but now I have a few days to spend sanding and filling unwanted seams and crude areas. A bit tedious, but that's what you get when you choose to build four nearly identical models at the same time.

Łukasz Gliński
That escalates damn quickly! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Impressive progress indeed

Mirko Römer
Oh my... Good luck, Thomas! 🙂
I own two of them and was thinking of a double build but rejected the idea. Thanks for the encouragement!

S M
Very ambitious project and well explained steps! Following indeed! 😄👍

Cuajete
Good progress! 👍

Mr D
Great project 👍
Was there much difference between the kits ?

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow! That's a quick build! 😳 I can only dream to build ONE kit that fast, let alone four at once!

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
Mr D, no, they are pretty much the same. Most of the parts for all versions are provided in every kit. But there are some subtle differences that need attention, like the extension of the fuselage for the fighter version.

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
Patrick, haha, I am a pretty fast builder, but I am extremely slow when it comes to painting. That's where my projects usually come to a crawl.

Juergen Klinglhuber
watching with interest - I love SAAB aircraft anyhow, but 4 of them in one project --great!!

Skyhiker
This is more interesting than I thought it would be. The subtle difference between them are pretty cool.

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
With only a few minutes of modeling here and there this week, it's quite a slow progress, but I am still inching closer to the finished assembly.

Cuajete
Veryt nice wapons and pods 👍

Dave Flitton
Excellent work. Can't wait for the finished product!

Cuajete
I agree with Dave 👍

★ Starfish ★
Really looking forward to the paint jobs! Great work so far!

Clement
What a glorious project!

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
Primer coat applied, a few filling errors need to be fixed. Time is unfortunately very difficult to find because of work, so the project moves very slowly for a while.

Cristian A
Following along

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
Undersides sprayed blue-gray with Mr Paint. Now let's wait a day for the paint to dry and then it's time to start working on the splinter camo. With my current speed, I expect to be finished by midsummer.

Patrick Hagelstein
Oh yes, once you get used to MRP, you'll never want another paint brand anymore! I love their colors, pigmentation and general ease of use. And, as a bonus, their sheen is perfect for adding decals directly on top.

Cristian A
Nice work Thomas, keep it going!

Finn
Following

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
I am trying to find a way to avoid tiny gaps between the splinter camo color zones. I think I have figured it out - before spraying a color zone, also remove the masks for all adjacent surfaces not yet painted. Thereby a slight spray overlap is created, so even if the mask is then replaced with a tiny bit of offset, it should not be visible. Special Hobby writes something like that in the mask description, but it's written in a very obscure way.

Martin Weinpold
Wow, looks good!

Nicolas Lopez
Thanks for sharing, Thomas. Following.

Łukasz Gliński
Ahhh, dat splinter! One&only!

Frank Brzobohaty
Looks great just give the corporal in charge of painting a reprimand on his record and send the plane to the flight line......do you know how much it cost to paint aircraft, lol.

Spanjaard
macro is a bitch for this kind of details... if you place the model in the display cabinet, can you see that microline with wrong color? i think you can not 😉

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
I have now started to add the masks to the models. It's quite a tricky task because I need to be extremely precise with the application - even the tiniest errors will be magnified as more mask segments are added, until things no longer add up. So it's a matter of constantly realigning the segments, which makes it all rather time consuming. BTW, I noticed that the pattern has a few minor errors, but I definitely won't lose any sleep over it.

Cuajete
Thanks for your explain, Thomas. I thinked to would be more easy to apply 👍

Spanjaard
this camo is one of the most complicated to achieve and the fact that you are doing it 4 models at once... my deepest respect!

Łukasz Gliński
Your the master of splinter suspense! Dosing it bit by bit 😄

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
Cuajete, Spanjaard and Łukasz, thank you for your interest! I am certainly not doing any cliffhanging on purpose - I am actually this glacially slow in reality. I also try to avoid aggravating the wifey by disappearing in my modeling man-cave for hours.

Łukasz Gliński
Good and fully understood strategy 😄
As our common colleague (the one, you share initials with 😛) used to say: "Happy wife? Happy life!"

Juergen Klinglhuber
Watching with interest. You will master the splinter camo for sure 👍

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
I am still struggling with the masks, trying to making sure that they are applied exactly identical on all three models, which slows down the process a bit. Not that anybody except me would notice.

Daniel Mysak
Nice progress, I'm looking forward to the splinter camouflage. On my AJ-37 I used vinyl masks from DM Models, it looks like the masks you are using are a bit easier to handle.

Kenneth
I have always had the conspirational theory that the Danish air force had a secret department dedicated to making life miserable for modellers, with their odd fonts, colours and aircraft modifications. The splinter camouflage is clear evidence of a similar department in the Swedish air force.

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
Daniel, thank you! I am right now hoping that my end result will be at least in the general vicinity of your beautiful Viggen in flight!

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
Phew, the second color is finally on. Now it's time to cover also the dark green areas and proceed with the black.

Michael Kohl
Was anxious to see how you handle the masking but see that you struggle with the three tone camo too. Cross my fingers for a satisfactory end result.

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
Michael, it is really not that difficult, only extremely time-consuming and require a very good eye-sight (or magnifying glasses). Too bad that the masks only partially reflect the actual camo pattern, I was hoping that they would be near perfect.

Michael Kohl
I was wrecking my brain for a simple elegant technique to apply 3-tone camos without the need for re-covering extensively. So - yes the concept is easy, but the work is plenty. 😉. Keep it up. Looking good.

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
Actually, the best method is to have two mask sets. I find that it is very difficult to do it all with just one mask set, as the masks will be slightly stretched and distorted when removed and reapplied and will no longer fit perfectly.

1. Spray the model light green.
2. Place all the masks from the first mask set.
3. Remove all masks segments except the light green ones and throw them away.
4. Spray the model dark green.
5. Add the dark green masks from the second mask set.
6. Spray the model black.
7. Add the black masks from the second mask set.
8. Spray the remaining exposed areas tan.

Also, when spraying a color, do not mask areas that you will be painting with a different color later, or you will end up with tiny strips of areas where the previous color shines through.

Michael Kohl
Maybe to add that such a camo be best postshaded or oil rendered as the various colors have different amounts of paint layers and so preshading gives an inconsistent result.

Cuajete
Great job with the painting masks, Thomas!
Thank you for the explain and the steps for apply 👍

Nicolas
Thanks for the detailed explanation Thomas. Is there a particular reason for the order of the colors? I would probably have worked from light to dark.

Shar Dipree
Following

Kenneth
Admirable stamina, looking forward to the inevitably great result 👍 I have Fujimi 1/72 Boeing Vertol/Hkp 4 in my stash and Swedish decals for it… even the rotor blades have splinter camouflage.. 😳🙄

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
Thank you all for your interest and encouragement! Nicolas, the tan areas are relatively few and with difficult shapes that are squeezed in between the other colors, so I figured that they would be easiest to leave for last. And for the three other colors, I indeed went from lightest to darkest as you suggested. Kenneth, yes, I would love to do the Hkp 4, it looks awesome in the splinter paintwork! I am however not sure if the Fujimi is available any more.

Nicolas
Thank you Thomas. I wasn't quite aware how little is actually painted tan.

Łukasz Gliński
Thomas, some say HB is equally good, but it lacks the big sponsons.

Thomas Kolb Forfatter
Łukasz, thank you! Kenneth actually provided me with a link to a German web shop (Modellbau Huber) where the Fujimi was still available, so I placed an order for it. I also ordered the Swedish decal set, so I might as well check if I have some MRP splinter camo paint left. And Valium for the nerves.

Cuajete
Wow, Thomas... It will be great to see that Fujimi with splinter camo in your hands 👍. I wanted to do the same too, but unfortunately I got another version instead.

Kenneth
Lukasz, I initially bought the 1/72 Hobby Boss CH-46 by mistake and it's useless for a Swedish Hkp 4. You basically need to make completely new rear sponsons yourself, and their shape is relatively complex.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
OMG. A lot of work in this camo scheme - I sure at the very end all the efforts definitively will pay off. I'm really curios for next pictures....

Cuajete
I agree with Juergen 👍

Michael Kohl
@pic92: ok?! That looks freakin perfect! I cross my fingers for a similar result on all surfaces on all planes.

Shar Dipree
Colours looks great and the result is perfect. Continued success! 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Those colors look awesome already! Very tight demarcations as well! 👌🏼

Cuajete
Great! Fantastic result.
The great (and hard) masking effort is paying off, Thomas 👍

Dave
Your paint scheme looks great. Very nice work.

Spanjaard
looks of work, but you are certainly nailing it!

DuperScale
Lots of viggen here, Great paintjob

CaptGPF
A little late, but watching with interest - especially if you go insane over FOUR viggen camo jobs!

Desert Marlin
Nice job on the camouflage!

Clement
This is genuinely impressive, wow!

Mid Franconian
I take my hat off! I just would not have the patience to do every step 4 times - especially the masking (ok, 3 times here…). Great job on the masking Thomas!

Martin Weinpold
Excelent!

Spanjaard
you certainly pulled it off! and 3 times, no least! great result

Guy Rump Forfatter
Another UK Trainer jet aircraft to add to my collection. 🙂

Nicolas
I saw the Red Arrows last year in Duxford. Great show. I'll have a look over your shoulder.

Guy Rump Forfatter
I've made a start on the Hawk trainer. I've put weight in the nose so hopefully it won't be a tail sitter! Cockpit put together and inserted into aircraft. So far, so good. 🙂

Welcome Nicolas, pull up a chair! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Duster_d, JK, Jean-Louis D, J35J & Villiers DV. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Fuselage together with cockpit and rear engine added. Wings and air intakes added too. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Sukhoi242. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
After a lot of to-ing and fro-ing, I managed to get the canopy on. (masked). Next will be primer. 🙂

Guy Rump Forfatter
Primer and pre-shading added. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes SM, Alberto M, walaroo, Andy B & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Hawk painted with Hataka Signal red. Next will be varnishing and decals. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like David RM. 👍

Mr D
Nice project Guy👍 keeping busy l see

Guy Rump Forfatter
Gloss varnish added and then the fun part of the decals was next. Underneath, by the wheels, I had to paint in where the decal should have been due to them tearing badly. Next will be painting all of the additions that need to be added. 🙂

Hi Mr D, yes this one has kept me busy and, to a certain extent frustrated. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Robert P, Mr D, Mirko R & 1 other mate. 👍

Mr D
Decaling looking good👏👍
I had to touch in the stars on my Be-6 tail.....cracked on the fin to rudder hinge line.!
People don't notice unless you point it out
Good luck on next steps Guy 👍

Nicolas
Nice result.👍

Thomas Kolb
What a cool little red machine! I like that you managed the pre-shading to shine through the red paint coat! Decaling is awesome too, that couldn't have been easy.

Guy Rump Forfatter
And finally. the last bits were added and the masks taken off. I'm glad to say that the Red Arrows BAe Hawk is finally completed. Thanks for all of your comments and likes.

Once again, many thanks Mr D for your kind comment. I appreciate your encouragement! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Bernd G & Djordje N. 👍

Rui S
Very nice work 👍

Mr D
Hi Guy👋
Very nice.... great job and a really nice item for the collection, a great set of 3 there.
Well done 👍👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Many thanks for your kind words Rui & Mr D, I appreciate them greatly. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Nicolas, Marcel, Neil, Thomas K, Cuajete, Curatorm, Rui S, Capt GPF, Chris, Franck D, Dave F, Mark & 2 other mates. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Good job, Guy!

Guy Rump Forfatter
Thanks for your kind comment Robert, I appreciate it greatly! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Desert M, Carlos M & Troy C. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Daniel K. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes SB, Papa L & 1 other mate. 👍

Stephen Lesley
Wow, what a spectacular scheme! This one snuck past me. One of my favourite trainer jets, a very capable aircraft.

Guy Rump Forfatter
Thanks for your kind comment Stephen, I appreciate it greatly. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Arif S, Stephen L & 1 other mate. 👍
1 other

Guy Rump Forfatter
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Major Oak, Lukasz G & Maksim K. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
This will be one of two PR.XIXs that I will be building, one WW2 and one post war. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Ditto!

Łukasz Gliński
Watching with envy, still haven't managed to get this set 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Have made a start on the Swedish PR Spitfire. Cockpit and internal of fuselage painted. Main difference between this version and the Club Ltd Edition is that the decals are more detailed in the Ltd Edition. Note this version not even a control panel decal. 🙂

Welcome along for the ride Robert & Lukasz, you're both very welcome. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Robert P, Moreno B, Lukasz G, Patryk S, Martin W, Neil & Villiers DV. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Fuselage together and wings prepared with Vallejo Model Air interior green. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Duster_d. 👍

Alex K
👀

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest!

Cuajete
Me 3!

Nicolas
Me 4

Michael Kohl
Which color did you use for the green?

J35J Forfatter
Thanks mates for your interest.
@Micheal Kohl - I used Tamiya spray paint TS-43 Racing Green for the 1/48 build.

Michael Kohl
Did you choose it after research, as an (educated) guess or because it looks good - which it does?

Christoph Kunz
Taking my seat too.

J35J Forfatter
@Michael Kohl - Good question! Researching the green colour for the DH88 took some time and effort.

Reviewing some kit's manuals from different manufacturers the following came up:
• Mikromir: BS381C:225, Light Brunswick Green,
• Airfix: Humbrol Hu3 Brunswick green
• Clear prop: British Racing Green (no code ref mentioned)
• KP: Humbrol Hu3 Brunswick Green, stated as British Racing Green
• S.B.S model: Brunswick green (no code mentioned ref)

Conclusion - BS381C:225, Light Brunswick Green is the colour to go with if you want to be right on spot.
British Racing Green may be a little bit too dark, but it looks very good!😎
De Havilland DH 88 Comet | Album by J35J (1:48)

J35J Forfatter
Welcome Christoph Kunz & thanks for the interest!

Cuajete
It seems to have a good dry fit 👍

J35J Forfatter
@Cuajete - Dry fit is quite good regarding wings and airframe, some filler will be needed. The engine nacelles was molded in one piece and the fitting to the wing was perfect. Saved a lot of work.
The cabin is very detailed. A lot of small PE stuff that the rug monster craving for…

Michael Kohl
Thanks J35J for your answer. The new ClearProp-kit for the green version recommends Mr. Hobby Color H-383. Just to confuse even more. 😉. But actually you already summed it up in a pretty clear way.

You chose wood for the interior color. This is in line with the recommendation of the red ClearProp machine and the replica, which was left wooden on the inside. Judging from the bw-pictures available to me I interpreted the pretty dark appearance of the interior as black and colored the interior of my model accordingly.

Various | Album by panorama

What I missed is the sunshade these machines had. Maybe you want to fashion one for yours.

Various | Album by panorama

Various | Album by panorama

J35J Forfatter
Thanks Michael for your input. I also went with black interior building the green version in 1/48
This time I will throw in some artistic license and go with wood interior.
The sun shades was new to me. That really need to be considered as I will go with open canopy on this build.

Air no
C'est beau, bravo !

J35J Forfatter
Thanks Air no for your kind comments!👍🏻

Cuajete
Very nice shape 👍

bughunter
Great work so far 👍
The kit seems to provide more details compared to the MikroMir in 1:48?

J35J Forfatter
Thanks bughunter! The kit is excellent with great detail level and fitting.
Resin moulding is top quality. White metal parts for the landing gear have minimum flesh.
Big difference compared the MikroMir 1/48. Would be nice if SBS models also went for a 1/48 version.

bughunter
All what I have seen from S.B🤔. was that nice.
Another hope is Clear Prop, but until now they provide in 1:48 only a new decal sheet for the MikroMir kit.

J35J Forfatter
Thanks Cuajete!👍🏻

Guy Rump
Looking great!

Cuajete
Very nice metallized 👍

J35J Forfatter
Thank Cuajete!
Tried AK extreme metal paints for the first time. Wanted an worn alu dope effect and after the first layer it came out too shiny. So went with the matte alu and some flat varnish. Finalized with some light weathering.

J35J Forfatter
Thanks Guy!

J35J Forfatter
Project finalized, more pics to come during the weekend.

Robert Podkoński
Great job!

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

J35J Forfatter
Thanks Robert & Guy!
Was a nice build. Great kit with top resin moulds.

Cuajete
Very nice. Great job 👍
Congrats!

J35J Forfatter
Thanks Cuajete for your nice comments.

Mark Sherwood
Lovely sheen on that Comet, nice build too. 👍🥸👍

Neuling
I agree with Mark. 👍

Alex K
I agree with all the above gentlemen. 👍

J35J Forfatter
Thanks Mark, Neuling & Alex for your kind comments!

Nicolas
Very nice result. 👍

Air no
Je connaissais mal cet avion, il est magnifique de pureté.
Quand à la maquette, elle n'a pas l'air simple.
Alors bravo pour ce travail.
Philippe.

Guy Rump Forfatter
This is the second of PR.XIXs that I will be building, the WW2 RAF version. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
I will follow your both builds with interest, Guy 😉

Guy Rump Forfatter
Made a start on the WW2 version which will be from late Nov 1944 as this is when the first operational PRXIXs started flying. 🙂

Welcome Robert as always! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Robert P, Moreno B, Lukasz G & Villiers DV. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Fuselage together and preparing wings with Vallejo Model Air interior green. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and like Duster_d & Dom SAVE 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Another older kit to start after the RAF Hudson. 🙂

Matti Thomaes
I'll follow, probably one of the most whaky aircraft of WW2.

Finn
I'm in

Guy Rump Forfatter
Today I made a start on the BV 141, cockpit painted with Vazllejo Model Air RLM02. Crew added. 🙂

Welcome Matti & Finn, hopefully this strange aircraft will take shape soon. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Lukasz G & Franck G. 👍

Djordje Nikolic
I hope that model doesn't cause too much trouble. I've never seen it done so I'm looking forward to it!

Guy Rump Forfatter
Fuselage and wings now together. 🙂

I think the main issue will be the amount of transparencies and whether or not they fit sufficiently Djordje. I have dry fitted them and they do seem ok though. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Matt T, Djordje N, Vincent & 1 other mate. 👍

Nicolas
I'm in. I love the asymetrical concept of the late 30s and early 40s Blohm & Voss planes.

Dave
Let me find a chair and cup of coffee

Guy Rump Forfatter
Wings, fuselage and cupola all together now. Next will be masking the canopies and fitting them. 🙂

Welcome Nicolas & Dave! 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Pietro DA. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Canopies and masks attached (quite a lot of them!). Engine nose now attached. 🙂

Guy Rump Forfatter
Primer and pre-shading added. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Живко Джаков, Mark K, Bernd G, David RM & 1 other mate. 👍

Villiers de Vos
A unique subject. Following.

Guy Rump Forfatter
Underside painted with Vallejo Model Air RLM65 Light Blue and in the wheel wells, RLM02. 🙂

A warm welcome to you Villiers. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Alexander R, Villiers DV & 1 other mate. 👍

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! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Michael Kohl
Me 2

Rui S
Looking good 👍

Clair Greenwood Forfatter
It's been busy around here so sorry for the lack of updates but I really haven't done much in the last 2 months. I'm hoping to get back into it this weekend but I'm also learning 3D printing. My grown kids all chipped in and surprised the hell out of me getting me a Elegoo Saturn 3 Ultra printer for Christmas. I was floored and still have rug burn on my lower jaw. I then had to double my pleasure and get an Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro to make automotive parts and toys for my granddaughter 🙂 She loves watching it do its thing Hahaha! Anyway, this weekend Im hoping to finally start using the Saturn to create tank parts, especially track for this one. I just have to have track with pins like the real thing. Ok, Im off to fix a washing machine, then maybe a lil tank time. There will be pics soon.... I hope 😛 (edit becuz old man cant speel )

Clair Greenwood Forfatter
Id love some honest feedback on my attempt at the canvas mantlet cover, it started out the base early IDF sand, then brushed with Ivory. Then numerous washes and drybrushings of many colors, finishing with a 3 colors mixed together of soft pastels lightly brushed on. I think I've got it close but the pics do appear a bit darker than it looks in person.

Ben M
I think it looks convincing. It looks "dusty" like pores in fabric have accumulated dirt in a way the surrounding metal would not. I think that's why it works well. If you could get it to be more flat that would help, but it might just be the lighting.

Clair Greenwood Forfatter
Thanks Ben, right now the rest of the tank is still glossed for decals and washes, so a few light coats of matte will be coming soon.

Clair Greenwood Forfatter
I hope no one minds me sharing a couple non tank pics just to show what I've been up to for a month. I got carried away with my resin 3D printer. lol

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Clair Greenwood Forfatter
Thank you Jennifer 🙂

Desert Marlin
Looks really clean so far!!!

Clair Greenwood Forfatter
Thank ya kindly Marlin.

Rui S
I also like your resin statues 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very intricate work on those tracks.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Clair Greenwood Forfatter
Thank You Rui, it was a ton of fun doing them. Villiers I'm still at working these wires in between the links ... hahahaha!!! Thanks Guy!

Guy Rump Forfatter
Another aircraft to add to my Japanese WW2 stable. Unfortunately, this one is an old tool but hopefully I can do it justice. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
That will be a bit of a lump. Even in 1.72, I'm in.

Moreno Baruffini
Massive! Following for sure!

Stephen Lesley
Absolutely following.

Finn
I'm in

Guy Rump Forfatter
I've finally made a start on this monster of an aeroplane. The insides have been painted with Vallejo Model Air Aotake Green. Cockpit now completed as is the cockpit controls. Next will be inserting and masking all of the transparencies before I can put the fuselage together. 🙂

Welcome Mark, Stephen & Finn. I hope you enjoy the build. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Franck D, Lukasz G, Moreno B, Mark S, Stephen L, Rafael, Djordje N & Piettro DA. 👍

Ben M
👁️👁️

Mr D
Very nice Guy 👍 great subjects.... definitely be popular this one.
What length is that fuselage roughly??
👀

Mark Sherwood
How are you finding Vallejo to spray? I switched to AKRC and stuck with Tamiya, after trial and error with other Acrylics. Which is why I shaved my head to stop me tearing my hair out. 🥸🤟😳🤘🥸

Mr D
@Mark
I've used Vallejo quite a lot, and I'm mainly using AK and ICM lately.
Paint has been a big learning curve that I'm still on.
I'm found that from one paint to the next and from one colour to the next the behaviour of the paint change's. White's, greys need much more thinning ....alot of it seems to be all about the thinning raschio for that particular paint, water will thin Vallejo...but it doesn't get it out the gun/airbrush well.
Mr leveling thinner is a good go-to and always pays to experiment with small amount before job to find nice mix.
I've lost few hairs 🫣 and blamed the brush, changed the needle, pressure...all the time it was thinning right.😤.

Thomas Bischoff
I'm in 👍

Mark Sherwood
Mr D. Yep, went down that route paint to thinner ratio, needle size, air pressure the "new" acrylics. When it came to detail work especially on Luftwaffe mottling they just don't cut the mustard. I prefer the hybrids Tamiya, AKRC don't smell as much as lacquers (keeps Our Lass of me back) and do the job. Although AKRC may have tweaked the formula a bit. I'll keep the Vallejo's for figure and brush work. Since I came back to the hobby and at 63 the less hassle the better. 🤘🥸🤟

Nicolas
Following

Guy Rump Forfatter
Internal windows added and then cockpit and cockpit controls added after a lot of hassle getting the alignment correct. Finally, fuselage put together. 🙂

Welcome along for the ride Ben, Mr D, Mark, Thomas & Nicolas. 👍

Mark, I mainly use Vallejo Model Air for airbrushing. I find it OK and, in the main, don't need to thin it. Vallejo Model Color is a different proposition. I tend to use that for brush work. I also use some Hataka paints for airbrushing. Most of those need a little thinning (with Hataka thinners, I find best). 👍

Mr D, the fuselage is 33.5 cm long and the wingspan 55.35 cm. 👍
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Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Duster_D, Mr D, Ben M, Matti T & 2 other mates. 👍

Stephen Lesley
Coming along nicely. This one's going a need a big shelf !

Guy Rump Forfatter
The rest of the transparencies added (masked) and the wing stanchions. The fuselage is now ready for primer. 🙂

Thanks Stephen for the comment. I agree! I'm going to have to find somewhere to put this once completed! 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Daniel K. 👍

Dave Flitton
Looking good.

Guy Rump Forfatter
Vallejo primer added and then a bit of pre-shading. The fuselage is ready for painting. 🙂

Thanks Dave for the kind comment, welcome along. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Zbynek H, Jean Louis D, Dave F & Stephan H. 👍

Paul
Beautiful plane, I'm hoping Hasegawa will rleease a new mould as they did with the Emily. Great start on this venerable kit!

Guy Rump Forfatter
Upper side of fuselage painted Vallejo Model Air IJN Deep Dark Green. 🙂

Many thanks Paul for your kind comment. I hope Hasegawa produce a new tool for this aircraft, this one is pretty dated and of course raised panels. 👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Underside of fuselage painted Vallejo Model Air IJN Medium Grey. 🙂

Mr D
Looking good 👍👍

Guy Rump Forfatter
Wings and tail plane have had primer & pre-shading added. 🙂

Thanks for the encouragement Mr D, I appreciate it, it's going slowly but steadily. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like William J. 👍

J35J
How did I miss this big bird? Following👍🏻

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat. Coming along nicely.

Guy Rump Forfatter
Wings and tail painted with Vallejo Model IJN Air Deep Dark Green. RLM04 added to main wing part. 🙂

A warm welcome J35J & Villiers! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Alexander R, Geert, Major Oak, J35J, Felix, Jocaj & Villiers DV. 👍
Villiers DV

Nicolas
Following, great start.

Michael Kohl
Me too.

Ben M
👁️👁️

Jan Peters Forfatter
This will be build straight from the box, for an old school Tamiya Group build over on twenot forums.
I will share my ventures here too 😉

gorby
Taking a seat. 🙂

Jan Peters Forfatter
Welcome mate 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Me 2!

Jan Peters Forfatter
A warm welcome for you as well Robert 🙂

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Jan Peters Forfatter
Welcome Rui 🙂

Djordje Nikolic
Following

Jan Peters Forfatter
Welcome Djordje🙂

Jan Peters Forfatter
Started 🙂

István Szücs
Watching!

Jan Peters Forfatter
Welcome István 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
Ohhh... following

Jan Peters Forfatter
Welcome Jennifer 🙂

Jan Peters Forfatter
More building done tonight, had a nice evening with some friends coming over, chatting, drinking and building 🙂 

J R
Looks great so far, will love to see it complete

Jan Peters Forfatter
Thanks JR, and welcome 🙂

David Taylor
Watching.

Jan Peters Forfatter
Welcome David 🙂

Jan Peters Forfatter
More work done.
It amazes me how much detail there is in this kit. Also how everything fits just great. Tamiya has a reputation, which is well deserved 🫡

David Taylor
I've built a couple of Tamiya Landys and found the first one the suspension was lacking so I Cannibilised the Italeri steering and suspension.Fits great.

Jan Peters Forfatter
For a kit tooled in 1976, I think it is exceptionally good

Jan Peters Forfatter
More details added.

gorby
Looks good so far Jan particularly with the extra detailing you are adding.

Jan Peters Forfatter
Thanks Gorby 🙏🏻

Patrick Hagelstein
Cool build! Following along!

Jan Peters Forfatter
Thanks and welcome!

Jan Peters Forfatter
Almost ready to paint

Jennifer Franklin
Stowage is a nice addition.

David Taylor
looking good.

Jan Peters Forfatter
Thanks mates!

Jan Peters Forfatter
I started to paint this one.
It is coated in Tamiya X18, this will be over sprayed with old rose as a basecoat, before the final layer of beige pink is layed on.
I've managed to knock off one of the smoke dischargers, and I still haven't found it yet 🙈

Jan Peters Forfatter
Turning Pink!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Jan Peters Forfatter
Thanks Guy, and welcome mate 😊

Rui S
Another well done vignette 👍

Mathieu CACAULT Forfatter
Salut , merci 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Mathieu CACAULT Forfatter
Salut , merci Villiers de Vos 🙂

Guy Rump
Very nice build! 👍

Ed Froix Forfatter
Thank you

Dave
Very nice work.

Rui S
Beautiful model👍

gorby
Nice work!

Neil
Brilliant!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Lochsa River
....Beautiful...the sails really stand out....

Paul Moore
That's a fantastic build! What a striking piece you've created. Do you just keep a paper log of the time spent or do you have some more high tech time keeping methods. 200 hours seems pretty quick for something this complicated. Congratulations!

Nick Dragone Forfatter
Thanks Paul ! I usually put in two hours a day at the bench, give or take. This build was started in January and finished in March with no other projects going at the same time. I'm retired now after a 35 year career with IBM so I have the time but find I get fatigued at the two hour mark. This was the first sailing ship I completed since the early 1970's. I plan on building more of them !

Guy Rump
Great job, congrats! 👍

Rui S
Nice PZ III 👍

P1NKY Forfatter
Thanks Rui. I'll keep practicing and see if I can get nearer the standard of some of the excellent contributors on Scalemates

Guy Rump
Looks good! 👍

Tibor Szilvai
👀

Jan Janssen
#me too

DerMattes
Following 👍

Zsolt Czegle
I take a seat! Following!

Cristian A
👀 I'm in

Łukasz Gliński
Following of course 👍

Prieur Gaël
Chouette tu nous refais un bel hélico !

Harry Eder
Following of course!

Ronan Forfatter
Welcome everybody 😉

Cuajete
Great! I can't miss this 👍

Tom Spiegelberg
Following 😃

Adam Gudynowski
Following

Shar Dipree
Following. 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
need to watch,....

Alec K
Taking a seat.

Bernd Kehm
Following with great pleasure. From where do You get the ideas or plans for all this changes, corrections and improvements you make (mostly with sheet) at your models?

J35J
Great and inspirational work as always Ronan. Watching with great interest as I have one in my stash. Will definitely use your build log as instruction for my future build.

Michael Kohl
Ahhh, Ronan and his Styrenomania. That will be fun to watch.

Ronan Forfatter
Many thanks for your comments and interest for this build ,
@Bernd : i don't have plans, i just look at detail pix of each aircraft , part by part. When i was in the air force, i have shot every aircraft i could with my camera, so i have a little stock of pix 😉

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Rui S
Very nice big cat 👍

Guy Rump
Like it! 👍

David Taylor
Stunning collection.

Michael Kohl
All of them are beauties - even the ugly ones. 😉

Neil
Agreed!

Rui S
Excellent collection 👍

Guy Rump
Great collection! 👍

Rui S
A Beauty 👍

Guy Rump
Very nice build! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Guy Rump
Very impressive! 👍

Rui S
An eye cacther. Beautifuly done 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Dietmar Bogatzki
Great build and paintjob 👍

Neuling
So it is.

Thomas Kolb
Lovely display, and super nice modeling too!

J35J
Excelllent work! 👍🏻

Arif Saeed
Fantastic work !

Rui S
Great pair & Dio 👍

Kirill K.
Nice!

Guy Rump
Great builds and dio, congrats! 👍