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Robert H.
cool, following 👍🏼

Jakko ‌
Great 🙂

Bruce Huxtable
Watching with interest 👍

Torsten
I like Pratchett, too 😉

Jakko ‌
I happened to have them at hand on my workbench and decided I might as well use them 🙂 Sgt. Detritus turned out to be far too heavy, at twice the weight of these all by himself …

For those wondering, they're Micro Art Studio figures: SCM Search: Discworld (Comic Fantasy Series) Micro art*

Pietro De Angelis
I also saw the article posted on missing-linx, amazing work, congrats!

Jakko ‌
Thanks 🙂

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Jakko ‌
Cool 🙂

Pepe
Siguiendo

Jakko ‌
Leuk dat je erbij bent, in dat geval 🙂

Jakko ‌
Glad to have you along 🙂

Michael Kohl
I have a soft spot for bridge layers (a Biber being the first model I bought and build when I restarted modelling), so I gotta follow this one. 🙂

Jakko ‌
A Biber is on my "to build sometime before the end of the world"-list … this one first, though, and then a related subject 🙂

Carlos Cisneros
Humbrol Authentics! Good man!

Jakko ‌
I bought a whole bunch of them something like 15 years ago, mostly these two types of tin but even one or two with the very old tartan stripes — see robdebie.home.xs4all.nl/models/humbrol.htm 🙂 And as you might expect, even though these tins are something like 35–50 years old by now, after some lengthy and vigorous, yet careful, stirring, they're still perfectly usable. The only problem is that I don't really WANT to use them because they will run out eventually and there is no replacement 🙁

Mr James
Fantastic documentation of the build. Following too.

Jakko ‌
I moved all the bridge images to the separate album for that: SBG Assault Bridge | Album by Jakko (1:35) — I had put them in the one for the AVRE because I had forgotten I had made the other one as well …

Doubtingmango
Following, I've had my eye on this kit

Jakko ‌
I would very much recommend it — just not as your first-ever 1:35 scale armour kit 😉 Like all AFV Club kits it needs a good degree of experience, but if you have that, it'll build into a very good model, IMHO.

Doubtingmango
I couldn't tell if there is any brass that comes with the kit. Is there any photo etch that comes with it, or is it all plastic?

Jakko ‌
There's a small sheet of etched parts, for things like the sight "cage" on the turret roof (won't be on my model because the real tank seems to have lacked it), stops for the driver's hatch, straps for the oil cans on the rear mudguards, etc.

Doubtingmango
Thanks Jakko. Really enjoying watching the build unfold!

Jakko ‌
Thanks 🙂 BTW, you can check the instructions that I uploaded to this site to see where exactly the etched bits go. IMHO they've been used sensibly, in that they're only for parts where they will make an actual difference in appearance.

Doubtingmango
Amazing! What's the actual height of the elevated bridge? Suddenly Captain Carrot and friends don't seem like they would be enough!

Michael Kohl
Very nice progress

Jakko ‌
Thanks. I didn't measure the height when I hooked them up last night, but the real bridge was about 10 m long, so in 1:35 that's around 29 cm; it's held at approximately 45° meaning the model is in the order of sin(45°) × 29 cm = 21 cm high, plus ca. 1 cm that the pivot point will be above the ground when the model is on its tracks.

The model is still resting on the styrofoam here, but the counterweight I put into the rear of the hull is clearly enough. If it wasn't, the whole thing would have tilted forward along the edge of the foam 🙂

I do wonder where I'm going to keep this, though …

Villiers de Vos
a very interesting subject, very nice progress.

Jakko ‌
Thanks 🙂 Construction is now pretty much done, just painting left …

Michael Kohl
Just... 🙂

Jakko ‌
Exactly 🙂

Mr James
Really brilliant stuff going on. Great amount of details added followed with a great paint and weathering job.

Jakko ‌
Thanks, though I didn't add much detail to the model at all — nearly all of it is straight from the box 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Looks awesome already. Fantastic job so far, Jakko!

Jakko ‌
Thanks 🙂 Not much more to do now … I need to wait for some glue and paint to dry, then I can hook the bridge to the tank, winch it up, and connect the cable to the block. A little bit more painting, and then all it needs is a figure — which I have on order, so I can't fit that just yet.

Doubtingmango
Just keeps getting better

Bruce Huxtable
Very impressive work, in all departments! Superb!

Jakko ‌
Thank you both 🙂

Pietro De Angelis
Fantastic details and finiture, awesome job, congrats!

Jakko ‌
Thank you too 🙂

Jakko ‌
Now I got the bridge attached to the tank, I can definitively answer @Doubtingmango's question from a while ago: the whole model is 20.5 cm high when assembled, about 45 cm long, and 10 cm wide 🙂

Doubtingmango
That is a model that demands a very tall display case for protection!

Jakko ‌
My "display" models go on top of a tall storage cabinet, so they're out of the way unless somebody goes and stands on a chair 🙂

Michael Kohl
I definitely like what I see.

Pepe
Mejora a cada foto

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress on your model.

Jakko ‌
Thanks, all 🙂

Jakko ‌
And it's done! 🙂

Guy Rump
Excellent build, congrats!

Pepe
Un trabajo magnífico.... Tremendo!!!!

Doubtingmango
One of the most impressive builds that I've seen on this site. Well done!

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work and a careful construction record.

Neuling
I agree with Doubtingmango and Villiers!

Jakko ‌
Thank you all 🙂 I enjoyed building it — well, for the most part, anyway 😉 — and I'm kind of amazed that the bridge hasn't collapsed yet …

Danny Ray
That's fantastic. Is the boom stuff a kit or is that scratch built? Love your projects. A lot are a bit different and not just a standard build. Although standard stuff is good, yours is just that bit more interesting!

Danny Ray
Who would've guessed there's a whole mini Discworld diorama going on inside this model? See what I mean about being interesting? I'd have put a lump of lead inside, you put a parallel universe in for your added mass! 🙂

Jakko ‌
The bridge is included in the kit — AFV Club already had a Churchill AVRE, and then released this one with the bridge and its associated equipment, plus the wading trunks. The only things I really had to add was the waterproofing, which is a bit unfortunate because ALL Churchills that had the wading trunks on, would have had all of this fabric etc. too — yet the vast majority of these kits that will be built with them, will have only the trunks. But IRL, those were almost the first things to be dropped once the tank was ashore, and the fabric only removed after …

BTW, the Discworld figures safely returned to their normal place in my hobby room after checking out the tank 🙂

Danny Ray
Oh, I thought they were entombed forever lol 🙂

Ben M
Sad. I would liked to have peeked at them through the open hatches.

Jakko ‌
>I thought they were entombed forever lol 🙂

One of them accidentally walks through closed doors and even walls when she's not paying attention, another punches holes through reality if it has to … How exactly would you expect them to stay entombed in the tank? 😉

Danny Ray
Hahahaha touché!!

David Taylor
Definitely not a bridge too far.

gorby
Very impressive build!

Jakko ‌
Thanks 🙂

> Definitely not a bridge too far.

That came before this, they had learned by then 🙂

Rudy Poseika
This will be a totally fictional experiment and historically inaccurate. An incomplete kit picked up from a boot sale.

Brandon H
WARNING!! This project will cover the following CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT MATTER:
-Jeep Pickup Conversions
-Long Wheelbase Jeeps
-Jeeps with V8 Engines
-Jeeps built after 1987
I'm hoping we can PLEASE put all our disagreements aside and enjoy what will be a very ambitious and hopefully very fun series of builds!

Brandon H
First of the 4 engines is ready for primer. Moving on to the 5.2 next...

István Szücs
It seems more interesting, then in the start!

Brandon H
Don't worry István, it will only get crazier form here!

István Szücs
Brandon, I hope so!

Brandon H
Another engine ready for paint

Villiers de Vos
A very interesting project.

Brandon H
Finally, all of the sanding and prep is done! Paint this weekend, hopefully!

Mona
Interesting a TJ pick-up ,watching 👀 .in order to move stuff around in my "82" CJ I had to remove both the passenger and rear seat .

István Szücs
You are so crazy, man! I hope I will see the engine painted soon!

Brandon H
And the powertrains are done! Next stage will likely be the pickup conversions for the bodies... I figure it will be easier to match the chassis length to the modified body rather than vice versa.

Brandon H
Some better photos of the engines before they're installed in each truck

Brandon H
Time to start laying out the measurements for the new wheelbases and deciding on the cut lines.

Brandon H
Three out of four tubs cut up now! Once the last is done, I'll start drawing up the parts for the pickup conversions.

Brandon H
Long hours working with my "favorite" modeling program are starting to pay off. Two of the four truck beds are taking shape!

Brandon H
Back to making progress! Printer is feeling a bit more cooperative lately

Christian W
This is a huge project! I'd going nuts to build all of them parallel. I like picture #33 with your engine line up. Cool.

Brandon H
Thank you Christian! It's a lot to manage, juggling all of these builds at once... need to make sure I don't end up with '06 doors on a '81 body and whatnot....

Brandon H
Finished blending the back walls onto the two pickup-style cabs. Next, I'll work on the two long-tub Scramblers.

Dennis
This is Madness... Again!

Watching this 🤘

Nigel Chapman
Wow Brandon your a machine!
Do you manage to eat and sleep? 😁

Brandon H
Welcome, gentlemen!
You'd be surprised how little sleep you need when you huff this much glue 😉

Brandon H
Getting to the exciting part - now I'm able to start mocking up each truck with the new parts

Brandon H
CJ8 body done for now. Once I finish blending the YJ8 tub, I'll hit everything with primer and look for any areas that need correcting

Brandon H
Primer is on! It's exciting to see these trucks suddenly looking more real now that they're in monotone.

Dennis
Blinker fluid? What is this stuff originaly good for? Never seen any of this here in germany 🤔

Brandon H
Working on making the final corrections to the blending on the bodies, and hiding some small magnets to hold the doors and hardtops in place. Hoping to move on to the chassis mods soon!

Brandon H
Turning my attention to the frames now. Each will be be cut and extended to match its respective new wheelbase.

MS K
Oh I'm late, but I'm watching~ 🙂

Brandon H
Haha, glad to have you on board!

Brandon H
Productive weekend - Most of the work for extending the frames is now complete

Villiers de Vos
Very nice and steady progress.

Brandon H
Indeed, slowly but surely, it's getting there!

Nigel Chapman
Nice work

Brandon H
Thanks Nigel!

I'm just happy they've all come out mostly straight so far!

Brandon H
Working on some test fits for the powertrains now that the frames are completed. I've got some work to do...

István Szücs
The Hemi fulfills the engine bay nicely...

Brandon H
A little too nicely! I'm still not convinced it's really 1:24...

Brandon H
Mockups in progress to check the wheelbases - big step for this project!

MS K
As usual, your work is insane 😎

Brandon H
Back at it! Picking up where I left off, fitting the suspension and powertrain components to the modified frames

Maurits van der Aa
Realy great work my friend! Superb

Brandon H
Thanks Maurits!

Rui S
Folowing 😎

Nick Wilkie
So awesome!!

Christian W
This chassis with the installed engine looks great.

Brandon H
Thanks guys, hoping to have all four rolling chassis done and painted in the next few weeks.

Tim A
Ambitious as always.

Tom ...
just caught up. More Brandon Building Brilliance! In like Flynn.

István Szücs
Good to the progress here!

Brandon H
Finally, getting some color laid down!

Nigel Chapman
Nice!!

Brandon H
Thanks Nigel, more to come soon. Hoping to have all four chassis assembled and photographed by the end of the weekend.

István Szücs
Brandon, I'm waiting...

Brandon H
Well my weekend wasn't as productive as I'd hoped, at least for this project. None of the chassis are all the way done yet, but some are in better shape than others. Here's what I still need to address:

CJ8 - Finish winch detail, fix height issue in rear, touch up any damaged paint
YJ8 - Fix exhaust hanger, also need a few spot touchups
TJ8 - Still needs brake lines fab'd, revisit exhaust placement, paint touchups
JK8 - Investigate rear axle fitment, address front axle/exhaust interference, resolve rear bumper/exhaust fitment, connect existing brake lines, paint touchups

Gonna take some time to get everything sorted out... but this is to be expected when a build involves so much custom work

Brandon H
And apologies for the poor lighting on this side of my studio... I am pleased to report that I'm at least thrilled with how my color choices look in person (wheels etc.)

István Szücs
The YJ8 looks great with those rims! The others are also fantastic!

Brandon H
Thanks István! Very excited about how the YJ is coming along... more top-trim stuff to come. I think that one might end up being the best of the bunch.

Brandon H
With some other projects wrapped up, I'm back at it with the Jeeps. Two chassis all the way finished now (these only needed some minor adjustments). The other two will need some extensive exhaust rework yet.

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Alison Withonel
Nice appropriate plates on the CJ and YJ.

Brandon H
The plates often get the most thought out of anything no my builds haha

TJ and JK frames are done now too. Each truck now only needs the body and interior parts completed. Though I had wanted to do them all in series, I now think I'll have much better luck doing them one at a time.

Brandon H
Many irons in the fire... attention back on this one for now. Most parts just need clean up before paint; a few will get some minor modifications first.

Brandon H
One down, three to go! I'll post a different album with more completed pictures for the YJ8

Christian W
This looks pretty good. The color, rims and decor looking classic. Like it.

Nigel Chapman
Looks suberb. Like the rear bed

Brandon H
Thanks guys!

Matteo Pescarin
When I started browsing the images for this project I had no idea what I was getting myself into, oh boy! what was I about to miss! Not a big fan of jeeps, but this work is impressive! Very much looking forward to the end of it. Congrats!

Brandon H
Thanks Matteo!

Rui S
Great outcome 👍

Brandon H
Thanks everyone! Second truck should be ready soon!

Christian W
Sweet 🙂

Nigel Chapman
Looking good

Brandon H
Thanks Christian and Nigel! It's good to finally get this one off the bench.

István Szücs
I love both!

Denis Dogadov
There could be no rivets on the wing of the P-51, the wing was carefully plastered and painted.
There were also very few lines, much less than yours.
You need to study the design of this aircraft better.
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Chris T. An
Thanks for your tip, but don't worry, the rivets have already been sanded over and will hardly be recognizable later. I know the rivets are there (see picture no. 11), so I added them. I like textured surfaces and weathering on the model better than factory-fresh machines, even if it's not always historically accurate.

Denis Dogadov
Some can make rivets on the surface covered with canvas, you are probably one of them. Figure 11 says nothing, I showed the photos.

Chris T. An
Why do you have to be insulting right away? Please remain objective. Let everyone build the way they want. I don't like the crap you build either.

Denis Dogadov
I agree, I got a little overreacted.
But there were definitely no rivets there.

Marcel
Creative solution with the light in the wing, hope it works out. And I agree with your choice to choose for what works for your model instead of pure historical accuracy.

Chris T. An
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Denis Dogadov
A museum exhibit, heavily renovated, it doesn't count
And you have a specific prototype declared ,P-51B Mustang 336 FS, 4 FG Missouri Mauler (September 1944).
If it were some kind of collective image of the P-51. it would be more difficult for me to argue.

Nicolas
It's actually quite simple. You are both right. The rivets are there, otherwise the wing would not hold together. However, they are not visible on new airplanes because, with the exception of the access flaps, about 60% of the front of the wing has been filled and painted. On older airplanes, slight sink marks and cracks can occur around the rivets and at sheet metal joints due to the greater material thickness of the filler as a result of shrinkage of the filler during residual hardening (keyword ghostseams). These filler accumulations also tend to flake off during flight maneuvers with high G-forces as the material underneath works. For an older Mustang, the most realistic look would probably be a fillerized appearance with partially Panel lines and rivets. But I am of the opinion that everyone should build their model the way they like it. After all, it's a hobby.

Denis Dogadov
Not everything is so simple, the P-51 did not fly with peeling wings. There is an instruction for technicians to immediately restore the wing cover if it is broken.
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Jennifer Franklin
Following

Guy Rump
Me too! 👍

DerMattes
Looks good so far, following 👍

Chris T. An
Welcome on board everybody. So I think we should stop "counting rivets" now. 😉 I learned something about the P51, so there is something good about it.
And I just noticed that Revell apparently put the wrong canopy into the box of my kit. I have the birdcage canopy but this Missouri Mauler version did not have that kind of canopy. Really strange. So this airplane will no longer be historically accurate anyway.

Mark Sherwood
You have produced a good build so far Chris. Couple of adages, if it looks like a duck, quack's like a duck. . . . It's a duck! My hobby, my build if you're unhappy with that follow some other build. 👍🥸🤘🥸🤟

Chris T. An
Thanks Mark. Even if it is not historically accurate you can still make a nice airplane out of it. At least I'll try.

The decals are very thin, which is easy to work with. However, the black and white transitions showed through on the emblem. I had to do some careful touching up with magnifying glasses and a brush.

Jennifer Franklin
Looking very nice!

Chris T. An
So I am done now and took the first final pictures. Still not happy with the canopy but with that wrong part from Revell I was not able to make it much better.

Jennifer Franklin
Nice work! The canopy looks fine to me.

Findus
Hallo Chris. Saubere Arbeit und toll fotogrfiert.
Beste Grüsse
Peter

Guy Rump
Great job, canopy looks fine. 👍

DerMattes
Schließe mich Findus an, tolle Mustang!

Łukasz Gliński
Looks very good in NMF. You prompted me to start mine 🙂
I have better fitting canopy, but it should be Malcolm hood for the provided camo, the fact ignored by Revell completely 😄

Robert Podkoński
Good job!

Mark Sherwood
Nice outcome Chris. 👍🥸🤘

Neil
I agree with Mark! 👍

Mr D
Enjoy 😃👍

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Mark Sherwood
Thank you both 🤘🥸🤟😀👍

Mark Sherwood
Mojo de Virus and everyone else thank you for the likes. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood
Thanks for the likes Alex and everyone else too, thanks much appreciated. 👍🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Neil. 🤘🥸👍

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Petr. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood
Donatien, thanks for the likes and everyone else too, ta. 🤘🥸👍

Mark Sherwood
Thanks Komoras and everyone else for the likes. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Gary 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood
Tom B thanks for the likes. 🤘🥸🤟

Kesa Tiho
I can agree, the panzer III is a masterpiece. Lovely build

Mark Sherwood
Hi Kesa. I like it's suggested compactness over the Panzer IV, it looks like a Tank as does the Tiger. They spring to mind when anyone talks/say's describe a Tank.

Mark Sherwood
Thanks for the like Marcin.

Kesa Tiho
I suppose if you ask any normal person what a tank looks like they'd describe a panzer III or Tiger, yet again. Different models, time periods and ares where the tank are used alter the appearance. Like could be seen with T-34-85s, some were like they were intended while others had components missing and non functional scopes. And Ukrainian Abrams, instead of the usual M at the end of the serial number its UKR, and the armour is different, not using their classified armour. Back to the topic, when i look at my old drawings of tanks they do look like Tigers, boxy and big so i guess your right.

Mark Sherwood
Evening Kesa. Different eras, different battlefields, terrain etc. Gives people their favourite MBT. But when someone says Tank the PzIII and the Tiger come to mind for me (Or the boiler in the Loft) then the Imperial March from Star Wars. 🤟🥸🤘🤣

Mark Sherwood
Thanks for the likes John and everyone else. 👍🥸🤟

Doubtingmango
Coming along nicely Mark! Looking forward to the finish

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work so far.

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Doubtingmango, Villers. 🤟🥸👍

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Andre. 🤟🥸👍

Lebloge
I've always had a soft spot for...
a beautifully done job 😉

Mathias Decommere
Promising!

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Lebloge more noodling too do on PzIII though and bringing the base together, Mathias it could go tits up, it's me 😳🤣 I have been known to cock things up and that's enough euphemisms. Cheers guys. 🤟🥸🤘

Rui
I'm also a big fan of the III. In fact it is my favourite tank from the war years. I only have 9 of them in the stash 😁
The project looks great! 👍

Guy Rump
Looking great! 👍

Mark Sherwood
Rui, Guy. Thank you both. Nine! 🤘🥸👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Villers, thank you for the like Igor. 🤟🥸👍

Gary
inspiring build

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Pietro. 🤟🥸👍

Rui
Mark. Yes nine 😁

Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. E (Dragon 9040, 1:35)
Tauchpanzer III Ausf. H (Dragon 6775, 1:35)
Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J (Dragon 6394, 1:35)
Pzbflswg III Ausf. K (Dragon 9018, 1:35)
Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. L (Tamiya 35215, 1:35)
Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. M (Takom 8002, 1:35)
Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. J (Dragon 7372, 1:72)
Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. M (Dragon 7290, 1:72)
Pz.Kpfw. III Ausf. N (Dragon 7386, 1:72)

Mark Sherwood
Like, Wow! Dood. That's a heap of threes, 👍next question from this ancient wreck how did you pin the photos to the comment? 🤟🥸🤘🤔👍🥸🖖

Gary Curling
Looking good,like you i have a thing for the panzer 3.Compact tank like the chaffee,which i also like.

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Gary. The Chaffee another one I like too, need that in my stash. 🤟🥸👍

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Lebloge and everyone else for the likes. 🤟🥸🤘

Rui
Hi Mark, when you post the the exact URL to a scalemates listing the system automatically adds the photo. It's a really nice feature

Mark Sherwood
Have I liked that twice Rui? #earlystartafteradayoffdaftowldfatfingeredcurmudgeon

Mark Sherwood
Cheers CaptGPF for the like and everyone else too for the likes.

Doubtingmango
Nice finish Mark! Looks great for a first diorama

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Doubtingmango. Found some DAK figures in a spares jar they will be added too, after some clean up and sculpting (Gulp!) Thank you Dave for the like and everyone else too. A Very Merry Christmas to you all. 🤘🥸🤟🍻👍🎄👌🎁🖖

Nicolas
👀

Kyle DeHart
Got the trash and old building materials hauled away. Vacuumed it out and cleaned everything. Hung up some old leftover peg board and drywall and it's starting to look like a useable space. Will hang some lights up next and get a spray booth installed. Then perhaps I can add airbrushing to my repertoire.

bossy122
Onward and upward!

bughunter
You will love airbrushing! That is for me a big fun part of the hobby.

Jv
Wow that will be more room the many here have
Looking great already

Spanjaard
wow

Kyle DeHart
Thanks all. Bughunter, I sure hope I love it. I thought this building presented a good opportunity to have the space to learn some more skills. I can fit a good sized spray booth on the workbench directly in front of a window for the vent and there is a shelf under the bench I can use for the compressor. Exposed beams overhead should make hanging a few more lights easy enough. Then it'll be just practice and experimenting.

Skyhiker
What a great space for a studio.

Kyle DeHart
Fortunate to have it Skywalker!

Bob Hall
Nice, I need a place to hide from my wife too ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

😎 🫘!

Kyle DeHart
😂 you've uncovered my plot Bob!! Fortunately she supports my addiction, I mean hobby. 😂😂

John Hughes
Would it not be easier move the wife out there?

Rui S
I'm sure that when you start airbrushing, you will not want anything else.
With that amount of space who needs a spray booth 😄
Enjoy it 😉

Jv
I have a feeling your vife helped you clear out this space
Its great to see that she seports what you do
In the time I have followed you you have gone fare
Now I think your builds will have another boost
Fantastic vife
And Fantastic new space for a new beginning
Maybe one day we will see a build from your vife

Kyle DeHart
John, good point. And that'll give me even more room for my stash. 😂

Rui Thank you!

Jv, you are 100% correct. She helped every step of the way. And she's always supportive of the my hobby. I am very lucky. I've tried to get her into a build herself but no luck yet

Jv
I not jealous of your stash but I think we all are of your vifes seport in what you do
Behind any great man is a great woman

Bob Hall
I've tried justifying it to my wife, but arguing with stubborn Russian woman I found puts me on the losing side more than once, between my Mustangs, model kits, baseball cards, Cold War memorabilia and guns, I just found it's easier to just to collect sooooooo much stuff she doesn't know what old and what's recently added (yet to find a way to sneak in another Mustang though) 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Kyle DeHart
🤣🤣🤣🤣 I think I get away with a lot by using the same strategy. She isn't a model builder, or very interested in guns. So those I can buy more of and sneak past the radar. Because she doesn't know what I've got. However If I drug home another square body Chevy pickup or a muscle car project I think she might flip. Good luck with another Mustang, Bob.

Jv, you're right of course. I couldn't do it without her.

Jv
Yes I agree do a clean up say you sold a few kits put a gun to a kid in the hood
Sale a kit or 2 and she won't even notice 20 or 30 kits
Kyle told me

Jv
So now I don't think it my fault
That vife of kyle I think inspirared me to

Kyle DeHart
New lights hung and the paint booth was delivered today. Got that set up. Just need to get to the store (when it's not -30 windchill) and get a vent hose and set that up. Almost ready to do some work out here. I am looking forward to it.

Jv
Already looking like a great place

bossy122
30 below is why you have Amazon bring some vent hose to you! Or the USPS, if you have more time.

Villiers de Vos
A very nice space.

Lex Jassies
Well that's really a transformation. I think you have room enough to build a 1:1 Chevy 🙂

Treehugger
Having a deep work bench is nice especially if you also use an air extractor, because the extractor itself will take up a lot of the depth of the space. Nice to see proper ceiling lighting as well for the room.

I sort of dream of having a workspace with no less than 5 IKEA work tables. 🙂 For rotating projects.

Kyle DeHart
Jv, thanks.

Bob, I'm steaming your meme.

Bossy, I'm on that already. Lol!

Villiers, thanks!

Lex, the 1:1 Chevy is parked out in the big barn out back. 😂😂

Treehugger I'm really fortunate to have this sort of space and I wanted it lit up as well as I possibly could. Before this it felt as if I was painting in a bat cave.

And the more workbench space you can have the better.

Spanjaard
A dream modelling place, getting better and better

Kyle DeHart
Thanks Spanjaard!

Alberto
Looks great, lucky you!

Kyle DeHart
Thanks Alberto! Very lucky indeed.

Bozzer
That's a huge space, mate! Set aside, an area, for drying. My only concern is dust dropping on your new paint jobs, so get yourself a large clear tub and use that to put over your fresh paint, while it dries. One thing I've found, is my booth also sucks in other things, from outside. For example cat hairs, off my clothes, and fabric fibres. We've all fell victim to it, at some point, and it's bloody frustrating! Keep safe over there dude, in that storm. Hopefully things will warm up, next week?

Kyle DeHart
Thanks Bozzer! I already go the clear tub route because of pets and our house is an 1870 farmhouse. There's 150 odd years of dust accumulation anywhere I go. As far as the storm goes we've lost power once, had the kitchen sink freeze despite being dripped and the washer. Got space heaters going in crawl spaces to try to combat that. Next week should be better. Hope everyone has a great holiday season!

Bozzer
Well Christmas is here and we have rain! That's the perfect excuse for some cave time 🙂 Merry Christmas to you and everyone else. Go easy on the Eggnog 😉

Kyle DeHart
Much eggnog has already been consumed because bourbon helps make everything better. 😂 pipes are unfrozen too. Merry Christmas!!

Jarrett
I'm thinking about a she she'd also. Just awesome!

Bill Newcomer
Nice shed. I built a 10'x12' metal shed last summer. It will never be used for painting due to ZERO climate control. Like Bozzer, I would be concerned about dust getting in your paint. I recommend you get a hygrometer/thermometer to leave in the space. That way you know in advance if the temperature is in range and if the humidity is below 50%. It will save you the aggravation of your glossy paint jobs from "blushing" (assuming you are solvent based paint).

Something like this:
amazon.com/Musicera-..aps%2C148&sr=1-4

Kyle DeHart
Indeed Bill, I already have one of those, possibly that exact one. From my old space. I put it in my spray booth so I know exactly where I'm at where I'm painting. My old painting space was not climate controlled either, and dust and pet hair has always been an issue. Just recently sprayed my first couple of things out in the new paint space. The paint is stored on climate control so it is warm. Space heater going on the shop meant I was about 62 degrees F and 48% humidity when I sprayed. Everything laid down really nice. Body gets painted and then sealed in a tote to combat the dust. I have had to do that anyway, so nothing new there. It then gets carried inside to dry in the warmth. Not ideal, but better than my old situation. That was a body clear coated and a body put into primer and both have turned out well.

Jarrett
I hate pet hair. Thank you and I'll keep these ideas/products in mind when setting up my area.

Kyle DeHart
Jarrett, every single build I've ever done has had pet hair. Lol. I just think of it as a signature now.

Jarrett
Yeah, we say our clothes or food would not be complete without a white hair where our dog is white lol.

Bozzer
And women! Don't forget those pesky women? They shed hair, like a bear flicks fleas! If I can't solve the issue, with my next cave, I'm going full Chemical Warfare Suit, in the cave, with a Decon area, before you get in the bugger! Lol, naked painting in a hairnet, if I can't solve the issue!

Kyle DeHart
🤣🤣🤣 My wife has hair clear to the bottom of her back. If I get one of those in my paint it would be wrapped around the model 4 times.

Jarrett
Kyle and Bozzer thank you for the funnies and many thanks the laughter. Anything I can help you all with let me know, parts and or a kit if I have multiples. Take care gents.

Kyle DeHart
You as well Jarrett!!

Bill Newcomer
I know about the hair thing. We actually lock up our cat IN my hobby room. She likes to play with my stuff, steal my parts and other mischief. Heck, I even have bite marks in my paint booth!

Kyle DeHart
😂😂😂 I do most of my building out in the open at the dining room table. The wife likes for me to be hanging around, you know, I'm case she needs something and doesn't want to get up. 🤣 Anything I'm working on gets put into a hutch so it doesn't get devoured by a cat.

Kyle DeHart
Added some photos of my process. And my thermometer doohickey that tells me if I can paint or not. One photo of the largely completed setup showing the new air compressor and location and a couple of my painting process. Stuff moves from the climate monitored painting area directly into the tote after painting. I've been doing this for awhile because where I used to paint was very dusty and this new area is very dusty. But it works for me.

Bill Newcomer
I am glad it is working out for you. If I had the privilege of such a space I would spend all summer decking it out. Climate control and all.

Bozzer
I'm looking forward to seeing what comes out of Kyle's Kut and Chop Shop? I'm also still very envious of the space. I think my new place is going to be 10' x 10' with a U shaped bench. Underneath storage, display shelving down one side, paint booth and 3D printer at the end, and work area on the opposite side. My only issue is natural light, which will come from a window or windows, on the very opposite end of the spray booth. But I figured that 4 x 2' x 2' LED panel lights, would be more than adequate for lighting up the space. I may install a fan this time though, to help with the crazy summers that we've been having recently? Aircon isn't really an option yet, because that would require it's own dedicated supply, and that creates a whole new problem. But, where there's a will 😉

Kyle DeHart
Indeed Bill, fully decking it out with insulation and climate control and all would be the ultimate goal. Bozzer that sounds like it would be a very nice work space. This remains just a hobby and one I already spend far too much on. 😂. The other issue is electrical, as this building runs off just one breaker from the main panel. Ideal I'd also get this it's own electrical supply and panel and then I'd really be cooking with gas. But financially, a project like finishing this building out and running a new box to it aren't feasible right now. Works well for what I need it for. Maybe I will update it more in future.

Jv
Great space already now and you have the rest of your life to change things as you like
Let's see one day you wife may come out there and hang out whed you there

Bozzer
Kyle, simply by replacing the lights with Led fittings, you will be reducing the load on that circuit. Those old fittings have a ballast inside, that eats electric. If you can send me a picture of the fusebox and tell me what cable is supplying it, I can tell you what you can safely draw from it? No point having an electrician on your posts, if you can't ask for some information? 😉

Kyle DeHart
Ah an electrician! So is my father-in-law. I had a talk with him while I was working on this project. Everything is ran off of one 15 amp circuit breaker on the main panel. So we do have some loss as the cable must needs travel from the main panel outside and to this building. All lights were changed out to LEDs to draw the least amount of power. Runs my fan and air compressor without issue at all.

Bozzer
15A is enough for now. If you get all your electrical apparatus running at once and ask him to check the draw with his ammeter, that will give you a better indicator of how close to the 15A, you are. Try to avoid things like electric heaters and coffee machines, etc and you should be ok. I ran a big cable from the house, to my first outbuilding, then came from there, to my cave. The new cave is gonna be right next to that building, so I'll come from there again. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Jarrett
When you say cave Bozzer, you mean basement or you are actually creating underground living quarters? I would love a huge bunker cave thing like Batman lol. Anyways' awesome stuff. I'll be building out three rooms in my basement this year. Maybe a shed like this if I get the money or clearance by the wife lol. Anyways again cheers and happy building gents!

Bozzer
Lol Jarrett, it's my Mancave. It's a purpose built outbuilding, just for my hobby. I've outgrown my first one. I build at the end of my English garden, amongst my Pear, Apple and Plum trees. No cats or kids allowed 😉

Kyle DeHart
A wonderful. A no cat space. I wouldn't know what to do. Lol

Jarrett
Those cats are sneaky lol. I think that's the best for me as well, a separate outbuilding. I just do not have the scenery you have which sound very relaxing.

Lex Jassies
My cat keeps me company during my model building sessions most of the time.
If he breaks something I withhold his pocket money 😉

Kyle DeHart
Yes Lex, the company is nice and normally the only thing mine will destroy is maybe squashing a box top or something.

Roland, thank you. I really didn't like the look of any of those plastic ones you see. This spray booth is decidedly not cheap. However, I build enough that I wanted something permanent and not to have to worry about, so the cost was justified to me.

Philippe EVE
👍👍👍🙂 for your laboratory!

Kyle DeHart
Thank you!! It has been working out well

Philippe EVE
I only use 5m2..!😥😉

Alexander Grivonev
Holy bananas, so much space. I am so jealous 😭 😄

Kyle DeHart
It is a blessing to have available to me. I am very fortunate and thankful. No doubt it's opened up many more building possibilities.

Alexander Grivonev
I've already started setting the workplace up in my mind, workstation here, airbrush station there, photo corner, storage area...😄

Kyle DeHart
Indeed. I work under the left window you see and then clearly you can see my airbrush setup on the right. You go to corner. Now there is an idea worth exploring!!

Bozzer
Maybe it's time for a few update pics, now you're back in the flow?

Kyle DeHart
Bozzer you'd never want to see it now. I have spare parts and kits stacked up along the work bench. 2 toolboxes flanking my work area to the left of my spray booth. I like to be surrounded by my work if at all possible. And a couple display cabinets taking up room. I organize every once in awhile but it never lasts. 🤣

Bozzer
I'm the same mate. I cleared a space for the Mrs, and had a general tidy up. Now I can't find bugger all, I've got part built kits all over the place, and my resin printer just decided to get a hole in the FEP sheet, and piss neat resin all over the place! Is it Friday the 13th???

Jennifer Franklin
That is a nice space for doing modeling work.

Bob Hall
Well, I have 2000 kits I'm look to sell, so if you got space you need to fill, hit me up 🤙 !

Kyle DeHart
Sounds about right Bozzer. 1 step forward and two back always!!

Thank you Jennifer!!

Bob, 2000 kits wow!! No doubt there are some things in there I'm missing from my collection but I don't have very much free space at all!!

bossy122
I see some room in the rafters ; )

Ekki
Following.

Nicolas
Me 2.

Kyle DeHart
Exceedingly simple little kit of course. I'm using this one to attempt a captured winter livery. Just to try some things out. Assembly is basically done. And it has a pilot. So he's in there. Next I have to mask the canopy and start getting the original Luftwaffe scheme laid down.

Kyle DeHart
Blackbased and ready for camo, and in typical "me" fashion I knocked it off the holder and broke the vertical stabilizer off. Drilling and pinning it and then I'll get back to painting.

Dave
Let me find a chair for this one. Off to good start.

Alberto
I'm in too. Love to see Matchbox kits brought to life.

Kyle DeHart
Welcome gents!! These old matchbox kits are always fun to stick together.

Nicolas
Joining as well.

Kyle DeHart
Thank you and welcome!! These old Matchbox kits are perfect for Just a quick and fun build

bossy122
Gotta love those Matchbox kits and their 2 or 3 color sprues. And sadly, aren't gravity free either....bugger.

Kyle DeHart
Fun kits bossy!! I have the stabilizer pinned and re-attached and have found the canopy. Now off to the paint shop again. Ha!!

bossy122
I am curious; I have been wanting to do the Matchbox A7 for a long time but are there aftermarket decals for those kits? I can't imagine you're using 50 year old decals for this project.

Dominik Weitzer
well well, good start!

Alexander Grivonev
Very much following 👍

István Szücs
I'm always happy, when I see your builds!

Brandon H
Thanks guys, I think you'll like this one!

Nigel Chapman
Are you into skiing then?

Chris Reimann
Interesting!

Martin Oostrom
This should turn out great

Brandon H
I'm hoping so, Martin!

I've been skiing precisely one time (re: cover photo). Things went mostly ok, but it's not something I plan to make a pastime out of haha

Nigel Chapman
😁 So will you be doing snow & ice weathering effects?

Brandon H
A lot of it, Nigel!

Everything has primer on it now, hopefully this weekend I'll make good headway with the painting

Brandon H
Painting is nearly complete... some 1:1 car drama was keeping me from getting much done for a while. Unfortunately the body came out with a bit of orange peel. I suspect it's coming from the black basecoat. Likely not a big problem, the assembled build will just get a bit more weathering. Art direction of the project can still be adapted to accommodate at this point. Next build that uses this system, I may look at wet sanding/polishing the basecoat too.

Marcel
Good work on the upholstery! Looking forward to the final result. Too bad there's no 1:24 Delta Integrale kit that includes an engine. The aftermarket solution is alright, but quite expensive.

Brandon H
Thanks Marcel!

Alexander Grivonev
Great progress! Upholstery is 👍

yngvenett
I really want to see how this ends 😀

István Szücs
So you painted the patern of the upholstery... OK, I have no more questions. Perfect, as always!

Tim A
Your interior work is inspiring

Brandon H
Thanks guys. Much happier with the tones on the upholstery this way. The kit decals were much too bright, in addition to being woefully brittle.

Brandon H
Here's the first one completed. I'll add the other three as I get them done.

Chris Reimann
Very clean, beautifully detailed.

Neuling
Very nice model!

Brandon H
Thanks Chris and Neuling!

Jv
Very butiful details
Love your pallet

Brandon H
Thanks Jv!

Brandon H
Another one done!

Felix
Not to mention the wing😭

Nicolas
Following. Nice to see that you got spare parts.

Felix
Dear Nicolas
Thanks! Yes, happy and excited. It did take them a month BUT they told me so from the beginning and i got all the parts. Very happy with this kit so far. What do you think of the interior yellow green?

Nicolas
Hey Felix, a very promising start. Unfortunately I can't give you any tips on the interior color, I only know that with American aircraft it sometimes depends on the factory, as the same type was painted differently in different factories.

Steven Van Dyck
The frame is constructed in the first building step. It's a bit complicated to analyse, but you have to get through this to get all the components ready to fit between the profiles.

Lenny Li
Looks fun with all those PE sheets!

Neuling
Looking forward here ..........

Steven Van Dyck
All welcome, I now assembled the front and 4th axles. All are movable in a steering position, but as usual you have to decide and then fix everything. Also I found that one set of wheels is not parallel, so I cut the steering arm and added a millimeter of sprue roundel. Does this not appear if they test-fit these kits, or did I make a build error?

Steven Van Dyck
All 4 axles are now added to the frame, together with the shock absorbers that I had to shorten a bit at the front axle. The torsion bars are fixed at one side so I can remove the air bellows for painting.

Steven Van Dyck
The fuel tank hoops and steps are now replaced with PE. The steps are quite hard to bend in the right order and no dimensions or angles are given to mount them.

Steven Van Dyck
The radiator is now detailed with the Voyager silver mesh. You only see the front side now, it's on both sides. When it was assembled I realised that the air horns also need a PE part. There is some warping in the sump and the top cover, I hope it isn't evident looking through the front grille later on. The air tanks must be stripped like the fuel tanks, but you get equal lengths of PE strips to attach two kinds of tank. Therefore I clipped 4 of them and redrilled the hole on the end. The assembly with the 2 tanks and the container is suspended on a single PE part that I had first bent the wrong direction, I hope it doesn't get fatigued.

Steven Van Dyck
I started the interior with some colored PE from Eduard. The Black Dog figures are assembled and also a Maim figure and two Legend armament sets were added to the project. But the Maim gunner appeared to have a large backpack, so I don't know he's feasible.

Steven Van Dyck
Continuing the interior with the seats. Also the fenders are completed, it's very important to align the bent beams that sometimes are replaced woth Voyager assemblies. It's preferable to use that, the replacements are sturdier than the originals.

Steven Van Dyck
The cabin exterior is done using some original kit PE and clearparts, but both have problems. The clearparts are not calibrated and have distortion because of this. I will be replacing the large parts with plexiglass. The kit PE is wobbly because it's not thick enough., I even had to hammer it quite a while. Then I found out Voyager does replace half of the protection kit, but not the large parts behind the doors. At least half of the creases are removed then. But Voyager messed up at the hood closing strip, providing two identical parts in stead of mirrored ones. This could be remedied with some re-riveting.

Steven Van Dyck
The pVoyager photo etch cabin roof is constructed with all its nightmarish embossing deformities corrected, the badly fitting airco module that was mosly bent the wrong way around so it broke at one instance. I replaced the 3 largest clearparts with a piece of Trumpeter 1/350 airplane set transparent box cover, that has the right thickness to be able to sand the corner roundings in it. The air purifier system is not installed completely, because that would impede the clearpart masking. So now it's down to interior painting.

gorby
Looks amazing so far!
I'm also amazed at the number of projects you have on the go and still manage to achieve such remarkable results.

Steven Van Dyck
Thanks Gorby, this was now put to wait for the Essex carriers, but as these are awaiting some last details it can go ahead now. The NATO green interior is painted after the appliance of the Eduard masking set. This replaces the kit masking set and has a cool black film, but still needs some trimming on the outside masks of the smaller windows.

Steven Van Dyck
The truck cabin is now finished with the Eduard safety straps. While fixing the roof I noticed that a small strip should pass over the rear to make the internal frame fit to the rivets in the PE.

Steven Van Dyck
The hood is dry-fit on the frame and it seemed that one fender had to be rearranged. I prepared the PE for the rear view mirrors that are quite complicated. I also built the Gecko Models pallet truck as a dio element. It's a very fine kit, there is only one pallet contrary to the image with the 4 pallets on the truck.

Steven Van Dyck
I added the Italeri 20ft container to the project as one of these is clearly visible on the Tankograd pictures. I got it from the store next door. I might cjt up the container to get a better composition on the dio and like that I can get 2 out of 1.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Steven Van Dyck
Welcome. I assembled the container in a few hours, an easy process if you wanted to show it closed down. But the option with open doors is incorrect and needs some changes to the locking system. I had done this with the right door, but it would make no sense to have the pallet loader blocked by the left door so I have to change that one too. I made a sketch of the design for the dio, though the cut might be more oblique to gain some volume.

Steven Van Dyck
The container is sawn in two and painted in some typical shipping container colors.

Steven Van Dyck
The rear view mirror and the winches are built. The chassis part for this has some sink and needs sanding. It will be difficult to add the cable to this assembly, the drums will not revolve because of a narrow fit.

Goldman
Looking great. Very nice details. Sometime it is a shame to cover all this shining brass with paint...

William Joel
Very nice finish. Thanks for sharing.

Villiers de Vos
Very creative. Very nicely done.

Guy Rump
Very impressive and creative. Congrats! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

CaptGPF
Agree with Guy - definitely impressive! Buthardto tell which one is more impressive, the Chinook or your man cave!

Neuling
Creative and ambitious work!

Roberto Rocat
WOW...I'm really impressed 👍

Lebloge
Wow... indeed !! 🤩

gorby
Looks like an interesting project.
Incidentally, on the wheels the wood-grain is the wrong direction on the rim. It should be run all the way around the rim in short sections as shown in this video:
Youtube Video

Marc .
Great looking Diorama!

Guy Rump
Very nice dio. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Awesome job!

CaptGPF
I agree - lovely Dio - and nice play on words for the title. 😀

Rui S
I like it 👍

Neuling
Very nice diorama! 👍👍

Paul Eden
Excellent work! Epoxy water is next level.

Attila Papp
Thank you, guys! 🙂

gorby
Very impressive dio!

Shar Dipree
Fantastic dio, great work. 👍

schecter87
Hi! I Just finished the same model and it was quite interesting. Will be interesting to follow your progress.

Michael Kohl
Following too.

Antoine Meylan
Reprise du projet Ducati 916 après une pause "cadeau de noël pour mon père" (voir mon projet Lancia 037)

gorby
Nice work!

Kesa Tiho
Väga ilus

Miguel Vaquero
Following!!

Matti Thomaes
Watching

Jan Peters
Welcome mates

Jan Peters
Made a careful start. Parts are a mixed bag, some very nicely done, some a bit crude and oversized.

Jan Peters
Any thoughts on how to make the anti radar material on the snorkel?

Matti Thomaes
Can't help you there Jan, I didn't even know there was anti-radar material on the snorkel...

Jan Peters
I had a go at it, looks more crude in the pictures then it looks in real life, might do some fine tuning later

Sebastian Meyner
Nice work so far Jan 👍 Following with interest 👀

Jan Peters
Thanks Sebastian, and welcome 🤗

Jan Peters
It would be nice to see someone do a 3d printed snorkel someday.

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jan Peters
Thanks Guy, and welcome mate.

Jan Peters
More work done 🫡

Jan Peters
Trying to refine some parts that are over scale.

Sebastian Meyner
Oh boy, you worked this mattress hard 😛

In all honesty: great detail work Jan 👍

Jan Peters
😁 thanks Sebastian!

Miguel Vaquero
That's one of the things I hate about Revell. For a modern kit maker, their tolling is sometimes horrendous. But with some quality hands like yours the parts look incredible.

Jan Peters
Thanks Miguel, you're too kind, but I'm trying my best 🫡

Jan Peters
Tried to scratch a new gun shield for the doppelflak, might have another go at it as it is not to my liking.

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Jan Peters
Welcome Villiers

Jan Peters
Ready for paint

Jan Peters
First layers of paint brushed on🙂

Jan Peters
Painting this is a slow proces

Sebastian Meyner
No matter how slow, progress is progress 😉 👍

Jan Peters
More slow progress 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

Jan Peters
Thanks Villiers 🙏🏻

Guy Rump
Looking great! 👍

Jan Peters
Thanks Guy! 🙂

Jan Peters
Weathering in progress, my favourite part of submarine modelling 🙂

Rui S
A shiny Beauty 👍

Martin Oostrom
Lovely work Caden. Did you paint the wood?

Curtis Caden
Thank you Rui S and Martin Oostrom. The "woody" part is painted with Tamiya TS-46 Light Sand and then each panel is decaled.

Mr D
Nice little gem 👍👍 great paint job

Curtis Caden
Thank you Mr D. The 1931 Ford Model A is significant because it marked the final year of production for the Model A, a hugely popular car that replaced the Model T and was one of the most widely sold vehicles in the late 1920s and early 1930s, offering improved features like a three-speed transmission, four-wheel brakes, and hydraulic shock absorbers compared to its predecessor, while also being considered a stylish and accessible option for the time; the 1931 model year featured slight design updates and was the last before Ford introduced the Model B with a new engine design in 1932.

Kyle DeHart
Beautiful Curtis !

Kyle DeHart
Very nice!

Kyle DeHart
Been tinkering away on this. Really nice and detailed old kit. Decided I'd make it the Wayne Speed Equipment shop hauler complete with all the Wayne engine goodies.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Kyle DeHart
Thank you very much!

Ben M
Very sharp! Love the whitewalls.

Kyle DeHart
Thank you Ben!! Coming along.

George Williams
Great result from such an old kit.

Marcel
That looks really good. The matte color scheme makes it actually look quite modern. Was it a difficult build given the age of the kit?

Kyle DeHart
Oh those are just mock-ups gentlemen. No interior at all yet. However, ins answer to your question Marcel, not difficult. It's a very nicely detailed kit and it builds well. I'm enjoying it.

Neuling
Very beautiful!

Kyle DeHart
Thank you Neuling!

Bob Hall
Sweet !

Kyle DeHart
Thanks Bob! Got to get some interior painted today.

Kyle DeHart
Final mock-ups before I glue everything down. Instrument panel is done helped out by some handy decals that survived despite being 25 years old. A quick wood grain thrown on the steering wheel. Good enough as we won't see much once it's closed in. Nearing the end now!!

yngvenett
Nice 🤩

bughunter
Looks like the "speed equipment" can be delivered speedily 👍

Kyle DeHart
Thanks!!

Indeed Frank!! We put the triple carb hot rod setup on the "speed equipment" delivery van!! Ha! Cool optional parts.

Mr D
Smart job 👍👍

Kyle DeHart
Thank you!

Kyle DeHart
This one is done. Have to get some glamour shots. Excellent and enjoyable build.

Kyle DeHart
Some beauty shots added to the album

Mr D
An Amazing Job 👍👍 Really smart 👏

Kyle DeHart
Thank you very much!!

Marcel
That's a very nice ride Wayne has there. 🙂

Spanjaard
love the colors

Jennifer Franklin
love the red wiring in the engine!

Kyle DeHart
Thank you all!! I am glad you like it!

Shar Dipree
Fantastic! 👍

Dave
That is nice. Good job 👍

Mr D
Brilliant job and well displayed Harvey ✌️😃👍

Clement
Well done and it's a nice diorama idea!

Harvey H.W.
Thanks Shar, Dave, Mr D and Clement. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!

bughunter
Great start - the subtile structure on the leather is nice 👍

Tom Spiegelberg
Eine gute Bausatzwahl Bernhard! Hier ist viel anpassen und säubern angesagt, aber dann passt das gut zusammen. Problem ist das Dach, da musst Du einerseits an den Rumpfschalen bei den Streben etwas wegnehmen und an der Oberseite. Dann überlistet man diese Hürde. Hab so einige Fotos vom HUK-1 bei Flickr gefunden. Als Fotosuche einfach HUK-1 eingeben.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you Mattes: A lot of seats are free yet.🙂
Tom : danke für die wertvollen Hinweise. In der Tat habe ich schon geahnt, dass das Dach nur theoretisch passt. Heute Abend willl ich mich an den Zusammenbau wagen.

Augie
Oh am in for this.

gorby
I'll plonk my bum on one of the available seats and strap in for the your next plastic spectacular. 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
🙂. You are welcome: as usual popcorn for all! 🙂
I found the most usable sequence for installation of the fuselage parts:
cockpit to the left half. Right half. Bottom. Upper roof inserted without gluing. Lower roof inserted without gluing. Front bubble glued to the bottom and to the lower roof. Both roofs glued to the fuselage. Air inlet glued in. Ready without mess and disaster. 🙂

Mr D
😀 Nice little project 👍

Spanjaard
not the everyday subject, and built by Berhard? I am in!, pass the popcorn, please 🙂

Alec K
Popcorn is almost gone!?! Looking for an empty seat… ahh, there still room 🙂

bughunter
Any kit, no matter how bitchy, has no chance of fighting back under your hands. And it always looks so easy.

David Taylor
Better have a seat.

Bernhard Schrock
Today I worked on the tail. The detailing and overall fit is excellent. However, I recommend changing the assembly sequence. In my opinion, it will hardly be possible to integrate the parts cleanly if you follow the instruction

Dave Long
Wow. This brings back memories of watching these at the American air force base RAF Wethersfield in England in the 1960s practicing their fire fighting role . They would hover over a fiery crash site and beat the flames back to allow the silver suited ground crew in to rescue the trapped airmen. Wonderful!! Great work.

Augie
amazing as always Bernhard 🙂

Alec K
Indeed. The yellow came out nicely saturated 👍

bughunter
A model always comes to life with decals and it looks fantastic already 👍

Bernhard Schrock
I'm glad you like the interim status. Alec: That's the same yellow I used with you Corsiar/Prototype. A mix with light gray to reduce saturation. The sea blue (H181) is also lightened / reduced in saturation with sea gray.

Mr D
Coming along nicely 😁👍

bughunter
It's crazy how the engine hangs at an angle in the back 🙂

scalemates
nice!

Bernhard Schrock
Thx!🙂
I decided on a different assembly sequence. First I built the complete rotor head (parts D1, D17 and D3). I replaced the plastic axle with a brass tube (1.6 mm). The counterpart (tube with a diameter of 1.8 mm) is installed in the pylon. I recommend to disassemble the vibration dampers (parts d20) and gluing the triangles to the blades first. The middle part can be glued in between later after the installation of painted blades. This achieves a simple and clean assembly of the individual parts.

Ricardo Reis
Missed this one, looks beautiful, following now! 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
As usual, I attached the doors with two pieces of wire. 0.24 mm hole, 0.25 mm wire.

Hanno Kleinecke
Got to love that scheme ! Superb as usual !

Bernhard Schrock
Today was the right time to connect the tail with the fuselage. 5 of 9 struts in place. The decision to replace the etched parts with brass pipes with wire as inlay was right. It's been easy to install and it's all much more stable.

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Michael Kohl
Sehr schöner Bau.

bughunter
Such filigree parts looks much better if made from metal 👍

David Taylor
Looks fantastic.

Mr D
Amazing result 👏🎉
It's been a great build to watch and looks Brilliant... well done 💯%👍👍

Alec K
Beautifully done 👍

Robert Podkoński
Looks great! (but should the blades touch?...)

Findus
Hallo Bernhard
Sehr filigran und sauber gebaut. Interessante Einblicke in dein "Making Of"
Den Kaman kannte ich noch nicht.
Beste Grüsse
Peter

Guy Rump
Beautiful job! 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Today morning I finished my second Kaman whirlybird and I'm glad that you like them. Robert: see please last picture🙂🙂

gorby
Very nice work!

Florian H.
Ein sehr schönes Modell und tolles Weihnachtsgeschenk an dich selber. Freue mich auf deine nächsten Projekte. In diesem Sinne wünsche ich dir und deinen Lieben frohe Weihnachten und einen guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr🙂

Bernhard Schrock
I thought about Robert's comment again… Somehow it's all very tight! Do I have install the axes of the rotors correct? Unfortunately no! 🙁 I glued the axles at a wrong angle!🙁 It can't work like that.
The axes run parallel to the inner EDGES of the pylons and not through the center of the pylons. Thanks to my solution with a brass tubes, I was able to correct the mistake. With a suitable drill (1,6 mm) and a bit of pressure, I bent the tubes into the correct position / angle 🙂. In the last picture the correct position is shown.

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice work!

Robert Podkoński
You're a wizard, Bernhard! Chapeau bas!

Alec K
This just goes to show that having a second pair of eyes can be helpful (a pair that actually pays attention… 😄. Awesome fix, and amazing model in any case. Merry Christmas!

Spanjaard
merry Christmas and happy new year!!!

Jennifer Franklin
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year