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LC
this sounds like quite a fun and unique idea

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks LC76. Welcome to the build!

Torsten
LOL, follow ^^

Robert Podkoński
Watching for sure!

Nathan Dempsey
Welcome Torsten & Robert!
I've started the fuselage assembly and clamps were needed.

Dutch
Nathan, I am following along as well. I have friends in eastern Ukraine, so very interested in this one. Kind regards, Dutch

Nathan Dempsey
Welcome Dutch! This build is turning into a slog. Clamps and super-glue "force-holds" galore. Luckily it is a tiny plane so I'm nearly done already, just completing all the seam sanding.

Nathan Dempsey
Working on the cowl. I had to use 2-part epoxy clay to fill a large gap on the bottom of the cowl that was created by making the cowl fit straight & level.

Nathan Dempsey
Working on masking the camo pattern today.

Dutch
Looking good. Keep up the progress. The splinter pattern will be stupendous when done.

Nathan Dempsey
Thanks Dutch! Man I just realized looking at pictures that the wing camo is a mirror image for the other wing. It won't be perfect… 😁

Ben M
Ah, amodel 🙂

Dutch
Ben, I feel you!

Nathan Dempsey
Welcome to the show Ben! I've applied the first color today. Now off to cut masks for the next color. I've been spoiled by those pre-cut masks…

Dutch
Nathan, quick question. Why not just spray the first color overall, then mask only the subsequent colors? Saves at least one step, I should think. Carry on. I am enjoying the show.

Nathan Dempsey
In this case I just got a little too happy masking. I even decided against my usual preshade since this plane's paint looks really new in all the pictures.

Dutch
Yeah, I can understand the excitement factor!

Dutch
Nathan, are you going to put kill markings on it?
google.com/url?sa=t&..e2eYFcXbT_ewibuKmesM

Nathan Dempsey
Well my printer is dead, but my dad has a similar one so I'm going to try… Wish me luck.

Nathan Dempsey
The second color has been applied. Slow going here as my workbench time has been lacking.

Roland Sachsenhofer
These four pictures begin a project that should result in one of the largest models I have ever attempted. Not the biggest - the 1:32 Liberator holds my record here - but close!
However, the impressively large box contains surprisingly little and, also surprisingly, large components such as the fuselage, wings and tailplane are already assembled. Incidentally, these are made of fibreglass and require their own treatment.
These parts are also stable and clean. A bit of filling was required, as the traces of glue and filler on the seams are very rough and show air pockets. This will now be sanded, the cockpit sawn out and the windows drilled - well, modelling a little differently than usual! 🙂

Gergő Takács
This looks like a cool project! Following.

Treehugger
The panel lines look ok I guess. I mean, I would be happy with those panel lines.

Mr D
Like it , nice project.
I'm working on the Beriev Be-6 Armoured Flying boat,
Revisiting a kit after 33yrs.
All the best with yours...😃👍👍

Robert Podkoński
A true behemoth it is. I will surely follow this build with utmost interest!

gorby
Looking forward to seeing this take shape. 🙂
I believe the last Mars had it's final flight two weeks ago.
Youtube Video
Youtube Video

Nathan Dempsey
Oh my another giant. Following 👀

Robert Podkoński
BTW. Do we see the finished Fairchild in the background, Roland?

Roland Sachsenhofer
I am very happy about all your interest! In fact, I also started this project because of its topicality; the pictures of the last flight of Hawai Mars are always a heart-warming pleasure; this one in particular, thanks Gorby for posting it!

Today I drilled the openings for the windows in the fuselage; I determined the diameter of the holes from kit glass parts. They seem a bit big to me, but we'll see. As I'm not going to use the clear parts from the kit, but want to make them with Klearfix, I could reduce the diameter quite a bit.
The next steps will be to finish sanding the fuselage seams - now only the top side has to be done - and then to glue the wings and stabilisers to the fuselage. To do this, I'm cutting solid steel rods to length, which I'll glue in place with a two-component adhesive.
The Mars should be ready by mid-October: I want to take it to the Euromodel in Ried, Upper Austria.

And yes, In fact, the more or less finished Fairchild F.91 had to serve as a scale model in the background! 🙂

Alex K
Oh my... Here he goes again! 🙂 👍

Daniel Klink
I, I follow.. i follow you, scratched things gorby...👍

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
I feel an itch for this scratch... Following!

gorby
Glad to have you all along for the ride (not that I'm convinced that this thing would ever have been able to move an inch). 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Another one, yay! 👍 Welcome to 72!😉

Spanjaard
insane... i would not miss it for the world. scratchbuild to its finest again 🙂

David Taylor
O)h Gawd here we go.

gorby
No pressure then (gulp). 😳
Climb aboard – there's plenty of room inside. 🙂

gorby
The Roller Beast rides again! The next update is available here:
brexitmodeller.com/f..nt&comment=68500

And I'm starting to get the hang of the 'short post' concept.

Alec K
Short posts!?! BORING! I am in, of course 👍

gorby
😄 😄 😄

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
The result of the rollers is really quite nice. Kudos!

gorby
Thanks for taking the time to comment. 🙂 👍

wilky
Another big oddity

Dave Flitton
Awesome! Another Gorby scratches his What's It

gorby
Thanks for tagging along matiepoos. 👍

Roll up roll up, get your two free posts for the price of one!
I may have failed to understand the economics of why two free items are better than one free item twice. Don't ask such awkward questions!

brexitmodeller.com/f..nt&comment=69094

brexitmodeller.com/f..nt&comment=69631

Alec K
This thing is, well... crazy. Great progress Gorb 👍

gorby
Thanks Alec. 👍
It is slightly reassuring that even I know it's crazy.😉

bughunter
What a crazy tank! This was only existing on paper as drawings I guess? Your scratch work is the opposite 👍

gorby
Yes frank, this thing only existed as a very poorly thought out patent. I've been looking through Google patents and it's amazing how many other misguided monstrosities are buried in there.

bughunter
Oh yes, Google patents is cool! Find also interesting things about our beloved WWI biplanes 👍

gorby
Yet another double trouble update for anyone with the stamina to last the course. Don't worry, not long to go now (just DON'T ask about the dio unless you want to see a grown man cry).

brexitmodeller.com/f..nt&comment=71652

brexitmodeller.com/f..nt&comment=73190

Brandon H
What in tarnation?!
Very cool build

gorby
Thanks Brandon - glad to have you following. 🙂

Rui S
I was following, now I'm in for this crazy patent. Great scracth as always 👍

gorby
Thanks very much Rui mate. 👍
I just wish I could paint and weather as well as you can - that's usually when it goes down-hill for me.😉

Pierre Pierre
that looks very impressive, can you make some size comparison picture of your model ?

gorby
Thanks Pierre.
Good point. I'll sort that for the next update. 👍

Daniel Klink
Why do i think of those guys while watching your progress👍
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Rui S
Thank you too for that, Gorbygould. Very pleasant to read, but I think your work don't have down-hills, even in painting or weathering.

gorby
Daniel: 😄 😄 😄 What a fabulous contraption - I'm half tempted to build it.

You're too kind Rui, but I know that I'm not good at painting because I don't enjoy it, so I usually rush it to get it over with. I just enjoy putting the bits together – perhaps I'm channelling my inner toddler with the Lego I used to love playing with.😉

David Taylor
Im the same Gorby,prefer the modelling aspect rather than the painting.

Rui S
Well, i've to say that I also, prefer the construction part, even if it's a dio, but without paint it dosen't work. I even avoid painting subassemblies 🤔 but because I like dios, I've to handle figure painting. They are too difficult and take a lot of time, AHRRR 🙁

gorby
Tell me about it – I've just painted 51 1/72 figures for the dio for this monstrosity, although admittedly I stop short of following your lead and didn't paint their nails.😉

Rui S
Did you notice that? 😄
51? Where are you going to locate all that troop?

gorby
Yes I did notice that - you must be bloody mad. 😄
At the moment I have no idea if all 51 are going to fit on the dio - perhaps I need some sort of plan? 😄

gorby
ALL DONE!!!!!
Erm… well, sort of:

brexitmodeller.com/f..nt&comment=74484

gorby
😄 😄 😄

bughunter
What a chunk! I don't want to stand in front of it when it rolls towards me! 😮
With paint it looks scary real 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Bloody ridiculous indeed 👍 Lovely scratchbuilding, I admire it 👍

gorby
Thanks mates. I've still the dio to do - currently about two thirds done. At the moment I'm making hundreds of tiny sandbags - remind me, this is supposed to be fun isn't it?😉

Michael Valentan
And again a real cool project...just getting in now, but what i see is fantastic...i really love your Scratchwork! Which Side is front?? The big roller i think, that would mean the cannons look backwards...absolute crazy!

Hope you build all the other crazy vehicles shown on that site you posted earlier...

Spanjaard
amazing job!! i wonder what will be your next crazy idea... and i will certainly not miss it 🙂

gorby
Thanks very much mates. You will be seeing this monstrosity again when the diorama is complete. 👍
I'm sorry to disappoint you – my next project is to reduce my ludicrously excessive stash of ELEVEN kits! What on earth possessed me to buy so many?😉
Scratching the ridiculously is very addictive, so I'm sure I won't be able to stay away for long.

Michael: Yes the giant roller is at the front. It does take some brain readjustment to understand why ALL the main guns are pointing towards their own troops. What was Jehlik thinking! 😄

Alex Rodionov
Wow. It's fantastic. Nice weathering.

Torsten
Absolutely😎, awesome build

Michael Valentan
Only 11 kits in stock?? Oh my god, that explains why you do that much scratching...i have 10 times of you in stock and always find something to build...from scratch...and every time i made a scratchmodel it comes out as a plastic-kit from a large manufacturer in the next year...last thing to build was a "Boarhound"...should be on display in Vienna in last June (GO Modelling)....will sadly never happen again due to Corona and austrian officials....

And i still wonder if the tank of jehlik was for America in the first line or for export to some "not so heroic" country...to shoot at fleeing soldiers was very popular in former times...

Daniel Klink
Whoaa!!! Very cool and with paint and weathering absolutely stunning !!!

Alec K
Really looking great Gorb. Very addicting indeed, for all of us hooked on your journeys. Looking forward to the dio 👍

Daniel Klink
That would be an absolute unique and spectacular Robo Vac

gorby
😄 😄 😄 – Oh yeh! Robo vac with attitude. 😄

Thanks very much matiepoos I'm pleased it meets with your approval. Not sure about the weathering myself, I sort of closed my eyes and threw mud at it.

Yes 11 kits Michael – but they seem to be 11 eternal kits. It seems that even if I build a kit, I count the stash afterwards and it's STILL 11 bloody kits – how does that happen? I even took one shoe and sock off last time I counted them.😉

Annnyyyway – more bloody sandbags to make. 🙁

Rui S
Very Nice paintjob.👍 Looking forward to see this Monster in a dio😎

gorby
Thanks very much matie. 🙂 👍

gorby
Good grief, won't I ever go away?*
It's Roller-Beast dio time:

brexitmodeller.com/f..-again-its-dio-time/

(* Probably not. You could try ignoring me, although I'm likely to be like an annoying puppy, constantly yapping, yap yap yap until you look. I'll probably just pee on your leg for ignoring me in the first place).

Rui S
Hahaha ok. I do not ignore you, and surely don't mind look at your work 👍. Don't quite understand, why you didn't paint their nails, hehehe.😄 Looking forward to see the dio here😎

gorby
Of course I painted the fingernails Rui, you're just not looking closely enough.😉
I stopped short of painting the whites of their eyes because people start shooting when they see the whites of their eyes and that seems downright antisocial to me.

gorby
The end is nigh!!! The final diorama update!
(There's a few more updates as well, so you might need to get yourself a drink and a couple of tranquillisers and settle in for the evening).

brexitmodeller.com/f..mments#comment-75938

Rui S
What a great work. The dio also turn out Great. Impressive work on this small scale. Very well done Mate 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Wow, pic #23 looks like a real thing, oh wait..😉 👍
Nice wire, how did you get it? OK, found the instructions in the provided forum topic, cool idea 👍

Brandon H
Awesome dio!

jhull123
Another gift! Unstoppable!!

gorby
Thanks very much mates. 🙂
I'll try and get the final photos sorted out in the next week or so. 👍

Spanjaard
impressive!!!

Alec K
Man, that dio will give that monstrosity an undeserved air of legitimacy....😄 😄 😄

gorby
Thanks Spanjaard & Alec.
😄 😄 😄
It's almost as if you think Jehlik wasn't a genius! 😮
(exit stage left, shaking head with dismay, sobbing gently.) 😭

Torsten
Awesome😎

Lochsa River
Outrageous...

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂

Michael Valentan
That´s a hell of a road roller...it even makes it´s own road...really imperssive, great dio!

gorby
😄 😄
Thanks Michael. 👍

Simon Nagorsnik
thats a crazy project 😃- fantstic idea- like it!

gorby
Thanks very much Simon. 🙂
You've probably realised that I like weird stuff. 😄

Mark
Wow!

Guy Rump
Outrageously brilliant! 👍

Simon Nagorsnik
@gorby: it´s always a good thing to create models/ topics away from the mainstream, i just have to finish some of my old projects, then I will certainly do something similar! 😁
#watching for input 😉

Robin (WhiteGlint)
This is just crazy and cool! 👍

gorby
Thanks everyone for your comments. 🙂
Simon: I would certainly recommend it, I very much enjoyed this project.

Behemonth Magnus
simply....stunning!!

gorby
Thank you very much. 🙂

Michael Kohl
Oh boy! I thought you just took a lint roller and painted it green, but you were really serious about that one. Still haven't made up my mind what's more incredible: the build or the story you fabricated. Be it as it may, I enjoyed both a lot.

gorby
Thanks Michael.
I still can't believe that I spend so much time and effort building something so utterly silly. It's like I've got nothing better to do with my time......oh, apparently I haven't. 😄

Neuling
Looks like my robot vacuum cleaner .......... 🙂

Alexander Grivonev
Hats off to the dedication, most impressive scratch building, simply stellar work! 👍👍

gorby
Perhaps Jehlik had a vision of the future and rather than invent the robotic vacuum he got the scale a bit wrong. 😉
Thanks very much for the comments mates. 👍

Neuling
👍

Pietro De Angelis
Impressive!

Guy Rump
Very nice! 👍

Andy WW1
That's ridiculous! I love it 😄

gorby
Thank you to everyone who has left a nice comment and everyone who has clicked 'like'.
As you're probably bored with seeing this go to the top of the feed, if anyone comments from now on I'll thank you now. 👍

Rui S
Hi Gorby,
It never bothers me to see Great Different Interesting works, that for sure also deserve to be shown and seen by the most recent mates.
One thing his not responding to the new likes, another it's not responding to the deserved Recognition comments. Just my two cent 🤔

Doubtingmango
That is awe inspiring on so many levels

Mick Burdett
A maze ing !!

Finn
Cool!

gorby
Thanks very much for your comments. 🙂

CaptGPF
One question - where's the blood spattering on the roller? 😱. J/K - I love it!

gorby
😄 😄 😄
There isn't any blood because I suspect they'd be able crawl away faster than it would be able to move. 😉

CaptGPF
ROFL!

Andy Dallibar
I feel guilty not putting a like on all your items....take it as a given.

gorby
Thanks Andy, I'm glad you like my stuff. 🙂

nikfrost
A crazy looking thing! Nice work. Some more inspiration for you:

darkroastedblend.com..tory-part-1.html?m=1

Spanjaard
tsar tank has your name all over gorby!!!

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Thanks both and thanks for the link Nik, I have been tempted by a few of those in the past so I'm not ruling anything out. 👍