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Kesa Tiho
FINALLY!!! THE GODS HAVE BLESSED US!!!

Jennifer Franklin
Oh, very nice, those pieces will fit!!!

Jakko ‌
"Removing seams from roadwheels the Jakko way." Thanks for the shout-out 🙂

Though TBH, I find it takes about as long as clamping the wheel in a vice and scraping the seam down — the lathe is less effort but not really a timesaver, IMHO. Could be that's down to my lack of lathing skills, though.

Ben M Autor
It took a long time but it's fun. Not every day I get to use a lathe.

Lorraine Lin
Wow! Tanks and cafe girls😁

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Ben M Autor
As the kit is missing many parts, l will try 3d printing / scratchbuilding the missing parts. My resin printer isn't a very good one so it can be hard to get things to print correctly.

Jakko ‌
Quick tip: you don't need to take photos of your screen — press ⇧⌘4 instead 🙂

Ben M Autor
There is a lot of work to do to remove the supports. I did a quick and dirty pass on one side and it fits perfectly!

I scaled running gear and tracks from a 1:56 stl by 175% to get to 1:32 and it fits properly.

Ben M Autor
I got the tracks from here: cults3d.com/en/3d-mo..early-prod-july-1941

Jennifer Franklin
Very neat, love the 3D printing.

Ben M Autor
Jakko: Youtube Video

🙂 🙂 🙂

Ben M Autor
All missing parts 3d printed by upscaling from 1:56 to 1:32. Suspension and tracks won't be glued on til after painting. Same with radio antenna as I'll just break it off if I add it now.

Marcin Dudek
👀 Wathing

Rui S
I see you manage to do 3d printing 😮 lucky you. The tracks and bogies look wonderful 👍

Jennifer Franklin
Pretty soon, with 3D printing, the only limit will be our imagination.

Jakko ‌
That, and the time and effort you want to put into learning how to use the software and the printer … Both of which are what's kept me from wanting to do this myself 🙂

Ben M Autor
Got kind of an acceptable gloss pink outcome. Respect to the car builders I see on here who put down perfect gloss coats!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Ben M Autor
Painting the one part track and suspension takes a lot. I have literally worn out one brush so far, scrubbing in all the nooks and crannies.

gorby
Pink tank! Got to follow this build. 😄

Ben M Autor
This is more fun than painting everything green.

gorby
Nice. I like the military issue picnic blankets as well. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Like it, like it. Down to the leopard print blanket. Aerosmiths Pink is now my earworm. 🤘🥸👍

Jakko ‌
Can I downvote that for mentioning that godawful song? 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Oh, I don't know it has a certain resonance too it. 🤘🥸🤟😅🖖

Jakko ‌
That's part of my problem with it 😛 I don't like it AND it sticks in your head …

Mark Sherwood
Welcome to my earworm along with The Bird is the Word (thank you Family Guy 😫😵😵‍💫) I do find playing Motorhead at extreme volume seems to help. . . . . Pardon? 🤟🥸🤘

Ben M Autor
I would have better off filling the holes for mounting the tools and cutting the pins off of them.

Lebloge
I really want a cotton candy... 😛
@ Mark : Listening to Motörhead at extreme volume helps with everything...don't forget "Lemmy is god" 😄 🤘🏻

Ben M Autor
Motorheads okay but I'd rather listen to Black Flag. I'm more hardcore than metal.

Mark Sherwood
Me being my age, late sixties to the seventies and a smattering of eighties, nineties, noughties and beyond (cue Madness) 🤟🥸🤘 and the Grant/Lee is looking good in Pink. 👍

Ben M Autor
It's fun, and I have a lot of nostalgia for this kit. It is one of the kits I built relatively well, when I was a kid, given my resources. One fun thing I enjoy is the periscope moves with the main armament. Anyhow, it's been enjoyable to build this kit again, and kind of go off the beaten path. I thought about giving it a pin wash but it's an anime tank and I think it should just be glossed out.

Jennifer Franklin
Love the "spray paint" down the side. Looking really good.

Ben M Autor
I did the best I could with it, I did a lot of practicing, and I need to do a lot more to get better fine airbrush control. This project helped me learn a lot about gloss coats.

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Sergej I
Following! 👍

Finn
Following

Guy Rump
Looking good, following with interest. 👍

David Taylor
Looks brill so far.

Michael Kohl
Nicely detailled area of the kit and well painted.

Sergej I
Nice! Watching with interest 👍

Sebastijan Videc
following!

gorby
Interested to see how this will turn out. Doesn't look a great kit.

Villiers de Vos Autor
The kit shows its age. I hope, with a bit of work will turnout alright.

Mr D
Very smart... Great job 👍👍

Michael Kohl
Following

Mr D
Will be keeping eye out for updates.
The messy glue tubes, the Beriev lm building came with a little pot of glue that you Peirce with pin on one side 🤣
Long dried up.... I did use it back when l was a kid....lots of sticky thumb prints.
Nice project 👍

Villiers de Vos Autor
Gentlemen, thank you all for your kind remarks. I have been chipping away slowly. The part count of the kit is not that high, but the version I chose as well as the paint scheme results in a lot of challenges to my skill level which I thoroughly enjoy.

Mr D
Hi Villiers 👋
Your doing a good job...it looking really good 👍
Nice kit... who is the manufacturer??

Villiers de Vos Autor
Hello Mr D. The manufacturer is Gakken.

Mr D
👍 Thanks Villiers ...l like to look different manufacturers up n see there range 👍

István Szücs
So much work, it's awesome! It turns out well!

Mr D
Heading towards being a nice model this one, like the engine and interior work.
Good little kit 👌👍

Villiers de Vos Autor
Thank you Mr. D for your comments. The kit certainly shows its age. I remain a sucker for the larger scale classic cars.

Stéphane Jayet
Promising one !

MS K
Oh, This manufacturer I've never heard before.
I don't think it will be easy. 👍

Villiers de Vos Autor
I have experienced several paint disasters. Enamel paint kept on forming scales. In the end I had to strip the paint back several times to the primer level. Progress should be quicker from here on.

Mr D
Hi Villiers 👋
Glad your getting on track a bit now, do you think the plastic reached with the paint ?
Nice to see it taking shape 👍👍

Villiers de Vos Autor
Hello Mr D
I started off with a primer, Mr. Surfacer 1500 thinned down with Mr. Color Leveling Thinner which came out just fine.
I believe that the paint layers were perhaps too thick working with enamels. I believe that I should do thin layers (well thinned) stretched over more than one day.

Mr D
Annoying when the hard work is undone! ... Just have to pull it back ....and you done that, hopefully be good going forward 👍
I only use water based acrylics, Humbrol and Deluxe gloss dried nice n hard after few days, some of the other brands are bits soft!!
I've had to many dramas with Enamel 🤣 but l expected it's a better option for a car ?
I mainly use Vallejo, AK and recently been using the new ICM paints (very impressed 👍)
Did you have to do some Chrome n conducive paint striping on this one ?
👍👍

Jennifer Franklin
late to the party but following

Lorraine Lin
Still remember the smell of tube cement😜

Guy Rump
Same as Jennifer! 👍

Mr D
@Lorraine ...yes and the glue had a habit of going everywhere but on the model 🫣🤣
Looking nice Villiers 👍 taking shape now,l ike the leather tone of the leather seats 👌

Dean Cikins
That is a beautiful machine. Nice detail

Dave
Your car is really taking shape, love colors you have chosen. As for the tube glue, i remember as kid thinking that getting a model kit with supplied glue was great until you open it. (That was the first mistake)

Guido
Checking in to get the updates 👍🏻🙋🏼‍♂️

Mr D
Getting Leather to look right is not easy " But you more than succeed on the door cards"
Doing some nice work 👍👍

Villiers de Vos Autor
The Mercedes is on its own wheels at last. I am now tackling the light clusters.

Jennifer Franklin
Thanks for documenting the surfacer process. Looking very nice too!

Mr D
Looking great Villiers 👍
The Tire's look very original and radiator grill turned out very good.
How do you get on for the Hood/bonnet hinge??
Nice work 👏

Villiers de Vos Autor
Thank you Jennifer and Mr D.
Mr D, it is a real hinge supplied with the model. See photo 36.

Mr D
Great...it looks the part 👍

Alexander Romanov
ahh - cool

Konstantin Zhiltsov
I love the egg carton idea! Absolutely ingeniously!

Great work on the model too.

Villiers de Vos Autor
Gentlemen, thank you for your kind comments.
I hope to stick a fork in this project by the end of this weekend.

CaptGPF
Amazing step by step process! I love your technique for painting / reducing the fine detailed caps - absolutely brilliant!

Creature
👀

Jennifer Franklin
The caps worked out beautifully; I will have to remember your technique.

bughunter
Another one of those crazy scratching people 👍

Robert Podkoński
Look who's saying this 😄

Simon O'Gorman
Some of the detail work I see on 1:72 kits on this site is unbelievable - this is another one - fantastic work Davy 👍

Denis Dogadov
I like your serious approach.
I have assembled two Fokker D.XXI 1/72. One of them was converted from the Novo set. The second one is from Special Hobby
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Denis Dogadov
My version of the engine and hood. I took the details for revision from the Blenheim model Novo.
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Rui S
Excellent 👍 I'm in 😎

Mr D
Very nice start 👍👍 like it

Cuajete
Great!

Alec K
I like that cockpit 👍

Davy Vos Autor
Thank you very much every one! And looks really great Denis! 👍🏻👍🏻

Jan Peters
Excellent detailing! Following for sure 👀

David R. Meizoso
Your cockpit work deserves an ovation. Astounding build!

Alec K
Wow, this thing is almost done! Looking really good 👍

Villiers de Vos
Detailed work. Booking my seat.

Cuajete
Fantastic painting job 👍
Well done so far!

Tom M
I like the model very much

Davy Vos Autor
Thank you very much all! 😊🙏🏻

Jennifer Franklin
That is some impressive painting!

Skyhiker
I'm late

Finn
Well done indeed!

Munkyslut
Lovely detail, cockpit is perfecto👌

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic work on the interior. The exterior paint work is also very good.

J35J
Late in, great build & scratchwork!👍🏻

Davy Vos Autor
Thanks all! Really appreciated!

Michael Kohl
Very high quality

Mark K
Truly beautiul,

Skyhiker
Your seatbelts really came out nice for this scale. Kind of amazing. You're a wizard.

CaptGPF
Agree with Skyhiker - amazing!

Guy Rump
I'm late, looking forward to final result, looking excellent! 👍

Steve Desarzens
It looks really good, congrats for this amazing result 🤗
Love this airplane, built my version 2 years ago but in 1/48 scale

Cuajete
Great!

Jennifer Franklin
Very nice work! It's beautiful.

Rui S
Very Nice scene. Well done 👍

brad.G1965x
Nicely done. If it is depicting the invasion of France in 1940, then the BMW 75 and MG42 would not have been around yet.

Ignacio von Braun
Following!

Ben M
👀

Doubtingmango
Great idea!

Gary Curling
May be a bit of tamiya buff on the top of grass?still looks 👍

Dietmar Bogatzki
Nice diorama Marc 👍

Alexander Witte
The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence! 😉 I like the Panzer grey though, a nice faded touch, thank you.

Marc . Autor
Thanks gary for your idea to use buff. I can see a difference but it's barely noticeable in the photos.
Maybe I should use more buff but I'll wait and see what the whole scene looks like with resin water and water lilies.

Thanks Dietmar.

Thanks Alexander.

Rui S
Looking good 👍

Mspi101
O panzer of the lake, what is your wisdom?

Robert Podkoński
Looks great already. I can't wait to see the final effect 🙂

Marc . Autor
Thanks Rui.

Thank you Robert.

Dear Mspi101 finish the models that you have before buying new ones ...
- The Panzer of the lake has spoken😉

Shar Dipree
Looks fanstastic ao far.
The embankment just looks great.

Marc . Autor
Thanks Shar Dipree.

Mr James
The embankment and roots are very well done 👏

gorby
Very impressive work so far!

Marc . Autor
Thanks Mr James and Gorby.

J35J
Following with intrest!

David Taylor
Looks brill.

Rui S
Great, 👍 keep it coming

Ben M
Blub.

Spanjaard
really impressive, looking forward the following steps

Bruce Huxtable
Wow! This is going to be a stunner! I agree, the tree roots are well observed, so very convincing. May I suggest a few dead grass stems amongst the fresh leaves? Perhaps some old tree leaves too? Can't wait to see the lily pads...

Maciej
Beautiful!

Guy Rump
Excellent so far, following. 👍

Felix
Just came across your impressive series of dioramas. They are so cool! Each one of them tells a story, i love that.

Marc . Autor
Thank you Felix.

Finn
Cool

Michael Kohl
Convincing destruction. Waiting for more.

Michael Osadciw
Nice destruction on the BMP! Building a wrecked vehicle is more difficult than an intact one IMO, but this looks great. What sort of modifications did you need to make to the Bradley for service in the Ukrainian army?

Marc . Autor
Thanks. Destroying the BMP was a strange experience, but with the help of a number of reference photos it worked out quite well. At least I'm quite happy with the results.
When it comes to the Bradley in Ukrainian service the only difference i saw with the Academy model is the tracks.
In Ukraine they use T161 tracks but i havent found these as an after-marked set.

Jonathon Herring
Very nice indeed. Look forward to more.

Rui S
Looking great 👍

Mr James
Lovely work on the destruction. Looks amazing

Andriy Shvets
This is great. The destruction of equipment is conveyed very accurately

Jonathon Herring
Really getting there, Marc. It is one fun to watch, for sure. Thanks for the entertainment 👍

Robert Podkoński
Great job!

CaptGPF
I agree with everyone, the soldiers are also well done.

Shar Dipree
Looks great so far! 👍👍👍

J35J
Great work!👍🏻

Marc . Autor
It's finally done!

gorby
Excellent!

Rui S
I agree, Great Dio and weathering work. 👍
SLAVA UKRAINE

CaptGPF
OMG - absolutely love the finished product! The subject placement, the phenomenal rust and weathering - even the Evian box, done to perfection! 🙇‍♂️

Marc . Autor
Thanks you all for kind words.

Spanjaard
great job

Neuling
A very well laid out diorama. Also good work on the destroyed vehicle. I compared its look with pictures on the website "Oryx". You did a good job here.

Ryan G. F. Young
very well done indeed!

Marc . Autor
Thanks for all the comments.

Jonathon Herring
👍 This was well worth watching. Well done Marc😊

Marc . Autor
Thanks Jonathon.

Nikolas H.

I have/had the same idea and upgraded 3 1991's DRAGON 1:35 "ModernAFV series" T-72 w/ERA; BMP-2E; SA-9 Gaskin; with new current decals, figures and upgrades to the Ukraine-Russia war (special operation hahahaha);).
I actually wanted to equip the T-72 with a homemade anti-drone cage.
Check out my Ukraine War album here online.!

Finn
Beautiful!

Rui S
mlike it, a lot. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦💪✌️

Marc . Autor
Thanks you Rui S.

Robert Podkoński
Great job!

Neuling
I agree!

Mark
Слава Україні! Героям слава!

Shar Dipree
Very nice M113, great diorama.
Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦

Marc . Autor
Thanks Robert Podkoński, Neuling, Mark and Shar Dipree.
Slava Ukraine!

Arnold Mertens
well done!!

Mark Sherwood
Nice Dio' Marc. Especially the drone release.

Marc . Autor
Thank you Arnold Mertens and Mark Sherwood.

gorby
Very nice work!

Marc . Autor
Thanks Gorby!

Finn
Well done!

Denis Dogadov
Изкоробка будет?

Denis Dogadov
Вот стройка,может что пригодится-
karopka.ru/forum/forum435/topic29377/

Duster_d Autor
Denis Dogadov, да, походу изкоробку буду делать. Спасибо за ссылку, как раз искал инфу по "Вентурам". А еще можете подсказать: подойдет ли в качестве ANA 607\606 Sea Blue краска от Ганзы H54 Navy Blue?

Denis Dogadov
Здесь на сайте покопайтесь, сначала инструкции на Вентуры посмотрите в 72-48-32 ,чем там производитель рекомендует красить.
Если не поможет, то и другие самолёты США с того ТВД, окраска стандартная была.
Я недавно Каталину красил эмалями Ганза, 367, 338.

Nicolas
👀

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Duster_d Autor
I haven't had time for modeling lately: too much work, plus I'm sick.

Nicolas
Get well soon.

J35J
Great work so far, take care!

Denis Dogadov
Ну и чем в итоге красил?

Duster_d Autor
@Denis, белый H316, Intermediate Blue H56 и верх Navy Blue H54 (все Aqueous HobbyColor). Как в инструкции от "академиевской" "Вентуры".

Łukasz Gliński
Lovely project, beautiful plane, sort of ultimate Fishbed 😉

Mike Volkov
This will be interesting 🤩

Sylvain Vernier
an appealing version of the 21...
I am not familiar with this kit. Wait and see 👀

Robert Podkoński
Interesting. Watching!

Cuajete
Great! Thanks for all the information, because I was looking for an F-7 or similar variant. Too bad there is no F-7 available in plastic at 1/72.
Following!

Cuajete
KP just released this F-7, but I'm not sure if it's accurate (at least it doesn't seem to be the PG version, according to the box art). What I don't know is if it'll be accurate for the older versions:

F-7 (Kovozávody Prostějov KPM0505, 1:72)

Sergej I
Love the resin kit builds! 👍 Following with interest 🙂

Moreno Baruffini
As the above, following with interest!

Łukasz Gliński
Following 👍

Martin Weinpold
Following!

Nicolas
Me 3

DerMattes
Following! 👍

Rui S
Impressive work 👍

Sergej I
Following, great work so far! 👍

DerMattes
Good to see this going forward 👍

Cristian A
Booking my seat, I like the fine pre-shading 🙂

Lost_Erik
👍 Good progress.

Ben M
How do you do pre-shading like that in 1:72?

servalpe Autor
@Ben M, I use two hands to handle the airbrush and put the kit in a support.

Thomas Kolb
Those straight and true airbrush lines are impressive. I definitely need to try to improve…

servalpe Autor
More details about my pre-shadding: Airbrush Fengda FE-180 with 0.2 needle, Tamiya XF-1 paint diluted with Mr. Hobby Lacquer Thinner around 80-90%, Pressure: 1 bar. The needle has been polished with Tamiya compounds.

Cristian A
Wow polishing the needle with Tamiya compounds is quite the idea. I think I will try that! Which compound out of the three are you using for this? I'm assuming it's the finish product.

servalpe Autor
@Cristian A, you need the 3 compounds: coarse, fine and finish. You will see how smooth will be the needle after coarse polishing. Because chinese airbrush needles are not very well finished.

Thomas Kolb
Polishing the needle is a great idea to avoid blotches. But I think it's more a matter of being able to move the airbrush in a perfect straight line and being able to start and stop the paint flow precisely where you want. Something you seem to have mastered.

servalpe Autor
@Thomas, please try to use 2 hands and you will see how much control you gain 😉

servalpe Autor
Thanks guys, for your nice comments ...

Rui S
Thank you for your detailed explanation. Apreciated 👍

Michael Kohl
I shouldn't miss this

Cristian A
Nice sand colour, keep it going 😄

Cuajete
Very nice job so far 👍

DerMattes
Nice paintjob so far!

servalpe Autor
Paintjob needs some corrections, but it is almost finished.

Thomas Kolb
That camo looks very nicely weathered. Beautiful.

DerMattes
Beautiful build! Nice! 👍

Thomas Kolb
The more I look at the photos, the more impressed I am. Absolutely stunning paint job - I wish I could ever do something like that.

Michael Kohl
I can only agree with Thomas. Some mighty nice paint job here - with the preshading particularly impressive. I am afraid that even with three hands and a foot my control wouldn't be sufficient for a similar quality.
Maybe it is still on your to-do-list, but as the instructions are not specific about them (at least thats what I have in the back of my head), I allow myself a reminder to paint the Nav-lights at the wing edges where the dotted triangles are.

servalpe Autor
Thanks for your nice comments guys. The nav lights are painted near the extreme of leading edge and flaps, and the triangle. I don't know if you are referring to these ones, @Michael Kohl. In the to-do-list, maybe a litle touches with watercolors pencils and some scratches 😉

servalpe Autor
More about paint-job: there is also post-shading with a lighter color and darker color from the base in zones where the pre-shading were lost.
Weathering: PLW with AK 2073 Sand and Desert Camouflage paneliner, streaking and filter with AMMO Mig Streaking Grime and some fading in panels and foward fuselage with AMO Mig PLW Pacific Dust.

Lost_Erik
👍

Cuajete
I agree with the mates. Great job. Fantastic painting job and result. Thanks for the info, Servalpe 👍
Congrats!

It's a shame that AMK hasn't released any other 1/72 scale kits, apart from this one and the L-39.

servalpe Autor
@thanks Cuajete. But I think that is L-29, because I have the kit too 😉

Thomas Kolb
L-29 Delfin, now reissued by Eduard. An excellent kit.

Cuajete
Sorry, I meant L-29 👍. I hit the other key on the keyboard. I didn't pay attention to what I typed.

servalpe Autor
@Cuajete Suele pasar. Buen fin de semana 😉

Nicolas
Great result. 👍

Neuling
Yes. Very beautiful!

Clement
Nicely done 👍

Geert
Beautiful airplane! I am using it as an example for my IDF Kfir 🙂

Mike Siemers
Excellent job, beautiful paint scheme.

Moreno Baruffini
Well done 👍🏼

Juergen Klinglhuber
👀

Sergej I
following

Johannes Schendlinger Autor
Nice to have you here guys! 😊

Music_On
I have the original Two Bobs version in the stash - following with interest!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Mark Sherwood
I do like the shape of the Buckeye, nice start Johannes.👍

Stefan Fraundorfer
The Buckeye is probably not one of the most elegant aircraft, but I still enjoy watching your build progress. I'm looking forward to the finished model and hope you enjoy it until then Johannes.

Ricardo Reis
Uhuuu! Looking good! I have one of these in my stash, following!

Juergen Klinglhuber
nice progress,....

Thomas K.
Sehr stark; 👍

Rui S
Beautiful Dio 👍

Diorama Dude Autor
Thank you Thomas K. and Rui S for your Comments. I thank all Mates for her Likes and her Interest.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Großes Diorama im kleinen Maßstab 👍 👍

Diorama Dude Autor
Danke Dietmar Bogatzki für deinen Kommentar und die Likes. I thank all Mates for her Likes and her Interest.

Guy Rump
Excellent dio! 👍

Neuling
Yes! 👍

Dominik Weitzer
great work.

gorby
Excellent diorama!

Diorama Dude Autor
Thank you Guy Rump, Neuling, Dominik Weitzer and gorby for your Comments. I thank all Mates for her Likes and her Interest.

Bob Hall
I didn't get there with the Corp, but the 3 ID but was with the 1ID attached with the Corp in Fallujah and my Grandfather was a WW2 - Nam lifer and I would go back to war with them any day anytime ! Beautiful Dio 🇺🇲🤘😎🤘🇺🇲

Diorama Dude Autor
Thank you Bob Hall for your Comment. I thank all Mates for her Likes and her Interest.

Camouflage
Impressive diorama with a lot of small details!! The Mk 48/16 tractor unit scratch conversion is awesome!! Great work dude.👍👍

Bernhard Schrock Autor
For some time now, the project has been taking a vague form. It was probably Mirko Krogmeier's model which lit the spark of enthusiasm in lingen.

The day before yesterday the kit finally arrived and today to warm up I looked at the door. Although the H-19 is far from completion…🙂

Augie
Lol I'm booking my seat in advance.

bughunter
Another one of those beauty queens 👍

David Taylor
Back in.

Tom Spiegelberg
Oh, geht schon los mit der Sea King 😃

Alberto
Great comeback to modelling!

Aleksandar P Autor
Thanks!

Shar Dipree
Beautiful MiG-31. The MiG31 really comes into its own just by showing it in flight with the right flight angle. Fantastics.

Mr D
Brilliant job Aleksandra nice shading work, great aircraft. 👍👍

Eric Thornton
Super! Looks great in flight 👍

ZHOU Kun
Nice and clean build!

Neuling
Excellent work which deserves more picures!

alessandro magrelli
Absolutely stunning

Giannis Kaltapanidis
Oh WOW! Such a badass!

Akaidada
NICE BRO!

Jean-François Lacoste
Excellent, et c'est encore mieux quand on peut les admirer en vrai 😉

NantraKs Autor
Il fallait être a satory le 10 avril dernier ^^

Jean-François Lacoste
T'inquiète, j'y étais et on a pu discuter 😁

NantraKs Autor
Comme quoi les photos n'étaient pas fake xD

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀

Neil Autor
Welcome Robin! 🙂

Donald Dickson II
I did this one with the AMK kit. Been trying to find the F-4 version to do. LOL
F-14 Group Build F-14D Vandy Complete | Album by smokeriderdon (1:48)

Looking good so far!

Maciej Bellos
Missed it!

Neil Autor
Hi Donald & Maciej 🙂 Thanks for commenting and your interest. Much appreciated mates 👍 Checked out your build Donald - excellent work also! 👍

Chan Li
Tomcat isn't a plane that you can easily build and paint. Especially in 48th scale.
I have always been lazy to splice those pics together after a day's work, I should do it too…
Did I use the correct word "splice"?

I like your profile pic too, got some musical implications 😁

Neil Autor
Hi Chan Li, hope you're well thanks for commenting. Yes, hopefully I'll do a decent enough job! I'm using it as a build learning experience to be honest, first Cat I'll have made in 35+ years.

Yeah I just do it to cut down on the size of my albums, as aware my builds are all OOTB so don't wanna bore everyone too much! 😆 Yes, splice will do mate 👍

Yeap love the 80s tunes (before that was considered hip!)

Guy Rump
Looking good, watching. 👍

Neil Autor
Thanks Guy 👍 Welcome aboard 🙂

Lei Guo
watching，and I will start my project whith 144th scale first

Neil Autor
Cheers lei guo 🙂 best of luck with your build too 👍

Thomas Bischoff
Thumbs up for building this kit 👍 and I m signing in to see how this overall black cat will turn out

Slavo Hazucha
A Revell Tomcat - nice! 🙂 Joining the crowd here - some really interesting angles-in-development on doing a full-black finish - looking forward to see where this will lead and how you make it look good & interesting...

Petar Žorić
Picture 12 to 16 says it all, glad you documented how hard it can be to deal with this kit, but you've made amazing progress also 😄 Can't wait to see finished product 😄

Neil Autor
Hi Thomas and Slavo, thanks very much for your interest and commenting. 🙂 I am slowly moving forward with this build, currently on some general touch-ups here and there at the mo prior to a gloss coat and the decals. Hope to get some new images on here soon 👍

Neil Autor
Thanks Petar 👍 you're very kind. It's not a particularly accurate rendition anymore, but hopefully the overall effect will be pleasing enough, I'll be glad if it turns out as nice as your Tomcat mate 🙂 thanks for recent likes guys too.

Neil Autor
Next album to be updated the Revell 'Black Tomcat'. This is another older build, I started it in 2021 and it's taken me awhile to get around to sorting out some final shots. I may well update these at a later date. I'm not sure about some of the backgrounds on the final images. Hopefully it gives you an idea of the finished result though 👍

The kit isn't the greatest fitting in a few places and I made several build and paint blunders, all of which I attempted to subsequently rectify, some more successfully than others. In the end it became one of those builds I was pleased to just finish. Hahaha! If nothing else, I learnt a lot about how to try and attain a respectable black finish featuring some kind of colour depth - I didn't completely succeed. But this one along with my F-117 and F-19 have all helped me understand how to try and hopefully get some 'flair' into a flat black finish.

If I were to build this kit again I'd likely just go for a straight gloss black as I think no weathering at all would suit the subject better. I apologise again to those who like realistic depictions, as always with my work, it has a basis in reality, but there are paint liberties taken here and there 😉 Anyways, another album closed off 🙂

Rui S
Oh well, another Beauty Mate.👍 Great work. I´ve heard that painting planes in black it's extremely difficult to attain great results 🤔 but you have the experience and nailed it 👍

Dave
Beautiful work.

Mr D
Nice model 👍 unusual to see a black version....was it for nigh time operations?
Really like the Design of the Tomcat, l Googled "best looking aircraft and the f14 , Starfighter and Su-30 were top of the search.
Nice job, how was the revell kit ?
😃👍

Stefan Fraundorfer
I love your black cat Neil.

Guy Rump
What a beauty! 👍

Neil Autor
Thanks very much talented mates for your interest 🙂 you're all super kind to comment. I'm very pleased that you like my efforts and thanks also to those who have liked too 👍

As far as an all black finish goes, I made quite a few errors, but @Rui I'll take that anyday, especially from someone as skilled as you ☺️

@Mr D, I believe it's a bit of a US Naval tradition. I'm not the best to talk about squadrons etc. Though I am also aware of the same Bunny livery being applied to F4s.... I hope this link is of some help mate...

theaviationist.com/2..-bunny-us-navy-vx-4/

Patryk S.
Nostalgia level 100! Great build, love the scheme!

CaptGPF
I heard nothing but tales of horror about this kit, yet you really made this cat shine! ❤️❤️❤️

Neil Autor
Thanks mates! You're very kind. You're right @Patryk, black suits a cat imo. Yeah, @CaptGPF, it's not the greatest fit in the world for sure. Thanks also to those who've liked 🙂 👍

Guy Rump
Following with interest. 👍

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Villiers de Vos
Another master piece starting to take shape.

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Let's hope so. The conditions are particularly good this time. Not only do I have a Pontos set for this model, I also have an MK 1 set on top. So let's see what I can conjure up from it

David Taylor
Back in.

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Top. 😃

Jan Peters
Jetzt gehts los!
Another two year build Jörg?
Following 👀

Jörg Schäfer Autor
I think so Jan. 😅
Nice that you be there.

Sven Schönyan
Zur Entspannung jetzt was bodenständigeres?

Ich bin auf jeden Fall dabei!

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Schön Sven.
Ja, der Ausflug ins Star Wars Universum war nett, aber ich baue doch am liebsten Schiffchen. 😉
Sehen wir uns auf der EME?

Sven Schönyan
Leider nicht. An dem Wochenende kann ich nicht und ich muss dieses Jahr etwas Urlaub sparen. Ich habe für Hamburg im September gebucht.

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Sehr Schade.
Und Hamburg im September kann ich leider nicht.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Schön zu sehen, das japanisch Bügeleisen ist im Bau. Bin schon gespannt auf das Ergebnis!😳

Teeage
Ganz neu für mich, schiffe. Gespannt wo's hingeht. Hals & Beinbruch 💪🏼

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Fein, das freut mich euch dabei zu haben.
Glaubt mir, bin auch gespannt wo ich lande. 😄😉

Michael Kohl
Nicht ohne mich! 🙂

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Klasse. 👍😀

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Jörg Schäfer Autor
It's nice that you're there, Jennifer. 😀

Dietmar Bogatzki
Taking a seat 🙂

Jörg Schäfer Autor
I forgot that you came on board, Dietmar. Nice to have you there. 😀

Dietmar Bogatzki
want to see how you build this iconic ship 🙂

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Very nice. 👍

Michael Kohl
Nice workbench. And how on earth do you keep your cutting mat that clean?
Das Modell? Ja das Modell wird halt wieder super. Eh klar! 😉

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Thanks Michael.
That's easy. Before I started building the Mikasa, I rotated it 180 degrees. If you look at the picture with the bow view, you will notice the paint and glue residue in the back corner. 😁

Dietmar Bogatzki
Fantastic seein how you build a nother Masterpiece, Jörg 👍

Jörg Schäfer Autor
And my best thanks again, Dietmar. 😃

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Thank you, and nice to have you on board.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Fantastisch was du mit dem Rumpf gezaubert hast, Jörg und das in der kurzen Zeit 👍

Teeage
Looking great! Steady hand! I would think hullred but I had to look up the word "antifouling" 🤔🦐🦞🐙🦑

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Thank you both.
It's unbelievable what was mixed into the antifouling paint back then, Tini. 😲

Jan Peters
Excellent progress, looking forward to seeing more

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Thank you very much, Jan. I'll try to hurry....😅

Sy Bar
Great work so far 🍿

Slight off topic I'm interested in the storage you have behind it. Particularly the one between the brush storage and the three tall draws. My question is de you convert another storage to give the racks for your tray things and if so how/what did you convert? I have the same storage system but have not found anything like that rack and it's a great idea I'd like to use.
Cheers and keep the good work going as it's going to be a great model. 👍

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Hello Sy Bar.
Thank you.
Do you mean this rack?!

hobbyzone.pl/en/modu..niversal-drawer.html

It is very modular and can be adapted to the respective use. I use them to store the organizer drawers for my etched parts.

Sy Bar
Cheers #Jörg keep up good work

Joerg R.
Alter! Hier sieht man erst, welch gigantische Arbeit du jetzt schon wieder investiert hast. Namensvetter, das wird wieder was richtig feines von dir, da bin ich mir zu 100% sicher.
Bin auf jeden Fall wieder dabei und staune und staune.
gruss
Jörg

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Das freut mich, Jörg.
Schön dich an Bord begrüßen zu dürfen. 😄

NLAWScametovisit
Showed up because I heard there was a grinding orgy of chiseling, but now i'm staying for this incredible build!

Jörg Schäfer Autor
😂 Thank you very much, nice to have you there.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Es wächst und gedeiht! Schön mit anzusehen. Der dunkle Anstrich sieht wirklich super aus, gefällt mir ! Weiter so Jörg 👍👍👍

CaptGPF
Jörg - you always have the most interesting, detailed and fascinating builds! I love how you convey your thought process as you build your masterpieces! Definitely watching to see this new masterpiece!

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Danke Hans-Jürgen. 😉
I'm very pleased, CaptGPF, that you like my little construction reports so much. 😁

Dietmar Bogatzki
Awesome weathering Jörg 👍

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Many thanks, Dietmar. 😊

Rui S
Looking Great as always 👍

NLAWScametovisit
This weathering is outstanding! Also, you're giving me severe desk envy for your workshop setup!

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Many thanks to you both.
Yes my workbench turned out really cool, NLAWScametovisit.

Matti Thomaes
Sorry for your los, Jörg, but it's good to see you're getting back to our wonderfull hobby.

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Many many thanks, Matti.

Michael Kohl
Rough seas you had to steer through lately. My condolences. Hope future waters will be much calmer and this build helps navigate them Looking for more progress here. 🙂

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Thank you for the kind words Michael.
Yes, I hope that things are going well again now.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Kommt gut raus dein Bügeleisen 😎 sehr gut gemacht 👍👍👍

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Schön daß es dir gefällt, Hans-Jürgen. 👍

gorby
Looks like you are doing amazing work! Definitely following this build. 🙂

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Thank you very much, Gorby.
Nice to welcome you on board.

Ingmar Stöhr
Wow, how did I miss out on this awesome project? Very involved detailing going on! I love the paint finish so far!

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Many thanks Ingmar. 😊
We'll see how it goes.

Dietmar Bogatzki
The Master of Shipmodels again in action, hope everyting is well

Ingmar Stöhr
Very nice guns!

Jan Peters
Those guns are fantastic!

Jennifer Franklin
Those guns are amazing!

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Thank you, everyone. Yes, the Pontos guns are truly phenomenal.
Thanks for asking Dietmar, everything is fine again.

Chrisswe
Fantastic detail on a beautiful ship! You make it hard to resist getting converted to the 1:200 scale 🙂

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Thank you Chrisswe.
Yes, you can really conjure up some great details at this scale. But from what I see in your scale, you rock it too. 👍

Teeage
Everytime a party to see the progress. Carry on😉 💪🏼

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Thank you very much Tini.
But at the moment I'm taking a little break. Let's see if it continues again next week.

Stefan Fraundorfer
Late, but not too late, I'm joining in to follow the construction of another magnificent model from you, Jörg.

Jennifer Franklin
The figures look great.

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Nice to welcome you on board, Stefan.
Yes, the ION figures are of excellent quality, Jennifer.

Villiers de Vos
Slowly coming together. Very nice progress.

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Thanks.
Yes, things are slowly moving forward again.

Spanjaard
wow, simply stunning....

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Thank you, Spanjaard.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Allein die Beiboote sind schon ein kleines Kunstwerk 👍😍

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Ja, die sehen fantastisch aus, oder !? 😎

Rui S
Beautifully done pair, indeed 👍

Chrisswe
Truly a piece of art. If the Japanese ambassador ever sees the finished ship you might get a medal Jörg🙂

Teeage
Such a beauty you're creating. Again…

Jörg Schäfer Autor
Many thanks you both. 😊
I'm especially looking forward to the medal, Chrisswe. 😄

Jennifer Nijhuis
Oh I really like the used look on the Vespa. Nice Weathering

MadMonkey Autor
Thx! I think I might have applied a little too much, but I am still happy with it;)

shadowlight
It's not too much, but I liked to see the pictures of the model instead of the original one ^^

MadMonkey Autor
hehe, then it fits the purpose;)

Ben M
Looks amazingly realistic!

MadMonkey Autor
Thx!!!

John Mulhall
Very nice work on the cockpit Christian. Your use of PE is excellent. Did you remove a molded on seatbelt?

Christian Abraham Autor
Thanks. Yes I removed the seatbelt. It Was easier then I thought.

John Mulhall
Nicely done! I had to ask because there is no trace of the original molded on seatbelt. Very impressive