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Thanasis Kourkoulos
You mean the Sword Tbunderflash or an older one?

francesco sfriso Autor
The sword thunderflash 😉

gasolier
Too bad. I did a couple of sword kits, and they were not so bad in terms of fit. And the plastic was actually good quality with fine details.
They are still short run kits though, maybe you got one at the end of the mould lifespan...

Thanasis Kourkoulos
I was thinking buying this kit

Mr James
Very well done. The weathering is just right. Looks larger than 1/72

Guy Rump
Very impressive. 👍

gorby
Excellent result!

Rainer Autor
Thank you all. This build was an emotional rollercoaster. I was impressed by the details of this kit, but annoyed by the complicated engineering. Building the landing gear was no fun at all, to be honest. The raw paint job was really good in my eyes, but I completely ruined it with the gloss coat. I was about to throw it away. After a lot of touch ups and a matte coat my confidence came back, and in the end I am really quite happy with the result.
The weathering was pretty simple, just black and brown oil paint. Less was more in this case, I guess.

Haro Rotl
It is good that you persisted, the result proves you right. I would have guessed at least 1/48!

René (Lord Bilbo) Bartholemy Autor
Aaaaargh! Mistake!

John Mulhall
Excellent work Vassilis. Please share some more information about the marker you used to get such a great result.

Vassilis Chronopoulos Autor
Thank you John for your kind words.
Actually I found this technique on Youtube here is the link: Youtube Video
So, as you can see in the video, the marker is the Montana ACRYLIC EMPTY Marker with the 0.7mm tip. It's an empty marker which in my case I mixed the paint, used the AK 3Gen Air series 11830 RLM78, and the thinner in a 60/40 thinner to paint ratio (ratio depends on the paint and the thinner). You will not need much, a total of 5-6ml paint+thinner were enough for me to do the whole model. Shake well and then try some blotches as described also in the video to adjust the mixture if needed and get used to how it works. As you press the marker down it releases the paint through the tip, I would NOT suggest to don't do that directly on the model. Take a piece of cardboard like I did as you can see in one of my photos, push the marker down on the cardboard and then work on the model. It's easier to control the flow this way and avoid any leaks on the model.
Now about the camo blotches, it's up to you, you will see that after you do a couple the hand will just go on it's own. I first did the shape and then painted the inside
TBH I should have done mine a bit more hard edged, they look a bit more round to me on a second look.
Hope that I was of help. 🙂

Doubtingmango
Watching

John Mulhall
Excellent technique. Thank you for sharing. I will have to give that a try.

Jan Peters Autor
Just a bit of fun mates 🫣

Neil Patrick
Amen Jan. 🙂

Dominik Weitzer
...because they don't like challenges *lol*

kidding. ofcourse.

Jorge Ferreira
....because they are so many.......😎

Alberto
😄 😄

Alessandro Pettinacci
I wish Tamiya used their toolings more. As an exaple: they have debatably the best F-16 in 1/48, and easily the best one in 1/72, but they only come in one or two variants. I feel like if they released many more variants, like Hasegawa do, they would take over the market when it comes to some subjects.

Eric Thornton
ahahaha this is perfect 😄 😄

Robert Podkoński
I need to know who has recorded and used here an argument I had with my wife! 😄

Ard S.
Too much fun this.

bughunter
And I really start there to build my first Tamiya kit. Instead of like a man the usual biplanes including rigging!

Jan Peters Autor
Alesandro, I agree, it would be great to see Tamiya doing that.

Robert, We've all been there 🤣

Bughunter, no-one is questioning your manly builds 👍🏻 they are superb!

Shar Dipree
yea, picture 4 hits the mark. brilliant. 👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻 👍🏻

bughunter
Pic 4 ... and put to the others into the stash 😉

John Hughes
Mo'stash man.

Rui
LMAO !!! 🤣
Briliant 👍

Alberto
😂😂😂 Hahahaha, these are great!!

bughunter
Last night was seen a good German female cabaret artist, who described life:
The man is at work - good, the woman has time for herself.
The man dies early - good, the woman has time for herself.
But in between it is problematic, the man is retired. Best she sends him to the hobby cellar. What kind of hobby doesn't matter, the main thing is the cellar - the woman has time for herself.
🤣🤣🤣

Jan Peters Autor
🤣🤣

Torsten
😄

Rui S
😄

Naram
🙂

Andy W.
😂🤣 Absolutely Great 👍🏻

David Taylor
Poor Centurion.

bughunter
But the Tamiya lettering on the bottom is great 👍

Michael Kohl
Love the Toyota poster. I had a tour guide back in Argentine who argued that he bought a Hilux because Bin Laden had one. So it should be reliable, shouldn't it?

Jan Peters Autor
I would not use reliable and Bin Laden in one sentence normally, but Toyota's are reliable for sure 🙂

gorby
I love this album. Thanks Jan. 👍

Alberto
I agree with Gorby. I can relate to most of the stuff 😄

Andrzej Rygiel
"I'm on these pictures and I don't like it" 😄

Neil
🤣 love it! So true! I can hear my wife's voice in some of them! 😂

CaptGPF
ROFL!

Spanjaard
LOL

Treehugger
Hehe "Stupid markings".

Dave Flitton
Love it... keep it coming.

Rui S
Ahhh, so it's that...😄

Kesa Tiho
Felt like i just went through a modeling fever dream. Need more of these 😄

gorby
Just had another chuckle at this album. Pic No. 1 & 11 are my faves. 🙂
Thanks Jan. 🙂

Jan Peters Autor
Glad you liked it Gorby, laughter is good for the soul.

Gary Curling
So,so funny,keep modeling alive.

Yngve N
🤣🤣🤣

Naram
still fun even after 20 time looking at it. moooore pleaase ! 🙂

Martin Oostrom
I got the same kit somewhere, so following

Ben M
Same plus I owned a 63 in "real life"

Thomas O'Eh
This may be no consolation, but it is the same issue with the Revell Samba bus.

bughunter
Oh, that are a lot of ejection marks!
For raised ones I use a scalpel nr 15, if there is enough space around. In the middle of pic 1 are some with tight structures around. Here I would use a model chisel like this one (example, there are different sizes): Chisel F2 (Master Tools 09924, No)
Deepened ones can be closed with round pieces of styrene (made with punch and die, in the matching diameter.

Snake Plissken
The X-Acto #17 chisel blade is also excellent for removing ejector pin marks. It can be used in the normal chisel angle as well as perpendicular to the surface as a scraper. #17 Lightweight Chiseling Blades - 5 Pcs (X-ACTO X217, No)

Ben M
The metal floor should be corrugated on a type 2, so another approach would be to hide them under corrugated panels.

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Edouard Carr
Following 😉

Jennifer Nijhuis Autor
Thank you so much for the comments. I'm in the middle of removing them. Some of them are really high. I use everything I have on the hand (Saw, chisel, scalpel, sandpaper). For some I even used a dremel (really cautious) Even if i would hide the behind corrugated panels (God idea by the way) I still have to remove them before.
You can see in the next picture how high there are. Ione was almost 1mm

Bozzer
I'm liking those plates. I applaud anyone, who tries to advance their skills. And you did it right, by trying this on the bottom first.

Bozzer
Personally, I think that a bit more, would work. Anyone who's owned or worked on an old VW, knows that they're covered in rust. However, you've mastered that technique and it's worked beautifully!
Keep at it, and good luck 👍

Ben M
Yeah air cooled vws tend to be very rusty - you nailed it! Mine literally had holes in the footwell area in front. I used an air chisel to cut the skin off an old hot water tank found by the side of the road and used the sheet metal to patch my floo

Bozzer
That body looks too good to spoil. Excellent work so far. You have me captivated.

Yngve N
I'm joining in. Looks great so far

Jennifer Nijhuis Autor
Working on the Concept of my Diorama. I never build one before, The Barrels and Jerry Cans are 3D printed. The rims are from an old kit I build, but didn't survive one of my moves. The bumber was in the Hasegawa Kit. The wooden Fence is not finished.

Simon O'Gorman
Absolutely fantastic! And thanks for adding comments, really enjoyable to spin through the album. Congrats.

Edouard Carr
Liking the display good work!

Bozzer
Very happy to see this moving forward. I'm liking what I see! You don't have to spend millions on special parts, for a diorama, most of the time, you've got the stuff, laying around the house? You just need to think outside the box?
Excited to see the outcome of this, now it's nearing completion 🙂

Jennifer Nijhuis Autor
Finally finished. I'm proud that I pulled that one off. Last dumb question should I glue the Bus on the diorama?

Ben M
Beautiful build! The weathering is fantastic

Edouard Carr
Amazing work great attention to detail!

Neuling
Top work: vehicle and base. 👍

Yngve N
This is great! Both the car vw and the diorama. Inspiring

Marcel
Excellent result. The weathering looks very good. I guess I wouldn't glue the bus to the diorama. That way you can use the diorama to photograph other cars or put the bus on a different diorama if you'd want that.

ScaleFella NAFO
Nice!

Munkyslut
There's just so much detail to take in!
You're weathering & corrosion skills are excellent 👌👌

Nicolas
👀

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

Kenneth
Följer…

Harry Eder
Very promising start! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Quadruple build? Ambitious! Watching with pleasure!

Łukasz Gliński
Oh man, 4*Viggen 😮

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

J35J
Massive project! I'm in!👍🏻

Spanjaard
4 Viggens? print row, please!

Guido
Taking a seat as well. 👍🏻

DerMattes
Watching 👍

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

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

Mid Franconian
😎 Following!

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

Łukasz Gliński
That escalates damn quickly! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Impressive progress indeed

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

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

Cuajete
Good progress! 👍

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cuajete
Veryt nice wapons and pods 👍

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

Cuajete
I agree with Dave 👍

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

Clement
What a glorious project!

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

Cristian A
Following along

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

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

Cristian A
Nice work Thomas, keep it going!

Finn
Following

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

Martin Weinpold
Wow, looks good!

Nicolas Lopez
Thanks for sharing, Thomas. Following.

Łukasz Gliński
Ahhh, dat splinter! One&only!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shar Dipree
Following

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

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

Cuajete
I agree with Juergen 👍

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

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

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

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

Dave
Your paint scheme looks great. Very nice work.

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

DuperScale
Lots of viggen here, Great paintjob

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

Desert Marlin
Nice job on the camouflage!

Clement
This is genuinely impressive, wow!

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

Martin Weinpold
Excelent!

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

Thomas Kolb Autor
Thank you all, dear mates for your kind words. They mean a lot to me! But to be fair, at least half the cred goes to MRP for its paints - they are simply incredible to work with. For airbrush work, I cannot see myself going back to anything else again.

Cuajete
Wow... Thomas, the patience and work you put in to achieve such a magnificent result is admirable.

Desert Marlin
Beautiful work!!!

Łukasz Gliński
Congratulations on conversion to the lacquer paints 😄 Welcome to the club 😄
Hint: the other lacquers are great too, but might need thinning.
I'm very sorry to state that the grey one looks so incredibly dull now 😉

Thomas Kolb Autor
Łukasz, haha, yes, the grey JA certainly does look boring in comparison, but well, that's what they looked like in real life. Perhaps the large red day-glo numbers on the wings might spruce it up a bit.

Florencio Torre
Wow, my friend, what an incredible job! How can you do something so complicated?

Thomas Kolb Autor
Florencio, because masochist? 🙂

Spanjaard
that is a very common illness around here 😄 😄

Thomas Kolb Autor
Little time for modeling these days, but some progress is done on the details. Next is that fiddly undercarriage and then the part I am dreading a bit, the decals.

Cristian A
Excellent detailing—an amazing project with outstanding results Thomas!

Rainer Autor
Out of the box built of a great kit. Pretty cheap, not too many parts, but great details. Only minor flash and very few issues with parts fit. The small price point makes it a great kit to test some techniques without too much worries of messing it up. In this case: I used chipping fluid (hairspray) for the first time. I'm satisfied with the results, looks like I'll work further on that skill.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a first row seat!

Bohrmann
👀 taking a seat.

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

Thomas Haberl - (TH SCALE MODELS)
Watching as well 😊

Michael Kohl
Me too

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

Alec K
Watching as well 👍

Finn
I'm in

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

Zsolt Czegle Autor
Welcome mates aboard!

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

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

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

Zsolt Czegle Autor
Thank you Mirko!

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

Zsolt Czegle Autor
After enamel pinwash I played with oilbrushers from Amm: I faded blended and highlighted the green base color

Alec K
Looking really good 👍

Zsolt Czegle Autor
Thank you Alec!

Zsolt Czegle Autor
The little details are painted

Thomas Kolb
Man, that is some pro level fading effect there.

Zsolt Czegle Autor
Thank you Thomas!

Rui S
Another Beauty, as always 👍

Zsolt Czegle Autor
I say now it's completed!

Robert Podkoński
Terrific job (as always)! Chapeau bas!

Shar Dipree
Great 👍

Neuling
Top small scale build! Excellent paintwork and weathering.

Anže Zajc
Nice model!

Thorsten Höse
Nice!

Rui S
Beautiful 👍

Joachim P.
Looks really superb! Photos and built kit: top notch to me 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Awesome job!

Neuling
I agree with everyone above!

Michael Kohl
Beautiful Intruder too

tianyi chen Autor
Thank you Rui S!

tianyi chen Autor
Thanks Joachim P.I tried to build a little studio at home .It's worth it

Vincent
Great work. Very nice result!!!

Oliver Zwiener
Klasse Ding !

Mr James
Beautiful work indeed. Brilliantly presented. Well done.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

tianyi chen Autor
Thanks Vincent,I'm glad to see you like this model .

tianyi chen Autor
Thanks Mr James,I'm trying more crafting techniques .

tianyi chen Autor
Thank you Villiers de Vos

Łukasz Gliński
Awesome job 👍

Paul Moore
Awesome looking Intruder and the photo work is striking! Congratulations. I flew the A-6E TRAM and my last cruise the SWIP version. Only a true Intruder geek would probably know this, but the A-6 version you've chosen did not have the capability to carry HARM missiles. That didn't come until the SWIP version in about 1989. We didn't get SWIP birds till 1992 (VA-155). But the model and photo are first class.

Michael Kohl
I am in.

Matteo Pescarin
looks interesting already! nice challenge

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Yngve N
I'm here too. "It is expected to be a pure assembly with little modification" 🤔 whatever it means when you're building 😉

Rui S
Beautiful pair 👍

Doubtingmango
Well done! Great figs

gorby
Excellent!

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

Lebloge
Fully agree with Neuling 🫡

Robert H. Autor
thank you all 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Robert H. Autor
thanks Guy 👍🏻

H.G.
great T-34 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Robert H. Autor
thanks H.G.

Danny Ray
Wow!! God, I'm so jealous! Still I'm but a baby in modelling terms. I be a toddler soon hopefully. Then a child. Then I might even make teenager! lol

Great work Robert
Ps you bought the figures separately?

Danny Ray
Do you do YouTube videos? I've got so many questions. What's the part hanging in the back of the turret for example?

Jakko ‌
On both sides in the grab rails, you mean? They're two links of spare track.

Anže Zajc
Looking good!

gorby
I'd like to follow this. 🙂

Istvan T
Great start!

Живко Джаков
I'm watching! Front row seat please. I'm warning you that I'm stealing ideas 😉 I'm planning to start the same one very soon. I doubt I'll achieve such results, but dreams are free. 🙂

Nicolas
I'm following too.

DerMattes
Following 👍

Rui S
Impressive already 👍

Alberto
Great cockpit 👍

AndreasK Autor
Thanks for your kind comments. Probably most of the effort will not be visible in the end. 🤷🏼‍♂️
Especially since the quality of the clear parts is very bad. They are really thick and blurry.

@Живко Джаков: could you please check your kit if the quality of the clear parts is also bad? I was considering to buy a replacement sprue from Revell, but I read in some other reviews as well about this issue. So I am not sure if a replacement will be any better...

AndreasK Autor
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Robert Podkoński
I am taking a seat here.

Живко Джаков
Mine are at a satisfactory level and are definitely better than what you have. He 177 | Album by JivkoDjakov (1:72) [img1]

Istvan T
Squadron has a vacuform canopy, that may worth considering...

AndreasK Autor
Thanks for your feedback. I guess in this case, I will reach out to Revell for a replacement first. Maybe they will grant it for free because it is clearly a quality issue.
@Jivko: which release of the kit do you have? A newer one or also the 2000 version?

Skyhiker
AndreasK, you should try vacuforming a new canopy using the kit parts as a form to wrap a clear styrene sheet around. Just look in your garbage for a clear food container such a salad box. You can use your household appliances to do vacuforming. A sweeper and a toaster is all you need.

Живко Джаков
I have a package from 2018. As far as I understand, I'm lucky. It's common for the clear parts to go bad. Call Revel for a replacement. It would be helpful to know what they will do. Heinkel He-177 A-5 "Greif" (Revell 03913, 1:72)

Skyhiker
Make sure to dry fit your canopies. Revell is notorious for making canopies that don't fit. I have the same kit as Живко Джаков but I haven't opened it yet.

AndreasK Autor
Skyhiker, can you share a link to a good tutorial video for vacuforning?

Skyhiker
If you have any questions you can ask Luka who made the video here: Luka

Cuajete
Those interiors look fantastic. It would be a shame if you couldn't see them properly through a poor quality canopy. I think I have the same problem, because I have the 2000 box.

Живко Джаков
I would recommend a few things. First, use a powerful vacuum cleaner. A good vacuum is very important. Second, test with something else. A metal cart or even just a large nut is a good place to start. Third, wait for the mold to cool down before trying again. Polystyrene is a very good molding material, but it is not a good mold. I have never done this before. I have only done large commercials with vacuum molding. This video explains well how to make a molding press. Youtube Video

Gary
Amazing work. might inspire me to restart my paused build of same Kit (on pause since 2020)

Dave Flitton
Watching!!

AndreasK Autor
Finally, I received a replacement clear sprue from Revell. The front section looks way better than my old one:
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But I am glad that I now have two sets to choose from. Because most of the other parts of the new sprue are really bad. Check this out:
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Cuajete
Good news, AndreasK! 👍
What did you tell to Revell to get the replacement?

AndreasK Autor
I used the spare parts service on their website. Uploaded photos, pointed out that it is clearly a production quality issue and asked for a free replacement sprue.

AndreasK Autor
Latest pictures show the scratch building of a landing light reflector and bulb

Finn
I'm in

Cuajete
Good job with the scratch building of a landing light reflector and bulb 👍

AndreasK Autor
Fuselage is finally closed, sanded and ready for a first coat of primer

Martin Weinpold
Great!

Lukas Muller
Watching 👍

Alec K
Same 👍

Clement
Impressive stuff!

AndreasK Autor
Finished the Preshading. I used Gunze H-56 Intermediate Blue for the undersides and RLM66 for the upper.

Thomas Kolb
That pre-shading looks very detailed and neat - I just cannot get the lines so straight ever.

Thorsten Höse
Nice and impressive!

Oleg Bogolei
Very interesting! following. More Wip photos please)

CaptGPF
OMG! That's a PE nightmare! But the details are amazing! Following!

ScaleFella NAFO
1:72 🎯

LC
I got a different variant of this kit in the stash and I won't be able to get to it for a while, looking forward to seeing you build yours!

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Finn
I'm in

hiveloc
Looking great! I started the version with slat armor, but got pretty frustrated with the seats so it will be finished "buttoned up." You definitely are not having any trouble! As I was doing some research, it looks like the IBG kits aren't really the current BTR-4E, the layout seems more like some of the BTR-4s in Nigerian service.

Thorsten Höse Autor
Hi hiveloc,
I think the version with the slat armor is going to look pretty impressive even being "buttoned up".
Hardly anything of the interior will be seen later, anyway, it's more of a practice for me, I'm afraid 😉
It may be possible that the IBG kit doesn't look like the current Ukrainian BTR-4E (I've seen only very few with the GROM turret), but I also think there are a lot of variants out there atm.

Finn
Really like to see more pictures, please

Jeremias H
Great work on the detailing! I hope we see more in the future 🙂

Zsolt Czegle
Great work so far! 👍 Following!

Robert Podkoński
Great job!

Robert Podkoński
Great job! (Where did you get the proper canopy from? As far as I remember the one in the kit is inadequately shaped, am I right?) And we would like to see more photos of this jewel 🙂

alxzinbox Autor
The canopy was the kit part. It seems to be in proportion to the rest of the model.

Robert Podkoński
Thanks for your reply. Good to know! 🙂 (in other Trumpeter small scale kits it is sometimes the main issue...)

Neuling
More pictures would be nice!

Dave Adel
Beautiful. Nice job.

Andy W. Autor
Thank you Dave

Bill Newcomer
Very nice!

Andy W. Autor
Thanks for your reply Bill.

Treehugger
How do you handle chrome parts that are snipped off from the sprue, as there would be no chrome paint on the exposed area. Having said that, I don't currently do car kits, so I guess there is always the chance that kit manufacturers managed to hide the location of the stubs.

Treehugger
I think black was a nice choice, as it contrasts nicely with the chrome metal paint. 🙂

Andy W. Autor
Hi. Treehugger, and thanks for Words.
By the time i've build this truck, i've used a Chrome Marker and sometimes strips of Bare Metal Foil Ultra Bright Chrome for touchups. The stubs are all but not hidden. There is always a part where the Chrome is damaged. On my next Truck i will use the new Molotow Chrome Pens. All the tests with them i've made so far gave me absolutley great results.

Christian W
That trailer fits really good to the truck. Well done!

Neuling
Well done indeed!

Neuling
Very good work!

Eddie Mann
Merged

Yngve N Autor
Efficient Eddie 👍 thanks

Skyhiker Autor
Starting a very rare bird. (I am getting bored with the other 9 builds I have still in progress).

Cuajete
I didn't know about this oddity.
Following!

Robert Podkoński
Interesting - watching!

Ben M
👁️👁️ I have this problem of starting too many things also

Cuajete
A lot of work ahead...

Skyhiker Autor
One step closer today.

Neil
Following, looks good 👍

Skyhiker Autor
Working on the fuselage today

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Thomas Kolb
Coming along nicely!

Skyhiker Autor
Rescribing and re-riveting the fuselage today.

Dave
This looks interesting. Let me find a chair.

Mr D
Nice project Skyhiker 👍👍 you build alot of Soviet stuff, don't see to many of these... nice choice 😃👍

Skyhiker Autor
I finally got the riveting done.

Skyhiker Autor
Got the wings on today.

Dave
The riveting looks good.

Skyhiker Autor
Thanks Dave. It took me a while to get the riveting done. Hopefully after priming I won't have to do it again.

Thomas Kolb
Very straight riveting. What a difference it makes!

Carlo
Looks like a rare Soviet bird and kit.

Skyhiker Autor
Yes, it's definitely not something you see very often.

Jennifer Franklin
Oh fun, late to the party but following.

Skyhiker Autor
A little more progress today

gorby
Wow this is going to be a biggie.

Spanjaard
very interesting, no doubt.

bughunter
Another big (and heavy 😉 ) beauty - I'm in!

bughunter
Working electric window lifters 👍 On a model? 😮 Never seen that!

Alexander Grivonev
Following!

Roger Trewenack Autor
the window are manually lifted, sorry - you lift up the gull-wing door, and that reveals the bottom cog which you can wind with your finger

CaptGPF
Does that window also roll up and down?! That's truly sick! Watching!

Alex Rakhimgulov
What kind of oil will you use? 😮

Roger Trewenack Autor
thet'd be....... "the good oil"!!! !;^)

Lorraine Lin
wow, how can I miss this fantastic project
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Roger Trewenack Autor
Thanks Lorraine, I'm starting to get my momentum back.....

Robert Podkoński
Wow! That's huge! Does it have all the functionalities of the original? 😄

Roger Trewenack Autor
Yeah, everything except the 88mph & time travel bits!!! 🙂
it certainly has the weight, around 7kg at the moment!

Robert Podkoński
That's impressive...

Neuling
It sure is .............

Christian W Autor
One question I'm asking myself: do I want to build the RHD option? That would be pretty cool but it won't fit into my project of the Silver Corvette Collection. Good, that I have this kit twice. So I can build one silver and the other one in another color with RHD and fitting license plate.

Take a look (if you want) into my review - kitreviewsonline.de/..25-von-revell-07714/ - sorry, only available in German.

Nigel Chapman
Curious that both RHD & LHD are available.
I've only seen one LHD C8 in the UK

George Williams
Don't forget that other countries are also RHD including Japan, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Nigel Chapman
Yeah George, I was thinking that but would GM actually export Corvettes to those countries as well as India, Australia & New Zealand?

István Szücs
Christian, I read your review, and what did I see? The Revell now CAN make wheels, like the original ones- what a progression!

So, I'm curious for the build!

Christian W Autor
Thank you for your feedback and Information! While I wrote the review I was wondering that the Corvette never had RHD. I didn't do more research and believed my source.
I'd like tl see see some numbers how much Corvette were sold in RHD countries. Have to look that up. I think it should be a lot. Why else they gave this option to the costumer now? I think the japanese market could be the most interessting one.

Christian W Autor
Starten last week. That kit goes together very well.

Christian W Autor
4 months ago I started? Where did the time went? Nevertheless: yesterday I sat on this to check the status and sorted the parts for the planned color for painting. Not more.

Christian W Autor
I painted the part the last days. I want to paint the interior with red accents. After painting the affected areas I see how small some of the spots are. How I'm supposed to cover it up is still a little mystery to me.
The body is fillered, wet sanded and ready to get painted 🙂

By the way: did you know, that the German instructions only offer some black on another black on a different shade of black *lol* collored interior? The instructions for the US issue offers you that blue interior. Strange.... I added two picture for you guys (and girls) 😉

Nigel Chapman
US and European spec kits. Whatever next? 😁

Christian W Autor
Who knows :/
On the weekend I finished the chassis. The wheel arches are mounted too. But befor that, I wanted toshow this exquisite engine. There are a lot of details and parts. Sadly, the engine will be hidden in the rear and only the top will be visible. It should be worth it, to build the powerplant seperatly and put it near the model kit for display.

Christian W Autor
Now going for the decals.

Nigel Chapman
Just to confirm, you have painted the interior accents. Were there no interior decals with the kit?

Christian W Autor
Your suggestion is right. The German issue doesn't have any colored decals for the interior (except speakers and switches). I added a picture of the decal sheet. Number 18 and 19 are for the dashboard / bezel cover on top somehow. But nothing for the seat, sidepanels, dashboard or middle console.

Christian W Autor
Three weeks ago, I finished the paintjob. I didn't count but I think there are four layers of clear cote on it. Satisfied 🙂

The curious thing is, that the small roof part above the b-pillar looks lighter than the rest. Like it was painted seperately. But it wasn't. I always paint my kits taped together in one piece to avoid differences in the color.

István Szücs
I can't imagine more boring color than the silver, but she will look good with the interior!

Christian W Autor
Thank you Istvan! The first build is a kind of a "must be" silver because it will be in the row of my Silver Corvette Collection (which is widened up to more colors in the meantime to show my other Corvettes). I'm plannig another build in the future because the C8 has so many nice colors. But I think, It was the one and only time, I paint the interior this way.

If you are interessted, the link to the project -> christian-w

István Szücs
Christian, it's very imressive collection!

Christian W Autor
Thank you 🙂

gorby
That type of bodywork looks reasonably similar to the RR Phantom II.
The 1/8 Pocher kit looks the closest, but good luck finding it for a reasonable price: Rolls-Royce (Pocher K/72, 1:8)
Next would be the 1/16 Revell kit which would be much more affordable: Phantom II Continental (1934) (Revell 07459, 1:16)
SCM Search: Rolls Royce Phantom II

Spanjaard
personal choice, no doubt. whatever makes you happy 🙂
some would think that doing a detailed PE cockpit in a 1/144 airplane that will never be seen again is totally nuts....and maybe it is, but I like it so I do it 😛
others prefer to go other way? respect and enjoy the ride!

John Hughes
I buy tanks with full interior, which others think is pointless, but I enjoy them. Then again, sometimes you might just want to do a build in order to test out a new paint range or something, in which case a quick build is ideal. Horses for courses, I guess.

gorby
As with many things, I'm a bit odd (it's been pointed out many times so why deny it? 😄 ). I like simple kits which I then make as complicated as I possibly can. A kit that most modellers would complete in a weekend would keep me occupied for months.
And yet, over-engineered kits I'm not so keen on if there is nothing for me to add to it. Increasingly for me it's all about the scratch-building. 🙂