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Ben M
Why are you roasting it like a chicken?

Ingmar Stöhr
The hull is cast from resin and was warped by 10mm at each end. The heat makes the resin a bit soft, so it will keep the new shape.

Ben M
Wow, that is a lot of work to fix. How long do you keep it in the oven?

Sven Schönyan
Interesting! I´ll keep an eye on it!

Michael Kohl
I like that one. And convincing weathering of the oven too. 😜

Ingmar Stöhr
@Ben: Well, I guess that is the price you have to pay, if you want to tackle these kind of kits. I think it was in there for maybe 1,5h. Just long enough to make sure the whole resin gets to temperature. And then you hafe to slowly let it cool down.
@Michael: Don't tell my wife 😜

Ben M
So you roast it at 90c for 1.5 hours?

Ingmar Stöhr
Well, now that I think about it, it was more 80°C, but yes, for about 1,5h and then I left it in there till it cooled down to room temperature. The picture shows the cold oven. The red needle belongs to the red scale and the black needle to the black scale. So the temperature in the pic is not 90°C but below 30°C! This picture is some weeks old and I also was briefly mislead... I would not try this method with injection moldet parts! Resin does not melt in the same way as styrene does. It just gets a bit softer at these temperatures.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Ingmar Stöhr
Following! How did you sculpt the water?

gorby
Very nice collection.
(And I love your dog. 🙂 )

Gerald Jonker
This is a great dog and my best friend

Jack van Hoorn
Mooi man.

Bruce Huxtable
Immaculate!

Clement
Hi guys,

This is the venerable Xtrakit/MPM/Special Hobby Gloster Meteor F.8 which has since been superseded by Airfix offering but I had it in stock and I figured "how bad can it be?".

Back in 2006, 18 year old me had been blown away by Brett Green's build on Hyperscale which convinced me to order the kit straight from Hannants.
Well folks, Mr Green makes it look easy.

As a short run first-timer, I wasn't ready for the amount of sanding, cutting, filling and scratch-building needed to get this kit to look passable.

I don't think it's my best effort but I'm glad it's now across the finish line and I'll gladly avoid short-run kits in the future 🙂

Have a great day and happy modelling!

gorby
Beautiful!

Neuling
The finish is: beautiful 🙂

Clement
Thank you guys, highly appreciated 🙂

Guy Rump
Excellent job! 👍

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
First mockup of the cockpit looks promising 🙂

Zsolt Czegle
Following!

DuperScale
Follow

Michael Kohl
I really wish that they release that beast in 1:72. Until then I follow the bigger ones. Looking at your first pictures I am sure this will be fun.

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Welcome @Zsolt and DuperScale and thanks for your interest in this build. I was able to finish first step of cockpit section. 3D printed seats fit well into tracks even of they are designed to be glued on the plastic. I used Eduard PE tracks. Dashboard also made with PE. PE seat belts were planned but I felt they are too flat so I ordered Kelik 3D decals - they are better in my opinion.

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
@Michael: nice to see you here and glad you have fun 🤩 ICM plans to release the 1/72 in 2025 as far as I know and I have a good idea for a nice diorama. But definitely have to do this in 1/72 ... that thing is really big ...

Michael Kohl
Oh. Didn't know that. Those are good news.
You might be aware of two CH-54-builds in 1:72 based on the ol Revell kit which are absolutely stunning (with fire fighting equipment).
But now it's your stage. Cockpit looks very nice.

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
I think I know at least one of them 😝 . This build is supposed to be the military version operated in Vietnam - no extras except the tons of aftermarket I´m going to use

gorby
Looks a veeeery promising build! 🙂

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Thanks @gorby! Let's see what the rest will bring - it's going to be a long way …

CaptGPF
Following!

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Welcome @CaptGPF - a little update on this build. Pilot and crane operators office done. Assembly of the main body was surprisingly flawless as the kit does not offer a lot of alignment points. Next steps will be masking transparent parts and glue them in place. Now the big parts are coming the bench needs to be prepared to handle this big thing ☺️

Desert Marlin
This looks fun!!!

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
It is Marlin - coming from 1/72 working on a beast like this in 1/35 is blasting. Sometimes I'm lost in the size 🤣
@Gorby - sorry, I forgot to mention you yesterday. Thanks for your kind words and welcome 🙌

Desert Marlin
Excellent work!

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Many thanks @Marlin! First dry fit of the main „body" again shows absolutely no issues. Expecting a smooth and flawless assembly. The aftermarket components also fit very nicely ☺️

Alec K
Taking a seat. Excellent progress 👍

Neuling
Joining ..................

Michael Kohl
Just coming from Telford, I had the possibility to talk to Valeriia from ICM and she told me, that they had to postpone the scale 1/72 release to - earliest - 2026.
I'll comfort myself by watching your build. 🙂

bughunter
What a project, with all the accessories, of such a huge beast 👍 Great work so far.
Luckily I don't have any space for it 🙂
Have fun!

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Ingmar Stöhr
Wow, how did I miss this build? I really like the effort you put into the jig for alingning the prop shafts! 3D printed propellers are also a big upgrade to injection mouldet parts. I struggled quiet a bit till I got the shape on my New Jersey propellers right. Which software do you use to design yours?

Guy Rump
Very nice build. 👍

Дмитрий Голубев
thank you!!

Zbynek Honzik
Beautiful job! 👍

Clement
Fantastic work once again. Well done!

BAT21
Thank you both.

Robert Podkoński
Fabulous!

Skyhiker
Oh my that thing looks like a giant bug from my nightmares. You did an excellent job with this kit. Congratulations.

Finn
Great bulid of a weird creation!

Rui S
Beautiful damselfly 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Outstanding! 👍

Alberto Michieletto
WOW!! I have no words to describe this wonder!

BAT21
It's great that there was some feedback after all and it's great that it's so positive. Thank you everyone!

Guy Rump
Great result. 👍

Alec K
Congrats. Consider me teased! 😄

Bruce Huxtable
1:72? Wow! More to follow? Keenly watching 🙂

Thomas O'Eh
looking great! following!

Robert Podkoński
Joining the party!

Rui S
It's another Beautty 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Wow! I can see the winter is coming 😄

Simon SW
Brrrr! Looks cool 😉

Zsolt Czegle
AWESOME work again! I'm courious!!

Pietro De Angelis
An other little jewel, congrats!

Simon Nagorsnik
Ha! You´re all welcome mates!
Put on your warm clothes, it's getting even colder... 🥶😂
Thank xou!

Lukas Muller
nice one Simon as usualy 👍🥶

Bohrmann
Looks fantastic ! 👀

Finn
An absolut gem!

Tom B.
Looks awesome!

Simon Nagorsnik
Thanks guys!
Final pics will follow this evening...or tomorrow 😉

Neuling
Thanks for the preview in Ried, Simon!

Simon Nagorsnik
Hi Neuling!
Yes, as a little teaser for a select audience 😆

Finn
This is really amazing - congrats!

Guy Rump
Excellent modelling. 👍