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Miguel Vaquero
Following!!

Matti Thomaes
Watching

Jan Peters
Welcome mates

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

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

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

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

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

Jan Peters
Thanks Sebastian, and welcome 🤗

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

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jan Peters
Thanks Guy, and welcome mate.

Jan Peters
More work done 🫡

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

Sebastian Meyner
Oh boy, you worked this mattress hard 😛

In all honesty: great detail work Jan 👍

Jan Peters
😁 thanks Sebastian!

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

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

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

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Jan Peters
Welcome Villiers

Jan Peters
Ready for paint

Jan Peters
First layers of paint brushed on🙂

Jan Peters
Painting this is a slow proces

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

Jan Peters
More slow progress 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

Jan Peters
Thanks Villiers 🙏🏻

yngvenett
I'm definitely following this! The idea of using drilling holes in small parts and inserting the needles is brilliant. Wish I saw this 2 weeks ago 😳

Martin Oostrom
New lessons to be learned

Robert Podkoński
Taking a first row seat on this talent show!

Alexander Grivonev
Welcome guys, yes holding spoilers is sometimes a real pain in the a**, I've learned this the hard way

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Mike Bird
This kit is on my Christmas list! Watching along!

Dominik Weitzer
i will take a seat! awesome kit.

MS K
😎🍿

Martin Oostrom
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Mark W
Weirdly the X series acrylic paint is compatible with Tamiya's Lacquer Thinner, and it then acts a lot like lacquer. I have switched to buying lacquers only but still have some X series acrylics that I will ONLY put through an airbrush once thinned with their lacquer thinner.

Alexander Grivonev
Interesting, will try this out 👍

Martin Oostrom
I understand that the LP's are basically the rattle can lacquers in a jar. For 5 times the price.

Emanuele Matteucci
Top idea to use the official Porsche config on the website! Tank you i'll configure one to better see all the details for the model. Double fun!

Alexander Grivonev
I can also recommend walkaround videos like these

Youtube Video
Youtube Video

great source for all kinds of detail inside, outside and from below

Mark W
@Alexander I'm still new to polishing paint, especially metallics, but my 1st gen Civic build was sprayed with X-34 thinned with Tamiya Lacquer Thinner. Main reason I've switched to this is using acrylic thinner constantly clogged my AB tip with the weather here.
Honda Civic GL (SB-1) | Album by Marktastrophe (1:24)

@Martin it's wild how prices change per locale, a jar of LP is a little less than half the price of a rattle can here and covers 3-5 times as much sprayed through an airbrush. (The low end of coverage is yellows and reds, of course.)

Łukasz Gliński
Following

Christoph Kunz
Da schau ich Dir mal über die Schulter.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, for sure!

Alex K
... sure!

Michael Kohl
Welcome mates. Happy to have you around.

Michael Kohl
Those familiar with the kit might have noticed the absence of the firewall. I simply lost it and decided that I will just omit it as it is invisible anyway.

bughunter
A very interesting plane! You made a good progress with another (parallel?) project 👍

Michael Kohl
Parallllllel, alternating. You name it. 😉

J35J
Great start!👀

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Michael Kohl
Thanks and welcome.

Nicolas
Great start.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Interesting build and very promising start - I´m in for this 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Michael Kohl
Moin zusammen Thomas und Nicolas.

Michael Kohl
...and Jennifer too, of course. 🙂

Nicolas
Interesting approach to simply sand the control surface structure in the primer. I'll keep my fingers crossed for a good result.

Denis Dogadov
As a base for the red color, you need to use yellow, then the red will be bright.If you put red on white, you will get just pink.

bughunter
Michael, using different primers for one top coat is my idea! The usage of my idea is geBIERenpflichtig! 🙂

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

bughunter
You made a great model from a somehow crude kit/instructions 👍
I have also some AMG kits in my stash but have build none of them so far.

gorby
It's looking very impressive so far Duncan.

Ben M
👀

Robert Podkoński
Great job so far. Keep it up!

Duncan Black
Thanks to everyone for the comments. I finally got it finished.

Robert Podkoński
We're waiting for final photos, Duncan!

bughunter
Robert, you should click on the project!

Robert Podkoński
👍

Duncan Black
Must admit I am still trying to work out how the website works with regards to photo albums but I have done a separate album for the completed kit.

bughunter
Duncan, that is exactly what I do in my projects since years! After a long build log album with many photos it makes totally sense to create a new album for the final photos.

DerMattes
Following 👍

Cristian A
Welcome my friend 👍

Sergej I
following 👍

Cuajete
Me 3!

Łukasz Gliński
Me 4, will follow before this kit makes it into my stash 🙂

Cristian A
Welcome Sergej. Cuajete and Lukasz!

The kit is very nice and I love the decals, they show exactly the 43 blue in my photo posted here. So far I've found a small fitting issue to the front, but if you start slowly and work your way towards the wings it gets into place.

Oliver
Oh, I take a Seat

Guy Rump
Following as well! 👍

Łukasz Gliński
These colours look great indeed 👍

Cuajete
I agree with Łukasz 👍

★ Starfish ★
Incredible! Also thank you for those reference photos!

Cristian A
Absolute pleasure to have you here, thank you Mike_AUT

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Great looking engines! Your diorama is also shaping up nicely.
The little patch of green really breaks up all the dark colours from the aircraft and the apron as well. 👀 👍

Cristian A
Thank you Robin! Glad you like it! I also think the green patch adds a nice contrast to balance out all those darker tones 👍 😊 it took me one week to mask and paint the engines, now they are barely visible between
the vertical stabilizers 😄

Dave Flitton
Watching

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Cristian A
Thanks a lot @ Villiers !
Welcome @ Dflitton!

I'm hoping to get this project finished soon, even if there are plenty of details / touchups needed to be done before I can assemble everything together.

Clement
Nice work so far.
I hope you won't get silvering under the decals, those walkways look scary on the last picture.

Cristian A
Thanks Clement.

If silvering appears under the walkways I won't be able to explain it. I primed, sanded down the primer, painted with thin layers and the surface was prepared for the decals. I'm just hoping that the light is strong and that silvering won't show up. Even if it shows, I hope I won't get too bothered by it 🙂

Clement
Fingers crossed! Decals work in mysterious ways 😄

Cristian A
Back to working on the Su-30SM and making nice progress toward completing the project.

The landing gear is securely in place, fitting well and feeling sturdy. I've also tackled several small details, such as painting the white antenna sensors on the wings and tail, as well as the Khibiny pods in gray at the front and back of each wing.

Next steps:

Install the landing gear covers
Paint the underside of the canards
Apply silver to the missile mounts
Add decals to the missiles
Paint the small rear antennas in eggplant gray before attaching them, along with other final touchups

I'm very satisfied to seeing this build come together and already inspired to start another Su-30SM in the two tone blue and gray camo scheme as the belly of the Naval version presented here!

Mr D
Fantastic looking machine 😃 .
Nice modeling work too... Coming on brilliantly 👍👍

Cuajete
Great job so far 👍

Cristian A
Thanks Mr. D AND Cuajete.

This kit is an absolute monster for 1/72 scale - 385 pieces, more than the Mi-8 (354 pieces) or Mi-24 (326 pieces) in 1/48 scale from the same producer (Zvezda).

Cristian A
The project is done, I will upload some better pictures of a final reveal later. Thank you for watching and for your support.

Cuajete
Very nice result. Good job 👍
Congrats!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Beautiful!

DerMattes
Great result, very well done!

Guy Rump
Great job, congrats! 👍

Mr D
Very Nice and smart indeed, Well done, great model 🎉👍👍

Cristian A
Thank you Cuajete, Robin, DerMattes, Guy and Mr. D for the support! 👍🫡

I added a final review album as well where the interior of the engines is also shown, thanks for checking it out Zvezda Su-30SM "Flanker-H" Final Reveal | Album by hobbywith.cristian (1:72)

Rui S
I like it, a lot 👍

Gundamn0080
lovely painting!!

Ben M
You can use masking tape to protect adjacent detail

Ben M
Nice build of an old kit.

Arno
The wing should be smooth. With all the parts it looks more like a lego brick. So I've removed the supports and sanded averything smooth. The support will be replaced with metal parts.

Martin Oostrom
I love the Jägermeister livery. So naturally, I don't have any kits with them 🫣

Spanjaard
yet , i guess we will have it in "I shouldn't be doing this" list for 2025 😉
nice 956 Arno!

yngvenett
I'm in for the ride

Martin Oostrom
The ride just got better.

Zbynek Honzik
Taking a seat and I keep my fingers crossed that the building will be joyful and successful, Michael!

Mr D
Really like the subject 😁👍👍 Good stuff, l built one as a boy in the 1990's

Łukasz Gliński
Can't miss an IF project 👍
That windshield is terrible - what's your plan for it?
And most importantly - are you going to build Lady Agnes? 🙂

Michael Kohl
Hi mates. Nice to have your interest and you on board. Thanks Zbynek. So far it took much more effort than I expected. Lets see how it continues.
@Mr D: childhood memories. I suppose you build it in scale 1:100? VEB Plasticard?
Lukasz, I bent and glued it und sanded it flush afterwards. As I will use the Authentic Airliner decals for the cockpit windows, they do not need to be transparent.

Mr D
Hi Michael 👋,
Yes it was the Veb version, very basic....but l was enjoying building it as fast as l could.... Glue finger prints n all 🤣
Can you sort the cockpit glass ?? Surprised.... Zvezda usually very good.
Thanks for your upload..... I'm big Soviet era fan.

Łukasz Gliński
Good choice Sir, the AA window decals are super cool.
Unfortunately some of their livery decals have some errors.

Michael Kohl
Yeah, I was surprised by the fit issue too. On the upside are definitely very fine and consistent engravings which I hope to preserve.
And - by the way - it won't be Lady Agnes¹. I like to represent the plane I flew to Moscow with. Unfortunately I do not have a picture of this particular aircraft and am thus not sure about it's actual registration. The history of some a/c is available to me, so I can rule out some. And I photographed two parked IL-62M too while taxiing which I can rule out too.
With these informations I ruled out registration: SEW, SEC, SEF, SEG, SEY and SEK. So right now I will go for registration DDR-SET.

¹ a word for those not familiar with Lady Agnes. She is obviously an IL-62M too and was flown to Stölln. After being stripped of everything unnecessary she landed on a 900m grasstrip (how on earth did they manage to get a permission for that?!) and is used now as a Cafe there in it's original Interflug livery.
You've never heard of Stölln? It is located in the federal state of Brandenburg, about 40km west of Berlin and is the oldest aviation site on earth and in the history of mankind. No other that Otto Lilienthal tested some of his gliders there.

Robert Podkoński
Watchimg with pleasure! Of course, I remember VEB Plasticard kit very well 😉 And thanks for the interesting story!

bughunter
Oh, a very personal project - watching! Sorry, I digged so deep into my build that I missed yours.
So I'm now in and good luck!
Regarding putty: I'm now a fan of Tamiya light curing putty which hardens quickly with UV light.
If wee meet again I like to hear more background about this trip and can provide other insights 😉

Michael Kohl
Hi Frank. No reason for apologies. You are welcome anytime.
Looking forward to our next meeting.

Spanjaard
a bit late, but I am in. nice detail added in this intakes

Ben M
💺

Mr D
Looking good, really nice shaped Airliner 👍
Do you use the black to find imperfections?? Or is it a pre-shading??
I'm in process of building the Veb Be-6 Soviet flying boat, and may help me to do similar.
Thanks for your uploads... Like anything from Soviet era n russian.

Michael Kohl
Welcome mate. Always nice to have you around.
Yes, Mr D, I use the black primer to identify imperfections as the grey one is too close to the plastic color and with the white one, flaws are not that visible. The downside is that it takes a lot of color to cover the black. So next time I will most likely go for a lighter primer color.

Shar Dipree
Following!

Mr D
Thanks 👍👍 for letting me know, l built the Yak-3 made by Zvezda, lit was quite nice to build, some of the fine parts were really accurate, but then it was bit gapy around the wing, but otherwise pretty good.

Michael Kohl
Welcome Shar.
Construction and first paint stages of the engines done.

Mr D
Nice to see the update on this one 😀.
The PE parts give a more crisp realistic effect.
Good stuff 👍👍

DuperScale
Awesome, i'll follow

Michael Kohl
Welcome. Another set of blemishes is fixed and the primer coat repaired. A light sanding with grid 1200 ensured a good base for the polishing steps which will be next. No pics as all looks more or less the same.

Landlubber Mike
Hey Michael - really beautiful subject you are modeling here and it's looking fantastic! I thought the fit issues on my JRS-1 made for a complicated build - this kit makes my JRS-1 look like it's a Tamiya kit! You did a really great job getting around that canopy issue and the PE engine fans are a really nice upgrade. Well done!

Alexander Grivonev
Oh man, two steps forward one step back. What, a grind, keep it up!

Ben M
I just finished this book, might be interesting to you: a.co/d/c2WPeYB

Mr D
Good work take's time, it's coming along nicely, good subject.... worth getting how you want it.
Like it 👍👍👍

Michael Kohl
Welcome mates and thanks for your encouragement and tips. Hope to continue in about a week.

Michael Kohl
One round of polishing didn't result yet in the desired effect. So, in for another one.

Michael Kohl
Started the paint job with the leading edges of wings, vertical and horizontal stabilizer. Started with Alclad stainless steel after another two rounds of sanding and polishing the wings. Unfortunately even a very thin mist of this color ate at the primer, dissolving it partly. Second attempt was done with Mr. Metalcolor 213 steel. This worked but gave a much less nice finish. As you can polish this color range I did that and got close to the Alclad finish by this. But with polishing I partly lost coverage at the trailing edges. These defects could be restored with the application of UvdR pigments Steel. Next will be the grey lower parts

Zbynek Honzik
I'm glad to see, Michael, that you're making good progress with the project.
What primer did you use? I've had very good experiences with Alclad, so I'm surprised that Alclad has eaten into the primer.
Fingers crossed!

Michael Kohl
Not all the Alclads do it the same way. I found stainless steel and airframe aluminum to be particularly aggressive. Primer was Mr. Surfacer 1500.

Zbynek Honzik
Oh, that's some stuff! 🧐
Admittedly, I've never sprayed Alclad stainless steel and airframe aluminum on surfacer, but always on polished Mr.Color C. And I've never had a similar experience. I usually paint the metallic leading edges and air inlets last before decalling. But I wouldn't say at all that these paints will behave that way.
I've used Alclad on a polished Mr.Surfacer before, it was fine, but I haven't used these Alclads.
So I learned something important again. Thank you, Michael!
Well, I hope things are going well for you now without any tricky surprises. 👍

Łukasz Gliński
I think there might also be a difference between these old Alclads and the 2nd generation (not mentioning the MiG rebottlings). I have a sample of each and the older it is the more agressive it seems.

Michael Kohl
In my case the two shades mentioned were aquired last.
I was pondering to do the metallic parts first or last. I think masking is easier this way. Let's see how it further progresses. I actually was highly motivated to go for the grey but had then to realise that a bit of detail stuff is required first.
Thanks guys for your input.

Zbynek Honzik
😃

Ben M
Looks like a pleasant place.

Martin Oostrom
Do we have the same wife 🤔

Lebloge
we are in the presence of a man of taste… Leffe blonde… triple Westmalle « que du bon »😄

Mark Sherwood
Zybnek, Ben M 👍 it's cosy, stick a cd or record on and zone out modelling. Martin probably 🤣 Lebloge 👍 I have a few bottles of Duvel and La Chouffe too. Here's to escaping Thee Wife and the DIY It's either T'Club or the Box Room. 🤣🤘🥸🤟🤣

Lebloge
Duvel, is the best bier of the world... BUT… it's Duvel OR modelism 😂😂😂

Nicolas
Not just nice modeling stuff, but great books too. I love Terry Pratchett.

Mark Sherwood
Lebloge, Tetley's Imperial and you're right Beer or Modelling not both at the same time 😳🤣 Nicolas I agree. It's terrible that he succumbed to Alzheimer's. No more Discworld adventures.

Rui S
And a big Windows and WC near by 😄 😄 😄 but I don't see a Bench, where do you build them?
And I disagree. Alcohol and model making are perfectly compatible, even your hands feel more firm, and steady 😄 😄 and if you mess things up you can blaim the licor and not your clumsiness or lack of tallent. I've a small fridge in my cave, só i know it hehe

Mark Sherwood
Hi Rui, your cave just gets better, beer too 🍺🍺🍺🍺👍. I build to the left of the air brushes, it's small, but then I'm a short arse anyway 🤣 I intend to shelve the existing picture rails and the back wall which at the moment is piled up with tools,paint,nails, ladders and screws (Thee Wife, has got me painting the landing and the drop) I'll move the building over to the back wall as I will have natural light coming in. Come to think of it a fridge and Beer is not a bad Idea! 🤣👍🍺🤘🥸🤟🤣 Happy modelling mate.

gorby
My happy place is also a box room (and also my daughters room when she was young). My other half used to complain about the state of it so I stripped it all back and started again. Glad I did as it suits my needs perfectly now.
The Gorby sanctuary resurrection. | Album by gorby
Obviously it's now descended into a bit of a tip again – or as I like to think, a lived in look. 🙂
Oh, I'm another fan of combining alcohol and modelling. Maybe that explains my modelling. 😄

CaptGPF
This is the first craft room I have seen with more books and CDs than kits! 🫠. Tastefully done!

Mark Sherwood
CaptGPF, that's only half of it. The rest is in the loft, what you see there are my favourite authors, reference books, comics, vinyl, graphic novels and kits etc. Like Thee Wife, you don't want to look in the Loft. 😳🤟🤣🤘🥸👍

Neuling
Bier vom Münchner Hofbräuhaus. Not bad! 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Es ist sehr gut Neuling, sehr lecker! (Thank you Google translator) 👍🍺🥸🤘🍺🤟

Neuling
🙂

Mark Sherwood
Gorby, Our Lass is of the mind shut the door and forget about it, lest seen the better. There are plans afoot for a redesign, per the shelving rip up the carpet and strip back the floor so I may have an even surface for my turntable. This Beer and modelling thing has some traction, I may have to start attempting slurping and bashing plastic at the same time. 🤣👍🍺🤘🥸🤟🤣

Mark Sherwood
Thanks for all the likes.

Doubtingmango
Great library, great beer, great view!

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Doubtingmango. Depends if she closes the curtains! 😲🤘🤣👍🥸🤟😲

Geert
Tidy

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Geert. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Eric T for the like and everyone else who hit that button. 🤘🥸🤟

Robert Podkoński
Mess? Where? Everything seems to be in perfect order!

Mark Sherwood
Ah, well Robert. You can see the tidy bits and obviously it all looks tidy to me, I can find thing's were I have put them down. But. To my wife (who was brought up in the tradition of scrubbing the step and swilling your front as well as cleaning the inside to the exacting standards beyond an RSM. That would be her Mother) it's a mess, disorganised and untidy. The fact I can get away with wearing my band t-shirts and jeans at my age and 37 years of marriage 😳is a miracle. Don't even mention motor bikes! 🤣🤟🥸🤘🤣👍🥸🖖

Alex K
👀

Mr D
Looks fun kit 👍
Never come across the manufacturer before....?
Enjoy 😁👍

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

J35J
Watching, nice with the civilian version.👍🏻

Mr D
Very nice, Smart paint scheme, well done 👍👍

Marko
Thanks Mates, I'm glad. The Spitfire is truly an aircraft of elegant beauty, and this is emphasized again in this civil scheme.

Robert Podkoński
Looks beautiful!

Marko
Thanks Robert, I'm pleased, I'm also happy with the result.
The AZ kit is really good, only the canopy is not convincing. I replaced it with a Vacu hood from Pavla.

Robert Podkoński
Good to know that, Marko. Thanks!

Max Otten
In progress for a diorama. Model finished, with feathered port propeller, oil leaks, exposed engine and radiator part. CMK radiator not very useful. The back of the real thing is open with lots of bars (for engine control). CMK put pipes on top but they pointed in the wrong direction - towards the fuselage instead of the engine. I had to redo a lot there. Also I added the radar antennas in the starboard wing (above and below) which are missing from the kit.

gorby
Very nice work on the interior.

Michael Kohl
Following.

Alec K
Very nice, following 👍

Neuling
Very good work, looks like a bigger scale kit. Beautiful colors and shading.

Michael Kohl
I agree

Pietro De Angelis
Beatiful!

Finn
Awesome paint job!

Gergő Takács
Thank you mates!

Tomas Vokurka
Good job

Istvan T
Szuper lett!

Rui S
I Like it a Lot 👍

Denis Dogadov
Now you need to master the image of chrome using foil.
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Martin Oostrom
Great car. I need to get a 57 Bel Air too. Well done!

Spanjaard
nice!

d hadley
Thanks!

Steve Wilson
...
Top job Rui S!!!👍😄

Rui S
thanks for your nice words Steve. I see you are always aware...

Kim Branders
Top.

Rui S
Thanks' Mate, but not yet Top

Rui S
Thanks' Michael. Coming from a Pro it's a great compliment...

Ulf Petersen
Very nice scene!👍
The Italeri-RSO and Tamiya-Kettenkrad are another ones of my first model kits of the early 80s. 🙂 Nice to see that they still are able to make attractive models.

Rui S
Thanks for your nice comments Ulf. I used to look to the RSO as a very strange vehicle but after building this kit, I started to like it a lot...

Rui S
Thanks for your nice comment Hanno. I'm very glad that this dio made you remember your grandfather and relive his stories (I'm sure very interesting ones)...
P.S. Thanks for sharing that information...

Donald Medley
Kind of reminds me of Alaska Huh?

Rui S
hehehe because of the RSO?

Thomas (Tommy) Rumley
This is so realistic, excellent work.

Rui S
Thank you for stopping by and your kind comment Thomas.
Glad you like this one.
Much Apreciated.

Neuling
You really brought these old kits to life. Nice to see them in this realistic scenery.

Rui S
Thank you for your kind words and stopping by and comment, Neuling.
Comming from a Dio Master, feels even better. Much Apreciated.
And also thank you James C (Jim C); Paulo ( Parrais)
and all mates for the new likes.

Николай Романов
Rui S, отлично выглядит..очень реалистично👍

Rui S
Wow, another Master commenting. I'm feeling proud Now.

большое спасибо, что заглянули и прокомментировали Николай Романов

ценится.

I hope the translater got it right🙂

Николай Романов
Все ок..мне приятно слышать это от вас🤝

Neil Patrick
Only just saw this Rui. I love how the Steyr RSO turned out. I think I have one in the stash somewhere and you've prompted to me to go searching. 🙂

Johne 69
Well done Rui 👍

Olivier
2015 ? Better late than never...

John
Amazing dio, Rui.

Ingo Green
Nice one… Great job

Rui S
@Николай Романов, it's what I think.

@Neil, thanks for stopping by and comment with your kindness. I look forward and will be watching your RSO project.

@Johne 69, thank you for your comment. I'm glad you like this one.

@Olivier, thank you, yap a very old project already, but another one that was done in 2 diferent phases and a enjoyable one.

@John, thx for stopping by and for your kind comment.

@Ingo, thank you for your kind comment, I'm really glad you like and stopped by on this one. Like all the others it helped a lot in the learning curve.

I also wish to thank All the 31 mates that liked this album. Apreciated.

Alan G
Excellent work again Rui

Rui S
Thank you for your kind comment Alan. Apreciated.
This is a old one and with some bad photos. Maybe one day I will take new photos.
I also thank the 16 mates for the new likes. Apreciated.

Lothar Linke
I really like how you work the camouflage

Rui S
Thank you for your comment Lothar29. Glad you like this old one. Apreciated

Kurt Shepard
Beautiful model, Great work!

Roy Seine
Amazing work, i think the weathering is just right

Rui S
@ Kurt, thank you, I'm really glad you like this old one.
@ Roy, thx a lot, I apreciatte your kind comment.

gvizbi
Beautiful work in every regard. Very nice scene and the weathering is fantastic.

Pietro De Angelis
It's always incredible what you can get out of old models,
congratulations Rui!

Mr James
Really good rust effect on the exhaust. Lovely diorama

Rui S
@ gvizbi, thx a lot for your kind comment on this old one. Coming from such a talented modeler it feels great
@ Pietro, Thank you very much for your kind support. Much appreciated. I really enjoy work on oldies.
@ Mr James. Glad you like this one. Thank you.
Interesting to see this oldies come to surface 🤔

Doubtingmango
The weathering really is beautiful. I love the old Italeri kits. My first kits were the old Testors brand.

Rui S
Hi Doubtingmango, thank you for your comment. Apreciated.
I still like Italeri kits, and I have great respect for them and also some in stash that I hope to build 😉

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Pavlo Yakovenko
unusual model, very nice

Rui S
@Villiers de Vos, thank you for your comment. Glad you like this oldie
@Pavlo, thx for your kind words, when I was very young I thought this was a "what if" or science fiction vehicle 😄

Владимир Ловцов
Good job. RSO is especially good.

Rui S
Thank you for your comment Владимир Ловцов . Apreciated.
The kettenkraft was hand painted, later on the RSO was already done with airbrush, and it's easy to see the improvement from that.

Rui
Great work Rui! 👍

Jennifer Franklin
You were doing work of this caliber eight years ago!!!!

Mr James
We've got lots of catching up to do Jennifer 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
You're not kidding Mr. James

Rui S
@ Rui, Thank you for stopping by and comment, apreciated, glad you liked this one

@ Jennifer, not quite. 8 years ago I discover scalemates, and posted it, but this one was my 2nd or 3rd Dio??? Done so long ago that I don't even remember when. And I'm such a slow intermittent modeler that I used to stay years without one single build.
Than scalemates enter the scene and I was more motivated but even so my mojo it's better but still very inconsistent

@ Mr James, you may be right but don't worry, scalemates it's a never ending source of Great and new and Beautiful work's that are always appearing, that's why I'm here every single day since.

Jennifer Franklin
Okay, Rui, now I am even more impressed. For someone who started working on models about a month ago, the idea of working on them for that many years is incredible.

Rui S
Be aware Jennifer, it's an addition 😄😄 😄 but a good one, has you can confirm here in scalemates 😉

Jennifer Franklin
Yes, I think I may be addicted 🙂 🙂 🙂

Rui S
We all hope so 😉

Maxime
Hi, Rui S 🙂 ! Out of all your models, I think this one reaches the greatest level of realism and meticulousness. It's not as big as your Panther diorama but still it must have taken a long time to complete. That is some great work right there and it is definitely inspiring. I hope you have another one like this in the near future 🤙

Rui S
Hi Maxime, Thank you for your nice comment. Apreciated.
I don't know if you access all my dios. This one is an old one and I enjoy doing it and the result I got on the RSO, but in my opinion not my best work. And also not even the one with the Panther.
Anyway don't get me wrong, I'm really glad you like this one.

Thomas E.
Oldie but goldie! A "Raupenschlepper Ost" is always a great subject in my opinion. And Sa-Kuva - Please type in: RSO
There is a lovely picture. The Finns had used 10 RSO in continuation war. I think the colour is German sand, the PAK is estimated finnish 3-Tone (green-brown-grey). Finnish green and brown may be very similar on bw-photographs.

Rui S
Thank you Thomas E. apreciated. Sorry for the late reply and I agree It's a great but somehow strange subject.

MS K
You always make the best scenes.
The dirt floor looks as soft as real life.

Rui S
Thank you very much for your kind words Mate. Really Apreciated.
One of the floor materials, if I remember correctly, was coffee grounds.
As usual on my Dios I use some natural materials 😉 😄

Mr D
😲 wow lots of nice work 👍👍

Scott Kibler
Outstanding!

Rui S
@ Mr D, Thank you very much for taking the time to sotp by and comment. This was a 2 fase Dio. First I've done the dio just with the Ketten & trailer kits and the radio emplacement, then I've build the RSO and I thougt I could place it on that base.
@ Scott Thank you very much. This is an old work but I apreciate a lot your comment.

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Nice one !

Rui S
Thank you Siegfried Van den Bosch. I'm glad that you enjoy this one.

Bozzer
It's all in the prep work, Peter!
I'm curious to know though, will the black, also accentuate the panel lines?
For example, the doors, hood and trunk, gaps? Or, would you tackle that later down the line? Or even just leave it as is, and let the natural light, do its magic?

Peter Hardy
Prep prep and more prep! The black under the doors and bumpers is standard as is the blackouts on the r-send and grille. I want to give this to Jon on New Years Eve so I have a deadline!

Bozzer
Mate, recently I've done more rubbing, than Aladdin's girlfriend!
Large resin models, and OCD, definitely don't come hand in hand!
I have to stop, put it down, and do something else, just for my own sanity?
In the UK, we used to use a black paint, on the sills, called Tetrosyl. It was bitumen based, and prevented rust. However, it had the reverse effect, and trapped water, then made your car, rust to death! Now I just use roadkill. It's not as brutal, as the Tetrosyl 😉

Rui S
That's a shiny model 👍

Bozzer
Said the nun to the bishop!

George Williams
I always thought that it was the actress who said that.

Martin Oostrom
don't know Jon, I do like his taste in car colours

Peter Hardy
You would love Jon Martin. Walks his own path through life.

Bozz, keep your private life to yourself, I am too young to be corrupted by the likes of you!

yngvenett
I'm in to learn! What you did with the masking tape, Mig Oil and pigment marker on the air cleaner filters looks very good 👌

Peter Hardy
Thank you yngvenett The idea just came to me, after a lot of lost sleep! There are some very clever people on Scalemates who will help you.

Kyle DeHart
Just finding this Peter. Love th color of Jon's car. Outstanding work on the air filters. That worked well indeed. I'll be following along now

Peter Hardy
Kyle, I am trying to replicate the colour and just cannot get the right saturation. Shade is fine, colour is fine but the best I can get is a bit dull. Never mixed my own base colour before. I have spent way too much on paint now so will have to "run wot I brung" so to speak. I'll just be wet sanding the colour paint before I 2k clear over the top. My thoughts on cars are that the finish makes or breaks the build and that most of the finish is the top of the car. Roof, bonnet and boot lid.

bossy122
That is one colorful exhaust!

Peter Hardy
Jon drove it hard!

bossy122
As he should! : )

Martin Oostrom
Just love seeing Peter do his magic

Kyle DeHart
That photo you have used as photo 1. That definitely looks like a tough color to match!! Your paint color will pop nicely once you get it wet sanded and 2k'ed. Look forward to seeing it. Coming right along.

Peter Hardy
Kyle, that's the actual GM colour. Full resto job.

Kyle DeHart
Well that's a really nice color from GM

Tony Cooke
Awesome!!

Spanjaard
great job as usual

Kyle DeHart
Looking very nice Peter!

Martin Oostrom
Cue the music!

Peter Hardy
Thank you gentlemen!

Spanjaard
that is truly shiny!!!

Jay Dubya
Nice work, as always, Pete !!!

Dave
Peter that paint looks great.

Christian W
Very good paint job!

Kyle DeHart
Beautiful, beautiful finish

bughunter
With a bit of luck I had today some light between the rain showers so now I can show some outdoor shots.
Before anyone asks: These are not new reference images, but photos of the model 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Yeah, photos of the model... These are reference photos for sure! 😉 Like I've said: BEAUTIFUL!

gorby
Well that brightens a dull day. Stunning build as always and the photographs make it look like it's the real deal. The metal rigging was very successful.

Spanjaard
if mine turns to be a quarter as good as this one, I will be over the moon, what a fantastic result!

Zbynek Honzik
Absolutely extraordinary work! What a great photos! Truly a feast for the eyes and a great inspiration! Congratulations Bughunter!

Christoph Kunz
It's flying. It is really flying! See the last pic.
Bild 1 : Wie das Licht auf dem schmalen Band des Rumpfes schimmert sieht fantastisch aus.

Kenneth
👍👍👍👍👍 photos!

bughunter
Thank you very much for your wonderful comments mates!
Now its dark so I made also some pictures in a light tent. Feel free top ask if you want to see a special detail or viewing angle.
And in case you have have not seen it yet: there is a big album of the build attached to the project.

Alec K
I mean, what is there to say. Just superb! The metal rigging looks intriguing, may have to try it.

Ben M
Ready for a fly-in

Marcin Terlikowski
Real plane on real airfield. Great pics

Ludvík Kružík
Fantastic model in perfect photos! I really like the photos with the spinning propeller (no. 14 and 15) Especially the photo of the machine in flight looks very impressive.

Stefan Fraundorfer
An incredibly well-made model. Congratulations!

Kyle DeHart
Frank, what can I say? Another beauty to add to your collection!! Up to your usual high standards of detailing and rigging and paint work, my friend. I always greatly enjoy your outdoor shots too. Lovely.

Bernhard Schrock
A true "fly by wire" bird 🙂. Top!

Peter Hardy
I'm gobsmacked! Again!

Marcel
Wow, fantastic. It's almost like the real thing.

Jakub Fiala
Just amazing! It really looks like the real machine. The level of added details is almost unbelievable 👍

Neuling
Super schöne Bilder!

bughunter
Thank you very much for your fantastic feedback! If you can confuse the model with the real airplane, I have achieved my goal 🙂
The very slight weathering is barely visible in the pictures. I assumed that these school machines were well maintained.
I must also thank Revell for this wonderful (and underrated) kit! Only this crazy yellow plastic ...

@Alec The metal rigging is a special thing. A lot of effort to get it looking right and I think it will be still to big on a WWI biplane. The size would match for 1:32 (Wingnut Wing says in the instruction to use 0.3 x 0.1mm wires for the RAF wires), but the etched wires will be to short for 1:32. The hole must be in the right angle and the wire need a free movement on one side to avoid problems with thermal changes.

Neil
This is just ridiculously good! Amazing craftsmanship 👍

Michael Kohl
Wirklich sehr fein geworden.

Pietro De Angelis
Fantastic work,
the outdoor photos are incredibles!

Alec K
Thanks for the info 👍. I saw a modeler using it in 1:144, not really sure what dark magic they used 😄

David Taylor
Stunning as always.

Martin Oostrom
It's getting boring Bugsy. But this is another marvellous, ingenious, fantastic, gorgeous, incredible build. Just as with Lode, I'm running out of words. Can we just call it a Frank build?

Alec K
Yes! FB for short. And it will mean something other than, you know, FB…

Thomas Bischoff
another beauty from the master! Your builds leave us all speechless

bughunter
It makes me happy to read your wonderful comments!
Martin, you're running out of words because you've already used so many adjectives. I need a dictionary 😎

Desert Marlin
Amazing work there!!! Glad I got to see this one in the final gallery!

bughunter
Thank you very much! Every comment makes me happy.
I'm sure some people think these are the reference pictures and the model is yet to come ...

Kyle DeHart
No doubt about that Frank!! If I ever build a subject that you've built, I'm certainly going to use your final glamour photos as reference!!

BetterTimes-Henry
Great start. Watching.

Robert Podkoński
I am watching too, of course!

Alexander Grivonev
What a wild plane design, great model, love it 👍

Neuling
Very appealing model!

Maciej Bellos
Beautiful!

Stuart Fowle
Awesome looking build 👍

Jim J
Construction complete. Time for painting. Thanks for looking.

Rui S
Great work 👍 I'm in 😎

Sergej I
Following 👍

Jim J
My rendition of EP706 is now complete. Thanks for looking!

Rui S
I like it a LOT 👍

Spanjaard
if you would have saved ppicture 14 as black and white, and said it was a reference picture, I would have believed it..... wow

Christian
Beautiful!

Sergej I
This is a top model! Great weathering, I especially love the fuel spill 👍. Also subtle showing of original camo through blue is superb! As realistic as it can get in 48th scale.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Stunning work! I love that weathering, that's some amazing chipping.

Gary Victory
Really nice build and great weathering. Top job Jim.

Stephan H.
Impressive weathering. Great work 👍

Neuling
I agree. I agree.

Damian Güttner
Very good work, good paintwork and super aging.
Beautiful model

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