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Christian Meyerhoff
Moin Bernhard!
Man kann jetzt schon sehen das das wieder etwas Außergewöhnliches wird. Tolles Vorbild und dann noch ein Matchbox kit... Aber Du machst ja eh aus Sch.... Gold 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Immer wieder frage ich mich, warum ich so lange mit dem Anmelden gewartet habe? So viel Freude und so viel Lachen über die so originellen und witzigen Kommentare🙂

As usual with flying boats I begin with the floats. A little sketch "what to do" helps. On the 1st picture the caps punched from this alu-sheet are well visible. As usual for biplanes of this time the Stranraer has flat-metal profiles (no cables) for wiring. I solved this problem about 10 years ago, creating with Thomas Gatermann a small photo etched plate with flat wiring for biplanes from "new silver" (German Neusilber, a silver colored kind of messing). No painting of the wiring is necessary. On the 3rd picture the self made tool for the producing of rectangular holes for the mounting flat wiring is well visible.

Burkhard D
Oh, nice. I'll watch and learn 🙂

Christian Meyerhoff
Also, Hauptsache ist das Du hier bist. Ich glaube es gibt hier Niemanden der von Dir nicht lernen könnte.

Glenn
O.M.G. he's at it again! Bernhard, GREAT WORK MATE everything you do should end up displayed in a museum! FANTASTIC STUFF!

Holger Kranich
Moin Bernhard, oh you love to suffer, hu?😢 Carry on, i´ll take a seat here!🙂

Stefan Schneider
Ohhhhh! A new tutorial on how to create a masterpiece out of a limited kit base. Consider me subbed!

Stefan Schacht
Hi Bernhard, bin wieder mit dabei. Viele Grüße Stefan

Soeren R.
Nice work so Bernhard! Ill will take a seat too

David Funke
Prachtstücke am laufenden Band... ich guck wieder zu!

Kerry COX
Bernard, I just had a look at Google Images of the build you are doing and it should be something very special indeed.

Good times. 🙂

Marc A.
Looking good, Bernhard. Keep posting!

Xenia V.
Ooh, etwas aus meinen Heimat! Always fun to see something from my corner of the world, being built by someone on the other side of it!

And for the record, if I'm not wrong, "Neusilber" is nickel silver in English.

Alex
Ohje, jetzt getraue ich mich nie mehr, die Stranraer zu bauen. Sieht schon einmal sehr gut aus!

Bernhard Schrock
Everyone is welcome: lot of empty seats. I will try to make the pictures well - lighted🙂.
Alex: der Bausatz ist gar nicht schlecht und hat zumindest nicht die berüchtigten Gräben.
Xenia: danke für das nickel silver. I learned something again🙂

Stefan Fraundorfer
Natürlich bin ich auch wieder dabei, wenn ein weiteres Meisterstück entsteht.

Bernhard Schrock
One of four is completed: wing & aileron. The shape of the parts is ok but gluing OOB produces trailing edges with a thickness of approx 1 mm (72 mm in the original!!!). In picture 9 the difference of thickness compared with OOB is well visible. In picture 6 shows a self made tool to create a "seam structure under the fabric".

Bernhard Schrock
Have you ever asked yourself how to separate rudders with bent edges from the fins? This is a way (picture 10) how you could do it.

Christian Meyerhoff
Ok Bernhard! Great idea! How do you smooth the surface after drilling? I always use a razor saw for this kind of operation and fill the gab with sheet. Like this: Me-108 Heller | Album by worldinscale (1:72)

Bernhard Schrock
I have made from balsa wood and 240 grid sandingpaper several sanding blocks (Schleifklötze, sind inzwischen meine besten Werkzeugfreunde🙂 approx. 5x1x2 cm. In approx. 2 minutes the edges were smooth incl. finishing with an sanding stick.

Kerry COX
Bernhard, please forgive my ignorance. But how old is this kit and/or is it still readily available mate ?
The PE you have there for the rigging reminds me of the Tamiya Swordfish build and the flat thin brass for it's rigging.
You have a delicate touch there too. 🙂 🙂

Kerry COX
Opps, I goofed.

I just googled the Supermarine Stranraer in their Image factory and I see it is a 1/72 Revell kit. 🙂

Gordon Sørensen
Bernhard - are you using a microdrill to get these small holes? I use a razor saw to seperate the flying surfaces. For sanding, I glue different grades of sandpaper (Wet n' Dry 320 and 600) to popsicle sticks.

Wim van der Luijt
Tantalizing stuff as alwys from you, count me in!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Hallo Bernhard. Tolle Details bis jetzt, aber warum hast du diese übertriebene Rippenstruktur nicht reduziert?

Bernhard Schrock
Gordon: yes I used a electric micro drill and 0,4 mm drill bits.
Dieter: nun habe ich wohl keinen Ausweg und muss an dieser Stelle etwas tun🙁 War einfach zu faul, denn m. E. ist es mit dem Abschwächen nicht getan. Ich müsste alles glatt schleifen und die Struktur komplett neu aufbauen um das Original in etwa zu treffen. Die Pics aus Hendon von der QN 920 sind leider sehr scharf und "merciless".

Dieter Bihlmaier
Don't panic! Ich freue mich trotzdem, dir über die Schulter schauen zu dürfen. Womöglich fange ich dann auch an, eine Stranraer zu bauen.

Bernhard Schrock
Ist es so besser? Den zusätzlichen Aufwand stelle ich Dir in Rechnung Dieter! Es nach je einen Kaffee für links und rechts! Mit Milch, und zwar viel🙂

Dieter Bihlmaier
Klasse! So bin ich es von dir gewohnt.

Burkhard D
Brauchst Du noch ein paar Bilder von der Stranraer? 😄

Bernhard Schrock
Eigentlich lieber nicht🙂 Welche hast du denn? Je mehr desto besser!
Ich stütze mich zurzeit auf die Pics and Plans aus "Seawings".

Dieter Bihlmaier
Ich hätte da auch noch ein paar Detailbilder.

Kerry COX
What great results your achieving here Bernard, I am most impressed with the clarity of your work and the neat crisp rigging on the floats. 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Möchtest du noch mehr Kaffee in dieses Modell investieren Dieter?🙂. Klar her mit den Fotos.
Kerry: Thank you for this "crisp" feedback🙂

Today I mounted the elevator to the tail via self-made hinges from 0,8 mm wire. In my opinion it is not (or very hard) possible to fit these two parts using the hinges of the kit. The fixed surface has already the fabric structure, the structure of the elevator coming soon.

Burkhard D
Ich habe Dir einen Download-Link geschickt 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Moin Burkhard, danke auch für die andere Info🙂. Ist diesmal zeitlich etwas zu dicht an EME 2015...

Bernhard Schrock
Moin Dieter, hab eben beim 1.Kaffee die Pics gefunden. Die sind ja der Hammer, Deine Eigenen? Genau aus den Blickwinkeln, die im Nebel standen, besonders von unten. Werde viel Zeit für Recherche sparen🙂 Grünes Licht für Dich in Zukunft für uneingeschränktes "Copyright"🙂 🙂 🙂

Dieter Bihlmaier
You're welcome!

Kerry COX
I just love these bi-plane builds, as it takes a special kind of touch to get it right and by the looks, Bernard has it ! 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Today I made a "beginners mistake": I relied on a drawing although I had excellent photos. The drawing shows the nacelle struts on the outside of middle axis but in the original they are on the inside of the middle axis🙁 not really bad but regrettable.

Ján Hrabik
Wow wow wow...i am looking for your progress...

Kevin Johnson
I'd considered doing this one once. I have seen one completed in a contest. As you might guess it did very well.

Bernhard Schrock
The Super Stranraer was reengined with more powerful Wright R-1820 engines. F.m.o. Aires is the best choice for the Wright radials.

Gabor Szabo
Great choice! I intend to build a stranraer too, but after the Matchbox Walrus I need more time 🙂 Very inspiring what You do nevertheless 🙂 Great job!

Kerry COX
I am enthralled Bernhard, all those little 'caps' make such a huge difference. I love it. 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
In Germany we have a saying "wer es nicht im Kopf hat, hat es in den Beinen" (if you don't use your Head you have to use your legs"😢. I did not look at the pictures closely and overlooked that the R-1820 has the ignition ring (divided into 2 halves) in FRONT of the valve pushrods.

Aghis Barberopoulos
Another masterpiece in the making ?

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you mates🙂
Today I completed the engines and the mounting on the nacelles.

Bulldog Scale Models
Really Impressive work your doing on this Supermarine

Bart Goesaert
Nice build so far, and i have to agree with the others, interesting build to follow... The PE flat cables, were they etched on commission?

Bernhard Schrock
THX Antonio & Bart.
Bart: this was an joint venture with an another modeler: I created the artwork, Thomas Gatermann does the etching part.

Bernhard Schrock
I was stunned: it was impossible to mix the correct lemon yellow (matching the dacal) from white and yellow. It was necessary to use lime green too. Approx. 1/4 lime green, 1/4 trainer yellow and 1/2 white produced the correct color.

Holger Kranich
Oh, Du sitzt gerade am Basteltisch? Revell hat so ein Limonengelb, aber frag mich gerade nicht wie die das nennen.

Bernhard Schrock
Hej Holger, danke für den Tipp. Kenne ich. Bei der Beguine (Rennmustang) müsste ich das Gelb der Decals ausbessern und war schon am verzweifeln.... Kein Gelb von Humbrol passte und Revell hat mir aus der Patsche geholfen.

Holger Kranich
😢
Schön zu sehen dass jetzt Farbe ins Spiel kommt!

Aghis Barberopoulos
I like the detailing work, well done.

Bernhard Schrock
2 x Wright R-1820 ready to fly.

Holger Kranich
Goil!!!

Burkhard D
Da kann ich Holger nur zustimmen 😄

Bernhard Schrock
Obviously I used to much ethyl acetate when glueing the wing trailing edges of the upper wing... This problem was visible first after airbrushing🙁 grrrrrrrrrr

Porfiry Pocięgło
Stunning level of detail on the engines.

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice !!!!!.

Gabor Szabo
Awesome!

Aghis Barberopoulos
The latest photos ROCK! Respect

Kerry COX
Prize winning stuff mate. So good. 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Good news: the decals from Whiskey are very well (minus white letters CF BXO🙁😢 made and durable. After sealing with a thin coat of Micro Scale decal film and cutting out the letters (the sheet is completely coated with carrier) I could place everything without problems.
Because the white coats for the large letters are out of register I changed from CF-BXO to CF-BYM.
By the way: thank you for the motivating feedback🙂

Ján Hrabik
Hi Bernhard, one question..is not C and F too close together than B, Y and M? It looks quite asymmetrical...any foto for this?

Bernhard Schrock
You have good eyes Jan. Probably I did not pay enough attention🙁 By the way: I do not know any picture from above.

Bernhard Schrock
After a week of "hard" work now the lower wings are completed. I never thought that producing of two dozen of rectangular holes for the wiring takes so long....

Edgars Bizūns
Onto this one please! 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Hi Edgars, a little bit patience please. After a long project like the Guardian I need a easy and fast one for example Xorox🙂. Yesterday I sawed and and fit the tail on the fuselage of the La-7 and I was surprised how fast this went. After completing the racer, I promise to reactivate the Stanraer.

Kerry COX
Your attention to detail is truly inspiring and motivating Bernhard, as always.
I would have loved to have seen the 'collector' ring for the exhaust you made, as I had to make some for my B-17........no easy task. !!!
Congrats mate.🙂 👍 👍 👍

Edgars Bizūns
Ok, we will keep you on word..😉

Bernhard Schrock
Decals for Xorox take some time (about two weeks) and so I reactivated this modeling project. The cockpit pictures are very rare and so drawings (and parts from old watches) was my main source for detailing the cockpit.

FlyingCircus
Aaah Steuer- und Trimräder mit Evolventenverzahnung

Edgars Bizūns
That is truly impressive 🙂

David Thor
Very impressive! Keep up the good work! 😄

Hanno Kleinecke
I'm simply unable to figure out how you always achieve this superb level of accuracy in 72 nd. It looks so much bigger than it actually can be.
I still have a lot to learn.... Exemplary !

Colin Phillips
Wow,amazing, can't wait to see it painted.

Kerry COX
Bernhard, The chain on the steering column got me. :-O
As Hanno said, your skills are something else mate, just astounding. !! 🙂
The plastic rod and the copper inserts I add to my comments.
Your an other modeller I would like to sit beside and just watch what you do. 🙂 👍.

Bill Gilman
How did I miss this? Just because I was going through chemotherapy, that's no excuse for missing Bernhard building one of my favourite flying boats! Great work! 👍 👍 👍

John E
I echo what everyone else said. Your skills are very impressive! Amazing...

Bernhard Schrock
From today I will only do cockpits with a lot of plastic and even more watch parts. This way I will get a lot of comments🙂

Christian Bruer
Ticktack🙂 What is about the wholes below the pilot seat? Guess they'll be filled?!
Bernhard, you should start a ship one day😉

Kerry COX
Bernhard, you will receive great comments even if you sneezed mate LOL. 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Marco: vor vielen vielen Jahren hatte während der Luftwaffe WWII Phase unter anderem eine He-219 in 1:72 (Dragon??) zusammen gebaut. Der Sitz und die Funkgeräte dürften die Reste des Sets für diesen Vogel sein. Wohl seit 20 Jahren liehen sie dort... Firma:?
Christian: Belüftung für den Piloten🙂 Nee, erster Versuch für die Sitzstreben, ging daneben. Mache ich noch zu.

Dave Flitton
Sorry I missed the entire build, I will watch the finish, or did I miss that as well?

Bernhard Schrock
Guido: THX.
Dave: not too late, you're are welcome to watch the finish🙂
Unfortunately the clear part especially the windows are completely unusable🙁 What to do? In my opinion the fast and simplest way is producing each window from thin transparent PVC. Fortunately the Stranraer has only 11 windows and it wasn't too bad: despite different size after approx. 1 hour all 11 windows was completed-🙂 (picture 57 &58). Now is cinema time.

Bernhard Schrock
How much of the cabin interior is visible through the windows? Because of the size fortunately not so much🙂 if the windows had blinds you would see even less. I think the Super Stranraer in QCA - service certainly had blinds🙂

Bill Gilman
This keeps getting better and better! And thank you for not making 1:72 passenger cabin window blinds - or are you going to do that too? 🙂 🙂 👍 👍

Bernhard Schrock
The main problem is, that I don't know which interior the Stran had until service with QCA. The three seats in the first compartment are probably fictional. So if I put blinds I can't do anything wrong. But no fears, I will only put blinds in the aft compartment and only partially🙂

Dieter Bihlmaier
Lokks great Bernhard. Cool idea with the watch parts.

Kerry COX
Watch maker, watch maker, make me a watch, then, build me a plane. 🙂 👍

Dieter Bihlmaier
Klasse Bernhard, aber ich glaube dein Weißabgleich hat versagt.

Bernhard Schrock
Indeed the watches are a astonishing source for very complicated looking parts. By the way: I have always wondered how these parts were made 135 years ago (the first pocket watches Were built since 1880 for the German marine).
A little progress on the Stranraer: paint for the watch parts🙂

Edgars Bizūns
They propably ordered some Eduard PE parts..

Bernhard Schrock
It was worth to leave this project for several months: 3rd match, I'm motivated again and I think this time the model will be finished.
The decal sheet provides wide black stripes with yellow letters and suggests applying them over the windows too. Because of the very pronounced structure I did not even try. After trimming of the decals I applied only very narrow stripes on black underground (picture 66). This time I was "brave" and I tried a new semi gloss vanish from Model Master (2016) with a surprisingly good result (picture 67).

Kerry COX
The next enthralling episodes of a masterful build Bernhard, and I am pleased to see your back. 🙂 👍.

Christian Meyerhoff
Well Bernhard... As far as I know You wanted to build something simple out of the box after finishing the black widow 🙂 But now You are struggeling again with an old matchbox kit. I can`t wait anymore to see this one finished, because it`s a flying boat. Bernhard please do it again! 🙂

Dave Flitton
Awesome work!!!!

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

Bernhard Schrock
Result of a mini task: rectangular windows in place without trouble. Floats painted and ready for mounting.

Bernhard Schrock
The whole modeling time of this weekend consisted nearly of CA-gluing and producing of clouds of sanding dust🙂.

Kerry COX
A highly under estimated filler of gaps that CA glue.👍
It has saved me on many an occasion.

Bart Goesaert
very nice work so far...

Erik Leijdens
Another masterpiece in the making. Wonderful Work Bernhard.

Markus Antonius
stupid question, bernhard... but how do you manage all this... factor: time.. do you have wife and kids?

Bernhard Schrock
It's unbelievable how many details consists a hull of a flying boat. Mission impossible to represent all of them and so I scratched only very few of them.

Bill Gilman
Mission impossible? For Bernhard? Never! 👍 👍 👍

Gordon Sørensen
The "very few" details you do scratchbuild add up to a very impressive looking model Bernhard!

Bernhard Schrock
You comments, especially the one from Bill, have made me thoughtful in the last days. I done the paint job via airbrush and brush (yes: brush!! then on any places it was impossible to manage the task with the airbrush). I tried as hard as I could and it did not work as I wanted🙁 The combination of raised windows frames, painting scheme and the kind of decals (printed with a sublimation printer) was very unfavorably. Well, you can't always have everything🙂

Bill Gilman
I think you've done a fantastic job, especially when I recall that this is the Matchbox kit. Maybe some things did not work as you wanted, but you have achieved a marvelous result with this old kit. You've gone far beyond anything that Matchbox ever intended, and I praise you for that - I'm looking forward to seeing the completed project! 🙂 🙂 🙂

Bart Goesaert
very nice progress... and it's becoming a real gem...

Bernhard Schrock
Today i looked at the reworked canopy and thought "you can't use this armored glass - there is so much work in the whole model". As a first result the roof-rail, upper and right fixed panels and right moveable panel.

Stefan Schacht
Hallo Bernhard, es ist immer wieder schön Deinen Projekten zu folgen. Viele Grüße
Stefan

Marco
Great work Bernhard, amazing job on this old lady.

Bart Goesaert
lovely pic the last one... then we try to sand everything smooth...

Ján Hrabik
Bernard please, for the next time something big, like 1:72 Heller DC6 Skymaster. Please.

Thomas Bischoff
it is always a pleasure and inspiration to watch your work

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you mates.
Jan: you are so right! The Stranraer (1:72 Is small, too small for me) and reeally challenge. I think next time I try anything in 1:48...
Last week I meet Hanno Kleinecke and told him that I don't have the right idea how and in what sequence I should attach the canopy. He told me to simply "make the frame from metal". This was an excellent idea and now I have a very durable (soldered) frame. Thank you Hanno!!!!
Little bit progress: handles for the bow (durable too because completely from metal).

Hanno Kleinecke
Anytime Bernhard ! I'm glad to have made a small contribution to this great project of yours. You made it look a lot more sophisticated compared to what I was able to imagine ! 🙂

Kerry COX
When and where are you planning to test fly it Bernhard.? 🙂 🙂 🙂.
It's a real work of art to be so proud of mate. 👍 👍

Martien Lourens
immer schön, um dein Arbeit zu sehen. Lust pur soll ich sagen 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Hanno: thx again. The frame I unbelievable durable.
Kerry: I don't know yet about the flight but you have a seat🙂
Martien: the passenger cabin of my Stran has several seats; would you participate in the first take of?

The next obstacle is overcome: the pilots have a roof above there heads🙂
Honestly I was pretty scared of this... But I was lucky: 3 of 9 panels was moveable and so I did not have to glue them in🙂

Hanno Kleinecke
Troubleshooting a' la Bernhard : How to turn a problem into an advantage. Exceptional, all other words fail....... 🙂

Lance Jacobson
Looking really sweet - this is one kit I'd like to get someday, my grandfather worked on those during the war when he was stationed at Coal Harbour on the north end of Vancouver Island. Well done indeed.

Bernhard Schrock
Time for a glass red wine: the roof is painted. Because a mistake by mixing of paints I had to do this job twice. Fortunately I was possible to remove the paint from the canopy without problems. 🙂

Dave Flitton
The canopy looks sweeeet!

Kerry COX
Just superb Bernhard. 👍 🙂

Martien Lourens
Awesome

Clifford Keesler
A master piece as always Bernhard.

Bart Goesaert
pff, nice work with the windows...

Stefan Schneider
Amazing work!

Bernhard Schrock
Sometimes traffic jams are useful: today evening I found the solution for clean attaching of the wings to the fuselage without messy work.

Christian Meyerhoff
This is ingenious Bernhard! Probably the best solution for this job. What brand of cyano will You use? It has to be very thin I think.

Bernhard Schrock
Moin Moin Christian, thank you🙂
As always I intend to use the thin CA from Tamiya which has a very fine tip like pipettes. I think this will work but today was a long day for me and it's too late for gluing and so I take a break: It's probably smarter.

Christian Meyerhoff
For sure!😉 Don`t mess it up!

Bernhard Schrock
Very good news: everything worked as planned. 100% success. 0,0 g putty & 0,0 g sanding required. Three small stripes of self adhesive aluminum foil as cover for the gaps was enough. 🙂🙂

Bart Goesaert
outstanding job...

Dieter Bihlmaier
Gratulation Bernhard! Das dürfte die wohl weltweit am besten umgesetzte Matchbox Stranraer sein.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Whow..... awesome and outstanding- in every aspect!

Bernhard Schrock
Dieter: da bin ich aber platt... Aber auch schachmatt, denn das Modell ist ja noch gar nicht fertig und nun habe ich also keine Wahl und MUSS die Stran zu Ende bauen🙂

Christian Meyerhoff
Na ja Bernhard, wer die Meßlatte so hoch legt muß wohl auch mit solch positiven Reaktionen rechnen🙂 Und das Teil wird immer besser! Ich habe absolute Hochachtung vor Deinen Fähigkeiten und Deiner Ausdauer! Wirklich beeindruckend! 👍

Bill Gilman
It just keeps getting better! 👍

Christian Ristits
Looks more fantastic with every step!

Burkhard D
Way too good!😉 👍👍👍👍

Glenn
Nice work mate!

Hanno Kleinecke
Wheels ? I don't suppose the Stran was amphibious, so they might be for a cart to place her on ? 🙂

Stefan Schacht
Hi Bernhard, i can hardly wait to see the model next year at a scale modeling show 🙂. Cheers Stefan

Bernhard Schrock
Hi Hanno, you are "nearly" right: Stranraer was not a true amphibian and needed a beaching gear.
@Stefan: seeing the many Stranraer fans I have no way out but to bring it to the EME 2016🙂

MRMLA
Superb, looking forward! 🙂 ☺

Bernhard Schrock
Yesterday I researched the last time before mounting the upper wing. It was worth it because I discovered that the Strans in "my" scheme has 2 additional rails on the right side: on the bow and on roof of the cockpit. After attaching them now I'm ready for mounting (today🙂🙂🙂 ) of the upper wing.

Kerry COX
Outstanding in every way Bernhard, and I do like the museum images, as it helps me tell the difference between your work and the real thing.
A BIG salute mate. 👍 👍 👍 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
It was worth to invest a lot work and preparing the connecting points for the struts: all struts fit on the lower side without glue.
Mounting of the engine nacelle struts on the lower side.
I used the same technique as for the wings and applied the CA - glue through two auxiliary holes respectively connecting points for the landing legs. For this I had to redrill an already closed hole (landing leg mounting point).

Christian Ristits
Sieht einfach nur geil aus das Teil, super Arbeit Bernhard (wie immer😉)!

Marc Schimmler
Ich habe den Bausatz hier liegen. Ich glaube die Anzahl Atome, die da noch erhalten sind bei Dir kann man an zwei Händen abzählen ... Chapeau.

Christian Meyerhoff
Das wird das wohl beste Flugboot aller Zeiten! Allein das verbeulte Blech am Rumpf ist der Hammer! Besser geht es wohl kaum!

Archibaldd Haddock
Love it! 😄

Bernhard Schrock
Next task is completed successfully: mounting and glueing of the upper wing without blemishes and without trouble. In the front of the nacelle I drilled an auxiliary hole for applying of CA for gluing of the forward strut without a mess.

Many thank to all Mates for all comments.
I wish all Mates all the best and happy new year.

@Christian:
freut mich, dass Dir das Finish gefällt. Korrespondierend mit meiner Philosophie (nicht der absolute Glanz via "Alclad Spiegel chrom" sondern unterschiedlicher Glanz durch nachpolieren ist entscheidend) habe ich auch hier meine bewährte Mischung aus Testors Metalizer, Testors Sealer und MrColor/Gunze MrMetall verwendet. Anschließend mit Micromesh 3200/3600 poliert/geschliffen und zum Schluss mit Q-Tipps über die Blechstösse und Nietenreihen gewischt.

Christian Bruer
Happy New Year - Same to you and your family🙂

Looking forward to this stunning WIP next year🙂

Stefan Schacht
I'm speechless 🙂, Cheers Stefan

Kerry COX
And all the best from the land "Down Under". see you all in 2016. 🙂 👍

Bill Gilman
Exquisite! Looking forward to the finish, and to new Yellowwing projects in 2016 - gutes neues jahr!

Bernhard Schrock
2016: you and all Mates are welcome🙂
Today was a real "slow" day... After "awakening" (after lunch🙂 I dared to start the wiring. Result: 12 of 36 are in place with very minor collateral damage. When I painted the turnbuckles aluminum I slipped with the brush and soiled the wing. No big dear🙂

Kerry COX
Your work is all the more extraordinary to me when you present an item we are all familiar with that helps bring it home to us, what you have produced. 👍
Stunned I am, absolutely gob smacked at your skills, but totally inspired.🙂
Salute. 👍 👍 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Wiring, 2nd task: 27 of 36 in place. This time I used photo etched profiles, 0,35-0,40 mm wide. I decided to use the darker set that looks a little oxidized. I'm not really satisfied with the result because the color of the wiring is clearly different from the rest of the airplane. I have to sleep on it for a night.... :I

Bernhard Schrock
Today I attached the remaining 9 wires and managed the last hurdle: the spread bars. I cracked my head over this for several days because I had no idea how to do this. In the original the wires passed THROUGH the spread bars where they cross. That means that a piece of rod (in the model) "should" not lie under or over the crossing point. I came up with the following solution. I attached approx. 1,5 mm long and pointed pieces of 0,7 mm rod on both sides and filled the area between the rods with CA glue. In two cases I had to add a thin slice of rod because of to large distance between the wires. I was truly surprised that this was necessary only in two cases. In the end I painted everything with a mix of Mr Color metal primer and Alminute pigment. To my great surprise the spread bars in the model have the same effect as in the original: everything is very durable.

Archibaldd Haddock
It gets better... everytime! 😄

Hanno Kleinecke
Klasse geworden Bernhard, ich hatte mich schon gefragt, wie Du das gemacht hast. Sieht total überzeugend aus!

Ricardo Gonzalez Ramos
Amazing work!

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you Mates!
The last curve: completed minus props and wire-antennas🙂🙂🙂

Jens
Moin Bernhard, whenever I have been following your reports, I find it very difficult the tool back in the hand to take, very informative, absolutely worth seeing and the models at the end simply a class of its own, top notch, Divinely awesome, admirable (Y ) 👍 👍

Holger Kranich
Die Vorschußlorbeeren waren mehr als berechtigt! Häßliches Flugzeug - Fantastischer Modellbau!😄

Bill Gilman
👍 👍 👍 👍

Stefan Schacht
Hi Bernhard, Lübeck? Cheers Stefan

Ben STONE
It looks great Bernhard. I came across one of these models at our local aviation museum.
South Australian Aviation Museum/Model Expo | Album by Chazwazza

Bernhard Schrock
One more time thank you Mates.
@Stefan: Lübeck? Ja am Sonntag, werde mit Hanno Kleinecke gemeinsam ausstellen und freue mich riesig. Aber Du meinst wohl mit Deiner Frage, ob ich den Drahtverhau mitbringe? Mal sehen.....🙂

Hanno Kleinecke
52 parts for two 1/72nd prop hubs...... well worth the effort ! 👍 👍

Ricardo Gonzalez Ramos
Another masterpiece

Marc Schimmler
"Unerschrocken" nahm er sich des Bausatzes an ...
Ich bin entzückt.

Roland Sachsenhofer
That´s your very best. First class..... I am speechless

Kerry COX
I echo all of the above comments Bernhard. absolutely. 🙂 👍
Salute. !!!

Hanno Kleinecke
Nothing less than best in show, beautiful !

Lance Jacobson
We all bow to the master - this is beyond well done, perhaps superlative would be appropriate.

Glenn
Fantastic Work Bernhard.. Take a 5 minute break and get into your next amazing project!

Ulf Petersen
Amazing masterpiece, Bernhard! I am deeply impressed. 👍

Bernd Korte
Kann mich nur anschließen, wirklich sehr schön!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Most impressive Bernhard. Chapeau!

Martien Lourens
Very impressive work. It is certainly the best matchbox Stranraer ever built.

Soeren R.
Amazing and impressive work! The best word for this is "Masterpiece"

Bart Goesaert
what more can be added to the above comments... outstanding job

Cristian Bordina
Wonderful as always !!! Congrats Bernhard😉

Łukasz Gliński
I didn't write anything earlier on, but it was a pleasure to watch this build, the amount of scratchbuilt details is amazing

Marco
Meinen Respekt vor diesen Modell, toll was du aus dem alten Matchbox Kit gezaubert hast,

Erik Houghton
👍 👍 👍

Christian Ristits
Genial!

Hubert Ortinger
Hast Du eigentlich auch schon mal ´ne 109er gebaut, oder so.....!?

Roberto Rocat
A masterpiece! ...and the auxiliary hole is great!

arne vd burg
Indeed a masterpiece . Wonderfull

Bill Gilman
I can only repeat what everyone has already said! A masterpiece and outstanding example of modelling skill and craftsmanship - bravo! 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Bravo's not enough - bravissimo!😉

Bernhard Schrock
In the past every time when I finished a model I enjoyed this moment. For the last two years I'm enjoyed this moment twice because I get so many positive and friendly comments from you. Actually the enjoyment is three fold because you like my work and you support me when times are rough.
One of you suggested that I should take a only a five minute break🙂 but it is going to be more like 15 minute because the bird needs a nest🙂 I already have an idea for the nest (2 last pictures).

Stefan Schacht
Hi Bernhard, nice idea. Do you want to add a few figures? Cheers Stefan

Bernhard Schrock
Hi Stefan. Es ist zuerst eine grobe Idee, welche heute aufm Weg Heim entstand. Figuren: eher nicht da ich nicht wirklich Gesichter malen kann, erst recht nicht in diesem Maßstab🙁
Die Idee sieht so aus, dass die Flächen des Dios gar keine Struktur bekommen sollen, sondern nur Farbe (um nicht vom Modell abzulenken). Das Wasser an der Kante der Rampe will ich in der Art und Weise gestalten, wie damals bei dem Dio mit der Supermarine S6 (sind es wirklich 23 Jahre her.....?) Grüße zurück, Bernhard.
Übrigens nimmt die EME 2016 Gestalt an: Jens hat uns heute angemeldet.

Stefan Schacht
Hi Bernhard, egal wie strukturiert Du die Grundplatte baust, sie wird definitiv nicht vom Modell ablenken sondern nur die Gesamtwirkung unterstreichen 🙂. Figuren sind auch mein Schwachpunkt, aber solangsam lerne ich es. Viele Grüße Stefan

Ján Hrabik
There is nothing to say....just WOW!
And as i wrote before, your are candidate for "Kit-master of the Year"

Stephan Ryll
without words 👍

Archibaldd Haddock
A truly delight for the heart and soul, a very welcome warm sight for this cold winter days. Thank you for sharing your art and talent! 😄

Burkhard D
Masterpiece 10/10 👍👍👍👍👍

MRMLA
Superior! Simply to get in! Nice! 👍 👍 👍

Erik Leijdens
A Masterpiece Berhard. Nothing more needs to be said 👍

Eric Bunn
Based on my fingers, it doesn't seem possible that human hands could do this. Great work!

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you for the second bunch of feedback! In view of all the comments I took great care with the base🙂 Just now coated the water with a layer of future and now I'm satisfied. Pictures coming soon.

Urban Gardini
You really should make the plaque longer and add the same text in English as well as in German. I love what you've done with the crude and old Matchbox kit! Excellent scratch building.

Ján Hrabik
And now please DC6 1:72 🙂

bughunter
Somehow I missed it - but it was now on Modellversium. What a great amount of details - very nice model 👍

Spanjaard
i missed this work of art/modelling course/absolutely astonishing model from you Bernhard. thanks for showing what true accuracy and attention to detail really mean

Norbert Steffens
Great Model. Especially the metal finish and the bracing. WOW

gorby
I've been to Stranraer and it isn't a tenth as beautiful as you model Bernhard. Looking through your photos is like a masterclass in modelling, so thanks I've learned a lot.

Arash Zakeri
Nice job

Arash Zakeri
Really great job

Hubert Kendziorek
S u p e r b! Best regards, Hubert

Henry
WOW!

Clifford Keesler
Amazing job Sir.

Aghis Barberopoulos
Awesome

Tom ...
Beautiful! Reminds me of Porco Rosso or maybe I'm thinking of The Wind Rises

Curatorm
Outstanding work, both build and paint.

Alec K
Nice to see this masterpiece pop up again 👍

Clifford Keesler
Outstanding Sir.

Pietro De Angelis
How lucky to have the opportunity to admire this masterpiece,
congrats!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Ist ein richtiges Prachtstück! Super gebaut!👍👍👍

Bernhard Schrock
🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂. I'm very happy to read all you comments. Thanks!

Hanno Kleinecke
Ist und bleibt ein Meisterstück ! 👍

Mr James
Impressive detail and wonderful weathering

Paul Shearer
Nice 👍👍

André Silva
The spider web detail, looks so cool

Rui S
Nicely done 👍 It deserves a base 🤔

Gary Victory
Really nice finish and weathered look. Job Job.

Bruce Huxtable
Wow! Superb results for sure.

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!

Kim Branders
Good work. Grtz Kim.

Es-haq Khosravi
Great job!

Rui S
Thank you for your comments. Very old italeri kit. Waited for years for a zimmerit solution...

Rui S
Kim, Coming from an real Expert in the subject like you, is a great complement, Thanks.

Kim Branders
I'm not an expert, just someone shares the same hooby like you. Keep up the good work mate.

Kim Branders
I meant hobby😉

Rui S
HeHeHe. For me your work is great, so if not an Expert I'm sure you are a Great modeller.

Marko Paakkanen
Very nice tree !😉

Nice dio coming!

Rui S
Thanks Marko. Yes a small one that also died early...

Donald Medley
Love your base

Rui S
Thank you Donald, the finished one is in the photo19

Tim Heimer
I love the detail work, just awesome!

Rui S
Thank you very much Timothy. It's on hold, because I thought in put some figurines in the tank and a horse rider or so in the trail next to it. I'm not very good in figurine faces... I've yet to try the oils on them😉

Donald Medley
You'll love working with oils, trust me

Fabian D.
Your solution for the Zimmerit is genious. Nice finish aswell.

Donald Medley
Very nice indeed

Rui S
Thank you very much for your kind words Fabian, and Donald... as I wrote the kit waited years for a Zimmerit solution... All my latest projects are missing the figurines hehe...

Tim Heimer
Hey I know the pain of not doing faces as well, but all we can do is learn from others and do what fits our liking

Rui S
Agree. I Think the most important is practice... A lot, with new technics. I'm confident that with oils it's going to be better...

Rui S
Some ad on photos. I thought to put some figurines on the side track but for now, I'm going to try a messenger...

Wesley De Braekeleir
Ubercool!!! Love your work sofare! Very beautiful camo pattern on the elefant! 😉

Rui S
Thank you very much for your nice comments, mates.
Much appreciated :
)

CaptGPF
Damn Rui, that camo pattern is wicked! The mud effects are also impressive!

Mr James
I agree with CaptGPF, also that tree is really good. What did you use as leaves Rui ?

Rui S
@ CaptGPF, Thank you for your comment. I hope you liked that Wicked 😄 😉 this Is an old project that is on hold as well as the photos. I hope to take better photos and complete it.
@ Mr James Thank you for your Nice words. I hope you also liked that Wicked 😄 The tree is a bonsai that had died, I cut some leaves because they were too big. If I remember correctly, I spread small wood shavings and other natural ones that I had in my vegetation stash on the ground.
Also, I thank the new likes. Apreciated

Mr James
Ah, its a Bonsai tree. No wonder it looks so good. 🙂

Rui S
I'm very happy to say that I've returned to my mancave this weekend after a to long hiatus.
So to start I preferred a lighter job, although painting horses is not, in my opinion, easy.
Let's see what this will give...

Alec K
Nice to see you back at the bench, and another shelf queen resurrected. Horse looks great imho 👍

Doubtingmango
Great job breathing life into an old kit, and I can't think of a better use for a dead bonsai tree! Looking forward to the finish!

gorby
Good to you back modelling Rui.
The horse looks great.

Rui S
@Alec, Thank you for your kind words and support. It is always great for me to receive such encouragement, even more so, when they come from a master modeler.
@Doubtingmango thx mate, I agree with you., but hey, I can only return to my bench on weekends, só it Will take some time to finish. For me the most important thing was getting my mojo back.
@Gorby, Thank you very much my friend, for your motivational words. They are always very important to me.
The horse will still improve, I hope. At least that's what I'll try to do without ruining all the work that has already been done 🤔 😉

CaptGPF
wow! you aren't horsing around (pun intended)! They look amazing!

Rui S
Thank you for your comment CaptGPF, Glad you like my hors ing 😄. Apreciated

Landlubber Mike
Nicely done!

Desert Marlin
Looks great! The coat should shimmer like a newly minted US penny. (Shiny Copper). I'll follow!!!

Ben M
I hate to be the first to inform you, that is not a tiger, nor is it an elephant, it is a horse.

Kim Branders
Rui, the horse looks amazing.

Rui S
@Landlubber Mike. Thank you for your comment. Glad you like this one
@Desert Marlin, I know whar you mean. I've been hesitating about highlights with a soft airbrush of satin black or satin varnish on the most exposed surfaces. I hadn't thought about copper. But yes, it will have to have some shine.
@Ben M, Hahaha. Thank you. Your comment with a triple meaning has made me laugh several times, but in my defense I can tell you that this horse It is known as having the strength of an elephant and bites like a tiger. That's why they nicknamed him tiger elephant. 😄
@Kim, thank you very much Mate for stoping bye and comment. Always apreciate your suport.

bughunter
I'm not really into tanks but that is a great looking horse 👍

Rui S
Wow, this is an unexpected comment. It's always great to receive a compliment from a Master. Thank you so much for stopping by and for those encouraging words. Appreciate it.

Ben M
Did you give the horse a dark wash around the tendons or post shade?

Rui S
Hi Ben, If i reacall corrctely, I gave a little bit of both, sarting with a black primer, overal coats with oils leaving those spots almost unpainted or with less coverage.

Angel Yovtshev
These horses were a nice surprise, Rui!

I'm currently fighting the harnesses of a two-horse team pulling a gun carriage(it's a hard fight- I can tell you!).
Your reins look splendid!

Cheers,
Angel

Pietro De Angelis
Damn, what a gestation this work has had,
it gives me hope that sooner or later I too will finish something!😅
Congratulations for the scene and for what you managed to do with that old Elefant, the horse is wonderful!
Admiration and respect

Desert Marlin
Very well done! Keep it up!!!

Rui S
@ Angel Yovtshev, Thank you for stoping by. Mate Your comment was also a nice surprise to me. Apreciated. I'm sure that for a master scratch builder like you, the harnesses will be a piece of cake. Looking forward to see it.
@ Pietro De Angelis, Thx a lot for you praise, really Apreciated. But you are right and If you would know the century I started the Italeri kit... 😄 I'm a slow modeller wich fails to keep the Mojo high for long periods, so, it's nice to make a few more steps to conclusion. I'm glad you like my work on the Elefant and horse.
@Desert Marlin, Thx again for your suport, it means a lot to me. I'm sure you noticed that i've followed your advise and gave it a soft overcoat of satin Varnish on the upper or most exposed surfaces 😉

Desert Marlin
I did indeed notice! Bravo!

Gary Victory
Really nice progress Rui. Impressive work on the soldiers camo.

Alec K
Nice progress on the embarrassed rider 👍

Doubtingmango
Headless horseman arrives just in time for Halloween!

Desert Marlin
Looking absolutely great!

Mark Sherwood
Nice work on the Hoss' the shading's brought out the musculature. The camo' on the headless horseman is top notch too. 🤟🥸🤘

Rui S
Hi, mates, sorry for my late reply, but I prefer to do it with some new uploaded progress photos. Gettting near to the end on this two. Hope you like them.
@ Gary Victory, Thank you very much for stoping by and nice comment;
@ Alec K, Thx again for your words, the rider come back with proud;
@ Doubtingmango, Thx for looking. Now I think he is redy for another kind of Halloween, if you get my drift;
@ Desert Marlin, thank you for your kind words, suport and Encouragement. Apreciated;
@ Mark Sherwood, Thank you for your nice comment. I know nothing about horse anatomy, so I follow the reliefs and I Think I can be happy with the result.

Desert Marlin
Just looks awesome! The progress is excellent!

Guy Rump
Superb so far!! 👍

Rui S
@ Desert Marlin, Thank you a lot for your Great suport.
Near the end as intended in photo 19 (June 20, 2016, 😮).
A few more bits and pieces and I can finaly close this chapter. That makes me very happy.

Rui S
@ Guy, sorry, didn't notice your comment during the uploading of the photos. Thank you. I'm glad you comment and like it.
@CaptGPF, I take this opportunity to post the images that inspire the camouflage painting. The numbering remained on the decals that I had.

Desert Marlin
Aye! It's a good feeling!

Rui S
@ Desert Marlin, Thanks again for your words. Apreciared.
Completed? Huummm 🤔

gorby
WOW! Excellent diorama Rui.

CaptGPF
Damn Rui! That was truly a masterpiece! Its times like this I wish there was a tech to capture a 3D photo of this so we can turn it around and admire every detail put into the diorama! The hours riding messenger, the tank crewman, the various munitions, even the foliage on the realistic tree barks - all done to perfection detail! I cannot thank you enough for sharing this with us - truly a joy to watch!

Pietro De Angelis
Absolutely agree with CaptGPF,
congrats again Rui!

Lebloge
Everything is said above... 🤔 there are no other words 🫡

J35J
Excellent work! 👍🏻

Neil
Gosh Rui! This is a story in a model. Stunning work mate! I can only add my own admiration also. 👏👏

Desert Marlin
That horse is absolutely perfect!!!

Desert Marlin
A letter from home or a communiqué from HQ?

Sebastian Meyner
Great work Rui S 👍 Knowing the old Italeri kit, you did a great job integrating it into a splendid diorama! I think I would have already given up halfway "through" the horse 😉

Neuling
Excellent diorama. Idea and implementation. Your efforts really paid off!

Rui S
I'm very happy to receive such nice comments. This was a great ride 😄
@ Gorby, Thank you so much, really important to me your approval
@ CaptGPF, Wow, thank you very much for your very kind words, it makes me feel very proud and the pleasure is mine
@ Pietro De Angelis, Thank you for your comment. Appreciated
@ Lebloge thx for stopping by. I'm glad you like this one
@ J35J Thx. It's good to know your apreciation
@ Neil Mate, thank you very much for stoppping by and comment. Very nice feeling
@ Desert Marlin, Thx again for your continuos suport. You're to kind. The message is brought by the horse rider. A sturmmann from the 9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen", so doesn't come from home, it comes straight from the XXIV.PANZER-KORPS, HQ 😉
@ Sebastian Meyner. Thank you for your nice words. Yap the the elefant is almost as old as the kit itself, 😄 had this in stand by for years and the horse at first it was a bit intimidating and frightening, but I can assure you it feels really great to finish it finally.
@ Neuling my friend, thank you very much for your comment. Coming from an dio expert, feels great.

David Verbruggen
Great diorama , i need to paint also some horses . i find my inspiration here !

Gary Victory
Really nice dio Rui. Some lovely attention to detail. Loving the Autumn foliage. Very well done my Friend.