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Moreno Baruffini
Following with interest! 👍🏼 Same kit in my stash

Steven Van Dyck
Some tips you can use to improve the faces: don't use black paint there but tone that down with brown and red colors. I always use a brown-red wash to get some shadow, this is really easy to apply and gets some life in the flesh color. Try some dry-brushing on the clothing with a lighter tone of green, this will also bring more depth

Kesa Tiho Autor
I would but i only have black wash and with the black i wanted to represent the horrors of war, that no matter which side your on you suffer and that only the dead see the end of the war. Soldiers go, corpses come back

Steven Van Dyck
I also don't have red wash, I make that from red paint. If you have red and black, take a drop of both and mix wit 75 per cent thinner (with acrylics that's just water) and just throw it on with a brush. At first they will seem all reddish, but it will dry transparent. Only if they look natural, start your horrors of war experiment adding some grey stains, maybe a very thinned wash around the eyes.

gorby
It's looking good Kesa.

Kesa Tiho Autor
Thanks master Gorby. Looking good is the main priority to impress my irl scale modeler friends and get your seal of approval 👍

gorby
Certainly at this stage in your life the hobby should entirely be about enjoyment. Just relax an have fun with it. 🙂

Kesa Tiho Autor
Yeah yeah i was just joking around 😁

Mark Broughton
Really nice idea, I like the tank bunker brought upto date. Great job

Duncan Black Autor
My stalled first attempt at building a Wingnut Wings kit showed me that I still needed to develop a lot of skills that I would need to successfully complete one of these. Since then I have built a few other biplane kits to try to develop these skills so maybe I should get back to this one sometime soon.

Villiers de Vos Autor
My oldest shelf queen. She has been languishing for nearly 30 years. She has survived South Africa's heat and two address changes. I hope that all the parts are still here, as well as being able to do justice to this gem.

Michael Kohl
That´s gonna be fun.

Villiers de Vos Autor
The partially assembled engine block and supercharger was found. Using bleach I am stripping the paint before detailing and priming the sub-assemblies. So far so good.

gorby
Looking forward to see this built.

yeon sung Jung
1930 벤틀리, 나는 이 자동차를 꼭 만들고 싶습니다👍😍

Villiers de Vos Autor
Gorby: You are welcome.
Yeon Sung Jung: 이 모델을 제작하는 것이 좋습니다. 또한 1975년에 생산된 이 모델을 손에 넣을 수 있었던 것은 매우 행운이었습니다.

This project was started before the introduction of Tamiya Extra Thin Cement. I seem to have used a combination of Tamiya Cement and Super glue. I have been busy checking what is in the box and assess what I have done. I cleaned the parts from dust, assessed damage, paint parts with a primer, removing chrome, fill ejector pin marks, do some repair work and try to determine if there are parts lost. So far, the only part missing is the backing for the back seat. There has also been close to no damage.
This kit is part of the Connoisseurs' Series, which mean that the kit has the potential to be motorised. The kit comes with two sets of instructions: 1) One set for the Connoisseurs' Series, and 2) The standard kit. The only difference that I could identify is that the Connoisseurs allows for inserting gears to accommodate an electric motor. I will not be installing a motor nor the gears.
Fortunately, there are many reference photographs. I do not plan to do a lot of scratch building. What my skills allow and to enhance the exterior of the model. My research indicate that the coachwork/ body was a wood frame covered in green leather.
My plan is to: 1) Start with the chassis, including painting and detailed painting; 2) Engine, drivetrain; 3) Fuel tank and exhaust; 4) Body, firewall, interior; 5) Nose; 6) Wheels.

yeon sung Jung
Thank you for your kind additional explanation!!👍😍

Villiers de Vos Autor
Thank you Yeon Sung Jung for the compliment.
The search for an accurate colour match is under way. Two objectives: 1) A highly gloss for the chassis, mudguards and fuel tank, and; 2) A similar colour that will show minuscule differences between the metal surface and the leather surface.

David Taylor
In on this one.

Villiers de Vos Autor
You are welcome David.

Humbrol 003 Brunswick Green represents the real colour best. I am very satisfied how the Humbrol paints are laying down.

Nicolas
Following

Sy Bar
Following with great interest 🍿

Isaac Kite
Yea, folks knock humbrol enamels (rightly so for the pricing) but just spend three minutes mixing the stuff and do it well. Some of my 1990s batch are still very good when thoroughly stirred up. (WEM also). Still dislike acrylics.

Watching as usual with awe...

David Taylor
Ditto Isaac.

Villiers de Vos Autor
Thank you mates for visiting and your kind comments.

I am not an expert on paint. I use a variety of manufacturers and is very much still in the experimental phase. That being said, there is a lot of nostalgia in using the little tins on a British classic. 🙂

Villiers de Vos Autor
A lot of time was spent on finding the desired colours, contemplating levels of detailing and stripping back paint just to be painted again. Despite the kit's age and shortcomings, I thoroughly enjoy the model.

Rando
Definitely enjoying your paint selection process, and very cool that you're getting around to building it after so many years. Excited to see how it turns out!

Villiers de Vos Autor
Painting and assembling the drivetrain has been completed.

David Taylor
Die hard Humbrol and hairy stick guy.This kit has always been a curiosity to me.Always fancied having a go but knowing I would not do it justice.

Villiers de Vos Autor
Progress on the drivetrain was made.
David. Thank you for your kind words. I am sure you will do it justice.

Michael Kohl
Unreachable dream kit of my early youth. Special to see it coming together. Keep us posted.

Villiers de Vos Autor
Michael. I am also happy to eventually working on the Bentley. It has been 30 years languishing in an open box. 🙂

Chris
As a child, about 45 years ago, I built that big Bentley, but after 4 times changing the houses it is gone. Luckily I found my tiny little 1:32 Bentley I built this year after 23 years of absence. But now I will lean back and enjoy the building of the/your big Bentley while watching your work 😄 Thanks
Btw.: All that is left from my childhood is the instruction book.

Jorge Rumayor Banda
On my ebay list, following the build.

Casey Beckett
Watching - the green looks spot on to this Colonial, BTW.

Villiers de Vos Autor
Chris, Jorge and Casey, welcome aboard. The project will pick up pace as soon as the fuel tank has been completed.

I am wishing to each and everyone all the best for 2024.

Villiers de Vos Autor
A small update on the fuel tank.

Dexi Goodchild
This really looks excellent, and it's more impressive having sat unfinished in the box for so long! Very much looking forward to seeing the end result...

DuperScale
Crazy what you are getting out of this old kit. Looking great.

Jv
Butiful work

CaptGPF
Love how you step us through your method of madness in restoring the details! Looking forward to seeing this gem all done up after the long wait on the shelf! 😀

Mick Burdett
Good work V. I believe it was the first British car to be built using metric measurements, but I could be wrong

David Orr
Love the old Airfix Bentley. I built my father's kit last year after it had languished in a closet for nearly 50 years. Unfortunately the tyres had been left loos in the box and melted a few parts, mainly on the engine valve cover and the gearbox, but I was able to rebuild them. I used SMS British Racing Green for the shiny parts of the body. I think it looks similar to the colour you used. I used BRG mixed with Schwarzgrun and a bit of white for the passenger compartment and a BRG/white mix for the leather. You are a braver man than me stripping all that detail off the fuel tank. It's looking good though.

Paul Shearer
Hope you are able to finish this one. One of my all time favorite cars and looking at your other projects there's no doubt it will turn out amazing 👍

gorby
Nice work so far. The mesh is a big improvement.

Villiers de Vos Autor
Indeed a beautiful subject. This model has been sucking the energy out of me. There is still some wiring issues as well as a scratch build cradle for the brake lights to do. I am nearly finished with the 1936 Mercedes 540K Maharaja Sport Roadster and hope to have the Bentley across the finishing line before January 2025!

Mr D
Your at that intense stage of the build.....lots going on, l think alot of builders have a by new year target for a fresh project for new year.
Your doing fantastic job ...will all come together nicely like your other projects.
Nice subject by the way 😃👍👍

Jennifer Franklin
This has a lot of potential, very curious to see where you go with it.

Edouard Carr
Have always wanted to make this kit, loving the detail you are adding back in.

Neuling
Looks very good!

Martin Weinpold Autor
Thanks.

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful jug!

Martin Weinpold Autor
Thanks, Robert.

Bozzer
Here we go again!
You're gonna run out of kits, at this pace?

Bozzer
There's a couple more, for you to seek out 😉

Qwertzel Autor
Thanks Boozer. But I think I will build my Unimog first before building this truck. So I won't run out of kits. I always wanted to buy the recovery truck and convert it to a German one, simply changing the cab to a Mercedes Benz Actros or MAN TGM.

Andre Louis
I also got that kit recently! Looking forward to your modifications. My one will be probably just out of the box

Esoteric Surgeon
I seem to remember KFS used to offer a off-road conversion kit for MAN trucks. I'm pretty sure it at least included the bumper which might be hard to scratch build if you can't print it. Can't find the kit anymore tho

Qwertzel Autor
I searched on the internet for this kit but I couldn't find it either. We will see how this trick turns out

Esoteric Surgeon
Just realized the bumper out of the box is accurate for offroad already since it's a 4x4, and the same as in your pictures. I had started working on a similar project but with the older MAN TGA kit from Revell as a basis and that required heavy modifications all around. I'm glad you're moving towards more custom projects because they are a lot of fun to get into, and watch other people get into...

Goldman
Nice stocking up and scratch building... Should be a very interesting build.
Actually, I never saw this concept of fire truck with a rear lift and wheeled equipment carts. Can see the benefits of this when a lot of equipment needed to be moved fast (at least until hitting the first step...).

Qwertzel Autor
Thanks Goldman. There is another reason why these trucks make sense: You can carry different stuff which is normally loaded by special vehicles. So you don't need different vehicles just this one and the equipment carts and you are ready for nearly everything

Goldman
The headlights guard looks very good to me. Did you use plastic or metal rods? I don't think you can get any thinner with plastic

Qwertzel Autor
Thank you Goldman! I used cables. I bended them to the right shape. The outer and inner parts are from the same cable just with and without isolation

Goldman
The tires looks great. Much better than those in the kit. Well worth the investment

Esoteric Surgeon
I have had some success printing thin parts for the kind of headlight detail you are working on. They are very fragile and I've never tried painting them but I think there's a lot of potential for this kind of application. I uploaded a picture here: FDM 3D Printer experiments | Album by Ecko

Qwertzel Autor
Currently I don't have a 3D printer but I think of buying a resin printer for such purposes. It would help me a lot with scratch building. Lets see wat the future brings

Andre Louis
Just make sure that you are aware of potential hazards that come along with resin printing.

Esoteric Surgeon
Yes handling resin and post processing it takes a lot of extra work to do properly. And space too. I can't do it at home because I live in a flat with my cat and I have found a filament 3d printer can unlock many possibilities to enhance scratch builds without the hassle and hazards of resin.

Bozzer
I've gotta admit, I had fun with my entry level filament printer, but I now own 3 resin printers too, and they're never turned off. Yes, they do have to be taken care of, especially with regards to the resin, but it's worth it.
At this point I'd better add, all mine are in my purpose built mancave, however I did run them in the house kitchen, for a while.
Each one has it's own personality, kinda like a cat or a car? But once you hone into it, you can create almost anything? The details are immense and your own imagination, is your limit!
I've literally just printed a 1/14 truck, with all the bells and whistles, and I'm happy with the results. It's taken me around 2 weeks, but I did use 6 bottles of High Speed Resin, which without, probably would've taken me another 3-4 weeks?
For you guys in the know, Standard resin prints at roughly 4 layers a minute. High Speed Resin is around 12 layers a minute.
My love for the printers, is because I can print models, that we can't buy?
I love scratchbuilding, but now I can flick my finger and the cab, hood and sleeper are printing, while I'm building the chassis? It's definitely been a game changer in my life, without a doubt.
You definitely need to be aware of the dangers though. Plenty of ventilation, gloves, mask and goggles. I also have mini air purifiers in each printer, and heaters.
And whatever you do, don't smoke near the 99% alcohol!
And most importantly, don't drink it!

Qwertzel Autor
Thank you Bozzer for your information and opinion. I will see what the future brings and if it's time to by a printer, I will definitely research and inform myself about it a little more and maybe come back to you guys, because you know the terms of 3D printers definitely better than I.

And don't worry, I do not smoke or drink alcohol. So this won't be a problem 🙂

Goldman
One tough looking rolling chassis 🙂

Adam Gudynowski
Following

Goldman
The front section looks great. Are you planning to completely scratch building the rear section?

Qwertzel Autor
Thank you. Not everything. The tailgate is from Italeri and I will use a few of the parts from the HLF for the equipment compartments

Michael Kohl
Tin tracks AND roadwheels?! Interesting vehicle.

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Clair Greenwood
Me too, gonna keep an eye on this one.

YAMAN AYDIN Autor
🤞🥂

Teeage
I'm in too. A vehicle you not often see.

Neuling
Very dynamic scene, clean paintwork! 👍

Thomas Wirsching
Great Job on that dozer. A lot of work but it really paid off!

Pepe
Ufffff.... Nice job

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Wow, stunning result! That heavy chipping is great

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic paintjob and weathering! Looks absolutely realistic - the blade itself looks like it is made of metal (Is it? 😉 )

Neuling
I agree with everyone above. 👍👍

Rui S
Beautiful Monster 👍

Tom Autor
Thank You all 👍👍.

Robert Fuqua
Wow. Just wow.

Spanjaard
impressive

Jan Peters
Most impressive! Excellent painting and weathering!

Tom Autor
Many thanks ! Jan , Spanjaard and Robert 👍 🙂 .

sebfischer
Crazy amount of pe

Mr James
Masterful... Turning plastic into metal as Neuling would say 🙂

CaptGPF
wow! Fantastic build!

Simon Nagorsnik
👍👍

David Taylor
Wow.

Michael Kohl
I agree with my mates above: Great job.
One detail: Israel buys the D9 and adds the armour later on. So the basic Caterpillar will have the yellow-orange Caterpillar base color, while the armoured cabin will not.
Apart from this detail you captured the mean appearance of this brute very well.

Tom Autor
Michael thanks for the information about the color of the cabin. I'm glad you like it.

Tom Autor
Many many thanks ! 👍David, Simon, CaptGPF, Mr James , Sebfischer 👍 👍 👍.

sebfischer
What color did you use?

Neuling
Thanks for sharing!

Raúl González
Kudos for the effort, I've made one and it's absolutely horrible kit for such an interesting topic. Great result!

J4Juliet Autor
I'm glad it wasn't just me who struggled with it. I took a look at your model and using another kit as a donor is a really great idea. At least you got the right wheels and all the decals 😄

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Do not be alarmed! The pictures look really brutal. 🙂 This spin-off of the N1K1 construction is at a stage where heavy covering with "Maskol" should provide a lively IJN-green surface. The construction so far is documented in the second N1.K1- gallery, where I will show the further construction steps up to the finished N1K1 in US markings.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Super. Bin gespannt wie's weiter geht.

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Das freut mich Jürgen. Werde bald Bilder der fertig lackierten N1K1 zeigen können- die Decals sind jedenfalls seit gestern aufgebracht.

That´s very nice to hear, Jürgen. I will soon be able to show pictures of the paint-finished N1K1, the decals have been applied since yesterday.

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
The construction of the Japanese N1K1 has now taken a few significant steps forward: the surfaces are now finished, and the not so small amount of details will now be completed or attached.

John
Very nice 👍 I have a soft spot for late-war Japanese types. They are often not very elegant like a Mustang but they look really cool.

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Thank you John! A good characterisation, I think - that hits the spot!

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
This N1K1 George is now also finished, this time in the original colours of this machine. Against the background of its place of operation - the Philippines - the picture background with the lush and mountainous landscape fits quite well.

All in all, the two models were a relatively quick and really enjoyable, entertaining modelling adventure!
Thank you for your interest and feedback.

John
Great build and great photos, backdrop is perfect.

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Thank you John!

John
I have the Tamiya version, hope it turns out half as good!

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful!

Guy Rump
Very nice build. 👍

Jim J
Looks great, Roland! I really like your weathering job. Well done. Nice background also. Congrats! 👍👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Reposting Jim Js note 1:1: it looks great, Roland! I really like your weathering job. Well done. Nice background also. Congrats! 👍👍

art81
Well done 👍

Villiers de Vos
A very nice and realistic finish.

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic work!

Neuling
Looks like the real thing! 👍👍

Curatorm
that's exquisite 🙂

Jimmy C
Outstanding!

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
I am very happy about each and every one of your feedbacks, but also about the sheer number of these positive reactions- thank you all too!

Nathan Dempsey
Oh I nearly missed the finish on this one. Superior craftsmanship! I showed this to a friend at work and he thought it was a color photo from WW2.

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Nathan, that's great to hear!, thanks for this motivation!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Beautiful work Roland! 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Robin, thank you!

James C
Stunning looking build Roland 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Thank you James, very appreciated!

Nathan Dempsey
Roland, just an FYI. I randomly clicked on a YouTube video on the history of the Kawanishi N1K and they used pic #14 from this album in their documentary. I was pointing at the screen and yelling "That's Roland's plane!!!" My wife just looked at me like I was going insane 😂

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
That's good news - it can't have turned out too badly 🙂 I appreciate your kind feedback, thank you Nathan!

Rui S
An eye catcher, but thats normal from your workbench 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Thank you for your very kind words!

一生还一夜
Excellent work,Roland!

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Many thanks, mate!

Marcin Dudek
Wow, the jungle pictures look so realistic! Congrstulations 👏

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Your comment is much appreciated, thank you!

一生还一夜
Roland,I have a question for you.I found that there were some ejection pins on the top of the 20mm cannon when building my Armahobby hurricane.How did you dealt with them?Remove them and then drill a hole or use metal parts to replace the cannons?

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Hello! Interesting, I didn't even notice, as I used the resin parts included in the kit for the four guns.

Mr James
Beautiful model excellently presented. The weathering and painting skills are clearly evident. Brilliant work Roland

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Thank you for these very kind words, mate!

Roland Sachsenhofer Autor
Thank you for your Likes!

Mid Franconian
Great Tiger David!

Neuling
I agree!

Elias Papadimitriou
👍👍👍

Zbynek Honzik
👏👏👏

Ben M
😍😍😍

Alex K
Ώπα! Κιόλας;;;!!! Fantastic work all around, as always - and this must be the rarest of your rare birds! I join the above gentlemen in applauding! 👍 👍 👍

Moreno Baruffini
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

J35J
Lovely little kit! Congrats👍🏻

Curatorm
Very smart model!

Neuling
Very nice build and interesting infos! 👍

scalemates
thx! fixed

Cristian A
Following!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Skyhiker
Oh, this looks like fun!

Chris Parsons
Oh ya!
Built a couple of Broplan vac kits, a real challenge but great for the feeling of overcoming a challenge and creative accomplishment

Thomas Kolb
OMG, what a challenge! 🙂 Those panel lines look quite uneven, will you try to rescribe them or just take them for what they are? In any way, I am super curious how these sheets of plastic can be turned into a model, so I will watch with interest!

DuperScale Autor
Welcome mates, the panellines are aweful but the material is so thin, i'm scarred that i cut right trough it when i try to rescribe them.

Łukasz Gliński
Another BroPlan fan, welcome to the club 😄

Nicolas
Following. Got my first vacu kit this weekend. I hope I can learn something here.

Robert Podkoński
Ambitious project! Watching.

Chris Parsons
Hi DuperScale, I built a couple of Broplan vac ATR kits, converting one 72 500 to a 42 300. A few pics of the work in my "albums" if you're interested in the kind of model you can achieve from a Broplan kit with a bit of work…sweat and tears, foul language, alcohol and time….

Cristian A
Following along.

Michael Kohl
Mee too.

J35J
Following with intrest! 👍🏻

Finn
This will be good

Ben M
👀

Treehugger
DuperScale, how about scribing into a layer of primer paint?
This way, scribing should be a lot easier afaik, scribing into the primer layer of paing, and not plastic.
This guy on youtube did this, on regular plastic models though.

Treehugger
As for the clear parts, I wonder if it could be done this way
1) Cut out a square/rectangle shape, removing the oval form from windows. The larger the hole the better, to create some extra space around the old window shape. Enough space to work with putty later on.
2) Glue in a flat thin strip of transparent styrene on inside of model.
3) Glue in a square/rectangle shape transparent styrene, outside the model, laminated with the existing strip of transparent styrene on inside, so double layered.

If keeping the new window parts larger than the old window shape it should be easier to use some putty after adding masking tape that have the shape of the old windows. The larger these new outer square/rectangle window shapes are, the easier it is to add putty to create a smooth surface, then hopefully the center part is clear enough, to mask off the final shape of the old window shape, before painting.

Afaik a common issue using Mikro Kristal Klear is that you can't sand the clear part afterwards, because the clear part is like rubber iirc. You can iirc easily remove this clear part though, just poke/pull it out. Unsure if there would be any residue left after removing the rubber like liquid clear stuff after it dries.

Treehugger
Another thing one could do with clear parts an idea:
1) Glue in a long strip of transparent styrene on inside of plane.
2) Add some kind of epoxy or something that can be sanded, without the epoxy damaging the underlying transparent styrene.
3) Idea is to use the liquid stuff to fill in the perfectly shaped holes for the windows, then sand the liquid stuff flush after it dries.

What won't work imo, is doing multiple rounds of adding liquids to create some goo that goes transparent. I think if you sand this stuff multiple times adding more liquid stuff, you get a flawed result I think. I tried something like that with gloss varnish, trying to build up a solid clear shape. Did not work as expected.

Treehugger
In this thread, and in photo #13, the guy apparently put tape outside, and poured clear resin on the inside to fill the window holes. Unsure if such resin will react and maybe eat up or warp any thin parts ala vacuum kits. I guess this can be tested with some scrap plastic if having some piece left over.

Boeing 737-530 Smart Wings 1:144 | Album by Zbynek (1:144)

Łukasz Gliński
The UV transparent resin is usually sandable (to some degree), maybe that might help?
Similarly to Treehugger I'd reinforce it with a transparent styrene from the inside of the fuselage anyway.
Or you might leave the windows open and fill them with Kristal Klear after painting - this is what I did on my Jetstream, Avanti & Yak-40. But if you want to seal it with gloss varnish, remember to keep very thin layers (guess how I learned it 🙂).
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Blue Jetstream (SP-KWN) | Album by Woody (1:72)
Avanti! | Album by Woody (1:72)

DuperScale Autor
Hi, thanks for the input mates. I'm quite happy with the kristal clear on the small windows and i think i do it like Lukasz said. After everything is done i do the windows as the last step.

The windscreen window could work but i think i used little to much of the kristal clear.

Mr D
Good to see a vacform 😃👍

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

David Taylor
Watching.

J35J
Great work so far with the vac👍🏻

Mr D
Like the cockpit..👍
Lots of work but doing a 👍 job... Be rewarding when done.

Cuajete
Great (hard) job so far. Go on!

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Chris Parsons
Very nicely done and great progress!
Keep up the great work

David Taylor
You have definitely got your work cut out.

J35J
The kit is coming together very good. You are skilled and brave!
Great to follow the journey to see the final result. 👍🏻

Dave Flitton
Wow! Keep going. it's going to work out. It looks good.

Mr D
Looking great 👍👍
Be interesting model.

DuperScale Autor
Thanks for the nice comments, from far away it looks good but the fit, lack of detail and scale problems are really annoying.😅

Nicolas
That's the main reason why I've never dared to try a vacu kit before. I've learned a lot from you. Looks good so far.

Chris Parsons
Yaaaaa! that's looking damned fine!!

Skyhiker
You need to update the cover image

Michael Kohl
Yeah, much better this way. Good progress too.

Music_On
You have the patience of a saint!

Skyhiker
Yes, that looks just like a Global Eye.

Cuajete
I agree with mates 👍
@DuperScale, I'm glad you're taking up this project again.

Cuajete
Nice primer and first color 👍

Martin Weinpold
Wow

Łukasz Gliński
That looks great in that grey now, for a BroPlan kit in particular 👍

Cuajete
Very nice result so far.
Waiting for the finish 👍

Finn
Awesome, brilliant and a bunch of other nice thing to say! Congrats

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic job! I am impressed with your skills and perseverance, chapeau bas!

DuperScale Autor
Oh wow, thank you guys for the kind words.

David Taylor
Looks superb.

Ben M
Well that's impressive.

DuperScale Autor
Close to the finish, at the Moment i try to get the windows done….man i cant get them the way i want. I already tried 3 times and messed them up. Stay tuned….. 😅

Cuajete
DuperScale, cheer up. You can do it! 💪

Urban Gardini
So tell us what you really feel about Vaccuform! Don't hold back on us...

DuperScale Autor
I'm done, from this point it's just getting worse… 🤪 my opinion, for that price (over 50€) it is really not worth it… the amount of headache you get with a kit like that you can build 10 normal kits. The lack of detail and wrong shapes is so massiv, it's stupid i paid that price 😂

Ben M
You fought and won. Smells like … victory

Robert Podkoński
I agree with Ben. Chapeau bas!

Michael Kohl
High price? No details? Pain in the a***? Hey, this is the holy grail of modelling. Just bought my first vacu-kit. Ask me again after I build it. 😉

Łukasz Gliński
You fought bravely and didn't surrender! Respect!
Of course the transparencies would look better on a Tamiya kit, but hey that's not what vacu is about! 😉

DuperScale Autor
@Michael, i will follow that one for shure

@all thank you mates 😁👍

Guy Rump
Excellent build of a difficult kit. I've never been brave enough to tackle a vacu kit so far. The closest I got was cutting a vacu canopy to fit on a build and I found that a challenge! 👍

J35J
I think you did a great work with the kit, pushing through the challenges! Hat's off👏🏼
Vacu tends to be a real pain in some stages of the builds. Nevertheless it's a good way to challenge yourself and develop your modelling skills
As some wise fellow modeller said: "Why buy a Tamiya instead of vacu when you can have great fun, rip your hair, spend hours on dry fitting, putty, sanding & rescribing, question your choice of kit during the build…" 😉😅

Finn
You did really well and did not go quietly into the dark night!

Skyhiker
Looks good to me. Congratulations now you can claim to be a real modeler.

Cuajete
Great job! Many of us couldn't have done it better. Plus, you now have an exclusive model in your display case 😉
Congrats!

Desert Marlin
This is a fantastic effort. There are sooo many pitfalls associated with vac kits. Your efforts look great so far!!!

Nicolas
Great result. 👍
Now you can say: "Now some easy kit from Amodel or Mach 2 for relaxation." 😛

Eddie Mann
It's been reported as double, it will be on Tim's to do list.

scalemates
fixed

Eddie Mann
Merged.

Ben M Autor
Hmm. I realize now I should have painted the deck first. It's my first ship.

gorby
Good grief this kit is older than me. I thought it was just dinosaurs which are older than me. 😄
Interested to see what you can do with it.

Martin Oostrom
And people actually crossed oceans in these oversized bathtubs

Ben M Autor
Yeah this kit is one of the oldest I've built. Still, going to try to make it look good.

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

Jan Peters
It looks quite toy like, but it is a cool subject.
Will follow this 👀

Ben M Autor
This is a very helpful reference: Youtube Video

gorby
The video was fascinating, thanks for posting.

Jennifer Franklin
I'm excited, this looks to be a bigger project. Do you know how many pieces there are?

Ben M Autor
Hi Jennifer, not that many. It's an old kit from the 50s.

Jennifer Franklin
Well, 100% for the character.

Naram
following

Troy Campbell
Oooh nice Ben!!
Grabing a chair and popcorn!

Ben M Autor
Major colors now blocked out. Need to do next round of masking and painting after the blue dries.

Ben M Autor
Painted after masking and did some detail painting. Will have to mask and paint the hull two more times I think.

ScaleModelAndCoffee
Nice, a shipyard! Following.

Ben M Autor
I was thinking of doing some sort of rigging on this but it's really small and fragile and primitive, so I think I'll call it done. First ship I've built in a long while.

gorby
This kit is older than I am! Are you sure it isn't made of Bakelite? 😄
Nice work on such a tiny old kit Ben.

Jeremias H
Nice work! To get a smooth finish with green stuff, you can use a tiny bit of vaseline. It makes it easier to flatten and doesn't stick to your shaping tools anymore.

Darren Autor
Thanks mate! It's been a long time since I used it to sculpt Steel Legion gloves onto Cadian models, so thanks for the reminder! Must keep that in mind next time a fat but brittle sprue connection wants to dork me and destroy my parts...

Alec K
Taking a seat. A much anticipated kit!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👀😍

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3, I have to follow that for the same reason 👍

Cuajete
Me 4.... It's a new tool, by Andy Ball. I can't miss it! 😛

Andy Ball Autor
Oh no, I leave the site for a few days and attract onlookers! 🤣….will post some shots soon…the detail's good so far for 72nd….

Dave Flitton
Watching!

Lorraine Lin
I guess the observer may need some massage treatments on his back and neck after each mission🥹🥹🥹 following

Andy Ball Autor
@Lorraine, yes - these planes weren't built for comfort….champagne for every successful mission return though?….

Łukasz Gliński
Neither for comfort nor much for the safety, weren't they? 😉

Andy Ball Autor
I think one of the worst RAF planes for relative combat losses to number flown? Slow and defensively weak. I never built this as a kid, so intrigued by this offering!

Cuajete
Andy, despite this, it will look great in the display case 😉
Nice interiors 👍

Andy Ball Autor
Cheers Cuajete, your pleasant comments always welcome!!

Villiers de Vos
Coming along nicely Andy. Booking my seat.

Dave
Let me find a chair for this one. I don't know if helps any but I find in a pitch painted tamiya masking tape works well for seat belts.

Nicolas
👀

Andy Ball Autor
Good evening Villiers, Dave and Nicolas…
Dave I admire your comment on seat belts but one has to keep the global wine industry going with a foil capped harness…photos to come!

Andy Ball Autor
Thanks Nicolas and others, just put some more progress shots on this project. The fit is up there with Tamiya and very intricate detailed parts. Similar to the Hobby Boss Sunderland. But clearly the best Battle in 72nd

Robert Podkoński
Somehow I missed the beginning, but from now I will follow your build-log with pleasure and interest, Andy 🙂

Alec K
Nice progress Andy 👍

Cuajete
Well done so far, Andy. Great kit! 👍

David Taylor
Got my seat.

Andy Ball Autor
Thanks Robert, Alec, Cuajete, and David, glad to have such discerning eyeballs on the build!….managed to lose the front windshield- so trying their customer service to see if there's a replacement service….🥴😞

David Taylor
Just got the Trumpeter kit,AAAARGH.Glass the wrong shape.

Łukasz Gliński
Sad news, hope their spare part service is good

Andy Ball Autor
@David- I hear there are many issues with Trump's 48'er?….
@Ł- so far they've come back to me and maybe able to help…I am not sure if it's me, but hunting high and low reveals no piece 🥴

Cuajete
Andy, I hope you have luck with the spare parts service or finding the missing part... Maybe some day you'll find you have both.
Cheer up!

David Taylor
I believe there are some vac canopies out there Andy.I personally hate vac form canopies but!!.

Andy Ball Autor
Thanks Cuajete, a forensic search of the studio floor and workbench has yielded nothing….but if they will send a spare for hopefully a nominal charge, I'll be happy…otherwise it's a search for something similar and the ensuing botch-job!
@David, vac-forms can be satisfying when delicately removed and cleaned up. For the sake of a mistake it's good when companies (Rob Taurus) often give you a couple in the packet? Best of luck!

David Taylor
Might have to raid my CA Battle.

Andy Ball Autor
Thanks Patryk S.
Update on the missing part…Gilles who is the MD of FFROM has kindly sourced me a replacement. The moulds come from Ukraine and naturally are a little hard to come by with the current situation.
Therefore on here I'm recognising great customer service from FFROM!!
So far the kit is beautifully detailed and building well.
More photos to come!

Jan Peters Autor
Sticking to the Japanese theme, this was staring at me from my stash, begging to be build 🙂
Being a Meng kit, this will be a treat after the AZ kikka....

Skyhiker
This will be fun.

Sebastian Meyner
Following 🙂 👍

Jan Peters Autor
No pressure then 🙂

Jan Peters Autor
This is now ready for paint, hope to paint it this weekend if I can find the time 🙂

Skyhiker
Sweet

Daniel Klink
Ah very cool Jan is infected with the Nippon What If Virus...🙂
Well done and great progress so far Mate 👍

Jan Peters Autor
Thanks Daniel.
I was infected a while ago, seems the incubation time is over now 🙂

Daniel Klink
You got a Reppu or Keiun in your stash?
perhaps an idea for a mini gb in the future 🙂

Jan Peters Autor
No, I have not, I do have a zero, Ki98 and a shiden though.... Zero Group build would be Nice

Daniel Klink
Always wanted to take a hand on the A6M8 by Hasegawa that sleeps in my stash for nearly 20 years now.
Mitsubishi A6M8 Zero Fighter Type 54/64 (Hasegawa 51946, 1:72)

Sebastian Meyner
Very nice progress Jan 👍
Did I just hear Zero GB?! 🙂 I'm in!

@Daniel: Is that the A6M8 with resin cowling and so on? I use to have one but ended p using it for spares since I was not impressed with the quality of the resin parts. A couple of years back Hasegawa issued another A6M8 in all plastic (kit no. 09821) You can still pick one up for under 25,-€. Worth having a look 😉

Mitsubishi A6M8 Zero Fighter Type 54/64 (Hasegawa 09821, 1:48)

Jan Peters Autor
I have a 1:72 hasegawa A6M3 in my stash, was just about to start on a Hurricane, but like the thought of a zero gb......
Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero Fighter Type 22 (Hasegawa 51315, 1:72)

Daniel Klink
Hi Sebastian,. Yes the Resin Cast is the reason why the kit is still in its box🙂
But 1/48 is not my scale sorry

Jan Peters Autor
Scalemates Mitsubishi A6M Zero Group build 2021 (1. Aprilie pana cand 31. Decembrie, )
Just added the group build to the list of events 🙂

Sebastian Meyner
Daniel I have the utmost respect for you '1:72 people' 👍 I'm currently working on Arma's Yak-1 in said scale....boy I couldn't do that kind of tiny stuff all the time 😛

So....who's creating the GB then?! 😄

Jan Peters Autor
Allready created Sebastian 🙂

Sebastian Meyner
👍

Jan Peters Autor
Ready for weathering and chipping

Sebastian Meyner
Nice chipping Jan 👍 What did you use for the chipping?

Jan Peters Autor
All done!🙂
Thanks Sebastian, I used valejo aluminium and new wood and a fine brush for the chipping.

Sebastian Meyner
Very well done Jan!

Jan Peters Autor
Thanks Sebastian!

Jan Peters Autor
Thanks Roland 🙂

Simon Nagorsnik
I like this one, i've never seen before- nice!

Jan Peters Autor
Thanks Simon

Skyhiker
Very nice.

Jan Peters Autor
Thanks Skywalker

Finn
Cool

Jan Peters Autor
Thanks Finn!

Mark K
Excelent!

Jan Peters Autor
Thanks Mark!

Sven Schönyan Autor
The paintwork is done, weathering started. Interestingly at the moment the washing seems to have only a minor effect. This should change after the final coat of matt varnish. I assume it is due to the properties of Meng´s engravings. They are deeper than Tamiya or Hasegawa but not as pronounced as 1/72 Airfix kits. So the preshading from the black primer has already a deep effect which the washing only enhances a little bit.