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Rui S
Another great work 👍

Przemyslaw Sroczynski
Thanks mate

Calvin Gifford
Very cool! I plan on doing the same with SSF5 and an old 1/200 Monogram Shuttle. Just got the garage kit in today but no instructions! LOL

Marcin Terlikowski
Following...

Robert Podkoński
Me 2!

Pepe
Great!!!!

Ben M
👁️👁️

BetterTimes-Henry
Watching. Great start.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat as well.

Marcin Terlikowski
Of cause following as working on my own red "13"

Lukas Muller
velká paráda 👍

Shar Dipree
Looks great so far. 👍

Alberto
I like the paint job already

Martin Weinpold
Paradni!

Rui S
I like what I see 👍

BetterTimes-Henry
Krasna praca!

coporado
Started assembling the crane and steel beam of the lasercut kit. This is a wonderful kit, really looking forward to that base building 🙂

Rui S
Looking good 👍. Already weathered?

coporado
Thanks mate! No - just clicked together straight out of the box to see what this kit has to offer 🙂

Matthew Stec
It look great so far. How do you like the building?

coporado
Thanks! I Just bought the crane and the steel beams as I'm going to Do the building structure with styrofoam. All the parts I'm using from the kit are really great. Perfect matching, easy to assemble and lovely detailed, thumbs up!

coporado
Started working on the wall of the tank workshop

Rui S
The bricks look great. Very well done and painted.

Brian Eberle
Following. Looks great so far.

coporado
Thank you, much appreciated 🙂

Spanjaard
looking interesting already 🙂

Brian Eberle
A truly interesting kit and very well done painting.

coporado
Thanks Spanjaard and Brian, much appreciated! @Brian the wall does not come from the kit, this is scratch build from styrofoam. From the kit I use the crane and steel beams, which is indeed very nicely.

Rui S
Very nice detail work and paintjob on the lamp and pipe 👍
Like the detail on the wood Window😎

coporado
Thanks mate 🙂

coporado
Finsihed painting the second wall and started working on that crane.

Rui S
Nice weathering on the wall. What did you use to make this wall?. Also like the paintjob on the crane motor 👍

coporado
Thanks mate! I use Depafit for the walls. It´s kind of styrofoam/ insulation board which is available at the hardware store. Very nice material to carve and easy to paint. Carved the damages with a pencil. Then lighlty sanded the whole surface. Applied a very thin blackgrey wash. Then painted different sand and greyish shades all thinned down to a wash.

Mike Kryza
Interesting build! Count me in!

Rui S
Very Nice progress coporado. Your scratch work on the locker door and wiring is Great. 👍 Keep it comming

Stefan Schacht
very nice so far, I take a seat

coporado
Thanks gentleman, much appreciate your encouraging comments! Mike, Stefan welcome here and good to know you´re watching!

Rui S
Glad that you made it structured enough to hold the Crane. Looking good 👍

coporado
Spanjaard, Rui thanks so much for your kind comments! Prepared the concete floor in order to attach the walls. Scratch bulid fire basket as little detail for the outside

coporado
Finaly, the walls were mounted to the base and all the bathroom stuff was attached.

Bernhard Schrock
First class scratch building especially the TGA (Technische Gebäude Ausrüstung). I love your details in the "restroom" (newspaper, Bürste and 3-Lagiges!) and electrical installation included black distribution boxes (Bakelite!!). 🙂

coporado
Thank you Bernhard, happy you like it. Was quite hard to sacrifice 3- Lagiges for the dio in these times 🙂
Made some progress with factory utilities.

Daniel Klink
Ah Sascha how could von I miss this
Great work again ... following👍

coporado
@Bernhard yes Bakelit switch, eagle eye 🙂 I remembered These from my grand Patents home 🙂

coporado
Thanks Daniel and good to know you are in 🙂

coporado
More details for the factory. Had a nice welder set, unfortunately without cart. Scratch built this one from plastic profile, wire and some remaining parts of a completed kit.

Soeren R.
Nice start😉 Count me in!

coporado
Thanks Soeren and welcome 🙂

Christian Lehmann
Very nice details

Rui S
Nice workbench, Mate 👍. I would go for a darker tone ir color on the wood top, just a two cent😎

coporado
Thanks Christian and Rui 🙂 Rui the workbench still needs weathering, this will tone down the wood color to a darker shade

Rui S
Yes, i agree Mate, i thought it was done 👍.
But as you mention that... You know what i thougt when i saw photo 45, for the first time? It would be interesting to creat contrast between the Bath Room floor and main workshop floor, maybee with some kind off chess ceramic floor??? But i thought it was too late. Anyway just a two cent opinion. I'm not famliar with the 40s tank workshops, but bath rooms usualy have that kind of pavments and walls to ease the cleaning...😎

coporado
Hehe Rui I had the same idea with the locker floor 🙂 Got these floor tiles --> 3D Floor Tiles - Design A (Reality in Scale 35111, 1:35) Putting them on the floor or even on the wall it came out like a hotel or private bath room. They looked just too noble for a factory locker room. So I discarded the tiles and left the floor in it´s concrete look.

Spanjaard
those desks look amazing now! and the touch of the panzer drawings is sublime!!!

Rui S
Ohw yah??? Hehe. But that ones where very expensive tiles and with diferent formats, (small pieces for the corners??? That's for rich people mansions or chalés. 😄 i was thinking something simpler pathern more like, One squared black Shaded /one square white... with some craks. Or only white if on the walls😉
Hey Mate, I agree with Spanjaard 👍

coporado
Thank you spanjaard, thank you Rui, much appreciated and happy you like it 🙂
@Rui Unfortunately I didn't found any apropriate tiles. Tried to scratch build with styrofoam and styrene but the result Was rather poor. So I left it with the concrete.
Completed the workbench with adding more Tools and some tank parts. The machines got their wiring and were plugged to the Power supply.

Rui S
Great detailing work 👍

Tom ...
Only seeing this now. Incredible work. Just amazing. The detailing and treatment is perfect. Following for sure.

coporado
Rui, Tom thank you so much for your warm comments!

Rui S
Nice detailing progress. Very impressive 👍

coporado
Thanks for your kind words Rui! Browsing through some pics of old factories I discovered carts used for carrying small stuff and loudspeakers installed. Found these would be nice detail for my dio. Some residues, plastic sheet and sheet metal helped to scratch built both.

Daniel Klink
That will become a great scene Sascha👍
Again

Rui S
Very Nice addons😉 👍

coporado
Daniel, Rui thank you for your comments. Finally I completed the missing part of the crane to lift the Panzer IV turret.

Rui S
keep it coming Mate 👍

Olivier
du grand art !

Danny Meer
Such an amazing artwork, so realistic 👍
Love it how you scratchbuild all those little details

coporado
Many thanks to all of you, much appreciated 🙂

coporado
Started the figures. To achieve the look and feel for the scene, some kitbashing was done. Heads come from Hornet and are just lovely in in their sculpting.

Spanjaard
poor guy on his knee is thinking he is going to see snowy landscapes soon😉

Norbert Steffens
Hi Sascha, how did you paint the walls and the floor? Looks realistic. Nice weathering

coporado
Thanks mates! @Spanjaard: Bad day for the youngster, he´s in charge for the beer later 🙂

@Norbert: basic material is Depafit, a styrofoam type. Available in your DIY store.
It´s more stable than Styrodur, comes with a lightly structured surface like plaster and can be sanded.

First I carve any structures like damages etc.

Next steps apply to the the whole wall:
First coat with silver grey, once dry another coat with a mix of 50/50 silvergrey and pale grey is painted. Once this coat is dry a black wash is done, to create a good contrast for the details. Therefore the wash should be pretty thin to keep a good balance between base color and black.
Once this has dryed properly, the whole wall is sanded with 600 sanding paper. The sanding brings variation into the colors, as the black is removed more or less in certain areas and releases the base color.
Finally certain areas receive detail painting using a less thinned black wash for deeper areas such as cracks. Base color, white grey and any other colors at your desire are used to highlight certain details, like edges of cracks.

I found this technique in the "bible" of styrofoam modeling by Emmanuel Nouaillier. Absolutely worth having that in stash. --> amazon.de/Perfekt-bi..tungen/dp/3837511634

Olivier
The result of this technique is impressive !

Norbert Steffens
Yes very realistic look. Thanks for the detailed description.

Rui S
Very Nice plumbing 👍 😄 Nice progress.

The figures look good but the one with the head looking upward looks a bit forced. I think the eyes could do part of the rotation not the head, just my two cent, Mate 🤔

coporado
Thanks Olivier! I´m quite happy with this technique as it applies to all scales and is quite easy and cheap, achieving nice results.
@Rui: Thanks and you´re right, the position of the head brings pain in the neck 🙂 I cut the necks a bit and rotated the heads to a more healthy position 🙂

Rui S
I'm glad that my humble constructive opinion matters . Thx 👍
IMHO, one thing that i have noticed in the modelers who use these extremely well detailed heads is that they leave the necks too long and end up ruining their very realistic appearance even when they are excellently painted😎

coporado
@rui the proper length of necks is a tricky job. Lots of factors such as age, constitution, body shape etc need to be considered. I struggle here as well figuring out the best solution. Though I appreciate any hints 🙂

Rui S
Yes, I believe you, I was generaly speaking, Imho, many fail to adress that issues well.
Your two guys are looking good now 👍 keep it coming😉

coporado
Thanks Rui 🙂 little progress here on the figures and detailing.

coporado
Checking images of the original tank workshop I encountered the crane was operated from a platform mounted to the crane bridge. From residues and plastic sheet this one was scratch built.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Ganz großes Kino was du hier zeigst, Wahnsinn die Details wie Steckdose, Bohrmaschine usw..

Olivier
That is a life project.

coporado
Dankeschön Dietmar!
Olivier thats true, the more more progress it gains the more Detail comes to mind. Hope to complete that one Day 🙂

Rui S
Again, Nice scratchwork 👍 detailing makes the diference. keep it comming Mate😉

coporado
Thanks Rui! Honestly, detailing is the most enjoyable job, you know what I mean - flipping through your Marder dio pics 🙂
Figure conversion is done so far. Next is priming and corrections.

coporado
Finally, started the painting on those figures. Skin parts are most challenging, so this is the task for the next days/ weeks. First head completed, painted in acrylic.

Olivier
It looks very fine to me.

Spanjaard
looks fantastic to me

Slavo Hazucha
Seriously cool work all over - and excellent skin/head-job on the first figure too! 👍

Pose & Expression suggest this could be a German WW2 version of American Chopper? 😄

Hanno Kleinecke
Yeah, only with tanks instead of bikes - quite an idea Slavo 🙂 ! Your own bespoke custom panzer III....
I wish I could paint figures like that, excellent !

Spanjaard
you are not the only one Hanno 😄

Rui S
Nice face 🙂 a bit angry yah 😄. keep up the good figure painting 👍

coporado
Thank you for your encouraging comments, mates! Your patient attention to this neverending project is much appreciated!
@Slavo: For an American Chopper he definitely misses a beard, though it´s only a German Chopper :-D

Next face completed during the weekend. This one was not going as well as the first one. As the expression is different to the first one, the surface and details are much smoother. Found it quite tough to place highlights and shadows at the right spots. Challenged my patience seriously.

Daniel Klink
Kümmeltonne👍 🙂

Olivier
I like the new guy on the block

Rui S
Hi mate, as I perceive you😉... Keep them coming

Xerxes
Great project. Looking forward for the final result🙂

coporado
Daniel, Olivier, Rui, Xerxes - many thanks mates! After a long break I put some color on the next face. Some corrections and blending still to be done.

Spanjaard
Wow!

coporado
Thank you mate!!! 🙂
Next face completed, still 5 to come 🙂

coporado
Slow progress on those figures, 5 of 8 faces painted. Keen to have faces completed in 2021 :-D

Rui S
Keep them coming Mate. Looking good 👍

Bruce Huxtable
Stumbled across this album for first time today. Amazing crafting skills demonstrated from beginning to end. Blown away by your great eye for realistic detail, and how you create atmosphere. Brilliant 👍👍🙂

Pepe
😳😳

Spanjaard
Rome was not built in one hour, and neither your amazing dios. No rush🙂

Rui S
We say: "Roma e Pavia, não foram feitas num dia" 😉

Nelson Paulo
A W S O ME !!! Trully

coporado
Thank you for all your kind comments, mates! Started to put some paint on that clothing. Some more blending on the shirt is neccessary. I recognized that Khaki isn´t very handy when it comes to light and shadow 🙂

Jv
Not sure why I only seen this one now
What a great job
Love all the detail
A big job
Amazing

coporado
Thanks Mate!

coporado
3 of 8 Figures done 🙂

Ricardo Reis
Like, wow, how did I miss this? Definitely following!!!

coporado
Thanks Ricardo and great you're in 🙂

gorby
What an incredible project!
I'm in awe at how well those figures are painted. You should give them names because they look like they might come alive. 😄

Tom ...
Wow the shading is amazing!

coporado
Thanks gorby and Tom!
@gorby: giving those figures names might end up in psychologic therapie for me in case my wife will find out 🙂

gorby
😄 😄

coporado
Wohoooo this one is still alive 🙂 Time to blow off the dust and get it finished. 2 more figures were painted the last days - 3 more to go. Just some shots with the painted figures to give a brief idea where the journey goes 🙂

Spanjaard
keep them coming 🙂 the almost look alive!

coporado
Thanks mate!

Christoph Kunz
Fantastisch, wie Du die Figuren bemalt hast. 👍
Von welchem Hersteller ist den der Senior im Blaumann (Bild 126)?

coporado
Dankeschön, Christoph! Die Figur selber ist glaube ich aus einem Miniart Set. Alle Figuren habe Köpfe von Hornet bekommen, daher ist auch der senior Kopf. Ich meine es ist einer aus dem HH31 Set.

Christoph Kunz
Danke für die Info.

Stefan Schacht
Hello mates, I want to build a small dio with a ruined house for a T34/85. I'm using Styrodur and some self-made tools. Cheers Stefan

Spanjaard
great carved detail Stefan. it looks fantastic

Jan Janssen
That is a great template/cutter for the windows, awesome

Stefan Schacht
Thanks mates, here is a little update. I have primed the dio with a mixture of black acrylic paint and white glue. Cheers Stefan

Stefan Schacht
Thank you Lorraine Lin

Stefan Schacht
Hello friends, here are some pictures of the T34/85. I build this model last year. Cheers Stefan

Rui S
Looking forward to see your nice dio 👍

Stefan Schacht
Thanks Rui

Stefan Schacht
Hi Material, here is a little update. I startet to paint the bricks and the road. Cheers Stefan

Stefan Schacht
Hello mates, thanks for the likes, here are the next pictures. It goes on with the bricks of the facade. Cheers Stefan

Stefan Schacht
Hi mates, here is the next pic. Cheers Stefan

Rui S
Looking great 👍

Jeremias H
Thanks, Rui!

The tank didn't look abandoned so I opened the hatch and added details all around and inside the tank with mostly wire, metal sheets and a bit of plasticcard. I wasn't satisfied with the leaves, a lot of them were all over the place and I decided to redo them all.
Now I think everything is ready for painting.

Paul Shearer
Great details. Well done!

gorby
Very nice work so far.

Cuajete
Nice cockpit. Following.

Woit
Hello! I need to change seatbelts and gunsight. These are not correct for this version.

Michael Kohl
Nice start. Why did you fill some of the panel lines? Whither material did you use for that?

Łukasz Gliński
Interesting. Can you write sth more about that silver goo you spread onto the wings?

Woit
Michael/Łukasz. New Mustangs has the wings primed, sanded, primed again, sanded and then painted. Exceptions are the landing gear access panel, ammunition access panels and fuel tank access panels under the wing.
I mixed Tamiya putty with 1500 black surfacer and a little of Levelling Thinner.

Casey Beckett
Laminar flow - Mustangs had their wings 'waxed' to improve airflow -

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

Nicolas
Great start 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Denis Dogadov
I had a big fight in the next topic on P-51, where the author stubbornly wants to depict the rivets on the wing.
But everything is correct here, but not quite. You still removed one line of embroidery in vain. The P-51 had detachable wing parts and the line should be there.
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Woit
Hello! Many thanks for comments. Especially to Denis. Now, I need to discuss it with myself 🙂 Should I scribe it or maybe paint it with different shadow to mark the line.

Denis Dogadov
Well, to be precise, one more line, I hope you are not tired of me yet.
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Woit
I appreciate any attention, especially that documented like this. Thank you Denis.

Patrick Hagelstein
Whoah!!! Beautiful build and very interesting discussion. 🧐

Alex K
I'm in - of course...

Rui S
Me too 😎

gorby
Thanks for tagging along Alex & Rui. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Looks like a tuk tuk, anyways its really nice to see you on another project. Im excited to see the fuck ups and final result. Hope your misses doesn't mind you being in love with another woman 😄

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here, of course 🙂

gorby
Welcome Kesa & Robert. 🙂
Kesa Mrs Gorby is used to my plastic passion obsessions. 😄
And yes it does look a bit like a tuk tuk. Incidentally there have been a couple of screw up so far but obviously I won't be telling everyone as I want to make it look like I know what I'm doing. 🙂

Spanjaard
certainly joining this new gorby's strange subject being created 🙂

gorby
Thanks Spanjaard, you're always welcome. 🙂

Mr D
Hi Gorby 👋
Another interesting one 😃👍
Nice project, they used 3wheel trucks like these at Cadburys factory as they need tighter turning circles round the plant.

gorby
Glad you're tagging along Mr D.
Their turning circle was one of the reasons they where so successful. Do you have any association with Cadburys - other than eating their products of course. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Remember these trundling down Zetland Road and Linthorpe Road from the train station. BR and their parcel/freight division use to operate them.

gorby
Hi Mark, apparently British Rail was the main user of these things.

bughunter
That will be another session of scratch modeling of famous (with 30,000 it must be famous) British cars 👍 So ugly that they begin to be beautiful.

gorby
Hi Frank, they certainly are famous in Britland...although probably only with men of a certain age. 😄

Mr D
Hi Gorby...No just eating 😂 l live not far from factory n seen documentary on it too.
Like the project 😁👍

gorby
Thanks Mr D.
Been on their factory tour, as a chocoholic it was wonderful. 🙂

Alex K
One interesting thing to have in mind is that Gorby set to build the ancient 1962 tool of the Scarab and scratch the Mechanical Horse precisely when there appeared recent (and immeasurably better, as for the Scarab - I guess) 3d-printed 1:72 kits of both the Scarab and the French relatives of the MH (i.e. FAR tractors)... But that's Gorby (much to our delight!) 👍

gorby
THERE'S 3D PRINTED KITS!!!??? 😄 😄
I'd be too tight to buy them anyway.
I'm about a month into the build so far and quite enjoying it....mostly.

Alex K
We know you would enjoy this - and we enjoy too... Plus: if you are going to turn the Scarab into a wrecker / recovery vehicle (!!!)... extra joy. Very Gorby-esque work! 👍 👍

gorby
Thanks Alex. 🙂

Ben M
👀

Mr D
"Would you like some parts with that Flash sir" 😂
I know you will pull a great job out of it Gorby 😀👍

Jan Peters
Following this masochistic exercise 😄
The tow truck you fell in love with, was it used to tow Reliant Robins?

Zsolt Czegle
I take a seat!

Intresting project! Go Gorby Go!

gorby
Good grief, I appear to have attracted a crowd. 😳
I didn't realise the Robin was globally infamous. That would be a great idea Jan if I can find a cheapish 1/76 one. 😄
Thanks all for taking an interest. 🙂

Alec K
Taking a seat. The nasties the kit, the more Gorby likes it… I'll forgo spelling out the logical conclusion from this. 😄 😄 😄

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Welcome to the show Alec. I have some nice kits in my mini stash, for some reason they keep being overlooked. Maybe I choose kits which make scratch-building feel like an easier option. 😄

David Taylor
Always worth a watch.

Mr D
X2 trucks under way 😁👍

Jan Peters
Great job on the fiddly bits Gorby 👍🏻

gorby
Thanks mates....as usual I'm playing catch-up with the build report.
(I'll let you into a secret. I don't start the report until I have a very good idea that things might work out. If I'd completely screwed up - you'd never know about it.) 😳

Mr D
🤣🤣 prevention better than cure 😜
Where about in the UK were they produced ?
I vaguely remember the 3 wheel electric milk floats as a kid.

gorby
I think they were built at Scammell Lorries Ltd in Watford.
In fact there is now a road in the area called Scammell Way.
Typical of Britain, close the factory and name a new road after it to remind us that we used to actually make stuff. 🙁

bughunter
Your 'secret' is a good idea: start a build report lately not only shows a success, but also makes the build look quick! Must copy this idea 😉

gorby
😄
The one down side is that as I only do one project at a time it looks like I'm doing bugger all for about a month. 😄

Alec K
Gorby, I follow the same strategy with build reports. Trouble is, I eventually catch up and then snail-pace it to the finish…

gorby
😄

Alex K
Fabulous work going on (as it was to be expected)...

gorby
Thanks very much Alex. 🙂

Jan Peters
What a load of rubbish, in a good way that is 🙂

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Lex Jassies
Nice to see this kit. Build the Scammel Scarab as a youngster from Airfix. And looking at the sprues I would say these are from the the former Airfix kit.
Have fun building it 😉

Alec K
Great progress and entertaining narrative 🙂. The trailer wheels turned out nice, I can't imagine making something like that. Just curious: why not make one and cast a copy (I think you have done that in the past)? Or does this have to do with that logical thing…

gorby
Thanks for the comment mates. 🙂
Lex: Yes this is from the old Airfix kit. Quite enjoying the build so far - although that's probably because most of the build is scratch work. 😄
Alec: Typically the trailer wheels look like a different size to the other wheels in the kit which is why I had to cobble something together rather than cast them. I've been meaning to try and scratch wheels for a while so it was also a bit of an experiment. Hopefully future ones will be better.

Michael Kohl
Love the subject and the build. Not really knowing what I'm talking about I'd say it's as british as british can be

gorby
Thanks Michael. You're quite right, they are as quirkily British as it's possible to be and unlike most quirky British vehicles these were a actually successful. 🙂

Mr D
Like what you have done so far, good thinking on utilising items , l always look at a item before l throw it away to see if it could be useful.
My fire extinguisher handle was just offcuts laying in my scrap tub., ps it finished now will photo tomorrow.
Your right...a MC Donald's or frozen pizza box would be bit out of place 🤣 Fire ash, tin cans, spud peel n bit of dog poo most likely 😄.
Quite rewarding the scratch build l imagine.
Looking good 👍👍

Michael Schubert
Looks like I'm a bit late to the party, but pulling up a chair way in the back to follow along 🤣 looks like a fun little project

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂
I have to fight against an inherited hoarding gene, so it's a bit of a fine line I have to walk with saving odd and sods for scratching.
At the moment it's very enjoyable project. It's helping to keep my grey matter from seizing up completely, working out how to make something from a pile of bits.

Jennifer Franklin
I am pulling up a seat. I can't wait to see what you do with the scratch building of an I beam.

gorby
Thanks Jennifer. Hopefully I'l show more work soon. 🙂

Kesa Tiho
Really creative way to make rubbish. Im honestly surprised at how well you can DIY and scratch stuff, top notch stuff. Either way the progress is nice.
Also if you don't mind me asking, what operation did your missus go through? Having to administer blood thinners sounds pretty serious.

gorby
Thanks Kesa. 🙂
Mrs Gorby had a hip replacement op. Normally she'd just need medication for the blood thinning but fortunately for my scratch-building junk pile, they thought injections would be better.
Okay, that makes me sound like a bad person. 😄

shadowlight
Not at all... you are aware of your "waste footprint" ^^

Kesa Tiho
Gotta agree with shadowlight. Your not a bad person 🙂. This reminds me of a quote from one of my favourite games: "I'm not an angel, but when you see Trevor your gonna swear I am one." Except It's "I'm not an angel, but when you see Kesa your gonna swear I am one." 😄

Mr D
@ Kesa
GTA-5 by any chance Kesa ??
Interesting build this one ... good to follow.
Did you have any 3wheel vehicles in your part of the world ?
👍😄

Kesa Tiho
Yeah Mr D! Do you play the game?

Mr D
Kesa ...l have played it,
I like retro gaming mostly now👍

Mark Sherwood
Holy Chewbacca on a bagel. Who's, who?

Kesa Tiho
I like the exhaust (yeah i know, a half assed comment) but good god I have never seen a more perfect card... ever.... Truly a masterpiece gifted to us from the scratch building god 😄

gorby
Progress has been slow. I have a problem with Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) so everything slows down including brain and enthusiasm. Particularly enthusiasm. It's the part of the year I have more difficulty working out how to make parts and usually the first or second attempts end in disaster before something passable emerges.
Perhaps I should drum into myself "Must do KITS in the winter…. Must do KITS in the winter..."

Alec K
Sounds like a road trip to southern Spain is in order. 😊

gorby
😄 😄 😄
I'll see if I can work up some enthusiasm for that. 😉

Mr D
Great work and like the updates, taking shape well now.😃👍

Jan Peters
You're on a roll now Gorby!

gorby
Thanks Mr D, Jan, and the other peeps for their likes. 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
The second attempt on the engine cover looks nice!

gorby
Thanks Jennifer. 👍
It almost certainly isn't accurate but I won't be loosing any sleep over it. 🙂

Rui S
Excellent scratch work, as usual 👍

gorby
Thanks Rui. 🙂

Spanjaard
that jib is just AWESOME!!! amazing job my friend, amazing.

gorby
Wow, thank you Spanjaard! 🙂

Robert Podkoński
I fully agree with Spanjaard! AWESOME!

bughunter
Luckily this dusty work in between didn't kill you (even if the mask looks like it tried hard), so now we see new marvellous scratch work 👍

gorby
Thanks Robert and Frank. 🙂
It was quite a good mask Frank, it's now black on the outside but completely white inside. Mind you my entire workshop* is completely covered in a fine black dust which I haven't had the enthusiasm to clean up yet. Maybe tomorrow.....or the day after. 😄

* I call my workshop 'The Hutch'. I'm a veggie, which means I eat rabbit food, therefor.... 🙂

Mr D
Hi Gorby 👋
The trailer looks great 👍 pulling of some nice scratch work 😁👍

Jennifer Franklin
Learning a tonne about scratch work, thanks for all the details. Everything looks amazing.

Alec K
Wow, impressive scratchbuilding. I love it. Nice to see you do something useful once in a while… 😂😂😂

Jan Peters
I agree, quite impressive scratch building.

Michael Kohl
As expected a joy to follow.

gorby
Thanks very much everyone for your nice comments.
I must admit that this part of the build was more irritating than enjoyable, although having said that it was certainly preferable to 'Useful work'. 🙂

Mr D
Thought I'd pop n see how Gorby is getting on with his scratch building 👀.
Very nice... Great job on the Jib 👏 very skillful to pull this build off the way you have.
Pleasure to follow 😀👍

Stefan Schacht
very nice, I take a seat.

Jan Peters
After the labour of love you did for your daughter, which of course isn't a chore being the loving dad you are, it's back to the salt mines to get some real hard work done 😀
That's some great scratch building on the jib, and the
Scammell is really looking the part.

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂
Hopefully there should be another update in the next couple of days.

Marko
It's great what's being created again - the kit base seems to be a challenge.
Good succeed!

gorby
Thanks Marko.
Of the two builds, I'm finding the kit conversion (the Scarab) to be more of a challenge than the full scratch-build (The Mechanical Horse & trailer) which isn't what I was expecting at all.

gorby
Still progressing slooooowly. These tiny 1/76 bits seem to take longer to make than they do in larger scales. 1/48 feels huge in comparison and 1/35 would probably blow my mind.
This update means the Mechanical Horse is now complete, yaaaaaayyyy. 🙂
Eeeerm, except the tiresome colouring-in bit of course. 🙁

Spanjaard
looks great as it is!!

David Taylor
I had a brush very similar to that one.Had it for twenty years,changed the head a few times and the handle thrice.LOL.

Mr D
Trigger has got his broom 😉
Great 👍

bughunter
gorby, your pic 73 reminds me an old joke:
A drunk man comes home and his wife is waiting for him with a broom. He asks her: "Do you want to clean or are you going to fly off again?"
Nice scratch work again 👍

Robert Podkoński
This is simply the master-class scratch work tutorial. Chapeau bas!

Jan Peters
Small scale scratch building at its best 🫡

gorby
Wow, thanks very much for the comments mates. 🙂

Alec K
You managed some magic with this build (y )

gorby
Thanks very much Alec. 🙂

Michael Kohl
Really fine stuff

Mark Sherwood
True about the binmen, pick a metal bin off the floor to their back, everything was in it. No recycling back then. By the way that's a rather fetching brush ( Erm, Boom, Boom)

gorby
Thanks Michael & Mark. 🙂

Mr D
Gets better every time 👏, the old bin wagon used to have a storage bucket on the side... remember they had brooms n couple shovels...for when the stuff fell everywhere,
I remember they used to come round the back of the house open the gate "which they never closed" and Cary the old black rubber type bin on there back, they used to hopp on the side of the wagon between streets " Before Health n safety 🤣" most bin-men were on the sick with bad backs before 50.
Remember the heavy rubber lids that said "No Hot Ashes"
No faffing getting it built 🤣 famous word's.
Great work so far 😀👍

Dave Flitton
Another Gorby Masterpiece.

Jennifer Franklin
Gorby this is a little mind-blowing the things that you can do.

Mark Sherwood
A funny thing happened to me the other day, this duck said. . . . . . . . . . . . .

gorby
Thanks very much for your comments mates. 🙂
Mr D: I'm old enough to remember the predecessor to the black plastic bins, the galvanised steel ones – the ones which rusted and sometimes when they were picked up the bottom fell out. Thankfully they were replaced before I started to work nights because bin day used to be a very noisy business. 😄
Thanks to everyone again. 👍

Daniel H
Such an interesting subject. I'm enjoying both your writing *and* watching the build. 🙂

Jan Peters
I was just about to write the same, love the humorous comments to the updates Gorby

gorby
Thanks very much Daniel & Jan. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
We all love Gorby's works and narrations, as it seems!

gorby
Thanks Robert...you'll make me blush. 😳
🙂

Spanjaard
fully agree with Robert!! 🙂

gorby
Thanks mate. 🙂

Alec K
Aye aye, I think Gorby may have missed his true calling 😉

I love the garbage collection nostalgia. I got the feel for the British variety from Mr. Bean. 😄

Mark Sherwood
@Alec K. Try the Dustbinmen, you can get episode's on You Tube. A late sixties, early-ish seventies sit com. The cart was nicknamed Thunderbird 3. I think it was written by Jack Rosenthal , which I think he wrote London's Burning too.

Bas Tonn
Hmmm... what iis this? Strange, unusual, I like it. Will have to check it out.

gorby
Thanks for the nice comments mates.
Alec: When I left school in the late 70's there wasn't much call for someone who talked rubbish in Coventry. The politicians were mostly in London. 😄
Mark: I've never head of that programme.
Bas: welcome to the oddness. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
Gorby: Based in Manchester cast of characters included Heavy Breathing, Cheese and Egg, Winston and Eric. Cheese and egg was the gaffer of No.3 Gang, Heavy Breathing the lothario, Winston fervent Man City fan and Eric who was Welsh.

David Taylor
May I humbly bow to the king of faff.LOL

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Oh, dear I'm not sure I can keep up the same standard of utter drivel. 😄

Mark Sherwood
Two buttons and a milk token , surely a man of affluence. Very nice scratch building Gorby.

Ben M
Gorby can set up a side business making buttons.

Michael Schubert
Apart from the amazing scratch building going on, i think the commentary near takes the cake, i check in every day for further updates and have a really good chuckle after work..really brightens my day, thanks @gorby!

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Thanks all. I think my button business might struggle with two buttons per hour. Mind you, they're hand-made….Etsy here I come. 🙂
Michael: I can't guarantee the quality of my prattling but it's nice to hear my own flavour of odd is appreciated. Also, I like your little furry friend (No that ISN'T a euphemism 😄 ).
Although progress has been slow there was a bit of a boost yesterday and I'm hoping that something (hopefully not the kitchen) will get painted by next weekend. 😮
Now that's jinxed it hasn't it.

Mr D
A Wheely good job 🫣 , They would say it was a visual obstruction now days.
Keeping to the photos nicely 👍

gorby
Thanks Mr D. 👍

gorby
I'm slowly getting the the finish line. Someone pointed out this nice video about the Scarab which shows what a game changer it was (why does everything on YouTube have to claim it's a 'GAME CHANGER!!!!!' and when you watch it seems they've only found the cure for insomnia.).
Youtube Video

Robert Podkoński
These details you've made from scratch are simply unbelievably awesome... I suppose I should buy the same glasses (photo #99 😉

Alec K
Nice magnifiers! I have been using an optivisior in conjunction with 3+ magnification readers for years. The trick is not to let anyone see you wearing that. What magnification is that Amazon find you are sporting?

Jan Peters
Watching in awe, yet again. Really enjoying the ride Gorby 😀
Oh, and warm beer is an awful nightmare to us savage continentals 🍻

gorby
It isn't the first time I've used magnifying glasses but these are a GAME CHANGER!!! 😄
Alec: I usually use the 3X magnification although these do go up to 5X – which may take some getting used to as it's like being drunk without any of the pleasure. 🙂
Jan: Obviously non Brits have to chill their beer to hide the flavour. 😉

Thanks all for taking the time to comment mates. 👍

Ben M
I went to Zenni optical website and got on the online chat. Told the person I wanted glasses with my short distance correction for doing close up intricate work with +2 magnification. He helped me adjust my prescription to this and they made me a set for $35 that are an amazing help.

Spanjaard
that seems a great idea Ben. gorby, those details are truly stunning.....

Roland Sachsenhofer
I started with Revells Arado for another round: this time I aim to get a representation of a civil floatplane, used in Sweden in the mid 40´s. Decals are from "Topdrawing 14", I trustfully hope they will work as good as they are looking...
You can see three building steps, next will see the decals fixed and the cowling painted blue. I am quite pleased with that subject -and looking forward to finsh that nice looking floatplane in the very near future 🙂

Christian Bruer
Hi Roland, interesting colors. This seems to be a really unique Ar196!

Stefan Schacht
Hi Roland, interesting, i'm tuned in

Kevin Foureman
Looking forward to seeing this one finished. Looks like a very interesting paint scheme.

Roland Sachsenhofer
I am pleased you are interested! As soon as I got to know about that version I had to have that Kagero decals...
Look at that site (in German language) to get a very informative "biography" of that special Arado. It´s an article from "Flugzeug Classics" illustrated with rare pictures of the late SE-AWY.
flugzeugclassic.de/z..=240&show=seite1

Kevin Foureman
I will try to go check it out thanks. 🙂

Ricardo Gonzalez Ramos
Fine! Nice variant. Great work on the Engine!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Yesterday I got the decals applied, the parts of Kagero/ Cartograph proved to be of excellent quality and have been a pleasure to use.
Thank you mates!

Gordon Sørensen
I really like the variation in the silver, and thanks for showing how you did it! The engine looks great too!

Aghis Barberopoulos
Another Arado !?! Nice work on the engine

ole moller
looks great mate,love the engine

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you guys! Yes Aghis, another one... 🙂

Roland Sachsenhofer
The Swedish Arado got finished wirhout any further troubles; I did a decent and, as I hope, adequate amount of "wear and tear" similar to the condition shown in the few pictures of the real thing.
That was a rather dense build; enabled by the excellent and innovative Revell moldings and the trouble-free Cartograph decals. Anyway, for me it will be the last Arado floatplane for a while... 🙂

Wim van der Luijt
a very good looking threesome. This latest one turned out very good, I really like the tonal variation in the silver of the airframe

ole moller
they do all look fantastic,its one aircraft i would love to build one day

Vorya hidaryan
Very nice roland 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you very much guys, your words make me happy!

Michel Huijghe
Roland this one is for me the best you've made.👍

Christian Bruer
Well now you should be able to build them without using a construction manual😉 Great stuff mate, very nice!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Michel, Christian, I recommend to everyone that fine Revell kit- even if the inovative canopy construction is a little bit of an unresolved problem to me. Your comment makes me quite proud, thank you both!

Stefan Fraundorfer
Und wieder eine erstklassige Arbeit von Dir - gratuliere! Kannst Du mittlerweile eine Arado 196 blind zusammen bauen? So wie wir es damals beim Bundesheer gelernt haben, ein Sturmgewehr blind zu zerlegen und wieder zusammen zu setzen.

Jens
eine edle , vollkommene , überwältigende Ansicht der Versionen und Exoten die man aus der Revell Arado machen kann , einfach nur Klasse 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hallo,
Stefan, vielen Dank! Naja, ich vermute einmal, dass der blinde Zusammenbau mit der Arado derzeit besser funktioniert wie mit dem StG 77... 🙂
Jens, beeindruckendes Worte die mich sehr motivieren- danke!

Alberto Bianchi
WOW! Great job! Bravo

Fab Fantin
Great job and very nice detailing work as beeing a land surveyor i would say the map on radio navigator station is 100% accurate !

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you mates!
Fab, you are right 🙂 Have you seen the set square on the navigators table- and the divider? Revell has definitly a sense humour 🙂

Fab Fantin
Yes Roland i saw it this is amazing and the level contour lines on the map also killing me ! Next time i will try to find this map series hoping these are not out of date 😄

Mike Grant
That's absolutely beautiful 👍

Xenia V.
Unglaublich! Schönes Arbeit wie immer, Roland!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Hello! Thank you very much for your encouragement- I feel motivated! Danke vielmals, Xenia!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you for "Liking" this very old one!

gorby
WOW! That was a stunning build Roland. It was posted the year before I joined ScM so I've not seen it before.
Hope you are doing well and your injury isn't causing you too much discomfort.

Markus Antonius
Occasionally happens, when kits ar re-released @Ronad Sachsenhofer 🙂

Pietro De Angelis
As they say,
there is no 2 without 3,
beautiful Arado,
congrats!

Roland Sachsenhofer
I appreciate your feedback - thank you! That was actually one of my first "three-part projects" where I got stuck on one topic, so to speak. Gorby, thanks for asking, luckily I'm well looked after. As I only move around with crutches and my wife cooks for me, I just have to make sure I don't put on any weight in the next six weeks 🙂

Pietro De Angelis
💪

Guy Rump
Beautiful! 👍

Rui S
A Beauty, indeed 👍
I've this kit and if you did it OOB I'm very pleased with that. Your albuns will be most interesting when I tackle mine 😉

Chrisswe
Very nice! Perfect finish.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you for these very kind words, mates!

Neuling
Sehr schöne Arbeit. - Für Dich gute Besserung, Roland!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Danke- für beides! 🙂
Thank you -for both! 🙂

Zbynek Honzik
Great job, Roland! And unique livery for this aircraft. 👍

gorby
Very nice work!

Rui S
I agree. Great work 👍

Rui S
I like them a lot 👍

F-104
Thanks for your feedback Rui S. 🙏

Zbynek Honzik
Very nice! Clean job. 👏👏👏

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.

Jean-Daniel Aebischer
Superb diorama, very realistic, I really like the patina of the vehicles, very nice rendering of the tracks.

Jennifer Franklin
No airbrush or decal softeners?? How did you do this? However you did it, it's gorgeous. I love all the details. I can see that a lot of thought was put into this.

Rui S
@ Jean-Daniel, Thank you very much for your nice comment. I'm glad you like them. The RSO tracks were a real treat, it was quite difficult to mold them convincingly, as I didn't know what superglue was at the time. 😮 So I had to use sewing thread as I did and documented later on my Esci halftrack sdkfz 10/4.

@ Jennifer, Thank you so much for stoping bye and comment. Apreciate and happy for your kind words. I always try to think my dios in a way that they tell a plausible story, even when there are new additions later, as was the case. But don't get me wrong. What I meant is that the Ketten, the trailer and the figures were not painted with an airbrush, but the RSO was. I think it was the first time I used it in a 1/35 kit.

U1 PLAMO
Great finish! It's an attractive kit

Rui S
Hi U1 PLANO, thank you for your kind comment. It makes me very happy to know that you liked this one.

Jean-Daniel Aebischer
Hi, very nice result, on mine, the kennels are Friulmodel, they are the first ones I mounted, a tedious, but good result, the tarpaulin is a paper handkerchief.

Rui S
Hi Jean-Daniel, Thank you for your comment. I'm glad you like it.
I've used the some tarpaulin material in my Opel blitz. It works just fine.

Timmie
Very good looking display.

Stefan Schacht
Very nice 👍, I am always amazed at what you can do with old kits.

Neil Patrick
This turned out great Rui and is a worthy case for the oldie but goodie chart. I think some old Italeri kits are better than their newbies. I think this kit began as a 1976 tooling by an obscure brand called TOMY. Anyway I'm going up to the attic soon to see what ancient goodies I can find...

Rui S
@ Timmie, Thank you very much for stoping by. I'm glad you like this one.
@ Stefan, Thx for your kind comment. Apreciated. I tackle this oldies because at the date they where the ones I could aford, but I always enjoy the learning process.
@ Neil, Thank you for your comment, really enjoy reading it. I'm looking forward to see you do the Italeri RSO. I like Italeri, and I didn't yet started with the more newbies in my stash. Geting more expirience first 😄

Sebastian Meyner
I might be a bit late RuiS, but this a beautiful diorama....always loved the looks of thr RSO 👍 Especially Picture no. 3 could pass as thr real thing 👀

Rui S
HI Sebastian. As we say, better late then ever 😄 Thank you for stopping by, Appreciated. I'm glad you like this one. I also like the RSO a lot, mainly after I've built it. Photo 3 is now the Teaser. THX again.

Arif Saeed
Stunning 👏

Rui S
Another Great work 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work. An eye catching colour combination.

Zbynek Honzik
Great job! 👏👏👏

Cristian A
Following 👍

Rui Reis
Cool!👍 Im also building one of these but as a PoAF gunship used in the Portuguese colonial wars in Africa.

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Michael Kohl
Me too

Jan Peters
Following this 👀

Steve Zodiac
Time to blow the dust off this one, first job. See where I got to and what I was thinking. A pencil comes in handy. 🤔

Steve Zodiac
Sub sections 1, 2 & 3 completed, as I am not used to doing a battleship I paint and do a light weathering as I go, so hull weathered wooden deck weathered added metal chains. Next weathering the torpedo launchers. 😀

Steve Zodiac
Working on part 4 instructions, 😀

Steve Zodiac
Little bit of hand painting, then I work on No 5, which is the top of the smoke stack I believe 🤔

Steve Zodiac
Calling it a day, glued, painted, glued and finally a dry fit.😀

Steve Zodiac
Now completed stage 5 including a light weathering, time to move on to stages 6 & 7. 😀

Steve Zodiac
Slow progress, but progress. And finished off with a dry fit. 😀

Steve Zodiac
Today has been a day of consolidation and preparation. And last a little dry fit to see how she coming along.😀

Steve Zodiac
Letting my eyes rest today, so did some prep work on assembly No7 ready for the wooden deck. And a quick dry fit. 😀

Roland
Taking a seat!

Guy Rump
Following as well. 👍

Sy Bar
Welcome aboard, it's an interesting build sofar updates incoming

Łukasz Gliński
Following, planning to get this kit at some point in time

Sy Bar
So far so good. Apart from the parts A9 A10 everything going together well the gaps you see in pic 4 are my fault I did check then promptly forgot to sand my bad gate removal fully but it wouldn't be modelling if there was nothing to fill then sand

Matti Thomaes
Following

Martin Weinpold
Looks good!

Sy Bar
I used Ammo's Cobra acrylic paint - 'Gulf Orange' as I had it to hand and like the colour. The Cobra paints are good covering and tough. One caution do not use their "cleaner & lacquer thinner" to thin it as I did, by not reading label, before adding to the acrylic unless you want an airbrush full of a custard like substance 🫣🙄. When you use their Acrylic thinner it works a treat 👍

Roland
Looks like a relatively straightforward built👍 I think I need one of this too in addition to the Severn Class kit.

Sy Bar
Welcome all those following
The decals are great and work well with micro sol/set. I was concerned I'd mess the long single colour stripe so cut it into smaller sections. The first went well but the second split into smaller pieces on the paper while soaking, not sure if I did this by forcing it flat? Apart from that they work great as can be seen in the hatch decal on front of boat. I still chickened out with the other side but only cut in half and didn't unfurl till transferring and it remained in complete sections 👍

#Roland I too have the Severn kit but have heard it trickier than this modern example

Ben M
I love these colors so much.

Sy Bar
If you are going to replace the solid mooring cleats with your own leave till near the end as I've now managed to knock most of them off at t once 🙄

Łukasz Gliński
Love these RNLI colours too 👍

Sy Bar
All was going well until I looked closer and realised I'd forgot the windows 🤪 I had added the ones I cut out at the rear but some how left the main one out 😳. I also used CA glue and do the cabin is now solid and the whole thing will be bin fodder if I attempt to remove it.
Do I'll try and add the glass pane by pane 🤞I don't make it worse

Kesa Tiho
Tiger I 👍

Mona
🙂 👍

Jan Janssen
Love the setting, good going

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic job!

DerSchottologe
Thank you, Robert! It was my first time bringing a 1:24 car model to completion and first time using a panel liner! Really happy with it!

Robert Podkoński
👍🏻

Rui S
Very nice work 👍

Bob Hall
Chris ! Should I ? LOL !!!!!!!!

Martin Oostrom
This might be a dilemma for you! It is a foreign car, but it's in your favourite livery. To build it or not to build it, that's my question!

Bob Hall
As long as the state doesn't make me drive it I'm fine, I'll stick with my trusty rusty Dodge..

Munkyslut
Ahh if only they gave you a black'n'white Demon.......

Chris Greathouse
YEs! That looks badass af!

Munkyslut
It is pretty cool eh Chris?

Chris Greathouse
Yessir!

Spanjaard
resistance is futile.... LOL

Tom ...
Watching "Man in the High Castle" are we?

Bob Hall
Walker Reruns !

Nathan Dempsey
Oh man, a younger me would run from that truck just to watch what it could do... 🙂

Bob Hall
I take that out on Patrol in a nanosecond !

Munkyslut
I think your patrol would only take a nanosecond if you took that Bavarian bruiser 😉
Those twin turbo sixes make insane horsepower, I saw over 420 on a chassis dyno, factory figures are vastly understated

Neuling
Very stylish prowlers!

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Matti for the like and the previous plastic basher. 🤘🥸👍

gorby
Nice work Mark.

Neil
Agreed! Great work mate! 👏

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Gorby and Neil for your kind comments. Not as prolific as you Neil, nice work on your Diavoli by the way. Gorby, re: Scammel Scarab. British Transport information films keep popping up on my YouTube feed about these 😳 regressing me to my Yoof' and making me suspicious of these algorithms, insidious?🤔🤨🤣🤘🥸👍

gorby
Must mean that deep down you reaaaaaally want to build a Scarab. The algorithm can't be wrong, you must obey. 😄

Mark Sherwood
Gorby. 🤣🤣🤣👍

Mark Sherwood
Thanks Noel and everyone else for the likes. 🤟🥸🤘

Guy Rump
Great job Mark! 👍

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Guy for the support and like 🤘🥸👍

Dave
Mark you did a great job with my favorite aircraft. feel bad about that wing snapping off, but end results is nice. If i get time in the next little while i'll make my way over to the local air museum to get photos of the one they had restored a few years ago.

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Dave. My favourite plane too in all it's iterations.

Mark Sherwood
Thank you for the like J35J 👍and everyone else too 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood
Thanks Sergej, for the like. 👍🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Marc for the like. 🤘🥸👍

Mark Sherwood
Lorraine thanks for the like 👍🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood
This is a challenge. Thank you Ceprin (no reverse Cyrillic N on me qwerty) AHA piaHOB. (Apologies mate for mangling your name.) for the like 🤟🥸👍🇺🇦🤘

Mark Sherwood
Desert Marlin, thank you for the like and everyone else too. 👍🥸🤘

Jose Freire
Is it a nice kit? I am planning to build a Hurricane and have not decided which one to buy yet.

Mark Sherwood
It is a nice kit considering it's age. The problem being, the wing comprises five parts. Gear bay, front of the gear bay, port/ starboard upper wings and a whole under wing. Because the build was going well, I duped myself and constructed the wing. This caused alignment problems and a massive step on the portside. Subsequently, it snapped on forcing the issue. Luckily I have a donor kit, which I am dry fitting at the moment to see how it aligns and the best way to fit it. Posting pic's and description soon.

Mark Sherwood
Rich K, thanks for the like. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood
Rui Rodriguez, thanks for the like and every other plastic basher and beer drinkers too. I've had a fort, Beer Drinkers and Plastic Bashers sung to the toon of Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers by ZZ Top (I'll have to stop listening to my brane when I'm on 6/2)