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gorby
I think you win this weeks prize for most heavy duty modelling tool. 😄
Looks a very interesting conversion.

Lenny Li
I think that kind of set up can tool a real bogie!!

Neuling
Watching .....................

Jakko ‌
> I think you win this weeks prize for most heavy duty modelling tool. 😄

Probably, yeah 🙂 It's a metalworking lathe, so a bit overkill for just turning down the seam on those wheels, but I didn't feel like aching fingers from scraping them down with a knife — I get those even when I hold them in a modelling vice, never mind just between my fingers.

> that kind of set up can tool a real bogie!!

Having seen a disassembled Sherman bogie up close, I must say I think this one is a size too small for that 😉

gorby
The wood effect on the masts is very good.

LucLuke B
Looking good, can't wait to see the rigging.

Rui S
I'm in 👍 😎

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Clement
Nice stuff, your cockpit is fantastic

Bruce Huxtable
Very impressive tiny details, adding greatly to your build 🙂

Nicolas
Great work so far, following.

Roland Sachsenhofer
With these pictures I am starting a project that I am deliberately building parallel to the Boeing 307 'Stratoliner': both aeroplanes are apparently based on the same concept and not only have identical designs, but also share components such as wings, landing gear and engines. The Academy kit has an excellent fit and a refreshing simplicity, so to speak: the interiors would be practically empty except for the simplest seats. So I borrowed a little from my etched parts box and fitted the metal seats with matching upholstery. It certainly looks better than originally! 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here as well 😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
That´s a pleasure!

Cuajete
Good interiors and magnificent detail on the seats 👍

Following (one more time)!

Pietro De Angelis
Fantastic interiors, waiting for another masterpiece!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Motivating words - thank you!

Roland Sachsenhofer
The fuselage halves are now together - the accuracy of fit remains excellent...

Cuajete
Roland, thanks for showing the comparison between the two fuselages 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
You're welcome - I always like something so descriptive myself

Juergen Klinglhuber
Schau ich mir an,....

Ben M
👀

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you both for your reactions. Jürgen und Ben!

Finn
Looking good - following

Dave Flitton
Watching!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you mates!
The pictures are no longer up to date, but show an important step forward: all clear parts are masked!

Roland Sachsenhofer
To avoid giving the impression that nothing has happened: the first layer of Alclad 'White Aluminium' has already been applied over this black!

Michael Kohl
Following.
(Finally you are building stuff I don't have 😜)

Nicolas
Great work so far, following.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Your comments are very appreciated- thank you!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Now the B-17B has its NMF dress and will not take it off: in the meantime I have sprayed a layer of gloss paint so that I can start applying the decals tomorrow.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Great work - looking forward to the next steps,....

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Jürgen!

Cuajete
NMF looks great, Roland! 👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
That makes me very happy - thank you!
A few quick pictures of the current state: I tried to apply the decals yesterday, but the Academy material turned out to be extremely brittle. The beautiful decal marking in red-white-blue on the rudder was a complete self-destructior - and that to such a clear and impressive extent that I even wanted to take a photo of it, because it looked funny 🙂
Well, no big deal, I'll just spray this part myself. In general, the photos make it clear that the decals need to be repaired or even redone in some places.

Cuajete
Many times it is better to paint instead of using some decals. Luckily that has an easy solution, Roland. You do much more complicated arrangements than this and always have very good results. Cheer up!

Roland Sachsenhofer
These are encouraging words - thank you for them!

Roland Sachsenhofer
A few new pictures of the B-17B under construction: the tail is now in the characteristic red-white-blue colour scheme, now the phase begins in which the need for improvement and touch ups is recognised and the various small parts such as antennas, brake lines or the engines/cowling - well, here one can no longer speak of "small parts" due to the amount of etched parts. I can't wait to see how the clear parts have held up under the masking!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Die B-17B ist gestern fertig geworden; ein den letzten Tagen ein wenig foto-faul überfalle ich Euch jetzt mit den Bildern der fertig gestellten "Flying Fortress" in der ersten in Serie gebauten Version!
Wenn man so will, kann man sagen, dass die B-17 ein fotogenes Flugzeug abgibt; dazu trägt auch das blinkende NMF bei.
Die meisten Panel-Strukturen wurden nur mit unterschiedlichen Alclad- Metalltönen geschaffen, das Academy Modell selbst zeigt relativ wenig Strukturen
Ich bin jedenfalls froh, dass die ganze Abkleberei gut gegangen ist und die Klarteile zum größten Teil auch nichts an ihrer Klarheit eingebüßt haben. Bei den Fotos kommt ab und an als Größenvergleich eine Pilotenfigur und wie schon bei vielen 1:72 Modellen als "runing gag" mein Motorrad....
Ich hoffe die Bilder gefallen Euch so, wie mir der kurzweilige Bau Spaß gemacht hat- jetzt auf zum "zivilen" Bruder der B-17, der Boeing 307 Stratoliner!

Łukasz Gliński
My poor command of Tschürman tells me it's done - congrats, it looks very cool in this colourful NMF 👍

Clement
Fantastic work, well done!

Ben M
Wow, that looks great! I enjoyed seeing the progression.

Shar Dipree
Great result. 👍👍👍👍

Nicolas
Great result.

Zbynek Honzik
What a beauty, Roland! Great job! 👏👏👏

Finn
Well done indeed

gorby
WOW beautiful result!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Your comments make me very happy and motivate me - thank you for your encouraging words indeed, mates!

Guy Rump
Great job, congrats! 👍

Ben M
Looks great! How was the kit?

Tony G
Ben M ... in a word .. Trouble!

Guy Rump
Nice job! 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!

Jennifer Franklin
Me too

gorby
Good luck with this. It looks like you'll need it. 😉

Neil
Welcome Robert, Jennifer and Gorby, very pleased to have your interest 🙂 your definitely right there @gorby. I mean I'm used to building 'duff' old kits, but this kit is duffer than the duffest thing ever made by the worlds duffest person! If that makes sense! Hahaha 🤣🤣

Nathan Dempsey
With all the faith within me I summon blessings upon you in this build Neil. This one makes AA Models look like Hasegawa. With that said I felt a great sense of accomplishment upon finishing mine ( something I rarely feel).

Spanjaard
it takes courage to even start such a great quality model.... but you are certainly getting good result out of it, looking forward the end result

bughunter
Two beauties connected 👍

Neil
Welcome! Thanks very much for all your encouraging words mates. You talented bunch are all very kind to show interest in my efforts with such a humble kit. It's definitely fighting me! I've got it a bit further along now, will add some imagery soon - we're at the primer, sand, prime, sand stage. Hahaha!

Nathan Dempsey
Coming together quite nicely. Bringing back the memories 🙂

Neil
Cheers Nathan 😎

John
Thanks for wrestling with this beast of a kit so I don't have to. 👍 Looking good so far with lots of your elbow grease.

Neil
Cheers mate! 🙂 Thanks for your encouragement. I'll continue the battle on this one 👍

Neil
I'm used to building old kits that need 'help'. But this one needs a bit more than usual. After a lot of pre-paint priming filling/scraping/hacking/filing/sanding work and then more post primer fiddling, it's beginning to take shape somewhat. I couldn't resist giving it a blast of aluminium lightly on the wings last night! 😉 👍

gorby
Remarkable perseverance and patience Neil. Most people would have given up on it by now.

Neil
Hi Gorby 👍 Thanks mate! Yeah, I'll get it into some kind of Mustang shape hopefully.

Thomas Bischoff
I for sure would have given up!
a lot of work but the result is convincing 👍

Mike Montgomery
Is it weird that I could feel your pain, just by looking at the photos of your build?

Neil
Hi Thomas 🙂 yeah, it's tried my patience that's for sure. Thanks for your words of encouragement though mate, really appreciated 👍 I'll get there. At the end of the day, if it looks (a bit) like a Mustang then it is a Mustang!! Obviously it's no Hasegawa! @mike, hehehe. Yeah I've kept my language polite, but not surprised my pain was still apparent! 🤣 Thanks for dropping by 👍

Nathan Dempsey
Lovely work Neil. Can't wait to see the next steps.

Neil
Thanks Nathan - I know you 'appreciate' this kit journey also! I'm really not sure that a stars and stripes aluminium scheme is gonna be the easiest finish to help hide imperfections of this kit either. But I'll do my best 👍

Patryk S.
Following! Watching your builds of those older kits is something I can never get enough of because of the quality of your builds and the nostalgia factor. Big Respect from my side. Greetings, Patryk.

Neil
Hi Patryk 🙂 Thanks mate! That means a lot. It's true that more often than not, it's a bit of a slog to get these oldies into shape. It's often tempting to bin one, hahaha 🤣 Especially when I look on the feed and see all these wonderful new kits which seem to (nearly always) fit in such an accomplished manner. But I rather masochisticaly choose to continue! Who knows why!? You're very kind, especially as I'm aware of your own skills. Greetings back atcha matey 😎👍

gorby
Looks like you're winning the battle Neil. Remarkable work!

Nathan Dempsey
Holy moly Neil, that's looking great!

Neil
Hi mates. Thanks very much for checking in again and your encouraging words, hope you're both well 🙂 👍 Your feedback is most gratefully received and buoys me up to continue attacking this dastardly duo! POW! BANG! KAPOW! 👍 😉

J35J
Great progress, keep up the good work!👍🏻

Neil
Cheers mate 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Nicolas
Nice start, watching.

Dave Flitton
Watching!!

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3, wondering if the Salamander is any good

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Oh, the Buccaneer! 👀

Guy Rump
Following too. 👍

Neuling
Turn back, poor guy! - Excellent work by the way ........

F Matthews
Indeed!! Thanks!

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Freak
I really enjoyed doing a quick build with a deadline and a nice dark uniform paint scheme again. Never thought I'd be able to deliver something like this in just one weekend and a bit! And it motivates me to finish the tough camo on the Belgian Sea King.
Thanks for the likes!
P.S. to be clear, this is not an actual commissioned build but just for a friend who loves the Corsair

Mr D
I've got the Tamiya 1/72 in my stash, will build it after my IAR-80
Nice job 👍👍 it's a really hard model to get a realistic look with 👌

Freak
Thanks, Mr D!
The dark color is forgiving of my brushing skill and Vallejo acrylics, so that helped!
Looking forward to both of those builds of yours! I should do an IAR 80 too at some point, perhaps with a figure inside representing my Romanian roommate. She's in this picture, disapproving of the Union Jack:
Sea Harrier FRS.1, 70s, magnets | Album by Fr3ak (1:72)

Guy Rump
Nice job, congrats! 👍

David Taylor
Watching.

Pierre Pierre
following

Ben M
👀

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Jennifer Franklin
I am following too 👀

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat as well.

Shar Dipree
Watching!

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

Lochsa River
checking this one out....

Jv
I'm in to

Jan Peters
Following this 👀
It's not often you see a wooden ship being built here.

David Taylor
Watching.

Shar Dipree
Looks great so far!

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Nicolas
Nice Project, I'm watching.

Rando
Bring on the crazy conversions, definitely want to see this!

Moreno Baruffini
Me too!!! Following,!

J35J
Nicolas, Rando & Moreno Baruffini, welcome to the project!

Moreno Baruffini
Thanks to you! Really a great start!

Rando
Had no idea that they made a carrier borne Mosquito til I saw this project, lots of interesting and unique features to include here

J35J
@Rando - Thanks for your intrest, indeed it is a quite unique bird.
Derived from the Mosquito the Sea Mosquito was intended to be used aboard the Fleet Air Arm's aircraft carriers. During its time in service it would only be used by land based squadrons. Two variants of the de Havilland Sea Mosquito were built and only 67 was produced.

Neil
Very interesting project. Looking good J35J. Following 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Joining the party 👍 very nice job so far

J35J
Thanks Neil & Łukasz Gliński for your comments.

Andy Ball
well, this version I haven't heard of, so I'll crane my neck over yours...

Łukasz Gliński
Seems quite a logical idea - staying afloat in case of ditching into the sea 😄

Bernd Grün
Very nice project. It turns out very well. 👍 Didn't know anything about Sea Mosquitos.

J35J
Thanks mates for your intrest and kind comments. The project is slowly moving forward. Waiting for some photo etch parts.

David Taylor
I'm in.

Rando
Damn what a clean paint job.

J35J
Thanks David & Rando for you comments. Much appreciated👍🏻
Paint job and a light weathering in progress. Need to crack on with the decals in next phase before getting the folded wings in place.

Robert Podkoński
Somehow I missed this project before... And I have never heard about Sea Mossie up to now... Great job so far - keep it up!

BC NRA
This is very impressive work. I didn't know there was a Sea Mosquito.

J35J
Thanks BC NRA for your kind comments. Yes, the Sea Mosquito was a rare bird. Always fun to research & build the more odd versions.

Guy Rump
Looking great! 👍