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Neuling
Nice collection!

Thib
Hey ! Est ce que le kit fouga magister est encore disponible ?

Boris B
Bonjour, Oui, il est disponible, mais il n'y a qu'un kit sur les deux d'origine. Il est complet, scellé et les decals aussi.
Boris

nikfrost
That gloss finish still looks really good!

DerMattes
Looks fantastic! I also really like the idea to finish a kit, even if it was started 20 years ago! 👍

Sarah-Jane
wow great save with the windshield

Gary Curling
WOW, a first class model great photos too,well done

Scott Dutton
Thanks Gary

Pepe
Sin palabras... Una obra maestra

Guy Rump
Very impressive build. 👍

Scott Dutton
Thanks Guy, have another to go with Lein8ngrad Tiger

Pietro De Angelis
I've just been lucky enough to see it, simply impressive work, congrats!

David Taylor
Nice.

Scott Dutton
Thanks David and Pietro

Olivier
Very real looking tank and crew.

Scott Dutton
Thanks Olivier, got the dusty look I was after

CaptGPF
Excellent build all around - from the tank, the crew and the dusty feeling I get just by looking at it!

Lenny Li
Look dry and dusty. Love it! well done.

Paul Eden
Next level. Excellent model.

Neuling
Top build and photos!

Neuling
Very good first impression! More photos please!

Thib
Thank you very much, more pictures are coming

Kesa Tiho
Silly looking truck 👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!

Spanjaard
first row available? great, ready for the scratch master class 🙂
and a bit of fun too, of course 😉

gorby
Welcome to the build mates.
Kesa: Sillier the better for me. I go out of my way to find odd things to build. 🙂

David Taylor
Back in.

gorby
👍 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
I love the armoured cars and Gorbs' projects - I have to watch this too 👍

gorby
Welcome Lukasz. I hope the end result won't disappoint. 🙂

CaptGPF
I often winder how you choose your next topic for scratch builds! The subject matter is always something different or interesting - and the builds just phenomenal! Taking a seat to see the next creation!

Greg Baker
Oh, this is cool. I scratch-built an armoured car too - nothing this intense though - so I'm super-keen to see this one shape up.

gorby
Thanks both. 👍
Capt: for this one I went looking for something Norwegian, because that was the subject of the GB for Jens. It had to be something I'd be able to scratch build (as I was too tight to open my wallet to buy something. 😄 ). Normally it's because I just stumble on an interesting picture. 🙂

John Hughes
Another case of Norway nul points?

Alec K
Splendid, I am in 👍

gorby
😄 😄
Glad you could both join in. 🙂

gorby
New photos start from number 13
Build stage is now complete, just need to get the crayons out to colour it in. 😉

Łukasz Gliński
Those rivets look good 👍

Kesa Tiho
Silly angry black truck 👍

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Soon it'll be a silly, moderately angry grey truck. 🙂
Thanks for your comments mates. 👍

Alec K
Nice progress on this dry teabag-proof vehicle 👍😂

gorby
Teabag-proof is a bit of a stretch. I suspect the insurance would have been void if they drove past Tetley's.
I'm currently making a pigs-ear of the weathering. No change there then. 😄
Thanks Alec. 👍

gorby
I'm not one of those people who claim to have a remarkable super-power...the ability to know what colour something is in a black and white photo. I haven't found anywhere which mentions what colour it was, so I'm going grey. Actually most of my hair fell out before I went grey but that's probably down to living with a daughter all those years ago. 😄
Oh yes, grey. I used Tamiya XF-87 as I thought that would be the most actuate shade of grey for something I know nothing about. Or it could equally be that I've got a lot of XF-87. Seems like a good enough reason to me.
I hope to get the completed pics posted at the weekend.

bughunter
Square, pragmatic, great! 👍

Michael Kohl
I am German. So square is my kinda stuff.

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Thanks matiepoos. 🙂

Finn
Really, really cool

gorby
Thanks very much Finn. 👍

Aaaaaannd…..tis done. Completed photos now posted. Hope you like my obscure Norwegian oddity. 🙂

Alex Rakhimgulov
Wow! Such an unusual and interesting piece of tech art! Joy!

Alec K
Very nice, love it 👍

Spanjaard
fantastic job gorby

Greg Baker
Lovely!

Duster_d
Cool armored car! 👍

John Hughes
Didn't the A-Team build that in a shed once? Nice job, gorby!

David Taylor
Another nice build Gorby.

Mick Burdett
Great build love the rivets. How you do that?

Mr D
Amazing the way it's built up from scratch, Nice work 👌👍👍

gorby
Thanks mates for your lovely comments. 🙂
Mick: The description on Photo number 13 explains the rivety skin.

Kesa Tiho
Bloody lovely. The wait was worth it

gorby
Thanks very much Kesa.
This was a very quick scratch-build for me, I think it was a bout three weeks. My Steaplechaser traction engine took about four months to build. Now that was a long wait. 😄

Łukasz Gliński
That was as quick as it's cool 👍

Neuling
Interesting vehicle, very well done!

gorby
Thanks very much Lukasz. 🙂

Spanjaard
really curious to see where this one ends, looks good so far 🙂

Cristian A
Following, this is an amazing idea with the Cambodian temple!

CaptGPF
Definitely following!

Mr D
Done a good job, nice interesting diorama 👌.
Did you use the Arii model or did you get the AliExpress version..??
I've ordered a model for a Diorama idea l have for winter.
Great display piece n good story 👍👍👍

ALBERTO ITURBURU HERREROS
No, Mister D, my Phantom is an AliExpress kit. I suppused it is an Arii model becouse the picture

Mr D
Thanks 👍,
I know the kit, l have the mini-hobby version in stash, lve built 4 of those little 1:144 kits of AliExpress, there in my main album, alot of them are old Arri kits also can be found under ( cc lee ) in kit search.
Nice idea 💡😃👌👍

Shar Dipree
Following!
I also own this kit. How good, precise and detailed do you think it is?

Rolf Rolf
i do not build a lot of 1 144 scale kits, but as far as the ageof it gos it seems pretty good, it is lacking some details,but theyy are ones you can live without, for example their is no backwall for the inside of the engine intakes

Shar Dipree
Thx.

Treehugger
It is reboxing of Revell's kit, apparently.

I put some black cardboard inside the engine to make it look better, for both the big air intake and the small air intake at the front.

I added a custom clearpart to each side of the wing, a fun and simple fix. 🙂 I had a lot of fun building this (other Revell boxing) kit, nothing too complicated.

I thought the tailhook parts on the Revell kit were weird, iirc.

I wonder if there is any wiring for the Hawkeye plane, it might look even nicer if adding that detail, I don't remember it if has any.

Btw, I think I am reading now that the prototype first flew on 21. October 1960.

Villiers de Vos
Following.

Cuajete
Interesting and unusual.
Following!

Alex K
Me 3 - having the Rothmans box in my stash, I will follow with great interest,

Nicolas
Count me in.

Peter Mollenhauer
My pleasure, gentlemen! 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Cool topic! 👍

Thomas Kolb
Very interesting, but the S2 is this scale must be tiny! I will be watching for sure!

Robert Podkoński
Watching with pleasure!

Michael Kohl
Me too.

Ben M
👀

Gordon Sørensen
Great job so far, Peter!
Watching with great interest. I have the Rothmans and Canadian Reds kits in my stash, too. I built the kit many years ago, and remember that the decals aren't opaque enough.
I remember as a kid, seeing the Canadians Reds (and later known as the Rayban Reds)at a couple Airshows in my home province of Alberta.

Villiers de Vos
This little model is turning into a beautiful little gem.