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Mr D
Looking good 👍
Nice subject 👌

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Neil
Hi Mr D 👋 yeah it's a cute airframe! Especially when you sit it next to a same scale F-14! Hahaha. Thanks for your compliment and interest 👍

Neil
Thanks Guy 😁 you're most welcome to peek indeed 👍

gorby
I built this kit not long after I returned to modelling. It was a bit of a painful experience and I haven't gone near Special Hobby since. 😄
No doubt you'll make a much better job of yours.

Neil
Hi Gorby and Denis 🙂 Thanks for stopping by with comments and info. @gorby, yes this is the first Special Hobby kit I've attempted. I'm not confident I will accomplish what you kindly say. Nevertheless (with your talent) it's very kind of you to even suggest - I'm chuffed! @Denis, I'll definitely follow your advice, metal finish (not yellow) it is for the wheel wells. Thanks also to those who've liked 🙂 👍

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.....

gorby
Thanks mates. 🙂
Ben: The new eyes cost me £35. The built in LED light is a revelation as much as the better vision. The old mag glasses had a light but the extra batteries made it too heavy and very uncomfortable to wear so I didn't put batteries in it. The new one has a rechargeable battery built in which make it much more comfortable. Which is just as well as I need it for about 90% of my modelling now.

Mr D
Better...got to have the tools , project looking great 👍👍

gorby
Sorry about my tardiness in updating this album, blame my daughter. I keep telling her I've retired and should be leading a life of leisure but that apparently means nothing to daughters. I can't hold her entirely to account as I've been pruning a tree this morning. I can be a bit, errm, lets say "vigorous" when it comes to pruning. The trees probably think of it more as a near-death experience 😳 . Is attempted arborecide a thing?
Aaaannnnyyyway, the fun is over. Now it's time to suffer. Yes I've arrived at the colouring-in bit where I traditionally snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. 🙁

Jan Peters
Great job on the colouring and marking Gorby.
The captions to the pictures make it an even more enjoyable experience 😄

gorby
Thanks very much Jan. 🙂

Alex K
No need to apologize, dear Gorby, the Feb 22 update was something worthy for us in the gallery to wait for... 👍 👍

Mark Sherwood
That's why I sent my Daughter to Canada.

gorby
I think Mrs Gorby wouldn't be impressed if I sent our daughter to a different continent so I could spend more time playing with plastic. Might be worth considering though. 😄
Thanks very much for taking the time to comment Alex and Mark. 🙂

Alec K
😂🤣😂👍

Rui S
Great teaser photo109. Incredible Beautifull small scale work

Spanjaard
wow, paint looks really good in this flea with wheels 🙂

Diorama Dude
Great scratch-conversions with this old Scammell Sacrab kit. Impressive work.👍

gorby
Thanks very much mates. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
You're welcome, she did it under her own volition (I think the smell of lacquer thinners drove her) a nice outcome on your Scammels too, brought back some memories of when I were a lad.

Mr D
Looks great.... should be very proud 👍 you put a lot of work in and created something very unique... Great model work 😁👍

gorby
Thanks Mr D. 🙂

Dominik Weitzer
what tiny models . great work so far

gorby
Thanks Dominik. 🙂

Michael Kohl
Fun to follow, fun to read, fun to watch. I dare say: the jaws of victory are still open...

gorby
😄 😄 😄
Thanks Michael, I'm glad you're enjoying it. 👍

CaptGPF
That level of MICROSCOPIC scratch building is OBSCENE! I'm always at awe of your projects (including the roller of death)!

gorby
Thanks Capt & Lorraine. 🙂

gorby
A couple of months ago Jan said something and it's taken me this long to think it though. Thinking isn't a natural state for me, when it happens the neighbours complain about the noise. The idea for the perfect extra vehicle jumped into my head in the early hours of the morning. This project is invading my dreams! 😮
I'll let you try and work out what it is as I take you though the build. A clue: Most people in Britland would have seen these on the roads, but not one of us wanted one.

Jan Peters
Great job on the car of your dreams Gorby, love the Robin, the car only the British would build.
You keep amazing me with your scratch building marvels, and I thoroughly enjoyed the comments 😄

gorby
Thanks Jan, and thanks for the idea which I sort of took and twisted a little ( incidentally, it isn't a Robin 😉 ).

bughunter
Now, after reading your funny captions for a long time, I'm up to date again. For a non-native English speaker it was sometimes difficult to understand, but thanks to the great help from DeepL I was able to giggle a few times 🙂
At first I thought, and you would definitely be able to do this, that you were folding a Trabant (that iconic East German vehicle) out of cardboard true to the original!

Jan Peters
Ah, I just found out it is an AC invacar, never heard of outside of the British isles I think? 🤔 Still, great scratch building!!

Rui S
Oh my, what a beautiful result 👍

Robert Podkoński
That Invacar of yours is a masterpiece of scratchbuilding, Gorby! I am astonished!

gorby
Thanks all for your nice comments.
Jan: These monstrosities were very common and infamous on the roads here in Britain particularly in the 1970's.
Sorry Frank, I am prone to quite a lot of antiquated Britishisms. I like to keep them alive well beyond their expiry date. 😉 I think the Trabant would sue if it knew you were likening it to the Invacar. 😄
Thanks again mates. 🙂

Alex K
Unbelievable... You turn for just a bit your attention away from the Scammel brothers... and Gorby appears out of the blue with a finished scratched 1:72/1:76 Invacar...!!! You are on fire, mate! 👍 👍

gorby
Thanks very much Alex.
Maybe it's just that I have difficulty focusing on one subject. 😄

Jennifer Franklin
I can't believe you scratch built everything in this album. I have never heard of an Invacar before today, but now I feel like I know them.

gorby
Thanks Jennifer I'm glad you like it/them. Don't forget I can't claim credit for the Scarab cab as that was the basic kit which started all this nonsense. 🙂
Incidentally there were quite a few different types of Invacar based on a similar design. This is the one I was mostly aware of in the 1970's 80's.

Mr D
Hi Gorby the Invacar looks 👍 great .....l remember them parked outside the P.O on a Monday morning.... Motorcycle handlebar,s , they did a great job holding up the traffic 🤣.
Like the gorilla glue headlights ..... good little technique 👍
Nice your keeping the memories alive 😃👍

gorby
Thanks Mr D. Now it's difficult to believe these death traps were allowed on the roads.
I was chatting to the heating engineer today while he was servicing our boiler. He was saying he needs a hobby which isn't too expensive. When I mentioned modelling he asked to see my models and was blown away that it's possible to build things like the tiny Invacar from scratch. He ended up late for his next appointment as he wanted to see my whole collection. 😄

bughunter
I was so crazy to start another build while waiting for now decals to arrive (for this other project).
That is the most demanding beast I ever tried! Not because it is bad - no, the opposite! A full resin build, cast and 3D printed parts, PE and more.
Some guess work regarding type and kit is allowed - so I do not link a project yet 😉
I hope this will generate some interest ...

Alec K
Another project! YES!! But careful, don't let the shelf queens get restless…. Hmmmm, what the heck is this?! Something US, judging by the cockpit color. And it looks like an ejection seat maybe, so something with a turbine engine??

bughunter
- US: check 👍
- ejection seat: check 👍
- turbine engine: check 👍
That is still a big list. US jets are 244 topics here. Ok, not all have an ejection seat.

Christoph Schnarr
Hm, that looks a lot like the cockpit of the XB-85 Goblin and could therefore be the very good resin kit from Halberd Models 😉

c124c
Also my guess : XF-85 Goblin , Halberd Models, 1/48 scale. 🙂

Yngve N
I'm about to start working on a kit with lots of 3D printed resin so it's nice to be able to follow a project by someone experienced 😊

gorby
Oh yes!! You've started the Goblin! 🙂

bughunter
Welcome to all!
Oh yes gorby, I can't resist! I have already x started projects, x+1 one doesn't make a big difference 🙂
And Bingo: yes, you are all right about the Goblin 👍 That is the mother of all egg planes 😎
It is a great kit, but I think not an easy one!
- You should think twice (or better more often) where to cut the resin parts from the cast! I may have done it wrong in some areas.
- sometimes it is hard to see, where the part starts or the cast ends which brings you in trouble later with fit issues
- some 3D printed parts are very very filigree, you don't know how to hold or handle. I'm not a 1:700 ship builder!
- at some points the manual do not show clearly the correct place of a part. After checking reference pics (a must!) I realized my guess was wrong. If you add it to the wrong place you will get in trouble later for sure.
- there are some very tight fits, especially with cast parts. Best is again to check reference pictures if you really reached the final position or a part is not yet deep enough in its place and you need more cleaning of seams.

I will finish the Vega before this beast when the new decals arrive.

bughunter
Some more pics are added showing the prepared cockpit walls. The first inner part is also prepared, the front of the jet engine.
I forgot to mention that there are nearly no color information regarding cockpit and so on in the instructions. There is a colorful 4 side view showing decal and stencil places.

Greg Baker
" I have already x started projects, x+1 one doesn't make a big difference "

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... spoken like a true model builder~!

Marcel Klemmer
😳 Wow

Alec K
Great progress 👍

bughunter
Thanks mates!
Now some progress on the carriage, which is part of the kit (but I had to modify it).

bughunter
As preparation for the fuselage the jet engine parts are prepared now.

gorby
The exhaust and intake look remarkable. Getting all those PE blades in the correct place can't have been easy.

Jennifer Franklin
Following. I like the 3D-printed foot holders. The metal pins are also a nice detail. That exhaust and intake look like they were a challenge to put together. Where did you get this model?

bughunter
Thx mates!
Yeah gorby, that was challenging! See also pic 17.
Jennifer, those food holders was unbelievable filigree, as most of the 3D parts! You really don't know how to touch for cleaning and handling.
For exhaust and intake I followed the manual to cut parts, but made some wrong decisions. This makes it later even more complicated 🙁
I ordered this directly at Halberd, but they sell it also on ebay. But they seems to have some production issues with power outages etc due to Russian invasion.
But I recommend to think twice about it: it is not cheap; it provides nice details, but it is on the other hand some kind of "short run technology". So I had to do a lot of dry fitting and surgery to get things right - but all on resin parts! As I said, that is the most demanding build I have ever done! I will show more soon.

Nathan Dempsey
Interesting subject and looking very nice too.

bughunter
Thank you Nathan! New pics added.

Alec K
What an aircraft this was! Excellent progress 👍

gorby
Very nice work! I love the bizarre stubby shape of the Goblin. A real life egg plane.

Bernhard Schrock
I least expected this flying egg with wings on your workbench 🙂 I haven't seen it built yet and I'm looking forward to a master piece from your hand.

bughunter
Thank you for your time to leave a comment mates!
@Alec It was? It is! Two aircraft were built, 6023 and 6024, and both are in museums.
The kit provides decals for the 6024. Regarding the details this is more complex. Both looks different today, the kit is different compared to both as they are shown today. And even the b/w photos shows many different things: with or without winglets, with one skid, (kit option), with two skids below the wings, the kit has two pitots on the wings - the one in the museum not. And much more!
Yes gorby, me too! That's why I called the project "The mother of all egg planes." 🙂
@Bernhard I looked around and also have not found it built yet, also not in the bigger scale. And I think I know now why as it is definitely not an easy walk!

Your interest is fuel for motivation 👍 so I will add more pics.

Erik Off
A real eggplane, great! Love it, but 100$... puuh. 😉

bughunter
Welcome Erik!
On evil bay even more: https://ebay.de/itm/167316587705 but I think this includes import taxes. The 1:32 kit was even more, but is not available now.
When I ordered mine it was no more available within two days - all sold.
The offers on evil bay in Asia are going crazy already: https://ebay.de/itm/156691540922

But as I said, it is not the price tag which makes me nervous .... I hope I'm able to finish a kit this time!

David Taylor
Missed this one,I'm in.

bughunter
Welcome David! Nice to know you are watching.
Now with teaser of the whole bird 😉

Jennifer Franklin
Love the teaser, wasn't sure what to expect but that does indeed look like an eggplane.

Kyle DeHart
I'm behind the times but I'll be standing at the back watching now!

Robert Podkoński
I'm a little late, but I will definitely watch this talent show diligently! (and the topic is fantastic!)

bughunter
Thank you very much mates and welcome!

David Taylor
You could always do the canopy when it smashed into the arrestor hook and belly landed on the desert.

Ben M
cool!

bughunter
David, I added a picture of the emergency landing skid for you. I will not mount it, but the empty mounting brackets as PE. So no landing in desert, but into a museum.
Welcome Ben, nice to see you here!

Jennifer Franklin
I am looking at that cart and you are an artist bughunter.

Zbynek Honzik
Fantastic job! No doubt you are an artist, bughunter!
I'm following with close attention and anticipation of your next progress.

bughunter
Wow, Thank you both! Now I need a red face smiley .
There is not much difference between pic 26 and 46. I masked the rims and primed/painted the wheels. Some black paint in deep holes and on the food step. The big boost comes form a simple wash with oil paints as this brings up the nice rivets and other details on the cart.
And since you asked so kindly I added more progress pictures.

I stepped on the gas as we have our next club meeting in about a week and our annual show soon after that. It would be great to have the model ready by then!

Ben M
I really want to go to that museum in Nebraska with this and a B-36 😍

bughunter
Ben, I collected a lot of pictures from walkarounds, museum pages, Flickr and so on.
I must say (even I have only decals for the 6024) the 6023 in the "National Museum of the United States Air Force" in Dayton, Ohio is in a much better, more original state. It uses a original cart. See the gallery with 21 photos on the official museum page: nationalmuseum.af.mi..onnell-xf-85-goblin/
The 6024 in Nebraska is on a simple steel frame, no winglets, the hook looks strange. Seems to be polished, without all the nice stenciling. Seems to be trimmed for a nice look, but not very original.

Kyle DeHart
Oh the National Museum of the United States Air Force is so good. I try to go at least once a year. It's just a couple hour drive from me. Beyond worth the price of entry too…which is $0. Beautiful work on that cart Frank. It looks the part.

Ludvík Kružík
After the "Flying Flea" another interesting dwarf has appeared on your modelling table. 🙂 👍

I am particularly interested in this project of yours. Firstly because of the choice of model, but mainly because it is a resin kit with 3D printed parts. As I have several resin kits in my stash and have recently added two 3D printed models, this project is a great inspiration to me.

bughunter
Thank you mates and welcome Ludvík!
Here Halberd made a mix of cast and 3D printed parts. Only the very small ones are 3D printed. I checked both kits (it is also offered in 1:32):
- my small 1:48 one has 38 resin parts and 16 3D print detail parts
- the 1:32 kit 48 resin parts and only 6 3D print detail parts
That is not my first resin kit as I build e.g. kits from LukGraph (also combination of cast and 3D printed, but they move to completely 3D printed kits) and old resin cast kits from "SPIN Model" and "Alliance Models". Here I replaced small parts often with metal and wood. You will find those in my Projects, more to come.
I have not build a jet yet and that is somehow a different story (compared to my usual biplanes) with clear parts, surface details and more.

The most important thing with resin kits is a useless Tamiya Extra thin glue - you have to use CA or epoxy but it brings us many interesting kits which will never made it into a plastic kit.

bughunter
I was hoping for a bit more interest at least from the mates who have the kit in their wishlist or stash. But it is what it is.
More pictures ...
Has anyone ever polished such cast resin canopies? It might have been a possibility, but without a backup I didn't dare.

Bart Goesaert
Looks good, too bad these are phased out with the Brits...

Greg Baker
Wait a minute... this looks familiar... I think I've seen this build somewhere else...😉 looks twice as good now that I've seen it twice!

Rui Reis
Thanks, guys! 🙂 Bart, i agree, it is a shame that such a capable jet had to go.
Greg, i think i know you from somewhere else...😉 Thanks!

Ekki
Very good.

Rui Reis
Thanks, Ekki! I think it's one of my best results so far and it's a really fun kit to build. Cheers!

Stephan Ryll
Very nice Harrier 👍

Rui Reis
Stephan, Bernd, thank you, guys! Glad you like it! Cheers!

Rui
Just stumbled on this build now. Looks great! 👍
Which kit is it the Airfix or the Tamiya?

Rui Reis
Rui, thank you! 😎
The kit is the Airfix 1/772 Gr.7/9. It's a fun and easy build. Good fit overall, good detail for the price and scale, good weapons, cockpit and decals.
I have the Tamiya Harrier and it's an older kit Italeri kit reboxed for the Japanese market. Raised panel lines, much less detail overall so, not even close to the newer Airfix.

Greg Baker
We seem to be uncovering lost treasures lately. This is the second "blast from the past" build I've seen recently. So nice to see them reappear and be re-appreciated all over again.

Danumurthi Mahendra
Nice project.

John Thomas
Nice start

Spanjaard
thanks Danumurthi and John

Christian Ristits
Thats interesting, I am in!

Spanjaard
🙂

Spanjaard
now, i have a question about those slats.... anybody can help?

Patrick Hagelstein
Give it a try! I did some research for a future F-4S and an F-4F build.

Spanjaard
thanks Hagel. do you have any pictures of those slats?

Choppa Nutta
liking those seats 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Do you mean the slats on the inboard wing? So between the foldable part and the fuselage? Or the ones on the actual foldable parts?

Patrick Hagelstein
Another question: Are you building the Black Bunny as an F-4J or an F-4S? The J only had inboard slats, the S had both inboard and outboard slats.

Patrick Hagelstein
I'm just browsing through your album and saw you are using the Wolfpack Hard wing flap down set; F-4J it is! The F-4J has no outboard slats. Be aware that contrary to the trailing edge flaps the slats were rarely down when the plane was on the ground. Only for maintenance and special occasions. Under the wings you'll find three hinges per side. These hinges cant the slats in a forward/upward angle as to create an opening between the slats and the wing to keep the airflow over the wing in high lift manouvres. At the moment I don't have my external hard disk with me but I'll try to link some internet sites which were/are helpfull to me. Just a moment...

Patrick Hagelstein
forum.largescaleplan..pic=44604&page=2
arcforums.com/forums..php?showtopic=224033
These articles show you all the itty gritty details. It's a long read but worth it every page!

Spanjaard
Hi Hagel

first of all thanks for the help. ok, i am a bit confused here, probably due to my own ignorance, but also because the instructions from Wolfpack are also not clear. let's go step by step
yes, you are right, F4J is what i was trying to do (probably taking some licenses in regards to accuracy i am afraid....).

In any case, i have the two areas encircled in color in the picture. in the yellow area, we can see what i have already cut and the leading edge flap (not slat, i hope i get it right now), this will be (since i already cut the wing) down.

now, in the foldable part, i can choose to leave it as it is, or cut the leading edge, and use the part form the wolfpack kit. that will show this part, also down

i have the following picture (thanks Rex) that shows both down, in an N version.
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the only option is to do the surgery and use the lower one, am i correct?

again, thanks for the help, it seems now that i need it even more than i thought 😉

Patrick Hagelstein
Oops... As I read your other question over here I realised I am wrong in telling you about those three hinges... Those were also only on the F-4S. And late F-4E's, F-4F's and F-4G's for that matter. Just stick with what other members answered in your other item.

Spanjaard
no problem Hagel, so i have to start cutting, i am afraid😉

Clifford Keesler
Looking very nice.

Spanjaard
thanks Clifford. pity i am advancing very slow. and progress will probably be 0 in the next week or two....

Clifford Keesler
I know how that goes. LOL.

Patrick Hagelstein
Yep... I'm affraid some cutting is on order. 😉 Rex provided you with a very nice picture. In this picture you can see that the flaps just fold down, nothing too fancy. Good luck and I hope to see some pictures!
BTW time to update my own RF-4E album...

Spanjaard
Alea iacta est 🙂
cutting is done. thanks a lot for all the help. next update will take some time. i will be looking forward seeing your RF-4E Hagel 🙂

Spanjaard
by the way, i have repainted the instrument pannels... again. i think i have done it 3 times already. this time, with brushes rather than markers. even if they are suppose to contain acrylic paint, they do not seem to really be permanent. more complex with the brush, but i think it is better. no pictures of that yet, sorry.

Rex
hah, they sure end up looking all chopped up when we add improvements to them, don't they? Looking forward to seeing this when you get back to it.

Spanjaard
Chopped up indeed 🙂 thanks Rex

Spanjaard
finally some time to work. cockpits are almost done, a few little details, choose one, and maybe this weekend i can finally glue the fuselage from once and for all 🙂

Erik Leijdens
Impressive work so far Spanjaard, that cockpit looks really good 👍

Michael Hickey
Those pits look divine, I hope your going to use the Aires forward wheel well bay or you could find yourself in a world of pain.

Bart Goesaert
did have the same problem with my albums, you can add everything you want, they don't show up in the feed.
It's a pretty nice (understatement of the year) cockpit... 1 for testing and one for real... 😉 I wish I could achieve the same results...

Holger Kranich
Wow, looking great! How did you make the yellow-black on the ejection handle Loops?

Michael Hickey
Using the Aires forward wheel bay underneath the Aires cockpit makes the cockpit fall in place perfectly.

Patrick Hagelstein
Now that's a thing to remember Michael.

Hanno Kleinecke
Great work on these cockpits, especially the seats look very authentic 👍 !

Spanjaard
thanks a lot everybody 🙂
@Michael, yes, i am using the aires wheel-bay, but I had to sand everything until i could see through 😛 it is very, very tight space. i will have to sand a bit more in the sides of the cockpit for it to fit.
@Holger, y simply painted in yelow, and then make the strips with a very thin brush, 4-0 or 5-0, not sure.

Spanjaard
@Bart, the idea was to make just one, but the carpet monster took a part of it... never to be seen again. so i ended up buying a second, to get the part i was missing... then the piece in the new set did not match the old one, so i started to paint the second one, and though about scratch building the missing part usign the one of the second as a model.
Then i realized that the film for the dials was faulty, so i contacted Aires about it.... and i must say that the support of Aires was SIMPLY EXCELLENT, they sent a replacement for the film, and they even throw in the piece that I lost (no fault of theirs), with no cost from my side. So BIG THANKS TO AIRES that is realy support. and really fast by the way.
so i ended up with too complete cockpits, both partially done... so I am finishing both. I will use the best one, and then I have two options. I can buy a second Hasegawa F-4J,. or maybe take a Phantom that I did maybe 25 years ago, remove the paint (what a horrible job i did then) and rebuild it top to bottom, adding the finished cockpit.... will see.....

Gordon Sørensen
Incredible looking cockpits Spanjaard!

Clifford Keesler
Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

Spanjaard
thanks Grodon and Clifford.

KlausH
Great paintjob on the cockpits! Fantastic! 🙂 👍

Spanjaard
Thanks KlausH, your pics on F-4E Phantom II - 57th FIS Kevlavik - | Album by KlausH (1:48) were certainly a great inspiration 🙂

Spanjaard
some (slow) progress, but now, it is starting to look like a plane.

Marc Stecher
Those cockpit are just breathtaking! I realise that I have a long way to go... 😄

Spanjaard
thanks Marc, for once i am happy with those cockpits (after painting them three times each 😛) but the wings unfortunately are not going to good. Due to all the surgery it was hard to get them to join in the right way.... so I did use some pegs and some carefully heating from hair-dryer, but that created some damage that it is being complicated to repair.... it will be a pity if the outside does not match the quality of the cockpit. on the other hand, i am learning a lot with this kit.

Marc Stecher
Sure this will work out great! I´ll keep watching this! 🙂

Michael Phillips
This is looking fantastic so far... That cockpit is really awesome!

Spanjaard
thanks Marc for your kind words and encouragement. and thanks Michael, if i could achieve just 25% of what you have done with your F3H-2 I would be a really happy modeller 🙂

Michael Phillips
Oh you are well on your way. Your cockpits look WAY better than mine. I am really looking forward to see this thing come together.

e p
Noice paintjob on the cockpits! Keep em coming!

Spanjaard
thanks Michael and Elias, I will do my best and I hope I can keep the expectations 🙂

arne vd burg
Awesome work on the pits 👍 watching your progress .

Spanjaard
thanks a lot. no much progress lately. wings attached, and lots of putty and sanding done to fix the damage in the wings. new pictures will be added before the primer is applied.

Bryn Crandell
Looking good on the cockpit details. Just amazing.

Spanjaard
thanks Bryn

Scott Dutton
Awesome office

Kees Kleijwegt
Very nice start, great cockpit

Michael Hickey
nice work with the intakes.👍

Spanjaard
thanks Scott, Kees and Michael

Spanjaard
finally some time to work on it. mistake with primer (Mr Surfacer 1500), but i managed to remove it completely, and tried with Vallejo Surface primer. it worked exactly as i wanted it.
now, i will leave it rest for 24/48 hours. I guess i will paint it all in back X-1 from Tamiya. leave it for a couple of days, then mask it and start working on Alclad in the tail section....

Patrick Hagelstein
Looks very smooth!

Bart Goesaert
I hope the vallejo primer will stick to the model when you are spraying. Is looks nice when applied, but it tends to peel off whenever you apply some tape or blutack... Mr surfacer is a lot harder to spray (try cellulose thinner), but it stick to the model whatever you do...

Kees Kleijwegt
I agree with Bart. You can thin Mr surfacer with Gunze cellulose thinner.
The Vallejo primer looks nice, but repairing any "forgotten" spots is nearly impossible.
My primer of choice is the grey primer from Zero Paints, a car modeling brand.

Spanjaard
ok, i see .... well fingers crossed! thanks for the advise 🙂

Patrick Hagelstein
Spanjaard, I just noticed you (re)scribed the Air Force Inflight Refueling Receptacle on the spine, the multiangled panel. This is only present on Air Force birds, not on the Navy F-4J and should be filled. This is a good test to see how well the Vallejo primer reacts on reapplying... 🙁

Spanjaard
ok, this requieres a bit of investigation. I did a test, with some masking tape (straight from the roll, full power) place is in one of the pieces, pressed it hard, remove it and the primer did not present any problem. no peeling or anything.
On the other hand, when I applied Mr. surfacer 1500 it did not look good, kind of grainy, that is usually a sign the that paint is drying before hitting the surface. in fact, after maybe 12 hours, a piece of kitchen paper rubbed gently had plenty of black dust. that is not how it is supposed to work
I have been looking for reviews around, and either people love this Vallejo Primer or really hate it. In regards to Mr Surfacer, it was almost impossible to get it in ESM a few weeks ago (i think i got the very last bottle there, and i was quite lucky). it sold out everywhere. if everybody is crazy about it, must be for a reason, but for me it certainly did not work. again, I used it first for the time ever, and certainly not thinned.
It seems that temperature/humidity can have a big influence in this cases. 22 degrees at home, Amsterdam humidity is usually high. am I just being lucky that one of them work with the weather conditions at the moment?
any thoughts?

Bart Goesaert
I had some problems with the zero paints primer (white) too.. you spray it.. it looks superb, you can scratch it with your nails, it sticks to the model. first layer, the same you can do what you want. After a week you put on some masking for a second layer... when removing the masking, all masked areas were back to the bare plastic, all layers came off at once... For Mr Surfacer, it can be hard for your seals in your AB, because it is thinned with cellulose thinner, and that is very corrosive for seals. it can also be a pain to find the right dilution to be able to spray it... and it smells ... but it still is my favorite

Spanjaard
thanks Patrick i did not see your message before... i guess i will need to apply some putty and sanding there...
thanks Bart for the details about the zero paints. i may give a try to Mr Sufacer in the future. i may use my old airbrush, to avoid ruining the seals of my fairly new one.

Kees Kleijwegt
Bart is right again🙂 The Zero paints primer is wonderful stuff for figures or single color car bodies, but I had some problems with masking too.

But.... Zero changed the formula (they even gave away free samples via Hiroboy) and I can say from experience that their new formula is as rock solid as MrSurfacer, even with masking.
I would still recommend the new formula of Zero primer, being airbrush ready is a real pro. 👍

Kees Kleijwegt
You can order Zero paints in the Netherlands from thescalemodeler.com/.
They're from Heerhugowaard, pretty close to Amsterdam Spanjaard.... 😉

Patrick Hagelstein
Nice to know! 🙂

Bart Goesaert
or from Domino (www.domino.be) in Belgium. @Kees, I will need to try the new formula then... time to go shopping (I hope my girlfriend doesn't read this, or I will get comments like: why aren't you so enthusiast to go shopping for clothes... )

Patrick Hagelstein
🙂

gorby
Looks excellent so far Sanjaard. Those cockpits are stunningly good.

Spanjaard
thanks for the information Kees and Bart. and thanks for the comment gorbygould
today i have masked the area of the Air Force Inflight Refueling Receptacle on the spine, and sanded it without any trouble. i will airbrushed it later today if i can, and hopefully post pictures of the result.

Kees Kleijwegt
Good to hear the sanding went "smoothly" Spanjaard!😉

Spanjaard
🙂

Erik Leijdens
Already looking good in black! Great progress 👍

Spanjaard
thanks Erik. today i airbrushed the sanded area, and it looks good after a couple of hours. well actually it could look better, but that is not fault of the primer. it is me. somehow the panel that i needed to cover is still visible (very faint, but it is certainly still there). so tomorrow i will need to sand it again. well, let look for a positive side, i will test the endurance of the primer again 😛
what worries now is an airbrushing mistake next to the air intakes. i wanted to cover some difficult spot that was not correctly done before, and by accident I used now too much paint.
I hope i can correct it tomorrow with some very light sanding (not the easiest area for that). if i can not fix it, I may be forced to remove all the primer and do it all over again.... 🙁

Spanjaard
a few pictures with the progress of the last days. starting to use alclad in the tail and ailerons

Michael Phillips
Really looking awesome man... Love to see what you come up with for the metal areas. A great area to get a little creative with.

Patrick Hagelstein
Whow!!! That metal area looks awesome!!!

Spanjaard
Thanks Michael and Patrick. I will may be add a bit of blue transparent alclad, and certainly paint the chute cover that I mistakenly masked.
Some magnesium still have to be applied in the ailerons , and some more detail. Once covered with varnish, maybe some light wash, well see

Kees Kleijwegt
Very nice Spanjaard! Great job on the metal areas indeed! 👍

Mike Grant
That's looking really good 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
The chute cover is painted in the fuselage color. You did it right!

Christian Ristits
Great Work so far!

Spanjaard
thanks Kees, Mike and Christian, i am really honoured with your comments. 🙂
Patrick, in most F-4 you would be right, but for the VX-4 i have several pictures where it is also in metal color, instead of black
aviationphotocompany../h6ED6AACE#h6ed6aace for example
in this picture it looks more bluish than black, but the chute cover is certainly metallic. i have a few more actually.

Patrick Hagelstein
Yes, I see it. Nothing beats decent research. 😉

Spanjaard
actually there is something that beats good research.... it is to actually use the results 😄 with i did a late for that chute cover. although still on time. i am not so sure about some other details that i realized about yesterday....

Patrick Hagelstein
🙂

Spanjaard
by the way, do you know what exactly are those yelow sort of bands you see in vertically in the tail and horizontally in the sides? i see some F-4 that do not have some of them. i did not remove any (and in some picutures of "black bunnies" i see them and in some i do not) so i will paint them all in yellow. what i am uncertain is if i should simply use bright yelllow of if clear yellow over silver/aluminium is more correct.....

Patrick Hagelstein
http://www.network54.com/Forum/47751/thread/1397996138/F-4S+%26quot%3BBlack+Bunny%26quot%3B+1-72+Fujimi
Do you mean those yellow stripes like the one next to the bunny on the tail? As you are building an F-4J you don't need them. On the F-4S the so called 'slime lights' were introduced. Those are low intensity formation lights. When those lights are off they tend to have a very pale green hue.

Patrick Hagelstein
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This is how they look in close up.

Spanjaard
thanks a million for the information Patrick. Ok, so i should have removed them.... well, i think in this case i will throw the historical precision through the window and leave them.... it will not be 100% accurate but i like too much how it looks right now, so i will not risk sanding them and needing to correct such large areas 🙁
I corrected the Air Force Inflight Refueling, and the results were good but not 100% satisfactory. this areas are a lot bigger and there is a lot more complicated detail around, so i will leave them there.

Spanjaard
After some finishing touches, everything was looking good, paint as even polished and ready fir decals and dry transfers, but the only thing I could see where those damn yellow lines....... The words "you are gonna regret this moment" came to my head a hundred times while I masked the area to start sanding away the first of those formation lights....why did I choose to ignore that part of the instructions???? Well, first one almost gone, five more to go.... Wish me luck!

Patrick Hagelstein
Good luck!!!

Spanjaard
Thanks!

Spanjaard
removed 3 of them already, and covered them again with primer.... some marks are still visible looking closely but ... well lesson of the day, next time, read more carefully the instructions 😛

Patrick Hagelstein
Great job Spanjaard!

Spanjaard
thanks 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Looking very awesome, great job.

Spanjaard
thanks Clifford

Arash Zakeri
Great job

Spanjaard
thanks, let's how the outside ends. i may post update later today.

Spanjaard
well, it look longer than expected for the update, but finally here you have a few more pictures. before any transfer was used, and after i place quite a few. still, a lot stencils to go. i have the problem that one of the sheets was not in the set received... so waiting for the manufacturer and the site where to purchased to provide a solution..... i will not be able to work on it during Christmas, so this will probably be the last update for 2016. merry Christmas and happy new year to you all 🙂

Clifford Keesler
Looking fantastic. Merry Christmas to you also and a Happy New Year.

Marc A.
Outstanding work!!!

Spanjaard
thanks Clifford, Marc and Tim

Erik Leijdens
Looking great Spanjaard! Especially the exhaust area is amazing 👍

Lex Jassies
Can't wait to see the progress in the new year. But until than, happy holidays Spanjaard!

Spanjaard
Thank Erik and Lex. I will advance on this one until I have only only weapons left, then probably start the academy F_4j and choose what weapons will go on each at the end.....

Spanjaard
Hopefully Academy one will go faster 🙂

Greg Baker
That's looking really good!

Michael Phillips
Wow this is really looking awesome. Your attention to details is so impressive.

Mehdi Nader
Spanjaard , It really looks nice ! Awaiting for final result !

Stephan Ryll
great progress !

Spanjaard
Thanks a lot everybody, your comments mean a lot to me. specially coming from people that I consider far above my skills 🙂

Nikolaos Kouzinis
Are you sergery or modeller? Its miracle!!!.

Spanjaard
you mean because I chopped some many things on this model? 😄
well, it seems the patient will survive, but I was not that sure at the beginning! (see first album)

Adam Gudynowski
How could I miss this one?

Patrick Hagelstein
Nice one Spanjaard! Keep up the good work!

Spanjaard
thanks Patrick 🙂

Bart Goesaert
Nice one so far. Did you use black for the paint of dark grey? Soon I want to make a black camouflage too

Spanjaard
I tried with Mr surfacer, but for some reason it went quite bad and had to remove it completely (never used before, maybe I did something wrong). Vallejo black primer worked like a charm (first time use too). I handled it, sanded it, everything...., and no problem at all. I airbrushed Tamiya X-1 over it, and then Future, layers as thin as possible. I am really happy with performance of future, not many products can survive the amount of handling I have submitted it to....specially with the transfers. Some simply did not want to leave the support sheet regardless of the pressure exerted. I was afraid with the bigger ones (bunnies etc), but those were the easiest ones
I wanted almost shiny so that is why I did not use the gray primer. Black required very little polishing

Jean Tchao
Oh my !!!! sure it flies for real with all these tiny details !!!

Edwin 010
Wow man! Awesome! 👍

Spanjaard
thanks Jean and Edwin. i have to start working on it. it should be finished soon, but i still have lots of stencils to place. and there is even one sheet that was not even included in the package i got. Hopefully i will get the missing decal sheet from hobbydecal, unfortunatelly they have not answer my messages yet, and the "after sales service" form, simply does not work.....

Clifford Keesler
Looking very awesome, sorry to hear about the decal problems.

Eugen P.
Impressive cockpit 👍

Spanjaard
thanks Clifford and Eugen.

Dan Knispel
That's some seriously nice work you did on the instrument panel.

Spanjaard
thanks Dan 🙂

Aleigha DeLellis
WOW NICE DETAIL 🙂

Spanjaard
thanks Aleigha

Clifford Keesler
Very nice.

Gary Brantley
Wow! Great looking 'pit! 🙂

Spanjaard
thanks, still adding stencils. and still no answer from hobbydecal.... 🙁

CapnSirloin
You have far more patience than I. Well done!

Spanjaard
thanks CapnSirloin

Ricardo Reis
Looks really nice. Following...

Spanjaard
thanks a lot Ricardo. i am still adding stencils, but job is progressing 🙂

soheil moghisi
really nice.

Spanjaard
thanks Soheil.

Oliver Petrosino
Cool bird!

Spanjaard
Thanks Oliver

Spanjaard
a little update, all transfers i had have been placed (no answer from hobbydecal, i gave up on them). then covered with future, left to cure for a couple of days, added the water slide decals, and then covered again with more future.
i got some kind of reaction between the future and the micro sol/set, it created some kind of matt areas (hard to explain).... fortunately new layer of future seem to have resolved the problem.
slats, flaps etc are not yet glued, landing gear is on its way (temporary "crutches" in place, so the paint is not damaged)

Scott Hastings
Really lovely model. My favorite Phantom version

Spanjaard
thanks Scott

Holger Kranich
Ist taking shape, Spanji! 😄 Oh dude, all that stencils...

Spanjaard
it took forever to get them in place... it is almost a thousand of them (no kidding) in the set! although you do not use all, and i miss one sheet with around 130 yellow and red ones (a pity not to have them)

Clifford Keesler
Excellent work.

Rex
Ahh, Stencils. When I grow up, I am going to do a 1/32 Navy F-4 in "new delivery" condition,,,,,,and put every single stencil on it that was there before a jet flew it's first mission. I will probably do a "new delivery" 1/32 Skyhawk before that,,,,,,,but, the Phantom had so many more than a Scooter.

I just need to figure out which marking was painted on, which was a decal, and which was a sticker,,,,,,,and figure out how to replicate that in 1/32 scale. Contests don't like it, but, "decal silvering" was a very real thing in 1/1 aviation, as was "sticker lift",,,,,,,,the trick is to know exactly which things were painted on and not do that to those stencils. "Paint ridges" were common in real life, also, if something was painted on using tape instead of a stencil set. "Bleed under" when using a stencil set happened a lot, too. We didn't do that stuff over and over on 1/1 jets, such as a modeler does to "get it right." If we were changing the nose number on the flightline, and it turned out a "little fuzzy",,,,,,it flew that way.

Spanjaard
I feel better now Rex, I did not know that i was adding more realism when I did not manage to get some of those stencils to stick to the model! big thanks 🙂

if you are planning to do the F-4 in 1/32, i could recommend the stencils from hobbydecal, they have some sets that you can use for the stencils, i believe you probably have every single one that was used..... Being bigger than 1:48 probably you will have less trouble than i did. some of the tiny ones simply ignored all my attempts to convince them stick to the model.....

Rex
Geez, a stenciler's dream,,,,,,,,look at this sheet from them. hobbydecal.com/detail.cgi?number=al32003v1

Thanks for the tip, I see the markings, the stencils, and the door numbers. And "only" 8 sheets of stuff to stick on the model, lol.

I will send them some money.

Spanjaard
i must also say that i have tried to contact them several times about a missing sheet in my set. and they never answered. i also see that they have not published anything new in 2016 and that there is nothing in the section of "coming soon" of their site.... so i think they may be out of business, or almost. Their products appear as "out of stock" in most online stores. so i have been reluctant to try to buy the set complete set again from their site.... if you order and you receive it, it would be good to know.

Michael Phillips
Wow, this is awesome! And those stencils... makes my brain hurt to even think of applying all of those.

This is going to be epic when finished!

Christian Bruer
mhh, don't know why I missed this?! Very nice and clean work. I much like the effects in the exhaust area but first of all the overall look 👍

Cheers, Christian

Spanjaard
glad you like it Michael and James. welcome to build Christian 🙂 your opinions are really appreciated.

Jay Nakasone
I like this scheme. The amount of stencils ... wow, that's a lot of work.

Spanjaard
it certainly took a while😉
and i still have a few pending, just a handful.

Bart Goesaert
Well, you still have some open spots (not that much) to place them if you would receive them...

Spanjaard
indeed 🙂

Clifford Keesler
I like it!

Ed Froix
Nog nooit gezien, maar wel erg mooi!

Spanjaard
thanks Clifford and Ed. i was hopping to get it finished (or at least close to it) before the end of this month, but it is been hard finding time for it 🙁

Michael Hickey
Keep going Mate, your almost there, and she's looking great.👍

Dale Marston
Nice F-4 👍

Spanjaard
thanks for the encouragement Michael, and thanks for the compliment Dale 🙂

lug
Very Nice!

Greg Baker
I'm feeling residual pride by association in this build because "one of us young guys" is the mastermind behind it.😉

Spanjaard
thanks Tim, lug and Greg. 🙂

Miguel Vasconcelos
That's a beauty.

Spanjaard
thanks Misha

Clifford Keesler
Amazing, very well done.

Spanjaard
thanks Clifford, really appreciated.

Gordon Sørensen
Amazing patience for all those small decals! Looks great Spanjaard!

Robert W Martel
Nice going Spanjaard ! Another nice F-4

Spanjaard
thanks Gordon and Robert. i am looking forward seeing it finished 🙂

Michael Phillips
Me too!!!! 🙂

Spanjaard
🙂

Christian Ristits
Just wow!!!

Spanjaard
thanks a lot Christian 🙂

Erik Leijdens
Looking fantastic with the decals on! 👍

Spanjaard
thanks Erik, still a few to go.

Ed Froix
Nice painting!

Spanjaard
thanks Ed

Donald Medley
Beautiful

Spanjaard
thanks. i still have to finish it, but the end is near... 🙂

Bart Goesaert
finished? It's a beautiful bird... nice work on this one...

Spanjaard
Thanks Bart, it is finally finished and placed in the display cabinet in the living room.

Bart Goesaert
a well deserved place...

Holger Kranich
Dammit well done! I love the arresting hook system most!👍 Beautiful!!!

Christian Bruer
Very nice work 👍

Spanjaard
thanks Bart, Holger and Christian, your comments are really appreciated

Mats Bengtsson
Great looking Phantom. Well done Spanjaard 👍

Spanjaard
thanks a lot Mats

gorby
Wow! That is a stunning result Spanjaard it looks fantastic, I can see now why it took so long.

Erik Leijdens
Looking very good Spanjaard, great work! 👍

Augie
wow excellent work, done vandy 1 credit.

Patrick Hagelstein
Beautiful Spanjaard!!!

Kurt Reichert
Verry extensive scratch parts... i like that. Verry cool!

Spanjaard
thanks a lot Grobygould, Erik, Augie, Patrick, Kurt and James. I really appreciate your feedback, and glad you like it. and thanks a lot for the support and help along the project. by the way, next one is again a F-4J. Academy this time. i was going to use the second cockpit, but after reading comments about how well the Eduard one fits, i will probably keep the Aires for the future, and use the Eduard one.

Dan M
Very very nice 👍

Clifford Keesler
Excellent work sir, a masterpiece.

Jay Nakasone
very impressive. something to be proud of!

Martin Oostrom
Muy bien. Ziet er heeeeeeel goed uit!

Stefan Kie
very impressive

David Andrs
👍

Lex Jassies
Looks very good Spanjaard. You can be proud on the result!

Spanjaard
thanks/bedankt a lot Dan, Clifford, Jay, Martin, MrLongSir, David and Lex.
i am proud of it Lex, i think it probably is my best model so far 🙂

Gary Brantley
Impressive from any angle! Great work Spanjaard.👍 🙂

Spanjaard
thanks a lot Gary 🙂

Alec K
Wow, great build and awesome album. Your narrative is great, surely a valuable resource for anyone building the F-4J 👍 Your metalworking skills are top as well. Thanks for taking the time to record it all!

Spanjaard
thanks Alec K, i have great help along the way in this build, so i am happy if the album helps others 🙂

Michael Phillips
This is just fantastic Spanjaard!!! An absolute beauty, you should be quite proud of this one. 🙂

Spanjaard
thanks a lot Michael, your nice comment is really appreciated 🙂

Tim Heimer
Awesome work on this! Beautiful!

Spanjaard
thanks a lot Timothy

Roland Sachsenhofer
Now that´s a overwhelming beauty!

Christian Ristits
I like your "Black Bunny" very much, congrats!

Spanjaard
thanks Roland and thanks Christian

Daan Baars
Very nice build! You mention the use of future, where do you buy that? I can't find it anywhere in the Netherlands. Am i not searching hard enough?

Kees Kleijwegt
Great build and finish! Awesome Phantom Spanjaard! 👍👍

Spanjaard
thanks a lot for the nice comments Daan and Kees

no Daan, i believe it can not be found here in the Netherlands. I got a bottle directly from US, But it is quite expensive (but works like a charm in my opinion). then I found a seller in Amazon. they ship it directly from US, But sell only in UK France and Germany. Delivered in UK is quite a good price, in Germany and France, it goes more than double. I asked to ship here, but they said no.
I am thinking in getting a couple of bottles to UK, if i go there for work at some point, or maybe to friends in France or Germany, but it bothers me to pay double......although it still a lot cheaper than what I paid to ship directly from US.....

Michael Phillips
I can get the large bottles of it at Walmart for like $6USD. If we could figure out how much shipping costs are from the US to wherever maybe I could help out getting some to Europe for those interested.

Spanjaard
thanks for the offer Michael, how large are those bottles? i got one of 27oz (798ml), i am sure that in US is possible to get them bigger.
problem is that shipment may cost a lot, duty import should not not be a big deal, since the value of the package would not be that high....

Erik Leijdens
Eriks top tip: ebay.co.uk/itm/231144736712

Maybe a bit expensive but it's the real thing and easy and fast to get

Spanjaard
thanks Erik but with 250ml, with shipment, it is 20EUR. it is basically the same price as getting it by yourself from US.....

Daan Baars
thnx Spanjaard!

Spanjaard
you are very welcome Daan 🙂

KlausH
Very nice work Spanjaard. It´s a pleasure to see the beautiful result! 👍

Spanjaard
thanks for the nice comment. and thanks again for the help during the project, really appreciated 🙂

KlausH
You are very welcome! 🙂

Kerry COX
Spanjaard. :-O A masterpiece and there is no other word for it. There is not one image that hasn't had my jaw on the keyboard. just beautiful work and the attention to the detail speaks volumes of your patience and talent.🙂 👍
I am seriously in awe. 👍 👍 👍 🙂 🙂 🙂

Dale Marston
Looks good Spanjaard. Black is one of those colours that is hard to get right,

Murad ÖZER
i can't believe how i missed this build, looking stunning Spanjaard big huge kudos 👍 👍 👍

Konrad -
Absolutely great! 👍 No more words needed!

gorby
Fantastic job Spanjaard -it looks great in black!

Kerry COX
The guitar string with the copper wire coms cable, and the hand painted helmets have me thinking your a wizard with a master touch. 👍.
I keep going through you album, and every time I do, I discover something else you have not mentioned. You deserve all the comments and compliments posted on your build Spanjaard. 🙂
You have left all of us in your dust. 👍
Genius. 🙂 🙂 🙂

Björn Svedberg
All of that detail you got into that kit is just awesome! Great job!
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Spanjaard
wow, i am really happy with all those comments, thakns Dale, Murad, Bernd, Konrad, gorbygould, Björn and specially thanks Kerry, you make me blush 🙂 . it took a considerable amount of time and work and i am happy you all like it. i certainly do.

Stephan Ryll
Outstanding and very detailed work 👍 I like it a lot 🙂

Kerry COX
You have certainly got my creative juices re energised Spanjaard. Inspirational is what it is. hehehehe. ZOOM. !! :-O 👍

Spanjaard
thanks Stephan, and thanks again Kerry.

Kees Kleijwegt
She turned out very, very nice Spanjaard. Great work mate!! 👍👍

Kerry COX
🙂 Any time mate 👍

Vinny Panda
Superb work.

Spanjaard
thanks Kees and Vinny 🙂 really appreciated

Clifford Keesler
Outstanding.

Spanjaard
thanks Clifford 🙂

Clifford Keesler
I think it is about time I did a spook. Can't decide between it or a Tomcat.

Spanjaard
difficult choice 🙂

Augie
turkey or a rhino... hmmm I would have a hard time choosing too Clifford.

Clifford Keesler
I know, AAARRRRRGGGGGGG!.

Kerry COX
Augie. What did you say for Clifford to be have like this. :-o :-o :-o ???

Augie
Lol just the old choice... rhino or turkey.

Spanjaard
well, for me, after two rhinos in a row (second almost finished), next planes will be .... two turkey 🙂 but not before I do something with wheels, for example

Donald Dickson II
Spanjaard, well done sir! Not sure how I missed this. I love how you constantly say scratch built. Easy. Pfffttt.

Clifford, thats easy. Snag a 1/32 Tamiya Phantom buddy. That will keep ya busy.😉

Clifford Keesler
I could only afford a Tamiya 1/32 scale F-4 in my dreams. LOL. But I do have a Revell 1/32 F-4G with all the Tamiya aftermarket goodies(Photo etch) Metal gear, resin wheels and seats. I actually took it out today and looked at it, then put it up.

Kerry COX
OMG. :-O Decisions decisions !!! How hard you guys have got it . 🙁 hahahahaha 🙂 👍

Donald Dickson II
Clifford, I managed to snag one in a trade. I came out WAAAAYYYYY ahead. The guy was an armor guy and I had the exact kits he was looking for. He did an even on swap. I could not believe he did it, but he did. So keep your eyes open.

And an aside to that. A guy I have done business with before is allowing me to make payments on the Tamiya 1/32 F-15E. So I will have that baby in a few weeks. 🙂

Spanjaard
thanks Donald. 1/32 spook? tempting, but at my current speed, it will take me a couple of years! besides, I am thinking on going into smaller scales rather than bigger ones. they take a lot less space later, and can be as much fun, or even more, if you want to make the same details 😛

Donald Dickson II
I have come to the conclusion that limiting the scale I work in is not going to work for me. Too many things I like in a variety of scales.

Augie
Well said Don, I am having the same issues.

Donald Dickson II
Augie, plus it impacts space limitations not at all. A 1/72 Herc or BUFF is still a really big model. So my motto is that is what we have ceilings and 30lb test fishing line for.😉

Spanjaard
the main enemy of those models is not the danger of falling, or dust... is the people that live in the same house 😄

Greg Baker
LMAO! I have that same problem... 🙂

Konrad -
Yeah this is really a problem Spanjaard 🙂.

Spanjaard
🙂

Bart Goesaert
only the people? Not the beings (people, pets, ...)?

Konrad -
For me only two small children 😉.

Spanjaard
yes, cats and models can be an interesting combination... dogs are probably safer, since they less inclined to climbing....

Martin Oostrom
The cleaning wife, who doesn't understand.... 🙁

Spanjaard
or cleaning husband/partner for the ladies here 🙂

Donald Dickson II
The house I just moved into was previously occupied by a young cat. The POS owner kicked him out the door and left him. So he is a neighborhood cat now. I feed and water him. But I can not bring him in because I would have to make him into Chicken and cashews if jumped on my shelves. LOL The dogs dont even look up there.

Spanjaard
in the name of the cat, thanks😉

Dennis
Whoa, I really love your detail work and scratch build - very impressive! Man, I love F-4s 😄

Spanjaard
thanks Dennis 🙂

Greg Baker
I think we should just automatically bump Spanjaaard's F-4 builds once a month to the top of the newsfeed so we can all oooh and awe over them. I never get tired of them... I mean, the number of decals alone...😉

Donald Dickson II
Yeah, he does an OK job with it.😉

Spanjaard
thanks a lot Greg and Donald, you are making me blush! 😳 🙂
i need to finish the second, and get to build something different, probably even without wings this time 🙂
and one day, i have to take proper pictures of them finished.... the "foto session" of the completed bunny was not exactly what i had in mind.....

Zsolt Czegle
WOW! Great work! 👍

Kerry COX
We all expect nothing less Spanjaard. Always a stunning result. 🙂
Cheers mate. 👍

Spanjaard
thanks Zsolt and Kerry, i have a lot to learn from you both 🙂

Kerry COX
Patience grasshopper. 🙂 👍

Spanjaard
😄 🙂

Mike Daniels
Awesome detail!!

Spanjaard
Thanks Mike

Clifford Keesler
Totally a masterpiece.

Spanjaard
thanks Clifford

Clifford Keesler
You are welcome Sir. Well deserved.

Tom
I like you black bun! Sexy!

Spanjaard
thanks Thomas 🙂

Cuajete
Brutal... qué pintaza tan buena tiene ese Phantom. Menudo trabajazo le has hecho y el resultado bien ha merecido la pena. Me gusta mucho ese esquema. Enhorabuena, Spanjaard!

Spanjaard
@Cuajete Muchas gracias! creo que el black Bunny especial, vi el de monogram hace 30 años y al final me he quitado la espina 🙂
@Lode, thanks for the compliment, but i think you have that and more seeing your 1/350 Prince of Wales!! 🙂

Stephan Ryll
Very nice overall result Spanjaard 👍

David Thor
Wow. That is one beautiful phantom. Good job!

Spanjaard
thanks Stephan and David.

Spanjaard
thanks Lode

arne vd burg
gr8 detail Spanjaard!

Spanjaard
thanks Frank and Arne. it was actually finished 8 months ago. a but surprised to see this build getting so much attention lately 🙂 (no complains about the compliments of course 🙂 )

Clifford Keesler
Amazing job. Most Impressive.

Spanjaard
thanks Clifford

Bob Hall
As we say in the states, YOU GOT SOME MAD SKILLS ! Amazing detail !

Spanjaard
thanks Robert, you are making me blush 🙂

Ingo F
Awesome build Spanjaard! 👍 Love the details and especially the cockpit. Very good!

Spanjaard
thanks a lot Ingo, glad you like it. your comment means a lot to me 🙂

Ingo F
🙂

Ed Froix
Wow nice retailing

Spanjaard
you mean detailing?😉 thanks

Mike Thomas
I've said it before and I'll say it again. You military and airplane guys, your detailing never ceases to amaze me. Great job, Spanjaard.

Spanjaard
thanks a lot Mike. my current project is not exactly military 🙂

Peter Hardy
Black Bunny was a marvel! Beautiful and inventive build! Well done Spanjaard!

Greg Baker
I was wondering when this build would pop up again! For me, this is almost like the "mascot" build of Scalemates. I think this was one of the first projects that made me realize what kind of community is here beyond just the database... and I've been following Spanjaard around ever since!

Spanjaard
Thanks Peter and Greg. You make me feel really happy. I am also really happy to be back in the bench, after a extended "break"

Peter Hardy
Greg this one was posted prior to me joining Scalemates but I have long been a fan of Spanjaard's F4s. Maybe if we ask very nicely he might, you know ……. Ummmm ……. do another one? 😁

Cuajete
It's an honor to have the privilege of seeing this fantastic work again after a long time. Congratulations, Spanjaard!

Konrad -
And here we go again😬! Nice Spanjaard this reminds me to do a black bunny too😬! Someday…

Spanjaard
Thanks Peter, Cuajete and Konrad. I am blushing now!
I have some F-4 in my stash... but not in 1/48. Actually one of them will be a Bkack Bunny (a lot less decals on 1/144 scale) But there is the second cockpit (done in this build) that should get some use....
Konrad, if you do a Black Bunny, I suggest the decals i used in this build. I think they have them also in 1/32, if you are insane enough 😄

Konrad -
Haha😂! I think 1/48 is crazy enough 😂!

Spanjaard
believe me, it was a great pleasure when I finished those stencils, this set has (literally) a thousand of them. but I love to see how it looks now, so it was worth it 🙂

Konrad -
That's absolutely true!!

Neil
Hi Spanjaard - I appreciate I'm a bit late to the party here, but just spent some time in my lunch hour having a look through this album, as I saw it pop up the other day and... Wow! I know I can't add much more than others have already, but what a thoroughly fantastic (and informative) build. Just looks awesome! You must be rightly proud! 🙂 👍

Jos Jansen
Missed this incredible build Phantom...pooah nice mate!

Spanjaard
Thanks a lot Neil, really appreciated.
Thanks also Jos, coming from the maker of one of the best Phantom I have seen here, your comment means a lot to me!

David H
Those belts are amazing. Do they come with the Aries cockpit set ?

Spanjaard
hi David, yes they are part of the Aires kit. You only need to paint them and place them. it is one of the things i like of Aires, nothing is pre-painted. that, and the amazing detail. and on top of that, if something is wrong their customer service is also really good. I wish only they would require less sanding to fit in the cockpit.

Chan Li
Why I missed this?
Overall good built, classic results.
I bet you must input a lot energy into it👍

Spanjaard
Thanks Chang Li, yes, it took me a while and all the holes I made on it to get all that aftermarket took certainly some energy 🙂. But it was a pleasure to build it, and I love to see it in my display cabinet, so quite happy about it

Donald Dickson II
Excellent work! Beautiful result sir!!!!

I really need to get the decals to do this one to go with my Vandy 1 F-14D.

Rui
Wow...this is an amazing project 👍
I spent nearly an hour enjoying and studying every photo.

Spanjaard
Thanks Donald, this decal set certainly takes some time, but the Tomcat will certainly look great in this livery!
Thanks also Rui, that is a really great compliment, really happy you like it so much

David H
Wow, incredible attention to detail, lovely spook 👍🏻

Guy Rump
Beautiful! 👍

Donald Dickson II
Spanjaard, the 14 looks awesome all black. Once I get the 4 done, they will look great together. You should do a 14 to go with this one! The AMK kit comes with the markings.

F-14 Group Build F-14D Vandy Complete | Album by smokeriderdon (1:48)

Spanjaard
Thanks Guy
I will have it in mind Donald, they will look great together!
I have a couple of cats in my stash that are waiting for far too long actually. Maybe next will be a black one!

Stephen Lesley
Absolutely beautiful work. The paint job and markings are stunning.👍

John
Great rendition of the black bunny! Probably the most striking scheme the Phantom ever wore. Definitely an eye catcher on the shelf with "mere" camo and ADC gray birds. Great build. 👍

Spanjaard
thanks a lot Stephen and John, really appreciated
i agree in regards to this lively being really attractive. But i also have a grey F-4J, I actually built both one after the other 😄

Cuajete
It is a pleasure to enjoy again the magnificent photos of this album after all this time. I love the black scheme with the bunny and those blue stripes. Congrats again, Spanjaard! 👍

Spanjaard
Thanks Cuajete, really appreciated again

Dick
Well this is truly a Phabulous Phantom😳… a black beauty, impressive build Spanjaard!

Greg Baker
This build is like one of the Scalemates standards. Been seeing it annually for 9 years now, and it never gets old. 🙂

Love it!

Alec K
Aye aye 👍

Spanjaard
thanks a lot Dick, Greg and Alec K. it may miss a bit of weathering, but I doubt I will ever dare to touch it again 😄

Cuajete
I agree with Dick and Greg 👍
The years have not taken their toll on this black beauty. I'm glad to see it again after all this time.

Spanjaard
you are too kind Cuajete!

Alexander
Wow, what an awesome build - lots of great detail, including all your scratch-build solutions. And a great finish too with the black surface and those white markings (especially the bunny on the tail 😄). 👍

Spanjaard
thanks Alexander, the markings are the fantastic set of dry transfers F-4J Phantom II (HobbyDecal AL48001V1, 1:48) , it takes quite some time and patience to place those 1000+ stencils, and the big ones like the "NAVY" and the bunny are intimidating, since they are truly make or brake, in fact I had an issue with the A of one of the "NAVY" ones but managed to get it to look decent

Martin Weinpold
Awesome!

Spanjaard
thanks Martin
the issue with the transfer that I mentioned before can be seen in some of the pictures, like 136 F-4J Phantom II Black Bunny WIP & finished pictures | Album by hetspanjaard (1:48) , let's call that weathering 🙂

S B
Very nice, Spanjaard! Excellent build. 👍

Greg Baker
Man, my finger gets tired scrolling to the bottom of this thread...

Also... you said "they are truly make or brake" which I'm going to adopt as a new phrase. Not sure if you intended it or not but usually it would be "make or break"... but as model builders there is no such thing as a broken model. We just might have to apply the brakes and slow down a bit and fix something, but it's almost never a complete loss.

Or maybe it should be "make or take a break" - that works too... 🙂

Pay no attention to me. 🙂

Skyhiker
Following

M boersma
nice start .

gorby
Nice work. I'm surprised you are needing to use so much putty on what I thought was supposed to be a top quality kit.

Damian Güttner
Sören , mein Freund , super Arbeit !! Das wird wieder ein Top Modell

Tom B.
Interesting 👍 Consider me following along!

Dave Flitton
Watching.

Bohrmann
👀

Finn
Following

Zsolt Czegle
Welcome mates on the aboard!

Zsolt Czegle
The only upgrades are the mirrors, so I can start with the painting! 😉

Stefan Schacht
nice start, count me in.

Zsolt Czegle
Thank you Stefan, welcome here!

Cuajete
Interesting...
Following!

Landlubber Mike
Thanks! I picked up a bunch of these Planet Models kits a while back as they tend to be of interesting subjects avoided by other kit manufacturers. It seems to be a fairly decent, simple kit. I needed a break from a couple of other models that I'm working on. This box kept falling off the shelf so I figured it was telling me that I should pick it to build!

Cuajete
I have the Aichi H9A1 from this brand in my stash. I hope to build someday.
The good thing about your kit is that it includes most of the parts in injected plastic (I think from the MPM mold) since it is a conversion. I didn't know that Planet Models had kits like this 👍

Landlubber Mike
Yes, I think you're right that it's from an old MPM kit of another similar plane. As you can see, it replaces the fuselage halves, cowl, and a few other parts in resin (and I think one in clear plastic). It's actually going together fairly well. I did have a problem last night where once you join the wings to the fuselage, you have these tiny square gaps that are covered with some small square kit parts. Well I had everything all assembled and was doing the last square part, and it fell into the fuselage and got stuck at the far end of one of the wings. Let's just say a few naughty words were said. Thankfully I was able to pop off the wings fairly easily (nice thing about using CA to join the plastic wings to the resin fuselage) and dig out the part.

I have a few other Planet Models kits that I picked up for fairly inexpensive prices over the last couple of years. I might do the SNC-1 Falcon alongside this one since they both have yellow wings. The SNC-1 is an all-resin kit though.

SNC-1 Falcon (Planet Models PLT107, 1:48)

Cuajete
Nice aircraft 👍
If you prefer it in plastic, you have the Kora model in 1/72 scale:

SCM Search: 1:72 kora SNC-1*

Or Dora Wings ones model in 1:48 scale:

Curtiss-Wright SNC-1 Falcon II (Dora Wings DW48041, 1:48)

Landlubber Mike
Thanks Cuajete, the Dora Wings kit looks very nice. I'll start with the Planet Models kit and see what happens. I tend to use a lot of aftermarket with my builds, so building with resin doesn't bother me too much.

Back to the Gamma 2J, there is very little out there on this plane. The 2J was a single production trainer, and there was a 5D model that went to Japan. Very few pictures, etc., so I looked at the A-17 which was a very similar plane. While looking at the A-17, I came across this old MPM kit of the A-17 from 2002. It's definitely the base kit that was used for the plastic parts of the Planet Models Gamma 2J/5D kit.

A-17 (MPM Production 72504, 1:72)

Cuajete
Great, Landlubber Mike! 👍
The union of the plastic with that resin looks very good 👍

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest 🙂

Landlubber Mike
Thanks Cuajete! And thank you for following Robert!

Yesterday I worked on the canopy. It's a tricky part as the back part of the canopy piece actually serves as part of the fuselage. So, it's been a little tricky figuring out how to cut it out from the clear plastic sheet. Thankfully the kit gave four canopies. Two are used for the 2J and the other two for the 5D -- but it's unclear which is used where from the instructions, and the only thing I see that's different is a little bubble near the front of the canopy. I used one that had a scratch on it as the test piece. I then used a second to get a close approximation, but the third piece seems to work the best. Unfortunately the kit doesn't give any masks, so I've been spending a lot of time masking the various window panes. Hopefully will have that done today, and will be able to start with the primer coat this evening.

Guy Rump
This is the first of two Hawks that I will be building, this is the 81-A-2 as flown by the Flying Tigers by US volunteers in China. 🙂

CaptGPF
Watching!

Thomas Kolb
This should be interesting to follow!

Guy Rump
Made a start on this aircraft, the interior colour is Vallejo Model Air US Interior Yellow. 🙂

Welcome CaptGPF & Thomas, great to have you along. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes J35J, Jean, Duster_d & Jun Chung. 👍

Guy Rump
Main part of the fuselage put together and wing tops added to the bottom. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Franck G. 👍

Dave Flitton
Watching

J35J
Joining!

Guy Rump
Wings and cockpit added to fuselage. 🙂

Welcome Dave & J35J, you're both extremely welcome. 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Franck G. 👍

Guy Rump
Tail, engine covering etc. added. Next will be primer and pre-shading. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Matti T & 2 other mates. 👍

Kenneth
Looks great 👍 Which colour have you used for the interior? Looks remarkably spot-on for what I've read/seen described as „Curtiss Interior Green".

Guy Rump
Light grey primer added and then a bit of pre-shading. 🙂

Thanks for the kind comment Kenneth, the colour used is Vallejo Model Air US Interior Yellow. 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Kenneth. 👍

Guy Rump
Underside painted with Vallejo Model Air Light Gull Gray ANA 620. 👍

Guy Rump
Upper side first camouflage colour painted Vallejo Model Air USAF Brown ANA 628. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Zbynek H. 👍

Thomas Kolb
Coming along nicely!

Edward MacKenzie
I am in, have started yesterday the same plane but from Trumpeter. 😉 Have a look!

Guy Rump
Camouflage green added, 2:1 Vallejo Model Air USAF Green ANA 612 & Vallejo Model Air US Forest Green ANA 631. 🙂

Thanks for the kind comment Thomas. 👍

Welcome along for the ride Edward. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Edward Mc & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Decals now on. Panel lines to be done with a wash and then matt varnish to be applied. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Rui R. 👍

Guy Rump
This is the second of 2 Hawks that I will be building, this is a P-40B flown during the Pearl Harbour (Hawaii) attack by the Japanese. 🙂

Guy Rump
Made a start on the aircraft. The internal colour is Vallejo Model Air US Light Green. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Martin W & Lukasz G. 👍

J35J
A little late to the show, great start! 👍🏻

Guy Rump
Main part of the fuselage put together and wing tops added to the bottom. 🙂

Welcome J35J, and thanks for your comment! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes J35J, Tibor S, Franck G & 1 other mate. 👍

Dave Flitton
Watching this one too.

Guy Rump
Wings added to fuselage, next will be the tail plane. 🙂

Welcome Dave and thanks for your interest. 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Robert B. 👍

Guy Rump
Tail, engine covering etc. added. Next will be primer and pre-shading. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Darin S, Matti T & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Primer and pre-shading added. 🙂

Guy Rump
Underside painted with Vallejo Model Air Neutral Gray. 🙂

Guy Rump
Upper side painted Vallejo Model Air US Olive Drab. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Zbynek H. 👍

Guy Rump
Decals now on. Panel lines to be done and then matt varnish. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Patryk S. 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Ooh! This is a cool idea! Very curious how this will turn out. Definitely joining in! 🙂

bughunter
Nice project! I remember that bird from our visit (that triggers me to start plastic models) years ago too. I was impressed that you could see the bolts of the pivoting wings from the outside - and that they looked like new, unlike the rest. Titanium?
I hope you have enough pictures, a picture search found some.

Nicolas
I'm in. I grew up between Sinsheim and the partnermuseum in Speyer. So we visited one of the museums about every second month.

Michael Kohl
Hi mates. Nice to have you on board.
Jep Frank, I think I do have enough pics as I shot a series with this project already in my mind.
It is indeed a very nice museum tour to visit Sinsheim and Speyer together.

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic project! Taking a first row seat!

Jennifer Franklin
very nice! definitely following.

Finn
Following

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Watching with interest 😊

Michael Kohl
Welcome everybody. Your interest elates me.

Nathan Dempsey
Following 👀

Desert Marlin
I'm looking forward to seeing this one come together!!!

Ben M
👀

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

CaptGPF
Taking a seat with popcorn!

Cristian A
Welcome my friends, I'm doing my best, the kit is very complex and so far things worked well.

Alexander
Interested too, following!

Michael Kohl
Nice build so far.

Mr D
Nice project 👍 your doing a good job, there an impressive model when built....lve watched few videos on the ....as l have the 1/72 version to build soon.
Good luck with it 😃👍

Cristian A
Thank you, everyone, for the kind words and encouragement! 🙂

@Michael Kohl – Appreciate the support! 😊

@Mr D – Thanks a lot! The 1/72 version sounds like a great build; I'm sure it'll look fantastic when you get started, best of luck with yours as well! Please share updates, would love to see how it turns out. 👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Gerald
👍

★ Starfish ★
That's some crazy detail!

Cristian A
Thanks Starfish, I'm adding magnets to them as well so I can play around with the loadout 🙂 Welcome Guy and Gerald!

Desert Marlin
Lots of windows! Love the complexity!

CaptGPF
Following!

Nathan Dempsey
Nice progress 🙂

Mr D
Great project, coming along nicely.... Now don't spray out your pre-shading like l did on my SU-30 🙄🤣.
Nice work 👍👍

CaptGPF
Excellent idea on the pre-shade before the second layering!

Alberto
Nice paint job 👍

Cristian A
Thanks gents!

Mr D's comment really made me pay attention to the pre-shading on the second layer, kudos to him. That made me think of a solution to keep the pre-shading so I ended up with this solution. Will keep the build updated, my target is to finish it by Sunday 🙂

Mr D
That worked out 👍👍 Great, Nice build....it's really going to benefit from the shading you pulled off here.
Enjoying following as it will help when l start my 1:72 version.
😃👍

Desert Marlin
I really like this phase of painting! Seeing the seams disappear and the strength of the kit being revealed!

Cristian A
Wanted to finish the Mi-8 by today, but there are always plenty of details that pop-up and require attention. Anyway since it's close to completion, I decided to spend more time and do it in a relaxed fashion. Thanks Mr.D and Marlin. @Mr. D I want to build another Mi-8 on the Russian Blue-Gray camouflage, I think it looks awesome with the simple scheme as well: MRP-398 Gray Blue - Russian ..4,26,28,35 & Ka-52, MR.Paint Satin, Acrylic Lacquer, 30ml

Alexander
The double pre-shading did help indeed - looks really good already! 👍
Waiting for the wash and weathering!

Desert Marlin
It's always a good idea to take a little more time and see what it can become! Cheers!

Mr D
Top job on the paint, Zvezda do a nice Mi8 kit, Enjoy following this build 👍👍
The blue/Grey be nice 👍 build

Hanno Kleinecke
Checkin' in, let the show begin !

Patrick Hagelstein
Bring it on! 👍🏼

Florian H.
Erste Reihe🙂

Michael Kohl
Ich natürlich auch.

Spanjaard
i am in 🙂

Melgg Lütschg
That's interesting 🙂

Alec K
Another Bernhard extravaganza, I am in 👍

Tom Spiegelberg
So, schnell ein Glas guten Wein holen und dann nehme ich gerne Platz.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

Sergej I
Following 👍

Bernhard Schrock
You are welcome. As usual a lot of first rows free! Popcorn for all! 🙂

Dietmar Bogatzki
Schnell noch eine Cola geholt und Platz genommen, Bernhard 🙂

Felix Troschier
Da gucke ich doch mal mit

Harry Eder
Ich schließe mich da mal an

CaptGPF
Sitting down to watch the extreme detailing build!

David Taylor
Back in.

JAM-SCREW
Fantastic - looking forward to seeing it unfold!

Gary Victory
Nice start Bernhard.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Nice start 👍👀

Robert
Following 👍

J35J
Wow! Great start👍🏻

bughunter
What a combination: a great new kit, nice accessories and finally a master modeller at the tools - EPIC !

Bernhard Schrock
🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 Thanks!

JAM-SCREW
Lovely extra details and mods! very tidy Bernhard.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you JAM-SCREW.
Btw: just I saw you actual portfolio of sets for the Seaking! SCM Brand: JAM-SCREW
Absolutely remarkable!! I'm looking forward especially for the landing gear and main rotor hub. 🙂

Qwertzel
Gute Arbeit! Nehme Platz.

Mid Franconian
I take a seat as well!

Hanno Kleinecke
Just look at that winchframe !!! There is absolutely no doubt that after plugging these plugs the winch will be working. As with all your builds, for the watchers the path is the destination.
Wonderful wip pics - keep'em coming…… 🙂 👍

JAM-SCREW
Rapid progress sir! Very impressive attention to even very fine details for accuracy. Thank you for the updates and images.

Guy Rump
Following with interest. 👍

Spanjaard
that winch is jaw dropping... amazing.

gorby
WOW! Remarkable work so far.

Michael Kohl
What the hell is Ureol?

Bernhard Schrock
Michael ureol is A kind of foamed plastic. It comes in different degrees of foaming. The more foamed, the softer and lighter.

Robert
Hallo sieht genial aus.
wo bekommt man sowas ? habe auch schon versucht sowas zu finden.

Michael Kohl
Ah, that explaines as well the nice texture the cushions have. Thanks for the info.
And - by the way - as always a pleasure to follow your delicate modelling.

Bernhard Schrock
Your are welcome.
Robert: vor paar Jahren habe ich von einem Modellbaubekannten Reste zum probieren gekriegt. Daher musste ich erst mal schauen, wo man das kriegt: eBay hier und da so wie bei Modulor in Berlin.

Gordon Sørensen
Great looking detail you are adding, Berhard! Those seat cushions are fantastic.

Florian H.
Vergiss nicht, einen Kasten Bier bereitzustellen, wenn du die bordtoilette nutzt 😉

Lode Schildermans
Absolute masterclass in progress, Bernhard

bughunter
Eine Detailorgie allererster Kajüte 👍

Spanjaard
a bit more additions, and you can forget about buying kits 😉

Bernhard Schrock
Thanks for comments and praise.I would like to share the praise with the excellent photographers (TN and BD). Ä Only such photos as from TN and BD make it possible.🙂

David Taylor
Wow.

bughunter
It was probably difficult to wire all the little rotary switches on the back. I assume that they all work!

Dan Parsons
Just absolutely fantastic Bernhard, I dont think everyone will appreciate just how difficult all those details you have added are to do. you have achieved what I only dreamed of achieving. I am lost for words with these details. Stunningly beautiful work.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you David, bughunter and Dan for you very motivating comments🙂. The Seaking is meanwhile my favorite helicopter. It was great to see one of them flying over the beach in Boltenhagen: we went on vacation there last year.🙂🙂

Bruce Huxtable
I am impressed not only by your skills, Bernard, but also that you are not over-whelmed by the many, many fine details that you are taking on. RESPECT 🙂

Alec K
I agree with Bruce. Inspiring progress 👍

Augie
Awesome work!

Bruce Huxtable
Goodness, Bernhard, another micro-kit! Immaculate, inspiring!

Augie
I'm just in awe, master work here.

Hanno Kleinecke
Last monday I had the chance to take a very close look on all these masterpiece subassemblies in person - an all new level of depth in detail, even by Bernhard's standards !
These oxygen bottles look as if they were very closely related to 500 pound bombs….. ? 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
I'm happy that you like my bottles... 🙂. In fact, I have often used bombs as a basis for various parts. 🙂 This time, however, it is a sprue with a diameter of 4 mm.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Awesome work, Bernhard 👍

ScaleFella NAFO
Tuned in! amazing details

Michael Kohl
Some very fine modelling going on here.

Spanjaard
very best kind of modelling 😉

gorby
The level of detail is mad. amongst the best scratch-building I have ever seen on Scalemates.

Mark Snel
Amazing!

Alec K
Excellent progress. I like how in Germany, when helicopter model parts get mailed, one just has to write "Bernhard" on the box and it gets delivered to the right person… 😉 😄

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Hanno Kleinecke
I'm out of superlatives ! What can one say - you are constantly exceeding your own standards with this build, and that really says something !
Deeply stunned and impressed by your R.O. workstation !

JAM-SCREW
Well, first test is passed - package arrived. Second test passed looks in good condition. 😋. Now is the real test. How does the builder feel about the parts and are they suitable for this unbelievably excellent project.... time will tell.🍻

Spanjaard
one thing is for sure, they could not get to better hands 😉

David Taylor
JAM-SCREW.How big is your production facilities,you might need bigger premises as your products look great albeit in the hands of a master modeller.

bughunter
Wow, again every little sub-assembly is a fine model on it's own - fantastic 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Thx for you feedback 🙂🙂
The entire interior is lined with upholstery, which is primarily used for noise-insulation. Until yesterday, I broke my head because I didn't know how to repicate it… After a conversation with a mate (thx Hanno), the brilliant idea came to me: Fimo clay.
The material can be processed excellently and is solid in the oven after 30 minutes at 130°. The most important thing is that it does not become bone-hard but left elastic and can even be sanded.

Hanno Kleinecke
Again you nailed it ! That Fimo stuff looks very realistic ! 👍

Michael Kohl
150 pics and you didn't even close the fuselage. And not a second of dullness. Finest modelling entertainment. 🙂

David Taylor
Will you be adding crew Bernhard.

J R
The insulation is amazing but so are the pieces of equipment

Bernhard Schrock
This morning I was curious and unpacked the chassis of Jam-Screw. As already written, the quality is outstanding. But everything is so filigree that you have to be very careful and not to break anything when handling. I had to improvise a bit here and there. In the end, I was finished after 2 hours. Including preparation for laying the cables.

Tom Spiegelberg
Der Baufortschritt ist echt sehenswert und beeindruckend Bernhard. Die Bilder vom Innenraum von Dir und Thomas sind toll! Es gibt leider sehr wenig Bilder vom Original und sind eine tolle Vorlage. Vielleicht macht ihr nen extra Walkaround hier. Ich freue mich schon auf die nächsten Bilder.

Bernhard Schrock
Danke fürs Lob Tom. 🙂. Dank der hervorragenden Innenraum-Fotos macht es wirklich sehr viel Freude herumzupuzzeln. Mein Seaking Projekt hat, könnte man sagen, eine „kritische Masse" erreicht. Dank diversen Kontakten zu Hubschrauber-Spezialisten, und ehemaligem Wart und nunmehr der Connection zur Jam-Screw habe ich die Möglichkeit offene Fragen auch dort zu klären. Für seine CAD files hat JS / Andy und seine Leute hunderte von Fotos geschossen, zu den ein normaler Sterblicher keinen Zugang hat.
Deinen Vorschlag werde ich an Thomas weiterleiten. Deine Idee ist sehr gut.🙂

Alec K
Jam-Screw additions are looking spectacular 👍

gorby
Amazing attention to detail!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Spechless 😉

Dietmar Bogatzki
Wahnsinn was du da reingesteckt hast allein die Instrumente und Sitze sind schon ne Show

Dietmar Bogatzki
👍 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you for the big praise. I am very happy to have such a large number of fans of this WIP.🙂🙂
Dietmar: nur dank der Unterstützung von einer Handvoll von Mk-41 Fans ist es mir möglich so tief in die Materie einzutauchen.
Übrigens: Ganz am Anfang wollte ich die Türen offen lassen und nur ein „bisschen" im Inneren tun. Aber als ich die Fotos von Thomas betrachtet habe, bin ich „getürmt und hab mich auf dem Boden versteckt". Irgendwann habe ich jedoch den „Zustand der inneren Ruhe" (die Phase wenn ich kein Problem mehr damit habe mich z.B. mit einem Rucksack aus Fimo eine halbe Stunde zu beschäftigen)🙂🙂 und betrachte es inzwischen als eine Herausforderung, wieviel ich von dem Zeug nachbauen kann.

Shar Dipree
Awesome work so far! 👍👍👍👍

JAM-SCREW
Very exciting to see what can be achieved with even a very good kit. Commitment and patience wonderful recipe for outstanding success. A pleasure to go along for this journey.

Sy Bar
Truely amazing scratch building and detailing 🍿

bughunter
Impressive labels! Is your "normal printer" a InkJet or a Laser printer?

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you for your unique and supportive comments !🙂🙂
It's a usual business copymashine/printer in tower design, Minolta serie 7.

Bruce Huxtable
The interior is a delight to the eye, for sure. Inspirational modelling🙂

gorby
Just caught up with your build and it is jaw-dropping!

Bernhard Schrock
🙂🙂.
The last big point for interior components is completed: rack for electronic equipment & foldable seat.

Dietmar Bogatzki
einfach nur geil Bernhard 👍 /y)

Lode Schildermans
Simply amazing. There are no words to describe this level

Alec K
I agree with Lode. Just outstanding research and execution.

CaptGPF
God God! I'm just amazed how much scratch built detail you put into this build with each passing day!

Bernhard Schrock
A waterproof green rubber mat is laid on the cabin floor of the SeaKings of the German Navy. However, not under the equipment rack and not in the area of the „shower cabin" (radaroperator workstation). There, the rubber mat was left out, shortened and folded upwards.

At the points of the mountingpoints and other hatches, access covers (probably also made of rubber) are incorporated into the rubber mat.

Spanjaard
i really love the details of the rack for electronic equipment & foldable seat.

gorby
Astounding! 😮

J35J
Speachless, one of the best builds I've even seen.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Hanno Kleinecke
The lecture continues ! Altough it's a pity to partially hide all these wonderful details in the closing halves, I'm curious !

Bernhard Schrock
After completing the engine housing I begun today detailing the bottom.
Just as on the fuselage sides, the equipment on the bottom of the Mk41 is different from the british variants.

Kim Branders
A masterpiece...😮......a big 👍

Alec K
The level of detailing on this thing is simply too notch. Number of bits you have added must be in the thousands! Masterclass 👍 👍👍

Dietmar Bogatzki
Einfach nur Geil.....hast du jede Niete nachgezählt, Bernhard 👍
Liebe solche Modellbauer da komme ich nicht mit

Hanno Kleinecke
Holy smokes, this is escalating everytime I'm checking the progress here !
The Airfix-guys must be crying for their mama by now…….😄

Qwertzel
Sehr schöner Innenraum. Ich liebe deine medizinischen Hilfsmittel. Bin selber im Thema drin und kann keinen Unterschied zu den realen Maschinen feststellen. Echt gute Arbeit!

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you for the last wave of such nice comments. I have the last big hurdle to taken: installing clear parts for the cockpit without mess.
Qwertzel: freut mich, dass dir mein Medizin-Equipment gefällt. Du hast erwähnt, dass du selbst sehr dicht dran bist. Hab gesehen dass du auch einen Rettungs Quirl im Bau hast bzw. Eine ganze Menge von Feuerwehrfahrzeugen. Bist du selbst auch im Einsatz? LG B

Qwertzel
Ja, kann man so sagen. Bin seit mehreren Jahren bei der freiwilligen Feuerwehr, bei den Maltesern und beim DRK im Sanitätsdienst und Katastrophenschutz. Ab einem gewissen Punkt ist das ganze Rettungswesen eher eine Lebenseinstellung, anstelle eines Hobbys

Alec K
The paint is on! Best of luck with the clear parts 👍

Alec K
… and they are in place, flawlessly installed. I admire your precision, truly excellent 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you Alec: Your comment honors me very much.
Today morning I worked on the nose, installed several parts of SeMa Models And finally the „thing" looks like a Mk41. 🙂

bughunter
This model will be THE one and only REAL Seaking 👍

Dieter Bihlmaier
Your eye for detail is terrific Bernhard!

Zbynek Honzik
I look at the photos and marvel at the precision and modeling skill. Fantastic, Bernhard! 👏👏👏

Michael Kohl
You have all the reason to be satisfied. Outstanding achievement.

KyMustang
Very impressive. You should be satisfied!

Bruce Huxtable
Here, here!

Joerg Stange
Richtig klasse Dein Seaking! 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Incredibly realistic look and extraterrestrial cleanliness in paintjob and especially masking the clearparts, exemplary !

John
Looks amazing! Beautiful results on that glass, I bet that felt good to remove and see the results. 👍

Ray Loch
Stunning, that interior is something else.

Alec K
Simply magnificent 👍

Bernhard Schrock
I have hardly any experience with 3D printed parts, especially concerning the flexibility. The material used by Jam-Screw is quite brittle. Therefore, I decided to disconnect the axles and insert a wire. This also has the advantage that you can align the wheels precisely afterwards, especially because they are flattened.

PK99
Wow!! Unbelievable details.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you mates. 🙂
Result of a modeling mini task: DIY FOD covers.
I wanted to be very „smart" and install the exhaust pipes from the outside after painting. I overlooked that the opening in the fuselage is much smaller than the „hidden" end. Therefore, I had to improvise: I sawed off the outer end and inserted them obliquely from the outside.

Michael Kohl
I just love to follow this build

Alec K
I just can't get over the sharpness of the color separations. Absolutely straight, no ragged sections. Superb.

Bernhard Schrock
🙂 🙂
As usual I installed the door without glueing via 2 x piece of 0,26 mm wire. I drilled 2 holes (0,24 mm) from outside through the door into the fuselage.
Who can find the two places? 🙂

Alec K
Top right, along right edge and within the flange to the left?

Bernhard Schrock
Alec alias „Eagle-eye": 2 x bingo! 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Today I finished one of the last complex parts for the fuselage. The whippers. What do you think: how many individual parts does a windscreen wiper consist of? 🙂

Spanjaard
about 10, at least

Spanjaard
probably about 15

Bernhard Schrock
Spanjaard: tadaaaa!!!!! Almost bull eye! 17 per wiper. 🙂

Sergej I
You missed the wiper mechanism spring 😄

Joking, I have no idea how you manage to cut and drill such microparts.

Spanjaard
😄

gorby
Just been looking at your wipers in awe (not a phrase I thought I'm be using this morning). Stunning work!

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Stunning !

JAM-SCREW
On going master work on a masterpiece. Fantastic in all respects mate.

Vincent
Amazing work on the wipers!

Bruce Huxtable
Fully-functioning wipers? Too much for my brain to comprehend...... Amazing, Bernhard, amazing...!

Dietmar Bogatzki
Guess 7 Parts per wiper 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Never before have I completed a tailrotor in this quality in such a short time! Thanks to Jam Screw!!!🙂🙂🙂 Compared to the original, all this is great: even the kink at the back edge of the blades is reproduced correctly.

Alec K
Looks amazing 👍

Олег О
Гениально )))

Michael Kohl
Your spectacular build and pic 255 makes me wanna build one german SAR Seaking too.

Bernhard Schrock
I'm glad I was able to inspire you for this machine. By the way, I was lucky/opportune to see the 89 + 63 and 83 + 58 live on Friday at the very last statics display in Nordholz. Hence the photos: in bright sunshine! All spotters were really lucky!🙂🙂

bughunter
Oh yes, great pictures of the original - I really like the "stressed skin effect"!
And I learned recently during my visit in Oberursel museum (reported that on SM) how the filter works, which you show in pic260.
Fantastic modeling show here 👍

Mark de Boer
WOW, all out on the details, Dont think i have ever seen a more acurately detailed model before. Think this is a price winner. Very beautifull.

KyMustang
This is very impressive. Can you give a tutorial on how you achieved the stressed skin effect?

Tom Spiegelberg
Schön, dass Du noch das Vorbild in echt sehen konntest! Ein toller Moment, den man nicht so schnell vergisst. Ich hoffe, Du hast noch genug Fotos gemacht hast! Wäre cool gewesen das fertige Modell neben das Original zu stellen. Weißt Du was aus 89+63 wird?

Bernhard Schrock
KyMustang: the Seaking - Kit of Airfix is on of few witch offers stressed skin.

Tom: in der Tat, das war das Ereignis des Monats! Wie bereits schon geschrieben, habe ich das große Glück, Mitglied einer WhatsApp-Seaking-Taskforce 🙂 zu sein. Felix und Thomas waren gestern bei dem VIP Termin dabei und haben ihre Informationen in der Gruppe geteilt. Demnach bleibt die 63 in Nordholz. Vielleicht ergibt sich mal eine Gelegenheit, das Modell mitzunehmen und nach Nordholz zu fahren. Vielleicht hätten die Museumsmitarbeiter Interesse das Ding in klein zu sehen.

Bernhard Schrock
I'm just waiting for the decals (thanks DF 🙂🙂) and taking a creative break. For a change, I opened another box 🙂

Aaron Konz
Wow! This is extremly impressive!! Build already 2 Airfix Sea Kings but this is a whole other level!! 🤩 I also want to build this retro Sea King (I was also present during the spottersday and the last flight. Can you tell me witch decals you will use? Thanks in advance!

Bernhard Schrock
Good morning Aaron,
thank you for the praise! That was indeed a great experience for me in Nordholz to see the 89+63 live on friday. 🙂I would have liked to see the Seaking in flight on saturday🙁

The decals have been created by a modeling-friend exclusively for me and our Seaking task force 🙂.

HSQ / Mr. Fienne Schola has released a sheet exactly for the 89+63. Here are two links.
https://ebay.de/itm/186437323778

heli-scale-quality.d..iebebilder:::53.html

Bernhard Schrock
I got the decals on Friday. Everything except the blue elements is meanwhile in the right place: I'm thrilled! Thank you very much David!!🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Alexander Grivonev
Bernhard, es ist atemberaubend was Du hier zauberst! Erste Liga, ohne Worte 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Last Monday I had the opportunity to lay my eyes on this milestone in the making, even more impressive in reality. So now it's decalling time !
Finish line in sight !

Mr D
The large decal has layed down nicely 👌, looks a difficult area!!
Nice job your doing 👍👍

Anatolii Smyshliaiev
Super!!!

Mr D
Rotors are nice job, interesting model this one ....and very popular, lots of interest.
Best of luck with next steps 😃👍👍

Desert Marlin
Coming along nicely!

Desert Marlin
Absolutely stunning!!!

Spanjaard
can not get more realistic.... wow

Alec K
I agree - one only needs to look at the antenna termination in pic 281 🤯

Dietmar Bogatzki
agree with all above

Bernhard Schrock
In the last week I actually managed to instal all the parts without mess, breakdowns and disasters on the fuselage.

Although I am not finished yet (the parts for the rotor have not yet arrived from Australia) I wanted to share some photos of the details with you. 🙂

At this point I would first like to say thank you to my 4 modeling friends, without whom this project would not be possible.

To Thomas for his great photos that left no questions unanswered.

To David for his support by creating the outstanding decals.

To Felix for his boundless knowledge of helicopters and his tireless answers to my countless questions.

Last but not least to Carsten for his efforts in the creation of the seat cushions and his communication with the former technician of the Seakings: so I had „access" to hundreds of pages of the service manual, which a normal mortal does not get to see.🙂

Michael Kohl
Again and again I am taken aback by the quality of this build when lured onto the thread by another magnificent teaser picture.

Spanjaard
there is only one thing missing.... start the engine! holy molly.....

Desert Marlin
I am truly impressed with this work! Well Done!!!

Mr D
Very tidy 👌 like the hinge's and decals are quality, hope you have plain sailing next week too Bernhard... looking 👍 great,

Cristian A
Hi! Did you present this model in Basel MBT last weekend?

Bernhard Schrock
Hi Mates, I'm glad to see & read your nice comments: Thank you.
Cristian: my model is not finished yet.... I supose that you mean the 89+63 built by Suem_models (one of SeMa-Models - guys).

Oliver Zwiener
Klasse Ding

Sergej I
Congratulations Bernhard, I can't imagine how a model could look more realistic than this... hats off! 👍

Alec K
Incredible work 👍👍👍

Lode Schildermans
If someone told me that latest pictures were taken on an airfield base, I would have taken it for granted. Astonishing work and worth the perseverance you've showed during the building process

Cristian A
Yellowwing yes that is exactly the one I've seen in Basel and I thought it's your model!

CaptGPF
Amazing work of art! The attention to detail and execution to the realistic build is outstanding of this world! Thank you for sharing the process with us, a large part of the fun is the process itself, and your step-by-step is much appreciated!

Bernhard Schrock
One of my goals in model making is to create a model that comes as close as possible to the original in the photo. Therefore, I was particularly pleased with your comments concerning the realistic appearance. Thank you!🙂

Augie
Bernhard... I can say without doubt, you knocked that goal out of the park.. its fantastic work from start to finish.

Robert Podkoński
I wholly agree with Augie, Bernhard!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Jaw dropping. again, and again, and.... 👍. super

Felix
Wunderschön gebaut, bravo!!

Ronan
Very nice model one more time 👍
Congrats Master Bernhard 😉

Zbynek Honzik
Incredible modelling work, cleanliness and precision! 👏👏👏

Landlubber Mike
Incredible work on this, I agree! Very nicely done!!

Mr D
Your very good at making the little scratch build parts... Not to be performed over long pile carpets 🫣🤣.
Good interesting work happening.... You may need to register with the FAA at this rate 😉😁
👍

Mark D
What a bad kit, almost every detail is missing 😁
Stunning work and research!

Jennifer Franklin
OK wow, thanks for posting all the details, great opportunity to learn.

Tom Spiegelberg
Das geht ja schon so langsam in Richtung Endspurt bei Dir Bernhard. Einen Guten Rutsch wünsche ich Dir und Deiner Familie ins Neue Jahr.

Alexander
Speechless, as always with your models! 👍👍👍

David R. Meizoso
So great to see this helo progressing again!

Tom Spiegelberg
Der Rotorkopf sieht top aus. Freu mich sehr die in Lingen zu sehen 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
I am happy to see this one started back up again.

Martin Weinpold
Im in!

Johannes Schendlinger
Sehr beeindruckend, was du hier zeigst. Der Rotorkopf schaut wirklich fantastisch aus! 👍

Desert Marlin
Excellent detail Bernhard! As usual! Cheers!

Alec K
Looks like the parts are in and the show continues 👍

Lode Schildermans
WTF? Bernhard, your eye for detail is unseen. This is going to be another masterpiece

Spanjaard
317 is just intermediate? that is incredible now, don't know the adjective to use when finished.....

gorby
WOW! I've built complete models with less parts than that rotor head! Stunning job.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you very much for your great comments. Part of the praise goes to the Jam Screw team for their masterpiece in 3-D design and 3D printing. 🙂🙂
After a productive model building day, I am now done with the detailing. Next step: the paintwork in dark gray.

Juergen Klinglhuber
A masterpiece in itself.
👍

bughunter
More original than the original 👍
I hope the remaining weeks until EME are enough to finish it!

Desert Marlin
Very impressive!!!

Jennifer Franklin
that looks realistic as all get out

JAM-SCREW
We are very grateful and fortunate to have Bernhard and his cohort helping make Sea King magic. Total SCHROCK and AWE mate.💪🥃

Alec K
There is a T-shirt in there somewhere... 😄

Desert Marlin
The rotörhead is really the detail that makes or breaks an effort to make a realistic helo! I am truly impressed with this one!!!

Kenneth
That rotorhead looks more realistic than the real thing 😳

gorby
WOW! The photos are more like a walk-around than a model. 😮

CaptGPF
Nothing less than. Work of art! Congratulations on this picture perfect build!

bughunter
And what is now the difference between pictures 255 (and following) to the last pictures? I don't spot one, only the sky.

Rui S
Excellent, as usual 👍

Michael Kohl
That is darn close to perfection.

Bernhard Schrock
Yesterday I finished my Seaking.
At this point I would like to say a one more thank you to my 5 modeling friends, without whom this project would not be possible.

To Thomas for his great photos that left no questions unanswered.

To David for his support by creating the outstanding decals.

To Felix for his boundless knowledge of helicopters and his tireless answers to my countless questions.

to Carsten for his efforts in the creation of the seat cushions and his communication with the former technician of the Seakings: so I had „access" to hundreds of pages of the service manual, which a normal mortal does not get to see.🙂

Last but not least to Andreas of Jam Screw for his support with the magnificent 3D printed sets and technical information.

And of course for all the mates who, with their nice comments, who constantly kept my motivation level at 110%. 🙂🙂

Robert Podkoński
Chapeau!

Augie
just amazing 🙂

David Taylor
Everything has been said.

Alexander
Almost lifelike, incredible detail and awesome build process, truly inspiring! 👍👍👍

Alec K
It just needs a tiny pilot to fly it away…

Zbynek Honzik
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

Guy Rump
Great result! 👍

Ronan
Fantastic result 👍

Spanjaard
truly breathtaking, i hope tho have the chance to see this beauty in person eventually!!!

Hanno Kleinecke
If I wouldn't know better, I would think that these are the fotos you took from the original King last year !
Absolutely masterly and ligtyears ahead of most of us - pulling my Hat Sir 😄 👍

Gary Victory
Stunning build and attention to detail Bernhard. Truly inspiring build. Well done Sir.

Joerg Stange
Beautiful build 👍

Desert Marlin
Bravo Zulu Bernhard!!!

Irineu Junior
My goal here is to build a flexible rally car, using the parts provided, for road and track (desert). I purchased 4 grooved tires and I'm going to use neodymium magnets to attach the interchangeable parts.
For the sake of fidelity, I'll not apply the Monte Carlo decals.

Martin Oostrom
Let us see where you're taking this!

Yngve N
I'm in for this 👍

Jan Peters
Following this 👀

Nicolas
Joining. 👀

Ricard Gomicia Calatayud
I'm completly staggered about the existence and usage of the magnets 😵

Pepe
Looking

Irineu Junior
All parts can be interchangeable successfully. Total magnets used: 31.

Irineu Junior
Every piece already primed.

Guido
Taking a seat, nice progress so far 👍🏻

Irineu Junior
Scratch building a parts storage, out of old sprues.

Irineu Junior
Storage "fit test"

Rui S
Interessante 👍 😎

Guido
Storage looks really good 👍🏻

Irineu Junior
Thanks Guido and Rui!
Just added support for tires and rims, not sure what to do to guide them, though.

Irineu Junior
Storage bins completed, ready for priming and painting.

Dominik Weitzer
great work so far!

David R. Meizoso
I admire your skills, not only with plastic but also electronics and lighting. Following!

Denis Dogadov
Thanks!
But this is a lot of things for me for the first time. I've never made electrified models before. This is the largest airplane model I've ever made.

David R. Meizoso
Even more impressive! So, may I ask how did you learn about all the electronic stuff? I guess it also involves programming light pattern sequences in Arduino. It's on my to do list!

Denis Dogadov
Theoretically, it is possible to purchase ready-made electronics to illuminate the model, but I did not succeed. Then I turned to a fellow modeler who had already made a backlit model. He agreed to sell me a set of electronic parts. As a result, I received a package containing separate electronic elements. I didn't know what to do with all this. But I have a friend who works on a smart home system and knows what an Arduino is. He helped me a lot. But the hardest part turned out to be soldering the LEDs.
As my friend said, all these electronic parts can be bought on Aliexpress, inexpensively.
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David R. Meizoso
Thanks for sharing your experience, mate. I purchased a starter pack with an Arduino board (much bigger than the one you used) some time ago, but don't know where to begin. I was hoping my kids would teach me, but they're not that much interested...

Denis Dogadov
My friend said that I have a large Arduino board, but Aliexpress can buy a smaller one.

Denis Dogadov
I drew a plane on a piece of cardboard, and we made a fully working circuit with LEDs on it. Then I transferred this scheme to the model.

Greg Baker
Oooooo…. Arduino's are FUN! You need an Arduino Nano. I've done several Arduino projects. You can do all kinds of neat things with them. My two favourite projects are Ghibli: If an Ohm falls in the Forest (Nausicaa + Ohm) | Album by strobez (1:144) and Destination Moon (XFLR-6 Test Rocket) | Album by strobez (1:72).

If you want some help with Arduino projects, feel free to ask~

Greg Baker
Oh… I also lit up a 747 using an Arduino. So much fun! AREA 88 : "A Close Shave" | Album by strobez (1:144)

Denis Dogadov
Greg Baker I looked at your work with interest. I wish it had happened sooner, because I had so many questions...
And no one told me that the inside of the fuselage needed to be painted over with black paint.
I found this photo funny (bombs + B747)

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Greg Baker
Well… first off, it's not a rule that the inside has to be painted. I did it for two reasons though… a) it helps to stop the light from coming through the skin of the fuselage. It's not so bad with a large (for 1/144 scale) commercial airliner, but I lit up a Learjet in 1/144 and it looked like I was taking an X-Ray. 😉 And b) it helps diffuse the light so each LED doesn't look like a lonely lamppost at night, with only a small circle of light.

Ha. As for the bombs, well, I didn't like how the engines looked originally and I needed something rounded and pointy to stick out the back. I think those came from an Academy F4U. Always handy to keep leftover parts in the spares box. 😉

Greg Baker
I've also lit up a B-707 (AREA 88: "Sitting on the Tarmac" (B-707) | Album by strobez (1:144)) and a DC-10 (AREA 88: "The Upside Down Bomb" (DC-10-30) | Album by strobez (1:144)). Oh, and I also post my builds on my blog (strobez.ca) and usually talk about the main challenges (or triumphs) with each project. You might find that a bit helpful too.

I didn't start lighting up the DC-10 until after I started the project, so ai had to undo a bit first. I also used simple capacitors to make the lights blink instead of an Arduino. You only really need an Arduino if you want to do some fancy light sequence.

Denis Dogadov
These are German bombs, I was interested in the design and coloring of bombs.
I've looked at your work. Yes, you can do without Arduino.
There's a lot of my work here, if you're interested-
karopka.ru/community/user/21568/

Greg Baker
That's some great work! Maybe the bombs with from a Me262? I dunno... they were the right kind of pointy... I didn't ask any more questions than that. 🙂

Denis Dogadov
Greg Baker-" it helps diffuse the light so each LED doesn't look like a lonely lamppost at night, with only a small circle of light."

I have seen that it is possible to use transparent rods from the model parts to evenly distribute the light. And I even bought these rods on Aliexpress specifically for this. But I didn't like this option and I just increased the number of LEDs in the fuselage.
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Mr D
Very nice Build Denis, Led kit worked out great 👍👍

Greg Baker
Yeah. I've tried those acrylic rods as well. Didn't really work all that well for me either, but it does help if you sand them to make them less clear. I think I'd always put them more directly behind the windows too.. The correct plan is to increase the number of LEDs you're using, but on some builds that also impacts how much power you need. I usually keep all my builds to 5 volts (basically USB power plugs), but you can run a 9V battery or even a 12V plug in if necessary.

Neuling
Cool!

Hovercraft
Великолепная работа. Грядут новые стандарты моделизма

Pepe
I like what I see

Markus Antonius
I guess those Tracks are better than the ones that come with the kit... are those plates anti skid plates? Haven't seen them in any Book so far.

Pierre S.
Yes, these tracks are much better than the ones in the kit. I have seen the anti-slip pads on a few reference pictures and there were probably some vehicles where they were retrofitted.

Lochsa River
it is comforting to know a modeler has done a far better job with this kit than i could ever do...so, the pressure is off...enjoy this ...

RNAS Sopwith Baby - Mediterranean | Album by kkarlsen (1:32)

Robert Podkoński
Watching!

Rui S
Me too 😎

Lawrence Landis
Looks great. Sometimes it is a sin to have to cover up such great details.

Villiers de Vos
Lots of tiny details. This little Baby promises to turn out a head turner.

Naram
following

Lawrence Landis
I'm going to have to check out a seat for my Avro Triplane

Lochsa River
thanks all! ...it was weird to discover the seat belts were backwards in the instructions...more reports soon.....

Lochsa River
hopefully...i will always know what a correct WWI seatbelt looks like from now on.....

Lawrence Landis
Man, it is a learning curve. I have learned so much from you all since I joined Scalemates.

Lochsa River
not a big fan of this kit...especially for the money it costs....funky moldings, backwards instructions...blah seat with no detail....it will be finished but not with great affection....

Michael Kohl
Looking good.

Lawrence Landis
I will keep following your progress.

Thomas Espe
Watching👀

Lochsa River
....only one plane in the jig at a time and this will definitely be a jig job....the tail is assembled but I don't really like the rigging method.....this is a good livery of this airplane....so, some time will be taken....

Lochsa River
kick starting this after months off....

René (Lord Bilbo) Bartholemy
Taking a seat

Villiers de Vos
Starting to come together. Very nice work so far.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Ethan Flory
Incredible work!

Lochsa River
...thank you everyone! ....as usual...perfection in modeling will not be found here but his one is OK, right now....the real challenge will be the wing rigging.....looking forward to tackling that...it will be eyelets/ezline and that has worked well before.......

Guy Rump
Good progress, following. 👍

Mr James
Lovely wood grain effects. Looking forward

Neuling
Very promising .......

Rui S
Looking good, indeed 👍

Tini Hendriks
Very nice!

DuperScale
Awesome paintjob. Well done

Łukasz Gliński
Following 👍

Martin Weinpold
Following!

Nicolas
Me 3

DerMattes
Following! 👍

Rui S
Impressive work 👍

Sergej I
Following, great work so far! 👍

DerMattes
Good to see this going forward 👍

Cristian A
Booking my seat, I like the fine pre-shading 🙂

Lost_Erik
👍 Good progress.

Ben M
How do you do pre-shading like that in 1:72?

servalpe
@Ben M, I use two hands to handle the airbrush and put the kit in a support.

Thomas Kolb
Those straight and true airbrush lines are impressive. I definitely need to try to improve…

servalpe
More details about my pre-shadding: Airbrush Fengda FE-180 with 0.2 needle, Tamiya XF-1 paint diluted with Mr. Hobby Lacquer Thinner around 80-90%, Pressure: 1 bar. The needle has been polished with Tamiya compounds.

Cristian A
Wow polishing the needle with Tamiya compounds is quite the idea. I think I will try that! Which compound out of the three are you using for this? I'm assuming it's the finish product.

servalpe
@Cristian A, you need the 3 compounds: coarse, fine and finish. You will see how smooth will be the needle after coarse polishing. Because chinese airbrush needles are not very well finished.

Thomas Kolb
Polishing the needle is a great idea to avoid blotches. But I think it's more a matter of being able to move the airbrush in a perfect straight line and being able to start and stop the paint flow precisely where you want. Something you seem to have mastered.

servalpe
@Thomas, please try to use 2 hands and you will see how much control you gain 😉

servalpe
Thanks guys, for your nice comments ...

Rui S
Thank you for your detailed explanation. Apreciated 👍

Michael Kohl
I shouldn't miss this

gorby
Looks a very interesting project. 🙂

Ben M
👁️👁️

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

bughunter
Looks nice so far 👍
Are you planning to put in some floors and ceilings, perhaps made of cardboard? This would prevent identical lighting conditions behind all the windows and perhaps make it look even more realistic.

Chris T. An
Welcome to all. @bughunter: for this pilot project (it's my first building) I won't be using any interior fittings (ceilings and walls) or lighting. It's mainly about testing whether the construction works without any problems and how something like this could look when finished. For my colleague, who drew and printed it in 3D, it's also the first time he's tried something like this and he needs feedback.
Let's see if and how I can create curtains. Because that's all you can see on a bright day when you look into a building from the outside.

gweller
Making some progress with the AMX. This is after 2 coats primer and 3 top coats - all Vallejo acrylics. Maybe another one or two thin coats and it's ready for varnish and decals

Bozo
Despite the all grey scheme paint, good work on this little fighter

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Chrisswe
Hope I can make it interesting to follow.
The kit doesn't seem very complicated and the Eduard photo etch is mild level. Just the open doors are a new thing for me. They might cause problems when painting and building modules together.

Guy Rump
Following too! 👍

Chrisswe
Progress has been slow but I got some work done last days.

Jörg Schäfer
Come on board too.

Chrisswe
I think this project will pick up pace now when I have finished Schleswig-holstein. This is the first ship I build with waterline option and it was very hard to fix the hull seam. I did several cycles of filling, sanding and priming and still it is very visible.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress.

Chrisswe
Thanks Villiers! My daughter asked me today if I had only built two ships and one small plane after working such a long time. She looked incredulous when I told her that was actually the case🙂

CaptGPF
The notorious "pocket battleship" Graf Spee! Taking a seat for this one!

Martin Oostrom
If you click on the + and then the shopping cart icon. There are fields for Price, Currency, Postage, From and Date. Is that enough or do you need more?