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Palo M
Fantastic detail work!

John
Fantastic build and presentation Mark. 👍 I love the display base with the mottled/splinter colors of each aircraft too. I'm still sticking with Tamiya paints though... 😉

Mark Sherwood
Thanks John. I've got say even though I've just become a Fanboy of AKRC there's still a place in my heart for Tamiya Paints, they were a vast improvement over the Humbrol tinnies back in the mid to late seventies as where the kits over Airfix. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood
Thanks for the like Nordmito. 🤟🥸🤘

John
I may give the AKRC a try. I'm just used to how the Tamiya paints behave, dilutions that work for my airbrush, etc. If I understand correctly, the AKRC paints are also acrylic lacquers like Tamiya and Mr. Hobby so they should work with the same thinners and such. They do have a good color range compared to Tamiya for sure.

Mark Sherwood
Yep. You're right John, lacquer based acrylics, as far as I can tell same formula different bottles. I did have some reservations about RLM02 1938 wether it was the right colour though. I used AK's thinners. I'd test on some plastic card with X-20 and Mr Hobby thinners to see how they behave, which I haven't done yet just ploughed on through with appropriate thinners to get the project over the line. Having said that I would still use Tamiya paints. I just got seduced by AK3G and like most affairs it did not work out well. On that note Atom and any new acrylic will be kicked into touch.🤣👍🥸🤘🥸🤟🤣

Mark Sherwood
Cheers zhsv. 🥸👍

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Kendrick, for the like. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood
Ta Villers and everyone else who liked the build. 🤘🥸🤟

Vincent
Great display piece!!!

Neuling
Congrats. A hit!

Mark Sherwood
Vincent, Neuling thank you both for the kind comments. Thank you Mike for the like. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Christian for the like. 🤟🥸🥸

Doubtingmango
Fantastic work Mark! I love the little camo base. It's a nice touch.

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Doubting much appreciated. 🤘🥸👍

Mark Sherwood
Agustin thank you and everyone else for the likes. 👍🥸🤘

James C
Nice work 👍

Rui S
Great pair 👍 would be Nice to see a photo with rotating Propellers 🤔

Mark Sherwood
Thank you James and Rui S. Rui with my temperament installing electrics (I have problems with the 3 phase at work!) It's enough just to get them built and painted 🤣 and if you mean those discs, I was never a fan. 🤘🥸🤟

Guy Rump
Great job and presentation. 👍

Rui S
Hi Mark, None of those, I would say touch them to get them rotating and then take the photo 🤔
That is, if they are not glued ofcourse 😉

Mark Sherwood
Rui. They're not that loose. Cackhanded me would probably break the propeller as the spinner describes an arc to the carpet. 🤣🤟🥸🤘🤣

schecter87
It's my first car model project. I think it's a crime, but I decided to paint the model in mica blue over black primer 🙂

George Williams
Mica-blue is a good choice.

schecter87
On the finish line.. I just have a few minor things left to finish

István Szücs
A little bit strange without rear wing. Great work, but I miss the wing.

schecter87
Yeah, it's true. Rear wing is drying and waits for polishing 🙂

István Szücs
Great!

Martin Oostrom
That blue looks deep. Perhaps not Calsonic blue, but I don't mind

schecter87
Martin, you are right - this is not the correct color. I used Mica Blue paint from Tamiya. Overall, this is my quick project to get acquainted with car modeling. I liked it overall, and now I already want to assemble a Lancia Super Delta 🙂

Живко Джаков
Follow 👀

Nicolas
Me two.

DerMattes
Watching.

John E
Following

Guy Rump
Nice build. 👍

tom svk-at
very nice👌👍

Neuling
Clean and careful work in good presentation!

Thomas E.
Show us more! 👍

Simon Nagorsnik
👍

Guy Rump
Very nice build! 👍

Skyhiker
You should link up the kit to the project. Military Flying Boat (Playfix Kits 15690, 1:72)

Michael Kohl
That looks and sounds cool.

Mr D
Thanks, it's a vintage kit from 70's to 1990's, Revell used to sell it as a re-box too,
I built it back in 1992.....as a 12 year old , Built in 1 night with decals slapped straight on white plastic !🤣
So it's a nostalgic re-visit, l built 3 or 4 from the line as they were cheap, larger n easy for youngsters.
This was favourite out the line-up .....So be to see how it goes 35yrs later.
Thanks for interest 😁👍👍👍

Mr James
That is one impressive paint job. Excellent skills shown with an airbrush 🙂

Bernd Grün
Schönes Modell, Simon! Exzellente Lackierung, Glückwunsch! 👌👌

Pipeman86
Hey Simon, richtig richtig gut!! Vor allem auch die Grundierung nach dem Verschleifen (Bild 1). Mega!!!

gasolier
Cool scheme! Well done

John Thomas
Very nice

Simon
Thank you very much guys!!

Vielen Dank Bernd und Chris!! Als nächstes werden die Markierungen auf den Seitenleitwerken und den Tragflächen gesprayt!! 🙂

Ben M
fun project. you should paint a giraffe next 🙂

Simon
Yes, certain similarities in the camouflage pattern cannot be denied. 🙂 It wasn't really the intention, it was supposed to be a mix of larger and smaller patches. But I still like it now. 🙂

Ben M
It looks really remarkable. You have constant density for all the patches. Skills!

Simon
Thanks Ben! 🙂

Alberto
Cool camo, nice paint job 👍

Simon
Thank you Alberto 🙂 Now i have to repaint the engines/intakes/nozzles.

Jan Peters
Beautiful camouflage pattern you have painted here!

Simon
Thank you very much!! 🙂 That pushes me to go on with the repainting of the intake / nozzle part! 🙂

Vincent
Great scheme. This looks great!!!

Simon
Thank you Vincent! 🙂

Skyhiker
I love this kit, it was one of my favorite to build. You have done a masterful job on that camo. Looks great.

HSC1932
This is the best Arado 555 I've seen, and I've seen many. What paint did you use to achieve that excellent finish?

Simon
Many thanks to you both! I'm really pleased that you like the paintwork! The project has already taken a lot of time so far. At first I thought it would be a quick job, but in the end the sanding, re-engraving and the countless thin layers of paint have taken a lot of time. Probably also because I watch series on the side 🙂

@HSC1932: I now only use Vallejo colours, mostly the Model Air colours if available. I also thin them a lot now: 4:2:3 (Flow Improver : Thinner : Paint). For the two main colours I used Vallejo MA 71.257 Light Blue RLM76 and MA 71.259 Grey Violet RLM75.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👍👍Sieht heiß aus das Teil, besonders die Camouflage, hast du da ein Netz drüber gelegt und drüber gesprüht?

Simon
Moin Hans-Jürgen! Vielen Dank!! Ne, das habe ich mit ganz wenig Druck, geringem Abstand und der Politik der ruhigen Hand gemacht! 😉

Michael Kohl
Top paint job.

Simon
Vielen Dank Michael!!

CaptGPF
One word - AMAZING!

Simon
Thank you very much CaptGPF!!! 🙂

Secretary at ESSMC
Love the paint job - looks "submarine"
Great kit - see mine from a few years ago..SCM Search: roger trewenack arado*
I'll keep watching your work!

Simon
Thanks Mr. Secretary! 😅 Now that you mention it, it does look a bit like a ray. A ray with giraffe skin. 😁 Your Arado looks great too! What an idea with the camouflage. 👍🏼

Ben M
A girayffe if you will.

Simon
They are incredibly good at snorkelling! 🤣

Gerald
👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, like the different camo. 👍

Robert Podkoński
Good job so far, Johan. Keep it up! (and do not mix the parts from both kits 😉

Nicolas
Good start. Following

Johan van Meerloo
awesome, its to compare the new and old revell kits

Villiers de Vos
Very nice progress. Your attention to detail will pay off.

Johan van Meerloo
Thank you! Will be hard with the old kit though.

Nicolas
I build both kits in the past. Intrested too see what you can do with it.

Johan van Meerloo
both are interesting, this one is total crap but will try to make the best of it

Robert Podkoński
Good job so far, Johan!

Johan van Meerloo
for the crap kit it is, its going on quite okay now with some colour on it at least, hopefully the cannopy wont ruin it all due to the bad kit

Skyhiker
I would have sanded those rivets off and reriveted both planes. But I can understand not doing that. Getting raised rivets to look good in silver is a real challenge.

Johan van Meerloo
too less quality for this kit

Villiers de Vos
Coming along nicely.

Anth
I'm really enjoying it. It's a buddy build with a friend 👍

Rui S
Nice 👍 I'm in too

Villiers de Vos
Very good painting skills.

Anth
Excellent Rui, will look forward to seeing your build

Anth
Thank you Villiers

Dave Norman
Looking good Anth.

Anth
Well thank you David. Inspired to improve by a bunch of guys from IPMS Cleveland 👍

Dave Norman
Top guys I hear....

Anth
That's true 👍

Spanjaard
looks really good. beautiful Panther

Anth
Well thank you. It looks even better driving around the garden 🙂)

Neuling
Very good paintwork and weathering!

John
Nice build. How well does the motorized feature work?

Anth
Thanks John, it's battery operated motor driving the front wheels.

John
Yes. I was just wondering how good it works. Is it worth the extra money for the motorized feature? Thanks for the reply.

Anth
Hey John, whether it's worth it or not depends on what you value but it works great

Alexander Witte
Nice piece of work!

Anth
Cheers 🍻👍

Guy Rump
I obviously missed this, glad to see it now, looks great! 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Joining in! 👍🏼

Guy Rump
Following! 👍

Mirko Römer
Following👍

Tom B.
From what I´ve seen that should be a great little kit... for a hopefully fun and non-problematic build 👍 Will definetly grab this kit myself in time!

Harry Eder
Following too!

Simon Nagorsnik
Hey guys, you´re welcome for sure!
@Tom B. : Well, I wasn't entirely convinced of the kit, I have to say.
I have noted a rough summary in the album info if you are interested.

Tom B.
Honestly did not expect the shortcomings you listed from what I´ve seen of the parts yet, so thanks for the heads-up 👍

Bohrmann
👀 Following

Finn
Will follow

Neuling
So good: details, paintwork, weathering. Again: looks like a 1/35 model.

J35J
Impressive work and detailing!👍🏻

gorby
In spite of the problems with the kit you've managed to get it to your usual exceptional standard.

Michael Kohl
A typical Nagorsnik-build. Very fine. I like the presentation too.

Bohrmann
Unbelievable, another perfect model. But I have since figured out why you are building models in 1/72 scale.🤔 If you were building on 1/35 scale, you would need a warehouse to store your collection at the rate you are building models. So you make each model look like a 1/35 scale model. 😀 You're just being practical. 😉

Simon Nagorsnik
Hey mates! thank you all for your kind comments!!

@Bohmann: Haha, you recognized it exactly 😂

@gorby, @Tom B: The assembly was not so problematic that it would cause very big problems, but only the reworking of the individual parts was a bit annoying. This has somewhat reduced the joy and expectation of a top current kit for me.
Maybe I caught a "Monday production";)
However, the end result looks good throughout.
Once again, thanks to all and for all your likes!

Zsolt Czegle
AWESOME as usual! 👍

Guy Rump
Excellent result! 👍

gorby
Nice diorama.

Oleksii
Thank you)))

CaptGPF
Lovely dio

Oleksii
Thank you 🙂

Palo M
Looks great! One nit: it was still Czechoslovakia in 1990 🙂

Oleksii
Thank you very much, i have corrected

Michael Kohl
Nice. Leaving the surface texture of the foam board for the apron makes it look quite east european indeed. Nice twist. Adding a frame would give this nice dio a bit more of a professional appearance. Just a thought.

Oleksii
Thank you, on my next diorama i would try to find a frame or make it.Do you have any advice for frames?

Michael Kohl
You can make a simple cover for your dio with veneer or plasticcard just cut to size and glued blunt. Quite a few use readymade picture frames. This is convenient. In my opinion two aspects can make it look a bit off: first if the dio is made to fit the frame and not vice versa. And second if the level of the frame is higher than the level of the dio. This can easily be avoided by putting in a higher foam board. Wooden profiles can be cut at 45° angle and fit around the foam. This allows you to fashion any size you want. I have covered irregular shapes with veneer and with simple card board that I varnished afterwards.
Have a look around here. There are plenty of excellent solutions to be found - and a few which show possible pitfalls.
Half a dozen techniques you will find at my stuff (including not so good ones 😉 ).

Guy Rump
Very nice build! 👍

gorby
Looks a very interesting project.

Rui S
Yap, I'm in too 👍

Noël Bossaert
gentlemen,
Thank you for your interest in this project.

nikfrost
This looks awesome already, great project, can't wait to see more.

Mr James
outstanding weathering

Bruce Huxtable
Your album looks like a walk-around album! Fantastic work for sure 🙂

John
Great detail work and chipping/weathering. How did you achieve the effect on the blade of water staining?

Michael Kohl
Great wear and tear indeed.

J35J
Impressive paintjob!

Alexey Axel
xtrout thanx)

Alexey Axel
BruceH this work lasted 6 months. I'm tired))

Alexey Axel
JohnR It happened by accident. I dropped a drop of pigment fixative and it spread. I liked the effect.

Alexey Axel
J35J thanxxx for rating)

Bruce Huxtable
Time well spent, Alexey. We are all enjoying the fruits of your labours 🙂

Neuling
A masterpiece.

Guy Rump
Beautiful job, the rusting effect is excellent. 👍

Neuling
Clean and careful work with very beautiful colors!

Guy Rump
Very impressive build. 👍

Michael Kohl
That is some decent looking Tomcat.

Neuling
So it is.

Guy Rump
Great job, congrats! 👍

Simon Nagorsnik
👍

Neuling
Clean and careful work!

Guy Rump
Very impressive build. 👍

Rui S
Welcome to scalemates🙂

ktaki
thanks!