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Rudy R.
Great work, beautiful home and property too.

Bob Hall
Cool Bird ! 👍 !

Ekki
Very good job!

Geert
That first picture… Great shot!

Bill Newcomer
Kit bashing. My favorite. Following.

Goldman
Interesting build. Good luck

Bozzer
Always good to see a big rig build 🙂

Martin Oostrom
Who doesn't love a InterFrankenStar?

Jennifer Franklin
Following, this should be good.

Bozzer
Excellent progress mate. That cab interior goes together pretty well.

Bill Newcomer
The interior looks pretty sweet. I have always been curious about the need for a sleeper on a tow truck. I suspect all towing companies stay local. I do not imagine there is a high demand for long haul towing.

Bozzer
Merry Christmas Bill. I think that they used them for storage mainly, and secondly to get changed, after extreme weather? I don't believe, that they were actually slept in? I'm sure someone will have a more in-depth answer though.

Bozzer
As an avid, Big Rig fan, this is awesome!
You knocked it out of the park, mate!!!
I was dubious about that sleeper, fitting in with the whole thing, especially as I've worked on both the cab and the rear body, but this is excellent!
The colour is perfect , there's just enough chrome, and not too many decals, to take your eyes off the build!
Fantastic mate! Very nice and well done 👍 🙂 🙂

Goldman
Beautiful model! Considering how the resin day cab looked at the start it came out amazing well. Really love the dark grey and silver paint scheme. May adopt it for a future project...

Rui S
Great work 👍

Jennifer Franklin
Looks amazing!

George Williams
Came out very nice.

Ekki
Nice work!

Cuajete
Following.

Ekki
Watching.

Maciej Bellos
Beautiful pit!

Neuling
Clean, careful, beautiful!

Woit
Clean, very clean, net freak 😉 but above all beautiful!

Cristian A
Following

Ekki
Me too

Cuajete
Interesting...

Jennifer Franklin
following

Cuajete
Good progress 👍

Alexey Bykov
one step in a year -))

Jennifer Franklin
Is this a kit or was this all scatchbuilt?

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!

Francois Royer de Vericourt
Ready for paint

Thomas O'Eh
Looking good so far! I have the item on order, also planning to build a RAF Polish sqn from it, 315 in my case. Curious about your comment: What's wrong with the canopy? According to the manual a Malcolm canopy should be included?
Did you consciously choose the rear wheel bay color to be the same as the rest of the interior? My references show a zinc chromate yellow (e.g. Tamiya XF-4) for the rear wheel bay…

Łukasz Gliński
Thanks Thomas.
Yes, the Malcolm hood (aka blown) canopy is not present in my kit, only the "straight" one.
However I managed to modify it using some UV resin, it will have to do the job.
Regarding the rear wheel bay - yes I went for the yellow chromate (in my case the AK marker). My reference is AH's instruction 🙂
scalemates.com/products/img/5/0/8/1394508-93-instructions.pdf

Nicolas
Following

Thomas O'Eh
Hi Lukasz, now that you say it I can spot the difference! Looking forward to seeing how this turns out!

Bas Tonn
I'm planning to do another Mustang at some point, so I'm curious abou every build. Not the easiest kit I think? Good luck !!

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome.
Bas, of course it's not AH, but it's well designed and goes together very quickly.
Similarly to Revell's Phantom, but way fewer parts to assemble, so the painting stage comes very fast.

Cuajete
It is certainly a nice kit, although I changed it for the Arma Hobby one. Interesting experiment with the canopy bubble corrected with UV glue. I'll like to see the result.
Happy New Year, Łukasz!

Jennifer Franklin
Tooled in 1998, that's going back a while. Looking great so far.

Jennifer Franklin
Looking good, and this time, I am certain it is blue 😉 Do you enjoy anime?

Dave
Years ago when the girls were little, we would sit and watch anime. As for the gundam's always like them. I found that they were the perfect model kit to take with me on the road while working as they don't require glue and i could take them apart when I got home for painting.

Jennifer Franklin
What do you do that has you on the road?

Roland Sachsenhofer
The construction of the Fiat G.50 goes quite well in principle: few parts, in general well made, but the whole thing in coarse wall thickness and rough casting. But, that has to be said, a really nice kit! I added a little detail to the resin engine block. Most of it disappears under the cowling, so here are a few pictures of it.

Roland Sachsenhofer
A few steps further: the fuselage and wings are now ready to receive a first coat of paint - starting with the underside. Pre-shading and pre-lightening can still be seen on this pictures. The engine cowling is only attached and will be removed again for the rest. I have to say, the accuracy of fit is fantastic!

Roland Sachsenhofer
This morning I basically finished the surface colour scheme and was able to apply layers of glossy clearcoat. This also explains the greasy gloss you see here. Italian camouflages bring variety in their wide range - and also new challenges 🙂

Felix
Following 👍🏻

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here.

Jennifer Franklin
Me too!

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Super Job! Excelent Italien Camouflage!👍👍👍

Roland Sachsenhofer
I thank you for your interest - and for your praise, I really appreciate it!

Jennifer Franklin
The camouflage looks fantastic!

Nicolas
👀

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome Nicolas.
I have to admit the kit is of a very smart design, but the leaflet seems to be drawn by someone else not seeing the kit beforehand 🙁

Cuajete
It's not often you see Łukasz build a modern kit 😛
I can't miss it! (nor can anyone else).

Ben M
👀

Łukasz Gliński
Yeah, I think I should sometimes 😄

Alec K
Taking a seat. I am surprised about the dash fit.

Pierre Pierre
following

Djordje Nikolic
So far so good!

Patryk S.
Following!

Moreno Baruffini
👀

Łukasz Gliński
Great to see you folks 👍 Been waiting for you Patryk 😛
I stumbled upon couple of small glitches here and there (and instruction errors too!), which prevent me from starting to prime and paint the Hawk

Jennifer Franklin
Following!

Robert Podkoński
A little late, but joining this party!

Patryk S.
Hey Łukasz! I'm not to often here lately but wouldn't miss it for anything as I want to do the argentinian version. Sorry to see that this kit has such fit issues as I was hoping that it will be something more relaxing than the AZ kit. Thanks for tackling it - your build will be a great reference point for me as was your H-75 build!

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome, welcome, there is still some time for me to conclude the party - started priming yesterday, but some corrections are needed.
Patryk, don't get me wrong - it's waaaaay more relaxing than the AZ kit 😄 Unfortunately the instruction seems bit out of sync with actual sprues content.

Cuajete
I thought this kit would be a piece of cake for the hardcore modeler with experience in the more complicated models 😛

Good job so far, Łukasz!
Happy Holidays!

Łukasz Gliński
Feliz Navidad tambien!

Łukasz Gliński
So, I did the painting today using the Light Ghost Gray on the undersides, according to the instructions.
But on top I diverted from their suggestions - I painted it using Sandy Brown (rough RLM79 equivalent) and a mix of Kaki Francais & Light Polish Khaki.
The P-36 bible (by Dan Hagedorn & Amaru Tincopa) states they were painted two shades of brown (the one in the museum painted in SEA camo moreless).
It looks bit too desertish to my eyes, what is your say mates?

Alec K
Very nice progress Łukasz, the paint job looks excellent. As to the colors, I have no clue what they should be… but they look good to me 🙂 (I know, GREAT help…)

Jennifer Franklin
It looks good to me, Lukasz, but I honestly have no idea what it should look like.

Ben M
I concur; looks good. I like the scalloped edges on the camouflage.

Michael Kohl
Joining.

Łukasz Gliński
Welcome y'all!
I guess nobody has an idea anymore what it looked like, so I sprayed new colours on top.
I might add a filter, but that's moreless what it's going to be.

Moreno Baruffini
I'm not an expert at all, but I find the second version more credible. Well done 👍🏼

Alec K
I agree with Moreno 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Glad to hear these colours make more sense.
In the meantime I managed to decal and wash it. The wash is not perfect, but it'll have to do the job.
I also managed to destroy the original mid part of the canopy and to scratch one, much thinner.
Btw the kit doesn't have any clue about the gunsights visible on the project banner 🙁 Not going to fix it, sorry.
The last strech ahead of me - need to fix couple of scratches I added during washing, then gun barrels, tail wheel , matt varnish and rigging.
Might be my last build this year.

Robert Podkoński
Good job, Łukasz 😉

J35J
Great work, looking forward to see the final result.👍🏻

Cuajete
Very nice so far, Łukasz 👍
Happy New Year!

Łukasz Gliński
Muchas gracias! I'll refrain from sending the wishes as I plan to deliver this little bugger tomorrow onto the shelf, just in time to close the 2024.
Meanwhile I just had to add the gunsight(s?), found the spare ones from Eduard in my stash.
The fact that the C&P pitot is actually made by Master took me by surprise - can we mark it as a rebox? 😉
My dog couldn't allow me to forget of the oys of having pets in your house and I had to remove some hair from the undersides.
Last but definitely not least - I highly recommend using wire for the tailwheel, the plastic part breaks off very easily, guess how I know? 😄

Mirko Römer
Lovely build! Hurry up, new year's almost there 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
So, I can already wish a happy new year to all of you mates.
The Thai Hawk won't be the last of AD 2024 - the more I hurry, the more I do the damage.
So the plan for the New Years Day is to repaint the left side of the cowling which currently displays a lot of CA glue that I had on my sticky fingers.
Looks like 16 completed builds is the maximum I can finish in 365 days.

Jennifer Franklin
That's 15 more than I completed Lukasz 🙂 Happy New Year!

Łukasz Gliński
Thank you and likewise - all the best and more completed builds in 2025.
I took on the underwing guns today and oh boy! No chance I could have finished this kit last year 😁

Cuajete
Looks great, Łukasz! 👍
You will always remember not being able to complete one more kit in 2024 because of those guns, but in exchange you will have one less kit to complete in 2025 😛

Łukasz Gliński
True, señor, very true 😄
Such a struggle, but what a cute little fighter it is! Hope you like the final pics as much as I do.
Unfortunately it's very dark in here again and I had to use the LED light to take pictures 🙁

Alec K
Very nicely done mate 👍

Alberto
Nice build and unusual subject 👍

Moreno Baruffini
Great finish and great start in the new year!!! 👍🏼

Neuling
Same as Moreno!

Clement
Lovely hawk, well done!

Neuling
Interesting vehicle, very well done!

Jim J
How about another Malta Spitfire to wrap up 2024? Construction complete OOB.

Jim J
Main camo is now complete.

Ludwig Micallef
Followiing

BetterTimes-Henry
Watching!

Rui S
Loking great as usual 👍 I'm in 😎

Neuling
Looking great as usual. Model and photos.

Neuling
Top work!

George Williams
That's great, I like it very much.

Neuling
Yes!!

Moreno Baruffini
During the summer I wasn't idle, but I started some projects 😜.
This is the biggest, that I'll try to keep active in the following months.

DerMattes
Following 👍

Mirko Römer
Taking a Seat, nice topic!

Moreno Baruffini
Dear all, many thanks for all the likes, I didn't expect so many!
As you can see, for the moment I have collected some materials (I have also the decals from the Italeri kit).
I've started the assembly "backwards", starting from the recce pod and the missiles. The Revell Kit is wonderful, and contains many parts suitable also for the Italians ECRs. Let's see what I could obtain...

Ekki
Watching as well.

Moreno Baruffini
Thanks again! Working on the small cockpit parts... Having time only during WE 😉

J35J
I'm in!👍🏻

Moreno Baruffini
Thank you!!! Last update: working on small parts and on the afterburner 🙂

Moreno Baruffini
Thanks again for all the likes! Slowly going on...

Daniel Mysak
Nice project, I will follow. The Italian ECR Tornado is on my to-do-list as well.

Moreno Baruffini
Thank you Daniel! Slowly slowly progressing painting inner details 😅

Raphael Bolle
Nice progress

Moreno Baruffini
Thanks to all for the likes and comments! Holidays are coming, and so I'll be able to resume the work!

Nicolas
Following

Maciej Bellos
I thought I was following this...

Good work Moreno!

Moreno Baruffini
Thank you mates! Resumed today painting the seats and working on the air intakes 👍🏼

Moreno Baruffini
Happy new year!!! Some progress on the interiors!

Martin Oostrom
Definitely watching this. Calling shotgun before Bozzer arrives.

George Williams
Looks like it will be a great model. Please excuse my ignorance but why is it called the Pork Chop Express?

Bozzer
That Martin, always finds the goodies!
I'll take up some sleeper space!
@ George. It's from the movie "Big Trouble in Little China. Kurt Russell drove it.