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Dora Wings 1:72
Christian Bruerдобавил новый фотоальбом.
41 30 January 2022, 09:09
Christian BruerRecently I stepped into the 3d printed product range from Fat Frog Scale Models. This company from Hongkong offers highly detailed 3d printed tracks for all common German WWII tanks in scale 1/72. In the case of these Pz. III tracks the driving wheel is printedt together with the tracks. They fit for Dragon, Revell, Vespid etc. Because of the sag it will not properly fit with other brands Pz. III kits, but I'll give it a try later.
So I start this project just to look how it works. You have to build the main chassis and running gear except the driving wheels. You can glue all the wheels in place, except the idler wheels. Here I recommend to dry fit first, to make sure everything is aligned correctly. In my case the tracks seems to me 2-3 mm to short, so that I had to adjust the position of the idler wheel to get a proper fit. Here I only made an oval whole out of the round whole to fix the idler wheel a bit more forward. I also add a brass pin inside of the driving wheel to get a correct fit as well.
Well it is not a shake and bake as I first thought, but with just a little work you will get excellent tracks for your scale 1/72 tanks.
I can highly recommend this product and hope they will increase their range.
About the Dragon Stug III, nothing else to say, because it is an excellent kit!
Happy Modelling, Christian
30 January 2022, 09:25
Christian BruerWelcome aboard Simon and Tom. Still enough place in the first row.
31 January 2022, 17:26
Christian BruerLast modelmaking in 2023, progress on the Stug III.
Happy Modelling and a Happy New Year to all Scalemates🙂
31 December 2023, 01:09
Christian BruerYou're welcome Dave 🙂
WIP Stug III, Dragon scale 1/72. I finished the basic work today. I made some improvements and added storage items on the engine deck.
Tracks are 3D printed from Fat Frog Scale Models, accessoires are Black Dog and ModellTrans Modellbau, figures are Dynamo Models.
Happy Modelling
Christian
2 January, 19:54
Christian BruerWIP on my Stug III, basic painting is done, next colour modulation with oils.
Happy Modelling
Christian
11 January, 20:15
Christian BruerFirst figure is painted. Dynamo Models figures, 3D printed in excellent and sharp quality and figures with lifelike and interesting poses.
Happy Modelling
Christian
12 January, 19:26
Christian BruerWIP on my Dragon Stug III painting process.
1. Basic painting using Vallejo 71.025 (Dark Yellow) and highlights 71.025 + 71.001 (White)
2. Chipping and scratches using Vallejo 70.862 (Black Grey) + 71.001 and contours using 71.025 + 71.001
3. Washes using oils, Yellow Ocre, Medium Yellow, Raw Umber and White
4. Highlights using oils, Yellow Ocre, Medium Yellow, and White
Now the paint needs to dry completely before I can add final touches with oils and acrylics.
Happy Modelling
Christian
7 August, 16:39
Christian BruerThanx Spanjaard 🙂
The Sturmgeschütz is done. The last detail I have added was a cover in between the gun mantlet and the casemate to keep it clear from water and dust. Only later versions got this modification out of the factory. Before it is often seen as a field modification.
Finally a crew is added. I used the excellent Dynamo-models Stug crew.
Next will be a small vignette to present the Sturmgeschütz.
Happy Modelling
Christian
8 August, 19:30
Bill Mathewsдобавил новый фотоальбом.
12 7 August, 23:49
Mal Rademakerдобавил новый фотоальбом.
6 17 June, 07:32
Mal RademakerIstvan - That's a good idea. They are still on the spue and yet to be repainted in chrome with SMS Hyperchrome paint.
24 July, 05:56
Roland Sachsenhoferдобавил новый фотоальбом.
3 9 August, 07:14
Roland SachsenhoferIn view of the start of this build, I was tempted by the following motto: "From ugly duckling to swan": the kit offers a number of interesting challenges, but gives an idea of the potential both as a model and as a representation of a true aircraft beauty! I will try my best to make the swan appear....
A first challenge: roughly moulded parts, poor fit and a wing that wants too much in a positive V-position.... A second challenge will follow in the form of a Vacu canopy that has turned yellow with age; this will give me the opportunity to try out the doing in Vac-canopy myself. More of that next time...
9 August, 07:18
Kai R. Ingebrigtsenдобавил новый фотоальбом.
6 28 July, 23:11
Kai R. IngebrigtsenThanks, Jim. When nothing fits and the initial plan goes out the window.. just think "what would Hollywood do?"
4 August, 18:14
Carlos CisnerosWatch "The Hunters" to see what Hollywood would do with a F-84F… 😉
Pretty cool looking "Mig"
5 August, 01:46
Kai R. IngebrigtsenHah! That's pretty cool, Carlos! Never seen that before. Thanks for the info, inspirational.
5 August, 05:06
Tzonglin Wuдобавил новый фотоальбом.
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F-8P France
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Happy hour. Fly by hand!
#WIP
Проект: F-8P France
32 24 July, 03:09
John Bensonвладеет этим предметом
Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star USAF Thunderbirds, USN Blue Angels, RCAF Golden Hawks, USAF 27th FIS
Microscale 1:72
72-133 1972 Новая разработка 9 August, 07:30
scaleffectдобавил новый фотоальбом.
21 8 August, 16:44
Michael KohlGreat. Love quality and color and the small bumpers.
Are the rear lights upside down?
8 August, 21:09
scaleffectProbably, I don't know anything about the real car so followed the instructions blindly. That is an unfortunate and glaring error I will forever be ashamed of. Thank you for pointing it out. I will do better next time 🙁
8 August, 21:29
Christian WSorry for the rear lights. But you could easyly paint the lower part with red and that will fit perfectly to the California license plate. In the US the rear lights were also available in red only (at least through a car parts store) 😉 That is what I would do. The Beetle looks georgeous.
9 August, 04:51
scaleffectThanks Rui.
Christian, I will live with the reminder of my mistake instead of risking making things worse by trying to either remove the lenses or paint the exterior of them. It's unfortunate, but inevitable being only a few years into the hobby I will suffer these pitfalls. That is the only way I can learn.
9 August, 05:29
Jan PetersHaving owned a bug for years I still have a soft spot for anything air-cooled.
Your model look absolutely great 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
9 August, 06:00
Roland Sachsenhoferдобавил новый фотоальбом.
4 5 August, 12:53
Roland SachsenhoferI would like to realise two of the three markings from the kit, one of which is an F.13 celebrity of the first hour: "Annelise" (without the long "I") 🙂
The first round of the build is currently progressing without any problems... although I am already aware of some fitting difficulties! I enjoyed the seating: open air in the front and the fight for survival, in the good little parlour in the back, old-school leather interior and a ticking wall clock while sipping tea!
5 August, 13:00
Dieter BihlmaierAs always, Roland looks very good up to here. How is the fit of the wing trailing edges?
5 August, 13:55
Roland SachsenhoferThank you both very much! Dieter for your kind reply, I can't say yet, as I'm still busy assembling the hull - but I'll keep you and you up to date!
5 August, 15:49
Roland SachsenhoferThe construction of the two Junkers machines is progressing! The nice thing is that the sanding of the glued seams on the fuselage and surfaces will be very limited, at least where corrugated sheet metal edge meets corrugated sheet metal edge. But their " grooves" have to be well continued - also quite entertaining!
Here you can see the whole unvarnished truth of a freshly glued raw state: nothing has been cleaned up yet, just the worst areas have been filled or filled with plastic card.
9 August, 07:24
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