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dmartCan this be completed "in flight"? Looking at the instructions it looks like the answer is no, but not sure if the doors can just be affixed in the closed position
17 April, 14:22
Thomas E.добавил новый фотоальбом.
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Vegetation, plants, green stuff for dioramas
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The use of herbs is a good practice for a longer time and now
listed in: Vallejo,F., 2019, p.28.
- cf. also the diorama ...
24 1 March, 14:27
Thomas E. АвторThank you for your interest. Vegetation? Two of my dioramas were located in the Tundra of Lappland (Aerosan) and in the Sahara (SAS, LRDG). Now, that should change. I think about scenes in Vietnam, the finnish Taiga: trees 🙁 ... I've much to learn 🙂
15 March, 07:52
Thomas E. АвторI use floral wire (0,35 mm), bend it around the skewer and encase it with a drop of wood glue by my finger. Basic Colour is dark green
brightened with yellow.
1 15 March, 11:33
Thomas E. АвторThanks for watching 🙂 - tomorrow there'll be new stuff, a little bit ...
21 March, 14:30
Thomas E. АвторThank you Daniele and all the others - next weekend I'll look to have some informations about camouflage with branches and so.
25 March, 17:10
Thomas E. Автор@Villiers and Rui: Thank you! Very motivating. Also I like the likes. Thanks. 🙂
Next weekend a new theme is planned: weeds. My long term aim: to build a diorama of the training ground of Chiba Tank School (and the vegetation) to present Japanese tanks.
29 March, 07:58
Thomas E. АвторThank you, very kind and motivating. Also I'm thinking about plastinating real plants ...
29 March, 15:45
Michael KohlInteresting collection.
Long staple moss serves well for little plants or in small scales glued to wire as branches for needle trees.
17 April, 07:59
Thomas E. АвторThank you all!
@ Michael Kohl - special thanks to your hint. I'll try to get some of this plants after the holidays.
17 April, 12:45
Michael KohlWhen I am outdoor I scan plants for parts that can be used for various purposes. Useful are particularly those that can be broken down into little units. Such a plant I could use i. e. to create wheat for my harvester-vignette.
Same for pigments. Dusty areas often have very fine pigments that can be easily sieved through a nylon stocking your wife/girlfriend will surly happily supply to you for this purpose.
17 April, 14:07
Timдобавил новый фотоальбом.
2 29 March, 17:04
Klaas van der Wielenдобавил новый фотоальбом.
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Bendix Model J
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I wanted to finish the fuselage halves as much as possible before building the interior and closing it up. Masking would...
Проект: Bendix Model J
15 28 February 2024, 20:01
Klaas van der Wielen АвторYes, Robert! I'm working on different projects and this one had to rest for a while. But I will soon pick this one up again.
17 April, 14:04
Markдобавил новый фотоальбом.
14 21 March, 11:42
Thomas Kolbдобавил новый фотоальбом.
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SAAB Viggen - "Thor's Hammers" - Special Hobby - Quadruple Build
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24 wheels, 24 gear bay doors, 8 main struts and 4 nose gear struts (not in the photo). Wheel masking is in progress, as ...
14+ 112 15 January, 18:11
Michael KohlMe too. Already learned to better open up the RAT turbine at my Viggen. A step I lazily omitted.
2 16 January, 08:33
Thomas Kolb АвторMain assermbly done on all four models, but now I have a few days to spend sanding and filling unwanted seams and crude areas. A bit tedious, but that's what you get when you choose to build four nearly identical models at the same time.
17 January, 14:23
Mirko RömerOh my... Good luck, Thomas! 🙂
I own two of them and was thinking of a double build but rejected the idea. Thanks for the encouragement!
1 17 January, 18:26
Patrick HagelsteinWow! That's a quick build! 😳 I can only dream to build ONE kit that fast, let alone four at once!
1 17 January, 19:29
Thomas Kolb АвторMr D, no, they are pretty much the same. Most of the parts for all versions are provided in every kit. But there are some subtle differences that need attention, like the extension of the fuselage for the fighter version.
1 17 January, 22:05
Thomas Kolb АвторPatrick, haha, I am a pretty fast builder, but I am extremely slow when it comes to painting. That's where my projects usually come to a crawl.
3 17 January, 22:07
Juergen Klinglhuberwatching with interest - I love SAAB aircraft anyhow, but 4 of them in one project --great!!
1 18 January, 10:31
SkyhikerThis is more interesting than I thought it would be. The subtle difference between them are pretty cool.
2 20 January, 10:53
Thomas Kolb АвторWith only a few minutes of modeling here and there this week, it's quite a slow progress, but I am still inching closer to the finished assembly.
30 January, 20:16
Thomas Kolb АвторPrimer coat applied, a few filling errors need to be fixed. Time is unfortunately very difficult to find because of work, so the project moves very slowly for a while.
12 February, 08:46
Thomas Kolb АвторUndersides sprayed blue-gray with Mr Paint. Now let's wait a day for the paint to dry and then it's time to start working on the splinter camo. With my current speed, I expect to be finished by midsummer.
14 February, 14:15
Patrick HagelsteinOh yes, once you get used to MRP, you'll never want another paint brand anymore! I love their colors, pigmentation and general ease of use. And, as a bonus, their sheen is perfect for adding decals directly on top.
2 14 February, 15:36
Thomas Kolb АвторI am trying to find a way to avoid tiny gaps between the splinter camo color zones. I think I have figured it out - before spraying a color zone, also remove the masks for all adjacent surfaces not yet painted. Thereby a slight spray overlap is created, so even if the mask is then replaced with a tiny bit of offset, it should not be visible. Special Hobby writes something like that in the mask description, but it's written in a very obscure way.
17 February, 12:11
Frank BrzobohatyLooks great just give the corporal in charge of painting a reprimand on his record and send the plane to the flight line......do you know how much it cost to paint aircraft, lol.
1 17 February, 13:55
Spanjaardmacro is a bitch for this kind of details... if you place the model in the display cabinet, can you see that microline with wrong color? i think you can not 😉
1 17 February, 14:01
Thomas Kolb АвторI have now started to add the masks to the models. It's quite a tricky task because I need to be extremely precise with the application - even the tiniest errors will be magnified as more mask segments are added, until things no longer add up. So it's a matter of constantly realigning the segments, which makes it all rather time consuming. BTW, I noticed that the pattern has a few minor errors, but I definitely won't lose any sleep over it.
1 19 February, 20:26
CuajeteThanks for your explain, Thomas. I thinked to would be more easy to apply 👍
1 19 February, 20:33
Spanjaardthis camo is one of the most complicated to achieve and the fact that you are doing it 4 models at once... my deepest respect!
2 19 February, 21:20
Thomas Kolb АвторCuajete, Spanjaard and Łukasz, thank you for your interest! I am certainly not doing any cliffhanging on purpose - I am actually this glacially slow in reality. I also try to avoid aggravating the wifey by disappearing in my modeling man-cave for hours.
2 19 February, 21:45
Łukasz GlińskiGood and fully understood strategy 😄
As our common colleague (the one, you share initials with 😛) used to say: "Happy wife? Happy life!"
1 19 February, 22:05
Juergen KlinglhuberWatching with interest. You will master the splinter camo for sure 👍
1 20 February, 17:10
Thomas Kolb АвторI am still struggling with the masks, trying to making sure that they are applied exactly identical on all three models, which slows down the process a bit. Not that anybody except me would notice.
3 21 February, 10:59
Daniel MysakNice progress, I'm looking forward to the splinter camouflage. On my AJ-37 I used vinyl masks from DM Models, it looks like the masks you are using are a bit easier to handle.
1 22 February, 12:12
KennethI have always had the conspirational theory that the Danish air force had a secret department dedicated to making life miserable for modellers, with their odd fonts, colours and aircraft modifications. The splinter camouflage is clear evidence of a similar department in the Swedish air force.
4 22 February, 12:19
Thomas Kolb АвторDaniel, thank you! I am right now hoping that my end result will be at least in the general vicinity of your beautiful Viggen in flight!
22 February, 22:31
Thomas Kolb АвторPhew, the second color is finally on. Now it's time to cover also the dark green areas and proceed with the black.
16 March, 20:06
Michael KohlWas anxious to see how you handle the masking but see that you struggle with the three tone camo too. Cross my fingers for a satisfactory end result.
1 17 March, 08:57
Thomas Kolb АвторMichael, it is really not that difficult, only extremely time-consuming and require a very good eye-sight (or magnifying glasses). Too bad that the masks only partially reflect the actual camo pattern, I was hoping that they would be near perfect.
17 March, 09:52
Michael KohlI was wrecking my brain for a simple elegant technique to apply 3-tone camos without the need for re-covering extensively. So - yes the concept is easy, but the work is plenty. 😉. Keep it up. Looking good.
1 17 March, 10:52
Thomas Kolb АвторActually, the best method is to have two mask sets. I find that it is very difficult to do it all with just one mask set, as the masks will be slightly stretched and distorted when removed and reapplied and will no longer fit perfectly.
1. Spray the model light green.
2. Place all the masks from the first mask set.
3. Remove all masks segments except the light green ones and throw them away.
4. Spray the model dark green.
5. Add the dark green masks from the second mask set.
6. Spray the model black.
7. Add the black masks from the second mask set.
8. Spray the remaining exposed areas tan.
Also, when spraying a color, do not mask areas that you will be painting with a different color later, or you will end up with tiny strips of areas where the previous color shines through.
3 17 March, 11:41
Michael KohlMaybe to add that such a camo be best postshaded or oil rendered as the various colors have different amounts of paint layers and so preshading gives an inconsistent result.
2 17 March, 14:12
CuajeteGreat job with the painting masks, Thomas!
Thank you for the explain and the steps for apply 👍
1 17 March, 19:01
NicolasThanks for the detailed explanation Thomas. Is there a particular reason for the order of the colors? I would probably have worked from light to dark.
1 17 March, 19:44
KennethAdmirable stamina, looking forward to the inevitably great result 👍 I have Fujimi 1/72 Boeing Vertol/Hkp 4 in my stash and Swedish decals for it… even the rotor blades have splinter camouflage.. 😳🙄
1 17 March, 20:20
Thomas Kolb АвторThank you all for your interest and encouragement! Nicolas, the tan areas are relatively few and with difficult shapes that are squeezed in between the other colors, so I figured that they would be easiest to leave for last. And for the three other colors, I indeed went from lightest to darkest as you suggested. Kenneth, yes, I would love to do the Hkp 4, it looks awesome in the splinter paintwork! I am however not sure if the Fujimi is available any more.
17 March, 20:39
Thomas Kolb АвторŁukasz, thank you! Kenneth actually provided me with a link to a German web shop (Modellbau Huber) where the Fujimi was still available, so I placed an order for it. I also ordered the Swedish decal set, so I might as well check if I have some MRP splinter camo paint left. And Valium for the nerves.
2 18 March, 08:44
CuajeteWow, Thomas... It will be great to see that Fujimi with splinter camo in your hands 👍. I wanted to do the same too, but unfortunately I got another version instead.
1 18 March, 19:08
KennethLukasz, I initially bought the 1/72 Hobby Boss CH-46 by mistake and it's useless for a Swedish Hkp 4. You basically need to make completely new rear sponsons yourself, and their shape is relatively complex.
2 18 March, 21:32
Juergen KlinglhuberOMG. A lot of work in this camo scheme - I sure at the very end all the efforts definitively will pay off. I'm really curios for next pictures....
1 22 March, 12:16
Michael Kohl@pic92: ok?! That looks freakin perfect! I cross my fingers for a similar result on all surfaces on all planes.
1 24 March, 20:43
Patrick HagelsteinThose colors look awesome already! Very tight demarcations as well! 👌🏼
1 25 March, 18:31
CuajeteGreat! Fantastic result.
The great (and hard) masking effort is paying off, Thomas 👍
1 25 March, 18:44
CaptGPFA little late, but watching with interest - especially if you go insane over FOUR viggen camo jobs!
1 27 March, 00:02
Mid FranconianI take my hat off! I just would not have the patience to do every step 4 times - especially the masking (ok, 3 times here…). Great job on the masking Thomas!
1 31 March, 14:17
Thomas Kolb АвторThank you all, dear mates for your kind words. They mean a lot to me! But to be fair, at least half the cred goes to MRP for its paints - they are simply incredible to work with. For airbrush work, I cannot see myself going back to anything else again.
2 31 March, 17:53
CuajeteWow... Thomas, the patience and work you put in to achieve such a magnificent result is admirable.
1 31 March, 19:20
Łukasz GlińskiCongratulations on conversion to the lacquer paints 😄 Welcome to the club 😄
Hint: the other lacquers are great too, but might need thinning.
I'm very sorry to state that the grey one looks so incredibly dull now 😉
1 31 March, 19:53
Thomas Kolb АвторŁukasz, haha, yes, the grey JA certainly does look boring in comparison, but well, that's what they looked like in real life. Perhaps the large red day-glo numbers on the wings might spruce it up a bit.
2 1 April, 04:53
Florencio TorreWow, my friend, what an incredible job! How can you do something so complicated?
3 1 April, 05:35
Thomas Kolb АвторLittle time for modeling these days, but some progress is done on the details. Next is that fiddly undercarriage and then the part I am dreading a bit, the decals.
2 13 April, 11:36
René (Lord Bilbo) Bartholemyдобавил новый фотоальбом.
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Fieseler Fi103 (V-1) as seen in the Royal Military Museum in Brussels (VIP)
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Everything is primed and ready for corrections and base coats.
Проект: Fieseler Fi103 A/B (V-1)
8 12 March, 16:10
Ben MI also puttied the wings to the fuselage of my V-1 but I'm not convinced that's right after examining the one in Berlin-Gatow: flickr.com/gp/benmesander/Z7pTo7P3q1
2 15 April, 12:40
Motatim Stanislawдобавил новый фотоальбом.
4 6 January, 11:19
Motatim Stanislaw АвторI agree. Meng has interesting design solutions, and the appearance is unusual.
1 6 January, 13:56
walarooдобавил новый фотоальбом.
3 17 April, 12:11
walaroo АвторSo here are two Hobby Boss 1/48 kits; F8F-1 and F8F-1B. They both have the Eduard cockpit PE set for the Hobbycraft kit, which took some cutting to make fit. Like most Hobby Boss kits that I have experience with, there are a larrge number of inaccuracies and oversimplifications. Still, they will look like Bearcats when completed. The fit is very good, the panel line look like they will take a wash well, and there is an option to fold the wings! I decided I want to do a US Navy with folded wings, and a silver Thai Air Force...
17 April, 12:35
Jaroslaw Zbiegдобавил новый фотоальбом.
9 10 September 2024, 14:41
Jaroslaw Zbieg АвторIt's a 15 year old Academy kit so no big issiues, bit of filler here and there. Resin parts fitment is Ok.
13 September 2024, 13:36
Nenad Vilimanovicдобавил новый фотоальбом.
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Yugoslav Air Force F-86E Sabre
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Проект: Yugoslav Air Force F-86E Sabre
4 17 April, 12:33
FoxTrot64is there any paint brand that can be mixed with Tamiya acrylic paint?
16 April, 11:56
gorbyThe composition of paints is so complex a chemist would probably be the best person to answer that question. Tamiya is alcohol based and in theory shouldn't be mixable with water based and definitely not enamel paints. If the other brand is alcohol based I can't see why it wouldn't work, but I suggest experimenting before you try it on your model.
17 April, 07:57
RandoGunze aqueous should work, same base as Tamiya. I mainly use both of these paints, no reason why you couldn't mix them
17 April, 12:30
Nenad Vilimanovicдобавил новый фотоальбом.
8 17 April, 12:24
ZHOU Kunдобавил новый фотоальбом.
52 26 October 2024, 12:29
ZHOU Kun АвторThank you @Taylor Durbon @Oleg Bogolei
The pilots are 3D printed by my friend. The pilots are wearing HGU-55P helmets which are too modern for an A-6A aircraft, anyway I decided to use them. I dont have better pilots at hand. @DerMattes
1 30 October 2024, 11:00
Sergej IGreat stuff, will you be also addressing the wrongly placed inboard fins on top of the wings? Trupeter did a decent mistake there...
8 January, 18:45
ZHOU Kun Автор@Sergej I I am looking into it. Removing the fences on the kit is easy. The problems comes when one wants to make a fence with plastic sheet accurately🙂
1 9 January, 10:18
ZHOU Kun Автор@Nicolas @Chris T. An @Akaidada Thank you! I am building with my insufficient spare time. Hope to make more progress as soon as possible!
@Hangming Zhang 过奖了！
9 January, 10:20
ZHOU Kun Автор@Sergej I Hello! The inboard wing fences are correct for A-6A models. If you want to build an A-6E instead, you may have to move the fences inward.
17 January, 05:34
Oleg BogoleiDont you want to bay this?
aliexpress.com/item/..078.1005006374265987
1 17 January, 08:21
Sergej IKun, thank you for this reply. 👍 Now I understand where Trupeter made a shortcut. I have the E version to build... Will need to find a soul to model and print me new ones 🙂
1 17 January, 12:32
ZHOU Kun Автор@Skyhiker I have added notes to the photos. May be helpful if you want to make a decent A-6 model out of 72nd scale version of Trumpeter A-6 Intruder
1 17 April, 02:07
Leif Hellström@SCM Data suggestionsSorry about all the questions, but I'm playing catch-up here.
17 April, 11:33
tyu@SCM Data suggestionsJust noticed something odd: when filling in price and date of purchase of an item it takes some time longer than usual and then saves 0.00 for price and blank for date, not what the input was. Other items work just fine. Tried logging off and on again but didn't help.
17 April, 11:33
Leif Hellström@SCM Data suggestionsShould only pure paper models go into Papermates? Or should they go there even if mixed kits, with some plastic details but mainly paper/cardboard? I'm thinking of kits like this one, for example:
Kasino-Baracke (Preiser 4703, 1:72)
Kasino-Baracke (Preiser 4703, 1:72)
17 April, 11:32
Leif Hellström@SCM Data suggestionsShould Fences be considered Full Kits or Detail Sets? At present the items seem divided more or less equally between the two, quite randomly. It is possible to argue either way, but it seems logical to place them in one or the other category.
17 April, 11:25
Andy Ballдобавил новый фотоальбом.
23 3 February, 19:23
Andy Ball АвторOh no, I leave the site for a few days and attract onlookers! 🤣….will post some shots soon…the detail's good so far for 72nd….
10 February, 23:48
Lorraine LinI guess the observer may need some massage treatments on his back and neck after each mission🥹🥹🥹 following
1 11 February, 02:28
Andy Ball Автор@Lorraine, yes - these planes weren't built for comfort….champagne for every successful mission return though?….
1 11 February, 23:12
Andy Ball АвторI think one of the worst RAF planes for relative combat losses to number flown? Slow and defensively weak. I never built this as a kid, so intrigued by this offering!
12 February, 20:48
CuajeteAndy, despite this, it will look great in the display case 😉
Nice interiors 👍
1 13 February, 19:30
DaveLet me find a chair for this one. I don't know if helps any but I find in a pitch painted tamiya masking tape works well for seat belts.
1 17 March, 05:02
Andy Ball АвторGood evening Villiers, Dave and Nicolas…
Dave I admire your comment on seat belts but one has to keep the global wine industry going with a foil capped harness…photos to come!
3 19 March, 23:41
Desert Marlinдобавил новый фотоальбом.
23 17 March, 03:26
Desert Marlin АвторI suppose it will be a week or two before all the parts are here...
2 18 March, 16:56
Desert Marlin АвторI'm still waiting on the correct seats and cockpit details... Looks like I have to scratch build details for the wheel wells!
1 23 March, 21:17
Desert Marlin АвторJust got the IAF F-15I Ra'am decals from Cartograph!!! Things are coming together!!!
1 24 March, 00:16
Desert Marlin АвторМне пришлось купить декали, катапультные кресла и антенные конвертеры F-15I. Детали F-15I были куплены в IsraDecal.
26 March, 20:18
Desert Marlin АвторWell... It's time to begin. I believe I have all the parts now!!!
1 2 April, 00:04
Desert Marlin АвторOkay, I have to wait as it's time for my wedding anniversary with my wife this weekend! But in a few days, I will actually be able to start!
1 2 April, 23:36
Davide VitaliGuys, save me a seat. Popcorns are on me!
Oh, and happy anniversary! 🙂
2 4 April, 11:09
Desert Marlin АвторI'm kinda bummed about the ResKit wheels. ResKit tires are Good Year which is a fine guess but the F-15I uses Michelin tires. Oddly, the Tamiya kit (from Japan) uses rubber tires for the kit that are in fact Michelin. Sooo... It looks like I am relegated to using the kit wheels instead of the ResKit. This does simplify mounting of course. But the flattened surface of the ResKit tires gets left out. Man, I never thought this was going to be a complicated addition to the build. Sadly, here we are!
16 April, 17:28
KyMustangYou can achieve flattening on the rubber tyres, particularly in this scale. Just carefully drill a hole and then use a flat-crowned screw straight into the tire tread and into the hub until you get the desired flat spot. The flat crown of the screw hides it.
17 April, 10:59
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