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Mr D
Nice kit 👍 looking good so far 👍

Tommy Agne
Watching ✌️.

Andreas Lux
nnnnnnice, I am phascinated by your project 🤘

Sergej I
Looking great, following! 👍

CaptGPF
Stalking, errr… following

S B
Thank you very much, gentlemen! I'm very excited about this project.

Patrick Hagelstein
Ooh! Yes! Joining in! 👍

Patrick Hagelstein
Hi S B, in picture 9 you sculpted the antenna base; there is an antenna on the sprues, you can use that part and cut off the antenna itself. It's part J14.

S B
@Patrick Hagelstein: Thank you very much for that hint. 👍 You're right, J14 is the piece I was looking for and couldn't find. I'll stick with my sculpted one for this build, but it's very good to know for the next builds!!! THank you again and Merry Christmas for you and you family.

Patrick Hagelstein
My pleasure S B! Enjoy the Christmas holiday and all the best for you and your loved ones! 🎄🎅🏼

Guido
Coming along nicely 👌🏻

Sven Schönyan
A pleasure to watch your progress!

Gerald
👍

S B
Hey Guido, Sven and Gerald, thank you very much for your nice feedback. It's highly appreciated. 👍 More pics will follow. Stay tuned!!! #PhantomPhorever 🤩

Rui S
Nice work 👍

Desert Marlin
Beautiful paint scheme! Looks great!!!

S B
Hey Rui and Marlin, thanks a lot for your kind words. 👍 The double beauty is nearly finished. 🤩 Just a few more details. 🙂 Best ragards!!!

David
Another stunning build there SB (To add to your collection of Phantastic Phantom IIs) - Cheers

S B
Thank you very much, FPR. It's always nice to get a feedback like that from you! Cheers!!

Maciej Bellos
Excellent! A German in disguise.

tyu
Very nice result S B. A nice companion for you F-4F!

Sebastian Meyner
Beautiful 🙂 👍

Chris Reimann
Great job, this iconic racer looks awesome!

George Williams
Fantastic.

nikfrost
Very tidy build!

Lost_Erik
Fantastic Ki84

Bozo
Infidelity to our national manufacturer!?!
Funny Saburo Sakai in the cockpit.
What a job on the inside and engraving
Even very closely the painting is very convincing of realism.
Great Frank.
Et merci pour la technique des taches vertes sur le métal.

Air no
Je ne suis jamais allé au Japon. Le paysage derrière, c'est une photo que j'avais faite au Vietnam en 2019. Merci Bozo !

gorby
Impressive work on the camo.

Air no
Merci Gorby.

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...

Alberto Michieletto
Mmm.. very interesting livery. I'll take my seat! 🙂

Cristian A
Very interesting project, following!

Dominik Weitzer
oh thats a great camouflage! interesting project.

Spanjaard
really curious about the camo idea, i am certainly in.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Hello and welcome mates. Nice to have you here.
Hopefully , I will lay down some paint today.

DerMattes
Watching 👍

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful camo - watching for sure.

Nicolas
Intresting camo, I'm in.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Welcome! Managed to work with masking tape today. A lot of masking for this project and my Honda Today.
I tried to roughly stick to the reference but also do a bit of my own pattern, somewhat at least. Especially on the right wing we can't see much because of the tail.

I think the pattern is okay now, it still looks enough like cracks in between ice shelves. The inner sides of the vertical stabilizers will be blue, same goes for the underside of the jet. The Pylons are in the same grey as most of the aircraft's body.

As far as I know the Su-33 does not use any external fuel tanks, though it would be kind of interesting to attach them to this one. Like it's equipped for very long patrols over the sea.
Maybe I have something left in my bits box. I also consider some sci-fi-ish ordnance but it's not decided yet. Maybe I can come up with something interesting. If not, she will receive the many missiles that came with this kit.

Huma
Very interesting. I really like the idea 👍

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Thanks Huma. Just a small update: I painted some black around the cockpit and painted the metal surfaces for the area in front of the gun.

Cristian A
Hi Robin, good result so far.

The vertical stabilisers should be 90 degrees to the fuselage for the Flanker, not at a slight angle as the Mig-29.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Thanks Christian. Don't worry, I just loosely put them there for the photo. I will glue them at the right angle during the final assembly.

I might have to repaint the missiles. There are no photos of them yet. The painting guide of the kit is not really helpful. I'll probably have to look at some reference photos.
Even if the colours are not completely accurate, it's still better than what they look right now. 😄

Going to take some more freedom with the rims(?) of the landing gear. Usually they are green but I think about painting them blue or maybe red.

S M
Interesting project! Following!

Motatim Stanislaw
Beautiful camouflage turns out!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Thank you mates. I applied some clear coat and I think she's ready for decals now.

Alexander
Beautiful camo, turned out great already! 👍
Looking forward to the rest of the build.

Where is your inspiration picture from?

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Thank you Alexander. Here: x.com/dwangooooo/status/1868102686081745352

Rui S
Looking great 👍

Thomas Kolb
Beautiful paintjob, the heat discoloration of the metal on the exhausts is excellently reproduced!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Thanks a lot mates!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
I applied a dark pin wash but the stabilizers are not glued on yet.
The missiles are not done and attached to the model yet either. I have to apply a few coats of satin varnish on the jet itself in hope it will reduce the glossiness a bit.

CaptGPF
Late to party but following!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Welcome!
Well, she's done. I plan to take some more pictures when there is better weather or daylight. Overall I am quite happy with the result.
As last step before final assembly I sprayed a few layers of semi-flat and flat clear over the jet, to tone down the reflections. It was very glossy in some areas.

This was a fun project overall and I enjoy working on such things. I guess you can expect more unusual camos and fictional roundels from me in the future. I love Ace Combat, fictional (sci fi) aircraft and all the stuff that can come with it.

I might design my own roundels and emblems at some point, probably with help. There are even crazier ideas floating in my head right now. I hope I can make them reality. 🙂

Thanks mates for dropping by.
Cheers!

Nicolas
A great result. 👍

gorby
I'd like to follow this. 🙂

Istvan T
Great start!

Живко Джаков
I'm watching! Front row seat please. I'm warning you that I'm stealing ideas 😉 I'm planning to start the same one very soon. I doubt I'll achieve such results, but dreams are free. 🙂

Nicolas
I'm following too.

DerMattes
Following 👍

Rui S
Impressive already 👍

Alberto
Great cockpit 👍

AndreasK
Thanks for your kind comments. Probably most of the effort will not be visible in the end. 🤷🏼‍♂️
Especially since the quality of the clear parts is very bad. They are really thick and blurry.

@Живко Джаков: could you please check your kit if the quality of the clear parts is also bad? I was considering to buy a replacement sprue from Revell, but I read in some other reviews as well about this issue. So I am not sure if a replacement will be any better...

Robert Podkoński
I am taking a seat here.

Живко Джаков
Mine are at a satisfactory level and are definitely better than what you have. He 177 | Album by JivkoDjakov (1:72) [img1]

Istvan T
Squadron has a vacuform canopy, that may worth considering...

AndreasK
Thanks for your feedback. I guess in this case, I will reach out to Revell for a replacement first. Maybe they will grant it for free because it is clearly a quality issue.
@Jivko: which release of the kit do you have? A newer one or also the 2000 version?

Skyhiker
AndreasK, you should try vacuforming a new canopy using the kit parts as a form to wrap a clear styrene sheet around. Just look in your garbage for a clear food container such a salad box. You can use your household appliances to do vacuforming. A sweeper and a toaster is all you need.

Живко Джаков
I have a package from 2018. As far as I understand, I'm lucky. It's common for the clear parts to go bad. Call Revel for a replacement. It would be helpful to know what they will do. Heinkel He-177 A-5 "Greif" (Revell 03913, 1:72)

Skyhiker
Make sure to dry fit your canopies. Revell is notorious for making canopies that don't fit. I have the same kit as Живко Джаков but I haven't opened it yet.

AndreasK
Skyhiker, can you share a link to a good tutorial video for vacuforning?

Skyhiker
If you have any questions you can ask Luka who made the video here: Luka

Cuajete
Those interiors look fantastic. It would be a shame if you couldn't see them properly through a poor quality canopy. I think I have the same problem, because I have the 2000 box.

Живко Джаков
I would recommend a few things. First, use a powerful vacuum cleaner. A good vacuum is very important. Second, test with something else. A metal cart or even just a large nut is a good place to start. Third, wait for the mold to cool down before trying again. Polystyrene is a very good molding material, but it is not a good mold. I have never done this before. I have only done large commercials with vacuum molding. This video explains well how to make a molding press. Youtube Video

Gary
Amazing work. might inspire me to restart my paused build of same Kit (on pause since 2020)

Dave Flitton
Watching!!

AndreasK
Finally, I received a replacement clear sprue from Revell. The front section looks way better than my old one:
[img1]

But I am glad that I now have two sets to choose from. Because most of the other parts of the new sprue are really bad. Check this out:
[img1]

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat for sure!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome Robert.

Alec K
Same! Great start 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Alec. Nice to have you on board too.

Juergen Klinglhuber
A bit history related to this aircraft as I found that quite interessting,....
In 1932, a Junkers F13 was made available for the then Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Dr. Engelbert Dollfuß, for various trips abroad. The pilot, with the rank of a government pilot, was Wilhelm Elssler (a great-nephew of Fanny Elssler the famous ballet dancer). When Dollfuss became Chancellor on 20 May, his business trips often took him to Rome to see Mussolini. He always used the latest JuF 13 machines (A48, A57, A58).
When the Douglas DC 2 emerged as the clear winner of the England-Australia race and also clearly distanced the competitors in the average cruising speed, Elssler lobbied Dollfuss for the purchase of such an aircraft. Packed in boxes, the DC2 arrived by sea from New York to Cherbourg and was assembled at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. On 1 November 1934, it flew to Vienna-Aspern with the special registration A500, piloted by pilot Elssler and flight mechanic Hölzl.
Dollfuss himself did not to see the commissioning of the DC2 as a government aircraft, because he was murdered on July 25, 1934. His successor was Dr. Kurt Schuschnigg. The new DC2 could not be integrated into scheduled service, as it had to be ready for take-off at Aspern airfield at all times for government flights. Beside this it was only used for sightseeing flights and some special short trips. Due to the low capacity utilization, the DC2 was sold to Swiss Air on 12 March 1936 with only 124 flight hours and 37 flight minutes. Swiss Air already had this type of aircraft in use and added the "new one" with the registration number HB-JSA to its air fleet. Through a broker,"our" DC2 was sold to Spain on October 28, 1936, where it was used by the Republicans during the Civil War.

Ben M
That's interesting.

Zbynek Honzik
Taking a seat. 🙋🏼‍♂️

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi guys - a warm welcome.

Michael Kohl
Following

Bas Tonn
Good story Juergen, that DC-2 winning the Melbourne air race was the Dutch PH-AJU, 'Uiver' which means stork (storch?).
I have a book on that somewhere.
Following this project with interest, as always. Good luck and enjoy.

Łukasz Gliński
Very interesting topic and also the context story of the Ö-Force One 😉.
I'm curious how good/bad the kit is as it waits in my stash to be re-engined.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx for your interest Micheal & Bas Tonn. And thanks for the "Storch" up-date.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Lukasz. The fit of the window panes is great. I wish that would be a standard on other model kits too. I did some "dry-fit" on the fuselage and nosecone - I have to report: 🙁 oops! opposite from good. I will post some pic's later.

Nicolas
following

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome Nicolas.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi - Hope you all had a good wekend - I have now up-loaded some pic showing the progress and the "questionable" fit of some components. 😉
Some putty and sanding will be required,...let's go!

Łukasz Gliński
My goodness! That nose has been spectacularily f***ed up! 😲

Juergen Klinglhuber
🙂 ...that much that I first thought the mistake happened at my end - but that wasn't the case,... 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
That requires some serious nosejob, I'd try cuttong it at the back on top and on the bottom, to make it bit wider and than fill the cuts, but it's just me 😋

Kenneth
Following..

Michael Kohl
Are you really really sure This nose belongs to That kit? 😉

Alec K
Whoa! I am with Łukasz, except I would reduce the fuselage, vs. spreading the nose piece. Gobs of putty don't seem like a way to go either. Fingers crossed 🤞

Looks like Roland S managed to make it work somehow: DC-2 Japan | Album by Roland (1:72)

Łukasz Gliński
I'm just afraid of rescribing all these lines on the fuselage Alec 😉
Just checked the instructions in mine - maybe the other nose fits better? If it does, perhaps it would be easier to modify it?

Andy Ball
OK, where do I sit?…

Alec K
True, but they will need to be rescribed to a certain degree no matter what imho. Shaping that cut-up nose scares me more 😂😂😂

Ben M
Nothing an entire tube of perfect plastic putty and an endless amount of sanding won't fix.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Same bird - a week later.
I "re-shaped" the fuselage with blade, putty and sandsticks. And yes, rescribing was not the fun part of the build so far. 😉 BUT: I guess the outcome of all this is acceptable.

Thomas Kolb
This looks to be a lovely build, I am definitely taking a seat!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Thomas - thx.

Robert Podkoński
Great job, Juergen!

Alec K
That nose turned out great!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you Robert & Alec. I put black base on in the meantime and the lates pic shows it from opposite angle.

bughunter
Good fix of the nose 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Fine nosejob indeed 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx gents - I work with the metallizers this weekend. I will try to put some new pic's soon.

Juergen Klinglhuber
The metalized bird

Robert Podkoński
Great! Keep it up!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you Robert.

Rui S
Looking great, indeed 👍

Agnius
Good job! 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you Rui & Agnius for your words of appreciation!

Juergen Klinglhuber
All decals are placed now. The finishing line of this project is in sight.

Andy Ball
Really striking scheme Juergen! Looking forward to the finals…

Lorraine Lin
Wow, the painting jobs looking great!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Andy & Lorraine - thank you for your nice comments.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Here are the final pictures. Douglas DC-2 in Austrian Air Force One scheme - done.

Clement
Nicely done!

Nicolas
That's a great result Juergen. 👍

Guy Rump
Looks great! 👍

Stefan Fraundorfer
Wow, die DC-2 schaut super aus. Ich gratuliere herzlich zu diesem tollen Ergebnis Jürgen!

Kenneth
Sehr schön 👍 Fantastic finish!

Zbynek Honzik
Congratulations on the completion of this beautiful aircraft, Jürgen! Nice work. 👍

Alec K
Well done 👍

Rui S
A Beauty 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Outstanding 👍 the nosejob results are invisible 👍

Mark K
Splendid!

Ctirad B
Wonderfull, clean work!

Dominik Weitzer
That looks really great! Well done!

Michael Kohl
Plain but beautiful livery. Very well done NMF. Very fine result.

Martin Weinpold
Very nice!!!

Doubtingmango
Watching

Ingmar Stöhr
Nice progress so far! Overall nice paintjob, but maybe try to use a little less paint on the railings. I see a lot of small paint balls forming there.

Guy Rump
Great job so far, following. 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Following!

Chrisswe
Thanks for your interest and comments. I did something wrong with the primer when painting the railings which caused the paint balls. Also I'm not great at working with PE yet and the glue residue is often visible even if try to paint over it. All in all I still think I'm making some improvements compared to my last build. Rigging will be my greatest challenge for this build.

Ingmar Stöhr
Ah, ok! Well yes, your glue is visible here an there, but otherwise I find your application of PE is not bad at all! What works for me with railings is to hold them in place with one hand (and tweezers) and with the other hand apply a tiny amount of very thin super glue from a piece of thin copper wire fixed to a toothpick as handle. This will instantly wick into the gap and also instantly fix the railing in place. After that I paint over the seam with the appropriate colour and mostly end up with very nice glue joints.

Chrisswe
That is probably the correct way to do it Ingmar. I find it difficult to only use the thin super glue as it has zero adhesive effect until it bonds. I use super glue gel to fix one end of the railing and then use your method for the rest.

Chrisswe
I'm testing a grey-brown panel liner instead of the black one I used for all of my last ship. It looks good closeup but might be to subtle when you look at the whole ship. Is it a bad idea to use anything else than black panel liner even on lighter colours when doing 1:350 scale?

Ingmar Stöhr
Actually super glue should set / cure / stick faster the thinner it is. A gel does lengthen the setting time. I start at one side, place the railing, put a tiny bit of thin super glue at the joint and it will typically set withing 2-3 seconds. Then I move a bit further down, align the PE, put glue there and so on. What also increases the setting time is a larger gap. If the gap ist very small and the glue very thin it will usually literally set instantly.

I like my wash with a lot of contrast. On my modern US Navy builds (kind of a medium gray) I will use blue-black panel line wash from AMIG. On a lighter gray, as with the superstructure on DKM units, that might be a bit to much contrast though.

Chrisswe
I will try to master the thin super glue but I think the sticky property of the gel before it cures is very helpful. I can still use gel when gluing where it will not be visible at all.
Another thing I have done differently with this build is to just base paint the details and railings before I attach them to the superstructure and hulI. I will gloss coat, weather, matt coat and oil highlight the superstructure mostly built together but excluding the masts and funnels. I will do the same thing with the hull with everything added except main guns.
I noticed the super glue attacks the paint much more than when everything was already gloss and matt coated before gluing but maybe the end result will be better.

Ingmar Stöhr
Strange. I never have noticed my glue attacking or damaging the painted surfaces. Usually, I build my ships in sections which get painted separately before final assembly. Also, I always airbrush my railing before gluing it to the model. There will be scratches from tweezers, but for me it is much easier to make some touch-ups than to brush paint the whole railing on the ship.

Chrisswe
Could the glue react differently because I use Mr Hobby Lacquer paint this time and Tamiya Acrylic paint for my last build?

Ingmar Stöhr
Hm, I don't know. I basically never use lacquer paint. I only work with acrylic colors - for the normal painting stage. The only 'reaction' I see is that the glue makes a matte surface glossy and therefore changes the shade of the color a bit.

Chrisswe
Ship is done except rigging. I don't know if I have the skill to do rigging but I will try. Is it really safe to spray super glue acellerator/activator over the model when doing rigging?

Ingmar Stöhr
Nice result! Regarding acellerator: I guess it depends on the type of colors you used. In general I would be careful! On the other hand, why use acellerator at all? For me just using very thin super glue works fine without activator. The thinner the glue and the less you use, the faster it will set / cure. If you want to use activator, dont spray it on, but rather brush on the surface, where you need it. You can apply a tiny amount where you want to glue your rigging - before you apply the glue.

Chrisswe
Thanks Ingmar! I did a single line of rigging on a Spitfire I built recently. I found the first point easy to attach but the second hard and had to redo it several times. I think accelerator could help but I will apply it the careful way you suggest.

CaptGPF
Love with what you've done in terms of build details and weathering! Waiting to see the finished product!

Rui S
Late in the show, but this is looking Awesome 👍

Chrisswe
Thanks for your kind words CaptGPF and Rui! I'm going to try take some better pictures before I risk destroying it by doing rigging.

Rui S
I'm sure you'l make a perfect eye catcher model after the rigging 👍 Looking forward.

CaptGPF
Agree with Rui. you can do it, Waterboy!

Chrisswe
Thanks for the encouragement. Rigging scares me but I don't think I can be a serious ship builder without it.

Rui S
Yap, I agree with you 😉 It will be a perfect ship model with the rigging.

Chrisswe
Rigging is going better than I thought so far.
Glue leaves gloss stains. Should I brush paint matt varnish over stains? I read that spraying rigging with varnish is a bad as it makes the lines go slack.

gorby
Very nice work so far.
Incidentally, if you go to 'Manage' and the 'Advanced options' you can change the orientation of your photos.

Chrisswe
Thanks gorby!

Chrisswe
Rigging is done. I could say the ship is finished, but I think I will add crew.

Jan Peters
Missed this somehow, now following this 👀
Excellent work sofar 👍🏻

Chrisswe
Thanks Jan! I will try to make some better pictures without my working table clutter.

Matti Thomaes
Rigging looks very good, well done

Chrisswe
Thanks Matti! I'm not entirely satisfied with the result but considering I recently thought I couldn't do it I should be happy.

Chrisswe
I have started experimenting with paiting the crew. I think I have made them too dark but need to place them on the ship to decide better.

Jan Peters
I've recently tried to paint 1/144 crew members for my submarine models, and found this to be near impossible to get right... Now I see you paint these micro figures, which look great 👍🏻

Chrisswe
Thanks Jan! I'm trying to do an easy painting scheme without too much detail as I need a lot of sailors. I start with a zenithal priming and apply base colours as glazes to keep some contrast. I still think the figures need a wash to make.them look more natural but the brown wash I used made them very dark.

Ingmar Stöhr
I think you did a good job on the rigging! Some of the black beads look a bit out of scale to me and in some areas I would expect sharp bends of the rigging, where you have gentle curves, but overall this looks very good!

Chrisswe
Thanks Ingmar! I have also identified the two things you mentioned. A third problem is that I made a mess in some places where the line ends on the railing or other deck structures. I will try to do better on Graf Spee which I am currently working on.

Naram
very impressive. where the figurine are coming from ?

Chrisswe
ION Model.

Ingmar Stöhr
Well, it is certainly a daunting task and practice is needed. You are on the right path and I'm certain, that your next try will turn out even better! Overall this turns out to be a very fine model!

Chrisswe
Schleswig-Holstein is comlete! A very fun and sometimes challenging build. I can recommend this kit and the Eduard photo etch for anyone who wants a not too difficult project to improve their shipbuilding skills.

Jan Peters
It looks great 👍🏻👍🏻

Guy Rump
Outstanding modelling, all the detail is excellent, congrats! 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Your model turned out really great.👍

gorby
Fantastic result!

Villiers de Vos
Another master piece starting to take shape.

Jörg Schäfer
Let's hope so. The conditions are particularly good this time. Not only do I have a Pontos set for this model, I also have an MK 1 set on top. So let's see what I can conjure up from it

David Taylor
Back in.

Jörg Schäfer
Top. 😃

Jan Peters
Jetzt gehts los!
Another two year build Jörg?
Following 👀

Jörg Schäfer
I think so Jan. 😅
Nice that you be there.

Sven Schönyan
Zur Entspannung jetzt was bodenständigeres?

Ich bin auf jeden Fall dabei!

Jörg Schäfer
Schön Sven.
Ja, der Ausflug ins Star Wars Universum war nett, aber ich baue doch am liebsten Schiffchen. 😉
Sehen wir uns auf der EME?

Sven Schönyan
Leider nicht. An dem Wochenende kann ich nicht und ich muss dieses Jahr etwas Urlaub sparen. Ich habe für Hamburg im September gebucht.

Jörg Schäfer
Sehr Schade.
Und Hamburg im September kann ich leider nicht.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Schön zu sehen, das japanisch Bügeleisen ist im Bau. Bin schon gespannt auf das Ergebnis!😳

Tini Hendriks
Ganz neu für mich, schiffe. Gespannt wo's hingeht. Hals & Beinbruch 💪🏼

Jörg Schäfer
Fein, das freut mich euch dabei zu haben.
Glaubt mir, bin auch gespannt wo ich lande. 😄😉

Michael Kohl
Nicht ohne mich! 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
Klasse. 👍😀

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Jörg Schäfer
It's nice that you're there, Jennifer. 😀

Dietmar Bogatzki
Taking a seat 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
I forgot that you came on board, Dietmar. Nice to have you there. 😀

Dietmar Bogatzki
want to see how you build this iconic ship 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
Very nice. 👍

Michael Kohl
Nice workbench. And how on earth do you keep your cutting mat that clean?
Das Modell? Ja das Modell wird halt wieder super. Eh klar! 😉

Jörg Schäfer
Thanks Michael.
That's easy. Before I started building the Mikasa, I rotated it 180 degrees. If you look at the picture with the bow view, you will notice the paint and glue residue in the back corner. 😁

Dietmar Bogatzki
Fantastic seein how you build a nother Masterpiece, Jörg 👍

Jörg Schäfer
And my best thanks again, Dietmar. 😃

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you, and nice to have you on board.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Fantastisch was du mit dem Rumpf gezaubert hast, Jörg und das in der kurzen Zeit 👍

Tini Hendriks
Looking great! Steady hand! I would think hullred but I had to look up the word "antifouling" 🤔🦐🦞🐙🦑

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you both.
It's unbelievable what was mixed into the antifouling paint back then, Tini. 😲

Jan Peters
Excellent progress, looking forward to seeing more

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you very much, Jan. I'll try to hurry....😅

Sy Bar
Great work so far 🍿

Slight off topic I'm interested in the storage you have behind it. Particularly the one between the brush storage and the three tall draws. My question is de you convert another storage to give the racks for your tray things and if so how/what did you convert? I have the same storage system but have not found anything like that rack and it's a great idea I'd like to use.
Cheers and keep the good work going as it's going to be a great model. 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Hello Sy Bar.
Thank you.
Do you mean this rack?!

hobbyzone.pl/en/modu..niversal-drawer.html

It is very modular and can be adapted to the respective use. I use them to store the organizer drawers for my etched parts.

Sy Bar
Cheers #Jörg keep up good work

Joerg R.
Alter! Hier sieht man erst, welch gigantische Arbeit du jetzt schon wieder investiert hast. Namensvetter, das wird wieder was richtig feines von dir, da bin ich mir zu 100% sicher.
Bin auf jeden Fall wieder dabei und staune und staune.
gruss
Jörg

Jörg Schäfer
Das freut mich, Jörg.
Schön dich an Bord begrüßen zu dürfen. 😄

NLAWScametovisit
Showed up because I heard there was a grinding orgy of chiseling, but now i'm staying for this incredible build!

Jörg Schäfer
😂 Thank you very much, nice to have you there.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Es wächst und gedeiht! Schön mit anzusehen. Der dunkle Anstrich sieht wirklich super aus, gefällt mir ! Weiter so Jörg 👍👍👍

CaptGPF
Jörg - you always have the most interesting, detailed and fascinating builds! I love how you convey your thought process as you build your masterpieces! Definitely watching to see this new masterpiece!

Jörg Schäfer
Danke Hans-Jürgen. 😉
I'm very pleased, CaptGPF, that you like my little construction reports so much. 😁

Dietmar Bogatzki
Awesome weathering Jörg 👍

Jörg Schäfer
Many thanks, Dietmar. 😊

Rui S
Looking Great as always 👍

NLAWScametovisit
This weathering is outstanding! Also, you're giving me severe desk envy for your workshop setup!

Jörg Schäfer
Many thanks to you both.
Yes my workbench turned out really cool, NLAWScametovisit.

Matti Thomaes
Sorry for your los, Jörg, but it's good to see you're getting back to our wonderfull hobby.

Jörg Schäfer
Many many thanks, Matti.

Michael Kohl
Rough seas you had to steer through lately. My condolences. Hope future waters will be much calmer and this build helps navigate them Looking for more progress here. 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you for the kind words Michael.
Yes, I hope that things are going well again now.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Kommt gut raus dein Bügeleisen 😎 sehr gut gemacht 👍👍👍

Jörg Schäfer
Schön daß es dir gefällt, Hans-Jürgen. 👍

gorby
Looks like you are doing amazing work! Definitely following this build. 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you very much, Gorby.
Nice to welcome you on board.

Ingmar Stöhr
Wow, how did I miss out on this awesome project? Very involved detailing going on! I love the paint finish so far!

Jörg Schäfer
Many thanks Ingmar. 😊
We'll see how it goes.

Dietmar Bogatzki
The Master of Shipmodels again in action, hope everyting is well

Ingmar Stöhr
Very nice guns!

Jan Peters
Those guns are fantastic!

Jennifer Franklin
Those guns are amazing!

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you, everyone. Yes, the Pontos guns are truly phenomenal.
Thanks for asking Dietmar, everything is fine again.

Chrisswe
Fantastic detail on a beautiful ship! You make it hard to resist getting converted to the 1:200 scale 🙂

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you Chrisswe.
Yes, you can really conjure up some great details at this scale. But from what I see in your scale, you rock it too. 👍

Tini Hendriks
Everytime a party to see the progress. Carry on😉 💪🏼

Jörg Schäfer
Thank you very much Tini.
But at the moment I'm taking a little break. Let's see if it continues again next week.

Alex Rakhimgulov
Looks awesome! Some background is definitely needed for such great model! IMHO of course!

Scott Dutton
If only I had the room. This is Sherman #53 inculding m10 etc. Thanks for encouragement though

Neuling
Very good work!

George Williams
Excellent.

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for sharing.

Lost_Erik
Yes; Thank-you for posting!

Neuling
Thanks for sharing!

Torsten
Some nice pics, THX for sharing!

Michael Kohl
Thanks from me too.

Rui S
So many beautiful models, thanks for sharing 👍

gorby
Thanks for taking the time to post. I really enjoyed looking though them.

Dominik Weitzer
long ago this event, but so many insperations to see.

Steven Van Dyck
That was the first time they moved to a better location. It also has an impressive end ceremony in an auditorium.

George Williams
Thank you very much for taking the time to post these pictures.

Neuling
A nice one!

George Williams
Great conversion.

Jennifer Franklin
Is this your year in review?

Irakli Kokrashvili
Yeah last year was more productive, this marks my 2nd year into the hobby

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for sharing. It is very inspiring.

Felix
Not to mention the wing😭

Nicolas
Following. Nice to see that you got spare parts.

Felix
Dear Nicolas
Thanks! Yes, happy and excited. It did take them a month BUT they told me so from the beginning and i got all the parts. Very happy with this kit so far. What do you think of the interior yellow green?

Nicolas
Hey Felix, a very promising start. Unfortunately I can't give you any tips on the interior color, I only know that with American aircraft it sometimes depends on the factory, as the same type was painted differently in different factories.

Thomas O'Eh
Looking great so far! Any ideas on the markings yet?

Felix
Thank you, Thomas! I am going with the yellow plane from 15 AF. Thinking of paintin the yellow crosses instead of using the decals. And i am a bit worried about the large decals for the nose art.

Kenneth
Following, looks very nice 👍

Thomas Bischoff
enjoy your build - looks great 👍🏻

Felix
@Thomas, danke dir! Eine Woche lange geschliffen, jetzt kommt der eigentliche Spass mit dem Bemalen.

Felix
@Kenneth, thanks a lot! The sanding me took a long time but i really wanted to get it right, it's something i always struggle with.

Edward MacKenzie
Looks great, i am really interested in this build 🙂

Felix
@Edward, i thoroughly recommend it!

Живко Джаков
Following.

boywellum
Great work, can I ask how you went about the weighting? I tried lots of small lead fishing weights with my Airfix Mitchell but ended up having to fill not only the tiny area given but also the room, behind and just below the cockpit, also behind the control panel and part of the room just behind the cockpit, every space I could find. I'm new to building American bombers, all the RAF ones sit on their tail wheel. Do you or any of the people who have commented have any better ideas than lead? I'm really looking forwards to seeing this project develop (especially as I have the kit myself and need all the tips I can get). Thanks Richard. Following.

Tony Tonov
Nice progress, following

Felix
Dear Boywellum
Both the Mitchell and the Liberator require lots of weight. I bought liquid gravity but it's not heavy enough for the space provided. But there is an ladder for the entry door which will serve as a stand. So i have to go with that!

boywellum
Thanks Felix, that is very kind of you, these kits must have been designed with something in mind for them to work with the actual spaces provided but I have never found a definitive answer anywhere. If any other of the contibutors to your most excellent post have any ideas that would be much appreciated. Maybe Airfix expect us to mix some concrete and pour that in 😉 Cheers Felix, BW

Felix
Dear BW, some modellers work with fishing weights or lead? I haven't, unfortunately.

Nicolas
Great progres. 👍
Years ago I build the old Revell /Monogram Liberator in 1/48. I decided to glue some lead at the rear side of the engine firewalls. It helped, but wasn't enoght (I forgot the lead at the nose wheel bay).

Felix
@Nicolas, that must have been a big bird! I struggle to put this 1/72 Liberator into the paintbooth 🙂
I am glad this kit provides a ladder as support. I bought liquid weight for this build but it's not as compact as i hoped it would be and wouldn't do the job with the spaces provided.

Tony Tonov
Hi Felix,
I usually use fishing weights, the lead is more dense and has high specific weight. I fill all available space and fix it with PVA glue.
There are also aftermaket sets for the front interior, casted in white metal and intended to replace the plastic part:
B-24 Liberator Landing Gear ..aft Conversions 72009, 1:72)
This one however is designed for Hasegawa kit and most likely won't fit on Airfix one.
If non of this helps, I add more weight in front of the engine bays. This worked for me on my both Mitchell and He-219 (which btw is notorious tail-sitter kit).

Alberto
Looking great so far, it's very interesting to follow the detailed step-by step updates!

Felix
Thanks a lot Alberto, glad you enjoy my modelling spam 🙂 did you get the kit too?

Alberto
Hi Felix, no, I built the old Liberator Airfix kit a while ago and had similar issues with the nose weight. I ended up using the ladder for the back door too 😄

Pacific Strafer
Hi Felix, I built the Hasegawa Liberator kit same years ago. I built a box in the nose of the plane around the nose gear and filled the entire space with lead shot. I also glued some lead sheets into the hidden area of the radio operator's room. You can find pictures of this in this report -> modellversium.de/gal..d=8276&origin=mb

Martin Weinpold
Nice!

Felix
Dear Tony, Alberto, Pacific Strafer and Martin, thanks a lot for all the nice comments and advice regarding weight! With this build i will have to go with the ladder in the rear section, it is what it is.
To be honest, i think i should have done a flying Liberator. She just looks great that way, like on the boxart. But there are no figures provided!

Jennifer Franklin
Following!

Alec K
Little late to the party… nice build, despite the challenges and a kit that clearly failed Airfix's quality control inspection.

Felix
Dear Jennifer and Alec, happy to have you onboard…it's never too late to party!🙂 Having lots of fun with this kit!

Alec K
Wondering if your yellow issue can be fixed by laying down pink, then another coat of Humbrol 24?

Tony Tonov
@Alec K, indeed, I usually underspray the yellow areas with pink, when I am looking for a warmer shade of the yellow.

@Felix, if you can mask the areas safely, I'd recommend to spray light layer of pink and then yellow. There are no decals there, aren't they?

Felix
Dear @Alec K and @Tony, thank you for your advice and help! I would overspray the yellow areas, but what about the number? They will pop out all the more.
@Tony, there is no decal for large upper area in yellow, unfortunately.

Tony Tonov
@Felix, you may leave the tail fins as they are. Do overspray only over the horizontal stabilizer. With this pink base you would target to match the "paint" yellow color with "decal" yellow.

Alec K
👍 as Tony said. If you are worried about loosing your preshading, you could apply it over the pink, before applying the yellow again. Or even between final yellow coats 👍.
Should be easy to mask off again, I think?

Felix
I call this one done! Thank you all for your support and kind feedback!🤗

Alec K
Turned out excellent mate 👍

Felix
Thanks a lot, @Alec K!

Nicolas
A very nice result, congrats. 👍

Felix
Thank you very much, @Nicolas!

Lost_Erik
Fabulous build. Looks great ! 👍

Felix
Merci @Lost_Erik, the kit is of great quality, that certainly helps!

Edward MacKenzie
Fantastic work! Congratulations, very impressive build! 😄

Felix
Thank you very much, @Edward! Much appreciated!

Neuling
Same as Edward!

Felix
Thanks, Neuling!🙏🏻🫶🏼

Tom B.
New Year, new (overambitious?) projects! This one will be called "Conquered Giant" (name should explain itself in the end) and is currently in the planning stage for the final layout. I have finished TAKOM´s nice 1/72 Räumer S and positioned some resin structures in the bakground. As it will be a ruined factory buildings, there will not be any noteworthy interior, but a lot of rubble added later on.
Currently I am brainstorming wether to cut a bit of the front of the base or leave it at a larger size to carve abit of a crater in front, which I could will with some water-effects, rubble and maybe a spare Italeri Pz.IV turret I still have in my bits-box.

gorby
Looks a promising project. 🙂

Rui S
Interesting indeed 👍

Ben M
Panzer of the puddle, what is your wisdom?

Robert Podkoński
I cannot wait to see the final effect!

Tom B.
On it goes albeit slowly! Now I´ve got a bit of time and have everything ready to paint. If it fits in my painting booth...

Bohrmann
👀 Following with interest.

Neuling
Me 2

Lukas Muller
looks good ... follow 👍

Steven Van Dyck
If you change the topic, ideally you should follow a proposition that appears when you typed a few letters. Rarely it happens a topic doesn't exist yet. I should say the topic in this case would be T72?

Eddie Mann
You select "Topic: T-72"
There is an "Edit" button at right side.

Greg B
The typical "Topic" indicated on other subjects is the word "Tank Vehicle" after the type or version of said tank. For example I would type in T72 M1 and hit save, and when I check it later it says T72 M1 Tank (vehicle).

But I don't know where or how the "Tank (vehicle) portion comes from, I did not type it in.

And the T72 M1 tank was showing up as T72 M1 Utility... the sam "topic" as a field kitchen

It seems fine now....

scalemates
The Tank (vehicle) comes from info on the topic "T-72".
SCM Topic: T-72

So entering "T-72" for the topic is correct, we just show a bit more info on the actual page.

An F-35B (or other variants) would be assigned to topic "Lockheed F-35 Lightning II"

You would see " » Jets (Aircraft)" being auto added

If that extra bit is wrong (eg. for a plane it shows car) you need to modify the "topic"

Greg B
The original topic said T-72 and in grey font said Utility, it should have said Tank (vehicle) not 'Utility" Its the second portion of the topic that was incorrect and I had no idea how to get it to change to Tank (vehicle) there has no pull down or way to select Tank and change it from utility.

Steven Van Dyck
If you mean this kit, T-72 M1 (Tamiya 35160, 1:35) , I only see T-72 in the topic field in edit mode.

Neuling
Interesting variant!

Steven Van Dyck
At this event I won 2 gold and 2 bronze medals, for the 2 carriers, the Saab Viggen, the Mosasaurus and the Cylon Raider. Also I talked to a lot of friends and bought some goodies.

Nathan Dempsey
Congratulations on the medals Steven! Thanks for sharing.

Lost_Erik
Well done. Looks like a good show. Thanks for posting all the pictures.

George Williams
Congratulations and thanks for sharing the pictures.

gorby
Well done Steven and thanks for the photos.

Dominik Weitzer
thank you for sharing the pictures. some really interesting "things".

Lorraine Lin
Congratulations! and thank you for the sharing

Neuling
Thanks for sharing!

David H
Good old Revell. I see their parts fit is as excellent as usual 😆 well done for facing up to the challenge and soundly beating it. Final result looks amazing 💪

Johne 69
So far so good 👍

S B
Hello David, thank you very much for the kind words. Yes, it was indeed a challenge. But more not to bin that kit. 🙈 When it finally looked like a Tonka, I actually had a lot of fun with it. I'll post some pictures here, when it's finished! So stay tuned. 😉 Cheers!

S B
@Johne: Thank you! 🙂

Gary Victory
Looking good S B. Nice progress on a 'difficult' kit.

ZHOU Kun
Very nice progress so far! I have ASSTA 3.1 in my stash and this will be a good reference for my own build! One thing beyond my expectation is that the ECR do not employ leading edge slats, I had thought the share the same aerodynamics design.

S B
@ Gary: Thank you very much! There's still a lot of small things to do on the Tornado. But I plan to be finished by Saturday, as I want to bring it to a model show this Sunday. 🤞

S B
@Zhou Kun: Thank you too! To be honest, it's not the easiest kit I build and I learnt a lot for the next Revell Tornado I'll definetely build. The ECR doesn't have the Krueger Flaps. They are on the underside of the wing roots. You can see one of them here: tornadosig.com/krueger-flaps.html, The ECR has sensors or something like that on the same place. You can see the difference betwenn ECR and IDS Tornaodo very clearly in that spot. The black surfaces here are a lot bigger on the ECR. The IDS ones are way smaller.

ZHOU Kun
Oh I see, there are separate Kruger flaps on the fixed wing root on IDS models. So the leading edge slats on the rotary part of wing are same with IDS and ADV variants.

S B
@ Zhou Kun: As far as I know, that's correct!

CaptGPF
If you look at the Revell catalog, it clearly states what a Level 5 kit is: mad skills needed to deal with the fit issues and gaps + bucket of putty required.

that aside, S B - I have to give you mad props for sticking with this kit, and this Tonia is really starting to shape up very nicely! thank you for sharing with us the build process - and the numerous pitfalls with this kit. It makes it all the more impressive!

S B
Hey CaptGPF, you forgot the tons of sanding paper you should purchase in advance of an Level 5-kit. 🤣

I guess, I can wrap that Tornado up tonight. Pictures will follow! Stay tuned...

Daniel Mysak
Saw your Tornado at EME this weekend, very nice result on this difficult kit.👍

S B
Hey Daniel, thank you very much. The kit is not an easy one, that's true. And I'm not 100% satisfied with the result due to the bad performance of the decals. But it is what it is. I saw your modelling club booth next to ours. I'll come over next year, so we can have a chat. 👍

Best ragards to Oberösterreich. I hope you had a safe drive home. It's quite a long way to drive.

Daniel Mysak
A real modeller will never be 100% satisfied with his work... 🙂 ...but your Tornado looks really splendid.
Our way home was relaxed, not much traffic and all went safe.
...so see you next year👍

Giorgos
Great built! Congrats!!!

I also like the Chinook in the background 🙂

Awaiting impatiently for more photos!!!

viggen81
Great build and model! 😉👍

Johne 69
Well done 👍

S B
Thank you VERY much, gentlemen! I didn't expect so much positive response on that build! ☺️☺️👍👍👍

Neuling
Top build in top presentation

S B
Thank you, Neuling!!!

Giorgos
Lovely!!! Congrats!!

J35J
Great work!👍🏻

John E
Stunning! 👍

David
Wow, did that Tornado ever turn out well - Great build SB

Mr James
Hell yeah. What a great build

Laurent VILLANUEVA HELLER ForEver
Nice !

S B
Thanks a lot! I REALLY (!!!) apreciate your kind comments. Best regards from Germany

Edgaras Jurkonis
I am a bit late, but I have to give You a credit for very realistic looking exhaust stains on vertical fin. Would You mind sharing a "trick" how did You achieved those thin "rib" lines?

S B
Sveiki Edgaras, thank you for your nice comment. 👍 Good for you, I have no „trick" for the stains, although I had a little helper. I have a Cricut cutter, which made the stripes for me.. But I'm sure you can achieve that effect without that Cricut.
Here's how I achieved that effect: I sprayed a very thin layer of Tamiya Smoke onto the fin. Let it dry completely, then applied (I guess) 1mm thin stripes of tape onto the surfaces were I wanted that stripes and gave it another 2-3 coats of Smoke. When you remove that stripes of tape, it should look like that. The Cricut cutter just made the work for me, but I guess you can cut those stripes with a ruler and a knife, too. If you have more questions, just let me know! Best regards from Germany, Sebastian

Edgaras Jurkonis
Hallo Sebastian, thanks for Your reply. I will see if I can get something similar once I get there. I can see Revell kit is a bit of the hustle to build. Sad thing that I guess it's the only kit at out disposal for now and nearest future. That is pity, cause in my opinion it's one of the most iconic cold war jet, very underrated and to often forgotten.

Guy Rump
Excellent result! 👍

S B
Thank you for comments, Edgaras and Guy.

@Edgaras: I can confirm that the Revell Tornado isn't that easy to build, but when you finish it, it is a very beautiful model in your collection. There is a alternative way to build it, what makes it a little bit easier and maybe better. Just search for it on the internet. Have fun with the build. Cheers!

Edgaras Jurkonis
Lets see how it goes, but I am really looking forward to get my hands on it. What do You mean by saying there is "alternate way to build it"? I was trying to search for it, but could find anything substantial apart from Panavia Tornado IPMS two videos, where they are sharing some tips. Unfortunately there is only two videos available, although it looks like they had entire series of full build.

S B
I know those videos, too! But I mean something else. It's an alternative way to build the intakes, when I remember correctly.

Rui S
Very well done 👍

Johannes Schendlinger
Amazing Work 👍

David R. Meizoso
Beautiful result, glad you didn't give up despite the fit issues!

S B
Thank you very much for your nice comments, Rui, Johannes and David! It's highly appreciated! 👍👍👍

Alex Rakhimgulov
Just superb! Hands down!

Martin Weinpold
Looks good!

DerMattes
Following 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Great cockpit 👍

Harald Besold
Looks very good. The idea with the masking tape for the wingbags is great!

Cristian A
Booking my seat 👍

Thomas Kolb
This starts to look really nice, keep up the good work!

Chris T. An
Thank you guys and welcome. Hope I live up to your expectations.
I have noticed that there is a completely missing part on the kit. But it is clearly visible on the real airplane. Have a look here: airliners.net/photo/..ornado-ECR/5002301/L
You can see an attachment on the underside at the front next to the nose gear doors, which is pointed at the front and has white dots/sensors. I will probably have to rebuild this. Does anyone know exactly what it is and what function it has?

Maciej Bellos
Nice build! Looking forward for the decals!

Dave Flitton
Looking good.

Clement
Impressive work, this looks very good!

DerMattes
Coming along nicely, but I wonder which missing part on the ECR you mean? I will also shamelessly 😉 copy your method of covering up the holes where the wings fold, great idea! 👍

DerMattes
Sorry, saw the link above regarding the missing part. Always thought that only the GR.4s had another thing there.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Chris T. An
Just noticed that there are no IRIS-T missiles with the kit. There are only AIM-9 Sidewinder included. But on all pictures I found of the 46+57 Tiger Tornado you can see the IRIS-T. So I'll check what I can do in this matter.

DerMattes
There are two in the Revell Eurofighter Tigermeet kits, if you want another colorfull Luftwaffe jet.

Łukasz Gliński
Alternatively you might want to invest in the Hasegawa set: Europe Aircraft Weapons Set (Hasegawa 35115, 1:72)

Chris T. An
Thanks @DerMattes and @Łukasz for your recommendations. I found the IRIS-T as a free 3D file on Thingiverse and tried to print it in 1/72. But you can forget it. The file was designed for 1/9 and therefore far too delicate at 1/72, so the print didn't run cleanly. Well, I haven't really warmed up to my 3D printer yet anyway. At least the printed pilot and the ladder worked reasonably well.
In the end I actually ordered the Hasegawa kit. Eurofighters will certainly follow in the future, so I'll certainly need the missiles from the kit.

Maciej Bellos
The decals look great!

If you get Hasegawa's Eurofighter you get all the weapons Łukasz mentions. Hasegawa going out of their preferred way of selling weaponless kits. This kit has IRIS-T missiles for use in Greek F-16 Block 52+ nad Italian Tornados and Meteor missiles for use in Rafales. Quite the bargain me thinks.

DerMattes
I did not know, that you have a 3d printer, try this free IRIS-T: cults3d.com/de/model..le-iris-t-look-alike
I printed some missiles from sufa312, like the Kormoran for my F-104G. Works great and detail is great.

Neuling
Excellent work. A typical "Korompilis"

Moreno Baruffini
I totally agree with Neuling!

Felix
Poli orea! Very beautiful.

Ben M
What a beauty. Your builds always inspire.

The curtains are a nice touch.

Łukasz Gliński
Oh wow, what a great build. Lovely details, the "Rhodos" plate in particular 👍

gorby
Beautiful!

acewwi
Elias simply excellent, only one flight attendant is missing.
Spyros

bughunter
A beauty 👍 With another background it would look real!

Alex K
Since I'm late, all I have to do is to agree with everyone above - especially the "typical Korompilis" remark... Please keep up the great work!

Zbynek Honzik
Beautiful job! 👍

Shar Dipree
Nice C-47. 👍

Finn
Beautiful indeed!

Bozo
Excellent work. The inside wahou!!!
We love planes with greek scheme.
Thank you mister Korompilis

Elias Korompilis
Thank you all for your kind words!

Villiers de Vos
A classic aeroplane beautifully represented.

Alex K
Oh! Seems I have missed the 3 new photos added, with the finished accompanying Dodge truck! Thumbs up 👍 👍

Kenneth
Excellent; very well done👍 I'm currently building the same kit with same aftermarket engines. How did you mount them? The only way I can figure out is to remove the reduced diameter lump of resin at the rear and then pop the engine into the cowling, hoping that the remaining disc matches the inside diameter of the cowling?

J35J
Another excellent build! Congrats👍🏻

Elias Korompilis
@Kenneth: If I remember well, I had no problems with the diameter. The base required some test fit and trimming for the engine and the propeller longitudinally have the proper clearance with the cowl.

Rui S
Nice work 👍

Martin Weinpold
Nice.

André Knippenberg
Thanks!

Cristian A
Well done, nice colours!

Neuling
I agree!

Maciej Bellos
That's a beautiphul Phantom. Well done!

Alex Rakhimgulov
Wow! Amazing job!