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Neuling
Very nice small scale dio!

Neuling
Clean, careful, beautiful!

Felix
Very nice!

Ekki
Watching.

Cristian A
Welcome Ekki, beautiful helicopters in your collection!

Ekki
Thanks.

Skyhiker
Taking a seat

Villiers de Vos
Booking my seat.

Nicolas
I'm following this as well.

CaptGPF
Ditto

Cristian A
Done! 🚁 Another project completed! 🚁

Glad to present the UH-1B Huey, a legendary icon from the Vietnam War. 🇺🇸📍Da Nang 🇻🇳

Will add some final review photos on a separate album in a bit.

Feeling proud of how this one turned out from a basic Italeri kit, even if it's not perfect! What do you think?

CaptGPF
Italeri kits rank far down there with American model kits in my book (last resort model kits if you have no other choice). To get this result with an Italeri says a lot! Lovely build!

Cristian A
Many thanks CaptGPF for the kind words. Yes the Italeri kit has many flaws, but for me being one of the kits I've built when I was a kid, brings back some good vibes. Will look out there what other Hueys I can find, maybe I'll build another one just to see how a good kit feels in comparison 🙂 cheers

Guy Rump
Lovely build, very impressive. 👍

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Cristian A
Thanks gents, really appreciate it. My next build is a helicopter as well, 1/72 scale, the Ka-52 Alligator 🐊

Nicolas
I like it. 👍

Neuling
Well done!

Mr James
Gets the thumbs up from me... nice job

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Neuling
I like the dusty streaks on the sideskirts.

Zbynek Honzik
Nice job, Roland.

Maciej Bellos
Beautiful!

Ronald Barboza
Thx mates!!

gorby
Excellent!

Neuling
Yes!

Neuling
Cool presentation of these beauties!

WAHO LEU
High-level works will be produced, look forward to and admire them.

Spanjaard
I am in 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3

Juergen Klinglhuber
Started this one.
The Ju 86 which were seen in 2 different Austrian markings, but at the end was never part of the Airforce. Here the overall silver Ju86 #311 at the airshow in Vienna-Aspern in early 1937.

Cuajete
Following 👍

Robert Podkoński
Interesting. Taking a seat here, of course!

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3 👍

Alec K
Me 4 🙂

Finn
I'm in

Dave Flitton
Watching!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hello mates and thank you for your interest!

Juergen Klinglhuber
The mention aircraft was sent to the Airshow in Aspern as a "demonstrator" in austrian marking. Austria was interessed in buying 18 Ju86K-7. Due to several reasons Junkers was not prepared for that airshow and on short note removed the markings of an 86K-2 that was already prepared to be sold to Sweden. They put on austrian markings, a service number #311 and flew it over to Austria for just this one day. Flight captain Behrendt did a good job and the aerobatic air-display was a great success. So far so good. Why I am telling this? 86-K2 is a differend engine and cowling. The box is a 86E1/2. Aftermarket conversion products are out there (Kora) .....I had difficulties to locate/buy some.
Therefore: it is Scratchbuilding time again !!! 😎

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome Guy

Alec K
Nice progress. Modelimex is a place to get the Kora parts from, just in case 👍

Łukasz Gliński
There's one set here 😛
mojehobby.pl/product..I-Prewar-Bomber.html

Cuajete
Good explanation, Juergen 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
thx Alec &Lukasz for you very kind support 👍 - appreciated.
But the first cuts are already done - no way back now 😉
(and I have to odmit: usually I like it to test my skills by a DIY task every now and then)

Bernd Grün
An Austrian Ju 86, I'm in! Nice start, Jürgen! 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hi Bernd! thx

J35J
Great start! Watching with intrest.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you and welcome J35J.

Stefan Fraundorfer
Ah, a new and very interesting project. Of course I will follow that. Have fun with the Ju 86 Jürgen.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Welcome aboard Stefan!

Juergen Klinglhuber
I have finished the modification on the engine resp. cowling. Some new pic's up-loaded.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Very interesting and extremely promising! We talked about it in Ried, and now I'm delighted to see these ideas being realised in such an impressive way!

Juergen Klinglhuber
🙏 Thx alot Roland, I am happy to receive your appreciation.

Nicolas
I'm joining this interesting build.

Łukasz Gliński
Impressive rework of the engines 👍

Alec K
I agree, looks very good 👍

TH SCALE MODELS (Thomas Haberl)
Nice progress Jürgen! I´m in to see how this beauty comes together 👍

Cuajete
Fantastic mods, 👌

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you mates for leaving your nice comments.Iam wWorking on the exhaust pipe currently. New picture up-date should be ready after this coming weekend.

Juergen Klinglhuber
All mod's are completted now - after adding the windows of the cockpit I can move it to the paint hangar.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Looks beautiful, clean and masterly done!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Hey - thank you Roland for your feedback. That gives motivation of course 🙂

Roland Sachsenhofer
That's great, that's how it should be, because your construction progress here gives me inspiration 🙂

Juergen Klinglhuber
Ju86 just left the paint hangar,...

Alec K
The metal finish looks great, has nice variation to it 👍

Thomas Kolb
I agree with Alec, the metal surface looks very realistic in the photos!

Cuajete
I agree with Alec and Thomas. Great metallized! 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thank you Alec, Thomas & Cuajete. When I had finished I thought: "Grab, overdone. This bird was for sure not that worn as it went to the airshow more or less fresh from the manufacturer." But the more looked at it the more I was okay with the result. So your comments are welcome and soothe my concerns. 👍

Nicolas
Don't worry Juergen, even on new airplanes there are sometimes clear visual differences in the sheet metal. For example, some manufacturers deburr the rivet holes with a grinding machine, the sheets are made of different alloys or are applied with different rolling directions, all of which have an influence on the appearance. I like it.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Thx Nicolas !!

Juergen Klinglhuber
DONE.
Uploades some pictures of the final result.

Robert Podkoński
Great job, Juergen!

Guy Rump
Great result! 👍

Duster_d
It looks wonderful! Well done!

J35J
Wow! Great build and paintwork! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Curatorm
Awesome!

Łukasz Gliński
Brilliant, love that shiny shading 👍

William Joel
Very nice. Neat additions. Thanks for sharing.

Nicolas
Very nice result. 👍

Cuajete
Very nice job. Fantastic result.
Congrats!

Moreno Baruffini
What a beauty! Superb result!

Alec K
Excellent build 👍

Juergen Klinglhuber
A very big "Thank You" to everyone for your positive feedback. My stash still contains of further bare metal birds - this comments give definitively good motivation. 👍
cheers.

gorby
Beautiful work!

Bernd Grün
Very nice result, Jürgen! 👌 I like your paint job very much.

Neuling
Same as Bernd!

Neuling
Interesting vehicle. Well done!

Alec K
Very cool, thanks for sharing 👍

Robert Podkoński
You're welcome, Alec! I will add the descriptions asap.

gorby
Thanks for posting the photos Robert, it looks like a good museum. I enjoyed looking though them. 👍

Robert Podkoński
I am happy to hear that, Gorby 🙂

Neuling
Thanks for sharing! Pictures 41 - 44 are of special interest to me. My artillery unit was equipped with these self propelled 175 mm guns.

Christian Bruer
When I got a photo showing a Pz. I towing a Ju-87, possibly on an airfield in North Africa, I definetely want to build that scenery. The Pz. I is a mix of parts from S-Model Pz. I Ausf. A and B, the Ju-87 is Italeri. I bought some Quickboost add on parts which are designed to fit the Airfix kit, but with slightly modifications they although fit quite well the Italeri kit.
Happy Modelling, Christian

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Dave Flitton
Watching

Tom B.
That´s an interesting combination... watching for sure!

Christian Bruer
Thx to all for looking around 🙂

Nicolas
I'm watching too.

Alec K
I saw (likely) the same photo and also thought it would make a great dio. Glad it will materialize in your capable hands Christian 👍

Lukas Muller
follow 😄

Spanjaard
I am certainly following this one

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for looking around and leaving such kind comments 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Can't miss it

Christian Lehmann
Na, da bin ich mal gespannt auf das fertige Projekt 👍

Christian Bruer
Still enough place in the first row, welcome aboard Łukasz and Christian 🙂

Christian Bruer
Nearly there, just a few bits and pieces to add before I can start the paintwork.

I got the SSMODEL Pz.I tracks. So far as can be see still in their printing frame they are looking quite nice.

Happy Modelling
Christian

Tom B.
Looking neat so far! Where did you order those 3D parts from? Been curious about those for a while now...

Alec K
Excellent progress Christian 👍. And same question as Tom B.

Christian Bruer
Thank you Tom and Alec. SSMODEL only has a shop at AliExpress. I was a bit hesitant to order there, because there is a lot of rumor about piracy products over there. But once I did not found something similar I want to order from them I registered and ordered at AliExpress. Payment was easy via PayPal and delivery absolutely in time. I also ordered one of the SSMODEL vehicles, Marder III Sd.Kfz.139 SSMODEL 1:72 72725. The details are top notch, but the printing quality in between excellent and poor. The chassis, tracks and single parts are excellent, but the gun mount and gun shield are not so nice. The gun mount is warped and the gun shield has a lot of steps on the inner and outer side. It also differs from the instructions where gun mount and shield are shown as separate parts but it was delivered as a single part. That makes it even more complicated to solve the issues. But I think I will give it a try for another scale 1/72 kit in the future.

Here the link to the shop:
de.aliexpress.com/st..ain.2.72a2xoWPxoWPcN

Transall NG
Very good work !
Thanks for informations.

Tom B.
Thanks for the reply, Christian 👍 It seems that their shop is one of the reliable outlets, then...nice!

Bernd Grün
It turns out very well, Christian. 👌 Looking with interest for the final result.

gorby
Looks like a very interesting project. Exceptionally good work so far!

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for your kind feedback 🙂

Meanwhile I have added a few more details like the steering gear and tilger for the flaps. I also painted and reworked the SSMODEL tracks. They need a slightly adjustment to fit well the the S-Model Pz.I. MOre photos sooon when I start the paintwork.

Happy Modelling, Christian

bughunter
_THAT_ one will be a master piece 👍

Christian Bruer
I try my very best bughunter 🙂

coporado
Great subject and promising builds!

Christian Bruer
Thx budd 🙂

Christian Bruer
WIP painting the Ju-87. Underside in RLM65 Hellblau is done as well as RLM70 Schwarzgrün. Depicting the references I have, the paint seems to have a weathered look, which I took in consideration by highlighting the basic paint.
Next will be the camo with RLM71 Dunkelgrün and a white band on the rear of the fuselage.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Christian Abraham
An interesting project

Moreno Baruffini
Super interesting! Well done!

Christian Bruer
Thank you Christian and Moreno🙂

WIP on my Ju-87 scenery. I rrplaced the First to Fight Pz.I by the one from S-Model but replaced the tracks by 3D printed ones from SSMODEL.
That will come together nicely with a nice contrast in between all of the colours, sand brown Pz.I and the Ju-87 with a standard camouflage in green.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Lukas Muller
Looks superb Chris 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Lukas 🙂

There is a lot of masking needed to paint the Ju's splinter camouflage.
I did not masked and sprayed it in one loop, but step by step. For me it works much better in that way.
Only the rear fuselage and tail end is missing. So I have a plan for tomorrow 😁

Happy Modelling
Christian

Alec K
Nice progress Christian. I like your modulation and shading, looks great 👍

coporado
Fantastic paintjob!

Christian Bruer
Thx to you both Alec and corporado 🙂

Rui S
Beautiful Paint work on the little Panzer I 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Rui S 🙂

Pietro De Angelis
Great work, congrats!

Villiers de Vos
A very low part count and I just noticed that the numbers to the parts are very faint on the sprues. A very nice touch is a choice of three types of tyres.

Villiers de Vos
I would like to make the following observations at this stage:
The quality of the plastic is good and it reacts well to Tamiya's Extra Thin glue. The plastic seems similar to what is/was used by Dragon.
This is a curbside model with no engine bay and truck area detail. No panels can open.
The part numbers are very faint on the sprues.
Part locations are vague. There are also no locating holes for the trunk or engine bay latches. I used the box art to provide guidance. There is also no positive location tabs for the inside door panels. I ended up lining up the bottom of the panel with the bottom of the body.
The instructions is vague when it comes to showing which parts are options to choose from.
Remember to drill out the hole for the Notek light.
On the back of the seats there are four nasty ejector pin marks. Scraping with a scalpel and using a sanding stick took care of that problem.
The fit of the major parts are good. Test fitting is required with all the smaller parts that makes up larger assemblies i.e. the seats and the seating area in the back of the vehicle.
Of the three tyre options provided, I chose the off-road version without hubcaps.
I am going to try and emulate Alan Wernert "Pensfan" who build a similar bug.

Villiers de Vos
I have painted the body, footboards, wings and instrument panel in the base colour, gray. The model will be left to dry at least for 24 hours and then covered in a layer of clear gloss. I plan to do use the hairspray technique to attempt a distressed paint effect.

Bobisek Bowe
Nice work, looks good so far looking forward to seeing more of this project ?

Villiers de Vos
@Bobisek, you are welcome

Villiers de Vos
I placed all the decals and covered the whole model with a clear gloss goat. The decals were extremely thin. I will continue with detail painting on the interior while the exterior dry. I can then apply hairspray.

Olivier
So very nice. No desert yellow for you ?

Villiers de Vos
Desert yellow will be applied this week 🙂

Villiers de Vos
@Fritz, thank you for the like.

David Taylor
Watching this one busy at the moment with retro fitting 1/16 beetle to ww2 configuration.

Villiers de Vos
@David, I hope to resume work again by the end of February 🙂
I am considering stripping the sand-yellow back to the field gray and start again.

David Taylor
I have assumed that they came out of the factory grey so I am doing the interior grey but the exterior sand green.Very fiddly but hopefully worth it.Got to figure out the wheels though.

Villiers de Vos
@Frieser, thank you for the like.

Villiers de Vos
@Draggin Bawlz 🙂 , thank you for the like.

Villiers de Vos
@Nenad, thank you for the like.

Villiers de Vos
@Guy, thank you for the like.

Jv
So different builds you do
takes a set of skills
To do each different thing
Amazing working whed wood models
Military
And sports cars
All done whed great skill

Villiers de Vos
@Jv, thank you for your kind words. I draw a lot of inspiration from our community.

Jv
Yes I flow you there but I got a long way to go but it a good time
I enjoy scalemates very much

Michael South
Never thought to use a dish rack to hold the sprues. What a great idea! The finishing and weathering is coming along nicely

CrazyBuilder
Love the bug, I'm a huge fan of VW

Mr James
I'm a big bug fan. Coming along well.. 🙂

CaptGPF
Can't wait to see how this will turn out!

Micky
Following

Villiers de Vos
I have placed the bug on hold until I clear the table. The Bentley is hogging all my attention for now 🙂

Mr D
You build some really nice stuff, good to follow n learn some techniques.
Thanks for your uploads, Great.
😀👍👍