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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.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a first-row seat, of course!

gorby
Welcome to the (occasionally fictional) Show Robert. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
se non è vero, è molto ben trovato 😉

Neil
Make me an early attende along with Robert also mate! 👍 🙂

gorby
Muchas grassy arse Robert (see! I speak foreign perfectly. 🙂 )
Welcome Neil!

Robert Podkoński
LM(grassy)AO! 😄 😄 😄

Landlubber Mike
Great details gorby! Nicely done!

David Taylor
You like most of us waste our lives fiddling away on our own little projects only you do it better than most.I try and resist building OOB to make it more challenging and interesting,sometimes OOB.LOL

Bohrmann
👀 aking a seat

Spanjaard
not to be missed, no doubt 🙂

Rui S
What a beautiful scratch you're doing in such a small kit. This is Unbelievable 😮 at least for a person with tired eyes like me. Do you use a microscope? 😄

gorby
Rui, these days I can barely find my work bench without my optivisor. 😄 😄
David, I do it because I like the challenge as well...and I can't write symphonies. Scratch-building in 1/72 also gives me a chance to practice swearing. I'm getting quite good at it now. 😳

Thanks all for tagging along. 🙂

Pepe
😳😳😳

Kesa Tiho
Glad to see your working on another project. Intrested to see how this will come along, or what it even is.. anyways following with interest 👍

gorby
Thanks Kesa, welcome to the show. 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Good to see you back with another lorry contraption 👍

gorby
Thanks Lukasz. 🙂
The original intention was to do a quick out of the box build...then I saw what was missing and I've sort of got carried away. 🙂

Mr D
Nice model, l remember seeing a video on simulator truck...used to deliver coal.
Nice 👍👍

gorby
Thanks Mr D. 🙂

Alec K
Another scratch project? I am of course in 👍. A wee bit of a depressing preamble (lots of which I identify with), hope you are ok mate 👍.
Excellent progress btw.

Mr D
Nice to see scratch build 😃👍
Always inspires and helps to learn new skills.
Looking great so far... Good work 😁👍

Ben M
Interesting vehicle and I appreciate reworking a kit like this.

gorby
Sorry Alex, I thought I'd attached the (very basic) kit to the project, and I'm fine - thanks mate.
Thanks all, I'm enjoying adding a few bits to this thing and glad you like it. 🙂

David Goodchild
I feel like I'm a bit late to this party, but this is really fantastic; not just the effort you're putting into it gorby, but the history, the humour and the imagination and research too. It's your model, you make it your way and it's a pleasure to see so much experience and skill put to such satisfying effect. 👍👍😎

Łukasz Gliński
X-4, my fav colour! 😄 I have to admit this colour setup looks very die-cast-Matchboxish 😄

gorby
Better late than never David. Thanks for the lovely comment. I think some people take this hobby a bit too seriously so I like to do the exact opposite. 🙂

You're right Lukasz, the colour does look a bit die-cast doesn't it? 😄
I need to drag myself away from using X-4 – even if I think it suits oldie-worldie vehicles. I don't want to be thought of as a one trick pony. I'm at least a two trick pony. 😄 😄

Łukasz Gliński
Nah, X-4 fits much more than that: Blue Jetstream (SP-KWN) | Project by Woody (1:72)

gorby
Oooh that does look good. 🙂

David Goodchild
People always like to take things seriously, even when they possibly shouldn't! Really look forward to the next update! 👍

gorby
👍

Mr D
It happens sometimes! I've had this alot with brush painting, l think the brush would push paint under.
I use a masking fluid on top of any awkward masks now.
You will get it tidied ok.
👍👍

gorby
Thanks Mr D. Repairs are going well. 🙂

bughunter
Cool 👍 I like your scratched additions!

gorby
Thanks Bugs, good to see you back again. 🙂

gorby
I completed the build yesterday and other than the headlights being a bit too big I'm happy with how it turned out. I ended up really enjoying the build and thanks to every one for following. 👍

John Hughes
Keep on like this and we'll have to start calling you Zsolt II!

Rui S
Impressive work, indeed. Very Well done Gorby 👍

bughunter
What a nice little lorry! I hear some sound of the steam engine ...
A nice street too. That might be a good idea to seal it with thinned PVA, I'll have to remember that for the future.

Alec K
Very nicely done Gorby! The colors are apropo I think, and I like that photo booth (nice dual purpose set up) 👍

Alex K
Love this! What a cutie!!! 👍 👍

Mr D
Wonderful Gorby.... Cracking little model 😁👌👍

David Taylor
Lovely little build Gorby.

David Goodchild
Fantastic result, looks so good! Really impressed with this! 👍😎

Kesa Tiho
Very nice result mate, it was worth the wait. You make the base yourself?

Ben M
You made this plain old kit very special.

Łukasz Gliński
Exqusite job! Looks like a bigger scale, 43rd at least 👍
And dat colours and weathering, like Matchbox Yesteryear series taken out of storage after all these years 😄
@John: will do, but only when we start seeing these bigly huge matchsticks 😄

Robert Podkoński
Awesome (anid quick) job, Gorby! Chapeau bas!

Pietro De Angelis
Beautiful and incredible work, congrats!

Michael Kohl
That came out nicely.

Kesa Tiho
I love that Gorby's builds comment section became like a little scalemates get together 😂

gorby
WOW! That's a very nice surprise to find in the morning. 🙂
I'm amazed that such a tiny model has had such a big response. Thanks you everyone for taking the time to comment. 👍
John: My 1/72 vehicle fixation was a Zsolt's fault….thanks Zsolt. 🙂
Bugs: What's this? Has the world turned upside down? Me teaching Bughunter something. 😄
Alec: It's also because I'm too tight to buy a photo tent, did I forget to mention that bit. 😄
Kesa: Photo 28 explains how I made the base – it's as quick, simple and cheap as it's possible to make a reasonably decent base.
Lukasz: I'm stttiiilll looking for those huge matches. 😄

Thanks again to everyone who commented or liked. 👍

Moreno Baruffini
👍👍👍 Chapeau!!!

gorby
Thank you Moreno. 🙂

Bohrmann
Beautiful model sir !!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 In the pictures the model doesn't look that small, certainly not 1/72 scale. Only in slide #34 where you can make the comparison with the match does it dawn on me that this really is a small model. Unless the matches in the Uk are a lot bigger than on the continent. 😉

Finn
Beautiful indeed!

Rui S
Well done 👍

Joe K
very nice

Hobbzter
Thank you