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Techniques & Practice![View album, image #2 View album, image #2](/albums/img/3/3/1/1727331-140073-71-720.jpg)
Testing out some heavy chipping and wear effects on the paint mule.
4 20 April, 23:25
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47 28 September 2021, 20:36
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Thank you. It was a challenge for me. I had to design everything on my own, including decals. Some of them were printed at www.meliusmanu.pl , some of them are my own home-made inkjet decals. BTW, I tried lots of decal papers to print at home and found that Expert Choice decals are the best (from those which were available in Europe). Unfortunately I don't have a decent camera to make pictures, in real life it looks even better 🙂
29 September 2021, 05:58
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Fantastic build, Karatel. And I really wish that you had a whole lot of them IRL. Slava Ukraini!
19 April 2022, 20:30
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Good work! I really, really wish you to get these soon. Слава Україні!
20 April 2022, 05:30
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56 4 August, 14:43
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The weather was ok today to try some outdoor pictures of the finished Pfalz D.III.
The pictures were taken 65 kilometres away from the airfield of the "Bayerische Militärfliegerschule 5" in Gersthofen - the place where the original photo was taken.
4 August, 14:52
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Your biplane shrinking machine is working as well as ever Bugsy. Another one to be proud of.
4 August, 16:39
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Thank you very much mates!
Dieter, the pictures are taken outdoor with two tripods.
I just added some pictures made in light tent.
4 August, 20:14
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This is a stunner Frank!! A gorgeous airframe and I absolutely love the paint scheme as well. Your typical eye for beautiful detail in all the right spots push this to your usual next level build. It is truly always a pleasure to watch one of your builds
5 August, 10:34
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I may not know much about WWI aircraft but I know a beautiful aircraft and model when I see one. Another stunner Frank.
5 August, 10:59
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Toll geworden!
Bin auch eine am Bauen, bin aber noch nicht soweit, wie du.
Will mir noch den Motor in 3D erstellen und drucken.
Gruss
5 August, 11:25
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Bughunter, that's another great result of your work. Perfectly built model and well presented. Congratulations! 👍👍👍
5 August, 18:08
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Beautiful !!! I was following the build with pleasure and the result is amazing 👍
Excellent pictures, as well 👍
11 August, 13:02
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Hello mates!
I went on a hiking holiday straight after the release of the final album of this project. That's why I haven't replied here yet. I can make up for that now: many thanks to everyone for the kind words! ❤️️
In case you have not seen it: there is also an Work-In-Progress album attached to the project.
19 August, 15:27
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[Revell] VW Type 2 (T2) - WIP![View album, image #72 View album, image #72](/albums/img/3/6/8/1789368-37066-90-720.jpg)
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Well. It's done.
projekt: VW Type 2 (T2)
43 13 June, 16:23
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I had some adventures in a microbus with some of my cousins back in the early 70's
27 June, 00:20
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Sorry to chip in, MS, but this may help you in the future.
When you remove the chrome, there's a residue underneath. That's sometimes, the reason why there's imperfections in the chrome. The residue is some form of clear coat, that's used before the chrome? That can be removed by soaking in brake fluid, for a while. I've had this issue, mainly with Revell chrome, and it doesn't look great. Sometimes, there's a huge blob, and they just chrome over it. Quality control, needs a kick up the butt, at the factory.
Hope this helps you.
14 August, 21:20
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I'm a little late, but from now I will be watching this talent show for sure 🙂
16 August, 06:24
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thanks a lot of sharing, now I'm intrigued... what printer do you have you can use a white toner with it???
16 August, 12:12
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Liking your 'no problem is insurmountable' attitude, and the results 🙂 Inspiring work for sure 🙂
16 August, 12:22
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@Matteo Pescarin - There are printers that can use white custom toner. However, it is not as opaque as the commercial decals, so it honestly falls below my expectations.
What I use is ghost white toner.
At first, I planned to buy an Alps printer, but I had no choice but to give up because it only supported Windows XP.
16 August, 14:07
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I did not know about this ghost white, or is a pitty that just one cartridge seems to be about 300Eur, and if you say that the quality is not good enough......
16 August, 21:07
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Spitfire Mk.IXc late version Overtrees - Sprues only; no decals, instructions, mask or PE parts
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Spitfire Mk.IXc early version Overtrees - Sprues only; no decals, instructions, mask or PE parts
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1964-65 Chevrolet Pickup Truck Detail Set for RMX (Photo Etched)
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44 5 June, 13:13
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As usual, a full build video with all details can be found on my channel: Youtube Video
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17 August, 18:02
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Great build, but I was surprised by the quality issues. Seems like these kits are from old molds, not the recent double seater ones.
17 August, 21:23
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@Mattes Danke! According to scalemates, these molds are from 1991. Hopefully, the Revell, Hasegawa and GWH kits I have are better ☺️
17 August, 21:49
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22 11 July, 21:06
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Oh ya!
Built a couple of Broplan vac kits, a real challenge but great for the feeling of overcoming a challenge and creative accomplishment
11 July, 23:27
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OMG, what a challenge! 🙂 Those panel lines look quite uneven, will you try to rescribe them or just take them for what they are? In any way, I am super curious how these sheets of plastic can be turned into a model, so I will watch with interest!
12 July, 02:31
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Welcome mates, the panellines are aweful but the material is so thin, i'm scarred that i cut right trough it when i try to rescribe them.
12 July, 06:24
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Following. Got my first vacu kit this weekend. I hope I can learn something here.
16 July, 14:48
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Hi DuperScale, I built a couple of Broplan vac ATR kits, converting one 72 500 to a 42 300. A few pics of the work in my "albums" if you're interested in the kind of model you can achieve from a Broplan kit with a bit of work…sweat and tears, foul language, alcohol and time….
16 July, 23:24
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DuperScale, how about scribing into a layer of primer paint?
This way, scribing should be a lot easier afaik, scribing into the primer layer of paing, and not plastic.
This guy on youtube did this, on regular plastic models though.
20 August, 05:21
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As for the clear parts, I wonder if it could be done this way
1) Cut out a square/rectangle shape, removing the oval form from windows. The larger the hole the better, to create some extra space around the old window shape. Enough space to work with putty later on.
2) Glue in a flat thin strip of transparent styrene on inside of model.
3) Glue in a square/rectangle shape transparent styrene, outside the model, laminated with the existing strip of transparent styrene on inside, so double layered.
If keeping the new window parts larger than the old window shape it should be easier to use some putty after adding masking tape that have the shape of the old windows. The larger these new outer square/rectangle window shapes are, the easier it is to add putty to create a smooth surface, then hopefully the center part is clear enough, to mask off the final shape of the old window shape, before painting.
Afaik a common issue using Mikro Kristal Klear is that you can't sand the clear part afterwards, because the clear part is like rubber iirc. You can iirc easily remove this clear part though, just poke/pull it out. Unsure if there would be any residue left after removing the rubber like liquid clear stuff after it dries.
20 August, 05:25
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Another thing one could do with clear parts an idea:
1) Glue in a long strip of transparent styrene on inside of plane.
2) Add some kind of epoxy or something that can be sanded, without the epoxy damaging the underlying transparent styrene.
3) Idea is to use the liquid stuff to fill in the perfectly shaped holes for the windows, then sand the liquid stuff flush after it dries.
What won't work imo, is doing multiple rounds of adding liquids to create some goo that goes transparent. I think if you sand this stuff multiple times adding more liquid stuff, you get a flawed result I think. I tried something like that with gloss varnish, trying to build up a solid clear shape. Did not work as expected.
20 August, 05:35
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