Најважније вести

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!
(Perhaps the transparencies and propellers from this kit would work:
Soviet Tu-2 Bomber (HobbyBoss 80298, 1:72))

Thomas Kolb
Thank you Robert! The three-bladed standard propellers in the kit are actually fine, it is the transparencies I am a bit worried about.

Łukasz Gliński
Me 2, must watch this - wondering how good/bad this kit is

Dave Flitton
Watching!!

J35J
Me 3, this will be another great build to follow.

Cuajete
Me 5!
I still don't understand why they haven't released a more updated tool for this model yet.

Moreno Baruffini
Thomas, you are a specialist in reminding me the models I started and non finished (yet)! Super inspiring, and a great build to follow for sure!

Thomas Kolb
Dear friends, thank you for your interest. I am a bit curious myself how this model will turn out - I have read some pretty nasty things about it in reviews, but I am not sure it's so bad. It certainly looks very intricately designed, not your usual shake 'n' bake kit for sure.

Gergő Takács
Thomas, you are doing always the same project what I want to do in the future with the same kits. 😀 I'm always taking a seat and save your work for motivation.

Finn
I'm in

Łukasz Gliński
Thomas, your tutorial is priceless! 👍

Mr D
Like this 👍👍
Big fan of soviet n russian stuff, will have to look up history on this one as new to me.
Interesting subject, Nice 😁

Cuajete
Good start, Thomas. Thank you so much for your tutorial 👍

Thomas Kolb
I must say, I am pretty impressed with this kit so far. At first sight it looked like an Amodel kit, but everything is very cleverly designed and all parts fits together beautifully without any problems. The only gripe I have is with the plastic itself - it's very soft and stretchy and definitely does not like to be sanded.

Nicolas
Nice start, joining.

Живко Джаков
I'm here too. I have one in a box and we only see each other with it 🙂

Cuajete
Great job so far, Thomas 👍
I never bought this kit because I thought it would be difficult to deal with.

Thomas Kolb
Cuajete, I must say, I am pretty impressed with this kit so far. At first sight it looked like an Amodel kit, but everything is very cleverly designed and the parts almost fall together by themselves without any problems. The only gripe I have is with the plastic itself - it's very soft and kind of stretchy, and all sanding needs to be followed by polishing to result in a smooth surface.

Cuajete
Thanks, Thomas. I'll have to consider buying the latest ICM box 👍.

Cuajete
Good progress, Thomas 👍

Mr D
Looking good 👍, the canopy is fine, be ok when all printed up, fits fuselage well, the canopy on the Revell FW-190 l did was horrendous!! Would be good for bathroom privacy glass 🤣.
What glue do you use to fix canopy??

Thomas Kolb
Mr D, Thank you! I used regular Revell styrene cement (the blue one with the needle tip). Just added a string of solvent around the fuselage edges and then placed the canopy on. I normallt use water-based cement for transparencies to avoid fogging, but if you are careful, it's not a problem to use solvent based cement.

Mr D
Brilliant thank you 👍👍

Thomas Kolb
Using the precut masks would be so much easier if they actually fit the model... But the flight deck glasshouse parts seem to be designed for a different kit, so I am back to using Tamiya masking tape.

Guy Rump
Looking great! 👍

Cuajete
I agree with Guy 👍

Mr D
Always the tedious part !! But looking like nice mask job.
I usually put a masking fluid over joined parts if l can, lve had paint blow under before.. as it doesn't stick to it's self that good.
On the Beriev I'm doing now, l masked most individual windows out, but the big curved window at front was bit fragile!! So I'm going to use my mega fine Nail liner brush to carefully paint frame in.
Like the underside colour, good luck on next steps 😃👍👍

Mr D
You be fine a quick visual check before paint you be fine.
I wet the tooth pick a little, it prevents scratching n seems to come away quicker.

Thomas Kolb
Mr D, thank you for the tip! I am not very experienced with these large multi-pane windows, as I usually build more modern aircraft models. I sincerely hope the paint won't blow in under the masks, but I guess I can always repair minor errors with a wooden cocktail stick to remove accidental paint streaks on the glass or a brush to paint any missing or incorrect frames.

Gary Victory
Really nice work Neuling. Love the details. Top job Sir.

Mr James
Another great build from your good self Neuling. The realistic photographs are on point again.

Lex Jassies
These dioramas are like van Goghs. You immediately recognize the hand of the master 😉
And again a beautiful diorama.

Rando
I almost can't comprehend how these are models and figurines. Incredible, thank you for sharing, Neuling.

Alexander Grivonev
Man I am a huge fan of your dioramas, so freaking good and natural looking!

Mr James
Well said Lex, you're right, you can tell instantly from the first image that its a Neuling masterpiece. 🙂

Lebloge
Agree with Lex & James…no daubt! ☺️

Guy Rump
Excellent modelling, the driver laughing is incredible. Another Neuling masterpiece! 👍

Robert Podkoński
What more can be said about Neuling's creation? Fantastic models, fantastic diorama, life-like photos... Just perfect!

Hanno Kleinecke
Unmistakably, this is the handwriting of Mr. Neuling, who again has created one of his lively looking dios.
Excellent work !👍

James C
Stunning work as always Neuling. Love the subtle weathering that you apply. Awesome pictures s well 👍

J35J
Another brilliant build! Great inspiration Neuling!👍🏻

Recce 4-6
Again outstanding performance

Neuling
Many thanks mates! When I made this diorama more than 20 years ago I could not imagine that expert modellers from all over the world would watch and praise my work. Thanks again!

gorby
Excellent dio Neuling! The posing of the figures really brings the scene to life.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat here as well 😉

Roland Sachsenhofer
An ambitious project: I am building this TF-104 in Italian colours for a friend. The two-seater starfighter brings a welcome and extremely good-looking change to the currently somewhat corrugated metal-dominated modelling scene! In the cockpit of this beautiful Hasegawa kit you can see Eduard's cockpit interior made from etched parts.

Vincent
This already looks great!

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thank you Vincent!

Roland Sachsenhofer
I've just realised that it's been a while since my last update here, so here are a few new pictures! This is the current state this morning, but today Gunze H 308 will also be applied over everything as a surface colour for the attractive Italian machine. The build itself, a friendship build for a friend, will be built with the Eduard etched parts out of the box except for the cockpit.

Roland Sachsenhofer
The Starfighter in the smart Italian colours is slowly but surely crossing the finish line: now all that remains to be done is to put the finishing touches to the last few areas that still need attention or correction. These include the position lights, which still need to be sealed with Klearfix, and a few traces of dirt and wear on the underside. Hasegawa's F-104 is still a beautiful kit that forms a good basis. However, I did a lot of upgrading on the seats and especially on the inside of the open cockpit canopies, using wire, etched parts and Tamiya masking tape. At least it now looks better than before! 🙂

Jakub Fiala
It looks perfect, to me 👍

Michael Kohl
The Italians squeezed the last drop out of the Starfighter. Beautiful model you build.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Jakub and Michael, your comments are very appreciated, thank you both!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Boa,.....😉 oder wie die Nicht-ÖO sagen würden WOW
Sehr fesch geworden.

Roland Sachsenhofer
Thanks Jürgen, the 'boah-wow' is very appreciated! 🙂
I will send you a few pictures of the now really finished TF-104G later. This was a very nice, refreshing project for me without long sanding and filling sessions but, despite the solid Hasegawa quality, with a certain amount of scratch-built parts. I did the modelling of the two open cockpit canopies myself, as these should not remain empty when they are shown open.
I don't think this will be the last build of this fascinating aircraft!

Mr James
So very good. The last few pics look so realistic. This is excellent paint and weathering.

Robert Podkoński
Awesome photos indeed, and the fantastic model.

Guy Rump
Initially, I thought the photo was the real thing, awesome modelling and photography. 👍

Vincent
I agree with everyone above. Great photos and amazing result!

Roland Sachsenhofer
I am very happy about your positive reactions - thanks for that, mates!
Scale remains scale and model remains model and it makes me happy when the modelling skills behind it are judged positively, but I'm still amused at the moment to make the final pictures look as 'real' as possible. If that's how it comes across, then that motivates me!

gorby
WOW! Stunning build and photos.

Mathias Decommere
Looking forward to this

Treehugger
What does a 1/4 ton truck mean? 250kg cargo load? Surely can't meant total weight of jeep I think.

Ben M
500lb carrying capacity.

Doubtingmango
That's a lot of figs. You've got my interest

Mr James
Same as Doubtingmango...

Peter Schijvens
Maybe just maybe 37 figures are a lot of work. See my progress, hope to finish them in a couple of days.

Holger Hubbes
I'm curious

Lenny Li
That's a lot of figures. I don't like (not good at) figure painting so I admire your skills and patience.

Michael Kohl
Big project and decent progress. Not easy to arrange that amount of stuff into a convincing set with realistic interactions. I cross my fingers and am anxious about your further progress.

Jan Peters
Following this 👀

Neuling
Looking forward here .........

Pietro De Angelis
What a lot of work, congrats!

Peter Schijvens
Thanks for following Mates!! @Michael Kohl, yeah I know what you mean, I'll work had to get it done. @Lenny Li, it sure is not easy, but I keep pushing for a better result ☺️

Bruce Huxtable
Very impressive in all departments! Superb! You clearly have an artist's eye 🙂

gorby
Fantastic! The composition of the various elements make the diorama look very realistic and believable.

Mathias Decommere
Superb in every aspect! Congratulations! Very Well executed! I agree with Gorby: very believable and realistic composition 👌🏻

Rui S
Woh. Excellent Dio & work, allround 👍

Pietro De Angelis
Without words, only impressive!

Spanjaard
masterwork, from details, paintjob, to planning, figure painting and all. just superb

Mr James
Spectacular work... The figure painting is quite superb. This dio scene is almost exactly what I had in my minds eye with the same kits. Brilliant inspiring work 🙂

Michael Kohl
I've been a bit sceptical about the scope but the result is impressive to say the least. As pointed out by others you achived a very convincing setup with very well done models and top painted figures. Congrats.

Neuling
Top diorama with top models and top photography. It takes time to detect all interesting details. Modelling at its best.

Peter Schijvens
Thank you so much mates, what beautiful words!!! They make me blush ☺️

Rui
Excellent! 👍👍👍

Dietmar Bogatzki
Agree with all above 👍

Jesus B
Wooow! 👍👍👍

Peter Schijvens
Thanks mates ☺️☺️☺️

Trez Mackenzie
Splendid diorama - the TC hatch has no reason to be closed. Too many (very well painted) figures - take it from me; guys clearing a house (very dangerous) next to some people chatting away is unrealistic. A big no.
Like most non military experienced modellers you often find these discrepancies despite a very well made scene / build. Most modellers keep stum about their build strategies but you are good enough to benefit from a little bit of hindsight

John Thomas
Nice work

Lebloge
Splendid ! 😮

Guy Rump
Outstanding modelling! 👍

Trez Mackenzie
Civilians! 🤦‍♂️

Pepe
Great!!!!

Peter Schijvens
Thank you very much Mates!!! Thanks for taking the time to check out my photos and work.

Neuling
This color can´t be overlooked .......... 👍

George Williams
Very smart.

René "Lord Bilbo" Bartholemy
Sehr gute Zusammenfassung, Roland. Gibt mir Lust um mein Kit endlich zu Ende zu bauen.
Ich habe allerdings eine Frage: das "Wellblech" "wellt sich" auch innen, oder? Das fehlt mir irgendwie im Cockpit des Bausatzes...
Ich hatte da ein paar Sachen probiert, aber ohne Erfolg.
René

Roland Sachsenhofer
Potzblitz! Erwischt! 🙂 Thank you, Rene, I've obviously missed something important - I think you're absolutely right about the corrugated metal interior structure! Now that you've indicated that you've thought about a solution, I've also considered how to improve this..... I might try using black decal strips next time to at least give a visual hint of the structure, but I'm sure there are even more sophisticated approaches.

Gerald
Hello Welcome here 😉

damavik
Thanks!
Nice to see you too!