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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.

Chris T. An
Oh, the file from sufa312 really looks good and better to be able to print. I downloaded the file already and will check that out in the future. For now I will wait for the Hasegawa set.

Hanno Kleinecke
Checkin' in, let the show begin !

Patrick Hagelstein
Bring it on! 👍🏼

Florian H.
Erste Reihe🙂

Michael Kohl
Ich natürlich auch.

Spanjaard
i am in 🙂

Melgg Lütschg
That's interesting 🙂

Alec K
Another Bernhard extravaganza, I am in 👍

Tom Spiegelberg
So, schnell ein Glas guten Wein holen und dann nehme ich gerne Platz.

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

Sergej I
Following 👍

Bernhard Schrock
You are welcome. As usual a lot of first rows free! Popcorn for all! 🙂

Dietmar Bogatzki
Schnell noch eine Cola geholt und Platz genommen, Bernhard 🙂

Felix Troschier
Da gucke ich doch mal mit

Harry Eder
Ich schließe mich da mal an

CaptGPF
Sitting down to watch the extreme detailing build!

David Taylor
Back in.

JAM-SCREW
Fantastic - looking forward to seeing it unfold!

Gary Victory
Nice start Bernhard.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Nice start 👍👀

Robert
Following 👍

J35J
Wow! Great start👍🏻

bughunter
What a combination: a great new kit, nice accessories and finally a master modeller at the tools - EPIC !

Bernhard Schrock
🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂 Thanks!

JAM-SCREW
Lovely extra details and mods! very tidy Bernhard.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you JAM-SCREW.
Btw: just I saw you actual portfolio of sets for the Seaking! SCM Brand: JAM-SCREW
Absolutely remarkable!! I'm looking forward especially for the landing gear and main rotor hub. 🙂

Qwertzel
Gute Arbeit! Nehme Platz.

Mid Franconian
I take a seat as well!

Hanno Kleinecke
Just look at that winchframe !!! There is absolutely no doubt that after plugging these plugs the winch will be working. As with all your builds, for the watchers the path is the destination.
Wonderful wip pics - keep'em coming…… 🙂 👍

JAM-SCREW
Rapid progress sir! Very impressive attention to even very fine details for accuracy. Thank you for the updates and images.

Guy Rump
Following with interest. 👍

Spanjaard
that winch is jaw dropping... amazing.

gorby
WOW! Remarkable work so far.

Michael Kohl
What the hell is Ureol?

Bernhard Schrock
Michael ureol is A kind of foamed plastic. It comes in different degrees of foaming. The more foamed, the softer and lighter.

Robert
Hallo sieht genial aus.
wo bekommt man sowas ? habe auch schon versucht sowas zu finden.

Michael Kohl
Ah, that explaines as well the nice texture the cushions have. Thanks for the info.
And - by the way - as always a pleasure to follow your delicate modelling.

Bernhard Schrock
Your are welcome.
Robert: vor paar Jahren habe ich von einem Modellbaubekannten Reste zum probieren gekriegt. Daher musste ich erst mal schauen, wo man das kriegt: eBay hier und da so wie bei Modulor in Berlin.

Gordon Sørensen
Great looking detail you are adding, Berhard! Those seat cushions are fantastic.

Florian H.
Vergiss nicht, einen Kasten Bier bereitzustellen, wenn du die bordtoilette nutzt 😉

Lode Schildermans
Absolute masterclass in progress, Bernhard

bughunter
Eine Detailorgie allererster Kajüte 👍

Spanjaard
a bit more additions, and you can forget about buying kits 😉

Bernhard Schrock
Thanks for comments and praise.I would like to share the praise with the excellent photographers (TN and BD). Ä Only such photos as from TN and BD make it possible.🙂

David Taylor
Wow.

bughunter
It was probably difficult to wire all the little rotary switches on the back. I assume that they all work!

Dan Parsons
Just absolutely fantastic Bernhard, I dont think everyone will appreciate just how difficult all those details you have added are to do. you have achieved what I only dreamed of achieving. I am lost for words with these details. Stunningly beautiful work.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you David, bughunter and Dan for you very motivating comments🙂. The Seaking is meanwhile my favorite helicopter. It was great to see one of them flying over the beach in Boltenhagen: we went on vacation there last year.🙂🙂

Bruce Huxtable
I am impressed not only by your skills, Bernard, but also that you are not over-whelmed by the many, many fine details that you are taking on. RESPECT 🙂

Alec K
I agree with Bruce. Inspiring progress 👍

Augie
Awesome work!

Bruce Huxtable
Goodness, Bernhard, another micro-kit! Immaculate, inspiring!

Augie
I'm just in awe, master work here.

Hanno Kleinecke
Last monday I had the chance to take a very close look on all these masterpiece subassemblies in person - an all new level of depth in detail, even by Bernhard's standards !
These oxygen bottles look as if they were very closely related to 500 pound bombs….. ? 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
I'm happy that you like my bottles... 🙂. In fact, I have often used bombs as a basis for various parts. 🙂 This time, however, it is a sprue with a diameter of 4 mm.

Dietmar Bogatzki
Awesome work, Bernhard 👍

ScaleFella NAFO
Tuned in! amazing details

Michael Kohl
Some very fine modelling going on here.

Spanjaard
very best kind of modelling 😉

gorby
The level of detail is mad. amongst the best scratch-building I have ever seen on Scalemates.

Mark Snel
Amazing!

Alec K
Excellent progress. I like how in Germany, when helicopter model parts get mailed, one just has to write "Bernhard" on the box and it gets delivered to the right person… 😉 😄

gorby
😄 😄 😄

Hanno Kleinecke
I'm out of superlatives ! What can one say - you are constantly exceeding your own standards with this build, and that really says something !
Deeply stunned and impressed by your R.O. workstation !

JAM-SCREW
Well, first test is passed - package arrived. Second test passed looks in good condition. 😋. Now is the real test. How does the builder feel about the parts and are they suitable for this unbelievably excellent project.... time will tell.🍻

Spanjaard
one thing is for sure, they could not get to better hands 😉

David Taylor
JAM-SCREW.How big is your production facilities,you might need bigger premises as your products look great albeit in the hands of a master modeller.

bughunter
Wow, again every little sub-assembly is a fine model on it's own - fantastic 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Thx for you feedback 🙂🙂
The entire interior is lined with upholstery, which is primarily used for noise-insulation. Until yesterday, I broke my head because I didn't know how to repicate it… After a conversation with a mate (thx Hanno), the brilliant idea came to me: Fimo clay.
The material can be processed excellently and is solid in the oven after 30 minutes at 130°. The most important thing is that it does not become bone-hard but left elastic and can even be sanded.

Hanno Kleinecke
Again you nailed it ! That Fimo stuff looks very realistic ! 👍

Michael Kohl
150 pics and you didn't even close the fuselage. And not a second of dullness. Finest modelling entertainment. 🙂

David Taylor
Will you be adding crew Bernhard.

J R
The insulation is amazing but so are the pieces of equipment

Bernhard Schrock
This morning I was curious and unpacked the chassis of Jam-Screw. As already written, the quality is outstanding. But everything is so filigree that you have to be very careful and not to break anything when handling. I had to improvise a bit here and there. In the end, I was finished after 2 hours. Including preparation for laying the cables.

Tom Spiegelberg
Der Baufortschritt ist echt sehenswert und beeindruckend Bernhard. Die Bilder vom Innenraum von Dir und Thomas sind toll! Es gibt leider sehr wenig Bilder vom Original und sind eine tolle Vorlage. Vielleicht macht ihr nen extra Walkaround hier. Ich freue mich schon auf die nächsten Bilder.

Bernhard Schrock
Danke fürs Lob Tom. 🙂. Dank der hervorragenden Innenraum-Fotos macht es wirklich sehr viel Freude herumzupuzzeln. Mein Seaking Projekt hat, könnte man sagen, eine „kritische Masse" erreicht. Dank diversen Kontakten zu Hubschrauber-Spezialisten, und ehemaligem Wart und nunmehr der Connection zur Jam-Screw habe ich die Möglichkeit offene Fragen auch dort zu klären. Für seine CAD files hat JS / Andy und seine Leute hunderte von Fotos geschossen, zu den ein normaler Sterblicher keinen Zugang hat.
Deinen Vorschlag werde ich an Thomas weiterleiten. Deine Idee ist sehr gut.🙂

Alec K
Jam-Screw additions are looking spectacular 👍

gorby
Amazing attention to detail!

Dieter Bihlmaier
Spechless 😉

Dietmar Bogatzki
Wahnsinn was du da reingesteckt hast allein die Instrumente und Sitze sind schon ne Show

Dietmar Bogatzki
👍 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you for the big praise. I am very happy to have such a large number of fans of this WIP.🙂🙂
Dietmar: nur dank der Unterstützung von einer Handvoll von Mk-41 Fans ist es mir möglich so tief in die Materie einzutauchen.
Übrigens: Ganz am Anfang wollte ich die Türen offen lassen und nur ein „bisschen" im Inneren tun. Aber als ich die Fotos von Thomas betrachtet habe, bin ich „getürmt und hab mich auf dem Boden versteckt". Irgendwann habe ich jedoch den „Zustand der inneren Ruhe" (die Phase wenn ich kein Problem mehr damit habe mich z.B. mit einem Rucksack aus Fimo eine halbe Stunde zu beschäftigen)🙂🙂 und betrachte es inzwischen als eine Herausforderung, wieviel ich von dem Zeug nachbauen kann.

Shar Dipree
Awesome work so far! 👍👍👍👍

JAM-SCREW
Very exciting to see what can be achieved with even a very good kit. Commitment and patience wonderful recipe for outstanding success. A pleasure to go along for this journey.

Sy Bar
Truely amazing scratch building and detailing 🍿

bughunter
Impressive labels! Is your "normal printer" a InkJet or a Laser printer?

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you for your unique and supportive comments !🙂🙂
It's a usual business copymashine/printer in tower design, Minolta serie 7.

Bruce Huxtable
The interior is a delight to the eye, for sure. Inspirational modelling🙂

gorby
Just caught up with your build and it is jaw-dropping!

Bernhard Schrock
🙂🙂.
The last big point for interior components is completed: rack for electronic equipment & foldable seat.

Dietmar Bogatzki
einfach nur geil Bernhard 👍 /y)

Lode Schildermans
Simply amazing. There are no words to describe this level

Alec K
I agree with Lode. Just outstanding research and execution.

CaptGPF
God God! I'm just amazed how much scratch built detail you put into this build with each passing day!

Bernhard Schrock
A waterproof green rubber mat is laid on the cabin floor of the SeaKings of the German Navy. However, not under the equipment rack and not in the area of the „shower cabin" (radaroperator workstation). There, the rubber mat was left out, shortened and folded upwards.

At the points of the mountingpoints and other hatches, access covers (probably also made of rubber) are incorporated into the rubber mat.

Spanjaard
i really love the details of the rack for electronic equipment & foldable seat.

gorby
Astounding! 😮

J35J
Speachless, one of the best builds I've even seen.👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Hanno Kleinecke
The lecture continues ! Altough it's a pity to partially hide all these wonderful details in the closing halves, I'm curious !

Bernhard Schrock
After completing the engine housing I begun today detailing the bottom.
Just as on the fuselage sides, the equipment on the bottom of the Mk41 is different from the british variants.

Kim Branders
A masterpiece...😮......a big 👍

Alec K
The level of detailing on this thing is simply too notch. Number of bits you have added must be in the thousands! Masterclass 👍 👍👍

Dietmar Bogatzki
Einfach nur Geil.....hast du jede Niete nachgezählt, Bernhard 👍
Liebe solche Modellbauer da komme ich nicht mit

Hanno Kleinecke
Holy smokes, this is escalating everytime I'm checking the progress here !
The Airfix-guys must be crying for their mama by now…….😄

Qwertzel
Sehr schöner Innenraum. Ich liebe deine medizinischen Hilfsmittel. Bin selber im Thema drin und kann keinen Unterschied zu den realen Maschinen feststellen. Echt gute Arbeit!

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you for the last wave of such nice comments. I have the last big hurdle to taken: installing clear parts for the cockpit without mess.
Qwertzel: freut mich, dass dir mein Medizin-Equipment gefällt. Du hast erwähnt, dass du selbst sehr dicht dran bist. Hab gesehen dass du auch einen Rettungs Quirl im Bau hast bzw. Eine ganze Menge von Feuerwehrfahrzeugen. Bist du selbst auch im Einsatz? LG B

Qwertzel
Ja, kann man so sagen. Bin seit mehreren Jahren bei der freiwilligen Feuerwehr, bei den Maltesern und beim DRK im Sanitätsdienst und Katastrophenschutz. Ab einem gewissen Punkt ist das ganze Rettungswesen eher eine Lebenseinstellung, anstelle eines Hobbys

Alec K
The paint is on! Best of luck with the clear parts 👍

Alec K
… and they are in place, flawlessly installed. I admire your precision, truly excellent 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you Alec: Your comment honors me very much.
Today morning I worked on the nose, installed several parts of SeMa Models And finally the „thing" looks like a Mk41. 🙂

bughunter
This model will be THE one and only REAL Seaking 👍

Dieter Bihlmaier
Your eye for detail is terrific Bernhard!

Zbynek Honzik
I look at the photos and marvel at the precision and modeling skill. Fantastic, Bernhard! 👏👏👏

Michael Kohl
You have all the reason to be satisfied. Outstanding achievement.

KyMustang
Very impressive. You should be satisfied!

Bruce Huxtable
Here, here!

Joerg Stange
Richtig klasse Dein Seaking! 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Incredibly realistic look and extraterrestrial cleanliness in paintjob and especially masking the clearparts, exemplary !

John
Looks amazing! Beautiful results on that glass, I bet that felt good to remove and see the results. 👍

Ray Loch
Stunning, that interior is something else.

Alec K
Simply magnificent 👍

Bernhard Schrock
I have hardly any experience with 3D printed parts, especially concerning the flexibility. The material used by Jam-Screw is quite brittle. Therefore, I decided to disconnect the axles and insert a wire. This also has the advantage that you can align the wheels precisely afterwards, especially because they are flattened.

PK99
Wow!! Unbelievable details.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you mates. 🙂
Result of a modeling mini task: DIY FOD covers.
I wanted to be very „smart" and install the exhaust pipes from the outside after painting. I overlooked that the opening in the fuselage is much smaller than the „hidden" end. Therefore, I had to improvise: I sawed off the outer end and inserted them obliquely from the outside.

Michael Kohl
I just love to follow this build

Alec K
I just can't get over the sharpness of the color separations. Absolutely straight, no ragged sections. Superb.

Bernhard Schrock
🙂 🙂
As usual I installed the door without glueing via 2 x piece of 0,26 mm wire. I drilled 2 holes (0,24 mm) from outside through the door into the fuselage.
Who can find the two places? 🙂

Alec K
Top right, along right edge and within the flange to the left?

Bernhard Schrock
Alec alias „Eagle-eye": 2 x bingo! 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
Today I finished one of the last complex parts for the fuselage. The whippers. What do you think: how many individual parts does a windscreen wiper consist of? 🙂

Spanjaard
about 10, at least

Spanjaard
probably about 15

Bernhard Schrock
Spanjaard: tadaaaa!!!!! Almost bull eye! 17 per wiper. 🙂

Sergej I
You missed the wiper mechanism spring 😄

Joking, I have no idea how you manage to cut and drill such microparts.

Spanjaard
😄

gorby
Just been looking at your wipers in awe (not a phrase I thought I'm be using this morning). Stunning work!

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Stunning !

JAM-SCREW
On going master work on a masterpiece. Fantastic in all respects mate.

Vincent
Amazing work on the wipers!

Bruce Huxtable
Fully-functioning wipers? Too much for my brain to comprehend...... Amazing, Bernhard, amazing...!

Dietmar Bogatzki
Guess 7 Parts per wiper 👍

Bernhard Schrock
Never before have I completed a tailrotor in this quality in such a short time! Thanks to Jam Screw!!!🙂🙂🙂 Compared to the original, all this is great: even the kink at the back edge of the blades is reproduced correctly.

Alec K
Looks amazing 👍

Олег О
Гениально )))

Michael Kohl
Your spectacular build and pic 255 makes me wanna build one german SAR Seaking too.

Bernhard Schrock
I'm glad I was able to inspire you for this machine. By the way, I was lucky/opportune to see the 89 + 63 and 83 + 58 live on Friday at the very last statics display in Nordholz. Hence the photos: in bright sunshine! All spotters were really lucky!🙂🙂

bughunter
Oh yes, great pictures of the original - I really like the "stressed skin effect"!
And I learned recently during my visit in Oberursel museum (reported that on SM) how the filter works, which you show in pic260.
Fantastic modeling show here 👍

Mark de Boer
WOW, all out on the details, Dont think i have ever seen a more acurately detailed model before. Think this is a price winner. Very beautifull.

KyMustang
This is very impressive. Can you give a tutorial on how you achieved the stressed skin effect?

Tom Spiegelberg
Schön, dass Du noch das Vorbild in echt sehen konntest! Ein toller Moment, den man nicht so schnell vergisst. Ich hoffe, Du hast noch genug Fotos gemacht hast! Wäre cool gewesen das fertige Modell neben das Original zu stellen. Weißt Du was aus 89+63 wird?

Bernhard Schrock
KyMustang: the Seaking - Kit of Airfix is on of few witch offers stressed skin.

Tom: in der Tat, das war das Ereignis des Monats! Wie bereits schon geschrieben, habe ich das große Glück, Mitglied einer WhatsApp-Seaking-Taskforce 🙂 zu sein. Felix und Thomas waren gestern bei dem VIP Termin dabei und haben ihre Informationen in der Gruppe geteilt. Demnach bleibt die 63 in Nordholz. Vielleicht ergibt sich mal eine Gelegenheit, das Modell mitzunehmen und nach Nordholz zu fahren. Vielleicht hätten die Museumsmitarbeiter Interesse das Ding in klein zu sehen.

Bernhard Schrock
I'm just waiting for the decals (thanks DF 🙂🙂) and taking a creative break. For a change, I opened another box 🙂

Aaron Konz
Wow! This is extremly impressive!! Build already 2 Airfix Sea Kings but this is a whole other level!! 🤩 I also want to build this retro Sea King (I was also present during the spottersday and the last flight. Can you tell me witch decals you will use? Thanks in advance!

Bernhard Schrock
Good morning Aaron,
thank you for the praise! That was indeed a great experience for me in Nordholz to see the 89+63 live on friday. 🙂I would have liked to see the Seaking in flight on saturday🙁

The decals have been created by a modeling-friend exclusively for me and our Seaking task force 🙂.

HSQ / Mr. Fienne Schola has released a sheet exactly for the 89+63. Here are two links.
https://ebay.de/itm/186437323778

heli-scale-quality.d..iebebilder:::53.html

Bernhard Schrock
I got the decals on Friday. Everything except the blue elements is meanwhile in the right place: I'm thrilled! Thank you very much David!!🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

Alexander Grivonev
Bernhard, es ist atemberaubend was Du hier zauberst! Erste Liga, ohne Worte 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Last Monday I had the opportunity to lay my eyes on this milestone in the making, even more impressive in reality. So now it's decalling time !
Finish line in sight !

Mr D
The large decal has layed down nicely 👌, looks a difficult area!!
Nice job your doing 👍👍

Anatolii Smyshliaiev
Super!!!

Mr D
Rotors are nice job, interesting model this one ....and very popular, lots of interest.
Best of luck with next steps 😃👍👍

Desert Marlin
Coming along nicely!

Desert Marlin
Absolutely stunning!!!

Spanjaard
can not get more realistic.... wow

Alec K
I agree - one only needs to look at the antenna termination in pic 281 🤯

Dietmar Bogatzki
agree with all above

Bernhard Schrock
In the last week I actually managed to instal all the parts without mess, breakdowns and disasters on the fuselage.

Although I am not finished yet (the parts for the rotor have not yet arrived from Australia) I wanted to share some photos of the details with you. 🙂

At this point I would first like to say thank you to my 4 modeling friends, without whom this project would not be possible.

To Thomas for his great photos that left no questions unanswered.

To David for his support by creating the outstanding decals.

To Felix for his boundless knowledge of helicopters and his tireless answers to my countless questions.

Last but not least to Carsten for his efforts in the creation of the seat cushions and his communication with the former technician of the Seakings: so I had „access" to hundreds of pages of the service manual, which a normal mortal does not get to see.🙂

Michael Kohl
Again and again I am taken aback by the quality of this build when lured onto the thread by another magnificent teaser picture.

Spanjaard
there is only one thing missing.... start the engine! holy molly.....

Desert Marlin
I am truly impressed with this work! Well Done!!!

Mr D
Very tidy 👌 like the hinge's and decals are quality, hope you have plain sailing next week too Bernhard... looking 👍 great,

Cristian A
Hi! Did you present this model in Basel MBT last weekend?

Bernhard Schrock
Hi Mates, I'm glad to see & read your nice comments: Thank you.
Cristian: my model is not finished yet.... I supose that you mean the 89+63 built by Suem_models (one of SeMa-Models - guys).

Oliver Zwiener
Klasse Ding

Sergej I
Congratulations Bernhard, I can't imagine how a model could look more realistic than this... hats off! 👍

Alec K
Incredible work 👍👍👍

Lode Schildermans
If someone told me that latest pictures were taken on an airfield base, I would have taken it for granted. Astonishing work and worth the perseverance you've showed during the building process

Cristian A
Yellowwing yes that is exactly the one I've seen in Basel and I thought it's your model!

CaptGPF
Amazing work of art! The attention to detail and execution to the realistic build is outstanding of this world! Thank you for sharing the process with us, a large part of the fun is the process itself, and your step-by-step is much appreciated!

Bernhard Schrock
One of my goals in model making is to create a model that comes as close as possible to the original in the photo. Therefore, I was particularly pleased with your comments concerning the realistic appearance. Thank you!🙂

Augie
Bernhard... I can say without doubt, you knocked that goal out of the park.. its fantastic work from start to finish.

Robert Podkoński
I wholly agree with Augie, Bernhard!

Juergen Klinglhuber
Jaw dropping. again, and again, and.... 👍. super

Felix
Wunderschön gebaut, bravo!!

Ronan
Very nice model one more time 👍
Congrats Master Bernhard 😉

Zbynek Honzik
Incredible modelling work, cleanliness and precision! 👏👏👏

Landlubber Mike
Incredible work on this, I agree! Very nicely done!!

Mr D
Your very good at making the little scratch build parts... Not to be performed over long pile carpets 🫣🤣.
Good interesting work happening.... You may need to register with the FAA at this rate 😉😁
👍

Mark D
What a bad kit, almost every detail is missing 😁
Stunning work and research!

Jennifer Franklin
OK wow, thanks for posting all the details, great opportunity to learn.

Tom Spiegelberg
Das geht ja schon so langsam in Richtung Endspurt bei Dir Bernhard. Einen Guten Rutsch wünsche ich Dir und Deiner Familie ins Neue Jahr.

Alexander
Speechless, as always with your models! 👍👍👍

David R. Meizoso
So great to see this helo progressing again!

Tom Spiegelberg
Der Rotorkopf sieht top aus. Freu mich sehr die in Lingen zu sehen 🙂

Jennifer Franklin
I am happy to see this one started back up again.

Martin Weinpold
Im in!

Johannes Schendlinger
Sehr beeindruckend, was du hier zeigst. Der Rotorkopf schaut wirklich fantastisch aus! 👍

Desert Marlin
Excellent detail Bernhard! As usual! Cheers!

Alec K
Looks like the parts are in and the show continues 👍

Lode Schildermans
WTF? Bernhard, your eye for detail is unseen. This is going to be another masterpiece

Spanjaard
317 is just intermediate? that is incredible now, don't know the adjective to use when finished.....

gorby
WOW! I've built complete models with less parts than that rotor head! Stunning job.

Bernhard Schrock
Thank you very much for your great comments. Part of the praise goes to the Jam Screw team for their masterpiece in 3-D design and 3D printing. 🙂🙂
After a productive model building day, I am now done with the detailing. Next step: the paintwork in dark gray.

Juergen Klinglhuber
A masterpiece in itself.
👍

bughunter
More original than the original 👍
I hope the remaining weeks until EME are enough to finish it!

Desert Marlin
Very impressive!!!

Jennifer Franklin
that looks realistic as all get out

JAM-SCREW
We are very grateful and fortunate to have Bernhard and his cohort helping make Sea King magic. Total SCHROCK and AWE mate.💪🥃

gorby
Nice work!

Mr James
Wow, the level of detail is amazing for 1/35. That leather seat looks great. Excellent build

bughunter
Nice build!
It's impressive what is possible with 3D printing today - at the cost of a few print lines that are difficult to remove.

Skyhiker
Oh, this looks like fun!

Chris Parsons
Oh ya!
Built a couple of Broplan vac kits, a real challenge but great for the feeling of overcoming a challenge and creative accomplishment

Thomas Kolb
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!

DuperScale
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.

Łukasz Gliński
Another BroPlan fan, welcome to the club 😄

Nicolas
Following. Got my first vacu kit this weekend. I hope I can learn something here.

Robert Podkoński
Ambitious project! Watching.

Chris Parsons
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….

Cristian A
Following along.

Michael Kohl
Mee too.

J35J
Following with intrest! 👍🏻

Finn
This will be good

Ben M
👀

Treehugger
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.

Treehugger
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.

Treehugger
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.

Treehugger
In this thread, and in photo #13, the guy apparently put tape outside, and poured clear resin on the inside to fill the window holes. Unsure if such resin will react and maybe eat up or warp any thin parts ala vacuum kits. I guess this can be tested with some scrap plastic if having some piece left over.

Boeing 737-530 Smart Wings 1:144 | Album by Zbynek (1:144)

Łukasz Gliński
The UV transparent resin is usually sandable (to some degree), maybe that might help?
Similarly to Treehugger I'd reinforce it with a transparent styrene from the inside of the fuselage anyway.
Or you might leave the windows open and fill them with Kristal Klear after painting - this is what I did on my Jetstream, Avanti & Yak-40. But if you want to seal it with gloss varnish, remember to keep very thin layers (guess how I learned it 🙂).
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Blue Jetstream (SP-KWN) | Album by Woody (1:72)
Avanti! | Album by Woody (1:72)

DuperScale
Hi, thanks for the input mates. I'm quite happy with the kristal clear on the small windows and i think i do it like Lukasz said. After everything is done i do the windows as the last step.

The windscreen window could work but i think i used little to much of the kristal clear.

Mr D
Good to see a vacform 😃👍

Cuajete
Well done so far 👍

David Taylor
Watching.

J35J
Great work so far with the vac👍🏻

Mr D
Like the cockpit..👍
Lots of work but doing a 👍 job... Be rewarding when done.

Cuajete
Great (hard) job so far. Go on!

Guy Rump
Following. 👍

Chris Parsons
Very nicely done and great progress!
Keep up the great work

David Taylor
You have definitely got your work cut out.

J35J
The kit is coming together very good. You are skilled and brave!
Great to follow the journey to see the final result. 👍🏻

Dave Flitton
Wow! Keep going. it's going to work out. It looks good.

Mr D
Looking great 👍👍
Be interesting model.

DuperScale
Thanks for the nice comments, from far away it looks good but the fit, lack of detail and scale problems are really annoying.😅

Nicolas
That's the main reason why I've never dared to try a vacu kit before. I've learned a lot from you. Looks good so far.

Chris Parsons
Yaaaaa! that's looking damned fine!!

Skyhiker
You need to update the cover image

Michael Kohl
Yeah, much better this way. Good progress too.

Cuajete
I thought this was the Dora Wings kit. You did an amazing job on this old tool.
Congrats!

Denis Dogadov
I participated in the competition "Frog/Novo" ith this work, it was fun, the process can be viewed here.-
karopka.ru/forum/forum259/topic26399/

Robert Blaschke
Wow, that was a huge amount of work! But the result is worth it.

Hovercraft
Качественно дрова распилены

Skyhiker
Now that is what I call modelling. Not this snap together and add paint that people do today. Congratulations this is a fantastic result.

Zbynek Honzik
To conjure up such a model from the original mouldings is a masterpiece. Hats off to you. 👏👏👏

Dave Flitton
Well done. Now I know what it is supposed to look like since my version is a Soviet knock-off kit. Oops, yours is as well.

Denis Dogadov
Dave Flitton -And what's wrong with my version, I've studied this topic, it's nice to talk to someone who knows this.

neo
I absolute agree with Skyhiker, it's modelling at it's best. See the base kit and compare it with result! Great job!

Denis Dogadov
This is another one of my jobs at this level. If you're interested, of course-
Fokker D.XXI | Album by de-nis03 (1:72)

Pepe
Great!!!!

Ben M
👁️👁️

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat!

gorby
Amazing job!

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Marc .
Thanks Gorby and Villiers de Vos!

Neuling
Top work! Base wanted!

Mathias Decommere
Impressive!

Marc .
Excellent work!

Neuling
I agree!

Marc .
Looks great!

Neuling
Well done indeed!

Marc .
Beautiful!

Neuling
Good paintwork, especially on the uniform!

Tom
Second model in 2024. Kitbash on basis Platz.

Tom
Some more pics...

Marc .
Excellent work!

Martin Weinpold
Nice camo!

Neuling
Top work! Very beautiful!

Stefan Fraundorfer
Here are a few pictures of the USS Missouri's 40,6 cm Tower No.1. The construction is completed (barrels and life rafts are only plugged in so that they can be painted more easily later) and the paint is already on. Now it's time for weathering.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
looking nice Stefan! I will watch the progress ☺

Juergen Klinglhuber
Looks really good ! 👍

Jörg Schäfer
I like it. 👍

Stefan Fraundorfer
The USS Missouri's 16" gun turret No. 1 is now complete. Building and weathering the Takom model was a lot of fun.

Juergen Klinglhuber
Super geworden - schaut echt genial aus. !!

Jörg Schäfer
You did a fantastic job with the tower.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Richtig gut geworden Stefan - TOP 👏

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

Marc .
Looks great!

Neuling
Indeed. 👍

Marc .
Great looking Bradley assault gun!

Neuling
Yes! Is this a prototype or a vehicle already in use?

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Great build !

Neuling
So it is. 👍👍

Dirk Fries
Thanks a lot ! 🙂

sebfischer
Great snow effects!

Neuling
Top work and very realistic photography! 👍

Finn
Looks interesting and looking forward to more pictures

Villiers de Vos
An interesting subject, not often seen. You made a good representation of the battle damage on the Hertzer.

Finn
Well presentet indeed!

Nicolas
👀

Alec K
Nice progress. Following 👍

Alberto
Nice progress, watching 👀

Mike Volkov
Unfortunately I realized too late that Trumpeter had reversed the colors. 😫 So I sanded down my current work and re-primed it.

Mike Volkov
I sanded off the faulty green paint, then sprayed the entire top of the P-40 with Tamiya XF-52 brown enamel, then applied a fade pattern of Mr. Hobby H44 pale brown paint using a sponge.

Dave Flitton
Watching

Alec K
Rotten luck with the camo. Although I recall reading that the AVG aircraft camo was unique to each aircraft. Great recovery 👍

Mike Volkov
The painting is unique, but broadly similar. I was mainly looking for the painting of No.46.

Dave Flitton
Good catch on the paint.

Jeremias H
Great work, love the weathering!

gorby
WOW!

Simon Nagorsnik
😲

Neuling
Excellent work with outstanding figure paintwork!

Siegfried Van den Bosch
Nice one !

Marc .
Great diorama with fantastic groundwork and great looking tank!

Dave Flitton
Watching how the finish turns out. How was the rest of the build?

Maciej Bellos
Watching!

Maciej Bellos
Great project!

Robert Podkoński
Indeed!

George Williams
Really nice.

Dave
This is looking good.

Villiers de Vos
Taking my seat.

Bozo
Brilliant
Beautiful and very inspired stagging

Spanjaard
amazing job once more Neuling

Gary Curling
A great diorama

Mark Sherwood
Like it, a lot. 👍🥸👍

gorby
WOW! I'm amazed at how you make the scene so realistic. Your attention to detail is remarkable.

Paul Eden
This diorama is mind blowing. Literally thought it was a photo of a real scene at first. Thanks for shar8ng, fabulous example of model making art.

Zbynek Honzik
Beautifully done diorama and very nice photos. Wonderful! Just the way Neuling does it so well! 👏👏👏

Łukasz Gliński
Following, of course

Zbynek Honzik
Welcome, Łukasz!

Robert Podkoński
Me 2!

Zbynek Honzik
Welcome, Robert!

Zbynek Honzik
After a long time I got into modelling and so managed to move a number of things forward. Now I have to let the putty cure properly on the transition between the pylon and the engine. And then the careful sanding and cleaning and final painting of the pylon and engine will begin.

Łukasz Gliński
Great to see you back on this one, the livery looks v.cool indeed.
And don't even think that Zvezda nacelles are much better 🙂

Spanjaard
wow it it is looking really good. I really like the windows, and the shades you added

Zbynek Honzik
Łukasz, I've got 373-800/700 waiting for me from Zvezda. And I'm looking forward to it. However, given my snail's pace, I don't know when their turn will come... 🐌🫣

Zbynek Honzik
Thank you, Spanjaard.

Łukasz Gliński
My both 800s are waiting as well 😄 Revell & Zvezda
Btw. How did you do such a nice pair of landing lights? I'm looking for ideas as decals are not available for all liners in 144th.

Michael Kohl
I am impressed by how clean and evenly you cut out the windows. Which material did you use to cover the windows before pouring the resin. I use regular Cello tape but the resin dissolves the glue and this sticks to the windows.

Zbynek Honzik
@Łukasz - I use either "little lenses" that I bought years ago at www.morellingtool.co.uk or nail glitter that I bought at a bead store.
I seal the headlight area first, then spray paint it matt black and glue the lights (glitter) in the appropriate places.
Then I sealed everything with transparent resin. After the resin hardened, I sanded everything to the shape of the leading edge of the wing and then polished.

Zbynek Honzik
@ Michael - I use an electrical tape that I bought on e-bay. I got a reference for it on YouTube here: Youtube Video
It's High Temperature Resistant Kapton Tape. The packaging says it is "Advanced Polymer Tape" and is characterized as "Clean Removal". And the adhesive doesn't really stick to the resin.

Łukasz Gliński
Velke diky Zbynku - I might use it on my next airliners 👍

Michael Kohl
Thanks Zbynek. I will try this. The Cello tape glue can be quite easily removed with IPA, but lazy as I am, I like the idea to omit that step.

Zbynek Honzik
You're welcome, mates!

Zbynek Honzik
So I moved forward a bit again and sanded and cleaned up the transition between the pylon and the engine.

Zbynek Honzik
In between letting the putty cure in the transition between the pylon and the engine, I started speculating how to improve the cockpit window frame.
In the end, Authentic Airliner Decals were used. I really like the way the authentic metallic finish looks on the decal, plus they depict the rivets and the thin black line showing the insulation between the glass and the frame. I had to cut the decal because the dimensions are a little different on the model, but I really like it. So I ordered another set. The windshield is wider, so one set was not enough for me.
On the photo you can see where the original frame is sprayed with Alclad and where the decal is.

Robert Podkoński
These window frames look perfect indeed.

Zbynek Honzik
Thanks, Robert!

Zbynek Honzik
So I found some time for modelling - Pylon/engine transition painted, wash oil paint on top of wings done, airline name decal placed on fuselage.

Mr D
See you like your Airlines 👍.
I may do a Soviet era TU in future.
You done some nice projects 😀👍👍

Zbynek Honzik
Thank you for your kind comment Mr D.
I am also going to do a Tupolev, specially TU-134 Malév. That was the first airliner I flew in from Budapest to Prague.

Zbynek Honzik
A small step forward has been made. The window frames on the starboard side have been installed. Emergency exit also. The cleanliness of the window glazing, unfortunately, did not turn out the way I wanted due to my mistake. I have to learn to live with that. Hopefully it will be better on the port side of the fuselage...

Mr D
It's all a learning curve, as in all art forms ......it's the persute of perfection very rarely we achieve it.
Looks great to me and I'm sure others think the same.
Your Tu-134 sound like great idea.
😁👍

Zbynek Honzik
"It's all a learning curve, as in all art forms ......it's the pursuite of perfection very rarely we achieve it." - Exactly! Thank you for the precise wording, Mr D!!!
That's also my curse...

bughunter
Today I came across this: what a wonderful work 👍
Such glossy finishes (on cars or airliners) are not easy because it brings all little mishaps to the surface. But I like your careful work, and it is great that you go a step back and fix things even it is more work.

Zbynek Honzik
Thank you very much for your encouraging comment, bughunter!
Thanks to my almost obsessive nature, everything takes a very long time though.
Your fast forward while maintaining exceptional quality and cleanness is one of the things I highly admire. Your masterpieces are a great inspiration to me.

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Spanjaard
it looks really good, what is the issue about the windows? they look great in the pictures

Spanjaard
maybe some tiny white spots? you can say it is result of condensation, I have seen that in quite a few real flights 😉

Zbynek Honzik
Thanks for the kind and witty comment, Spanjaard.
The tiny white spots are bits of dust that got into the fuselage, although I tried not to let that happen.
The other problem is that melted paint from around the windows has soaked into the clearcoat when I dripped too much diluted varnish over the dent left by the masking tape. It created some weird maps...
But you're right, it could be some condensation, I've experienced it in real flight too. Thanks! 👍🙋🏼‍♂️

Zbynek Honzik
Thank you, Guy! Welcom.

Agnius
Looks great! 👍

Zbynek Honzik
Thank you, Agnius!

Zbynek Honzik
After a while, some progress again. The windows were framed on both sides of the fuselage. I finished washing the bottom of the wings and started decaling the fuselage with doors, stencils etc...

Vintas
Good job, and just a terrible airline

Zbynek Honzik
Thanks Vintas for the comment!

It is a horrible airline today, you're right.
But this is a version from way back, from 2004, when they were subsidiary of Icelandiar Group. They started with two Boeing 373-500 on leased from Lufthansa. From my point of view it was a sympathetic activity at that time to make a low-cost carrier in the Czech Republic.
But it turned out very sadly...
And eventually they liquidated CSA, a more then 100-year-old airline, originally our national carrier.

Vintas
Sorry about the CSA. It was one of the oldest operating airlines along with KLM and AEROFLOT. You are absolutely right. By the way, they also have the TRAVEL livery.

Mr D
Looks Great Zbynek 👋😁👍
Have you seen any other models like yours ??
Or is it quite unique??
I'm just doing some finishing touches to one of my models at min....all takes time n steady hands 👍👍👍

Alec K
Excellent modeling 👍

Zbynek Honzik
Gentlemen, thank you for your comments. They are very encouraging.
@ Alec K - Your modelling mastery is a great inspiration to me. 🙋🏼‍♂️

Zbynek Honzik
While decalling I found out by reference photos that I have a incorrect positioned VHF antenna on the bottom of the fuselage. I was misled by the side view in the kit instructions without checking it against the photos. How many times again! I move forward like a snail and then fail to check such a thing! 😱🫣
So I ripped it out, sealed the hole and now I have to clean it up and repaint it. The photo shows the incorrect location and the future correct one.

Alec K
Ahh, I feel your pain! I was just using a jar of paint yesterday and thought: "Why the heck do I even HAVE this??" Turns out I bought it for a recent build and completely skipped applying it in one of the final steps! At least you caught it (and mine is the next level of "forget") 😄

Zbynek Honzik
That's a funny story too, Alec! Yes, that's the next level of "forget"... And that's getting worse with age...
Well, I wonder where I'll end up... When I forget what aircraft I'm actually building?🤣🤣🤣

Zbynek Honzik
Christmas holidays also brought me time for modelling. I started by repairing decals that I damaged by careless handling. And then I went on to apply other decals. In doing so, I encountered a number of inconsistencies that I had to address. In some places I compromised with the fidelity to the original, in others I had to make my own decals.

Zbynek Honzik
Other small steps done - first phase of weathering and anti-collision beacons.

bughunter
Oh, the finish line comes closer 👍 Good luck on the last mile!

Mr D
It's looking really good so far Zbynek, 👍👍

Michael Kohl
Jep, looking good indeed

Zbynek Honzik
Yes, it seems that somewhere in the distance the finish line is beginning to appear.
Thank you very much gentlemen for your kind comments.

Zbynek Honzik
I found some time for modelling again and here are some partial results.

Alec K
Nice progress 👍

Zbynek Honzik
Thank you, Alec, but it's slow going... 🫣

Rui S
I'm in 😎 no pressure 😄

Piotr Puchowski
Hello regular guest 🙂

Rui S
Hey 🙂 Yap, always ready to learn and enjoy great builds 👍

Piotr Puchowski
Don't be so modest - I've seen your galleries... It's a shame you haven't posted anything for so long... ☹️

Rui S
Not modest but interested.
Well, I had some rough time for the last couple months and to work a lot, but recently I've done some model work, but its not posted yet. I've build the trailer for my 10 ton Afrika korps halftrack; a dog and a figure, but they all need more paint work, and yes everybody knows I'm a slow modeller, I don't hide it, but I expect to return to the bench soon.

Pepe
Looking

gorby
Excellent work!

Christian W
Great!!

Dave
Wow nice work.

gorby
Amazing effect!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀 👍

Ben M
👁️👁️👁️

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Good work on that paintjob! 👍

John Hughes
The tracks were a pain in the rear, as was that ladder at the back when I built this, but it does turn out nice in the end.

Motatim Stanislaw
Thanks, Robin!
John, I agree with you, I also had to exhaust themselves when they were finally assembled. Alas, apparently, this is a feature of Takom to make specific prefabricated tracks, even on models of completely different scales

John Hughes
The tracks were too thick to work with around the end wheels in my opinion. They kept falling off because there wasn't enough surface contact to attach them strongly.

Motatim Stanislaw
This is exactly the same problem I faced.

Sergej I
Looking good, following 👍

S B
Wow, the ejection seat look superb! Very nice progress so far. 👍👍👍 Cheers!

Sergej I
Following, good progress! Plenty of add-on goodies too.
Remark to your ejection seat - the wool seat cover in ACESII is normally black, not OD.
OD was indeed the old textile cover (with vertical ribs)

Here some good closeups:
britmodeller.com/for..es-ii-ejection-seat/

LucLuke B
Muscles and joints! Watching.

Ben M
👁️👁️

gorby
Oh yes! This is the sort of thing that I'd like to learn how to do. 🙂

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Please read before you judge! This build was done for my son and will be used as a toy! My son once saw a RC Voodoo Mustang and immediately fall in love with it. Keeping asking me to buy it for him, which makes no sense for a 5 year old boy, I decided to build one for him that looks close to the RC plane and not the real one. I chose the cheapest P-51 kit in 1/48 I could find and created this plane based on foto references. Some markings are painted, for some I used decals. Please keep that in mind before you judge ... any comment highly appreciated

Thomas Bischoff
love the colours 👍

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
thx Thomas! The purple turned out a bit too dark, but it´s OK for a toy 😝

bughunter
Looks great, but I hope he will be happy even it doesn't fly 😉 It can fly, but only once ....

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Thanks @bughunter 🤩 I'm pretty sure it will fly more than one time … usually he takes care of the builds I do for him. Airwolf is still alive and a way more fragile model 🤷‍♂️

neo
cool!

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
thanks @neo! Appreciate it and I´m glad you like it 😊