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AndreasK
Made some progress on the Wingsy Kits Bf 109 E-1. It is really a lovely kit, very nice to build.

Gerald
👍

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Kees Borgers
Watching the build.

AndreasK
Slow progress over the past weeks, but I now managed to finalize most of the airframe and rescribe the typical panel lines on the rear fuselage upper and lower spine.

AndreasK
Started the preshading. One needs a quiet day and move slowly along.

AndreasK
Finished with the preshading 😊 I did the blue areas with H56 Intermediate Blue and the rest with H65 RLM70

AndreasK
Some progress with the painting. Completed the RLM65 underside and the RLM02 on the upper

Desert Marlin
Looks great!!! I have that same stand! The really work well.

AndreasK
Uploaded pics of the final result.

Guy Rump
Very nice build! 👍

Guy Rump
Another Japanese WW2 aircraft for my stable of differing types. 🙂

Mark Sherwood
This was one of my favourite Hasegawa kits. Enjoy and I'm in. 🤟🥸👍

Nicolas
👀

Mr D
Hi Guy 👋
Nice project... good luck with it 👍👍

Lost_Erik
May i take a seat?
Maybe bring/send some popcorn?

Jennifer Franklin
Following

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat as well

Moreno Baruffini
Following as well!

Guy Rump
Made a start with the cockpit, internal windows and masked. Interior painted with Ammo Mitsubishi Interior Green. 🙂

A warm welcome Mark, Nicolas, Mr D, Lost_Erik, Jennifer & Robert. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Lorraine L, Jennifer F, Mark S, Pietro DA, Nicolas, Alberto M, Robert P, Lost_Erik, Mr D, Duster_d & 2 other mates. 👍

Guy Rump
Fuselage now together, next will be the wings and tail. 🙂

You're always welcome Moreno. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Moreno B & Matti T. 👍

Guy Rump
Wings and tail added. Internals filled with tissue ready for primer being added. 👍

Mr D
Hi Guy 👋 Good to see the Ki shaping up , are you paint like the box-art ??
👍👍

Guy Rump
Primer added and pre-shading done. 🙂

Thanks for your comment Mr D, yes I'm going to use the box art as my guide as the instructions are all in Japanese. 👍

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Mirko R. 👍

Guy Rump
Underside of the aircraft painted Vallejo Model Air IJA Grey Green. Next will be the upper of the aircraft. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Bobr. 👍

Mr D
Nice...so the Japanese used a Grey/green 👍👍

Guy Rump
Vallejo Model Air aluminium painted in areas that will be chipped later on. Next is Vallejo Model Air IJA Midouri Green as the main upper colour. 🙂

@ Mr D, yes, the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force used both a grey green and a light grey green for the undersides of most of their aircraft. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Martin W & Djordje N. 👍

Guy Rump
The main upper colour has now been applied, Vallejo IJA Midouri Green. Next will be another darker green towards the back of the aircraft and the yellow bars on the front of the wings. 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo Model Air IJA Olive Green added towards the rear of the aircraft. Vallejo Model Air RLM04 Yellow added to fronts of wings. Next will bee adding chipping to the fuselage and wings. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like walaroo. 👍

Guy Rump
Weathering (chipping) now completed. Next will be varnishing and placing the decals in place. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Neil. 👍

Guy Rump
The next aircraft for my WW2 collection will be a bit bigger than the other ones I have built so far this year. 🙂

Guy Rump
Made a start on the B-25 C with the cockpit area. Mainly used Vallejo Model Air US Light Green 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Franck G. 👍

Guy Rump
Bomb bay added for both sides. Cockpit etc added to fuselage on one side. Ballast added to hopefully not make it a tail sitter. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Pietro DA, airjuneau & 1 other mate. 👍

Nicolas
Following

Guy Rump
Bombs painted olive drab , decals added and affixed. 🙂

Welcome Nicolas. 👍

Thanks mates for your interest and likes Edward M, Sukhoi242, J35J & Dom S. 👍

Guy Rump
Fuselage together, wings and tail attached. No real issues 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes William J, Mirko R & Djordje N. 👍

Guy Rump
Engines now attached to the wings and the rear undercarriage. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Lukasz G. 👍

Guy Rump
Not much progress here, the front undercarriage was added and then further weights were added where I could in order to stop it being a tail sitter. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Andrew B, Dave F, Bernd G & 1 other mate. 👍

Guy Rump
Main canopies and windows now attached and masked. Ready for primer! 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like Alex. 👍

Guy Rump
Primer added and pre-shading. Next will be to paint (finally) the underside. 🙂

Many thanks mate for your interest and like scaleffect. 👍

Guy Rump
Underside colour (Vallejo Model Air Neutral Grey) added. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes NordMito & Joseph L. 👍

Guy Rump
Upper painted with Vallejo Model Air US Desert Sand. Undercarriage wheels added. Next will be gloss varnish and adding decals. 🙂

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Alain C, Neil & Edgars B. 👍

István Szücs
I almost missed this, really great work!

Guy Rump
I now declare this one complete. A large amount of weight has to be put into the front of the aircraft to avoid it tail sitting. The propeller holes have to be made larger to fit. 🙂

Thanks for the kind comment Istvan, I appreciate it greatly! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Istvan S & Zbynek H. 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Very cool! You picked very interesting camo with that map, stars, bars and British fin flashes 👍
Many thanks for reviewing the kit too 👍

Guy Rump
Thanks for the kind comment Lukasz, I appreciate it greatly. 👍

I'm not certain why there are British fin flashes, I followed the decal guide provided with the kit. Perhaps someone else knows?

The plane denoted was "Desert Warrior" crewed by Captain Ralph Lower, Pilot Officer Anthony Arthur Martin (RCAF), Sgt. John R Dawdy, Sgt. J.B. Saragalo, Lt. Floyd R. Pond, Lt. T.R. Tate, Lt. W.O. Seaman, 81st Bombardment Squadron (Medium), 12th Bombardment Group (Medium), Boiling Field, Washington DC, July 1943.

Capt Lower completed his 52nd mission and then with "Desert Warrior" flew back to the US with the above crew for a tour of the US. The art work was done prior to heading off to the US for the tour, one of the artists was a RAF Cpl.

Mr D
Nice model Guy 👌.. they certainly left there mark in history.
😃👍

Mark Sherwood
Good looking B25 Guy. 👍🥸🤘

Nicolas
Nice result Guy. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks Mr D, Mark & Nicolas for your kind comments, they are greatly appreciated. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Robert P, Marcel, Cuajete, Andre K, Franck D, Oleg B, Mark S, Petr K & 1 other mate. 👍

Stephen Lesley
Hello Guy. This one's a beauty! Just love that desert pink camo scheme. Turned out really well. Suits the B-25 so much.

Guy Rump
Thanks for the very kind comment Stephen, it's greatly appreciated. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Jan Z, Soeren R, Stephen L & Andreas K. 👍

Micky
Excellent work my friend! Very nice plane! I have one in my stash and will ask for some advice in the future, Guy.

Guy Rump
Many thanks Micky for your extremely kind comment, I appreciate it greatly. Any assistance you want, I'll help if I can. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Micky, Jeff F & 1 other mate. 👍

Mr D
Very nice Guy 👍
What Does the Map on the side represent ??

Guy Rump
Hi Mr D 👍 The map on the side was painted on before the aircraft went on a "war bonds" tour of the USA to denote where it had been based and performed missions during its bombing tour in the Middle East. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Alberto M, Ben M & Mr D. 👍

Mr D
AHH ok like they did with the M- Belle. Model Looks great and tells a story
Thanks 👍👍

Stephen Lesley
Hello Guy, I know my comment is a little bit late but here goes. USAAF aircraft flying in the North African theatre often flew with British formations as part of their joint operations. The British fin flashes were an additional form of identification. Also, a lot of the aircraft operated by the USAAF in North Africa, had originally been given to the British as part of the Lend Lease agreement. So those aircraft were painted in RAF camouflage and markings etc. When the Americans got those aircraft, the only things overpainted were the roundels and squadron codes. So the camouflage and fin flashes remained.

Neuling
Impressive work!

Guy Rump
Many thanks for your kind comments Mr D & Neuling, I appreciate them greatly. 👍

Many thanks Stephen for the interesting information, that clarifies things greatly. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Neuling & Clair G. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes walaroo, Chrisswe & Andy B. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like curatorm. 👍

Guy Rump
Vallejo Model Air Interior Green & Black for inside fuselage. Bomb bay, Vallejo Model Air Black & Silver for structure, BS Dark Green for bombs.

Guy Rump
Fuselage together. I am using the newer Airfix version of the Eduard masks which seem to fit the clear parts ok so far...

Guy Rump
Very welcome as usual Roland 🙂

Guy Rump
Primer on and shading completed, ready for painting very soon. 🙂

Guy Rump
Thanks Roland, it's coming along very slowly at the moment...hopefully I will get a move on and make some further progress soon 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo BS Dark Green and BS Earth applied to the top of aircraft. 🙂

Guy Rump
Vallejo Black applied to fuselage, wings and tail.

Guy Rump
Undercarriage engine completed. Second one almost done as well. 🙂

Guy Rump
Finally regarded as complete. My first attempt at a 4 engined bomber and my first attempt at rigging (aerial wires).

The aircraft denoted here is from 1943. PH-H (LM321) was the Squadron marking of 12 Sqn RAF. LM321 flew with a number of Squadrons including 460, 550 and 100. It was finally lost on the night of 10/11 June 1944 over Acheres.

Two pilots that flew in PH-H with 12 Squadron were Flight Leader Sqn Ldr FS Knight and Pilot Officer Thomas Forbes.
Thomas Forbes flew PH-H on 22 June 1943 on an operation to Mulheim whilst serving with 12 Sqn C Flight. Plt Offr Forbes was killed in action on an operation to Turin on 12 July 1943.
C Flight leader Sqn Ldr Knight and his crew failed to return from an operation to Cologne on 28 June 1943. Four are buried in Dutch cemeteries and three are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Their average age was 23.

Guy Rump
Many thanks Roland 🙂

Guy Rump
Thanks for the like Albert. 👍

Guy Rump
Thanks for the like Carlos C 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Tom B. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Matti T, Mark S, Cuajete & 2 other mates. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Mirko R, Andre K & 1 other mate. 👍

Landlubber Mike
Wow this is beautiful! Well done!

Guy Rump
Many thanks for your very kind comment Landlubber Mike, I greatly appreciate it. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Transall NG, Duster_d, Landlubber Mike, Zbynek H, J35J, Edouard C, William J & 1 other mate. 👍

István Szücs
Great work!

Guy Rump
Thanks for your very kind comment Istvan! 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Gary, Martin, Istvan S, Richard D & Neil. 👍

Stephen Lesley
What a superb build. Nailed the colours and the "feel" of the Lancaster. I must also commend you on your consistently excellent work with Vallejo paints. When applied correctly they are outstanding and so smooth.

Guy Rump
Many thanks for your very kind comment Stephen, I really appreciate it. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Stephen L, Dave, Rona, Mr D & Djordje N. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like Simon OG. 👍

Felix
What a beauty, Guy!

Pietro De Angelis
Always fascinating plane,
congrats Guy, great job!

Guy Rump
Many thanks Felix & Pietro for your very kind comments. 👍

Many thanks mates for your interest and likes Patrick VV, Andre S, Clair G, Alberto M & Andy B. 👍

Guy Rump
Many thanks mate for your interest and like walaroo. 👍

Bob Hall
I have Serial Number 08KR0032. Now if can get my hands on a 1968 KR, my life would be complete !

Thomas Bischoff
a lot of aftermarket sets - curious how the fit so I watch the show 👍

Alexander
Same, very curious how the additional detail turns out 👍

Bob Hall
Nice ! The 550 platforms aren't my particular favorite ones, I love my 2008 Shelby KR S197, but that 5.0 Coyote, whoa MaMa, love that !

Martin Weinpold
I am watching!

Rui S
Looking good, Geoff.
I'm in😎

Geoff Pereira
Cheers Rui

Rui S
I realise now the real dimension of the buddy in photo 16. It's much bigger than thought😎
Looking forward to see this one completed😉

Eduardo Traverso
Did you finish it?

Kim Branders
I am in for the finnish. Top

Geoff Pereira
Thanks guys for wonderful comments.

Jan Peters
Beautiful finish!

András Csilléry
Thanks Jan!

Alberto
Very nice start, watching 👀

bughunter
At first glance I thought of 1:48, but so much the fancier 👍

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
welcome @Alberto and thanks for your nice feedback. Also thanks @bughunter 🙂 I love working in this small scale and I do this beside the massive CH-54 - tricky to work in different scales but I missed working in 1/72 ...

Alec K
Taking a seat for sure 👍

Edward MacKenzie
I'm in, very interested in this build

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Welcome @Alec and @Edward! Both cockpits are finished and fuselage half are going to be put together now. I just took a few closeups - D-20 is OOB and D-5 is made from Eduard resin print. I bought the cockpit print and the kit at the same time and after finishing both there pros and cons on each, but I would not spend extra money for that - the kit cockpit is very highly detailed. What is your opinion? BTW - I saw some cotton bud fibers in the pics now - that will be cleaned up ... in this sale it´s so hard to see that with the naked eyes ... Looking forward to your feedback. Thanks all

bughunter
Looking great, as I said not like 1:72 👍
Your seats with belts looks good - I wonder why Eduard sells now 3D printed seats with seat belts on the seat?! Makes the paint job complicated 🙁
Example: F4U-2 Seat With Integral Belts PRINT (Eduard 6481048, 1:48)

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
thanks @bughunter - the side panels on the D-5 are also from the resin print set. In 1/72 and 1/48 I like using PE seat belts. In bigger scales they are too flat. Thanks for sharing this - I didn't know that they offer this now - I agree with you that I don't see any benefit on this. That is interesting, indeed.

bughunter
If available for a type I prefer HGW belts. Eduard is at least involved with providing the metal parts for the sets.

Alec K
I think the printed seat belts are more realistic looking, despite drawbacks with painting. This works well in 1/72. Steel is just too rigid, plus they flake on me sometimes.

Simon O'Gorman
The detail is amazing! Especially for a 1:72. Great work.

Edward MacKenzie
I am really impressed mate. Wow...

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
@Alec: did you already try it? I would be interested in the result. @Simon and @Edward: many thanks for your nice feedback - appreciate it a lot and I´m glad you like it.

Jakub Fiala
Excellent work on cockpits 👍

Alec K
Thomas, I have not. I should qualify my statement: I think they look more realistically shaped (twists and bends) than what can be done with Eduard PE or steel belts. How well one can paint the 3D printed ones remains, for me, to be seen.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
@Jakub: many thanks for your nice feedback - appreciate it a lot! @Alec: I thought you might have done a printed seat - no worries and I hope you didn't get this wrong .. I'm really interested in how a seat with printed belts looks like. I think in 1/48 and bigger it can be nice, but 1/72 would be really tough to paint.

Alec K
🙂 👍

Michael Kohl
I build the Tamiya one, but Eduard doesn't have to fear the comparison. You brought all those details nicely to effect with your paint job. Anxious for more.

Alec K
Forgot to ask: how do you do your dark wash (interior side walls, specifically)?

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
@Micheal: don't make me blushing .... @Alec: well, good question and I have to say I didn't apply any wash on the panels. What I did was black primer and a real heavy dry brush with white or off-white. And then I sprayed a thin layer of interior green in 90° to the panels to get a kind of base coloring. Final layers were then applied from a smaller angle (almost 90° to the wings just to explain). With this technique the shadows created them by themselves. I then used very little amount of black panel liner to pop out the smallest details. Let me know if I could explain understandable ... not en English native 😝

Alec K
Aha, thanks for the explanation (very clear and concise 👍. I think I have read about this somewhere, but the dry brushing with white is new to me. The effect is very nice imho 👍

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Welcome Alec - any time ☺️ if I do dry brush after painting main color I would match the color. If you do it directly on black primer you have the highest contrast and you are able to blend with main color until it's just enough visible to pop the edges a bit. So can create a bit of depth at least this was my idea 🤷‍♂️

Michael Kohl
You achieved a nice 3D-effect with this technique. Maybe you wanna try to spray pure highly diluted plain white from your imaginary light source afte the black primer. On top of that come light coats of the base color. This gives you highlights and shadows in a pretty natural way. I like it with figures and cockpits.

Alec K
Thomas, I think you have succeeded. Thanks again for the detailed how-to. And thank you Michael for the optional airbrush highlight technique tip 👍

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
@Michael: thanks - I used this technique one the figure I made for my Fw190 vignette, but I haven't thought on this on a cockpit. In my opinion this technique probably does not pop the edges as much as dry brush done before spraying the main color. Maybe a combination is good in bigger scales ... I will think of it on my next builds. @Alec: welcome and thanks for your positive feedback ☺️

Rui S
Looking Great 👍

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
many thanks @Rui! appreciate your kind feedback. I was able to work a bit on the the D-5 and I want to share a quick update on one of the two P-51´s. I decided to give the D5 open engine cowlings and gun bays as Eduard released the prints recently. The engine is only dry fitted and only shows the main components no. In total you can see an assembly of about 10 components. I´m really impressed by the quality of the prints

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
D-5 bearer is ready for assembly

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Packard V-1650-7 Merlin ready to put inside the bearer

bughunter
That is damn nice word 👍 Would be happy if it look like this in 1:48!

Michael Kohl
Incredibly detailled and very nicely painted. Wow.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
thanks much @bughunter! It´s always nice to read - building was a flawless little sub-project and I really enjoyed it (like not always in this scale) ☺

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Thanks Michael - appreciate your nice feedback 🙂 it might look complicated but it was a real flawless assembly. The only challenging thing was to add a lot of 0.2 lead wires ... I will share some pictures of the completed front section soon. It´s already done but I couldn´t take pictures yet

gorby
WOW, remarkable work! 😮

Alec K
It indeed is. I think there can be little argument that Eduard is THE premier manufacturer of our era. Between their quality, output and outreach to us modelers, I can't think of their equal.

Pepe
Genial

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Many thanks for all your nice feedback! Appreciated a lot 😊 @Alec: I´m not sure if I understand what you want to say. I read that like: with Eduard it´s easy to do like this. Please let me know, if I understood correctly. Thanks

Martin Weinpold
Wow!!!

Dave Flitton
Wow. Please don't make me buy this kit if you make a beautiful model. I have enough as it is. Too late, I see myself buying. Keep going, this will be a masterwork.

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Many thanks @Martin and @Dave! Appreciate your nice words! @Dave: I am sorry ... the kit gives so much detail, it´s not a big deal to make something acceptable out of it. If you go for it or any aftermarket: think about the 3D print cockpit - as you can see in the older pics in this album I do a D-20 OOB at the same time. In my opinion the 3D printed cockpit is not a must, the sprues provide more than enough details. The engine + engine bearer surprised me a lot with superb fit, clever part separation and a flawless assembly.

Alec K
Hi Thomas - yes, I was trying to say that Eduard does a very good job making models. That said, it still takes a great modeler to make it all look great. Here you have surely succeeded 👍

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
thanks @Alec! I´m not a native English speaker so I asked to get it right! Indeed the superb engineering from eduard combined with the new direct 3D printing technology makes it way more easier for us modellers. Absolutely no doubt about that! Even if you would say, that it´s just a bit of paint on some printed parts I would be fine with that. I probably would not agree, knowing that I used roughly 0.5m of lead wire and glued all in place without messing up the section with CA glue - but that´s a different story 😆 Everyone should be allowed to share his thoughts and we should be glad about that. Thanks again for any feedback - happy modelling!

Mirko Römer
Following, looks awesome

Lorraine Lin
The interiors and the engine looking amazing, not just because the 3D printing details, the painting job is awesome too!

Kesa Tiho
Vaatan põnevusega

Живко Джаков
It's great! I didn't dare open the cabin. I'm working on the same one right now 🙂

Nicolas
I missed this one. great start on my favorite plane. 👍

Riho Sakrits
Thanks All!

Thomas Antonsen
Hi,
Very interesting 3D printed parts 🙂 Do you sell them?

Przemek Przybulewski
Hi Thomas
Thank you - yes, I sell them amongst 2000 other items 🙂
Here is the link:
emp3d.eu/en_US/searc..1/default/5?url=Lvsr

I've made shackles as well but those are not added yet

Thomas Antonsen
Are the shackles generic, or specific to the LVSR?
Could you please provide a link to the model, you show here?

Przemek Przybulewski
Thomas,
Here are the links to the products:
emp3d.eu/en_US/p/LVS..s-10-pieces-135/5751
emp3d.eu/en_US/p/LVS..s-10-pieces-135/5750
emp3d.eu/en_US/p/LVS..ft-4-pieces-135/5752
emp3d.eu/en_US/p/LVS..s-10-pieces-135/5753

I will share links to shackles, once I add them to the store

Thomas Antonsen
Ok, I ordered the parts from Super-hobby, as I was unable to complete the payment on your own webpage via PayPal.

Przemek Przybulewski
Not a problem - thank you

Thomas Antonsen
Hi Przemek,
Now I got your LVSR parts, and I'm not sure what do do with the drive shafts parts?
emp3d.eu/en_US/p/LVS..ft-4-pieces-135/5752
You mention in the link above the drive shaft parts should replace the F10 parts from the kit.
The F10 part is needed 8 times in the suspension, but there are only 4 drive shaft parts in your kit?

Mr D
Nice interesting little build 😃👍 good luck with it

Przemek Przybulewski
Thomas, Part F10 is needed 4 times according to the manual. 2 parts in step 3 and another 2 in step 6 (which i wrongly labeled as E1). All other drive shafts are E1 parts (2 in step 1 + 1 in step 2 plus 2 in step 4 and 1 in step 5 -- total 6 parts E1)

Thomas Antonsen
You are right, I had another look at the instructions, and it was the comment "Make Two" which confused me. F10 and your replacement drive shaft is indeed needed four times in total. Thanks for the clarification.

Thomas Antonsen
Do you btw. have any links to pictures of the LVSR, you want to share? I'm collecting LVSR ressources here:
forums.kitmaker.net/..nce-library/45327/24

Mr D
Hi Przemek👋
What is the project? Forgive the lack of knowledge, but interested to understand more.
Thanks 👍👍

Przemek Przybulewski
Mr D - Sorry, but I'm not sure what you mean by this? Project is just to complete this truck as recently due to lack of time my modelling activity is close to none 🙁

Thomas Antonsen
Mr. D.,
Przemek is building a variant of the LVSR truck used by the US Marine Corps.
en.wikipedia.org/wik..e_System_Replacement

Mr D
Thanks Thomas 👍👍

Thomas Antonsen
Hi Przemek,
Having used your excellent products on my LVSR model, I wonder if it would be possible for you to make driveshafts with a turn, as they are, when the vehicle turns? I have photos showing the angle of the wheels, but unfortunately, I cannot attach photos here.

Przemek Przybulewski
Hi Thomas,
Thank you very much for your kind words.
I can try to make those driveshafts.
You can send photos to my email: pprzybulewski@tlen.pl or biuro@emp3d.eu
Thanks

Thomas Antonsen
Cool, will do so during the weekend.

Martin Weinpold
Looks good!

Olivier
It seems to be coming along nicely.

Treehugger
Looks like you have some different set of photo etch than mine. With my Eduard photo etch, it turned out that the big doors in photo etch was shaped wrong, so I ended up using the plastic ones for the vierling.

Andrew Gledhill
Hi Treehugger. I have not got to doing the gun yet. But, I saw a YouTube build with the same PE set that I have. The PE gun shield seemed to be OK. Will see when I do the gun.

Mr James
Pimping up a classic kit, and doing a bloody good job of it. Lovely so far. Looking forward to seeing this.

Andrew Gledhill
Thanks Mr James. Much appreciated.

Rui S
Following with interest 😎 also the description in the project 🤔
I've the old motorized 8T Sd.Kfz7, from tamiya
Great work on the dials 👍 and chassis paint job

Treehugger
The photo etch is really fun for vehicles if one is a little careful (maybe less so for ships, because of the amount of PE, heh.
I found out my way of modeling is parallel modeling, and I bought some big plastic trays to try keep all the kit parts together, also using small plastic bags so the smaller parts doesn't vanish so easily.

Andrew Gledhill
Thanks Treehugger. I think that is the way to go. Do 2 or 3 projects at a time. Then you don't get burn out on one. I currently have 3 on the go. This, Tamiya's 1/32 Spitfire, and Zvesda Dreamliner. Spitfire & Dreamliner have been put on the back burner. I think I will start a new project soon too. Think I will make a start on the AFV Club Stryker next.

Olivier
Quite nice so far. I like the underside. What colour will you chose for the tarpaulin ?

Andrew Gledhill
Hi Olivier. I used Tamiya Khaki for the canvas cab roof.

Harlan Glenn
My image certainly is not lopsided thus no clue as to why it loaded this way🙁

Ben M
Looks great! By lopsided do you mean photo 7? If so, you can go io the album, click "manage", then click "advanced options" and then go to photo 7 and rotate it.

Neuling
Looks very good. I like the weathering!

Spanjaard
when pictures are taken, digital cameras add EXIF data, like camera model, setup of the foto, etc.... and also if the camera was rotated to take the picture. software to view the images, takes the information, and automatically rotates the images. but when uploaded to SCM there is no autorotation.... so that is why you need to fo it yourself, even if "they look fine in my computer". unless I am totally wrong of course 🙂

Dave
Beautiful work

Nicolas Lopez
Excelentes fotos, Javier; gracias por compartir. Saludos.

Curatorm
Very nicemodel! The pictures are very smart.

Skyhiker
I'm taking a seat for this one. Looks fun.

Ben M
The dry transfers (not decals) from 1976, what are the odds they work?

Ben M
Thanks, that's cool. I build lots of old Hawk, pyro etc stuff too

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest!

Kesa Tiho
Makes my space loving brain tingle, following!

Mr D
You could get some decal paper and get a local print shop to do a high quality photo copy of your decals on to it.
Nice interesting model build.... looks forward to seeing it take shape 👍👍

Nicolas
Interesting. I'll follow.

Troy Campbell
Cool looking kit

Ben M
I'm not pleased by the little square feet on this one. I need to come up with some nice round dish-shaped pads like the Apollo lunar module has.

Thomas Espe
👀

Ben M
I printed some lunar lander feet and a bit of moon surface for a diorama. It'd been a year since I used my resin printer so it took some work to get it dialed in

Spanjaard
are you sure those are not normal water slide decals? I say so because they seem to have a carrier film, and when I check the produc page of the kit, it say that it contains water slide decals.... they certainly look quite yellowed (no wonder with their age) but that sometimes can be resolved placing then in a window to get the sun to white them a bit.

Ben M
Hi Spanjaard, I'll upload pics of the instructions on the back later.

gorby
Looks an interesting subject. 🙂

Ben M
Thanks... I've been 3d printing some stuff for it, will have more pics soon. I've gotten sidetracked as I tend to do. I think you call it "faffing"

Felix
Not to mention the wing😭

Nicolas
Following. Nice to see that you got spare parts.

Felix
Dear Nicolas
Thanks! Yes, happy and excited. It did take them a month BUT they told me so from the beginning and i got all the parts. Very happy with this kit so far. What do you think of the interior yellow green?

Nicolas
Hey Felix, a very promising start. Unfortunately I can't give you any tips on the interior color, I only know that with American aircraft it sometimes depends on the factory, as the same type was painted differently in different factories.

Thomas O'Eh
Looking great so far! Any ideas on the markings yet?

Felix
Thank you, Thomas! I am going with the yellow plane from 15 AF. Thinking of paintin the yellow crosses instead of using the decals. And i am a bit worried about the large decals for the nose art.

Kenneth
Following, looks very nice 👍

Thomas Bischoff
enjoy your build - looks great 👍🏻

Felix
@Thomas, danke dir! Eine Woche lange geschliffen, jetzt kommt der eigentliche Spass mit dem Bemalen.

Felix
@Kenneth, thanks a lot! The sanding me took a long time but i really wanted to get it right, it's something i always struggle with.

Edward MacKenzie
Looks great, i am really interested in this build 🙂

Felix
@Edward, i thoroughly recommend it!

Живко Джаков
Following.

boywellum
Great work, can I ask how you went about the weighting? I tried lots of small lead fishing weights with my Airfix Mitchell but ended up having to fill not only the tiny area given but also the room, behind and just below the cockpit, also behind the control panel and part of the room just behind the cockpit, every space I could find. I'm new to building American bombers, all the RAF ones sit on their tail wheel. Do you or any of the people who have commented have any better ideas than lead? I'm really looking forwards to seeing this project develop (especially as I have the kit myself and need all the tips I can get). Thanks Richard. Following.

Tony Tonov
Nice progress, following

Felix
Dear Boywellum
Both the Mitchell and the Liberator require lots of weight. I bought liquid gravity but it's not heavy enough for the space provided. But there is an ladder for the entry door which will serve as a stand. So i have to go with that!

boywellum
Thanks Felix, that is very kind of you, these kits must have been designed with something in mind for them to work with the actual spaces provided but I have never found a definitive answer anywhere. If any other of the contibutors to your most excellent post have any ideas that would be much appreciated. Maybe Airfix expect us to mix some concrete and pour that in 😉 Cheers Felix, BW

Felix
Dear BW, some modellers work with fishing weights or lead? I haven't, unfortunately.

Nicolas
Great progres. 👍
Years ago I build the old Revell /Monogram Liberator in 1/48. I decided to glue some lead at the rear side of the engine firewalls. It helped, but wasn't enoght (I forgot the lead at the nose wheel bay).

Felix
@Nicolas, that must have been a big bird! I struggle to put this 1/72 Liberator into the paintbooth 🙂
I am glad this kit provides a ladder as support. I bought liquid weight for this build but it's not as compact as i hoped it would be and wouldn't do the job with the spaces provided.

Tony Tonov
Hi Felix,
I usually use fishing weights, the lead is more dense and has high specific weight. I fill all available space and fix it with PVA glue.
There are also aftermaket sets for the front interior, casted in white metal and intended to replace the plastic part:
B-24 Liberator Landing Gear ..aft Conversions 72009, 1:72)
This one however is designed for Hasegawa kit and most likely won't fit on Airfix one.
If non of this helps, I add more weight in front of the engine bays. This worked for me on my both Mitchell and He-219 (which btw is notorious tail-sitter kit).

gorby
Very nice work so far!

Ben M
👀

Robert Podkoński
Watching too.

Ben M
I see wires and lights…

Jim Hawksworth
Great Scott!! This is so awesome!

Michael Kohl
Following

George Williams
Wow, looks great.

Alexander Grivonev
Oh is it illuminated? Please make a photo in the dark!

Lorraine Lin
Hi Alexander, I added some LED lights, and a remote switch controller. Just uploaded 2 more photos.
Will work on the seats next step. Inspired by you porsche 992, will add some seat stitching detail

Spanjaard
wow, it looks truly amazing..... is it OOB or did you add lots of detailes (apart from the LEDs of course)? new Delorean seems to be better than previous Aoshima kit

Alexander Grivonev
Cool! Please be careful with the wiping, let the base seat color dry properly. Use Tamiya acrylics for base color (lacquers will probably work too) Also, do not use flat, at least semigloss or gloss for the base paint so the stitch paint will be easier to wipe off. Use waterbased paints for the stitches (Vallejo, etc) wipe of IMMEDIATELY with water and if necessary a bit of the same brands cleaner.

Lorraine Lin
Hi Spanjaard, Yes, the new model is quite good. Part II also released in last month. Part III will be in May 25.
Time machine from Back to th..rt II (Aoshima 064375, 1:24)

And OOD stands for? Sorry for my poor English.

Lorraine Lin
Thank you Alexander for the suggestions!

shadowlight
OOB stands for "out of box"

Lorraine Lin
Thank you shadowlight.
The lights are not included in the kit.

Starbase101
You underestimate yourself Lorraine. The model build looks as fantastic as the person doing the work.

CaptGPF
This I have got to see!

Spanjaard
thanks Lorraine! your english is good, no worries 🙂

Alexander Grivonev
That is so cool 👍 Could you probably explain in a few words how you did the illumination? Is it some kind of a kit, do I need an electronics degree for it or is it easily applicable? What kind of PCB is the one you are using? Anyhow hats off, that looks amazing!

Lorraine Lin
Thank you Alexander. These lights are not as complicated as they seem and don't require specialized electrical backgroud. I bought some LEDs with dimensions of 0.6mm x 0.3mm and in different colors, 3 volts. So, all that's needed is to connect a battery and a switch.

The PCB board is a multi-switcher, enabling me to control those lights with a remote controller. Additionally, I plan to use soft filaments for the flame part. Different colors and different lengths also available in the market.

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Alexander Grivonev
Could you perhaps provide the link to the PCB board article page where you bought itß

Dave
This is looking incredible. Love the lights. 👌

Lorraine Lin
@Alexander,
I bought my remote switch from a local store. But similar one available in amazon or ebay. Below one has 4 channels, DC 3 - 24 V voltage range, should be good.
amazon.com/dp/B09P89RF8R/

You could also search if this is available in your local store, key word is "RF433". If the LED light is too bright, you could connect some resistance in series. 10KΩ is ok for those LEDs.

Alexander Grivonev
Thanks a lot, that is really helpful 👍

CaptGPF
I'm looking forward to seeing how you use the soft filaments! You always cook up the most interesting builds!

Starbase101
🏆

CaptGPF
Whoa! How did you mold the flames?!

Alexander Grivonev
what do you mean decals for stitching 😄 now I am a little disappointed

Lorraine Lin
@CaptGPF, the flames are included in the kits. I just painted them and put the filaments inside.

@Alexander, I tried your suggestion, seems I overestimated my skill😜 The stitches are really difficult to be a straight line. Finally I brought a decal (dot line decal) for these stitches. Anyway, I'm still really grateful for your instruction. I need to practice more.

Dave
The led lights are taking this to a whole new level. I can see this dio is going look amazing.

Lorraine Lin
Thank you Dave. Watching the movie now😁

Sven Doe
absolute amazing! Great job... modeling and microelectronic ...

Do you jave some programming experiences? If yes ,i can recommend you the small microcontrollerboards with esp32 or esp82 chip. With some programcode, you can control your models over wifi from from a web-interface on your tablet, handy or pc 😉

Lorraine Lin
Thank you Sven, so nice of you. I don't have any programming experience, It would be cool if you can use a tablet to control all these lights😀

Stephan Fässler
Stunning detail work!

Sven Doe
You are Welcome, Lin. Nowadays it is not that difficult. If you want, take a look at adafruit.com. There have really good tutorials and a great knowledge area 😉
I look forward to further progress in your projects

Christian W
The lightning is amazing!

Alberto
Wow, that's fantastic work

gorby
My reaction was exactly the same as Alberto. 😮

Spanjaard
you did not have enough with a fabulous Delorean that now you are gonna recreate the complete street?? wow! amazing. and adding a very nice personal twist to it, great!!

Ben M
I love the art deco architecture!

Robert Podkoński
Awesome!

CaptGPF
Agree with everyone - you are definitely going for the gold on this one! especially the Lorraine's Records! LOL!

Starbase101
Somebody is definitely showing just how cool and talented they are!

Lorraine Lin
Thank you mates！May wealth come pouring in. May all your wishes come true. Happy Chinese New Year!
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Starbase101
Year of the Dragon did not bring any good luck to me. (still single 😥)

Lorraine Lin
@Starbase101
Then, may the Year of the Snake bring you the luck to say goodbye to singledom and meet the right one. Have a wonderful year!

gorby
Happy new year Lorraine.
Apparently I'm a rabbit. 🙂

Spanjaard
happy Chinesse new year!

Ben M
The sign looks great - where did you get the fonts?

Alexander Grivonev
electronics, programming, a laser cutter?...now you are showing off lady of 1000 talents...

Lorraine Lin
Hi Ben, the fonts called "bauhaus93", looks very similar to the movie one. I found this fonts in my laptop, not sure it coming with Windows or from other software.

@Alexander, I'm lucky to have found this community, where I can learn skills and get inspired.
Thank you all!

Doubtingmango
Just incredible scratch work! Watching

Davide Vitali
Thank you, Mango!

Pepe
Great

Mr James
Same as Doubtingmango...

Davide Vitali
Thank you Pepe and Mr James!

gorby
WOW, remarkable work so far!

Davide Vitali
Thank you gorby!

Rui S
I agree. Great scratch and detailing. 👍 I'm in 😎

Davide Vitali
Thank you Rui!

Modelmaker131
Remember me from Reddit? Looks great so far

Kesa Tiho
Looks interesting, following

Davide Vitali
Thanks guys! @modelmaker131 you'd need to refresh my memory 🙂

Modelmaker131
@davide Vitali I'm the guy who Said 15 months is crazy

Davide Vitali
@Modelmaker131 LOL now I remember 😂

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jakko ‌
That is a very good job you're doing on that old kit 🙂 Though I am wondering why you're bothering to correct the Tamiya kit when the Asuka and Meng M4A3E2 kits would be much less work? Oh, also: the machine gun in photo 80 is an M2 HB, not an M1919 🙂

Davide Vitali
@Jakko thanks for the clarification on the gun! As for the kit it's a gift from my brother… couldn't really throw it 😄

Remco van Haren
Wow, great work! Following. 😎

gorby
Amazing work on the turret!

Ben M
Very enjoyable. Can't believe you carved your own turret.

J35J
Great work so far, very impressed by your scratch work in all different materials

Alec K
Greetings! Here are some pics of my new build. Skating back into the post-WW II period, it's the first Soviet supersonic fighter, the MiG-19. The original KP had this aircraft in their lineup back when and it was the first kit I have completed fully by myself as a wee lad. I was actually home "sick" from school for a week recovering from chicken pocks. Instead of heling myself appropriately in bed, I modeled illicitly at the kitchen table as soon as my parents left for work. Ahhh, what a glorious week…

The kit is the much-reviled 2019 "new tool" from KPs "traditional manufacturer" (or usurper, depending on where one stands in this ongoing mud-slinging match). It's a short-run technology kit, so "traditional" in that sense but really a bit old-school for today's pampered modeler. In the "modern" era, Trumpeter had it in their catalog in 2008 but it was never released. Clear Prop has been working on it last few years but the events in Ukraine clearly impacted its release. Rather than wait for a better offering, I decided to go for it and build the KP's kit with few PE and resin bits thrown in. Hope you enjoy!

Paul Shearer
Impressive scratch work 👍👍 Looks like it's going to be amazing!

Alexander Grivonev
What a start, great scratchbuilding. Following!

Ben M
👀

gorby
Oh good! Looking forward to another scratch building masterclass. 🙂

Mid Franconian
Taking a seat!

Matti Thomaes
Fantastic scratchwork, following

S M
Well described building techniques! Following! 😄

Nicolas
Great start. 👍

Cuajete
Great start. Following!

Zbynek Honzik
It's gonna be another ride!
I'm taking a seat and I'll be watching closely. And I'm sure I'll learn something.
Thanks for sharing Alec!

Alec K
Thanks all for coming along and your positive comments 👍 This build is coming along nicely, so far...

Łukasz Gliński
Oh wow, what a topic, watching for sure, even though it might kill my will to build my Farmers afterwards 😄

Marko Arangelov
Wonderful!

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Really nice progress Alec - I´m in for this 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic job so far. Keep it up!

Michael Kohl
Following

Jakub Fiala
Excellent start Alec, and great choice of aircraft type. As a kid I loved the box art on the old box from Kovozávody. I built this new KP and I know that it is not exactly a top kit. But it probably doesn't matter to you, almost everything will be scratchbuild anyway 😄

Alec K
Gents, I appreciate you stopping by 🙂

Łukasz, this kit can be built nicely OOB, as demonstrated very recently by a modeler here accomplishing this in 10 days (something I am not capable of…). Building the OG Kovozavody is another matter 😄

Jakube, I agree regarding the box art. Velc just knows his stuff! The cover of this kit is pretty good as well imho. Thanks for the reminder about your build, forgot about it (including it here for reference). Cheers!

Mig-19 KP 1/72 | Album by kubafiala

Marius
That's a fantastic effort Alek! I wished to have implemented such improvements to my own MiG-19s, but I didn't have the courage to slaughter the model like this.
Wish you the best of luck! This will look gorgeous at the end.

Guy Rump
Following with interest! 👍

Woit
Amazing job on the details.
I see that we built the same models in past around the world despite the courtain 🙂

bughunter
Oh, how did I miss that? Great amount of detail made by very clean work 👍

Bernd Korte
Very inspiring. I need to watch this build unfolding!

Ekki
Watching.

Mr D
Doing a brilliant job👌👍.
Those vacform,s are hand bit of kit.

Kenneth
Incredible! Following…

Alec K
Welcome aboard! I made some sloooow progress and uploaded new pics.

@Marius: I am endeavoring to keep the slaughter to the barest minimum 🙂

@Woit: I must say that at the time of building the KP version of this bird, I was still a child in the firm embrace of the Czechoslovak socialist motherland. It would be fun to know how many of those kits were made in the West pre-89 🙂 (there were modelers that exchanged kits across the curtain, so some probably were).

Ben M
I had gotten ahold of the KP MiG-15 UTI in the early 80s in the US.

Michael Kohl
Very fine progress to be seen here.

Alec K
@Ben M: Nice! I had that one too. Do you remember how you got it?

Cuajete
Fantastic interiors 👌

bughunter
This developed into a great show quickly 👍 I love your nice tricks like mounting spare saw blades to a bundle!
You mill in pic 16 looks precise. Could you please tell more about it?

Alec K
Thanks Cuajete 🙂

Frank, the stacked saw blades worked ok, but one must saw slowly as they tend to spread, so instead of a nice wide channel, one has three adjacent grooves...

The mill is a Microlux item made for MicroMark, a US hobby supplier with long tradition. It's a nice hobby-grade mill that fills my needs, but "precise" is not a label I would put next to it. Everything is a bit on a wobbly side, and the chuck runout for bits under ,5mm is significant (not sure if a better chuck would fix this). But, for the price, a fair buy imho.

micromark.com/produc..r8-500w?keyword=mill

Dave Flitton
Awesome scratch building-watching

Ben M
Alec, there was a large local hobby shop that somehow came into a small number of KP kits. No idea how they did that in Reagan's America but I snapped one up.

bughunter
Thanks Alec! Your nice labeling description can also be used for my Proxxon! At least yours looks more robust and precise. But yes, the _look_ do not mill anything. This is where the true quality comes out.

ZHOU Kun
Very informative progress! Following!

Jakub Fiala
Great work again, Alec. The attention you pay to this build is extraordinary. The level of detail enhancement is fantastic. I look forward to the next steps.

Alec K
Thank you mates! Wishing you and yours a very merry holiday season 🙂
Managed some progress on this build, fuselage is now closed up. Time to get the wings done and make this look like a flying object. Cheers!

gorby
Very impressive work as always Alec.
I hope you have a great Christmas. 🙂

Bernhard Schrock
It's absolutely amazing what you've done with this kit. I'm looking forward to the progress.

Cuajete
Wow... Great progress and fantastic scratch job 👌
Happy Hollidays!

Alec K
Cheers friends! Reporting some small progress on this build. I am sad to say that my non-modeling self has been seriously infringing on my modeling time, with no relief in sight. I'll be lucky to get this one done by Fall...

Paul Shearer
Every time I look at this build I'm amazed at the fantastic scratch work you've doing. 👍👍👍

Thomas Kolb
What a labor of love! I built one of these kits more or less straight out of the box some time ago, but yours is clearly in a different league altogether.

gorby
Oh no, you've not been tasked with 'useful work'? 😮
You're non-modelling self needs to be made aware you have an audience to entertain and inform, by creating something worthy of (almost) being considered useful work in itself.

PS. If she falls for it, let me know your technique and I'll try it myself. 🙂

gorby
Stunning work as always Alec. The riveting looks particularly good.

Sy Bar
Great work, I'm late to the party but have pull up my chair 🍿

Marius
Wonderful work Alec!

Just a hint, the cannons in the wings are not symmetrically positioned (left-right) in the kit. With other words, the kit's wings are not entirely symmetric (which is wrong). Make sure you do install the guns symmetrically yourself, just in case you followed the gun positions the kit is suggesting. Better sand away completely those gun fairings moulded in the wings and redo the guns. It becomes quite obvious only at the very end when you also install the muzzels, since they are so close to the fuselage, therefore any deviation will look bad if you'te looking at the model from above (ask me how I know).

Second thought: I remember the horizontal stabilizer was leaving some visible gaps underneath. If you went this far and did those numerous engine air intakes justice, make sure you prepare in advance with more added styrene to fix this new issue. But I might be wrong on this last point.

Third little thing: the kit's air exhaust looks a bit dull (in my view) since it's missing those 3-4 small access panels it had. I regret not scribing them myself for my models, since they bring more drama to a rather "flat" area. They should look cool especially with the metallic finish. I see you already scribed some yourself?

Arif Saeed
Wow just wow 🫡

Thomas Haberl - TH SCALE MODELS
Now I understand your recent comment even more ... this is some crazy project with all this scratch building around. Very excited to see that coming together Alec. Looks very promising 😊

J35J
Joining late to this master class build!👍🏻

Robert Podkoński
Watching with interest.

Sebastian Meyner
Following 👀

Alberto
Me too!

Skyhiker
Ok let's see what you can do with it.

Jan Peters
Following this 👀

Guy Rump
Me too! 👍

Bohrmann
👀 Following with interest.

Naram
taking a sit

Skyhiker
Looking great. You should update the cover image.

Alberto
Nice paint job 👍

Sebastian Meyner
Great paint job Maciej 👍 Love the mottling mate!

Nicolas
Following

Hans-Jürgen Haag
👀

J35J
Joining!

scalemates
👍

Eddie Mann
Thank you.

Trez
Slow clap. It's a shame you can't build them

Trez
Amazing

Cortex
For real! How much is this in USD?

lhlcllllx97
The corresponding US dollar price should be $9.3, which is the pre-sale price on Taobao in China. Pre-sales start around May, and the non-pre-sale price is ￥128, about $17.5. It may be a little more expensive in the United States due to taxes.

Cortex
Unbelievable!
Such a dream price for class A model.

FernandoCouto
It rises to ￥128 now!

Treehugger
I wish I could find this on Temu today 😄, because Temu is imo 99 if not 100% bullshit when it comes to selling scale models. Overpriced, and old, uninteresting models. Some stuff sell at 3-4-5 times the selling price locally. I had to give up Ebay because of how sellers and ebay blamed eachother, unable to prevent double VAT payment. Amazon is typically just too expensive. My bank didn't allow me to buy from this one Hong Kong hobby store anymore. I did find an ok priced Border Models 1:35 Spifire on Temu recently, but I didn't like this particular Border Models kit. Most of this stuff are just kids toys, paper and thin metal models and some cast metal stuff. 99,9% uninteresting to me.

I forgot to add, so many scam sales on eBay (in the past some 2 years ago or so). I had some 10 orders that were apparently just bullshit. Luckily I got my money back, except for the currency conversion fees, that were lost. It is simply not possible to spot a scam seller on eBay now imo. 10 time in just a few months, postal service end up telling me, these kits (individually) were returned to seller. Everything else off eBay arrived normally. I used to warn eBay, by reporting obviosuly scam sales, but eBay turned off my reporting ability after a while it seemed.

I mention this now, because I do see now on eBay, they are selling several kits of this Tiger Model Tiger tank kit.

herbert otto gille
i bought this on temu for 28 euro and its a great beginners kit i bought it for the decal sheet but the build was surprisingly satisfying and yes mold on tools but with some in deep weathering etc you can give it more dimension to it

Treehugger
Nice deal. I gave them the finger the other day and closed my account, making sure to point out that their scale model kit sellers are apparent scammers, with some kits being sold at x4 x5 time the expected retail price.

Trez
I would stamp this kit into the ground and break it up over the builders head. 1/72 kits are better than this garbage

Cortex
@Trez What was wrong with the kit?

Trez
@Cortex - everything? It is NOT a 'class A' model. It is basically a 1/72 model tool expanded to 1/35. Border/Vespid/Flyhawk are better than this kit at 1/72
Molded on tools and very basic detail (No cupola detail and in TWO halves!) linked up road wheels. Fixed suspension - it all makes for an almost 'snap it' kit

herbert otto gille
@trez YOU ARE TALIKING pure bshit .... i built it as my 208th tiger 1 its a nice beginners kit and i bought it for the decals and it builds up very nice , and easy ...... so maybe you should go back to build lego or something like that

Trez
@herbert otter - I got those facts from the Modelling News webpage - it is a very simple build for simple beginners or children providing there is an adult present. I am pleased you found the decals easy to build but if I were you I would try to seek some assistance for your kits as they look like they have been made with plasticine and painted with crayons!

scalemates
HMS Victory (1765) it is!

Rui S
Well done 👍

Kit Kabinet
Thank you!🙏

Martin Weinpold
Nice!

Spanjaard
nice collection. is the decoration done with decals or painted? i am mostly talking about the very dark with light blue on the sides, and the golden decoration of the blue/purple

Jurgen Verhelst
On both cars are decals. The Skull on the Van is hand-painted.

Spanjaard
golden declal are an impresive work of decalling. really nicely done.
i am sorry, but I not see the skull in the van, maybe in the roof? i see something there, but the picture only shows the borders

Jurgen Verhelst
Indeed, Skull is on the Roof. I'll put a new picture.

Spanjaard
nice, thanks

Bob Hall
Sweet Rides ! Really Love the Blue on the 64 Mustang !

Alexander Grivonev
Great cars Jurgen!

Tom ...
Absolutely wonderful. I hope one day can have such a great collection. That's a lot of amazing work. Bravo!

Chris Greathouse
Awesome collection! I love the sparkly blue paint on #35 and your truck and trailer with cars, pic #42, is epic..

Thomas K.
Nice cars 👍

Dominik Weitzer
nice colection - so many different colors.
specially the bug (pic 22) and the yellow testarossa- beautiful! And the 328...love that.

Martin Oostrom
What I like most, is to see the evolution of your skills. Each new build shows you're getting better and better. Very nice 👍

Dominik Weitzer
nice update! The color from that lightblue Porsche 944 turbo looks like mine! Thats funny...

Villiers de Vos
A nice line-up.

George Williams
Such a varied collection it's hard to pick a favourite, but the Ford Escorts caught my eye.

Rui S
Great collection, indeed 👍

Nigel
It's certainly 'esoteric' 😉