Easy Ones
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This one I assembled in like three consecutive days!!!
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One failed attempt to replicate the intricate italian WW II camo...
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Still, I like the final effect 😉
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My first attempt to highlight the panel lines with a wash...
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I always liked the overall look of MiG-3, though 😉
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Attempt at rigging the biplane...if I only used the thinner rubber band here...
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Applying these decals was a nightmare - they are stiff and instead of reacting on softening liquids these just ripped...
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But my friends' little sons were absolutely delighted when I gave them this model 🙂
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Surprisingly enough, the decals in this kit cooperated perfectly - take a look at the lemon yellow stripes on the wings.
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Something different, but the real "shake-and-bake" kit. Can be finished in no time 😉
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Only three parts (+ missing headlight).
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Full 3D print - no assembly, just painting (nevertheless, I have lost one of the headlights to my carpet monster when masking the model... I had to reconstruct it...)
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Full 3D print - no assembly, just painting (nevertheless, I have lost one of the headlights to my carpet monster when masking the model... I had to reconstruct it...)
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C2P - Polish artillery tractor on a basis of TKS tankette from "First to fight" range. I know that my weathering is a bit overdone (especially on the canvas cover 😉
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Not that very "easy assembly" kit - interestingly enough, there are no air-scoops for the superchargers in the kit. I've fashoned these from the leftover Bf 109 ones, even though these are not of the accurate shape...
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Not that very "easy assembly" kit - interestingly enough, there are no air-scoops for the superchargers in the kit. I've fashoned these from the leftover Bf 109 ones, even though these are not of the accurate shape...
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Of course, decals are mix of aftermarket and kit ones 😉
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Another shake-and-bake kit. Can be assembled in no time.
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MicroAce BD-5 B
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Kadena AFB, Okinawa, 1953
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Kadena AFB, Okinawa, 1953
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Kadena AFB, Okinawa, 1953 (Thanks to Kyriakos for inspiring me to finish this model 😉 )
Youtube Video
Youtube Video
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It is a pity that decals do not match the size of the horizontal empennage (not mentioning that these are not adequate - missing the "broken" heart. The ones in the front are too short. Despite the fact I gave the decal sheet a coat of gloss varnish they remained brittle...)
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Mira Slovak's famous glider christened "The Poor Immigrant"
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Polish prime mover D-350 "Mazur" (based on T-54A tank)
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Polish prime mover D-350 "Mazur" (based on T-54A tank)
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Polish prime mover D-350 "Mazur" (based on T-54A tank)
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M1A1 Abrams (Trumpeter)
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Resplendent finale to the famous 303 Squadron
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Resplendent finale to the famous 303 Squadron
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Another "shake-and-bake" kit. Unfortunately the decal representing a regimental symbol on the left side of the turred went AWOL...
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I decided to add "Harriers" to give a sense of scale to both submarines.
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Henschel Hs 132 prototype (the old Huma kit)
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Generally a snap-fit kit with movable wings. Yet needed a bit of putty on the ventral side of the fuselage, and after painting the fit of movable parts becomes a bit too tight to move them freely without a risk of damage.
Коментари
114 23 October 2021, 17:43
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That's a great way to always have space for just one more in your evolving collection 👍 Your friends and their children most be pleased as punch to have such lovely momentos of their visits. I bet your generosity is kick-starting new modellers' hobies 🙂👍
23 October 2021, 20:37
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Great idea to have built models on hand as giveaways, to infect a new generation 😄 👍
23 October 2021, 22:08
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I just started modeling in January 2021 and am enjoying how the more models you complete the less precious each becomes which permits more experimentation and play.
24 October 2021, 02:34
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Thank you all, Mates, for your kind words.
@Bruce: In fact, one of these boys now assembles Zvezda 1/100 snap-fit tanks himself, and is eager to try more complex kits 🙂
24 October 2021, 10:04
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Very cool. Love these kits too. Let me guess why my Komet is the same set and 'camo'? 😉
24 October 2021, 11:28
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Also good job getting the kids interested, we need more modelers. Can anyone remember those days of innocence when this was mainly a kids hobby, and you would get a new kit with your allowance, and build the kit in a weekend, and not a bunch of middle aged men spending hundreds of dollars, and weeks and months just building one kit
24 October 2021, 15:26
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I can certainly remember trying to clean enamel paint off a cheap brush, on newspaper, and having no idea that thinners or brush cleaner even existed! So many memories of every single kit built 🙂👍
24 October 2021, 15:47
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@Mike and Bruce - that's why from time to time I just need to assemble some kit not taking care about (too much) detailing and weathering, etc. 😉
24 October 2021, 17:12
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Nice build, Robert. A good replica of that yellow wing flyer. Cheers!
24 October 2021, 17:26
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Your 'easy ones' build collection is kind like what I am doing with low-cost 1:72 kits to try out different techniques. Most of your builds are on my agenda. 👍
24 October 2021, 17:41
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... and kudos for the latest addition, that lovely (and a personal favorite of mine) SG-38/Eton... 👍 👍 😉
9 May 2023, 18:33
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Such a pleasure to look through your beautifully presented album, Robert.
9 May 2023, 20:10
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This glider is especially important to me because it reminds me of my childhood when my father made a flying version of it. You've done a very good job with it.
10 May 2023, 16:37
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I heartily endorse this approach!...what a good way to have a diversion and some experimentation...we scientists do it all the time, and it should be applicable to model making!
Excellent standards too!- despite the fact they're 'shake and bakes'...
27 July 2023, 09:06
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REally nice Leo!! Good work Robert!
How was the assembly and quality of the kit?
I plan to do the same, only in the version of the Austrian Armed Forces;)
28 July 2023, 14:23
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Thank you, Simon, I feel honoured by your praise 🙂 The kit is simplicity itself, can be assembled in no time. Fit is just perfect - it is almost a snap-fit kit.
28 July 2023, 15:59
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A really beautiful collection! You reminded me my childhood, when me and my uncle visited his good friend, he always had a nice little gift to give me. He was mainly worked with matchbox 1:76 kits. Thanks for sharing!
30 July 2023, 07:54
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Stunning presentation on the A5M. You've done the old workhorse proud.
6 October 2023, 18:18
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Nice collection of tryouts Robert, I had somehow missed this album before?
28 October 2023, 12:16
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Thanks, Jan 🙂 I just upload here photos of the newly finished kit from time to time...
28 October 2023, 12:40
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Thanks, Łukasz, much appreciated 😉 Generally, printing is quite good - no visible layers and the level of detail is awesome (due to this I lost the tiny rear-view mirror to my carpet monster at the stage of removing the technological supports - I just did not notice it... On the other hand, a few technological supports touch the sides of the cabin - you can easily spot their remains - practically impossible to remove for me. Also the tarpaulin supports and benches are printed together in situ, what makes cleaning the whole compartment a bit difficult. (Of course, one could substitute these supports with pieces of wire... 😉 ). Tracks, wheels and their supports are printed as whole units as well. No transparencies, no decals, of course... Recommended! 😉
29 October 2023, 20:10
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hey Robert, very nice compilation and there are also a few really rarely seen models.
I also saw the trouble with the decals on the beautiful Buffalo.
I'm excited to see what else ends up on your table👍
17 March, 15:14
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Thank you, Kyriakos! You've inspired me to finish the MiG-15 in USAF markings 😉
17 March, 20:33
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Very nice inspirational collection. I enjoy browsing through the album. 👍👍
The model in photo 21 and 22, is this a Peugeot Char 1918 37mm tank in 1/72 scale ?
15 April, 08:38
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Thank you, Bohrmann, much appreciated. Yes, it is Peugeot Char (3d printed kit from Polish company: Peugeot Char 1918 37mm (Play..hnology) IDA-PMI0139B, 1:72))
15 April, 14:01
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It is a "Box scale" item, Łukasz 😉 No info on the box - some Mates here described it as 1:144 scale model...
11 June, 11:21
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Thank you, Alec. I am not the fan of the story, but I needed to build something quick & easy...
11 June, 16:38
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I like these since they serve me as simple and relatively cheap "canvases" to try new modelling, painting and weathering skills... And I always have something on my shelf that I can give to my friend's sons, when they visit me 😉