Nyhetsflöde

Villiers de Vos
A very low part count and I just noticed that the numbers to the parts are very faint on the sprues. A very nice touch is a choice of three types of tyres.

Villiers de Vos
I would like to make the following observations at this stage:
The quality of the plastic is good and it reacts well to Tamiya's Extra Thin glue. The plastic seems similar to what is/was used by Dragon.
This is a curbside model with no engine bay and truck area detail. No panels can open.
The part numbers are very faint on the sprues.
Part locations are vague. There are also no locating holes for the trunk or engine bay latches. I used the box art to provide guidance. There is also no positive location tabs for the inside door panels. I ended up lining up the bottom of the panel with the bottom of the body.
The instructions is vague when it comes to showing which parts are options to choose from.
Remember to drill out the hole for the Notek light.
On the back of the seats there are four nasty ejector pin marks. Scraping with a scalpel and using a sanding stick took care of that problem.
The fit of the major parts are good. Test fitting is required with all the smaller parts that makes up larger assemblies i.e. the seats and the seating area in the back of the vehicle.
Of the three tyre options provided, I chose the off-road version without hubcaps.
I am going to try and emulate Alan Wernert "Pensfan" who build a similar bug.

Villiers de Vos
I have painted the body, footboards, wings and instrument panel in the base colour, gray. The model will be left to dry at least for 24 hours and then covered in a layer of clear gloss. I plan to do use the hairspray technique to attempt a distressed paint effect.

Bobisek Bowe
Nice work, looks good so far looking forward to seeing more of this project ?

Villiers de Vos
@Bobisek, you are welcome

Villiers de Vos
I placed all the decals and covered the whole model with a clear gloss goat. The decals were extremely thin. I will continue with detail painting on the interior while the exterior dry. I can then apply hairspray.

Olivier
So very nice. No desert yellow for you ?

Villiers de Vos
Desert yellow will be applied this week 🙂

Villiers de Vos
@Fritz, thank you for the like.

David Taylor
Watching this one busy at the moment with retro fitting 1/16 beetle to ww2 configuration.

Villiers de Vos
@David, I hope to resume work again by the end of February 🙂
I am considering stripping the sand-yellow back to the field gray and start again.

David Taylor
I have assumed that they came out of the factory grey so I am doing the interior grey but the exterior sand green.Very fiddly but hopefully worth it.Got to figure out the wheels though.

Villiers de Vos
@Frieser, thank you for the like.

Villiers de Vos
@Draggin Bawlz 🙂 , thank you for the like.

Villiers de Vos
@Nenad, thank you for the like.

Villiers de Vos
@Guy, thank you for the like.

Jv
So different builds you do
takes a set of skills
To do each different thing
Amazing working whed wood models
Military
And sports cars
All done whed great skill

Villiers de Vos
@Jv, thank you for your kind words. I draw a lot of inspiration from our community.

Jv
Yes I flow you there but I got a long way to go but it a good time
I enjoy scalemates very much

Michael South
Never thought to use a dish rack to hold the sprues. What a great idea! The finishing and weathering is coming along nicely

CrazyBuilder
Love the bug, I'm a huge fan of VW

Mr James
I'm a big bug fan. Coming along well.. 🙂

CaptGPF
Can't wait to see how this will turn out!

Micky
Following

Villiers de Vos
I have placed the bug on hold until I clear the table. The Bentley is hogging all my attention for now 🙂

Guillaume Blanchet
Very nice result! I like the paint job a lot.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice and realistic.

Vincent
very clean result. Great work!!!

Mathieu
Hi Guillaume, Villiers and Vincent! Thank you for your kind words mates! Very appreciated !
@Guillaume, seeing your past quality work, you should definitely try 1/32 models at some time!
Cheers

Guy Rump
Very impressive build Mathieu 👍

Gary Victory
You gotta love the P-40....Really nice work Mathieu. Great job Sir.

Neuling
Top build and presentation!

Rui S
Another Beauty 👍

Mathieu
Guy, Gary, Neuling & Rui! Thanks a lot for your kind words! Being finally able to put an album on theses P-40 builds restarted the warhawk fire burning inside, there are 2 teethed birds back on the bench. More in the appropriate album.
Cheers

James C
Gorgeous looking P-40 👍

Paul Moore
Looking at this, it makes me reconsider buying the GWH P-40 when I can buy this kit for $40. But then again, I don't have your skills. Beautiful model!

J35J
Great build! Congrats👍🏻

gorby
Beautiful model and photos!

Desert Marlin
Nice Tiger!!!

Eelco Gregoire
Great built Mathieu!

Hang Li
masterpiece!👍

Mathieu
Thanks guys for bringing this one back. I took great pleasure all along, except for the rear window and tail integration. Lot of filling and sanding.
@Paul, GWH Hawk is light years ahead, I have two in the stash and consider starting one in the near future.
Cheer

Paul Moore
Mathieu,
One more question … painting camo patterns comes down to masks with "hard lines" and airbrushing with "soft lines". It seems to me that most actual aircraft were painted with "hard" lines with the notable exception of Luftwaffe aircraft. On scale models, the "soft lines" of an airbrush might not be in scale, but make the model somehow …better looking and less "toyish". The camo lines on this P-40 seem to be soft ….but not too soft. I know that's a somewhat ambiguous statement. I think they look perfect and I was just curious to know how you did these (masks or airbrush) and generally your thoughts on it. Thanks and sorry for all the questions but you seem to have mastered the issue.

Paul

Mathieu
Paul,
That's a bit far in memory, but I must have gone with paper mask held with rolled tape to keep them at approx 1mm of the surface. Sprayed perpendicular from above.
I also remember having gazed at a tremendous amount of FT pictures before committing to this.
That did not spared me the error of doing the rear deck interior green instead of outside camouflage. Next Warhawk will be correct on that particular side.
Cheers

Villiers de Vos
What happened to the tracks?

José Ramón Ruiz Díez
Not finished yet ☺👍

Villiers de Vos
Great! For a moment I thought that the tracks were too short, and at the same time wondering how you plan to cover it.
Enjoy. I will be following your progress.