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Ricardo Reis
Thank you Roland, much appreciated!

Gary Victory
Really nice work Ricardo. Top job Sir. 👌

Spanjaard
top job Ricardo. excellent!

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic model, Ricardo!

Simon Nagorsnik
Oh yes, it's a fantastic model, like the style of these camo patterns!
Great work!

Ricardo Reis
Thanks mates! 🙂

Maciej Bellos
Beautiful result! Well done Ricardo!

Ricardo Reis
Thank you @Maciej

Casey Rupley
Great job on the intricate painting/masking and decals. The digital camo came out great!

Alex Rodionov
Awesome realisation. Paint job is very nice.

James C
Very nice work 👍

Ricardo Reis
Thank you very much for your kind words, mates!

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Wow! Great result, Ricardo! 👍

Guy Rump
Very impressive 👍

David H
Very nice , digital camp looks awesome 👍🏻

Ricardo Reis
Thanks mates, for your kind comments, much appreciated.

David Taylor
Thanks for sharing a stunning aircraft.

Rui S
Modelo com bom aspecto 👍

Ricardo Reis
Many thanks @David; Obrigado @Rui

Daniel
Looks spot on👏🏻

Nathan Dempsey
Nice work Ricardo 👍

Ricardo Reis
Thank you very much, mates! 👍

Arif Saeed
Beautiful result Ricardo 👌🏽

Ricardo Reis
Thank you @Arif

Seyid Elters
Nice Model, I have two questions though, How's the fit and finish? and Can it be built gear up, I am planning on building a Top Gun Maverick Display and I want to build it gear up.

Ricardo Reis
Thank you Seyid; fit is ok, some challenging spots on the nose, that will always come out a little skewd, and on the engine intakes, but nothing too bad; there's also a square panel on the back of the plane that does not exist and I don't see the purpose, it's odd; you will also get a joint all around the wings, in the lower half, that does not exist; regarding the details, the really bad part for me are the underside grills that are supplied as decals (!!!!); for the rest, you will be ok.

Alberto
Really nice Ricardo, great model. Congrats!

Neuling
Very good! I like the shading and subtle weathering.

Ricardo Reis
Thank you guys, much appreciated

Samko222954
Hello, what colors did you use?

Ricardo Reis
Hi. I used a mix of Gunze and MRP. Please check the specifics in this album: Su-57 "The President" (WIP) | Album by RReis (1:48)

Bill Newcomer
The rear has kind of a mid sixtys Chrysler Imperial look to it.

Bill Newcomer
Lots of body work I see.

Nigel Chapman
Sorry Bill, missed your comments due to wrong settings.
Just been looking at Chrysler Imperial rear pictures, and your right there is a sort of similarity. It's something I never considered. Bodywork has been fun and a good learning curve

Nigel Chapman
Catching up with this build so got the interior completed after some mods to the dashboard and steering column. Rear bed is made up of drink stirrers painted then sanded for the worn look.

Danny Meer
Looking good allready 👍

Nigel Chapman
Thanks Danny. So near yet so far. Not happy with the fit of some components so rebuilt the prop shaft and modified the radiator. This is slow going

Danny Meer
Everything to keep us busy during the cold winter days😉

Nigel Chapman
Thanks for the thumbs ups guys.
Your right Danny. What would I have been doing if not modelling ??

István Szücs
A really "woww-build"! Great idea! Congrats!

Nigel Chapman
Thanks

Nigel Chapman
Prop-shaft problems with a bad fit so lengthened it and cut out the middle of chassis for extra depth then bridging the gap with scrap plasticard.

Nigel Chapman
Mated the chassis to body but not happy with end result. The wheel/tyre combo looks strange and the front end is not low enough.
So put on back burner while I look for another suitable chassis and some low profile tyres.

Nigel Chapman
Right plan B using 1:24 Revell MK1 Golf GTI chassis, engine and running gear.
Actual layout is not far off so hopefully minimal cutting will be required.

Nigel Chapman
Spent the afternoon cutting and trimming with the Dremel to get the chassis to fit. I have to say this is working really well (so far!). Middle section will need further adjustment to fit flush.

Nigel Chapman
More grinding and cutting and the chassis fits just fine.
The entire front clip and engine bay looks spot on. Why didn't I think of this earlier?

Brandon H
Very cool. I like your style, Nigel!

Nigel Chapman
Thanks Brandon. I'm even contemplating a change of colour

Christian W
What sanding, cutting, cementing, modelling, sanding, sanding, sandig 😄
Very cool idea and ralization- The bed looks fantastic.

Nigel Chapman
Thanks Christian, you missed another sanding!
Real pleased with the bed - very simple to do. It reminds me those old wooden speedboats.

Christian W
Totally. That came into my mind too. The interior is also great. Like one piece. Well done.

Dominik Weitzer
what a heck of work! i'm very interested of the finish.

Nigel Chapman
Me too!! Not sure about the wheel base. I think I may have to narrow the front and rears chassis parts so the wheels fit in the body. Even with the VW wheels and tyres it's a tight fit.
Some research is required before any surgery takes place.

Nigel Chapman
Bought a Dremel flexible shaft which has proved invaluable for this project. I've had to grind material from the inner body and interior tub to achieve the stance I'm looking for and to get a good fit the chassis parts.
So far the VW tyres/wheels will fit on the front using kit parts.

Nigel Chapman
More chassis mods and tweaks. Rear end narrowed and spare wheel area removed. Black piece is from an AMT Ford van floor

Nigel Chapman
Slow but steady progress. Front end is now done after more grinding to ensure a proper fit for the front clip.
Material removed from the front roll bar mounting area so it now fitts flush within the chassis.
Rear end parts narrowed slightly. Fuel tank had to be narrowed to fit the rear roll bar which now has a nice snug fit for the lowered look.
Hopefully the car will now sit nice and low at an equal height all round!

Chaz Gordon
The flex shaft is my number 1 dremel attachment. To really make the most of it, get yourself a footswitch. I got a £10 industrial one from ebay and wired it in the middle of an extension lead. My dremel is always ready for action now.

Nigel Chapman
Ah, brillant idea. I never thought about doing that. I'll se what I can find

Chaz Gordon
This is the one I Got. Needed to use a connector strip to connect the Neutrals and earths together, but loads of space inside to hold it all in there.
https://ebay.co.uk/itm/22283..pid%3APL_CLK%7Cclp%3A2334524

Nigel Chapman
Brilliant, thanks.

Nigel Chapman
Slow but steady progress. Chassis now ready for paint.
Paint stripped from body using Isopropyl alcohol.

Brandon H
Hmmm, so you did decide to change up the body color. What are you thinking instead?

Nigel Chapman
Yep, the Gold just didn't do it for me so now I've got some Rover Pageant Mid Blue

Brandon H
Nice!

Nigel Chapman
Managed to finish painting all the suspension and engine parts. It seemed to take forever!

Bill Newcomer
Suspension parts usually do not get many colors. I paint them all near the beginning of the build so I can get to the 1+1 gluing stage.

Nigel Chapman
Moving onto the bodywork. A couple of coats of primer to highlight the needy areas. More filler applied and slowly but surely I'm getting a decent base for the topcoat.

Nigel Chapman
Wow! Just over a year and I'm resurrecting this project. Bodywork has been much improved over the last month with more filling and sanding. I've bought a pack of various graded wet n dry paper up to 1500 which has helped big time. Still not perfect and a learning curve but I am happy with the result.
Second round of painting using the new paint booth.

Nigel Chapman
Resurrected this project [again] as it had been lying around for 2 years and the body was still not right in places the longer I kept looking at it.
24 hrs in brake fluid and paint was stripped for a second time (!), the photos show the end result.
It's not as bad as it looks and some areas could do with some extra work.
I have been looking at bodywork techniques so bought some Holts Cataloy knifing putty from Halfords for £2.99.
Applying it is an art form as it sets quickly so good practice on this body. Small amounts and one pass with the spatula seems best.
After sanding I've decided to refine the bodywork particularly the bumpers and rear.
So it is a restoration, remodel or build? 🤪

Nigel Chapman
Engine now 99% complete. There were some fiddly bits - issues with fitting the air intake, having to modify parts to fit. The drive shafts should have been attached from underneath once engine was fitted in the bay, you live and learn.
The kit distributor was removed and replaced with a pre wired aluminium one from Hiroboy.
It is a nice little engine that fits well in the Subaru engine bay.

Nigel Chapman
At last ready for another paint job!
New rear lights fabricated from clear sprue with red car headlamp tint stuck to the rear.
Thin strips of styrene glued to the bumpers to give a more defined profile.
Additional styrene strip added around the internal edges to give better edging and to hide the warped interior tub sides.
The roof hoop has also been reinforced with styrene to give a better definition.
New cockpit rear panel fitted and strengthened which also hides the rough edges of the wood bed.
Lastly repainted the interior parts with Humbrol Matt white to get a clean look - I couldn't believe how dirty the white parts actually were.

Nigel Chapman
Body now ready for its third paint job after spending the week filling and sanding. It's looking a lot better after some graft and has been a good lesson in body prep, not bad when considering it's around 45 years old.
Managed to drop it on the kitchen floor breaking the roof hoop so got a repair done and will attempt top coats tomorrow.

Andy Ball
Typhoon, surely? Anyways!, a terrific build and homage to a Canadian squadron?

Neuling
Clean work. Beautiful!

Dave
Thank you

Peter Mollenhauer
Well done, Dave! Is this the Airfix 1/72 kit?

Dave
Peter that is an academy kit

Jakub Fiala
Nicely done, Dave 👍

Dave
Thank you

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work.

Austin Steenkamp
I'm busy with a typhoon got any tips

Dave
Sorry Austin, I'm still learning how to use my airbrush's after many years of hand painting. I just got back into building kits a few years ago.

Austin Steenkamp
All good

Robert Podkoński
Good job!

Dave
thank you Mates.

Alberto
Nice paint job and good looking Tiffy!

Dave
Thank you Alberto

Anthony lfk
my fav ww2 plane. Nice

Dave
One of favourite too

Mark Sherwood
Considering you're still trying to get a handle on your airbrush, that's a good paint job Dave. 🤟🥸🤘

Dave
Thanks Mark, I'm still learning new techniques with each kit I build.

Alexander Grivonev
Wow, that is a massive prop 👍

Mr James
Lovely rusty burnt out work. Looks great

Thomas E.
Thank you for comment and likes.

Thomas E.
My contribution for Videomodelshow 2024 of Hamilkar Barkas.
cf. Youtube Video

gorby
Impressive work! It looks great.

Thomas E.
Thank you! The kit and my modelling skills didn't fit together ... That's how the idea came about building this diorama.

Dave
Looks great. Nice job on the weathering, like how you made the rust pop out with a bit of a rough surface.

Ian Doody
. SDR Piloten Christof Motti, painted him up, and slapped him in, basically just the stock pilot, with the Super Jerry blind cockpit gear, added cables, may have to sand his butt down, as you can't see much of the poor swine, when he's sealed in his walking coffin. That'll do for today.

Nathan Dempsey
Your pilot is looking great. Following 👀

Ian Doody
On to the legs of the Jerry Heavy Super Armored Fighting Suit. Now, the newer WAVE release has the shorter foot with cleaner details, but the old NITTO release has the longer but softer detailed foot, as it's a chicken walker essentially, I'm after stability, so I'm going to sacrifice detail for a solid stance.

Ian Doody
Chicken walker Ma.k, I dig it. I really like this design. Mines a super heavy Gigant Floh, armed with anti-air rockets, anti personnel machine gun, and a recoilless rifle. Bad ass.

Ian Doody
That's me done for the day, added seatbelts. And the side bubble windows, built both legs, looking good so far. I'll be building this in the classic white wash and orange camo scheme.

Dash Rendar
Great job so far, looking awesome!

Ian Doody
Added the recoilless rifle as a dry fit mock up of the chin. Looks really nice all glued up, looks really angry with the solid hood, but you can see more of the pilot though with the blown glass hood... Hmm 🤔

Ian Doody
That's where I am today, still very much a WIP. I'm working my way around it, adding extra armor, smoke launchers, it's going to be very busy, but it should look pretty awesome.

Ian Doody
I've added radiator details to the underside of the rear engine bay, and an armored cover for the large rear vent.

Ian Doody
That's it for today, getting there. Just a dry fit of parts added drooping wiring to the under engine area, I'll change the mounts of the rockets, to make them more dynamic, cockpit enclosed forever, adding small nuts and bolts, pretty happy with it so far.

Ian Doody
After adding a cast texture to the whole main body, the start of the winter white wash camo on the Gigant Floh. Rust washes next, then grey wash, then white. Still have a fair few details and wiring still to add. Sort out the rocket launchers fit, aerials, armour plates nuts and bolts.

Ben M
I have no idea what this is, but it looks cool.

shadowlight
Nice work! How did you made the cast texture?

Ian Doody
@shadowlight, I used Ammo putty, brushed on and stippled with some sponge.

shadowlight
Thank you!

Ian Doody
First all over dirt, rust and muck wash.

Ian Doody
A lot more detailing, armour plates, and washes to come.

Ian Doody
Painting has now got to the second grey wash stage, I'll be going up to off white soon, also used a muck wash and rusted up some areas of the engine deck. Rear armour is removable to see the engine deck, fan and exhaust detail. Painted up the lower engine power pipes too..

Jörg Schäfer
It's going to be another fantastic wash.

Ian Doody
Building smoke launchers, and attaching the rocket systems.

Ian Doody
Added the Fug XII Radio mast and painted it up, and finished of the front smoke candle launchers. Added bits of wire to the launchers. Drilled out the radio mast, added thin wire and a small length of spring wire for a detailed holder. Not bad.

Ian Doody
That's all for today, put first coat of paint on the rocket launchers, I've spruced mine up by adding extra sensors, and I've changed the mounting system, by drilling and pinning with brass rod, moves them out a bit more, for a more natural look. Jobs a good un.

Ian Doody
Today, was leg day. Didn't go exactly according to plan, but it all turned out good in the end, getting closer to the finish.

Mr James
Excellent painting and weathering distress work

Neil
Fabulous 😍

Ian Doody
so today ive made the MG82 machine gun, painted it up and i've gotten to the markings and weathering stage, only basic ID and colours added so far. All weapons are now fitted, two triplex rocket launchers, one recoilless rifle, four smoke launcher candles and one underslung MG82 machine gun. Going with classic Orange.

Ian Doody
Decals finally down, I'll flatten and seal them tomorrow. Almost done, a few parts still to add, final details, then weathering.