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WAHO LEU
High-level works will be produced, look forward to and admire them.

Spanjaard
I am in 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Me 3

Ronan
Welcome 😉

DerMattes
Taking a seat 👍

Ekki
Watching.

Alec K
Taking a seat. Amazing detail as usual 👍

NLAWScametovisit
At this rate, Ronan will solve the gearbox issues before the USMC!! Following!

Hajo Lippke
Another great start for a wonderful project!

Miguel Vaquero
Amazing detail on those interiors! Following

Ronan
Many thanks , mates 😉

Skyhiker
Watching with interest

Finn
Following

NICOLAS GRANDMONTAGNE
Encore un super projet!
Beau debut, hâte de voir la suite! 😉

Nicolas
Following

Ronan
Merci Nicolas

Alec K
Spectacular. About how wide is the painted assembly in pic 6?

Ronan
Thanks Alek, the painted assembly in pic 6 is 33 mm wide. 😉

NLAWScametovisit
this is stunning, i have to say again.

CaptGPF
Looks good so far! Following!

Alec K
Thanks 👍

Eric Duval
C'est beau Ronan 👍

Ronan
Merci Eric 😉

Prieur Gaël
Très joli début !

Ronan
Merci Gaël 😉
ça avance doucement mais surement 😄

Bruce Huxtable
Very impressive work, for sure! Liking the variety, as well as your neat workmanship 🙂

gorby
Excellent scratch-building!

Ben M
Very cool!

Spanjaard
really impressive!!

Skyhiker
Now, this is impressive. Bravo.

Villiers de Vos
Very nice work. Thank you for sharing.

Lochsa River
amazing.....

David Taylor
Brill.

Curatorm
Wonderfull!

Jay Dubya
Keen to understand your technique with these 1/700 ships, after a clean start - watching & learning Mick.

Christian Abraham
Looks like a great project

Tom B.
Looks veeery promising! These Japanese gunboats are interesting subjects which a nice little "brown water"-scene with that small boat should do really nice justice 👍 Looking forward to the final result!

Villiers de Vos
Fantastic detailed work.

Christian Abraham
Awesome build

Alberto
Wow, it's fantastic! Considering the scale you must razor sharp vision 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Awesome indeed! And there are sailors...it is beyond an ordinary man skills...

Shar Dipree
Fantastic work! 👍

Zbynek Honzik
Just as Alberto wrote! Unbelievably awesome!

Michael Schubert
That is incredible! I honestly can't fathom how you can get that much detail in that scale!!!

Alexander Grivonev
Incredible, the scale, the detail, the water. Magnificent 👍

Any chance of getting even closer with the camera?

Curatorm
Very fine; nice atmospheric vignet...

Mark
The boys who, when my motorbike was stolen circa 1981, refused to investigate it as anything other than an insurance scam! Not the brightest folk I've ever met. I'll try not to hold that against your model Sergio, but can't promise. 🙂

Sergio Ordonez
🤣🤣🤣
Mark: I've been an AF Para back during my conscription. I really do not love those MP monkeys....
But I selected this one as there are some decals available and there are some parts that must be built from scratch. This will be a preparation for my next Landie: a British Amy EOD one.
Hope your motorbike was not a Royal Enfield or a Triumph or a Norton: this would be a great loss.

Mark
Yamaha XT250. Absolutely loved that bike. It's been cars and bicycles since that was knicked. If I win the lottery tomorrow, I'll buy this: facebook.com/marketp..25539498668014/?ref=

You probably know that the RAF Police wear a blue beret, but I see the chap in image #6 is wearing a red beret like the Royal Military Police (Army).

Sergio Ordonez
Yes, I know: this one was a prototipe, it is my second time using Magic Sculpt and I'm still too green.
As you see, the figure is far from being perfect.

Mark
The figure looks fine from here Sergio. 👍

Sergio Ordonez
Thank you very much, Mike, but is a little bot oversized and the mix of green stuff and Magic Sculpt proved to be not as addequate as needed.
I have been modifying figures of the old Italery "british tank troops" box to get cold war british soldiers (as these figures are a little bit smaller than others). I'm afraid 1:35 references for 70-80's british troopers are very limited, so this encouraged me to try modelling. The second try would be better.

Mark
Mike? 😮

Sergio Ordonez
I am terrible sorry, Mark: this stupid grammar corrector (is configured for Spanish, not for English). Sorry, I should check better before sending.

Sergio Ordonez
Regarding the XT250, if you are looking for one, there are easy to obtain here in Spain under 3000€, and several are for sale. I think import taxes in Britain are around 12% plus VAT and, knowing that your MOT is a logical thing when compared to our ITV system would be relatively easy for you to get a license plate.
I know that Norton well, as there was one in the family. There were a lot of Norton bikes in Northern Spain in the 70s and 80s, but bought second hand from Canary Islands and Gibraltar. Very neglected, as spare parts were scarce. The Govt subsidies for new cars and bikes destroyed the rest and there are few to none survivors now.
Now I am working on getting a Land Rover Wolf from Britain (ex-MoD) for my farming operation. Hope to get one (or at least, pay less on taxes than on buying the Landie). 🤣

Mark
No problem Sergio, I've lost count of the number of times I've got a name wrong online. 🙂

Mark
Thanks for the tip on the XT250. I've used these sites for modelling research and they may help you find a good landie at a good price:
modsurplus.com/
army-uk.com/sub-equi..p?SID=16&SID2=16
modlandrover.com/

Sergio Ordonez
Thank you very much, Mark! I did know the first one, but no clue about the others!
I have one question for you, as you served the RAF in these times... Those guys of the RAF Police, usually have helmets in their vehicles? I mean, back in the 80s (with all this means for good rock music).

Mark
Re helmets, I'd say probably not Sergio. The banner picture you use at the top of the project made me laugh at first - never seen RAF Plods running unless running to the mess! 🙂 And very odd to see them with SLRs.

If you didn't do helmets and kitted them with 9mm pistols or SMGs, nobody could argue that it wasn't authentic (* always depending on place/scene). DPM (disruptive pattern material) and ballistic vests as per your banner picture would be correct for Germany and Northern Ireland, but for most of UK mainland I'd expect to see them in RAF blue. UK Bloodhound sites and nuclear bomber sites, are probably best treated as for Germany. There are a lot of variables. Are you modelling any specific place/scene?

Sergio Ordonez
I was thinking on RAF Brüggen or RAF Güntersloh. That photo I think was taken on Güntersloh, 1985, when some RAF Police troops try to capture a beer six pack.
Well, also I could change to RAF Blue uniforms (I think the wear caps instead berets, but also they usually patrol on Leyland Sherpa instead Landies).
Regarding the SLR, I found in photographs that whereas Royal Military Police usually appear using Sterling SMGs, RAF Police usually carry SLRs. And in most of photos, RAF monkeys wear INIBA vests. Maybe I should research a little bit more.

Mark
"some RAF Police troops try to capture a beer six pack." 😄 😄 😄 Yes, I can see them running for that!

But that photo is a good reference for you - taken where/when you want to set your scene. If anybody argued about the authenticity of your model, you just show them that photo! Anyway our models are our creations and don't have to please anyone but ourself. 👍

Sergio Ordonez
Well, in fact, I'll be unable to build an authentic license plate, so you are completely right, Mark. Let's see what we get from here. The RE and the BDU ones will be better, but we need to start from here.
Thanks, Mark!

Mark
👍

Rui S
Looking good 👍

Sergio Ordonez
Thank you, mate. Now seems closer to the end. This model is not fit for weathering, as some veterans told me RAFP Landies were neat and cleaned every week, so only small touches will be added, so, apart from some final assembly, this will remain more or less like this.

Sergio Ordonez
Mark: I think these guys are ready to look for your motorcycle...

Mark
It looks more like they're ready for tea break! 😄 Seriously though, I'm getting goose bumps from photo 33 onward - takes me right back in time. 👍

Sergio Ordonez
Well, next one maybe will be an EOD RE one... Breaks are not for tea! 🤣 🤣 🤣
Thank you for your help, Mark. You and other veterans gave me ideas and the impulse to finish this one. After the WK Kafer I thought I had lost my mojo...

Mark
👍

Mark
Looking fwd to the REME build...

Sergio Ordonez
Well, the REME EOD team build will be a kind of imagination: I'll mix again some different photographs for the final product. And I just realized that there is no Bowman Radio set available in 1:35 scale, but, let us try. 🤣

David Taylor
Nice one Sergio.Just made mine into a helicopter support platform.

Sergio Ordonez
Nice idea, David: RAF or RN? Royal Navy one is a kind of a heavy project if started from scratch.

Alexander Grivonev
Bloke looks like a true geezer 👍

Sergio Ordonez
RAF Police: I was told they were not fit for running of even moving!

David Taylor
Hi Sergio. British army used them with the Lynx helicopters.

Sergio Ordonez
David, is that a coversion by Accrate Armour? I have the one by Revell for the supoorting of RN Choppers, but It is just an standard Landie.

David Taylor
AA do a full kit but it is expensive.Mine is a standard kit modified with styrene card and rods and anything else I could find.

Sergio Ordonez
I would like to see your project, David. Looks really interesting and, as I still have a lot of spare Landies in my stash, I would like to replicate. But, first, I have to finish my Royal Navy collection: need to make low stock in my stash, as I cannot really find almost anything in my little workshop... 🙂

David Taylor
As the saying goes,I have more kits than life expectancy LOL.

Sergio Ordonez
You are right, David: infinite stash is a Common problem for all modelling mates.
Now I feel curious about the Chopper support Landies: I think I Will make some research.

David Taylor
Based mine on the same kit as yours "The Guardia Civil".

Sergio Ordonez
Yes, I used this kit, but I have a Firing Line hard top conversión kit I think It Will be useful for a RAF helo Support car. I have also found some captions of 1:76 scale drawings that Will be useful for the purpose.

David Taylor
I made new sides and filled in the roof windows with plasticard and filler.I am saving up for the Firing Line 101 as I used to work on them.For me personally, the best Landy ever.

George Williams
Looks like a nice kit.

Alec K
Taking a seat for this resin extravaganza. And I agree, very nice kit 👍

Robert Podkoński
Watching, of course!

Treehugger
Question for OP:
What brand might be selling vacuum formed clear parts? Seems like you found some as seen in photo #11. I've seen some for airplane/jet canopies, but none for cars, so I wouldn't know where to look.

Alexander Grivonev
Hey Treehugger, the parts in the picture are part of the kit. But funny that you mention this topic because I actually dealt with this question myself recently. I finished two 964s earlier this year (Revell and Fujimi) and the clear parts in both kits were of very poor quality. Searched for aftermarket replacement and found nothing. So I decided to try myself at vacuforming and made the clear parts myself which turned out to be pretty decent (after countless tries and errors) I have not posted pictures of the builds yet but intend to, keep an eye open. You are right, there is definitely a lack of aftermarket windshields for cars...

Michael Kohl
Following

Alexander Grivonev
Ahem, let`s continue here shall we? Not that I was absent for three months or something...

Alec K
Nice! Glad you're back 👍

Alexander Grivonev
Well I wasn't "gone", just unproductive😄

Spanjaard
looking great as usual, love your detailed explanations

Marcel
Looks very good so far, looking forward to the end result. Very interesting to read your notes.

Alexander Grivonev
Thx mates, I hope my explanation is comprehensive, if not do ask!

bughunter
Again, some fantastic clean work 👍

Martin Oostrom
I love this one too

bughunter
Alexander, I'm really sorry about this mishap!
They show us the difference between a normal modeller and a master modeller: mishaps happen to both, but with you there's nothing to see afterwards!

Alexander Grivonev
If you only knew how many car models I had to repaint! I honestly think most of them, partly or in whole. It is a rarity a paintjob succeeds at the first try. I don`t even call them "mishaps". Just "happy little accidents" like Bob Ross 😄

bughunter
Oh yes, the famous late night painting sessions on TV with the "happy little trees" 🙂 I was always fascinated by his work!

Alexander Grivonev
Exactly, the lullaby channel😄 no, the guy was really great.

But on the topic of repaintings again, I actually counted the car models which are right now in my home. There are a total 16 on display and I had to redo the paintjob on 9 of them! Partly or in whole. So that is actually not the exception but the rule 👍

bughunter
Anyway, your car paint jobs here on SM are the reference for me, no kidding!
Thank you also very much for the detailed description about used paints, 2K stuff and thinners etc in your build logs 👍
Fortunately, I don't normally need such high-gloss finishes, but I have helped other modellers (no SM members - yet) several times by pointing them to your build reports.
Thank you very much, your documentation effort is highly appreciated!

Mr D
Very smart 👌 and neatly done 👍
Like your parts organiser, definitely on shopping list.

Alexander Grivonev
bughunter now you are flattering me😄

Mr D👍

Martin Oostrom
Bugsy is usually right

Lorraine Lin
Alexander, fantastic work！Really like the painting jobs, the "leather" seats and car body. And the whole process is well documented, I leant a lot. Will add this page to my favorite, as I need to go through all these pictures before I build my next car. Thank you for sharing.

Mr D
The wheel are so realistic 👍👍
Did they use the Rudge wheel...like in the gull-wing??

Landlubber Mike
Wow, this is incredible! Thank you for sharing your techniques, I learned a lot!

Alexander Grivonev
Lorraine, you are welcome!

Mr D, I must admit I had to google what "Rudge wheels" are. but it seems to be an own VW/Porsche design that differs from Rudge wheels. USCP sells them separately too.

Landlubber Mike, my pleasure!

Alexander Grivonev
Back from a short vacation, the paint has cured. Let's wrap this one up..

Petr Kokeš
Wow, it looks awesome! Good job!

Spanjaard
tthose tiny PEsure look amazing

Landlubber Mike
Thank you for showing how you attach the small PE (like name badges) on the body. I'm stuck on a couple of cars at the moment trying to figure out what to do as I was worried about using CA and causing the same issue you had with your grills. I'll have to pick up some of that Micro Liquitape.

Martin Oostrom
The master class continues!

Alexander Grivonev
Thx guys! Mike, CA leaves absolutely no room for error, found this glue to be just perfect for the job.

Bozzer
I gotta admit, I'm gonna have to get some of that Liquitape. It certainly does the job. I do however, wonder if it lasts? We've all glued bits back on, that have fell off our models, just from age alone? You would have to carefully replace it, so as not to upset the paint?

Alexander Grivonev
Hey Bozzer, I first used this method on the 964 Carrera 2 I finished earlier this year:

Porsche 964 Carrera 2 *Velvet Red Metallic* | Album by Alex G. (1:24)

The "Carrera" emblem which is a PE part is firmly attached. If I wipe with my finger over it or even pick on it with my fingernail it doesn't move. Seems like the glue solidified over time and the bond became even stronger. My gut feeling tells me not to worry too much about the parts "falling off".

Neuling
Well done!

Ludvík Kružík
Nice Turbolet!

I'm planning on building one too. On that note, I'd like to ask if there were any tricky parts in building the model? Is there anything to watch out for?

Jiří Urban
Myslím že bude jednodušší odpovědět v češtině. Tak stavebnice je prostě KP co víc k tomu říci. Hodně tmelení, hlavně spoje křídlo trup a také na koncových nádržích a něco málo na podvozkových gondolách. Jinak to celkem ušlo za ty peníze. Ale určitě bych být Vámi šel spíš do stavebnice od Eduarda "HEAVY RETRO EDITION" kterou tento měsíc vydávají.

Ludvík Kružík
Tak tedy česky. 🙂
Děkuji za odpověď i doporučení. Bohužel, na Eduarda už je pozdě, mám stavebnici od KP. Koupil jsem ji v době, kdy to byla čerstvá novinka a Turbolet od Eduarda tehdy ještě neexistoval.

Zbynek Honzik
I already have Eduard and KP. Eduard's accessories are usable in 3D printing, PE accessories and decals. Otherwise, it's a Gavia with everything wrong with those mouldings, including the awful nose and cockpit windows shape. KP has a number of flaws too, I haven't started building it yet, but overall the KP mouldings look noticeably better than Eduard's. Which is a paradox I wouldn't have expected. So Ludvik, you did the right thing. Just try to get those 3D accessories - landing gear and propellers. They're worth it.
Anyway, there is still a lot of work to be done to correct flaws and inaccuracies.