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George Williams
Nice work so far.

CaptGPF
I love you how had your daughter choose the color! I sense a scheme to draw her into the hobby? 😜

nikfrost
I didn't ask her, she spotted what I was doing and told me it needs to be pink! Can't disagree with that hahaha. She's quite handy with Alan the Airbrush already, I think I'll buy her some cheap 1:72 planes to have a go with on her own for starters.

M0rce
Hi all.
I have a video about my progress on this kit on YouTube of you are interested.
Youtube Video
Thanks

Ben M
Taking a seat

M0rce
Welcome.
Want a 🍺?

Tim
Great

nikfrost
Looking good. What options do you get for the trawlers name?

M0rce
Hi nikfrost.
Just 1, Ross Jackal.
But as I have deviated on the colour scheme, I may make one up. Hoping to find some rub on letters at the hobby shop.
Any name suggestions? (Question open to all of course 🙂 )
Have a good day.

Ben M
Bob Ross

nikfrost
Thanks M0rce. I live near the Humber Estuary which is connected to the North Sea, my suggestion would be Mud Shark haha.

Maciej Bellos
Nice start!

Nicolas
following

Thomas Kolb
Looks promising already!

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!
(Perhaps the transparencies and propellers from this kit would work:
Soviet Tu-2 Bomber (HobbyBoss 80298, 1:72))

Thomas Kolb
Thank you Robert! The three-bladed standard propellers in the kit are actually fine, it is the transparencies I am a bit worried about.

Łukasz Gliński
Me 2, must watch this - wondering how good/bad this kit is

Dave Flitton
Watching!!

J35J
Me 3, this will be another great build to follow.

Cuajete
Me 5!
I still don't understand why they haven't released a more updated tool for this model yet.

Moreno Baruffini
Thomas, you are a specialist in reminding me the models I started and non finished (yet)! Super inspiring, and a great build to follow for sure!

Thomas Kolb
Dear friends, thank you for your interest. I am a bit curious myself how this model will turn out - I have read some pretty nasty things about it in reviews, but I am not sure it's so bad. It certainly looks very intricately designed, not your usual shake 'n' bake kit for sure.

Gergő Takács
Thomas, you are doing always the same project what I want to do in the future with the same kits. 😀 I'm always taking a seat and save your work for motivation.

Finn
I'm in

Łukasz Gliński
Thomas, your tutorial is priceless! 👍

Mr D
Like this 👍👍
Big fan of soviet n russian stuff, will have to look up history on this one as new to me.
Interesting subject, Nice 😁

Cuajete
Good start, Thomas. Thank you so much for your tutorial 👍

Thomas Kolb
I must say, I am pretty impressed with this kit so far. At first sight it looked like an Amodel kit, but everything is very cleverly designed and all parts fits together beautifully without any problems. The only gripe I have is with the plastic itself - it's very soft and stretchy and definitely does not like to be sanded.

Nicolas
Nice start, joining.

Живко Джаков
I'm here too. I have one in a box and we only see each other with it 🙂

Cuajete
Great job so far, Thomas 👍
I never bought this kit because I thought it would be difficult to deal with.

Thomas Kolb
Cuajete, I must say, I am pretty impressed with this kit so far. At first sight it looked like an Amodel kit, but everything is very cleverly designed and the parts almost fall together by themselves without any problems. The only gripe I have is with the plastic itself - it's very soft and kind of stretchy, and all sanding needs to be followed by polishing to result in a smooth surface.

scalemates
Do you mean to see for each kit the list of paints which are written in the instructions?

Chris Harbour
yes

Treehugger
This sounds nice.
I guess a second best would be a digital copy of the build instructions in pdf format, which sometimes is seen on kits listed on Scalemates. 🙂

Francky
my suggestion may make this more complicated but the aircraft are not painted in alclad II, or Tamiya paint but according to a standard such as FS595 or BS. In addition, there are often agreed paint schemes such as SIOP, SEA or "lizzard scheme".

It would be very nice to have a section on real-life paint schemes with their official referene and standardised paint references, and from there a link to the various model paints.

Although I fear this would be a mamoth task.

scalemates
Check here.... our goal/hope was that after filling X amounts of decal options the amount of variants would stagnate. And we could use this as "Popular" schemes/colors. It has been a while since I last check if I can merge similar entries....

SEA Camouflage FS34102 FS34079 FS30219 FS36622
Lizard Scheme FS34079 FS30140 FS30279 FS36251

Color matches an FS code => show related paint schemes having that FScode (+name +other colors)

McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phant..Killer (Fujimi 7A-G12, 1:72)

I will recheck if based on the massive data you all entered can be done to extract something interesting.

Francky
Impressive!!! there is still a lot more to this site than what I know and have seen. Fantastic how you can make the data itself do the heavy crunching instead of manual labour.

Still, we should be able to go from FS or BS numbers or ... to Humbrol, Tamiya numbers ...

I guess it would not be that hard to make a reference table?

scalemates
We have colorcodes for FS colors as well as colorcodes for color cans. If the values are close enough we fan do the match automatically

Dave Flitton
That is not surprising

scalemates
This is now possible, the FS/RAL/RLM codes under Markings are now clickable, on the color page you can see same/similar colors

Francky
very nice 🙂

Boris B
This is a very nice feature indeed. Would it be possible to have filters (by paint brand and paint type, mostly) in the Color page ?
Also, when I click on the My tab (All/My), there are no results even if one of the paints listed below is in my stash. Is that a bug ?

scalemates

The "My" should show the paint ranges you have listed on your profile (in your case: Model Master Humbrol Tamiya Testors MIG Productions)

can you let me know which color you looked at?

Boris B
I understand now that it's paint ranges. But would it not make more sense for the 'My' filter to select the paints I actually have in my stash ?

Boris B
Or alternatively), is it possible to add filters by brand, paint type, etc ?

Francky
On top of the screen we have a wide band in the "exact color" and under that we have the colors offered by the different brands that sometimes deviate a bit from the correct color.

Would it be possible to give a small rectancle left of the brand colors with the exact color so we can compare each one of them with the exact color?

CaptGPF
To light up the engines, you will need to drill out the square areas around the exhaust.

Michael .
Are you using a purchased lighting kit, or developing one of your own?

CaptGPF
Hi Michael! I bought the LEDs from Amazon and strung them together on my own. I used a total of 6 parallel circuits with each one drawing about 9V.

I used a rechargeable 9V from Amazon - EBL USB Rechargeable 9V Lithium Batteries - 5400mWh Long Lasting LI-ion Batteries with Micro Charging Cable - and ran a Micro-USB extender to the top of the cargo bay so I can seal the kit, and recharge it later. Having put in close to 40 hours on this kit, I wanted the lighting to last. 😜

Harald Besold
Great painting and many nice details.

Mark de Boer
Looking awesome, great work.

Robin (WhiteGlint)
👀

DerMattes
Looks good, watching 👍 🙂

CaptGPF
Thanks Harald, Nark Robin and DerMattes. The oil weathering just dried and I'm closing it up with the final clear coat. Will post the final shots when I can handle it again without leaving and fingerprints! 😜

Gareth Lloyd
Looking really good Capt. 🫡. I had exactly the same issues with the landing gear.... the 'strut' just didn't want to glue and ended up snapping, I pushed a pin up through it to try and strengthen it but it's still really wonky. Tempted to have a go at the AMT kit to see if that's any better?

Gary Kitchen
Lovely stuff. The innards look fantastic with the black basing. Loving the mix of alloys to the exterior and the heat wear on re entry is inspired and something I completely missed that on mine.

Finn
Cool!

Giannis Kaltapanidis
Although not a fan of Sci-Fi, I have to admire your metallics! Great job!

CaptGPF
Thanks everyone! I learned a LOT from everyone posting their builds on these forums - so I'll be passing the credits to everyone.

@Gareth - from what I can see, the AMT looks lacking on the interior details, but the engines are made to be lit up in flight mode. Didn't see a build with the landing struts.

@Gary - the idea of the re-entry staining came to me when I just happened to see the burnt metallic paint on the rack! I wouldn't have thought of it otherwise. 🤔

@Finn - thank you! But I have a long ways to go to your mad diorama skills!

@Giannis - I had some challenges with the metallics - the Xtreme Titanium looked too "Plastic" to me, so I had to apply a thinned down Polished aluminum to make it shine better.

One thing I forgot to mention is the need to sand down the engine nacelles - some spots were really rough / pebbly - so sanding it down prior to laying down the metallics will save you pain and suffering later 😀

CaptGPF
Stick a fork in it, this one's done. I'll update this later when I get around to building a base for it with some figures. This was a decent kit, but with a little more thought and effort, Revell could have made this a really cracking kit. I would definitely recommend this kit, but you will need a lot of patience when tackling the landing gears and ramps - on top of the numerous kit defects, but hey, if I can build it, anyone can! 😀

Miguel Vaquero
This is a work of art!! Beautifully built. Really enjoyed the way you explained it

CaptGPF
Thanks Miguel! I love the detailing you are putting into your A350 too!

Dash Rendar
Very, very nice job! Well done!

Markus Helmers
How did I miss this one? Gorgeous work, makes me want to build another! Probably going to do the n1 first, though.

CaptGPF
Thanks Dash!

Markus, can't wait to see your new Mandalorian build!

Michael Razz
WOW Amazing show u have here and that for a revell model!Did you contact the company of Revell that you have one of a kind?

CaptGPF
LOL! Thanks Razzie, but I don't think they will appreciate my various Boeing QA failure references! 😜

Johne 69
Well done 👍

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Very nice work mate 👍
The lighted engines and interior look so good.

Rob
What a Beauty. Impressive metal painting. This is the way!

CaptGPF
Thanks John's, Robin and Rob (esp the This is the Way!)

I had to ruin a nice F-104 to figure out how to do the metallics just right! 😜

Shar Dipree
Very nice! 👍 👍 👍

Tini Hendriks
Outstanding! Nice work with the metals💪🏼

CaptGPF
Thank you Shar! Thanks Tini!

Rui S
Excellent work indeed 👍

CaptGPF
Thanks Rui!

Baptiste Souillart
C'est un tout autre level, bravo ! Le rendu est impressionnant ! Tu as bricolé des Kits Led ou ce sont des solutions clés en main ?

Torsten
Well done, very prof. build 😎 ❤️️

CaptGPF
Merci beaucoup Baptist! I just bought the LEDs from Amazon and strung them together. I used a rechargeable 9V battery from Amazon - amazon.com/EBL-USB-R..teries/dp/B086GTFGPP - This way, I can recharge the battery as needed.

Thank you for your kind words, Torsten! I love your interesting choices in Sci-Fi builds 😀

Łukasz Gliński
Impressive, thx for sharing the details of hte construction phases 👍

CaptGPF
Thank you for the kind words, Łukasz! Just giving back to the forum who taught me a lot!

Łukasz Gliński
It does indeed, not only in your case 👍

Sky after Snow
Excellent work! Your finishing looks even better than the official pictures from Revell website, especially the engine part, love it!

CaptGPF
Thank you Sky!

Paul Eden
Superb build, really enjoyable model!

CaptGPF
Thanks Paul! The wiring was "fun" but the kit itself went together well - recommended if you are interested in building it!

nikfrost
Great job! Good to see a "vac tube" being faithfully recreated as well haha.

CaptGPF
LOL! Thank you for your kind words Nikfrost!

Neil
Hi Franck, looking good 🙂 Following your build with interest from here 👍

Jv
Yep same here

Franck Drebin
Thank you very much Neil and Jv for your support. It will be a long way before seeing the end of this project...☺🤯

Cuajete
A hard an unusual model.

Interiors looking good. I also following your build with interest 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Brave choice sir 😉

Franck Drebin
Thank you Cuajete and Lukasz. It's a barbarian's short run kit but if you really want to do this plane, it's the only game in town. Comparing to this kit, a Classic Airframe looks like a Tamiya...So, let's go crazy 🤪

Agustin Prellezo
Good luck with that kit! It is in my wishlist, I will pay attention!

Franck Drebin
Thanks Agustin 😉

Ben M
Watching this

Bernd Grün
Modeling the hard way. Congrats, Franck. 👍 Following.

Franck Drebin
Thank you Bernd. Yes indeed, it's not the easier way. Comparing to this kit, a Classic Airframes (or equivalent) looks like to a Tamiya 😁 But it's the only game in towm to realise this beautiful and almost confidential plane. I knew in advance it would have been a hard and long process, but also a good opportunity to push my limits. Sorry for the stagnation of the work but I'm very often far away from home for my job at the moment. Anyway, finishing this kit is part of the New Year's resolutions 🙂

Olivier
Ah voilà un courageux... Bravo !

Franck Drebin
Merci Olivier, mais je suis vraiment tombé sous le charme de cet avion. Je dirais donc que je n'ai pas vraiment eu le choix 😉

Moreno Baruffini
Good evening Frank, any news on this? I'm very curious!

Franck Drebin
Hello Moreno, thank you for your interest. I havn't mentioned it but this project is unfortunately on standby. Indeed, I have to move a lot far from home for my job at the moment and have no time for modeling. But I don't give up and plan to be back on track in a near future. Ideally, I would like to finish it before the end of the year, among other kits. I can't only focus on it to avoid becoming crazy 😁

Moreno Baruffini
Ah ah! I totally understand you! ....I've just bought a resin AMIOT 351so let's keep in touch🙂

Neferthorus
Bonjour Franck. J'ai commencé le montage du Farman 221 de Azur et c'est aussi semble-t-il un short run. Le montage est touchy . Aucuns tenons pour l'alignement des pièces du fuselage, les ailes sont à coller bord à bord sans renforts ..etc. Je comprends donc bien votre aventure. Mais comme vous, je trouve que ces vieux avions français des années 40 ont «  du charme » et il n'y a pas d'autres kits sur le marché donc on fait avec. Mais avec les produits modernes , de la patience et un peu de technique ont devrait s'en sortir. Bon courage pour la suite.

Franck Drebin
Merci Neferthorus, en effet, sans renier mes premiers amours, "Têtes Brulées" et autres "Buck Danny", j'avoue trouver au fil du temps, de plus en plus de charme aux avions de l'entre deux guerres et particulièrement des annees 30 début 40. Malheureusement, les kits dispoinbles sont souvent loin d'être des Tamigawa. Je souhaiterais arriver à un aussi bon résultat que votre magnifique Farman mais l'Amiot ne se laissera certainement pas faire. Merci pour votre example qui me stimule. Au plaisir ✌️

Cuajete
Well done so far.

Mark Sherwood
Good Luck with the build Frank, hope it's not as difficult as my Heller MB 174. Bon Chance. 👍🥸👍

Franck Drebin
Thank you Cuajete and Mark for your kind comments. Unfortunately for me, even if the Heller MB 174 kit is around twenty years older, it's still much easier to build. With a Mach 2 kit, nothing goes well and everything is brute. But I accepted the mission 🙃🥴

Nicolas
I'm watching too.

Olivier
The Heller MB 174 dates back to 1966...

Mark Sherwood
Rather apt Olivier, considering I'm 62. Two stubborn geriatrics trying to reach a consensus. 🤣🤟🤣🤘🥸👍🤣

Ben M
I wish I could "like" comments…

CaptGPF
Interesting subject - taking a seat!

Mike Montgomery
I'd love to see some general aviation aircraft in 1/32 scale.

Donald Dickson II
Its been done, but not in 1/48...C-141B. Also a good CH-3 in 1/48.

As for never been done at all, I cant think of any.

Erik
I have a resin-stalwart on the workbench. A horror kit. It really is time for a modern kit.

I wish a Puma-Helicopter in 48. 😉

Martin Oostrom
In 1:24: Volvo 88

nikfrost
Ford RS200 Evo 1:24
Peugeot 205 GTI (Dimma) 1:24
Land Rover C90

George Williams
Give me a sheet of A4 and I'll draw up a short list.

Robert
USS Forrestal 1:350

Sergej I
Looks promising, following 🙂 👍

Gary Kitchen
Taking a seat too. 👍

Ekki
I am in too.

Kendrick Brown
Excited to see what you can do with this thing. I love the CH-37 for how unique and ugly they are. Wish someone makes this in 1/48.

Thomas Kolb
Absolutely lovely! It looks almost like a sci-fi vehicle, very cool! The metal mesh was a great idea, where did you get it?

Maciej Bellos
Watching!

TV_scalemodels
I hope you like it. I update this when I have something to show.

Alfonso
tuned in

John
Nice paintwork. Colors look good, I wouldn't worry that's an issue. Can always change the tone with a wash anyway. 👍

TV_scalemodels
Thanks! Yes that is very true. I think after the weathering I don't see the original colours too much..

James C
Nice progress 👍

Michael Kohl
Beautiful

Daniel
A true legend! awesome painting, the chipping is just perfectly made for this particular jet, (not an easy task, theres a thin line between realistic used look and repainting the whole thing...)

Shar Dipree
Extremly nice and awesome details (overpainted insignia for example). Excelent. I'm curious how the phantom will look like in the end.
Is there a photo that you use as a reference?

TV_scalemodels
Thanks for the comments!

Weathering was interesting, it is always difficult to balance realistic and nice looking. I'm glad you like it!

I used pics on the Internet and excellent fundecals instruction
for reference. And my books of course too.

Some sites:
piccianiaircraftphot..-4c_phantom_page_one
fundekals.net

Shar Dipree
Thanks for the links.
I think the weathering has become great. The aircrafts were partly very weathered during the war.

James C
Stunning looking F-4! 👍

I keep saying to myself that THIS will be the year that I pull my finger out and build one; but it never eventuates. This build has definitely renewed my desire to finally do it. 😉

Spanjaard
that is a great Phantom. excellent.

Bruce Huxtable
Wall to wall stencils, but your scratch building skills and eye for the painting and weathering are awesome. Wow!

TV_scalemodels
Thanks for your feedback! Here is a build video if you are interested:

Youtube Video

CaptGPF
Weathering, chipping, dirt, grime and heat staining all done to perfection!

CaptGPF
Phenomenal build! The step by step video is instructional and very well made. Only word I can use is inspirational!

Thomas Kolb
This looks like a fun project! I will definitely take a seat!