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Gerald
Hello Welcome here 🙂

Philbo
Hello Gerald how are you? I'm new on this site, just trying to figure out how to purchase an item. Is this site only if I have something to sell? Thanks, Phil

John
Fantastic build and presentation Mark. 👍 I love the display base with the mottled/splinter colors of each aircraft too. I'm still sticking with Tamiya paints though... 😉

Mark Sherwood
Thanks John. I've got say even though I've just become a Fanboy of AKRC there's still a place in my heart for Tamiya Paints, they were a vast improvement over the Humbrol tinnies back in the mid to late seventies as where the kits over Airfix. 🤘🥸🤟

Mark Sherwood
Thanks for the like Nordmito. 🤟🥸🤘

John
I may give the AKRC a try. I'm just used to how the Tamiya paints behave, dilutions that work for my airbrush, etc. If I understand correctly, the AKRC paints are also acrylic lacquers like Tamiya and Mr. Hobby so they should work with the same thinners and such. They do have a good color range compared to Tamiya for sure.

Mark Sherwood
Yep. You're right John, lacquer based acrylics, as far as I can tell same formula different bottles. I did have some reservations about RLM02 1938 wether it was the right colour though. I used AK's thinners. I'd test on some plastic card with X-20 and Mr Hobby thinners to see how they behave, which I haven't done yet just ploughed on through with appropriate thinners to get the project over the line. Having said that I would still use Tamiya paints. I just got seduced by AK3G and like most affairs it did not work out well. On that note Atom and any new acrylic will be kicked into touch.🤣👍🥸🤘🥸🤟🤣

Mark Sherwood
Cheers zhsv. 🥸👍

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Kendrick, for the like. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood
Ta Villers and everyone else who liked the build. 🤘🥸🤟

Vincent
Great display piece!!!

Neuling
Congrats. A hit!

Mark Sherwood
Vincent, Neuling thank you both for the kind comments. Thank you Mike for the like. 🤟🥸🤘

Mark Sherwood
Thank you Christian for the like. 🤟🥸🥸

Doubtingmango
Fantastic work Mark! I love the little camo base. It's a nice touch.

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Doubting much appreciated. 🤘🥸👍

Mark Sherwood
Agustin thank you and everyone else for the likes. 👍🥸🤘

James C
Nice work 👍

Rui S
Great pair 👍 would be Nice to see a photo with rotating Propellers 🤔

Mark Sherwood
Thank you James and Rui S. Rui with my temperament installing electrics (I have problems with the 3 phase at work!) It's enough just to get them built and painted 🤣 and if you mean those discs, I was never a fan. 🤘🥸🤟

Guy Rump
Great job and presentation. 👍

Rui S
Hi Mark, None of those, I would say touch them to get them rotating and then take the photo 🤔
That is, if they are not glued ofcourse 😉

Mark Sherwood
Rui. They're not that loose. Cackhanded me would probably break the propeller as the spinner describes an arc to the carpet. 🤣🤟🥸🤘🤣

Gary Curling
I like it alot.

Mark Sherwood
Thanks Gary 🤟🥸🤘 thanks Rob for the like 🥸👍and everyone else too.

Mark Sherwood
Cheers Neil and everyone who liked. 🤟🥸🤘

Greg Baker
Now this one, I'm quite proud of. It's one of the most iconic scenes from one of the most popular Tintin albums, Tintin in Tibet. As Tintin struggles to hold on to the rope above, Captain Haddock dangle precariously off a large cliff. This one actually started as a special request from one of the Tintin Facebook pages. I had originally thought about doing my take on the cover, with the footprints in the snow, but was easily convinced this would be better. Strangely enough, I'm actually most proud of the rock face. It wasn't easy to get a jumble of rocks in the right place so that Tintin would both have a boulder to push against, and also allow for the "rope" to dangle down in the right place.

The rope has a little bit of CA glue to help keep it stiff and straight, but it still dangles freely. In the end, it turned out better than I thought it would.

Cuajete
Very nice scene. Good job anytime, Greg.
Congrats!

Recently saw Tintin figures on Aliexpress. I guess they are not 1/72 scale:
es.aliexpress.com/w/..productlist.search.0

Greg Baker
Thanks Cuajete! Yeah, those figures are definitely not 1/72 scale. In fact, the Tintin collectors Facebook page was just warning people about being taken in by "fakes from China" during their hunt for Tintin-related treasures. I think for most people, it probably doesn't matter a lot, but there is actually quite a well-established collectors market for "official" Tintin items. I use quotes on the word official, because I'm not quite sure how legit some of them are, but there's a few very well known collections make by more traditional craftsmen techniques that command quite a price. I'm personally not a huge fan of a lot of them because, in my opinion, the quality leaves something to be desired. However, like a lot of things... beautiful nostalgia glasses can cover over a lot of mistakes. 😉

Alexander Grivonev
The water looks so real, beautiful 👍

Treehugger
The water surface looks really nice I think. How did you make it? Can you say?
I ask because I am wondering how I could make something similar, and I don't know how to make that texture, sort of a more calm weather I guess.

Michael Kohl
Nice ships in calm waters.

Stuart Miller
Water is simply watercolour paper (rough) glued to a wooden base, painted in various suitable shades and then glossed with several coats of varnish. Very easy.