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Max Otten
What Airfix gives you is too far removed from the complexity of the real thing so I added as best as I could. Still simpler but especially the hydraulic lines are very complicated.

Tcamp
Texas hurricane is underway let the fun begin!
Sorry for inverted pics cant get rotated🤠

Ben M
Rotation is well hidden. To rotate your photos, open your album. Click on "manage". Then turn on the "advanced options" toggle. You will now have the ability to rotate photos in the album.

Tcamp
Thanks ben
That was driving me nuts!!!!
Appreciate that brother!

Ben M
Glad I could help, mate! Looks like a fun build.

Tcamp
So far so good just a cat 1 now hopefully ill turn her into a cat 5 (LOL)

Tcamp
I reworked the main jib boom
I wasnt feeling the kit one
Its still a work in progress

Doubtingmango
Beautiful work!

Tcamp
Thank yall
Im not a rivet counter or anything but.....
The more i looked at the kit boom i could not figure how it would work ..
Revell had their boom right im also going to support mine as they did and use poles instead of ratlines. Which tie down inside of the work area ?
Im not feeling that one either lol
Again thanks

M0rce
Oooohhh... so nice 🙂
A Lindberg kit? Seen them but never got one, yet. That looks amazing.

Snake Plissken
Started out life as a Pyro Plastics kit which in turn was a reverse-engineered copy (pretty much a blatant rip-off) of the Model Shipways wooden kit of the M.T. (Motor Trawler) Hildina H-222 which was built by Cook, Welton & Gemmell Ltd. in 1951. If you look for photos, you will see it matches the Hildina except for some artistic license in the pilothouse windows mainly but an easy fix. The sloped rear pilothouse roof is also a distinctive feature of the Hildina. Apparently the front boom can face forward or aft (is it on a swivel?) according to need. I know the boom was used to hoist the cod end (heaviest part of the net) aboard. These kits are a great basis for conversion to R/C as the original plastic kits were motorized.

M0rce
The details on this kit are so crisp. Looking forward to seeing what you're doing to the rear section.

Tcamp
Me too. ( LOL )
thanks m0rce

Snake Plissken
@M0rce I thought you meant where the deckhouse meets the wrap-around stern section; there's a bad gap there where the aft doors are, port and starboard, but maybe you meant the rear mast. Some trawlers only had a foremast and added a simple derrick to handle the lifeboat.

Lochsa River
Great work....

Zbynek Honzik
Very nice and clean. 👍

gorby
Beautiful!

Neuling
Excellent work on this interesting aircraft!

Lochsa River
Love this...the paint and weathering are spot on....

Michael Kohl
Oh, that looks promising. I hope more pics will come.

Thomas E.
Thank you for comment and like. I am training my photographic skills ... at least I hope so. But I have to choose another camera aperture ...

Christian Bruer
When I got a photo showing a Pz. I towing a Ju-87, possibly on an airfield in North Africa, I definetely want to build that scenery. The Pz. I is a mix of parts from S-Model Pz. I Ausf. A and B, the Ju-87 is Italeri. I bought some Quickboost add on parts which are designed to fit the Airfix kit, but with slightly modifications they although fit quite well the Italeri kit.
Happy Modelling, Christian

Rui S
I'm in 😎

Dave Flitton
Watching

Tom B.
That´s an interesting combination... watching for sure!

Christian Bruer
Thx to all for looking around 🙂

Nicolas
I'm watching too.

Alec K
I saw (likely) the same photo and also thought it would make a great dio. Glad it will materialize in your capable hands Christian 👍

Lukas Muller
follow 😄

Spanjaard
I am certainly following this one

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for looking around and leaving such kind comments 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Can't miss it

Christian Lehmann
Na, da bin ich mal gespannt auf das fertige Projekt 👍

Christian Bruer
Still enough place in the first row, welcome aboard Łukasz and Christian 🙂

Christian Bruer
Nearly there, just a few bits and pieces to add before I can start the paintwork.

I got the SSMODEL Pz.I tracks. So far as can be see still in their printing frame they are looking quite nice.

Happy Modelling
Christian

Tom B.
Looking neat so far! Where did you order those 3D parts from? Been curious about those for a while now...

Alec K
Excellent progress Christian 👍. And same question as Tom B.

Christian Bruer
Thank you Tom and Alec. SSMODEL only has a shop at AliExpress. I was a bit hesitant to order there, because there is a lot of rumor about piracy products over there. But once I did not found something similar I want to order from them I registered and ordered at AliExpress. Payment was easy via PayPal and delivery absolutely in time. I also ordered one of the SSMODEL vehicles, Marder III Sd.Kfz.139 SSMODEL 1:72 72725. The details are top notch, but the printing quality in between excellent and poor. The chassis, tracks and single parts are excellent, but the gun mount and gun shield are not so nice. The gun mount is warped and the gun shield has a lot of steps on the inner and outer side. It also differs from the instructions where gun mount and shield are shown as separate parts but it was delivered as a single part. That makes it even more complicated to solve the issues. But I think I will give it a try for another scale 1/72 kit in the future.

Here the link to the shop:
de.aliexpress.com/st..ain.2.72a2xoWPxoWPcN

Transall NG
Very good work !
Thanks for informations.

Tom B.
Thanks for the reply, Christian 👍 It seems that their shop is one of the reliable outlets, then...nice!

Bernd Grün
It turns out very well, Christian. 👌 Looking with interest for the final result.

gorby
Looks like a very interesting project. Exceptionally good work so far!

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for your kind feedback 🙂

Meanwhile I have added a few more details like the steering gear and tilger for the flaps. I also painted and reworked the SSMODEL tracks. They need a slightly adjustment to fit well the the S-Model Pz.I. MOre photos sooon when I start the paintwork.

Happy Modelling, Christian

bughunter
_THAT_ one will be a master piece 👍

Christian Bruer
I try my very best bughunter 🙂

coporado
Great subject and promising builds!

Christian Bruer
Thx budd 🙂

Christian Bruer
WIP painting the Ju-87. Underside in RLM65 Hellblau is done as well as RLM70 Schwarzgrün. Depicting the references I have, the paint seems to have a weathered look, which I took in consideration by highlighting the basic paint.
Next will be the camo with RLM71 Dunkelgrün and a white band on the rear of the fuselage.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Christian Abraham
An interesting project

Moreno Baruffini
Super interesting! Well done!

Christian Bruer
Thank you Christian and Moreno🙂

WIP on my Ju-87 scenery. I rrplaced the First to Fight Pz.I by the one from S-Model but replaced the tracks by 3D printed ones from SSMODEL.
That will come together nicely with a nice contrast in between all of the colours, sand brown Pz.I and the Ju-87 with a standard camouflage in green.
Happy Modelling
Christian

Lukas Muller
Looks superb Chris 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Lukas 🙂

There is a lot of masking needed to paint the Ju's splinter camouflage.
I did not masked and sprayed it in one loop, but step by step. For me it works much better in that way.
Only the rear fuselage and tail end is missing. So I have a plan for tomorrow 😁

Happy Modelling
Christian

Alec K
Nice progress Christian. I like your modulation and shading, looks great 👍

coporado
Fantastic paintjob!

Christian Bruer
Thx to you both Alec and corporado 🙂

Rui S
Beautiful Paint work on the little Panzer I 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Rui S 🙂

Pietro De Angelis
Great work, congrats!

Oliver
take a seat

Christian Bruer
Thx Pietro and Oliver 🙂

Christian Bruer
WIP on my Ju-87, white band and blackgray walkways are masked and painted. Next weathering, varnish and decals.
A wooden base is also on the way, so I hope to finish this one and several other ongoing projects until SMC🙂
Happy Modelling
Christian

capt. R
Great work!

Christian Bruer
Thank you capt. R 🙂

coporado
Always impressed by your clean builds and painting skills in that scale!

Christian Bruer
Thank you coporado 🙂

Monte
This is very cool. I guess I need to find the photo that was evidently the inspiration for the towing depiction.

Neuling
Cool! 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for your kind comments 🙂

Monte, I have a copy of the photos. I'll share it later when the diorama is finished

Juergen Klinglhuber
Perfect result! Like it 👍 👍

Christian Bruer
Thank you Juergen🙂

Christian Bruer
Some crew figures are meanwhile painted.
Happy Modelling, Christian

Christian Bruer
And the final one I wanted to finish for SMC 2024. A Pz.I towing a Ju-87.
The diorama is based on an original photo taken in North Africa in spring 1941 by a member of Panzerregiment 5. Less is known about the incidence, but it seems the Ju-87 has to make an emergency landing and was now towed by the little Pz.I out of harms way. According to my research and the help of a modelling friend who has a main interrest in Junkers aircraft, the Ju-87 B2 seems to be a machine from II. Gruppe 8./SG2 with the marking T6 + BR.
The Pz.I was built out of the S-Model kit, the Ju-87 is Italeri. Figures are White Stork. Painting was done using acrylics and oils. The wooden base was made by Roland Dörrich.

Happy Modelling
Christian

Nicolas
Looks absolutly phantastic, congrats. 👍

Pepe
Magnificent work.... careful, clean and original idea

Christian Bruer
Thank you Nicolas and Pepe 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Brilliant 👍

Rui S
Beautiful as always 👍 I think they should tie that Stuka before start moving 😄 😉
I've seen a similar scene photo but I think in eastern front and the mover was another Vehicle. I always thought I should use my revel Stuka to do that kind of Dio, maybee One day... 😄

Pietro De Angelis
Simply fantastic!

Spanjaard
it looks just perfect, amazing painting and modelling skills as usual.....

Christian Bruer
Thank you all for your kind words 🙂
@Rui, that was wgat the two guys in front are talking about 😉

Rui S
Of course, the hardest part is already done. 😄
I've been checking my sources. It turns out it's not a Stuka, but a BF 109, with its rear end on top of a truck. 😎

Moreno Baruffini
Really magnificent!

gorby
Brilliant! It astounds me how well you have painted the figures, you can see the muscle tone! 😮

Christian Bruer
Thank you all, I much appreciate your kind comments 🙂