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Jv
Looking forward to see what the kit is like
Seen the model in the shops for sometime

Villiers de Vos
My impressions so far:
Lots of seamlines;
Some sink marks;
Clear instructions;
Parts clearly marked;
Parts fit not perfect, but not challenging. 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Watching with pleasure!

Tini Hendriks
Huge!

Villiers de Vos
I plan to build this car as sub-assemblies (chassis, engine and body/coachwork.
I have spend some time getting all the parts off that the chassis comprise of, stripped off the chrome of the specific parts and painted everything. While working on and painting the floor pan and radiator cover, I also painted the rest of the body panels.
That being said, lets build the chassis.

Villiers de Vos
I used Tamiya Paint stripper. One of my wife's silk stockings to strain the small parts out and recovered most of the liquid. Beware, it stinks!

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Benjamin, I will keep my eyes open. This seems like I saddled a wild horse here.

Kyle DeHart
One I have long wanted to build, but price and availability make it so hard. Not sure how I missed the beginning of this but I can't wait to see where you take it

Kyle DeHart
Chassis looks nice!

Mona
if anyone can tame this horse you can Villiers 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for the words of encouragement Kyle and Mona.
I hope to give an honest and clear report. You may call me a glutton for punishment because I have another model from this manufacturer in my stash 🙂

Kyle DeHart
I hope it's another 1/12 scale classic race car Villiers but that's just me being selfish. 😂. I'll be here every step of the way.

Villiers de Vos
Kyle, it is the Fiat Mefistofele in 1:12. I love the classic cars and 1:12 is my favourite scale.

Kyle DeHart
Excellent!! The Mefistofele is maybe my favorite one. Love the look of that car. A somewhat local shop to me even has one on the shelf but for a price even higher than eBay! Lol. So, for now, I will live vicariously through others. Your 806 is looking really nice so far!!

bughunter
Not my scale, but I need to follow the nice builds by Villiers 👍

Kyle DeHart
Man those wires are beautiful. And the grill. Great stuff.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Kyle, Bughunter and Guy for your kind words.
I am nearly finished with the chassis and found the front suspension a challenging. The project is time consuming but also very rewarding at the same time.

Michael Kohl
Although six times too big for my regular appetite, you definitely watered my mouth with this build so far. Beautiful progress of a fast looking car.

Kyle DeHart
The first "modern" F1 car as we know them today. Low slung and Purpose built and with no riding mechanic. Fiats racing factory claimed it was capable of nearly 150 mph. A great subject to build a model of.

Villiers de Vos
I made some progress today. The construction work on the chassis will be completed within the next few days. The parts for the engine has also been cleaned up, build in sub-assemblies and painted up.

Kyle DeHart
The radiator and grille assembly look really fantastic. As does your chassis work.

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for your kind comments Kyle.
This starting to look like a car 🙂

Jv
Looking great sofare lots of work in that one

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Jv.

Vincent
Very impressive work until now. Can't wait to see where this is going.

Rui S
That is looking great 👍 I'M In 😎

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Vincent and Rui.

That ugly four letter word W-O-R-K kept on interfering with benchwork this past month 🙂

bughunter
Great work! 👍
I hope you never need the content of the bottle, which are visible in the background of pic 41 !

Regarding your ugly four letter word: From the inside, the hamster wheel looks like a career ladder 😉

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Frank. I hope to show that the content did not recede in follow-up pictures 🙂

The engine has now been married to the chassis. Inserting the flexible hose close to the gearbox had me muttering under my breath.... Only once or twice perhaps.....

Kyle DeHart
Looking great!!

Guy Rump
Looking really good Villiers. 👍

Rui S
Looking beautifull already 👍

Chris Vandegrift
This was such a cool era of racing. You're really making this look like it came forward in time!

Martin
Great work Villiers! it looks really good so far. Im quite surprised by the kit quality, or does it just looks good on the pictures?

Villiers de Vos
Kyle, Guy, Rui and Chris, thank you for your kind words.

Martin, every single part needs cleaning up. My effort is far form flawless.

Martin
Ok, so the quality is similar to all Italeri kits...

Denys Astakhov
Great work!

Rui S
That looks a complex kit. Great progress 👍

Jv
Fantastic work
Thanks for all the information and pics on this build
Very interesting

bughunter
Good to see new progress after a while 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for your kind words. I lost count how many times I have stripped the paint on the body. The end is in sight. In polishing the body shell I accidently broke off the "needle " that holds down the bonnet panels.

Ian Doody
Nice step by step build, great looking car. Its on my wishlist.

CaptGPF
Very nice! Love the step by step photos and the details! And the wood grain looks amazing! I wonder how much of it will be visible when it's all put together. When I started this hobby, I would skip detailing hard to see parts in my kits, but have since started detailing everything…. I may have developed OCD because of this hobby….

Maurits van der Aa
Great build, my friend. Top notch!

Kerry COX
WOW. ! My juices are flowing mate. What an exciting trip . !
Your descriptive texts have de mystified a most complex and detailed kit. 👍
I was never much of a fan of the Italian model makers, but with this, I could get my mojo back. 🙂
Almost $300.00 here in Aus, but from how you have presented it. Fully worth every penny and the time it would take.
I am sold. 👍 🙂

Kyle DeHart
I agree completely Kerry. This build log has also really made me want to save my pennys so I can try to tackle this at some point.

Jennifer Franklin
Nice step-by-step build, which makes it easy to follow. I don't think I will try this anytime soon, I already want something a little easier for my second model 🙂. Beautiful work on your part.

Daniel Klink
Following! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Mates for your interest and positive remarks. I am calling this one finished. I am happy with the outcome although it is far from perfect. I left notes (my own thoughts) at the top of the project.

Jennifer Franklin
Looks good, a very nice end result.

Guy Rump
Excellent build, congrats! 👍

Rui S
Beautiful outcome. Great work 👍

Richie Williams
Stunning!

Kerry COX
Next will be of it in a display case with a Gold medal attached . 🙂 👍

Kyle DeHart
Really fantastic result!!

Jv
Agree whed kyle congratulations

Stéphane Jayet
Perfect result

Dave
That is a beautiful build. Nice job 👍

Robert Podkoński
Beautiful!

Ard S.
Fantastic. What a nice job you did

Vincent
Very nice result!!!

Michael Kohl
I like how it turned out. Beautiful car snd decent model.

Pietro De Angelis
WOW!

bughunter
Nice to see it finished! Great work 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you everybody for your kind words. It is very much appreciated.

Jean-Daniel Aebischer
Très beau travail, tu sais ces kits Italeri sont des reboîtages de Protar, une marque de maquettes très approximatives, il y a toujours beaucoup d'inexactitudes et donc de travail. Ce sont des modèles qui se méritent, Bravo. 👍

Spanjaard
Amazing build report and fantastic results. Wow

gorby
Oooohhhh, very, very nice!

Ben Rocke
this is OUTSTANDING !

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for everyone's kind remarks and likes. It is humbling.

Roberto Rocat
Wow. Beautiful FIAT!

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Roberto.

Neil
Blimey! What a build (and a great journey album) Villiers 🙂👍 👏

Mr James
Great building pics. A pleasure to watch. There's some lovely detailed painting going on in this build. 🙂

Villiers de Vos
Neil and James, thank you for your kind words.

Lawrence Landis
Very intricate work.

Wojtek G.
Wow!

Villiers de Vos
Lawrence and Wojtek G, thank you for your kind words. Yes, it is very intricate work. This model was a real challenge. To see it completed and not back in it's box is very gratifying 🙂

Randy Kriegel
Very nice build.

Ludvík Kružík
Villiers, you've done some honest modelling work on this model and it shows.
Your Fiat looks great! 👍

Villiers de Vos
Gentlemen, thank you for your kind words.

Richard Berrie
Wonderful work, and especially the way you share so much with the community. We really appreciate the hard work and dedication. Thank you.

Richard Berrie
I have the Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza from Italeri in my lineup to start this year. I think your build will go a long way to help with mine.

Stephen Lesley
Absolutely stunning model. For some reason, the black wire wheels really set off the car. Makes it look so much more purposeful.

Villiers de Vos
Richard and Stephan, thank you for the time taken to comment and your kind words.

Richard, yes I also love the larger scale cars. I am happy to hear that you found this build report helpful. Two aspects of the Mefistofele that is now on the bench that I find is taxing on me is the engine wiring (which I finished) and the drive chain (in process). The end result makes it worthwhile. Italeri's offerings are not "shake and bake" kits 🙂

Anthony lfk
This is very detailed built chronology ! better than the manual itself ! Great workmanship sir ! Congrats !

Neuling
Clean and careful work! Top dio which deserves more pictures! 👍

Mark
Agree. 👍

David R. Meizoso
Impressive result, kudos!

Guy Rump
Gorgeous model, congrats 👍

Mart01planes
Nice

Łukasz Gliński
Wonderful 👍

Robin (WhiteGlint)
Nice job! Aircraft and diorama look great.

Falk Röllig
superb

B. M.
Thank you guys.
@ Neuling: Yes, I have to take more pictures and if possible under daylight…

Bernhard Schrock
Very interesting plane & excellent job. Chapeau!

Oleg Smilyk
Very nice job, beauty dio !

Robert Podkoński
Fantastic! I love this plane, I have seen one performing loops on the AirShow...

Clement
Wow! The model, the base, the photography, it's damn near perfect!

Rui S
Excellent work 👍

Zbynek Honzik
Beautiful job! 👍

Sebastian Meyner
Beautiful work mate 👍

Tibor Szilvai
Superb! 👍

Jennifer Franklin
Looks like an impressive project, following 🙂

Robert Podkoński
Watching for sure!

Steve Desarzens
This project is huge ! Love it 🤩
I also have the kit and the idea to build it one day. Didn't look for reference photos yet. Do you already have some ?

Ard S.
I am curious how it will go. Looks like a great project so far.

Villiers de Vos
Jennifer, Robert, Steve and Ard: Welcome aboard.

Steve, there are plenty of photographs and videos available online.

Villiers de Vos
The first phase's assembly is straight forward. The only portion that I did not enjoy was using a hot blade to melt the components of thee front suspension together. There is not a lot of plastic to melt. I plan to use a soldering iron on the drive chain.

Jennifer Franklin
Lots of good progress, curious to see how the instrument panel works out.

Mr James
Nice progress pics. Is that actual brass on the chassis or very good painting?

bughunter
The next big car parts comes together - I'm in!

Villiers de Vos
Jennifer, your wish is my command. The Micro Kristal Klear securing the bezels is still drying, but I am happy with the outcome.
James, painting only. First airbrush (I had to paint engine parts as well). I then cut the painting fine by hand. Thank you for the compliment.
Bughunter, you are welcome.

Jennifer Franklin
Oh, very nice!

Villiers de Vos
I am still following the instructions/assembly sequence. No major issues so far.

Ard S.
It looks really good so far.

Bruce Huxtable
Looking very smart indeed 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you Ard and Bruce.
I have started on the engine. Except for drive chains the engine seems to be the focal point in as far complexity and colour. This is not a "shake and bake" kit, but I have enjoyed it very much so far. Fortunately there are a lot of reference photographs available online.

bughunter
Incredible what kind of details are possible in this scale 👍 And you know I love details!

Ard S.
What would be the size?
Cause it looks great on all the details

Mr James
Pic42. Again, its hard to believe that that's painted plastic.

Jv
Yes fantastic work Villiers

Jennifer Franklin
That engine is gorgeous.

Kyle DeHart
Diving into another one of these? I've missed it somehow up until now. Can't wait to see it get finished up. That engine is a work of art. It's all looking great.

Stéphane Jayet
what an engine !!!

Jv
Engine is is different word for motor

Guillaume Blanchet
Nice project. I have always loved this car

Andy Ball
Wonderful- can't wait to see it pass the chequered flag.

Bavel Cat
Wow! A huge model. It seems that it will need a garage for storage 😀
A very interesting project 👍

Jean-Daniel Aebischer
Superbe travail Villiers, pour moi qui suis mécanicien c'est un vrai régal. Bonne continuation 👍👏

Zsolt Czegle
Great work! 👍

Lochsa River
sittin in....

Alexander Grivonev
Oh niiiice 👍

Kyle DeHart
That engine is just a lovely work of art.

Rui S
Looking great 👍

Villiers de Vos
Thank you my fellow Scale mates for your kind words. Believe me when I say that it is humbling.
I am nearly finished with the wiring of the engine (a real mojo killer), the carburettors and fuel and oil lines.
Photographs of my adventures on page 15 of the instructions will be published soon.

Richard Berrie
Outstanding work Villers. Really love the subject and the reference photos. Your attention to detail is inspiring. Awesome work!

Hanno Kleinecke
Wow, rhat engine is just phnatastic !

Villiers de Vos
Richard and Hanno, Thank you for your kind words.
The wiring of the engine has been completed. Fortunately there are many reference photographs available.

Bruce Huxtable
I will be shocked if that engine doesn't run, by the time you have added the fuel lines, etc! Very smart and pristine work 👍

Michael Kohl
Coming along nicely.

Pietro De Angelis
Impressive!

Kyle DeHart
Really making me want to track one of these down Villiers

George Williams
Lovely model of a real monster of a car.

Villiers de Vos
Bruce, Michael, Pietro, Kyle and George, thank you for your kind words.
At long last some progress. The wiring of the engine was difficult, but adds a lot of realism. The next steps are straight forward up to assembling the drive chains.

Kyle DeHart
Ah man. It really looks awesome sitting down in the car. Fantastic work.

Jennifer Franklin
I've been out of the loop, so I'm a little late to comment, but I have to say that the engine is magnificent!

Guy Rump
Beautiful modelling! 👍

Mick Burdett
That is brilliant work

Villiers de Vos
Kyle, Jennifer, Guy and Mick, thank you for your kind words.
Progress should be quicker until the drive chains are reached.

Kyle DeHart
It's been an outstanding build to follow along with. Should I ever acquire this kit I'll certainly be returning here for reference

Villiers de Vos
Kyle and JD, thank you for your kind comments.
Work inside the engine compartment is nearing completion.

Rui S
A motor with wheels 😄 👍

Kyle DeHart
More fantastic work. This thing is too cool

Villiers de Vos
Well summarized Rui!
Kyle, thank you for your kind words.

Slow progress continues.

bughunter
Wow, that is sooo beautiful 👍

Alexander Grivonev
Really lovely work, I like it very much 👍👍

Kyle DeHart
Surely is a beautiful build.

DuperScale
Love the details.

Giannis Kaltapanidis
What a beauty...

Villiers de Vos
Gentlemen, thank you for your kind comments.
The end of the build is in sight.
All those welding points as well as cleaning up points led me in assembling the drive chains led me to explore alternatives. The closest that I could find was Tamiya's Assembly Chain Set for 1/6 Scale Motorcycle, part number 12674.

Villiers de Vos
I am calling this one completed. In general this is a very detailed model.

Thank you to everyone that stopped by, liked and your fantastic comments.

Guy Rump
Beautiful build, congrats! 👍

Tom ...
Wow, Villiers. That is outstanding work! And a lot of it! Well done. One day I will do this kit and I'll use your build as reference!

Kyle DeHart
I agree with Tom. An incredible build and an incredibly excellent build log. Thank you for sharing the entire process. I have designs on building this one day as well and will surely return here to make my own build go more smoothly.

Jv
Congratulations Villiers fantastic work

Villiers de Vos
Guy, Tom, Kyle and Jv: Thank you for your kind comments.

Andy Ball
Bravo, V!!

Villiers de Vos
Thanks Andy.

Anthony lfk
Wow, nice vintage car built ! Great built catalogue you have here, very detailed.

Miguel Vaquero
Probably, my most ambitous project yet. Im going to try and recreate a sinking of a submarine with depth charges, droped from a destroyer. Everything in 1/700 scale. For this, i bought the Battle of the Atlantic set, wich comes with a J-Claas destroyer, a type VII German submarine and a Short Sunderland amphibous plane.

gorby
Sounds like an interesting project, I'll tag along. 🙂

David Taylor
Yuup.

Jay Dubya
Permission to come aboard Captain Vaquero?

Landlubber Mike
Looking forward to following this one!

Miguel Vaquero
Welcome aboard guys!! Happy to have you along.

Of course Jay! There's always room in my ships😁😁

Miguel Vaquero
Sub already done! It was small but detailed. The PE parts were really a challenge. Some weathering it's all it's left.

Miguel Vaquero
Today i wanted to work on how i want my diorama to look. So i hoped on blender and downloded some free assets and placed them together to see how i want it to look. I think for the quantity of resin and the accuracy of the scene this is going to be more or less the final desing of my diorama.

Miguel Vaquero
Starting with the destroyer. Awesome detail too but a million tiny parts. Good challenge for sure

Miguel Vaquero
Destroyer assembly done! To the paint booth

Jay Dubya
RAAF 10 Squadron Flying Porcupine next please, Miguel ?!!?

Kesa Tiho
I am in love
Fantastic build

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Kesa!!

Miguel Vaquero
I don't know if I'm going to finish the Sunderland😞😞. The fitting between the fuselages is too bad and fragile, using putty is not going to do the trick this time cause it will hide a lot of the nice detail and I will not be satisfied. I'll think about how to do it but there's not much hope now😓

Miguel Vaquero
To get my mind of the plane. I decided to destroy the sub.it turned out perfect, as I intended

Jay Dubya
Not really where you are headed with your diorama, but this might give a bit of context to my 'historical' comment Miguel.

"A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) Sunderland (of No. 10 Squadron) made the type's first unassisted kill of a U-boat on 17 July 1940.[3]"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Sunderland

Flying Porcupine
"Two examples, in particular, stand out: on the 13th of April 1940, a Sunderland operating off the coast of Norway was attacked by six Ju-88C heavy fighters – the Sunderland shot down one JU-88, damaged another so seriously it had to quit the fight, and drove the rest away.

A 1943 encounter with JU-88 was even more savage when a Sunderland from 461 Sqn RAAF was attacked by eight JU-88C long-range fighters. Despite the Sunderland being heavily damaged with most of the crew wounded, the Sunderland downed three attackers, damaged and drove off the rest and made the 560-kilometre return journey to Britain where the heavily damaged aircraft was beached at Cornwall."
planehistoria.com/short-sunderland/

10Sqn RAAF Photos -
adf-serials.com.au/sunderland.htm

Keep up the great work on these tiny models.
Cheers

PS The nickname 'Flying Porcupine' was probably just a bit of allied propaganda as there's not a lot of evidence the Germans ever referred to a Sunderland as one. It's a lot like the Japanese with the Beaufighter and Whispering Death.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks for all the info Jay! I really appreciate it. And they could fit very well with this diorama. They actually performed anti submarine operations from GB and they actually sunk 6 U-boats.

I'm sure if I'm able to fix my Sunderland, I'll paint it with their colours. I loved their history

Miguel Vaquero
The U-Boat has exploded!!💥💥

gorby
The explosion effect is very realistic.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Gorby!!

Miguel Vaquero
I've already glued the U-Boat to the acrylic sheet. As the background for the diorama states that the aft reserve torpedo exploded, to hide the cables I made some bubbles coming down from the exploded compartment. It's not the best but it's better than to have some cables seen.

Miguel Vaquero
The acrylic sheets mold is done. The ship is now lifted with nylon cord to place on to the resin without sinking. And the u-Boat is secured in the container.

Next step, the resin pouring. I've never been so nervous about a model.

gorby
Good luck with the resin Miguel.

Shar Dipree
following

Miguel Vaquero
Some bubbles formed. Not the best result, also they are positioned in places where some bubbles would be formed. Overall I think it turned out great.

Jay Dubya
Absolutely 'killed it' - well done Miguel!

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Jay!

That bubble on the bow is killing me. It's right on the surface of the resin but I don't know how to get rid of it, and if I'll make it worse if I try something

talbot
wow, absolutely love this

David Taylor
Brill.

Landlubber Mike
Wow, really cool man! Well done!

Rui S
Excellent work 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks a lot guys! There's still some work to do. But it's getting there.

I've made the form of the waves with some acrylic gel. Let's wait for it to dry and then to make some foam

Guy Rump
Great job, very impressive. 👍

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Guy!

I ended up making and painting the Sunderland, flying the colors Jay suggested. The end result, I think it's salvageable. I'm wondering if I should put it in the diorama. The downside is ill have to stick it with some transparent acrylic rod. It's going to be visible but not too much. I think if I mask the bottom part of the rod, the one closer to the water, as a droped depth charge from the porcupine, the result might not be bad at all.
What do you guys think

Jan Peters
Very cool set up, and very ambitious. You're a braver man than I.
Love the effect of the explosion, very convincing.

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Jan!! Im not really brave, I was really really scared 🤣🤣. Its just a matter of trying and if I fail well, from everything we learn. In the end it turned out great, so that is that.

It's really great having all the support from all you experienced guys. I've only been modelling for a year or so, so your comments are really encouraging

Miguel Vaquero
Testing the Sunderland. What do you guys think. I'm not sure If I loved or hate it

gorby
I like it, I think it adds another element of interest (mind you I reeeeeally like the Sunderland so I might be biased). 🙂
I just want to comment on the how you've done the surface of the water - excellent, particularly the effect of the exploding depth charges.

Mr D
That looks fantastic Miguel 👌👍👍

Miguel Vaquero
It really does add a lot to the scene Gorby. I'll have to think thoroughly but I'm starting to like the diorama more with the Sunderland in it.

Also thank you and thanks Mr D for you kind words! The good thing about this diorama is that it really doesn't need any special abilities. It's as simple as it can get and it will give you a great result

Mr D
It's has plenty of life to it 👏👌.
How did you get the bubbles in the right place 🤔??
I am starting a Diorama once l get my next build sorted, lm trying to rap up the X2 projects I'm working on and then l start my Mi-8 it's going to be part of a Chernobyl disaster Diorama, l have the damaged power station ready for paint,
I would like to create explosion n smoke like you have done here and LED.
Nice work 😀👍

Villiers de Vos
This is epic. You manage to capture the observer with your dynamic and realistic scene.

Ben M
Remarkable diorama. How did you get the resin so deep? The stuff I use, you can only pour 1/8" at a time. The diorama is so dynamic and exciting!

Miguel Vaquero
Thank you Villiers. Really glad that you like it. Your words really mean a lot coming from such a great modeller.

Well Mr D, the big bubbles coming out of the explosion are mainly produced by the gap a created when cutting the U-Boat. The air trapped inside came to the surface while the resin was curing, and it cured faster than the bubbles could scape to the surface. They as well appear because of the cotton I used to create the explosion effect, but mainly because of the first reason. Also Ill make sure to follow your build. It really sound amazing, and watching your prior work, Im sure it's going to be awesome.

Thank you also Ben!! I'm glad you enjoyed the work. As per the resin, I really used the cheap one from AliExpress. I mixed well the two parts till the resin and hardener were completely clear. Then I poured it and that's it. The instructions said I could pour up to 2 centimeters per pour. I did four centimeters deep at once and it cured great. The only downside I found is that not all small bubbles rised to the surface and couldn't be popped with a torch. I should have poured a little, then torched and then poured the rest. I didn't expect such a Good result from this but guess I got lucky.

Mr D
Thanks for the Info Miguel 👍 it's all worked out for the best.

Miguel Vaquero
It did worked. Now the only thing left is to crate a base to go with it and finish the wiring.

Bruce Huxtable
Very impressed with your execution of this evocative scene. No escape for those poor souls..... Your creative solutions worked very well indeed, but I'm curious as to how you formed the surface of the sea? There's a lot going on, including the expanding circular waves. Superb!

Dominik Weitzer
great!

Pietro De Angelis
Awesome dio, congrats!

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks for your words guys, they really mean a lot!!

Indeed bruce. It's one of the things that fascinate me the most about U-Boats. They were deadly war machines, every sailor was terrorized by them during WW2. But it unsettles me the way all those people knew, that a single flood, could mean they would never resurface again. It's really nerve racking. Those things are what attracts me the most to this machines and their histories.

As for the water, I used a combination of two artistic acrylic gel mediums. I used one with a low viscosity for the small ocean waves and normal ripples. I then used one much more dense, to simulate the water effects created by the destroyer and the depth charges explosions. The gel, once dried, it stays hard as if it was resin, and also stays transparent. Then I painted the high ripples with a diluted white and extended it with a soft bristled brush along the ripple and it's surrounding area. I did the same were the bubbly foam would stay after the ship passed, but with a more diluted white and more gentle passes with the brush.

Ill try to upload some better pictures were the effects are better seen once I complete the diorama.

Bruce Huxtable
Many thanks, Miguel. You clearly have a very good 'eye', re-creating reality in a very convincing way.

Miguel Vaquero
Thank you very much Bruce. Im glad that you like it!

Christian Abraham
The dio is really awesome

Miguel Vaquero
Thanks Abraham!!

Kesa Tiho
Breathtaking. I hope when i make my first ship moc it comes out as beautiful as yours. Any tips?

Mr D
Hi Miguel 👋
Was a good set of X3 you got , l recently purchased the Flyhawk SBD Dauntless, li looks really good from what I've seen so far in the box.... What do you think of there kits ??

Miguel Vaquero
Hi Kesha. If your are going to do it with resin, my main advise is to try and eliminate bubbles the best you can by pouring a litle bit and removing the bubles then repeating thee process till you get the desire amount. And id you put any object inside it ñ, try and seal it the best you can so no air can escape. Also, when tinting the resin, always think less is more. Try a few drops of the colors you want to use, and build it from there. Id recommend you buy some uv resin, to fix pieces quickly and to seal the mould in Wich you will plur the resin. And finally, don't be afraid, a big part of this hobby is to challenge us to exit our confort zone, and if you make a mistake, to learn from it. And please please, if you remember, once you start your diorama, please let me know. I'll love to follow your build.

Hi MrD, well I can't talk about other kits and other scales, but, for this one in particular, the quality was surprisingly good. The material was perfect, almost no flush. Also the details moulded in to the surface were incredibly good. It was my first kit from them, but I'm sure its not going to be the last. I've also looked the SBD, it looks amazing, I'll make sure to follow your build to inspire me if I end up buying that kit.

Mr D
I got it for a great price on an AliExpress sale, the box content is amazing for the price 👍👍

Miguel Vaquero
I'm glad to hear that. Looking forward to see what you cand with it Mr D

Miguel Vaquero
Following!!

Matti Thomaes
Watching

Jan Peters
Welcome mates

Jan Peters
Made a careful start. Parts are a mixed bag, some very nicely done, some a bit crude and oversized.

Jan Peters
Any thoughts on how to make the anti radar material on the snorkel?

Matti Thomaes
Can't help you there Jan, I didn't even know there was anti-radar material on the snorkel...

Jan Peters
I had a go at it, looks more crude in the pictures then it looks in real life, might do some fine tuning later

Sebastian Meyner
Nice work so far Jan 👍 Following with interest 👀

Jan Peters
Thanks Sebastian, and welcome 🤗

Jan Peters
It would be nice to see someone do a 3d printed snorkel someday.

Guy Rump
Looking great, following. 👍

Jan Peters
Thanks Guy, and welcome mate.

Jan Peters
More work done 🫡

Jan Peters
Trying to refine some parts that are over scale.

Sebastian Meyner
Oh boy, you worked this mattress hard 😛

In all honesty: great detail work Jan 👍

Jan Peters
😁 thanks Sebastian!

Miguel Vaquero
That's one of the things I hate about Revell. For a modern kit maker, their tolling is sometimes horrendous. But with some quality hands like yours the parts look incredible.