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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. 😉

Robert Podkoński
Cool!

Spanjaard
really cool idea and execution, one to certainly be proud, no doubt 🙂

Greg Baker
Thanks guys! I took some pictures last night, so there's a couple more (small) projects yet to be posted. Stay tuned! 🙂

Łukasz Gliński
Always glad to see another of your little Tintin gems, in particular a project the author is proud of 👍

Martin Oostrom
Is this your best one yet Greg? Sure feels like it to me. This is a stunner!

Greg Baker
Haha! Thanks Martin! I have to say, I'm quite happy with how the poses turned out as well. Getting Tintin to brace himself against the stone was not that easy to do. A lot of unnatural body poses involved that only look right in context.

bughunter
Wow - wonderful story and execution 👍

Thomas Bischoff
this is just brilliant 👍

Mirko Römer
Fabulous kit. After checking references and a visit to the Flygvapenmusem in our summer vacation I decided to stick to my trusty AK Real Colours.

Guy Rump
Looking good, following. 👍

Łukasz Gliński
Cool topic, following

Michael Kohl
I got the ol' Heller kit. Following with interest. Did you have to mix the colors or could you use them straight from the jar?

Mirko Römer
Thanks mates! I used the colours straight out of the jar, with lighter US od freckles over the lighter UK od.

Thomas Kolb
I have three of those kits in the stash waiting for a triple build, so I will follow with great interest. You nailed the colors pretty much perfect. It's quite an elusive greenish brown that looks different on each photo, and not easy to mix yourself. BTW, did you have problems getting the nose weights in place?

Finn
Following

Mirko Römer
Well, it's not too roomy. I used material for tyre balancing in nose and behind the cockpit bulkhead, appr. 15g.

Hans-Jürgen Haag
Nice kit! Good pictures from Linköping 👍👍

Robert Podkoński
Taking a seat, of course!

Oleg Smilyk
Following

Mirko Römer
You're welcome anytime! I started a seperate album with pictures from the museum.

Mirko Römer
Decals went on nicely, but are a little translucent and the yelloe could be more saturated. Micro Sol ist just doing it's job...

Mirko Römer
Wheels fixed. Washes need a little more removing, when the second layer has dried.

Mirko Römer
Uppdrag fullbordat

Łukasz Gliński
Brilliant job 👍 How good is the kit?

Guy Rump
Great job! 👍

Jim J
Here's my recently completed Bf 109K-4 from the new Eduard kit. It's was built straight out of the box and was a very enjoyable build. I was energized by the camo scheme on the box cover and am really happy with how it turned out. I used Mr. Color paints for all the main camo. Thanks for looking. Enjoy the photos.

Kevin B
Great paint job and cool background. All around, nice job!

Patrick Hagelstein
Beautiful Kurfürst! 👌🏼

Rui S
A beautiful clean work 👍

Sebastian Meyner
Fantastic build Jim 👍

Sergej I
Fabulous!!! 👍

Neuling
As always: top!

Patrick Hagelstein
Jim, do you have a WIP album for this build? Curious to see how you proceeded with this build and as a means of inspiration for my upcoming Kurfürst.

Jim J
Thanks all for the nice comments. Much appreciated.

@Patrick, I don't have a WIP album for this build. But here's a summary: I mostly followed the updated instructions on Eduard's website for construction. My main deviation was to glue the tops of the wing to the fuselage first and then glue the bottoms of the wings on.

As for camo painting, I primed the yellow areas in white and the rest of the areas in black. After painting and masking the yellow areas, the sequence was 1) silver fuselage sides and underside, 2) RLM02 puttied panel lines on the fuselage, 3) RLM76 underside areas, 4) RLM75 wing and stab upper side areas, 5) RLM74 upper wing and stab areas, 6) RLM76 fuselage sides, 7) RLM81 and 82 mottles in the RLM76 areas, 😎 RLM82 fuselage and tail areas, 9) RLM81 fuselage and tail areas, 10) dark gray wing fairings.

Hope that helps. I keep detailed notes on my builds so let me know if you have any specific questions and I'll be happy to share more details.

Jan Kalousek
Beautiful. Love the balance between factory finish and realistic look.

Patrick Hagelstein
Wow Jim, that was very comprehensive! Thank you for that. I didn't know Eduard updated the instructions, so I'll swing by their website for sure. Good idea to glue the top wings on first to eliminate any seam at the wing roots. I'll keep this in mind when building mine. I'm eying the Italian markings for now but might go for this colorful version as well.

Mr James
Another stunner... Superb work from a master 🙂

Bruno Daniel Albrecht
Great job. Paint is so nice, clean and looks so realistic. Can't wait to start mine