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Hello, this is my new project: Tamiya's wonderful kit of the De Havilland Mosquito Fb. MK VI in big scale 1/32. The kit consists of more then 690 plastic parts, 2 frets of photo etched parts, two sheets with decals, screws, magnetos, optional clear engine covers, big mounting instruction and info booklets.... a huge kit with so many wonderful small details... and small and smaller parts Additionally I will use the photo etched parts from Eduard for the exterieur, and some colored ones for the interior. Also the fabric seat belts and masks for the canopy, some brass barrels for the guns and the Eduard resin kits of the Brassin series for the two gun mounts as I want to show these partly in open position. Some additional decals for the stencils and some new markings with wonderful nose art are plannes as well .... I hope that this is an interesting new project for you! Cheers Michael

Hello, After having finished the modification of the body with the resin fenders, front bumper etc. I have primered the body several times. After the black primer was completely dry I have painted the body with Vallejo's Metal Color Steel in several thin layers. Some days drying time later Mr. Super Clear followed to give it a smooth and shiny surface ... I love this color ... The transkit from Eightyone81 incldes also the decals of the car. These were cut out and put on the body. One more layer of Mr. Super Clear finished the painting of the body then. Finally I have polished and waxed it .... Next I have installed the engine hood and the one-piece window. The frame was painted first in black from the inside. One installed the body was glued on the chassis, then the rear lights (painted in clear red), and the mesh part (painted in black) were added. Now I am thinking about the wheels... the brake discs were painted in carbon color already, but which wheels do I use? Maybe I will use the ones on the picture below which are only put under the car.... But which color? Red? I think red looks good somehow ... but I also think about matt black wheels.... what do you think? Black or Red? Cheers Micha

Hi Mike, thank you very much .... it was a lot of time ..... Several years with several pauses Cheers Michael

Hello, my finished G6 "Rhino" in 1/35 scale by Takom. It is a huge kit and a huge car... I hope that you like it! Cheers, Micha

Hello, the finished cockpit was installed in the hull and further details added. The seam between the two halfs was sanded a bit to get a smooth surface. The completely built engine was primered in black, then sprayed in Aluminium color from Vallejo's Metal Color series. Details were painted in black, beige and grey with a fine brush. A black weathering followed and some clear coat on the grey area. The engine was installed then ... The wings were put together and further parts installed... then glued to the hull and the seam sanded clean. Some etched parts followed next ... Next will be some light primer, then the painting of the wheel bays and the yellow band at the front ... Cheers Micha

Hi Danny, thanks a lot Yes thats the kit part. I have used it in one piece.... but if I had to do it once again then maybe I would have cut it in two pieces .... Cheers Michael

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Hello after having finished the interior, added the steering lines (EZ-Line) with super glue. Then both halfs of the hull were glued together around the interior. The seams closed with some putty, cleaning and sanding ..... Now further details follow .... Cheers Micha

Hello, black primer followed some light grey on the upper area and on some hatches ... Then the base color was sprayed on it. Mixed of dark yellow, beige, brown and grey. The camo was sprayed free hand with brown and dark green. The color plan from Takom was very useful for it For the weathering I have stared to spray a thin layer highly deluted red-brown color on the lower side of the vehicle as South-African earth. Also the tires were sprayed with that, and some rubber black on the tire-walls. A washing with Wash for OIF cars from AK Interactive followed. Next step is some dark washing at hte hatches, rivets, corners, .... then some pigments ... Cheers Micha

Hello, The Chinese manufacturer Takom offers a great kit of the South African gun G6 "Rhino". The kit is a real giant with 6 huge and wonderful detailed tires, each about 1 1/2 size of Russian SCUD or the HEMTT trucks. The interior of the drivers place is wonderful detailed, the rest of the inside of the Rhino remains empty - which is no problem as all hatches and doors are moulded in a closed position. A main subject of this kit is the chassis with its huge wheels and the wheel suspension which uses most of the parts of the kit. The front axle is steerable, the four struts of the car are consisting of many parts and remain also movable. I have started to glue the struts together and install these in the side walls of the chassis. Also some small parts of the drivers place were added, before the side walls were glued together, the big floor plate added and some crossmembers and the real wall installed. Some first parts of the steering were also added under the drivers place, the drivers place received several details already. Actually it looks like this ... Next I will airbrush paint the drivers place, paint the details, weathering and dirt. After that the drivers place will get the front and side walls finished, then the roof follows. After that the wheels suspension follows. Cheers Micha

Hello, I want to show you another project which I am working on at the moment: The P-47D "Dottie Mae", the limited kit from Eduard. It is the old Hasegawa kit, but including some nice photo etched parts, resin parts, masks and nice decals. And - a great poster of the wonderful drawing on the carton box.... Additionally I am using the resin-cockpit from Aires and the turned brass barrels from Master. Firstly I have cleaned the resin parts for the cockpit and glued the small parts in place, added some etched parts. Then a black primer and a layer of Aluminium were sprayed over it, followed with some water and a bit of salt. The main color is interior green sprayed on the dry salt. After the paint was dry, the salt removed, then I have painted the small details and added some further colored etched parts. The display received some wiring on the back side, but is not yet painted. A brown washing and a silver dry brushing followed.... actually it looks like this ... The engine parts were glued together, the wiring added (a big etched part).... now ready for painting ... Cheers Micha

Hi Danny, great topic I have the same kit on my desk right now Will keep an eye on your Dottie all the time Cheers Michael

I think it is done... after several years of working on the big "Dora" in scale 1/35 from Soar ART Workshop, several pauses, restarts and lot of modifications and work on that big thing... a great kit, but also some problems, mistakes or wrong sizes ... All together the final kit is a giant... and looking amazing. But for its high price I would have expected some less mistakes in the kit ... and some parts with more details ... But with some additional work it will become a great, impressive gun model ..... First I want to show you a short survey of what I have used and what I have done to the kit .... Which additional material have I used? And for what? - plastic stripes, profiles, ... in different shapes and sizes for the new walk ways, the frames under it, for detailing other parts, for hand rails and ladders. - brass pipes for walkways, aluminium profiles to strenghten the modified gun barrel from the inside, for other detail works - foto etched parts from other kits or with additional stuff such as hand rails, switches, mesh, used all around the kit from different brands and scales... - buffers from RB Modells (turned brass) for each wagon - balsa wood for the floor of each wagon - wire in different diamaters and material - ammo shells made of Aluminium from Schatton models - figures from Masterbox ("Women at War"),, Trumpeter ("German artillery crew", 2x "German railroad gun crew"), MiniArt ("German Artillery Crew", "German Tank Crew Normandy 1944"), ICM ("German Staff Personnel", "German armed vehicle crew") - wire rope for the elevators - chain in different sizes - food and bags from Reality in Scale - and some other stuff which I had as left from other kits Which colors have I used? - the main painting was done with German Grey from Tamiya, highlights and shadows were made with different lighter greys from Tamiya and Lifecolor - the bare steel on the wagons was painted in dark iron from Tamiya - the wooden floor was painted in oil colors, then German Grey and salt used for the used surface - details of the hole kit were painted mainly with different colors from Lifecolor - bare metal at the gun was made with rub'n buff and polishing powder from Uschi v.d. Rosten - Weathering was done with different oil colors, washes and filters from AK Interactive - clear coat matt and shiny from AK Interactive and Valleyo - figures were painted in colors from Lifecolor, Tamiya and Revell Aqua - bare metal at hand rails, used areas, ... was made with a graphit pensil and stell powder from Uschi rubbed with a finger ... The main areas which I have modified, the main changes which I did ... - the kit provides 4 wagons which was wrong. I have divided each in two and made all together 8 single wagons as base for the gun - the wooden floors of the wagons was made with balsa wood instead of the plastic parts - turned brass buffers from RB Models were used instead of the plastic parts - all walkways were made new with plastic profiles, brass stripes and pipes and aluminium mesh as new floor - all hand rails were lowered 1cm or - if two parallel handrails 0,5cm under and 0,5cm over the middle horizontal part - all ladders and steps were modified and corrected in their size - the gun barrel was cut in different sections, each shortend and corrected in length and form... installed aluminium parts to strengthen the new gun barrel - the engine room was modified, walkway, additional exhaust on top, modified exhausts on the under side and a full engine inside, visible through the open hatches - modification of the cable winches of the elevators and the crane hooks - new ammo made of turned aluminium in correct size and shape - modification and detailing of the loading mechanism on the upper plattform - several details added which were missing in the kit or not correct - made completely new decals on the computer, printed and added .... - and lot of more.... If you want to see more about the making of the kit please have a look at my website were I have explained everything in detail with lot of pictures. I hope that you like the result .... ... some details ... Oh.... I think these were lot of pictures.... I am sorry for that Thank you so much for your interest in this project! Cheers, Micha

Hello, the interior was put together and details painted afterwards. The engine was installed, the seatbelts (PE-parts) and some further small stuff. Now follows some decals, wiring and rope .... Cheers Micha

Hello, this is my finished Lamborghini Huracán in 1/24 by Aoshima. I have used the detail set from Aoshima additionally, which consists of photo etched parts, metal transfers and colored photo etched parts. The interior was painted in matt black (Lifecolor) and light green (Tamiya). The body was painted in "Lamborghini Verde Mantis" - the original Lamborghini color from Zero Paints. The final finish with Mr. Super Clear from Gunze/Mr. Hobby, and polished with 3K polisher from Gravity Colors. I hope that you like it. Cheers, Michael

Hello, the interior painting is mostly finished. The green parts were painted with a shiny light green from Tamiya, then masked and the black areas painted with Lifecolor matt black. A flat clear coat follows to give the green a flat look like leather. Now further small details will be painted and further parts added .... After the grey primer and wet sanding followed a first "primer" with Tamiya's shiny light green which I have sanded smooth after its drying. The main painting was made in color "Lamborghini Verde Mantis" from Zero Paints. The original color of the Lamborghini Huracán. It was sprayed in 3 thin layers, the body put in a chest during the drying time to avoid any dust in the paint. As soon as the color was fully dry I have added two thin layers clear coat. Mr. Hobby's "Mr Super Clear Gloss" was used from the spray can. I think the result is great... I love it. A very glossy, clean surface and a great green metallic color - nearly as the real one. Now I will keep it some time for full drying .... Cheers Micha

Here is a new project which I have started several days ago during my Christmas vacation. It is the Lamborghini Huracan in 1/24 by Aoshima. A wonderful kit full of nice details. Additionally there is a set of etched parts available which is adding great details to the car.... So here we go ... The chassis... steering front axle, green brake saddles and chromed wheels. The details on the engine deck are metal stickers from the add-on parts set. Some first colors at the interior... it will be matt black with batt green later... (same color as for the exterieur, but matt). A clear coat matt follows ... Some etched mesh installed, some first parts of the body put together and some primers.... then a first layer of Tamiya light green as a kind of "primer" for the "real paint job" .... So far for now ... Cheers Micha

Thanks a lot. Right now I am painting figures... figures.... figures .... figures .... and more figures ..... Update follows then

Thanks a lot. The BR86 is also waiting with the ET-Models set ... One day.... I have added some more photo etched parts to the frame. All the corssmembers on the frame, which hold the boiler and the walkways later were replaced by new photo etched parts, consisting of lot of separate parts and rivets. Unfortunately there are too little rivets included in the Voyager set so that I have to search for alternatives. The two tanks were also mounted, with some new photo etched holding bands, valves and other small parts. The area where the fenders for the first wheels will be placed to were filled with putty, sanded. The fenders also will be replaced by PE-parts. Cheers Micha

Hello, here we start the next big project. It is the steam loco BR-52 of the Germans, built during WW2, but used also later after the war from the "Deutsche Bahn". I will paint it in red/black, the standart color of the civil steam locos. The Trumpeter-Kit will receive some updates. I will use the 2'2'32' Vanderbilt tender which was the one mostly used. Further more I will use 4 sets from Voyager, turned brass parts from Master and resin parts from LZ Models. So here we go.... The frame was put together and some parts on the inside added. After some putty and sanding I have added the buffers at the front, made of turned brass parts and which are full movable The small tanks which follow later were put together, sanded, the holding bands removed (follow with PE parts), then the surface reworked with a stiff brush and plastic glue... Cheers Micha

The Mercedes D.III engine put together, then added some wiring. After that started with the painting of the engine in black, aluminium and then the details with a fine brush.... A first step of weathering was done with oil colors.... Cheers Micha

Hello, please find some pictures of the finished 35,5cm howitzer M1 of the German army in Word War Two. The kit is in scale 1/35 by Soar ARt Workshop, plus the aluminium barrel from Schatton. I hope you like it. cheers Micha

Hello, a walkway under the gun barrel was made new with some brass tube and mesh... then painted and glued. Looks much bettter then the plastic part I think .... Now some painted figures... not finished yet.... not glued in place yet .... The guys need some further painting, weathering as well as the food, the ammunition and the other small stuff ... Cheers Micha

Hello, a Happy New Year to all of you! Some first test with the figures .... lot of figures ... Trumpeter, MiniArt, .... And here they are .. And some comparing of the size of the Dora with the UHU glue bottle .... it is really huge Cheers Michael

One more amazing kit from Wingnut Wings - this time the Pfalz D.IIIa will be the next World War I airplane on my desk. I have started with the interior as always. All later wooden parts were painted in a light beige first with the airbrush, then oil colors followed next to make the final wooden effect. On the inside of the hull the skewed wooden slats werde each separately painted with a cotton bud then ... [ Now I wish you all a MERRY CHRISTMAS! Cheers Micha