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Hello, what a drama ... The wings are both fixed....! Finally....! First mounted the lower wings, which were pinned with wire in the fuselage, aligned and glued. In the meantime the outer struts were installed to the upper wings, also pinned with wire to it. Once the glue was dry I have glued the upper wing with the outer struts on the lower wing, using some plastic profile as suppoert till the glue was dry - otherwise the upper wing would lie on the top of the engine. At the same time I have installed the inner struts as well, which were going from the engine to the upper wing. Once everything was in place, glued, aligned, glue dried .... then I have added the frame on the outside of each wing. I have used wire for that which was cut in the correct lenght and glued in place, silver painted when dry. Now time for some rigging Cheers Micha

Thanks a lot Yes, I prefer some "not common" kits :) Cheers Michael

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Hello, here are some pictures of the British WW1 tank Mark "A" Whippet in scale 1/35 by Meng Models. Built without any additional parts, only some rope at the exhaust added. I hope that you like it! ... the tank on its final base .... ... and some details ... I hope you like it! Cheers Micha

The wings were painted in beige, then painted the rips with a pencil in black before spraying beige once again in a thin layer on the top side of the wings. The under sides were painted in white at the center, green and red on the outsides. After that the decals were added. Next step a layer of matt clear coat before some light weathering. The engine and the engine mounts were installed on the hull. I have inserted some wire to glue it in drilled holes for a better fitting. Some wiring will follow. The airplane is standing on its trolly which is unpainted yet (it is lasered wood) Cheers Micha

Some new project. The British Word War 1 tank Mark "A" Whippet in 1/35 by Meng Models.I have glued it together without any upgrade parts, only some rope on the exhausts.... glued all parts together before painting .... First step - primer in black (Valleyo Black Primer) .... Next I have painted in in a green color from Tamiya, then lightend up every plate at one corner .... then painted every feeled 1000 bolt heads in a ligther green color again. After that I have masked it for painting the white/red stripes. After that I have added some damages with a thin pencil and a sponge, dark grey. The exhaust was painted in rusty color, the guns in Tamiya Dark Metal. The tracks were also painted in Dark Metal, then added a washing in Rust color. Added the tracks to the tanks, then giving the tank several washings in different yellow/brwon/blue/grey/beige/green oil colors before adding dust and dirt with pigments, leaking oil with Tamiya Smoke .... bare metal with a pencil. Cheers Micha

Oshkosh M911 (C-HET) 8x6 - the brand new kit from Miniman Factory from Hungary. A great 1/35 multimedia kit of this fantastic big beast of the US Army. It is the only kit of this monster on the market. The kit is consisting of resin parts, some photo etched parts, clear foil for the windows and a very good manual. My first work when working with Resin kits is cleaning every part under water, with some good cleaner inside. I have removed the sprues/waste also in wet condition of the parts. After having removed all not needed resin I have cleaned and sanded each part under water, then I have washed all parts once again to give it a "flowerish smell" I always do that to avoid resin dust when working on the kit later.... here are the parts drying .... At first step I have glued together the axles, added some first details to it. The suspension of the front and rear two axles was put together and installed to the frame without glue. Then I have put it on a even ground and added glue to each axle. Now the truck will stand with all wheels on the floor later. After that I have added further parts to the frame. Gear, drive shaft, some tanks (not glued yet) and further parts on the axles. The first axle of the rear three was a liftable axle. I will show it in a raised position as this is one of the most interesting things at this truck. I have installed this next.... So far for now .... Cheers Micha

The Lauster Wargel LW-5 is finished. It is a resin kit from New Connection Model (Kraut Kits new release) and a very good fit. The completed thing is looking great... a big beast Cheers Micha

Hello, some pictures of my SMS Falke - a torpedo boat of the Austrian Hungarian Navy in the 1st World War. The kit is a great multimedia kit, consists of parts made of resin, etched parts, decals, turned brass parts, wooden parts, wire and lot of more ... Cheers Micha

Hello, here are some photos of my Magirus ARW, finished some days ago. It is a kit No. 170 of total limited 199 kits. A full resin kit with only few parts, but very high quality and great looking! I love this car's shape so that I had to build this kit Hope that you like it! I hope that you like this little one Cheers Micha

Hello, the oil color is dry and I have fixed it with a layer of glossy clear coat as a base for the decals which followed next. The decals were also fixed with two thin layers of clear coat to fix it and to make a shiny surface of the fuselage. The engine testfitted. The base was painted in aluminium and polished with different shades of metal pigments. Some wire and leaking oil follows. The painted and weathered struds under the wings. The metal parts will get some polishing with pigments later. Cheers Micha

Hello, I continued with the painting of the fuselage of the Macci. I have masked the areas which will remain in white color before painting the wooden areas in a darker beige with the airbrush. After that I have added the wood grain with dark oil colors and an old paint brush. After that I have removed the masking tape immediately to keep the risk of damaging the white base color as small as possible. Everything went fine finally, no damages in the white puh Now the fuselage will remain in a closed carton for some days until the oil color has fully dried before adding a layer of glossy clear coat on it, adding the decals and finishing the fuselage with several layers of shiny clear coat. In the meantime I have glued to two halfes of the upper wings together, drilled some holes in both halfes and glued some wire inside, to give it a bit more strength. After some putty and sanding under water a first layer of beige followed. Cheers Micha

Hello, as I am still waiting on the fourth correct wheel - my kit included 3 left and one right wheel - I continued the painting of the two vehicles. First I have painted Tamiya Hull Red on the black primered vehicles. After the drying I painted some scratches and damages with a thin brush and a sponge, used Tamiya German Grey. A first washing followed. The big wheels were painted German Grey as well, highlights added with a ligther grey. Now the vehicles will receive further damages, sheer metal, washings, rust and dirt .... the wheels as well, as soon as the fourth one arrived. Cheers. Michael

I have primered the parts of the interior in black to get a homogenous surface color of the parts (the kit's parts are grey, yellow, beige). Then I have painted the parts in Oxid Red (Tamiya Hull Red), made some highlights with a ligher red. After a dark washing I have used pigments and lead pencil to get some dust and bare metal. The dashboard was painted in the same way, then the displays, switches etc. painted separately in different colors. The displays received some glasses made with Micro Crystal Klear. Then I have installed all the parts, glued the walls together and installed the floor plate with the pedals. The seats, some levers made of wire will follow later. At the bonding joints I had to use some putty to close some gaps, sanding, putty, sanding. Next steps are further details at the inside and outside.... Cheers Micha

Hello, the "Lauster Wargel LW5" was a four wheeled heavy tractor, developed by German company Lauster at the 2nd half of World War two. It was planned as a heavy tractor for pulling the heavy tanks of the German Wehrmacht. It was a strong vehicle, but also a very slow one which was a huge drawback for it. It was never produced in series. The LW5 consisted of two identical vehicle parts, each with an own engine and place for a driver, connected together as one big vehicle. The kit was developed from New Connection Models and is reinvested from the German manufacturer "Kraut Kits" in scale 1/35. It is a big and heavy kit... and made of lot of different colored resin. Some parts are yellow, some grey, others brown or beige. Without painting it would be a very colorful vehicle One engine is included in the kit so that you could keep open the maintenance flaps of one vehicle. The other one has to remain closed. I have glued together the full engine (3 parts) and installed it with the gearbox and the cardan shaft to the lower body. A first primer in black followed next, before I have painted the engine in iron and aluminium color, the wallds of the body in red from the inside and the two tanks in blue/grey color. It is not necessary to add further details as there is not much visible later through the open flaps. After gluing the upper part of the body to the vehicle some further parts will follow.... ​ Cheers Micha

Hello, once the grey primer was 100% dry I have painted the white base color with matt white from Lifecolor. This is covering well and is good for masking on it. After several days of drying I will mask the white areas next, then spray the wooden areas in a beige color, then immedialty add the wooden color and wood grain with oil colors, before removing the masking tape. Then it needs longer time to dry, before covering everything with glossy clear coat and decals ... Cheers Micha

Hello, finally I have finished the Sd.Kfz.9 "Famo" + Sd.Ah.116 + Jagdpanzer IV. The kit in scale 1/35 is by Tamiya, the tank is by Mr. Hobby. Additionally I have used the Friul tracks, resin wheels and front grill, resin fenders, photo etched parts by Aber and Tamiya. Cheers Micha

Thank you so much :)

Hello, Once the cockpit was finished and glued inside the fuselage I have added some wiring at the display. On the sides of the installed floor plate I had to work with some putty and sanding to get a smooth surface with the fuselage. The rear wings were addded as well. I have drilled some holes in the fuselage and in the wings and glued some wire inside to get a stronger bonding. After a first layer of Valleyo Primer I had to start once again with putty and sanding as the surface wasn't that smooth as it should be. Also some etched parts were added. Now one more layer with grey primer follows, hopefully the surface will be ok now. Cheers Micha

Hello, the engine is completed and painted in black. Then I have used several polishing colors from AK Interacite. Iron, Aluminium, Silver, Dark Iron, Brass and Copper to paint the engine. Once dry I have polished several areas more others less to keep some variety. A little bit of weathering with dark brwon oil washing follows. I want to keep the engine nearly clean this time. The interior was also primered in black, then prushed in a light beige. The wood grain was added with dark brown oil colors and a stiff brush Some metal areas were polished with metal pigments after the painting. After that the interior was inserted into the painted and completed fuselage. Some putty and sanding will be necessary here. Once the cockpit was completed I have added some wiring for the gauges... Cheers Micha

Hello, the engine is completed. I have added lot of wire in different sizes, plastic stripes and pipes and some parts of other finished models, some etched parts and some resin parts. The carriers of the engine were mounted on the fuselage with tape before gluing the engine hull to it. The cooler received some etched mesh and details and was added. Some sanding still necessary. The engine will be painted in black, next in Alu/iron color, then the details will be brush painted. Micha

The Italian flying boat Macci M.5 was an Italian double winged flight boat for one person. It was used in the 1st worldwar since 1917 and was built in high numbers. The wonderful kit from HPH Models is consisting of several fine resin parts, photo etched parts, lasered wooden parts, lasered seatbelts, decals and more. It has great details, but still some space for adding some own details, specially the engine which is very good visible later. I have started with the engine, some first resin parts, some etchedp arts. Two plastic parts which I will remove and replace with a thinner one. Then some further parts follow, then a lot of wire and other stuff The one-piece hull... some putty was necessary at the cockpit area and at the rear.... Cheers Micha

Hello, some final pictures of the fully completed "Standartpanzer" (standart tank) E-75 ..... I have used the turned metal barrell from RB Models, some etched parts from Aber and the great tracks from Friul ..... Cheers Micha

Thanks a lot mates. It is a fantastic kit offered from Aviattic

Hello. I want to show you the finished Daimler "Marienfelde". A wonderful multimedia kit from Britsh manufacturer Aviattic, consisting of fantastic made rein-parts, some photo etched parts, wire, clear foil, decals and a mounting instruction looking as the ones from Wingnut Wings. A great kit. Not cheap, but great I hope you like it! Cheers Micha